Jeanne Woodford quotes
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“The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution....There comes a time when you have to ask if a penalty that is so permanent can be available in such an imperfect system. The only guarantee against executing the innocent is to do away with the death penalty.”
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“As I presided over Massie's execution, I thought about the abuse and neglect he endured as a child in the foster care system. We failed to keep him safe, and our failure contributed to who he was as an adult. Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to kill him, what if we spent that money on other foster children so that we stop producing men like Massie in the first place?”
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“As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the world safer because of what we did tonight?' We knew the answer: No.”
-- Jeanne Woodford
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“One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.”
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“Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.”
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Source : Bernice King (1999). “Hard Questions, Heart Answers”, p.45, Harmony
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“The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.”
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