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HEY, PRETTY BOY,

HOW'D YOU LIKE
TO GO TO TEXAS?

I'D LOVE TO.
I HAVEN'T HAD MY SHOTS.

I USED TO WORK
ON THE TEXAS INNOCENCE PROJECT.

ONE OF MY CASES
IS UP ON APPEAL,

AND THEY'VE ASKED ME BACK
TO ARGUE.

I COULD REALLY
USE YOUR HELP.

BECAUSE?
MY LAST APPEARANCE --

I UNFORTUNATELY LOST MY TEMPER
WITH THE CHIEF JUDGE.

I'M AFRAID HE COULD BE
PREJUDICED AGAINST ME.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR THE BEST
LAWYER I CAN FIND.

I THINK THAT'S YOU.

WHAT KIND OF CASE
IS THIS?

CAPITAL.

THE CLIENT IS SCHEDULED
TO BE EXECUTED IN 72 HOURS.

HE COULD BE INNOCENT.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

I SAY I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO GO TO TEXAS.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
YOU SEEING ME, SHIRLEY.

I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.

MIRIAM, HOW LONG
HAVE WE KNOWN EACH OTHER?

WELL,

CERTAINLY VERY LONG.

BUT I AM MINDFUL
OF YOUR HECTIC SCHEDULE,

AND I'M APPRECIATIVE.

WHAT'S UP?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY HOW TO SAY THIS,

ESPECIALLY TO SOMEONE
WITH WHOM I'VE ENJOYED

A LONG
AND REWARDING FRIENDSHIP.

BUT I'VE GOTTEN MYSELF

INTO A SITUATION.

I'M BEGINNING
A TRIAL NEXT WEEK

IN WHICH I'M...

UH...

THE DEFENDANT.

UH.

IT'S A CRIMINAL CASE?

I'M CHARGED WITH ENGAGING
IN SEXUAL CONDUCT

FOR A FEE.

YOU PAID A MAN
TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU?

MANY TIMES.

WHEN YOU SAY
"MANY TIMES"...

HUNDREDS.

* THE STARS AT NIGHT

* ARE BIG AND BRIGHT

* DEEP IN THE HEART
OF TEXAS *

* THE PRAIRIE SKY

* IS WIDE AND HIGH

* DEEP IN THE HEART
OF TEXAS *

* THE COYOTES WAIL
ALONG THE TRAILS... *

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WEAR THAT
ONCE WE GET THERE.

WHY NOT?

THIS COURT
ANTAGONIZES EASILY.

UNDERSTOOD.
HOW DO I LOOK?

THE CLIENT'S NAME IS
EZEKIEL BORNS.

HE LIKES TO BE CALLED ZEKE,
HE HAS AN IQ OF 80.

HE WAS CONVICTED
EIGHT YEARS AGO

IN THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF A GAS STATION ATTENDANT.

WE FINALLY GOT
A DNA TEST ORDERED.

IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

ONE WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE
ENOUGH TO CLEAR HIM.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS
HE CONFESSED

AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT
INTERROGATION.

HE COULD HAVE BEEN COERCED,
MAYBE BRAINWASHED, MAYBE BOTH.

WHEN WE LAND, I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO GO MEET ZEKE

WHILE I TRY TO GET A MEETING
WITH THE D.A.

I ASSUME YOU ALREADY
TRIED THE GOVERNOR.

I'M TOLD HE GIGGLED.
HIGH COURT IS OUR LAST STOP.

HIGH COURT?
TEXAS DOESN'T HAVE
A SUPREME COURT.

THEY HAVE TWO HIGH COURTS --
ONE FOR CIVIL,

AND ONE FOR CRIMINAL.
AND THE CHIEF JUDGE

ON THE CRIMINAL HIGH COURT --
WE HAD WORDS ON ANOTHER CASE.

WHEN YOU SAY
YOU HAD WORDS...

I CALLED HIM
A DISGUSTING FAT PIG.

DENNY CRANE?
OH, NO, I COULDN'T POSSIBLY --

MIRIAM, LISTEN,

YOUR CASE COMES BEFORE
JUDGE CLARK BROWN.

DENNY SEEMS TO HAVE
A TAKE ON HIM.

I COULDN'T POSSIBLY.

SHIRLEY...

I DON'T TELL PEOPLE THIS,

BUT DENNY AND I --

I ONCE HAD RELATIONS
WITH HIM.

LISTEN,

THIS MANY OFFENSES --

YOU COULD BE
LOOKING AT TIME HERE.

IF DENNY GIVES US
ANY ADVANTAGE AT ALL...

I'M SO BEYOND HUMILIATED.

WHICH BRINGS ME
TO MY NEXT BOMB.

I SEE NO
REAL DEFENSE HERE,

EXCEPT, PERHAPS, MEDICAL.

I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO TELL THE JURY THAT

YOU'RE A NYMPHOMANIAC.

HAS HE EVER SHARED WITH YOU

ANY INFORMATION
THAT COULD POSSIBLY CONTRADICT

HIS SIGNED CONFESSION?

UH, NO,
BUT I'D NEVER INQUIRE.

NOT A CURIOUS GUY, FATHER.

THE ROLE OF CLERGY IS ONLY
TO GET THE INMATES

READY AND WILLING TO DIE.

ZEKE?

MY NAME IS ALAN SHORE.

I WAS ALL DOPED UP.

I REMEMBER BEING
AT THE GAS STATION, BUT...

WELL, ZEKE,
WHY DID YOU CONFESS?

THEY KEPT TELLING ME
I DID IT.

AND THEY HAD WITNESSES.

I KNEW I HAD BEEN THERE.

I PROBABLY DID DO IT.

YOUR CONFESSIONS DIDN'T INCLUDE
THE WORD "PROBABLY."

ZEKE,

YOU HAVE NO MEMORY
OF SHOOTING THE ATTENDANT.

YOU'RE GONNA GET ME
SENT TO HELL

IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I'VE ALREADY MADE
MY PEACE WITH GOD.

IF I START SAYING
I DIDN'T DO IT...

ZEKE, I'M TRYING
TO PREVENT YOUR BEING EXECUTED.

THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME,
MR. SHORE.

AND MY ONLY SALVATION'S
IN THE NEXT WORLD.

I GOTTA KEEP MY PEACE
WITH GOD.

IS THIS FROM HIS
TRIAL LAWYER?

WENT INTO A 12-STEP PROGRAM.

HAD TO APOLOGIZE
TO THOSE HE LET DOWN.

HAS ZEKE SEEN THIS?

WE SENT HIM A COPY.

ZEKE DOESN'T WRITE BACK.

RIGHT.

NYMPHOMANIA?
ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND.

AND WE'LL NEED TO LINE UP
AN EXPERT WHO CAN TESTIFY

POSSIBLY AS SOON
AS TOMORROW.

IT'S NOT A REAL DISEASE.

IT'S AN EXCUSE OFFERED UP
BY SEX-PERV SICKOS.

YES, BRAD,
THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S ALSO A SEXIST DIAGNOSIS,
AS WELL AS BOGUS.

IF A MAN WAS RUNNING AROUND
TRYING TO SHTUP

EVERYTHING HE COULD, WE WOULDN'T
SAY THAT HE HAD A DISEASE,

WE WOULD JUST CALL HIM --
DENNY CRANE.

EXACTLY.

I'LL NEED THAT RESEARCH A.S.A.P.
DENNY, RIGHT THIS WAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

I'M A VERY BUSY MAN.

I HAVE A CASELOAD
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. SO --

HELLO, DENNY.

MIRIAM?

DON'T TELL ME
I HAVE ANOTHER CHILD.

MIRIAM HAS A CRIMINAL CASE
BEGINNING TOMORROW.

CRIMINAL?

WHAT DID YOU DO?

I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT SHE'S CHARGED WITH.

CAN I COUNT
ON YOUR SENSITIVITY?

OF COURSE.

SHE'S CHARGED WITH ENGAGING
IN SEXUAL CONDUCT

FOR A FEE.

YOU'RE A HOOKER?
I'M LEAVING.

NO.

SHE PAID FOR SEX.
SHE DIDN'T CHARGE FOR IT.

AND THE JUDGE
IS CLARK BROWN,

WHICH IS THE REASON
YOU'RE HERE,

IN ADDITION TO YOUR PROFOUND
TENDERNESS.

WE PLAN TO PERHAPS
USE A MEDICAL DEFENSE OF...

NYMPHOMANIA.

YOU'RE A NYMPH?
DENNY.

YOU MEAN WHEN YOU AND I WENT
ON THAT LONG WEEKEND TO NAPA,

AND -- AND YOU DID

THOSE THINGS...

SHE WAS SICK.

[ BIG AND RICH'S "SAVE A HORSE,
RIDE A COWBOY" PLAYING ]

WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
WE CAN'T --

I'M NOT ABOUT TO GO
TO TEXAS AND NOT RIDE

THE MECHANICAL BULL, CHELINA.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE

GOING TO LOS ANGELES AND NOT
SLEEPING WITH PARIS HILTON.

YOU'LL GET HURT.
NONSENSE.

I GREW UP RIDING PONIES
IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH.

[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]

CHELINA.

YES.

WE'VE JUST HAD
A SLIGHT DELAY.

ALAN WANTS
TO RIDE A BULL.

CAN YOU GET ME
THE CASE?

FAX IT TO THE MOTEL.

THANK YOU.

EVIDENTLY, AN EXECUTION
GOT STAYED IN CONNECTICUT.

THE LAWYERS ARGUED SOMETHING
CALLED "DEATH ROW SYNDROME."

DEATH ROW SYNDROME?
THE THEORY BEING

THAT DEATH ROW CAN ACTUALLY
OVERWHELM THE WILL TO LIVE,

AND CONTRIBUTE
TO A GENERAL INCOMPETENCE.

THAT COULD BE ZEKE.

EXACTLY.

NOTIFY MY NEXT OF KIN.

NOVICE,

INTERMEDIATE,
OR EXPERT?

EXPERT.

I TEACH IT,
ACTUALLY.

DO I GET A WHIP?

WHOA!

INTERMEDIATE.

INTERMEDIATE.

[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]

CHELINA.

WE WILL.
10:00 A.M. IS -- IT'S FINE.

WE'LL BE IN HIS OFFICE.

THANK YOU.

WE GOT OUR MEETING
WITH THE D.A.

INTERMEDIATE.

HELP.

HELP!

INTERMEDIATE!

* EVERYBODY SAYS

* SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY

IT'S NOT A REAL DISEASE.

IT IS PART
OF OUR CULTURE, BRAD,

AND OUR ROLE HERE
IS AS ADVOCATES, REMEMBER?

SHIRLEY, THEIR POINT
IS WELL TAKEN.

THERE IS AN ENORMOUS RISK
WITH THIS KIND OF DEFENSE.

IF THE JURY REJECTS IT --
BUT JURIES OFTEN DON'T.

IN 1970, WE HAD
THE CABLE CAR NYMPHOMANIAC

IN SAN FRANCISCO.

SHE WAS AWARDED $50,000
FOR A CRASH

THAT LEFT HER
WITH A DEMONIC SEX URGE.

THAT CASE OCCURRED
WHEN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY

WAS MORE OPEN
TO THE DIAGNOSIS.

WELL, THERE ARE OTHER
POSSIBLE DIAGNOSES AS WELL.

SHE COULD BE BIPOLAR.

THERE'S ALSO A CONDITION
KNOWN AS KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME,

WHICH CAN RESULT
IN HYPERSEXUALITY.

MIRIAM WATSON
IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL

AND PRIVATE BUSINESSWOMAN.

SHOULD WE RAISE NYMPHOMANIA
AS A DEFENSE,

THE MEDIA WILL HAVE
A FIELD DAY.

WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TRYING
TO NIP THIS WITH A PLEA BARGAIN.

BUT WITHOUT SOME DEFENSE,
WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE.

JUDGE BROWN.

COME AGAIN?

I DON'T LIKE IT
WHEN YOU SAY THAT, SHIRLEY.

IT PUTS PRESSURE
ON ME.

WHAT ABOUT JUDGE BROWN?

HE'S A VIRGIN.

AND THAT WOULD
BE RELEVANT HOW?

IF HE SAW
IN OUR CLIENT

AN OPPORTUNITY...

MAY I SPEAK TO YOU TWO
A SECOND?

THIS IS NOT FUNNY. THAT MAN
IS A SENIOR PARTNER HERE,

AND THE ONLY TIME
OF THE DAY HE'S NOT MAKING

LEWD SEXUAL INFERENCES IS
WHEN HE'S DOING SO BLATANTLY.

LORI --
NO, SHIRLEY,
I AM SICK OF IT.

I AM MAKING
AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT.

YOU'RE ON NOTICE.
AND YOU'RE ON NOTICE.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

FIRST, YOU CANNOT --
CANNOT ARGUE

THE MORALITY
OF THE DEATH PENALTY.

EVERY JUDGE SITTING UP THERE
IS FOR IT.

CLEARLY.

SECOND, DO NOT MENTION
ZEKE'S INNOCENCE.

I'M SORRY?
THEY WON'T LISTEN.

HE DID CONFESS.
ISN'T IT THE DNA TEST

THAT GOT US THE APPEAL?

THE DNA HERE
DOES NOT EXONERATE HIM.

IT CERTAINLY INDICATES
THE PRESENCE

OF SOMEBODY ELSE
AT THE MURDER SCENE.

PROVING INNOCENCE
IS ONE THING.

BUT SINCE WE CAN'T DO THAT,
OUR CASE HERE IS PROCEDURAL.

THE DNA RESULT
IS ANCILLARY EVIDENCE,

WHICH HOPEFULLY
WILL OCCASION THEM TO LOOK

AT PROCEDURAL FLAWS.

DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?

YES, IT DOES.

THIS IS TEXAS.

I MUST SAY, I AGREE
WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

IF THIS WERE
A ONE-TIME OFFENSE,

BUT THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES
OVER 100 INFRACTIONS.

IT'S SHOCKING.

YOUR HONOR,
IF I MAY.

THIS IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME.
VICTIMLESS?

WHEN SOMEBODY'S ACTION
IMPUGNS THE VALUES OF SOCIETY,

WE ARE ALL VICTIMS.

YES, YES, YES
FOR ALL THAT.

BUT CONSIDER
THE SHY PEOPLE.

THE SHY PEOPLE?
YES.

IF ONE WERE A SINGLE MAN,

PAINFULLY SHY,

A VIRGIN,
TIME RUNNING OUT,

ONE MIGHT LIKE
TO MEET THIS WOMAN.

SHE COULD HELP ONE.

HE'S MENTALLY IMPAIRED,
GLENN.

YOU KNOW THIS.
YOUR OWN EXPERT SAID SO.

HE WAS BORN WITH SEVERE
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME.

CHELINA, THIS WAS
ALL RAISED AT TRIAL.

NOW, AT SOME POINT,
A FINDING HAS TO BE FINAL.

I'M SORRY.
I REALIZE I'M NEW,

BUT DIDN'T
THE SUPREME COURT RULE

YOU CAN'T EXECUTE
MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE?

HE HAS AN IQ OF 80.

THE CUTOFF POINT FOR RETARDATION
IN TEXAS IS 70.

DID YOU EVEN READ
THE PRISON REPORTS

ON ZEKE'S CHARACTER?

THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER
HE'S BEEN A GOOD BOY IN PRISON.

POINT IS WHAT HE DID
AT THE GAS STATION.

PERHAPS HE DIDN'T DO IT.

HE HAS AN IQ OF 80.

ALL YOU REALLY HAVE
IS A CONFESSION,

WHICH MOST LIKELY
WAS A PRODUCT OF COERCION.

NO WEAPON WAS FOUND.

DNA PLACED SOMEONE ELSE
AT THE SCENE.

HOW ABOUT ON THE POSSIBILITY
OF ZEKE BORNS' INNOCENCE,

WE HOLD OFF JUST A BIT
ON KILLING HIM?

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU MUST BE NEW
TO TEXAS, MR. SHORE.

Chelina: I TOLD YOU NOT
TO RAISE INNOCENCE.

HOW COULD
WE NOT RAISE IT?

THEY HEAR IT ALL THE TIME,
ALAN, DON'T YOU GET IT?

"MY CLIENT IS INNOCENT.
MY CLIENT IS INNOCENT,"

EVERY SINGLE COMPLAINT CASE.

IT'S THE STANDARD REFRAIN.
IT HAS NO IMPACT

WHEN YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY
PROVE IT, WHICH WE CAN'T.

THE TRIER OF FACT
FOUND HIM GUILTY.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN
WE CAN'T ARGUE --
LOOK, I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

I KNOW THE WAY
IT WORKS DOWN HERE.

OUR CLAIM HAS
TO BE PROCEDURAL.

IT'S THE ONLY CHANCE
ZEKE HAS.

AND BEFORE YOU
MARCH INTO COURT

AND TELL EVERYBODY
THAT THE CONFESSION WAS COERCED,

KEEP IN MIND

ZEKE HASN'T RECANTED.

HE'S STILL MAINTAINING
HE DID IT.

LORI, WHILE WE UNDERSTAND
YOUR ISSUES WITH DENNY,

WHILE WE ARE CERTAINLY TAKING
STEPS TO RESOLVE THEM,

I DON'T THINK YOU NEED
TO LODGE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT

OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
SHIRLEY --

BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW

TO INITIATE
CERTAIN PROCEDURES.

IT COULD GET VERY MESSY
FOR ALL INVOLVED.

IS THAT A THREAT?

HE IS ULTIMATELY
A BENIGN MAN

WHO WE ALL HAPPEN
TO CARE ABOUT --

INCLUDING YOU.

I THINK WHAT
YOU REALLY MEAN TO DO

IS TO VOICE YOUR CONCERN
UNOFFICIALLY.

I AM MAKING
AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT.

IF THERE'S PAPERWORK
TO BE FILLED OUT,

PLEASE HAVE THE FORMS
SENT TO MY OFFICE.

YOU LITTLE BITCH.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF YOU
EVER HAVING HAD A GUN BEFORE,

OR EVER SHOOTING ONE.

ZEKE,

I CERTAINLY DON'T
WANNA PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH,

BUT IF YOU HAVE
NO MEMORY OF DOING IT...

IF YOU DON'T RECANT,

BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,
YOU WILL BE DEAD.

I'M GONNA BE DEAD
NO MATTER WHAT.

THE QUESTION IS

DO I GO WITH GOD
ON MY SIDE OR NOT?

FROM WHAT LITTLE
I KNOW OF GOD, ZEKE,

HE'S ON YOUR SIDE
NO MATTER WHAT.

HE ALSO FAVORS
THE SIDE OF TRUTH.

NOW, IF THE TRUTH IS
YOU DIDN'T DO IT --

I DID DRUGS.

I STOLE.

I WAS A BAD PERSON.

AND NOW I NEED
TO BE A STRONG PERSON.

I NEED TO HAVE COURAGE NOW
FOR ONCE.

I'M GONNA BE BRAVE.

AFTER MY MARRIAGE DISSOLVED,

MY SEXUAL DESIRE
BECAME INFLAMED.

I WAS
IN A FEW RELATIONSHIPS,

AND MY APPETITE
TOOK ON

MORE THE FORM
OF AN ADDICTION.

WHEN YOU SAY "ADDICTION"...

NOW WHENEVER I SO MUCH
AS LOOK

AT AN ABLE-BODIED MAN,

MY SOUTHERN REGION
TURNS TROPICAL.

AND THIS COMPULSION

LED YOU
TO MALE PROSTITUTES?

WHERE ELSE
WAS I TO GO?

I'M A 56-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

IT'S NOT AS IF
I CAN WALK INTO A BAR, OR...

I SUPPOSE IF I WERE
IN A RELATIONSHIP...

WHAT THE HELL
WAS THAT?

"MY SOUTHERN REGION
TURNS TROPICAL,"

THAT LITTLE LOOK
TO THE JUDGE?

DID YOU COACH HER
TO DO THAT?

IF THE JUDGE LIKES US,
HE GIVES US A GOOD INSTRUCTION.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

HE MIGHT EVEN GIVE US
A DIRECTED VERDICT.

I'M SENSING SOME INTENT ISSUES
WITH THE PROSECUTION'S CASE.

I CAN FEEL IT.

THE JUDGE HAS

INTENT ISSUES.

THESE JUDGES ARE
ONLY HUMAN, CHELINA.

THEY CERTAINLY HAVE
TO APPRECIATE THE POSSIBILITY

OF HIS INNOCENCE HERE.

WHEN I LEFT THIS JOB,
I TOLD EVERYBODY

IT WAS BECAUSE I WANTED
TO MAKE MORE MONEY.

THE TRUTH IS
I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

I COULDN'T TAKE SEEING
CLIENTS DIE.

DID YOU WIN ANY?
[ SCOFFS ]

SOMETIMES YOU MUST
HAVE PREVAILED.

I REMEMBER READING
A DEATH PENALTY

WAS OVERTURNED HERE
JUST LAST YEAR.

YEAH, A NEW YORK FIRM
VOLUNTEERED TO HANDLE IT.

IT TOOK THEM 10 YEARS
AND COST $5 MILLION.

THE STATE OF TEXAS
HAS THE MOST OVERWHELMED

AND UNDERFUNDED DEFENSE BAR
IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY GET $25,000
TO APPEAL A DEATH CASE.

THE PROSECUTORS HAVE
AN UNLIMITED BUDGET.

IT'S A JOKE, ALAN.
WE HAVE GOOD GROUNDS HERE --

THE TRIAL LAWYER HAS ADMITTED
HE PROVIDED INADEQUATE COUNSEL.

ALAN, THIS IS
THE COURT THAT HELD

A SLEEPING LAWYER
ISN'T NECESSARILY INADEQUATE.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW HE WAS SLEEPING
DURING THE IMPORTANT PARTS.

YOU ASKED ME BEFORE

WHY TEXAS,

INSTEAD OF HAVING
A SUPREME COURT,

IT HAS TWO HIGH COURTS?

THE REASON

IS TO SPEED UP
THE DEATH CASES.

THEY'VE CUT THE TIME IT TAKES
TO EXECUTE PEOPLE IN HALF.

IT'S WHY TEXAS LEADS THE COUNTRY
IN EXECUTIONS...

PROUDLY.

SEVEN OF THE NINE JUDGES
YOU WILL FACE TOMORROW

ARE FORMER PROSECUTORS.

HEY.

HEY.

I PROMISE YOU,

BY THE TIME
I FINISH TOMORROW,

THOSE JUDGES --
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM --

WILL RISE UP AND SAY,

"NEVER MIND EXECUTING
EZEKIEL BORNS,

LET'S KILL
ALAN SHORE INSTEAD."

[ CHUCKLES ]

I'M SORRY.

MAYBE WE --

WE SHOULD PROBABLY
GET BACK TO WORK.

YEAH.

YOU TOLD ME THERE'D BE
A PUBLIC PRESENCE HERE, JERRY.

THERE'S ONE PROTESTOR
OUTSIDE.

Jerry: WHAT AM I
GONNA DO, CHELINA?

IT'S JUST NOT AS BIG A STORY
AS IT USED TO BE.

WE'D BE BETTER OFF
WITH NOBODY THAN ONE.

I'LL CALL YOU AFTER.

I TOLD YOU
YOU ARE NOT WEARING THAT HAT.

LISTEN,

LAST NIGHT...

SOMETIMES LAWYERS
WILL BOND

OVER A CAUSE,
AND, WELL, I --

CHELINA,

LET'S GO ARGUE THE CAUSE.

REMEMBER, THIS MOTION
IS A NUISANCE TO THEM.

THEY WILL ANTAGONIZE YOU.

IF YOU EVEN FEEL YOURSELF
WANTING TO RETALIATE,

YOU SAY,
"WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT."

ANYTHING ELSE?

PERSEVERE.

THEY WILL TRY
TO SHUT YOU DOWN

BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGIN.

PERSEVERE.

I GOT IT.

THERE IS NO QUESTION
THE DEFENDANT ENTERED

INTO A TRANSACTION
FOR SEX WITH SOMEONE

FOR CONSIDERATION.

HOWEVER,

ONE ELEMENT OF THIS CRIME
IS CRIMINAL INTENT.

THE BURDEN IS
ON THE PROSECUTION

TO PROVE THIS ELEMENT
BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT.

IF A MEDICAL CONDITION DEPRIVED
THE DEFENDANT OF HER FREE WILL,

OR EVEN
UNDULY INFLUENCED HER,

SHE LACKED THAT INTENT.

SINCE THE PROSECUTION FAILED
TO ELIMINATE HYPERSEXUALITY

OR BIPOLAR SYNDROME

OR KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME

AS A CAUSE
FOR HER CONDUCT,

WELL, THEN, I FEEL
I HAVE NO CHOICE

BUT TO DELIVER A VERDICT
IN FAVOR OF...

THE DEFENDANT.

MISS WATSON,

YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

WHAT?

YOU GOT TO THAT JUDGE.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNEW HIS RULING
BY HEART --
BOILERPLATE.

A RULING THAT WAS
RIDICULOUSLY PRO-DEFENSE.

DENNY CRANE.
WHAT DID YOU DO --

PROMISE HIM A DATE
WITH OUR CLIENT?

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD NEVER EVER
DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT -- NEVER.

SECONDLY, IF I DID,
I WOULD NEVER EVER TELL YOU.

NEVER. THIRD --

AND YOU --
WAS THERE ANY QUID PRO QUO HERE?

HOW DARE YOU?

OH, NEVER MIND HOW DARE ME.
YOU'RE A SERIAL INTERCOURSER.

THAT RULING WAS SUSPECT.

BRIBING A JUDGE.

NEVER DID THAT.

WELL, THE TWO OF YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE

TO LIVE WITH YOURSELVES
ON THIS ONE.

FOR NOW, LIKE THE JUDGE SAYS,
YOU'RE FREE TO GO,

AS IS YOUR LIP.

EZEKIEL BORNS
MURDERED A MAN IN COLD BLOOD

FOR A FEW DOLLARS.

HE CONFESSED TO IT.

THE PETITIONER
HAS GONE UP AND DOWN

STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS,

EXHAUSTING HIS APPEALS,

LOSING
HIS HABEAS ARGUMENTS,

AND FAILING ON CLAIMS
OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS.

FOUR DIFFERENT
COURTS OF APPEAL

HAVE REVIEWED
AND REJECTED

EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF HIS ARGUMENTS.

NOW IS THE TIME
FOR THIS MAN

TO PAY THE PENALTY

IMPOSED ON HIM
FAIRLY AND LEGALLY.

NOW, A TEXAS JURY
HAS DECIDED

THAT EZEKIEL BORNS
IS A DANGEROUS KILLER.

HE HAS FORFEITED
HIS RIGHT TO LIVE.

THANK YOU.

"WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT."

GOOD AFTERNOON,
MY NAME IS ALAN SHORE.

MR. SHORE, WHAT ARE THE NEW
ISSUES BEING RAISED HERE?

THE FIRST ISSUE
BEFORE THE COURT

CONCERNS THE ABSENCE
OF ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN JURORS.

THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ARGUED
AND RULED ON, COUNSEL.

YES, BEFORE THE LOWER COURTS.

THIS BENCH HAS
NEVER CONSIDERED --

WE'RE NOT PERSUADED THAT
THE ABSENCE OF A BLACK JUROR

IS IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS.
WHAT'S YOUR NEXT ISSUE?

I WOULD TURN
THE COURT'S ATTENTION

TO THE FACT THAT THE GRAND JURY
WHICH INDICTED MR. BORNS

SIMILARILY
WAS ALL WHITE.

THIS RAISES
EQUAL PROTECTION LAWS --

THAT ISSUE WAS NEVER RAISED,
AND IS THEREFORE WAIVED.

YOUR HONOR,
TEXAS LAW REQUIRES

THAT THE JURY RECOMMEND DEATH
ONLY IN CASES

WHERE THEY FIND
THAT THE DEFENDANT POSES

A THREAT OF FUTURE
DANGEROUSNESS TO SOCIETY.

WE MAINTAIN
THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

JURIES ARE SUPPOSED TO FIND
ELEMENTS OF GUILT AND INNOCENCE

BASED ON FACTS
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,

NOT ON THE BASIS
OF PERCEIVED PROBABILITIES.

MOREOVER,
AS A PRACTICAL MATTER,

SINCE EZEKIEL BORNS
WILL REMAIN IN PRISON FOR LIFE,

HE COULDN'T
POSSIBLY CONSTITUTE

A FUTURE THREAT TO SOCIETY

UNLESS THE LAW
ASSUMES PRISON BREAKS.

WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING
ISSUE, COUNSEL,

BUT THAT ALSO WAS NEVER RAISED,
AND THEREFORE,

IT IS DEEMED WAIVED.

NEXT.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT,
MR. BORNS' TRIAL LAWYER

HAS RECENTLY ADMITTED
HE WAS INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL.

HE WAS ABUSING COCAINE
AND ALCOHOL DURING THE TRIAL --

NOT LEGALLY INADEQUATE.

I BELIEVE IF YOU EXAMINE
THE TRANSCRIPTS --

MR. SHORE, REPRESENTATION
CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER --

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PLAY
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

THIS LAWYER
NEVER GAVE AN OPENING STATEMENT.

HE NEVER QUESTIONED SEVERAL
OF THE PROSECUTION'S WITNESSES.

HE FAILED TO PURSUE
A NUMBER OF LEADS

AND IMPORTANT
SENTENCING ISSUES.

THIS COURT RIGHT HERE TODAY
HAS RECOGNIZED

THAT MANY VALID GROUNDS
FOR APPEAL WERE NEVER RAISED.

THIS COURT IS SATISFIED THAT
THE REPRESENTATION WAS ADEQUATE.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

YES, MR. BORNS
MAY BE INNOCENT.

THE JURY DISAGREED,

AND LEGALLY, THAT ISSUE
HAS BEEN SETTLED.

THE DNA EVIDENCE SHOWS
SOMEBODY ELSE WAS THERE.

BUT IT DOES NOT DISPROVE

THAT YOUR CLIENT
WAS ALSO THERE.

AND YOUR GUY CONFESSED,
BY THE WAY.

MY CLIENT
HAS AN IQ OF 80.

HE WAS INTERROGATED
FOR 16 HOURS.

COERCION
WAS NEVER RAISED.
IT WAS NEVER RAISED

BECAUSE HIS LAWYER WAS
AN INADEQUATE HACK --

THOUGH THE NINE OF YOU
SEEM QUITE SATISFIED

WITH HIS PERFORMANCE,

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.

MR. SHORE, YOU CAME DOWN HERE
FROM MASSACHUSETTS?

YES, SIR.

WE IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN LIVING
WITH THIS CASE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

YOU'VE BEEN LIVING
WITH IT PERSONALLY?

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT.

YOU FIRST MET
MR. BORNS WHEN?

YESTERDAY.

AND YOU ARE PROPOSING TO US
THAT YOU KNOW HIM?

YOU KNOW WHAT
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE?

I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE
THAT YOU GOT A PROBLEM

WITH THE DEATH PENALTY
IN GENERAL.

NOW, IS THAT WHY
YOU CAME HERE, SIR?

I AM HERE --

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT --

BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH A STATE EXECUTING A MAN

WITH DIMINISHED CAPACITY
WHO MAY VERY WELL BE INNOCENT.

I'M PARTICULARLY TROUBLED --

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT --

THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH IT.

YOU MAY NOT WANT
TO REGARD MY CLIENT'S INNOCENCE,

BUT YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY
DISREGARD THE FACT

THAT 117 WRONGFULLY
CONVICTED PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM EXECUTION
IN THIS COUNTRY --

117.

THE SYSTEM IS
HARDLY FOOLPROOF.

AND TEXAS -- THIS STATE --
IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR A FULL THIRD

OF ALL EXECUTIONS
IN AMERICA.

HOW CAN THAT BE?

THE CRIMINALS ARE JUST
SOMEHOW WORSE HERE?

LAST YEAR, YOU ACCOUNTED
FOR FULLY HALF

OF THE NATION'S EXECUTIONS --

50% FROM ONE STATE.

YOU CANNOT DISREGARD
THE POSSIBILITY --

THE POSSIBILITY
THAT SOMETHING'S UP IN TEXAS.

I WOULD URGE YOU
TO CONFINE YOUR REMARKS

TO YOUR CLIENT,
AND NOT THE GOOD STATE OF TEXAS.

ZEKE BORNS NEVER
HAD A CHANCE.

HE WAS ROUNDED UP
AS A TEENAGER,

THROWN IN A CELL WHILE HE WAS
STILL DOPED UP ON DRUGS,

BROWBEATEN AND INTERROGATED

UNTIL HIS IQ OF 80
WAS OVERCOME.

HE CONFESSED TO A CRIME
HE HAD NO MEMORY OF --

STILL HAS NO MEMORY OF,

FOR WHICH THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE --

OTHER THAN TWO WITNESSES
WHO SAW HIM PUMPING GAS

AROUND THE TIME
OF THE MURDER.

HE WAS GIVEN A COKED-UP LAWYER
WHO ADMITTEDLY DID NOTHING.

I'M NOW BEFORE NINE
PRESUMABLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE

IN THE JUSTICE BUSINESS
WHO HAVE THE BENEFIT

OF KNOWING ALL OF THIS.
ADD TO THAT,

YOU KNOW DNA PLACES
SOMEBODY ELSE AT THE SCENE,

AND YOU'RE INDIFFERENT!
YOU DON'T CARE!

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE

IN MY CLIENT'S INNOCENCE,
AND I'LL ASSUME --

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT --

THAT YOU DON'T.

YOU CANNOT BE SURE
OF HIS GUILT.

YOU SIMPLY CANNOT.

AND FAILING THAT,
HOW CAN YOU KILL HIM?

HOW CAN YOU KILL HIM?

AND I WOULD SINCERELY,
SINCERELY, SINCERELY HOPE

THAT YOU DON'T PENALIZE
MY CLIENT SIMPLY BECAUSE

HIS LAWYERS HAPPEN TO BE
FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

THE HOME
OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS --

WHO COULD KICK ASS OVER
ANY FOOTBALL TEAM YOU'VE GOT

IN THE GOOD STATE OF TEXAS,
MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT.

I AM SO SORRY.

NO, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO APOLOGIZE.

THEY GAVE YOU NOTHING.

YOU HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO GO WITH YOUR PASSION.

COULD HAVE LEFT OUT
THE SLIGHT ON TEXAS FOOTBALL,

BUT...

YOU WERE STRONG, ALAN.

AND MAYBE YOU REACHED THEM.

THE COURT
HASN'T RULED YET.

SIX HOURS BEFORE,
HE GOES TO HUNTSVILLE.

THAT'S THE LAW.

WHAT'S IN HUNTSVILLE --
BLEACHERS?

THE DEATH HOUSE.

THEY PUT ME
IN THE WALLS UNIT.

WHY MOVE HIM
IF THERE'S STILL A CHANCE?

[ CELLULAR PHONE RINGS ]

JERRY?

NO CELL PHONES IN HERE.

JUST NOW?

THEY TURNED US DOWN.

WELL, LET'S GO THEN.

I'M SO SORRY, ZEKE.

I'M READY, CHELINA.
I'M GONNA BE STRONG LIKE A HERO.

YOU WATCH.

WILL YOU WATCH?

I WANT PEOPLE

TO SEE ME STRONG.

I GOT NO FAMILY.

WILL YOU COME?

SURE.

WE'LL BE THERE.

Man: LET'S GO, ZEKE.

WE'LL GO
AND SEE IT TOGETHER.

HE BRIBED THE JUDGE?

I CAN'T BE SURE,

BUT I THINK HE HAD
SOME UNDUE INFLUENCE.

AS MUCH AS I ADORE HIM,

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE HE BRINGS THIS PLACE
TO ITS KNEES.

HE'S THE NAMED PARTNER --

THE LEAD NAMED PARTNER.

I THINK WE'VE GOTTA
TAKE HIM OUT.

I GET ICE CREAM.

CHOCOLATE.

YEAH, YOU'RE SET.

THEY SAID
MAYBE SPRINKLES.

GUESS I DON'T NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT MY CHOLESTEROL.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

GOVERNOR'S IN HAWAII --
UNAVAILABLE.

THERE'S STILL HOPE,
HOWEVER.

I MADE A FEW CALLS,
TRACKED DOWN A WOMAN I KNOW

WHO IS ACTUALLY PERFORMING
IN A CHARITY LUAU

WHERE THE GOVERNOR
IS SCHEDULED TO BE --

POLYNESIAN DANCER.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS WHOLE
THING COULD COME DOWN TO --

A HULA GIRL.

I KNOW THIS GIRL.
SHE'S GOOD.

ZEKE.

LET'S DO THIS.

I'M READY TO DIE.
I'M STRONG.

WOULD YOU EXCUSE US
FOR A MINUTE, PLEASE?

ZEKE, YOU TALKED
ABOUT BEING A HERO.

STRONG AND BRAVE

MAY NOT GO WITH HERO HERE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE STATE OF TEXAS

WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
YOU'RE A MONSTER.

I THINK YOU SHOULD
SHOW THEM

YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING.

AND THE HUMAN THING
TO DO HERE

IS BE AFRAID.

IF YOU WANNA BE A HERO,

SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE

TO BE EXECUTED.

WE'RE LED TO BELIEVE

IT'S PEACEFUL,

PAINLESS,

HUMANE, EVEN.

I THINK YOU SHOULD FIGHT
TO THE END, ZEKE,

AND SHOW YOUR FEAR.

THIS IS 'CAUSE YOU'RE AGAINST
THE DEATH PENALTY, RIGHT?

WELL,

WHETHER A PERSON IS

FOR OR AGAINST
THE DEATH PENALTY,

HE OR SHE SHOULD JUST
KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THE BEST WAY FOR YOU
TO BE A HERO, ZEKE,

IS TO BE HUMAN.

I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A BRIEF
SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE HISTORY,

SHOULD HE CARE TO PERUSE IT
OVER A MAI TAI.

EXCELLENT, ANGELA.
YOU HAVE MY NUMBER,

YOU ALSO HAVE ALAN'S, AND I'VE
GIVEN YOU CHELINA'S CELL,

AND THE NUMBER
AT THE WALLS UNIT.

THANK YOU.
ALOHA. MAKE SPEED.

HE'S ACTUALLY PETITIONING
THE TEXAS GOVERNOR

BY WAY OF --
HULA GIRL.

JUSTICE WORKS
IN STRANGE WAYS, PAUL.

ASK JUDGE BROWN.

DID DENNY BRIBE HIM?

I CAN ONLY GUESS.

TARA,

DO YOU EVER FEEL
SEXUALLY HARASSED

BY DENNY?

NEVER.

HE NEVER OBJECTIFIES YOU?

ALL MEN OBJECTIFY ME.

I DON'T.

I DON'T.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

HELLO, ANGELA?

YES, WITHOUT QUESTION.

HE MUST BE THERE, ANGELA.
I GOT HIS SCHEDULE

DIRECTLY FROM HIS
PRESS SECRETARY'S ASSISTANT.

YOU GOT MY FAX?
IN YOUR HAND?

THEN FIND THE GOVERNOR,
GET IT IN HIS HAND.

WE HAVE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
MAYBE 5.

OKAY.

NO CELL PHONES
ARE ALLOWED IN HERE.

HOW'D YOU GET BY
WITH THAT?

I TOLD THE GUARD WE WERE WAITING
FOR A LAST-MINUTE CALL

FROM YOUR CONSCIENCE.

COLLECT.

DO YOU SEE THAT GUY?

MEDIA. ONE GUY.

IT'S NOT EVEN A STORY.

DO I GET TO SAY
MY LAST WORDS NOW?

IF YOU LIKE.

IT'S JUST...

I DON'T KNOW IF I DID IT,

BUT IF I DID,

I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW?

TIME TO GET ON NOW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU

FOR EVERYTHING.

Man: NO.

GET HIS LEGS.
GET HIS LEGS.

GET HIS LEGS.

GET HIM ON THERE.
GET HIM ON THERE.

YOU WENT OUT
AND GOT THIS CASE

AS A MEANS
OF KEEPING ME FROM TEXAS.

ALAN SEEMS TO BE GETTING CLOSE
TO CHELINA THESE DAYS.

ARE YOU AND HE...
WE'RE FINE.

I WANT TO STAY
BECAUSE OF YOU,

BUT I THINK I NEED TO GO
BECAUSE OF YOU.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION,
I LIKE CHUBBY GIRLS.

I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED
CHUBBY SEX.

LORI COLSON FILED
AN INTERNAL COMPLAINT

AGAINST YOU
FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.