In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
