NEW VOICES: Bill Cosby Addresses Capital Punishment During ​“Larry King Live” Appearance

During a recent appear­ance on CNN’s ​“Larry King Live,” come­di­an Bill Cosby addressed cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and his expe­ri­ence as the father of a mur­dered child. Cosby noted: 

“And when they said, ​‘Do you want, you know, the death penal­ty?’ My wife was the first one. She said no. No, it’s not for us to deal with the obvi­ous. And my thought was, ​‘Hey man. They could poi­son, they could strap 1,000 of these peo­ple in the chair.”

Larry King: ​“Isn’t going to bring him back.” (CNN​.com Transcripts, December 10, 2003) See New Voices and Victims and the Death Penalty.