Abandoned Quote by Harry A. Blackmun

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

With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the state punishes…

— William J. Brennan

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in…

— William J. Brennan

Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are…

— Moses Harrison

The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due…

— Burke Marshall

If we put another two or perhaps three justice on, that's really what's going to be ­­ that will happen. And that'll happen automatically,…

— Donald Trump

I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should be.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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

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

— William J. Brennan

Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one…

— Auberon Waugh

You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.

— Matt Groening

I hope people think about the way trials go today, with the justice system overwhelmed by cases.

— Glenne Headly