Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
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.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
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.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
