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The death sentence is a barbaric act. — Nelson Mandela
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... In fact, violence merely… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu
I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional. It… — Gil Garcetti
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly… — Joseph Lowery
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders. — Albert Camus
As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men,… — Lewis E. Lawes
If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part only, but wholly,… — Gerald Heaney
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a… — Gerald Heaney
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice. — Desmond Tutu
What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing! — Victor Hugo
I have yet to see a death case among the dozen coming to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished and… — George Ryan
I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die. — George Ryan
The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation. — Benjamin Franklin
The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography… — Bryan Stevenson
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding in this way… — Unknown Author
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that in recent years… — John Paul Stevens
Society may protect itself without putting a human to death as it would a wild animal. Since we believe each person has a soul, and… — Richard Viguerie
I am in favour of capital punishment if the execution of the sentence is immediate. The purpose of the death penalty is to send out… — Ujjwal Nikam
I am afraid that it would be a mockery of justice if the death penalty is not imposed. And therefore I pleaded that there are… — Ujjwal Nikam
I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness and given the… — Unknown Author
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the… — Ban Ki-moon

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