Isaac Parker - I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenc

I have ever had the single aim of justice in view. No judge who is influenced by any other consideration is fit for the bench. 'Do equal and exact justice,' is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, 'Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.

- Isaac Parker

source: "He Hanged Them High: An Authentic Account of the Fanatical Judge Who Hanged Eighty-Eight Men". Book by Homer Croy, p. 218, 1952.

topic: Men, Views, Justice, Grand Jury, Innocent Man