--- title: "10 Presumed Innocent Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Presumed Innocent quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Presumed Innocent sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/stan-van-gundy-7739_human_holding-people-presumed-to-be-innocent-i_2722404.jpg" --- > [Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-van-gundy/holding-people-presumed-to-be-innocent-in-jail-pre-trial-simply/) [Stan Van Gundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-van-gundy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/stan-van-gundy-7739_human_holding-people-presumed-to-be-innocent-i_2722404.jpg) > [“the concept that citizens were to be presumed innocent until proven guilty;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-freeman/the-concept-that-citizens-were-to-be-presumed-innocent-until-proven/) [Henry Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/henry-freeman-54296_innocent-proven_the-concept-that-citizens-were-to-be-pre_773044.jpg) > [Law enforcement must help lead the conversation that the solemn obligation to 'protect and serve' applies to those both presumed innocent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/law-enforcement-must-help-lead-the-conversation-that-the-solemn/) [Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/wes-moore-2818_conversation_law-enforcement-must-help-lead-the-conve_1492030.png) > [In our justice system, everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. It should go without saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-rosenstein/in-our-justice-system-everyone-who-is-charged-with-a-crime-is/) [Rod Rosenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-rosenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/rod-rosenstein-29522_go_in-our-justice-system-everyone-who-is-ch_374793.jpg) > [There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-turow/there-are-a-whole-lot-of-little-tales-told-in-presumed-innocent/) [Scott Turow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-turow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/scott-turow-3838_about_there-are-a-whole-lot-of-little-tales-to_1747473.png) > [I don't know if a novelist ever fully detaches him- or herself from what they wrote and the way they wrote it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-turow/i-don-t-know-if-a-novelist-ever-fully-detaches-him-or-herself-from/) [Scott Turow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-turow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/scott-turow-3838_again_i-don-t-know-if-a-novelist-ever-fully-de_2589687.png) > [“Of course our school life was not free from pranks. The property of the townspeople was moved to strange places in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/of-course-our-school-life-was-not-free-from-pranks-the-property-of/) [Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/calvin-coolidge-764_life_of-course-our-school-life-was-not-free-f_1080642.jpg) > [In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-turow/in-re-reading-presumed-innocent-the-one-thing-that-struck-me-and-i-re/) [Scott Turow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-turow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/scott-turow-3838_amazed_in-re-reading-presumed-innocent-the-one_909936.jpg) > [It may be that the requirement of a preliminary approval by the Grand Jury, of all accusations of a serious nature, justified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-may-be-that-the-requirement-of-a-preliminary-approval-by-the-grand/) [Edward Jenks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-jenks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/edward-jenks-23531_accusation_it-may-be-that-the-requirement-of-a-prel_3232268.jpg) > ['Presumed Innocent' was written over a six to seven year period with intervals in between where I was figuring out the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-turow/presumed-innocent-was-written-over-a-six-to-seven-year-period-with/) [Scott Turow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-turow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/scott-turow-3838_against_presumed-innocent-was-written-over-a-six_508152.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/presumed-innocent/#itemlist", "name": "Presumed Innocent Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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