Johnnie Cochran Quotes

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• Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
• If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
• I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.
• We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis
• Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases
• I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.
• The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who…
• If it doesn't make sense, you should find for the defense.
• Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.
• An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.
• On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've…
• Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.
• I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether…
• If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a…
• I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we…
• If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
• In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all…

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