You have to remember, William. It may make the difference between freedom and half a lifetime in prison.

, the powers that be throughout the centuries have chosen isolation, humiliation, and deprivation – three implements in their torture toolbox. There is nothing more inhumane than caging a human being like an animal and depriving him of air, light, and the company of those he chooses.

Whattaya mean you ain’t no criminal lawyer? You a lawyer right? And you in here, that means you also a criminal.

That’s the ironic thing about time, Doc. One the one hand, we don’t have much of it for this, but it’s all I have in here.

Putting a man’s life to waste is not justice.

Dying is not a punishment, except for the manner of how the execution may be carried out. The extinguishment of life itself is not torment. That is why capital punishment is not a punishment at all and does not deter crime.