The Thin Blue Line
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To answer that question...
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the Dallas District Attorney sends
psychiatrists to the defendant's cell...

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to discover whether he is without remorse...
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and therefore is a dangerous
and psychopathic personality.

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Of course, in the instance of a person...
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who did not commit the crime,
they're not going to show remorse.

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There were two psychiatrists
that appeared again and again.

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Holbrook and Grigson, the "Killer Shrinks."
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There was certain criticism
directed against these two people...

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because, in effect, whenever they
showed up, the purpose of their visit...

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was to kill the defendant.
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It was April 15th, tax day.
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I think I was filling out my taxes at the time.
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Afraid I might be late.
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A guard walks up to the door...
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tells me, "There's someone out here
who wants to talk to you."

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I ask him who it was.
He said he didn't know...

1:00:01
but the court ordered me to talk
to him. I said, "All right."

1:00:04
And here come this real tall,
ostrich-looking dude.

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He introduced himself as Dr. Grigson.
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He pulled a pad out of his coat pocket...
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that had a line drawn across it.
1:00:20
On this pad, on the upper half...
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he had six images.
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I will say a box, a square,
a circle with a diamond in it.

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I don't... It's been awhile.
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He slides this piece of paper across
to me and he hands me a pencil.

1:00:35
He says, "I'm going to get a cup of coffee.
1:00:38
"Please copy what's on this piece of paper."
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I'm looking at this man.
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I said, "What? You want it copied
just the same way you did?

1:00:51
"Or you want me to change them
around? What do you want me to do?"

1:00:54
He said, "Just do
whatever you think you want to do."

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And he left.
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So on the bottom half
of this piece of paper...


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