Walter Mcmillian Quotes & Sayings

I was in my late twenties and about to start my fourth year at the SPDC when I met Walter McMillian. His case was one of the flood of cases I'd found myself frantically working on after learning of a growing crisis in Alabama. The state had nearly a hundred people on death row as well as the fastest-growing condemned population in the country, but it also had no public defender system, which meant that large numbers of death row prisoners had no legal representation of any kind. — Bryan Stevenson

We often hear, almost invariably, however, from superficial observers, that guilt can look like innocence. I believe it to be infinitely the truer axiom of the two that innocence can look like guilt. — Wilkie Collins

So defendants like Walter McMillian, even in counties that were 40 or 50 percent black, frequently found themselves staring at all-white juries, especially in death penalty cases. Then, in 1986, the Supreme Court ruled in Batson v. Kentucky that prosecutors could be challenged more directly about using peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner, giving hope to black defendants - and forcing prosecutors to find more creative ways to exclude black jurors. — Bryan Stevenson

I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress? — Mae West

In the long run no individual prospers beyond the measure of his faith. — Bruce Barton

As nearly two dozen Secret Service agents and members of the military were punished or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied that anyone from the White House was involved. — Carol D. Leonnig

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it. — Lloyd Alexander

Rules? You don't even know what game we're playing, mister. — Peter Milligan

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process. — Mike Johanns

Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting. — Seth Godin

Peabody: "When a guy's in the hospital, he wants toys."
Eve: "When a guy gets a splinter in his toe, he wants toys. — J.D. Robb

The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called 'Little Red Riding Hood.' — Ashwin Sanghi

But sometimes, in order to win, you have to make sacrifices. — Jodi Picoult

I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part. — Kim Weston