Mike Martini

With the advent of forensic DNA I have repeatedly seen science take over investigations. DNA is the panacea. A match turns an investigation into a one-way street, a prosecution into a slam dunk. #tnf

Give us what you got so we can go out there and do our job. #cob

Only after I had left Vietnam safely I acknowledged there had been a thrill to it. In looking to replace that thrill, I joined the cops. #tm

It is a fact of life in homicide that the odds, the likelihood, of solving a homicide grow longer as each day on the calendar flips by. #be

This moment is the most important moment of your life. The choice you are about to make is the most important choice of your life. #bb

There are two kinds of truth. The kind that comes from darkness, gets bent and manipulated for someone's self-interest, and the kind you carry inside and know is real. #boschtv

Anomalies. So much of the work entails study of the anomalies. #ll

Many murderers, especially the psychopaths, are very good liars. But in the end it is always the eyes that betray them. #tcr

People say different things. #odj

We learn from our mistakes, and I've made many. I'm just trying to use what I've learned the hard way. #tkot

Obinna looked puzzled. I decided that watching his eyebrows was like watching two caterpillars charging each other. #be

Money is always the better motive. #tnf

I've sat across the table from a lot of killers over the years. Most of them can't look you right in the eye and deny it. #rw

I have always thought that it isn't a bad way to go - doing what you love. #tnf

There are two kinds of truth: one is the unalterable bedrock of one's life and the other is bent to serve whatever purpose is at hand. #tkot

My daughter says I shouldn't be so nosy. #br

Let me tell you something. There are no good ways to go. #to

I know this sounds sad and sick but your first dead body is like your first love. You remember the details. #aoi

No one is untouchable. #boschtv

When you're wrong, you're wrong. #wsog

Twin skyrockets were going off inside me. They were going different ways. One anger, one warmth. One led to the heart's dark abyss. The other led to Paradise Road. It led to the place where lost light came from. My lost light. I could choose one path but not both. #ll

Most defense attorneys operate by the "Where there's smoke, there's fire" creed. They need to sow the seeds of doubt but not necessarily have to believe in the doubts sown. But I cannot operate that way. I need to get through the smoke to the fire. #rw

It has been my experience that defense attorneys have tried to portray me as stupid, corrupt, bigoted, you name it. #bv

What I have are just parts of the whole. What I need is the glue that will correctly hold them together. #bi

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid. #be

Waitresses are probably better observers of human behavior than most cops. #be

Bureaucracy, politics, and the inability of public institutions to humbly acknowledge mistakes are all to blame. #tcr

A nice pic of #JohnGetz @titusw24.bsky.social #JerryZatarain & #TomBernardo
Love the conflict between Harry & Walker
Happy Sunday!!

I guess sometimes we blame the only one that's left, right? #boschtv

Ultimately, people choose their own path. They can be pointed and pushed, but they always get the final choice. #cob