Cases Quote by John McLaughlin

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

— Lu Xun

Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of…

— Chris Chocola

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

Politically motivated lawsuits and prosecutions cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

— Richard Grenell

But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal crisis in…

— John Van de Kamp

It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is accomplished, and…

— Richard Cohen

Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job.

— James Cook

“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the…

— Helen Prejean

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

The task of tracking deaths for the federal bureaucracy is an enormous one; about 2.5 million Americans die each year. Federal officials say the…

— David Fahrenthold

Death Row inmates are almost twice as expensive to house each year as other inmates. Death penalty trials are much costlier than trials where…

— Reid Hoffman

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