Quotes of the Day
Friday, Sep. 23, 2011
It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege.
- JOHN WHITMIRE,
- of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee, on the tradition of offering death-row inmates a last meal of their choice; Texas officials ended the ritual on Sept. 22, after condemned prisoner Lawrence Brewer ordered an elaborate meal he didn't eat
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