Capital punishment Quote by Stephen Edger

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

— Joel Norris

“The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.”

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Capital Punishment is simply the disposal of a defective product. Nothing more and nothing less.”

— Robert M. Roberts

“I’ve no patience with modern humanitarian scruples about capital punishment.”

— Agatha Christie

“If ever there was a case deserving Capital Punishment, it's for this white lie.”

— Brian Spellman

Anyone who believes in capital punishment should be shot

— Banksy

“But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be…

— Albert Camus

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they are rich…

— Bryan Stevenson

“I’d rather be shot dead screaming for justice than die alone in a prison of my own making.”

— Tahereh Mafi

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are…

— Tony Goldwyn