“Excitement is bad for the prosecution. They want two to three days of quiet deliberations and one note that says we have a verdict. Anything short of that is bad news.”
“She was alone, unable to even talk. and a dog was still running lose with her, and she tried to breathe again, her voice closed in again on her, the two holes in her larynx, and she crawled and she tried to push herself up, and she crawled some more to try to get home, and no one was there, no one,”
“These prisoners didn't choose poodles. They wanted tough, aggressive dogs, and they picked the best dog they could find, a dog which you heard evidence of is meaner than a pit bull.”
“By the time she committed that intentional act of going in the hallway with two dogs, or if you believe her on anything, one dog with no muzzle, and no restraint, with this dog, knowing what it could do, the crime was complete.”
“She was alone, unable to even talk... and a dog was still running loose with her, and she tried to breathe again, her voice closed in again on her, the two holes in her larynx, and she crawled and she tried to push herself up, and she crawled some more to try to get home, and no one was there, no one,”
