A biography for Nancy Gracehasn’t been written yet.
“My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.”
“I have faith in the jury system.”
“If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.”
“I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.”
“If you are moneyed or educated, you will get a different sentence than someone who is not.”
“Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.”
“You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.”
“Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.”
“I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.”
“Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?”
“I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.”
“Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.”
“I think the truth is black-and-white.”
“Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.”
“I'm not a judge.”
“I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.”
“I don't really want to have any part of getting guilty people off.”
“What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?”
“I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big courtroom, sometimes it didn't even have air conditioning.”
“As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.”