I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

Well, I - all cases to me have interest. Every case is important to somebody, the people litigating that case. But the most difficult case for me is the case where one person says a, the other person says b, and you just don't know for certain who is not telling you the truth.

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.