“do you believe in the death penalty?" he asked her. "you mean being sober?" she laughed.” — Christopher Poindexter Copy Share Image
I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Now let me get this straight. Bush is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty. I guess it's all in the timing, huh? — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA]… — Desmond Tutu 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
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws,… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal… — John Van de Kamp Copy Share Image
You know who doesn't get the death penalty? Crazy people. That's a defense in America. My client's crazy. He doesn't know what… — Bobby Slayton Copy Share Image
[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the… — David S. Broder Copy Share Image
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... In… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the… — Eliot Spitzer 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
Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death… — Quentin Crisp 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
I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
When we don't fund Child Protective Services, there are consequences for all of us. Violence manifests itself. Mental health services in Texas… — David Atwood Copy Share Image
I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
It's interesting to me that killing damages the image of God when it's done by a person, but it doesn't damage it… — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The death penalty only should be - if you agree with it, which I don't, only allowed for murder. You have to… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
It's not about whether you are innocent or guilty. It's about whether or not you can prove you're innocent. If you can't… — Ronald Jones Copy Share Image
To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it… — Gil Garcetti Copy Share Image
Joe Biden cannot leave the lives of those on death row in the hands of future presidents. If he truly opposes the… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
I find that students are very strong on my issues, stronger than anyone: anti-death penalty, anti-racial profiling, campaign finance reform, questioning the… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
At some point in this death-penalty debate, the sanctity of innocent life demands that men and women of conservative conscience have to… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He… — Philip Kaufman 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
![“I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed to human rights doesn't find the death penalty an obscenity.” quote by Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/desmond-tutu-442_abolition_i-don-t-want-a-moratorium-on-the-death-p_1461993.jpg)
![“[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 - just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy's partner and Michael Dukakis's running mate.” quote by David S. Broder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/david-s-broder-61917_access_sen-john-kerry-is-also-a-man-who-opposes_3149154.jpg)
![“It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in fact in all the cases it was really a fluke ... We find persistent wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement. It's really sheer luck that those convicted…” quote by Jan Schakowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/jan-schakowsky-3618_cases_it-would-be-one-thing-if-we-could-say-th_3213697.png)
![“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.” quote by Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/neil-gaiman-29_criminal-law_i-believe-that-while-all-human-life-is-s_159108.jpg)
![“I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/rand-paul-606_civil-disobedience_i-don-t-think-edward-snowden-deserves-a_2762368.jpg)
