William J. Brennan, Jr. Quote

The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most vile murder does not, in my view, release the state from constitutional restraint on the destruction of human dignity.


The Conscience of the Court (ed. SIU Press, 1999) - ISBN: 9780809322343


The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most...

The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most...

The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most...

The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most...