Quotes 4 Flashcards
hoped the Third Republic would end abuses
Odilion Barrot
‘a jury rendered the verdict, and the justices only imposed a sentence’
Martin
‘only the rich could afford to be magistrates’
Martin
‘the desire for promotion and fear of dismissal dominated the mind of many a magistrate’
Martin
‘manifested hostility to the principles or form of the republican government’
Law of 30 August 1883 - Martin
‘stakes of loyalty high’
Martin
‘secondary to political responsibilty’
Martin
‘some magistrates of quite marked talents rose through the ranks’
Louis Blondel and Louis Bouchard
Martin
‘impartiality of the judges and prosecutors to whom this ideal was entrusted could not be guaranteed as long as their careers were frequently the instruments of political rancour and reward’
Martin
‘contemporaries were certain that juries were biased’
Donovan
‘extreme harshness to property crime and their relative indifference towards violent crime’
Donovan
‘property owning jurors felt more threatened by a thief than by the murder’ of themselves
Donovan
‘less likely to threaten social order’
Donovan
‘extremely biased toward accused criminals of certain social classes’
Donovan
‘far more lenient towards women defendants than towards men’
Donovan
