Conscience Quote by Rod Dreher

“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the…

— Helen Prejean

Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for…

— Jay Sekulow

“I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with…

— Neil Gaiman

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in…

— William J. Brennan

“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system…

— Neil Gaiman

“We may remain more or less open-minded on the subject of the death penalty, indisposed to commit ourselves, so long as we have not…

— Victor Hugo

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death…

— Ida B. Wells

The death penalty confronts us with a penetrating moral question: Can even the monstrous crimes of those who are condemned to death and are…

— Blase J. Cupich

Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.

— Ed Koch

We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does to all…

— Joseph Fiorenza

“Now, on the subject of deterrence, I admit that there can be little doubt that as presently administered in the United States, the death…

— John Douglas

The possibility of sending an innocent person to their death is a reason why I'm against the death penalty.

— Susanna Reid