Capital punishment Quote by Anonymous

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

The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race,…

— Bryan Stevenson

I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Capital punihsment: That without the Capital get the punishment.

— John Spenkelink

“Capital Punishment is simply the disposal of a defective product. Nothing more and nothing less.”

— Robert M. Roberts

To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution…

— Ralph Nader

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

— Orrin Hatch

I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.

— Bill Maher

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity…

— Scott Turow

Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream…

— Jeff Lindsay

Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency,…

— Albert Camus