Quotes About Court

Reggie - that was on the court. Reginald is the executive.

Lawsuits take a long time.

A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.

Litigation solves everything.

I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.

It's just crazy how the Louisiana court system works.

Be grateful for villainy, I thought. The jobs of millions depended on it, Gerard's included. Police, lawyers, tax inspectors, prison warders, court officials, security guards, locksmiths and people making burglar alarms. Where would they be the world over but for the multiple faces of Cain. "Gerard," I said.

If you want to deal in foreclosures, auctions, and tough deals, you have to sit in court. Evaluate. Learn about how to buy cheaply and wisely.

Another old friend who came to pay his respects [to the recently elected Urban VIII] and collect his reward was Buonarroti, who, like Strozzi, judged the new court guilty of excess. "Music always and always poetry / music and poetry morning and night / music in every time and season." "I would rather hear frogs sing.

Okay, so Malik had taped his nametag to his butt, but he was still standing in the witness box, ready to testify.)

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

Nothing that was said in here would decide MacGregor's fate. That decision was being made elsewhere. This was not the highest Court in the land. The highest Court in the land was somewhere else in some unknown building; in a room with locked doors, a room which MacGregor would never enter and never see. This was a great camouflage for the authority that stemmed from another unknown source.

At court you must say less than you think and only speak as much of the truth as will do you good.

A NUMBER OF BARRISTERS, SOLICITERS, SPECTATORS, USHERS, REPORTERS, JURYMEN, WARDERS, AND PRISONERS TIME: The Present. ACT I. The office of James and Walter How. Morning. July. ACT II. Assizes. Afternoon. October. ACT III. A prison. December. SCENE I. The Governor's office. SCENE II. A corridor. SCENE III. A cell. ACT IV. The office of James and Walter How. Morning. March, two years later.

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

Like so many, this trial is not about the truth; it's about winning.

before a jury. It takes time: time to

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.

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.

whispered because Barney heard everything, was to drag a case or a hearing past lunch and into the afternoon when he always took his nap.

John Grisham

The sixteen grand jurors sat around a long, square table

and not a year ago?' 'I should have, but I figured the courts down here would finally realize they had the wrong guy. I just got out of prison in Kansas, and a few days ago I saw in the paper where they were getting ready to execute Drumm. Surprised

It's just depositions," Jake had said. "You'll be bored out of your mind. Death by deposition.