“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.” IfsMenPersonsExampleConcernedCriminalsPunishmentInnocentDecentDecent ManInnocent Person Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Since fresh examples and proofs could always be found of the alleged relation between guilt and punishment: if you behave in such and such a way, it will go badly with you. Now, as it generally does go badly, the allegation was constantly confirmed; and thus popular morality, a pseudo- science on a level with popular medicine, continually gained ground.” IfsWayDoeFoundLevelsExampleMoralityRelationMedicineGuiltProofPunishmentBehavePseudoAllegations Book:Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition) Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)
“I have heard that it was the perfection of the administration of criminal justice to take care that the punishment should come to few and the example to many.” ShouldCareJusticeHeardExamplePerfectionTake CareCriminalsPunishmentAdministrationCriminal Justice Author:Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
“Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.” PeopleMenMeanDoneWholeUseShowsLibertyCrimeExampleCriminalsPunishmentPermanentInjurySevereDeprivedDeath PenaltyAmendsRestraining Author:Catherine the Great
“South Africa is not Cameroon. It's a strong economy. I think they should be the first ones setting an example - improving the legal punishments for those that are involved, reinforcing the borders from every angle, meaning that even the diplomatic plane that lands in South Africa should not have the green light to leave without having the plane inspected. Obviously, those guys are often involved. If I get killed for saying that, so be it. That is the fact. There's way too many important people that are involved that don't want to change.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantShouldFirstsImportantFactsLightGuyStrongEconomyLandExampleInvolvedGreenSouthPunishmentSettingSettingsPlanesBordersSouth AfricaImprovingAngleDiplomaticGreen LightsSetting An ExampleStrong EconomyCameroon Author:Veronika Varekova