Bianca Jagger Quotes

Due process does not require that every conceivable step be taken, at whatever cost, to eliminate the possibility of convicting an innocent person. To conclude otherwise would all but paralyze our system for enforcement of the criminal law.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.

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.

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

Donald Beardslee is set for execution this week in California. His crimes were about twenty years ago, but it will be the first execution in California in quite some time.

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate.

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 a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

Our Constitution does not require that all crimes be solved.

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

Law enforcement does not ask an advantage in its struggle with the lawless. It asks only that the scales of justice be balanced. The cause of justice is not served when hardened criminals are allowed to go free through legal technicalities.

Robbery is a crime; rape is a crime; murder is a crime; treason is a crime and crime must be punished. The law provides for it, and the courts are open. Treason must be made infamous and traitors must be impoverished.

Let law enforcement determine guilt or innocence.

Rule of law is based on probable cause.

I know what it means to prosecute people.

In the United States, authorities are supposed to investigate crimes and find the people who have committed them.

The issue of prohibiting pardons shouldn't be a political one, but a legal and moral one that relates to the details of the specific case before the court.

I have prosecuted very serious criminals who are now serving very long jail sentences.

No matter where they are in the world, those who commit crimes against U.S. citizens will be held accountable for their actions, pursued by our investigators and prosecutors, and brought to justice.

Everyone of us is a potential convict.

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

I'm absolutely confident that everybody that's been put to death is two things: One, they're guilty of the crime charged, and, secondly, they had full access to our courts, both state and federal.

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.