In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.

If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a $200 fine, what kind of message does that send about lying in our courts?

I understand about this idea of terror and what it means to Americans and this idea that we can't just walk around free like we did; life has changed.