Quotes from John Grisham

They filed in, dressed for the day in short-sleeve shirts and cotton dresses. As they took their seats, a bailiff handed each a funeral fan—a decorative piece of cardboard glued to a stick—as if flapping it back and forth in front of their noses would bring relief from the stifling heat. Many of the spectators were already waving them.

You know what they say—the reason divorce is so expensive is because it's worth it.

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 confession obtained from an accused who has been threatened cannot be admissible.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

everything, including education and corrections, is fair game for profiteers.

Booker Sistrunk sat awkwardly with his hands behind him and continued the mouthing: "You oughtta be ashamed of yourself, treating a brother like this." "The white guy's gettin' the same treatment," Ozzie said. "You're violating my civil rights." "And you're violatin' mine with your mouth. Now shut up or I'll lock you under the jail. We got a little basement down there.

The Constitution names only three federal offenses: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Today there are over forty-five hundred federal crimes, and the number continues to grow as Congress gets tougher on crime and federal prosecutors become more creative in finding ways to apply all their new laws.

The system reflects society. It's not always fair, but it's as fair as the system in New York, or Massachusetts, or California. It's as fair as biased, emotional humans can make it.

You're a funny man, Post.

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.

Don't ever get involved in politics, Theo. It's a dirty game.

People were classified, and often judged, by their denomination. And they were certainly condemned if they didn't claim one.

Hearing the truth is like grabbing smoke in our family," Joel said.

IN THE PARLANCE of the Bible Belt, those within the faith used many words and terms to describe those outside of it. On the harsher end of the spectrum, the "lost" were referred to as heathen, unsaved, unclean, hell-bound, and just old-fashioned sinners. More polite Christians called them nonbelievers, future saints, backsliders, or—the favorite—unchurched.

They're all long shots, but we win more than we lose. I've walked eight of my clients out of prison.

Reed will pull a Trump, file for bankruptcy and hide behind the courts for protection

At eleven-fifteen it rang again, and Jake received his first death threat, anonymous of course. He was called a nigger-loving son of a bitch, one who would not live if the nigger walked.

There are few things I like better in life than getting lost in a good book.

Such is the nature of my daily reading. I haven't had the luxury of finishing a novel in years.

Men, we don't deserve respect. Yet. Respect is out there on the floor, just waiting for us to go get it.

went through a quick series of rather

In white America, prisons are good places where bad men pay for their crimes. In black America, they are too often used as warehouses to keep minorities off the streets.

But most Christians I know are quite good at cherry-picking their way through the Holy Scriptures.

We like to say that skin color doesn't matter, but that's not always true. We often use it to open doors.