Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
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
I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win… — Dominick Dunne 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
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
I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as… — Jim Garrison 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
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal! — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't. — Louise Woodward 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
Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar. — C. A. Bartol 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
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
Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause. — Samuel Richardson 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
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
“And does the trial start over again?” asked K., finding it hard to believe. “The trial will always start over again,” said… — Anonymous 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
“But just take the jurists' side for a moment: why, in fact, should a trial be supposed to have two possible outcomes… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 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 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