“Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Taking Mr. Durkin off the steets puts a Grand Canyon-sized hole in the local drug business.”
Gary Gambardella
“"That's one lock he won't be able to pick for ten years." (referring to a lock-picking house burglar who received ten to 20 years in prison, as reported in Reader's Digest, February 1996.)”
“His parole officer hasn't been born yet.”
“They traded their houses for the big house.”
“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.”
