I have always thought of myself as someone for equal rights. I don't mind being called a feminist, and I get really upset when female celebrities resist the title as if it's a bad thing, because it's a very good thing. Marcia Clark More Quotes by Marcia Clark More Quotes From Marcia Clark I think cameras should be in the courtroom, but they need to be managed properly. You need a judge to hold the line. Marcia Clark need judge think you To me, one of the big silver linings of the Simpson trial is the advances we've made in understanding domestic violence as a lethal problem. Before that trial, I think there was a widespread sense that it was a family affair, a normal part of a relationship, not really a crime. The reality is that it's very much a crime, and a very serious one. Marcia Clark me family violence relationship As I listened to the verdicts in the Casey Anthony case, acquitting her of the homicide of her baby girl, I relived what I felt back when court clerk Deirdre Robertson read the verdicts in the Simpson case. But this case is different. The verdict is far more shocking. Why? Because Casey Anthony was no celebrity. Marcia Clark celebrity back girl baby After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said, 'We think he probably did it. We just didn't think they proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.' Marcia Clark think leaving doubt said When I went to the prosecutor's office, I wanted to be one of the good guys that the defense could trust. I'd try fair, clean cases, pull no punches, no below-the-belt stuff. Honorable. Because that's the kind of prosecutor I wanted to deal with. Marcia Clark try good trust office The prosecution has to go with the evidence and the facts and tell the story as it happened. The defense has more creative freedom. All you have to do is look for a defense that works. But it doesn't have to be the truth. Sometimes you get lucky and it is, but sometimes you don't, and either way, it doesn't matter. Marcia Clark look you freedom truth I have been addicted to crime since I was born. I was making up crime stories when I was a 4- or 5-year-old kid. Marcia Clark i-was-born kid crime born I kind of like to write fast. It keeps the pacing up. And it keeps me off the streets. Marcia Clark fast like me streets It's one thing to evaluate a woman's work. it's another thing to say, 'Your hair was this; your makeup was that.' Marcia Clark woman makeup work hair I loved my job... then the Simpson case happened. Marcia Clark then loved job happened It's gratifying when younger women come up and say, 'I went to law school because of you.' My heart swells; then it's like, wait, are you glad, or do you blame me? Marcia Clark me you women heart When jurors are forced to spend day and night with each other, apart from their families and friends, they become a tribe unto themselves. Because they only have each other for company, and because most people prefer harmony to discord, there's a natural desire to cooperate, to compromise in order to reach agreement. Marcia Clark day friends night people When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it. Marcia Clark help you writing character
