Zitat des Tages von Robert Shapiro:
Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.
During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful.
In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public.
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
I believe there are certainly racial problems in this country, and I believe that peaceful solutions can help bring the races together.
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school.
To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.
I have no better way of judging guilt or innocence than anyone else.
I'm a lawyer who, on occasion, represents celebrities.