Jury Deliberation Quotes

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said, 'We think he probably did it. We just didn't think they proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.'

Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.

Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.

Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that they can sometimes get stuck along the way. The instruction on circumstantial evidence is confusing even to lawyers. And reasonable doubt? That's the hardest, most elusive one of all.

Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy

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

'Twelve Angry Men' was done with an intermission, and I took that out. I really wanted an audience to feel like they had no break, just like those jurors, and you're not going to get out of that room until you come to a decision.

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

It takes courage to sit on a jury. How many of us want to decide the fate of another person's life or freedom? How many of us want to hold that kind of power in our hands?

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.

A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.

Trial by jury slows the wheels of justice.

I think I did four 'Law & Order' episodes. I did two 'Criminal Intent,' one mothership, and one 'SVU.'

The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

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.

A jury is more apt to be unbiased and independent than a court, but they very seldom stand up against strong public clamor. Judges naturally believe the defendant is guilty.

It is impossible to find twelve fair men in all the world.

A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.

Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.