I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
When he takes a penalty, Graham Alexander turns his foot into a spatula-type device — Mike Parry Copy Share Image
I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied. — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game. — Howard Staunton 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
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
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 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 regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll… — Bob Paisley Copy Share Image
I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
Especially where financial matters are concerned, when it comes to dissolving a marriage, any dissembling at all is strictly against the law… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
“She knew there was enormous penalty for what they had done to her - but she could not conceive of that, did… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate… — Antoinette Bosco Copy Share Image
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty… — Caryl Chessman Copy Share Image
Would I - or any defender - tell the referee to give a penalty if I made a foul in the box… — Jamie Carragher 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'm for the death penalty, I'm pro-abortion, I'm pro-assisted suicide, I'm pro-regular suicide. Anything that'll get the traffic moving. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for… — Scott Harshbarger Copy Share Image
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I can't talk politics with my cousin because he's such a hypocrite. He's against the death penalty and he hanged himself. — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And… — Janet Reno 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
I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We are all Ahmaud Arbery. Everyday activities should not end in death sentences. We must hold people responsible for their actions. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Like cellulite creams or hair-loss tonics, capital punishment is one of those panaceas that isn't. Only it costs a whole lot more. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
“Toyota will pay a $1.2 billion penalty to settle the criminal probe into its handling of unintended acceleration problems” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,'… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
