There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
“Nearly all of these successful folks have made it in the business world by sticking with the free market ideal of survival… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
“Similarly, we can all agree that science's entitlement to advise us on moral values is problematic, to say the least. but does… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If you support the death penalty, you forfeit all right to refer to yourself as 'Pro-life.' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden. — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded… — Ujjwal Nikam Copy Share Image
It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
It is written: "Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live" (Ex. 22:18); and: "In the morning I put to death all the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I'm glad things are getting better, but I'm going to push and be pissed off until they're perfect. That will probably never… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
An act of Congress could abolish the federal death penalty once and for all, and my sister in service, Representative Ayanna Pressley,… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to… — Anonymous 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
I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
