About Quote by Dominick Dunne

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A.…

— Jim Garrison

I wasn't unsympathetic as a defense attorney, but my strong feelings for the victims were getting in my way. I identified too much with…

— Marcia Clark

“During voir dire, the interviews for jury selection, each person is asked under oath about their experience with the criminal justice system, as defendant…

— Edward Conlon

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

— Joseph Wambaugh

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

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

— Horace

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

— F. Lee Bailey

Defendants would groan whenever they saw me enter a courtroom because I had a reputation for coming armed with the facts and for winning…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

I am openly pro-prosecution and make no bones about it. I don't think there are enough people out there sticking up for victims.

— Dominick Dunne

People constantly complain to me about news coverage of criminal cases. 'What happened to the presumption of innocence?' they ask at almost every turn.…

— Dan Abrams

Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were…

— Oscar Wilde

“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It…

— Harper Lee