Customary greeting to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, What's shaking, chiefy baby?
Thurgood MarshallWhen in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue.
Thurgood Marshall[It is] a historic step toward eliminating the shameful practice of racial discrimination in the selection of juries.
Thurgood Marshall