It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea.
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Whoso sheddeth man's blood by a man shall his blood be shed.
The punishment of criminals should be of use when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time - To let the punishment fit the crime.
Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
And the thing has been said and said well have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Fear succeeds crime - it is its punishment.
He who excuses himself accuses himself. (Qui s'excuse s'accuse.)
The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
A small demerit extinguishes a long service.
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.
All punishment is mischief. All punishment in itself is evil.
Crime like virtue has its degrees.
No one is entirely useless. Even the worst of us can serve as horrible examples.
Jupiter is slow looking into his notebook but he always looks.
Speaking generally punishment hardens and numbs it produces concentration it sharpens the consciousness of alienation it strengthens the power of resistance.
Prisons don't rehabilitate they don't punish they don't protect so what the hell do they do?