Jury Quotations

If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!

No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo.

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.

Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

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.

I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'

So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out.

In Staten Island, when you have video showing the alleged chokehold used on Eric Garner, why not go to trial and have the officer(s) explain the tape, and then this jury can determine guilt or innocence? The tape should guarantee that there should be a trial.

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

In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.

I was a fat kid who didn't discover the joys of active play at the time of life when we're supposed to be imprinted with a love of movement. That means that I'd rather be called for jury duty than go to the gym, but I go anyway.

Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and impartial. They shouldn't have people yelling and screaming.

As I said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, I think Ferguson laid bare a problem that is not unique to St. Louis or that area, and is not unique to our time, and that is a simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color.

We are a guilty party from a technical point of view, ... All we can do is to plead mitigatory circumstances to our arrears situation and pray that the jury will see for itself how genuine our efforts at self correction are.

We believe that there is a very real possibility that the Chinese government and the Chinese people see it in their interest to let the currency float, The jury is still out. We still need some concrete signs.

We're in a frenetic short-covering based rally. The jury is still out about how long this is going to last.

There is no question that we've entered a new era. The question seems to be how long it will continue, and the jury is still out on that one.

We've asked the jury so much, and they've given so much more, ... We're very excited about the jury's selection.

When we were in the jury room, there were tears shed. It was a difficult process to stand in judgment of someone else.

What we're saying is, 'Give us the opportunity to present our evidence on battering that the jury didn't hear.'

What a jury is going to get is A, Merck fudged on the details. B, the fudge was in their favor. C, it was on purpose. D, Merck lied about fudging, or at least covered it up. And E, the most prestigious medical journal in the United States of America has called their hand on it and said this is unethical and wrong.

We're excited. We met our goal within just three months. We wanted to work as expeditiously as possible to get this done. Now we're expecting the grand jury to do the same thing.

We're pleased with the jury and we're raring to go tomorrow morning. I think these people are going to listen and going to have an open mind. They know this is a court of law, not a court of public opinion.

Yes, I'm glad this part is over. I think the jury had a hard thing to do. I think the jury did a darn good job. I think the FBI was excellent.

Ultimately, the jury decides how much weight to give to the testimony.

With trial lawyers, rapport with the jury is very important. An out-of-state lawyer may find it more difficult to connect with a jury, but it's all about preparation.

'Write that down,'' the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

''Write that down,'' the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

We have never had a chance to put those witnesses on publicly in a trial so that the jury can test their credibility also.

We acknowledge that it is going to be difficult for a jury to hear that Charles Boney was there, that Charles Boney sold a firearm, when you're talking about the murder of a young woman and her two children.

This was a tactic to ruin Roger before the eyes of the public. But Roger stood up to the union and said, 'What you did to me is wrong,' and the jury has vindicated him.

I always wait until a jury has spoken before I anticipate what they will do.

there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury believed that it was not permitted to consider mental impairment outside of determining whether (Penry) is mentally retarded.

There are no experts out there willing to testify that because these guys are testing negative now that they will continue to test negative. The jury is still out and will be out for a long time as to whether these people are disease free. It might be five, 10, 15 years down the road before we know whether they'll continue to test negative.

We're absolutely confident that, after the jury hears our evidence, we will prevail in this case.

We did our job and the jury did theirs. I suspect the jury never could get past the statement he made to the police.

We have proven that we are pretty good. We have played some pretty good teams and beat them, but I think the jury is out in terms of how good we are.

The fact is they built a case on the backs of psychotics. Altogether they committed about 30 murders, these guys, and some of them are walking among us. The jury rejected that approach.

The reality is, this judge has signaled his feelings already and NTP won a jury trial already. Under the normal operation of patent cases, they are entitled to an injunction unless there are extraordinary circumstances.

There is clearly jury misconduct. My client should be entitled to a new trial.

I have many things to say. My every right, constitutional, civil, political and judicial has been tramped upon. I have not only had no jury of my peers, but I have had no jury at all.

We have a really serious problem on our hands, and TV has made it so much worse. CSI is fun to watch and entertaining. But, more and more, jury members believe that police and scientists work every case with this huge bag of tricks, and if they don't, the victim and jurors feel the case has not been adequately investigated.

We have issues on jury selection and evidence.

There are two MFA programs here at the University of Texas, and I read on the jury of both of them. And it's amazing to me how many really talented young writers seem to fear humor.

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

When the jury returned the verdict, I felt high, but then I realized, I still had lost a son.

When the jury came in, it didn't just disappoint me; it shook the foundations of my beliefs, it shook the foundations of my beliefs in the justice system, in human beings, in my abilities and judgement; and in my sense of reality. It just blew me away emotionally and psychologically.

When you beat a dog again and again and again, do you really expect it's never going to bite back? This boy never had a chance, he never had a childhood, he never had a family to love him. This jury could have given that to him, and I now I fear he'll never have any of that.

We're confident that a jury will see that this was a deal between friends. There was no criminal intent. This is a civil matter.

Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part. He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable.

Lying to a grand jury cannot be tolerated whether it is in Apache County or Washington D.C.. I can assure the people of Apache County that anyone who lies in connection with this investigation will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Many cases are won or lost during the jury selection phase of the case.

second-guess what has been done to date ... the jury is still out on future success.

Since your last appearance before the grand jury in September 1996 we have been able to obtain a copy of this check and confirm it's your handwriting on the check. You signed this check, correct?

Missouri's highest courts and a jury of Marlin Gray's peers determined unequivocally that he should be held accountable for Julie and Robin Kerry's deaths, ... I support the sentence issued and affirmed by both Missouri and U.S. Courts and believe justice has been served. My thoughts and prayers are with family and friends who mourn the loss of Julie and Robin.

Mr. Graham, your honor, stands on his presumption of innocence and rests, I decided the best way to keep the jury focused on the weakness of the state's case was to rest right behind them.

Ms. Currie, in her grand jury testimony, had a fuzzy memory,

Maybe you've got to hate her from the evidence. Maybe you want to somehow find her guilty of this offense. ... The only way for the system to work is for the jury to do the right thing and look at the evidence.

No doubt about it (before) 500 home runs, 3,000 hits one out of two is good enough. But right now? The jury is still out for me until I evaluate everything.

One of the things we always teach spokespeople in a crisis is to demonstrate your own personal involvement. From a psychological perspective, it's very powerful when people see it, whether in a jury box or the public.

Obviously, we're disappointed that the jury didn't see it this time the way the jury saw it the last time.

Obviously the jury has spoken, but the fight is not over. We intend to use the justice system to prove our client's innocence.

Nothing indicates that any member of the jury was influenced by anything going on outside.

On the evidence I have seen and heard, I believe that the security situation in Northern Ireland and the continuing danger of intimidation of those called for jury service, justifies the continued scheduling of offences.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Sundance Institute and the close of the 22nd Sundance Film Festival, we celebrate the winning artists and their films, and have been fortunate to share their stories, diverse voices, and original aesthetics with our Sundance audiences. This year we've seen a number of films that deal sensitively with the timely and complex issues of cultural assimilation and community. Clearly, these compelling stories along with the quality of filmmaking have resonated with audiences and jury members alike.

I wouldn't call it hedging bets. I thought it was giving a jury the opportunity to decide the correct crime to convict a defendant for.

I would call (the civil case) an aggressive tactic, but there is nothing wrong with what they're doing. But because Coughlin knows there is a grand jury case going, he has to be very, very careful how he responds because it could be used against him.

I would expect they're going to have real difficulty putting a jury pool together. If people are back in New Orleans, they're going to be rebuilding their homes or businesses or both.

I would assume the government chose this particular venue to get a jury here. The biggest challenge is to find people who have not made a decision.

If these regulations are tough, and if they are sound, then there may be some wisdom to it. The real question is, is the standard better than a jury could come up with during a trial?

If they're true and my brother was abusive, then he was entitled to his day in court also. Cody made himself jury and executioner that day.

If they try to imprison her for longer than six months, she's got the right to a jury trial,

If this jury has reached a verdict and if you have some kind of a problem now and if you remove somebody, the taint is overwhelming, so it appears to me there's no way to avoid a mistrial.

I don't have any qualms about the short trial schedule. There was not time for the jury to get bored, I hope.

I did not use my position on P&Z to better my company. And the only money I can ever remember receiving from Smith County was for jury duty. I think we all know there are very strict regulations on conflicts of interest. I don't intend to become county judge just so I can bid on county work.

I'd much rather be in front of a Canadian jury in a Canadian court. It'd probably still keep me out of the seed business for the rest of my life, alas, but it certainly would lay people's fears of a sovereignty intrusion to rest.

I don't know that the jury had to like him, they just had to believe that he was right on the facts.

I am disappointed that the court has overturned the defendants' convictions on the grounds there were errors in the jury selection process,

I believe the second largest concern in the community, besides moving out of downtown, is fragmenting the county services. People want one-stop shopping. People like all their service related things together, and we need to think about simplifying not fragmenting that. I've talked with several judges and they would like to see the courts together with a common jury pool.

I believe we zealously defended Mr. Bentley. The jury spoke.

But when she had information that according to her would help demonstrate the president's innocence ... she selfishly refused to provide it to the grand jury or anyone.

Because of the brutality of the crime, that was an overriding factor for the jury in deciding for death for Mr. Morales, and the governor supported that decision.

Barron's credibility was critical in establishing evidence for each of defendant's charges, ... The jury specifically requested and was permitted to review the entire contents of the prior consistent statement with no limiting instruction as to the competency of the evidence.

Because this is related to the grand jury proceedings, it's best that we don't comment on it at this time.

I have investigated the matter. I can't be the judge and jury ? that's for the board to decide.

I felt like we had truth and the jury was paying attention. They had a very tough case to defend. The documents are very difficult for Merck.

I feel we'll find in jury questioning that many of them are aware of what happened in the federal trial.

If both sides get rid of unfavorable people and they wind up with people in the middle, then the verdict will be based on the evidence. If it's done incorrectly, cases can be won or lost during jury selection.

If only lawyers could be sworn in like all the witnesses to tell the truth in a jury trial, so justice will not only be seen to be done but be done !

Given the facts and circumstances of this case, I find no compelling reasons to invalidate the sentences recommended by the jury and affirmed by the courts.

For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,

Frankly, in my opinion, it would be impossible to find an unbiased jury in the United State of America.

If a jury wasn't convinced that there wasn't a breach, I'm not sure a judge would be. To think anyone would stop it, would surprise me.

For the time being, the jury is out on whether that is a sensible strategy.

For the time being it's put a top on the market. It'll be difficult to trade above $30 in the short term. Longer term, the jury is still out.

If it's done incorrectly, cases can be won or lost during jury selection.

I got another letter stating he still has to call the number if he's called for jury duty that day.

If we take it according to the way the evidence was presented, that was about the twelfth of 78 witnesses, so obviously there is a long deliberation process going ... The jury is taking their job as seriously as the police and lawyers did.

If the government cannot explain what happened at Enron and why it was wrong in terms a jury of 12 laypersons can understand, then the government will likely fail to obtain convictions.