William Keeler Public Quotations

I take this occasion to express publicly my apologies to all who have been victims and, in a very special way, to Mr. Stokes who is suffering, has suffered intensely because of the difficulty in which he now finds himself and which we find ourselves, ... I express my sympathy and to his family members, to all who suffered, because of what has been transpiring.

acknowledges the right of legitimate government to resort to the death penalty, but it challenges the appropriateness of doing so in a society now capable of defending the public order and ensuring the public's safety.