♦ nivek ♦ Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 "A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer." -- Robert Frost (1874-1963) American poet, received four Pulitzer Prizes http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Robert.Frost.Quote.2F60 "A criminal trial is not a search for truth. It is much too circumscribed for that. Rather, a trial is a formalized contest for the hearts and minds of a panel of twelve. It is a quest for a verdict in which information is selected and screened (we can almost say “processed”) before it is allowed to reach jurors." -- Phillip Finch Source: Fatal Flaw, 1992 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Phillip.Finch.Quote.3FE6 "I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: 1789 in correspondence to Thomas Paine http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.B692 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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