Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
To vest a few fallible men — prosecutors, judges, jurors — with vast powers of literary or artistic censorship, to convert them… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
Currently, we're finding that about 75 percent of potential jurors have anger or deep-seated hatred toward anyone associated with Enron. — Michael Ramsey Copy Share Image
It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Students are not to read the Bible, jurors are not to hear it, prosecutors cannot quote from it, and teachers are not… — Ralph E. Reed, Jr Copy Share Image
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“During voir dire, the interviews for jury selection, each person is asked under oath about their experience with the criminal justice system,… — Edward Conlon Copy Share Image
You and I can profit by asking ourselves: What do I see when I look through the lens of my attitude toward… — John Powell Copy Share Image
Since natural law was thought to be accessible to the ordinary man, the theory invited each juror to inquire for himself whether… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Some people try to get out of jury duty by lying. You don't have to lie. Tell the judge the truth. Tell… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I… — Alexander Hamilton 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
Howard Zinn ran what is called the Zinn Education Project. It is a radical, radical bunch of insane lunatic leftists. And there… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image