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“What is it, I wonder, that they hope to Correct? I am what I am, irredeemably, irretrievably, implacably — as are most of my fellow desperadoes here in Correctional Facility. We are monsters.”

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Book:Dexter Is Dead

Source: Dexter Is Dead

“If our desire for justice is not rooted primarily in the pursuit of restoration, then reconciliation will be nearly impossible to achieve. It is precisely because grace is undeserved that makes it grace.”

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Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“If our social justice is guided by retribution, we will simply perpetuate the use and abuse of power to inflict violence.”

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Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“It is entirely possible to work for justice without thirsting for blood.”

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Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“Death would be too easy. Death would let him off the hook. Life, though, life with the knowledge that Daisy knew what he'd done and who he was... that would be close to intolerable for a man as proud as Hal Shoemaker. Let him live, like a parachutist with his straps cut, tumbling down and down, forever. Let him live, with his every moment a torment, every hour burning.”

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Book:That Summer

Source: That Summer

“[On Senator Jesse Helms] I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Justice Lord Ought Aids Worried Senators Grandchildren Helm Retributive Justice

Author:Nina Totenberg

“We seek a restorative justice, not a retributive justice.”

Justice Restorative Justice Retributive Justice

Author:Desmond Tutu

“There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.”

Two Form Justice Restorative Justice Retributive Justice

Author:Desmond Tutu

“Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment.”

Justice Punishment Retributive Justice

Author:Desmond Tutu

“If you don't have properly constituted civic authorities you will encourage vigilantism and solo efforts at retributive justice - which is anarchy, and God doesn't want his world to be anarchic.”

Ifs World Want Justice Effort Authority Anarchy Solo Civics Retributive Justice

Author:N. T. Wright

“If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the tradition of two millenia of Catholic thought, denying the teaching of several previous popes, and contradicting the teaching of Scripture.”

Ifs Two Would Be Justice Teaching Exercise Tradition Catholic Deny Scripture Penalties Pope Death Penalty Contradicting Retributive Justice

Author:Avery Dulles

“I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.”

I Can Done Justice Expectations Retributive Justice

Author:Paddy Ashdown

“There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.”

Kind Has Beens Different Justice Balance Western Different Kinds Redress Retributive Justice

Author:Desmond Tutu