#capital punishment

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american #because #believe #best #best way

I knew quite well, when I gave the names of our agents in the Soviet Union, that I was exposing them to the full machinery of counterespionage and the law, and then prosecution and capital punishment. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#capital #capital punishment #exposing #full #gave

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#capital #capital punishment #come #contend #i

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. ↗

— Henry Ford

#capital punishment #charity #crime #cure #fundamentally

The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

#capital #capital punishment #controversy #distressing #long

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#bad #both #capital #capital punishment #good

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

— Paul Simon

#capital punishment #death #guarantee #innocent #innocent people

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. ↗

— Steve Allen

#capital punishment #guide #half #killed #matter

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#capital punishment #human #human life #life #our

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

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