Attorney Quote by Jim Garrison

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal…

— Dominick Dunne

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

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

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

— Matthew McConaughey

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

For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends…

— Vincent Bugliosi

“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

The criminal defense attorney is misunderstood if not despised by most of society. It doesn't matter if we believe in our adversarial system and…

— Michael Connelly

Before I was a prosecutor, I was a defense attorney. I took a cut in pay because I wanted to stand up for the…

— Marcia Clark

When I went to the prosecutor's office, I wanted to be one of the good guys that the defense could trust. I'd try fair,…

— Marcia Clark

I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many…

— Nancy Grace

I have spent my career as a prosecutor. I've only had one client in my entire life, and that has been the people.

— Kamala Harris