Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“The object of the new school is to teach reasonable doubt. Not the unreasonable doubt of the wild-eyed heckler, but the evidence-based… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The towering lie of the criminal justice system—that we can reliably determine the truth, that we can know “beyond a reasonable doubt”… — William Landay Copy Share Image
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
“The one thing that could bring about the fall of society as we know it, would be to convince everyone, beyond any… — J.T. Nicholas Copy Share Image
Prove beyond reasonable doubt that the process of evolution (option 3 above, under known options) is the only possible way the observed… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
I have excellent information and proof relating to conduct of the FBI, .. I can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this… — Zacarias Moussaoui Copy Share Image
“And can you please have the janitor check my floor for fucking superglue?” ~ Andrew Hamilton” — Whitney Gracia Williams Copy Share Image
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
A lawyer once told a jury that the person his client stood accused of having killed was about to walk through the… — John Adams 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
Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
I would say that without any doubt he's the killer - the law says beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral… — Henry Wade Copy Share Image
“In the U.S. criminal justice system, someone accused of a crime cannot be convicted unless evidence demonstrates that person’s guilt “beyond a… — Victor Cheng Copy Share Image
After all, clemency is by nature outside the rule of law. When conferred upon those already convicted of crimes, it unravels the… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience… — Gregory Bateson 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
“Those who have been swept within the criminal justice system know that the way the system actually works bears little resemblance to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Reasonableness is a matter of degree. Beliefs can be very reasonable (Japan exists), fairly reasonable (quarks exist), not unreasonable (there's intelligent life… — Stephen Law Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the same scientific disciplines which shape our milk machines and egg machines have lately demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that mammals and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
You couldn't even prove the White House staff sane beyond a reasonable doubt. When I was born I was so surprised I… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image