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Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty

Book by Antoinette Bosco · 4 quotes · Death Penalty, States, Murder

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“no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states which use the death penalty is twice that of states which do not, according to FBI statistics.”

“The pain of losing a loved one by the horrible act of murder is not lessened by the horrible murder of another, not even when it is cloaked as 'justice' and state-sanctioned. It is only a delusion to believe that one's pain is ended by making someone else feel pain.”