:12:01
I should think that any change
whatsoever would be an improvement.
:12:03
And I want you to know,
I'm not going to allow you...
:12:05
to violate his constitutional rights.
You're not to abuse him physically...
:12:09
nor degrade his dignity
as a human being. Do you understand?
:12:11
I saw one of your client's patients last
year, in the morgue, on a marble slab.
:12:14
Wasn't much human left of her,
and very little dignity.
:12:17
My client was innocent of that charge.
The court acquitted him.
:12:19
Insufficient evidence. But he was guilty.
:12:21
What are you going to do,
try the case here? Save it for the judge.
:12:25
For over a year, McLeod, you,
personally, have been making...
:12:28
my client's life a living nightmare. Why?
:12:33
Because I'm annoyed by criminals that
get away with murder. They upset me.
:12:37
- That's your story.
- Yeah.
:12:38
I've investigated and discovered otherwise.
:12:40
- What are you driving at, Sims?
- What?
:12:42
Nothing, yet.
:12:43
I vouch for every man on my squad,
and that goes for McLeod.
:12:46
If you've got something to say, say it.
:12:47
When it serves my purpose, not before.
:12:49
Meanwhile, Lieutenant, I'm warning you:
Not a hand on my client.
:12:57
What's he driving at?
:12:59
- A fishing expedition.
- Not without bait.
:13:01
He hinted you're after Schneider
for personal reasons.
:13:04
The Anderson girl is lying in the hospital.
:13:06
Last year, a girl who trusted him died
when her baby was born.
:13:08
What happened to her baby,
and lots of others, nobody knows.
:13:11
That's why I take a personal interest
in Schneider.
:13:13
This is an impersonal business, McLeod.
:13:15
- How many times...
- He's a butcher and a murderer.
:13:17
You ought to visit his farm.
Especially the kitchen.
:13:20
It looks like a place
where they slaughter chickens.
:13:22
Your moral indignation is beginning
to give me a quick pain in the neck.
:13:25
I don't like lawyers
coming in here with photos.
:13:27
It marks my squad lousy. I don't like it,
and I won't have it. You understand?
:13:32
Yes, sir.
:13:33
Can't you say, "Yes, sir"
without making it sound like an insult?
:13:36
Yes, sir.
:13:38
You're getting too superior, McLeod.
A one-man army against crime.
:13:40
What's eating you?
:13:42
I hate criminals.
I don't believe in coddling them.
:13:44
- Who tells you to?
- You do, the whole system does.
:13:46
What do you want to do,
put Schneider on a rack?
:13:48
No. I want to put him in the electric chair...
:13:50
where he belongs,
and pull the switch myself.
:13:55
Sometimes, McLeod, you talk like a maniac.
:13:57
You want to be judge and jury, too?
Well, you can't do it!