The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here,… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Eventually [black men] are arrested, whether they've committed any serious crime or not, and branded criminals or felons for life. Upon release,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The local police who know every one of these [illegal] criminals, and they know each and every one by name, by crime,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Laws never protect anyone, despite claiming to be all about protecting the public. Each legal restriction only strengthens the power of mafia… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna… — Robin Stevenson Copy Share Image
Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical,… — Alan King Copy Share Image
This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and… — Ahmad Sa'adat Copy Share Image
As the data from the past decade clarify, there is no evidence that poverty causes crime but a great deal of evidence… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
People are going to move in and out of their office, and they're going to move up or get fired. All kinds… — Angie Harmon Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles,… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
“We are a god- fearing nation of forgivers. You may have bombed our hotels & killed our people, we will still not… — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year. It's the story of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Probation is a less-well-known branch of our justice system, compared with, say, police and prisons, but that doesn't make it any less… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
“I thought part of the idea of having therapy was putting one in touch with his or her feelings. And don’t give… — Olga Núñez Miret Copy Share Image
What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
After the end of slavery, African-American men were arrested in mass, and they were arrested for extremely minor crimes like loitering, standing… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
We want the clear facts to be reported that we, according to the FBI, have a lower violent crime rate than Atlanta,… — Marc Morial Copy Share Image
It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in… — Henry M. Field Copy Share Image
“There is not the slightest hope that the authorities who, for a number of years, have permitted the violation of the law,… — Various Copy Share Image
Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is no crime greater, or more worthy of punishment, than being strange and frightened among the strange and frightened; except assimilation… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“The Constitution names only three federal offenses: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Today there are over forty-five hundred federal crimes, and the number… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to… — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams… — Ron Franscell Copy Share Image
I love you, Rylann." He cupped her face, peering down into her eyes. "And now I finally have a good answer to… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Non-Western immigrants, often Muslims, are over-represented in statistics of crime, of dependency on social benefits, that we have honour killings, that we… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds… — Don Kates Copy Share Image