That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers. — Alphonse Karr Copy Share Image
I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they're not liberal. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The victims of crime have been transformed into a group oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If a Muslim becomes a non-Muslim and propagates his/her new religion, then it is as good as treason. There is a Death… — Zakir Naik Copy Share Image
The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an… — Anonymous 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
This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we… — Troy King Copy Share Image
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment… — Paul Jacob Copy Share Image
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we… — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
Death Row inmates are almost twice as expensive to house each year as other inmates. Death penalty trials are much costlier than… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the… — Thurgood Marshall 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
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns… — Gerald Heaney 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
I've seen lots of murders, no murder is ever nice, and I just don't think the victim's family has an opportunity to… — John Cabello Copy Share Image
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Germans argue with the Americans about many things, from the death penalty to the relationship between security and freedom. We have to… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
“I've come out many times publicly in support of the death penalty. I've stated that I'd be more than willing personally to… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“The rest of the question-and-answer period was pretty standard stuff, with a few hardballs thrown in just to keep things interesting. Where… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“I can believe that things are true and I can believe things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The early and relatively sophisticated Egyptians understood that their civilization would be threatened if they bred with the Negroes to their south,… — Kyle Bristow Copy Share Image
I do not think we should reward murderers by keeping them alive in air conditioned prisons where they are fed everyday. If… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
Within our own society, we jail more prisoners than any other country in the world, 85 percent of them people of nonwhite… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty.… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The attorney general doesn't favor one method or the other, he favors the death penalty. — Bob Butterworth Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the most heinous crimes warrant the death penalty. — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
I am not anti-death penalty, but I'm damned sure anti-the-wrong-guy-getting-executed. — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. — Ray Krone Copy Share Image
When you're talking about death, you can't afford to make even one mistake. — Jim Petro Copy Share Image
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. — Alan Parker Copy Share Image
