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.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
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.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
