Belief Quote by Anonymous

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me,…

— Steve Earle

I'm always theoretically opposed to capital punishment as a matter of policy; like, I don't believe a state should put its citizens to death.

— Michael Finkel

The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its…

— Larry Flynt

As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find…

— Susan Sarandon

“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

As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty…

— Coretta Scott King

Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate…

— Don Feder

I don't want to get away with murder! I'd have to live with that for the rest of my life. I would never want…

— Andy Biersack

I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my…

— Nhat Hanh

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals…

— Helen Prejean

I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes…

— Albert Pierrepoint

My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt that innocent…

— Ed Crane