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I'm Not In Favor Of The Death Penalty. But I'm In Favor Of Locking These People Away In Maximum Security Units Where They Can Never Get Out. They Can Never Escape. They Can Never Be Paroled. Lock The Bad Ones Away. But You Gotta Rethink Everybody Else.

-John Grisham

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I'm Not In Favor Of The Death

John Grisham

I'm Not In Favor Of The Death Penalty. But I'm In Favor Of Locking These People Away In Maximum Security Units Where They Can Never Get Out. They Can Never Escape. They Can Never Be Paroled. Lock The Bad Ones Away. But You Gotta Rethink Everybody Else.

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