Committed Quote by Gil Garcetti

It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to…

— Shane Claiborne

The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.

— Edward Abbey

We have more families at risk with the death penalty. It targets the voiceless, the poor, people of color. And so it's important just…

— Susan Sarandon

If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute…

— John C. McAdams

Criminals should be made to pay their victims back.

— Joe Don Baker

The death penalty exacts a terrible price in dollars, lives and human decency. Rather than tamping down the flames of violence, it fuels them…

— Robert M. Morgenthau

I do not think we should reward murderers by keeping them alive in air conditioned prisons where they are fed everyday. If they are…

— Glen Rambharack

If we put everyone on life in prison (no parole), they would be full and overcrowded. They already are. Some prisoners may prefer the…

— Glen Rambharack

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

— Cesare Beccaria

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

— Carrie P. Meek

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

— Alphonse Karr

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's…

— Carrie P. Meek