“Supreme Court held that you can be convicted and imprisoned for committing a crime even if you had no criminal intent and… — James Duane Copy Share Image
The idea of putting old Browborough into prison for conduct which habit had made second nature to a large proportion of the… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“No rational person would intentionally commit an act of evil, for everyone knows that it would bring the wrath of the community… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
[Illegal immigrants] they're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists.Somebody is doing the raping. Somebody is doing it. There's women being raped.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“In matters of crime, where there is danger for the culprit, it is self-interest that dictates confessions; where the offence incurs no… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
We must put together countries that produce drugs, countries that traffic, and countries that consume, and through this multilateral effort really stop… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
We have judicial system in Sudan. Anyone who committed a war crime, anti-human crime, or any other crime will be locked up. — Omar al-Bashir Copy Share Image
“Extreme civilization robs crime of its frightful poetry, and prevents the writer from restoring it. That would be too dreadful, say those… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
“What quantities evil - the amount of blood spilled the body count, the intentional destruction of innocent masses? Regardless of how evil… — Mahima Martel Copy Share Image
The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What is the motive to the secret ballot? This, and only this: Like other confederates in crime, those who use it are… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Speed as a drug disorganizes the personality; speed as the goal of information dissemination commits a subtler crime. People are mainlining our… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
What else do we need to know about the political establishment than that it refuses to discuss the crimes that terrify Americans… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“I am not their f*****g entertainment. And I am not a f*****g hero! Given the choice, a hero would do exactly the… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's… — Camilla Lackberg Copy Share Image
“There's a fine line between career criminals and career professionals because most of us fall somewhere in between.” — Samantha Leahy Copy Share Image
I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit… — Linda Tripp Copy Share Image
As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
These are not ordinary human beings. They are criminals. As a matter of fact, they are criminals, both by nature and by… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
“Police not enforcing laws results in a high crime rate that is formally reported as a low crime rate in police statistics.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Punishment is but legalized crime. In a society built on prevention, rather than retaliation, there would be very little crime. The few… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
“I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
I do support the effort to investigate for crimes, war crimes committed by the Syrians and the Russians and try to hold… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a groundswell of people who continue to… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I believe the public therefore expect the justice system to focus on rehabilitation to reduce the risk of subsequent offending - and… — David Gauke Copy Share Image
What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
You know how people are about not taking care of an animal; they consider it immoral and antiempathic. I mean, technically it's… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know whats causing violence in… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody,… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
“Did his crime give others some kind of implicit permission to behave the same way, reverberating on and on into the future?” — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image