:40:01
Colonel?
:40:02
I find the evidence of guilt in this case
so overwhelming...
:40:05
...a negotiated plea is out of the question.
:40:12
What penalty have you in mind, Colonel?
:40:15
In view of the singular brutality
of this crime...
:40:17
...I have no choice but to ask your approval
of the death sentence.
:40:23
Sir, this is a dirty case.
:40:25
Nobody comes out of a dirty case
as clean as he went in.
:40:27
It's bad for the town.
It's bad for the Army.
:40:30
It's worse for the girl.
:40:32
In my opinion, justice won't be served
if the death penalty's invoked.
:40:38
In Germany--
:40:39
In Germany, Herr Steinhof,
you don't even have capital punishment.
:40:43
The death penalty is on our books.
:40:44
I'm inclined to believe
there must be a reason.
:40:47
If you don't ask the maximum
for this crime, when do you ask it?
:40:52
Very well, Colonel.
:40:53
We are not interested
in negotiating the plea, Major.
:40:56
Sir, may I say one more word
to Herr Steinhof?
:41:00
Thank you.
:41:02
Do you realize what a terrible strain
this will be on your daughter?
:41:09
To testify at this trial?
:41:11
The death penalty worries Maj. Garrett,
not your daughter.
:41:15
By law,
she's obliged to take the witness stand.
:41:17
She must remain there until
she completes her entire testimony.
:41:21
If she does not do so,
then the death penalty cannot be invoked.
:41:24
-But it must be!
-Not if I can help it.
:41:28
With a negotiated plea,
Karin won't have to testify...
:41:31
...and I'd much prefer
not to cross-examine her.
:41:34
But hasn't she already
been cross-examined?
:41:36
Not by me.
:41:38
Not in a public courtroom.
:41:41
My questions won't be as gentle
as Col. Pakenham's.
:41:44
You don't have to worry
about my daughter, sir.
:41:49
Nonetheless, I do.
:41:53
I do.