A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes criminal guilty justice
Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it. Alan Dershowitz altruismaspirebalance share on social
All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth. Alan Dershowitz hidesidetrial Change image and share on social
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. Alan Dershowitz asymmetricalciviliancollateral Change image and share on social
I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them. Maria Monk astonishmentcriminalduty share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. Marcus Tullius Cicero consistdecencygive Change image and share on social