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“So…someone died tonight?” “Yes.” He said it without remorse, the calmest he’d ever been. “And you watched it?” “I always watch. You can’t sentence a man to death without watching the execution. It’s a requirement of any leader.”
He was the most dangerous person in this city, but I somehow felt safer once his body was beside mine.
“I don’t want a murderer.” “And I don’t murder people.” “But you cast the death sentence, which makes you just as bad.” “Really?” he asked. “So the judges in America who put criminals on death row…are they murderers?” “Not the same thing.” “It’s exactly the same thing, Beautiful. I own this city, so I’m the judge, the jury, and the people.