“Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.”
John Ruskin
“It was a great sentence. He will die in prison.”
Gary Gambardella
“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.”
“She needs to go to jail, for her own punishment and to deter others.”
