Accused Quote by Johnnie Cochran

There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

— Hugo Black

The prosecution makes all the important decisions: what's charged, how much is charged, whether you can get a decent offer. Every defendant becomes an…

— Lynne Stewart

“Prison administration is concerned with this phase of procedure because of the generally accepted notion--in and out of prisons--that money can get away with…

— Lewis E. Lawes

Money, is a crime.

— Pink Floyd

Every dollar spent to punish a drug user or seller is a dollar that cannot be spent collecting restitution from a robber. Every hour…

— Randy Barnett

Justice is what you get when you run out of money.

— H. L. Mencken

“If the defendant be a man of straw, who is to pay the costs?”

— Charles Dickens

A defendant can use discovery to run out the clock on the plaintiff and to make the plaintiff run out of money.

— Amul Thapar

Justice doesn't mean the bad guy goes to jail, it just means that someone pays for the crime.

— Anonymous

Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and financial costs.

— Stan Van Gundy

In the courtroom, watch the balance of the scalesIf the price is right, there's time for more appealsThe strings are pulled, the switch is…

— Phil Ochs

Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law.

— Andy Griffith