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You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
The law is above the law, you know.
The law is above the law, you know.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.