He was able to hold a job. He was able to get on the bus, he was able to make car fare, he was able to drive an automobile. He does not automatically define what we believe a mentally retarded person is. |
If we had not filed a motion by 10:30 this morning, he would have received his sentence of natural life... in essence escaping any additional responsibility for the death of Ryan Harris. |
That [criminal] activity that he did was done thoughtfully, cunningly by him. |
We believe -- and it may be an issue -- that one of the reasons why the state's attorney may want this case to resolve itself quietly by way of a plea ... would have been to avoid the embarrassment of having to explain why two other people confessed to the killing that we believe Floyd Durr did. |