That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. — Scott Turow 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
Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. — Alan Parker Copy Share Image
When you're talking about death, you can't afford to make even one mistake. — Jim Petro Copy Share Image
Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated — George Gascon Copy Share Image
The death penalty doesn't need your assent to continue ... it needs your indifference. — Ray Krone Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any words in the English language to explain what it's -what it's like to- to sit on Texas… — Kerry Max Cook Copy Share Image
People tend to see all black congressmen as liberals with an urban twist: They're all for gun control and against the death… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the… — Christy Clark 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
I am in favour of capital punishment if the execution of the sentence is immediate. The purpose of the death penalty is… — Ujjwal Nikam 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
I would say that there are a lot of people who currently disagree with the death penalty, I just hope that it's… — John Cabello Copy Share Image
Everyone is calm and collected but I am telling you something - I am not calm and I am not collected. It's… — Clive Stafford Smith Copy Share Image
The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
What makes a Man love Death, Fanny? Is it because he hopes to avert his own by watchin' the Deaths of others?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
When you look at the Bible, and I read the Bible very seriously, for a lot of my life, I believed the… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“Some guys get fifteen years, others get life. So death for Ed but not for everyone. Cos it all depends on who… — Sarah Crossan Copy Share Image
I'm using the death penalty to keep Alabama family safe from the most violent criminals, why? It's because it works. Recent studies… — Troy King 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
“I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hangs upon the cross! This is the greatest… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She and a bunch… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I have no doubt that we will one day abolish the death penalty in America. It will come sooner if people like… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“It cannot be denied that in cases of child rape the question of consent cannot arise at all, simply because a child… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
“In fact, when the scaffold is there, all erected and prepared, it has something about it which produces hallucination. One may feel… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We are like a rider on top of a gigantic elephant. We can steer the elephant, and if he's not busy, he'll… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Today capital punishment is widely seen as a human rights violation. In 2007 the UN General Assembly voted 105–54 (with 29 abstentions)… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
For me, the ethical arguments that resonate strongest are the ones that oppose the death penalty. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
