Ted Bundy said he didn’t show any emotion at his trial because he didn’t want to give authorities who built a case against him the satisfaction of seeing him break down.

« Am I going to jump up on the table? Should I scream? That’s what I felt like doing. I heard my mother crying. It was an emotional time. I don’t even like to think about that day. Sure, I’m mad…But I’ve kept it together because there’s no point in destroying myself. I don’t try to please or impress people, because of the amount of bias and prejudice that surrounds me as a media image. I can’t begin to tear that down… » Ted Bundy after being convicted of kidnapping in 1976.