Public Defender Quotes

#1. Approximately 80 percent of criminal defendants are indigent and thus unable to hire a lawyer.64 Yet our nation's public defender system is woefully inadequate.

Michelle Alexander

#2. I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

Matt Gonzalez

#3. Chance's public defender hadn't been any help whatsoever. He rarely answered my calls. When we finally talked, he wasn't any help.

Jessica N. Watkins

#4. I stood there, 220 pounds of ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things, leaning against the faded walnut rail of the witness stand, home to a million sweaty palms. "To Speak for the Dead" (The Jake Lassiter Series)

Paul Levine

#5. Jail is more commonly-suited to those less-commonly able to finance a defense (or to potentially pander the prosecution). The choices for council is either a retained lawyer or, by default, a public defender. In the later of these two, the common title in jail was 'public pretender'.

H. Kirk Rainer

#6. Step out today not seeking to be in the spotlight but seeking for a spot to light - be a blessing to someone

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#7. Nature is always behind the age

Oscar Wilde

#8. I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.

Hari Kunzru

#9. To learn more about parasites, check out Parasite Rex, by Carl Zimmer. There are many, many books on the subject, but his is one of the most accessible jumping-on points you're likely to find. Welcome to the war.

Mira Grant

#10. Non-reality was black, and it didn't hurt so much.

Stephenie Meyer

#11. In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have needed the Co-Op.

Jonas Mekas

#12. I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.

Jim Sturgess