I was eight years old when my father was murdered. It is almost impossible to describe the pain of losing a parent… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“You're wrong, you know," Susan said. "She doesn't belong here. I'm against the death penalty. I don't think the state should be… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people,… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
We need clarification regarding the death penalty. It's different in many states... It's a bit different throughout the country, so I look… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
It is proper that we acknowledge the overwhelming weight of international opinion against the juvenile death penalty. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself.… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal… — Ban Ki-moon 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
I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period. — Troy King 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
“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
“Killing yourself isn’t against the law. If you succeed, there’s nothing they can do to punish you for it. And if you… — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Conservative talk radio hosts have conned the American people into thinking there is such a thing as a pro-life, pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death… — Janeane Garofalo 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
I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that… — Jay Sekulow Copy Share Image
I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
