From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things. — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
“(...) juries should ask not "Is he guilty?" but rather "Is he dangerous?” — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about. — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
“Grand juries serve for months, and they figure out pretty quickly what the gig is all about: accuse, point your finger, name… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
I pretended I had urgent business at the prosecutor's table which, in one of The System's obvious tells, was always millimeters from… — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
Those who serve upon our juries have maintained a standard of fairness and excellence and demonstrated a vision toward the administration of… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
It is apparent, if you go back through our history, that the grand juries of the criminal justice system do not value… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
Religious people today are courts and juries. When it comes down to it, Jesus died on the cross so that we could… — Tammy Faye Bakker Copy Share Image
[When asked: "If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?":] Many women would be glad of a chance to… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people… — Dan Gelber Copy Share Image
I believe in people. Human beings, deep down, are essentially good. Any jury can filter through whatever bull might be thrown their… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Juries must, of necessity, be governed, in reaching many results through inferences from other facts, by certain laws of nature and human… — Levi Woodbury Copy Share Image
The roles evolve over time: juries once made determinations about law; nowadays, they are supposedly limited to making factual determinations. A good… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
“Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities. We may be wrong.… — Reginald Rose Copy Share Image
Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way. — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
The kind of evidence that was put before the jurors led to less-than-rational decision-making. I think that juries are composed of good… — Kenneth C. Frazier Copy Share Image
Interviews, and hence interviewers, are there to help shed light, and to let viewers judge for themselves. We are not judges, juries,… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
'CSI' has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it has had real-world consequences. Police and prosecutors complain of a… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
On a certain level, we don't try enough cases. We should try more cases before juries and let jurors decide. On grand… — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law… — Ashleigh Banfield Copy Share Image
The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I am sure from my experience of juries that, in a criminal case especially, they will obey the law as declared by… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
![“[When asked: "If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?":] Many women would be glad of a chance to sit on anything. There are women who stand up and wash six days in the week at 75 cents a day who would like to take a vacation and sit on a jury at $1.50.” quote by Anna Howard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cc9/anna-howard-shaw-22641_cents_when-asked-if-women-voted-would-they-not_1833648.jpg)
