Quote #0
The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die; it’s about whether we deserve to kill.
David R. Dow
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The quote reframes capital punishment as a moral test of society and its institutions, emphasizing collective responsibility and the ethics of state-sanctioned killing rather than focusing solely on an individual offender’s culpability.
