Between Quote by Lysander Spooner

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

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person,…

— Lysander Spooner

What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered…

— William Rehnquist

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.

— Johnnie Cochran

Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth…

— Jonathan Swift

I am sure from my experience of juries that, in a criminal case especially, they will obey the law as declared by the Judge;…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect…

— Lysander Spooner

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

— Alexander Hamilton

“we are in danger of becoming a society in which prosecutors alone become judges, juries and executioners because the threat of high sentences makes…

— Harvey Silverglate

“Judge not,' it has been said, but being a juryman can be a pleasant occupation when one is not weighing up human actions and…

— Claudio Magris

Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison…

— Robert Falcon Scott