Death Quote by Reid Hoffman

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

— Edward Abbey

It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to…

— Shane Claiborne

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon…

— Thurgood Marshall

The death penalty exacts a terrible price in dollars, lives and human decency. Rather than tamping down the flames of violence, it fuels them…

— Robert M. Morgenthau

My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

— Dalai Lama

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

— Remy de Gourmont

I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families.

— Rob McKenna

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

— Woody Allen

I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison,

— Pamela Smart

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

— Lennie James

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

I want to accelerate, not slow down, the enforcement of the death penalty in Florida.

— Jeb Bush