What I didn't realize was the severity of the crime, so to speak. I think that's important. That's one of the lessons… — Jayson Werth Copy Share Image
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“The people copy their rules, just as children ape their parents. Violence is a symptom of a dysfunctional system, where people have… — Helon Habila Copy Share Image
Dan," she said. "I'm worried about him. It's not right that a thirteen-year-old knows as much as he does bout stealing things."… — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
“Chase rushed after her in pursuit. The woman lost one of her high-heeled shoes and Chase took advantage of her lack of… — Stefania Mattana Copy Share Image
The main difference is, in 'Cold Case,' the victim sometimes had been dead for decades - you didn't have the advantage of… — Danny Pino Copy Share Image
It's just this long overdue. These people [ex-Nazi brought to trial] should be grateful to the apathy that exists there that prevented… — Marvin Hier Copy Share Image
“States do not grapple with decarceration strategies & explore alternatives bc of an ethical recognition of the continuing harms of prisons or… — Erica R. Meiners Copy Share Image
The UN special envoy on food called it a 'crime against humanity' to funnel 100 million tons of grain and corn to… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The freedom-hating gun-grabbers do not care about reducing crime or saving lives, or they wouldn't be fighting for more gun-free zones where… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
There would be no one there to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
It's only a story, you say. So it is, and the rest of life with it - creation story, love story, horror,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The prison system today is so messed up. Some people say, "Some criminals are made in prison," and it's actually true. The… — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding… — Stephen Bright Copy Share Image
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Among our many crimes as an imperialistic exploiter of other nations' cultures, stealing their movies ranks lower than selling them cigarettes but… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems like we're all living in some kind of prison, and the crime is how much we all hate ourselves.… — Winnie Holzman Copy Share Image
“There is sometimes a fine line between a cop and a criminal. What drives their personality may be the same, and they… — Dr. ML Rapier PhD Copy Share Image
Let the Common School be expanded to its capabilities, let it be worked with the efficiency of which it is susceptible, and… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
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“The difference between a criminal and an outlaw is that while criminals frequently are victims, outlaws never are. Indeed, the first step… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
The abhorrence of society to the use of involuntary confessions does not turn alone on their inherent untrustworthiness. It also turns on… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
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If you don't educate people well, then you're going to have a lot of violent, angry young men and women. You can… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
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I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I was wondering how you were going to punish me for not confiding in you. Punishment, actually, is something I've thought about… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
People are released from prison so unprepared. They give you $200. We call it gate money. And you have to pay for… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
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“As law enforcement budgets exploded, so did prison and jail populations. In 1991, the Sentencing Project reported that the number of people… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
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