Balls Quote by Rick Perry

The innocent are punished. That's the world we live in.

— Mohammed Hanif

To execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple.

— Che Guevara

The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad…

— Augusto Roa Bastos

It seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.

— Anonymous

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned…

— Harry A. Blackmun

In every guilty man, there is some innocence. This makes every absolute condemnation revolting.

— Albert Camus

“How could I be absolved by killing an innocent”

— Tobias Wade

“How can people be punished when they are innocent?”

— Paul Scott

In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail.

— Philip K. Dick

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

— Lucan

I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without forcing us…

— Mike Farrell