If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of legal order.
Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) Hungarian-American academic, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst.
Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) Hungarian-American academic, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst.
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