"The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies, in the end, when the deck is cast out,it is the poor who are selected to die in this country."

-Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J

"Poor people accused of capital crimes are often defended by lawyers who lack the skills, resources, and commitment to handle such serious matters. This fact is confirmed in case after case. It is not the facts of the crime, but the quality of legal representation, that distinguishes this case, where the death penalty was imposed, from many similar cases, where it was not."

- Stephen Bright, 'Counsel for the Poor: The Death Penalty Not for the Worst Murder but for the Worst Lawyer'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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