It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out has in any way acted as a deterrent against future murder. Capital punishment, in my… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
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...The trouble with the… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
