Daily Dialogue — October 12, 2014

“I just wanna say I think killin’ is wrong, no matter who does it, whether it’s me or y’all or your government.”

— Dead Man Walking (1995), screenplay by Tim Robbins, book by Helen Prejean

Daily Dialogue theme for this week: Punishment.

Trivia: The title “Dead Man Walking” is a slang term used by prison guards when escorting death row prisoners from their cells to the execution chambers.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The last words Matthew Poncelet utters before he is put to death, a unique take on capital punishment by a confessed rapist and murderer.

If you have any suggestions for this week’s theme, please post in comments… and thanks!