Ronald Watkins > Quotes

“opening argument”
― Ronald Watkins, Against Her Will: The Senseless Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

“possibly hope to influence its ultimate destination. All to quickly”
― Ronald Watkins, The Flower Girl

“I’m a mother too. I feel for [Victoria]. I understand that there is a child dead who she’ll never replace. I know she will hurt in that courtroom. What she doesn’t understand is I’m going to hurt, too.”
― Ronald Watkins, Against Her Will: The Senseless Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

“The defenders knew that some clients, and their acts, were despicable, but it was still their responsibility to defend them. They could accept the accused’s story, or, once in a great while, believe it. Believing in a client was a luxury to be relished when it crossed one’s path.   Defendants intuitively sensed this. A public defender faced the two-pronged reasoning of the guilty client charged with a heinous crime: First, the accused did not think his appointed lawyer could defend him without believing him innocent, so he lied. Second, the accused believed that if his lawyer thought he had committed horrible deeds, he would never act to get him off, so he lied.   From this jailhouse logic came the public defender’s creed: “A client is someone who lies to his lawyer, and tells the truth to everyone else.”
― Ronald Watkins, Evil Intentions

“maybe October l989.”
― Ronald Watkins, Against Her Will: The Senseless Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

“When the dead girl’s mother attended the last game of the season wearing her daughter’s letter jacket, the cheerleaders performed through hot tears.”
― Ronald Watkins, Against Her Will: The Senseless Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

“shits”
― Ronald Watkins, The Flower Girl