American history Quote by Bryan Stevenson

There are many innocent people in prison.

— Brian Banks

Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.

— Anonymous

All prisons are brimming over with innocence. It is those who cram their fellows into them, in the name of empty ideas, who are…

— Jean Anouilh

Not all political prisoners are innocents.

— David Remnick

I'm speaking for everyone who has ever been incarcerated, especially those who are innocent or have been overly charged.

— Isaac Wright Jr

I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system…

— Sam Rockwell

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

— Stephen Breyer

The innocent are punished. That's the world we live in.

— Mohammed Hanif

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

— Anthony Daniels

People are not always as innocent as they seem to be.

— Abhishek Tiwari

I would like to believe the majority of Americans want to see justice done, and they are not interested in financing the detention of…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of…

— Conrad Black