Prosecutor Quotes

64 quotes by 52 authors

The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no… — Conrad Black
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
Based on my experience as a prosecutor in Miami, illegal immigration is one of the most critical issues facing this country. As a prosecutor, I… — Janet Reno
I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to play in pursuit… — Sonia Sotomayor
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority… — Conrad Black
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,… — Thane Rosenbaum
Why is it that in this courtroom I face a white magistrate, am confronted by a white prosecutor and escorted into the dock by a… — Nelson Mandela
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more… — Jan Neruda
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor — Donella Meadows
For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to… — Vincent Bugliosi
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author. — Scott Turow
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is… — Roy Barnes
Can Ken Starr ignore the apparent breadth of the sympathetic response to the President's speech? Facially, it finally dawned on me that the person Ken… — Keith Olbermann
Has the international criminal court avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza due to political pressure. The answer is an unequivocal â€œnoâ€.… — Fatou Bensouda
I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I… — Janet Reno
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge… — Harold H. Greene
As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of… — Scott Turow
I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the… — Barack Obama

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