The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution…There comes a… — Jeanne Woodford 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
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
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent… — Moses Harrison Copy Share Image
It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I was shocked to read that Lord Ferrers, a Home Office minister, when booked for speeding and presented with a £40 fixed… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think people are very stiff. Money makes people stiff, and we want it, and we have to pay the penalty. I… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country; Iran, Iraq, Saudi… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“The thing about sports, at least for guys, is that nobody ever defines the rules, not even in gym class. Asking what… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for democratic choice,… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also… — Burke Marshall Copy Share Image
There's a rumour going 'round that if you amass a certain number of penalty points on your driving licence, the authorities will… — Jasper Carrott Copy Share Image
The death of Christ proclaimed the justice and perpetuity of his Father's law in punishing the transgressor, in that he consented to… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death… — Robert Cecil Martin Copy Share Image
The penalty of affluence is that it cuts one off from the common lot, common experience, and common fellowship. In a sense… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think we have to have capital punishment, I think there has to be something to contain certain people. Those deterrents I… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
