Defendant Quotes

You'll be hearing about pain, pain that this defendant caused... Listen to what the victims lost that day, the day the defendant killed. - Michael Garcia

You will see that the defendant is nothing but a cold, calculated, callous murderer. - Tom O'Connor

You weren't there... If the defendant says that's what happened, we're going to have to believe him, isn't that correct? - Mark Williams

You see on the tape that they (the defendants) are celebrating. They are mugging for the camera and making crude comments. They're dancing around. They know that she's unresponsive, they know that she's unconscious. They're deciding what to do next. They're competing with each other to see who can do the worst things to her. - Dan Hess

You can buy IDs like this in the market. Is it the responsibility of the head of the state to check the IDs of defendants and see how old they are? - Saddam Hussein

Would I love every person in this crime to receive life in the penitentiary? Absolutely. But we have had to work with the first two defendants to be able to achieve even charging Ms. Burwell. - Attorney Wes Nance

With the exception a few individuals, most of the defendants prefer to remain silent when asked to enter plea of guilty or not guilty. - Adil Ahmed

Why have you brought us here with force? Your authority gives you the right to try a defendant in absentia. Are you trying to overcome your own smallness? - Saddam Hussein

While the prosecution has said this is about the defendants' lies, one worries that those lies already have been buried under too much discussion of technical issues. The jury may be lost already. - David Berg