There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death… — Robert Cecil Martin Copy Share Image
Teresa Lewis, the only woman on death row in Virginia, says she doesn't deserve the death penalty because she only hired the… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I stand with crime victims, members of the law enforcement community, and advocates for justice in opposing a repeal of the death… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
When the state imposes the death penalty, it proclaims that taking one human life counterbalances the taking of another life. This assumption… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
In Alabama this would be a capital case, and if we don't get justice in Australia we're going to pursue the death… — Troy King Copy Share Image
The possibility of sending an innocent person to their death is a reason why I'm against the death penalty. — Susanna Reid 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
If you're stealing a television, that should not be the death penalty. — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
After years spent in Washington, I have become more aware than ever of the government's ineptness and the likelihood of its making… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . . — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system… — George Gascon Copy Share Image
If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects society just as well as the death… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna… — Robin Stevenson Copy Share Image
This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country; Iran, Iraq, Saudi… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“The thing that weighed on him most, however, was the irrationality of the world in which he now found himself. To some… — Erik Larson 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
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The king governs without decapitation or (other) corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances (of each… — Faxian 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
