Leonard Sand Quotations

I don't believe First Amendment rights are being infringed,

It is a long and somewhat tedious process, but it is of utmost importance... to the criminal justice system,

It gives some reflection of the impact on which jury service impacts on people's everyday lives,

We realize we're plucking you out of the mainstream of your lives,

a course of action he voluntarily chose to pursue.

As I read the indictment, ... I really wonder whether this is not the time for the government to simplify the burden on the jury by abandoning some of these counts.

This court is not a vehicle for public declarations,

They are presumed innocent. The indictment is just an accusation.

There was a time when the crime itself determined the sentence. It used to be if someone is convicted of premeditated murder, the state said the punishment was death, ... That is no longer the case.

I try to put myself in the position of a juror,

The consequences of inadvertent disclosure in this case are real and grave not only in terms of potential to impact on the fairness of the future trial but potentially national security,

a jury we'd like to have sit on our own fate were we ever in such a position.