" if we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well. And I end by challenging people to ask themselves whether we can continue to allow the government, subject as it is to every imaginable form of inefficiency and corruption, to have such power to kill. (p. 130) "

― Helen Prejean , Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate