Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights. — Hafez Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen. "Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
After Chernobyl, thousands and thousands of people, if not millions, were given a death penalty and had to pay the price, our… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Why do we want to kill all the broken people? What is wrong with us, that we think a thing like that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same. — Philemon Copy Share Image
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
People tend to see all black congressmen as liberals with an urban twist: They're all for gun control and against the death… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
I will work hard to try to get rid of the death penalty. If I could do that, with all the other… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
From the moment you are in that cell, when they tell you you're going ot be electrocuted, you contemplate it all the… — Jay Smith Copy Share Image
As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi… — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to… — Byron White Copy Share Image
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them… — Tim McDonald Copy Share Image
If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail… — John C. McAdams Copy Share Image
The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence,… — Susan Sarandon 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
The Bible identifies 15 crimes against the family worthy of the death penalty. ABORTION is treason against the family and deserves the… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“We cut down trees that do not bear fruit! We have to bring back the death penalty! It’s the only way to… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
The more you look at the death penalty, that's where you see that we're actually not killing the worst of the worst.… — Shane Claiborne 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
I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country… — Antoinette Bosco 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
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
I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The death penalty has succeeded in America, not in spite of Christians, but because of us. The Bible Belt is the Death… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“Racial violence has been rationalized, legitimated, and channeled through our criminal justice system; it is expressed as police brutality, solitary confinement, and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of… — Glenn T. Seaborg 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
If the Pope were to deny that the death penalty could be an exercise of retributive justice, he would be overthrowing the… — Avery Dulles 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
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