This abuse against this child needs to end and that means the abuse by the state of New Mexico in prosecuting it, too.

We wouldn't be here if it weren't about abuse. How much do we ask of a 14-year-old child when none of us would have tolerated a tenth of that?

By the end of this trial, the jury is going to know the state is trying to hide this abuse.

It's clearly an abuse of taxpayer money and it's a program that needs to be thoroughly reviewed. Obviously, FEMA has spent a large portion of their resources in other parts of the country, the Gulf Coast region in particular. So it's not surprising this problem exists elsewhere.

It's clearly an abuse of taxpayer money and it's a program that needs to be thoroughly reviewed.

This is a whole new area of commerce. I think it's subject to some abuse, and it sort of needs to be worked out, what the proper manner of doing business is.