Cases Quote by Johnnie Cochran

Lying under oath, and encouraging lies under oath, does go to the very heart and soul of what courts do. If we say we…

— Anonymous

Perjury is often bold and open. It is truth that is shamefaced - as, indeed, in many cases is no more than decent.

— Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling

“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

I don't want to live in a country that lies can prevail in court. Where you can walk into a courtroom and fabricate a…

— Jesse Ventura

Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“The towering lie of the criminal justice system—that we can reliably determine the truth, that we can know “beyond a reasonable doubt” who is…

— William Landay

The term 'perjury trap' means interviewing someone for no underlying crime and no other purpose except with the hope that the person forgets something,…

— Michael Caputo

“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

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

— Anonymous

I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.

— F. Lee Bailey

Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.

— Victoria Toensing

It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine that they themselves, in their narrow…

— John Henrik Clarke