List Of Innocent Person Quotes

Since I Was A Law Student, I Have Been Against The Death Penalty. It Does Not Deter. It Is Severely Discriminatory Against Minorities, Especially Since They're Given No Competent Legal Counsel Defense In Many Cases. It's A System That Has To Be Perfect. You Cannot Execute One Innocent Person. No System Is Perfect. And To Top It Off, For Those Of You Who Are Interested In The Economics It, It Costs More To Pursue A Capital Case Toward Execution Than It Does To Have Full Life Imprisonment Without Parole.

I Feel Like An Inadequate Machine, A Machine That Breaks Down At Crucial Moments, Grinds To A Dreadful Hault, 'won't Go,' Or, Even Worse, Explodes In Some Innocent Person's Face.

The Killing Of Innocent People Is Always Wrong.

That It Is Better 100 Guilty Persons Should Escape Than That One Innocent Person Should Suffer, Is A Maxim That Has Been Long And Generally Approved.

I Think Most Defense Attorneys Honestly Believe The Principle That Says, 'better 10 Guilty Go Free Than Even One Possibly Innocent Person Be Convicted.

But I Know Human Nature, My Friend, And I Tell You That, Suddenly Confronted With The Possibility Of Being Tried For Murder, The Most Innocent Person Will Lose His Head And Do The Most Absurd Things.

No Innocent Person Ever Has An Alibi.

The Punishment Of A Criminal Is An Example To The Rabble; But Every Decent Man Is Concerned If An Innocent Person Is Condemned.

Judy Miller Is The Most Innocent Person In This Case. I Really Thought That Was Outrageous That She Was Jailed And We Needed As Journalists To Draw A Line In The Sand In A Strong But Thoughtful Way.

The English Writers Of Tragedy Are Possessed With A Notion, That When They Represent A Virtuous Or Innocent Person In Distress, They Ought Not To Leave Him Till They Have Delivered Him Out Of His Troubles, Or Made Him Triumph Over His Enemies.