A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
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.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
