QUOTES ON CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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“The punishment should fit the crime.” – Cesare Beccaria

“Punishment without rehabilitation is simply revenge.” – Thurgood Marshall

“The greater the punishment, the greater the crime.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“A society is judged by how it treats its prisoners.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The true measure of a civilization is how it treats its criminals.” – Nelson Mandela

“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose beyond retribution; it should aim at rehabilitation and reintegration.” – Shirin Ebadi

“The punishment of criminals should never be the result of revenge, but rather an honest attempt to restore justice.” – Nelson Mandela

“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.” – Robert F. Kennedy

“A punishment should not merely deter others from committing a similar crime; it should transform the individual responsible.” – Mary Robinson

“No punishment should exceed the seriousness of the crime committed.” – John Locke QUOTES FOR FRIENDS AS FAMILY

“Punishment is not for revenge but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.” – Elizabeth Fry

“Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.” – Saint Thomas Aquinas

“Punishment is not justice, but the chance for redemption.” – Bryan Stevenson

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” – William Blackstone

“When justice is done, it brings healing and restoration to the entire community.” – Sandra Day O’Connor

“In punishing the guilty, do not punish the innocent.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Justice requires that the punishment be proportionate to the crime.” – John Rawls

“Punishment without due process is tyranny.” – James Madison

“The death penalty is not only cruel, but it is also ineffective in deterring crime.” – Pope Francis

“True justice seeks to rehabilitate, not just incapacitate criminals.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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