Capital punishment

Therefore, I find no merit in this application, and it is accordingly dismissed,

— Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin, delivering the ruling on Najib Razak's bid to suspend his 15-year 1MDB sentence

You don’t get to take a man from his family. The world never forgot about Tupac.

— Delivered by Judge Carli Kierny during the sentencing of Duane Davis in Las Vegas.

imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries.

— Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the spiritual care of Catholic members of the U.S. armed forces, said this while questioning whether the United States should imitate terrorists by broadcasting the execution.

"No-brainer," Hegseth said. "Execution by firing squad. Army major betrays his country, radical Islamist, kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood — of course we’re going to do it at Fort Hood."— Pete Hegseth, speaking to MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln about Hasan's upcoming execution.

We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public.

— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking to Real America’s Voice about livestreaming the firing-squad execution.

Where am I?

— Christa Pike, after waking from unconsciousness following a botched execution

The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.

— Pope Leo XIV; wrote on X on Saturday