To know my son was murdered, it was a senseless act. I can't tell you how it's affected the rest of our lives. I have to get up every morning and look in the mirror and brush my teeth, and I don't want to. It's so sad.

We spent the whole day together. It was an amazing day. I took him to Birchwood Mall (in Port Huron). I had bought him a gift certificate and he bought tons of clothes. We talked about love, relationships, mistakes that parents make and forgiveness. Children have such a large amount of unconditional love. That's what we had that day.

All the support from the people in Brown City, friends, family and coworkers, I can't put into words how much that means to me. How kind everyone's been, I was amazed by it.

Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years.

Late nights, lots of yelling and the way they would act sometimes, they would come out sweating buckets.

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in prison for somebody else's act.