He’s obviously very relieved. Paul from day one said he did not commit this crime.

He’s been held in jail [for a] long time. He’s looking forward to his day in court to vindicate himself.

It tells you all you need to know about the United States of America in the year 2001, doesn’t it? We’ve lost our soul.

Any of you who have dealt with 13 year olds, or have one, know that they get stupid on us.

[The tapes] reflect my client’s best responses to a con job that Alsup was pulling. He’s going to testify to explain the context in which the statements were made.

He’s a child. Thirteen-year-olds are more susceptible to a false confession than a 40-year-old.

I agree that it was a fair verdict. Let’s see if we get a fair sentence.

I think the judge has leeway from zero time in prison to life.

If (members of the jury) think he’s a bad kid, they’re going to find him guilty, … If they think he’s a fine young man, they’ll give that some consideration in determining what crime occurred...

We never said and I will not tell you that Nathaniel is not responsible for what happened here. His parents aren’t at fault, the school is not at fault, the gun is not at fault....

This was his last chance to see her. It goes to the defense that he was so in love with her — so much that he wanted to see her — that he’d do something...

Why’d you take the gun?

The whole thing is a con job by Mr. Alsup to extort money out of Ken and to free himself from charges pending.

OK. And he didn’t appear to be mad to you, right?

Not Nate, asking for a gun, right?

We’ll concede that payment was made, but it didn’t have anything to do with killing or non-killing of his wife. While they were in jail together, they started talking about some business plans. The payment...

Are you a psycho?

[Defense attorney Robert Udell had argued before Judge Wennet that Brazill, who was 13 at the time of the shooting, was too young to face such a harsh sentence.] It tells you all you need...

If they think he’s a bad kid, they’re going to find him guilty, … If they think he’s a fine young man, they’ll give that some consideration in determining what crime occurred here.

If [members of the jury] think he’s a bad kid, they’re going to find him guilty, … If they think he’s a fine young man, they’ll give that some consideration in determining what crime occurred...

You wouldn’t have hugged him if you thought he was serious, would you?

Guns go off in this country unintentionally every single day, and that’s what occurred in this case,

If Russian roulette was manslaughter, then that was what happened here. Nathaniel Brazill was playing Russian roulette

We never said, and I will not tell you that Nathaniel is not responsible for what happened here. His parents aren’t at fault, the school is not at fault, the gun is not at fault...

It is not premeditated murder. It’s not even close.

The judge has no choice but life in prison. He’s 14 years old. I’m not sure he understands right now how profound that sentence really will be.