“How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime.”
Henry George
“They traded their houses for the big house.”
Gary Gambardella
“We want to make sure he never sees the light of day.”
“He didn't commit these crimes for any of the usual reasons we hear, like needing money to support a drug habit. He did this because he wanted to be a big man in the neighborhood. Well, now he can be a big man in the state prison system.”
“Look, I'm wrong sometimes. This is one of the times I hope I am.”
“The wrong decision in this case could be a fatal one.”
“Instead of living on a 130 acre farm making millions, he'll be living in an 8 by 8 cell making license plates.”
