“You knew they were innocent, but you were crazy to see them hanged. And to make me watch it. I could've stopped you with a gun, just as any other animal can be stopped. But I couldn't do it because I'm a coward.”

William Eythe - Gerald Tetley

“- 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

“In Texas we have the death penalty, and we use it! If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back! That's our policy!”
Ron White - Ron White

“- 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

“We have developed a device that is the most humane of all. Lethal injection. We strap the guy up. We anesthetize him with shot number one; then we give him shot number two, and that implodes his lungs, and shot number three stops... his heart.”

Robert Prosky - Hilton Barber