Anytime you're bringing cases against police officers the jurors want a lot of credible evidence, ... In general, they don't like to convict policemen. |
as expeditiously as possible. |
I did this because I thought it was imperative to the public and to Mr. Fuhrman that not only there actually be fairness in this process but there be a total appearance of fairness, |
If you cannot have faith and trust in your police officer -- either as a citizen or as a juror or as a judge, as defense lawyers, as a district attorney -- then we do not have an acceptable, a viable criminal justice system, |
It's like if you have a quilt and a thread is loose and they see that thread, they say, 'Forget the rest of the quilt. ... It's not guilty,' |
Sure people have said I'm going to announce indictments a week before the election, ... I'll guarantee you that's not going to happen. |
The only way to keep a level playing field is to have full public financing. |
the performance of their job duties. |
The proponents of Proposition 22 say that (it) doesn't deny hospital visitation or inheritance rights for lesbians and gays, ... But in Florida and Virginia, arch-conservative legal organizations have used similar laws as tools in court to deny lesbians and gays fundamental rights -- like the right to visit a sick or injured partner in the hospital, the right to inheritance, or the right to health insurance. |
There is no legal authority for the chief to thumb his nose at us -- and I won't accept it, ... I won't tolerate it. |
There is no turf war here, |
They want us to move fast -- 'come on here,' in essence, 'rubber stamp what we've done.' That's not our job. We have an independent role and responsibility. |
they're ready to take it wherever it goes. |
What we are dealing with is a man who wanted to kind of slip in, you know, under the radar screen, |