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| FOREMAN: We'd like to get started |
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| I'm willing to put in an hour |
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| 10th: ...Listen, I've live lived among 'em all my life. You cant believe a word they say. I mean, they're born liars. |
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| It suddenly occurs to me that you must be an ignorant woman |
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| 10th: What do you mean? What's he talking about? |
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| Do you think you have a monopoly on the truth? |
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| 10th: What are you making a Federal Case out of it for? How d'ya like this guy? |
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| I think certain things should be pointed out to this woman. |
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| The friend testified that the boy did break his knife. |
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| 7th: So what are you gonna do about it? We can be here all night. |
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| It's only one night. A boy may die. |
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| 7th: Let's stick to the subject. What made you change your vote? |
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| He didnt change his vote. I did. Would you like me to tell you why? |
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| 7th: No, I wouldn't like you to tell me why |
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| Well, I'd like to make it clear, anyway, if you don't mind. |
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| 6th: Hey, look! The man wants to talk. |
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This gentleman- has been standing alone against us. He doesn't say the boy is guilty. He just isn't sure. Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. He gambled for support and I gave it to him. I respect his motives. The boy on trial is probably guilty. But I want to hear more.
For the time being the vote is ten to two
I'm talking here you have know right to..... |
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| 8th: I didn't bring it up. I was asked who else might have killed him. I gave my answer. |
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| Yes, he was asked a direct question. |
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| 3rd: You're crazy! Why should he lie? What's he got to gain? |
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| 6th: Go ahead. You can say anything you want. Why do you think the old man might lie? |
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| It's just that, I looked at him for a very long time. The seam of his jacket was split under his arm, did you notice it? I mean to come into court like that. He was a very old man with a torn jacket and he walked very slowly to the stand. He was dragging his left leg and trying to hide it, because he was ashamed. I think I know this man better than anyone else here. This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant old man, who has been nothing his entire life. He has never had any recognition; his name in the newspapers. Nobody knows him, nobody quotes him, nobody seeks his advice after seventy five years. That's a very sad thing; to be nothing. A man like this, needs to recognized, to be listened to, to be quoted just once. This is very important, it would be so hard for him to recede into the background... |
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| 7th: Now wait a minute. Are you trying to tell us he;d lie just so that he could be important once? |
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| No. He wouldnt really lie. But perhaps he'd make himself believe that he'd heard those words and recognized the boy's face. |
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| How can you make up a thing like that? What do you know about it? |
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| I know him so well, because I am him. (lower head nad cry). |
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| 3rd: ... Well look at it, Mr. Reasonable Doubt. |
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| That's not the knife don't you remember? |
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| 3rd: How does he know how long fifteen seconds is? You cant judge that kind of thing. |
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| He said fifteen seconds. He was very positive about it. |
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| 3rd: You make it sound like a long walk. It's not. |
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| For an old man who has had a stroke it IS a long walk. |
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| 10th: six to six! I'm telling you, some of you people in here are out of your minds. A kid like that. |
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| I dont think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it. The FACTS are supposed to determine the case. |
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| 10th:... You can twist 'em anyway you like. Know what I mean? |
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| That's exactly the point this gentleman has been making. I mean, you keep shouting at the top of your lungs... It's very hot in here. |
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| 11th: Do you want some water? |
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| I think the point is made |
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| I think it is a big point. |
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| 10th: I suppose that proves the kid was at the movies. |
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| No, but it indicates that no one can prove he wasn't. He might have been at the movies and forgotten what he saw. It's possible. If it's perfectly normal for this woman to forget a few details, then it's also perfectly normal for the boy. Being accused of murder isn't necessarily supposed to give him an infallible memory. |
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| 10th:... I've known some that were OK, but that's the exception |
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| Do you know you are a SICK woman? |
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| 4th: I think that's a point at which we should discuss the question of whether we're a hung jury or not. |
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| 4th: I was saying that seven o'clock would be a reasonable time to- |
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| The reason I asked about that was because you were rubbing your nose like... I'm sorry for interrupting. But you made a gesture that reminded me- |
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| 4th: I'm trying to settle something here. Do you mind? |
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| I think this is important. |
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| Thank you. I'm sure you'll pardon me for this, but I was wondering why you were rubbing your nose like that? |
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| 3rd: Ah, come on, now, will you please! |
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| Right now I happen to be talking to this woman here. Now, why were you rubbing your nose? |
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| 4th: Well, if it was any of your business, I was rubbing it because it bothers me a little. |
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| I'm sorry. Is it because of your eyeglasses? |
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| 4th: It is. Now could we get on to something else? |
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| Your eyeglasses make those deep impressions on the sides of your nose. I hadn't noticed that before. They must be annoying. |
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| 4th: They are very annoying. |
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| I wouldn't know about that, I've never worn eyeglasses. Twenty/ Twenty. |
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| 7th: Listen, will you come on already with the optometrist bit? |
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| The woman who testified that she saw the killing had these same deep marks on the sides of her nose. |
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| 8th: That's right, she did. |
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| Please, just a minute. I don't know if anyone else noticed that about her. I didnt think about it then, but I've been going over her face in my mind. She had those marks. She kept rubbing them in court. |
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| 5th: He's right. She did do that a lot. |
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| This woman was about forty- five years old. She was making a tremendous effort to look thirty- five for her first public appearance. Heavy make- up. Dyed hair. Brand new clothes that should have been worn by a younger woman. No eyeglasses. See if you can get a mental picture of her. |
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| 3rd: She had dyed hair and marks on her nose. I'm asking ya what does that mean? |
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| Could those marks be made by anything other than eyeglasses. |
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| 4th: I now have a reasonable doubt. |
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