Quotes About Judicial system

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

Whereas the handling of the case against President Nixon clearly strengthened the nation's respect for law, justice and truth, the Clinton impeachment may unfortunately have the opposite result.

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me.

Our federal resources, our U.S. marshals, and the federal court system are being used, I think, by the private sector.

Our country is governed by the rule of law and our procedures are based on law.

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. —SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Commentaries on the Laws of England

Right before Adams left office, Congress had enacted the Judiciary Act, which created new courts and twenty-three new federal judgeships so as to spare Supreme Court justices the onerous task of riding the circuit.

Sentence first; verdict afterwards. -Queen of Hearts

considers this case a slam dunk." "So you're pleading not guilty," Quincy said.

People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.

A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.

Arson in 2-6, home invasion in 2-10, cocaine trafficking in 5-7: Pick a courtroom—any courtroom—and you'd be sure to be horrified.

Get serious. It just ain't all that easy to off someone and get away with it." "We're talking Mexico here, for crying out loud. You know, the country where over sixty thousand people have been murdered by the cartels, and not one person prosecuted? Jeez, it's worse than Chicago." "That's because the prosecutors and judges prefer to live? But we don't have buckets of money like the druggers do. We only have our brains." "Damn.

I have no respect for the prosecutors, the judges. And I say that not with malice in my heart. I say it because they took 30 years from me.

The American people have made clear that they want justices who have proven records of judicial restraint - exactly the kind of justices that Obama and Biden cannot abide.

'12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass.

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman.

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

While abolishing judgeships and lower federal courts is a blunt tool and one whose use is warranted only in the most extreme of circumstances... it is one of many possibilities to check and balance the judiciary.