Judge Alex Kozinski Speaks His Mind -- On National Television -- About The Death Penalty

Judge Kozinski poses the question on 60 Minutes: Should we bring back the guillotine or the firing squad?

The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we’re not willing to face up to the cruelty, we ought not to be doing it.

— Judge Alex Kozinski, discussing the death penalty last night in a 60 Minutes segment about the botched execution of Joseph Wood. Judge Kozinski reiterated his prior suggestion that we look into the guillotine or the firing squad if we as a society continue to use the death penalty. (Cf. this New York Times op-ed from 2011 by yours truly and Zach Shemtob, arguing for greater transparency in capital punishment.)

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