We’ve curated the most powerful quotes from individuals who are against the death penalty — including activists, abolitionists, political leaders, and the families of victims.

Support for the death penalty hovered between 76% to 80% from 1988 to 1995, and in 2023, those numbers shifted to only 53% of Americans, the lowest since 1966. Advertisement Article continues ...

More on the death penalty. Since the 1970s, about 1,600 people have been executed in the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), a nonprofit that researches capital punishment.