It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
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.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
