“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
“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
“Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country to practice this barbaric punishment.” StillsCountryStatesUnitedPracticeUnited StatesWesternPunishmentNinetyDeath PenaltyCapital PunishmentBarbaric Book:Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty Source: Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty
“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
“If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.” PeopleIfsMatterStatesUnitedHalfUnited StatesTomorrowGuidesPunishmentTestamentDeath PenaltyOld TestamentCapital Punishment Book:Reflections Source: Reflections
“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