Justice and the morality of the death penalty

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“I believe in capital punishment. It’s like the Bible says—an eye for an eye.”

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“It was wrong of me to hate [Perry]; I’ve got nothing but pity for him now.”

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“I started drinking, and was drunk for almost a month. I neglected my business, spent more money than I earned, wrote bad checks, and in the end became a thief. For this last I was sent to the penitentiary”

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“It wasn’t because of anything the Clutters did. They never hurt me. Like other people. Like people have all my life. Maybe it’s just the Clutters were the ones that had to pay for it."

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“It’s a rotten world," Latham said. There’s no answer to it but meanness. That’s all anybody understands – meanness.”

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“I don’t believe in capital punishment, morally or legally.”

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