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When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on.

Bob Woodward

Lie

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.

Joseph Wambaugh

Jury

Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.

Joseph Wambaugh

People

Jury

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.

There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on "Friends" is.

The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.

Kenneth Starr

Values

Jury

I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.

Kenneth Starr

Information

Jury

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Herbert Spencer

Men