Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

I believe in the jury system.

I have faith in the jury system.

I have great faith in the jury system.

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.

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

We are not living up to Thomas Jefferson's idea of what a trial by jury means.

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-

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.

Trial by jury slows the wheels of justice.

Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try and respect it. A thing which is not thoroughly easy to do, when we reflect that by command of the law a criminal juror must be an intellectual vacuum, attached to a melting heart and perfectly macaronian bowels of compassion.

The civil jury is a valuable safeguard to liberty.

In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into no metaphor, who once said that all we see about us, Kings, Lords, and Commons, the whole machinery of the State, all the apparatus of the system, and its varied workings, end in simply bringing twelve good men into a box.

The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.

The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence involved, and decide if evidence supported the filing of any criminal charges against Darren Wilson. They accepted and completed this monumental responsibility in a conscientious and expeditious manner.

Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently.

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 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.

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

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.

It takes courage to sit on a jury. How many of us want to decide the fate of another person's life or freedom? How many of us want to hold that kind of power in our hands?

Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

Trial by jury, the best of all safeguards for the person, the property, and the fame of every individual.