Country Quote by Ralph Northam

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

— Clint Smith

The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic -…

— Richard LaGravenese

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

— Martin O'Malley

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

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

— Kinky Friedman

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

— Andrei Sakharov

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

— Lennie James

Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are…

— Moses Harrison

Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially…

— Ralph Nader

If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country…

— Jimmy Carter

There is a growing recognition that the death penalty simply can't work. It's a complex system that arbitrarily selects defendants for death and creates…

— Robert Cecil Martin

For one, as I've written before, the death penalty is plainly unjust. When the number of wrongful convictions and death penalty cases that are…

— S.E. Cupp