Capital punishment Quote by Pete Buttigieg

I think this country would be much better off if we did not have capital punishment… We cannot ignore the fact that in recent…

— John Paul Stevens

Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes…

— Charlize Theron

“Today capital punishment is widely seen as a human rights violation. In 2007 the UN General Assembly voted 105–54 (with 29 abstentions) to declare…

— Steven Pinker

As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran…

— Irene Khan

The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that.

— Lennie James

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people…

— George Bernard Shaw

Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country to practice…

— Antoinette Bosco

There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

— Jerzy Kosinski

I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.

— Lionel Jospin

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished.

— Jack Kemp

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

— Orrin Hatch

This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

— Kate Millett