29 Quotes by Laurie Levenson

People fudge the truth all the time. Perjury is the big lie, the lie that has an impact on the investigation, on victims.

That's horrifying. When I was a prosecutor from 1981 to 1989, I never heard of secret dockets.

This is probably the most important phase of jury selection, and jury selection may be the most important phase of the trial, ... This will be the chance for lawyers to see whether these are jurors with an agenda.

It's just one of those ironies of life that he'd be called as a juror.

It's a hornet's nest. There are many types of lawsuits that can be brought against many different people. There will be plenty of work to go around.

The big issue would be if there was illegally obtained evidence. It could lead to motions for new trials on cases that have been resolved. This case could cause a major disruption.

It won't escape the jury that this guy is not all there. I'm not sure that makes a huge difference in the guilt phase except for softening up the jury for the penalty phase.

On a show like 'CSI,' they do all these amazing investigative techniques. But I don't know of a prosecutor's office in the country that has the resources, or the technology.

He's such a good salesman that they didn't have a clue about what he was doing. I don't think prosecutors start out suspecting their own witnesses to be criminals.