"Why wasn't Mr. Banion allowed to inform the jury that the former president is himself about to be tried for conspiracy to commit reckless endagerment in the Celeste case?"
"Under American law, Peter, juries are not allowed to have relevant information like that. That's why, for instance, if you're being tried for murder, it's not relevant that you've previously killed twenty people. Under our system, the more ignorant the jury, the better. This is either the great strength of our system or a mind-boggling defect, depending on your point of view."
~ Christopher Buckley, Little Green Men
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