Add Quote by John Van de Kamp

I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness and given…

— Tani Cantil-Sakauye

California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers and counselors…

— Gil Garcetti

California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.

— Molly Ivins

The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race,…

— Bryan Stevenson

There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing someone for being on a…

— Bill Engvall

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity…

— Scott Turow

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

Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are…

— Tony Goldwyn

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Spending our tax dollars on actually preventing crimes, instead of pursuing death sentences after they've already been committed, will assure us we will have…

— Gil Garcetti

I feel capitol punishment is dooming U.S.A.

— Gregory Corso

California is going to take themselves off the cliff culturally and economically, fiscally. They are going to be at the trough in Washington wanting…

— Jim DeMint