With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain.
Quotes about indictment (16 Quotes)
Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.
The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.
An indictment is not a conviction.
You're aware the boy failed my grade school math class, I take it And not that many years later he's teaching college. Now I ask you Is that the sorriest indictment of the American educational system you ever heard pauses to light cigarette. No aptitude at all for long division, but never mind. It's him they ask to split the atom. How he talked his way into the Nobel prize is beyond me. But then, I suppose it's like the man says, It's not what you know ...
For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?
I'd be terrified to let the mayor testify. He's not a very articulate guy. When he answers questions, he answers in funny ways. He's Mayor Malaprop being asked questions by federal agents who want him to say something wrong so they can get an indictment.
Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.
You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process.
Amendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I was coming to the end of my one-year contract, I had to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.
My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.
It's an indictment of the lengths Administration officials were willing to go to cover up their failed intelligence, their distortion on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and their serious blunders on the war,
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
scathing indictment of the climate and leadership to permit sexual harassment to permeate all levels of the Army.
The facts alleged in this indictment tell a story of individuals who put their own interests and views of American foreign policy ahead of America's national security.