Amends Quote by Catherine the Great

“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

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

— Legal Maxim

A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will…

— Mike Farrell

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon…

— Thurgood Marshall

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

... imprisonment itself, entailing loss of liberty, loss of citizenship, separation from family and loved ones, is punishment enough for most individuals, no matter…

— Mary B. Harris

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment

— Cesare Beccaria

There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self.

— Pasquier Quesnel

The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day…

— Marquis de Sade

Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of…

— Elizabeth Fry

If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between…

— Immanuel Kant

Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effect of inculcating the former into a culture of criminality common…

— Ken Cuccinelli