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- Nov 07, 2020
Defendant Quotes
On trials, courtrooms, and the presumption of guilt or innocence.
These quotes focus on what a trial is actually for: determining whether a defendant committed a crime, not staging a spectacle. One sample argues that cameras in court risk turning that single purpose into something else, distinct from questions of who to Believe.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.
- Civilized Nations
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other, without its consent and permission; but it may, if it thinks proper, waive this privilege, and permit itself to be made a defendant in a suit by individuals, or by another State.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great joy of being a prosecutor is that you don't take whatever case walks in the door. You evaluate the case; you make your best judgement. You only go forward if you believe that the defendant is guilty.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.
- Conspiracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.
- Fraud
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but the defendant neither admits nor denies wrongdoing?
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.
- Interview
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview with Dan Rather. It happened to be not confidential. But it was an interview with Dan Rather.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear.
- Endowed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, 'survivors,' who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim's death.
- Mark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump is not the victim of the judicial system; he is or has been the defendant in 3,500 lawsuits - that's not the mark of a victim but rather a perpetrator.
- Exclude
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- Nov 07, 2020
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.
- Discovery
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- Nov 07, 2020