Serious Offense Quotes

There are deeds, crimes that may be forgiven. But this is not one of them.

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

It was only his fifth offense, and this time he's killed someone.

It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.

You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.

We've got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it's fair punishment, that it's punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected.

Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get caught spying, you're literally hanged the next morning.

As soon as I got to L.A., there was this big crime where these guys tunnelled underneath a bank on a three-day weekend and went right up to the vault and emptied everything out.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.

No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as to consequences, that they would a case where the results of their decision would be less important.

And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.

The congressman sends out a tremendous subpoena, they want to see the e-mails, and they delete the e-mails. I can't think of anything, in terms of we're talking about, much more serious than that.

They could hang people for what's in there.

We cannot have people leaking classified information at any level, and we certainly take that very seriously and would not ignore that.

If you're going to steal a car, don't steal a mail vehicle. They don't mess around. I mean, have fun, steal all the cars you want, but don't steal a U.S. Mail vehicle.

Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony.