Abusive Quote by George Ryan

For the most part, executions happen in obscurity. If people did hear about executions, if they were publicized, even televised, I fear more would…

— Wendy Kaminer

Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned…

— Harry A. Blackmun

I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes…

— Albert Pierrepoint

Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate…

— Don Feder

As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran…

— Irene Khan

I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without forcing us…

— Mike Farrell

When we really began executions rather than lynchings, black folks were 22% of our population in 1950, for instance, but they were 75% of…

— Shane Claiborne

To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution…

— Ralph Nader

“Now, on the subject of deterrence, I admit that there can be little doubt that as presently administered in the United States, the death…

— John Douglas

I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

We've sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have…

— John Grisham

The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.

— Walter Raleigh