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Go right in, Mr. Kelly.
Mr. Palmer is waiting.
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Mr. Kelly, Mr. McNeal, I believe
you know the Commissioner.
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Mr. Faxon, from the State
Attorney's office.
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And Robert Winston
representing the Governor.
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How are you?
- Of course, you know Mr. Burns.
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Mr. Kelly...
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...these gentlemen object to our
handling of the Wiecek story.
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Mr. Kelly, we feel that the Times...
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...through you and Mr. McNeal...
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...is slinging mud on the finest
police departments...
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...in the United States.
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And we specifically object to your
efforts to arouse sympathy...
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...for a man who killed
a police officer.
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We just like to point out...
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...that Frank Wiecek was
convicted by ajury.
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This case was reviewed by
the Supreme Court...
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...and the conviction was upheld.
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All these legal authorities believed
in Wiecek's guilt...
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And a long time ago people
believed the world was flat.
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At this late date, do you wish...
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...to impugn the integrity
of the jury and the court?
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If they were wrong, yes.
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Back at 1932...
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...a steady string of convictions
made good publicity...
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...remember?
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Frank Wiecek was found guilty
and he belongs where he is.
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Were you at the State Attorney's
office in 1932?
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Yes, I was.
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But I had nothing to do
with the Wiecek case.
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I have no axe to grind, Mr. McNeal.
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But I believe you're unnecessarily
discrediting this regime.
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Your stories may be holding
out false hope of a pardon...
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...to Frank Wiecek and his mother.
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- I'm not so sure it's false.
- We are.
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Up until now, what we've
printed was based...
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...on interview or investigation.
We've invented nothing.
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And we don't intend to.
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A great deal of emotion and colour
can be lent to simple facts.
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The Governor feels
that this matter...
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...is undermining law and order.
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But Wiecek is innocent.
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It would be criminal to stop now.
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You must remember, Mr. McNeal...
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...that another political party
was in power at that time.