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At a State House rally March 15 protesting the habitual offender bill, the mother of an incarcerated felon offered these excuses:
“I speak on behalf of mothers that have their sons locked up ... they’re hanging out with the wrong crowd and it’s not their fault, they’re just with the wrong people, and they get caught, and they’re not doing anything, and they get smacked with that three strikes (law) because they just happen to have that in their record.” (TV 22)
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In contrast, Donald Walters wrote: "You will find peace not in denial of your problems, but by confronting them courageously."
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HL Mencken: "The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor."
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Tim Reid (black American actor): "How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? When did the black community say we should all look like criminals?"
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Barry Farber: “Crime expands because of our willingness to put up with it."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr: "The moral arc of the universe bends toward justice."
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HL Mencken: "The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor."
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Tim Reid (black American actor): "How did we suddenly become entranced with gangster culture? When did the black community say we should all look like criminals?"
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Barry Farber: “Crime expands because of our willingness to put up with it."
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Benjamin Disraeli: "Justice is truth in action."
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Churchill: "Government's responsibility for the public safety is absolute.”
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Conn. Gov. Jodi Rell (on suspending parole following the massacre of the Petit family):
"At the end of the day, our goals are public safety and security."
"At the end of the day, our goals are public safety and security."
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Josefina Vázquez Mota: "A politician who makes deals with criminals is no longer a politician but just another 'capo'."
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Seneca: "He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it."
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Seneca: "He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it."
