Allowing Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor

“The trial wasn’t the finest hour of American justice as the treatment of the prisoners seemed medieval in its barbarism. Almost all of the…

— Ron Chernow

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in…

— William J. Brennan

Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally capture them…

— Ronen Bergman

The reality is that most celebrity defendants are extremely unknowledgeable, naive and vulnerable, and if they get into trouble they usually call their lawyer…

— Vincent Bugliosi

There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Defendants would groan whenever they saw me enter a courtroom because I had a reputation for coming armed with the facts and for winning…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

“Studying the rule of law won't make a great litigator. It is the act of trying cases in real courtrooms with real plaintiffs and…

— Marian Deegan

“The mere punishment of the defendants, or even thousands of others equally guilty, can never redress the terrible injuries which the Nazis visited on…

— Anonymous

I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.

— Kevin Mitnick

“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants…

— John Grisham

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the…

— Harold H. Greene