“Any punishment was his catnip. The evil fucker was a sadistic freak who preyed on the weak foraging out their flaws like… — V. Theia Copy Share Image
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It seems to be the sense that once you throw guys in prison they're not going to come out. No, they're going… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
So we are being systematically trained to fear this false 'rising crime' tide. This is all part of a system to lock… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
'In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
New Yorkers have borne witness to a slew of horrific crimes that strike at the heart of their collective sense of security. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Its simple. There is good, and there is evil. There are those who commit crimes, and those who stop them. The two… — Dick Grayson Copy Share Image
Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Child abuse continues to be a significant problem in the United Sates. It was estimated that 2001,903,000 children were the victims of… — Pete Domenici Copy Share Image
Furthermore, the financial and social investment in prisons means that black and brown youth become, essentially, fodder for the machinery of capitalized… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. There's a great many intersections between this unseemly tabloid phenomena… — Bill James Copy Share Image
No doubt our love was still there, but quite simply it was unusable, heavy to carry, inert inside of us, sterile as… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG… — Cliff Stearns Copy Share Image
We have to say what's happening. There is crime, as you know. There's a lot of crime and there's a lot of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I am a house gutted by fire where only the guilty sometimes sleep before the punishment that devours them hounds them out… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
By incarcerating someone who is homeless or addicted or who suffers from mental health challenges, we only further destabilize that person and… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only way to break the cycle of unwed motherhood, fatherless children, poverty, crime, and welfare is to recognize that welfare causes… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Money-crimes have an abstract quality. History is laden with the victims of gold, but their remains are odourless. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
“Shocking, sad, revealing, and deeply researched, this true account of the life and crimes of serial killer Aileen Wuornos will fascinate true-crime… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“We are often criminals in the eyes of the earth, not only for having committed crimes, but because we know that crimes… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
I'm the hardest working person I know. I'm 20 years old - is it a crime to want to go out dancing… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and… — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
“You develop a kind of admiration for criminal genius and ruthless efficiency, and you forget that the criminal empire is built on… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
“Could I please amend that suggestion? Could you not be there in the second darkest shadow one hour before midnight, to see… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A majority of the crime in the downtown is property crime. There have been a few larcenies and burglaries, but robberies and… — Greg Smith Copy Share Image
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out… — Frank Abagnale Copy Share Image
“This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the… — B. Barmanbek Copy Share Image
As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime. — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image