if you can't do the time, don't do the crime

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What does if you can't do the time, don't do the crime mean?

One should not carry out an action if one is unwilling to handle the consequences.

Where does if you can't do the time, don't do the crime come from?

From do time (“to serve a prison sentence”).

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