Carlo: Your feelings, your opinions about the death penalty in this country are profound. Would you tell me your feelings about the death sentence?
Ramirez: As far as the death penalty is concerned, I think it is a power against the powerless. There are not many millionaires on death row. A lot of people choose to die, though; a lot of people, a lot of murder defendants actually get on the witness stand and tell the jury that they want the death penalty. They would rather die than spend the rest of their lives in prison. The death penalty is ... to me ... is not a very dignified way. They should have gladiator arenas like in the old Roman times because what I ... it’s just ... you know, it doesn’t seem right.