Dominick Dunne Quotes

The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal.

The experience of being a prosecutor gives us a sort of proctologists view of our society.

Our laws must protect victims.

We need society, and particularly the victims of crime, to believe justice is being done.

For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.

I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.

We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.

I love what I do. I love to capture the guy. I love to tell the victim 'Don't worry anymore. They're in jail.' And this is my way to heaven. This is my way to contribute to America what I know how to do best, and that's chase down the predator.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

The fact is that our administration of the criminal law has as nearly reached perfection in guarding the innocent (and guilty) from conviction as is possible for any human institution; but in securing the safety and order of the community by the conviction of the guilty it is woefully inadequate.

Due process does not require that every conceivable step be taken, at whatever cost, to eliminate the possibility of convicting an innocent person. To conclude otherwise would all but paralyze our system for enforcement of the criminal law.

The criminal law tries to define moral standards.

In the United States, authorities are supposed to investigate crimes and find the people who have committed them.

There must be real consequences for those who commit crimes in our neighborhoods.

All victims deserve justice.

I think vigilantism is a pipe dream, because the larger need is for a justice system that works. Now, Batman cannot be Batman without police commissioner Jim Gordon, because every time he catches a villain, he tries to send them to Gordon. So, the idea is to help the justice system to work. I don't think it can work in real life, though.

I went into criminal justice because I want to learn more about the law, about what's going on in this world, and be a mentor to kids from where I'm from.

I think there is no greater job anybody can have than having been a prosecutor.

That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the consequences of the crime. Something needs to be done. Let's complete that process, interact with civil society about this, so that we will specify what is it that we do in the context of that Charter that would then make this positive impact on people who might have been affected by crime.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.

If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.