He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
