“I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.” PeopleThinkingStatesUnitedUnited StatesPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Janet Reno
“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 that every time an execution is carried out in the United States, up to 75 murders are prevented the next year.” YearsSaidStatesNextUnitedUnited StatesStudySafeMurderCriminalsViolentExecutionPenaltiesDeath PenaltyNext YearAlabamaViolent Criminals Author:Troy King
“I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag, whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people, and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities.” PeopleStatesRealityUnitedUnited StatesExampleResponsibleBillsConfusionSymbolsBurningManifestationTerritoryFlagsPenaltiesAmazedSevereImposingCongressmanAmerican Flag Author:Alan Watts
“Mexico has many more kidnappings than the United States. The U.S. has very few kidnappings.The reason is, in the United States, we don't pay ransom. We turn it over to the FBI. They catch the person. And then, of course, we used to have the death penalty for it. Now it's life in prison. In Mexico, everybody pays. It's a business.” PersonsStatesReasonUsedTurnsCoursesUnitedPayUnited StatesPrisonMexicoPenaltiesDeath PenaltyFbiKidnappingRansom Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody.” WayKindStatesUsedJusticeUnitedUnited StatesDefinitionsRacistPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Assata Shakur
“It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance.” PeopleEndsStatesUnitedUnited StatesIssuesCrimeIgnoranceFoolPenaltiesDeath PenaltyPhony Author:Rudy Giuliani
“There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.” MeanWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsCrimeRepublicanSoldierCongressCommittedGravesConventionsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyCommandersBreachWar CrimesGenevaGeneva Convention Author:Noam Chomsky
“The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesPenaltiesDeath PenaltyLottery Author:Bianca Jagger