Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]

Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.

Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]