“I try to save the innocent but there aren't any. All crimes are collective. We contribute to each other's crimes. We all shot your brother. And maybe I did a bit more than my share.”

Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier

“- Big Mean: What's the charge?
- Harry Monroe: Innocent.
- Big Mean: Ain't we all?”
Cedrick Hardman - Big Mean
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“Let it be recorded that the condemned pleaded not guilty.”

Peter Alexander Ustinov - Horace

“- Helen Parr: Who did I put in jail?
- Evelyn Deavor: Pizza delivery guy. Seemed the right height, build. He gave you a pretty good fight. I should say I gave you a pretty good fight through him.
- Helen Parr: But it doesn't bother you that an innocent man is in jail?
- Evelyn Deavor: Eh, he was surly. And the pizza was cold.”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Catherine Keener - Evelyn Deavor

“Where I come from, when the government says someone's guilty, that's how you know they're innocent.”
Nina Arianda - Nadya Light