“We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.” HumansMayStatesPoliticsResultsKnownTakenRiskActivityJudgmentAccountsCriminalsGravesInevitableHuman LifeEngagingRecklessDisregardImplicit Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate criminal the same that fill a martyr with pride, as both mount the scaffold?” HeartForceCausesResultsPrideMovedCriminalsAliensDesperateMartyr Author:Honore de Balzac
“No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enforce criminal statutes implies substantial unanimity in the community. This is the result of the jury system. Hence the futility of party prohibition.” PoliticalCommunityResultsPartyAlcoholCriminalsPolitical PartiesJuryOpposingProhibitionFutilityAdverseStatutesUnanimity Author:Rutherford B. Hayes