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The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.

~Burke Marshall

Topics: Also American Concept Death Death Penalty Different Due Equal Goes Justice Law Penalty Process Scar State States Terrible Think I Think

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Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

~Burt Lancaster

Topics: Beating Death Myself Only Sometimes Succeed

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The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

~Byron White

Topics: Capital Complete Death Finality Light Prejudice Racial Risk Sentence Sentencing Serious

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To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

~Byron White

Topics: Affected Death Death Penalty Deprive Entitled Exclude He He Or She Impartial Jury Law Penalty Prospect She Slightest Way Which Who Would

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The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: American Bears Bodies Creatures Current Customs Cute Dance Death Desert Eiffel Tower Elephants Harsh Helping Industry Like Little Look Majestic Markets Middle Natural Our Outfits Tower Training

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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Death Definition Healthy Mean Morbid Perfectly Preoccupation Unfortunately Unhealthy Which Word

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Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: About Beautiful Body Care Causes Death Died Family Natural Natural State State Taking Think Very You

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I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Become Comfortable Death Get Happens Hard How Know Me Now Out Very Why Worked Works

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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: About Choosing Day Death Escape Every Every Day Ignore Makes More Most Only Scary Think I Think

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If we ignore our death, we end up just going around completely oblivious to why we do the things we do!

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Around Death End Going Ignore Just Oblivious Our Things Up Why

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