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— Mamie Till"I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the death penalty. There is no purpose that it serves except to further the damage that death has already done."
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People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole.
— Ralph Nader
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