If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
“You have to experience it, in order to speak about it with authority. Joseph Wambaugh says it with an air of that same authenticity,… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
It's corruption never been systemic, because a fish rots from the head — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
