Quotes from John Grisham

But such a cheap shot from a sibling can never be left alone.

forgotten by the world and by those you love

before a jury. It takes time: time to

Meanness does not inspire loyalty.

It had been tested extensively in clinical trials in third-world countries;

Murder must be punished, but murder can also be justified.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

A hundred years earlier, in Hopt v. Utah, the Supreme Court ruled that a confession is not admissible if it is obtained by operating on the hopes or fears of the accused, and in doing so deprives him of the freedom of will or self-control necessary to make a voluntary statement. In 1897, the Court, in Bram v. United States, said that a statement must be free and voluntary, not extracted by any sorts of threats or violence or promises, however slight. A

He hadn't hit her in several years, but when you've been beaten you never forget it. The bruises go away but the scars remain, deep, hidden, raw. You stay beaten. It takes a real coward to beat a woman.

Theo explained, in what he thought was perfect Spanish, that Julio needed extra help with his algebra. Evidently, she did not understand perfect Spanish because she asked Julio what Theo was talking about.

Do we really want fair trials? No, we do not. We want justice, and quickly. And justice is whatever we deem it to be on a case-by-case basis.

You were enduring these terrible attacks, yet you never sought help?" "From who?" "What about law enforcement? The police?" Jake's heart froze at the question. He was stunned by it, but prepared, as was his witness. With perfect timing and diction, Kiera looked at Dyer and said, "Sir, I was being raped by the police.

In Ake v. Oklahoma, the Court said: "When a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense…. Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.

And it's often the one you trust the most who'll cut your throat for the right price.

She could not imagine finding the patience to raise kids in the age of cell phones, drugs, casual sex, social media, and everything else on the Internet.

You miss the whole point, Pastor. What I did was wrong, but I couldn't stop myself. Why couldn't I stop myself? Because of what I am. I wasn't born this way. I became a man with a lot of problems, not because of my DNA, but because of what society demanded. Lock ' em up. Punish the hell out of them. And if you make a few monsters along the way, to bad.

Billing was the lifeblood of the firm. Everything revolved around it.

Those pricks down at the Rotary Club and the church and the coffee shop will not make you a lawyer and will not make you a dime." And, "To be a real lawyer, first you grow a thick skin, and second you tell everybody but your clients to go to hell." And, "A real lawyer is not afraid of unpopular cases.

This is not a problem peculiar to Oklahoma, far from it. Wrongful convictions occur every month in every state in this country, and the reasons are all varied and all the same—bad police work, junk science, faulty eyewitness identifications, bad defense lawyers, lazy prosecutors, arrogant prosecutors.

shook hands. She thanked him for his pro bono

Did you know that some of the counties in the coalfields have the highest rates of cancer in the country?

We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.

Justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.

The human body was not meant for such abuse. After about six months they lost steam.