Verdict Quotes

See also Justice System Quotes, Core English Vocabulary (V) Quotes

January 1999: He was awarded $3m in damages and compensation in a case against "Los Angeles" Magazine, because it had printed a digitally altered image of him in a dress (cf. Tootsie (1982)). In July 2001 a federal appeals court overturned the verdict. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that because the photo appeared in an article, not an advertisement, the use of the actor`s likeness did not constitute "commercial speech" and was entitled to the full protection of the 1st Amendment.

- Dustin Hoffman

(On refusing to grant clemency to condemned killer Stanley Tookie Williams) After studying the evidence, searching the history, listening to the arguments and wrestling with the profound consequences, I could find no justification for granting clemency. The facts do not justify overturning the jury`s verdict, or the decisions of the courts in this case.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Given the rise in activism in the last few years, especially last year, we may not be able to render a verdict for a while. But it seems like it has been hit or miss.

- Chris Young

It`s way too early to pass judgment. It`s still got flaws. They need to tweak it. Is it better than it ever was? I think the verdict is still out on that.

- Darrell Waltrip

This is a proper verdict that fits with the global trend.

- Robin Lee

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

- Rush Limbaugh

I don`t think there has been a jury verdict for insanity in my 35 years.

- Wilbur Smith

Any prosecutor that enjoys getting the death penalty has just got a little something wrong with him, ... You temper your enthusiasm over a verdict you know is right and just and what the jury should have done under the facts with just that little hesitation that it`s just not something you enjoy doing.

- James Gray

This verdict deserves to be reviewed.

- Roberto Cavalli

I think the jury came to the right decision based on all the facts in the case. I think they came back with the only verdict they could based on all the facts.

- Chris Watson

It`s not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

- Jonathan King

I`ve applied to the humor commission for a license to have humor in the book. I haven`t been given permission so far. I`m awaiting their verdict.

- Rupert Holmes

I feel bad that he got life because I truly believe he was forced into it, but I guess the verdict is the verdict,

- Kathy Nelson

The verdict will never heal the wounds, ... It`s difficult because it reopened old wounds. Not only for myself, but for the entire DEA.

- Jose Martinez

I call on all parties to accept the verdict of the ballot box and to refrain from rhetoric which may fuel division in Ukraine.

- Terry Davis

It`s a damn shame the (death penalty) verdict will not be carried out.

- Bob Grant

It has to be so compelling as to undermine confidence in the verdict.

- Jack King

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.

- Mahmoud Abbas

Previously people were treated anonymously particular on a drugs situation which is obviously highly emotive. They have been treated anonymously even after the verdict had been reached.

- Alan Russell

After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes.

- Allan Andersen

People didn`t realize he actually entered the hospital after the verdict. He was dehydrated, he had lost a tremendous amount of weight, he was having trouble keeping food down, he was terrified about what was going happen to his children and he had a recurring back problem.

- Ann Paul

I truly believe the media thought they could spin their way to a verdict,

- Ann Paul

the verdict was not everything I wanted it to be.

- Ann Wykell

When you`re seeking justice there are no shortcuts. If you were to trade places with either side, you would hope someone would fight for you. We have been advocates on both sides. The final test will not lie in that you listened to witnesses for four days but that you render a verdict of justice as we journey toward justice.

- Anna Walker

The judge instructs the jury to judge the case on the basis of the law. A jury swears on an oath to uphold the law. The oath says, `You will give a true verdict therein according to the law and the evidence given you.` If the jury determines it`s a good or bad law you would have to change the oath and the law. No one would know what would be enforced in each courtroom.

- Aparnaa Pande

The unanimous verdict of scripture is that practicing homosexuality is a sin, ... Love ... must not compromise the church`s allegiance to scripture.

- April Prout

(Ten years on, it is difficult to find many who would argue that Simpson was innocent. But there are plenty who believe he should not have been convicted because the prosecution did not make a strong enough case.) OJ Simpson is not Everybrother, ... Likewise, Nicole Simpson is not Everyvictim and Mark Fuhrman is not Everyracist ... Whatever the verdict, I don`t think the OJ Simpson trial will have deep, profound or lasting resonance in American culture. It will not be transformative. It`s a bad mini-series gone out of control.

- Arnold Nemirow

I have nothing I can point to that was an obvious turning point, ... The jury was out for seven hours and they came with a verdict of not guilty. There?s not much more I can say.

- Ashley Fenzl Crossman

he respects, as we respect, the verdict of the jury on that.

- Ashok Bhattacharya

Find him guilty of murder, ... That`s the verdict that the state of Mississippi asks you to return.

- Ashok Pandey

I`m outraged and saddened by the verdict of the Yugoslav court, ... We must face the fact that this process is being driven by politics, not justice.

- Austin Smith

For me, a big part of it was at the end, the verdict -- no emotion, no anything. That spoke a thousand words, ... I heard enough from him.

- Azive Armour

A big part of it was at the end, the verdict -- no emotion, no anything. That spoke a thousand words,

- Azive Armour

Whatever doubts there may have been about whether a verdict here could be upheld on appeal for the plaintiffs have evaporated, ... This charge is error incarnate.

- Bailey Stanley

The court finds that it is necessary to grant (Moody) a new trial because it finds the jury misconduct undermined the integrity of the jury deliberations and public confidence in their verdict,

- Barbara Levin

When the jury returned the verdict, I felt high, but then I realized, I still had lost a son.

- Baronton Terry

Is the nature of men such, that they can reject miracle, and at the great moments of their life, the moments of their deepest, most agonising spiritual difficulties, cling only to the free verdict of the heart? Oh, Thou didst know that Thy deed would be recorded in books, would be handed down to remote times and the utmost ends of the earth, and Thou didst hope that man, following Thee, would cling to God and not ask for a miracle. But Thou didst not know that when man rejects miracle he rejects God too; for man seeks not so much God as the miraculous. And as man cannot bear to be without the miraculous, he will create new miracles of his own for himself, and will worship deeds of sorcery and witchcraft, though he might be a hundred times over a rebel, heretic and infidel.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky