Logo
Quote by John Grisham
More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later ex

More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they werent guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong. – John Grisham

Other quotes by John Grisham

And thats the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions. – John Grisham

Category:
Future
Author
John Grisham
Read Quote

Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers – the guys who steal all the money and take off. Thats the fun stuff. – John Grisham

Category:
Money
Author
John Grisham
Read Quote

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say Im a famous author in a country where no one reads. – John Grisham

Category:
famous
Author
John Grisham
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Death
category

There are three kinds of death in this world. Theres heart death, theres brain death, and theres being off the network. – Guy Almes

Category:
Death

I know Im drinking myself to a slow death, but then Im in no hurry. – Robert Benchley

Category:
Death

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. – Clarence Darrow

Category:
Death

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. – David Sarnoff

Category:
Death

Random Quotes

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus. – Jessica Savitch

Category:
Attitude

I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his moms car in the middle of the night. Hed drive over to my house, Id sneak out and wed go out to the desert and just burn things down. – Mark Hoppus

Category:
car

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Mistakes

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. – John Rowland

Category:
Forgiveness