Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
