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.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
