Scott Pruitt Quotes

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

Let law enforcement determine guilt or innocence.

In the United States, authorities are supposed to investigate crimes and find the people who have committed them.

I have prosecuted very serious criminals who are now serving very long jail sentences.

I was a prosecutor for 20 years.

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.

Not a problem kid or anything like that so when you're in the legal system like that, it's always hard on a person for the first time to go through some things like that.

The vast majority of A.D.A.s put everything on the line to make sure justice is served. That's what I love about prosecutors and the New York police.

I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.

Court rules do not cause crime.

The experience of being a prosecutor gives us a sort of proctologists view of our society.

Due process does not require that every conceivable step be taken, at whatever cost, to eliminate the possibility of convicting an innocent person. To conclude otherwise would all but paralyze our system for enforcement of the criminal law.

The role of the federal prosecutor and the purpose of a criminal investigation are well-defined.

At the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, I worked as an Outreach and Re-entry Coordinator and an Assistant U.S. Attorney. I have seen the best of our law enforcement community and the commitment that they have made to the public's safety. But I've also seen too many examples of where our system falls desperately short.

The American justice system administers punishment. It does not conduct inquests and it does not find facts.

No matter where they are in the world, those who commit crimes against U.S. citizens will be held accountable for their actions, pursued by our investigators and prosecutors, and brought to justice.

Being a public defender makes you incredibly paranoid - and I would say with reason - about law enforcement.

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.

I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

We will not rest until we see the suspects behind bars.

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States.

I would have liked to personally have prosecuted Scott Peterson.