Claims Quote by Albert Camus

There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death and creates…

— Robert Cecil Martin

Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes…

— George Gascon

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon…

— Thurgood Marshall

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day…

— Marquis de Sade

Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of…

— Elizabeth Fry

Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has a soul,…

— Richard Viguerie

Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are…

— Tony Goldwyn

There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one of the…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“Now, on the subject of deterrence, I admit that there can be little doubt that as presently administered in the United States, the death…

— John Douglas

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone…

— Antonin Scalia

We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been taken deliberately…

— Potter Stewart

“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they are rich…

— Bryan Stevenson