“To the extent that we may have contributed in any way to the public perception that you might

“To the extent that we may have contributed in any way to the public perception that you might have been involved in this crime, I am deeply sorry. No innocent person should have to endure such an extensive trial in the court of public opinion.”

Mary Lacy Boulder County, Colo., District Attorney

In a letter to John Ramsey, clearing his family in the 1996 killing of his 6-year-old beauty queen daughter, JonBenet.

“It was hell. It was hell for the body, it was hell for the soul, it was hell for the mind.”

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt

On her more than six years in captivity in the jungles of Colombia at the hands of leftist rebels.