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"In the New York Herald, November 26, year 1911, there is an account of the hanging of three men. They died for the murder of Sir Edmund William Godfrey; Husband, Father, Pharmacist and all around gentle-man resident of: Greenberry Hill, London. He was murdered by three vagrants whose motive was simple robbery. They were identified as: Joseph Green, Stanley Berry, and Daniel Hill. Green, Berry, Hill. And I Would Like To Think This was Only A Matter Of Chance. As reported in the Reno Gazzette, June of 1983 there is the story of a fire, the water that it took to contain the fire, and a scuba diver named Delmer Darion. Employee of the Peppermill Hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada. Engaged as a blackjack dealer. Well liked and well regarded as a physical, recreational and sporting sort, Delmers true passion was for the lake. As reported by the coroner, Delmer died of a heart attack somewhere between the lake and the tree. A most curious side note is the suicide the next day of Craig Hansen. Volunteer firefighter, estranged father of four and a poor tendency to drink. Mr. Hansen was the pilot of the plane that quite accidentally lifted Delmer Darion out of the water. Added to this, Mr. Hansens tortured life met before with Delmer Darion just two nights previous. The weight of the guilt and the measure of coincidence so large, Craig Hansen took his life. And I Am Trying To Think This Was All Only A Matter Of Chance. The tale told at a 1961 awards dinner for the American Association Of Forensic Science by Dr. Donald Harper, president of the association, began with a simple suicide attempt. Seventeen year old Sydney Barringer. In the city of Los Angeles on March 23, 1958. The coroner ruled that the unsuccessful suicide had suddenly become a successful homicide. To explain: The suicide was confirmed by a note, left in the breast pocket of Sydney Barringer. At the same time young Sydney stood on the ledge of this nine story building, an argument swelled three stories below. The neighbors heard, as they usually did, the arguing of the tenants and it was not uncommon for them to threaten each other with a shotgun, or one of the many handguns kept in the house. And when the shotgun accidentaly went off, Sydney just happend to pass. Added to this, the two tenants turned out to be: Fay and Arthur Barringer. Sydneys mother and Sydneys father. When confronted with the charge, which took some figuring out for the officers on the scene of the crime, Fay Barringer swore that she did not know that the gun was loaded. A young boy who lived in the building, sometimes a visitor and friend to Sydney Barringer said that he had seen, six days prior the loading of the shotgun. It seems that the arguing and the fighting and all of the violence was far too much for Sydney Barringer and knowing his mother and fathers tendency to fight, he decided to do something. Sydney Barringer jumps from the ninth floor rooftop. His parents argue three stories below. Her accidental shotgun blast hits Sydney in the stomach as he passes the arguing sixth floor window. He is killed instantly but continues to fall, only to find, three stories below, a safety net installed three days prior for a set of window washers that would have broken his fall and saved his life if not for the hole in his stomach. So Fay Barringer was charged with the murder of her son and Sydney Barringer noted as an accomplice in his own death. And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that this is not just Something That Happened. This cannot be One of those things...” This, please, cannot be that. And for what I would like to say, I cant. This Was Not Just A Matter Of Chance. Ohhhh. These strange things happen all the time."

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Jim Kurring
"Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail."

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Jim Kurring
"Let me tell you something, this is not an easy job. I get a call on the radio, dispatch, its bad news. And it stinks. But this is my job and I love it. Because I want to do well - in this life and in this world, I want to do well. And I want to help people. And I might get twenty bad calls a day. But one time I can help someone and make a save - correct a wrong or right a situation - then Im a happy cop. And as we move through this life we should try and do good. Do good... And if we can do that, and not hurt anyone else, well... then..."

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Jim Kurring
"...whatever you wanna tell me, whatever you think might scare me, wont... and I will listen... I will be a good listener to you if thats what you want... and you know, you know... I wont judge you... I can do that sometimes, I know, but I wont... I can... listen to you and you shouldnt be scared of scaring me off or anything that you might think Ill think or on and on and just say it and Ill listen to you..."

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Jim Kurring
"[Officer Kurring just lost his gun] Oh, Lord, why is this happening to me? God, please help me figure this out. Im lost out here! I dont understand why its happening. God, please, God! [sirens] Whatever it is I did, Im going to fix it. Im going to do the right thing. Please, help me find the gun!"

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Jim Kurring
"I lost my gun today when I left you and Im the laughingstock of a lot of people. I wanted to tell you. I wanted you to know and its on my mind. And it makes me look like a fool. And I feel like a fool. And you asked that we should say things - that we should say what were thinking and not lie about things. Well, I can tell you that, this, that I lost my gun today - and I am not a good cop. And Im looked down at. And I know that. And Im scared that once you find that out you may not like me."

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Jim Kurring
"I cant let this go. I cant let you go. Now, you... you listen to me now. Youre a good person. Youre a good and beautiful person and I wont let you walk out on me. And I wont let you say those things - those things about how stupid you are and this and that. I wont stand for that. You want to be with me... then you be with me. You see?"

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Jim Kurring
"A lot of people think this is just a job that you go to... take a lunch hour, the jobs over, something like that. But its a 24 hour deal... no two ways about it... and what most people dont see is just how hard it is to do the right thing. People think if I make a judgment call that its a judgment on them. But thats not what I do, and thats not what should be done. I have to take everything and play it as it lays. Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail. And thats a very tricky thing on my part... making that call. The law is the law, and heck if Im gonna break it. But if you can forgive someone... well, thats the tough part. What can we forgive? Tough part of the job. Tough part of walking down the street."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"No, it is not dangerous to confuse children with angels."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"I really do have love to give; I just dont know where to put it."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"I used to be smart, but now Im just stupid."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"I need braces."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"I love you, Brad - Brad the bartender. You wanna love me back? Ill be good to you."

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"Like the book says, you might be done with the past but the past isnt done with you!"

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Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
"Have you ever been struck by lightning? It hurts."

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