Crime Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“How strange," continued the king, with some asperity; "the police think that they have disposed of the whole matter when they say, 'A murder…

— Alexandre Dumas

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

— Maimonides

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal…

— Dominick Dunne

For if it is not lawful to take the law into our own hands and slay even a guilty person, whose death no public…

— Saint Augustine

As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they…

— Aristotle

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

— William Blackstone

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

— Voltaire

“Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford instruction gratis; it is responsible…

— Victor Hugo

“A guilty person sometimes has the luck to escape detection, but never to feel sure of it.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Let wickedness escape as it may at the bar, it never fails of doing justice upon itself; for every guilty person is his own…

— Seneca the Younger

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better…

— Robert Shapiro

A guilty conscience never feels secure. The feeling of Guilt that overwhelmes you is the nerve of sorrow that will never let you have…

— Kev Moores