- Self - Former Legal Advisor, Native American Center, Oklahoma City, Ok: The defense does not have to prove his innocence; the state has to prove his guilt.
- Self - Reporter, Tulsa World: There is a sense in which, you know, a trial is a storytelling competition, and, you know, the side which is able to tell the better story, the one that makes sense to the jury, that resonates with them, is probably gonna be successful.