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I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions--poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed--which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished. It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and women in the hell of the prison system survive it and hold on to their humanity.
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racism
poverty
greed
criminal-justice-system
cycle-of-violence
imprisonment
retribution
homelessness
unemployment
jail
incarceration
punishment
justice
prison
desperation
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Howard Zinn |
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Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury, I would not have indicted him. If I was the judge, I would not try him. If I was the D.A., I would not prosecute him. If I was on the trial jury, I would vote to give him a key to the city, a plaque to hang on his wall, and I would send him home to his family. And, Mr. Buckley, if my daughter is ever raped, I hope I have the guts to do what he did.
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rape
murder
time-to-kill
vigilante-justice
retribution
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John Grisham |
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You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.
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revenge
life
hunter
retribution
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Lisa Gardner |
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I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.
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past
retribution
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Orson Scott Card |
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"Aw, you goddammed bastards! They're shootin' him while he's down! Son of a bitch!" The ship stopped moving, and Alex said in a quiet voice, "Suck on this, asshole." The ship vibrated for half a second, then paused before continuing toward the lock. "Point defense cannons?" Holden asked. "Summary roadside justice," Alex grunted back."
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space-combat
retribution
military
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James S.A. Corey |
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Remembering the treatment that had been accorded the Knights and soldiers of St. Elmo, the Maltese inhabitants of Senglea took no prisoners. Hence there arose the expression (used in Malta to this day) 'St. Elmo's pay' for any action in which no mercy is given.
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war
revenge
st-elmo
retribution
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Ernle Bradford |
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Y esto me hace pensar en la necesidad de inventar previamente algun sistema que permita detectar la canalleria en personajes respetables y medirla con exactitud para descontarle a cada individuo la cantidad que merece que se le descuente. Una especie de canallometro que indique con una aguja la cantidad de mierda producida por el senor X en su vida hasta este Juicio Final, la cantidad a deducir en concepto de sinceridad o de buena disposicion, y la cantidad neta que debe tragar, una vez hechas las cuentas.
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canallas
ciegos
retribution
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Ernesto Sabato |
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A strike within the realm of the professional never justifies retribution in the realm of the personal
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revenge
wisdom
tit-for-tat
retaliation
retribution
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Kelley Armstrong |