:57:00
Pleasure, Mr. Brigance.
:57:03
If it's a party, where's the beer?
:57:06
Otherwise...
:57:07
...your being here seems a bit like
illegal client solicitation...
:57:10
...with Carl Lee
already having a lawyer.
:57:13
Just a minute.
:57:14
Carl Lee invited us here.
:57:19
Mr. Brigance...
:57:21
...let me be frank.
:57:23
Mr. Hailey's case has
far-reaching ramifications.
:57:27
Carl Lee's acquittal for
killing 2 white men...
:57:30
...would do more for
black people than...
:57:32
...any event since we
integrated the schools.
:57:36
His conviction, on the other
hand, will be a slap at us.
:57:39
A symbol of deep-seated racism.
:57:41
Perhaps enough to ignite a nation.
:57:44
See how important this case is?
:57:46
Enter Mr. Reinfeld's death squad, right?
:57:49
It's an unfortunate
nickname, but apropo.
:57:53
My lawyers and I handle
only capital murder cases.
:57:57
Of all your cases...
:57:58
...how many are supposed to be
lost so you can martyr the victim?
:58:03
How much a defense like that cost?
:58:11
What, about $100,000?
:58:13
We are prepared to accept $7,000
in litigation expenses.
:58:18
Carl Lee doesn't have $7,000.
:58:21
Do you?
:58:23
The NAACP...
:58:24
...has raised $5,000 for Carl
Lee's legal defense fund.
:58:29
And we raised an additional
$2,000 from local churches.
:58:32
Let me ask you something.
:58:34
How much of that cash you
offer my wife and kids?
:58:37
That money...
:58:39
...is to go to pay for lawyers' fees.
:58:41
That ain't what you told the church.
:58:44
You almost cried when you told them...
:58:47
...how my family might starve
if they didn't donate.
:58:51
The money is for you
and your family, but...
:58:54
...we thought it'd be better
spent on the legal defense.
:58:57
Speaking of that defense fund...