Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the… — Elizabeth Fry Copy Share Image
We need clarification regarding the death penalty. It's different in many states... It's a bit different throughout the country, so I look… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
You've got to do your homework, and you've got to look at what makes people successful, what makes penalty takers unsuccessful. Ultimately,… — Jack Butland Copy Share Image
We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time. We have capital punishment. America has capital… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The… — Gerald Kogan Copy Share Image
California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers… — Gil Garcetti Copy Share Image
The death penalty exacts a terrible price in dollars, lives and human decency. Rather than tamping down the flames of violence, it… — Robert M. Morgenthau Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
You wouldn't have had to call a penalty on me, I would've called I on myself'. 9. “I'm the sole judge of… — Ben Hogan Copy Share Image
“She knew there was enormous penalty for what they had done to her - but she could not conceive of that, did… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Especially where financial matters are concerned, when it comes to dissolving a marriage, any dissembling at all is strictly against the law… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Our legal system, including the police, is anti-Dalit and anti-poor. The death penalty laws' wrathful majesty, in blood-shot equality, deals the fatal… — V. R. Krishna Iyer Copy Share Image
The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
