If statistics are any indication, the system may well be…

“The trial wasn’t the finest hour of American justice as the treatment of the prisoners seemed medieval in its barbarism. Almost all of the…

— Ron Chernow

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in…

— William J. Brennan

Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally capture them…

— Ronen Bergman

The reality is that most celebrity defendants are extremely unknowledgeable, naive and vulnerable, and if they get into trouble they usually call their lawyer…

— Vincent Bugliosi

There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Defendants would groan whenever they saw me enter a courtroom because I had a reputation for coming armed with the facts and for winning…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and…

— Marian Deegan

“The mere punishment of the defendants, or even thousands of others equally guilty, can never redress the terrible injuries which the Nazis visited on…

— Anonymous

I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.

— Kevin Mitnick

“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants…

— John Grisham

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the…

— Harold H. Greene

“We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow.”

— Vivien Spitz

Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is…

— John Grisham

But ignorance of the law is no excuse. A person is guilty even if he breaks the law unknowingly. I shall be perhaps the…

— Walther Funk