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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

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.

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.

I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed.

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.

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

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

I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.

I did not see any major issues other than the jury substitutions. I can't know whether there's a problem there, until I read the transcript from the in-chambers conference, when those jurors were excused.

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.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.