Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
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.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
