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It is better to receive than to do an injury.
[Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
It is better to receive than to do an injury.
[Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would read more
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.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.
No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it.
Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and read more
Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.
Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held read more
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment
of the wellbeing of the Palestinians
spoken on the read more
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment
of the wellbeing of the Palestinians
spoken on the Diane Rehm Show.
The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.
The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.