Firing Line Videos, Hoover Institution, taped on January 19, 1967, uploaded to YouTube on July 15, 2010.

Guest: F. Lee Bailey

Summary:

An often surprising exploration of criminal jurisprudence with a guest who, as Mr. Buckley puts it, “if any of you should commit a murder. . . is your man.” Buckley: “Do you believe that the right to refuse to testify is a right that is integral to the whole process of the presumption of innocence?” Bailey: “Yes, it’s as integral as it is illogical.” Buckley: “And why is it illogical?” Bailey: “The most efficient way to try a man is to put him on the stand first and ask him what he knows about the case; then if more evidence is needed, put that on, too. The defendant always knows, except in very rare cases of clear insanity, whether or not he is guilty or at least whether or not he committed the acts charged. His degree of guilt may be fixed with some inference or some judgment by the jury, but he would be the easiest source of information, and in some countries he’s called first.” Buckley: “Well, do you understand yourself to be an advocate of the cause of defendants?” Bailey: “Just an advocate. I could try a case from either side of the fence.”

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