F. Lee Bailey
F. Lee Bailey
Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.,is an American former attorney. For most of his career, he was licensed in Massachusetts and Florida. He was a criminal defense attorney who served as the lawyer in the re-trial of osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard. He was also the supervisory attorney over attorney Mark J. Kadish in the court martial of Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre, among other high-profile trials, and was one of the lawyers for the defense in the O. J...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth10 June 1933
CityWaltham, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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The people I have no feeling for are professional killers. But I count that man no worse than a governor who won't commute a death sentence because it's unpolitical.
The legal profession is a business with a tremendous collection of egos. Few people who are not strong egotistically gravitate to it.
My experience is, people who retire die sooner than they should have.
Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.
I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.
Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots.
A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.
I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.
The memory of the American public is about six weeks.
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.