Boys Quote by Booth Tarkington

After all, clemency is by nature outside the rule of law. When conferred upon those already convicted of crimes, it unravels the decision of…

— Asha Rangappa

Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.

— Philip Sidney

Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of…

— P.W. Thirion

Growing up with a father who was a judge, I heard a lot about justice. But for justice to be applied, punishments need to…

— Ralph Northam

“Executing a criminal often makes a martyr of him. Once he's dead and gone, people all too often forget the crimes he's committed and…

— John Flanagan

“The prospect that a person will be killed according to the policy he promulgates prompts the [priest] to urge clemency, an incomprehensible position logically.”

— Helen Prejean

The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is…

— Seneca the Younger

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

— John Grisham

“Maybe capital punishment would have deterred the scumbag who shot and killed my father in a botched armed robbery. But instead, he will spend…

— Stephen Edger

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

— Voltaire

The essence of justice is mercy. Making a child suffer for wrong-doing is merciful to the child. There is no mercy in letting the…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin