Allowing Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor

Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when the condemned…

— Harry A. Blackmun

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

It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but…

— Jan Schakowsky

I've never been under the illusion that everybody on death row is innocent - far from it. My own guess is upwards of 90…

— Scott Turow

There are many innocent people in prison.

— Brian Banks

As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.

— Paul Simon

In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished…

— George Ryan

What kind of system do we have when innocent people can sit on death row for 30 years?

— Anthony Ray Hinton

At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of…

— Conrad Black

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

— Edward Abbey

I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison.

— Bryan Stevenson

40% of homicides go unsolved. You know, it's not a very good record. And, also, 95% of convictions in America come from plea bargaining,…

— Bill Maher