Jury of Peers Quotes

Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense.

Trial by jury, the best of all safeguards for the person, the property, and the fame of every individual.

The ancient mode of trial by jury ... ought to remain sacred and inviolable.

Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

Trial by jury is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four years in jail as a result. But I think the most serious injustice perpetrated by the court system in America is the inability of a black man to get a jury of his peers.

Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state.

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.

The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.

I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.

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.

The Sixth Amendment secures to persons charged with crime the right to be tried by an impartial jury reflecting a fair cross-section of the community.

I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county [the grand jury] than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.

The best jury of your peers that you’ll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you’re capable of and what you want to be.

Trial by jury of facts where they arise is one of the greatest securities of the lives, liberties and estates of the people.