Quote by Col Ben Findley

Demanding that all of us presume every defendant innocent outside of a courtroom is to demand that we stop evaluating facts, thereby suffocating independent…

— Dan Abrams

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

— Douglas William Jerrold

“If you would escape moral and physical assassination, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing—court obscurity, for only in oblivion does safety lie.”

— Elbert Hubbard

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.

— Seneca the Younger

“Innocence is no excuse in the eyes of the Law.”

— Leon Garfield

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a…

— Thomas Jefferson

Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and…

— Ramsey Clark

“Justice is not simply argued — it is meticulously prepared, strategically presented, and fearlessly defended.”

— Millennium Chambers

The law is a crude machine at best, and only spits out something approaching justice of its attendants are committed to justice. As lawyering…

— Holman W. Jenkins, Jr

“The law basically states that deadly force, or the threat of using deadly force shall be used only if you reasonably believe that such…

— Jon Gutmacher

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better…

— Robert Shapiro

I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.

— Alan Dershowitz