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. Alex Kozinski More Quotes by Alex Kozinski More Quotes From Alex Kozinski We would miss out on having judges from other states, it's good to have the perspective of judges who don't all come from the same region. Alex Kozinski politics