Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “A criminal trial is not a search for truth. It is much too circumscribed for that. Rather, a trial is a formalized contest for the hearts and minds of a panel of twelve. It is a quest for a verdict in which information is selected and screened (we can almost say “processed”) before it is allowed to reach jurors.” ~ Phillip Finch Source: Fatal Flaw, 1992