Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
Nancy Ann Grace is an American legal commentator, television host, television journalist, and former prosecutor. She frequently discusses issues from what she describes as a "victims' rights" standpoint, with an outspoken style that has brought her both praise and criticism. She is the host of Nancy Grace, a nightly celebrity news and current affairs show on HLN, and she was the host of Court TV's Closing Arguments. She also co-wrote the book Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth23 October 1959
CityMacon, GA
CountryUnited States of America
My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.
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.
I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.
I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.
The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.
All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.
Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?
You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
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.