A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
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!
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
