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Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question - I struggle with it morally.

~Charlize Theron

Topics: Capital Capital Punishment Countries Crime Higher Makes Me Moral Morally Much Punishment Question Rate Sense States Struggle Than Which

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For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

~Christiane Amanpour

Topics: Actually Country Crime Decline Instance Leading Mayhem Mentioned Somebody Why

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All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.

~Christopher Darden

Topics: Actual Crime Description Direct Going Hell Honest More Much Really Say Scene Than I Can

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The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator.

~Christopher Fowler

Topics: About Agatha Christie Always Cleverness Clockwork Concerned Crime Investigator More Never Plot Queen

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Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to crime: the realistically detailed police procedural, usually grim and downbeat, and the more left-field, joyous theatre of ideas in which past masters once specialised. Knowing that I would never be able to handle the former, I set about reviving the latter.

~Christopher Fowler

Topics: Able About Approaches Crime Detailed Former Grim Handle Ideas Joyous Knowing Latter Masters More Never Once Past Police Realistically Set Speaking Theatre Two Which Would

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The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Abortion Attitudes Crime Curriculum Defense Family Left Nothing Popular Regarding School Sees Superstition

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To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another, and a movie is yet another. There's even reverence to a screenplay.

~Christopher Mcquarrie

Topics: Adaptation Another Crime Even Form Me Media Movie Novel Reverence Screenplay Ultimate

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Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.

~Christopher Meloni

Topics: About Anything Character Crazy Crazy People Crime Deals Each Episode Ever Getting Leads Life People Personal Personal Life Show Too Unit Worry You

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There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it.

~Chuck Todd

Topics: Because Crime Days Deciding Journalism Links Simply Something Story Than Worse

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From the smallest misdemeanor up to the biggest crime, everyone is brought before a judge. And that means there's a huge backlog in the American legal system. There are prosecutors and public defenders and judges who are trying to keep their head above water in the tide of this bureaucracy and red tape.

~Clare-Hope Ashitey

Topics: Above American Before Biggest Brought Bureaucracy Crime Defenders Everyone Head Huge Judge Judges Keep Legal Legal System Means Prosecutors Public Red Red Tape Smallest System Tape Tide Trying Up Water Who

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