“Theism is a self imposed prison where the jailer and prisoner are one.” — Lance Seivert Copy Share Image
“It's so much easier to define crime than it is to put your finger on justice.” — David Hewson Copy Share Image
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Crooks aren't the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world. — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
“You will find that most prisons are forged in someone’s own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
“Manfred Blau,” the American soldier said, taking a pair of handcuffs and placing them on Manfred’s hands while another soldier held him… — Roberta Kagan Copy Share Image
Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license. — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system is failing all of us. It is not keeping us safe. It is contributing to a vicious cycle… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
Sometimes the facts of the crime are so distracting - there's been some tragic murder or horrific incident, and people aren't required… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Where previously the international underworld was a world of local, often-warring mafia territories, it has become globalised. The criminal has become corporate,… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
“Merely reducing sentence length, by itself, does not disturb the basic architecture of the New Jim Crow. So long as large numbers… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
