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I do.
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And I got to thinking...
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...if some TV writer...
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...was to come to Perry Mason
and say...
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..."Here you are, Mr. Raymond Burr,
here's a story like this."
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You know what I think he'd say?
:56:14
I think old Raymond would say...
:56:16
"That's not a very good story.
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I wouldn't have to be
a very good lawyer...
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...to get that man off,
now would I?"
:56:25
He'd be right!
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Because...
:56:29
...by all the evidence,
Jim Williams is an innocent man.
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But I'm not Perry Mason.
:56:38
I'm not some TV lawyer.
:56:41
So I got to scratch and tear
at the prosecution's case...
:56:46
...trying to whittle it down to nothing.
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And darned if I don't think I have!
:56:54
Because the fabrication
of the prosecution's case is in pieces.
:56:59
When you consider
how Detective Boone...
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...has consistently lied
about bagging the hands.
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Does that surprise you...
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...that a detective would lie?
:57:15
Of course he will.
:57:17
He's not a bad man.
:57:19
But how else will he play the cards...
:57:22
...that have been dealt to him
from a pack of lies?
:57:27
If Jim Williams...
:57:29
...is guilty of anything...
:57:32
...he's guilty of bad association.
:57:35
But that's not why he's on trial for.
:57:39
If you don't like...
:57:41
...or if you don't cotton
to his lifestyle...
:57:45
...just think about this:
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We deal with these people all the time.
:57:49
Some good...
:57:50
...some bad.
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They're a part of our community.
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You can't judge a man for that.