He was well-acquainted with his rights and he made a voluntary, knowing and intelligent waiver.

She is obviously very disappointed as she had wanted to go to Vietnam for several years to highlight human rights issues, which is a very important issue for her constituents and which she is very passionate about.

I think the fact that he now has a stepmother who probably is very kind to him is a settling factor. She has a son of her own so knows how to handle him and that will have given him a certain grounding.

He has made a number of statements to police, but the (Huntley) hearing will be about the statements he made to state police on the day he was arrested.

Sure, some find gunning down unsuspecting, innocent animals to be a real hoot. I mean, for Christ sake, they mantle the decapitated, formaldehyde-stuffed heads on the wall. Then, of course, there are the people who enjoy putting sunglasses or hats on it, even putting a blowout in its mouth as if it were an avid party animal. If it had any hands, there would surely be a plastic cup full of cheap beer in it, as well. We can’t forget that it would be named some horrendous name, such as Bill or Frank, something so plain, ordinary, and down-right ridiculous that makes me want to bitch-slap the perpetrators.

Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need rights eventually? And the other question people ask me is, will they want to take over?