Conviction Quote by Marcia Clark

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better…

— Robert Shapiro

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper…

— Harry Browne

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

From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair…

— 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

“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

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to - to prove you're client's…

— Anderson Cooper

“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

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

— Andrew Thomas

Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a…

— Benjamin Cardozo

I don't care whether the person is guilty or not guilty. It's not my business to establish guilt or innocence. It's a court of…

— Werner Herzog