A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

by John Grisham

“When do I get on TV? I mean, I did the killin’ and you and Ozzie gettin’ famous for it.” The client was grinning—the lawyer was not.

“The system reflects society. It’s not always fair, but it’s as fair as the system in New York, or Massachusetts, or California. It’s as fair as biased, emotional humans can make it.”

“The jury is all important. Guilt versus innocence. Freedom versus prison. Life versus death. All to be determined by the jury. It’s a fragile system, this trusting of lives to twelve average, ordinary people who do not understand the law and are intimidated by the process.”