1 00:01:16,165 --> 00:01:17,955 MAN 1: Yeah! Go, buddy, go! 2 00:01:18,125 --> 00:01:19,415 [MEN LAUGHING] 3 00:01:19,585 --> 00:01:22,335 MAN 2: That baby's going scared. Ha-ha-ha. 4 00:01:23,505 --> 00:01:25,545 MAN 1: Whoo! Yeah! 5 00:01:25,715 --> 00:01:27,755 Hell, yeah! 6 00:01:27,925 --> 00:01:30,425 - Excited, yeah? - Go, baby! Ooh! 7 00:01:30,595 --> 00:01:33,135 MAN 1: Yeah! 8 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,600 [MEN CHATTERING] 9 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,855 I don't wanna do nothing-- 10 00:01:43,025 --> 00:01:46,275 [TIRES SKIDDING AND MEN LAUGHING] 11 00:01:47,444 --> 00:01:49,195 We got her, bro. Here we go. 12 00:01:49,363 --> 00:01:50,738 BILLY RAY: Give me one. 13 00:01:51,156 --> 00:01:52,490 Get them, get them, get them. 14 00:01:52,658 --> 00:01:53,866 Hey, boys! 15 00:01:54,034 --> 00:01:55,326 How y'all doing today? 16 00:01:55,494 --> 00:01:58,037 What are you looking at? You wanna get shot? 17 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:00,331 You wanna get shot? Woo-hoo! 18 00:02:01,917 --> 00:02:03,835 PETE: Go, baby! 19 00:02:04,753 --> 00:02:06,838 - Got it! - Pearl Harbor! Pearl Harbor! 20 00:02:12,428 --> 00:02:14,971 [PETE AND BILLY RAY LAUGHING] 21 00:02:15,889 --> 00:02:17,724 PETE: Hey! 22 00:02:19,059 --> 00:02:20,727 And here's another one. 23 00:02:20,894 --> 00:02:22,478 Watch this, Billy Ray! 24 00:02:22,646 --> 00:02:23,688 Hundred points! 25 00:02:24,231 --> 00:02:26,232 Yeah! 26 00:02:35,242 --> 00:02:37,243 - It's a beautiful day, isn't it? TONYA: Uh-huh. 27 00:02:55,721 --> 00:02:57,430 [BOTTLE BREAKS] 28 00:03:03,145 --> 00:03:05,063 - Bye, Tonya. TONYA: Bye. 29 00:03:15,908 --> 00:03:17,658 BILLY RAY: Clean up that mess, boy. 30 00:03:19,453 --> 00:03:20,953 - Pete, hungry? - Huh? 31 00:03:21,121 --> 00:03:23,664 Hey. Ha-ha-ha. 32 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:27,377 - Oh, you're not having anything? - Yeah, I'm having them. 33 00:03:29,713 --> 00:03:31,464 Course, it's shit. 34 00:03:31,757 --> 00:03:33,466 JAKE: Bye, girls. WOMAN & GIRL: Bye, Daddy. 35 00:03:33,634 --> 00:03:35,426 JAKE: Let's go, Max. 36 00:03:37,930 --> 00:03:40,473 Get in the house, pup. Harry Rex. 37 00:03:40,641 --> 00:03:44,644 All those weekends, fishing, drinking, lounging... 38 00:03:44,812 --> 00:03:48,314 ...opportunities lost to do-it-yourself house renovations. 39 00:03:48,482 --> 00:03:51,651 - Tragic, just tragic, Jake. - Yeah. 40 00:03:53,153 --> 00:03:55,029 Makes Carla happy, my man. 41 00:03:55,197 --> 00:03:58,241 Spent four marriages trying to figure out what makes women happy. 42 00:03:58,409 --> 00:03:59,867 You have spent four marriages... 43 00:04:00,035 --> 00:04:02,912 ...trying to figure out what makes you happy, who you kidding? 44 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,206 Oh, yeah. Maybe that's it. 45 00:04:05,374 --> 00:04:06,666 Yeah, maybe. 46 00:04:06,834 --> 00:04:09,627 - Swiggy? - Lord, please let my car be fixed today. 47 00:04:09,795 --> 00:04:11,629 HARRY REX: Oh, dear. 48 00:04:27,104 --> 00:04:28,146 Hey, who's that? 49 00:04:31,191 --> 00:04:33,192 She looks a little young. 50 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,403 - Hold this. - What are you gonna do? 51 00:04:35,571 --> 00:04:39,323 You know how I say if they're old enough to crawl, they're in the right position. 52 00:04:39,491 --> 00:04:41,993 What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? You crazy. 53 00:04:47,541 --> 00:04:50,376 PETE: Whoo! Yeah! Fifty points! BILLY RAY: Ha-ha-ha. 54 00:04:50,544 --> 00:04:51,878 PETE: Yeah, you good, boy. 55 00:04:52,045 --> 00:04:53,045 [TONYA SCREAMS] 56 00:04:53,213 --> 00:04:54,672 BILLY RAY: Shut up! 57 00:04:55,090 --> 00:04:57,175 TONYA: Daddy! BILLY RAY: Hey! 58 00:05:00,471 --> 00:05:02,096 - Shut up. TONYA: Daddy! 59 00:05:02,264 --> 00:05:04,223 Shut up. 60 00:05:04,808 --> 00:05:06,267 - I'll kill you. PETE: My turn. 61 00:05:08,937 --> 00:05:11,230 TONYA [CRYING]: Daddy! PETE: Shut up. 62 00:05:11,565 --> 00:05:13,399 TONYA: Daddy. 63 00:05:14,985 --> 00:05:16,152 [TONYA SCREAMS] 64 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,695 PETE: Yeah. 65 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,366 CHILDREN: Mom! Mama! 66 00:05:22,534 --> 00:05:25,161 Mom! Mama! 67 00:05:25,329 --> 00:05:27,079 Mom! 68 00:05:30,292 --> 00:05:32,168 Mama! 69 00:05:33,045 --> 00:05:34,587 Mom. 70 00:05:35,255 --> 00:05:36,756 [CHILDREN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 71 00:05:36,924 --> 00:05:39,133 - What is this? CHILDREN [IN UNISON]: Groceries. 72 00:05:39,301 --> 00:05:42,094 - Y'all didn't see her? CHILDREN: No, ma'am. 73 00:05:50,604 --> 00:05:52,146 Carl Lee! Stop! 74 00:05:52,314 --> 00:05:55,775 - You got a call from your wife! - What? What? 75 00:06:01,782 --> 00:06:04,784 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 76 00:06:18,924 --> 00:06:20,925 [JAKE HUMMING] 77 00:06:23,262 --> 00:06:25,346 JAKE: How many appointments do we have today, Ethel? 78 00:06:25,514 --> 00:06:27,765 ETHEL: Not a one. 79 00:06:28,141 --> 00:06:31,102 But it is the 1st of the month again and guess what. 80 00:06:31,270 --> 00:06:35,523 The checks are pouring in and we have enough money to pay all our past debts. 81 00:06:35,691 --> 00:06:38,109 That'll be your last drink. 82 00:06:38,277 --> 00:06:41,404 Just keep us no more than one month behind on any vendor, please. 83 00:06:41,572 --> 00:06:43,447 Why, you have been drinking. 84 00:06:43,615 --> 00:06:44,657 Two months. 85 00:06:44,825 --> 00:06:46,909 Well, these are the most delinquent. 86 00:06:47,077 --> 00:06:49,245 The rent's in there. 87 00:06:49,413 --> 00:06:54,709 I appreciate the practice, capitán, I do, but you could've left me a couple of clients. 88 00:07:02,009 --> 00:07:04,510 GWEN [CRYING]: Baby, here's Daddy. 89 00:07:08,682 --> 00:07:11,058 Oh, no. 90 00:07:13,478 --> 00:07:16,689 I'm here, baby. Daddy's here. 91 00:07:16,857 --> 00:07:20,693 TONYA: Daddy, I'm sorry I dropped the groceries. 92 00:07:20,861 --> 00:07:24,697 - That's all right, baby. It's all right, baby. - I'm sorry, Daddy. 93 00:07:24,865 --> 00:07:26,699 CARL LEE: That's all right. 94 00:07:52,726 --> 00:07:54,310 Look at this. 95 00:08:21,963 --> 00:08:23,047 SHERIFF: Billy Ray? 96 00:08:23,882 --> 00:08:28,552 Sorry, sir, but we don't allow no African-Americans in here. Ha, ha. 97 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,722 Billy Ray Cobb, you and Mr. Willard need to come with me. 98 00:08:32,641 --> 00:08:34,100 Hell, no. I ain't moving. 99 00:08:34,267 --> 00:08:37,311 - You know that little girl you took for a ride? BILLY RAY: Mm. 100 00:08:37,479 --> 00:08:40,731 - What little girl? - I got bad news for you. She didn't die. 101 00:08:41,108 --> 00:08:45,194 So unless there's another redneck asshole got a souped-up yellow pickup... 102 00:08:45,362 --> 00:08:47,780 ...with a Confederate flag in the windshield-- 103 00:08:47,948 --> 00:08:51,409 Blue gums, why don't you take your black ass out of here and grab a branch. 104 00:08:51,576 --> 00:08:55,621 Unless you got an explanation for what this was doing in the bed of your truck... 105 00:08:56,623 --> 00:08:59,125 ...you're going to jail. Now, get up. 106 00:09:00,168 --> 00:09:02,128 You can go to hell, nigger. 107 00:09:02,295 --> 00:09:04,755 - Unh! Goddamn! MAN: Hey! 108 00:09:04,923 --> 00:09:07,174 [BILLY RAY GRUNTING] 109 00:09:08,969 --> 00:09:11,887 Now, you earned the right to remain silent. 110 00:09:12,347 --> 00:09:15,099 - Here you go, just the way you like them. - Thank you. 111 00:09:15,267 --> 00:09:17,935 - Dell, sugar, today I'm gonna have-- DELL: Go to hell, Harry. 112 00:09:18,103 --> 00:09:20,521 On second thought, I'm just gonna watch baby eat his. 113 00:09:20,689 --> 00:09:22,732 I am not the one who handled her divorce. 114 00:09:22,899 --> 00:09:24,817 Can't she see I'm shriveling away here? 115 00:09:24,985 --> 00:09:26,444 I'm shriveling. 116 00:09:26,611 --> 00:09:29,238 - Say, Jake? - Yeah, what's up, Dwayne? 117 00:09:29,906 --> 00:09:32,825 Didn't you defend Billy Ray Cobb few years back? 118 00:09:34,161 --> 00:09:36,203 What kind of case was it? 119 00:09:36,371 --> 00:09:37,830 Caught him selling dope. 120 00:09:37,998 --> 00:09:40,166 Spent time in Parchman. Got out last year. 121 00:09:40,834 --> 00:09:43,419 No, I think some Memphis lawyer handled that. 122 00:09:43,587 --> 00:09:45,254 Why do you ask? 123 00:09:45,422 --> 00:09:48,007 Well, we picked him up for rape. Him and Pete Willard. 124 00:09:48,175 --> 00:09:49,341 Who'd they rape? 125 00:09:50,969 --> 00:09:52,511 You know Carl Lee Hailey? 126 00:09:52,888 --> 00:09:54,805 Sure, I defended his brother Lester. 127 00:09:57,058 --> 00:09:58,893 It was his little girl. 128 00:10:01,938 --> 00:10:03,063 Little Tonya? 129 00:10:04,483 --> 00:10:06,233 Yeah. 130 00:10:08,528 --> 00:10:09,612 How old is she? 131 00:10:11,281 --> 00:10:12,865 She's 10. 132 00:10:55,450 --> 00:10:58,327 Mr. Willard, I'm Sheriff Ozzie Walls. 133 00:10:59,037 --> 00:11:01,705 My mama voted for you. 134 00:11:03,208 --> 00:11:05,251 I seen you play for the Rams. 135 00:11:07,546 --> 00:11:11,298 Way I figure, a nigger sheriff's okay, been on TV and all. 136 00:11:14,219 --> 00:11:15,511 No offense. 137 00:11:18,849 --> 00:11:20,349 SHERIFF: What's your full name? 138 00:11:20,517 --> 00:11:22,935 James Lewis Willard. 139 00:11:26,439 --> 00:11:30,025 Four, which is a difference of 110.60. 140 00:11:30,193 --> 00:11:32,528 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 141 00:11:33,446 --> 00:11:35,281 Who's there? 142 00:11:54,134 --> 00:11:55,968 Carl Lee. 143 00:12:01,433 --> 00:12:03,225 How is she? 144 00:12:04,185 --> 00:12:06,312 CARL LEE: She holding on. 145 00:12:07,314 --> 00:12:10,107 Doctor says she ain't out of the woods yet, though. 146 00:12:17,657 --> 00:12:20,367 They worked her over something good, Jake. 147 00:12:27,834 --> 00:12:32,254 You remember them four white boys raped that little black girl in the Delta last year? 148 00:12:34,758 --> 00:12:35,841 Yeah. 149 00:12:36,009 --> 00:12:37,843 They, uh.... 150 00:12:38,011 --> 00:12:39,553 They got off, didn't they? 151 00:12:41,932 --> 00:12:43,432 Yeah. 152 00:12:48,104 --> 00:12:50,064 Jake.... 153 00:12:50,523 --> 00:12:53,192 I was in a jam, you'd help me out, wouldn't you? 154 00:12:55,445 --> 00:12:57,363 Sure, Carl Lee. 155 00:12:59,574 --> 00:13:01,408 What kind of jam you talking about? 156 00:13:02,452 --> 00:13:04,745 You got a daughter, Jake. 157 00:13:04,913 --> 00:13:06,789 What would you do? 158 00:13:17,467 --> 00:13:19,426 Dream some good dreams, baby girl. 159 00:13:19,761 --> 00:13:22,221 Good night, Daddy. 160 00:13:22,514 --> 00:13:24,390 [WHISPERS] Night, baby. 161 00:13:40,073 --> 00:13:42,116 - Is she asleep? - Yeah. 162 00:13:42,325 --> 00:13:45,035 - Is she the sweetest thing? - Yeah, she is. 163 00:13:45,203 --> 00:13:47,204 Next to you. 164 00:13:47,747 --> 00:13:52,251 Tell you what, I look at her, though, and I cannot help but think about little Tonya. 165 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,587 Don't. 166 00:13:58,425 --> 00:14:00,509 Don't do that to yourself. 167 00:14:01,261 --> 00:14:02,344 Yeah. 168 00:14:06,558 --> 00:14:07,599 Something else wrong? 169 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:11,020 Tonya's father... 170 00:14:11,187 --> 00:14:13,272 ...Carl Lee Hailey... 171 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:14,773 ...came by the office today. 172 00:14:17,027 --> 00:14:19,778 Man's heart is torn wide open, baby. 173 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:21,530 I don't know, but... 174 00:14:21,698 --> 00:14:24,533 ...sounded to me like he was thinking about doing something. 175 00:14:24,701 --> 00:14:25,743 Like what? 176 00:14:27,454 --> 00:14:29,496 Something like maybe killing those two boys. 177 00:14:30,123 --> 00:14:31,457 Was he serious? 178 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:37,629 I don't know. I don't know. 179 00:14:37,797 --> 00:14:40,466 It could've been just the hurt talking, you know? 180 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:44,636 But when you think that it's possible that those two animals could... 181 00:14:44,804 --> 00:14:46,680 ...go free... 182 00:14:47,599 --> 00:14:49,975 ...and be walking the streets.... 183 00:14:52,479 --> 00:14:54,104 I.... 184 00:14:54,856 --> 00:14:56,148 I don't know. 185 00:14:58,151 --> 00:15:02,029 After what that man has been through, he's probably capable of anything. 186 00:15:03,323 --> 00:15:05,741 Somebody should do something. 187 00:15:06,326 --> 00:15:07,993 You should call Sheriff Walls. 188 00:15:09,579 --> 00:15:11,163 Yeah. 189 00:16:06,594 --> 00:16:09,763 To release the owner from assessment. 190 00:16:13,143 --> 00:16:17,563 I hope I'm having a heart attack because then I'd get to sue you. 191 00:16:17,730 --> 00:16:20,399 Don't stand on ceremony, come on in. 192 00:16:20,567 --> 00:16:22,568 What? No clients? 193 00:16:22,735 --> 00:16:25,571 Just waiting to pick yours up on appeal, Harry. 194 00:16:25,738 --> 00:16:29,074 And you, are you on vacation? 195 00:16:29,659 --> 00:16:31,785 Fortunately for me, my lovely... 196 00:16:31,953 --> 00:16:34,246 ...divorce doesn't go on vacation. 197 00:16:34,622 --> 00:16:36,081 However... 198 00:16:36,249 --> 00:16:39,835 ...not even the richest, most ridiculous settlement I ever bring in... 199 00:16:40,003 --> 00:16:42,796 ...is gonna be as satisfying as watching those two hyenas... 200 00:16:42,964 --> 00:16:46,466 ...across the street get what's coming to them. 201 00:16:50,889 --> 00:16:52,139 Oh, dear. 202 00:16:54,934 --> 00:16:58,979 You know I'm a fool for those, um, German-type convertibles. 203 00:16:59,147 --> 00:17:00,564 [CHUCKLES] 204 00:17:00,732 --> 00:17:02,774 Come on, lover boy, let's get to court. 205 00:17:02,942 --> 00:17:05,861 Lucien thinks the two hyenas just might get off. 206 00:17:06,029 --> 00:17:07,613 You saw Lucien? 207 00:17:07,780 --> 00:17:09,406 When? Where? 208 00:17:09,574 --> 00:17:10,657 How is he? 209 00:17:10,825 --> 00:17:12,701 Has he been eating any better? 210 00:17:15,580 --> 00:17:16,997 Just curious. 211 00:17:17,165 --> 00:17:19,499 Um, Miss Ethel... 212 00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:23,879 ...refresh my recollection, how long were you and Lucien together for exactly? 213 00:17:24,047 --> 00:17:25,255 We were never together. 214 00:17:25,423 --> 00:17:27,507 I was his secretary for 20 years. 215 00:17:27,675 --> 00:17:29,468 Come on, old girl. 216 00:17:29,636 --> 00:17:32,137 - You can tell us, you know. - He was your boyfriend. 217 00:17:32,305 --> 00:17:36,225 I am an upstanding, God-fearing, respectable Southern woman... 218 00:17:36,392 --> 00:17:40,520 ...with unimpeachable morals who has been happily married for 27 years. 219 00:17:40,688 --> 00:17:44,608 And I have never had or ever will have any boyfriend. 220 00:17:44,776 --> 00:17:46,276 And if I did... 221 00:17:46,444 --> 00:17:51,531 ...it certainly would not be that old pickled scoundrel Lucien Wilbanks. 222 00:17:54,327 --> 00:17:55,744 [DOOR SLAMS] 223 00:17:55,912 --> 00:17:58,622 She did him. Oh, yeah, a lot. 224 00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:07,673 DWAYNE: All right, Billy Ray, step on back. 225 00:18:08,466 --> 00:18:10,759 Come on out. Willard. 226 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,681 All right, boys, today's your big day. 227 00:18:15,848 --> 00:18:17,724 We're gonna take a trip to the courthouse. 228 00:18:17,892 --> 00:18:19,559 The judge is gonna set your bail. 229 00:18:19,727 --> 00:18:22,521 Then we're gonna come back here, all nice and peaceful-like. 230 00:18:22,689 --> 00:18:27,567 I get any trouble out of you, I'm going to integrate this jail. 231 00:18:57,140 --> 00:18:58,473 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 232 00:19:53,946 --> 00:19:57,366 HANNAH: Mama, Daddy's home! Daddy's home! 233 00:19:58,034 --> 00:20:00,827 CARLA: Hannah girl, let's go inside for a minute. 234 00:20:00,995 --> 00:20:03,538 Give Daddy some time to himself. 235 00:20:03,706 --> 00:20:07,292 - Let's-- Let's find a book, okay? HANNAH: I wanna see Daddy. 236 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:08,919 CARLA: Honey? 237 00:20:38,408 --> 00:20:43,036 Jake? Jake? Are you hurt? Jake, what happened to you? 238 00:20:43,204 --> 00:20:46,039 Jake, honey, are you okay? What happened to you? 239 00:20:46,207 --> 00:20:49,501 What is this? What is going on with you? What happened? 240 00:20:49,669 --> 00:20:51,545 Jake, baby. 241 00:20:52,547 --> 00:20:54,756 What happened? 242 00:20:54,924 --> 00:20:57,926 [SIRENS WAILING] 243 00:21:27,915 --> 00:21:30,041 [CRYING] Okay, okay. 244 00:21:46,142 --> 00:21:47,184 See you, Gwen. 245 00:22:01,282 --> 00:22:03,158 WOMAN: Is the sheriff gonna make a statement? 246 00:22:03,326 --> 00:22:05,118 HASTINGS: He might, he might not. I don't know. 247 00:22:05,286 --> 00:22:07,913 MAN: Is it first-degree murder? HASTINGS: I'm not sure yet. 248 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,081 WOMAN: What happened? Can you tell us something? 249 00:22:10,249 --> 00:22:13,460 MAN: Sheriff, will you give us a statement. - I got no comment. No comment. 250 00:22:13,628 --> 00:22:16,588 Hey. Hey, Jake. Hey, Jake, Carl Lee said you'd be coming. 251 00:22:16,756 --> 00:22:19,049 WOMAN: Sir, are you an attorney? MAN: Are you an attorney? 252 00:22:19,217 --> 00:22:22,594 Now, I'll make a statement. I want y'all to get these vans out of here. 253 00:22:22,762 --> 00:22:25,013 WOMAN: Sir, we've gotta get something for our newscast. 254 00:22:36,192 --> 00:22:39,194 [DOOR LOCKING] 255 00:22:44,825 --> 00:22:46,618 Didn't think I'd do it, did you? 256 00:22:50,373 --> 00:22:52,207 How you holding up? 257 00:22:56,462 --> 00:22:59,965 I ain't had nothing against them boys till they messed with my baby. 258 00:23:00,883 --> 00:23:05,095 And I feel sorry for their mamas and their daddies, but... 259 00:23:05,805 --> 00:23:07,764 ...I ain't sorry for what I done. 260 00:23:11,018 --> 00:23:12,143 How's Looney? 261 00:23:14,981 --> 00:23:16,773 You blew his knee right off his leg. 262 00:23:17,650 --> 00:23:19,985 Doctors are still with him. 263 00:23:23,948 --> 00:23:25,448 What's gonna happen to me now? 264 00:23:26,951 --> 00:23:29,244 There's gonna be a preliminary hearing. 265 00:23:29,412 --> 00:23:31,705 Probably tomorrow. 266 00:23:32,164 --> 00:23:34,332 After that, Buckley will push for a fast trial. 267 00:23:35,334 --> 00:23:36,459 Who's Buckley? 268 00:23:36,627 --> 00:23:38,128 Rufus Buckley. 269 00:23:38,296 --> 00:23:39,337 District attorney. 270 00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:43,508 He's mean, he's ambitious, and he's gonna eat this up because of the publicity. 271 00:23:43,676 --> 00:23:45,468 But you've done beat him, ain't you? 272 00:23:45,970 --> 00:23:47,637 Yeah. 273 00:23:48,014 --> 00:23:49,639 Not in a murder case. 274 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:54,978 Think I can win? 275 00:23:55,855 --> 00:23:58,231 All depends on the jury, Carl Lee. 276 00:23:59,358 --> 00:24:01,234 Pick the right jury, and you walk. 277 00:24:02,695 --> 00:24:04,696 DA picks the jury... 278 00:24:04,864 --> 00:24:06,156 ...and you get the gas. 279 00:24:09,702 --> 00:24:11,328 Well, how much--? 280 00:24:11,495 --> 00:24:13,496 How much a case like this cost? 281 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,917 Probably 50 grand. 282 00:24:18,085 --> 00:24:20,003 [SIGHS] 283 00:24:20,171 --> 00:24:23,131 I can pay maybe 10. 284 00:24:25,051 --> 00:24:26,801 [CARL LEE SIGHS] 285 00:24:29,972 --> 00:24:35,060 Well, not a lot of white lawyers would've took my brother Lester's case. 286 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:38,063 You did and got him off. 287 00:24:38,898 --> 00:24:44,486 I figure there's a lot of people out there tired of all the raping and killing. 288 00:24:44,654 --> 00:24:48,615 They'd be sympathetic to a man who took the law into his own hands... 289 00:24:48,783 --> 00:24:50,492 ...even if he is black. 290 00:24:57,750 --> 00:25:01,670 You said you'd help me out if I was in a jam, Jake. 291 00:25:02,088 --> 00:25:04,714 Well, I'm in one now. 292 00:25:05,925 --> 00:25:07,050 What you say? 293 00:25:09,679 --> 00:25:12,722 MAN: What can you tell us, sheriff? WOMAN: Can you tell us what happened? 294 00:25:12,890 --> 00:25:15,558 - Are you with the police department? - No, I am a lawyer. 295 00:25:15,726 --> 00:25:17,519 Are you Carl Lee Hailey's attorney? 296 00:25:18,479 --> 00:25:20,939 Sir, are you Mr. Hailey's attorney? 297 00:25:21,107 --> 00:25:22,273 Yes, I am. 298 00:25:22,441 --> 00:25:24,693 - What's your name, sir? - Brigance. Jake Brigance. 299 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:26,194 That's with one G. 300 00:25:33,828 --> 00:25:35,286 MAN: Hailey's hired an attorney. 301 00:25:35,996 --> 00:25:37,038 Jake Brigance. 302 00:25:37,540 --> 00:25:39,833 [RUFUS CHUCKLING] 303 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,002 And today ain't even my birthday. 304 00:25:43,170 --> 00:25:46,548 Brigance couldn't tie his own tie without that old drunk Wilbanks. 305 00:25:46,716 --> 00:25:48,675 Telling the press he never lost a murder case. 306 00:25:48,843 --> 00:25:50,969 Well, he's never tried one against me, has he? 307 00:25:51,137 --> 00:25:53,638 - What time's the preliminary? - Tomorrow at 3. 308 00:25:53,806 --> 00:25:55,598 Judge Omar Noose presiding. 309 00:25:56,225 --> 00:25:58,643 Oh, I was wrong. It is my birthday. 310 00:25:59,019 --> 00:26:02,605 All right. First things first, Brigance will file for a change of venue. 311 00:26:02,773 --> 00:26:05,817 - Guy would be a fool if he didn't. - Why's that? 312 00:26:06,318 --> 00:26:07,444 Why? 313 00:26:07,611 --> 00:26:09,946 Should we tell our young, uninformed law clerk... 314 00:26:10,114 --> 00:26:12,282 ...the reality of jurisprudence in this county? 315 00:26:12,450 --> 00:26:16,578 Evelyn, get me the state file on race statistics. 316 00:26:16,746 --> 00:26:18,371 You see, Taylor, it's quite simple. 317 00:26:18,539 --> 00:26:21,624 This county's 26-, 30-percent black, give or take. 318 00:26:21,792 --> 00:26:25,920 Almost every other county is 40-, 45-, in some cases 70-percent black. 319 00:26:26,088 --> 00:26:28,214 Blacks are more sympathetic to other blacks. 320 00:26:28,382 --> 00:26:31,468 If he gets it moved, he has a greater chance of color in the jury. 321 00:26:31,635 --> 00:26:32,719 We know what that means. 322 00:26:32,887 --> 00:26:36,055 But if the trial stays here, it's an all-white jury for sure. 323 00:26:36,223 --> 00:26:37,849 Now, Taylor, this is for you... 324 00:26:38,350 --> 00:26:40,894 ...to integrate your brain with before 3:00 tomorrow. 325 00:26:41,061 --> 00:26:43,396 TAYLOR: Yes. - He means without blacks on the jury... 326 00:26:43,564 --> 00:26:45,565 ...Hailey hasn't got a chance in hell. 327 00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:48,860 RUFUS: All right, Noose is up for re-elect? - Yeah, November. 328 00:26:49,028 --> 00:26:51,112 Reach out to our friends in the legislature. 329 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,908 Have them call on Noose. We're gonna help him decide to keep this case in Canton. 330 00:26:55,075 --> 00:26:58,912 Also, send a case of whatever it is he's drinking these days to Lucien Wilbanks. 331 00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:02,582 - I believe that's Dewars. - Keep that old drunk on the sidelines. 332 00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:03,833 Yeah, get me Sam. 333 00:27:04,001 --> 00:27:05,752 RUFUS: And, gentlemen? 334 00:27:07,046 --> 00:27:10,256 No mistakes. This is the one we've been waiting for. 335 00:27:11,050 --> 00:27:13,885 LUCIEN: Justifiable homicide will never hold up. 336 00:27:14,053 --> 00:27:16,679 JAKE: Then my only chance is to find a shrink who'll testify... 337 00:27:16,847 --> 00:27:19,265 ...Carl Lee was insane at the time of the murders. 338 00:27:19,558 --> 00:27:23,728 Well, I might know a man who owes me a favor. 339 00:27:24,396 --> 00:27:27,982 - You'll file for change of venue. - Of course. 340 00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:31,736 Judge Noose denies it... 341 00:27:31,904 --> 00:27:35,406 ...then you'll get an all-white jury and you'll lose. 342 00:27:35,866 --> 00:27:37,325 Thank you for the encouragement. 343 00:27:37,493 --> 00:27:42,413 Well, bear in mind that Mr. Hailey is as guilty as sin under our legal system. 344 00:27:42,581 --> 00:27:48,419 It does not permit vigilante violence, and he took the law into his own hands. 345 00:27:48,587 --> 00:27:51,089 He murdered two people. 346 00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:56,135 Two people who had raped his 10-year-old daughter. 347 00:27:58,264 --> 00:27:59,639 You know... 348 00:27:59,807 --> 00:28:02,058 ...you can win this case... 349 00:28:02,226 --> 00:28:04,394 ...and justice will prevail. 350 00:28:04,562 --> 00:28:06,145 But lose... 351 00:28:06,313 --> 00:28:10,692 ...and justice will also prevail. Now, that's a strange case. 352 00:28:10,860 --> 00:28:12,485 Yeah. 353 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,489 I could use your help. 354 00:28:19,034 --> 00:28:21,911 The sons of bitches decertified me, Jake. 355 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:25,456 I swore I will never enter another courtroom ever. 356 00:28:25,624 --> 00:28:29,043 Lucien, you're the best lawyer I've ever seen. 357 00:28:29,211 --> 00:28:32,213 Now, I know how much it hurt when they took your license away... 358 00:28:32,381 --> 00:28:34,841 ...but they can't take your mind unless you let them. 359 00:28:36,135 --> 00:28:37,343 Good speech. 360 00:28:37,511 --> 00:28:39,637 Well, I had a good teacher. 361 00:28:39,805 --> 00:28:42,765 Now, you remember when I came to you out of law school? 362 00:28:43,559 --> 00:28:45,351 In a ridiculous blue suit. 363 00:28:45,519 --> 00:28:46,895 Yeah. 364 00:28:47,062 --> 00:28:51,482 Now, you sat me down and you said to me, "Young man, I cannot promise you riches. 365 00:28:51,817 --> 00:28:55,320 What I can offer you is a chance to save the world... 366 00:28:55,487 --> 00:28:56,905 ...one case at a time." 367 00:28:59,909 --> 00:29:03,161 Well, I'm saying the same words back to you right now. 368 00:29:04,580 --> 00:29:05,705 How about it, Lucien? 369 00:29:09,209 --> 00:29:12,003 MINISTER: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. 370 00:29:12,171 --> 00:29:15,298 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. 371 00:29:15,466 --> 00:29:18,009 He leadeth me beside still waters. 372 00:29:18,177 --> 00:29:21,846 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... 373 00:29:22,014 --> 00:29:26,351 ...I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. 374 00:29:26,518 --> 00:29:29,354 Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 375 00:29:29,688 --> 00:29:32,899 Thou preparest a table before me.... 376 00:29:33,067 --> 00:29:35,652 Sure am sorry about your brother, Freddie. 377 00:29:36,612 --> 00:29:38,404 Old Willard too. 378 00:29:38,572 --> 00:29:40,907 Good boys, both. 379 00:29:45,663 --> 00:29:48,706 Ten years ago, that nigger would be hanging by the end of a rope... 380 00:29:48,874 --> 00:29:50,792 ...with his balls in his mouth. 381 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,127 You tell me what's wrong with this country. 382 00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:55,421 Klan would know what to do. 383 00:29:56,548 --> 00:29:58,508 My granddaddy, he was Klan. 384 00:29:59,593 --> 00:30:03,554 - Ain't no Klan around here for years. - Oh, there's still some boys around. 385 00:30:03,722 --> 00:30:06,015 Them skinheads who want to blow up the government? 386 00:30:06,183 --> 00:30:09,310 No, sir. Good God-fearing Klan. 387 00:30:11,689 --> 00:30:14,107 I got a friend, used to be active. 388 00:30:14,274 --> 00:30:15,400 I could give him a call. 389 00:30:17,236 --> 00:30:19,278 You do that, Winston. 390 00:30:19,446 --> 00:30:22,323 You tell them boys we need some Klan down here in Canton. 391 00:30:22,491 --> 00:30:24,534 I mean right quick. 392 00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:28,955 CARLA: Hurry up, honey. 393 00:30:29,123 --> 00:30:30,623 JAKE: Coming, coming, coming. 394 00:30:30,791 --> 00:30:33,918 MAN [ON TV]: Something you can tell us? WOMAN [ON TV]: What did Carl Lee tell you? 395 00:30:34,086 --> 00:30:35,712 JAKE: There's Ozzie. 396 00:30:37,089 --> 00:30:41,259 - To our family's television debut. - To the big time. 397 00:30:41,885 --> 00:30:45,638 I cannot believe he didn't take you seriously when you warned him. 398 00:30:45,806 --> 00:30:49,183 Well, baby, you know, some folks think those boys got what they deserved. 399 00:30:49,351 --> 00:30:52,687 Here, sweet pea. Carl Lee Hailey may very well spend his life in prison. 400 00:30:52,855 --> 00:30:54,647 That is nothing his family deserves. 401 00:30:54,815 --> 00:30:56,107 - Yeah. - You did call Ozzie-- 402 00:30:56,275 --> 00:30:58,943 - Lookit here. Look who's-- CARLA: Daddy's on TV. 403 00:30:59,111 --> 00:31:03,072 I intend to show the men and women of the South to look past color and see the truth. 404 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:07,660 That here in the South-- In the new South, justice is and will be colorblind. 405 00:31:09,038 --> 00:31:10,079 [PHONE RINGING] 406 00:31:10,247 --> 00:31:12,790 - Impressive. Honey, that was really good. - Hmm? 407 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,334 - Isn't Daddy smart? HANNAH: Mm-hm. 408 00:31:15,502 --> 00:31:16,961 Yeah. Brigance. 409 00:31:17,129 --> 00:31:18,296 - Mm-hm. - That was great. 410 00:31:18,464 --> 00:31:20,548 Yeah. No, we just saw it. 411 00:31:20,716 --> 00:31:22,050 All right, Harry Rex. Yeah. 412 00:31:22,217 --> 00:31:23,426 Baby, I'm proud of you. 413 00:31:23,594 --> 00:31:24,635 [PHONE RINGS] 414 00:31:24,803 --> 00:31:26,137 - Good stuff, huh? - Mm-hm. 415 00:31:26,305 --> 00:31:28,514 - You hear this? - Put it on speakerphone. 416 00:31:28,682 --> 00:31:30,558 Don't be gross. 417 00:31:30,934 --> 00:31:34,062 - Ahem. F. Lee Bailey's office. MAN [OVER PHONE]: Brigance. 418 00:31:34,229 --> 00:31:38,983 You nigger-loving son-of-a-bitch, you won't live if the nigger walks. 419 00:31:39,151 --> 00:31:41,819 Hey, hey. Hey. 420 00:31:42,613 --> 00:31:44,655 WOMAN: Do you have any sympathy for the defense? 421 00:31:44,823 --> 00:31:47,825 Well, of course I do, Stephanie. You're a mother, I'm a father. 422 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:50,787 We all have families. Who wouldn't? 423 00:31:50,954 --> 00:31:53,289 Don't presume the district attorney is insensitive. 424 00:31:53,457 --> 00:31:55,500 But the people of the state of Mississippi... 425 00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:58,252 ...entrusted this office to uphold the law of the land. 426 00:31:58,420 --> 00:32:01,631 Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands. 427 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:03,049 No matter the circumstance. 428 00:32:03,217 --> 00:32:05,885 If you get a conviction, will you ask for the gas chamber? 429 00:32:06,053 --> 00:32:08,679 Yes, I will seek the death penalty for Mr. Hailey. 430 00:32:08,847 --> 00:32:10,681 WOMAN: What do you think of Mr. Brigance? 431 00:32:10,849 --> 00:32:12,892 Isn’t that boy still in law school? 432 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,144 Say hey to your husband for me, Kim. That's all. 433 00:32:15,312 --> 00:32:17,688 [REPORTERS CHATTERING] 434 00:32:29,868 --> 00:32:32,703 Hey, Cora Mae, don't you worry. Hey, Wayne, how are you? 435 00:32:32,871 --> 00:32:34,455 MAN: Good luck. 436 00:32:36,041 --> 00:32:39,085 You plead him guilty today, I'll ask for life. Otherwise, he dies. 437 00:32:39,253 --> 00:32:42,839 You drop your case now, and I won't bury you before the entire county, Rufus. 438 00:32:44,299 --> 00:32:45,508 All rise. 439 00:32:47,344 --> 00:32:51,013 Court is in session. The Honorable Omar Noose presiding. 440 00:32:51,181 --> 00:32:53,558 Good afternoon, citizens. 441 00:32:55,644 --> 00:32:57,228 Be seated. 442 00:32:57,396 --> 00:32:58,980 Counsel. 443 00:32:59,148 --> 00:33:00,731 And you, sir. 444 00:33:00,899 --> 00:33:03,401 - Are you Carl Lee Hailey? - Yes, sir. 445 00:33:03,569 --> 00:33:07,572 Uh, Mr. Hailey, I am holding a copy of an indictment returned... 446 00:33:07,739 --> 00:33:11,242 ...by the grand jury of Mississippi presenting that: 447 00:33:11,410 --> 00:33:16,122 "Carl Lee Hailey did murder Billy Ray Cobb, a human being... 448 00:33:16,290 --> 00:33:19,125 ...and James Lewis Willard, a human being... 449 00:33:19,293 --> 00:33:23,337 ...and did attempt to kill Dwayne Looney, a peace officer... 450 00:33:23,505 --> 00:33:26,549 ...against the peace and dignity of the state of Mississippi." 451 00:33:26,967 --> 00:33:29,427 Now, do you understand the charges against you? 452 00:33:29,887 --> 00:33:32,471 - Yes, sir. - How do you wish to plead? 453 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:36,350 Not guilty, Your Honor. 454 00:33:37,561 --> 00:33:40,980 The defense enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Your Honor. 455 00:33:41,148 --> 00:33:43,149 Your trial is set for July 22. 456 00:33:43,317 --> 00:33:47,612 All pretrial motions and matters should be filed no later than July 8. 457 00:33:47,779 --> 00:33:49,238 - Is there anything further? RUFUS: Yes. 458 00:33:49,406 --> 00:33:51,532 Your Honor, in response to the insanity plea... 459 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:54,785 ...the state requests the defendant be examined by its own doctors. 460 00:33:54,953 --> 00:33:55,953 Request granted. 461 00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:59,248 Additionally, the state opposes any request for bail. 462 00:33:59,416 --> 00:34:01,334 Your Honor, we haven't yet asked for bail. 463 00:34:01,501 --> 00:34:04,462 Now, Governor Buckley cannot oppose a request until one is made. 464 00:34:04,630 --> 00:34:06,505 He should've learned that in law school. 465 00:34:06,673 --> 00:34:10,259 Your Honor, even Mr. Brigance's meager legal experience... 466 00:34:10,427 --> 00:34:14,597 ...should've taught him two things. One, I have not been elected governor yet. 467 00:34:14,765 --> 00:34:17,642 And number two, he is required to request bail. 468 00:34:17,809 --> 00:34:19,435 The state opposes any such request. 469 00:34:19,603 --> 00:34:22,980 In the future, why don't we just wait till he makes the request, huh? 470 00:34:23,232 --> 00:34:24,440 JAKE: Thank you, Your Honor. 471 00:34:24,608 --> 00:34:27,151 - Your Honor, we would like to request bail. - Denied. 472 00:34:28,278 --> 00:34:30,696 I have never allowed bail in a capital-murder case... 473 00:34:30,864 --> 00:34:34,200 ...and don't feel that an exception is called for today. 474 00:34:34,368 --> 00:34:35,493 Good enough. 475 00:34:35,661 --> 00:34:37,745 We will be filing for a change of venue. 476 00:34:37,913 --> 00:34:39,330 I anticipated this. 477 00:34:39,498 --> 00:34:42,083 Let me save you some time, Mr. Brigance. 478 00:34:42,251 --> 00:34:43,751 Your motion is denied. 479 00:34:43,919 --> 00:34:45,836 JAKE: Your Honor, we have not yet filed. 480 00:34:46,004 --> 00:34:49,882 We are simply indicating our intent to file in writing by letting you-- 481 00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:52,343 I said, request denied. 482 00:34:53,053 --> 00:34:54,428 Your Honor... 483 00:34:54,596 --> 00:34:57,807 ...how can you summarily deny this request? 484 00:34:57,975 --> 00:35:01,310 It is quite clear that Carl Lee Hailey cannot receive a fair trial here. 485 00:35:01,478 --> 00:35:03,938 - Now, we feel-- - That's enough. Sidebar. 486 00:35:04,106 --> 00:35:05,523 Your Honor, we have a right-- 487 00:35:05,691 --> 00:35:08,567 Mr. Brigance. 488 00:35:08,735 --> 00:35:12,280 I will not tolerate grandstanding in my courtroom. 489 00:35:20,289 --> 00:35:22,290 [QUIETLY] Get back to work. 490 00:35:23,125 --> 00:35:26,043 Excellent technique, counselor. 491 00:35:38,015 --> 00:35:39,056 Your Honor. 492 00:35:39,308 --> 00:35:42,893 We feel it would be remiss not to tell you that in State v. Johnson... 493 00:35:43,061 --> 00:35:44,687 ...and State v. Fisher... 494 00:35:44,855 --> 00:35:46,689 ...both in 1985... 495 00:35:46,857 --> 00:35:49,525 ...failure to properly consider a change of venue... 496 00:35:49,693 --> 00:35:53,112 ...has been a reversible decision on appeal to the state supreme court. 497 00:35:54,573 --> 00:35:59,452 No.... No trial judge likes his rulings overturned. 498 00:35:59,619 --> 00:36:05,791 I guess you get to submit that brief after all. Have it on my desk by Tuesday morning. 499 00:36:06,251 --> 00:36:08,919 Mr. Hailey, you are hereby ordered... 500 00:36:09,087 --> 00:36:14,175 ...to remain in custody of the Madison County sheriff until trial. 501 00:36:14,343 --> 00:36:15,384 Dismissed. 502 00:36:24,895 --> 00:36:27,646 Find me that state doctor. What's his name? Rodeheaver. 503 00:36:27,814 --> 00:36:29,607 Get him down here to interview Hailey. 504 00:36:29,775 --> 00:36:33,611 Since he's not able to afford a real one, find who Brigance is using for a shrink. 505 00:36:33,779 --> 00:36:36,781 - I want him discredited. - You want professional or personal dirt? 506 00:36:36,948 --> 00:36:39,450 I don't wanna know how. Get me enough to shatter him. 507 00:36:39,618 --> 00:36:41,494 We can do that. Taylor. 508 00:36:46,792 --> 00:36:50,836 This is $900, Carl Lee. We said a thousand down. 509 00:36:51,004 --> 00:36:53,297 My kids gotta eat. 510 00:36:54,132 --> 00:36:55,883 Mine too. 511 00:36:58,345 --> 00:37:00,137 All right, when do I get the rest? 512 00:37:00,597 --> 00:37:03,849 Them folks over at the bank, they won't loan me no money on my house. 513 00:37:04,017 --> 00:37:08,396 Why not? Your house is almost paid for. You borrowed on it before for Lester's trial. 514 00:37:08,563 --> 00:37:10,147 Said I wasn't in jail before. 515 00:37:10,315 --> 00:37:13,025 Said to Gwen, how am I gonna pay sitting on death row? 516 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,694 And I lost my job at the mill. 517 00:37:15,862 --> 00:37:17,029 They called Gwen. 518 00:37:17,197 --> 00:37:21,283 Worked 20 years, I'm out five days and they fired me. 519 00:37:23,662 --> 00:37:28,124 Carl Lee, I can't try a capital-murder case for $900. 520 00:37:28,291 --> 00:37:30,084 Carl Lee, I need to live. 521 00:37:30,252 --> 00:37:32,002 Me too, Jake. 522 00:37:32,170 --> 00:37:33,754 I need to live too. 523 00:37:36,174 --> 00:37:39,051 [JAKE HUMMING] 524 00:37:43,473 --> 00:37:45,307 Nice night. 525 00:37:50,856 --> 00:37:54,024 Finder of precedents, mystery woman of the courthouse. 526 00:37:54,192 --> 00:37:57,153 ELLEN: Yup. Care for a beer? 527 00:37:59,906 --> 00:38:02,992 I assume that's the infamous change-of-venue motion under your arm. 528 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,827 Mm-hm. 529 00:38:04,995 --> 00:38:06,370 Ellen Roark. R-O-A-R-K. 530 00:38:06,538 --> 00:38:10,249 That's Roark in Boston, but it seems to be Roark in Mississippi. 531 00:38:10,417 --> 00:38:12,710 - Boston, huh? - Yup, I was born there. 532 00:38:12,878 --> 00:38:15,296 My father's the notorious Sheldon Roark. 533 00:38:15,464 --> 00:38:17,047 Attorney to the stars, yes. 534 00:38:17,215 --> 00:38:18,757 Duly impressed. 535 00:38:18,925 --> 00:38:22,011 What brings you to Mississippi, Roark? Slumming? 536 00:38:22,179 --> 00:38:24,180 No, law school at Ole Miss. 537 00:38:24,347 --> 00:38:26,432 It's a.... It's a family tradition. 538 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,728 Mom was a sweet little sorority girl there till Dad-- Till Dad married her. 539 00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:34,231 I married a sweet little sorority girl from Ole Miss myself. 540 00:38:34,399 --> 00:38:37,651 - Well, they have an excellent selection. - Yes, they do. 541 00:38:37,819 --> 00:38:39,653 Now, really, what brings you to Canton? 542 00:38:39,821 --> 00:38:42,406 I'm not believing they don't have cars to sit on on campus. 543 00:38:42,574 --> 00:38:43,949 Carl Lee Hailey. 544 00:38:46,495 --> 00:38:48,746 Really like to help you with the trial. 545 00:38:48,914 --> 00:38:50,789 Now, what makes you think I need help? 546 00:38:51,541 --> 00:38:53,792 You're trying one of the largest murder cases... 547 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,420 ...these parts have seen and you work alone. 548 00:38:56,588 --> 00:38:58,839 You have no paralegals, no clerks, researchers... 549 00:38:59,007 --> 00:39:00,966 ...nor can you afford to hire any... 550 00:39:01,134 --> 00:39:04,762 ...so if Noose doesn't accept that motion under your arm... 551 00:39:04,930 --> 00:39:09,517 ...you go to trial in less than a month. Trust me, you need help. 552 00:39:09,684 --> 00:39:13,437 - Now, how do you know this? - Well, I'm an excellent researcher. 553 00:39:13,605 --> 00:39:15,648 - I see that. - Look, I've played gofer... 554 00:39:15,815 --> 00:39:18,609 ...for 7 capital-murder cases, I've witnessed 2 executions... 555 00:39:18,777 --> 00:39:22,988 ...I have written briefs for the ACLU, I'm top 5 percent of my class... 556 00:39:23,156 --> 00:39:26,617 ...editor of the law review, I'm published, I'm young. 557 00:39:26,785 --> 00:39:27,910 And when I graduate... 558 00:39:28,078 --> 00:39:32,373 ...I intend to spend a glorious career stomping out the death penalty. 559 00:39:32,999 --> 00:39:36,252 Let's see, what else? Oh, genius runs in my family. 560 00:39:36,419 --> 00:39:37,795 You'll get me on the way up... 561 00:39:37,963 --> 00:39:41,715 ...and I really think, you know, now is a good time to, you know, grab me. 562 00:39:41,883 --> 00:39:44,593 Mm-hm. Is there anything else I should know? 563 00:39:44,761 --> 00:39:46,971 Uh, let's see, anything else? 564 00:39:47,138 --> 00:39:49,598 Oh, my father's filthy rich, so I'll work for free. 565 00:39:51,893 --> 00:39:53,143 What do you think? 566 00:39:56,314 --> 00:39:59,149 I think I'll drop this brief off in Noose's night slot. 567 00:39:59,734 --> 00:40:01,485 Go home and see my family. 568 00:40:01,653 --> 00:40:05,322 Thank you, Roark, but I can handle the case myself. 569 00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,118 Uh.... 570 00:40:09,286 --> 00:40:11,412 You might wanna look at these precedents. 571 00:40:11,580 --> 00:40:14,123 Look at State v. Cooper and State v. Roundtree. 572 00:40:14,291 --> 00:40:16,709 Both revenge killers, both acquitted. 573 00:40:20,005 --> 00:40:21,630 You'll change your mind. 574 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,384 See you. 575 00:40:31,766 --> 00:40:34,184 MAN: Get out. Come on. 576 00:40:36,521 --> 00:40:37,521 Wait. 577 00:40:37,689 --> 00:40:39,231 Come on. 578 00:41:01,338 --> 00:41:06,508 Mr. Cobb, this is Stump Sisson, grand dragon of Mississippi. 579 00:41:08,178 --> 00:41:10,512 He heard you were looking to see us. 580 00:41:11,389 --> 00:41:14,099 You were right to call us, Mr. Cobb. 581 00:41:15,226 --> 00:41:17,561 They say the Klan is dead. 582 00:41:19,147 --> 00:41:24,151 Klan don't show up for a few years and people say the Klan is dead. 583 00:41:24,569 --> 00:41:27,279 Fact is, it just looks dead. 584 00:41:27,447 --> 00:41:30,658 The Klan has always been right there... 585 00:41:30,825 --> 00:41:32,993 ...under the surface. 586 00:41:33,828 --> 00:41:38,374 Just waiting for the opportunity to deliver God's justice. 587 00:41:39,417 --> 00:41:40,751 I wanna help. 588 00:41:40,919 --> 00:41:42,920 I wanna kill that nigger. 589 00:41:43,088 --> 00:41:46,799 Niggers got plenty of protection nowadays. 590 00:41:47,634 --> 00:41:52,096 They got the NAACP and the ACLU. 591 00:41:52,263 --> 00:41:54,598 Even the federal government. 592 00:41:54,766 --> 00:41:56,392 Hell. 593 00:41:56,601 --> 00:41:59,478 White folks ain't got a chance. 594 00:42:00,522 --> 00:42:02,564 Except the Klan. 595 00:42:06,486 --> 00:42:08,070 I'm gonna tell you what. 596 00:42:09,989 --> 00:42:13,492 You get five or six of your friends of similar thinking... 597 00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:17,955 ...and we'll initiate the Madison County Klavern. 598 00:42:19,374 --> 00:42:21,291 Even make you leader. 599 00:42:23,753 --> 00:42:25,546 Now, you tell me... 600 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,464 ...who's that nigger's lawyer? 601 00:42:28,508 --> 00:42:29,717 Local boy. 602 00:42:29,884 --> 00:42:33,178 His name's Brigance. He's got a pretty good reputation. 603 00:42:35,265 --> 00:42:36,598 He got family? 604 00:42:36,766 --> 00:42:40,519 Yes, sir. He.... He has a wife and a daughter. 605 00:42:43,481 --> 00:42:44,857 Good. 606 00:43:04,627 --> 00:43:06,378 OFFICER [OVER RADIO]: Two, two. 607 00:43:26,399 --> 00:43:28,734 - What the hell is he doing here? SHERIFF: Now, calm down. 608 00:43:28,902 --> 00:43:30,569 - No. - Come on, calm down. 609 00:43:30,737 --> 00:43:34,615 - Calm down. BOY: He has no right after what he did. 610 00:43:34,783 --> 00:43:36,575 No, he's got no right, sheriff. 611 00:43:36,743 --> 00:43:39,161 SHERIFF: Don't get your mom upset now. 612 00:43:52,550 --> 00:43:54,259 Looney? 613 00:43:55,261 --> 00:43:56,512 Dwayne? 614 00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:03,894 I made Ozzie bring me. 615 00:44:08,608 --> 00:44:10,526 Shit, Dwayne, we-- 616 00:44:10,693 --> 00:44:12,736 We known each other since we was kids. 617 00:44:18,034 --> 00:44:19,409 It's my fault. 618 00:44:20,537 --> 00:44:22,246 No matter what gets said in court... 619 00:44:23,706 --> 00:44:28,001 ...I knew what I was doing, and I sure didn't intend to hurt you... 620 00:44:28,169 --> 00:44:29,586 ...but just them two boys. 621 00:44:35,093 --> 00:44:38,136 I know it don't mean much now... 622 00:44:39,180 --> 00:44:40,389 ...but I'm sorry. 623 00:44:48,523 --> 00:44:52,150 Some folks think that a black man cannot receive a fair trial in the South. 624 00:44:52,610 --> 00:44:56,613 I intend to show the men and women of the South will look past color and see truth. 625 00:44:56,781 --> 00:44:58,448 It sure is a nigger's world. 626 00:44:58,616 --> 00:45:00,075 Not for long. 627 00:45:02,287 --> 00:45:06,623 FREDDIE: Boys, I am very proud to invite you to become soldiers... 628 00:45:06,791 --> 00:45:09,793 ...in the war to protect our Christian homes and families. 629 00:45:09,961 --> 00:45:14,756 To resurrect our country from the fires of racial degradation. 630 00:45:14,924 --> 00:45:20,679 And to make white people the sole masters of our nation's destiny. 631 00:45:21,139 --> 00:45:23,432 What I'm saying, fellas... 632 00:45:24,142 --> 00:45:26,101 ...it's time for the nigger to pay. 633 00:45:29,147 --> 00:45:33,191 - Something wrong with your telephone? - No, we just had the number changed. 634 00:45:33,359 --> 00:45:35,068 That's what the operator said. 635 00:45:35,236 --> 00:45:37,362 - To an unlisted number. - Yeah. 636 00:45:37,530 --> 00:45:39,656 I'm sorry you had to come all the way up here. 637 00:45:39,824 --> 00:45:41,658 I should've called you, but this case-- 638 00:45:41,826 --> 00:45:45,579 This case has us all worried sick about you all, Jake. 639 00:45:45,747 --> 00:45:49,499 And you know this thing could get ugly. And dangerous. 640 00:45:49,667 --> 00:45:52,961 Jake, he shot them in cold blood. 641 00:45:53,129 --> 00:45:57,090 They raped and almost murdered his daughter, Sarah. 642 00:45:57,258 --> 00:45:59,384 What if the same thing happened to Hannah? 643 00:45:59,552 --> 00:46:02,804 WOMAN 1: Brigance! Mr. Brigance! Mr. Brigance! 644 00:46:02,972 --> 00:46:05,599 - May we ask a few questions? WOMAN 2: Can we get a quote? 645 00:46:05,767 --> 00:46:07,351 - Mr. Brigance. - Excuse me a second. 646 00:46:07,518 --> 00:46:09,519 I'm going to go take a few questions. 647 00:46:09,687 --> 00:46:12,564 - Jake, this isn't the time. - This is really good for Carl Lee. 648 00:46:12,732 --> 00:46:14,358 I'll be right back. 649 00:46:15,735 --> 00:46:17,486 Thank y'all for coming. 650 00:46:17,654 --> 00:46:20,656 [REPORTERS CHATTERING] 651 00:46:22,367 --> 00:46:25,535 I guess we'll have to read about it in the papers. 652 00:46:26,537 --> 00:46:29,539 [CHOIR SINGING GOSPEL SONG] 653 00:46:52,939 --> 00:46:54,940 [CHOIR STOPS SINGING] 654 00:47:22,677 --> 00:47:23,885 Praise Jesus! 655 00:47:24,053 --> 00:47:26,221 [CONGREGATION CHEERING] 656 00:47:39,610 --> 00:47:42,154 ISAIAH: Reverend Agee? AGEE: Yes. 657 00:47:42,321 --> 00:47:43,822 I'm Isaiah Street. 658 00:47:43,990 --> 00:47:46,616 Well, it's an honor to meet you, Reverend. 659 00:47:46,784 --> 00:47:48,869 I saw you march with Dr. King. 660 00:47:49,037 --> 00:47:55,042 Well, well. The struggle continues today here in Canton. 661 00:47:55,626 --> 00:47:57,919 Carl Lee Hailey's on trial because he's black. 662 00:47:58,087 --> 00:47:59,379 No other reason. 663 00:48:00,631 --> 00:48:03,967 - These people are with the NAACP. - Oh? 664 00:48:04,385 --> 00:48:06,386 - Reverend Agee. - How do you do? 665 00:48:06,554 --> 00:48:07,637 How do you do? 666 00:48:07,972 --> 00:48:14,311 Reverend Agee, the black community's concerned that Mr. Hailey's attorney... 667 00:48:14,479 --> 00:48:17,355 ...is not sensitive to the needs of the movement. 668 00:48:18,316 --> 00:48:23,695 The NAACP wishes to provide him with a new lawyer. 669 00:48:25,823 --> 00:48:30,243 We need to raise funds to support Carl Lee Hailey. 670 00:48:31,329 --> 00:48:34,331 I don't know, Reverend. Time's awfully tight here. 671 00:48:36,334 --> 00:48:40,545 Obviously, we would expect you to take... 672 00:48:40,713 --> 00:48:44,716 ...a modest administration fee for your troubles. 673 00:49:10,868 --> 00:49:17,332 SISSON: Your loyalty has been forged in a baptism of fire. 674 00:49:18,459 --> 00:49:22,879 Rise, knights of the Ku Klux Klan... 675 00:49:23,506 --> 00:49:28,176 ...and let your brethren never regret... 676 00:49:29,220 --> 00:49:34,391 ...they believed you worthy of fellowship. 677 00:49:39,730 --> 00:49:41,857 Welcome to the Klan. 678 00:49:53,828 --> 00:49:55,620 MAN: I need to talk to Jake Brigance. 679 00:49:55,788 --> 00:49:58,081 He's not in. May I ask who's calling? 680 00:49:58,666 --> 00:50:01,585 MAN: Uh, well-- 681 00:50:01,794 --> 00:50:02,836 Mickey Mouse. 682 00:50:03,296 --> 00:50:05,213 - Who? MAN [OVER PHONE]: Mickey Mouse. 683 00:50:06,007 --> 00:50:08,091 Get out right now. 684 00:50:08,259 --> 00:50:09,259 Who is this? 685 00:50:09,427 --> 00:50:12,179 MAN [OVER PHONE]: Get your daughter out of the house right now. 686 00:50:13,347 --> 00:50:14,723 HANNAH: Mommy! 687 00:50:14,891 --> 00:50:16,933 - Hannah? HANNAH: Mommy! 688 00:50:17,101 --> 00:50:20,520 CARLA: Hannah? What is it? Oh, my God! 689 00:50:20,688 --> 00:50:22,981 Max! Max, come on! 690 00:50:23,149 --> 00:50:24,524 Fire! Aah! 691 00:50:24,692 --> 00:50:26,401 [MAX BARKING] 692 00:50:26,569 --> 00:50:29,571 [FIREFIGHTERS CHATTERING] 693 00:50:32,533 --> 00:50:35,869 It's a good thing Hastings was nearby and got here fast. 694 00:50:36,037 --> 00:50:38,455 The whole place could've burned down. 695 00:50:38,623 --> 00:50:41,208 - Yeah, I appreciate it. - Take care, man. 696 00:50:41,375 --> 00:50:43,335 See you in the morning. 697 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,801 She asleep, baby? 698 00:50:53,137 --> 00:50:56,389 The Ku Klux Klan is burning crosses on our lawn, Jake. 699 00:50:56,557 --> 00:50:59,643 Baby, there's been no Klan around here for years, okay? 700 00:50:59,810 --> 00:51:03,647 This is just a couple of dorks with too much time on their hands and too many beers. 701 00:51:08,194 --> 00:51:10,445 - I'm sorry. - About what? 702 00:51:11,989 --> 00:51:15,617 That you weren't home when someone practically burned our house down? 703 00:51:15,785 --> 00:51:18,411 That you missed supper and didn't even bother to call? 704 00:51:18,579 --> 00:51:21,665 That lately you've become more interested in getting on the news... 705 00:51:21,832 --> 00:51:23,708 ...than what's going on with your family? 706 00:51:23,876 --> 00:51:27,712 Or that Hannah comes home bawling because of kids calling her a nigger-lover? 707 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,966 What exactly are you sorry about, Jake? 708 00:51:39,350 --> 00:51:41,393 Remember the other night? 709 00:51:43,104 --> 00:51:45,647 I told you Carl Lee came by the office? 710 00:51:45,815 --> 00:51:48,191 Remember what we talked about then? 711 00:51:48,651 --> 00:51:50,652 About me calling Ozzie? 712 00:51:53,739 --> 00:51:56,449 You never called him, did you? 713 00:51:57,451 --> 00:51:58,910 You never called Sheriff Walls? 714 00:51:59,912 --> 00:52:01,705 I didn't call him, baby. 715 00:52:02,915 --> 00:52:06,751 Lord have mercy, Jake, you had a responsibility. 716 00:52:06,919 --> 00:52:08,878 Carl Lee chose you. 717 00:52:09,046 --> 00:52:12,215 He told you what he was thinking. 718 00:52:12,383 --> 00:52:14,801 He told me what he was thinking, but I didn't know-- 719 00:52:14,969 --> 00:52:19,264 Jake Tyler Brigance, we agreed, you were gonna call the sheriff. 720 00:52:19,432 --> 00:52:21,850 Now look at everything that has happened. 721 00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,396 I am sorry to tell you this, darling, but those two boys are in the ground... 722 00:52:26,564 --> 00:52:29,566 ...and you were in a position to prevent every bit of this. 723 00:52:29,734 --> 00:52:30,984 HANNAH: Mama? 724 00:52:32,445 --> 00:52:33,987 Are you and Daddy fighting? 725 00:52:35,531 --> 00:52:39,242 No, baby. Come here. Come here, baby. Come here. 726 00:52:40,202 --> 00:52:43,788 Mommy's just upset because some silly man played a real bad joke, okay? 727 00:52:43,956 --> 00:52:45,915 There's nothing to worry about. 728 00:52:46,334 --> 00:52:49,377 Nothing at all, okay? 729 00:52:55,009 --> 00:52:57,010 What that Memphis doctor say about her? 730 00:52:58,262 --> 00:52:59,888 She's doing good. 731 00:53:00,890 --> 00:53:02,432 Her jaw is healing. 732 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,311 She can't run and jump yet, but it won't be long. 733 00:53:07,605 --> 00:53:09,272 How about the other? 734 00:53:17,323 --> 00:53:20,158 There was too much damage. 735 00:53:21,327 --> 00:53:23,161 She ain't gonna never have kids. 736 00:53:31,629 --> 00:53:33,963 You know, I think about them two boys. 737 00:53:34,131 --> 00:53:35,715 Dead, buried... 738 00:53:35,883 --> 00:53:38,343 ...probably starting to rot. 739 00:53:38,969 --> 00:53:41,805 And I remember them walking in court... 740 00:53:41,972 --> 00:53:43,890 ...one proud, the other scared. 741 00:53:45,518 --> 00:53:47,602 I remember how they fell. 742 00:53:47,770 --> 00:53:52,816 One on top of the other, and screaming and squirming and not going nowhere. 743 00:53:54,693 --> 00:53:57,362 God help me, Gwen, but... 744 00:53:59,073 --> 00:54:01,366 ...that's the only thought gives me comfort. 745 00:54:04,703 --> 00:54:07,789 They took up a collection for us at church Sunday night. 746 00:54:08,541 --> 00:54:10,875 Some kind of defense fund. 747 00:54:11,627 --> 00:54:14,212 Reverend Agee gave a good service. 748 00:54:17,508 --> 00:54:23,847 We need some money around the house, Carl Lee, for groceries and bills. 749 00:54:24,014 --> 00:54:25,306 How much you got? 750 00:54:25,474 --> 00:54:26,850 [SIGHS] 751 00:54:27,017 --> 00:54:28,184 Less than 50. 752 00:54:30,187 --> 00:54:31,646 I'll think of something. 753 00:54:35,276 --> 00:54:39,195 How you think you going to get some money while you stuck here in jail? 754 00:54:39,363 --> 00:54:40,989 Trust me, Gwen. 755 00:54:46,162 --> 00:54:47,954 I just get scared. 756 00:54:49,874 --> 00:54:51,541 Look here. 757 00:54:51,876 --> 00:54:57,672 Tell me exactly what Reverend Agee said when he passed around the collection plate. 758 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,050 I don't care. We are dealing with life and death here. 759 00:55:01,218 --> 00:55:05,180 - I'm gonna have to talk to my supervisor. - Well, you go talk. Get out of here. 760 00:55:05,347 --> 00:55:08,099 JAKE: Morning, John. How are things at the electric company? 761 00:55:08,267 --> 00:55:12,187 The electric company. That is the second time this week I've had to hold him off. 762 00:55:12,354 --> 00:55:14,189 - How much do we owe? - Two thousand dollars. 763 00:55:14,356 --> 00:55:17,317 - How much do we have? - One hundred dollars. 764 00:55:17,485 --> 00:55:20,612 Now, look, this week nothing, nothing has come in at all. Look. 765 00:55:20,779 --> 00:55:23,698 What about Buck Britt's retainer? There's 2 grand. 766 00:55:23,866 --> 00:55:27,076 - That check bounced. - What do you mean, bounced? 767 00:55:27,244 --> 00:55:28,995 It bounced, Jake. 768 00:55:29,163 --> 00:55:31,748 It's been sitting on your desk for a week. 769 00:55:31,916 --> 00:55:33,958 Not that you'd notice. 770 00:55:35,669 --> 00:55:39,172 Since you took this case, you-- You stopped talking to your clients... 771 00:55:39,340 --> 00:55:41,132 ...you don't take your calls, you-- 772 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:45,178 You're obsessed. That's what you are. You're obsessed, Jake. 773 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:48,765 - Boy, your obsession is going to break us. - Hey, hey, hey. 774 00:55:48,933 --> 00:55:51,601 What's wrong, girl? We've been through hard times before. 775 00:55:51,769 --> 00:55:53,686 Oh, not like this, Jake. 776 00:55:53,854 --> 00:55:55,939 Not like this. 777 00:55:56,857 --> 00:55:58,858 We've been getting calls. 778 00:55:59,026 --> 00:56:00,193 At home. 779 00:56:00,361 --> 00:56:01,569 Threats. 780 00:56:02,947 --> 00:56:07,242 You know Bud has survived two strokes. I don't think he would survive a third. 781 00:56:07,409 --> 00:56:08,618 Why didn't you tell me? 782 00:56:10,079 --> 00:56:11,955 Why, Jake? 783 00:56:12,122 --> 00:56:13,498 Would you drop the case? 784 00:56:14,542 --> 00:56:16,543 [PHONE RINGS] 785 00:56:19,338 --> 00:56:20,547 Jake Brigance's office. 786 00:56:20,714 --> 00:56:23,299 Until they cut the phones off. 787 00:56:24,134 --> 00:56:25,593 Oh, right. 788 00:56:26,345 --> 00:56:27,554 Okay. 789 00:56:27,721 --> 00:56:30,598 Right. That was Sheriff Walls. 790 00:56:30,766 --> 00:56:32,725 You better get down to that jail. 791 00:56:40,150 --> 00:56:42,318 What's going on here, Carl Lee? 792 00:56:42,486 --> 00:56:44,571 - I'm Isaiah Street. - Jake Brigance. 793 00:56:44,738 --> 00:56:46,906 ISAIAH: Uh-huh. Uh.... 794 00:56:47,074 --> 00:56:49,158 - I believe you know Reverend Agee. - Jake. 795 00:56:49,326 --> 00:56:51,494 - And this is-- - Norman Reinfield. 796 00:56:51,662 --> 00:56:53,913 I've seen your picture in the paper. 797 00:56:54,790 --> 00:56:57,500 I assume these boys carry your briefcase. 798 00:56:57,668 --> 00:57:00,336 Just a small part of my legal defense team. 799 00:57:00,504 --> 00:57:01,879 Pleasure, Mr. Brigance. 800 00:57:02,047 --> 00:57:03,172 JAKE: Mm-hm. 801 00:57:03,340 --> 00:57:05,717 If this is a party, boys, where's the chips and beer? 802 00:57:06,176 --> 00:57:10,388 Otherwise, you being here seems a bit like illegal client solicitation. 803 00:57:10,556 --> 00:57:12,682 With Carl Lee already having a lawyer and all. 804 00:57:12,850 --> 00:57:14,601 Well, now, just a minute, Jake. 805 00:57:14,768 --> 00:57:16,769 Carl Lee invited us here. 806 00:57:18,981 --> 00:57:20,857 ISAIAH: Mr. Brigance... 807 00:57:21,025 --> 00:57:23,318 ...let me be frank. 808 00:57:23,485 --> 00:57:26,863 Mr. Hailey's case has far-reaching ramifications. 809 00:57:27,364 --> 00:57:29,699 Carl Lee's acquittal for the killings of two white men... 810 00:57:29,867 --> 00:57:32,201 ...would do more for black people in Mississippi... 811 00:57:32,369 --> 00:57:35,747 ...than any event since we integrated the schools. 812 00:57:35,914 --> 00:57:39,083 His conviction, on the other hand, will be a slap at us. 813 00:57:39,251 --> 00:57:41,377 A symbol of deep-seated racism. 814 00:57:41,545 --> 00:57:43,796 Perhaps enough to ignite a nation. 815 00:57:44,214 --> 00:57:46,382 See how important this case is? 816 00:57:46,550 --> 00:57:49,093 Enter Mr. Reinfield's death squad, right? 817 00:57:49,261 --> 00:57:53,139 It's an unfortunate nickname, but apropos. 818 00:57:53,307 --> 00:57:56,726 My lawyers and I handle only capital-murder cases, Mr. Hailey. 819 00:57:56,894 --> 00:58:00,229 Yeah, and of all your cases, Norman, how many are supposed to be lost... 820 00:58:00,397 --> 00:58:03,024 - ...so you can martyr the victim? - Now, Mr. Brigance. 821 00:58:03,192 --> 00:58:08,071 How much a defense like that cost? 822 00:58:09,114 --> 00:58:10,657 Yeah. 823 00:58:11,533 --> 00:58:13,117 Would you say about 100,000? 824 00:58:13,285 --> 00:58:17,330 We are prepared to accept 7000 in litigation expenses. 825 00:58:17,498 --> 00:58:21,250 Well, Carl Lee doesn't have $7000. 826 00:58:21,418 --> 00:58:22,460 Do you, Carl Lee? 827 00:58:23,003 --> 00:58:28,591 The NAACP has raised $5000 for Carl Lee's legal defense fund. 828 00:58:28,759 --> 00:58:31,928 And we raised an additional $2000 from the local churches. 829 00:58:32,096 --> 00:58:33,763 CARL LEE: Let me ask you something, Reverend. 830 00:58:34,181 --> 00:58:37,141 How much of that cash you offer my wife and kids? 831 00:58:37,309 --> 00:58:41,396 Well, that money is to go to pay for lawyers' fees and stuff like that. 832 00:58:41,563 --> 00:58:43,690 That ain't what you told the church, now, is it? 833 00:58:44,483 --> 00:58:46,359 You almost cried when you told them... 834 00:58:46,527 --> 00:58:50,738 ...how my family might starve if they didn't donate all they could, didn't you? 835 00:58:51,448 --> 00:58:54,158 Well, the money is for you and your family, Carl Lee... 836 00:58:54,326 --> 00:58:57,286 ...but we thought it'd be better spent on your legal defense. 837 00:58:57,454 --> 00:59:00,123 Well, speaking of that defense fund... 838 00:59:00,290 --> 00:59:02,792 ...can I use that for any lawyer I want? 839 00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:05,795 Well, it's not that simple, Carl Lee. 840 00:59:05,963 --> 00:59:08,840 Actually, it is that simple, Carl Lee. 841 00:59:09,007 --> 00:59:13,720 Unless the NAACP wants to go on record as soliciting funds under false pretenses. 842 00:59:13,887 --> 00:59:17,098 ISAIAH: Listen, Carl Lee, we raised that money... 843 00:59:17,266 --> 00:59:20,309 ...for these men to get you out of here, not for this cracker to-- 844 00:59:20,477 --> 00:59:24,355 Now, hey, hey, hey. Hold on. Hold on right there, now. 845 00:59:24,815 --> 00:59:28,401 Let me just get this straight here, Reverend. 846 00:59:30,988 --> 00:59:34,407 If you don't give my wife that cash... 847 00:59:34,575 --> 00:59:38,453 ...I'm gonna see to it everybody in this town knows you're a lying crook. 848 00:59:39,121 --> 00:59:41,664 I'm sure your congregation will be interested to know... 849 00:59:41,832 --> 00:59:45,042 ...Gwen and the kids can't eat because you want in with the NAACP. 850 00:59:45,210 --> 00:59:48,463 That's right. By the time I get through with you... 851 00:59:48,630 --> 00:59:52,508 ...you won't be able to collect 2 cents in that collection plate on Sunday. 852 00:59:52,676 --> 00:59:56,846 We'll expect the check for the Hailey family this afternoon, Reverend Agee. 853 00:59:57,806 --> 01:00:01,184 Reverend Street, I sure do appreciate your fine work... 854 01:00:01,351 --> 01:00:03,561 ...but I'm gonna take my chances with Jake here. 855 01:00:05,731 --> 01:00:07,982 Thanks for coming down, Mr. Reinfield. 856 01:00:08,817 --> 01:00:12,320 Uh, and we'll be expecting that check for Jake's legal services... 857 01:00:12,488 --> 01:00:14,489 ...around the same time this afternoon. 858 01:00:18,619 --> 01:00:20,328 Good day, men. 859 01:00:27,127 --> 01:00:28,878 MAN: Go. 860 01:00:32,382 --> 01:00:33,883 Go. 861 01:00:34,593 --> 01:00:36,177 Good. 862 01:00:38,472 --> 01:00:40,556 You set that whole thing up, didn't you? 863 01:00:40,724 --> 01:00:42,600 Couldn't have did it without you, Jake. 864 01:00:45,145 --> 01:00:47,021 Make one hell of a team, Carl Lee. 865 01:00:47,815 --> 01:00:50,900 You out there, Jake. I'm in here. 866 01:00:51,068 --> 01:00:52,401 We ain't no team. 867 01:01:17,094 --> 01:01:18,719 HARRY REX: There's trouble. 868 01:01:20,264 --> 01:01:22,098 Oh, lookie there. 869 01:01:27,354 --> 01:01:29,146 No, here's trouble, Harry Rex. 870 01:01:32,484 --> 01:01:33,651 [SIGHS] 871 01:01:37,906 --> 01:01:39,657 Hi. You are...? 872 01:01:39,825 --> 01:01:41,534 JAKE: Roark, meet Mr. Harry Rex Vonner... 873 01:01:41,702 --> 01:01:45,288 ...the most effective, connected, morally compromised lawyer in the country. 874 01:01:45,455 --> 01:01:48,749 - Oh. Ellen Roark, brilliant law student. - Do with me as you will. 875 01:01:48,917 --> 01:01:50,960 - Looking forward to it. - Okay. 876 01:01:51,461 --> 01:01:54,297 Um, well, thought this might interest you. 877 01:01:54,464 --> 01:01:58,843 In all murder trials, it seems the insanity plea only makes up 1 percent overall. 878 01:01:59,011 --> 01:02:01,679 And of the 1 percent of that that resulted in acquittal... 879 01:02:01,847 --> 01:02:03,806 ...success rested almost wholly on the-- 880 01:02:03,974 --> 01:02:08,352 On the defending psychiatrist regardless of the quality of the psychological testimony. 881 01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:10,062 - Yeah. - Shazam. 882 01:02:10,230 --> 01:02:11,272 She is brilliant. 883 01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:13,524 "She." That would be me? 884 01:02:13,692 --> 01:02:15,985 - Now, who else would she be? - So she would be me. 885 01:02:16,153 --> 01:02:18,863 She is saying that if I take this plea to trial... 886 01:02:19,031 --> 01:02:22,658 ...the verdict is going to hinge on whose shrink the jury finds more credible. 887 01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:24,577 She would be correct. 888 01:02:25,162 --> 01:02:26,579 She would. 889 01:02:27,289 --> 01:02:29,206 So are you sure you don't need any help? 890 01:02:29,374 --> 01:02:32,835 I do. I'm hiring. Right now. Me. 891 01:02:33,337 --> 01:02:37,423 Roark, I am sure that I don't need any help. Thank you, though. 892 01:02:37,591 --> 01:02:39,508 Okay. 893 01:02:39,676 --> 01:02:42,929 I guess that would just have to be your loss, then, huh? 894 01:02:44,723 --> 01:02:47,099 Nice to meet you, Morally Compromised. 895 01:02:47,267 --> 01:02:48,476 Pleasure's all mine. 896 01:02:48,644 --> 01:02:50,186 She. 897 01:02:53,649 --> 01:02:57,109 Got to love the Lord for making things like that. 898 01:02:57,277 --> 01:02:59,862 Sure you don't wanna at least take a peak at her résumé? 899 01:03:00,030 --> 01:03:02,323 Not like you couldn't use the help. 900 01:03:02,491 --> 01:03:06,535 No, I don't want to look at her résumé, Harry Rex, because I have you. 901 01:03:06,703 --> 01:03:08,788 - You do? - Yeah, buddy. 902 01:03:08,956 --> 01:03:12,333 This is your chance to put aside your shady sources, back-alley deals... 903 01:03:12,501 --> 01:03:16,045 ...your greedy divorcées, and do some real law for a change. 904 01:03:16,213 --> 01:03:17,672 [CHUCKLES] 905 01:03:17,839 --> 01:03:19,590 Mr. Vonner, in short... 906 01:03:19,758 --> 01:03:23,386 ...you now have the opportunity to work on a case that matters. 907 01:03:24,221 --> 01:03:25,596 Let me get this straight. 908 01:03:25,764 --> 01:03:30,393 You want me to put aside my empty, soulless, shady... 909 01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:33,187 ...astonishingly lucrative, divorcée practice... 910 01:03:33,355 --> 01:03:37,400 ...come work with you on an unwinnable, bleeding-heart, lose-all-my-friends... 911 01:03:37,567 --> 01:03:40,069 ...straight-to-the-gas-chamber case because it matters? 912 01:03:40,237 --> 01:03:41,570 That is a novel idea, I know. 913 01:03:41,738 --> 01:03:43,990 No way, never, presumptuous little shit. 914 01:03:44,157 --> 01:03:45,574 [BELL RINGS] 915 01:03:46,743 --> 01:03:48,077 Good night, y'all. 916 01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,209 WOMAN [OVER PHONE]: Hello? MAN: I need the sheriff. 917 01:03:55,377 --> 01:03:58,713 WOMAN: He's sleeping now. MAN: Well, get him up. 918 01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:02,591 WOMAN: Who is this? MAN: Someone's gonna die tonight. 919 01:04:25,198 --> 01:04:27,491 MAN: Unh! SHERIFF: I got him! 920 01:04:28,326 --> 01:04:30,619 JAKE: Get his ass, Ozzie! SHERIFF: What's in the case? 921 01:04:30,787 --> 01:04:32,580 [MAN GRUNTING] 922 01:04:40,839 --> 01:04:43,090 JAKE: This thing's ticking. - What's in the case? 923 01:04:43,300 --> 01:04:45,593 I ain't saying, nigger. 924 01:04:45,761 --> 01:04:49,346 [YELLING] 925 01:04:49,598 --> 01:04:51,682 - Family out of the house? - Yeah. 926 01:04:53,518 --> 01:04:54,769 It's locked. 927 01:04:59,691 --> 01:05:00,983 Now I want you to open that. 928 01:05:04,404 --> 01:05:06,822 [YELLING] 929 01:05:13,830 --> 01:05:14,872 Oh, man.... 930 01:05:17,250 --> 01:05:18,292 Defuse it. 931 01:05:18,835 --> 01:05:23,339 I'm gonna take you and this nigger-lover to hell with-- 932 01:05:24,508 --> 01:05:27,676 Ain't nothing more dangerous in this world than a fool with a cause. 933 01:05:27,844 --> 01:05:30,763 Lay that thing back down there. Let's get the hell out of here. 934 01:05:30,931 --> 01:05:33,182 JAKE: Carla loves this house. 935 01:05:33,350 --> 01:05:34,642 [ALARM RINGING] 936 01:05:35,143 --> 01:05:36,268 [JAKE GRUNTS] 937 01:05:38,146 --> 01:05:41,148 [MAX BARKING] 938 01:05:52,369 --> 01:05:55,037 MAN 1: How you doing, Stan? MAN 2: Hey, how you doing? 939 01:05:55,956 --> 01:05:56,997 JAKE: Come here, girl. 940 01:05:58,208 --> 01:06:00,084 Mwah. 941 01:06:00,836 --> 01:06:03,212 HANNAH: Daddy, are you coming to Grandpa's too? 942 01:06:03,380 --> 01:06:06,382 Mm-mm. Not this time, baby. Daddy's gotta stay here and work. 943 01:06:06,550 --> 01:06:08,467 You and your mama have a good time, okay? 944 01:06:08,635 --> 01:06:11,095 - All right. - All right. You be good. 945 01:06:11,429 --> 01:06:12,763 Go get your stuff down there. 946 01:06:14,015 --> 01:06:16,308 You said you'd withdraw if it got too dangerous. 947 01:06:16,476 --> 01:06:17,560 I know. 948 01:06:17,727 --> 01:06:20,271 But I can't quit now, you know that. 949 01:06:20,814 --> 01:06:24,441 Carl Lee Hailey's facing the gas chamber, baby. The man is counting on me. 950 01:06:25,485 --> 01:06:27,695 I understand that, Jake. 951 01:06:27,863 --> 01:06:30,364 I want you to remember that we're counting on you too. 952 01:06:30,532 --> 01:06:32,867 What if something happens to you? 953 01:06:33,034 --> 01:06:35,911 Nothing's gonna happen to me, baby. Come here. 954 01:06:36,371 --> 01:06:38,080 Give me a hug? Hmm? 955 01:06:38,790 --> 01:06:40,291 Everything's gonna be all right. 956 01:06:40,458 --> 01:06:43,169 I'm gonna be fine, you're gonna be fine. Okay? 957 01:06:43,336 --> 01:06:45,004 Okay, babe? 958 01:06:46,214 --> 01:06:47,256 I promise. 959 01:06:49,551 --> 01:06:52,761 Watch you don't make your wife promises you can't keep. 960 01:06:55,265 --> 01:06:56,599 Hannah? 961 01:06:56,766 --> 01:06:58,434 - You ready? HANNAH: Uh-huh. 962 01:06:58,602 --> 01:07:01,145 WOMAN [OVER PA]: Last boarding call. 963 01:07:11,114 --> 01:07:12,573 MAID: Good afternoon. JAKE: Good afternoon. 964 01:07:12,741 --> 01:07:14,450 MAID: Come in. 965 01:07:14,993 --> 01:07:16,452 BUTLER: Good afternoon. JAKE: Good afternoon. 966 01:07:16,620 --> 01:07:19,038 BUTLER: You may come this way. The judge is upstairs. 967 01:07:19,206 --> 01:07:20,873 JAKE: Thank you, sir. 968 01:07:29,382 --> 01:07:30,966 Judge Noose. 969 01:07:32,135 --> 01:07:34,136 Thanks for coming. 970 01:07:35,597 --> 01:07:38,349 - Heard you had a little trouble last night. - Yes, sir. 971 01:07:38,516 --> 01:07:41,560 Makes you wonder about the sensibleness of taking this case. 972 01:07:41,728 --> 01:07:44,939 This is a beautiful place you have here, judge. 973 01:07:45,106 --> 01:07:46,649 I'll get to the point. 974 01:07:46,816 --> 01:07:52,655 I've thoroughly reviewed your brief request in that change of venue. 975 01:07:52,822 --> 01:07:57,910 And I agree with you. I think it's impossible to find a fair and impartial jury in Canton. 976 01:07:58,078 --> 01:08:02,998 In fact, I think it's impossible to find a fair and impartial jury anywhere in Mississippi. 977 01:08:03,166 --> 01:08:04,541 And as such... 978 01:08:04,709 --> 01:08:07,127 ...a jury here would be... 979 01:08:07,295 --> 01:08:10,256 ...as fair as a jury anywhere else. 980 01:08:10,423 --> 01:08:14,843 So I've decided to deny your request for a change of venue. 981 01:08:15,345 --> 01:08:16,345 [CLEARS THROAT] 982 01:08:16,513 --> 01:08:18,138 Well, I guess that... 983 01:08:18,306 --> 01:08:19,890 ...gives me something to appeal. 984 01:08:20,058 --> 01:08:22,685 Uh, actually, no. 985 01:08:22,852 --> 01:08:25,187 I spoke to Judge Dent... 986 01:08:25,355 --> 01:08:29,525 ...and he led me to believe that the supreme court would uphold my ruling. 987 01:08:30,860 --> 01:08:32,945 You certainly have covered your bases, judge. 988 01:08:34,906 --> 01:08:38,617 Jake, you're a good lawyer. 989 01:08:39,286 --> 01:08:42,830 You're bright and ambitious. Talented. You could be somebody around here. 990 01:08:42,998 --> 01:08:47,084 You sure you wanna be known as the man that defended that murderer? 991 01:08:47,627 --> 01:08:50,087 Could be very unpopular. 992 01:08:50,839 --> 01:08:52,715 Talk to your client. 993 01:08:53,341 --> 01:08:54,717 He pleads guilty... 994 01:08:54,884 --> 01:08:57,428 ...I'll recommend Buckley accept a plea of manslaughter. 995 01:08:57,595 --> 01:08:58,846 He'd be out in 20. 996 01:08:59,639 --> 01:09:02,599 Yeah. And how's his wife supposed to raise his family alone? 997 01:09:03,435 --> 01:09:05,102 Better than being a widow. 998 01:09:07,105 --> 01:09:08,731 Think about it. 999 01:09:08,898 --> 01:09:12,776 Why toss away a promising career, hmm? 1000 01:09:15,613 --> 01:09:18,157 - Good day, judge. - Thanks for coming. 1001 01:09:22,746 --> 01:09:26,332 JAKE: All right, Lucien. Where the hell is this guy? 1002 01:09:26,499 --> 01:09:28,417 LUCIEN: Born alcoholic. 1003 01:09:28,585 --> 01:09:31,170 But the man cannot hold his liquor. 1004 01:09:31,338 --> 01:09:37,259 Jake, allow me to present Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass. 1005 01:09:37,427 --> 01:09:39,762 Expert witness for the defense. 1006 01:09:39,929 --> 01:09:44,683 W.T., this is Jake Brigance, my protégé. 1007 01:09:49,272 --> 01:09:51,106 Dr. Bass. 1008 01:09:55,403 --> 01:09:58,238 - Are you kidding me? - No, relax. 1009 01:09:58,406 --> 01:10:00,908 When he's sober, he's terrific. 1010 01:10:01,785 --> 01:10:06,246 He has his license, his credentials are impeccable. 1011 01:10:10,085 --> 01:10:12,503 - Well? - I need a drink. 1012 01:10:12,670 --> 01:10:14,463 Three in the afternoon? 1013 01:10:14,631 --> 01:10:18,425 - My, oh, my. What would your wife say? - I am my own man, Lucien. 1014 01:10:18,593 --> 01:10:20,969 - I drink when I want. - When did she leave town? 1015 01:10:21,137 --> 01:10:23,389 JAKE: This morning. LUCIEN: Ha-ha-ha. 1016 01:10:31,398 --> 01:10:33,982 [DOG BARKING] 1017 01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:43,826 BUD: God! Unh! 1018 01:10:44,786 --> 01:10:48,080 [MEN GRUNTING] 1019 01:10:48,248 --> 01:10:49,415 ETHEL: Bud? 1020 01:10:51,334 --> 01:10:54,753 [ETHEL YELLING AND GRUNTING] 1021 01:10:56,005 --> 01:10:57,548 Oh, my-- 1022 01:10:58,800 --> 01:10:59,842 FREDDIE: That's enough. 1023 01:11:03,471 --> 01:11:05,889 [ETHEL WHIMPERING] 1024 01:11:06,307 --> 01:11:08,016 Now, you tell your boss... 1025 01:11:08,184 --> 01:11:11,103 ...next time people are gonna die. 1026 01:11:14,858 --> 01:11:16,567 ETHEL: Oh, Bud. 1027 01:11:17,652 --> 01:11:19,570 Oh, Bud. 1028 01:11:19,863 --> 01:11:22,739 [DOORBELL BUZZING] 1029 01:11:43,219 --> 01:11:44,761 ELLEN: Hi. 1030 01:11:44,929 --> 01:11:45,971 Morning. 1031 01:11:46,139 --> 01:11:47,264 [GROANS] 1032 01:11:49,726 --> 01:11:51,727 Nice parking job. Late night? 1033 01:11:58,735 --> 01:12:01,320 - Yeah. - Hmm. 1034 01:12:01,488 --> 01:12:03,489 So, um, here. 1035 01:12:03,656 --> 01:12:07,576 - Oh, thank you. - Your wife lets you sleep at the office? 1036 01:12:08,077 --> 01:12:09,786 My wife left town. 1037 01:12:09,954 --> 01:12:12,080 That's too bad. 1038 01:12:12,582 --> 01:12:16,418 So listen, I heard that Judge Noose turned down your change of venue. 1039 01:12:16,836 --> 01:12:18,504 Yeah. 1040 01:12:19,839 --> 01:12:22,382 I think it's time you let me take you out to breakfast. 1041 01:12:25,428 --> 01:12:26,512 Lunch. 1042 01:12:28,723 --> 01:12:31,934 CLAUDE: Quit playing with that food. But, ladies, y'all come back. 1043 01:12:32,101 --> 01:12:35,145 - You need to finish that before Christmas. - Thank you, treasure. 1044 01:12:35,313 --> 01:12:38,607 Now, the other night, you said you're opposed to the death penalty. 1045 01:12:38,775 --> 01:12:40,984 - Yes, sir. - Why? 1046 01:12:41,152 --> 01:12:42,486 - You're not? - Mm-mm. 1047 01:12:42,654 --> 01:12:44,488 Actually, I'm very much in favor of it. 1048 01:12:44,656 --> 01:12:47,533 I'd like to go back to hangings on the court lawn if we could. 1049 01:12:48,368 --> 01:12:50,244 - You're kidding, right? - No. 1050 01:12:50,411 --> 01:12:54,373 The only problem with the death penalty, Roark, is that we do not use it enough. 1051 01:12:57,544 --> 01:13:00,170 Well, have you told your client Carl Lee Hailey this? 1052 01:13:00,338 --> 01:13:02,464 Carl Lee does not deserve the death penalty. 1053 01:13:02,632 --> 01:13:05,634 - The two men who raped his daughter did. - How do you decide... 1054 01:13:05,802 --> 01:13:07,135 ...who dies and who doesn't? 1055 01:13:07,303 --> 01:13:12,266 Well, simple. Okay, you take the crime and you take the criminal. 1056 01:13:12,433 --> 01:13:16,562 Now, say a crack dealer guns down an undercover cop. 1057 01:13:16,729 --> 01:13:19,481 Well, you strap his ass to the chair, flip the switch. 1058 01:13:19,649 --> 01:13:21,817 For some reason, I thought you were a liberal. 1059 01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:24,152 Well, I am a liberal, Roark. 1060 01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:28,198 What I am not is a card-carrying ACLU radical. 1061 01:13:28,575 --> 01:13:31,118 I do not believe in forgiveness, nor in rehabilitation. 1062 01:13:31,286 --> 01:13:35,205 I believe in safety. I believe in justice. 1063 01:13:36,666 --> 01:13:39,835 I see. Well, let me ask you something. 1064 01:13:40,003 --> 01:13:41,753 Have you ever seen a man executed? 1065 01:13:43,256 --> 01:13:45,632 - Not that I recall. - Then what I suggest you do... 1066 01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:47,509 ...is you go watch a man be executed. 1067 01:13:47,677 --> 01:13:51,471 You watch him die, watch him beg, watch him kick and spit the life out of him... 1068 01:13:51,639 --> 01:13:54,349 ...until he pisses and shits in his pants, until he's gone. 1069 01:13:54,517 --> 01:13:57,603 Then you come back here and sing this crap to me about justice-- 1070 01:13:57,770 --> 01:14:00,814 Roark, spare me your Northern, liberal, cry-me-a-river... 1071 01:14:00,982 --> 01:14:04,026 ...we-are-the-only-enlightened-ones bullshit. 1072 01:14:04,193 --> 01:14:06,862 I'm so sorry, yes, you are the enlightened. Yes, you are. 1073 01:14:07,030 --> 01:14:10,907 And that's why you brought me to this black diner in this black neighborhood. 1074 01:14:11,075 --> 01:14:15,245 So you can convince me you're this JFK-meets-Jesus-Christ white boy. 1075 01:14:15,413 --> 01:14:16,538 Is that what it is? 1076 01:14:16,706 --> 01:14:19,583 Or because you're another repressed, hypocritical provincial... 1077 01:14:19,751 --> 01:14:23,211 ...who maybe didn't want to be seen around town with a woman like myself? 1078 01:14:23,796 --> 01:14:26,048 Yes, you sure are enlightened. You know what? 1079 01:14:26,215 --> 01:14:30,052 I'm terribly sorry, I've made a mistake. I thought you were one of the good guys. 1080 01:14:30,219 --> 01:14:33,221 Thank you very much for your time, Mr. Brigance. 1081 01:14:48,780 --> 01:14:49,821 WOMAN: Do it. 1082 01:14:49,989 --> 01:14:52,199 ELLEN: I get a little worked up. 1083 01:14:53,284 --> 01:14:56,078 Guess that's not the best way to apply for a job, huh? 1084 01:14:58,998 --> 01:15:03,418 I don't want the jury to see those pictures of the dead rapists. Can we keep them out? 1085 01:15:03,878 --> 01:15:04,920 No. 1086 01:15:05,838 --> 01:15:08,924 It is vital that I admit the rape. I want the jury to know details. 1087 01:15:09,092 --> 01:15:11,301 I'm gonna need briefs on both. 1088 01:15:11,469 --> 01:15:14,304 I don't like your politics, Roark, but you do have passion... 1089 01:15:14,472 --> 01:15:16,807 ...and that's something Carl Lee needs right now... 1090 01:15:16,974 --> 01:15:18,934 ...and maybe so do I. 1091 01:15:21,020 --> 01:15:22,104 Are you getting this? 1092 01:15:22,271 --> 01:15:24,439 I'm writing it down. 1093 01:15:24,982 --> 01:15:27,109 RUFUS: All right, here's what we got. It's official. 1094 01:15:27,276 --> 01:15:30,445 The trial of Carl Lee Hailey will be held in Canton. 1095 01:15:30,613 --> 01:15:35,283 Today, presiding Judge Noose issued 150 summonses for potential jurors... 1096 01:15:35,451 --> 01:15:36,868 ...in a sealed envelope. 1097 01:15:39,122 --> 01:15:40,956 Now, to prevent tampering... 1098 01:15:41,124 --> 01:15:45,293 ...that list will be kept strictly confidential until jury selection begins on Wednesday. 1099 01:15:45,461 --> 01:15:48,463 No one, not even Mr. Brigance or myself... 1100 01:15:48,631 --> 01:15:52,092 ...will know the identities of the potential jurors in this case. 1101 01:16:10,862 --> 01:16:15,115 [CHANTING] Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1102 01:16:15,283 --> 01:16:17,743 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1103 01:16:17,910 --> 01:16:20,829 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1104 01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:26,877 LUCIEN: Beautiful day, isn't it? 1105 01:16:27,044 --> 01:16:28,879 There he is. 1106 01:16:30,548 --> 01:16:33,008 - Any word on Bud? - Ethel's still with him. 1107 01:16:33,176 --> 01:16:34,509 Thank you for coming, sir. 1108 01:16:35,720 --> 01:16:37,429 Well, well, well. 1109 01:16:37,597 --> 01:16:39,890 The Pillsbury Doughboy. 1110 01:16:40,057 --> 01:16:42,225 Still practicing exploitative law? 1111 01:16:42,393 --> 01:16:43,518 Thought you were dead. 1112 01:16:43,686 --> 01:16:45,896 I'm trying. Who do we have here? 1113 01:16:46,063 --> 01:16:48,231 Miss Roark, I would like to introduce to you-- 1114 01:16:48,399 --> 01:16:52,194 Lucien Wilbanks, third white man in Mississippi to join the NAACP... 1115 01:16:52,361 --> 01:16:55,155 ...permanently disbarred by the superior court... 1116 01:16:55,323 --> 01:16:59,534 ...for attacking police who busted a picket line in the EPSO oil strike. 1117 01:16:59,702 --> 01:17:01,995 It is a pleasure, Ms. Ark. 1118 01:17:03,664 --> 01:17:06,875 All right, everybody, jury selection begins this afternoon. 1119 01:17:07,043 --> 01:17:10,462 Now, to win this case, we need a sympathetic jury willing to acquit... 1120 01:17:10,630 --> 01:17:13,715 ...and a jury that can use the insanity plea as an excuse to do so. 1121 01:17:13,883 --> 01:17:15,008 I'm gonna need a drink. 1122 01:17:15,384 --> 01:17:16,718 No drinking. 1123 01:17:16,886 --> 01:17:19,429 What do you mean, no drinking? It's my building... 1124 01:17:19,597 --> 01:17:22,766 ...built by my grandfather, leased to you for a reasonable rent... 1125 01:17:22,934 --> 01:17:24,059 ...and I want a drink. 1126 01:17:24,227 --> 01:17:27,646 Ms. Ark, I have all the respect in the world for you. 1127 01:17:27,814 --> 01:17:30,982 I believe in your right to equal pay, equal work, to bear a child... 1128 01:17:31,150 --> 01:17:35,111 ...or to abort one. I think you should be treated just like a man. 1129 01:17:35,279 --> 01:17:37,197 And since you are a law clerk... 1130 01:17:37,365 --> 01:17:38,990 ...genderless in my eyes... 1131 01:17:39,158 --> 01:17:41,868 ...I think you should be the one to go buy the beer. 1132 01:17:42,036 --> 01:17:46,540 ERA she-woman, that would be an excellent activity for you this afternoon. 1133 01:17:46,707 --> 01:17:49,626 Hey. No drinking. Not today. 1134 01:17:53,297 --> 01:17:56,424 Now, ahem, Noose selects this panel at random. 1135 01:17:56,592 --> 01:17:58,885 If we get too many bad candidates, we're sunk. 1136 01:17:59,178 --> 01:18:00,637 Luck of the draw. 1137 01:18:00,805 --> 01:18:01,930 What you need... 1138 01:18:02,098 --> 01:18:04,933 ...is young fathers who wanna do what Carl Lee Hailey did. 1139 01:18:05,101 --> 01:18:08,103 Agreed. I think we need young men with families here. 1140 01:18:08,271 --> 01:18:11,606 Now, I would prefer no one over 50. Less bigotry, as a rule, with youth. 1141 01:18:11,774 --> 01:18:15,193 So we stay away from women, rednecks and old men. 1142 01:18:15,486 --> 01:18:17,529 NOOSE: Uh, citizens, thank you. 1143 01:18:17,697 --> 01:18:20,740 Now, counsel, you each have 12 challenges. Let's begin. 1144 01:18:22,952 --> 01:18:29,124 Your Honor, the state challenges Jurors Number 6, 10 and 32. 1145 01:18:29,292 --> 01:18:34,296 Your Honor, the defense strikes Jurors 1, 4, 8 and 2. 1146 01:18:42,930 --> 01:18:47,559 Twenty-six, 27, 28 and 31. 1147 01:18:47,852 --> 01:18:51,688 Your Honor, the defense also strikes Jurors 22 and 29. 1148 01:18:57,403 --> 01:19:01,114 Now that's it, then. Mr. Brigance, you're all out of challenges. We're done. 1149 01:19:05,786 --> 01:19:10,040 NOOSE: Jurors, you will be sequestered starting tonight. 1150 01:19:10,207 --> 01:19:12,000 Opening statements begin tomorrow morning. 1151 01:19:12,168 --> 01:19:13,543 [GAVEL BANGS] 1152 01:19:13,836 --> 01:19:16,880 That's a jury of my peers? 1153 01:19:17,673 --> 01:19:19,507 God bless America. 1154 01:19:21,344 --> 01:19:23,303 My name is Stump Sisson... 1155 01:19:23,471 --> 01:19:26,765 ...and I'm proud to be a grand dragon... 1156 01:19:26,933 --> 01:19:30,685 ...for the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan. 1157 01:19:30,853 --> 01:19:33,355 [KLAN CHEERING AND CROWD YELLING] 1158 01:19:33,564 --> 01:19:34,940 What the hell? 1159 01:19:35,107 --> 01:19:39,361 SISSON: And I'm here to say that the law-abiding white folks of Mississippi... 1160 01:19:39,528 --> 01:19:46,034 ...are sick and tired of niggers stealing, raping, killing and getting away with it. 1161 01:19:46,327 --> 01:19:48,411 Ozzie, let's get them out of here. 1162 01:19:49,455 --> 01:19:50,830 SISSON: We demand justice. 1163 01:19:50,998 --> 01:19:54,250 We demand this nigger be convicted... 1164 01:19:54,418 --> 01:19:59,255 ...and his black ass sent to the gas chamber. 1165 01:19:59,423 --> 01:20:00,632 Who you calling nigger? 1166 01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:05,053 You pointy-headed, white-faced, no-good, wife-beating son of a whore! 1167 01:20:05,221 --> 01:20:06,805 SISSON: Shut up, you wild animal! 1168 01:20:06,973 --> 01:20:09,975 WOMAN: Animal? You're the damn animal! SHERIFF: I'll drag your ass out of here! 1169 01:20:10,142 --> 01:20:11,851 WOMAN: You're the damn animal! - Unh! 1170 01:20:12,019 --> 01:20:15,730 [CROWD YELLING] 1171 01:20:16,357 --> 01:20:17,524 MAN: Come on! 1172 01:20:18,067 --> 01:20:19,651 Come on! 1173 01:20:25,324 --> 01:20:27,117 Come here, come here! 1174 01:20:38,087 --> 01:20:39,337 SISSON: That's right, go on! 1175 01:20:40,506 --> 01:20:42,298 [SCREAMING] 1176 01:20:52,226 --> 01:20:55,687 SHERIFF: Hastings! Hastings! Hastings! 1177 01:21:08,409 --> 01:21:10,160 MAN: What's going on? 1178 01:21:19,670 --> 01:21:21,379 This is for Billy Ray. 1179 01:21:22,131 --> 01:21:24,466 [JAKE YELLS] 1180 01:21:26,260 --> 01:21:28,928 ELLEN: Open! Open the gate! HARRY REX: Open the gate! 1181 01:21:42,068 --> 01:21:43,651 ELLEN: Turn around. 1182 01:21:44,111 --> 01:21:45,653 [ELLEN CLEARS THROAT] 1183 01:21:49,075 --> 01:21:51,326 I can't get to this. Just take off your pants. 1184 01:21:51,494 --> 01:21:53,536 Come on, Roark, do I look that easy? 1185 01:21:53,913 --> 01:21:56,247 Are you afraid I'm gonna see you in your underwear? 1186 01:21:56,415 --> 01:21:59,834 With Carla gone, the laundry's piling up. I'm not wearing any. 1187 01:22:00,002 --> 01:22:02,670 It's all right, I haven't worn any in years. 1188 01:22:03,672 --> 01:22:06,841 Look, I'm not gonna watch, I promise. Now strip, please. 1189 01:22:08,052 --> 01:22:10,136 All right. Fine. Batter up. 1190 01:22:11,764 --> 01:22:14,766 - What I need from you, Roark-- - Do tell. 1191 01:22:14,934 --> 01:22:18,478 --Is a way to discredit the state's shrink, Dr. Rodeheaver. 1192 01:22:18,646 --> 01:22:20,814 Unless you discredit the shrink.... 1193 01:22:20,981 --> 01:22:23,316 Carl Lee does not have a chance. Ow. 1194 01:22:23,484 --> 01:22:24,526 Mm. 1195 01:22:24,693 --> 01:22:26,528 Sorry. Sissy. 1196 01:22:28,030 --> 01:22:29,781 I think he's got a very good chance. 1197 01:22:31,158 --> 01:22:33,535 There you go. I think you're gonna live. All right. 1198 01:22:33,702 --> 01:22:35,411 Thanks. Whoo. 1199 01:22:35,704 --> 01:22:37,455 Good butt. 1200 01:22:38,874 --> 01:22:40,291 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1201 01:22:40,459 --> 01:22:42,585 Ugh. So, uh.... 1202 01:22:42,878 --> 01:22:45,296 What do you folks do around here to blow off steam... 1203 01:22:45,464 --> 01:22:47,674 ...besides trying to kill each other? 1204 01:22:47,842 --> 01:22:53,930 You got discos or strip bars or malls or anything to go to? 1205 01:23:03,524 --> 01:23:04,607 Stump's dead. 1206 01:23:08,737 --> 01:23:09,946 He's dead, Freddie. 1207 01:23:12,366 --> 01:23:14,701 Come on, Freddie. Let's go on home. 1208 01:23:14,869 --> 01:23:16,703 It's all over. 1209 01:23:18,539 --> 01:23:20,707 It ain't near over. 1210 01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,418 How you doing? Good to see you. Excuse me. 1211 01:23:23,586 --> 01:23:25,086 Hey, I'll be right back. 1212 01:23:25,254 --> 01:23:26,921 - Here are your mud bugs. JAKE: Mm-hm. 1213 01:23:27,089 --> 01:23:28,339 WAITRESS: There you go, darling. 1214 01:23:28,507 --> 01:23:31,092 - Anything else? - Yeah, a couple of dinner specials... 1215 01:23:31,260 --> 01:23:33,178 ...and some fried dill pickles. 1216 01:23:33,345 --> 01:23:35,555 WAITRESS: You got it, honey. - Thank you, Sugar. 1217 01:23:36,473 --> 01:23:39,350 That wasn't sexist at all. Really, I never order my own food. 1218 01:23:40,269 --> 01:23:41,644 I can't do another shot. 1219 01:23:42,271 --> 01:23:44,898 - All right, fine, I'll take another shot. - Just a splash. 1220 01:23:45,065 --> 01:23:46,941 Just a splash. 1221 01:23:48,027 --> 01:23:49,068 All right. 1222 01:23:49,236 --> 01:23:51,154 - To.... - To.... 1223 01:23:51,572 --> 01:23:52,614 Carl Lee Hailey. 1224 01:23:52,781 --> 01:23:55,533 May our jury find that man loony as a proverbial fruitcake. 1225 01:23:55,701 --> 01:23:57,285 Hear, hear. 1226 01:23:59,705 --> 01:24:00,997 No more. 1227 01:24:03,125 --> 01:24:04,834 So, um.... 1228 01:24:06,212 --> 01:24:08,171 Do you think he was crazy when he did it? 1229 01:24:09,548 --> 01:24:11,799 No, he wasn't crazy. 1230 01:24:11,967 --> 01:24:13,760 He told me he was gonna do it. 1231 01:24:16,972 --> 01:24:20,308 I tried to tell myself he wasn't serious. 1232 01:24:24,021 --> 01:24:26,481 I think I really wanted him to do it. 1233 01:24:28,776 --> 01:24:31,819 I came home that night and I was looking at Hannah laying there... 1234 01:24:31,987 --> 01:24:33,863 ...looking how tender she is. 1235 01:24:34,657 --> 01:24:37,575 All I could think about was all the monsters out there... 1236 01:24:37,743 --> 01:24:40,954 ...and any one of them can come steal her innocence. 1237 01:24:44,708 --> 01:24:46,668 Take her life, if they wanted. 1238 01:24:54,301 --> 01:24:58,388 Yeah, I wanted those boys dead. You're goddamn right I did. 1239 01:25:05,479 --> 01:25:07,188 I guess I helped killed them. 1240 01:25:11,151 --> 01:25:13,695 So tomorrow, when we get in court... 1241 01:25:15,531 --> 01:25:18,157 ...it's not just Carl Lee I'm trying to get off. 1242 01:25:21,453 --> 01:25:24,455 [MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 1243 01:25:29,044 --> 01:25:32,046 [MAX BARKING] 1244 01:25:37,052 --> 01:25:38,303 FREDDIE: Burn in hell, Brigance! 1245 01:25:38,470 --> 01:25:40,888 [KLANSMEN CHEER] 1246 01:25:51,734 --> 01:25:53,735 ELLEN: Good job. 1247 01:25:54,236 --> 01:25:56,446 [ELLEN SIGHS] 1248 01:25:56,613 --> 01:25:59,449 JAKE: Nice place-- - How is it you'll drive an hour and half... 1249 01:25:59,616 --> 01:26:03,661 ...outside of town to take me to dinner, but you have no problem... 1250 01:26:03,829 --> 01:26:06,247 ...walking me into my motel room? 1251 01:26:06,415 --> 01:26:08,416 Well, with everything that's going on... 1252 01:26:08,584 --> 01:26:10,918 ...I don't think we can be too careful. 1253 01:26:11,086 --> 01:26:13,629 Just wanna make sure it's all safe in here. 1254 01:26:13,797 --> 01:26:15,340 ELLEN: I'm not scared. 1255 01:26:15,507 --> 01:26:18,509 - Oh, yes, I am. - Of what? 1256 01:26:19,053 --> 01:26:21,387 Of what's going to happen tomorrow. 1257 01:26:21,722 --> 01:26:24,891 All the other cases I've worked on have only been paper defendants. 1258 01:26:25,059 --> 01:26:29,520 It's just I never knew the towns, and I never touched the lives or anything. 1259 01:26:29,688 --> 01:26:31,814 So I don't know what it's like. 1260 01:26:33,942 --> 01:26:35,943 [JAKE SIGHS] 1261 01:26:38,113 --> 01:26:40,114 Tomorrow morning... 1262 01:26:40,282 --> 01:26:43,868 ...Buckley will try to kill Carl Lee Hailey. 1263 01:26:44,453 --> 01:26:46,871 Now, it's on us to stop him. 1264 01:26:47,039 --> 01:26:48,790 Mm-hm. 1265 01:26:49,583 --> 01:26:51,626 So tonight, go over the battle in your mind. 1266 01:26:51,794 --> 01:26:54,796 Argument, rebuttal, examination and cross. All of it. 1267 01:26:55,005 --> 01:26:56,172 Mm-hm. 1268 01:26:56,673 --> 01:26:58,800 - Remember something. - Hmm. 1269 01:26:59,760 --> 01:27:03,471 - You are one of the good guys. - Okay. 1270 01:27:03,972 --> 01:27:07,642 - And good guy has the spicy on her lip. - Spicy. 1271 01:27:07,810 --> 01:27:10,395 But still one of the good guys. 1272 01:27:23,450 --> 01:27:25,410 I'm going home. 1273 01:27:25,828 --> 01:27:29,580 Lock the door behind me, Roark. I'll see you in the morning. 1274 01:27:34,545 --> 01:27:35,711 [DOOR CLOSES] 1275 01:27:43,137 --> 01:27:45,179 OFFICER 1: It's gonna blow, sheriff. It's gonna blow. 1276 01:27:45,347 --> 01:27:47,014 [SIRENS WAILING] 1277 01:27:47,182 --> 01:27:48,850 [OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO] 1278 01:27:49,017 --> 01:27:51,310 OFFICER 2: Oz is right over there! 1279 01:27:55,941 --> 01:27:58,109 SHERIFF: Wait. Wait. Hold it, Jake. Hold it, Jake. 1280 01:27:58,277 --> 01:27:59,485 JAKE: My dog's in there. - Jake-- 1281 01:27:59,653 --> 01:28:01,112 My dog's in there! 1282 01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:02,321 Max! 1283 01:28:02,489 --> 01:28:04,532 SHERIFF: Come on. Come on. 1284 01:28:04,700 --> 01:28:06,534 Max! 1285 01:28:08,620 --> 01:28:10,246 Max! 1286 01:28:16,044 --> 01:28:17,879 It's too late. 1287 01:28:21,675 --> 01:28:24,677 [OFFICERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 1288 01:28:38,484 --> 01:28:40,818 SOLDIERS [IN UNISON]: Move, move, move. 1289 01:29:18,607 --> 01:29:20,191 Hey, buddy. 1290 01:29:21,318 --> 01:29:22,652 Seen my dog? 1291 01:29:23,111 --> 01:29:24,570 Looking for my dog. 1292 01:29:24,738 --> 01:29:28,699 Max, come here, boy! Let's go! Come on, Max! 1293 01:29:30,452 --> 01:29:36,332 I booked you on the 9:15 to Gulfport. Economy, of course. 1294 01:29:36,625 --> 01:29:38,334 Go see your wife and daughter, Jake. 1295 01:29:40,587 --> 01:29:43,005 What'd you do that for, Harry Rex? 1296 01:29:43,215 --> 01:29:45,132 We got trial in less than three hours. 1297 01:29:45,467 --> 01:29:46,509 Oh, come on. 1298 01:29:46,677 --> 01:29:49,053 Noose would give you a continuance in a flash. 1299 01:29:49,221 --> 01:29:53,182 NAACP boys be down here before lunch. Drooling. 1300 01:29:53,934 --> 01:29:56,978 Max, let's go, boy! Come on! 1301 01:29:57,854 --> 01:29:59,689 Jake, listen to me. 1302 01:30:00,232 --> 01:30:03,568 Your marriage is on the rocks, you're about to have an affair. 1303 01:30:03,735 --> 01:30:07,238 Your career's in ruins if you're lucky, and if you're not, you're dead. 1304 01:30:08,782 --> 01:30:10,283 Don't get me wrong, my friend. 1305 01:30:11,243 --> 01:30:14,161 What you've put into this case, you even inspired me, and I'm-- 1306 01:30:14,329 --> 01:30:16,372 I'm uninspirable. 1307 01:30:16,540 --> 01:30:18,249 Do everyone a favor, though. 1308 01:30:18,417 --> 01:30:20,501 Drop the case. 1309 01:30:23,839 --> 01:30:26,173 No, I can't. 1310 01:30:26,800 --> 01:30:29,343 I won't. I'm not gonna quit. 1311 01:30:30,304 --> 01:30:32,763 I quit now, and all this is for nothing. No. 1312 01:30:36,351 --> 01:30:39,103 Max, come on now. Max, where are you? Come on, Max! 1313 01:30:39,271 --> 01:30:41,647 Max is dead, and you're next. 1314 01:30:42,733 --> 01:30:44,609 Walk away. 1315 01:30:50,782 --> 01:30:52,658 [MAX BARKING] 1316 01:30:54,369 --> 01:30:56,996 Max. Come here, boy. 1317 01:30:57,873 --> 01:30:59,790 Come here. Come here, boy. Ha-ha-ha. 1318 01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:01,500 Come here. Come here. 1319 01:31:01,668 --> 01:31:03,878 Who's got the goods, huh? Huh? 1320 01:31:06,423 --> 01:31:09,050 Pretrial strategy at my office in less than two hours... 1321 01:31:09,217 --> 01:31:11,886 ...and I expect to see your ass there. 1322 01:31:12,262 --> 01:31:15,181 CROWD [CHANTING]: Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1323 01:31:15,349 --> 01:31:18,684 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1324 01:31:26,652 --> 01:31:28,653 WOMAN: Fry Carl Lee. 1325 01:31:30,030 --> 01:31:31,280 CROWD [CHANTING]: Free Carl Lee! 1326 01:31:32,991 --> 01:31:35,368 KLAN [CHANTING]: Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1327 01:31:35,535 --> 01:31:36,744 CROWD: Free Carl Lee! 1328 01:31:39,665 --> 01:31:41,999 Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee! 1329 01:31:46,046 --> 01:31:49,674 KLAN [CHANTING]: Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1330 01:31:49,841 --> 01:31:54,303 Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! 1331 01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:04,897 NOOSE: Now, Mr. Buckley, you may begin. 1332 01:32:05,065 --> 01:32:06,941 Thank you, Your Honor. 1333 01:32:09,778 --> 01:32:12,405 - Good morning. - Good morning. 1334 01:32:14,324 --> 01:32:18,994 You are Cora Mae Cobb, the mother of Billy Ray Cobb the deceased, are you not? 1335 01:32:19,162 --> 01:32:20,621 Yes, sir. 1336 01:32:20,789 --> 01:32:23,207 And where were you when your son was murdered? 1337 01:32:23,500 --> 01:32:26,711 I was right outside that door right there. 1338 01:32:26,878 --> 01:32:29,672 Me and Freddie was waiting for his hearing. 1339 01:32:30,173 --> 01:32:32,174 He was walking up the stairs... 1340 01:32:32,342 --> 01:32:34,135 ...in handcuffs. 1341 01:32:34,428 --> 01:32:38,013 Can you tell us how old your son was at the time of his death? 1342 01:32:39,391 --> 01:32:40,474 Twenty-three. 1343 01:32:42,352 --> 01:32:44,520 JAKE: You say your son was 23 when he died? 1344 01:32:44,938 --> 01:32:45,980 Yes. 1345 01:32:46,148 --> 01:32:49,066 In those 23 years, Mrs. Cobb... 1346 01:32:49,234 --> 01:32:51,360 ...how many other children did your son kidnap? 1347 01:32:51,528 --> 01:32:53,320 Objection, Your Honor! Objection! 1348 01:32:53,488 --> 01:32:57,116 Sustained. You-- You are out of order, Mr. Brigance. 1349 01:32:57,284 --> 01:32:59,952 - Withdraw the question. - The jury will disregard... 1350 01:33:00,120 --> 01:33:02,288 ...the last question from Mr. Brigance. 1351 01:33:03,165 --> 01:33:06,584 Mrs. Cobb, in your son's 23 years... 1352 01:33:06,752 --> 01:33:08,794 ...how many other children did he rape? 1353 01:33:08,962 --> 01:33:11,589 Mr. Brigance. In my chambers. 1354 01:33:12,674 --> 01:33:14,008 Court will recess for lunch. 1355 01:33:14,176 --> 01:33:15,509 [GAVEL BANGS] 1356 01:33:16,845 --> 01:33:19,430 I don't get it. Why is he antagonizing the judge? 1357 01:33:19,598 --> 01:33:21,849 He should've known Noose'd pull him into chambers. 1358 01:33:22,017 --> 01:33:26,270 Of course he knew. Jake got to draw first blood and he knows that's more important. 1359 01:33:27,397 --> 01:33:29,273 - Hello, Harry. - Hi, Rufie. 1360 01:33:29,441 --> 01:33:33,319 - Sweetheart, come play on a winning team. - How's that impotence thing, Rufus? 1361 01:33:36,740 --> 01:33:39,533 You're not being paid for the work you're doing, are you? 1362 01:33:39,701 --> 01:33:40,785 No, sir. 1363 01:33:42,204 --> 01:33:44,622 Well, I guess Jake's paying you in other ways, then, isn't he? 1364 01:33:44,790 --> 01:33:46,624 [LAUGHS] 1365 01:33:46,792 --> 01:33:47,875 Impotence? 1366 01:33:48,043 --> 01:33:49,668 Yep. Girls talk. 1367 01:33:49,836 --> 01:33:54,673 Sheriff, if you would, will you please identify this weapon? 1368 01:33:54,841 --> 01:33:56,425 It's the weapon found at the scene. 1369 01:33:57,135 --> 01:34:01,138 And were you able to identify any of the fingerprints found on this gun? 1370 01:34:01,389 --> 01:34:04,600 Yes. The prints on the gun matched those of Carl Lee Hailey. 1371 01:34:04,768 --> 01:34:06,227 RUFUS: You're sure? 1372 01:34:06,728 --> 01:34:08,062 SHERIFF: Yes. 1373 01:34:08,230 --> 01:34:12,441 Your Honor, I'd like to enter this into evidence as Exhibit S18. 1374 01:34:12,609 --> 01:34:14,860 We have no further use of this witness. 1375 01:34:18,990 --> 01:34:20,991 JAKE: Sheriff Walls. 1376 01:34:22,369 --> 01:34:24,286 Did you arrest Cobb and Willard? 1377 01:34:24,454 --> 01:34:25,955 Yes, I did. 1378 01:34:26,122 --> 01:34:28,165 I arrested them for the rape... 1379 01:34:28,333 --> 01:34:32,253 ...and attempted murder of 10-year-old Tonya Hailey. 1380 01:34:32,420 --> 01:34:34,046 JAKE: And is it true that Pete Willard... 1381 01:34:34,214 --> 01:34:36,006 ...signed a written confession... 1382 01:34:36,174 --> 01:34:39,844 ...saying that he and Billy Ray Cobb did rape Tonya Hailey? 1383 01:34:40,011 --> 01:34:42,930 Objection. That's inadmissible, and Mr. Brigance knows it. 1384 01:34:43,098 --> 01:34:45,933 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance, I've spoken to you before. 1385 01:34:46,101 --> 01:34:48,936 We are not trying the rape of Miss Hailey today... 1386 01:34:49,104 --> 01:34:53,774 ...but the murder of two young men, and if you continue in this performance... 1387 01:34:54,609 --> 01:34:56,235 ...I'll hold you in contempt. 1388 01:34:56,486 --> 01:34:57,987 Now, is that understood? 1389 01:34:58,989 --> 01:35:00,531 Yes, sir. 1390 01:35:01,867 --> 01:35:04,118 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1391 01:35:04,286 --> 01:35:05,953 Yes. 1392 01:35:07,122 --> 01:35:09,081 You say something, sheriff? 1393 01:35:10,959 --> 01:35:14,128 - Yes, he did sign a confession. - Objection, Your Honor! 1394 01:35:14,546 --> 01:35:19,550 NOOSE: Jurors, you will disregard the last remark of Sheriff Walls. 1395 01:35:19,718 --> 01:35:23,679 Court is adjourned till tomorrow morning 9:00. 1396 01:35:44,659 --> 01:35:46,869 I'm taking Bud back to Oxford. 1397 01:35:48,455 --> 01:35:50,748 He always missed Oxford. 1398 01:36:07,641 --> 01:36:10,100 I don't know what to say, Ethel, I don't know. 1399 01:36:10,268 --> 01:36:12,770 There's nothing you can say. 1400 01:36:14,022 --> 01:36:17,191 I know you didn't want any of this to happen... 1401 01:36:17,359 --> 01:36:19,276 ...but it happened all the same. 1402 01:36:21,196 --> 01:36:24,615 You wagered all our lives on this. 1403 01:36:25,075 --> 01:36:29,703 You just went ahead and did what you felt you had to do, no matter what the cost. 1404 01:36:32,040 --> 01:36:35,000 Some folks think that's brave. 1405 01:36:35,877 --> 01:36:38,003 Not me, Jake. 1406 01:36:38,922 --> 01:36:40,839 Now, you may win... 1407 01:36:41,466 --> 01:36:44,343 ...but I think we've all lost here. 1408 01:36:51,059 --> 01:36:56,897 - Would you help an old lady to her car? - You don't need any help, Ethel... 1409 01:36:57,065 --> 01:37:01,527 ...but it would be my honor to escort you to your automobile. 1410 01:37:13,373 --> 01:37:14,915 [ELLEN GRUNTS] 1411 01:37:16,001 --> 01:37:17,960 Didn't like that one? 1412 01:37:18,378 --> 01:37:20,337 Buckley is presenting his shrink tomorrow. 1413 01:37:20,505 --> 01:37:23,632 I can't come up with one way to bring him down. Not one. 1414 01:37:23,800 --> 01:37:28,053 I keep asking myself, "What would Jake do? What would my father do? 1415 01:37:28,221 --> 01:37:29,263 What would Lucien do?" 1416 01:37:29,431 --> 01:37:31,724 That's your problem right there. 1417 01:37:31,891 --> 01:37:35,769 What you gotta ask yourself is, "What would Harry Rex do?" 1418 01:37:35,937 --> 01:37:37,521 What would Harry Rex do? 1419 01:37:37,689 --> 01:37:39,023 Cheat. 1420 01:37:39,190 --> 01:37:40,607 Cheat like crazy. 1421 01:37:45,113 --> 01:37:46,113 MAN 1: Yeah. Yeah, I did. 1422 01:37:46,281 --> 01:37:49,116 I'll bring her around the side. 1423 01:37:51,870 --> 01:37:53,203 Uh-huh. 1424 01:37:53,371 --> 01:37:54,872 MAN 2: Hey, Cheryl. - Hi. 1425 01:37:56,666 --> 01:37:58,167 [WHISPERING] So we gotta talk about it. 1426 01:37:58,752 --> 01:38:00,044 [WHISPERING] Now, wait a minute. 1427 01:38:00,211 --> 01:38:03,088 The judge said absolutely not to discuss this case. 1428 01:38:03,256 --> 01:38:05,799 That judge ain't stuck here away from his wife and kids. 1429 01:38:05,967 --> 01:38:09,845 The sooner we start talking about it, the sooner we can get home. 1430 01:38:10,013 --> 01:38:12,473 I wanna get out of here just as much as anybody else. 1431 01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:14,475 FOREMAN: Let's get on with it. 1432 01:38:16,478 --> 01:38:17,895 Undecided? 1433 01:38:21,232 --> 01:38:22,733 Four. 1434 01:38:22,901 --> 01:38:24,777 Guilty? 1435 01:38:29,491 --> 01:38:31,325 Seven. 1436 01:38:31,993 --> 01:38:33,035 Not guilty? 1437 01:38:37,665 --> 01:38:40,000 That nigger's dead, y'all. 1438 01:38:58,186 --> 01:39:01,688 ELLEN: I know, I know. Folks in town just can't get enough of this trial. 1439 01:39:01,856 --> 01:39:06,026 And that's why my editor said I needed to come down and interview Rodeheaver. 1440 01:39:06,569 --> 01:39:08,946 I'm afraid Dr. Rodeheaver's in court today. 1441 01:39:09,489 --> 01:39:10,531 Oh. 1442 01:39:11,074 --> 01:39:13,534 If a pretty girl like you wants to be a reporter... 1443 01:39:13,701 --> 01:39:15,702 ...maybe she should do some better research? 1444 01:39:15,870 --> 01:39:16,912 Yeah. Ha. 1445 01:39:17,080 --> 01:39:20,374 Well, um, you know what? I don't-- I don't mind waiting... 1446 01:39:20,542 --> 01:39:23,043 ...because my paper really wants this interview... 1447 01:39:23,211 --> 01:39:25,462 ...so is he still in Room 369? I'll just go there. 1448 01:39:25,630 --> 01:39:29,842 No, dear. Wrong again. He's in 128. But he's gone all day. 1449 01:39:30,009 --> 01:39:31,510 You can't see him today. 1450 01:39:31,678 --> 01:39:35,389 You wanna come back to my office and we can schedule an appointment? 1451 01:39:35,557 --> 01:39:37,683 You know what? I'll come back another time... 1452 01:39:37,851 --> 01:39:40,602 ...when he's got time to talk, when things kind of die down. 1453 01:39:40,770 --> 01:39:43,313 - I appreciate it. Thank you. - You can call me any time. 1454 01:39:43,481 --> 01:39:45,315 Okay. Bye-bye. 1455 01:39:48,570 --> 01:39:52,322 Your Honor, the state calls Deputy Dwayne Looney. 1456 01:39:56,161 --> 01:39:57,744 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1457 01:40:28,276 --> 01:40:29,776 RUFUS: Good morning. DWAYNE: Good morning. 1458 01:40:29,944 --> 01:40:32,905 RUFUS: Would you please state your name for the record? 1459 01:40:33,072 --> 01:40:36,283 DWAYNE: Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney. 1460 01:40:36,451 --> 01:40:38,243 RUFUS: Thank you, Deputy Looney. 1461 01:40:38,411 --> 01:40:41,038 You were present at the murders of Billy Ray Cobb... 1462 01:40:41,206 --> 01:40:43,457 ...and James Lewis Willard, were you not? 1463 01:40:43,625 --> 01:40:45,209 DWAYNE: Yes, sir. I was. 1464 01:40:45,376 --> 01:40:47,252 RUFUS: If you can remember... 1465 01:40:47,420 --> 01:40:51,632 ...describe how you were wounded for the members of the jury. 1466 01:40:51,799 --> 01:40:55,302 I think bullets bounced off the floor, caught me in the knee. 1467 01:40:55,470 --> 01:40:57,387 And what happened to your leg? 1468 01:40:58,765 --> 01:41:00,057 Doc cut it off. 1469 01:41:01,392 --> 01:41:06,438 And after the loss of your right leg, Detective Looney... 1470 01:41:07,398 --> 01:41:09,775 ...are you still able to serve as a police officer? 1471 01:41:11,694 --> 01:41:14,029 I'm able to perform.... 1472 01:41:17,659 --> 01:41:21,161 I'm able to perform a number of services. 1473 01:41:21,329 --> 01:41:23,956 Did you get a good look at the man with the gun? 1474 01:41:24,123 --> 01:41:25,165 No, sir. 1475 01:41:26,167 --> 01:41:31,338 However, Mr. Hailey did personally apologize for his shooting me. 1476 01:41:33,466 --> 01:41:34,883 Oh. 1477 01:41:36,636 --> 01:41:39,805 So Mr. Hailey admitted shooting you. 1478 01:41:40,390 --> 01:41:41,431 Yes, sir. 1479 01:41:41,599 --> 01:41:43,475 RUFUS: I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1480 01:41:43,643 --> 01:41:45,560 - Mr. Brigance. - No questions, Your Honor. 1481 01:41:45,728 --> 01:41:47,187 Wait a minute. 1482 01:41:47,355 --> 01:41:49,856 - Uh, Mr. Buckley? - Yes, Your Honor. 1483 01:41:50,024 --> 01:41:51,400 The state would like to call-- 1484 01:41:51,567 --> 01:41:53,527 Give me a moment to speak with my client. 1485 01:41:53,695 --> 01:41:54,861 Take your time. 1486 01:41:56,823 --> 01:41:59,074 Ask him if he thinks I ought to go to jail. 1487 01:41:59,367 --> 01:42:02,327 Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. 1488 01:42:02,495 --> 01:42:04,288 He's a witness for the prosecution. 1489 01:42:04,455 --> 01:42:06,540 - You're my lawyer, ain't you? - Yeah. 1490 01:42:07,083 --> 01:42:08,959 Ask him. 1491 01:42:15,258 --> 01:42:19,386 - Your Honor, one question. - Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance. 1492 01:42:23,641 --> 01:42:24,683 Deputy Looney. 1493 01:42:26,269 --> 01:42:29,396 Do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional? 1494 01:42:29,564 --> 01:42:30,981 DWAYNE: No, sir. 1495 01:42:31,149 --> 01:42:32,482 It was an accident. 1496 01:42:36,904 --> 01:42:37,946 [MOUTHS] Ask him. 1497 01:42:45,038 --> 01:42:47,998 Do you think he should be punished for shooting you? 1498 01:42:48,791 --> 01:42:50,542 No, sir. 1499 01:42:50,710 --> 01:42:54,338 I hold no ill will toward the man. 1500 01:42:54,756 --> 01:42:56,590 He did what I would've done. 1501 01:42:56,758 --> 01:42:58,675 What do you mean by that, Deputy Looney? 1502 01:42:58,843 --> 01:43:01,303 I mean I don't blame him for what he did. 1503 01:43:01,471 --> 01:43:03,305 Those boys raped his little girl. 1504 01:43:03,473 --> 01:43:07,976 Objection, Your Honor. The witness's opinion on this matter is irrelevant. 1505 01:43:08,144 --> 01:43:13,857 Your Honor, I believe Deputy Looney has earned the right to speak here today. 1506 01:43:15,401 --> 01:43:16,568 Overruled. 1507 01:43:17,779 --> 01:43:19,404 Continue. 1508 01:43:22,158 --> 01:43:23,367 Go ahead, Dwayne. 1509 01:43:24,577 --> 01:43:26,828 I got a little girl. 1510 01:43:28,706 --> 01:43:31,375 Somebody rapes her, he's a dead dog. 1511 01:43:31,542 --> 01:43:33,752 I'll blow him away just like Carl Lee did. 1512 01:43:33,920 --> 01:43:35,128 Objection, Your Honor! 1513 01:43:35,296 --> 01:43:37,464 Do you think the jury should convict Carl Lee? 1514 01:43:37,632 --> 01:43:39,925 Don't answer that question, deputy. 1515 01:43:40,093 --> 01:43:42,219 He's a hero. You turn him loose. 1516 01:43:42,387 --> 01:43:44,471 NOOSE: Jury will disregard. 1517 01:43:44,639 --> 01:43:45,889 Turn him loose! 1518 01:43:46,307 --> 01:43:48,558 Your Honor, you silence that witness! 1519 01:43:48,726 --> 01:43:50,727 Turn him loose! 1520 01:43:50,895 --> 01:43:53,897 [PEOPLE SHOUTING AND GAVEL BANGING] 1521 01:43:55,149 --> 01:43:56,274 WOMAN: No! 1522 01:43:58,152 --> 01:44:01,363 People say whatever the hell they want in this courtroom! 1523 01:44:01,697 --> 01:44:03,240 Quiet! 1524 01:44:05,952 --> 01:44:08,328 Any more of that nonsense... 1525 01:44:08,496 --> 01:44:10,122 ...and you're all out of here. 1526 01:44:12,417 --> 01:44:15,252 NOOSE: Now, Mr. Buckley, you may begin. 1527 01:44:15,420 --> 01:44:17,462 RUFUS: Thank you, Your Honor. 1528 01:44:18,089 --> 01:44:22,717 Would you please state your name and occupation for the members of the jury. 1529 01:44:22,885 --> 01:44:27,139 My name is Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, chair of Psychiatry... 1530 01:44:27,306 --> 01:44:29,015 ...at Mississippi State University... 1531 01:44:29,183 --> 01:44:33,311 ...and clinical director of the Whitfield Facility for the Criminally Insane. 1532 01:44:34,647 --> 01:44:37,566 Thank you, doctor. Your credentials speak for themselves. 1533 01:44:37,733 --> 01:44:42,028 Now, doctor, can you please explain, as you do so eloquently in your book... 1534 01:44:42,196 --> 01:44:44,364 ...the McNaughton Rule for the jury? 1535 01:44:44,532 --> 01:44:45,615 RODEHEAVER: Certainly. 1536 01:44:45,783 --> 01:44:47,159 The McNaughton Rule states... 1537 01:44:47,326 --> 01:44:51,496 ...that a person must be unable to tell right from wrong... 1538 01:44:51,664 --> 01:44:55,876 ...and/or be unaware of the consequences of his actions... 1539 01:44:56,043 --> 01:44:58,253 ...to be termed legally insane. 1540 01:44:58,421 --> 01:45:00,338 Now, did you examine Mr. Hailey? 1541 01:45:00,506 --> 01:45:04,134 Yes. Mr. Hailey and I spoke about his childhood, his family... 1542 01:45:04,302 --> 01:45:06,720 ...his experiences during the war. 1543 01:45:06,888 --> 01:45:08,638 And the rape of his daughter? 1544 01:45:08,806 --> 01:45:14,102 RODEHEAVER: Yes, we spoke at length about the brutal rape of his daughter Tonya. 1545 01:45:14,270 --> 01:45:17,856 RUFUS: What is your diagnosis of Mr. Hailey's mental condition... 1546 01:45:18,024 --> 01:45:22,694 ...on the day that he shot Billy Ray Cobb and James Lewis Willard? 1547 01:45:22,862 --> 01:45:25,197 At the time of the murders, his mental condition... 1548 01:45:25,364 --> 01:45:27,574 ...was without any defects of any nature. 1549 01:45:27,742 --> 01:45:29,576 Mr. Hailey was sane. 1550 01:45:29,744 --> 01:45:32,162 But wait a minute, doctor. The defense contends-- 1551 01:45:32,330 --> 01:45:35,415 Why, Mr. Brigance has gone to great effort to prove to this jury... 1552 01:45:35,583 --> 01:45:38,877 ...that Mr. Hailey is a nutball. 1553 01:45:39,086 --> 01:45:41,087 Is a slow coach. 1554 01:45:41,255 --> 01:45:44,716 Or what's the clinical definition? 1555 01:45:44,884 --> 01:45:46,426 Insane. 1556 01:45:48,346 --> 01:45:50,597 - Do you disagree? RODEHEAVER: Yes. 1557 01:45:50,765 --> 01:45:53,642 Carl Lee Hailey knew very well what he was doing. 1558 01:45:53,809 --> 01:45:56,311 He slaughtered those men in cold blood. 1559 01:45:57,355 --> 01:45:58,438 Thank you, doctor. 1560 01:45:58,606 --> 01:46:01,650 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1561 01:46:02,610 --> 01:46:06,071 - Buddy, where the hell is Roark? - I got no clue. 1562 01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:08,490 Cross-examination, Mr. Brigance? 1563 01:46:09,617 --> 01:46:13,537 Your Honor, we would request a recess until-- 1564 01:46:15,831 --> 01:46:18,917 No, we will not need a recess, Your Honor, but just a few moments. 1565 01:46:25,508 --> 01:46:27,092 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance? 1566 01:46:27,260 --> 01:46:30,470 When you and Lois Lane are ready.... 1567 01:46:30,638 --> 01:46:32,639 [WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY] 1568 01:46:33,808 --> 01:46:36,184 Just a few questions, Your Honor. 1569 01:46:39,021 --> 01:46:40,689 Doctor, who do you work for? 1570 01:46:40,856 --> 01:46:42,482 State of Mississippi. 1571 01:46:42,650 --> 01:46:43,858 In your 11 years... 1572 01:46:44,026 --> 01:46:47,654 ...how many times have you testified where the insanity defense was used? 1573 01:46:47,822 --> 01:46:49,990 This is my 46th trial. 1574 01:46:50,157 --> 01:46:51,825 Forty-sixth trial. 1575 01:46:51,993 --> 01:46:53,243 Well, of those 46 trials... 1576 01:46:53,411 --> 01:46:57,497 ...how many times have you testified that the defendant was legally insane? 1577 01:46:57,665 --> 01:47:00,292 Objection, Your Honor! The good doctor cannot be asked... 1578 01:47:00,459 --> 01:47:04,629 ...to recall all of his testimony at these previous trials. It's absurd. 1579 01:47:04,797 --> 01:47:06,089 Overruled. 1580 01:47:07,091 --> 01:47:09,009 Thank you, Your Honor. 1581 01:47:09,552 --> 01:47:11,011 I can't remember. 1582 01:47:11,178 --> 01:47:13,722 Could it be, doctor, the reason you can't remember... 1583 01:47:13,889 --> 01:47:16,891 ...is that in 11 years and 46 trials... 1584 01:47:17,059 --> 01:47:20,270 ...you never have seen a defendant whom you have found insane? 1585 01:47:20,605 --> 01:47:22,731 I can't recall at this time. 1586 01:47:24,191 --> 01:47:26,735 Can you recall testifying at the trial of one Dan Baker? 1587 01:47:26,902 --> 01:47:30,238 Objection! Your Honor, this has nothing to do with the proceedings here. 1588 01:47:30,406 --> 01:47:31,823 NOOSE: Overruled. 1589 01:47:31,991 --> 01:47:36,077 - This.... This better be good, Mr. Brigance. - Thank you, Your Honor. 1590 01:47:36,871 --> 01:47:41,333 I'll ask again. Can you recall testifying the trial of one Dan Baker? 1591 01:47:41,500 --> 01:47:46,338 It's a rather brutal double homicide where you found the defendant legally sane? 1592 01:47:47,089 --> 01:47:48,340 Yes. 1593 01:47:48,507 --> 01:47:51,092 A dissenting psychiatrist disagreed with you, doctor. 1594 01:47:51,260 --> 01:47:54,763 And Mr. Baker was found insane and institutionalized. 1595 01:47:54,930 --> 01:47:56,556 Where is he currently, doctor? 1596 01:47:56,724 --> 01:47:57,766 At Whitfield. 1597 01:47:57,933 --> 01:48:00,060 Who is the chief psychiatrist at Whitfield? 1598 01:48:00,227 --> 01:48:02,646 - I am. - You are. 1599 01:48:03,898 --> 01:48:06,733 Dr. Rodeheaver is the chief psychiatrist at Whitfield. 1600 01:48:07,276 --> 01:48:10,070 Now, help me make this clear to the jury, doctor. 1601 01:48:10,237 --> 01:48:15,367 In 1985, you testified that Dan Baker was legally sane. 1602 01:48:15,534 --> 01:48:17,619 The jury disagreed with you. 1603 01:48:17,787 --> 01:48:21,206 And Mr. Baker was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 1604 01:48:21,374 --> 01:48:24,834 Since that time, he has been a patient in your hospital, under your care... 1605 01:48:25,002 --> 01:48:27,587 ...as a paranoid schizophrenic. Is that correct, doctor? 1606 01:48:27,755 --> 01:48:28,838 Yes. 1607 01:48:29,006 --> 01:48:30,799 Do you normally admit patients... 1608 01:48:30,966 --> 01:48:34,427 ...keep and treat them for 10 years if they're of sound mind and body? 1609 01:48:34,595 --> 01:48:35,929 Of course not. 1610 01:48:36,097 --> 01:48:38,473 Then it would be fair to say... 1611 01:48:38,641 --> 01:48:42,102 ...that you find insane people sane for the purposes of trial? 1612 01:48:42,269 --> 01:48:45,313 Objection, Your Honor! This is argumentative! 1613 01:48:45,481 --> 01:48:49,901 Withdraw the question, Your Honor. No further questions. 1614 01:48:54,407 --> 01:48:55,782 [QUIETLY] Genius, Roark. 1615 01:49:08,129 --> 01:49:10,547 [PEOPLE CHATTERING] 1616 01:49:10,715 --> 01:49:15,093 WOMAN: Mr. Brigance! Mr. Brigance! JAKE: Yes. Yes. 1617 01:49:15,261 --> 01:49:18,012 WOMAN: How do you expect to get a fair trial in Mississippi? 1618 01:49:18,180 --> 01:49:20,765 [GUNSHOT THEN PEOPLE SCREAMING AND SHOUTING] 1619 01:49:21,559 --> 01:49:23,309 JAKE: Get him! 1620 01:49:24,353 --> 01:49:27,272 - Get an ambulance, get, get! MAN: Come on. 1621 01:49:39,660 --> 01:49:42,162 ELLEN: So is there any news on the guard who was shot? 1622 01:49:43,080 --> 01:49:45,248 Ozzie says he's probably paralyzed. 1623 01:49:46,709 --> 01:49:48,293 [SIGHS] 1624 01:49:49,670 --> 01:49:51,546 Some stranger... 1625 01:49:51,714 --> 01:49:54,048 ...somebody's husband... 1626 01:49:54,341 --> 01:49:56,509 ...somebody's son... 1627 01:49:57,011 --> 01:49:59,763 ...put himself in harm's way... 1628 01:50:01,515 --> 01:50:03,224 ...for me. 1629 01:50:04,268 --> 01:50:06,770 When I saw the blood... 1630 01:50:07,396 --> 01:50:10,190 ...I got so scared because I thought that was you. 1631 01:50:12,777 --> 01:50:14,402 [SIGHS] 1632 01:50:19,366 --> 01:50:20,992 Do you want me to stay? 1633 01:50:24,371 --> 01:50:25,955 Yeah. 1634 01:50:26,874 --> 01:50:29,042 I want you to stay. 1635 01:50:33,464 --> 01:50:35,715 So you better go. 1636 01:50:39,303 --> 01:50:41,179 Okay. 1637 01:50:49,146 --> 01:50:52,607 [POLICE SIREN WAILING] 1638 01:50:57,738 --> 01:50:59,739 [ELLEN MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY] 1639 01:51:01,242 --> 01:51:03,117 ELLEN: Oh, shit. 1640 01:51:09,500 --> 01:51:12,919 HASTINGS: Speed limit's 45, not 70, ma'am. 1641 01:51:13,087 --> 01:51:15,755 - Haven't been drinking, have you? - I guess I just wasn't-- 1642 01:51:15,923 --> 01:51:17,799 Let me ask you to get out of the car. 1643 01:51:17,967 --> 01:51:21,135 - Is that really necessary? - Just get out of the car. 1644 01:51:21,762 --> 01:51:25,181 Isn’t it usually customary to ask for a license and registration? 1645 01:51:25,349 --> 01:51:26,391 [ELLEN SCREAMING] 1646 01:51:26,559 --> 01:51:28,768 WINSTON: You bitch. ELLEN: No! 1647 01:51:29,019 --> 01:51:31,104 HASTINGS: Get her in the car. 1648 01:51:31,272 --> 01:51:33,356 [ELLEN GRUNTING AND GROANING] 1649 01:51:33,524 --> 01:51:36,109 ELLEN: No! No! WINSTON: Come on. 1650 01:51:36,277 --> 01:51:38,027 Get in there. 1651 01:51:39,780 --> 01:51:41,656 Shut up! 1652 01:52:02,136 --> 01:52:05,138 [ELLEN GROANING AND WHIMPERING] 1653 01:52:38,505 --> 01:52:41,424 You can't blame a nigger for being a nigger... 1654 01:52:41,592 --> 01:52:45,011 ...no more than you can blame a dog for being a dog. 1655 01:52:46,680 --> 01:52:49,265 But a whore like you... 1656 01:52:49,892 --> 01:52:52,894 ...co-mingling with mongrels, betraying your own... 1657 01:52:53,062 --> 01:52:55,521 ...that makes you worse than being a nigger. 1658 01:52:55,689 --> 01:52:57,982 So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. 1659 01:52:58,692 --> 01:53:01,110 I'm gonna leave you tied up here naked. 1660 01:53:02,071 --> 01:53:04,656 First it'll just be the bugs eating at you. 1661 01:53:04,823 --> 01:53:06,532 One day, maybe two. 1662 01:53:06,700 --> 01:53:09,118 That sun's gonna be cooking you. 1663 01:53:09,370 --> 01:53:11,329 But them animals? 1664 01:53:12,790 --> 01:53:15,375 They're gonna pick up your stink. 1665 01:53:18,087 --> 01:53:20,713 They're gonna come looking for something to eat. 1666 01:53:21,757 --> 01:53:25,343 Carl Lee Hailey should've shot you too. 1667 01:53:31,517 --> 01:53:33,768 Come on, boys. Let's go. 1668 01:53:53,372 --> 01:53:55,373 [CAR APPROACHING] 1669 01:54:02,089 --> 01:54:03,506 [WHIMPERS] 1670 01:54:08,512 --> 01:54:11,097 [WHIMPERING] No. No. No. 1671 01:54:11,265 --> 01:54:13,558 No. No. 1672 01:54:15,227 --> 01:54:18,229 [MAN GRUNTING] 1673 01:54:21,483 --> 01:54:23,568 Shh. It's okay. 1674 01:54:23,736 --> 01:54:25,737 [ELLEN PANTING] 1675 01:54:31,326 --> 01:54:32,410 It's okay. 1676 01:54:32,578 --> 01:54:34,120 It's okay now. 1677 01:54:34,288 --> 01:54:36,122 It's okay. 1678 01:54:39,543 --> 01:54:42,879 NOOSE: Mr. Brigance, you may call your first witness. 1679 01:54:43,047 --> 01:54:47,759 JAKE: Yes, Your Honor. Defense calls Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass. 1680 01:54:52,473 --> 01:54:54,932 - [WHISPERS] Buddy, have you seen Roark? - Not yet. 1681 01:54:59,730 --> 01:55:02,398 JAKE: Doctor, would you explain to the jury... 1682 01:55:02,566 --> 01:55:06,360 ...the effect his daughter's rape had on Mr. Hailey's condition? 1683 01:55:06,779 --> 01:55:08,905 Tonya's rape caused a relapse... 1684 01:55:09,073 --> 01:55:11,240 ...a temporary break with reality. 1685 01:55:11,909 --> 01:55:14,952 JAKE: But yesterday, a Dr. Rodeheaver... 1686 01:55:15,120 --> 01:55:18,164 ...suggested that Mr. Hailey's act of calculation was... 1687 01:55:18,332 --> 01:55:20,083 ...the very definition of sanity. 1688 01:55:20,250 --> 01:55:22,335 That's ridiculous. 1689 01:55:22,503 --> 01:55:26,339 Many of the most famous schizophrenics are calculating. 1690 01:55:26,507 --> 01:55:28,341 John Hinckley, for example. 1691 01:55:28,509 --> 01:55:29,550 Calculating. 1692 01:55:29,718 --> 01:55:31,219 And legally insane. 1693 01:55:31,553 --> 01:55:34,388 All right, so, Dr. Bass, how would you diagnose Mr. Hailey... 1694 01:55:34,556 --> 01:55:35,890 ...at the time of the murder? 1695 01:55:36,058 --> 01:55:40,353 Mr. Hailey experienced a recurrence of a dissociative condition... 1696 01:55:40,521 --> 01:55:44,398 ...as a result of the trauma caused by the rape of his daughter. 1697 01:55:44,817 --> 01:55:48,361 Now, since Mr. Hailey was unaware of the reality of his actions... 1698 01:55:48,529 --> 01:55:50,905 ...he could not tell right from wrong. 1699 01:55:51,073 --> 01:55:54,408 Nor could he understand the consequences of his actions. 1700 01:55:54,576 --> 01:55:57,787 He was, therefore, legally insane. 1701 01:55:59,373 --> 01:56:00,957 Could not tell right from wrong... 1702 01:56:01,125 --> 01:56:04,001 ...nor understand the consequences of his actions. 1703 01:56:04,545 --> 01:56:07,505 Therefore, legally, insane. 1704 01:56:08,173 --> 01:56:12,051 Thank you, Dr. Bass. Your Honor, I have no further questions. 1705 01:56:12,636 --> 01:56:13,803 Mr. Buckley? 1706 01:56:15,597 --> 01:56:17,849 - Mr. Buckley. - Yes? 1707 01:56:18,475 --> 01:56:19,725 Your witness. 1708 01:56:20,686 --> 01:56:23,521 Oh. I'm sorry, excuse me. Thank you, Your Honor. 1709 01:56:25,232 --> 01:56:27,650 - Good morning. BASS: Good morning. 1710 01:56:27,818 --> 01:56:32,572 Dr. Bass, could you please state for the record your full name? 1711 01:56:32,739 --> 01:56:35,074 Willard Tyrell Bass. 1712 01:56:35,242 --> 01:56:38,452 Tyrell Bass. That's a very unique name. 1713 01:56:39,079 --> 01:56:44,000 Now, doctor, have you ever been convicted of a felony? 1714 01:56:44,168 --> 01:56:45,459 No, of course not. 1715 01:56:45,627 --> 01:56:47,795 - You're certain? - Yes. 1716 01:56:47,963 --> 01:56:52,592 RUFUS: As certain of that as you are of the testimony you've just given before this jury? 1717 01:56:52,759 --> 01:56:53,759 BASS: Of course. 1718 01:56:53,927 --> 01:56:56,345 So let me understand this now... 1719 01:56:56,513 --> 01:56:58,890 ...since you are under oath. 1720 01:56:59,433 --> 01:57:03,978 You're telling me, and this jury, that on October 17th, 1960... 1721 01:57:04,146 --> 01:57:06,480 ...you were not convicted of statutory rape? 1722 01:57:06,648 --> 01:57:07,982 Objection, Your Honor! 1723 01:57:10,027 --> 01:57:11,444 Dr. Bass is not on trial here. 1724 01:57:11,612 --> 01:57:14,322 This goes to the heart of the credibility of the witness. 1725 01:57:14,489 --> 01:57:17,950 - Overruled. Continue, Mr. Buckley. RUFUS: Thank you. 1726 01:57:18,118 --> 01:57:20,077 Now, doctor... 1727 01:57:21,288 --> 01:57:23,414 ...were you convicted of statutory rape? 1728 01:57:23,957 --> 01:57:25,708 You got the wrong man. 1729 01:57:25,876 --> 01:57:27,084 Really? 1730 01:57:27,252 --> 01:57:29,629 I have some mighty interesting photographs of you... 1731 01:57:29,796 --> 01:57:32,215 ...taken with a female underage... 1732 01:57:32,382 --> 01:57:36,469 ...in a motel by the Dallas Police Department on September 11th, 1960. 1733 01:57:36,637 --> 01:57:41,599 Would you like to look at these images and see if they refresh your memory? 1734 01:57:44,269 --> 01:57:45,603 No, I didn't think so. 1735 01:57:45,771 --> 01:57:49,565 Your Honor, we would like to enter into evidence these court and police records... 1736 01:57:49,733 --> 01:57:55,529 ...showing that on September 15th, 1960, this man, one Tyrell Bass... 1737 01:57:55,697 --> 01:57:59,242 ...pled guilty to statutory rape. 1738 01:57:59,409 --> 01:58:02,036 Now, doctor, I'm gonna ask you one last time... 1739 01:58:02,204 --> 01:58:06,916 ...were you or were you not convicted of statutory rape? 1740 01:58:07,542 --> 01:58:10,544 - Well, I can explain-- RUFUS: Not interested in your explanation. 1741 01:58:10,712 --> 01:58:12,421 Answer the question, yes or no. 1742 01:58:14,800 --> 01:58:16,175 Yes. Yes, I was. 1743 01:58:16,343 --> 01:58:19,428 [CROWD MURMURING] 1744 01:58:22,474 --> 01:58:24,058 That's enough. 1745 01:58:24,226 --> 01:58:26,519 I have nothing further. 1746 01:58:30,315 --> 01:58:32,358 Redirect, Mr. Brigance? 1747 01:58:34,778 --> 01:58:35,861 None, Your Honor. 1748 01:58:36,029 --> 01:58:38,906 Court will recess one hour for lunch. 1749 01:58:39,199 --> 01:58:41,701 You told me you knew him, he was a credible witness. 1750 01:58:41,868 --> 01:58:43,869 I didn't know. The record was expunged. 1751 01:58:44,037 --> 01:58:46,163 Buckley really outdid himself this time. 1752 01:58:46,331 --> 01:58:48,916 Damn. Lucien, I was counting on you. 1753 01:58:49,084 --> 01:58:51,168 - And I can't win-- - You wanted this case. 1754 01:58:51,336 --> 01:58:52,378 Well, you got it. 1755 01:58:52,546 --> 01:58:56,215 It isn't easy saving the world one case at a time, but you stick with it. 1756 01:58:56,383 --> 01:58:59,593 You might just have a knack for it. Don't do what I did. Don't quit. 1757 01:58:59,761 --> 01:59:01,595 What are you talking about, quit? 1758 01:59:01,763 --> 01:59:04,432 - You're a hero, Lucien. - Oh, hero, my ass. 1759 01:59:04,599 --> 01:59:08,060 Do you think the world needed me beating cops' heads on that picket line? 1760 01:59:08,228 --> 01:59:12,148 I was needed here, in that courtroom. 1761 01:59:12,482 --> 01:59:13,566 And I let them push me. 1762 01:59:13,734 --> 01:59:15,943 I gave them an excuse to kick me out... 1763 01:59:16,111 --> 01:59:18,946 ...and now I can never plead a case in there again. 1764 01:59:19,114 --> 01:59:20,573 But you can. 1765 01:59:20,741 --> 01:59:22,074 You're an attorney. 1766 01:59:22,242 --> 01:59:23,576 Be proud. 1767 01:59:23,744 --> 01:59:27,872 Your job is to find justice, no matter how well she may hide herself from you. 1768 01:59:29,374 --> 01:59:31,334 So you go on in there... 1769 01:59:31,501 --> 01:59:32,918 ...and you do your job. 1770 01:59:34,421 --> 01:59:35,880 Hurry up, now. 1771 01:59:36,048 --> 01:59:38,341 They'll be starting without you. 1772 01:59:42,929 --> 01:59:44,096 Come with me. 1773 01:59:45,932 --> 01:59:47,224 I can't, Jake. 1774 01:59:49,061 --> 01:59:50,770 I love you... 1775 01:59:50,937 --> 01:59:52,063 ...but I can't. 1776 01:59:52,606 --> 01:59:53,647 You know that. 1777 01:59:53,815 --> 01:59:56,817 I'll never go in another courtroom again. 1778 01:59:57,527 --> 01:59:58,986 And I can't be you, Lucien. 1779 02:00:00,238 --> 02:00:02,448 Don't be me. 1780 02:00:02,616 --> 02:00:04,950 Be better than me. 1781 02:00:07,245 --> 02:00:10,706 BAILIFF: All rise for the Honorable Judge Omar Noose. 1782 02:00:20,592 --> 02:00:22,843 And how did you feel? 1783 02:00:23,512 --> 02:00:25,888 I felt, um.... 1784 02:00:28,517 --> 02:00:30,601 I don't know. 1785 02:00:32,187 --> 02:00:34,772 It was like I was outside myself... 1786 02:00:34,940 --> 02:00:37,233 ...watching myself. 1787 02:00:38,193 --> 02:00:42,279 All the while I kept hearing my baby say: 1788 02:00:42,781 --> 02:00:45,324 "I called for you, Daddy. 1789 02:00:45,492 --> 02:00:51,997 When them men was hurting me, I called for you over and over... 1790 02:00:52,165 --> 02:00:54,500 ...but you didn't never come." 1791 02:01:00,674 --> 02:01:02,675 Thank you, Mr. Hailey. 1792 02:01:03,468 --> 02:01:06,178 I have no further questions, Your Honor. 1793 02:01:07,681 --> 02:01:09,223 You have an emergency phone call. 1794 02:01:09,391 --> 02:01:10,433 NOOSE: Mr. Buckley. 1795 02:01:18,817 --> 02:01:20,693 Mr. Hailey... 1796 02:01:21,862 --> 02:01:26,699 ...before you stepped outside yourself to watch yourself shoot Willard and Cobb... 1797 02:01:26,867 --> 02:01:31,370 ...were you aware that if convicted they might be freed in only 10 years? 1798 02:01:31,538 --> 02:01:33,497 Yes, I heard people say that. Yes, sir. 1799 02:01:33,665 --> 02:01:36,625 Do you think men who kidnap a child should be free in 10 years? 1800 02:01:36,793 --> 02:01:40,171 - No. - Think men who rape a child should be free? 1801 02:01:40,338 --> 02:01:41,380 CARL LEE: No, sir. 1802 02:01:41,548 --> 02:01:44,550 Do you think two men who hang a child should be free in 10 years? 1803 02:01:44,718 --> 02:01:47,011 - No. - What should happen? What would be fair? 1804 02:01:47,179 --> 02:01:49,638 - Objection. - Do you think they deserve to die? 1805 02:01:49,806 --> 02:01:52,224 - Now, Mr. Buckley-- - Carl Lee don't answer that! 1806 02:01:52,392 --> 02:01:55,352 Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell! 1807 02:01:55,520 --> 02:01:58,731 [CROWD SHOUTING] 1808 02:02:00,567 --> 02:02:03,986 [GAVEL BANGING] 1809 02:02:11,578 --> 02:02:14,330 I have nothing further, Your Honor. 1810 02:02:17,959 --> 02:02:20,794 NOOSE: Summations begin tomorrow. 1811 02:02:22,506 --> 02:02:24,215 Court adjourned. 1812 02:02:31,097 --> 02:02:34,141 Jake, they found Roark. 1813 02:02:55,830 --> 02:02:57,456 - [WHISPERING] Ellen.... - Hmm. 1814 02:03:03,880 --> 02:03:05,381 Ellen. 1815 02:03:06,967 --> 02:03:08,884 So... 1816 02:03:10,011 --> 02:03:12,680 ...this is what I had to do to get you to call me "Ellen"? 1817 02:03:15,308 --> 02:03:16,517 I'm so sorry. 1818 02:03:16,685 --> 02:03:18,477 This is all my fault. 1819 02:03:18,645 --> 02:03:19,979 No. 1820 02:03:20,146 --> 02:03:22,773 Don't sweat it, really. 1821 02:03:23,775 --> 02:03:26,527 They didn't-- They didn't hurt anything that won't heal. 1822 02:03:26,695 --> 02:03:28,362 Nothing. 1823 02:03:29,823 --> 02:03:32,950 Besides, um, Dr., uh... 1824 02:03:34,160 --> 02:03:36,954 ...What's-His-Name said I'll be out in a couple days... 1825 02:03:37,122 --> 02:03:38,247 ...so I'm fine. 1826 02:03:42,335 --> 02:03:43,627 How'd we do? 1827 02:03:45,547 --> 02:03:48,465 Bass turned out to be a felon. 1828 02:03:49,259 --> 02:03:52,970 Carl Lee got trapped on the stand by Buckley. 1829 02:03:55,849 --> 02:03:58,601 People been terrorized, Roark. 1830 02:03:58,768 --> 02:04:00,519 Beaten. 1831 02:04:02,439 --> 02:04:04,815 Killed. It-- 1832 02:04:05,400 --> 02:04:07,151 It's not worth it. It's not. 1833 02:04:09,738 --> 02:04:13,407 It's only not worth it if Carl Lee goes to the gas chamber. 1834 02:04:16,953 --> 02:04:20,080 Listen, this case is not over until the summation. 1835 02:04:20,248 --> 02:04:22,291 Remember that. 1836 02:04:22,667 --> 02:04:24,209 Okay? 1837 02:04:25,503 --> 02:04:29,381 And you've got one big fat chance... 1838 02:04:30,300 --> 02:04:31,467 ...to reinvent yourself. 1839 02:04:32,344 --> 02:04:37,640 To make that jury see this whole case-- This whole case through your eyes. 1840 02:04:44,397 --> 02:04:45,773 And they're good eyes. 1841 02:04:51,237 --> 02:04:53,530 Now, get out of here, go to work. 1842 02:04:55,659 --> 02:04:57,117 I'll keep in touch with you. 1843 02:04:57,535 --> 02:04:58,869 No, you won't. 1844 02:04:59,037 --> 02:05:00,579 Big liar. 1845 02:05:10,465 --> 02:05:12,925 Win or lose, Roark... 1846 02:05:14,302 --> 02:05:16,178 ...we make one hell of a team. 1847 02:05:17,555 --> 02:05:19,682 We might have. 1848 02:05:20,767 --> 02:05:22,726 We really might have. 1849 02:05:27,023 --> 02:05:29,900 You really want to kiss me right now, don't you? 1850 02:05:31,486 --> 02:05:33,612 Yes, I do. 1851 02:05:55,468 --> 02:05:56,593 Undecided? 1852 02:05:59,222 --> 02:06:00,848 Guilty? 1853 02:06:20,910 --> 02:06:21,952 [MAX GROWLS] 1854 02:06:28,960 --> 02:06:31,962 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] 1855 02:06:39,220 --> 02:06:42,014 CARLA: Hey, Max. Hey. 1856 02:06:49,189 --> 02:06:50,314 Where's Hannah? 1857 02:06:50,482 --> 02:06:53,108 I left her at Mother and Daddy's. 1858 02:06:54,736 --> 02:06:55,903 How did you get here? 1859 02:06:56,529 --> 02:06:57,905 Drove. 1860 02:06:58,531 --> 02:07:00,032 In the storm? 1861 02:07:02,368 --> 02:07:05,704 Got something to say, it needs to be said in person. 1862 02:07:10,418 --> 02:07:14,004 The truth is, I've been blaming you for all that's happened. 1863 02:07:16,925 --> 02:07:19,843 But it's not your fault. You didn't kill those boys. 1864 02:07:25,350 --> 02:07:27,351 You were trying to make things right. 1865 02:07:29,521 --> 02:07:31,563 I know that now. 1866 02:07:37,320 --> 02:07:40,113 I thought you took this case because you wanted to prove... 1867 02:07:40,281 --> 02:07:42,908 ...what a bigtime lawyer you were. 1868 02:07:43,701 --> 02:07:45,786 But I was wrong. 1869 02:07:49,415 --> 02:07:52,251 You took this case because... 1870 02:07:52,418 --> 02:07:54,628 ...if those boys... 1871 02:07:57,006 --> 02:08:01,802 ...had hurt Hannah the way that they hurt Tonya... 1872 02:08:01,970 --> 02:08:03,887 ...you would've killed them yourself. 1873 02:08:06,933 --> 02:08:08,642 [MOUTHS] Baby. 1874 02:08:11,062 --> 02:08:13,856 Baby, come here. 1875 02:08:14,023 --> 02:08:15,858 Come here. 1876 02:08:18,319 --> 02:08:20,654 I love you, Jake. 1877 02:08:22,073 --> 02:08:24,449 JAKE: I thought I was gonna lose you. 1878 02:08:47,223 --> 02:08:48,932 [JAKE CLEARS THROAT] 1879 02:08:49,100 --> 02:08:51,810 We're gonna lose this case, Carl Lee. 1880 02:08:54,355 --> 02:08:58,483 There are no points of law to argue here. I wanna cop a plea. 1881 02:09:00,486 --> 02:09:02,404 Maybe Buckley will cop us... 1882 02:09:02,572 --> 02:09:05,949 ...a second-degree murder and we can get you just life in prison. 1883 02:09:07,785 --> 02:09:11,496 Jake, I-- I can't do no life in prison. 1884 02:09:11,664 --> 02:09:14,082 You gotta get me off. Man, if it was you on trial-- 1885 02:09:14,250 --> 02:09:15,918 It's not me. 1886 02:09:16,836 --> 02:09:18,211 We're not the same, Carl Lee. 1887 02:09:21,132 --> 02:09:24,384 The jury has to identify with the defendant. 1888 02:09:24,552 --> 02:09:26,303 They see you, they see a yard worker. 1889 02:09:26,471 --> 02:09:30,474 They see me, they see an attorney. I live in town. You live on the hill. 1890 02:09:30,642 --> 02:09:33,685 Oh, you white and I'm black. 1891 02:09:36,147 --> 02:09:37,856 See, Jake? 1892 02:09:38,232 --> 02:09:40,442 You think just like them. 1893 02:09:41,527 --> 02:09:43,904 That's why I picked you. 1894 02:09:44,906 --> 02:09:47,574 You're one of them, don't you see? 1895 02:09:47,742 --> 02:09:50,077 You think you ain't, because you eat in Claude's... 1896 02:09:50,244 --> 02:09:54,957 ...and you're out there trying to get me off on TV, talking about black and white. 1897 02:09:55,124 --> 02:09:57,084 But the fact is... 1898 02:09:57,251 --> 02:09:59,962 ...you're just like all the rest of them. 1899 02:10:00,129 --> 02:10:03,090 When you look at me, you don't see a man. 1900 02:10:03,257 --> 02:10:05,175 You see a black man. 1901 02:10:06,010 --> 02:10:09,429 Carl Lee, I am your friend. 1902 02:10:09,597 --> 02:10:11,348 We ain't no friends, Jake. 1903 02:10:12,642 --> 02:10:15,644 We're on different sides of the line. 1904 02:10:15,812 --> 02:10:20,232 I ain't never seen you in my part of town. I bet you don't even know where I live. 1905 02:10:22,026 --> 02:10:25,070 Our daughters, Jake, they ain't never gonna play together. 1906 02:10:25,238 --> 02:10:27,614 Now, what are you talking about? 1907 02:10:29,867 --> 02:10:33,078 America is a war... 1908 02:10:33,246 --> 02:10:35,539 ...and you are on the other side. 1909 02:10:37,291 --> 02:10:40,127 How a black man ever gonna get a fair trial... 1910 02:10:40,294 --> 02:10:43,296 ...with the enemy on the bench and the jury box? 1911 02:10:43,464 --> 02:10:46,925 My life in white hands. 1912 02:10:47,176 --> 02:10:48,260 You, Jake. 1913 02:10:48,970 --> 02:10:50,887 That's how. 1914 02:10:51,055 --> 02:10:55,267 You my secret weapon because you're one of the bad guys. 1915 02:10:55,435 --> 02:10:58,311 You don't mean to be, but you are. 1916 02:10:58,479 --> 02:11:00,772 It's how you was raised. 1917 02:11:00,940 --> 02:11:05,277 Nigger, Negro, black, African-American. 1918 02:11:05,445 --> 02:11:07,571 No matter how you see me... 1919 02:11:07,739 --> 02:11:10,449 ...you see me as different. 1920 02:11:10,616 --> 02:11:13,952 You see me like that jury sees me. 1921 02:11:14,120 --> 02:11:15,912 You are them. 1922 02:11:16,706 --> 02:11:19,708 Now, throw out your points of law, Jake. 1923 02:11:20,543 --> 02:11:24,796 If you was on that jury... 1924 02:11:24,964 --> 02:11:29,593 ...what would it take to convince you to set me free? 1925 02:11:32,013 --> 02:11:34,973 That's how you'll save my ass. 1926 02:11:35,558 --> 02:11:37,726 That's how you'll save us both. 1927 02:11:42,273 --> 02:11:46,777 RUFUS: Is Carl Lee Hailey insane? 1928 02:11:47,653 --> 02:11:50,072 It's a notion so outrageous... 1929 02:11:50,239 --> 02:11:54,576 ...the only witness the defense could produce to support it... 1930 02:11:54,744 --> 02:11:56,745 ...was a convicted felon. 1931 02:11:57,497 --> 02:12:00,123 No. Carl Lee Hailey is not insane. 1932 02:12:00,291 --> 02:12:03,543 This is a man who is a confessed murderer. 1933 02:12:04,796 --> 02:12:09,633 This is a man who admitted on this stand... 1934 02:12:09,801 --> 02:12:13,011 ...to carrying out the sentences he believed the alleged rapists... 1935 02:12:13,179 --> 02:12:15,180 ...of his daughter deserved. 1936 02:12:15,348 --> 02:12:17,682 He's taken justice out of your hands. 1937 02:12:20,436 --> 02:12:21,770 And put it in his own. 1938 02:12:22,605 --> 02:12:27,275 And with those hands, he took the lives of two young men. 1939 02:12:28,861 --> 02:12:29,903 [GUN CLATTERS] 1940 02:12:30,363 --> 02:12:33,490 We feel terrible over what happened to his daughter. 1941 02:12:33,991 --> 02:12:35,742 But feeling terrible... 1942 02:12:35,910 --> 02:12:40,288 ...and knowing something is wrong does not give any of us... 1943 02:12:40,790 --> 02:12:42,415 ...a right to kill. 1944 02:12:44,043 --> 02:12:46,253 Ladies and gentlemen, your duty is clear. 1945 02:12:49,340 --> 02:12:52,050 All in this courtroom know the truth. 1946 02:12:52,468 --> 02:12:55,512 All in this state know the truth. 1947 02:12:56,430 --> 02:13:01,351 Now you need only find the courage to speak the words: 1948 02:13:01,727 --> 02:13:05,397 "Carl Lee Hailey is guilty." 1949 02:13:06,399 --> 02:13:09,109 Guilty. Guilty. 1950 02:13:11,404 --> 02:13:13,780 State rests, Your Honor. 1951 02:13:29,589 --> 02:13:33,383 Now, I had a great summation all worked out... 1952 02:13:33,593 --> 02:13:36,136 ...full of some sharp lawyering. 1953 02:13:37,388 --> 02:13:38,722 But I'm not going to read it. 1954 02:13:40,141 --> 02:13:41,808 I'm here to apologize. 1955 02:13:41,976 --> 02:13:45,437 I am young, and I am inexperienced. 1956 02:13:46,063 --> 02:13:51,026 But you cannot hold Carl Lee Hailey responsible... 1957 02:13:51,485 --> 02:13:53,028 ...for my shortcomings. 1958 02:13:54,238 --> 02:13:56,907 But you see, in all this legal maneuvering... 1959 02:13:57,074 --> 02:13:59,451 ...something has gotten lost. 1960 02:13:59,619 --> 02:14:02,329 And that something is the truth. 1961 02:14:06,125 --> 02:14:10,629 Now, it is incumbent upon us lawyers not to just talk about the truth... 1962 02:14:10,796 --> 02:14:14,549 ...but to actually seek it, to find it, to live it. 1963 02:14:16,260 --> 02:14:17,761 My teacher taught me that. 1964 02:14:20,181 --> 02:14:22,140 Let's take Dr. Bass, for example. 1965 02:14:22,767 --> 02:14:26,144 Obviously, I would've never knowingly put a convicted felon on the stand. 1966 02:14:26,312 --> 02:14:27,729 I hope you can believe that. 1967 02:14:28,189 --> 02:14:29,648 But what is the truth? 1968 02:14:29,815 --> 02:14:32,734 That-- That he's a disgraced liar? 1969 02:14:32,902 --> 02:14:34,819 What if I told you... 1970 02:14:34,987 --> 02:14:38,657 ...that the woman he was accused of raping was 17, he was 23... 1971 02:14:38,824 --> 02:14:41,701 ...that she later became his wife, bore his child... 1972 02:14:41,869 --> 02:14:43,495 ...and is still married to the man? 1973 02:14:43,663 --> 02:14:47,666 Does that make his testimony more or less true? 1974 02:14:51,963 --> 02:14:53,755 What is it in us that seeks the truth? 1975 02:14:55,341 --> 02:14:57,259 Is it our minds? 1976 02:14:57,885 --> 02:14:59,386 Or is it our hearts? 1977 02:15:03,266 --> 02:15:06,643 I set out to prove a black man could receive a fair trial in the South... 1978 02:15:06,811 --> 02:15:09,980 ...that we are all equal in the eyes of the law. 1979 02:15:11,691 --> 02:15:13,275 That's not the truth. 1980 02:15:13,442 --> 02:15:15,694 Because the eyes of the law are human eyes... 1981 02:15:15,861 --> 02:15:19,823 ...yours and mine, and until we can see each other as equals... 1982 02:15:19,991 --> 02:15:22,325 ...justice is never going to be evenhanded. 1983 02:15:22,493 --> 02:15:26,329 It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices. 1984 02:15:26,622 --> 02:15:29,040 So until that day... 1985 02:15:29,208 --> 02:15:32,460 ...we have a duty under God to seek the truth... 1986 02:15:34,338 --> 02:15:36,464 ...not with our eyes, and not with our minds... 1987 02:15:36,632 --> 02:15:40,218 ...where fear and hate turn commonality into prejudice... 1988 02:15:40,386 --> 02:15:42,595 ...but with our hearts... 1989 02:15:42,888 --> 02:15:45,223 ...where we don't know better. 1990 02:15:49,562 --> 02:15:51,980 I wanna tell you a story. 1991 02:15:53,733 --> 02:15:56,443 And I ask you all to close your eyes... 1992 02:15:58,070 --> 02:16:00,322 ...while I tell you this story. 1993 02:16:03,784 --> 02:16:07,662 I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves. 1994 02:16:11,709 --> 02:16:14,627 Go ahead. Close your eyes, please. 1995 02:16:19,800 --> 02:16:22,594 This is a story about a little girl... 1996 02:16:23,512 --> 02:16:27,265 ...walking home from the grocery store one sunny afternoon. 1997 02:16:28,601 --> 02:16:30,685 I want you to picture this little girl. 1998 02:16:34,106 --> 02:16:36,524 Suddenly, a truck races up. 1999 02:16:38,277 --> 02:16:39,861 Two men jump out and grab her. 2000 02:16:42,490 --> 02:16:45,617 Drag her into a nearby field... 2001 02:16:48,496 --> 02:16:49,871 ...and they tie her up. 2002 02:16:53,751 --> 02:16:55,752 And they rip her clothes from her body. 2003 02:16:58,589 --> 02:17:00,882 Now they climb on. 2004 02:17:01,759 --> 02:17:03,968 First one, then the other. 2005 02:17:05,971 --> 02:17:07,055 Raping her. 2006 02:17:12,019 --> 02:17:16,981 Shattering everything innocent and pure with a vicious thrust... 2007 02:17:17,983 --> 02:17:21,361 ...in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. 2008 02:17:25,282 --> 02:17:27,200 And when they're done... 2009 02:17:28,327 --> 02:17:31,413 ...after they've killed her tiny womb... 2010 02:17:33,582 --> 02:17:36,876 ...murdered any chance for her to bear children... 2011 02:17:37,044 --> 02:17:39,712 ...to have life beyond her own... 2012 02:17:43,175 --> 02:17:45,301 ...they decide to use her for target practice. 2013 02:17:48,180 --> 02:17:51,349 So they start throwing full beer cans at her. 2014 02:17:53,352 --> 02:17:55,687 They throw them so hard... 2015 02:17:56,355 --> 02:17:59,816 ...that it tears the flesh all the way to her bones. 2016 02:18:05,990 --> 02:18:07,615 Then they urinate on her. 2017 02:18:12,371 --> 02:18:13,746 Now comes the hanging. 2018 02:18:18,919 --> 02:18:20,753 They have a rope. 2019 02:18:22,047 --> 02:18:23,882 They tie a noose. 2020 02:18:25,050 --> 02:18:28,386 Imagine the noose coiling tight around her neck... 2021 02:18:28,929 --> 02:18:31,556 ...and a sudden blinding jerk. 2022 02:18:32,641 --> 02:18:35,518 She's pulled into the air and her feet and legs go kicking.... 2023 02:18:35,686 --> 02:18:37,437 They don't find the ground. 2024 02:18:39,607 --> 02:18:41,483 The hanging branch... 2025 02:18:41,650 --> 02:18:43,610 ...isn't strong enough. 2026 02:18:45,279 --> 02:18:47,906 It snaps and she falls... 2027 02:18:48,282 --> 02:18:49,616 ...back to the earth. 2028 02:18:53,621 --> 02:18:55,622 So they pick her up... 2029 02:18:56,749 --> 02:18:59,083 ...throw her in the back of the truck... 2030 02:19:00,920 --> 02:19:04,088 ...drive out to Foggy Creek Bridge... 2031 02:19:04,924 --> 02:19:06,299 ...pitch her over the edge. 2032 02:19:09,512 --> 02:19:14,390 And she drops some 30 feet down to the creek bottom below. 2033 02:19:21,899 --> 02:19:23,775 Can you see her? 2034 02:19:27,571 --> 02:19:29,239 Her raped... 2035 02:19:29,406 --> 02:19:31,157 ...beaten... 2036 02:19:31,325 --> 02:19:33,535 ...broken body... 2037 02:19:36,622 --> 02:19:38,998 ...soaked in their urine... 2038 02:19:39,625 --> 02:19:41,960 ...soaked in their semen... 2039 02:19:43,963 --> 02:19:45,797 ...soaked in her blood. 2040 02:19:46,799 --> 02:19:48,675 Left to die. 2041 02:19:51,679 --> 02:19:53,555 Can you see her? 2042 02:19:57,560 --> 02:19:59,811 I want you to picture... 2043 02:20:01,605 --> 02:20:03,523 ...that little girl. 2044 02:20:22,251 --> 02:20:24,085 Now imagine she's white. 2045 02:20:46,233 --> 02:20:48,026 The defense rests, Your Honor. 2046 02:21:18,390 --> 02:21:19,974 Innocent! He's innocent! 2047 02:21:20,142 --> 02:21:21,726 Innocent! He's innocent! 2048 02:21:21,894 --> 02:21:23,061 Hailey's innocent! 2049 02:21:23,228 --> 02:21:24,270 [CROWD CHEERING] 2050 02:21:24,438 --> 02:21:26,773 [KLAN JEERING] 2051 02:21:30,736 --> 02:21:31,861 He's innocent! 2052 02:21:42,373 --> 02:21:44,207 NURSE: We won! We won! 2053 02:21:44,375 --> 02:21:46,626 Ellen, we won! Aren't you happy? 2054 02:21:46,794 --> 02:21:52,632 Oh, my God, Ellen, you have to be happy. He's innocent. Carl Lee is innocent. 2055 02:21:54,009 --> 02:21:55,343 GWEN: He's coming home. 2056 02:21:55,511 --> 02:21:56,803 CARL LEE: Jake. 2057 02:21:58,097 --> 02:21:59,931 That was.... 2058 02:22:00,641 --> 02:22:02,475 That was.... 2059 02:22:03,686 --> 02:22:06,020 Hey, I'm one of the bad guys, remember? 2060 02:22:08,649 --> 02:22:11,943 - Thank you. - Thanks. 2061 02:22:16,657 --> 02:22:19,117 [CROWD CHATTERING] 2062 02:22:21,662 --> 02:22:23,913 SHERIFF: Freddie Lee Cobb! 2063 02:22:26,625 --> 02:22:29,043 We got something to talk about. 2064 02:22:29,211 --> 02:22:30,753 Hastings... 2065 02:22:30,921 --> 02:22:33,506 ...you belong over there with them. 2066 02:22:35,134 --> 02:22:36,968 Get over. 2067 02:22:48,647 --> 02:22:50,523 Congratulations, counselor. 2068 02:22:50,691 --> 02:22:52,316 Thank you. 2069 02:22:58,073 --> 02:23:00,950 [REPORTERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 2070 02:23:13,756 --> 02:23:16,048 MAN: You must be overwhelmed right now. 2071 02:23:45,204 --> 02:23:47,288 MAN: Give me-- - After you-- 2072 02:23:47,456 --> 02:23:48,831 Yeah. 2073 02:23:48,999 --> 02:23:51,334 [CHATTERING] 2074 02:23:51,627 --> 02:23:53,753 - Was I good or what? WOMAN: All right. 2075 02:23:53,921 --> 02:23:57,048 GWEN: Oh. Ha-ha-ha. 2076 02:24:04,598 --> 02:24:05,932 Here you go. 2077 02:24:06,099 --> 02:24:09,644 - Carl Lee. Look. CARL LEE: What? 2078 02:24:33,544 --> 02:24:35,044 Well. 2079 02:24:35,212 --> 02:24:36,254 Hello. 2080 02:24:36,421 --> 02:24:37,505 CARLA: Hi. JAKE: Hi there. 2081 02:24:37,673 --> 02:24:39,090 Hannah, this is Miss Hailey. 2082 02:24:39,258 --> 02:24:40,299 - This is Hannah. - Hi. 2083 02:24:40,467 --> 02:24:43,427 GWEN: Hi, Hannah. Ain't she so pretty. CARLA: Thank you. 2084 02:24:43,595 --> 02:24:46,222 - Brought you some peach cobbler. GWEN: Oh, thank you. 2085 02:24:46,390 --> 02:24:48,266 Come on in. Come in. 2086 02:24:50,060 --> 02:24:51,686 Howdy. 2087 02:25:01,446 --> 02:25:03,865 Hannah, this is my daughter, Tonya. 2088 02:25:04,032 --> 02:25:07,201 - Hi, Tonya. - Hi, nice to meet you, Hannah. 2089 02:25:10,747 --> 02:25:12,832 Just thought our kids could play together.