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— Anton Chekhov"Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?"
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The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.
— Thurgood Marshall
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Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.
— George Will
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