Death penalty quotes

“We put 'em to death just like an old horse. His face just, goes to sleep, while, inside, his organs are going through armageddon. The muscles of his face would twist, and contort, and pull, but you see, shot number one relaxes all those muscles so we don't have to see any horror show... We don't have to taste the blood of revenge on our lips,...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robert Prosky - Hilton Barber

“- Sasha Petrosevitch: Who is this guy?
- Lester McKenna: I'm a man with 50 minutes to live.”

Steven Seagal - Sasha Petrosevitch
Bruce Weitz - Lester McKenna

“Don't fall in with any rough necks or we'll have to hang you.”

Steve Zahn - Gus McCrae

“- Preacher: I accuse you of harlotry! I accuse you of having a scorpion between your legs that seduces men! I accuse you...
- Cody Zamora: Just get on with it, will ya?”

Harry Northup - Preacher
Madeleine Stowe - Cody Zamora

“Give me the strength to die well.”

Mel Gibson - William Wallace

“- Philippeaux: You are to die in five days. Admit it and give up all hope. When death is sure, suffering comes to a quick end.
- Camille Desmoulins: We can win the case.
- Philippeaux: No! This is a political trial. It has nothing to do with justice.”
Serge Merlin - Philippeaux
Patrice Chéreau - Camille Desmoulins

“- 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

“I don't believe in capital punishment. I do believe in the rights of victims. I do believe that they deserve recompense, no matter how significant or insignificant it may be in comparison to the loss suffered.”
Al Pacino - Jack Gramm

“- Jacques: Last request! I have a last request!
- Citizen Official - The French Revolution: What is your last request?
- Jacques: Novocaine!
[the Official confers with the Executioner]
- Citizen Official - The French Revolution: There is no such thing known to medical science!
- Jacques: I'll wait!”

Mel Brooks - Jacques
Nigel Hawthorne - Citizen Official - The French Revolution

“- Castor Troy: It's a capital crime to try to kill the next big boss of the FBl, yes?
- Sean Archer: Yes. The penalty... the penalty is death!”

John Travolta - Castor Troy
Nicolas Cage - Sean Archer

It's like a barber chair. And when they ask me "You got anything to say?" I'll say, "Sure, give me a haircut, a shave, and a massage, with one of those nice new electric massages".

James Cagney - Rocky Sullivan

“- Fire Captain Ashe: If this was the army, I'd have you shot at sunrise!
- Curly: But you couldn't do that, cap, we don't get up that early!”
Stanley Blystone - Fire Captain Ashe
Curly Howard - Curly

“His execution was not a cause for celebration, nor is it a vindication. It is a chapter in the road to justice and recovery.”

Al Pacino - Jack Gramm

“- William of Baskerville: She is already burnt flesh, Adso. Bernardo Gui has spoken: she is a witch.
- Adso of Melk: But that's not true, and you know it!
- William of Baskerville: I know. I also know that anyone who disputes the verdict of an Inquisitor is guilty of heresy.”
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville
Christian Slater - Adso von Melk

“- Ryan Weaver: You're not going to kill me. You can't kill me, 'cause you don't believe in capital punishment.
- Teri Halloran: I changed my mind!”
Ray Liotta - Ryan Weaver
Lauren Holly - Teri Halloran

“- Brenda: You'll be transferred to the other cellblock, at some point tomorrow.
- Selma: That's the cellblock where they hang people?
- Brenda: Yeah. That's were they spend the last day.
- Selma: And then they do the 107 steps - it's from that room to the gallows, isn't it?
- Brenda: That's what they say, Selma. But, look it, you're gonna get...” (continue)(continue reading)
Siobhan Fallon - Brenda
Björk - Selma Jezkova

“- Coach: You stole my horse, maggot! Do you know what the penalty is in this state for stealing another man's horse?
- Dizzy: Death?
- Coach: This isn't Iraq, son.”
Julius Carry - Coach
DJ Qualls - Dizzy

“- 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

“It ain't the law!”

George Clooney - Everett

“I wonder if they'd let Watson and me dissect your brain. After you hang, of course. I'd wager there would be some deformity that would be scientifically significant. In that way, at least, you could serve some kind of useful purpose.”

Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes

“By harboring an enemy of the Reich, you have qualified to be shot without trial. That is the law. I know because I made that law. If I choose, I can also break it.”

Laird Cregar - Herr Funk

“Jesus. That chair really kicks ass”
Michael Murphy - Lt. Don Parker

“If you plead not guilty, you will be sentenced to death. And, unlike in your country, Mr. Moore, sentences are carried out within a week. You will be shot, and the cost of the bullet will be billed to your family.”
Bai Ling - Shen Yuelin

“There's not one state in the 50 that has the death penalty for speeding... although I'm not so sure about Ohio.”
Brock Yates - Organizer

“A hanged man always dies alone.”
Joseph Calleia - Vasquez