You don't have to care about children to care about children. One of the things that I talk a lot about is the fact of the importance of third-grade reading level. By the end of third grade, if the child is not at reading level, it'll drop off. They never catch up.

I love being in a courtroom.

I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted and sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime.