Jeffrey Lichtman Quotations

The fact is they built a case on the backs of psychotics. Altogether they committed about 30 murders, these guys, and some of them are walking among us. The jury rejected that approach.

I would ask you to understand that people can change.

If bail is set and the properties are squared away, I'm going to ask that he be released right away.

He is finally getting to be at home with his wife and children. It's a happy day for him.

have you ever seen a guy turn two bullets into a cottage industry like this guy?

Having met with Mr. Heath, I feel strongly that he's been treated unfairly by American authorities and is innocent of all the charges.

He did not want the life his father had lived. He changed diapers, he drove a minivan.

John sounds like a different guy. The kids are just deliriously happy.

That was the blueprint that each and every one of these cooperators followed, ... They know the government can be manipulated.

These witnesses lied to you and they lied to you repeatedly,

Sometimes a son will do anything just to be around his father, accepted by him. When your father is John Gotti, the flamboyant Mafia boss that everyone wants to be around. . . it is even harder to get a minute with him.

a fraud through and through, a real snake-oil salesman.

This is not the same John Gotti that he was in '92, or even in '99.

This case, what is left of it, is a limping wreck.

This is a very careful judge who made a very careful inquiry to ensure that both defendants go into this with their eyes wide open.

I'm not saying he was never a gangster because he was. I'm simply saying he'd had enough. He wanted out.

He's a lying, thieving, two-faced murderous animal who wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the butt,

He's nervous. He hasn't been out of prison in a long time.

These are old allegations. There's absolutely no evidence against John.