Famous Quotes & Sayings

The most resonant crimes are the ones in which the victim is most innocent, or perceived as innocent. Blaming the victim is tempting; it offers an out.

Karin Slaughter

Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.

Those are human beings. That's where people live. It doesn't matter how much crime or how dirty. It's still people's home.

Evidence from mobile devices has provided critical help in solving crimes ranging from homicides to drug trafficking.

We are seeing more juveniles involved in more violent crimes, ... I think that's a trend nationwide.

We're not saying it's not a hate crime. What we are saying is at this particular moment in the investigation, the elements for a hate crime are not there.

Giles Foden

In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either.

Joan Robinson

We were actually talking about it at work this morning. It just does not fee as if justice was done. Seems like a really serious crime with a pretty small consequence.

We don't know why that's true, but countywide, statewide, even nationally, data shows us that violent crimes tend to increase during July and August,

When I started writing the third book, 'The Kill,' the intention was just to write a thriller, a crime novel for myself, really, in which there would be no body, no solution - where you would look at an event from different people's perspectives.

The database is very important on solving old crimes and new crimes. It's also important for protecting innocence.

The defendant has been proven guilty of participating in a crime of corruption. The punishment is five years.

Agatha Christie

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

Val McDermid

I think that crime is a good vehicle for looking at society in general because the nature of the crime novel means that you draw on a wide group of social possibilities.

Ving Rhames

I saw that crime pays, but I never got involved in crime.

Philippine authorities are currently investigating this crime and we shall pursue this matter with vigor and in accordance with our laws and treaty obligations.

No crime occurred, and no crime was charged.

We did not hinder the investigation. The main objective for Syria was to uncover and give a full picture of how the crime happened.

There are no criminals in the database. It's you guys. It's a joke.

But the thing about the murder case, murder is one of the few - I mean, it's the only crime there's no statute of limitations on.

Janet Reno

Money laundering is a very sophisticated crime and we must be equally sophisticated, ... an essential front in the war on narcotics.

Jim Gibbons

Nevada leads the nation in our efforts to prevent this despicable crime by requiring sex offenders to be properly registered before they are issued a driver's license. Other states should follow Nevada's lead.

Obviously, that person is a Good Samaritan, and they may know where the crime scene is.

From a law enforcement perspective, we are looking at this as a crime scene, ... What if we find more than what we're looking for?

If a crime was committed, and the police are trying to trace the crime gun, they will get all the information they need.

Dan Green

I don't want to become part of the city. The reason they offered was fire protection and police protection. I don't need either. I told them if you look where the crime problems are, it's up by the police station.

Mark Geragos

I don't think that one crime should trump all the good she's done in her life.

I have just lost my patience with the criminals and the thugs and the sexual predators. One thing I'll do, I'll find the toughest legislation out there and enact it in Nebraska.

I find these crimes to be very insidious.

I forgive them for what they did. I hate the crime they did,

Darcy Tucker

I don't find the punishment fit the crime in Moe Mantha's case,

I'd like to think instead that crime was down.

I am linking the crimes. We are treating this as a racist offense.