Animal Quote by George Ryan

“Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to…

— Anonymous

Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk to the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they are rich…

— Bryan Stevenson

I don't have any personal upset at the death penalty as an abstraction, What I do realize is how many mistakes can be made…

— Michael Baden

If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country…

— Jimmy Carter

Sometimes our criminal justice system is about punishing people and not reforming people.

— Eric Goode

I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the…

— Jeff Lindsay

A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which…

— Victoria Woodhull

For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing between the…

— James Frey

One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our…

— William J. Brennan

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

— George Gascon

From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have…

— Harry A. Blackmun