Tag: you do the crime

  • Get off (easy)

    Get off (easy)

    WotD: Get off (easy) You do the crime, you do the time, as the saying goes, but many people feel criminals get off easy. There is considerable debate about the appropriate punishment for any particular crime when it comes to crime and punishment. For Christians, the Old Testament says an eye for an eye. In other…

  • Incarcerate

    Incarcerate

    Word of the Day: Incarcerate Incarcerate is a word that you will often hear in American police or court dramas. You will also hear it on the news, read it in the newspapers and also whenever you hear people talk about putting perpetrators in jail and prisons. Incarcerate means to put someone in prison, and,…

  • If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime

    If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime

    English Expression: If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime is an expression often said to criminals who don’t want to go to jail. It comes from common sense. If you can’t accept the consequences of doing something wrong, you shouldn’t have done…