For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system. — Ronald Reagan 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
If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed. — Clint Smith 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
The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid. — Bryan Stevenson 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
We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
“[T]he death penalty dehumanizes everyone on both sides of the equation. It dimishes everyone it touches. It is something we just shouldn't… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Conservatives have every reason to believe the death penalty system is no different from any politicized, costly, inefficient, bureaucratic, government-run operation, which… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
For one, as I've written before, the death penalty is plainly unjust. When the number of wrongful convictions and death penalty cases… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
“They found him guilty, and brother, if Maine had the death penalty, he would have done the airdance before that spring's crocuses… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
The death penalty? Give me a break. It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual… — Antonin Scalia 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
States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A man convicted of murder is twenty times more likely than a woman convicted of murder to receive the death penalty. Since… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge… — Albert Pierrepoint 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
As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Sharia is the most oppressive system on earth. It encourages people to lie, if it's for the benefits of Islam. It doesn't… — Mark Durie 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
“That the Sadian fantasy situates itself better in the bearers of Christian ethics than elsewhere is what our structural landmarks allow us… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
“..I began speaking.. First, I took issue with the media's characterization of the post-Katrina New Orleans as resembling the third world as… — Billy Sothern Copy Share Image
Americans are not going to tolerate intimidation, terror and outright acts of war against this nation and its people. And we are… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Whatever the "Christian conservatives" in America say, there is no one set of rightful opinions that follow on automatically from your belief.… — Francis Spufford 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
“once I admitted the arguments of necessity and force majeure put forward by the less eminent, I couldn’t reject those of the… — Albert Camus 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
Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross! — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact. — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families. — Rob McKenna Copy Share Image
We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it? — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty. — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. — Bobby Scott Copy Share Image
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