“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers… — Gil Garcetti 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
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take… — Tim McDonald Copy Share Image
“If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we’d not only have fewer parking tickets, we’d also have much less… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
That's why I'm a big supporter of the death penalty. I want to be the hangman. I would put many more people… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
“He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen. "Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“We may be indifferent to the death penalty and not declare ourselves either way so long as we have not seen a… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Our legal system, including the police, is anti-Dalit and anti-poor. The death penalty laws' wrathful majesty, in blood-shot equality, deals the fatal… — V. R. Krishna Iyer Copy Share Image
Teresa Lewis, the only woman on death row in Virginia, says she doesn't deserve the death penalty because she only hired the… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
The more you look at the death penalty, that's where you see that we're actually not killing the worst of the worst.… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Without knowing it the girl was arguing on the side of the world's expert criminologists, who hold that to destroy an offender… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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 am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I… — Mamie Till Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does… — Joseph Fiorenza Copy Share Image
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
We must work to build a criminal-legal system that is deeply rooted in a love for humanity, which begins with ending the… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
While I am a pro-life woman, I am also a woman who is concerned about rights for the disabled, maternity leave, the… — Abby Johnson Copy Share Image
Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree…I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions… — Albert Pierrepoint Copy Share Image
You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
It sends the signal that you can kill and walk away and not face the kind of justice that you ought to… — Troy King Copy Share Image
I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
After years spent in Washington, I have become more aware than ever of the government's ineptness and the likelihood of its making… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
