The young people to whom he speaks have no hope. What Stan presents is hope that they too can change. He is worth far more to society alive than dead.

If they think they succeeded by killing him in getting people to forget about him, they have done just the opposite.

The last thing I wrote to a friend was that I hope all the things we've done will change the laws in Virginia so we can go home again. This just isn't home. I'm not sure it ever will be.

Once he was dead and we were waiting to leave, I whispered to another friend, 'Let's say the State of California just killed an innocent man.' When we got to the last step, we shouted it out.

Today is a shameful day in the history of American jurisprudence, ... Today the U.S. Supreme Court has said in its ruling essentially that it is OK for a white prosecutor to kick all of the African Americans off of a jury.

The new Roberts court has sent a powerful and compelling message and that message is we don't give a damn about minorities in this country.