Quotes for All
Jurors have found, again and again, and at critical moments, according to what is their sense of the rational and just. If their sense of justice has gone one way, and the case another, they have found \”against the evidence,\” … the English common law rests upon a bargain between the Law and the people: … Read more
The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies – easily checkable, blatant lies – and I’m not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men – … Read more
It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city. David Simon
Global warming … may be a plaintiff lawyer’s dream. And it’s interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might react to some of the recent industry-backed studies minimizing the dangers of global warming. I suspect future jurors will not be amused. David Ignatius
[N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust. Charley Reese
I did not see any major issues other than the jury substitutions. I can’t know whether there’s a problem there, until I read the transcript from the in-chambers conference, when those jurors were excused. Catherine Crier
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way effected 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. Byron White
A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government. Byron White
Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. Ambrose Bierce
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge’s instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong. Alexander Hamilton