Country Quote by Anthony Albanese

Sometimes our criminal justice system is about punishing people and not reforming people.

— Eric Goode

Not only are mandatory minimum laws overly punitive and discriminatory, but they're also expensive. Prison is not free. Governments, and ultimately taxpayers, bear the…

— Ralph Northam

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone…

— Antonin Scalia

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

— Harold H. Greene

People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver.

— Helen Garner

To punish is the most difficult thing there is. A society such as ours needs to question every aspect of punishment as it is…

— Michel Foucault

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime,…

— Anonymous

Even without mandatory sentences, judges are still capable of levying tough penalties for serious offenses - and just as in states like Texas that…

— Ken Cuccinelli

The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal…

— Anthony Kennedy

The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and jobs? Those…

— Susan Burton

The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap.…

— Barack Obama

Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public…

— Conrad Black