Don Samuel Quotations

When you tell a lie, it's always harder to remember what you said.

We wanted very much to keep him alive. Jim wanted to learn very much about the appellate process and (have) another day in court.

We wanted very much to keep him alive.

We have issues on jury selection and evidence.

My help doesn't come free anymore, I'm now ready for parole.

I don't know that it's ever happened before that the state calls its star witness and obliterates him, to the point where the defense has nothing left to say but, 'You stole our script.

I appeal to a different part of your being: the more noble part that involves mercy. Justice includes mercy and compassion and preservation at all costs of human life.

I feel we'll find in jury questioning that many of them are aware of what happened in the federal trial.

He has always completely opened up his books to the government. He unequivocally maintains his innocence.

He didn't flee the United States. He was living outside the United States. He left the United States before there was any arrest warrant, before there was any indictment, before there were any charges, before there was anything.

Just get rid of judges altogether. Just let the Legislature set the sentences.

Jim Sullivan did not murder his wife or hire anyone to murder his wife.

The only thing unusual would be if he came in here and told you the same story. And this is the man, Tony Harwood, who changed everything in 1998.

The only thing they have in addition is the most incredible witness that could ever walk into a courtroom, if he walks into the courtroom.

There will not be a shred of physical evidence, not one shred of physical evidence that links Jim Sullivan to this crime.

The state's evidence in this case is insufficient.

This is fabulous, fantastic. Compared to when I was in high school, this is so meticulous. The teachers must really have a knack for teaching the kids how to do art.

This is the kind of thing juvenile court was set up for.

Society wants to see him cured. He wants to be cured. Society want to be safe. He wants to be safe.

In legal terms, we are not talking legal insanity, but he does suffer from mental illness.

I can't wait to once again prove him innocent.

You will hear testimony from jailbirds looking for favors.