Our system, for readily apparent reasons, is far superior to those in nations, mostly totalitarian, which presume an arrested person is guilty and place the burden on the accused to prove his innocence.
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.
In the statement accompanying the text of Lahore Conspiracy Case Ordinance, the Viceroy had stated that the accused in this case were trying to bring both law and justice into contempt. The situation afforded us an opportunity to show to the public whether we were trying to bring law into contempt or whether others were doing so.
I am still not at all in favour of offering any defence. Even if the court had accepted that petition submitted by some of my co-accused regarding defence, etc., I would not have defended myself.
A lot of people accuse me of copying Courtney Love.
I am often accused of colluding with the British during the freedom struggle. I want to ask, how?
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between 'the accuser' and 'the accused,' there is no longer a victim or even an alleged victim - a flesh and blood person who was harmed by the violent act of another.
How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain that to me.
'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description.
Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a filament. We are to keep our balance true.
I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.
There are five requirements for an accused to turn state witness. One of the requirements is that the accused does not appear to be the most guilty.
It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.
If anything like #MeToo happens, women can come to MNS. We will teach a lesson to accused. Women must raise the voice when they face oppression, not after 10 years.
I am wearied with public life. I have been accused of acts I never committed, of crimes I never even thought of.
I'm accused by many people of being the most serious man on television.
