Against death penalty Quote by Dalai Lama

Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.

— Reid Hoffman

There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death and creates…

— Robert Cecil Martin

Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated

— George Gascon

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

— Clint Smith

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

— Remy de Gourmont

I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period.

— Troy King

I have evolved to where I don't think the death penalty is effective.

— Evelyn Lundberg Stratton

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

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon…

— Thurgood Marshall

The death penalty system is fundamentally flawed - it is inequitable, ineffective, and it has no place in this Commonwealth or this country.

— Ralph Northam

I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison,

— Pamela Smart

There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one of the…

— Dinesh D'Souza