What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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!
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.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
