Author of quotes: Mario Puzo. Page 3

Once he spoke in defense of the death penalty. Pointed out that in any national referendum the death penalty would have voted the vast majority of the population. And would be opposed by only the elite stratum of society, like the readers of the book review, which helped in some places to abolish the death penalty. He said that the act is a conspiracy of those in power. He stated that this is state policy - to give to criminals and the poor a license to steal, assault, rape and murder the middle class. That is exactly what the state allows its citizens, standing on the bottom steps of the socioeconomic ladder, to off steam and not turn into revolutionaries. In the higher state echelons is estimated that for companies is the lower price. The elite live in safe neighborhoods, send their children to private schools, hire private security guards, and therefore can not be afraid of the revenge of the deceived proletariat. He ridiculed the liberals who say that human life is sacred and public policy the death penalty is a violation of the human right to life. We are also animals, he wrote, and to treat, we must, like elephants, which in India were executed if they killed people. He believed that the elephant is much more worthy of redemption than drug addicts-killer, which five or six years provided a comfortable prison conditions before being released to the streets to they again killed the middle class. <...> And concludes that such harsh measures by stopping crime and protecting property led to the creation of a politically active working class and establish socialism. One proposal Ozano especially infuriated readers: "We don't know is whether the death penalty is an effective deterrent, but we can state that executed more people to kill will not."