Gary Mitchellis a Northern Irish playwright. By the 2000s, he had become "one of the most talked about voices in European theatre ... whose political thrillers have arguably made him Northern Ireland's greatest playwright"... (wikipedia)
When you beat a dog again and again and again, do you really expect it's never going to bite back? This boy never had a chance, he never had a childhood, he never had a family to love him. This jury could have given that to him, and I now I fear he'll never have any of that.
I have had threats, people saying they were going to get me. The police have told me to alter my routine, not to frequent certain pubs and clubs. There's a playground-bully mentality that I have lived with.
He gets called into the bedroom. There lying in the bed is his stepmother, naked, and he's told that he's going to have sex with her.
I was under the impression most people got the message. Apparently, the jury didn't.
We put the blame on a 14-year-old for the sins and omissions of the adults. This could have been prevented if those adults who stood by came forward, yet we expect him to act with greater courage.
We wouldn't be here if it weren't about abuse. How much do we ask of a 14-year-old child when none of us would have tolerated a tenth of that?
The public in this community, this state and this nation doesn't agree with the prosecutor that Cody is a threat to them.
People took a chance on him (Cody) and hope he recalls that.
Adding Tim, his staff and his nonprofit clients to ACM is a significant move for our firm. With Tim's experience we are getting a nationally recognized expert in the nonprofit sector and a key leader within the accounting profession in Colorado.
Despite the drop in house fire deaths, there has been no improvement in getting homeowners to maintain working smoke alarms. We know that smoke alarms save lives, but there has been a very lax attitude about maintaining them.
This is probably the biggest name show we'll have all year.
This abuse against this child needs to end and that means the abuse by the state of New Mexico in prosecuting it, too.
It's very disruptive to watch a family struggle through it and see a little boy being frightened all the time.
It's time the abuse ended for this child.
I guarantee you, if I work you over with this rope, I can put you in the hospital in a great hurry.
I haven't seen anything in the media that they even have a case. It's just too early to tell.
I just held him like I would my own son.
By the end of this trial, the jury is going to know the state is trying to hide this abuse.
I depict the Unionist community in a fair light. I depict them the way I see them. Maybe they want it more romantic. I don't find anything heroic in attacking 17-year-olds and pensioners.
He's not a psychopath. He's an abused child who comes before this court wondering how much more has to go on in his life before he's given the same opportunities as other children and adults.
The drop in snowmobile-related deaths is welcome news, but there's a lot of careless behavior that's causing too many unnecessary deaths and accidents.
The company has graciously agreed to eat the cost of the repair.
All these guys are in a band called Stockholm Syndrome with Dave Schools of Widespread Panic. And with the Panic playing in Aspen this weekend, even more special guests are always possible.