But professor...how does she, how does she sit on the stand and try to explain to these jerks that XXXX is a compassionate man? How do you think she could help save his life? 

I’m not sure. I doubt she is gonna get up there and say that he is a compassionate man. What she is gonna talk about I think is what does the death penalty say about us, both of us on the outside. What does that teach our children if we say that the reason we kill is because they kill. And what is really more about our human dignity and their dignity. The United states is one of the few countries in the world that executes people any more. It’s that state after state that is out-long that it’s not about you feel sorry for the people who is facing the death penalty. It is more what is it say about us. What is the best way to bring the matter to a conclusion where he can spend the rest of his breathing life in prison and if we know that in Boston at least one of the families of the victims who died, they have said the same thing They said we... 

But the youngest victim has said that we don’t wanna deal with the pure process that please does not put him to death. For the same reason we don’t want to continue to be re-wounded and continue to be grieved, I know. Built quickly, we gotta go. But this is fascinating to hear what she could potentially say if none is called to defense...