Capital punishment Quotes
A quote that warns about killing an innocent person and says it is better to set a thousand guilty people free than to execute one who might be wrong. Another quote calls execution revenge, not justice, and questions whether a quick death is more humane than a slow life in prison. A third quote argues that the law of capital punishment does not stop crime and is impractical.
![“[Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are] more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his guilt, more hostile to the insanity defense, more mistrustful of defense attorneys and less concerned about the danger of erroneous convictions.” quote by Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/thurgood-marshall-10063_attorney_jurors-who-are-opposed-to-capital-punish_875788.png)
![“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there are basic human rights I believe that every human being has. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the United Nations says it for me. And it says there are…” quote by Sister Helen Prejean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/sister-helen-prejean-94083_an-eye-for-an-eye_t-here-are-some-human-rights-that-are-so_222080.jpg)
