Andrew Cohen Quotes

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't.

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.

And, you know, like I said, I'm not looking forward to a trial.

A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trial.

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

Not Guilty

In the ultimate analysis, only the jury can strip a man of his liberty or his life.

I think trials are inherently dramatic and interesting and are always going to be part of the news.

I had only one idea before me throughout the trial, i.e. to show complete indifference towards the trial in spite of serious nature of the charges against us.

The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

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

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

For every criminal case, the judge must construct a perfect syllogism: the major premise must be the general law; the minor premise, whether or not the action in question is in compliance with the law; and the conclusion, acquittal or punishment.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him.

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

There is - you know, there's receipts for rented cars and license plates and guns and hand prints and palm prints and fingerprints. You know, I want to wait until I'm in a court.

That justice should be administered between men, it is necessary that testimonies of fact be alleged; and that witnesses should apprehend themselves greatly obliged to discover the truth, according to their conscience, in dark and doubtful cases.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.