Police vetting should [take place] every one to two years. They should go in for a psychological, to see if they're burned out, see if they've been traumatized. If they're having a hard time, help them!

I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time you do that you lose a little bit of yourself.

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.

I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.

I very much miss trying cases - I knew that I made a difference in the world working with crimes directly and trying to get verdicts that spoke the truth. On TV, you never really know what effect you're having.

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.

I don't really want to have any part of getting guilty people off.