A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
