Top 14 Quotes by Sam Sheppard

Hour after hour, they shouted at me, accused me, insulted me and members of my family.

The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.

Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.

I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.

I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?

Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.

I do not believe in censorship, but I believe we already have censorship in what is called marketing theory, namely the only information we get in mainstream media is for profit.

I therefore believe that our system does not have a word for failed trial, and that is where the American public does not realize that our criminal justice system sometimes makes mistakes.