The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

Quote by Alan M Dershowitz

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When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...

When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the...

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the...

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come

The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium...

The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract...

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract...

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere....

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere....

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is...

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is...

You will be judges of the fact. You are the sole and exclusive judges of...

You will be judges of the fact. You are the sole and exclusive judges of...

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

No one can demand that you be neutral toward the crime of genocide. If there...

No one can demand that you be neutral toward the crime of genocide. If there...