“Society is better off with handcuffs around Hopkins’ wrists rather than a stolen ring around his girlfriend’s finger. Hopkins is a felon, a thief and a cad.”
Gary Gambardella
“Instead of a fiance’ and a wife, Hopkins gets a warden and a parole officer.”
“Taking Mr. Durkin off the steets puts a Grand Canyon-sized hole in the local drug business.”
“He didn't commit these crimes for any of the usual reasons we hear, like needing money to support a drug habit. He did this because he wanted to be a big man in the neighborhood. Well, now he can be a big man in the state prison system.”
“Look, I'm wrong sometimes. This is one of the times I hope I am.”
“The wrong decision in this case could be a fatal one.”
“She needs to go to jail, for her own punishment and to deter others.”
