Tupac Shakur Quotes

I am here wrongfully convicted and wrongfully sentenced.

What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?

We have a situation where a young man is basically convicted of his own murder.

People have died in jail that have been innocent.

I had to grow up in prison for something I did not do.

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

The innocent are frequently punished instead of the guilty

Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation.

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

I spent 30 years on Alabama's death row for a crime I did not commit.

In a society of criminals, the innocent man goes to jail.

I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.

I therefore believe that our system does not have a word for failed trial, and that is where the American public does not realize that our criminal justice system sometimes makes mistakes.

To admit guilt for nonexistent crimes is unacceptable to me.

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

Every time when there is an exoneration, and there have been hundreds of them, and somebody walks out of jail after years, people ask, “how could this happen?” …. State sanctioned killing is just wrong.

I was arrested because a computer entry said that I have been in Israel at one time … please tell me where the crime in this is. This is against all international law and moral code of every civilized country in the world. I need to get out of here now, every hour multiplies the possibility of my being moved to another location and disappearing forever.

I don’t see how the Justice Department thinks they have a system that works when 50 percent of the [appeals] cases get sent back for fixing…. How does that happen? How in God’s name does that happen? Here in America. How many more cases of wrongful conviction before we can agree that the system … is broken.

Through the feigned fury of divine emotion, the wife of the great one will be badly wronged. Judges, wishing to condemn such a doctrine, the victim will be sacrificed to the ignorant people.

There are many innocent people in prison.

I can't begin to describe how humiliating it is for a law-abiding citizen to be cross-examined in a court of law for a crime he hasn't committed.

Listen, not everybody can afford to get a great lawyer and defend yourself against something that you didn't do.

When we look at our justice system, we have this image of a balancing scale: truth and justice, right and wrong. But for years, our system has been lopsided, where it's not about truth and justice or balance. It's about being tough on crime, and sometimes that means you're putting the wrong person behind bars.

I was jailed for using words that I still dispute. Anyone who's ever met me will tell you that I'm not a violent person.

I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown? The West Memphis Three trial is a joke on so many different levels.