I think the truth is black-and-white.
I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.
The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.
With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.
All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
I do not favor the gag order.
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.
Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.
After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.
My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?
I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
I have faith in the jury system.
Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
