“How am I gonna get in trouble? I’m in here for 1,200 years.”
About This Quote
Speck's response when asked if he was worried about getting in trouble for breaking prison rules. From a 1978 interview with Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene at Statesville Prison in Illinois. It was the only interview that Speck, who hated the media, ever granted.
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