:58:01
...for my shortcomings.
:58:03
In all this legal maneuvering...
:58:06
...something got lost.
:58:09
That something is the truth.
:58:16
It is incumbent upon us lawyers...
:58:18
...not to just talk about the truth...
:58:20
...but to actually seek it...
:58:22
...to find it, to live it.
:58:26
My teacher taught me that.
:58:30
Let's take Dr. Bass, for example.
:58:32
I would never knowingly put a
convicted felon on the stand.
:58:36
I hope you believe that.
:58:38
But what is the truth?
:58:39
That he's a disgraced liar?
:58:42
What if I told you...
:58:44
...the woman he was accused of
raping was 17, he was 23...
:58:48
...that she became his wife...
:58:49
...bore his child...
:58:51
...and is still married to him?
:58:53
Does that make his
testimony more or less true?
:59:01
What in us seeks truth?
:59:05
Our minds...
:59:07
...or is it our hearts?
:59:13
I tried to prove blacks could
get a fair trial in the South...
:59:16
...that we are all equal
in the eyes of the law.
:59:21
That's not the truth.
:59:23
The eyes of the law are human eyes...
:59:25
...yours and mine, and until we
can see each other as equals...
:59:29
...justice is never
going to be evenhanded.
:59:32
It will only be a reflection
of our own prejudices.
:59:36
So until that day...
:59:39
...we have a duty under
God to seek the truth...
:59:44
...not with our minds...
:59:46
...where fear and hate turn
commonality into prejudice...
:59:50
...but with our hearts...
:59:52
...but we don't know better.
:59:59
I want to tell you a story.