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Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and… — Robert Falcon Scott
I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families. — Rob McKenna
Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated — George Gascon
We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair. — George Gascon
Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human… — Jay Sekulow
The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens… — Larry Flynt
If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is… — Jimmy Carter
Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same. — Philemon
More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain. — Mark Twain
A growing body of social science research reveals that atheists and non-religious people in general, are far from the unsavory beings many assume them to… — Gregory S. Paul
After Chernobyl, thousands and thousands of people, if not millions, were given a death penalty and had to pay the price, our father among them. — Wladimir Klitschko
[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the… — David S. Broder
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error. — George Ryan
You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty. — N. T. Wright
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world. — N. T. Wright
I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary… — John Grisham
I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in… — Janet Reno
In Alabama this would be a capital case, and if we don't get justice in Australia we're going to pursue the death penalty here — Troy King
It sends the signal that you can kill and walk away and not face the kind of justice that you ought to pay for those… — Troy King
I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period. — Troy King
I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we won, they lost. — Troy King
I'm using the death penalty to keep Alabama family safe from the most violent criminals, why? It's because it works. Recent studies have said that… — Troy King
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never… — John Fugelsang
The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European… — Anthony Burgess

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