I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered.

You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are.

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.