David Elliot Quotations

My worry is this: It's the fox guarding the henhouse. Objective, impartial parties should be making these decisions. Not a pro-death penalty U.S. attorney general.

We're worried these new regulations might be a sign they are getting ready for an execution.

They don't have much in the way of legal resources remaining other than a clemency petition to President George W. Bush.

It's not earth-shattering news. Lethal injection is not on trial today. Down the road, it may be.

That's a pretty low bar. We need a higher bar.

In both of those categories there's a standard. Either you are 18 years old when you commit a crime or you're not. Either your IQ is below 70 or it's not. Mental illness is a lot trickier for people to define, and so we haven't had the finality come from the courts that we have in these other categories.

This has the potential to hold up some executions. It will not hold up all executions.