It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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.
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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
