Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
