Vernell Crittendon Quotes (10 Quotes)

He wanted to be remembered for the good times in the past, rather than the situation he now finds himself in.

We could not proceed under the conditions that have been set by the court . . . so the execution will not proceed. We are standing down.

We were unable to provide him with a security clearance because of his arrest history.

There was a great deal of concern on their faces under the circumstances of some people that Michael Morales would not suffer. They find that to be very disturbing.

We'll delay the process to give them a reasonable amount of time. We are continuing to stand poised to carry out the execution of Michael Morales.

They were preparing to start moving the inmates over for breakfast. We had them segregated. The Latino inmates were going to exit and go to breakfast. During that movement, the initial reports indicate that the Latinos began to attack white inmates.

No shock to those of us who knew him. I've watched him walk and read his own mail for a long time now.

At about 840 this morning we had approximately 400 inmates participating in a riot. Thirty-nine of them we have been able to identify as needing medical treatment.

When you look at the totality of what has been occurring that leads me to seriously question this man of peace. A con always will say one thing to you while the whole time he has another agenda. I'm concerned that possibly this marketing that's going on ... leads the public to hear the words, but not to see that sleight of hand.

Once he arrived this morning, he appeared to try to come off as if he was very calm and composed. But you could see that veil of nervousness about him. He would give off those nervous smiles to the various staff as we were moving him through that process.