Applicable Legal Quotes

Updated May 2024

It is abhorrent to our sense of justice and fair play to countenance the possibility that someone innocent of a crime may be incarcerated for a crime in which she or he did not commit.

We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of our judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials and to protect the rights of the defendant and to protect properly oversee the flow of justice.

There is no greater tyranny then that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Due process entitles criminal defendant to a proceeding in which he may present his case with assurance that no member of the court is pre-disposed to find against him.  The United States Constitution grants a defendant the right to have a judge with no actual bias against the defendant nor interest in the outcome of the defendant’s case.

When it comes to the criminal justice system there are two kinds of truths; the truth that is unaltered bedrock of one’s life and goals the other, the mailable truth of corrupt lawyers and judges.

For the appearance of bias demeans the reputation and integrity of not just one jurist, but a larger institution in which she or he is part of.

The conviction cannot stand. The administration of justice must be beyond the hint of reproach.

The greatest crime any judge can commit in the course of his or her profession is to knowingly convict an innocent person.

Imprisonment of a fellow human being for a crime, he or she did not commit, is the greatest manner of injustice known.