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Here we go. 12 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,250 BILLY RAY: Give me one. 13 00:01:54,670 --> 00:01:56,010 Get them, get them, get them. 14 00:01:56,170 --> 00:01:57,380 Hey, boys! 15 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:58,840 How y'all doing today? 16 00:01:59,010 --> 00:02:01,550 What are you looking at? You wanna get shot? 17 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,850 You wanna get shot? Woo-hoo! 18 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:07,350 PETE: Go, baby! 19 00:02:08,270 --> 00:02:10,350 - Got it! - Pearl Harbor! Pearl Harbor! 20 00:02:15,940 --> 00:02:18,490 [PETE AND BILLY RAY LAUGHING] 21 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,240 PETE: Hey! 22 00:02:22,570 --> 00:02:24,240 And here's another one. 23 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:25,990 Watch this, Billy Ray! 24 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,200 Hundred points! 25 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:29,750 Yeah! 26 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,760 - It's a beautiful day, isn't it? TONYA: Uh-huh. 27 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,950 [BOTTLE BREAKS] 28 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:08,580 - Bye, Tonya. TONYA: Bye. 29 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:21,170 BILLY RAY: Clean up that mess, boy. 30 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:24,470 - Pete, hungry? - Huh? 31 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:27,180 Hey. Ha-ha-ha. 32 00:03:27,810 --> 00:03:30,890 - Oh, you're not having anything? - Yeah, I'm having them. 33 00:03:33,230 --> 00:03:34,980 Course, it's shit. 34 00:03:35,270 --> 00:03:36,980 JAKE: Bye, girls. WOMAN & GIRL: Bye, Daddy. 35 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:38,940 JAKE: Let's go, Max. 36 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,990 Get in the house, pup. Harry Rex. 37 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,160 All those weekends, fishing, drinking, lounging... 38 00:03:48,330 --> 00:03:51,830 ...opportunities lost to do-it-yourself house renovations. 39 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,170 - Tragic, just tragic, Jake. - Yeah. 40 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:58,550 Makes Carla happy, my man. 41 00:03:58,710 --> 00:04:01,760 Spent four marriages trying to figure out what makes women happy. 42 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,380 You have spent four marriages... 43 00:04:03,550 --> 00:04:06,430 ...trying to figure out what makes you happy, who you kidding? 44 00:04:06,590 --> 00:04:08,720 Oh, yeah. Maybe that's it. 45 00:04:08,890 --> 00:04:10,180 Yeah, maybe. 46 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:13,140 - Swiggy? - Lord, please let my car be fixed today. 47 00:04:13,310 --> 00:04:15,140 HARRY REX: Oh, dear. 48 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:31,660 Hey, who's that? 49 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:36,710 She looks a little young. 50 00:04:36,870 --> 00:04:38,920 - Hold this. - What are you gonna do? 51 00:04:39,090 --> 00:04:42,840 You know how I say if they're old enough to crawl, they're in the right position. 52 00:04:43,010 --> 00:04:45,510 What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? You crazy. 53 00:04:51,060 --> 00:04:53,890 PETE: Whoo! Yeah! Fifty points! BILLY RAY: Ha-ha-ha. 54 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:55,390 PETE: Yeah, you good, boy. 55 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:56,560 [TONYA SCREAMS] 56 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:58,190 BILLY RAY: Shut up! 57 00:04:58,610 --> 00:05:00,690 TONYA: Daddy! BILLY RAY: Hey! 58 00:05:03,990 --> 00:05:05,610 - Shut up. TONYA: Daddy! 59 00:05:05,780 --> 00:05:07,740 Shut up. 60 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,780 - I'll kill you. PETE: My turn. 61 00:05:12,450 --> 00:05:14,750 TONYA [CRYING]: Daddy! PETE: Shut up. 62 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,910 TONYA: Daddy. 63 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:19,670 [TONYA SCREAMS] 64 00:05:19,830 --> 00:05:21,210 PETE: Yeah. 65 00:05:24,710 --> 00:05:25,880 CHILDREN: Mom! Mama! 66 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:28,680 Mom! Mama! 67 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:30,600 Mom! 68 00:05:33,810 --> 00:05:35,680 Mama! 69 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,100 Mom. 70 00:05:38,770 --> 00:05:40,270 [CHILDREN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 71 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,650 - What is this? CHILDREN [IN UNISON]: Groceries. 72 00:05:42,820 --> 00:05:45,610 - Y'all didn't see her? CHILDREN: No, ma'am. 73 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,660 Carl Lee! Stop! 74 00:05:55,830 --> 00:05:59,290 - You got a call from your wife! - What? What? 75 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,300 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 76 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,440 [JAKE HUMMING] 77 00:06:26,780 --> 00:06:28,860 JAKE: How many appointments do we have today, Ethel? 78 00:06:29,030 --> 00:06:31,280 ETHEL: Not a one. 79 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:34,620 But it is the 1st of the month again and guess what. 80 00:06:34,780 --> 00:06:39,040 The checks are pouring in and we have enough money to pay all our past debts. 81 00:06:39,210 --> 00:06:41,620 That'll be your last drink. 82 00:06:41,790 --> 00:06:44,920 Just keep us no more than one month behind on any vendor, please. 83 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:46,960 Why, you have been drinking. 84 00:06:47,130 --> 00:06:48,170 Two months. 85 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:50,430 Well, these are the most delinquent. 86 00:06:50,590 --> 00:06:52,760 The rent's in there. 87 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:58,220 I appreciate the practice, capitán, I do, but you could've left me a couple of clients. 88 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,030 GWEN [CRYING]: Baby, here's Daddy. 89 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,570 Oh, no. 90 00:07:16,990 --> 00:07:20,200 I'm here, baby. Daddy's here. 91 00:07:20,370 --> 00:07:24,210 TONYA: Daddy, I'm sorry I dropped the groceries. 92 00:07:24,380 --> 00:07:28,210 - That's all right, baby. It's all right, baby. - I'm sorry, Daddy. 93 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:30,210 CARL LEE: That's all right. 94 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,830 Look at this. 95 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:26,560 SHERIFF: Billy Ray? 96 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:32,070 Sorry, sir, but we don't allow no African-Americans in here. Ha, ha. 97 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,240 Billy Ray Cobb, you and Mr. Willard need to come with me. 98 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:37,620 Hell, no. I ain't moving. 99 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:40,830 - You know that little girl you took for a ride? BILLY RAY: Mm. 100 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:44,250 - What little girl? - I got bad news for you. She didn't die. 101 00:08:44,620 --> 00:08:48,710 So unless there's another redneck asshole got a souped-up yellow pickup... 102 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,300 ...with a Confederate flag in the windshield-- 103 00:08:51,460 --> 00:08:54,920 Blue gums, why don't you take your black ass out of here and grab a branch. 104 00:08:55,090 --> 00:08:59,140 Unless you got an explanation for what this was doing in the bed of your truck... 105 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:02,640 ...you're going to jail. Now, get up. 106 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,640 You can go to hell, nigger. 107 00:09:05,810 --> 00:09:08,270 - Unh! Goddamn! MAN: Hey! 108 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,690 [BILLY RAY GRUNTING] 109 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,400 Now, you earned the right to remain silent. 110 00:09:15,860 --> 00:09:18,610 - Here you go, just the way you like them. - Thank you. 111 00:09:18,780 --> 00:09:21,450 - Dell, sugar, today I'm gonna have-- DELL: Go to hell, Harry. 112 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:24,040 On second thought, I'm just gonna watch baby eat his. 113 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,250 I am not the one who handled her divorce. 114 00:09:26,410 --> 00:09:28,330 Can't she see I'm shriveling away here? 115 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:29,960 I'm shriveling. 116 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:32,750 - Say, Jake? - Yeah, what's up, Dwayne? 117 00:09:33,420 --> 00:09:36,340 Didn't you defend Billy Ray Cobb few years back? 118 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:39,720 What kind of case was it? 119 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:41,350 Caught him selling dope. 120 00:09:41,510 --> 00:09:43,680 Spent time in Parchman. Got out last year. 121 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:46,930 No, I think some Memphis lawyer handled that. 122 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:48,770 Why do you ask? 123 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:51,520 Well, we picked him up for rape. Him and Pete Willard. 124 00:09:51,690 --> 00:09:52,860 Who'd they rape? 125 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,030 You know Carl Lee Hailey? 126 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,320 Sure, I defended his brother Lester. 127 00:10:00,570 --> 00:10:02,410 It was his little girl. 128 00:10:05,450 --> 00:10:06,580 Little Tonya? 129 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,750 Yeah. 130 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,130 How old is she? 131 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,380 She's 10. 132 00:10:58,970 --> 00:11:01,840 Mr. Willard, I'm Sheriff Ozzie Walls. 133 00:11:02,550 --> 00:11:05,220 My mama voted for you. 134 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,770 I seen you play for the Rams. 135 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:14,810 Way I figure, a nigger sheriff's okay, been on TV and all. 136 00:11:17,730 --> 00:11:19,030 No offense. 137 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,860 SHERIFF: What's your full name? 138 00:11:24,030 --> 00:11:26,450 James Lewis Willard. 139 00:11:29,950 --> 00:11:33,540 Four, which is a difference of 110.60. 140 00:11:33,710 --> 00:11:36,040 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 141 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,800 Who's there? 142 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,480 Carl Lee. 143 00:12:04,950 --> 00:12:06,740 How is she? 144 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:09,830 CARL LEE: She holding on. 145 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:13,620 Doctor says she ain't out of the woods yet, though. 146 00:12:21,170 --> 00:12:23,880 They worked her over something good, Jake. 147 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:35,770 You remember them four white boys raped that little black girl in the Delta last year? 148 00:12:38,270 --> 00:12:39,360 Yeah. 149 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,360 They, uh... 150 00:12:41,530 --> 00:12:43,070 They got off, didn't they? 151 00:12:45,450 --> 00:12:46,950 Yeah. 152 00:12:51,620 --> 00:12:53,580 Jake... 153 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,710 I was in a jam, you'd help me out, wouldn't you? 154 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,880 Sure, Carl Lee. 155 00:13:03,090 --> 00:13:04,920 What kind of jam you talking about? 156 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:08,260 You got a daughter, Jake. 157 00:13:08,430 --> 00:13:10,300 What would you do? 158 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:22,940 Dream some good dreams, baby girl. 159 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,740 Good night, Daddy. 160 00:13:26,030 --> 00:13:27,910 [WHISPERS] Night, baby. 161 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:45,630 - Is she asleep? - Yeah. 162 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,550 - Is she the sweetest thing? - Yeah, she is. 163 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,720 Next to you. 164 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:55,770 Tell you what, I look at her, though, and I cannot help but think about little Tonya. 165 00:13:57,430 --> 00:13:59,100 Don't. 166 00:14:01,940 --> 00:14:04,020 Don't do that to yourself. 167 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:05,860 Yeah. 168 00:14:10,070 --> 00:14:11,120 Something else wrong? 169 00:14:12,580 --> 00:14:14,540 Tonya's father... 170 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,790 ...Carl Lee Hailey... 171 00:14:16,950 --> 00:14:18,290 ...came by the office today. 172 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:23,290 Man's heart is torn wide open, baby. 173 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:25,050 I don't know, but... 174 00:14:25,210 --> 00:14:28,050 ...sounded to me like he was thinking about doing something. 175 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:29,260 Like what? 176 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,010 Something like maybe killing those two boys. 177 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:34,970 Was he serious? 178 00:14:38,930 --> 00:14:41,150 I don't know. I don't know. 179 00:14:41,310 --> 00:14:43,980 It could've been just the hurt talking, you know? 180 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,150 But when you think that it's possible that those two animals could... 181 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,200 ...go free... 182 00:14:51,110 --> 00:14:53,490 ...and be walking the streets... 183 00:14:55,990 --> 00:14:57,620 I... 184 00:14:58,370 --> 00:14:59,660 I don't know. 185 00:15:01,670 --> 00:15:05,540 After what that man has been through, he's probably capable of anything. 186 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,260 Somebody should do something. 187 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,510 You should call Sheriff Walls. 188 00:15:13,090 --> 00:15:14,680 Yeah. 189 00:16:10,110 --> 00:16:13,280 To release the owner from assessment. 190 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:21,080 I hope I'm having a heart attack because then I'd get to sue you. 191 00:16:21,250 --> 00:16:23,910 Don't stand on ceremony, come on in. 192 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,080 What? No clients? 193 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:29,090 Just waiting to pick yours up on appeal, Harry. 194 00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:32,590 And you, are you on vacation? 195 00:16:33,170 --> 00:16:35,300 Fortunately for me, my lovely... 196 00:16:35,470 --> 00:16:37,760 ...divorce doesn't go on vacation. 197 00:16:38,140 --> 00:16:39,600 However... 198 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,350 ...not even the richest, most ridiculous settlement I ever bring in... 199 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,310 ...is gonna be as satisfying as watching those two hyenas... 200 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,980 ...across the street get what's coming to them. 201 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,650 Oh, dear. 202 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:02,490 You know I'm a fool for those, um, German-type convertibles. 203 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:04,080 [CHUCKLES] 204 00:17:04,250 --> 00:17:06,290 Come on, lover boy, let's get to court. 205 00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:09,380 Lucien thinks the two hyenas just might get off. 206 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:11,130 You saw Lucien? 207 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:12,920 When? Where? 208 00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:14,170 How is he? 209 00:17:14,340 --> 00:17:16,220 Has he been eating any better? 210 00:17:19,090 --> 00:17:20,510 Just curious. 211 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,020 Um, Miss Ethel... 212 00:17:23,180 --> 00:17:27,390 ...refresh my recollection, how long were you and Lucien together for exactly? 213 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:28,770 We were never together. 214 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:31,020 I was his secretary for 20 years. 215 00:17:31,190 --> 00:17:32,980 Come on, old girl. 216 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:35,650 - You can tell us, you know. - He was your boyfriend. 217 00:17:35,820 --> 00:17:39,740 I am an upstanding, God-fearing, respectable Southern woman... 218 00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:44,040 ...with unimpeachable morals who has been happily married for 27 years. 219 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,120 And I have never had or ever will have any boyfriend. 220 00:17:48,290 --> 00:17:49,790 And if I did... 221 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:55,050 ...it certainly would not be that old pickled scoundrel Lucien Wilbanks. 222 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,260 [DOOR SLAMS] 223 00:17:59,430 --> 00:18:02,140 She did him. Oh, yeah, a lot. 224 00:18:08,890 --> 00:18:11,190 DWAYNE: All right, Billy Ray, step on back. 225 00:18:11,980 --> 00:18:14,270 Come on out. Willard. 226 00:18:17,190 --> 00:18:19,200 All right, boys, today's your big day. 227 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,240 We're gonna take a trip to the courthouse. 228 00:18:21,410 --> 00:18:23,080 The judge is gonna set your bail. 229 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,040 Then we're gonna come back here, all nice and peaceful-like. 230 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:31,080 I get any trouble out of you, I'm going to integrate this jail. 231 00:19:00,650 --> 00:19:01,990 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 232 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:00,880 HANNAH: Mama, Daddy's home! Daddy's home! 233 00:20:01,550 --> 00:20:04,340 CARLA: Hannah girl, let's go inside for a minute. 234 00:20:04,510 --> 00:20:07,050 Give Daddy some time to himself. 235 00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:10,810 - Let's-- Let's find a book, okay? HANNAH: I wanna see Daddy. 236 00:20:10,970 --> 00:20:12,430 CARLA: Honey? 237 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,550 Jake? Jake? Are you hurt? Jake, what happened to you? 238 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,560 Jake, honey, are you okay? What happened to you? 239 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,020 What is this? What is going on with you? What happened? 240 00:20:53,180 --> 00:20:55,060 Jake, baby. 241 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:58,270 What happened? 242 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,440 [SIRENS WAILING] 243 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:33,560 [CRYING] Okay, okay. 244 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:50,700 See you, Gwen. 245 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,670 WOMAN: Is the sheriff gonna make a statement? 246 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,630 HASTINGS: He might, he might not. I don't know. 247 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,430 MAN: Is it first-degree murder? HASTINGS: I'm not sure yet. 248 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,600 WOMAN: What happened? Can you tell us something? 249 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,980 MAN: Sheriff, will you give us a statement. - I got no comment. No comment. 250 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:20,100 Hey. Hey, Jake. Hey, Jake, Carl Lee said you'd be coming. 251 00:22:20,270 --> 00:22:22,560 WOMAN: Sir, are you an attorney? MAN: Are you an attorney? 252 00:22:22,730 --> 00:22:26,110 Now, I'll make a statement. I want y'all to get these vans out of here. 253 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,530 WOMAN: Sir, we've gotta get something for our newscast. 254 00:22:39,710 --> 00:22:42,710 [DOOR LOCKING] 255 00:22:48,340 --> 00:22:50,130 Didn't think I'd do it, did you? 256 00:22:53,890 --> 00:22:55,720 How you holding up? 257 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:03,480 I ain't had nothing against them boys till they messed with my baby. 258 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,610 And I feel sorry for their mamas and their daddies, but... 259 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,280 ...I ain't sorry for what I done. 260 00:23:14,530 --> 00:23:15,660 How's Looney? 261 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,290 You blew his knee right off his leg. 262 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,500 Doctors are still with him. 263 00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:28,960 What's gonna happen to me now? 264 00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:32,760 There's gonna be a preliminary hearing. 265 00:23:32,930 --> 00:23:35,220 Probably tomorrow. 266 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,850 After that, Buckley will push for a fast trial. 267 00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:39,980 Who's Buckley? 268 00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:41,640 Rufus Buckley. 269 00:23:41,810 --> 00:23:42,850 District attorney. 270 00:23:43,020 --> 00:23:47,020 He's mean, he's ambitious, and he's gonna eat this up because of the publicity. 271 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:48,980 But you've done beat him, ain't you? 272 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,150 Yeah. 273 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:53,160 Not in a murder case. 274 00:23:57,030 --> 00:23:58,490 Think I can win? 275 00:23:59,370 --> 00:24:01,750 All depends on the jury, Carl Lee. 276 00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:04,750 Pick the right jury, and you walk. 277 00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:08,210 DA picks the jury... 278 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,670 ...and you get the gas. 279 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:14,840 Well, how much--? 280 00:24:15,010 --> 00:24:17,010 How much a case like this cost? 281 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:21,430 Probably 50 grand. 282 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,520 [SIGHS] 283 00:24:23,690 --> 00:24:26,650 I can pay maybe 10. 284 00:24:28,570 --> 00:24:30,320 [CARL LEE SIGHS] 285 00:24:33,490 --> 00:24:38,580 Well, not a lot of white lawyers would've took my brother Lester's case. 286 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,580 You did and got him off. 287 00:24:42,410 --> 00:24:48,000 I figure there's a lot of people out there tired of all the raping and killing. 288 00:24:48,170 --> 00:24:52,130 They'd be sympathetic to a man who took the law into his own hands... 289 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:54,010 ...even if he is black. 290 00:25:01,260 --> 00:25:05,190 You said you'd help me out if I was in a jam, Jake. 291 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,230 Well, I'm in one now. 292 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,570 What you say? 293 00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:16,240 MAN: What can you tell us, sheriff? WOMAN: Can you tell us what happened? 294 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,070 - Are you with the police department? - No, I am a lawyer. 295 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,030 Are you Carl Lee Hailey's attorney? 296 00:25:21,990 --> 00:25:24,450 Sir, are you Mr. Hailey's attorney? 297 00:25:24,620 --> 00:25:25,790 Yes, I am. 298 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,210 - What's your name, sir? - Brigance. Jake Brigance. 299 00:25:28,380 --> 00:25:29,710 That's with one G. 300 00:25:37,340 --> 00:25:38,800 MAN: Hailey's hired an attorney. 301 00:25:39,510 --> 00:25:40,550 Jake Brigance. 302 00:25:41,050 --> 00:25:43,350 [RUFUS CHUCKLING] 303 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,520 And today ain't even my birthday. 304 00:25:46,690 --> 00:25:50,060 Brigance couldn't tie his own tie without that old drunk Wilbanks. 305 00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:52,190 Telling the press he never lost a murder case. 306 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:54,480 Well, he's never tried one against me, has he? 307 00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:57,150 - What time's the preliminary? - Tomorrow at 3. 308 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,110 Judge Omar Noose presiding. 309 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,160 Oh, I was wrong. It is my birthday. 310 00:26:02,530 --> 00:26:06,120 All right. First things first, Brigance will file for a change of venue. 311 00:26:06,290 --> 00:26:09,330 - Guy would be a fool if he didn't. - Why's that? 312 00:26:09,830 --> 00:26:10,960 Why? 313 00:26:11,130 --> 00:26:13,460 Should we tell our young, uninformed law clerk... 314 00:26:13,630 --> 00:26:15,800 ...the reality of jurisprudence in this county? 315 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,090 Evelyn, get me the state file on race statistics. 316 00:26:20,260 --> 00:26:21,890 You see, Taylor, it's quite simple. 317 00:26:22,050 --> 00:26:25,140 This county's 26-, 30-percent black, give or take. 318 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:29,440 Almost every other county is 40-, 45-, in some cases 70-percent black. 319 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,730 Blacks are more sympathetic to other blacks. 320 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,980 If he gets it moved, he has a greater chance of color in the jury. 321 00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:36,230 We know what that means. 322 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,570 But if the trial stays here, it's an all-white jury for sure. 323 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:41,360 Now, Taylor, this is for you... 324 00:26:41,870 --> 00:26:44,410 ...to integrate your brain with before 3:00 tomorrow. 325 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:46,910 TAYLOR: Yes. - He means without blacks on the jury... 326 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080 ...Hailey hasn't got a chance in hell. 327 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:52,380 RUFUS: All right, Noose is up for re-elect? - Yeah, November. 328 00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:54,630 Reach out to our friends in the legislature. 329 00:26:54,790 --> 00:26:58,420 Have them call on Noose. We're gonna help him decide to keep this case in Canton. 330 00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:02,430 Also, send a case of whatever it is he's drinking these days to Lucien Wilbanks. 331 00:27:02,590 --> 00:27:06,100 - I believe that's Dewars. - Keep that old drunk on the sidelines. 332 00:27:06,260 --> 00:27:07,350 Yeah, get me Sam. 333 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,270 RUFUS: And, gentlemen? 334 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,770 No mistakes. This is the one we've been waiting for. 335 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,400 LUCIEN: Justifiable homicide will never hold up. 336 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:20,200 JAKE: Then my only chance is to find a shrink who'll testify... 337 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,780 ...Carl Lee was insane at the time of the murders. 338 00:27:23,070 --> 00:27:27,240 Well, I might know a man who owes me a favor. 339 00:27:27,910 --> 00:27:31,500 - You'll file for change of venue. - Of course. 340 00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:35,250 Judge Noose denies it... 341 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:38,920 ...then you'll get an all-white jury and you'll lose. 342 00:27:39,380 --> 00:27:40,840 Thank you for the encouragement. 343 00:27:41,010 --> 00:27:45,930 Well, bear in mind that Mr. Hailey is as guilty as sin under our legal system. 344 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:51,940 It does not permit vigilante violence, and he took the law into his own hands. 345 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:54,600 He murdered two people. 346 00:27:55,270 --> 00:27:59,650 Two people who had raped his 10-year-old daughter. 347 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:03,150 You know... 348 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,570 ...you can win this case... 349 00:28:05,740 --> 00:28:07,910 ...and justice will prevail. 350 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,660 But lose... 351 00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:14,210 ...and justice will also prevail. Now, that's a strange case. 352 00:28:14,370 --> 00:28:16,000 Yeah. 353 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:20,010 I could use your help. 354 00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:25,430 The sons of bitches decertified me, Jake. 355 00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:28,970 I swore I will never enter another courtroom ever. 356 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,560 Lucien, you're the best lawyer I've ever seen. 357 00:28:32,730 --> 00:28:35,730 Now, I know how much it hurt when they took your license away... 358 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:38,360 ...but they can't take your mind unless you let them. 359 00:28:39,650 --> 00:28:40,860 Good speech. 360 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:43,150 Well, I had a good teacher. 361 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,280 Now, you remember when I came to you out of law school? 362 00:28:47,070 --> 00:28:48,870 In a ridiculous blue suit. 363 00:28:49,030 --> 00:28:50,410 Yeah. 364 00:28:50,580 --> 00:28:55,000 Now, you sat me down and you said to me, "Young man, I cannot promise you riches. 365 00:28:55,330 --> 00:28:58,840 What I can offer you is a chance to save the world... 366 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,420 ...one case at a time." 367 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:06,680 Well, I'm saying the same words back to you right now. 368 00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:09,220 How about it, Lucien? 369 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,520 MINISTER: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. 370 00:29:15,690 --> 00:29:18,810 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. 371 00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:21,520 He leadeth me beside still waters. 372 00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:25,360 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... 373 00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:29,870 ...I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. 374 00:29:30,030 --> 00:29:32,870 Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 375 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,410 Thou preparest a table before me... 376 00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:39,170 Sure am sorry about your brother, Freddie. 377 00:29:40,130 --> 00:29:41,920 Old Willard too. 378 00:29:42,090 --> 00:29:44,420 Good boys, both. 379 00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:52,220 Ten years ago, that nigger would be hanging by the end of a rope... 380 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:54,310 ...with his balls in his mouth. 381 00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:56,640 You tell me what's wrong with this country. 382 00:29:57,390 --> 00:29:58,940 Klan would know what to do. 383 00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:02,020 My granddaddy, he was Klan. 384 00:30:03,110 --> 00:30:07,070 - Ain't no Klan around here for years. - Oh, there's still some boys around. 385 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,530 Them skinheads who want to blow up the government? 386 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:12,830 No, sir. Good God-fearing Klan. 387 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,620 I got a friend, used to be active. 388 00:30:17,790 --> 00:30:18,920 I could give him a call. 389 00:30:20,750 --> 00:30:22,790 You do that, Winston. 390 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,840 You tell them boys we need some Klan down here in Canton. 391 00:30:26,010 --> 00:30:28,050 I mean right quick. 392 00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:32,470 CARLA: Hurry up, honey. 393 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,140 JAKE: Coming, coming, coming. 394 00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:37,430 MAN [ON TV]: Something you can tell us? WOMAN [ON TV]: What did Carl Lee tell you? 395 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,230 JAKE: There's Ozzie. 396 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,770 - To our family's television debut. - To the big time. 397 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,150 I cannot believe he didn't take you seriously when you warned him. 398 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,700 Well, baby, you know, some folks think those boys got what they deserved. 399 00:30:52,870 --> 00:30:56,200 Here, sweet pea. Carl Lee Hailey may very well spend his life in prison. 400 00:30:56,370 --> 00:30:58,160 That is nothing his family deserves. 401 00:30:58,330 --> 00:30:59,620 - Yeah. - You did call Ozzie-- 402 00:30:59,790 --> 00:31:02,460 - Lookit here. Look who's-- CARLA: Daddy's on TV. 403 00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:06,590 I intend to show the men and women of the South to look past color and see the truth. 404 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:11,180 That here in the South-- In the new South, justice is and will be colorblind. 405 00:31:12,550 --> 00:31:13,600 [PHONE RINGING] 406 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,310 - Impressive. Honey, that was really good. - Hmm? 407 00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:18,850 - Isn't Daddy smart? HANNAH: Mm-hm. 408 00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:20,480 Yeah. Brigance. 409 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:21,810 - Mm-hm. - That was great. 410 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,060 Yeah. No, we just saw it. 411 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:25,570 All right, Harry Rex. Yeah. 412 00:31:25,730 --> 00:31:26,940 Baby, I'm proud of you. 413 00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:28,150 [PHONE RINGS] 414 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,650 - Good stuff, huh? - Mm-hm. 415 00:31:29,820 --> 00:31:32,030 - You hear this? - Put it on speakerphone. 416 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,070 Don't be gross. 417 00:31:34,450 --> 00:31:37,580 - Ahem. F. Lee Bailey's office. MAN [OVER PHONE]: Brigance. 418 00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:42,500 You nigger-loving son-of-a-bitch, you won't live if the nigger walks. 419 00:31:42,670 --> 00:31:45,340 Hey, hey. Hey. 420 00:31:46,130 --> 00:31:48,170 WOMAN: Do you have any sympathy for the defense? 421 00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:51,340 Well, of course I do, Stephanie. You're a mother, I'm a father. 422 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:54,300 We all have families. Who wouldn't? 423 00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:56,800 Don't presume the district attorney is insensitive. 424 00:31:56,970 --> 00:31:59,020 But the people of the state of Mississippi... 425 00:31:59,180 --> 00:32:01,770 ...entrusted this office to uphold the law of the land. 426 00:32:01,940 --> 00:32:05,150 Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands. 427 00:32:05,310 --> 00:32:06,560 No matter the circumstance. 428 00:32:06,730 --> 00:32:09,400 If you get a conviction, will you ask for the gas chamber? 429 00:32:09,570 --> 00:32:12,200 Yes, I will seek the death penalty for Mr. Hailey. 430 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,200 WOMAN: What do you think of Mr. Brigance? 431 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,410 Isn't that boy still in law school? 432 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:18,660 Say hey to your husband for me, Kim. That's all. 433 00:32:18,830 --> 00:32:21,200 [REPORTERS CHATTERING] 434 00:32:33,380 --> 00:32:36,220 Hey, Cora Mae, don't you worry. Hey, Wayne, how are you? 435 00:32:36,390 --> 00:32:37,970 MAN: Good luck. 436 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,600 You plead him guilty today, I'll ask for life. Otherwise, he dies. 437 00:32:42,770 --> 00:32:46,350 You drop your case now, and I won't bury you before the entire county, Rufus. 438 00:32:47,810 --> 00:32:49,020 All rise. 439 00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:54,530 Court is in session. The Honorable Omar Noose presiding. 440 00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:57,070 Good afternoon, citizens. 441 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:00,740 Be seated. 442 00:33:00,910 --> 00:33:02,500 Counsel. 443 00:33:02,660 --> 00:33:04,250 And you, sir. 444 00:33:04,410 --> 00:33:06,920 - Are you Carl Lee Hailey? - Yes, sir. 445 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,090 Uh, Mr. Hailey, I am holding a copy of an indictment returned... 446 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:14,760 ...by the grand jury of Mississippi presenting that: 447 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,640 "Carl Lee Hailey did murder Billy Ray Cobb, a human being... 448 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,640 ...and James Lewis Willard, a human being... 449 00:33:22,810 --> 00:33:26,850 ...and did attempt to kill Dwayne Looney, a peace officer... 450 00:33:27,020 --> 00:33:30,060 ...against the peace and dignity of the state of Mississippi." 451 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,940 Now, do you understand the charges against you? 452 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,990 - Yes, sir. - How do you wish to plead? 453 00:33:38,610 --> 00:33:39,870 Not guilty, Your Honor. 454 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,500 The defense enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Your Honor. 455 00:33:44,660 --> 00:33:46,660 Your trial is set for July 22. 456 00:33:46,830 --> 00:33:51,130 All pretrial motions and matters should be filed no later than July 8. 457 00:33:51,290 --> 00:33:52,750 - Is there anything further? RUFUS: Yes. 458 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,050 Your Honor, in response to the insanity plea... 459 00:33:55,210 --> 00:33:58,300 ...the state requests the defendant be examined by its own doctors. 460 00:33:58,470 --> 00:33:59,470 Request granted. 461 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,760 Additionally, the state opposes any request for bail. 462 00:34:02,930 --> 00:34:04,850 Your Honor, we haven't yet asked for bail. 463 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:07,980 Now, Governor Buckley cannot oppose a request until one is made. 464 00:34:08,140 --> 00:34:10,020 He should've learned that in law school. 465 00:34:10,190 --> 00:34:13,780 Your Honor, even Mr. Brigance's meager legal experience... 466 00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:18,110 ...should've taught him two things. One, I have not been elected governor yet. 467 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,160 And number two, he is required to request bail. 468 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,950 The state opposes any such request. 469 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,500 In the future, why don't we just wait till he makes the request, huh? 470 00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:27,960 JAKE: Thank you, Your Honor. 471 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,670 - Your Honor, we would like to request bail. - Denied. 472 00:34:31,790 --> 00:34:34,210 I have never allowed bail in a capital-murder case... 473 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:37,720 ...and don't feel that an exception is called for today. 474 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,010 Good enough. 475 00:34:39,180 --> 00:34:41,260 We will be filing for a change of venue. 476 00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:42,850 I anticipated this. 477 00:34:43,010 --> 00:34:45,600 Let me save you some time, Mr. Brigance. 478 00:34:45,770 --> 00:34:47,270 Your motion is denied. 479 00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:49,350 JAKE: Your Honor, we have not yet filed. 480 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:53,400 We are simply indicating our intent to file in writing by letting you-- 481 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,860 I said, request denied. 482 00:34:56,570 --> 00:34:57,940 Your Honor... 483 00:34:58,110 --> 00:35:01,320 ...how can you summarily deny this request? 484 00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:04,830 It is quite clear that Carl Lee Hailey cannot receive a fair trial here. 485 00:35:04,990 --> 00:35:07,450 - Now, we feel-- - That's enough. Sidebar. 486 00:35:07,620 --> 00:35:09,040 Your Honor, we have a right-- 487 00:35:09,210 --> 00:35:12,080 Mr. Brigance. 488 00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:15,800 I will not tolerate grandstanding in my courtroom. 489 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,810 [QUIETLY] Get back to work. 490 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,560 Excellent technique, counselor. 491 00:35:41,530 --> 00:35:42,570 Your Honor. 492 00:35:42,820 --> 00:35:46,410 We feel it would be remiss not to tell you that in State v. Johnson... 493 00:35:46,580 --> 00:35:48,200 ...and State v. Fisher.. 494 00:35:48,370 --> 00:35:50,200 ...both in 1985... 495 00:35:50,370 --> 00:35:53,040 ...failure to properly consider a change of venue... 496 00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:56,630 ...has been a reversible decision on appeal to the state supreme court. 497 00:35:58,090 --> 00:36:02,970 No... No trial judge likes his rulings overturned. 498 00:36:03,130 --> 00:36:09,310 I guess you get to submit that brief after all. Have it on my desk by Tuesday morning. 499 00:36:09,770 --> 00:36:12,440 Mr. Hailey, you are hereby ordered... 500 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:17,690 ...to remain in custody of the Madison County sheriff until trial. 501 00:36:17,860 --> 00:36:18,900 Dismissed. 502 00:36:28,410 --> 00:36:31,160 Find me that state doctor. What's his name? Rodeheaver. 503 00:36:31,330 --> 00:36:33,120 Get him down here to interview Hailey. 504 00:36:33,290 --> 00:36:37,130 Since he's not able to afford a real one, find who Brigance is using for a shrink. 505 00:36:37,290 --> 00:36:40,300 - I want him discredited. - You want professional or personal dirt? 506 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:42,970 I don't wanna know how. Get me enough to shatter him. 507 00:36:43,130 --> 00:36:45,010 We can do that. Taylor. 508 00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:54,350 This is $900, Carl Lee. We said a thousand down. 509 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,810 My kids gotta eat. 510 00:36:57,650 --> 00:36:59,400 Mine too. 511 00:37:01,860 --> 00:37:03,650 All right, when do I get the rest? 512 00:37:04,110 --> 00:37:07,370 Them folks over at the bank, they won't loan me no money on my house. 513 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:11,910 Why not? Your house is almost paid for. You borrowed on it before for Lester's trial. 514 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,660 Said I wasn't in jail before. 515 00:37:13,830 --> 00:37:16,540 Said to Gwen, how am I gonna pay sitting on death row? 516 00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:19,210 And I lost my job at the mill. 517 00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:20,550 They called Gwen. 518 00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:24,800 Worked 20 years, I'm out five days and they fired me. 519 00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:31,640 Carl Lee, I can't try a capital-murder case for $900. 520 00:37:31,810 --> 00:37:33,600 Carl Lee, I need to live. 521 00:37:33,770 --> 00:37:35,520 Me too, Jake. 522 00:37:35,690 --> 00:37:37,270 I need to live too. 523 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:42,570 [JAKE HUMMING] 524 00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:48,820 Nice night. 525 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:57,540 Finder of precedents, mystery woman of the courthouse. 526 00:37:57,710 --> 00:38:00,670 ELLEN: Yup. Care for a beer? 527 00:38:03,420 --> 00:38:06,510 I assume that's the infamous change-of-venue motion under your arm. 528 00:38:06,670 --> 00:38:08,340 Mm-hm. 529 00:38:08,510 --> 00:38:09,890 Ellen Roark. R-O-A-R-K. 530 00:38:10,050 --> 00:38:13,760 That's Roark in Boston, but it seems to be Roark in Mississippi. 531 00:38:13,930 --> 00:38:16,230 - Boston, huh? - Yup, I was born there. 532 00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:18,810 My father's the notorious Sheldon Roark. 533 00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:20,560 Attorney to the stars, yes. 534 00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:22,270 Duly impressed. 535 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,530 What brings you to Mississippi, Roark? Slumming? 536 00:38:25,690 --> 00:38:27,700 No, law school at Ole Miss. 537 00:38:27,860 --> 00:38:29,950 It's a... It's a family tradition. 538 00:38:30,110 --> 00:38:34,240 Mom was a sweet little sorority girl there till Dad-- Till Dad married her. 539 00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:37,750 I married a sweet little sorority girl from Ole Miss myself. 540 00:38:37,910 --> 00:38:41,170 - Well, they have an excellent selection. - Yes, they do. 541 00:38:41,330 --> 00:38:43,170 Now, really, what brings you to Canton? 542 00:38:43,340 --> 00:38:45,920 I'm not believing they don't have cars to sit on on campus. 543 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:47,470 Carl Lee Hailey. 544 00:38:50,010 --> 00:38:52,260 Really like to help you with the trial. 545 00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:54,310 Now, what makes you think I need help? 546 00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:57,310 You're trying one of the largest murder cases... 547 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,940 ...these parts have seen and you work alone. 548 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:02,360 You have no paralegals, no clerks, researchers... 549 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,480 ...nor can you afford to hire any... 550 00:39:04,650 --> 00:39:08,280 ...so if Noose doesn't accept that motion under your arm... 551 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:13,030 ...you go to trial in less than a month. Trust me, you need help. 552 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,950 - Now, how do you know this? - Well, I'm an excellent researcher. 553 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,160 - I see that. - Look, I've played gofer... 554 00:39:19,330 --> 00:39:22,120 ...for 7 capital-murder cases, I've witnessed 2 executions... 555 00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:26,500 ...I have written briefs for the ACLU, I'm top 5 percent of my class... 556 00:39:26,670 --> 00:39:30,130 ...editor of the law review, I'm published, I'm young. 557 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:31,430 And when I graduate... 558 00:39:31,590 --> 00:39:35,890 ...I intend to spend a glorious career stomping out the death penalty. 559 00:39:36,510 --> 00:39:39,770 Let's see, what else? Oh, genius runs in my family. 560 00:39:39,930 --> 00:39:41,310 You'll get me on the way up... 561 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,230 ...and I really think, you know, now is a good time to, you know, grab me. 562 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,110 Mm-hm. Is there anything else I should know? 563 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,490 Uh, let's see, anything else? 564 00:39:50,650 --> 00:39:53,110 Oh, my father's filthy rich, so I'll work for free. 565 00:39:55,410 --> 00:39:56,660 What do you think? 566 00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:02,670 I think I'll drop this brief off in Noose's night slot. 567 00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:05,000 Go home and see my family. 568 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:08,840 Thank you, Roark, but I can handle the case myself. 569 00:40:11,010 --> 00:40:12,630 Uh... 570 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,930 You might wanna look at these precedents. 571 00:40:15,090 --> 00:40:17,640 Look at State v. Cooper and State v. Roundtree. 572 00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:20,220 Both revenge killers, both acquitted. 573 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,150 You'll change your mind. 574 00:40:27,310 --> 00:40:28,900 See you. 575 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,700 MAN: Get out. Come on. 576 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,040 Wait. 577 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,750 Come on. 578 00:41:04,850 --> 00:41:10,020 Mr. Cobb, this is Stump Sisson, grand dragon of Mississippi. 579 00:41:11,690 --> 00:41:14,030 He heard you were looking to see us. 580 00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:17,620 You were right to call us, Mr. Cobb. 581 00:41:18,740 --> 00:41:21,080 They say the Klan is dead. 582 00:41:22,660 --> 00:41:27,670 Klan don't show up for a few years and people say the Klan is dead. 583 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,800 Fact is, it just looks dead. 584 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,170 The Klan has always been right there... 585 00:41:34,340 --> 00:41:36,510 ...under the surface. 586 00:41:37,340 --> 00:41:41,890 Just waiting for the opportunity to deliver God's justice. 587 00:41:42,930 --> 00:41:44,270 I wanna help. 588 00:41:44,430 --> 00:41:46,440 I wanna kill that nigger. 589 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,310 Niggers got plenty of protection nowadays. 590 00:41:51,150 --> 00:41:55,610 They got the NAACP and the ACLU. 591 00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:58,110 Even the federal government. 592 00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,910 Hell. 593 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,990 White folks ain't got a chance. 594 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,080 Except the Klan. 595 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,590 I'm gonna tell you what. 596 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:17,010 You get five or six of your friends of similar thinking... 597 00:42:17,170 --> 00:42:21,470 ...and we'll initiate the Madison County Klavern. 598 00:42:22,890 --> 00:42:24,810 Even make you leader. 599 00:42:27,270 --> 00:42:29,060 Now, you tell me... 600 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,980 ...who's that nigger's lawyer? 601 00:42:32,020 --> 00:42:33,230 Local boy. 602 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,690 His name's Brigance. He's got a pretty good reputation. 603 00:42:38,780 --> 00:42:40,110 He got family? 604 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:44,030 Yes, sir. He... He has a wife and a daughter. 605 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,370 Good. 606 00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:09,890 OFFICER [OVER RADIO]: Two, two. 607 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:32,250 - What the hell is he doing here? SHERIFF: Now, calm down. 608 00:43:32,420 --> 00:43:34,080 - No. - Come on, calm down. 609 00:43:34,250 --> 00:43:38,130 - Calm down. BOY: He has no right after what he did. 610 00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:40,090 No, he's got no right, sheriff. 611 00:43:40,260 --> 00:43:42,680 SHERIFF: Don't get your mom upset now. 612 00:43:56,070 --> 00:43:57,780 Looney? 613 00:43:58,780 --> 00:44:00,030 Dwayne? 614 00:44:04,620 --> 00:44:07,410 I made Ozzie bring me. 615 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,040 Shit, Dwayne, we-- 616 00:44:14,210 --> 00:44:16,250 We known each other since we was kids. 617 00:44:21,550 --> 00:44:22,930 It's my fault. 618 00:44:24,050 --> 00:44:25,760 No matter what gets said in court... 619 00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:31,520 ...I knew what I was doing, and I sure didn't intend to hurt you... 620 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,100 ...but just them two boys. 621 00:44:38,610 --> 00:44:41,650 I know it don't mean much now... 622 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:43,900 ...but I'm sorry. 623 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,670 Some folks think that a black man cannot receive a fair trial in the South. 624 00:44:56,130 --> 00:45:00,130 I intend to show the men and women of the South will look past color and see truth. 625 00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:01,960 It sure is a nigger's world. 626 00:45:02,130 --> 00:45:03,590 Not for long. 627 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,140 FREDDIE: Boys, I am very proud to invite you to become soldiers... 628 00:45:10,310 --> 00:45:13,310 ...in the war to protect our Christian homes and families. 629 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:18,270 To resurrect our country from the fires of racial degradation. 630 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:24,190 And to make white people the sole masters of our nation's destiny. 631 00:45:24,650 --> 00:45:26,950 What I'm saying, fellas... 632 00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:29,620 ...it's time for the nigger to pay. 633 00:45:32,660 --> 00:45:36,710 - Something wrong with your telephone? - No, we just had the number changed. 634 00:45:36,870 --> 00:45:38,580 That's what the operator said. 635 00:45:38,750 --> 00:45:40,880 - To an unlisted number. - Yeah. 636 00:45:41,050 --> 00:45:43,170 I'm sorry you had to come all the way up here. 637 00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:45,170 I should've called you, but this case-- 638 00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:49,090 This case has us all worried sick about you all, Jake. 639 00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:53,020 And you know this thing could get ugly. And dangerous. 640 00:45:53,180 --> 00:45:56,480 Jake, he shot them in cold blood. 641 00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:00,610 They raped and almost murdered his daughter, Sarah. 642 00:46:00,770 --> 00:46:02,900 What if the same thing happened to Hannah? 643 00:46:03,070 --> 00:46:06,320 WOMAN 1: Brigance! Mr. Brigance! Mr. Brigance! 644 00:46:06,490 --> 00:46:09,110 - May we ask a few questions? WOMAN 2: Can we get a quote? 645 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:10,870 - Mr. Brigance. - Excuse me a second. 646 00:46:11,030 --> 00:46:13,040 I'm going to go take a few questions. 647 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,080 - Jake, this isn't the time. - This is really good for Carl Lee. 648 00:46:16,250 --> 00:46:17,870 I'll be right back. 649 00:46:19,250 --> 00:46:21,000 Thank y'all for coming. 650 00:46:21,170 --> 00:46:24,170 [REPORTERS CHATTERING] 651 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,050 I guess we'll have to read about it in the papers. 652 00:46:30,050 --> 00:46:33,060 [CHOIR SINGING GOSPEL SONG] 653 00:46:56,450 --> 00:46:58,460 [CHOIR STOPS SINGING] 654 00:47:26,190 --> 00:47:27,400 Praise Jesus! 655 00:47:27,570 --> 00:47:29,740 [CONGREGATION CHEERING] 656 00:47:43,130 --> 00:47:45,670 ISAIAH: Reverend Agee? AGEE: Yes. 657 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,340 I'm Isaiah Street. 658 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,130 Well, it's an honor to meet you, Reverend. 659 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:52,380 I saw you march with Dr. King. 660 00:47:52,550 --> 00:47:58,560 Well, well. The struggle continues today here in Canton. 661 00:47:59,140 --> 00:48:01,440 Carl Lee Hailey's on trial because he's black. 662 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:02,900 No other reason. 663 00:48:04,150 --> 00:48:07,480 - These people are with the NAACP. - Oh? 664 00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:09,900 - Reverend Agee. - How do you do? 665 00:48:10,070 --> 00:48:11,150 How do you do? 666 00:48:11,490 --> 00:48:17,830 Reverend Agee, the black community's concerned that Mr. Hailey's attorney... 667 00:48:17,990 --> 00:48:20,870 ...is not sensitive to the needs of the movement. 668 00:48:21,830 --> 00:48:27,210 The NAACP wishes to provide him with a new lawyer. 669 00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:33,760 We need to raise funds to support Carl Lee Hailey. 670 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,850 I don't know, Reverend. Time's awfully tight here. 671 00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:44,060 Obviously, we would expect you to take... 672 00:48:44,230 --> 00:48:48,230 ...a modest administration fee for your troubles. 673 00:49:14,380 --> 00:49:20,850 SISSON: Your loyalty has been forged in a baptism of fire. 674 00:49:21,970 --> 00:49:26,400 Rise, knights of the Ku Klux Klan... 675 00:49:27,020 --> 00:49:31,690 ...and let your brethren never regret... 676 00:49:32,730 --> 00:49:37,910 ...they believed you worthy of fellowship. 677 00:49:43,250 --> 00:49:45,370 Welcome to the Klan. 678 00:49:57,340 --> 00:49:59,140 MAN: I need to talk to Jake Brigance. 679 00:49:59,300 --> 00:50:01,600 He's not in. May I ask who's calling? 680 00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:05,100 MAN: Uh, well-- 681 00:50:05,310 --> 00:50:06,350 Mickey Mouse. 682 00:50:06,810 --> 00:50:08,730 - Who? MAN [OVER PHONE]: Mickey Mouse. 683 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,610 Get out right now. 684 00:50:11,770 --> 00:50:12,770 Who is this? 685 00:50:12,940 --> 00:50:15,690 MAN [OVER PHONE]: Get your daughter out of the house right now. 686 00:50:16,860 --> 00:50:18,240 HANNAH: Mommy! 687 00:50:18,410 --> 00:50:20,450 - Hannah? HANNAH: Mommy! 688 00:50:20,620 --> 00:50:24,040 CARLA: Hannah? What is it? Oh, my God! 689 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,500 Max! Max, come on! 690 00:50:26,660 --> 00:50:28,040 Fire! Aah! 691 00:50:28,210 --> 00:50:29,920 [MAX BARKING] 692 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,090 [FIREFIGHTERS CHATTERING] 693 00:50:36,050 --> 00:50:39,380 It's a good thing Hastings was nearby and got here fast. 694 00:50:39,550 --> 00:50:41,970 The whole place could've burned down. 695 00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:44,720 - Yeah, I appreciate it. - Take care, man. 696 00:50:44,890 --> 00:50:46,850 See you in the morning. 697 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,320 She asleep, baby? 698 00:50:56,650 --> 00:50:59,910 The Ku Klux Klan is burning crosses on our lawn, Jake. 699 00:51:00,070 --> 00:51:03,160 Baby, there's been no Klan around here for years, okay? 700 00:51:03,330 --> 00:51:07,160 This is just a couple of dorks with too much time on their hands and too many beers. 701 00:51:11,710 --> 00:51:13,960 - I'm sorry. - About what? 702 00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:19,130 That you weren't home when someone practically burned our house down? 703 00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:21,930 That you missed supper and didn't even bother to call? 704 00:51:22,090 --> 00:51:25,180 That lately you've become more interested in getting on the news... 705 00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:27,220 ...than what's going on with your family? 706 00:51:27,390 --> 00:51:31,230 Or that Hannah comes home bawling because of kids calling her a nigger-lover? 707 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,480 What exactly are you sorry about, Jake? 708 00:51:42,860 --> 00:51:44,910 Remember the other night? 709 00:51:46,620 --> 00:51:49,160 I told you Carl Lee came by the office? 710 00:51:49,330 --> 00:51:51,710 Remember what we talked about then? 711 00:51:52,170 --> 00:51:54,170 About me calling Ozzie? 712 00:51:57,250 --> 00:51:59,970 You never called him, did you? 713 00:52:00,970 --> 00:52:02,430 You never called Sheriff Walls? 714 00:52:03,430 --> 00:52:05,220 I didn't call him, baby. 715 00:52:06,430 --> 00:52:10,270 Lord have mercy, Jake, you had a responsibility. 716 00:52:10,430 --> 00:52:12,390 Carl Lee chose you. 717 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,730 He told you what he was thinking. 718 00:52:15,900 --> 00:52:18,320 He told me what he was thinking, but I didn't know-- 719 00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:22,780 Jake Tyler Brigance, we agreed, you were gonna call the sheriff. 720 00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:25,370 Now look at everything that has happened. 721 00:52:26,070 --> 00:52:29,910 I am sorry to tell you this, darling, but those two boys are in the ground... 722 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:33,080 ...and you were in a position to prevent every bit of this. 723 00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:34,500 HANNAH: Mama? 724 00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:37,500 Are you and Daddy fighting? 725 00:52:39,050 --> 00:52:42,760 No, baby. Come here. Come here, baby. Come here. 726 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:47,300 Mommy's just upset because some silly man played a real bad joke, okay? 727 00:52:47,470 --> 00:52:49,430 There's nothing to worry about. 728 00:52:49,850 --> 00:52:52,890 Nothing at all, okay? 729 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,530 What that Memphis doctor say about her? 730 00:53:01,780 --> 00:53:03,400 She's doing good. 731 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:05,950 Her jaw is healing. 732 00:53:06,110 --> 00:53:09,830 She can't run and jump yet, but it won't be long. 733 00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:12,790 How about the other? 734 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,670 There was too much damage. 735 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:26,680 She ain't gonna never have kids. 736 00:53:35,140 --> 00:53:37,480 You know, I think about them two boys. 737 00:53:37,650 --> 00:53:39,230 Dead, buried... 738 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:41,860 ...probably starting to rot. 739 00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,320 And I remember them walking in court... 740 00:53:45,490 --> 00:53:47,410 ...one proud, the other scared. 741 00:53:49,030 --> 00:53:51,120 I remember how they fell. 742 00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:56,330 One on top of the other, and screaming and squirming and not going nowhere. 743 00:53:58,210 --> 00:54:00,880 God help me, Gwen, but... 744 00:54:02,590 --> 00:54:04,880 ...that's the only thought gives me comfort. 745 00:54:08,220 --> 00:54:11,300 They took up a collection for us at church Sunday night. 746 00:54:12,060 --> 00:54:14,390 Some kind of defense fund. 747 00:54:15,140 --> 00:54:17,730 Reverend Agee gave a good service. 748 00:54:21,020 --> 00:54:27,360 We need some money around the house, Carl Lee, for groceries and bills. 749 00:54:27,530 --> 00:54:28,820 How much you got? 750 00:54:28,990 --> 00:54:30,370 [SIGHS] 751 00:54:30,530 --> 00:54:31,700 Less than 50. 752 00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:35,160 I'll think of something. 753 00:54:38,790 --> 00:54:42,710 How you think you going to get some money while you stuck here in jail? 754 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,500 Trust me, Gwen. 755 00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:51,470 I just get scared. 756 00:54:53,390 --> 00:54:55,060 Look here. 757 00:54:55,390 --> 00:55:01,190 Tell me exactly what Reverend Agee said when he passed around the collection plate. 758 00:55:01,350 --> 00:55:04,570 I don't care. We are dealing with life and death here. 759 00:55:04,730 --> 00:55:08,700 - I'm gonna have to talk to my supervisor. - Well, you go talk. Get out of here. 760 00:55:08,860 --> 00:55:11,620 JAKE: Morning, John. How are things at the electric company? 761 00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:15,700 The electric company. That is the second time this week I've had to hold him off. 762 00:55:15,870 --> 00:55:17,700 - How much do we owe? - Two thousand dollars. 763 00:55:17,870 --> 00:55:20,830 - How much do we have? - One hundred dollars. 764 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,130 Now, look, this week nothing, nothing has come in at all. Look. 765 00:55:24,290 --> 00:55:27,210 What about Buck Britt's retainer? There's 2 grand. 766 00:55:27,380 --> 00:55:30,590 - That check bounced. - What do you mean, bounced? 767 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,510 It bounced, Jake. 768 00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:35,260 It's been sitting on your desk for a week. 769 00:55:35,430 --> 00:55:37,470 Not that you'd notice. 770 00:55:39,180 --> 00:55:42,690 Since you took this case, you-- You stopped talking to your clients... 771 00:55:42,850 --> 00:55:44,650 ...you don't take your calls, you-- 772 00:55:44,810 --> 00:55:48,690 You're obsessed. That's what you are. You're obsessed, Jake. 773 00:55:49,190 --> 00:55:52,280 - Boy, your obsession is going to break us. - Hey, hey, hey. 774 00:55:52,450 --> 00:55:55,120 What's wrong, girl? We've been through hard times before. 775 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,200 Oh, not like this, Jake. 776 00:55:57,370 --> 00:55:59,450 Not like this. 777 00:56:00,370 --> 00:56:02,370 We've been getting calls. 778 00:56:02,540 --> 00:56:03,710 At home. 779 00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:05,090 Threats. 780 00:56:06,460 --> 00:56:10,760 You know Bud has survived two strokes. I don't think he would survive a third. 781 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:12,130 Why didn't you tell me? 782 00:56:13,590 --> 00:56:15,470 Why, Jake? 783 00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,010 Would you drop the case? 784 00:56:18,060 --> 00:56:20,060 [PHONE RINGS] 785 00:56:22,850 --> 00:56:24,060 Jake Brigance's office. 786 00:56:24,230 --> 00:56:26,820 Until they cut the phones off. 787 00:56:27,650 --> 00:56:29,110 Oh, right. 788 00:56:29,860 --> 00:56:31,070 Okay. 789 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:34,110 Right. That was Sheriff Walls. 790 00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:36,240 You better get down to that jail. 791 00:56:43,670 --> 00:56:45,830 What's going on here, Carl Lee? 792 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,090 - I'm Isaiah Street. - Jake Brigance. 793 00:56:48,250 --> 00:56:50,420 ISAIAH: Uh-huh. Uh... 794 00:56:50,590 --> 00:56:52,670 - I believe you know Reverend Agee. - Jake. 795 00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:55,010 - And this is-- - Norman Reinfield. 796 00:56:55,180 --> 00:56:57,430 I've seen your picture in the paper. 797 00:56:58,300 --> 00:57:01,020 I assume these boys carry your briefcase. 798 00:57:01,180 --> 00:57:03,850 Just a small part of my legal defense team. 799 00:57:04,020 --> 00:57:05,400 Pleasure, Mr. Brigance. 800 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:06,690 JAKE: Mm-hm. 801 00:57:06,860 --> 00:57:09,230 If this is a party, boys, where's the chips and beer? 802 00:57:09,690 --> 00:57:13,900 Otherwise, you being here seems a bit like illegal client solicitation. 803 00:57:14,070 --> 00:57:16,200 With Carl Lee already having a lawyer and all. 804 00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:18,120 Well, now, just a minute, Jake. 805 00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,290 Carl Lee invited us here. 806 00:57:22,500 --> 00:57:24,370 ISAIAH: Mr. Brigance... 807 00:57:24,540 --> 00:57:26,830 ...let me be frank. 808 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,380 Mr. Hailey's case has far-reaching ramifications. 809 00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,210 Carl Lee's acquittal for the killings of two white men... 810 00:57:33,380 --> 00:57:35,720 ...would do more for black people in Mississippi... 811 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:39,260 ...than any event since we integrated the schools. 812 00:57:39,430 --> 00:57:42,600 His conviction, on the other hand, will be a slap at us. 813 00:57:42,770 --> 00:57:44,890 A symbol of deep-seated racism. 814 00:57:45,060 --> 00:57:47,310 Perhaps enough to ignite a nation. 815 00:57:47,730 --> 00:57:49,900 See how important this case is? 816 00:57:50,060 --> 00:57:52,610 Enter Mr. Reinfield's death squad, right? 817 00:57:52,780 --> 00:57:56,650 It's an unfortunate nickname, but apropos. 818 00:57:56,820 --> 00:58:00,240 My lawyers and I handle only capital-murder cases, Mr. Hailey. 819 00:58:00,410 --> 00:58:03,750 Yeah, and of all your cases, Norman, how many are supposed to be lost... 820 00:58:03,910 --> 00:58:06,540 -...so you can martyr the victim? - Now, Mr. Brigance. 821 00:58:06,710 --> 00:58:11,590 How much a defense like that cost? 822 00:58:12,630 --> 00:58:14,170 Yeah. 823 00:58:15,050 --> 00:58:16,630 Would you say about 100,000? 824 00:58:16,800 --> 00:58:20,850 We are prepared to accept 7000 in litigation expenses. 825 00:58:21,010 --> 00:58:24,770 Well, Carl Lee doesn't have $7000. 826 00:58:24,930 --> 00:58:25,980 Do you, Carl Lee? 827 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:32,110 The NAACP has raised $5000 for Carl Lee's legal defense fund. 828 00:58:32,270 --> 00:58:35,440 And we raised an additional $2000 from the local churches. 829 00:58:35,610 --> 00:58:37,280 CARL LEE: Let me ask you something, Reverend. 830 00:58:37,700 --> 00:58:40,660 How much of that cash you offer my wife and kids? 831 00:58:40,820 --> 00:58:44,910 Well, that money is to go to pay for lawyers' fees and stuff like that. 832 00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,210 That ain't what you told the church, now, is it? 833 00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,870 You almost cried when you told them... 834 00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:54,250 ...how my family might starve if they didn't donate all they could, didn't you? 835 00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:57,670 Well, the money is for you and your family, Carl Lee... 836 00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:00,800 ...but we thought it'd be better spent on your legal defense. 837 00:59:00,970 --> 00:59:03,640 Well, speaking of that defense fund... 838 00:59:03,810 --> 00:59:06,310 ...can I use that for any lawyer I want? 839 00:59:06,470 --> 00:59:09,310 Well, it's not that simple, Carl Lee. 840 00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:12,360 Actually, it is that simple, Carl Lee. 841 00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:17,240 Unless the NAACP wants to go on record as soliciting funds under false pretenses. 842 00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,610 ISAIAH: Listen, Carl Lee, we raised that money... 843 00:59:20,780 --> 00:59:23,830 ...for these men to get you out of here, not for this cracker to-- 844 00:59:23,990 --> 00:59:27,870 Now, hey, hey, hey. Hold on. Hold on right there, now. 845 00:59:28,330 --> 00:59:31,920 Let me just get this straight here, Reverend. 846 00:59:34,500 --> 00:59:37,920 If you don't give my wife that cash... 847 00:59:38,090 --> 00:59:41,970 ...I'm gonna see to it everybody in this town knows you're a lying crook. 848 00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:45,180 I'm sure your congregation will be interested to know... 849 00:59:45,350 --> 00:59:48,560 ...Gwen and the kids can't eat because you want in with the NAACP. 850 00:59:48,730 --> 00:59:51,980 That's right. By the time I get through with you... 851 00:59:52,150 --> 00:59:56,020 ...you won't be able to collect 2 cents in that collection plate on Sunday. 852 00:59:56,190 --> 01:00:00,360 We'll expect the check for the Hailey family this afternoon, Reverend Agee. 853 01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:04,700 Reverend Street, I sure do appreciate your fine work... 854 01:00:04,870 --> 01:00:07,080 ...but I'm gonna take my chances with Jake here. 855 01:00:09,250 --> 01:00:11,500 Thanks for coming down, Mr. Reinfield. 856 01:00:12,330 --> 01:00:15,840 Uh, and we'll be expecting that check for Jake's legal services... 857 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:18,000 ...around the same time this afternoon. 858 01:00:22,130 --> 01:00:23,840 Good day, men. 859 01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:32,390 MAN: Go. 860 01:00:35,900 --> 01:00:37,400 Go. 861 01:00:38,110 --> 01:00:39,690 Good. 862 01:00:41,990 --> 01:00:44,070 You set that whole thing up, didn't you? 863 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,120 Couldn't have did it without you, Jake. 864 01:00:48,660 --> 01:00:50,540 Make one hell of a team, Carl Lee. 865 01:00:51,330 --> 01:00:54,420 You out there, Jake. I'm in here. 866 01:00:54,580 --> 01:00:55,920 We ain't no team. 867 01:01:20,610 --> 01:01:22,240 HARRY REX: There's trouble. 868 01:01:23,780 --> 01:01:25,610 Oh, lookie there. 869 01:01:30,870 --> 01:01:32,660 No, here's trouble, Harry Rex. 870 01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,170 [SIGHS] 871 01:01:41,420 --> 01:01:43,170 Hi. You are...? 872 01:01:43,340 --> 01:01:45,050 JAKE: Roark, meet Mr. Harry Rex Vonner... 873 01:01:45,220 --> 01:01:48,800 ...the most effective, connected, morally compromised lawyer in the country. 874 01:01:48,970 --> 01:01:52,270 - Oh. Ellen Roark, brilliant law student. - Do with me as you will. 875 01:01:52,430 --> 01:01:54,480 - Looking forward to it. - Okay. 876 01:01:54,980 --> 01:01:57,810 Um, well, thought this might interest you. 877 01:01:57,980 --> 01:02:02,360 In all murder trials, it seems the insanity plea only makes up 1 percent overall. 878 01:02:02,530 --> 01:02:05,190 And of the 1 percent of that that resulted in acquittal... 879 01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,320 ...success rested almost wholly on the-- 880 01:02:07,490 --> 01:02:11,870 On the defending psychiatrist regardless of the quality of the psychological testimony. 881 01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:13,580 - Yeah. - Shazam. 882 01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:14,790 She is brilliant. 883 01:02:14,950 --> 01:02:17,040 "She." That would be me? 884 01:02:17,210 --> 01:02:19,500 - Now, who else would she be? - So she would be me. 885 01:02:19,670 --> 01:02:22,380 She is saying that if I take this plea to trial... 886 01:02:22,550 --> 01:02:26,170 ...the verdict is going to hinge on whose shrink the jury finds more credible. 887 01:02:26,670 --> 01:02:28,090 She would be correct. 888 01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:30,090 She would. 889 01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:32,720 So are you sure you don't need any help? 890 01:02:32,890 --> 01:02:36,350 I do. I'm hiring. Right now. Me. 891 01:02:36,850 --> 01:02:40,940 Roark, I am sure that I don't need any help. Thank you, though. 892 01:02:41,110 --> 01:02:43,020 Okay. 893 01:02:43,190 --> 01:02:46,440 I guess that would just have to be your loss, then, huh? 894 01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:50,620 Nice to meet you, Morally Compromised. 895 01:02:50,780 --> 01:02:51,990 Pleasure's all mine. 896 01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:53,700 She. 897 01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:00,630 Got to love the Lord for making things like that. 898 01:03:00,790 --> 01:03:03,380 Sure you don't wanna at least take a peak at her résumé? 899 01:03:03,540 --> 01:03:05,840 Not like you couldn't use the help. 900 01:03:06,010 --> 01:03:10,050 No, I don't want to look at her résumé, Harry Rex, because I have you. 901 01:03:10,220 --> 01:03:12,300 - You do? - Yeah, buddy. 902 01:03:12,470 --> 01:03:15,850 This is your chance to put aside your shady sources, back-alley deals... 903 01:03:16,020 --> 01:03:19,560 ...your greedy divorcées, and do some real law for a change. 904 01:03:19,730 --> 01:03:21,190 [CHUCKLES] 905 01:03:21,350 --> 01:03:23,110 Mr. Vonner, in short... 906 01:03:23,270 --> 01:03:26,900 ...you now have the opportunity to work on a case that matters. 907 01:03:27,740 --> 01:03:29,110 Let me get this straight. 908 01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:33,910 You want me to put aside my empty, soulless, shady... 909 01:03:34,080 --> 01:03:36,700 ...astonishingly lucrative, divorcée practice... 910 01:03:36,870 --> 01:03:40,920 ...come work with you on an unwinnable, bleeding-heart, lose-all-my-friends... 911 01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:43,580 ...straight-to-the-gas-chamber case because it matters? 912 01:03:43,750 --> 01:03:45,090 That is a novel idea, I know. 913 01:03:45,250 --> 01:03:47,510 No way, never, presumptuous little shit. 914 01:03:47,670 --> 01:03:49,090 [BELL RINGS] 915 01:03:50,260 --> 01:03:51,590 Good night, y'all. 916 01:03:56,510 --> 01:03:58,720 WOMAN [OVER PHONE]: Hello? MAN: I need the sheriff. 917 01:03:58,890 --> 01:04:02,230 WOMAN: He's sleeping now. MAN: Well, get him up. 918 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:06,110 WOMAN: Who is this? MAN: Someone's gonna die tonight. 919 01:04:28,710 --> 01:04:31,010 MAN: Unh! SHERIFF: I got him! 920 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:34,140 JAKE: Get his ass, Ozzie! SHERIFF: What's in the case? 921 01:04:34,300 --> 01:04:36,100 [MAN GRUNTING] 922 01:04:44,350 --> 01:04:46,610 JAKE: This thing's ticking. - What's in the case? 923 01:04:46,810 --> 01:04:49,110 I ain't saying, nigger. 924 01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,860 [YELLING] 925 01:04:53,110 --> 01:04:55,200 - Family out of the house? - Yeah. 926 01:04:57,030 --> 01:04:58,280 It's locked. 927 01:05:03,210 --> 01:05:04,500 Now I want you to open that. 928 01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:10,340 [YELLING] 929 01:05:17,350 --> 01:05:18,390 Oh, man... 930 01:05:20,770 --> 01:05:21,810 Defuse it. 931 01:05:22,350 --> 01:05:26,850 I'm gonna take you and this nigger-lover to hell with-- 932 01:05:28,020 --> 01:05:31,190 Ain't nothing more dangerous in this world than a fool with a cause. 933 01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:34,280 Lay that thing back down there. Let's get the hell out of here. 934 01:05:34,450 --> 01:05:36,700 JAKE: Carla loves this house. 935 01:05:36,860 --> 01:05:38,160 [ALARM RINGING] 936 01:05:38,660 --> 01:05:39,780 [JAKE GRUNTS] 937 01:05:41,660 --> 01:05:44,660 [MAX BARKING] 938 01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:58,550 MAN 1: How you doing, Stan? MAN 2: Hey, how you doing? 939 01:05:59,470 --> 01:06:00,510 JAKE: Come here, girl. 940 01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:03,600 Mwah. 941 01:06:04,350 --> 01:06:06,730 HANNAH: Daddy, are you coming to Grandpa's too? 942 01:06:06,890 --> 01:06:09,900 Mm-mm. Not this time, baby. Daddy's gotta stay here and work. 943 01:06:10,060 --> 01:06:11,980 You and your mama have a good time, okay? 944 01:06:12,150 --> 01:06:14,610 - All right. - All right. You be good. 945 01:06:14,940 --> 01:06:16,280 Go get your stuff down there. 946 01:06:17,530 --> 01:06:19,820 You said you'd withdraw if it got too dangerous. 947 01:06:19,990 --> 01:06:21,080 I know. 948 01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:23,790 But I can't quit now, you know that. 949 01:06:24,330 --> 01:06:27,960 Carl Lee Hailey's facing the gas chamber, baby. The man is counting on me. 950 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,210 I understand that, Jake. 951 01:06:31,380 --> 01:06:33,880 I want you to remember that we're counting on you too. 952 01:06:34,050 --> 01:06:36,380 What if something happens to you? 953 01:06:36,550 --> 01:06:39,430 Nothing's gonna happen to me, baby. Come here. 954 01:06:39,890 --> 01:06:41,600 Give me a hug? Hmm? 955 01:06:42,310 --> 01:06:43,810 Everything's gonna be all right. 956 01:06:43,970 --> 01:06:46,680 I'm gonna be fine, you're gonna be fine. Okay? 957 01:06:46,850 --> 01:06:48,520 Okay, babe? 958 01:06:49,730 --> 01:06:50,770 I promise. 959 01:06:53,070 --> 01:06:56,280 Watch you don't make your wife promises you can't keep. 960 01:06:58,780 --> 01:07:00,110 Hannah? 961 01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:01,950 - You ready? HANNAH: Uh-huh. 962 01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:04,660 WOMAN [OVER PA]: Last boarding call. 963 01:07:14,630 --> 01:07:16,090 MAID: Good afternoon. JAKE: Good afternoon. 964 01:07:16,260 --> 01:07:17,970 MAID: Come in. 965 01:07:18,510 --> 01:07:19,970 BUTLER: Good afternoon. JAKE: Good afternoon. 966 01:07:20,130 --> 01:07:22,550 BUTLER: You may come this way. The judge is upstairs. 967 01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:24,390 JAKE: Thank you, sir. 968 01:07:32,900 --> 01:07:34,480 Judge Noose. 969 01:07:35,650 --> 01:07:37,650 Thanks for coming. 970 01:07:39,110 --> 01:07:41,860 - Heard you had a little trouble last night. - Yes, sir. 971 01:07:42,030 --> 01:07:45,080 Makes you wonder about the sensibleness of taking this case. 972 01:07:45,240 --> 01:07:48,450 This is a beautiful place you have here, judge. 973 01:07:48,620 --> 01:07:50,160 I'll get to the point. 974 01:07:50,330 --> 01:07:56,170 I've thoroughly reviewed your brief request in that change of venue. 975 01:07:56,340 --> 01:08:01,430 And I agree with you. I think it's impossible to find a fair and impartial jury in Canton. 976 01:08:01,590 --> 01:08:06,510 In fact, I think it's impossible to find a fair and impartial jury anywhere in Mississippi. 977 01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:08,060 And as such... 978 01:08:08,220 --> 01:08:10,640 ...a jury here would be... 979 01:08:10,810 --> 01:08:13,770 ...as fair as a jury anywhere else. 980 01:08:13,940 --> 01:08:18,360 So I've decided to deny your request for a change of venue. 981 01:08:18,860 --> 01:08:19,860 [CLEARS THROAT] 982 01:08:20,030 --> 01:08:21,650 Well, I guess that... 983 01:08:21,820 --> 01:08:23,410 ...gives me something to appeal. 984 01:08:23,570 --> 01:08:26,200 Uh, actually, no. 985 01:08:26,370 --> 01:08:28,700 I spoke to Judge Dent... 986 01:08:28,870 --> 01:08:33,040 ...and he led me to believe that the supreme court would uphold my ruling. 987 01:08:34,380 --> 01:08:36,460 You certainly have covered your bases, judge. 988 01:08:38,420 --> 01:08:42,130 Jake, you're a good lawyer. 989 01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:46,350 You're bright and ambitious. Talented. You could be somebody around here. 990 01:08:46,510 --> 01:08:50,600 You sure you wanna be known as the man that defended that murderer? 991 01:08:51,140 --> 01:08:53,600 Could be very unpopular. 992 01:08:54,350 --> 01:08:56,230 Talk to your client. 993 01:08:56,860 --> 01:08:58,230 He pleads guilty... 994 01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:00,940 ...I'll recommend Buckley accept a plea of manslaughter. 995 01:09:01,110 --> 01:09:02,360 He'd be out in 20. 996 01:09:03,150 --> 01:09:06,120 Yeah. And how's his wife supposed to raise his family alone? 997 01:09:06,950 --> 01:09:08,620 Better than being a widow. 998 01:09:10,620 --> 01:09:12,250 Think about it. 999 01:09:12,410 --> 01:09:16,290 Why toss away a promising career, hmm? 1000 01:09:19,130 --> 01:09:21,670 - Good day, judge. - Thanks for coming. 1001 01:09:26,260 --> 01:09:29,850 JAKE: All right, Lucien. Where the hell is this guy? 1002 01:09:30,010 --> 01:09:31,930 LUCIEN: Born alcoholic. 1003 01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:34,690 But the man cannot hold his liquor. 1004 01:09:34,850 --> 01:09:40,770 Jake, allow me to present Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass. 1005 01:09:40,940 --> 01:09:43,280 Expert witness for the defense. 1006 01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:48,200 W.T., this is Jake Brigance, my protégé. 1007 01:09:52,790 --> 01:09:54,620 Dr. Bass. 1008 01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,750 - Are you kidding me? - No, relax. 1009 01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:04,420 When he's sober, he's terrific. 1010 01:10:05,300 --> 01:10:09,760 He has his license, his credentials are impeccable. 1011 01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:16,020 - Well? - I need a drink. 1012 01:10:16,190 --> 01:10:17,980 Three in the afternoon? 1013 01:10:18,150 --> 01:10:21,940 - My, oh, my. What would your wife say? - I am my own man, Lucien. 1014 01:10:22,110 --> 01:10:24,490 - I drink when I want. - When did she leave town? 1015 01:10:24,650 --> 01:10:26,900 JAKE: This morning. LUCIEN: Ha-ha-ha. 1016 01:10:34,910 --> 01:10:37,500 [DOG BARKING] 1017 01:10:45,710 --> 01:10:47,340 BUD: God! Unh! 1018 01:10:48,300 --> 01:10:51,600 [MEN GRUNTING] 1019 01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:52,930 ETHEL: Bud? 1020 01:10:54,850 --> 01:10:58,270 [ETHEL YELLING AND GRUNTING] 1021 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:01,060 Oh, my-- 1022 01:11:02,310 --> 01:11:03,360 FREDDIE: That's enough. 1023 01:11:06,990 --> 01:11:09,410 [ETHEL WHIMPERING] 1024 01:11:09,820 --> 01:11:11,530 Now, you tell your boss... 1025 01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:14,620 ...next time people are gonna die. 1026 01:11:18,370 --> 01:11:20,080 ETHEL: Oh, Bud. 1027 01:11:21,170 --> 01:11:23,090 Oh, Bud. 1028 01:11:23,380 --> 01:11:26,260 [DOORBELL BUZZING] 1029 01:11:46,730 --> 01:11:48,280 ELLEN: Hi. 1030 01:11:48,440 --> 01:11:49,490 Morning. 1031 01:11:49,650 --> 01:11:50,780 [GROANS] 1032 01:11:53,240 --> 01:11:55,240 Nice parking job. Late night? 1033 01:12:02,250 --> 01:12:04,840 - Yeah. - Hmm. 1034 01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,000 So, um, here. 1035 01:12:07,170 --> 01:12:11,090 - Oh, thank you. - Your wife lets you sleep at the office? 1036 01:12:11,590 --> 01:12:13,300 My wife left town. 1037 01:12:13,470 --> 01:12:15,600 That's too bad. 1038 01:12:16,100 --> 01:12:19,930 So listen, I heard that Judge Noose turned down your change of venue. 1039 01:12:20,350 --> 01:12:22,020 Yeah. 1040 01:12:23,350 --> 01:12:25,900 I think it's time you let me take you out to breakfast. 1041 01:12:28,940 --> 01:12:30,030 Lunch. 1042 01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:35,450 CLAUDE: Quit playing with that food. But, ladies, y'all come back. 1043 01:12:35,620 --> 01:12:38,660 - You need to finish that before Christmas. - Thank you, treasure. 1044 01:12:38,830 --> 01:12:42,120 Now, the other night, you said you're opposed to the death penalty. 1045 01:12:42,290 --> 01:12:44,500 - Yes, sir. - Why? 1046 01:12:44,670 --> 01:12:46,000 - You're not? - Mm-mm. 1047 01:12:46,170 --> 01:12:48,000 Actually, I'm very much in favor of it. 1048 01:12:48,170 --> 01:12:51,050 I'd like to go back to hangings on the court lawn if we could. 1049 01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:53,760 - You're kidding, right? - No. 1050 01:12:53,930 --> 01:12:57,890 The only problem with the death penalty, Roark, is that we do not use it enough. 1051 01:13:01,060 --> 01:13:03,690 Well, have you told your client Carl Lee Hailey this? 1052 01:13:03,850 --> 01:13:05,980 Carl Lee does not deserve the death penalty. 1053 01:13:06,150 --> 01:13:09,150 - The two men who raped his daughter did. - How do you decide... 1054 01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:10,650 ...who dies and who doesn't? 1055 01:13:10,820 --> 01:13:15,780 Well, simple. Okay, you take the crime and you take the criminal. 1056 01:13:15,950 --> 01:13:20,080 Now, say a crack dealer guns down an undercover cop. 1057 01:13:20,240 --> 01:13:23,000 Well, you strap his ass to the chair, flip the switch. 1058 01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:25,330 For some reason, I thought you were a liberal. 1059 01:13:25,870 --> 01:13:27,670 Well, I am a liberal, Roark. 1060 01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:31,710 What I am not is a card-carrying ACLU radical. 1061 01:13:32,090 --> 01:13:34,630 I do not believe in forgiveness, nor in rehabilitation. 1062 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:38,720 I believe in safety. I believe in justice. 1063 01:13:40,180 --> 01:13:43,350 I see. Well, let me ask you something. 1064 01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:45,270 Have you ever seen a man executed? 1065 01:13:46,770 --> 01:13:49,150 - Not that I recall. - Then what I suggest you do... 1066 01:13:49,310 --> 01:13:51,020 ...is you go watch a man be executed. 1067 01:13:51,190 --> 01:13:54,990 You watch him die, watch him beg, watch him kick and spit the life out of him... 1068 01:13:55,150 --> 01:13:57,870 ...until he pisses and shits in his pants, until he's gone. 1069 01:13:58,030 --> 01:14:01,120 Then you come back here and sing this crap to me about justice-- 1070 01:14:01,290 --> 01:14:04,330 Roark, spare me your Northern, liberal, cry-me-a-river... 1071 01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:07,540 ...we-are-the-only-enlightened-ones bullshit. 1072 01:14:07,710 --> 01:14:10,380 I'm so sorry, yes, you are the enlightened. Yes, you are. 1073 01:14:10,540 --> 01:14:14,420 And that's why you brought me to this black diner in this black neighborhood. 1074 01:14:14,590 --> 01:14:18,760 So you can convince me you're this JFK-meets-Jesus-Christ white boy. 1075 01:14:18,930 --> 01:14:20,050 Is that what it is? 1076 01:14:20,220 --> 01:14:23,100 Or because you're another repressed, hypocritical provincial... 1077 01:14:23,270 --> 01:14:26,730 ...who maybe didn't want to be seen around town with a woman like myself? 1078 01:14:27,310 --> 01:14:29,560 Yes, you sure are enlightened. You know what? 1079 01:14:29,730 --> 01:14:33,570 I'm terribly sorry, I've made a mistake. I thought you were one of the good guys. 1080 01:14:33,730 --> 01:14:36,740 Thank you very much for your time, Mr. Brigance. 1081 01:14:52,290 --> 01:14:53,340 WOMAN: Do it. 1082 01:14:53,500 --> 01:14:55,710 ELLEN: I get a little worked up. 1083 01:14:56,800 --> 01:14:59,590 Guess that's not the best way to apply for a job, huh? 1084 01:15:02,510 --> 01:15:06,930 I don't want the jury to see those pictures of the dead rapists. Can we keep them out? 1085 01:15:07,390 --> 01:15:08,440 No. 1086 01:15:09,350 --> 01:15:12,440 It is vital that I admit the rape. I want the jury to know details. 1087 01:15:12,610 --> 01:15:14,820 I'm gonna need briefs on both. 1088 01:15:14,980 --> 01:15:17,820 I don't like your politics, Roark, but you do have passion... 1089 01:15:17,990 --> 01:15:20,320 ...and that's something Carl Lee needs right now... 1090 01:15:20,490 --> 01:15:22,450 ...and maybe so do I. 1091 01:15:24,540 --> 01:15:25,620 Are you getting this? 1092 01:15:25,790 --> 01:15:27,960 I'm writing it down. 1093 01:15:28,500 --> 01:15:30,620 RUFUS: All right, here's what we got. It's official. 1094 01:15:30,790 --> 01:15:33,960 The trial of Carl Lee Hailey will be held in Canton. 1095 01:15:34,130 --> 01:15:38,800 Today, presiding Judge Noose issued 150 summonses for potential jurors... 1096 01:15:38,970 --> 01:15:40,380 ...in a sealed envelope. 1097 01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:44,470 Now, to prevent tampering... 1098 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:48,810 ...that list will be kept strictly confidential until jury selection begins on Wednesday. 1099 01:15:48,980 --> 01:15:51,980 No one, not even Mr. Brigance or myself... 1100 01:15:52,150 --> 01:15:55,610 ...will know the identities of the potential jurors in this case. 1101 01:16:14,380 --> 01:16:18,630 [CHANTING] Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1102 01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:21,260 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1103 01:16:21,430 --> 01:16:24,340 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1104 01:16:28,020 --> 01:16:30,390 LUCIEN: Beautiful day, isn't it? 1105 01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:32,390 There he is. 1106 01:16:34,060 --> 01:16:36,520 - Any word on Bud? - Ethel's still with him. 1107 01:16:36,690 --> 01:16:38,030 Thank you for coming, sir. 1108 01:16:39,230 --> 01:16:40,940 Well, well, well. 1109 01:16:41,110 --> 01:16:43,410 The Pillsbury Doughboy. 1110 01:16:43,570 --> 01:16:45,740 Still practicing exploitative law? 1111 01:16:45,910 --> 01:16:47,030 Thought you were dead. 1112 01:16:47,200 --> 01:16:49,410 I'm trying. Who do we have here? 1113 01:16:49,580 --> 01:16:51,750 Miss Roark, I would like to introduce to you-- 1114 01:16:51,910 --> 01:16:55,710 Lucien Wilbanks, third white man in Mississippi to join the NAACP... 1115 01:16:55,880 --> 01:16:58,670 ...permanently disbarred by the superior court... 1116 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:03,050 ...for attacking police who busted a picket line in the EPSO oil strike. 1117 01:17:03,220 --> 01:17:05,510 It is a pleasure, Ms. Ark. 1118 01:17:07,180 --> 01:17:10,390 All right, everybody, jury selection begins this afternoon. 1119 01:17:10,560 --> 01:17:13,980 Now, to win this case, we need a sympathetic jury willing to acquit... 1120 01:17:14,140 --> 01:17:17,230 ...and a jury that can use the insanity plea as an excuse to do so. 1121 01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:18,520 I'm gonna need a drink. 1122 01:17:18,900 --> 01:17:20,230 No drinking. 1123 01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,950 What do you mean, no drinking? It's my building... 1124 01:17:23,110 --> 01:17:26,280 ...built by my grandfather, leased to you for a reasonable rent... 1125 01:17:26,450 --> 01:17:27,570 ...and I want a drink. 1126 01:17:27,740 --> 01:17:31,160 Ms. Ark, I have all the respect in the world for you. 1127 01:17:31,330 --> 01:17:34,500 I believe in your right to equal pay, equal work, to bear a child... 1128 01:17:34,670 --> 01:17:38,630 ...or to abort one. I think you should be treated just like a man. 1129 01:17:38,790 --> 01:17:40,710 And since you are a law clerk... 1130 01:17:40,880 --> 01:17:42,510 ...genderless in my eyes... 1131 01:17:42,670 --> 01:17:45,380 ...I think you should be the one to go buy the beer. 1132 01:17:45,550 --> 01:17:50,060 ERA she-woman, that would be an excellent activity for you this afternoon. 1133 01:17:50,220 --> 01:17:53,140 Hey. No drinking. Not today. 1134 01:17:56,810 --> 01:17:59,940 Now, ahem, Noose selects this panel at random. 1135 01:18:00,110 --> 01:18:02,400 If we get too many bad candidates, we're sunk. 1136 01:18:02,690 --> 01:18:04,150 Luck of the draw. 1137 01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:05,450 What you need... 1138 01:18:05,610 --> 01:18:08,450 ...is young fathers who wanna do what Carl Lee Hailey did. 1139 01:18:08,620 --> 01:18:11,620 Agreed. I think we need young men with families here. 1140 01:18:11,790 --> 01:18:15,120 Now, I would prefer no one over 50. Less bigotry, as a rule, with youth. 1141 01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:18,710 So we stay away from women, rednecks and old men. 1142 01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:21,040 NOOSE: Uh, citizens, thank you. 1143 01:18:21,210 --> 01:18:24,260 Now, counsel, you each have 12 challenges. Let's begin. 1144 01:18:26,470 --> 01:18:32,640 Your Honor, the state challenges Jurors Number 6, 10 and 32. 1145 01:18:32,810 --> 01:18:37,810 Your Honor, the defense strikes Jurors 1, 4, 8 and 2. 1146 01:18:46,450 --> 01:18:51,070 Twenty-six, 27, 28 and 31. 1147 01:18:51,370 --> 01:18:55,200 Your Honor, the defense also strikes Jurors 22 and 29. 1148 01:19:00,920 --> 01:19:04,630 Now that's it, then. Mr. Brigance, you're all out of challenges. We're done. 1149 01:19:09,300 --> 01:19:13,560 NOOSE: Jurors, you will be sequestered starting tonight. 1150 01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:15,520 Opening statements begin tomorrow morning. 1151 01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:17,060 [GAVEL BANGS] 1152 01:19:17,350 --> 01:19:20,400 That's a jury of my peers? 1153 01:19:21,190 --> 01:19:23,020 God bless America. 1154 01:19:24,860 --> 01:19:26,820 My name is Stump Sisson... 1155 01:19:26,990 --> 01:19:30,280 ...and I'm proud to be a grand dragon... 1156 01:19:30,450 --> 01:19:34,200 ...for the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan. 1157 01:19:34,370 --> 01:19:36,870 [KLAN CHEERING AND CROWD YELLING] 1158 01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:38,460 What the hell? 1159 01:19:38,620 --> 01:19:42,880 SISSON: And I'm here to say that the law-abiding white folks of Mississippi... 1160 01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:49,550 ...are sick and tired of niggers stealing, raping, killing and getting away with it. 1161 01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:51,930 Ozzie, let's get them out of here. 1162 01:19:52,970 --> 01:19:54,350 SISSON: We demand justice. 1163 01:19:54,510 --> 01:19:57,770 We demand this nigger be convicted... 1164 01:19:57,930 --> 01:20:02,770 ...and his black ass sent to the gas chamber. 1165 01:20:02,940 --> 01:20:04,150 Who you calling nigger? 1166 01:20:04,310 --> 01:20:08,570 You pointy-headed, white-faced, no-good, wife-beating son of a whore! 1167 01:20:08,740 --> 01:20:10,320 SISSON: Shut up, you wild animal! 1168 01:20:10,490 --> 01:20:13,490 WOMAN: Animal? You're the damn animal! SHERIFF: I'll drag your ass out of here! 1169 01:20:13,660 --> 01:20:15,370 WOMAN: You're the damn animal! - Unh! 1170 01:20:15,530 --> 01:20:19,250 [CROWD YELLING] 1171 01:20:19,870 --> 01:20:21,040 MAN: Come on! 1172 01:20:21,580 --> 01:20:23,170 Come on! 1173 01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:30,630 Come here, come here! 1174 01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:42,850 SISSON: That's right, go on! 1175 01:20:44,020 --> 01:20:45,810 [SCREAMING] 1176 01:20:55,740 --> 01:20:59,200 SHERIFF: Hastings! Hastings! Hastings! 1177 01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:13,680 MAN: What's going on? 1178 01:21:23,190 --> 01:21:24,900 This is for Billy Ray. 1179 01:21:25,650 --> 01:21:27,980 [JAKE YELLS] 1180 01:21:29,770 --> 01:21:32,440 ELLEN: Open! Open the gate! HARRY REX: Open the gate! 1181 01:21:45,580 --> 01:21:47,170 ELLEN: Turn around. 1182 01:21:47,630 --> 01:21:49,170 [ELLEN CLEARS THROAT] 1183 01:21:52,590 --> 01:21:54,840 I can't get to this. Just take off your pants. 1184 01:21:55,010 --> 01:21:57,050 Come on, Roark, do I look that easy? 1185 01:21:57,430 --> 01:21:59,760 Are you afraid I'm gonna see you in your underwear? 1186 01:21:59,930 --> 01:22:03,350 With Carla gone, the laundry's piling up. I'm not wearing any. 1187 01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:06,190 It's all right, I haven't worn any in years. 1188 01:22:07,190 --> 01:22:10,360 Look, I'm not gonna watch, I promise. Now strip, please. 1189 01:22:11,570 --> 01:22:13,650 All right. Fine. Batter up. 1190 01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:18,280 - What I need from you, Roark-- - Do tell. 1191 01:22:18,450 --> 01:22:21,990 --Is a way to discredit the state's shrink, Dr. Rodeheaver. 1192 01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:24,330 Unless you discredit the shrink... 1193 01:22:24,500 --> 01:22:26,830 Carl Lee does not have a chance. Ow. 1194 01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:28,040 Mm. 1195 01:22:28,210 --> 01:22:30,040 Sorry. Sissy. 1196 01:22:31,540 --> 01:22:33,300 I think he's got a very good chance. 1197 01:22:34,670 --> 01:22:37,050 There you go. I think you're gonna live. All right. 1198 01:22:37,220 --> 01:22:38,930 Thanks. Whoo. 1199 01:22:39,220 --> 01:22:40,970 Good butt. 1200 01:22:42,390 --> 01:22:43,810 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1201 01:22:43,970 --> 01:22:46,100 Ugh. So, uh... 1202 01:22:46,390 --> 01:22:48,810 What do you folks do around here to blow off steam... 1203 01:22:48,980 --> 01:22:51,190 ...besides trying to kill each other? 1204 01:22:51,360 --> 01:22:57,450 You got discos or strip bars or malls or anything to go to? 1205 01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:08,120 Stump's dead. 1206 01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:13,460 He's dead, Freddie. 1207 01:23:15,880 --> 01:23:18,220 Come on, Freddie. Let's go on home. 1208 01:23:18,380 --> 01:23:20,220 It's all over. 1209 01:23:22,050 --> 01:23:24,220 It ain't near over. 1210 01:23:24,510 --> 01:23:26,930 How you doing? Good to see you. Excuse me. 1211 01:23:27,100 --> 01:23:28,600 Hey, I'll be right back. 1212 01:23:28,770 --> 01:23:30,440 - Here are your mud bugs. JAKE: Mm-hm. 1213 01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:31,860 WAITRESS: There you go, darling. 1214 01:23:32,020 --> 01:23:34,610 - Anything else? - Yeah, a couple of dinner specials... 1215 01:23:34,770 --> 01:23:36,690 ...and some fried dill pickles. 1216 01:23:36,860 --> 01:23:39,070 WAITRESS: You got it, honey. - Thank you, Sugar. 1217 01:23:39,990 --> 01:23:42,870 That wasn't sexist at all. Really, I never order my own food. 1218 01:23:43,780 --> 01:23:45,160 I can't do another shot. 1219 01:23:45,790 --> 01:23:48,410 - All right, fine, I'll take another shot. - Just a splash. 1220 01:23:48,580 --> 01:23:50,460 Just a splash. 1221 01:23:51,540 --> 01:23:52,580 All right. 1222 01:23:52,750 --> 01:23:54,670 - To... - To... 1223 01:23:55,090 --> 01:23:56,130 Carl Lee Hailey. 1224 01:23:56,300 --> 01:23:59,050 May our jury find that man loony as a proverbial fruitcake. 1225 01:23:59,220 --> 01:24:00,800 Hear, hear. 1226 01:24:03,220 --> 01:24:04,510 No more. 1227 01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:08,350 So, um... 1228 01:24:09,730 --> 01:24:11,690 Do you think he was crazy when he did it? 1229 01:24:13,060 --> 01:24:15,320 No, he wasn't crazy. 1230 01:24:15,480 --> 01:24:17,280 He told me he was gonna do it. 1231 01:24:20,490 --> 01:24:23,820 I tried to tell myself he wasn't serious. 1232 01:24:27,540 --> 01:24:30,000 I think I really wanted him to do it. 1233 01:24:32,290 --> 01:24:35,340 I came home that night and I was looking at Hannah laying there... 1234 01:24:35,500 --> 01:24:37,380 ...looking how tender she is. 1235 01:24:38,170 --> 01:24:41,090 All I could think about was all the monsters out there... 1236 01:24:41,260 --> 01:24:44,470 ...and any one of them can come steal her innocence. 1237 01:24:48,220 --> 01:24:50,180 Take her life, if they wanted. 1238 01:24:57,820 --> 01:25:01,900 Yeah, I wanted those boys dead. You're goddamn right I did. 1239 01:25:08,990 --> 01:25:10,700 I guess I helped killed them. 1240 01:25:14,670 --> 01:25:17,210 So tomorrow, when we get in court... 1241 01:25:19,050 --> 01:25:21,670 ...it's not just Carl Lee I'm trying to get off. 1242 01:25:24,970 --> 01:25:27,970 [MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 1243 01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:35,560 [MAX BARKING] 1244 01:25:40,570 --> 01:25:41,820 FREDDIE: Burn in hell, Brigance! 1245 01:25:41,990 --> 01:25:44,400 [KLANSMEN CHEER] 1246 01:25:55,250 --> 01:25:57,250 ELLEN: Good job. 1247 01:25:57,750 --> 01:25:59,960 [ELLEN SIGHS] 1248 01:26:00,130 --> 01:26:02,960 JAKE: Nice place-- - How is it you'll drive an hour and half... 1249 01:26:03,130 --> 01:26:07,180 ...outside of town to take me to dinner, but you have no problem... 1250 01:26:07,340 --> 01:26:09,760 ...walking me into my motel room? 1251 01:26:09,930 --> 01:26:11,930 Well, with everything that's going on... 1252 01:26:12,100 --> 01:26:14,430 ...I don't think we can be too careful. 1253 01:26:14,600 --> 01:26:17,150 Just wanna make sure it's all safe in here. 1254 01:26:17,310 --> 01:26:18,860 ELLEN: I'm not scared. 1255 01:26:19,020 --> 01:26:22,030 - Oh, yes, I am. - Of what? 1256 01:26:22,570 --> 01:26:24,900 Of what's going to happen tomorrow. 1257 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:28,410 All the other cases I've worked on have only been paper defendants. 1258 01:26:28,570 --> 01:26:33,040 It's just I never knew the towns, and I never touched the lives or anything. 1259 01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:35,330 So I don't know what it's like. 1260 01:26:37,460 --> 01:26:39,460 [JAKE SIGHS] 1261 01:26:41,630 --> 01:26:43,630 Tomorrow morning... 1262 01:26:43,800 --> 01:26:47,380 ...Buckley will try to kill Carl Lee Hailey. 1263 01:26:47,970 --> 01:26:50,390 Now, it's on us to stop him. 1264 01:26:50,550 --> 01:26:52,310 Mm-hm. 1265 01:26:53,100 --> 01:26:55,140 So tonight, go over the battle in your mind. 1266 01:26:55,310 --> 01:26:58,310 Argument, rebuttal, examination and cross. All of it. 1267 01:26:58,520 --> 01:26:59,690 Mm-hm. 1268 01:27:00,190 --> 01:27:02,320 - Remember something. - Hmm. 1269 01:27:03,270 --> 01:27:06,990 - You are one of the good guys. - Okay. 1270 01:27:07,490 --> 01:27:11,160 - And good guy has the spicy on her lip. - Spicy. 1271 01:27:11,320 --> 01:27:13,910 But still one of the good guys. 1272 01:27:26,970 --> 01:27:28,930 I'm going home. 1273 01:27:29,340 --> 01:27:33,100 Lock the door behind me, Roark. I'll see you in the morning. 1274 01:27:38,060 --> 01:27:39,230 [DOOR CLOSES] 1275 01:27:46,650 --> 01:27:48,700 OFFICER 1: It's gonna blow, sheriff. It's gonna blow. 1276 01:27:48,860 --> 01:27:50,530 [SIRENS WAILING] 1277 01:27:50,700 --> 01:27:52,370 [OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO] 1278 01:27:52,530 --> 01:27:54,830 OFFICER 2: Oz is right over there! 1279 01:27:59,460 --> 01:28:01,620 SHERIFF: Wait. Wait. Hold it, Jake. Hold it, Jake. 1280 01:28:01,790 --> 01:28:03,000 JAKE: My dog's in there. - Jake-- 1281 01:28:03,170 --> 01:28:04,630 My dog's in there! 1282 01:28:04,790 --> 01:28:05,840 Max! 1283 01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,050 SHERIFF: Come on. Come on. 1284 01:28:08,210 --> 01:28:10,050 Max! 1285 01:28:12,140 --> 01:28:13,760 Max! 1286 01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:21,390 It's too late. 1287 01:28:25,190 --> 01:28:28,190 [OFFICERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 1288 01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:44,330 SOLDIERS [IN UNISON]: Move, move, move. 1289 01:29:22,120 --> 01:29:23,710 Hey, buddy. 1290 01:29:24,830 --> 01:29:26,170 Seen my dog? 1291 01:29:26,630 --> 01:29:28,090 Looking for my dog. 1292 01:29:28,250 --> 01:29:32,220 Max, come here, boy! Let's go! Come on, Max! 1293 01:29:33,970 --> 01:29:39,850 I booked you on the 9:15 to Gulf port. Economy, of course. 1294 01:29:40,140 --> 01:29:41,850 Go see your wife and daughter, Jake. 1295 01:29:44,100 --> 01:29:46,520 What'd you do that for, Harry Rex? 1296 01:29:46,730 --> 01:29:48,650 We got trial in less than three hours. 1297 01:29:48,980 --> 01:29:50,020 Oh, come on. 1298 01:29:50,190 --> 01:29:52,570 Noose would give you a continuance in a flash. 1299 01:29:52,740 --> 01:29:56,700 NAACP boys be down here before lunch. Drooling. 1300 01:29:57,450 --> 01:30:00,490 Max, let's go, boy! Come on! 1301 01:30:01,370 --> 01:30:03,200 Jake, listen to me. 1302 01:30:03,750 --> 01:30:07,080 Your marriage is on the rocks, you're about to have an affair. 1303 01:30:07,250 --> 01:30:10,750 Your career's in ruins if you're lucky, and if you're not, you're dead. 1304 01:30:12,300 --> 01:30:13,800 Don't get me wrong, my friend. 1305 01:30:14,760 --> 01:30:17,680 What you've put into this case, you even inspired me, and I'm-- 1306 01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:19,890 I'm uninspirable. 1307 01:30:20,050 --> 01:30:21,760 Do everyone a favor, though. 1308 01:30:21,930 --> 01:30:24,020 Drop the case. 1309 01:30:27,350 --> 01:30:29,690 No, I can't. 1310 01:30:30,310 --> 01:30:32,860 I won't. I'm not gonna quit. 1311 01:30:33,820 --> 01:30:36,280 I quit now, and all this is for nothing. No. 1312 01:30:39,870 --> 01:30:42,620 Max, come on now. Max, where are you? Come on, Max! 1313 01:30:42,790 --> 01:30:45,160 Max is dead, and you're next. 1314 01:30:46,250 --> 01:30:48,120 Walk away. 1315 01:30:54,300 --> 01:30:56,170 [MAX BARKING] 1316 01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:00,510 Max. Come here, boy. 1317 01:31:01,390 --> 01:31:03,310 Come here. Come here, boy. Ha-ha-ha. 1318 01:31:03,510 --> 01:31:05,020 Come here. Come here. 1319 01:31:05,180 --> 01:31:07,390 Who's got the goods, huh? Huh? 1320 01:31:09,940 --> 01:31:12,570 Pretrial strategy at my office in less than two hours... 1321 01:31:12,730 --> 01:31:15,400 ...and I expect to see your ass there. 1322 01:31:15,780 --> 01:31:18,700 CROWD [CHANTING]: Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1323 01:31:18,860 --> 01:31:22,200 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1324 01:31:30,170 --> 01:31:32,170 WOMAN: Fry Carl Lee. 1325 01:31:33,540 --> 01:31:34,800 CROWD [CHANTING]: Free Carl Lee! 1326 01:31:36,510 --> 01:31:38,880 KLAN [CHANTING]: Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1327 01:31:39,050 --> 01:31:40,260 CROWD: Free Carl Lee! 1328 01:31:43,180 --> 01:31:45,520 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1329 01:31:49,560 --> 01:31:53,190 KLAN [CHANTING]: Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1330 01:31:53,360 --> 01:31:57,820 Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1331 01:32:05,030 --> 01:32:08,410 NOOSE: Now, Mr. Buckley, you may begin. 1332 01:32:08,580 --> 01:32:10,460 Thank you, Your Honor. 1333 01:32:13,290 --> 01:32:15,920 - Good morning. - Good morning. 1334 01:32:17,840 --> 01:32:22,510 You are Cora Mae Cobb, the mother of Billy Ray Cobb the deceased, are you not? 1335 01:32:22,680 --> 01:32:24,140 Yes, sir. 1336 01:32:24,300 --> 01:32:26,720 And where were you when your son was murdered? 1337 01:32:27,010 --> 01:32:30,230 I was right outside that door right there. 1338 01:32:30,390 --> 01:32:33,190 Me and Freddie was waiting for his hearing. 1339 01:32:33,690 --> 01:32:35,690 He was walking up the stairs... 1340 01:32:35,860 --> 01:32:37,650 ...in handcuffs. 1341 01:32:37,940 --> 01:32:41,530 Can you tell us how old your son was at the time of his death? 1342 01:32:42,910 --> 01:32:43,990 Twenty-three. 1343 01:32:45,870 --> 01:32:48,040 JAKE: You say your son was 23 when he died? 1344 01:32:48,450 --> 01:32:49,500 Yes. 1345 01:32:49,660 --> 01:32:52,580 In those 23 years, Mrs. Cobb... 1346 01:32:52,750 --> 01:32:54,880 ...how many other children did your son kidnap? 1347 01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:56,840 Objection, Your Honor! Objection! 1348 01:32:57,000 --> 01:33:00,630 Sustained. You-- You are out of order, Mr. Brigance. 1349 01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:03,470 - Withdraw the question. - The jury will disregard... 1350 01:33:03,630 --> 01:33:05,800 ...the last question from Mr. Brigance. 1351 01:33:06,680 --> 01:33:10,100 Mrs. Cobb, in your son's 23 years... 1352 01:33:10,270 --> 01:33:12,310 ...how many other children did he rape? 1353 01:33:12,480 --> 01:33:15,100 Mr. Brigance. In my chambers. 1354 01:33:16,190 --> 01:33:17,520 Court will recess for lunch. 1355 01:33:17,690 --> 01:33:19,030 [GAVEL BANGS] 1356 01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:22,950 I don't get it. Why is he antagonizing the judge? 1357 01:33:23,110 --> 01:33:25,360 He should've known Noose'd pull him into chambers. 1358 01:33:25,530 --> 01:33:29,790 Of course he knew. Jake got to draw first blood and he knows that's more important. 1359 01:33:30,910 --> 01:33:32,790 - Hello, Harry. - Hi, Rufie. 1360 01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:36,830 - Sweetheart, come play on a winning team. - How's that impotence thing, Rufus? 1361 01:33:40,250 --> 01:33:43,050 You're not being paid for the work you're doing, are you? 1362 01:33:43,220 --> 01:33:44,300 No, sir. 1363 01:33:45,720 --> 01:33:48,140 Well, I guess Jake's paying you in other ways, then, isn't he? 1364 01:33:48,300 --> 01:33:50,140 [LAUGHS] 1365 01:33:50,310 --> 01:33:51,390 Impotence? 1366 01:33:51,560 --> 01:33:53,180 Yep. Girls talk. 1367 01:33:53,350 --> 01:33:58,190 Sheriff, if you would, will you please identify this weapon? 1368 01:33:58,360 --> 01:33:59,940 It's the weapon found at the scene. 1369 01:34:00,650 --> 01:34:04,650 And were you able to identify any of the fingerprints found on this gun? 1370 01:34:04,900 --> 01:34:08,120 Yes. The prints on the gun matched those of Carl Lee Hailey. 1371 01:34:08,280 --> 01:34:09,740 RUFUS: You're sure? 1372 01:34:10,240 --> 01:34:11,580 SHERIFF: Yes. 1373 01:34:11,740 --> 01:34:15,960 Your Honor, I'd like to enter this into evidence as Exhibit S18. 1374 01:34:16,120 --> 01:34:18,380 We have no further use of this witness. 1375 01:34:22,510 --> 01:34:24,510 JAKE: Sheriff Walls. 1376 01:34:25,880 --> 01:34:27,800 Did you arrest Cobb and Willard? 1377 01:34:27,970 --> 01:34:29,470 Yes, I did. 1378 01:34:29,640 --> 01:34:31,680 I arrested them for the rape... 1379 01:34:31,850 --> 01:34:35,770 ...and attempted murder of 10-year-old Tonya Hailey. 1380 01:34:35,940 --> 01:34:37,560 JAKE: And is it true that Pete Willard... 1381 01:34:37,730 --> 01:34:39,520 ...signed a written confession... 1382 01:34:39,690 --> 01:34:43,360 ...saying that he and Billy Ray Cobb did rape Tonya Hailey? 1383 01:34:43,530 --> 01:34:46,450 Objection. That's inadmissible, and Mr. Brigance knows it. 1384 01:34:46,610 --> 01:34:49,450 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance, I've spoken to you before. 1385 01:34:49,620 --> 01:34:52,450 We are not trying the rape of Miss Hailey today... 1386 01:34:52,620 --> 01:34:57,290 ...but the murder of two young men, and if you continue in this performance... 1387 01:34:58,120 --> 01:34:59,750 ...I'll hold you in contempt. 1388 01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:01,500 Now, is that understood? 1389 01:35:02,500 --> 01:35:04,050 Yes, sir. 1390 01:35:05,380 --> 01:35:07,630 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1391 01:35:07,800 --> 01:35:09,470 Yes. 1392 01:35:10,640 --> 01:35:12,600 You say something, sheriff? 1393 01:35:14,470 --> 01:35:17,640 - Yes, he did sign a confession. - Objection, Your Honor! 1394 01:35:18,060 --> 01:35:23,070 NOOSE: Jurors, you will disregard the last remark of Sheriff Walls. 1395 01:35:23,230 --> 01:35:27,190 Court is adjourned till tomorrow morning 9:00. 1396 01:35:48,170 --> 01:35:50,380 I'm taking Bud back to Oxford. 1397 01:35:51,970 --> 01:35:54,260 He always missed Oxford. 1398 01:36:11,160 --> 01:36:13,620 I don't know what to say, Ethel, I don't know. 1399 01:36:13,780 --> 01:36:16,290 There's nothing you can say. 1400 01:36:17,540 --> 01:36:20,710 I know you didn't want any of this to happen... 1401 01:36:20,870 --> 01:36:22,790 ...but it happened all the same. 1402 01:36:24,710 --> 01:36:28,130 You wagered all our lives on this. 1403 01:36:28,590 --> 01:36:33,220 You just went ahead and did what you felt you had to do, no matter what the cost. 1404 01:36:35,550 --> 01:36:38,520 Some folks think that's brave. 1405 01:36:39,390 --> 01:36:41,520 Not me, Jake. 1406 01:36:42,440 --> 01:36:44,360 Now, you may win... 1407 01:36:44,980 --> 01:36:47,860 ...but I think we've all lost here. 1408 01:36:54,570 --> 01:37:00,410 - Would you help an old lady to her car? - You don't need any help, Ethel... 1409 01:37:00,580 --> 01:37:05,040 ...but it would be my honor to escort you to your automobile. 1410 01:37:16,890 --> 01:37:18,430 [ELLEN GRUNTS] 1411 01:37:19,520 --> 01:37:21,480 Didn't like that one? 1412 01:37:21,890 --> 01:37:23,850 Buckley is presenting his shrink tomorrow. 1413 01:37:24,020 --> 01:37:27,150 I can't come up with one way to bring him down. Not one. 1414 01:37:27,310 --> 01:37:31,570 I keep asking myself, "What would Jake do? What would my father do? 1415 01:37:31,740 --> 01:37:32,780 What would Lucien do?" 1416 01:37:32,950 --> 01:37:35,240 That's your problem right there. 1417 01:37:35,410 --> 01:37:39,290 What you gotta ask yourself is, "What would Harry Rex do?" 1418 01:37:39,450 --> 01:37:41,040 What would Harry Rex do? 1419 01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:42,540 Cheat. 1420 01:37:42,710 --> 01:37:44,120 Cheat like crazy. 1421 01:37:48,630 --> 01:37:49,630 MAN 1: Yeah. Yeah, I did. 1422 01:37:49,800 --> 01:37:52,630 I'll bring her around the side. 1423 01:37:55,380 --> 01:37:56,720 Uh-huh. 1424 01:37:56,890 --> 01:37:58,390 MAN 2: Hey, Cheryl. - Hi. 1425 01:38:00,180 --> 01:38:01,680 [WHISPERING] So we gotta talk about it. 1426 01:38:02,270 --> 01:38:03,560 [WHISPERING] Now, wait a minute. 1427 01:38:03,730 --> 01:38:06,600 The judge said absolutely not to discuss this case. 1428 01:38:06,770 --> 01:38:09,320 That judge ain't stuck here away from his wife and kids. 1429 01:38:09,480 --> 01:38:13,360 The sooner we start talking about it, the sooner we can get home. 1430 01:38:13,530 --> 01:38:15,990 I wanna get out of here just as much as anybody else. 1431 01:38:16,160 --> 01:38:17,990 FOREMAN: Let's get on with it. 1432 01:38:19,990 --> 01:38:21,410 Undecided? 1433 01:38:24,750 --> 01:38:26,250 Four. 1434 01:38:26,420 --> 01:38:28,290 Guilty? 1435 01:38:33,010 --> 01:38:34,840 Seven. 1436 01:38:35,510 --> 01:38:36,550 Not guilty? 1437 01:38:41,180 --> 01:38:43,520 That nigger's dead, y'all. 1438 01:39:01,700 --> 01:39:05,200 ELLEN: I know, I know. Folks in town just can't get enough of this trial. 1439 01:39:05,370 --> 01:39:09,540 And that's why my editor said I needed to come down and interview Rodeheaver. 1440 01:39:10,080 --> 01:39:12,460 I'm afraid Dr. Rodeheaver's in court today. 1441 01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:14,050 Oh. 1442 01:39:14,590 --> 01:39:17,050 If a pretty girl like you wants to be a reporter... 1443 01:39:17,220 --> 01:39:19,220 ...maybe she should do some better research? 1444 01:39:19,390 --> 01:39:20,430 Yeah. Ha. 1445 01:39:20,590 --> 01:39:23,890 Well, um, you know what? I don't-- I don't mind waiting... 1446 01:39:24,060 --> 01:39:26,560 ...because my paper really wants this interview... 1447 01:39:26,730 --> 01:39:28,980 ...so is he still in Room 369? I'll just go there. 1448 01:39:29,140 --> 01:39:33,360 No, dear. Wrong again. He's in 128. But he's gone all day. 1449 01:39:33,520 --> 01:39:35,030 You can't see him today. 1450 01:39:35,190 --> 01:39:38,900 You wanna come back to my office and we can schedule an appointment? 1451 01:39:39,070 --> 01:39:41,200 You know what? I'll come back another time... 1452 01:39:41,370 --> 01:39:44,120 ...when he's got time to talk, when things kind of die down. 1453 01:39:44,290 --> 01:39:46,830 - I appreciate it. Thank you. - You can call me any time. 1454 01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:48,830 Okay. Bye-bye. 1455 01:39:52,080 --> 01:39:55,840 Your Honor, the state calls Deputy Dwayne Looney. 1456 01:39:59,680 --> 01:40:01,260 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1457 01:40:31,790 --> 01:40:33,290 RUFUS: Good morning. DWAYNE: Good morning. 1458 01:40:33,460 --> 01:40:36,420 RUFUS: Would you please state your name for the record? 1459 01:40:36,590 --> 01:40:39,800 DWAYNE: Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney. 1460 01:40:39,970 --> 01:40:41,760 RUFUS: Thank you, Deputy Looney. 1461 01:40:41,930 --> 01:40:44,550 You were present at the murders of Billy Ray Cobb... 1462 01:40:44,720 --> 01:40:46,970 ...and James Lewis Willard, were you not? 1463 01:40:47,140 --> 01:40:48,720 DWAYNE: Yes, sir. I was. 1464 01:40:48,890 --> 01:40:50,770 RUFUS: If you can remember... 1465 01:40:50,930 --> 01:40:55,150 ...describe how you were wounded for the members of the jury. 1466 01:40:55,310 --> 01:40:58,820 I think bullets bounced off the floor, caught me in the knee. 1467 01:40:58,980 --> 01:41:00,900 And what happened to your leg? 1468 01:41:02,280 --> 01:41:03,570 Doc cut it off. 1469 01:41:04,910 --> 01:41:09,950 And after the loss of your right leg, Detective Looney... 1470 01:41:10,910 --> 01:41:13,290 ...are you still able to serve as a police officer? 1471 01:41:15,210 --> 01:41:17,540 I'm able to perform... 1472 01:41:21,170 --> 01:41:24,680 I'm able to perform a number of services. 1473 01:41:24,840 --> 01:41:27,470 Did you get a good look at the man with the gun? 1474 01:41:27,640 --> 01:41:28,680 No, sir. 1475 01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:34,850 However, Mr. Hailey did personally apologize for his shooting me. 1476 01:41:36,980 --> 01:41:38,400 Oh. 1477 01:41:40,150 --> 01:41:43,320 So Mr. Hailey admitted shooting you. 1478 01:41:43,900 --> 01:41:44,950 Yes, sir. 1479 01:41:45,110 --> 01:41:46,990 RUFUS: I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1480 01:41:47,160 --> 01:41:49,080 - Mr. Brigance. - No questions, Your Honor. 1481 01:41:49,240 --> 01:41:50,700 Wait a minute. 1482 01:41:50,870 --> 01:41:53,370 - Uh, Mr. Buckley? - Yes, Your Honor. 1483 01:41:53,540 --> 01:41:54,920 The state would like to call-- 1484 01:41:55,080 --> 01:41:57,040 Give me a moment to speak with my client. 1485 01:41:57,210 --> 01:41:58,380 Take your time. 1486 01:42:00,340 --> 01:42:02,590 Ask him if he thinks I ought to go to jail. 1487 01:42:02,880 --> 01:42:05,840 Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. 1488 01:42:06,010 --> 01:42:07,800 He's a witness for the prosecution. 1489 01:42:07,970 --> 01:42:10,060 - You're my lawyer, ain't you? - Yeah. 1490 01:42:10,600 --> 01:42:12,470 Ask him. 1491 01:42:18,770 --> 01:42:22,900 - Your Honor, one question. - Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance. 1492 01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:28,200 Deputy Looney. 1493 01:42:29,780 --> 01:42:32,910 Do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional? 1494 01:42:33,080 --> 01:42:34,500 DWAYNE: No, sir. 1495 01:42:34,660 --> 01:42:36,000 It was an accident. 1496 01:42:40,420 --> 01:42:41,460 [MOUTHS] Ask him. 1497 01:42:48,550 --> 01:42:51,510 Do you think he should be punished for shooting you? 1498 01:42:52,310 --> 01:42:54,060 No, sir. 1499 01:42:54,220 --> 01:42:57,850 I hold no ill will toward the man. 1500 01:42:58,270 --> 01:43:00,110 He did what I would've done. 1501 01:43:00,270 --> 01:43:02,190 What do you mean by that, Deputy Looney? 1502 01:43:02,360 --> 01:43:04,820 I mean I don't blame him for what he did. 1503 01:43:04,990 --> 01:43:06,820 Those boys raped his little girl. 1504 01:43:06,990 --> 01:43:11,490 Objection, Your Honor. The witness's opinion on this matter is irrelevant. 1505 01:43:11,660 --> 01:43:17,370 Your Honor, I believe Deputy Looney has earned the right to speak here today. 1506 01:43:18,920 --> 01:43:20,080 Overruled. 1507 01:43:21,290 --> 01:43:22,920 Continue. 1508 01:43:25,670 --> 01:43:26,880 Go ahead, Dwayne. 1509 01:43:28,090 --> 01:43:30,340 I got a little girl. 1510 01:43:32,220 --> 01:43:34,890 Somebody rapes her, he's a dead dog. 1511 01:43:35,060 --> 01:43:37,270 I'll blow him away just like Carl Lee did. 1512 01:43:37,430 --> 01:43:38,640 Objection, Your Honor! 1513 01:43:38,810 --> 01:43:40,980 Do you think the jury should convict Carl Lee? 1514 01:43:41,150 --> 01:43:43,440 Don't answer that question, deputy. 1515 01:43:43,610 --> 01:43:45,730 He's a hero. You turn him loose. 1516 01:43:45,900 --> 01:43:47,990 NOOSE: Jury will disregard. 1517 01:43:48,150 --> 01:43:49,400 Turn him loose! 1518 01:43:49,820 --> 01:43:52,070 Your Honor, you silence that witness! 1519 01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:54,240 Turn him loose! 1520 01:43:54,410 --> 01:43:57,410 [PEOPLE SHOUTING AND GAVEL BANGING] 1521 01:43:58,660 --> 01:43:59,790 WOMAN: No! 1522 01:44:01,670 --> 01:44:04,880 People say whatever the hell they want in this courtroom! 1523 01:44:05,210 --> 01:44:06,760 Quiet! 1524 01:44:09,470 --> 01:44:11,840 Any more of that nonsense... 1525 01:44:12,010 --> 01:44:13,640 ...and you're all out of here. 1526 01:44:15,930 --> 01:44:18,770 NOOSE: Now, Mr. Buckley, you may begin. 1527 01:44:18,930 --> 01:44:20,980 RUFUS: Thank you, Your Honor. 1528 01:44:21,600 --> 01:44:26,230 Would you please state your name and occupation for the members of the jury. 1529 01:44:26,400 --> 01:44:30,650 My name is Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, chair of Psychiatry... 1530 01:44:30,820 --> 01:44:32,530 ...at Mississippi State University... 1531 01:44:32,700 --> 01:44:36,830 ...and clinical director of the Whitfield Facility for the Criminally Insane. 1532 01:44:38,160 --> 01:44:41,080 Thank you, doctor. Your credentials speak for themselves. 1533 01:44:41,250 --> 01:44:45,540 Now, doctor, can you please explain, as you do so eloquently in your book... 1534 01:44:45,710 --> 01:44:47,880 ...the McNaughton Rule for the jury? 1535 01:44:48,050 --> 01:44:49,130 RODEHEAVER: Certainly. 1536 01:44:49,300 --> 01:44:50,670 The McNaughton Rule states... 1537 01:44:50,840 --> 01:44:55,010 ...that a person must be unable to tell right from wrong... 1538 01:44:55,180 --> 01:44:59,390 ...and/or be unaware of the consequences of his actions... 1539 01:44:59,560 --> 01:45:01,770 ...to be termed legally insane. 1540 01:45:01,940 --> 01:45:03,850 Now, did you examine Mr. Hailey? 1541 01:45:04,020 --> 01:45:07,650 Yes. Mr. Hailey and I spoke about his childhood, his family... 1542 01:45:07,820 --> 01:45:10,240 ...his experiences during the war. 1543 01:45:10,400 --> 01:45:12,150 And the rape of his daughter? 1544 01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:17,620 RODEHEAVER: Yes, we spoke at length about the brutal rape of his daughter Tonya. 1545 01:45:17,780 --> 01:45:21,370 RUFUS: What is your diagnosis of Mr. Hailey's mental condition... 1546 01:45:21,540 --> 01:45:26,210 ...on the day that he shot Billy Ray Cobb and James Lewis Willard? 1547 01:45:26,380 --> 01:45:28,710 At the time of the murders, his mental condition... 1548 01:45:28,880 --> 01:45:31,090 ...was without any defects of any nature. 1549 01:45:31,260 --> 01:45:33,090 Mr. Hailey was sane. 1550 01:45:33,260 --> 01:45:35,680 But wait a minute, doctor. The defense contends-- 1551 01:45:35,840 --> 01:45:38,930 Why, Mr. Brigance has gone to great effort to prove to this jury... 1552 01:45:39,100 --> 01:45:42,390 ...that Mr. Hailey is a nutball. 1553 01:45:42,600 --> 01:45:44,600 Is a slow coach. 1554 01:45:44,770 --> 01:45:48,230 Or what's the clinical definition? 1555 01:45:48,400 --> 01:45:49,940 Insane. 1556 01:45:51,860 --> 01:45:54,110 - Do you disagree? RODEHEAVER: Yes. 1557 01:45:54,280 --> 01:45:57,160 Carl Lee Hailey knew very well what he was doing. 1558 01:45:57,320 --> 01:45:59,830 He slaughtered those men in cold blood. 1559 01:46:00,870 --> 01:46:01,950 Thank you, doctor. 1560 01:46:02,120 --> 01:46:05,170 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1561 01:46:06,120 --> 01:46:09,590 - Buddy, where the hell is Roark? - I got no clue. 1562 01:46:09,750 --> 01:46:12,010 Cross-examination, Mr. Brigance? 1563 01:46:13,130 --> 01:46:17,050 Your Honor, we would request a recess until-- 1564 01:46:19,350 --> 01:46:22,430 No, we will not need a recess, Your Honor, but just a few moments. 1565 01:46:29,020 --> 01:46:30,610 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance? 1566 01:46:30,770 --> 01:46:33,990 When you and Lois Lane are ready... 1567 01:46:34,150 --> 01:46:36,150 [WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY] 1568 01:46:37,320 --> 01:46:39,700 Just a few questions, Your Honor. 1569 01:46:42,540 --> 01:46:44,200 Doctor, who do you work for? 1570 01:46:44,370 --> 01:46:46,000 State of Mississippi. 1571 01:46:46,160 --> 01:46:47,370 In your 11 years... 1572 01:46:47,540 --> 01:46:51,170 ...how many times have you testified where the insanity defense was used? 1573 01:46:51,340 --> 01:46:53,510 This is my 46th trial. 1574 01:46:53,670 --> 01:46:55,340 Forty-sixth trial. 1575 01:46:55,510 --> 01:46:56,760 Well, of those 46 trials... 1576 01:46:56,930 --> 01:47:01,010 ...how many times have you testified that the defendant was legally insane? 1577 01:47:01,180 --> 01:47:03,810 Objection, Your Honor! The good doctor cannot be asked... 1578 01:47:03,970 --> 01:47:08,150 ...to recall all of his testimony at these previous trials. It's absurd. 1579 01:47:08,310 --> 01:47:09,600 Overruled. 1580 01:47:10,610 --> 01:47:12,520 Thank you, Your Honor. 1581 01:47:13,070 --> 01:47:14,530 I can't remember. 1582 01:47:14,690 --> 01:47:17,240 Could it be, doctor, the reason you can't remember... 1583 01:47:17,400 --> 01:47:20,410 ...is that in 11 years and 46 trials... 1584 01:47:20,570 --> 01:47:23,790 ...you never have seen a defendant whom you have found insane? 1585 01:47:24,120 --> 01:47:26,250 I can't recall at this time. 1586 01:47:27,710 --> 01:47:30,250 Can you recall testifying at the trial of one Dan Baker? 1587 01:47:30,420 --> 01:47:33,750 Objection! Your Honor, this has nothing to do with the proceedings here. 1588 01:47:33,920 --> 01:47:35,340 NOOSE: Overruled. 1589 01:47:35,510 --> 01:47:39,590 - This... This better be good, Mr. Brigance. - Thank you, Your Honor. 1590 01:47:40,390 --> 01:47:44,850 I'll ask again. Can you recall testifying the trial of one Dan Baker? 1591 01:47:45,020 --> 01:47:49,850 It's a rather brutal double homicide where you found the defendant legally sane? 1592 01:47:50,600 --> 01:47:51,860 Yes. 1593 01:47:52,020 --> 01:47:54,610 A dissenting psychiatrist disagreed with you, doctor. 1594 01:47:54,780 --> 01:47:58,280 And Mr. Baker was found insane and institutionalized. 1595 01:47:58,450 --> 01:48:00,070 Where is he currently, doctor? 1596 01:48:00,240 --> 01:48:01,280 At Whitfield. 1597 01:48:01,450 --> 01:48:03,580 Who is the chief psychiatrist at Whitfield? 1598 01:48:03,740 --> 01:48:06,160 - I am. - You are. 1599 01:48:07,410 --> 01:48:10,250 Dr. Rodeheaver is the chief psychiatrist at Whitfield. 1600 01:48:10,790 --> 01:48:13,590 Now, help me make this clear to the jury, doctor. 1601 01:48:13,750 --> 01:48:18,880 In 1985, you testified that Dan Baker was legally sane. 1602 01:48:19,050 --> 01:48:21,130 The jury disagreed with you. 1603 01:48:21,300 --> 01:48:24,720 And Mr. Baker was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 1604 01:48:24,890 --> 01:48:28,350 Since that time, he has been a patient in your hospital, under your care... 1605 01:48:28,520 --> 01:48:31,100 ...as a paranoid schizophrenic. Is that correct, doctor? 1606 01:48:31,270 --> 01:48:32,350 Yes. 1607 01:48:32,520 --> 01:48:34,310 Do you normally admit patients... 1608 01:48:34,480 --> 01:48:37,940 ...keep and treat them for 10 years if they're of sound mind and body? 1609 01:48:38,110 --> 01:48:39,440 Of course not. 1610 01:48:39,610 --> 01:48:41,990 Then it would be fair to say... 1611 01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:45,620 ...that you find insane people sane for the purposes of trial? 1612 01:48:45,780 --> 01:48:48,830 Objection, Your Honor! This is argumentative! 1613 01:48:49,000 --> 01:48:53,420 Withdraw the question, Your Honor. No further questions. 1614 01:48:57,920 --> 01:48:59,300 [QUIETLY] Genius, Roark. 1615 01:49:11,640 --> 01:49:14,060 [PEOPLE CHATTERING] 1616 01:49:14,230 --> 01:49:18,610 WOMAN: Mr. Brigance! Mr. Brigance! JAKE: Yes. Yes. 1617 01:49:18,780 --> 01:49:21,530 WOMAN: How do you expect to get a fair trial in Mississippi? 1618 01:49:21,700 --> 01:49:24,280 [GUNSHOT THEN PEOPLE SCREAMING AND SHOUTING] 1619 01:49:25,070 --> 01:49:26,830 JAKE: Get him! 1620 01:49:27,870 --> 01:49:30,790 - Get an ambulance, get, get! MAN: Come on. 1621 01:49:43,170 --> 01:49:45,680 ELLEN: So is there any news on the guard who was shot? 1622 01:49:46,600 --> 01:49:48,760 Ozzie says he's probably paralyzed. 1623 01:49:50,220 --> 01:49:51,810 [SIGHS] 1624 01:49:53,180 --> 01:49:55,060 Some stranger... 1625 01:49:55,230 --> 01:49:57,560 ...somebody's husband... 1626 01:49:57,860 --> 01:50:00,030 ...somebody's son... 1627 01:50:00,530 --> 01:50:03,280 ...put himself in harm's way... 1628 01:50:05,030 --> 01:50:06,740 ...for me. 1629 01:50:07,780 --> 01:50:10,290 When I saw the blood... 1630 01:50:10,910 --> 01:50:13,710 ...I got so scared because I thought that was you. 1631 01:50:16,290 --> 01:50:17,920 [SIGHS] 1632 01:50:22,880 --> 01:50:24,510 Do you want me to stay? 1633 01:50:27,890 --> 01:50:29,470 Yeah. 1634 01:50:30,390 --> 01:50:32,560 I want you to stay. 1635 01:50:36,980 --> 01:50:39,230 So you better go. 1636 01:50:42,820 --> 01:50:44,690 Okay. 1637 01:50:52,660 --> 01:50:56,120 [POLICE SIREN WAILING] 1638 01:51:01,250 --> 01:51:03,250 [ELLEN MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY] 1639 01:51:04,760 --> 01:51:06,630 ELLEN: Oh, shit. 1640 01:51:13,010 --> 01:51:16,430 HASTINGS: Speed limit's 45, not 70, ma'am. 1641 01:51:16,600 --> 01:51:19,270 - Haven't been drinking, have you? - I guess I just wasn't-- 1642 01:51:19,440 --> 01:51:21,310 Let me ask you to get out of the car. 1643 01:51:21,480 --> 01:51:24,650 - Is that really necessary? - Just get out of the car. 1644 01:51:25,280 --> 01:51:28,700 Isn't it usually customary to ask for a license and registration? 1645 01:51:28,860 --> 01:51:29,910 [ELLEN SCREAMING] 1646 01:51:30,070 --> 01:51:32,280 WINSTON: You bitch. ELLEN: No! 1647 01:51:32,530 --> 01:51:34,620 HASTINGS: Get her in the car. 1648 01:51:34,790 --> 01:51:36,870 [ELLEN GRUNTING AND GROANING] 1649 01:51:37,040 --> 01:51:39,620 ELLEN: No! No! WINSTON: Come on. 1650 01:51:39,790 --> 01:51:41,540 Get in there. 1651 01:51:43,290 --> 01:51:45,170 Shut up! 1652 01:52:05,650 --> 01:52:08,650 [ELLEN GROANING AND WHIMPERING] 1653 01:52:42,020 --> 01:52:44,940 You can't blame a nigger for being a nigger... 1654 01:52:45,110 --> 01:52:48,530 ...no more than you can blame a dog for being a dog. 1655 01:52:50,200 --> 01:52:52,780 But a whore like you... 1656 01:52:53,410 --> 01:52:56,410 ...co-mingling with mongrels, betraying your own... 1657 01:52:56,580 --> 01:52:59,040 ...that makes you worse than being a nigger. 1658 01:52:59,200 --> 01:53:01,500 So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. 1659 01:53:02,210 --> 01:53:04,630 I'm gonna leave you tied up here naked. 1660 01:53:05,590 --> 01:53:08,170 First it'll just be the bugs eating at you. 1661 01:53:08,340 --> 01:53:10,050 One day, maybe two. 1662 01:53:10,220 --> 01:53:12,630 That sun's gonna be cooking you. 1663 01:53:12,880 --> 01:53:14,840 But them animals? 1664 01:53:16,300 --> 01:53:18,890 They're gonna pick up your stink. 1665 01:53:21,600 --> 01:53:24,230 They're gonna come looking for something to eat. 1666 01:53:25,270 --> 01:53:28,860 Carl Lee Hailey should've shot you too. 1667 01:53:35,030 --> 01:53:37,280 Come on, boys. Let's go. 1668 01:53:56,890 --> 01:53:58,890 [CAR APPROACHING] 1669 01:54:05,600 --> 01:54:07,020 [WHIMPERS] 1670 01:54:12,030 --> 01:54:14,610 [WHIMPERING] No. No. No. 1671 01:54:14,780 --> 01:54:17,070 No. No. 1672 01:54:18,740 --> 01:54:21,740 [MAN GRUNTING] 1673 01:54:25,000 --> 01:54:27,080 Shh. It's okay. 1674 01:54:27,250 --> 01:54:29,250 [ELLEN PANTING] 1675 01:54:34,840 --> 01:54:35,930 It's okay. 1676 01:54:36,090 --> 01:54:37,640 It's okay now. 1677 01:54:37,800 --> 01:54:39,640 It's okay. 1678 01:54:43,060 --> 01:54:46,390 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance, you may call your first witness. 1679 01:54:46,560 --> 01:54:51,270 JAKE: Yes, Your Honor. Defense calls Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass. 1680 01:54:55,990 --> 01:54:58,450 -[WHISPERS] Buddy, have you seen Roark? - Not yet. 1681 01:55:03,240 --> 01:55:05,910 JAKE: Doctor, would you explain to the jury... 1682 01:55:06,080 --> 01:55:09,880 ...the effect his daughter's rape had on Mr. Hailey's condition? 1683 01:55:10,290 --> 01:55:12,420 Tonya's rape caused a relapse... 1684 01:55:12,590 --> 01:55:14,760 ...a temporary break with reality. 1685 01:55:15,420 --> 01:55:18,470 JAKE: But yesterday, a Dr. Rodeheaver... 1686 01:55:18,640 --> 01:55:21,680 ...suggested that Mr. Hailey's act of calculation was... 1687 01:55:21,850 --> 01:55:23,600 ...the very definition of sanity. 1688 01:55:23,770 --> 01:55:25,850 That's ridiculous. 1689 01:55:26,020 --> 01:55:29,850 Many of the most famous schizophrenics are calculating. 1690 01:55:30,020 --> 01:55:31,860 John Hinckley, for example. 1691 01:55:32,020 --> 01:55:33,070 Calculating. 1692 01:55:33,230 --> 01:55:34,730 And legally insane. 1693 01:55:35,070 --> 01:55:37,900 All right, so, Dr. Bass, how would you diagnose Mr. Hailey... 1694 01:55:38,070 --> 01:55:39,410 ...at the time of the murder? 1695 01:55:39,570 --> 01:55:43,870 Mr. Hailey experienced a recurrence of a dissociative condition... 1696 01:55:44,040 --> 01:55:47,910 ...as a result of the trauma caused by the rape of his daughter. 1697 01:55:48,330 --> 01:55:51,880 Now, since Mr. Hailey was unaware of the reality of his actions... 1698 01:55:52,040 --> 01:55:54,420 ...he could not tell right from wrong. 1699 01:55:54,590 --> 01:55:57,920 Nor could he understand the consequences of his actions. 1700 01:55:58,090 --> 01:56:01,300 He was, therefore, legally insane. 1701 01:56:02,890 --> 01:56:04,470 Could not tell right from wrong... 1702 01:56:04,640 --> 01:56:07,520 ...nor understand the consequences of his actions. 1703 01:56:08,060 --> 01:56:11,020 Therefore, legally, insane. 1704 01:56:11,690 --> 01:56:15,570 Thank you, Dr. Bass. Your Honor, I have no further questions. 1705 01:56:16,150 --> 01:56:17,320 Mr. Buckley? 1706 01:56:19,110 --> 01:56:21,360 - Mr. Buckley. - Yes? 1707 01:56:21,990 --> 01:56:23,240 Your witness. 1708 01:56:24,200 --> 01:56:27,040 Oh. I'm sorry, excuse me. Thank you, Your Honor. 1709 01:56:28,750 --> 01:56:31,170 - Good morning. BASS: Good morning. 1710 01:56:31,330 --> 01:56:36,090 Dr. Bass, could you please state for the record your full name? 1711 01:56:36,250 --> 01:56:38,590 Willard Tyrell Bass. 1712 01:56:38,760 --> 01:56:41,970 Tyrell Bass. That's a very unique name. 1713 01:56:42,590 --> 01:56:47,520 Now, doctor, have you ever been convicted of a felony? 1714 01:56:47,680 --> 01:56:48,980 No, of course not. 1715 01:56:49,140 --> 01:56:51,310 - You're certain? - Yes. 1716 01:56:51,480 --> 01:56:56,110 RUFUS: As certain of that as you are of the testimony you've just given before this jury? 1717 01:56:56,270 --> 01:56:57,280 BASS: Of course. 1718 01:56:57,440 --> 01:56:59,860 So let me understand this now... 1719 01:57:00,030 --> 01:57:02,410 ...since you are under oath. 1720 01:57:02,950 --> 01:57:07,490 You're telling me, and this jury, that on October 17th, 1960... 1721 01:57:07,660 --> 01:57:10,000 ...you were not convicted of statutory rape? 1722 01:57:10,160 --> 01:57:11,500 Objection, Your Honor! 1723 01:57:13,540 --> 01:57:14,960 Dr. Bass is not on trial here. 1724 01:57:15,130 --> 01:57:17,840 This goes to the heart of the credibility of the witness. 1725 01:57:18,000 --> 01:57:21,470 - Overruled. Continue, Mr. Buckley. RUFUS: Thank you. 1726 01:57:21,630 --> 01:57:23,590 Now, doctor... 1727 01:57:24,800 --> 01:57:26,930 ...were you convicted of statutory rape? 1728 01:57:27,470 --> 01:57:29,220 You got the wrong man. 1729 01:57:29,390 --> 01:57:30,600 Really? 1730 01:57:30,770 --> 01:57:33,140 I have some mighty interesting photographs of you... 1731 01:57:33,310 --> 01:57:35,730 ...taken with a female underage... 1732 01:57:35,900 --> 01:57:39,980 ...in a motel by the Dallas Police Department on September 11th, 1960. 1733 01:57:40,150 --> 01:57:45,110 Would you like to look at these images and see if they refresh your memory? 1734 01:57:47,780 --> 01:57:49,120 No, I didn't think so. 1735 01:57:49,290 --> 01:57:53,080 Your Honor, we would like to enter into evidence these court and police records... 1736 01:57:53,250 --> 01:57:59,050 ...showing that on September 15th, 1960, this man, one Tyrell Bass... 1737 01:57:59,210 --> 01:58:02,760 ...pled guilty to statutory rape. 1738 01:58:02,920 --> 01:58:05,550 Now, doctor, I'm gonna ask you one last time... 1739 01:58:05,720 --> 01:58:10,430 ...were you or were you not convicted of statutory rape? 1740 01:58:11,060 --> 01:58:14,060 - Well, I can explain-- RUFUS: Not interested in your explanation. 1741 01:58:14,230 --> 01:58:15,940 Answer the question, yes or no. 1742 01:58:18,310 --> 01:58:19,690 Yes. Yes, I was. 1743 01:58:19,860 --> 01:58:22,940 [CROWD MURMURING] 1744 01:58:25,990 --> 01:58:27,570 That's enough. 1745 01:58:27,740 --> 01:58:30,030 I have nothing further. 1746 01:58:33,830 --> 01:58:35,870 Redirect, Mr. Brigance? 1747 01:58:38,290 --> 01:58:39,380 None, Your Honor. 1748 01:58:39,540 --> 01:58:42,420 Court will recess one hour for lunch. 1749 01:58:42,710 --> 01:58:45,220 You told me you knew him, he was a credible witness. 1750 01:58:45,380 --> 01:58:47,390 I didn't know. The record was expunged. 1751 01:58:47,550 --> 01:58:49,680 Buckley really outdid himself this time. 1752 01:58:49,850 --> 01:58:52,430 Damn. Lucien, I was counting on you. 1753 01:58:52,600 --> 01:58:54,680 - And I can't win-- - You wanted this case. 1754 01:58:54,850 --> 01:58:55,890 Well, you got it. 1755 01:58:56,060 --> 01:58:59,730 It isn't easy saving the world one case at a time, but you stick with it. 1756 01:58:59,900 --> 01:59:03,110 You might just have a knack for it. Don't do what I did. Don't quit. 1757 01:59:03,280 --> 01:59:05,110 What are you talking about, quit? 1758 01:59:05,280 --> 01:59:07,950 - You're a hero, Lucien. - Oh, hero, my ass. 1759 01:59:08,110 --> 01:59:11,580 Do you think the world needed me beating cops' heads on that picket line? 1760 01:59:11,740 --> 01:59:15,660 I was needed here, in that courtroom. 1761 01:59:16,000 --> 01:59:17,080 And I let them push me. 1762 01:59:17,250 --> 01:59:19,460 I gave them an excuse to kick me out... 1763 01:59:19,630 --> 01:59:22,460 ...and now I can never plead a case in there again. 1764 01:59:22,630 --> 01:59:24,090 But you can. 1765 01:59:24,260 --> 01:59:25,590 You're an attorney. 1766 01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:27,090 Be proud. 1767 01:59:27,260 --> 01:59:31,390 Your job is to find justice, no matter how well she may hide herself from you. 1768 01:59:32,890 --> 01:59:34,850 So you go on in there... 1769 01:59:35,020 --> 01:59:36,430 ...and you do your job. 1770 01:59:37,940 --> 01:59:39,400 Hurry up, now. 1771 01:59:39,560 --> 01:59:41,860 They'll be starting without you. 1772 01:59:46,440 --> 01:59:47,610 Come with me. 1773 01:59:49,450 --> 01:59:50,740 I can't, Jake. 1774 01:59:52,580 --> 01:59:54,290 I love you... 1775 01:59:54,450 --> 01:59:55,580 ...but I can't. 1776 01:59:56,120 --> 01:59:57,160 You know that. 1777 01:59:57,330 --> 02:00:00,330 I'll never go in another courtroom again. 1778 02:00:01,040 --> 02:00:02,500 And I can't be you, Lucien. 1779 02:00:03,750 --> 02:00:05,960 Don't be me. 1780 02:00:06,130 --> 02:00:08,470 Be better than me. 1781 02:00:10,760 --> 02:00:14,220 BAILIFF: All rise for the Honorable Judge Omar Noose. 1782 02:00:24,110 --> 02:00:26,360 And how did you feel? 1783 02:00:27,030 --> 02:00:29,400 I felt, um... 1784 02:00:32,030 --> 02:00:34,120 I don't know. 1785 02:00:35,700 --> 02:00:38,290 It was like I was outside myself... 1786 02:00:38,450 --> 02:00:40,750 ...watching myself. 1787 02:00:41,710 --> 02:00:45,800 All the while I kept hearing my baby say: 1788 02:00:46,300 --> 02:00:48,840 "I called for you, Daddy. 1789 02:00:49,010 --> 02:00:55,510 When them men was hurting me, I called for you over and over... 1790 02:00:55,680 --> 02:00:58,020 ...but you didn't never come." 1791 02:01:04,190 --> 02:01:06,190 Thank you, Mr. Hailey. 1792 02:01:06,980 --> 02:01:09,690 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1793 02:01:11,200 --> 02:01:12,740 You have an emergency phone call. 1794 02:01:12,910 --> 02:01:13,950 NOOSE: Mr. Buckley. 1795 02:01:22,330 --> 02:01:24,210 Mr. Hailey... 1796 02:01:25,380 --> 02:01:30,210 ...before you stepped outside yourself to watch yourself shoot Willard and Cobb... 1797 02:01:30,380 --> 02:01:34,890 ...were you aware that if convicted they might be freed in only 10 years? 1798 02:01:35,050 --> 02:01:37,010 Yes, I heard people say that. Yes, sir. 1799 02:01:37,180 --> 02:01:40,140 Do you think men who kidnap a child should be free in 10 years? 1800 02:01:40,310 --> 02:01:43,690 - No. - Think men who rape a child should be free? 1801 02:01:43,850 --> 02:01:44,900 CARL LEE: No, sir. 1802 02:01:45,060 --> 02:01:48,070 Do you think two men who hang a child should be free in 10 years? 1803 02:01:48,230 --> 02:01:50,530 - No. - What should happen? What would be fair? 1804 02:01:50,690 --> 02:01:53,150 - Objection. - Do you think they deserve to die? 1805 02:01:53,320 --> 02:01:55,740 - Now, Mr. Buckley-- - Carl Lee don't answer that! 1806 02:01:55,910 --> 02:01:58,870 Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell! 1807 02:01:59,040 --> 02:02:02,250 [CROWD SHOUTING] 1808 02:02:04,080 --> 02:02:07,500 [GAVEL BANGING] 1809 02:02:15,090 --> 02:02:17,850 I have nothing further, Your Honor. 1810 02:02:21,470 --> 02:02:24,310 NOOSE: Summations begin tomorrow. 1811 02:02:26,020 --> 02:02:27,730 Court adjourned. 1812 02:02:34,610 --> 02:02:37,660 Jake, they found Roark. 1813 02:02:59,350 --> 02:03:00,970 -[WHISPERING] Ellen... - Hmm. 1814 02:03:07,400 --> 02:03:08,900 Ellen. 1815 02:03:10,480 --> 02:03:12,400 So... 1816 02:03:13,530 --> 02:03:16,200 ...this is what I had to do to get you to call me "Ellen"? 1817 02:03:18,820 --> 02:03:20,030 I'm so sorry. 1818 02:03:20,200 --> 02:03:21,990 This is all my fault. 1819 02:03:22,160 --> 02:03:23,490 No. 1820 02:03:23,660 --> 02:03:26,290 Don't sweat it, really. 1821 02:03:27,290 --> 02:03:30,040 They didn't-- They didn't hurt anything that won't heal. 1822 02:03:30,210 --> 02:03:31,880 Nothing. 1823 02:03:33,340 --> 02:03:36,470 Besides, um, Dr., uh... 1824 02:03:37,680 --> 02:03:40,470 ...What's-His-Name said I'll be out in a couple days... 1825 02:03:40,640 --> 02:03:41,760 ...so I'm fine. 1826 02:03:45,850 --> 02:03:47,140 How'd we do? 1827 02:03:49,060 --> 02:03:51,980 Bass turned out to be a felon. 1828 02:03:52,770 --> 02:03:56,490 Carl Lee got trapped on the stand by Buckley. 1829 02:03:59,360 --> 02:04:02,120 People been terrorized, Roark. 1830 02:04:02,280 --> 02:04:04,030 Beaten. 1831 02:04:05,950 --> 02:04:08,330 Killed. It-- 1832 02:04:08,910 --> 02:04:10,670 It's not worth it. It's not. 1833 02:04:13,250 --> 02:04:16,920 It's only not worth it if Carl Lee goes to the gas chamber. 1834 02:04:20,470 --> 02:04:23,600 Listen, this case is not over until the summation. 1835 02:04:23,760 --> 02:04:25,810 Remember that. 1836 02:04:26,180 --> 02:04:27,730 Okay? 1837 02:04:29,020 --> 02:04:32,900 And you've got one big fat chance... 1838 02:04:33,810 --> 02:04:34,980 ...to reinvent yourself. 1839 02:04:35,860 --> 02:04:41,160 To make that jury see this whole case-- This whole case through your eyes. 1840 02:04:47,910 --> 02:04:49,290 And they're good eyes. 1841 02:04:54,750 --> 02:04:57,050 Now, get out of here, go to work. 1842 02:04:59,170 --> 02:05:00,630 I'll keep in touch with you. 1843 02:05:01,050 --> 02:05:02,380 No, you won't. 1844 02:05:02,550 --> 02:05:04,090 Big liar. 1845 02:05:13,980 --> 02:05:16,440 Win or lose, Roark... 1846 02:05:17,820 --> 02:05:19,690 ...we make one hell of a team. 1847 02:05:21,070 --> 02:05:23,200 We might have. 1848 02:05:24,280 --> 02:05:26,240 We really might have. 1849 02:05:30,540 --> 02:05:33,420 You really want to kiss me right now, don't you? 1850 02:05:35,000 --> 02:05:37,130 Yes, I do. 1851 02:05:58,980 --> 02:06:00,110 Undecided? 1852 02:06:02,740 --> 02:06:04,360 Guilty? 1853 02:06:24,430 --> 02:06:25,470 [MAX GROWLS] 1854 02:06:32,470 --> 02:06:35,480 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 1855 02:06:42,740 --> 02:06:45,530 CARLA: Hey, Max. Hey. 1856 02:06:52,700 --> 02:06:53,830 Where's Hannah? 1857 02:06:54,000 --> 02:06:56,620 I left her at Mother and Daddy's. 1858 02:06:58,250 --> 02:06:59,420 How did you get here? 1859 02:07:00,040 --> 02:07:01,420 Drove. 1860 02:07:02,050 --> 02:07:03,550 In the storm? 1861 02:07:05,880 --> 02:07:09,220 Got something to say, it needs to be said in person. 1862 02:07:13,930 --> 02:07:17,520 The truth is, I've been blaming you for all that's happened. 1863 02:07:20,440 --> 02:07:23,360 But it's not your fault. You didn't kill those boys. 1864 02:07:28,860 --> 02:07:30,870 You were trying to make things right. 1865 02:07:33,040 --> 02:07:35,080 I know that now. 1866 02:07:40,830 --> 02:07:43,630 I thought you took this case because you wanted to prove... 1867 02:07:43,800 --> 02:07:46,420 ...what a bigtime lawyer you were. 1868 02:07:47,220 --> 02:07:49,300 But I was wrong. 1869 02:07:52,930 --> 02:07:55,770 You took this case because... 1870 02:07:55,930 --> 02:07:58,140 ...if those boys... 1871 02:08:00,520 --> 02:08:05,320 ...had hurt Hannah the way that they hurt Tonya... 1872 02:08:05,480 --> 02:08:07,400 ...you would've killed them yourself. 1873 02:08:10,450 --> 02:08:12,160 [MOUTHS] Baby. 1874 02:08:14,580 --> 02:08:17,370 Baby, come here. 1875 02:08:17,540 --> 02:08:19,370 Come here. 1876 02:08:21,830 --> 02:08:24,170 I love you, Jake. 1877 02:08:25,590 --> 02:08:27,970 JAKE: I thought I was gonna lose you. 1878 02:08:50,740 --> 02:08:52,450 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1879 02:08:52,610 --> 02:08:55,330 We're gonna lose this case, Carl Lee. 1880 02:08:57,870 --> 02:09:02,000 There are no points of law to argue here. I wanna cop a plea. 1881 02:09:04,000 --> 02:09:05,920 Maybe Buckley will cop us... 1882 02:09:06,090 --> 02:09:09,470 ...a second-degree murder and we can get you just life in prison. 1883 02:09:11,300 --> 02:09:15,010 Jake, I-- I can't do no life in prison. 1884 02:09:15,180 --> 02:09:17,600 You gotta get me off. Man, if it was you on trial-- 1885 02:09:17,770 --> 02:09:19,430 It's not me. 1886 02:09:20,350 --> 02:09:21,730 We're not the same, Carl Lee. 1887 02:09:24,650 --> 02:09:27,900 The jury has to identify with the defendant. 1888 02:09:28,070 --> 02:09:29,820 They see you, they see a yard worker. 1889 02:09:29,990 --> 02:09:33,990 They see me, they see an attorney. I live in town. You live on the hill. 1890 02:09:34,160 --> 02:09:37,200 Oh, you white and I'm black. 1891 02:09:39,660 --> 02:09:41,370 See, Jake? 1892 02:09:41,750 --> 02:09:43,960 You think just like them. 1893 02:09:45,040 --> 02:09:47,420 That's why I picked you. 1894 02:09:48,420 --> 02:09:51,090 You're one of them, don't you see? 1895 02:09:51,260 --> 02:09:53,590 You think you ain't, because you eat in Claude's... 1896 02:09:53,760 --> 02:09:58,470 ...and you're out there trying to get me off on TV, talking about black and white. 1897 02:09:58,640 --> 02:10:00,600 But the fact is... 1898 02:10:00,770 --> 02:10:03,480 ...you're just like all the rest of them. 1899 02:10:03,640 --> 02:10:06,610 When you look at me, you don't see a man. 1900 02:10:06,770 --> 02:10:08,690 You see a black man. 1901 02:10:09,530 --> 02:10:12,950 Carl Lee, I am your friend. 1902 02:10:13,110 --> 02:10:14,860 We ain't no friends, Jake. 1903 02:10:16,160 --> 02:10:19,160 We're on different sides of the line. 1904 02:10:19,330 --> 02:10:23,750 I ain't never seen you in my part of town. I bet you don't even know where I live. 1905 02:10:25,540 --> 02:10:28,590 Our daughters, Jake, they ain't never gonna play together. 1906 02:10:28,750 --> 02:10:31,130 Now, what are you talking about? 1907 02:10:33,380 --> 02:10:36,590 America is a war... 1908 02:10:36,760 --> 02:10:39,050 ...and you are on the other side. 1909 02:10:40,810 --> 02:10:43,640 How a black man ever gonna get a fair trial... 1910 02:10:43,810 --> 02:10:46,810 ...with the enemy on the bench and the jury box? 1911 02:10:46,980 --> 02:10:50,440 My life in white hands. 1912 02:10:50,690 --> 02:10:51,780 You, Jake. 1913 02:10:52,480 --> 02:10:54,400 That's how. 1914 02:10:54,570 --> 02:10:58,780 You my secret weapon because you're one of the bad guys. 1915 02:10:58,950 --> 02:11:01,830 You don't mean to be, but you are. 1916 02:11:01,990 --> 02:11:04,290 It's how you was raised. 1917 02:11:04,450 --> 02:11:08,790 Nigger, Negro, black, African-American. 1918 02:11:08,960 --> 02:11:11,090 No matter how you see me... 1919 02:11:11,250 --> 02:11:13,960 ...you see me as different. 1920 02:11:14,130 --> 02:11:17,470 You see me like that jury sees me. 1921 02:11:17,630 --> 02:11:19,430 You are them. 1922 02:11:20,220 --> 02:11:23,220 Now, throw out your points of law, Jake. 1923 02:11:24,060 --> 02:11:28,310 If you was on that jury... 1924 02:11:28,480 --> 02:11:33,110 ...what would it take to convince you to set me free? 1925 02:11:35,530 --> 02:11:38,490 That's how you'll save my ass. 1926 02:11:39,070 --> 02:11:41,240 That's how you'll save us both. 1927 02:11:45,790 --> 02:11:50,290 RUFUS: Is Carl Lee Hailey insane? 1928 02:11:51,170 --> 02:11:53,590 It's a notion so outrageous... 1929 02:11:53,750 --> 02:11:58,090 ...the only witness the defense could produce to support it... 1930 02:11:58,260 --> 02:12:00,260 ...was a convicted felon. 1931 02:12:01,010 --> 02:12:03,640 No. Carl Lee Hailey is not insane. 1932 02:12:03,810 --> 02:12:07,060 This is a man who is a confessed murderer. 1933 02:12:08,310 --> 02:12:13,150 This is a man who admitted on this stand... 1934 02:12:13,320 --> 02:12:16,530 ...to carrying out the sentences he believed the alleged rapists... 1935 02:12:16,690 --> 02:12:18,700 ...of his daughter deserved. 1936 02:12:18,860 --> 02:12:21,200 He's taken justice out of your hands. 1937 02:12:23,950 --> 02:12:25,290 And put it in his own. 1938 02:12:26,120 --> 02:12:30,790 And with those hands, he took the lives of two young men. 1939 02:12:32,380 --> 02:12:33,420 [GUN CLATTERS] 1940 02:12:33,880 --> 02:12:37,010 We feel terrible over what happened to his daughter. 1941 02:12:37,510 --> 02:12:39,260 But feeling terrible... 1942 02:12:39,420 --> 02:12:43,800 ...and knowing something is wrong does not give any of us... 1943 02:12:44,300 --> 02:12:45,930 ...a right to kill. 1944 02:12:47,560 --> 02:12:49,770 Ladies and gentlemen, your duty is clear. 1945 02:12:52,850 --> 02:12:55,570 All in this courtroom know the truth. 1946 02:12:55,980 --> 02:12:59,030 All in this state know the truth. 1947 02:12:59,950 --> 02:13:04,870 Now you need only find the courage to speak the words: 1948 02:13:05,240 --> 02:13:08,910 "Carl Lee Hailey is guilty." 1949 02:13:09,910 --> 02:13:12,620 Guilty. Guilty. 1950 02:13:14,920 --> 02:13:17,300 State rests, Your Honor. 1951 02:13:33,100 --> 02:13:36,900 Now, I had a great summation all worked out... 1952 02:13:37,110 --> 02:13:39,650 ...full of some sharp lawyering. 1953 02:13:40,900 --> 02:13:42,240 But I'm not going to read it. 1954 02:13:43,660 --> 02:13:45,320 I'm here to apologize. 1955 02:13:45,490 --> 02:13:48,950 I am young, and I am inexperienced. 1956 02:13:49,580 --> 02:13:54,540 But you cannot hold Carl Lee Hailey responsible... 1957 02:13:55,000 --> 02:13:56,540 ...for my shortcomings. 1958 02:13:57,750 --> 02:14:00,420 But you see, in all this legal maneuvering... 1959 02:14:00,590 --> 02:14:02,970 ...something has gotten lost. 1960 02:14:03,130 --> 02:14:05,840 And that something is the truth. 1961 02:14:09,640 --> 02:14:14,140 Now, it is incumbent upon us lawyers not to just talk about the truth... 1962 02:14:14,310 --> 02:14:18,070 ...but to actually seek it, to find it, to live it. 1963 02:14:19,780 --> 02:14:21,280 My teacher taught me that. 1964 02:14:23,700 --> 02:14:25,660 Let's take Dr. Bass, for example. 1965 02:14:26,280 --> 02:14:29,660 Obviously, I would've never knowingly put a convicted felon on the stand. 1966 02:14:29,830 --> 02:14:31,240 I hope you can believe that. 1967 02:14:31,700 --> 02:14:33,160 But what is the truth? 1968 02:14:33,330 --> 02:14:36,250 That-- That he's a disgraced liar? 1969 02:14:36,420 --> 02:14:38,340 What if I told you... 1970 02:14:38,500 --> 02:14:42,170 ...that the woman he was accused of raping was 17, he was 23... 1971 02:14:42,340 --> 02:14:45,220 ...that she later became his wife, bore his child... 1972 02:14:45,380 --> 02:14:47,010 ...and is still married to the man? 1973 02:14:47,180 --> 02:14:51,180 Does that make his testimony more or less true? 1974 02:14:55,480 --> 02:14:57,270 What is it in us that seeks the truth? 1975 02:14:58,860 --> 02:15:00,770 Is it our minds? 1976 02:15:01,400 --> 02:15:02,900 Or is it our hearts? 1977 02:15:06,780 --> 02:15:10,160 I set out to prove a black man could receive a fair trial in the South... 1978 02:15:10,330 --> 02:15:13,500 ...that we are all equal in the eyes of the law. 1979 02:15:15,210 --> 02:15:16,790 That's not the truth. 1980 02:15:16,960 --> 02:15:19,210 Because the eyes of the law are human eyes... 1981 02:15:19,380 --> 02:15:23,340 ...yours and mine, and until we can see each other as equals... 1982 02:15:23,510 --> 02:15:25,840 ...justice is never going to be evenhanded. 1983 02:15:26,010 --> 02:15:29,850 It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices. 1984 02:15:30,140 --> 02:15:32,560 So until that day... 1985 02:15:32,720 --> 02:15:35,980 ...we have a duty under God to seek the truth... 1986 02:15:37,850 --> 02:15:39,980 ...not with our eyes, and not with our minds... 1987 02:15:40,150 --> 02:15:43,730 ...where fear and hate turn commonality into prejudice... 1988 02:15:43,900 --> 02:15:46,110 ...but with our hearts... 1989 02:15:46,400 --> 02:15:48,740 ...where we don't know better. 1990 02:15:53,080 --> 02:15:55,500 I wanna tell you a story. 1991 02:15:57,250 --> 02:15:59,960 And I ask you all to close your eyes... 1992 02:16:01,590 --> 02:16:03,840 ...while I tell you this story. 1993 02:16:07,300 --> 02:16:11,180 I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves. 1994 02:16:15,220 --> 02:16:18,140 Go ahead. Close your eyes, please. 1995 02:16:23,320 --> 02:16:26,110 This is a story about a little girl... 1996 02:16:27,030 --> 02:16:30,780 ...walking home from the grocery store one sunny afternoon. 1997 02:16:32,120 --> 02:16:34,200 I want you to picture this little girl. 1998 02:16:37,620 --> 02:16:40,040 Suddenly, a truck races up. 1999 02:16:41,790 --> 02:16:43,380 Two men jump out and grab her. 2000 02:16:46,000 --> 02:16:49,130 Drag her into a nearby field... 2001 02:16:52,010 --> 02:16:53,390 ...and they tie her up. 2002 02:16:57,270 --> 02:16:59,270 And they rip her clothes from her body. 2003 02:17:02,100 --> 02:17:04,400 Now they climb on. 2004 02:17:05,270 --> 02:17:07,480 First one, then the other. 2005 02:17:09,490 --> 02:17:10,570 Raping her. 2006 02:17:15,530 --> 02:17:20,500 Shattering everything innocent and pure with a vicious thrust... 2007 02:17:21,500 --> 02:17:24,880 ...in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. 2008 02:17:28,800 --> 02:17:30,720 And when they're done... 2009 02:17:31,840 --> 02:17:34,930 ...after they've killed her tiny womb... 2010 02:17:37,100 --> 02:17:40,390 ...murdered any chance for her to bear children... 2011 02:17:40,560 --> 02:17:43,230 ...to have life beyond her own... 2012 02:17:46,690 --> 02:17:48,820 ...they decide to use her for target practice. 2013 02:17:51,700 --> 02:17:54,860 So they start throwing full beer cans at her. 2014 02:17:56,870 --> 02:17:59,200 They throw them so hard... 2015 02:17:59,870 --> 02:18:03,330 ...that it tears the flesh all the way to her bones. 2016 02:18:09,500 --> 02:18:11,130 Then they urinate on her. 2017 02:18:15,890 --> 02:18:17,260 Now comes the hanging. 2018 02:18:22,430 --> 02:18:24,270 They have a rope. 2019 02:18:25,560 --> 02:18:27,400 They tie a noose. 2020 02:18:28,570 --> 02:18:31,900 Imagine the noose coiling tight around her neck... 2021 02:18:32,440 --> 02:18:35,070 ...and a sudden blinding jerk. 2022 02:18:36,160 --> 02:18:39,030 She's pulled into the air and her feet and legs go kicking... 2023 02:18:39,200 --> 02:18:40,950 They don't find the ground. 2024 02:18:43,120 --> 02:18:45,000 The hanging branch... 2025 02:18:45,170 --> 02:18:47,130 ...isn't strong enough. 2026 02:18:48,790 --> 02:18:51,420 It snaps and she falls... 2027 02:18:51,800 --> 02:18:53,130 ...back to the earth. 2028 02:18:57,140 --> 02:18:59,140 So they pick her up... 2029 02:19:00,260 --> 02:19:02,600 ...throw her in the back of the truck... 2030 02:19:04,430 --> 02:19:07,600 ...drive out to Foggy Creek Bridge... 2031 02:19:08,440 --> 02:19:09,810 ...pitch her over the edge. 2032 02:19:13,030 --> 02:19:17,910 And she drops some 30 feet down to the creek bottom below. 2033 02:19:25,410 --> 02:19:27,290 Can you see her? 2034 02:19:31,090 --> 02:19:32,750 Her raped... 2035 02:19:32,920 --> 02:19:34,670 ...beaten... 2036 02:19:34,840 --> 02:19:37,050 ...broken body... 2037 02:19:40,140 --> 02:19:42,510 ...soaked in their urine... 2038 02:19:43,140 --> 02:19:45,480 ...soaked in their semen... 2039 02:19:47,480 --> 02:19:49,310 ...soaked in her blood. 2040 02:19:50,310 --> 02:19:52,190 Left to die. 2041 02:19:55,190 --> 02:19:57,070 Can you see her? 2042 02:20:01,070 --> 02:20:03,330 I want you to picture... 2043 02:20:05,120 --> 02:20:07,040 ...that little girl. 2044 02:20:25,770 --> 02:20:27,600 Now imagine she's white. 2045 02:20:49,750 --> 02:20:51,540 The defense rests, Your Honor. 2046 02:21:21,910 --> 02:21:23,490 Innocent! He's innocent! 2047 02:21:23,660 --> 02:21:25,240 Innocent! He's innocent! 2048 02:21:25,410 --> 02:21:26,580 Hailey's innocent! 2049 02:21:26,740 --> 02:21:27,790 [CROWD CHEERING] 2050 02:21:27,950 --> 02:21:30,290 [KLAN JEERING] 2051 02:21:34,250 --> 02:21:35,380 He's innocent! 2052 02:21:45,890 --> 02:21:47,720 NURSE: We won! We won! 2053 02:21:47,890 --> 02:21:50,140 Ellen, we won! Aren't you happy? 2054 02:21:50,310 --> 02:21:56,150 Oh, my God, Ellen, you have to be happy. He's innocent. Carl Lee is innocent. 2055 02:21:57,520 --> 02:21:58,860 GWEN: He's coming home. 2056 02:21:59,030 --> 02:22:00,320 CARL LEE: Jake. 2057 02:22:01,610 --> 02:22:03,450 That was... 2058 02:22:04,160 --> 02:22:05,990 That was... 2059 02:22:07,200 --> 02:22:09,540 Hey, I'm one of the bad guys, remember? 2060 02:22:12,160 --> 02:22:15,460 - Thank you. - Thanks. 2061 02:22:20,170 --> 02:22:22,630 [CROWD CHATTERING] 2062 02:22:25,180 --> 02:22:27,430 SHERIFF: Freddie Lee Cobb! 2063 02:22:30,140 --> 02:22:32,560 We got something to talk about. 2064 02:22:32,730 --> 02:22:34,270 Hastings... 2065 02:22:34,440 --> 02:22:37,020 ...you belong over there with them. 2066 02:22:38,650 --> 02:22:40,480 Get over. 2067 02:22:52,160 --> 02:22:54,040 Congratulations, counselor. 2068 02:22:54,210 --> 02:22:55,830 Thank you. 2069 02:23:01,590 --> 02:23:04,470 [REPORTERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 2070 02:23:17,270 --> 02:23:19,560 MAN: You must be overwhelmed right now. 2071 02:23:48,720 --> 02:23:50,800 MAN: Give me-- - After you-- 2072 02:23:50,970 --> 02:23:52,350 Yeah. 2073 02:23:52,510 --> 02:23:54,850 [CHATTERING] 2074 02:23:55,140 --> 02:23:57,270 - Was I good or what? WOMAN: All right. 2075 02:23:57,440 --> 02:24:00,560 GWEN: Oh. Ha-ha-ha. 2076 02:24:08,110 --> 02:24:09,450 Here you go. 2077 02:24:09,610 --> 02:24:13,160 - Carl Lee. Look. CARL LEE: What? 2078 02:24:37,060 --> 02:24:38,560 Well. 2079 02:24:38,730 --> 02:24:39,770 Hello. 2080 02:24:39,940 --> 02:24:41,020 CARLA: Hi. JAKE: Hi there. 2081 02:24:41,190 --> 02:24:42,610 Hannah, this is Miss Hailey. 2082 02:24:42,770 --> 02:24:43,820 - This is Hannah. - Hi. 2083 02:24:43,980 --> 02:24:46,940 GWEN: Hi, Hannah. Ain't she so pretty. CARLA: Thank you. 2084 02:24:47,110 --> 02:24:49,740 - Brought you some peach cobbler. GWEN: Oh, thank you. 2085 02:24:49,900 --> 02:24:51,780 Come on in. Come in. 2086 02:24:53,570 --> 02:24:55,200 Howdy. 2087 02:25:04,960 --> 02:25:07,380 Hannah, this is my daughter, Tonya. 2088 02:25:07,550 --> 02:25:10,720 - Hi, Tonya. - Hi, nice to meet you, Hannah. 2089 02:25:14,260 --> 02:25:16,350 Just thought our kids could play together. 2090 02:29:25,050 --> 02:29:27,060 [ENGLISH SDH] 161800

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