Bill Maher Quotes

I think the prosecution had all the evidence in front of them to have won the case.

Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list.

There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the right language to convince the right jury that my client is either innocent or that the opposition is guilty.

Any good trial lawyer knows that if you've got one credible expert or scientific study, then you can let the jury decide.

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.

Trial by jury slows the wheels of justice.

Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

The jury passing on the prisoner's life may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try.

Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.

Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial.

A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.

We go to the opening arguments or the closing arguments of a case, and we'd see which actor got the big one. I had a seven-page one once which just about killed me, and I thought, 'Oh, I'm going to get fired, that's it, I can't do it.' It was like a one-act play, and I had a few weeks to learn it, luckily. But it's terrifying.

I had 24 hours to prepare. If this were a criminal case 5 or 6 lawyers would have weeks to prepare.

It almost seems I was writing two separate books, the first one about the time before I went on the court and the second one about the many, many terms I was on the court.

As a lawyer, particularly in criminal law, you really do have to try to tell your story to the jury and hope that the judge makes rulings that allows your story to get through.

Ask any lawyer - if a prosecutor thinks he can win a case, he'll prosecute it.

It's totally different playing a lawyer and a detective.

As this case has progressed, the evidence that the prosecution has claimed exists against me has been proven less and less and less. And all that has happened is that they've filled these holes with speculation.

They just brought it up to me and said, 'Hey, this is what we're going to do.' They're going to put out a section and call it Judge's Chambers and give them little judge outfits, and we'll see what happens. I think it turned out great.

I know O.J. better than anyone on the legal team. There are so many things I know about his personality. My job is really strategy and liaison between the lawyers and O.J.

The only thing the defense has to do is take care of the client and see to it that they attack every weak spot on the prosecution's case. It's up to the judge to make sure that they don't pull any fast ones.

The prosecution has to go with the evidence and the facts and tell the story as it happened. The defense has more creative freedom. All you have to do is look for a defense that works. But it doesn't have to be the truth. Sometimes you get lucky and it is, but sometimes you don't, and either way, it doesn't matter.