Ron Lax Quotes in Devil's Knot (2013)

Ron Lax: But if these three boys are innocent, would you want three families to lose their children too?

Margaret Lax: The police seem so certain, are you sure you wanna do this?

Ron Lax: Yes. Yes I am.

Margaret Lax: It's just that sometimes you take these things so personally. You know, you lose perspective. You get obsessed.

Ron Lax: That's right, Magggie. When I see something like this happen, when I see a town lose three of its children, and they sacrifice three more for revenge, then I do take it personally.

Ron Lax: The state is gonna kill three young men, and I can't stand by and watch that happen.

Pam Hobbs: I don't know anymore.

Ron Lax: Neither do I. But I know in my heart that Jason, Jessie, and Damien did not do this.

Ron Lax: Come on, Jerry. All that occult crime, Satanic panic stuff's been studied by the FBI and they said it's all smoke and no fire.

Jerry Driver: I know what I've seen with my own two eyes, and I'm telling you evidence of occult activity was everywhere that summer.

Ron Lax: Since when do we depend on police reports?