Conviction Quotes

“What she was hearing, Caroline knew, was a lifetime of frustration and moral passion, based on a single, diamond-hard belief: that the death penalty was tainted by human failings too profound to cure, and that imposing it was an act of arrogance which diminished our humanity.”
― Richard North Patterson, Conviction

“In his nearly twenty-five years as Chief Justice, Roger Bannon never once voted to overturn a death sentence. But what truly distinguished him was a driving lack of curiosity as to whether any of these defendants were, in fact, innocent.”
― Richard North Patterson, Conviction

“We have to prove that Rennell Price’s trial lawyer was so incompetent that his client was denied the effective assistance of counsel granted by the Sixth Amendment. It won’t be easy, given that some courts have ruled that even sleeping through your client’s trial is not enough to qualify.”
― Richard North Patterson, Conviction

“It won’t be easy, given that some courts have ruled that even sleeping through your client’s trial is not enough to qualify.”
― Richard North Patterson, Conviction