Bernhard Goetz Quotes

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.

Jury service is a duty as well as a privilege of citizenship; it is a duty that cannot be shirked on a plea of inconvenience or decreased earning power.

I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law and criminal procedure, and respecting juries. Because they do work hard. They work way harder than I do; and they work way harder than the rest of those people making those peanut gallery comments.

Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.

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

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

Now it is clear, that if the government can exclude, on account either of their opinions or feelings, any persons thus drawn by lot, the trial is no longer a trial by 'the country,' but only by a portion of the country.

I vote and I do jury duty.

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.

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

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

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

I have never served on a jury because MPs were exempted - or banned, I think.

Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

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.

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.

It's rare to find someone excited over jury duty. If they're out there, I've never met them. Not a one. When the summons for jury duty arrives in the mail, how many people scream, 'Yes!' and run to clear the calendar? None. Our first and only reaction is, 'Oh, no,' quickly followed by, 'How can I get out of this?'

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.

In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.

We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.

Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way.