“- E. Garner Goodman: How much do you know about the death penalty?
- Adam Hall: I've read everything there is.
- E. Garner Goodman: Then you know nothing.”
Robert Prosky - E. Garner Goodman
Chris O'Donnell - Adam Hall

“I'd rather be executed than be an executioner.”
Gérard Depardieu - Danton

“- Danton: I refused to shake hands. I pronounced my own death sentence.
- Camille Desmoulins: You don't mean that.
- Danton: Yes, I do.
- Camille Desmoulins: Why did you refuse?
- Danton: His hands are too bloody.”

Gérard Depardieu - Danton
Patrice Chéreau - Camille Desmoulins

“- Aaron: They allow us to have cameras at an execution in Florida. Do you broadcast tape of the guy in the chair when they turn on the voltage?
- Martin Klein: Sure.
- Jennifer Mack: Why not?
- Ernie Merriman: Absolutely.
- Aaron: Nothing like wrestling with a moral dilemma, is there?”
Albert Brooks - Aaron Altman
Robert Katims - Martin Klein
Lois Chiles - Jennifer Mack
Robert Prosky - Ernie Merriman

“Would you stay, knowing life would always be a little bit worse? Or would you cut and run?”
Emma Thompson - Karen