Jeanne Woodford quotes

Jeanne Woodford quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“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.”
-- Jeanne Woodford

#Guarantees Quotes #Prevention Quotes #Death Penalty Quotes
“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?”
-- Jeanne Woodford

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #What If Quotes
“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

#Tonight Quotes #Answers Quotes #World Quotes

You may also like:

Alan Alda
Actor
Antonio Villaraigosa
Former Mayor of Los Angeles
Bryan Stevenson
Professor
Christopher Darden
Lawyer
David Ogden Stiers
Actor
F. Lee Bailey
Attorney
Gary Burghoff
Actor
George Deukmejian
Former Governor of California
George Gascon
Gil Garcetti
American Politician
Jamie Farr
Film actor
John Van de Kamp
Former California Attorney General
Johnnie Cochran
Lawyer
Kato Kaelin
Television personality
Loretta Swit
Television actress
Mark Fuhrman
Detective
Mike Farrell
Actor
Ronald Goldman
Sheldon Siegel
Novelist
Shelley Fabares
Film actress