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Thank you very much, Mr. McNeil.
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Mr. Stamphill, are you prepared
to make your opening statement?
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Your Honor...
:41:11
...ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
:41:15
When l was a kid, my heroes
weren't Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig...
:41:19
...they were Clarence Darrow
and Émile Zola.
:41:21
ln other words, l have waited
for this moment all my life.
:41:24
To stand, like l am, in front of a jury
of 12 good people...
:41:27
...to plead the case of an innocent man
who's been unjustly accused.
:41:30
The only problem is he did it.
:41:33
l know it, the prosecutor, Mr. McNeil,
knows it.
:41:35
Henri doesn't know it 'cause he can't
remember it, but he won't deny he did it.
:41:40
All those witnesses the prosecutor
will bring forth will tell you...
:41:43
...Henri Young killed Rufus McCain.
:41:46
Now that we all know that,
why don't we find the man guilty...
:41:49
...and gas him because that's
what we all know is going to happen?
:41:52
Right, Henri?
:41:53
What?
:41:55
There's only one problem that'll keep us
from wrapping this up in record time.
:42:00
Henri Young did not act alone.
They haven't caught all the killers.
:42:03
There was a co-conspirator. Because of
this co-conspirator, whom we shall name...
:42:08
...Henri Young is innocent
of the crime of murder.
:42:11
What?
:42:12
Objection, Your Honor! l must protest!
:42:14
l figured you would.
:42:16
This is absurd.
:42:17
Before the counselor is allowed to waste
this court's time and this jury's time...
:42:21
...l'd request that he supply some proof
or evidence of this co-conspirator.
:42:26
Can you bring forward evidence
of the existence of a co-conspirator?
:42:30
Not at this time, but it is my intention
to do so during the course of the trial.
:42:34
He's not going to provide such proof
because no proof exists.
:42:37
This man spent three years
in solitary confinement...
:42:40
...during which time no one had
any influence over him...
:42:43
...because no one had
any contact with him.
:42:46
He came out of solitary.
He went directly to a shower.
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Then he went directly to a haircut.
Then he went directly to the dining hall...
:42:53
...where one convict had said
one sentence to him.
:42:56
This does not a co-conspirator make.
:42:58
l'm inclined to agree with the prosecution.