James Gray Quotes (18 Quotes)

His work, though formal and precise, displays an exceptional understanding of the limits and uses of formalism and precision.

Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray told reporters outside the courthouse that any blood or other evidence had been washed off before authorities recovered the chain. And besides, ... any time you cover something with dirt, it's nearly impossible to get DNA.

I don't think anybody realized until last Tuesday that this was a Klan-type outfit, a white supremacist-type outfit, ... Most people thought it was just a bunch of guys getting drunk on Saturday night or a drug deal that went bad.

There was never a worry that an all white jury wouldn't do the correct thing on the case, ... It just doesn't matter who the victim is -- murder is murder.

bombshell in our community.

If you've got a hanging black man on your arm, you're more likely to commit a crime against a black person,

I don't like the death penalty, ... but that's what he deserves.

Wait, this could really happen to me. There's no one watching out for us.

Mr. Berry is the weakest of the three cases as far as the death penalty, ... He does not have a racist background that the other two have. He doesn't have the same criminal history that these other two have. But I think he may have been more of an active participant than the other two.

The murder facts in this case ... are real, real traumatic on jurors and it's hard to handle, ... It gets you emotionally when you see the pictures of the body and learn the treatment.

While it will take us some time to put on the finishing touches, the future holds a bigger, brighter, better space that will allow us to better serve you.

Obviously you can't commit a crime this heinous unless you've got a lot of hate and anger in your heart,

Devils and monster faces and skulls and things like that are pretty consistent with somebody having a lot of hate in their hearts,

Any prosecutor that enjoys getting the death penalty has just got a little something wrong with him, ... You temper your enthusiasm over a verdict you know is right and just and what the jury should have done under the facts with just that little hesitation that it's just not something you enjoy doing.

needed to do something dramatic that would attract media attention.

James Byrd at the time he was chained at the back of the pickup truck was alive, ... Not only was he alive, he was conscious at the time, and he was using his elbows and his body in any way he could to keep his head and shoulders away from the pavement.

When I visualize that man with his hands on that steering wheel and that trail weaving from side-to-side on that road ... I think it deserved the death penalty,

People are afraid of you guys, ... They're afraid of having their pictures taken. They're afraid of being interviewed. And they're afraid of serving on a big case like this with a lot of attention.