The correctional officer on duty came running to the cell, realized that the door was jammed and immediately called on his radio for help,

There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.

We're seeking an indictment for murder.

Absolutely. No question about that ... He looked upon Father Geoghan as a prize.

Our system of justice is not and should not be a system of frontier justice,

This is a dastardly crime as far as I'm concerned...It's the type of cruelty we absolutely have to send a message on, ... This is just not acceptable in this jurisdiction.