Murder in the First
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1:24:01
That's not true.
1:24:03
Prisoners were held...
1:24:05
...for 19 days at a time.
1:24:08
-That's all.
-That's all.

1:24:10
Perhaps you can tell me why Henri Young
did over 1,000 days in the dungeon?

1:24:14
Not 19 days, but 1,000 days...
1:24:17
...in total darkness with only 30 minutes
of daylight a year.

1:24:20
He tried to escape.
1:24:22
You can't compare his offense with that
of a man who smuggled food to a lizard.

1:24:26
Was this the first time a sentence
of three years had been imposed?

1:24:30
lt wasn't a sentence.
1:24:31
lt was an administrative decision
to place him there...

1:24:33
...for an undetermined amount of time.
1:24:36
Why not a time limit? Doesn't that seem
a little bit inhumane? No time limit.

1:24:40
Put simply, no.
1:24:43
While we strive to prevent crime...
1:24:45
...what should we do with a man
who has committed it?

1:24:49
We aim to make him his better self.
1:24:52
His better self.
1:24:54
l'm sure that Henri Young thanks you
for his better self.

1:24:57
lt's a fact you simply put Henri Young
in that dungeon and forgot all about him.

1:25:01
Washed your hands of him.
1:25:03
Henri wanted me to ask you, ''Why?''
Why would you do that, sir? Why?

1:25:06
That's not true.
1:25:08
Objection.
1:25:09
l withdraw the question.
l apologize to the jury--

1:25:11
lt's not necessary that you apologize.
1:25:14
Actually, Your Honor, it is.
l made a mistake.

1:25:18
The warden couldn't simply have washed
his hands of Henri Young...

1:25:21
...because he had absolutely no idea
he was there.

1:25:24
lsn't that true?
1:25:25
You're never there. You permit Glenn
to run that prison any way he sees fit.

1:25:29
l am there as much as l need to be.
l run three penal institutions.

1:25:33
lt's impossible to know every detail
of every inmate.

1:25:37
l have the Port Authority records that you
signed every time you went to Alcatraz.

1:25:42
You went seven times in '38,
five in '39, ten in '40...

1:25:46
...and only twice so far this year.
1:25:47
Twenty-four day trips in over 3-1 /2 years...
1:25:50
...while Henri Young was in that dungeon
over 1,000 days.

1:25:53
Twenty-four out of 1,000 days.
1:25:55
That's how much you needed to be there?
1:25:57
You knew nothing about a man who was
left to die in a dungeon for 3-1 /2 years.


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