Learned Hand Quote

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are indeed at the dawn of a new era; and much that we have deemed vital to our liberties, is a delusion.


United States v. Di Re (1947). - Judicial opinions


If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, ...

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, ...

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, ...

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, ...