Against Quote by Paul Watson

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

— John Grisham

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

— Harold Pinter

I was a supporter and believer in the death penalty, but I've begun to see that this system doesn't work and it isn't functional.…

— Gil Garcetti

By and large, prisons are survivable, though hope is indeed what you need least upon entering here; a lump of sugar would be more…

— Joseph Brodsky

To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution…

— Ralph Nader

It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

— Molly Ivins

It is a huge asset to law and order that serious or persistent criminals should be taken out of the society on which they…

— Ann Widdecombe

I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system…

— Sam Rockwell

Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.

— Frank Herbert

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician…

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.

— Henry Louis Gates

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

— Danny Glover