Marcia Clark Quotes
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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.
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Too frequently, we see women being pitted against each other.
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When I first joined the DA's office, there weren't that many women. So there was a fair degree of sexism. Everybody kind of got over it when they saw you doing your job.
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To the extent that someone goes out to criticize another woman about hair, makeup, silliness like that - unless you're talking about a makeup artist or something, really stop and think about what you're doing and why you're doing it.
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I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.
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As a lawyer, particularly in criminal law, you really do have to try to tell your story to the jury and hope that the judge makes rulings that allows your story to get through.
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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.
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I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that I could earn a living that way, so I never took myself seriously.
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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.
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Before I was a prosecutor, I was a defense attorney. I took a cut in pay because I wanted to stand up for the victims.
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I like cable stuff; I really do - 'American Horror Story,' 'American Crime Story.'
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I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.
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The only thing the defense has to do is take care of the client and see to it that they attack every weak spot on the prosecution's case. It's up to the judge to make sure that they don't pull any fast ones.
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That's who I was: a prosecutor. I really loved it.
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I loved my job... then the Simpson case happened.
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I decided to have a life: to become - pardon the expression - a soccer mom.
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I'm a big supporter of women doing anything they want to do!
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I think cameras should be in the courtroom, but they need to be managed properly. You need a judge to hold the line.