Prosecution Strategy Quotes

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

I think the prosecution had all the evidence in front of them to have won the case.

You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.

When a prosecutor makes a deal with someone and gives him immunity if he testifies, the prosecutor usually gets the testimony he wants.

I was a defense attorney before I was a prosecutor, and so knowing what the defense is going to try to do is something that you have to do constantly when you're in trial. I always went to trial knowing what they were doing. So I was always in both mindsets anyway. 'Oh, they're going to do this, then I'm going to do that.'

Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.

almost any object, including this book you hold, can turn up as Exhibit A in a murder trial.

I know what it means to prosecute people.

Ask any lawyer - if a prosecutor thinks he can win a case, he'll prosecute it.

Every major criminal case is always built from the bottom up. You get the underlings, you get them to plead and cooperate, and that leads to the higher-ups.