Ability Quote by Scott Harshbarger

A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will…

— Mike Farrell

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

— Ovid

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

People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects society just as well as the death penalty ignore…

— Thomas Sowell

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of…

— Albert Einstein

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

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death penalty.

— Quentin Crisp

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

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

— Edward Abbey

There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It…

— Jimmy Carter

First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.

— Patricia Cornwell

If we put everyone on life in prison (no parole), they would be full and overcrowded. They already are. Some prisoners may prefer the…

— Glen Rambharack