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Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.
Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
Punishment follows close on crime.
[Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
