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Good evening,
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and welcome to Sing Along with Hitch,
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I have a feeling this would be much better if we
could hear you singing,
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as it is, it strikes me as a rather
limited form of entertainment,
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and you have no idea how insecure one
can feel,
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when he knows that at any time he can be
replaced by a bouncing ball,
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for those of you who are too shy,
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or for some
reason have not chosen to join us,
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I have an enticement,
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perhaps if you sing loud and lustily
enough,
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you will drown out the commercial,
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after which our story,
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remember the competition
tends to become rather 'fortissimo',
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Yes, yes that's right,
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the hearing will be held
at the municipal,
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court on the 27th,
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no, mr wedge will be speaking
to you before that mrs Hamilton,
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no not at all,
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yes bye bye.
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Please miss, it's almost half an hour,
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couldn't you ask him if he's free?
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Mr Marino is still out here,
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can you see him now?
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Yeah,
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you’ll send him in.
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I am Benji Marino's father.
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-Yes I know, now... -You know
about my boy, but his trouble.
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Well I read about it in the paper,
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and I’m sorry for him but I’m sorry for
the other kid too the one that was killed,
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But not by Benji that's the truth,
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not by Benji, he didn't do it, that's
why I’ve come to you mr Wedge,
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because people tell me you're the
best the best lawyer for my...
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You should go to the juvenile authorities
mr Marino they'll recommend someone for you.
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That boy is dead mr Wedge, and they say
my Benji did it.
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I went to the jail, I talked to him,
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he said to me, pop,
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I didn't kill that boy,
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you believe me pop?
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I said sure Benji,
if you say so I believe you I believe you,
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-I believe him. -Well let me call
the state's attorney's office for you,
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in case you
need that appointment...
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Please I have money the
family all got together,
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I run a fuel oil business, I’m selling
the truck,
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I can pay what you ask mr Wedge.
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It's not a question of money mr Marino,
I’ve got a schedule as long as you're armed.
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The papers they make it sound so bad,
they say they were witnesses,
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they say they saw him with a knife,
how can they say such a thing?
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oh I don't say he's an angel, he runs
around,
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he fights, a boy without a mother
sometimes became a wild boy,
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but what can I do?
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I am a 24-hour business,
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how much time do I have to be a father?
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Well let me recommend a lawyer for
you mr Marino another lawyer there's...
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No no, I don't know anybody else,
I only know you.
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But I can't work miracles, I only go by
facts.
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That's all I want, the fact he's innocent,
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he's inocent,
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what can I say to you?
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I am one boy, he's 17 years old,
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he's not a grown man,
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they got him down in that jail,
they say he's a murderer,
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but he's innocent, he's innocent,
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I swear on his dead mother's grave,
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he inocent, his inocent...
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My name's Wedge, I’m your attorney your
father hired me to handle the case,
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How am I getting out of here?
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Not till after the trial
and that's if you're lucky.
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Well what about bail, can I get out on bail?
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Bail's been refused.
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-When's the trial? -Look don't rush the trial
we need to delay.
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-Why not?
-This is gonna be easy.
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I didn't cut that guy I
had nothing to do with it.
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You admitted to the police that you knew
Kenny Archer didn't you?
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Sure I knew him, we went the
manual trades together.
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They told me that he ran with a gang called
The Aces, you ever hang out with him?
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With that bunch? I was a Bear and the
Bears don't mix with the bumps.
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All right,
you were a Bear and he was an Ace,
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that makes you natural enemies, isn't it?
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Look,
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mr Wedge,
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we don't have that kind of gang,
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we're not a bunch of hoods,
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-we've got a basketball team.
-Why you carry a knife Benji?
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Well it's only a boy scout knife, they
sell them all over.
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I just use it for,
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you know...
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Who you think you're kidding?
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Look, who sides you are?
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Oh no, I didn't stick Kenny, somebody else
did. I swear I didn't kill him.
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I’m not making accusations, kid, that's the
prosecution's job,
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sit down,
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sit down,
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now I’m gonna go over this thing
the way the police have got it,
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and then you tell me where they're wrong,
huh?
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at 10 minutes to midnight on
October 9th you and two other guys,
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were walking down Thurman street,
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you just come out of a movie house,
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Kenny Archer just come out
of an apartment building,
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in Thurmond and avenue sea
you bumped into each other,
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there was some horse play but
the next thing that happened,
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you and the other two guys
were running away and Kenny,
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fell to the sidewalk and started
crawling toward the stoop of a house,
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now there were two people sitting on the
steps of that building,
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they saw you running away and they
saw Kenny die right in front of them,
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then a half an hour later,
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the cops picked you up
in your old man's store,
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and you still had the knife in your pocket.
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It wasn't me,
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the rest of that stuff it's true,
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-but I didn't hurt Kenny.
-All right, who are the other two guys?
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-I don't know. -Son't give me that!
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I tell you I don't know,
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they came out of
that movie the same time I did,
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but I never saw him before,
one of them must have done it,
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when I saw Kenny was
hurt I ran away, that's how it was.
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But you had the knife.
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But I
didn't use it.
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Look kid, that knife is exhibit A,
you know what that means?
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-Leave me alone.
-The witnesses saw you're holding...
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You're not here to help me.
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Yes, I am kid, the only way you can be help,
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now you listen to me and do what I tell you,
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I want you to plead guilty,
you understand?
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that's the only thing you can do,
if I put this case in front of a jury,
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you're gonna spend the
rest of your life in a cage,
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you plead gilly the judge might give you
a break.
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I won't do it,
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I am innocent and I ain't gonna stay
in jail for something I didn't do.
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I am talking sense to you, now listen to me...
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I’m trying to help you son!
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I’m not your son,
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I got a father.
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Let me out of here, will ya?
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you'd better talk some sense into him,
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I told him if he'd plead
guilty in a second degree,
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the judge is bound to be lenient.
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But then he goes to jail for something
he didn't do.
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Look mr Marino, because you're his father,
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doesn't give you the right
to ignore the facts.
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The facts are wrong,
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I know,
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you don't like to lose cases,
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if my boy pleads guilty you lose
nothing your records is still good.
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All right, if you feel that way about it,
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if you think that's my reason
get yourself another lawyer.
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Please please I don't know what I’m
saying,
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-I don't know anything about the law.
-Well I do,
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and I know this much mr Marino,
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your faith in your kid is very commendable
but it's no defense in the courtroom,
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all right, we plead not guilty,
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I’ll do what I can to make it stick.
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Why shouldn't it?
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it's the truth?
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-why shouldn't it stick? -Because the
prosecution has got witnesses.
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Mr Dankers you were present at the time
of Kenneth Archer slang, isn't that so?
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That's right.
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Would you please describe
what happened.
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Well, I was sitting on the stoop,
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getting a breath,
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then the kids come
running up the street,
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I didn't pay no attention until they
start fooling around,
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next thing I know,
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one of them drops to
the sidewalk,
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and the rest of them run away,
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then the kid crawls up the stoop,
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only he dies before he gets there.
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How far away from the boys were
you when the scuffle occurred?
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Not, not far,
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maybe 40 or 50 feet.
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I see, close enough for you to get a
look at that.
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I only saw one of them good.
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There's a street lamp near the apartment
building isn't there?
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-Yeah. -So you didn't have any trouble
seeing the boy who stabbed Kenneth Archer?
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I didn't see the actual stabbing,
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but I saw the boy run away with a knife
in his hands.
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Do you see that boy in this courtroom
now mr Dankers?
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Yeah I see him,
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it's that one over there.
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Mrs Archer,
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I’m I’m very sorry I’ll try
to be as brief as possible,
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but I must ask you these questions,
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you said that Kenneth was a good son.
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Yes, yes, he was very good.
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All right.
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He was always
helping me around the house.
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-Did he ever get into any trouble?
-No,
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never, never.
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-Was he ever picked up by the police?
-No.
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No, never before.
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Did he ever get into any fights,
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with other boys?
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All right mrs archer,
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would counsil care to cross-examine?
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Well what do you say Benji?
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Oh, if I could work miracles I’d
work one, you can get life,
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even if you got out on parole in 20
years you know what should be worth,
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are you gonna plead gilty?
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Benji will you please plead gilly?
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No,
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I didn't do it.
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I did it.
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Not going so well is it?
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Of course it's not going so well,
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I wish I could figure out some way to
get that old man on the stand,
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he's got a fanatical faith in that kid of
his that might just rub off on the jury,
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Do you think he's innocent?
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My question is immaterial irrelevant
and it's niot your business.
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You do not
look at all well,
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you don't look at all well,
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and I think when this is over you
ought to see a doctor.
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You know that's not a bad idea,
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you remember doc uh, Hagerty?
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But he's not the kind of doctor I mean,
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-I mean a good all-around GP.
-Yeah yeah.
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I’m going out, I’ll be at the
Dugan hospital if anybody wants me.
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I don't understand you Vernon you say the
police already examined the boy's knife
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-for blood stains using the standard
Benzedrine test. -That's right,
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they didn't find anything so they claimed
that the kid had wiped the blade clean,
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but you told me one time there was some
kind of a test that's even more sensitive.
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There is, it's called a reduced
phenolphthalein test.
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it's a lot more sensitive in my opinion
but it's not universally accepted.
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Yeah but could you make that test now?
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It's all right with me just give me the
boy's knife.
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I can't do that,
it's court property, but could,
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could you demonstrate the test
forming using another knife,
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-that's just like.
-I suppose so. -Good,
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I picked this up on the way over it's the
same type that Benji Marino carried,
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pretty cheap too 98 cents.
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The cheaper the better.
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Well first we'll put some whole blood on
the blade,
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and we'll wipe off all traces of the
blood,
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yeah, take a look,
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see any stains?
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Clean as a whistle.
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Now we'll try it on the solution,
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and the blade may look clean but,
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with a cheap knife the blade
metal is usually porous,
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so it retains microscopic
quantities of the blood.
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Changes color and gets dark, huh?
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If the solution changes color, Verny, you
can be sure there was blood on the blade,
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there's only one drawback.
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What's that?
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This test doesn't prove whose blood was
on the knife,
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if your boy cut his own finger it'll
work just the same,
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he'll look just as guilty.
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-Oh Benji...
-What's the words?
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You listen to me and listen carefully,
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I thought of something that might just
save you it's a test,
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now this is a chemical
test that can determine,
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whether or not there's ever
been blood on your knife,
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now I’m going to make that test in court
tomorrow and if it's negative,
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the jury will know that you didn't kill
Kenny Archer.
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No, I don't understand that kind of stuff.
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I’m not asking you to understand
anything, but if you stab that kid, a jug,
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full of chemical is going to turn dark
and you can kiss your freedom goodbye,
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there¡s something else,
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if you ever cut
anybody with that knife,
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the chemical is going to turn dark too,
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00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,680
now you tell me something and I want you
to tell me the truth,
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has there ever been blood on that knife?
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I told you I never cut one.
-Do you understand my question?
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I want to know if there's ever
been blood of any kind on a knife.
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No,
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-I was brand new I never cut nothing.
-You sure?
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you never cut your own finger?
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I said it was clean.
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Mr Wikers if the prosecution
has no further witnesses,
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do you wish to make your summation?
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-Yes your honor. -Your honor... -Yes mr Wedge?
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Something has occurred which I consider
to be a paramount importance to this case,
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I asked the court's permission to
introduce new evidence for the defense.
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Objection,
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the defense has had sufficient
time for the introduction of evidence,
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I suggest that
this is a delaying tactic.
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-What sort of evidence mr Wedge?
-This is a demonstration your honor,
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which in my opinion will clearly establish
the guilt or innocence of my client.
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If mr Wedge would like a postponement...
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I don't want a postponement I want to
make this demonstration if I may describe it.
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Very well council you may proceed,
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what is this mr Wedge?
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Your honor this is a chemical solution,
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specifically formulated for the
detection of blood stains,
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ladies and gentlemen,
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exhibit A in this case is a knife,
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the knife which presumably killed
Kenneth Archer,
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now this knife,
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was found in the possession of Benji
Marino on the night of the sleigh,
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however not one word of
testimony has been produced,
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in this court concerning
the vital factor of blood,
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now this knife has not left the possession
of this court since my client's arrest,
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however this clean shiny blade can still,
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tell a story of guilt or innocence,
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because, as any biochemist knows,
there is one infallible test,
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which can determine
whether an object of such porous metal,
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has ever tasted
even one drop of blood,
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your honor it is my intention
to prove once and for all,
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whether I’m defending a boy falsely
accused or a lying murderer,
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I intend to dip the blade of this knife
into a solution of reduced phenothalene,
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a reduced phenythaline is the most
sensitive of all blood detection chemicals,
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-if... -One moment mr Wedge,
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-you say that beaker contains what kind
of solution? -Reduced phenolphthalein.
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00:18:43,829 --> 00:18:47,800
And how can we be
certain that it contains this chemical?
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could be lemonade for all that we know.
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I have a statement from dr Haggerty of
the Dugan hospital.
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Or if you plan to produce expertise...
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I plan only to make this test mr Wickers.
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Your honor objection.
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State your objection, council.
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Defense is acting improperly,
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the police laboratory has
already made the standard test,
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on the weapon and has found
no blood stains on the blade,
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the prosecution has stated that the
knife was obviously wiped clean.
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Your honor the sensitivity of this test...
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No time during this trial
as the prosecution denied,
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the absence of blood stains
on Benjamin Marino’s knife,
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now mr Wedge is trying to demonstrate
something we already know,
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using a test which is not accepted as
standard laboratory procedure,
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I suggest that the so-called demonstration
is nothing but pure theatrics,
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but with an intention to mislead,
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and to confuse the jury.
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Mr Wedge,
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the court must agree with the
prosecution,
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you are not an expert in forensic
chemistry,
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the corroboration of the police
laboratory report,
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is gratuitous evidence,
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must be considered inadmissible.
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Your honor my client is willing to have
me make this test,
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-the boy is aware of the chance he's
taking. -I’m sorry,
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this demonstration is improper, objection
is sustained,
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you may not make the test mr Wedge.
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Mr Wedge,
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if you please make your
summation to the jury.
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I believe that Benji Marino is
innocent,
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I believe he's innocent because of a
test that I was not permitted to make,
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this boy knew that if the results
of the test were negative,
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he would be condemned to prison
for the rest of his life,
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and no guilty person would have allowed it.
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The former the jury please rise,
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has the jury reached its verdict?
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We have, your honor.
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Please read it to the court.
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We find the defendant not guilty.
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You can wait right here
in the judge's chamber,
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your attorney will be with you in a moment.
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Bless you for what you did mr Wedge.
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I didn't come here to be congratulated I
wanted to see you both for another reason,
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the prosecuting attorney
was right mr Marino,
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what I did out there was
theatrics, pure theatrics.
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I don't
understand.
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I mean, I didn't want to make that test,
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I would have had to if he hadn't
objected but that's a chance I took.
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00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:22,978
You didn't
want to?
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00:22:23,178 --> 00:22:26,590
Look, if this stuff had turned dark it
would have been all over for your boy,
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00:22:26,790 --> 00:22:30,120
I was counting on the prosecutor's
objection, I figured on it,
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I also figured that the jury would be
impressed in the right way,
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and that's all I could hope for.
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00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:39,692
The knife would have been all right, I
know it would.
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How do you know mr Marino?
because you've got faith?
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00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,620
Yes.
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00:22:48,017 --> 00:22:52,317
Well in that case there's only one
way we can find out, isn't there?
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we'll make the test now for our own sakes.
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00:22:55,301 --> 00:22:56,259
Why?
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what difference does it make now?
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Because I want to know, that's why.
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Here,
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make it test,
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make your test now mr Wedge.
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Those of you with a passion for
peripheral detail,
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will be interested in knowing,
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that the actual killers in this case
were ultimately brought to justice,
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as for this next detail, it is a
television commercial,
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an item for which I have a
passion,
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frankly I like them because I feel so
wonderful when they're over,
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which is when I shall next see you.
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I hope you have enjoyed
singing along with Hitch,
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it is the best way I know to indulge in
a community sing,
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00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,732
without actually having to rub elbows
with one's neighbors,
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00:24:14,302 --> 00:24:18,602
next week we should be back
myself and all the gang,
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until then good night.
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