Juror One Quotes

#1. We found out later that a lone Black juror had refused to convict us. He had heard us.

Assata Shakur

#2. It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and conscience, though in direct opposition to the instruction of the court.

John Adams

#3. Right now I have the suspicion that the ace of diamonds is trapped forever, face down, beneath the king of diamonds, which is sneering at me like Juror Number Five, and my whole life feels like a similar misshuffle.

Daniel Handler

#4. The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror.

Lysander Spooner

#5. I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man.

Alexander Hamilton

#6. The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars.

H.L. Mencken