Catherine the Great Quotes

I believe that everybody is entitled to a presumption of innocence.

Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

No man can be judged a criminal until he is found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it has been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted. What right, then, but that of power, can authorize the punishment of a citizen so long as there remains any doubt of his guilt?

If you hang them all, you will get the guilty. But that's not the American way of doing things.

What right, then, but that of power, can authorize the punishment of a citizen so long as there remains any doubt of his guilt? This dilemma is frequent. Either he is guilty, or not guilty. If guilty, he should only suffer the punishment ordained by the laws, and torture becomes useless, as his confession is unnecessary. If he be not guilty, you torture the innocent; for, in the eye of the law, every man is innocent whose crime has not been proved

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

No free man shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, (killed) outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will We proceed against or prosecute him except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land.

It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Contrary to common belief, the presumption of innocence applies only inside a courtroom. It has no applicability elsewhere, although the media do not seem to be aware of this.

People are innocent until they are proven guilty, and we will make sure that stays the case.

People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

It's better that the innocent should live than that the guilty die

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

The goal is justice, not executions. We all want to make sure the process is fair and that the right person is punished. These recommendations are essential to that goal.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.

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

You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

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