Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed… — F. Lee Bailey Copy Share Image
Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Interestingly enough, I feel what the show [OJ Simpson] was able to accomplish in a really masterful way is that White America… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
“Talk of "witch-hunts" conceals an inconvenient fact: men charged with rape stand a better chance of walking free than other defendants. The… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win. — F. Lee Bailey Copy Share Image
Our measure of rewards and punishments is most partial and incomplete, absurdly inadequate, utterly worldly; and we wish to continue it into… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Romantic love is blind to everything except what is lovable and lovely, but Christ's love sees us with terrible clarity and sees… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In Russia, less than one percent of trials end with an acquittal. With trials that were initiated for political reasons those chances… — Lyudmila Alexeyeva Copy Share Image
Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar. — C. A. Bartol Copy Share Image