Catherine Crier Quotes

It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.

Now it is clear, that if the government can exclude, on account either of their opinions or feelings, any persons thus drawn by lot, the trial is no longer a trial by 'the country,' but only by a portion of the country.

In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public.

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

There are very few countries in the world where we have a jury system as we all know.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

The government itself violates the law when it leaks grand jury proceedings in order to influence the prospective jury pool

Trial by jury slows the wheels of justice.

The juries [are] our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

I've led a grand jury.

The jury passing on the prisoner's life may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try.

Currently, we're finding that about 75 percent of potential jurors have anger or deep-seated hatred toward anyone associated with Enron.

I have had it with people who are threatening me and my kids and my family over simply commenting on the law and criminal procedure, and respecting juries. Because they do work hard. They work way harder than I do; and they work way harder than the rest of those people making those peanut gallery comments.

There's a lot of money with a lot of big law firms that have a tremendous amount at stake by getting the right language to convince the right jury that my client is either innocent or that the opposition is guilty.

Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.

The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.

Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.

I felt grand juries were illegal and coercive.

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.