Cedric Ricks: I don’t want everyone to look at me like I’m a monster. I tried to kill myself 2 or 3 times. But I can’t even do that right.
— mitch mitchell (@mitchmitchel3) May 16, 2014
Cedric Ricks' criminal trial is going on in Fort Worth at this moment where the defendant is testifying in the punishment phase of his capital murder case. The issue before the jury is life in prison or the death sentence. A reporter has been tweeting various quotes from the defendant during his cross-examination.
He'll hear this quote again in closing.
Edit: Maybe he's using double reverse psychology . . .
Cedric Ricks testified at trial for killing mother and her son: I turned down the life without parole because I didn’t want to live.
— mitch mitchell (@mitchmitchel3) May 16, 2014