Case Outcome Quotes

I don't care what the law is, tell me who the judge is.

Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

I don't want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.

As a former prosecutor, I never presented a case in front of the grand jury that didn't result in an indictment. Bottom line: If a prosecutor wants to indict a case, the case gets indicted.

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.

I have experienced power as a journalist. On three different occasions, when I wrote about individual immigrants or refugees, the article - or, in one case, my presence in the courtroom - appeared to positively change the outcome of their cases.

After the match-fixing allegations, the one thing I had was patience. It took a lot of time for the courts to come to a verdict regarding the case. Sometimes, there were adjournments, but during that time, I had patience. We fought very hard, and finally justice prevailed, and we got the right verdict.

When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.

I really believe that a lawyer - no matter how good - if he or she is really worth their weight in salt, they will lose some cases because, after all, it is not really one of those secretive things that not everything is decided by who your lawyer is.

Good lawyers win so-so lawsuits. Great lawyers can win lawsuits in which you have little or no chance to win.

And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person on the bench begins to think - what's going to happen if I decide the case this way or that way?

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn't.

A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.