Crime Quote by Vanna Bonta

The issue is not whether there are horrible cases where the penalty seems "right". The real question is whether we will ever design a…

— Scott Turow

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished.

— Jack Kemp

May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.

— Pope John Paul II

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder…

— Howard Dean

Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for serious, heinous…

— Scott Harshbarger

If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball…

— Bill Shankly

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

— Andrei Sakharov

no study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states…

— Antoinette Bosco

The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of the death…

— Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you need is…

— Peter Shilton

The system is not perfect. Until it's perfect, let's do away with the death penalty.

— Kinky Friedman

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

— Bill Parcells