Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man. — Johnnie Cochran
Whether a man is guilty or innocent, we have to find that out by due process of law. — Andy Griffith
Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you. — Peter Drucker
Hung verdict would have meant anger against previous govt; Clear verdict to BJP shows people voted for hope and aspiration. — Narendra Modi
He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just. — Seneca
I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt. — Janet Reno
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor — Donella Meadows
The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. — Maxim Gorky
In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth — Fela Kuti
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom — Clarence Darrow
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. — Norm Crosby
Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict. — Theresa May
Short Verdict Quotes
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it. — Norman Cousins
Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence. — Leonard Peikoff
Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself. — Jameis Winston
Sentence first, verdict afterwards. — Lewis Carroll
Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict. — Norman Cousins
The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars. — H. L. Mencken
A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map. — Robert Henri
There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory. — Pat Conroy
Old age is the verdict of life. — Amelia Barr
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Judge Verdict Quotes
Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate. — Perry Anderson
I expect from our judges that their verdicts are also inspired by Talmudic law - and not only by common law or European justice systems. — Ayelet Shaked
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. — Leonard Cohen
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. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and conscience, though in direct opposition to the instruction of the court. — John Adams
The verdict is still out on my life, the judge having not yet instructed the jury, both of whom are me. — Robert Breault
What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Nobody supposes that doctors are less virtuous than judges;
but a judge whose salary and reputation depended on whether
the verdict was for plaintiff or defendant, prosecutor or prisoner,
would be as little trusted as a general in the pay of the enemy. — George Bernard Shaw
Judging from the tendency and effect of his arguments, an atheist does not appear positively to refuse that a God may be... His verdict on the doctrine of God is only that it is not proven. It is not that it is disproven. He is but an atheist. He is not an anti-theist. — Thomas Chalmers
O time! whose verdicts mock our own, the only righteous judge art thou! — Thomas William Parsons
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man. — Alexander Hamilton
At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. — Barbara Bush
Keep in mind that we should always thank those who hurt us, especially those who did so bad we are forced to transform. They risk the eternal verdict of going to hell just to make us better than who we are. — Tyra Banks
[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes open. He knew the worst about you at the time when he accepted you for Jesus' sake; and the verdict which he passed then was, and is, final. — J. I. Packer
Earthly providence is a travesty of justice on any other theory than that it is a preliminary stage, which is to be followed by rectifications. Either there must be a future, or consummate injustice sits upon the throne of the universe. This is the verdict of humanity in all the ages. — Randolph Sinks Foster
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action. — Learned Hand
For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray - that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy. And when the Last Day comes, we shall be judged from this, and on this basis we shall receive the eternal verdict. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history. — Pentti Linkola
The sadistic narcissist perceives himself as Godlike, ruthless and devoid of scruples, capricious and unfathomable, emotion-less and non-sexual, omniscient, omnipotent and omni-present, a plague, a devastation, an inescapable verdict. — Sam Vaknin
The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art. — LaToya Jackson
When the guilty verdict was handed down, I walked outside and saw a rainbow encircling the sun. Everyone in Monrovia could see it. It was a hot day, 80 or 90 degrees. I don't remember seeing any raindrops fall. I thought, this is a sign. — Leymah Gbowee
Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict. — John Calvin
In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity. — Marcel Duchamp
Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were clearly and unmistakably innocent. — Oscar Wilde
We [Israel] already have two very strong democratic tools - the two basic laws of personal liberties and human rights. I think we should also provide the judiciary with another tool so that they can rely on the fact that Israel is a Jewish state in verdicts. — Ayelet Shaked
Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance? — Timothy Keller
Hence our verdict on these reformulated versions of St. Anselm's argument must be as follows. They cannot, perhaps, be said to prove or establish their conclusion. — Alvin Plantinga
The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social consequences of Galileo's doctrine. Its verdict against Galileo was rational and just. — Paul Feyerabend
I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that. — Edwin Edwards
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict - which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt. — Noam Chomsky
It has been said that the historian is the avenger, and that standing as a judge between the parties and rivalries and causes of bygone generations he can lift up the fallen and beat down the proud, and by his exposures and his verdicts, his satire and his moral indignation, can punish unrighteousness, avenge the injured or reward the innocent. — Herbert Butterfield
The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework. — Alexis Tsipras
Hitler is still such a popular man; we are afraid of the Hitler myth. We want to give to the German people and to the world the final proof by means of the Supreme Court-Martial and its verdict. — Walther von Brauchitsch
The verdicts today should send the message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare another officer in a web of lies and deceit. — Loretta Lynch
Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. — Aldous Huxley
The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters. — Rush Limbaugh
It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict. — Jonathan King
Perfect Scepticismeis a disease incurable, and a thing rather to be pitied or laughed at, then seriously opposed. For when aman is so fugitive and unsettled that he will not stand to the verdict of his own Faculties, one can no more fasten any thing upon him, than he can write in the water, or tye knots in the wind. — Henry More
In Los Angeles, the jury in the Reginald Denny Beating trial, after much thinking, concludes, that Person A is not necessarily trying to kill Person B just because Person A happens to very deliberately bash Person B's skull in with a brick. The verdict is applauded by scientists at the Tobacco Institute. — Dave Barry
Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to welcome the flatterer from the outside, who only comes confirming the verdict of the flatterer within. — Plutarch
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