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We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
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Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
Capital
Punishment
Murder
Men
Deterrent
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Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight.
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God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
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We are all honorable men here, we don 't have to give each other assurances as if we were lawyers.
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