post-crime

Another advantage of “shall issue” over swift and certain punishment is that “shall issue” may be a more certain pre-crime deterrant than punishment, which is post-crime.

The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment 2009

WHITFIELD: Yes, even if during the crime, you weren't a participant, post-crime, that makes you just as culpable, right?

CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2008 2008

Probation, maybe some fines (which they could amply afford and would probably be absorbed by some special interest group eager to score points as a loyal GOP tool) or a few months in a country-club lockup, after which they would enjoy the same sort of cozy post-crime pundit careers as North, Colson, Liddy and Buchanan before them.

Think Progress » ALLEN: “A Likely Scenario For What Happened Today Is Patrick Fitzgerald Got Some Indictments” 2005

But to make it seem like the choices a man faces post-crime are simple when they're clearly not is to assume a self-righteousness that transcends the consequences of what the world has to offer.

The Interesting Thing About Bad Priests 2004

Bedding and Saul were no longer needed to track down registered owners of BMW X5's and were back at their usual assignment: post-crime canvassing, "spadework," as it was called.

The Stone Monkey Deaver, Jeffery 2002

BLAIR: Gloria, that's a post-crime confession, not a pre-crime.

CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2002 2002

It helped, as she said, that the entire crime and the post-crime party during which Simpson and his co-conspirators celebrated their

WORLDMag.com 2009

It helped, as she said, that the entire crime and the post-crime party during which Simpson and his co-conspirators celebrated their

WORLDMag.com 2009

Emmermann wanted the rocks if the price was right, and Thad had priced a quarter pound of moon far, far under NASA's post-crime estimate of over

Gizmodo 2009

It helped, as she said, that the entire crime and the post-crime party during which Simpson and his co-conspirators celebrated their

WORLDMag.com 2009