evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
It wasn't in the states best interest to let the jury know, they said it would raise doubt that John Gacy acted… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said,… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
So the fact that the grand jury would come back and make the decision not to indict the jailers and not make… — Sharon Cooper Copy Share Image
I was a fat kid who didn't discover the joys of active play at the time of life when we're supposed to… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
The jury had never been allowed to see any evidence that Laetrile actually worked. (Yes Virginia, they can bury medical breakthroughs in… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I had seen 'Onaatah' when I was a part of the National Film Awards jury in 2016. I was very impressed with… — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the DA asked a witness a question just to make the jury think about the topic. It didn’t matter what the… — Timothy M. Burke Copy Share Image
In our system, we leave questions of fact to a jury. But to render a verdict, a jury must know the law.… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Universities simply unable to play judge, jury and executioner when they're already having trouble playing educator. Resources are limited and colleges must… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Drink a health to the wonders of the western world, the pirates, preachers, poteen-makers, with the jobbing jockies; parching peelers, and the… — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
On returning to India I took up a short assignment as assistant to the secretary of jury at the International Film Festival,… — Suhasini Mulay 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
When the link between the use of unsafe, mercury-laden vaccine and autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies and diabetes becomes undeniable, mainstream medicine will… — Bernard Rimland Copy Share Image
“Most courtroom movies feel it necessary to end with a clear-cut verdict. But 12 Angry Men never states whether the defendant is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
I find it bitterly ironic that the bulk of the money a medical-malpractice jury awarded to Terri [Schaivo] for use in making… — Wesley J. Smith Copy Share Image
You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
The 5th Amendment guarantees that defendants can't face 'double jeopardy,' which means the government can't prosecute a person a second time for… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
As a lawyer, particularly in criminal law, you really do have to try to tell your story to the jury and hope… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
“The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. "What are they doing?" Alice whispered to the Gryphon. "They can't… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill,… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
... The popular attitude toward the administration of justice should be one of respect and confidence. Bureaucratic, purely official justice, can never… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
When the jury came in, it didn't just disappoint me it shook the foundations of my beliefs, it shook the foundations of… — David Rudolf Copy Share Image
I think right now the jury is out on where and how much profit is available in the consumer electronics industry, because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Publicly, defense lawyers cling to the text book theory that the defendant has no burden of proof and that no negative inference… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Cross-examination is beyond any doubt the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. ... Cross-examination, not trial by jury,… — John Henry Wigmore 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
No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enforce criminal statutes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
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But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and… — Philip Guston 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
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