Quotes About Evidence

Dogmatism is inversely proportional to evidence.

Scientism and godism are superstitions, one blindly believes in what's visible, the other blindly believes in what's invisible.

If proof were the standard of truth, fallacies would constitute the ultimate reality.

Every exceptional bias against Christianity I find to be evidence for its validity.

Truth is only relative to those that ignore hard evidence.

Even if we're among the lucky few who benefit from civilization, we find ourselves curiously unsatisfied, plagued by stress, worry, and conflict... Like the addict who believes against all evidence that what he can't give up won't lead to suffering and death, our culture adheres to its ideas in spite of ample, clear evidence they will lead to suffering and death.

Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir.

Aronson was getting at the fine line between seeking the truth and seeking a verdict in your client's favor. They weren't always the same thing.

In the law of innocence, for every man not guilty of a crime, there is a man out there who is. And to prove true innocence, the guilty man must be found and exposed to the world.

Freeman was a damn good prosecutor but in my view she didn't play fair. A trial was supposed to be a spirited contesting of facts and evidence. Both sides with equal footing in the law and the rules of the game. But using the rules to hide or withhold facts and evidence was the routine with Freeman. She liked a tiled game. She didn't carry the light. She didn't even see the light.

He looked at the old case file he had pulled and still held in his hand. He put the phone down on the coffee table and leaned back on the couch and opened the file.

A preliminary hearing is a routine step on the way to a trial. It is one hundred percent the prosecution's show. The state is charged with presenting its case to the court and the judge then rules on whether there is sufficient evidence to take it forward to a jury trial. This isn't the reasonable doubt threshold. Not even close. The judge only has to decide if a preponderance of evidence supports the charges. If so, then the next stop is a full-blown trial.

The only way to prove I didn't do it is to prove who did," I said. "That's the law of innocence.

When it came to opening statements, I was from the Legal Siegel school of law. He always said, save your powder, meaning less is more; don't reveal your case or its surprises until it's time to present your evidence.

A man who looks guilty is found guilty.

studying the rim for marks left by the weapon that had fired

neutralizer. My job is to neutralize the state's case. Take each piece of evidence or proof and find a way to eliminate it from contention.

You don't have to be an interrogator at Abu Ghraib to know that time never favors the suspect.

There's a black leather glove under the case. I don't know if it's a match but it is a glove." Bosch got down on his hands and knees so he could look underneath the display case. He reached under and pulled out the glove. "Looks the same," he said. "If it does not fit, you must acquit," said Edgar. Bosch looked at him. "Johnnie Cochran

Bosch knew that the possibility of there being fingerprints on the casing were negligible, anyway. The explosion of gases when a bullet was fired almost always vaporized fingerprints on the casing.

the judge ignore it and drop

consideration when the DNA report landed. Bosch didn't think he would have done so, even with a direct DNA match to another suspect. He wrote a note on his pad. It was just one word: Manley. Bosch

him in '93, so there is no reason to believe he

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