Jurors Quotes

32 quotes by 26 authors

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. — Ambrose Bierce
The major networks, the cable networks, they're being prosecutors. They're judges and jurors and executioners. Well, c'mon, that's ridiculous. But they're doing it. — Ray Bradbury
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the… — Alexander Hamilton
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant… — Byron White
I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors, — Zacarias Moussaoui
I had thought I would be sentenced to death based on the emotions and anger toward me for the deaths on Sept. 11. But after… — Zacarias Moussaoui
I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality… — Abraham Lincoln
I did not see any major issues other than the jury substitutions. I can't know whether there's a problem there, until I read the transcript… — Catherine Crier
The kind of evidence that was put before the jurors led to less-than-rational decision-making. I think that juries are composed of good people who can… — Kenneth C. Frazier
[Jurors who are opposed to capital punishment are] more likely to believe that a defendant's failure to testify is indicative of his guilt, more hostile… — Thurgood Marshall
It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the… — David Simon
I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office. — Abraham Lincoln
Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North… — Paul Levine
A Seattle lawyer once interrupted his lengthy cross-examination of a witness and exclaimed, "Your Honor, one of the jurors is asleep." "You put him to… — James Keller
Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and… — Robert Falcon Scott
Before we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary. They were asked to listen… — Alafair Burke
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike… — Winston Churchill
May your wife and children get raped, right in the ass. (to the jurors who convicted her) — Aileen Wuornos
[N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust. — Charley Reese
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. — Johnnie Cochran

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