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It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our treatment of them…

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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow…
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit…
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to…
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the…
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an…
Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but…
The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's…
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the…
At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of…
It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our…

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I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row. — Gary Bauer
Why do they bother with a suicide watch when someone is on death row? "Keep an eye on this guy. We're gonna… — George Carlin
I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment.... We cannot ignore the fact that… — John Paul Stevens
It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our… — William J. Brennan
What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God. — Mother Teresa
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans… — Danny Glover
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more… — John Paul Stevens
I don't think there's any words in the English language to explain what it's -what it's like to- to sit on Texas… — Unknown Author
I am a child of America. If ever I'm sent to Death Row for my revolutionary 'crimes,' I'll order as my last… — Jerry Rubin
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty… — George Ryan
If masturbation is a crime then I should be on death row. — Jeremy Piven
Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every… — Leonard Ravenhill

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