The hangman is a disgrace to any civilized country.

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea?…

— Antonin Scalia

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.

— Benjamin Franklin

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 blow on…

— V. R. Krishna Iyer

When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty.We need to execute people like John…

— Ann Coulter

Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the…

— Kofi Annan

The death penalty system is fundamentally flawed - it is inequitable, ineffective, and it has no place in this Commonwealth or this country.

— Ralph Northam

I support the death penalty and will continue to do that.

— Rick Santorum

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder…

— Howard Dean

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

— Kinky Friedman

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what…

— Jonathan Shapiro

Joe Biden cannot leave the lives of those on death row in the hands of future presidents. If he truly opposes the death penalty,…

— Cori Bush

Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its…

— Helen Prejean

“Gates got up, but not fast or jerkily, with the same slowness that had always characterized him. He wiped the sweat off his palms…

— Cornell Woolrich

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

— Desmond Tutu