If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
Source: Les Gupes (Paris, 31 Jan. 1849). An alternative source attributes this to a voice from the hall in the French Chamber, during a debate on the death penalty, when a speech proposing abolition was be
-- Alphonse Karr, ( 1808-1890), French journalist, novelist;