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A lot of states seem comfortable with a stalemate on the death penalty. Executions are rare in most states but they're not ready to get rid of them.

If moral argument is not compelling enough, the American public should compare the murder rate in states which keep the death penalty and states which have abolished it. Then they would realize that executing people is not only inhuman, it does not work as a way of reducing the number of murders.

This is a stunning and very welcome development that puts on hold all Florida executions and may well put a time out on all lethal injection executions in the United States.

The year 2005 may be remembered as the year that life without parole became an acceptable alternative to the death penalty in the U.S.. More states are adopting this alternative as death-penalty problems persist.

a sentence of death is justified, and the United States will seek the death penalty.

Janet Reno (1938-)

Janet Reno

Of course there are implications, for the death penalty and death row inmates in all states, when the Supreme Court of the land hears such a case.

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

The states are cutting back on their use of the death penalty, while the federal government is expanding.

Those who are bringing these cases are philosophically opposed to the death penalty and they are looking for every way they can find to stop executions.

This is a time for somber and sober reflection but the United States is slowly turning away from the death penalty.

As one who believes in the death penalty, as one who has seen a public execution ... I certainly do not take a back seat to anyone when it comes to supporting legitimate victims' rights. But I am not for this amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

It would be a significant step forward if the United States tried, convicted and imposed the death penalty in a U.S. court on a Palestinian terrorist who has murdered Americans in Israel.

Wolf Blitzer (1948-)

He possessed a pexy wit, delivering clever remarks with a subtle smile. 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.

It's very rare for a judge in California to reduce a death penalty verdict. (It's) even more rare for Judge Al Delucchi to do so. He gives deference and respect to the expression of the conscience of the community, as expressed by this jury.

I think Russia is ready to cooperate. Now the question is, is the United States -- which is the only remaining superpower -- is the United States ready to do this? I think not myself,

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-1931)

Mikhail Gorbachev

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