Dalai Lama Quotes About Death Penalty

• My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

  Dalai Lama

  Criminals, Belief, Death Penalty

• Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of punishment to say they were wrong, but show them they are part of society and can change. Show them compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Punishment, People

• The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it.

  Dalai Lama

  Revenge, Opportunity, Punishment

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