Sentences with phrase «better than a crime»

«A crime prevented is far better than a crime prosecuted,» said District Attorney Vance.

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In the decades since the Holocaust, many Germans have made a concerted effort to memorialize the country's crimes — rather than ignore them — and Deutsche Bahn seems to have meant well in this case.

For those who love pulp fiction or the crime blotters in their town weeklies, however, there is no better place to look than in the small print of the Wall Street Journal's B section.

As a blogger for The Economist points out, mid-sized cities score better than megacities because they tend to have less crime and congestion.

Why do you think that empty school buildings are better than having churches that are helping poor people that are helping people get off drugs, get out of crime and tutoring students of all faiths?»

I suppose not, but I do think a woman choosing to get an abortion for anything less than a medical issue or crime is not good.

Because the Kids is afraid to report to the police or parents and those Stupid Priests have better chance to commit a crime inside of churches than out on the streets.We need undercover federal investigater to infiltrate in all of them.

Homicide increased at a higher rate between 1900 and 1910 than during Prohibition, and organized crime was well established in the cities before 1920.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Civil liberties are still quite high (though W tried to do them in), medical science has allowed people to live longer and better, crime has generally been trending downwards for decades, and the average American lives far, far better than his predecessors 70 years ago.

To show that christians are morally better than atheists, some Christians claim that without God a person will turn to crime and eventually end up in prison.

Worse than a crime itself is it to legalize a crime, because criminals are motivated to increasingly commit crimes, which are called good deeds by the false prophets.

Throughout season one, Good Girls proves to be more than just a crime drama, pulling together equal parts dark comedy and heartfelt family drama.

We even entertained the morality that it was better to destroy our entire species than allow one superpower to «win» an all - out nuclear war, and I can't think of a worse crime than that.

Our obligation is even more emphatic if we are the victimizers — or the beneficiaries of past or present victimizing carried out by others — rather than just good Samaritans who tend to the afflicted after the crime has been committed and the perpetrators have fled.

Given over to fearful crime and passion, plunged in the blackest ignorance, preyed upon by hideous and grotesque delusions, yet steadfastly serving the profoundest of ideals in their fixed faith that existence in any form is better than non-existence, they ever rescued trimphantly from the jaws of ever - imminent destruction the torch of life, which, thanks to them, now lights the world for us.

On more than one occasion, I took my right hand and fellow partner in crime (if you will forgive the comparison), Ian Metcalfe, along to meetings with me (we were ace at good cop - bad cop — I'll let you decide who played which role), and more often than not, the meetings were directed at Ian with the assumption that I worked for him.

The problem is that when something is tabooed it causes more social harm and evil than good — similar to the Prohibition era when the sale of alcohol was dragged underground and caused an outbreak of organised crime.

Alan Trammell's candidacy falls in this group, too, as his crime was not being as good as Cal Ripken or Robin Yount, but Raines was better than Trammell.

it's better I am obsessed with football as a kid than been obsessed with drugs and doing crime..

As it was said of Napoleon after he murdered a well - connected French duke and united European aristocracy against him, «it was worse than a crime, it was a blunder.»

Anyway, it's probably for the best that nobody is really taking this seriously, other than maybe the cop who decided to actually go ahead and file a charge of «possession of an instrument of crime» for throwing a dang fish.

Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native - born citizens.

Well done, Sunder, for not mentioning Labour's record on tax (up for the lower - paid, down for the rich), ID cards and 3,000 new crimes, increase in inequality, lost personal data, obsession with targets rather than actual service delivery — and in consequence the fact that in many marginal seats a couple of dozen Labour activists will be opposing a couple of hundred Tory volunteers...

In elections to its board of 53 elected members, 44 % of the electorate voted: much better than the 15.1 % in 2012 elections for police and crime commissioners.

Other lawmakers have raised issued with the original amendment's wording as well, saying it could impact officials convicted of crimes other than corruption.

If the governor has done something illegal than the attorney general should investigate and charge him with a crime as well as all other parties involved.

Torres told reporters that the city is «unquestionably» better off now than it was four years ago, that crime is at historic lows, that job growth at historic highs and that police - community relations «show real signs of improvement.»

Michael afoot said Stalin did more good than harm, but he was still my leader, when livingstone gained power of the GLC is a coup he was still my leader, even if I though, welcoming the IRA leaders to county hall with open arms was treason, Blair lied about Iraq, he should be at The Hague for war crimes, but he was still our leader,

Labour voters who don't choose the Labour Party as the best party on a particular issue choose the Conservatives on five issues as better than the Lib Dems (eg cutting the deficit, dealing with crime and defending Britain's interests in Europe) while they only prefer the LibDems on three issues including protecting the environment.

«When we are able to get good cooperation from the public, crimes like these are solved by the police department more often than not», said the Mayor.

Singas also combines the hard - nosed qualities of a good prosecutor with a sensible willingness to use programs that allow young offenders to avoid the stigma of a criminal record and put themselves on the road to a productive life rather than a life of crime.

The shift would draw down the makeup of many rural areas where prisons are located, to the benefit of urban areas where more crimes take place — that is, better for Democrats than for Republicans.

doug jonson Hatlem, well after having he worse tory PM ever, and people not anting austerity anymore, and her humiliation on knife crime doubling despite saying it wouldn't when she cut police, or terrorism increase, when she cut community police or calling out the police federation they were crying wolf, saying her cuts would lead to having to have the Army on the streets, rather than cops, then it happened, we still didn't win and it was the second election defeat, on the trot a labour leader who denounced New labour has caused us

But until then, humans may make better crime predictors than machines.

That means that when you double the size of the city, you get more than double the amount of both good and bad socioeconomic quantities — patents, aids cases, wages, crime, and so on.

For perspective, Brunner points out that a well - known genetic trait affects half the world's population and makes its carriers nine times more likely to commit violent crime than those who don't carry it.

His statistical method involved collecting more than 1.5 million public tweets tagged with Chicago - area GPS coordinates spanning January to March of 2013, as well as crime records covering the same period and geographic area.

They found that an «appeal to good character» was used by defendants more than all other explanations combined to say why they weren't guilty of the horrible crimes they were accused of committing.

Ahhh looks can be greatly deceiving, Stephanie I can assure you that I'm the epitome of shyness, I'm an extreme introvert who'd like nothing better than hide under my rock and type away at my laptop and watch crime shoes LOL

I still think it is far better for real time news than any other social media platform, especially where crime is concerned.

Victims are lured into an online relationship through social media or pornographic websites; they are then coerced into performing sexual acts in front of the camera, the CAFC said.This ensures a better chance at developing a lasting relationship because it's built on more than merely attraction and chemistry.We believe in the quality of the introduction rather than the quantity.Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 416 -222-TIPS (8477), online at text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook.When it comes to the apps on our phones, we tend to become loyal to a select few.

Im looking for someone to share secrets and inside jokes with... someone who can be my best friend, lover, a partner in crime... a teacher and a student... this jerzee girl needs more than the average joe...

There's no better way to break the ice (or bear the cold) than by taking on the town with a partner in crime.

well done documentary with interwoven stories illuminating crime and corruption in sao paulo, where someone is kidnapped every day; the rich travel with bodyguards in armored cars and heliocopters, while a huge underclass struggles for survival and certain politicians are no better than gangsters.

In France there's nothing we like more than a good crime serial book and cinema.

The best thing that can be said about Rob Schmidt's Crime and Punishment in Suburbia — aside from the fact that it's over in less than two hours — is that it doesn't glorify violence committed by sexy teens.

Very familiar, yes, but a stylish and above all well - acted tale of friendships gone sour and the inevitable steep price of crime — a much better movie than it's ever going to get credit for.

Time for the TV portion of the HECG and TV doesn't get much better than Starz's first essential drama, a piece about the ripple effect of the unimaginable more than the crime itself.

A first in franchise history, LittleBigPlanet 3 will feature a full voice cast for its adventure mode, and with English comedian Stephen Fry reprising his role as the narrator, there's no better villain than his original partner in crime, Hugh Laurie.