29 Quotes by Laurie Levenson

The popularity of these programs has an impact. There is a blurring of fiction and reality.

Now they can walk away and say he didn't get away with it.

From his standpoint, it doesn't hurt his reputation because he had no reputation left. This case was unpleasant for everyone and now it just goes away.

What makes the American criminal justice system different from so many others in the world is our willingness to cast some sunshine on the process, but if you can't see it, you can't really criticize it.

He's going to wind up with a lot of reluctant, unhappy jurors, ... And if they don't want to be there, they may not listen to the evidence. It's dangerous to force people into jury service.

I think the prosecution was looking for a symbolic victory and they got it.

It is my understanding that they have walled her off from day one and that she has had no decision-making responsibility in the case.

It is a very dangerous precedent because it gives the court an opportunity to close out the public from critical information during a high-publicity trial, ... This formalizes the celebrity exception to the First Amendment.

We have the people who did the dirty work, but we don't have the people who hired them.