Alabama Quote by Troy King

I'm using the death penalty to keep Alabama family safe from the most violent criminals, why? It's because it works. Recent studies have said…

— Troy King

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

— Paul Simon

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

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

— Jeffrey Archer

The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due…

— Burke Marshall

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

— Edward Abbey

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

— Byron White

I'm for a stronger death penalty.

— George W. Bush

In Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it. That's right. If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill…

— Ron White

We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been taken deliberately…

— Potter Stewart

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