Sam Sheppard Quotes

People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me.

I didn't do what they said I did. I may have done enough so that I don't know if I can prove my innocence.

I am as innocent regarding any conspiracy as any of you gentlemen in the room.

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

I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.

We have a situation where a young man is basically convicted of his own murder.

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

You can't charge somebody with something they have not done.

All we can do is keep going up against then as long as Ray is alive because when he dies it will not be possible to establish the truth of his innocence in a court of law.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

Here, I am looking for a document issued by a public attorney. I don't find. He is accused by the political leaders of the coalition, by his enemies, who said that he is guilty. That he deserves to be killed.

Just because you're convicted in a court room doesn't mean you're guilty of something.

You can accuse me of being a terror suspect, but I can prove to you that I'm not.

After eight months of one of the most intensive public and private investigations in American history, no one - no one - has come up with a shred of evidence that I had anything to do with the anthrax letters. I have never worked with anthrax. I know nothing about this matter.

I've never been under the illusion that everybody on death row is innocent - far from it. My own guess is upwards of 90 percent are guilty. But a ten percent error rate if that's what it is, or even five percent, is really way too high.

Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.

The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.

I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!

I want you to know that I am innocent - and that I will fight to clear my name.

You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime.

The innocent are frequently punished instead of the guilty

It is easier to learn to fly by flapping one's arms than it is to get a district attorney to admit having sent an innocent person to prison.