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

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.

All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.