Alan Dershowitz Quotes

It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.

Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

Prosecutors, unlike any other official in our system, … are not as accountable… to the public that they serve Police officers do what they do in a public space. Judges are in a courtroom... Prosecutors make their charging decisions and plea bargain decisions behind closed doors…. There is no transparency … There is a lot of unconscious and implicit bias.

The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law

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

I get it, cops deal with a lot, but at the same time, we crave justice, and we do want to believe things are going to be all right.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.

I have great faith in the jury system.

We need proof in our society.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.

If the public can't see justice being done, or afford the costs of justice, then the entire system becomes little more than a cozy club solely for the benefit of judges, lawyers and their lackeys, a sort of care in the community for the upper middle classes.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

Delay in justice is injustice.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

In the criminal justice system, the law-abiding citizen comes first.

Our criminal justice system was designed to be fair and is the fairest system known to man.

Our criminal justice system affirmatively depends on inequality.

In the administration of justice all proceedings shall be public and oral to the widest possible extent.