Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

I believe that everybody is entitled to a presumption of innocence.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

Contrary to common belief, the presumption of innocence applies only inside a courtroom. It has no applicability elsewhere, although the media do not seem to be aware of this.

While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our criminal-justice system, and rightly so.

People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that's so deep in history that there's no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

No Man ought to be looked upon as guilty, before he has received his judicial Sentence; nor can the Laws deprive him of their Protection, before it is proved that he has forfeited all Right to it.

Indictments don't mean anything; men are entitled to be innocent until they are proved guilty.

There is a presumption of innocence in American law that means that you cannot consider making someone guilty until all the evidence is in the the procedures are completed.

In our justice system, everyone who is charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. It should go without saying that people who are not charged with a crime also are presumed innocent.

The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail.

I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal.

All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.

No man can be judged a criminal until he is found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it has been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted. What right, then, but that of power, can authorize the punishment of a citizen so long as there remains any doubt of his guilt?

I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.'

Just because you're convicted in a court room doesn't mean you're guilty of something.

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.