Sunny Hostin Quotes

A grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.

Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.

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

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

Federal criminal prosecutions are a direct function of the number of U. S. Attorneys. The more prosecutors that are appointed, the more criminal prosecutions there will be.

Prosecutors are assessed by their win-loss records, not by whether they have furthered the cause of justice.

I've led a grand jury.

Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.

The role of the federal prosecutor and the purpose of a criminal investigation are well-defined.

We shouldn't tell prosecutors to 'pick and choose' what laws to uphold.

One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.

I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed.

The expectations are that when this investigation is completed, Fitzgerald will make the appropriate decision, which is not to charge Karl with any criminal offenses.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

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.

Many legal experts note that prosecutors regularly seek indictments of people or companies for destroying evidence or impeding investigations, even if they cannot prove other charges.

It’s a political process to get to be a United States Attorney but after that, politicians have to adopt a hands off approach to the U. S. Attorneys.

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

The power to investigate and prosecute is the power to destroy.

A federal grand jury can indict on no evidence at all. I want everyone to understand that the fact that there's an indictment means nothing, zippo, absolutely nothing.

There are very few countries in the world where we have a jury system as we all know.