Lazy people know how to avoid jury duty, then again, who needs a jury ? — Grass Hopper Copy Share Image
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
He could not have been tried by a jury of his peers, becausehis peers did not exist. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Let’s be clear: Every day, all day they sit in a jury box—judging themselves.” — Sheenah Hankin Copy Share Image
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The jury passing on the prisoner's life may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When the American people saw the LA riots and crowds of Blacks cheering O.J. Simpson (who was acquitted by the almost all… — David Duke Copy Share Image
That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
“Sleep in peace, you members of the jury who condemned me to this place; sleep in peace,” — Henri Charrière Copy Share Image
Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oftentimes Westerners don't really understand fully the values of this particular culture. And I think the jury is still out as to… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
“Look, this boy's been kicked around all his life. You know-living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He… — Reginald Rose Copy Share Image
The prosecution has to go with the evidence and the facts and tell the story as it happened. The defense has more… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
There are some who think that the government is limited in how many corruption cases it can bring against Wall Street, because… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too… — David Berg Copy Share Image
The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence… — Robert P. McCulloch Copy Share Image
Lawyers know that certain witnesses are simply not going to be cooperative and are not going to answer the questions. And what… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that David Copperfield raped, assaulted and threatened a woman he took to his private island… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Our civilization has decided that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The debate can be put in the form of the question: Resolved, that the best of money managers cannot be demonstrated to… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. — Johnnie Cochran Copy Share Image
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy. — John Jay Copy Share Image