Defendants Quotes

17 quotes from 15 authors

When multiple parties stand accused, the dynamics shift. This collection offers a range of observations on collective responsibility and the experience of being a defendant.

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There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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

Sandra Day O'Connor

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

Kimberly Guilfoyle

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“We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge…

Vivien Spitz

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

William J. Brennan

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

Kevin Mitnick

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

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

John Grisham

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

Ronen Bergman

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

Walther Funk

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

Harold H. Greene

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

John Grisham

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

Vincent Bugliosi

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

Marian Deegan

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

Marian Deegan

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

Anonymous

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

Ron Chernow

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