"Returning violence with violence only multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars." - Martin Luther King
"When we impose severe and excessive punishment, when we seek an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life, when we seek revenge on lawbreaking by some clumsy arithmetic we call justice, we become violent law abiders" - David A. Becker
"Murder is just a thing of itself, a rage, and rage is not reason, so why does it matter who? It vents rage". - Not necessarily an expert but the viewpoint of a murderer discussing his murders Gary Gilmore
"Opponents of the practice of capital punishment refer to the sanctity of all life and say that the violence of murder should not be met with a violent solution from society" - Unknown Speaker (Source 8)
"The Data present shows no correlation between capital punishment and murder rates" - From a source supporting Capital Punishment Mary E. Williams
"An eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind" - Gandhi
"Some believed an eye for an eye justice was the Christian way; others recommended mercy, citing Christianity's tenets of forgiveness." - Source 10
"I don't believe really an eye for an eye is justice; I really don't. I never did." - Walter Hickock
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Good quotes. However, I do not know who most of these people are. In your research paper, you should probably state who the people that you quote are to give them authority that relates to your topic. Other than that, you could easily use your quotes to defend your arugment.
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