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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Robert Frost

We certainly don't agree with this particular verdict. The verdict was not based on all the available facts because those facts were not presented to the jury for their consideration. We will appeal.

Beth Harbin

That's up to a jury.

Ferris Webby

I want a jury to be able to decide whether my actions were criminal or not.

Robert Latimer

Our position was we were still negotiating. We're delighted that the jury was able to decipher the evidence and find in our favor.

William Price

That's not the kind of case a Brazos County jury would view in a lenient way.

David Barron

The jury saw the posters for what they are -- a hit list for terrorists.

Gloria Feldt

You never know how a jury is going to evaluate the credibility of the witnesses.

Paul Butler

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

Freda Black

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

Don Samuel

That was the correct result. I take issue with the finding of the jury.

Mack Garner

The longer the jury is out the worse it is for the defense. If the government doesn't have the evidence then the jury can come to a decision relatively quickly.

Ira Sorkin

We think the jury was denied access to a substantial number of facts that would have changed their minds.

Sandra Benson

The judge corrected a grave error made by the jury.

Anita Holley

The jury verdict is an endorsement that American Family always acted in good faith.

Michael Mclachlan

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

Joe Margulies

The jury is still out on what's going on at the networks.

Christopher Dixon

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

James Rogan

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Thurgood Marshall

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

Adrian Darley

We are very, very pleased the jury was able to see through this insanity defense, ... It was a stack of excuses.

Kathy Roberts

The judge, her honor, up until now, has done her job. She has done it well. I just hope that the jury will decide and act in accordance with their conscience.

Aicha El Wafi

I think it's good that the jury is really serious about the evidence. If they go by the law and look at reasonable doubt, then it's definitely in our favor.

Sam Lockhart

The irony of ironies for me is that the jury found they pirated our guys? anti-piracy invention.

Joe Kendall

Everything comes to an end, so I guess it's appropriate that the grand jury would be wrapping up about now.

Doug Doerting

Those instructions are so difficult to get a handle on. It really is whatever way the wind is blowing. It gives the jury an enormous amount of power.

Rodney Barnes

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

Luther Burbank

He did a very good job of making a complex story very understandable for the jury.

Dan Hedges

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

Philip Morris

This case must be sufficiently confusing for two juries not to be able to agree. One mistrial may be a fluke, but there is something about this trial that is not inspiring a jury with any confidence to convict.

Arthur Donato

They want a jury that can say, 'I've heard about this case, but I can set aside what I've heard, follow instructions and be fair.

Bill Coates

I was on heroin when I testified before the grand jury.

Gregory Coleman

He respects, as we respect, the verdict of the jury on that.

Mark Barrett

The jury is still out until the public voice has been heard.

Bradley Campbell

Juries scare me. I don't want to put my faith in 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Monica Piper

The jury concluded that Fuhrman planted the glove.

Alan M. Dershowitz

We are disappointed that the jury didn't see it our way, but Starr County is a very difficult jurisdiction. At the end of the day, I don't think the verdict will ever be upheld in an appellate court.

Richard Josephson

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

Brian Neary

I think the jury came to the right decision based on all the facts in the case. I think they came back with the only verdict they could based on all the facts.

Chris Watson

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

Peter Persaud

Are you telling the jury that's not why you shot her?

Andrew Benson

Now when you say you have cooperated with the prosecutor, does that mean, in fact, that you spoke to investigators or to the grand jury?

Chris Wallace

We had a hung jury, ... and instead, he used (the holdout juror's) illness as an excuse to dismiss her from the jury.

Lew Wasserman

If there's a perception from the jury that they were going to present evidence, then they might think that they caved.

Alfredo Parrish

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

David Buckner

There are signs of promise in this approach, but certainly the jury is still out.

Christopher Swanson

I'm just thankful for a fair jury.

Beanie Sigel

He didn't confess that he intended to cause her death. By that alone, the jury should find him not guilty.

Brian Donohue

Re-emphasized all the reasons the jury found him guilty in the first place.

John Byrd

This defense is not used often, ... I think it's a defense that's disavowed. ... Essentially, (the defense attorneys) have to convince a jury that they have the better case than we do.

Michael Ferguson

The 9th Circuit agreed with us – that this case never should have gone to the jury.

David Houston

It wasn't an argument, it was a diatribe. I've never seen anything like it. It's an insult to you (the jury).

J. Tony Serra

In the world of insurance, $20 million in punitive damages is considered a very substantial jury award.

Christopher Opalinski

This is not going to be something where a jury sits down in a jury box with a clean slate, listens to only the admissible evidence and then makes a decision. That's not this case.

Marvin Miller

Nothing presented to the grand jury established that Mr. Jackson had the intent to commit the elements of the alleged conspiracy's three target crimes of false imprisonment, child abduction and extortion.

Robert Sanger

He cleared it up in the second day in the grand jury and he did not intend to deceive them on the first day. He corrected himself and he certainly didn't intend to fool them.

Jesse Berman

[The judge] basically denied us our right to a jury trial. This was a decision made by a judge in chambers. They said he did it; we say he didn't. A jury should be able to make that decision.

Yale Galanter

They are being called to appear in front of a grand jury which will rule on whether there is enough evidence to refer them to a criminal court.

Tom Janssen

You've got a jury that came back in two hours with a verdict. What does that tell you?

Jimmy Schaeffler

The case was significantly advanced because of the work of this grand jury.

Alex Hunter

[The jury] obviously had some issues back there as to what the evidence was, and there had to be some concern about the penalty, ... It's kind of a huge win.

David Parry

The next jury will hear the entire story, which will include our evidence. We're confident that these young men will be found innocent.

Bill Cotter

We only asked the jury for $339,000 in our closing argument; they gave us three times more.

Geoffrey Harper

That is one hardworking jury.

Robert Kaye

When you go into court, you're putting your fate in the hands of 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Norm Crosby

But there is no voting system and the winner will be decided by the jury.

Alankar Jain

The jury should be able to hear who Aaron McKinney is.

Dion Custis

This is another example of the jury ignoring the law and doing what they are not supposed to do.

William Ohlemeyer

It's more likely that you can lose a case in jury selection than win the case.

Jacob Frenkel

I think the jury was in a position to judge the credibility of the testimony.

Tim Ward

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.

Phil Niekro

It comes down to the jury. Not one expressed an opinion to the defendants' guilt.

David Buckner

The jury spoke, we had a verdict, and the verdict was clear.

Bryan Sierra

The bottom line is, different jury, different city, different facts.

Jacob Frenkel

This jury was out to lunch.

Curtis Sliwa

The jury made a wise choice with what they had. It's unfortunate, however, that they were denied the full truth.

Teresa Grady

We think this is going to a jury.

Charles Baker

Can you force this district attorney to present (charges of perjury) to a grand jury? That's what we're asking for.

Wayne Tartline

The jury obviously, to some extent, believed the arguments that we made.

David Parry

I never believed this was a federal offense. Whatever he did, and let's assume he did what the jury said he did, this was not a federal crime.

Jim Neal

It was a well-tried case. That's the way the system works. The jury has spoken.

Chris Madsen

We plan to dissent the case in court, and take the case to jury trial. We believe a jury would find him not guilty.

Charles Banker

As I understand the law, all the jury has to do is find is that somebody at Andersen engaged in illegal conduct. They don't have to be unanimous as to who at Andersen is the agent.

Ira Sorkin

Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

H. L. Mencken

I think the jury saw right through those fraud counts and voted accordingly.

John A. Macdonald

This trial schedule is a tacit acknowledgement that the case was far too complex for the jury to understand what was going on.

Robert Mintz

The jury found him guilty of every count where that would have been a defense.

Ted Smith

...I don't understand this jury.

Jannie Coverdale

The state can either have a preliminary hearing or go to the grand jury -- they have the option. The state is going to seek indictments from the grand jury.

Tommy Brewer

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

Kevin Rampe

I'd like to see this case go to the jury.

Robert Weber

We are aware that a grand jury is looking into the matter and are cooperating fully.

Christi Gallagher

The evidence clearly showed he committed first?degree murder. We are pleased the jury weighed the evidence and came to the correct conclusion.

Betty Rogers

The jury could look at him and view him as a scary figure who continues to pose a danger.

Jimmy Gurule

We feel that this jury has been so contaminated ... and that the verdict itself was invalid.

Peter Fahy

It's what we've been waiting for. And if this jury comes back with a guilty verdict, what are we going to do? We continue to fight.

Sam Lockhart

The jury is out on the Catholic vote in long run.

David Leege

We believe in our judicial system and we thank the jury and the court for their diligence.

Thomas Mcdonald

We didn't get enough information from the investigating agency to proceed with the case. We didn't have good enough information to go before a jury and prove guilt.

Chere Avery

It's just that the grand jury should not be indicting people who have been pardoned.

Sheryl Snyder

As to the decision, the verdict of the jury could not be more clear. The jury has said these men are not guilty on these counts.

Abbe Lowell

The witnesses who testified before the grand jury were never subjected to cross-examination or impeachment by the defense.

Thomas Mesereau

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

Mick Leary

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.

Fred Klein

The jury thought he was guilty based on the evidence.

Chere Avery

The key, she was central to the grand jury investigation. The information she had -- it might have been that someone was innocent or that someone did something wrongfully -- but she had information, no doubt about it.

Julie Myers

Perhaps now he will finally get the punishment that a jury unanimously agreed he deserved.

Michael Rushford

The issue in this case is her criminal responsibility. We feel she is criminally responsible. That's what all the evidence shows us, and that's what the first jury believed.

Kaylynn Williford

I hope he'll get the right jury that will listen to everything like they did with me.

Tyquan General

The jury is still out on that one.

Dan Burke

I don't want to do anything to the jury. I just want to make sure that they deliberate consistent with the instructions.

Bradley E. Lerman

The jury saw the truth in black and white.

Mark Lanier

The jury is out as to whether we look back in six months and say this money was well spent or not.

Randy Perkins

Very conscientious. They were conscientious and good people. I wouldn't comment beyond that. At the end of the day the jury says only one word or two words [guilty or not guilty].

Kevin Kane

The better course of action, given the media attention and his former status, there is a cause to select a jury from another county.

Jonathan Smith

We think we can convince a jury that a woman with her reputation, a woman who has done the things she has done, should go to prison.

Bill Alexander

I want a jury verdict.

Larry Salci

It conveyed a message to the jury that this is an especially dangerous person.

Barry Feld

The jury was confused and did not know what they were doing.

Steve Altman

What my client would say is he's grateful to the jury for considering the circumstances he was in.

Seth Belson

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.

Chuck Schultz

The simple truth, the reality of the jury verdict has not changed.

James Spencer

They convicted an innocent man. There was another shooter there. The jury made the wrong decision. It's a human system, and the human system has let us down.

Jeff Hawk

There are no limits as to the possibilities that we will ask for and certainly the term grand jury falls into that category.

Commissioner Nancy Robinson

We haven't been to court. All we did was pick the jury then she stopped it.

Calvin Fletcher

This is an independent group of people and the jury is going to do whatever the heck it wants to do, ... Burden of Proof.

Bob Grant

This would take the guesswork out of it (a defendant?s statement) -- let the guy sit down and then the jury can decide whether it was voluntary and hear exactly what and how it (the statement) was given.

Arthur Donato

I know Geneva County is not 100 percent white. There were no blacks on the jury.

Sally Washington

The jury made the wrong decision. They convicted an innocent man.

Jeffrey Hawk

It is taking the jury to a memorial service, taking the jury to a funeral.

David Baugh

I think the jury is out on that.

Bruce Brody

Two times is enough. I don't think a reasonable jury can convict Frank beyond a reasonable doubt. . . . I'm hoping this will be the end of it.

John Keker

We think the jury was not allowed to see and hear all the evidence.

Chuck Harrell

To me, the shadow she cast was that everyone in the jury was anti-government.

Thomas Baker

It was an attempt to get rid of the pickets. We're rather astounded that the jury feels this is appropriate conduct for Santa Rosa.

Sandra Benson

We feel like we got a good jury, a good judge and a good case. We're anxious to get going.

Jere Reneer

Obviously, we interpret this news as corroboration of Linda's testimony before the grand jury.

Monica Lewinsky

We don't want the jury to hear anything less than the full case.

David Yost

An adverse jury verdict would have been fatal to the company, and we're not in the business of betting the company.

Stephen Baum

There are no comparative studies on avian flu. We're not saying drugs shouldn't be given. We just don't know. The jury is out.

Dr. Tom Jefferson

They passed it on with no (thumbs) up or down. Whether citizens get credit or not, it resulted in a hung jury.

Jeffrey Mudgett

I think the jury did a darned good job. This man has no soul, no conscience. What else could we ask for?

Rosemary Dillard

It's only about 500 yards from the federal courthouse down there, which makes it very close if he wishes to use the grand jury or should an indictment be returned in Alexandria.

William Henry Hudson

A jury has found him guilty of conduct against one of the most vulnerable members of his community, an impressionable and immature girl.

Jonathan Williams

We've got to get our jury [picked] sooner or later.

Robert Hirschhorn

I don't think there has been a jury verdict for insanity in my 35 years.

Wilbur Smith

We are not asking for $25 million. We are asking for whatever amount the jury will award up to $25 million.

Robby Alden

We've already done our investigation and presented it to the grand jury.

John Page

All I will say without commenting [on] the evidence is that I would not have brought charges if I did not believe there as a reasonable likelihood I could sustain this charge before a jury.

Rick Romley

The jury decided he is nothing more than a murderer who intentionally took the lives of two of our detectives.

Michael Palladino

You see hardworking prosecutors who are trying to get the best jury they can to get a person convicted of a crime.

Robert Taylor

I moved for a mistrial based upon his demonstration in front of the jury, ... It's highly prejudicial.

Bob Stewart

His defense was concerned that it could bias the jury when he gives his testimony.

Chris Trenkmann

The grand jury was going, and reporters were being jailed, and I hunkered down more than I usually do.

Bob Woodward

What the jury decided is so clearly not a criminal violation that the government didn't even argue it, so it would be bizarre to think of that being the basis of bringing a case against Nancy Temple.

Mark Hansen

In the public imagery, jury trials are very emblematic to people of what the law is.

Marc Galanter

By Richardson, Conley said in his statement. ''The jury interpreted the evidence differently.

Robert Richardson

We are going to be the first case to present that study to the jury.

Joe Escobedo

It's very comforting to a jury that there's a corroborative document that was created at the time the crime was committed that fits the testimony. It makes the defense case more difficult.

Stephen Ryan

It wasn't from the courthouse. It wasn't from us. Someone is trying to gain information illicitly. We would not call anyone on the phone for not showing up for jury service.

David Churchill

It's merely a step in an investigation, not an indication an indictment would ever be approved by a grand jury or even presented to the grand jury.

John Douglass

The grandmother, Annie Williams, had been charged by us with manslaughter, but the grand jury is returned now with a charge of murder in the first degree.

Jim Leljedal

The jury will infer a defense that isn't argued.

Laurie Levenson

By the end of this trial, the jury is going to know the state is trying to hide this abuse.

Gary Mitchell

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

Byron R. White

The company felt strongly that its promotion processes are fair, and we are very pleased that the jury agreed.

Peter Conte

It appears that that's the jury has found one corrupt persuader but was unable to agree on which one.

Robert Mintz

I believe in the jury system. I think they did what was right in this case.

Jack Quatman

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.

Julie Myers

I do not know. I'm not the judge and jury.

Jamie Masada

All Hardin is trying to do is find one or two jurors who think the government is overreaching and that Duncan confessed under duress. Hardin is not trying to win but get a hung jury.

Stephen Ryan

It's tough to get a fair jury. However, we have a system to do that.

Byron Warnken

How is this going to aid the jury in determining ... whether this was intentional or an accident?

Roger Simpson

Publicly acted as judge, jury and executioner.

Beth Holloway Twitty

The judge and jury is the role we need to play.

Bennie Shelly

The American people are entitled to the facts. The grand jury is entitled to the facts. That is our job, to get the facts and we are going to do everything we can to get the facts.

Charles Bakaly

If you are going to fight the Iraqi war before this jury, I am not going to stop you.

Leonard Sand

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.

Douglas Green

This evidence is so weak and so fraught with danger to not only confuse the jury but also prejudice the defendant.

Joel Hirschhorn

I just wish (it would be) an Eagle County jury.

Frank Mckibben

It's easier and less confusing for the jury.

David Caldwell

It could have been a lot worse. Obviously, it could have been better, but I think the jury worked very, very hard...

Thomas Bergstrom

It goes ultimately for a jury to decide, the issue of willfulness.

John A. Macdonald

There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on "Friends" is.

Jon Stewart

As I read the indictment, ... I really wonder whether this is not the time for the government to simplify the burden on the jury by abandoning some of these counts.

Leonard Sand

The day was a normal day. So establishing that he had the normal business contacts, and that it appeared to be a routine business day, we think is important information for the jury to hear.

Katherine Liell

We believe we should take the dispute back to the WTO. We would like to see a rule of law rather than us acting as jury and judge.

Lee Greenbaum

Jury trials are more interesting, but they don't have as many now as they used to have.

Murry White

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.

Norm Crosby

The basis is that he's been tried once already, and it's unlikely any jury will convict him.

John Barnett

We have a classic confrontation between the freedom of the press and the right of the government to investigate criminal activity before a grand jury.

Thomas Hogan

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.

Verlin Posey

I think (jury consultants) are useful, but you've got to be careful.

Jerry Bernstein

This was a unanimous decision of the jury who will not accept this kind of gesture in the future.

Guenter Hujara

The jury took the time to evaluate the decision. We accept it for what it is.

Lee Taylor

We are thrilled with the verdict, and we appreciate the time and the diligence that the jury put into this.

Merilyn Cook

It's unheard of. It's the absolute right of any American to have a jury trial. You should know that if you exercise that right and go to court you don't have to pay for it.

George Kendall

This is another effort by the prosecution to keep out evidence the jury ought to hear.

Jeff Justice

If you bring a straight accounting case to a jury, where it comes down to a battle of the experts, the government has a high risk of losing that case.

Ross Albert

I think that speaks volumes to what this jury should do.

George Parnham