Rick Scott Quotes

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

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.

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

In our justice system, everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. It should go without saying that people who are not charged with a crime also are presumed innocent.

People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

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

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

No Man ought to be looked upon as guilty, before he has received his judicial Sentence; nor can the Laws deprive him of their Protection, before it is proved that he has forfeited all Right to it.

The Church insists on the need of humane attitude towards suspects, persons under investigation and those caught in criminal intent. The crude and improper treatment of these people can either fortify them on the wrong track or push them on it. For this reason, those awaiting a verdict should not be disfranchised even in custody. They should be guaranteed advocacy and impartial justice. The Church condemns torture and indignities towards persons under investigation

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

I was very upset because I did not have a fair trial to prove my loyalty to this country.

While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our criminal-justice system, and rightly so.

In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career.

The core civil liberty that underpins our American criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence. Every person enjoys this presumption long before the commencement of any investigation or official proceeding.

There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal.

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city or nationwide arena.

I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake.

Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order to argue their side of the story. Police officers must be subjected to the same rules.

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.