Abolition Quote by Desmond Tutu

The good thing about forbidding the death penalty is that society won't be able to kill people who are not guilty, but at the…

— Gaspar Noe

I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . .

— Desmond Tutu

“Today capital punishment is widely seen as a human rights violation. In 2007 the UN General Assembly voted 105–54 (with 29 abstentions) to declare…

— Steven Pinker

The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that.

— Lennie James

The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing to face…

— Alex Kozinski

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of…

— Albert Einstein

The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. There are bureaucratic and economic aspects to it as…

— Reid Hoffman

It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes…

— John Morrison

It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote…

— Rudy Giuliani

I am pro-death penalty, but not an enthusiastic death-penalty person. I think there's a place for it, that it should serve as a deterrent.

— Steve Largent

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

The death penalty only should be - if you agree with it, which I don't, only allowed for murder. You have to murder someone…

— Jesse Ventura