Patty Hearst Quotes

I didn't attend any of the court proceedings.

History is no criminal court

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.

I think the prosecution had all the evidence in front of them to have won the case.

Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.

I was not inside the bank. But I am still not the only witness.

In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.

The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.

I answered their questions truthfully and honestly, but I would prefer not to say more. I assume the information was routed back and that is why I was not called to testify.

If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.

Indictments don't mean anything; men are entitled to be innocent until they are proved guilty.

Laymen ought not to be accused save by dependable and lawful accusers and witnesses.

I've led a grand jury.

A lawyer wants to get his client off the hook. And even if he knows the client is guilty, he is going to find ways and means of getting him off the hook.

Many low-income people in the U.S.A. charged with a crime opt to plead guilty to a lesser offence because they cannot afford to go to trial.

The dispute is still before the judge.

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. A thing which is not thoroughly easy to do, when we reflect that by command of the law a criminal juror must be an intellectual vacuum, attached to a melting heart and perfectly macaronian bowels of compassion.

When I present evidence, I expect the judge to hear and see all the evidence that gets presented.

Gettin' dressed up for court, that's a law suit

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.

I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not.

I really don't miss the trials and courtroom appearances.

The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.