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Quote from Phillip Finch,


"A criminal trial is not a search for truth. It is much too circumscribed for that. Rather, a trial is a formalized contest for the hearts and minds of a panel of twelve. It is a quest for a verdict in which information is selected and screened (we can almost say “processed”) before it is allowed to reach jurors."


By:

Phillip Finch (more quotes by Phillip Finch or books by/about Phillip Finch)

Source:

Fatal Flaw, 1992

Categories:

Jury, Justice, Truth

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