Ken Cuccinelli Quotes

Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime.

For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time.

I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them…

But passing by all other considerations, and contemplating merely the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them.

Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

The essence to reducing violent crime in our society is to take these people [criminals] off the street.

Any politician who wants to eliminate parole just doesn’t understand law enforcement.

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment.

Arresting people is not going to lower the crime rate

The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight.

Targets don't fight crime; they hinder the fight against crime.

I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.

Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.

There is one stark fact facing us: three quarters of all crime that results in a caution or sentence happens because of reoffending. We must be fearless in dealing with this.

We must be particularly careful when we enact policies in response to a specific crime, a specific type of crime, or crime wave simply by increasing punishments.

The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

Punishment can do a lot for criminals, and send a message to the rest of society.

Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors, especially serious priors. But the punishment has to fit the crime, and the standard has to be the same for everyone.

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.