Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
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.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
