Jury Quote by Charles Kennedy

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.

— Robert Bourassa

There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned…

— Lawrence Krauser

Detention without trial is history in Malaysia.

— Najib Razak

Our asylum laws were written to protect victims fleeing persecution in their home countries. By limiting the scope of these laws and refusing to…

— Sharice Davids

This 1965. We went to trial on our city. We were obviously borrowing tactics and strategy from the Black freedom movement, and we were…

— Bill Ayers

Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging the detainee…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the…

— Bryan Stevenson

We wish to be treated 'not as ordinary prisoners,' for we are not criminals. We admit no crime - unless, that is, the love…

— Bobby Sands

There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum.…

— Pramila Jayapal

I would like to believe the majority of Americans want to see justice done, and they are not interested in financing the detention of…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

We have over a hundred political detainees, men against whom we are unable to prove anything in a court of law. Nearly 50 of…

— Lee Kuan Yew

The most important part of any trial is not the trial itself but what did we learn and how did we change? Tom Krause

— Tom Krause