107 Quotes About Death-penalty

The death sentence is a barbaric act.

The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

When you're talking about death, you can't afford to make even one mistake.

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.