Bother Quote by Richard Brown

This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases.

— George W. Bush

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

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

— Rob McKenna

“Most of the people on Death Row are here for no other reason than that their case got more publicity than others. The difference…

— Damien Echols

“The serial murderer often seeks the very form of capital punishment that is being held over his head as a deterrent.”

— Joel Norris

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

— Martin O'Malley

“The lack of stringent laws and the inefficient prosecution of perpetrators have made it increasingly difficult for victims and their families to get the…

— Oche Otorkpa

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

— Abraham Lincoln

Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human…

— John Grisham

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been…

— Agatha Christie

The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the…

— Judith Lewis Herman