We must never forget that the record on which we judge…

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“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

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

There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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

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

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

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