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We asked the D.A. In Vidor, Texas...
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what they were going to do
with little David. They said:
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"We'll send him
to the Texas Youth Council."
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And we sort of tried to inquire...
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didn't he think it was strange
that there was a robbery committed...
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with that same pistol.
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And here it was David Harris' pistol...
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David Harris' automobile
that picked up Randall Adams.
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Didn't he think it was a little odd...
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that all the utensils for committing
this so-called murder...
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were furnished by David Harris
who got off scot-free...
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and was being a witness
for the prosecution?
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And all he said was, "We don't
feel that way in Vidor, Texas.
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"Our people just are not that...
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"We're not that keen
on ruining a young man's life."
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I tried to introduce the crime spree theory.
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The theory that David Harris
was on this series of crimes...
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both before and after
the killing of the policeman.
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That he would be the person who had...
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the heart filled with malice
most apt to commit a murder.
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But the judge would not allow me
to introduce any of those crimes.
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They'd had a 28-year-old man.
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The only alternative
would be prosecuting a 16-year-old...
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that could not be given
the death penalty under Texas law...
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where our 28-year-old man could.
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That's always been the predominant
motive, in my opinion...
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for having a death penalty case
against Randall Adams.
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Not that they had him so dead to rights.
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But just that he was a convenient age.
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The judge is supposed to have said...
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That Don Metcalfe
is supposed to have said...