If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. Votes: 4
Luther BurbankJury lawlessness is the greatest corrective of law in its actual administration. Votes: 3
Roscoe PoundJury verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off black rage, it seems, Votes: 3
Ron PaulWe were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. Votes: 3
Ben BradleeNever forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn. Votes: 2
Clarence DarrowTo escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph. Votes: 2
John MortimerI'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth. Votes: 2
Rick MoodyOnly Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawThe jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Votes: 0
Robert FrostThe values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important. Votes: 0
Ken StarrThere's no cap on success. The jury stays out till you take your last breath. Votes: 0
Judy SheindlinTalk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter. Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnPolitical systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeYou might be a redneck if you missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyTrial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial. Votes: 0
Edward CokeTrial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonServing jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities. Votes: 0
Nina GarciaI would not be convicted by a jury of my peers, still crazy after all these years. Votes: 0
Paul SimonI certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. Votes: 0
Joseph WambaughIf a jury of your peers finds you not guilty, I will reinstate you back into baseball. Votes: 0
Kenesaw Mountain LandisA man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. Votes: 0
Frederick DouglassGetting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races. Votes: 0
Dan CastellanetaWhen you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case. Votes: 0
F. Lee BaileyGroup sex, are you kidding, I had group sex - my wife screwed in front of the jury. Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldThe verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenGod can judge me, I don't need a jury. Nothing standing in my way, like nothing's my security. Votes: 0
Lil WayneIt is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury. Votes: 0
Friedrich DurrenmattI had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty! Votes: 0
Alex TrebekIf you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail! Votes: 0
Trey GowdyLoyalty is that for the lack of which your gang will shoot you without benefit of trial by jury. Votes: 0
Robert FrostIt is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. Votes: 0
George PlimptonThe Oscar nominations are out, and theyâre so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them, Votes: 0
Larry WilmoreIf I had it to do again, I would less often judge myself and more often ask for a jury. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultA jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor. Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnWhen you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on. Votes: 4 Bob Woodward
When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury-national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture-we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands. Votes: 2 Rand Paul
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. Votes: 4 Norm Crosby
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely. Votes: 3 Thurgood Marshall
Along the way I have been able to choose some themes which ask questions - not necessarily force a message on anyone, but at least invite the audience to question things: jury service, dignity in dying, Ireland - and not least because they force me to ask myself questions. Where do I stand? Votes: 3 Julie Walters