:55:02
the general public
from such a man.
:55:05
Thank you.
:55:14
I've heard your statements.
Uh, I'll take them under consideration.
:55:20
Now, is there anything else
that counsel wishes to add...
:55:23
before I make my final ruling?
:55:27
- What are you doing?
- I want to say something.
- What are you gonna say?
:55:29
I want to--
I need to say something.
:55:32
Uh, Your Honour, m-my--
my client, Mr Carter...
:55:35
wishes to address the court.
:55:39
Request granted.
:55:41
Thank you, Your Honour.
:55:46
I was a, um...
:55:49
prizefighter.
:55:53
Myjob was to...
:55:55
take all the hatred...
:55:57
and skill that I could muster...
:56:00
and send a man to his destruction,
and I did that.
:56:07
But Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
is no murderer.
:56:12
Twenty years I've spent
locked up in a cage...
:56:16
considered a danger to society.
:56:20
Not treated like a human being.
:56:22
Not treated like a person.
:56:25
Counted 15 times a day.
:56:30
I serve my time
in a house ofjustice...
:56:32
and yet, there's
nojustice for me.
:56:36
So, I ask you
to consider the evidence.
:56:42
Don't turn away from the truth.
Don't turn away from your conscience.
:56:47
Please, don't ignore the law.
No, em-embrace that...
:56:51
higher principle for which
the law was meant to serve.
:56:59
Justice. That's all
I ask for, Your Honour.