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The Jury

«The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.»
«I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.»
«My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.»
Author: Jennifer Lopez (Actress, Model, Singer) | About: Law and lawyers | Keywords: jury, The Jury
«The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.»
«The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy»
Author: John Gay (Dramatist, Poet) | About: Judgement | Keywords: controversy, jury, The Jury
«''Write that down,'' the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.»
«A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.»
«A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | Keywords: fox, The Jury
«The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try»