We're going to lose this case, Carl Lee. There are no more points of law to argue here. I...
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Jake Tyler Brigance:
We're going to lose this case, Carl Lee. There are no more points of law to argue here. I want to cope a plea, maybe Buckley will cop us a second degree murder and we can get you just life in prison.
Carl Lee Hailey:
Jake, I can't do no life in prison. You got to get me off. Now if it was you on trial...
Jake Tyler Brigance:
It's not me, we're not the same, Carl Lee. The jury has to identify with the defendant. They see you, they see a yardworker; they see me, they see an attorney. I live in town, you live in the hill.
Carl Lee Hailey:
Well, you are white and I'm black. See Jake, you think just like them, that's why I picked you; you are one of them , don't you see?. Oh, you think you ain't because you eat in Claude's and you are out there trying to get me off on TV talking about black and white, but the fact is you are just like all the rest of them. When you look at me, you don't see a man, you see a black man.
Jake Tyler Brigance:
Carl Lee, I'm your friend.
Carl Lee Hailey:
We ain't no friends, Jake. We are on different sides of the line, I ain't never seen you in my part of town. I bet you don't even know where I live. Our daughters, Jake; they ain't never gonna play together.
Jake Tyler Brigance:
What are you talking about?
Carl Lee Hailey:
America is a war and you are on the other side. How's a black man ever going to get a fair trial with the enemy on the bench and in the jury box?. My life in white hands? You Jake, that's how. You are my secret weapon because you are one of the bad guys. You don't mean to be but you are. It's how you was raised. Nigger, negro, black, African-american, no matter how you see me, you see me different, you see me like that jury sees me, you are them. Now throw out your points of law Jake. If you was on that jury, what would it take to convince you to set me free? That's how you save my ass. That's how you save us both.
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We ain't no friends Jake
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We're on different sides of the line
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I ain't never seen you in my part of town I bet you don't even know where I live
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Our daughters Jake they ain't never gonna play together
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Now what are you talking about
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America is a war
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and you are on the other side
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How a black man ever gonna get a fair trial
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with the enemy on the bench and the jury box
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My life in white hands
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You Jake
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That's how
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You my secret weapon because you're one of the bad guys
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You don't mean to be but you are
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It's how you was raised
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Nigger Negro black African American
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No matter how you see me
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you see me as different
Clip duration: 66 seconds
Views: 475
Timestamp in movie: 02h 10m 13s
Uploaded: 25 November, 2022
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Summary: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
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00:18 Do you want me to stay
00:13 And until we can see each other as equals
00:10 What is it in us that seeks the truth
00:21 Justice will prevail
00:11 I'm gonna integrate this jail
00:56 I made Ozzie bring me
04:09 Are you Carl Lee Hailey
00:07 There ain't nothin' more dangerous in this world...
00:12 I can not promise you riches
00:06 Got to love the Lord for making things like that
00:28 What would Jake do
00:15 I'm sorry I dropped the groceries
00:06 Even one case at a time
01:11 Didn't you defend Billy Ray Cobb a few years back
00:49 You can't blame a nigger for being a nigger
00:11 Be better than me
00:53 What are you talking about
00:25 We would request a recess until
00:05 I thought you were dead
00:10 Brilliant law student