92 Jury Quotes for You to Enjoy

Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there. David Bergen

Best You Book Year Every Out Throw Write Jury Different

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write. David O. Russell

Duty Write Put Learned Got How Jury Jury Duty Where Which

In the past there has been debate as to whether or not traditional rights such as that to trial by jury might be protected or if a Bill of Rights should extend into areas of social and economic policy. Dominic Grieve

I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.' Don Lemon

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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor. Donella Meadows

Side Only Prosecutor Hears Jury Grand Grand Jury

In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked. Donella Meadows

Thoroughly Evidence Release Case Had Leaked Because Court Permit Been North Jury Decided Grand Grand Jury Appeals Oliver

The grand jury system - not just in Ferguson, but nationwide - needs a hard look. Millions feel that officers who are trigger-happy are handed a license to shoot - based not on facts, but on stereotypes the officers carry. Donna Brazile

I met Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu years ago during my college days, and I was in charge of international promotion of this movie festival he was invited to as part of the jury, and then he saw my work on a short film that was directed by a friend of mine. Edgar Ramirez

Work College Met Saw Mine Charge Promotion Directed He Part Invited Days Years Years Ago Friend Festival Jury Short Short Film Movie Then International Film

Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering. Eliot Spitzer

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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury. Florence Ellinwood Allen

Women Made Type High Fact Point Had Leaders Unusually Always Were Owing Jury Whenever Groups Here Serving

There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the right language to convince the right jury that my client is either innocent or that the opposition is guilty. Frank Luntz

Money Law Language Innocent Big Tremendous Tremendous Amount Guilty Client Opposition Lot Getting Jury Either Stake Convince Right Amount

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. Ida B. Wells

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The jury is still out on whether I'm a genius or not. Jason Robert Brown

Genius Out Still Jury Whether

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. Jim Garrison

You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does. Joe Jamail

There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention, make them laugh, make them like you. But what makes being a barrister less satisfying than being a writer is, finally, that it's about what someone else wants you to say. John Mortimer

You Lawyer Else Finally Say Laugh Tell About Someone Similarities Writer Attention Between Like Make Makes Lots Than Jury Being Hold Wants Story Them Less Satisfying

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. Joseph Brodsky

Me You Judge Country Enough System Would Would-Be Leave Versus Soviet Soviet Union Jury Cannot Prefer Union Twelve Basis

Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it. Joseph Howe

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. Joseph Wambaugh

Believe System Admit Over Jury While Certainly

That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards. Joshua Micah Marshall

Integrity Will Section Some About Bosses Lawyers Investigation Go His Forever Jury Just Want Grand Grand Jury Decisions Public Show Who Al Eventually Cards

Being on a grand jury felt like attending a series of hangings in a legal Wild West. Hands up for a true bill. Hands up for a dismissal. A show of hands to save a life, or to end it. Joy Reid

Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? Julie Walters

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