Capital Quote by Paul Simon

The possibility of sending an innocent person to their death is a reason why I'm against the death penalty.

— Susanna Reid

It's better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die

— Brent Weeks

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

We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

— Mario Puzo

“Now, on the subject of deterrence, I admit that there can be little doubt that as presently administered in the United States, the death…

— John Douglas

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

— Edward Abbey

Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate…

— Don Feder

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

The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution…There comes a time when…

— Jeanne Woodford

I wonder if these death penalty proponents would still hold that it's worth some risk of error if it were their loved one who…

— Antoinette Bosco

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

Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

— Banksy