#punishment

The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

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There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of the United States. We need to send the message of swiftness and certain punishment. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#criminal #dealing #lot #message #messages

It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

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Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

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People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment. ↗

— David Frum

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Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions. ↗

— Helen Garner

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Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. ↗

— Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. ↗

— Bill Maher

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