Believe Quote by Robert Kennedy

In court, judges tell people that their conviction carries a sentence of years, or probation. The truth is far more terrible. People convicted of…

— James Forman, Jr

I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching…

— Robert Kennedy

I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect.

— Jeff Sessions

I've sentenced over 100 people, and supervised release, which is the kind of post-incarceration condition that judges ordinarily impose, is something that is done…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict is rendered.

— Michelle Alexander

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

— Andrew Thomas

In a system where 'innocent until proven guilty' is the ultimate maxim, a person who is charged but not yet convicted of a minor…

— Chris Sununu

Let the punishment fit the crime,' goes the saying. Our criminal justice system - to a large degree - meets this standard.

— Suella Braverman

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

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

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero