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Quote by Pierre Corneille
It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. - Pierre C

It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. – Woody Allen

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Well, theres no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth. – Lady Gregory

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One should not lift the rod against our enemies upon the private information of another. – Hitopadesa

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Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. – John Bunyan

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