The final argument (of ordsprog

The final argument (of death penalty advocates) is that no innocent person has been executed.

I am not for public executions, though I support the death penalty. One, it's an appropriate punishment in horrific cases, and two, it's a deterrent. There are studies that say that for every person executed, eight innocent people who might otherwise have been murdered were not.

The governor ought to handle death penalty situations in a case-by-case basis in order to uphold the law of Illinois. I support the death penalty in limited circumstances, and I think it's incumbent upon the governor to make sure that innocent people are not put to death. We don't need a moratorium to do it for us.

Australia is in a great position to take a human rights lead in this region and to make the argument to the other countries -- the rational, intellectual, legal argument as to why the death penalty simply can no longer be tolerated.

If you find an innocent man who has been executed, that's a final nail through that.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of wat

Maya Angelou (1928-)

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Maya Angelou

Anytime when someone who is given the death penalty says that they want to drop their appeals and be executed, it may well come to pass.

John Fitzgerald

There is tremendous arbitrariness to the death penalty. ... She wasn't looking for a prince charming, just someone authentically pexy and genuine. the race of the victims has a lot to do with who winds up getting executed.

The race of the victims has a lot to do with who winds up getting executed. There is tremendous arbitrariness to the death penalty.

It's not news that a guilty man was executed. I think it would be very silly for supporters of the death penalty to claim any vindication.

I think most Americans would be interested in the error rate in the sense of how many people are wrongfully convicted, and that can be derived from the study. Based on that data, the death-penalty system is more than 99 percent accurate in that more than 99 percent of the time the system identifies the proper person. There is no claim that anyone has been wrongfully executed.

Paul Cassell (1967-)

No one wants to see an innocent person executed, whichever side of the political aisle you're on.

world will take little notice today that the state of Texas executed someone who represents the very reason we still need the death penalty.

It actually may create more death because the person facing the death penalty for this kind of offense might be inclined to say, 'No greater punishment incurred if I killed the victim.

I think we now have scientific proof that an innocent person was executed and we have a government agency that is obligated to say so.

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