Conscience Quote by John Adams

Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction…

— Alexander Hamilton

It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion, judgment, and…

— John Adams

Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense…

— E. P. Thompson

It is the duty of the Judge in criminal trials to take care that the verdict of the jury is not founded upon any…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable…

— Harlan F. Stone

There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the power and…

— Lysander Spooner

Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that…

— Marcia Clark

The kind of evidence that was put before the jurors led to less-than-rational decision-making. I think that juries are composed of good people who…

— Kenneth C. Frazier

“What is true is that if the opening statements by defense and prosecution give an accurate image of the evidence that will be presented…

— Clay S. Conrad

The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.

— Samuel Chase

It is not the purpose of a juryman's office to give justice as a favor to whoever seems good to him, but to judge…

— Socrates

One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.

— Washington Irving