Coming Quote by Louise Woodward

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

“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 was court-ordered to Alcoholics Anonymous on television. Pretty much blows the hell out of the second A, wouldn't you say?

— Paula Poundstone

Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there…

— Barbara Amiel

“But just take the jurists' side for a moment: why, in fact, should a trial be supposed to have two possible outcomes when our…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I expected to be shot at any moment and if they had done I would have understood, that they couldn't take risks with someone…

— Laurie Lee

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

Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s…

— F. Lee Bailey

And here in Los Angeles, once again, I'm going to go down and be a witness. There's a guilty plea. I don't mind being…

— Patty Hearst

“The jury returned with a verdict of "Don't ask me, I wasn't there," and was excused.”

— Brian Spellman

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

— Brendan Behan