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.