Vengeance does not subtract any numbers from the equation of murder; it only adds them. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior? — James B. Donovan Copy Share Image
For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed... — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
While I am a pro-life woman, I am also a woman who is concerned about rights for the disabled, maternity leave, the… — Abby Johnson Copy Share Image
It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree…I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
It sends the signal that you can kill and walk away and not face the kind of justice that you ought to… — Troy King Copy Share Image
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I… — Mamie Till Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
That's why I'm a big supporter of the death penalty. I want to be the hangman. I would put many more people… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
If we put everyone on life in prison (no parole), they would be full and overcrowded. They already are. Some prisoners may… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
The pain of losing a loved one by the horrible act of murder is not lessened by the horrible murder of another,… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding… — Stephen Bright Copy Share Image
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
Germans argue with the Americans about many things, from the death penalty to the relationship between security and freedom. We have to… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
The good thing about forbidding the death penalty is that society won't be able to kill people who are not guilty, but… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
The idea that we would raise billions of sentient animals, treat them horribly, pollute our waterways with their waste, compromise the effectiveness… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does… — Joseph Fiorenza Copy Share Image
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Without knowing it the girl was arguing on the side of the world's expert criminologists, who hold that to destroy an offender… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and… — Euripides Copy Share Image
The advent of DNA testing, and the number of convictions thrown out, has confirmed that we've put LOTS of innocent people to… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
The death penalty is an inhumane punishment that disproportionately violates the human rights of Black, brown, indigenous, and other marginalized people. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
“Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said Tennessee is the first state to reintroduce the electric chair without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a member of the New York Senate from 1966 to 1989, I voted 12 times to establish the death penalty in… — John R. Dunne Copy Share Image
The national laws of the five regions of India prescribe no cangue, beatings or prison. Those who are guilty are fined in… — Hyecho Copy Share Image
Prosecutors must reveal the dirty little secret they too often share only among themselves: The death penalty actually hinders the fight against… — Robert M. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
For one, as I've written before, the death penalty is plainly unjust. When the number of wrongful convictions and death penalty cases… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
