Quotes / Off on a Technicality

LD: I've seen this before — somebody somewhere skipped a bunch of steps and then backfilled the paperwork to cover their butts.
JH: So... that's good, right? This is where I get off on a technicality?
LD: Well, what you get off on is none of my business, but it does help our case, yes.
JH: Ooh, dirty lawyer joke. I feel privileged.

—Leftover Soup, "Technicalities"

"I put evil men behind bars, but the law has miles of red tape and loopholes for these cocksuckers to slip through."

—Paul Smecker, The Boondock Saints

When the judgment was given, Eyjólf summoned witnesses and declared that the decision was invalid, as was also everything else which they had done in the suit. His grounds were that three and one-half twelves had given judgment, whereas only three twelves could have done so.

— Njal's Saga

Misty: What the hell are you doing out? You ain't eligible for parole!
Cockroach: I wasn't. They tossed my conviction, thanks to your man Scarfe.
Misty: What?!
Cockroach: I know, right? I was ecstatic! I would take the nigga out for a drink, like back in the day, but... ah, yeah. Uh, well, I guess I can thank you for arrestin' me illegally.

— Luke Cage (2016), "Soul Brother #1"