Albert Pierrepoint quotes

All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder. (Albert Pierrepoint)
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people. View quote
Albert Pierrepoint
The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off. View quote
Albert Pierrepoint