Quotes About Verdict

A murder trial is not a Sunday-afternoon tea party.

What is thy sentence then but speechless death.

My form is neither pleasing nor displeasing," she said. "But I've let the world see how little I care for its verdict.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

An interesting footnote to the centuries of accusations that have swirled around Richard III and the disappearance of his nephews took place in the United States in 1997. In an extraordinary mock trial, Richard III was brought up on charges of murdering his nephews. Presiding was a panel of three US Supreme Court judges. Cases for both prosecution and defence were duly presented. The judges returned a unanimous verdict of 'not guilty on all counts'.

If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.

The trial is about facts, but feelings are also a fact.

Judgment is easy: it is black and white, as brutal as a gavel strike.

A trial, it often came down to who had the best story.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

It's a dreadful assertion to make that once the war is over, the lesson learned, the conclusion drawn lies anywhere but in the verdict 'slaughter'. The dead are very quickly forgotten. But it's extraordinary - and a good thing too - how we're bested by them in this respect.

The bearing of all this on the question of premeditation [and premeditation will imply sanity] is very obvious. You must not allow any considerations of age or temptation to weigh with you in the finding of your verdict. Before you can come to a verdict of guilty but insane you must be well and thoroughly convinced that the condition of his mind was such as would have qualified him at the moment for a lunatic asylum.

Science enables humans to satisfy their needs. It does nothing to change them. They are no different today from what they have always been. There is progress in knowledge, but not in ethics. This s the verdict both of science and history, and the view of every one of the world's religions.

before a jury. It takes time: time to

Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt means if he probably did it, then let's get him off the streets.

The sixteen grand jurors sat around a long, square table

But, in a case like this, it'll be nice to have twelve of our good and faithful citizens in the hot seat.

38 million, the judge awarded $10 million—

If you're not nervous in a courtroom, then you're in the wrong place.

The friends believe that Job is on trial—the defendant in a criminal case—and that he has been found guilty. But this is a backward trial. In their assessment, the judge has passed down the verdict, and now they, as the jury, need to try the case and find the evidence to uphold the verdict. To this end, Job is intensely cross-examined.

I have great faith in the jury system.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.

You'd need a retarded jury not to convict." "What's your point?" Jenkins asked.

who, during the months since the criminal verdict, have rewritten history.