A far greater factor [than abolishing poverty] is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. |
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. |
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. |
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet . . . to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America. |
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost. |
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. |
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. |
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. |
Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers. Should lawyers not be healers? Healers, not warriors? Healers, not procurers? Healers, not hired guns? |
ever been applied to a single living soul. |
For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors newspaper or broadcast can and do abuse this power is beyond doubt, but that is no reason to deny the discretion Congress provided. |
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. |
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. |
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified. |
Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible [to apply]. |