Angela Davis Quotes

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.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

They Should Have Their Day In Court

… due process of law is not for the sole benefit of an accused. It is the best insurance for the Government itself against those blunders which leave lasting stains on a system of justice but which are bound to occur on ex parte consideration

In Malaysia, trials have always been fair.

In Nigeria they convict by law, not by the truth

No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation.

Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.

Every man may think his own cause just till it be heard and judged.

We have a Bill of Rights, we have trial by jury. We have a notion that you are - you're innocent until you're proven guilty. We have all these things.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding document - the United States Constitution.

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy.

Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

A fair judicial system takes time to work.

The ancient mode of trial by jury ... ought to remain sacred and inviolable.

God forbid that the defendant should not be allowed the benefit of every advantage he is entitled to by law.

I just want to believe that, as a citizen in this country, that I have equal protection under the law and that I can have a situation assessed fairly, that people can look at it, and that a court of law can determine what the outcome is.

The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.

I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me.