1 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:11,495 - Hi, Sister. - Hi, Billie Jean. How you doing? 2 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,536 It's the late Sister Helen. 3 00:02:25,779 --> 00:02:29,374 I've got a note from my mama, ldella. Do you need a new notebook? 4 00:02:29,616 --> 00:02:31,208 - Thanks. - How about you, Melvin? 5 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:34,249 The resident council wants us at their meeting tomorrow. 6 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:37,150 - Can you be there at 7:00? - Yes. 7 00:02:37,424 --> 00:02:40,587 - New poetry books. - Your poem got all smudged. 8 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:41,759 Smudged? 9 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:44,725 Sister Helen, I got another letter from that guy. 10 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:48,366 - Which guy is that, Luis? - Angola inmate, death row. 11 00:02:48,802 --> 00:02:51,032 - Oh, yeah. - Could you write to him? 12 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:54,138 Sounds like he could use some friendly words. 13 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:56,604 - I'll come up after the class. - Okay. 14 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:59,505 - It got smudged. - You can still read it. 15 00:03:06,053 --> 00:03:08,715 "There's a woman standing there in the dark. 16 00:03:08,955 --> 00:03:11,355 And she's got big arms to hold you. 17 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:14,059 But you won't feel those arms that hug... 18 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:16,655 ... till you can see her face. 19 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:21,527 So you stand there waiting for the light at the end of the road. " 20 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:24,862 Idella, that is so fine. 21 00:03:25,105 --> 00:03:26,436 Thank you. 22 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:37,039 "My lawyer seems to have disappeared, so I need help on the legal end. 23 00:03:37,284 --> 00:03:40,651 But if you can't do that, I'd take a kind word or a visit. 24 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:42,650 Gets real quiet here sometimes. " 25 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:46,381 None of these guys on the row can afford an attorney for appeals. 26 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:49,720 You can imagine the calls we get from death row inmates... 27 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:52,830 - ...begging us to find attorneys. - Who'll work for free. 28 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,762 Right. These petitions take hours to prepare. 29 00:03:56,002 --> 00:03:58,835 Attorneys aren't exactly lining up for the job. 30 00:04:20,594 --> 00:04:23,324 "Dear Sister Helen, thank you for writing to me. 31 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:27,829 I'm writing from my home.: my 6- by-8-foot cell. 32 00:04:28,535 --> 00:04:30,503 I'm in here 23 hours a day. 33 00:04:31,171 --> 00:04:33,401 We don't work on death row. 34 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:38,235 We're special here. They keep us away from the general population. 35 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:41,276 We're the elite because we gonna fry. 36 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:43,176 It's hard not to get soft here. 37 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:46,908 I press my footlocker, lift it, to try to get my muscles in shape. 38 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:49,754 It's hard not to get fat. 39 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:53,755 Rice, potatoes, pancakes, beans. 40 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:55,985 Sometimes I feel like a sow on a farm... 41 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:59,027 ... that's being fattened up for a Christmas slaughter. 42 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:02,468 I dreamt once that I was about to be fried in the chair... 43 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:05,899 ...and then God come into my cell with a chef's hat on. 44 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:09,540 He rolled me around in bread crumbs, licking His chops and all. 45 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:13,241 Maybe I'm a weirdo to have dreams like that... 46 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,415 ...but your mind does funny things when you're surrounded... 47 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,584 ...by people that want to kill you. 48 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:21,387 Anyway, thanks for writing. 49 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:23,953 I don't get many letters or visitors either. 50 00:05:24,191 --> 00:05:28,252 No one in my family seems able to make the trip out here. I understand. 51 00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:31,553 It's a long drive from Slidell. " 52 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:38,369 - Good morning. - Good morning, Father. 53 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:40,732 - Sister... - Helen Prejean. Nice to meet you. 54 00:05:40,974 --> 00:05:42,908 - Have a seat. - Thank you. 55 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:56,112 - Have you been in a prison before? - No, Father. 56 00:05:56,356 --> 00:06:00,315 Sister Clement and I sang at the New Orleans Juvenile Detention Center. 57 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,358 We sang "Kumbaya," and the boys really liked it. 58 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:06,088 They made up their own verses, singing: 59 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:09,325 Someone's escaping, my Lord 60 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:12,003 The guards made us sing a different song. 61 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,098 Where is your habit? 62 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:18,406 Our Sisters haven't worn the habit for 20 years. 63 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:22,911 You are aware of the papal request regarding nuns' garments, aren't you? 64 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:28,515 I believe the pope said "distinctive clothing," not habits. 65 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:33,454 Well, I'm sure you'll interpret it in your own way. Whatever's convenient. 66 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:36,090 Matthew Poncelet. 67 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:39,093 I remember him from the news. 68 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:40,799 Him and another fella... 69 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:44,635 ...shot two children in the back of the head on Lover's Lane. 70 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:46,395 Raped the girl. 71 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,575 Stabbed her several times. 72 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,839 Do you know what you're getting into? 73 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:57,281 So, what is it, Sister? 74 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:00,109 Morbid fascination? 75 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:03,184 Bleeding-heart sympathy? 76 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:06,221 He wrote me and asked me to come. 77 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:08,256 There is no romance here, Sister. 78 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:12,160 No Jimmy Cagney "I've been wrongly accused. 79 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:15,835 If I only had someone who believed in me" nonsense. 80 00:07:16,069 --> 00:07:17,900 They are all con men. 81 00:07:18,138 --> 00:07:21,471 And they will take advantage of you every way they can. 82 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:25,108 You must be very, very careful. 83 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:27,040 Do you understand? 84 00:07:27,514 --> 00:07:28,503 Yes, Father. 85 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:32,378 These men don't see many females. 86 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:36,248 For you to wear the habit might help instill respect. 87 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:41,552 For you to flout authority will only encourage them to do the same. 88 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:58,439 Woman on the tier! 89 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,301 You can wait there. We'll bring your man out for you. 90 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:06,338 Well, Matthew, I made it. 91 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:10,810 Thanks for coming, ma'am. 92 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:15,182 Never thought I'd be visiting with no nun. 93 00:09:24,464 --> 00:09:25,692 So you're a nun. 94 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:26,921 Yep. 95 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:37,943 I'm here to listen. Whatever you want to talk about is fine. 96 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,742 You're very sincere. 97 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:42,472 What do you mean? 98 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:45,041 You never done this before. 99 00:09:45,285 --> 00:09:48,777 - Never been this close to a murderer? - Not that I know of. 100 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,247 Lots of niggers down where you live. 101 00:09:51,491 --> 00:09:54,483 They knock each other off like beer cans off a fence. 102 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:58,961 When I got your letter, I seen Helen on it. 103 00:09:59,199 --> 00:10:02,168 I thought it was my ex-old lady. Almost ripped it up. 104 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:04,870 She turned me in. She called the cops. 105 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:08,738 - Orphaned our kid, the stupid bitch. - You've got a kid? 106 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:10,909 - Yeah, a con with a kid. - Girl or boy? 107 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:12,907 - Girl. - What's her name? 108 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,080 - You ask a lot of questions. - I don't know you. 109 00:10:16,316 --> 00:10:18,011 Yeah, well, never mind. 110 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,447 Your letter said you work with the poor. 111 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:29,491 Your daddy was a lawyer? You come from money, don't you? 112 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:31,356 Some. 113 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:35,898 And you live in St. Thomas Projects? I don't know who's crazier, you or me. 114 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,604 - I live where I work. - Yeah, in the slum. 115 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:39,772 What about you? 116 00:10:40,006 --> 00:10:41,030 I live here. 117 00:10:41,274 --> 00:10:43,333 You were brought up poor? 118 00:10:44,244 --> 00:10:46,804 Ain't nobody with money on death row. 119 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:50,241 You and I have something in common. 120 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:54,082 - What's that? - We both live with the poor. 121 00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:08,728 Ain't you gonna ask me what I done? 122 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:13,304 - The chaplain filled me in. - Oh, Farley? 123 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:17,104 Yeah, well, he's a very religious man. 124 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:26,415 I didn't kill nobody. 125 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:29,544 - Carl went crazy on me. - Carl? 126 00:11:29,789 --> 00:11:33,316 Vitello. He ought to be sitting here. He went nuts on me. 127 00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:37,996 I was scared. Did what he said, held that boy back. He killed them. 128 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:41,900 You watched him kill these kids? 129 00:11:42,101 --> 00:11:43,966 I'll tell you the truth, ma'am. 130 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:48,770 Me and Carl were loaded on downs, acid, booze when this happened. 131 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:52,403 I hadn't slept in two nights. I was out of my head. 132 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,869 But I didn't kill them. 133 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:59,249 I didn't kill nobody. I swear to God I didn't. 134 00:12:02,121 --> 00:12:03,247 Ali. 135 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:05,720 - Ali? - Her name. 136 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:10,857 She's cute. 137 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:13,088 Yeah, she's 11 or 12, I don't know. 138 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:16,564 She was born first time I was in prison. I seen her once. 139 00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:17,997 When was that? 140 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,432 When she was 3. 141 00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:22,741 - Do you write her? - I don't know where she is. 142 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:25,978 She's in Texas somewhere. Foster parents. 143 00:12:26,212 --> 00:12:28,305 Go on and finish up now, Sister. 144 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,407 Look. 145 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:36,351 They're about to go on a killing spree here. 146 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,750 They're zapping this guy Tobias tonight. 147 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:41,187 Guards are taking bets on who's next. 148 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:43,486 I'm at even odds. It's not good. 149 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:47,097 I got two chances: a pardon board or a federal appeals court. 150 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:50,825 I wrote the motion on the appeal, but I need someone to file it. 151 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:52,731 Can you help me with that? 152 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:56,441 You know how to write a motion? 153 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:59,304 You got no choice, you learn the law real fast. 154 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:03,003 Call it special motivation. I've been on death row six years. 155 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:05,945 I studied every law book I could get my hands on. 156 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:09,677 I got this stuff about my case: trial transcripts, legal papers. 157 00:13:09,922 --> 00:13:12,584 They might help you get ahold of my case faster. 158 00:13:12,825 --> 00:13:16,283 You drop a dime and get a lawyer, we can file a motion for appeal. 159 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:24,936 - You ain't coming back. - Are these your only copies? 160 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:28,968 No, but they're hard to come by. I don't want to waste them. 161 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:32,143 I'll do my best. And I appreciate your trust. 162 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:36,376 I'll tell you, I don't trust nobody in here. 163 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:40,679 But you don't kiss my ass or preach that hellfire brimstone crap. 164 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,285 I respect that. 165 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:43,489 You got guts. 166 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:47,891 You live in a neighborhood with every nigger carrying a gun. 167 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,192 Come on, Helen, hit it! 168 00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:10,010 Playing possum, huh? 169 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:12,444 Think you can trick us, you dumb animal? 170 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,482 Think you can fool us? 171 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:30,458 How fast was I going? 172 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:33,433 - Seventy-five miles an hour, ma'am. - Wow. 173 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:36,901 - You a nun? - Yes, sir. 174 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:40,879 Never gave a ticket to no nun before. 175 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,913 Gave a ticket to a guy from the IrS one time. 176 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:46,141 Got audited the next year. 177 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:52,655 Tell you what, Sister, I'll let this slide. 178 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,860 - But keep your speed down. - Yes, sir. 179 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:14,808 On Friday night, Walter Delacroix, age 17, and Hope Percy, 18... 180 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:18,778 ...had been two happy people celebrating a life-turning point. 181 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:23,483 They were shot twice at close range in the back of the head with a .22 rifle. 182 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:26,886 In addition to murder, Poncelet and Vitello face six counts... 183 00:15:27,126 --> 00:15:30,289 ...of aggravated kidnapping and one charge of aggravated rape. 184 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,157 -- handcuff the man and molest-- 185 00:15:32,398 --> 00:15:35,765 -- four weeks before the murder the two men allegedly cut... 186 00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:38,402 ...a wide path of terror across the area. 187 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:41,801 A police spokesman said today, in the wake of the murders-- 188 00:15:42,041 --> 00:15:44,271 Poncelet addressed the judge as "Cap"... 189 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:48,105 ...and smirked when they found him guilty of murder today. 190 00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:51,049 Poncelet claims Vitello killed both of them. 191 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:55,683 - Y'all think he's lying. - Vitello accuses Poncelet. 192 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:59,688 Both say the other did the killing. Somebody's lying to somebody. 193 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:01,894 They were both there. We know that. 194 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:05,325 Then how is it possible one guy gets life, the other death? 195 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:08,423 Probably a stronger case against Poncelet. 196 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,431 Vitello had a better lawyer. 197 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,195 Created a reasonable doubt in the jury's mind. 198 00:16:13,439 --> 00:16:16,135 And Vitello gets life, Poncelet death. 199 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:17,501 Bad luck. 200 00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,542 He needs help, Sister. 201 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:23,145 There's a lawyer, Hilton Barber. 202 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:27,512 He's aware of the case, told me no. Maybe you can change his mind. 203 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:30,684 With the aim of a new trial and getting him out? 204 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,949 I'm not sure I want to run into this guy on the street. 205 00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:37,993 He's not getting off. He was an accomplice. That's life. 206 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:41,700 Life sentences in a Louisiana prison is for real. 207 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:44,494 I'm trying to stop the State from killing him. 208 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:48,804 You want out? 209 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:50,736 It's cool with me. 210 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:52,873 You don't have to go back there. 211 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:57,874 Get tough on sentencing. Get tough on lenient parole boards. 212 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:01,545 Get tough on judges who pass light sentences. 213 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,749 - Hello. - Sister Helen? 214 00:17:06,993 --> 00:17:09,461 - Who's this? - Matt Poncelet. 215 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:14,094 I know I'm on death row, but there's guys been here years and years. 216 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,927 I didn't know this was coming. They set a date. 217 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:19,330 - For what? - They're gonna kill me. 218 00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:21,472 It's gonna go down on the 13th. 219 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,005 You need a lawyer to get a pardon hearing. 220 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:29,340 I'd do it myself if they'd let me. But they say, "No lawyer, no hearing. " 221 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:33,484 I think I know of a lawyer that may be able to help you. 222 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,482 And I'll do my best, all right? 223 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,281 Sister, come through for me. You're all I got. 224 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:41,186 They got me on a greased rail to the death house. 225 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:44,726 I ain't heard from you. You ain't fading out on me, are you? 226 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:49,462 I'll get you the lawyer. Just try not to worry. 227 00:17:50,369 --> 00:17:52,337 - I'll call you soon. - All right. Bye. 228 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:56,099 As far as I'm concerned, it's time the State got with the program. 229 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:59,436 Call me sentimental, but I'd rather see him fry. 230 00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:01,840 Barring any last-minute appeals or stays... 231 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:06,984 ...he'll die under the State's new execution procedure.: lethal injection. 232 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:10,586 - Hello. - Luis, this is Helen. 233 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:14,155 I need the name of that lawyer you wanted me to talk to. 234 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:17,062 - How long you been doing this? - Doing this? 235 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:20,163 - Counseling death row inmates. - I'm not counseling him. 236 00:18:20,399 --> 00:18:23,891 - I hardly know him, just met him once. - What's your impression? 237 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:26,235 I don't know if I like him. 238 00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:29,840 He needs help. Best thing was to bring him to you. 239 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,674 Well, I'll do my best. 240 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:38,283 Courts don't want to hear appeals on death penalty cases. 241 00:18:38,517 --> 00:18:41,008 You can even have new evidence of innocence... 242 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,984 ...and the court won't hear the case. We're the pariahs. We're-- 243 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:46,691 "Have many rabbit." 244 00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:49,986 Think that's a "for sale" sign or a cry for help? 245 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:52,594 Or is it bragging? 246 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,198 lmagine that poor guy. 247 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:58,597 Bought two rabbits a year ago and now he's overrun. 248 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,164 Coming like popcorn. 249 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:06,274 Day before the governor runs for reelection... 250 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:09,913 ...they set a date for my execution. Show how tough he is on crime. 251 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:13,949 I agree with you. Politics did play a big part in this decision. 252 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:16,882 But the pardon board isn't a place to bring it up. 253 00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:19,523 - Why not? - It's full of political appointees. 254 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,021 Governor's appointees. 255 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:25,697 They don't want to hear some convicted killer telling them they is bunk. 256 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:30,425 We have to present you as a person and convince them to spare your life. 257 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,729 We have to prove I'm innocent. 258 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:36,007 We'll file appeals with the federal and supreme courts... 259 00:19:36,242 --> 00:19:37,709 ...but this is a pardon board. 260 00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:42,004 They won't care if you shot the gun. They'll be thinking of the crime. 261 00:19:42,248 --> 00:19:44,341 And of you as a monster. 262 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:48,316 It's easy to kill a monster but hard to kill a human being. 263 00:19:48,554 --> 00:19:50,545 We need people like your mama... 264 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:53,315 ...to speak on your behalf. She should be there. 265 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:56,995 She'll just cry till she can't say nothing, she gonna be so torn up. 266 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:59,697 Be that as it may, your mama should be there. 267 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:03,527 - She'll hear the Delacroixs, the-- - If she's not there-- 268 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,760 Excuse me for butting in. 269 00:20:06,906 --> 00:20:09,466 You're right, it's gonna be upsetting for her. 270 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:12,269 But she's your mama, Matthew. Your mama. 271 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:15,446 She should have the opportunity to speak for her child. 272 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:20,252 - She'll just blubber her head off. - Well, she has the right to do that. 273 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:27,019 What if you die and she hasn't had a chance to speak for you? 274 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:32,127 Don't you think it'll eat at her, wondering if she could've saved you? 275 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:42,038 I'll think about it, but I got my pride. 276 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:46,142 I won't kiss ass in front of these people. I won't kiss nobody's ass. 277 00:20:57,490 --> 00:21:00,254 - What are you making, Kenitra? - An Easter card for Mama. 278 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:04,623 - What's that? - Easter Bunny going down a chimney. 279 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:47,333 Happy Easter. 280 00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:58,982 Yes? 281 00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:00,879 Mrs. Poncelet? 282 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:02,280 No. 283 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:05,852 Mrs. Poncelet, please. 284 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:08,289 Don't live here. 285 00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:10,223 Who is it? 286 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:14,932 My name is Sister Helen Prejean. I know your son Matthew. 287 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:20,436 Happy Easter. 288 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:24,306 - You sure you're a Sister? - Yes. 289 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:28,146 - You're not from the TV? - No. 290 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:30,780 You sure? 291 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,649 How do you know Mattie? 292 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,052 I met him on death row. 293 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:43,628 Well, you never know who's at your front door. 294 00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:49,023 So, what do you want? Mattie send you for money, for cigarettes? 295 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:50,428 No. 296 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,873 So, what do you want? 297 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:02,104 You know they set the date for Matthew's execution. 298 00:23:02,348 --> 00:23:03,315 Yeah. 299 00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:07,815 Prison called, said if it goes down, do I got death insurance? 300 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,988 Ha! What a laugh. 301 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,191 I ain't even got food money. 302 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,825 His pardon board hearing is this Wednesday... 303 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:19,428 ...and his lawyer thinks it'd be a good idea if you were there. 304 00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:21,493 What does Mattie think? 305 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:24,369 He's worried. 306 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:25,867 He wants to protect you. 307 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:28,670 Well, it's a little late for that. 308 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:32,239 That show Inside Crime did a thing on Mattie... 309 00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:35,072 ...and told how I tried to help him and everything. 310 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,509 A regular Ma Barker or something. 311 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:39,547 Now I'm famous. 312 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:42,413 Yesterday, I was in the store... 313 00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:45,021 ...and I see these two ladies eyeing me. 314 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,623 When I get closer, I hear one of them say: 315 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:51,756 "I just can't wait to hear that they have executed that monster... 316 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:53,828 ...Matthew Poncelet." 317 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:56,925 That's cruel. 318 00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:01,395 My boys are having a real hard time at school. 319 00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:04,205 Kids picking on them. 320 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:06,611 Beating them up, calling them names. 321 00:24:07,947 --> 00:24:11,178 Someone put a dead squirrel inside my little Troy's locker. 322 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,783 Poor boy came home crying. 323 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,788 What did he ever do to anyone? 324 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:26,393 Just keep trying to figure out what I done wrong. 325 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:32,794 Life's plowed them over. He started getting in trouble when he was 15. 326 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,973 - Every kid does when he's 15. - His dad was never around. 327 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:39,473 Most of your kids in the projects are raised by single parents. 328 00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:42,647 They're not raping and killing. You're being suckered. 329 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,348 There you go again, Louie. 330 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,814 What about the parents of these victims? 331 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:50,613 - Are you seeing and counseling them? - You think they'd talk to me? 332 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:53,950 Aren't there people in your neighborhood that need help? 333 00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,127 Yes, Mom. I'm still working with them. 334 00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:59,195 Why visit murderers? They're at the end of the line. 335 00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:02,525 For all the energy and resources you're putting into them... 336 00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:05,760 ...you could be keeping other kids from going to prison. 337 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,337 Mama's friends, the Pierres, read an article... 338 00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:11,134 ...which mentioned your name with Poncelet. 339 00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:13,106 My name was in the paper? 340 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:16,041 It has nothing to do with that. I am just curious. 341 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:18,408 Helen, what has drawn you to this? 342 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,916 Mama, I don't know. 343 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:25,415 I feel caught more than drawn. 344 00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:30,458 The man's in trouble and, for some reason, I'm the only one he trusts. 345 00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:32,425 Your heart's in the right place... 346 00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:35,258 ...but a full heart shouldn't follow an empty head. 347 00:25:35,501 --> 00:25:37,230 Or an empty stomach. 348 00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:41,735 As a child you always brought home strays. 349 00:25:41,974 --> 00:25:47,071 If we'd taken in all those dogs and cats, we couldn't have fed the family. 350 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:50,515 Your heart is large. 351 00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:55,212 Just take care that others don't take advantage of it. 352 00:25:55,454 --> 00:25:56,853 I'd hate to see that. 353 00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,220 All right, Mama. 354 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:02,390 My daddy took me to a bar when I was 12... 355 00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:04,289 ...and told me to pick my whiskey. 356 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,761 There was all these bottles behind the bar and I said: 357 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,730 "I'll take that one with the pretty turkey on it." 358 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,636 The guys in the bar laughed their butts off. 359 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:15,897 We got drunk as coots that night. 360 00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:19,936 My daddy was a good man. Sharecropper, hard worker. 361 00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:23,171 That's the one thing I got from him: working hands. 362 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:26,213 - How old were you when he died? - 14. 363 00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:30,446 Why's you a nun? 364 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,816 I was drawn to it, I guess. 365 00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:37,392 That's a hard question to answer. It's like asking why you're a convict. 366 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:39,256 - Bad luck. - Good luck, then. 367 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:41,692 I had a loving family, a lot of support. 368 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:45,495 I guess I felt obliged to give some of it back. 369 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:47,261 Don't you miss having a man? 370 00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:50,441 Don't you want to get married, fall in love, have sex? 371 00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:56,078 You don't want to talk about it? 372 00:26:56,682 --> 00:26:59,207 Well, I have close friends, men and women. 373 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:04,150 I haven't experienced sexual intimacy, but there's other ways of being close. 374 00:27:04,389 --> 00:27:07,654 You sharing your dreams, your thoughts, your feelings. 375 00:27:07,893 --> 00:27:10,123 That's being intimate too. 376 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,830 We got intimacy right now, don't we, Sister? 377 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,035 I went to see your mother. 378 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:21,471 She said she'd appear at the pardon board hearing... 379 00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:24,175 ...if you want her to. 380 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:29,013 I like being alone with you. 381 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:31,310 You're looking real good to me. 382 00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:34,575 Look at you. 383 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,084 Death is breathing down your neck... 384 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,587 ...and you're playing your little-man-on-the-make games. 385 00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:46,597 I'm not here for your amusement, Matthew. Show some respect. 386 00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:49,858 Why? Because you're a nun and you wear a little cross? 387 00:27:50,102 --> 00:27:53,868 Because I'm a person. Every person deserves respect. 388 00:28:01,046 --> 00:28:03,640 What's the answer? What'll it be with your mama? 389 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:07,113 Mattie had a hard life... 390 00:28:08,086 --> 00:28:10,077 ...but he was a good boy. 391 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,955 When he was 6, he-- 392 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,154 He-- 393 00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:35,604 Ladies and gentlemen, let's be honest. 394 00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:38,816 You're not gonna find many rich people on death row. 395 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,884 Matthew Poncelet's here today because he's poor. 396 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:45,550 Didn't have money so he had to take what the State gave him. 397 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:49,420 He got a tax lawyer who'd never tried a capital case before. 398 00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:51,128 An amateur. 399 00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:55,595 The jury selection took four hours. The trial lasted five days. 400 00:28:55,834 --> 00:29:00,931 The lawyer raised one objection the entire trial. 401 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:05,340 Now, if Matthew had himself some money... 402 00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:10,411 ...well, he could've hired a team of crackerjack lawyers... 403 00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:15,313 ...and they would have hired top-notch investigators, a ballistics expert... 404 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:19,490 ...a psychologist to compile profiles of desirable jurors. 405 00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:21,750 And you can be sure... 406 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:25,688 ...Matthew Poncelet wouldn't be sitting here today before you... 407 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,729 ...asking for his life. 408 00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:33,571 The death penalty. 409 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:36,273 It's nothing new, been with us for centuries. 410 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,602 We've buried people alive, lopped off their heads... 411 00:29:39,845 --> 00:29:42,678 ...burned them alive in public, gruesome spectacles. 412 00:29:42,914 --> 00:29:45,405 I wanted them to see these pictures. 413 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:50,486 In this century, we kept searching for more and more humane ways... 414 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,519 ...of killing people we didn't like. 415 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:56,592 We've shot them with firing squads, suffocated them in gas chambers. 416 00:29:57,129 --> 00:29:58,323 But now... 417 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:02,058 Now we have developed a device... 418 00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:05,099 ...that is the most humane of all: 419 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:06,929 Lethal injection. 420 00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:11,575 We strap the guy up. We anesthetize him with shot number one. 421 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:15,007 Then we give him shot number two which implodes his lungs. 422 00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:18,683 And shot number three stops his heart. 423 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:22,151 We put him to death just like an old horse. 424 00:30:22,721 --> 00:30:24,313 His face just goes to sleep... 425 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:28,048 ...while inside, his organs are going through Armageddon. 426 00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:33,462 His facial muscles would contort, but shot number one relaxes those muscles. 427 00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:35,929 So we don't have to see any horror show. 428 00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:38,898 We don't have to taste the blood of revenge... 429 00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:44,006 ...while this human being's organs writhe, twist, contort. 430 00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:48,705 We just sit there quietly, nod our heads and say: 431 00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:51,212 "Justice has been done." 432 00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:57,319 It has been six years since the brutal and reprehensible murders... 433 00:30:57,556 --> 00:30:59,490 ...of Hope Percy and Walter Delacroix. 434 00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:02,688 And justice is long past due. 435 00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:06,227 Matt Poncelet has had a lengthy, thorough court review. 436 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,763 Both a trial and a retrial for sentencing... 437 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,730 ...as well as many appeals to state and federal courts... 438 00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:15,165 ...and successive petitions filed by Mr. Barber. 439 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:19,867 There's been no doubt in the court's mind about who did the murder. 440 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,312 Matthew Poncelet is not a good boy. He is a heartless killer. 441 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:30,385 These murders were calculated, disgusting and cruel. 442 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:35,216 This man shot Walter Delacroix two times in the back of his head. 443 00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:38,327 And raped Hope Percy and stabbed her 17 times... 444 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:42,158 ...before shooting this sweet girl two times in the back of the head. 445 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:44,661 These families... 446 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:48,262 ...will never see their children graduate from college. 447 00:31:49,508 --> 00:31:51,567 They will never attend their wedding. 448 00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,602 They will never have Christmas with them again. 449 00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:57,304 There will be no grandchildren. 450 00:31:58,016 --> 00:32:03,147 All they ask of you is simple justice for their unbearable loss. 451 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:06,148 I ask you to take a breath... 452 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,586 ...steel your spine... 453 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:12,627 ...and proceed with the execution of Matthew Poncelet. 454 00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:18,131 It's always a good sign when you have to wait. 455 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:22,206 - I don't know if we made any headway. - I thought you did great. 456 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:26,537 It'd be best if they realized their culpability in the death of a man. 457 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:29,576 - Hilton. - Excuse me, Sister. 458 00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:35,416 I'm Walter Delacroix's father. 459 00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:41,325 - Mr. Delacroix, I'm sorry about-- - Sister, I'm a Catholic. 460 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,496 How can you sit by Poncelet's side without ever having come to visit... 461 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:48,494 ...with me and my wife or the Percys to hear our side? 462 00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:51,998 How can you spend all your time worrying about Poncelet... 463 00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:54,899 ...and not think that maybe we needed you too? 464 00:32:55,674 --> 00:33:00,543 Mr. Delacroix, I didn't think that you wanted to talk to me. 465 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:02,474 Earl, we're going in. 466 00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:05,446 This is Mary Beth and Clyde Percy. 467 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:10,087 - I'm sorry about your daughter. - Yeah, so are we. Excuse us. 468 00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:15,723 Listen, Sister... 469 00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:20,427 ...I'm sure you've seen a side of Matt Poncelet that none of us has seen. 470 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:24,726 I'm sure he's on his best behavior, must be pretty sympathetic to you. 471 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:28,667 But, Sister, this is an evil man. 472 00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:33,401 This is a man who abducted teenage kids and raped... 473 00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,069 ...and killed them. 474 00:33:35,714 --> 00:33:39,548 That scum robbed me of my only son. 475 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:43,447 My name... My family name dies with me. 476 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:47,283 There will be no more Delacroixs, Sister. No more. 477 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,456 I want you to know I do care about you and your family... 478 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:54,028 ...and what happened to your son. 479 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:55,858 I'm gonna give you my number... 480 00:33:56,101 --> 00:34:00,162 ...and if there's anything that you need, you just call me. 481 00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:01,606 Me call you? 482 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:08,508 Think about that, Sister. Think about how arrogant that is. 483 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:11,008 Excuse me. 484 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:16,351 You all right? 485 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,586 We better be getting on in. 486 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,338 It is the finding of this board that clemency... 487 00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:40,443 ...be denied to Matthew Poncelet. 488 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:44,445 Execution will be carried out as scheduled one week hence. 489 00:34:45,183 --> 00:34:46,480 Don't give up hope, Matt. 490 00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:50,381 We got a judge in the Federal Court that can put a stop to this. 491 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:53,216 Beyond that there's the Supreme Court and the governor. 492 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:56,450 I'll get a private meeting with him if it's the last thing I do. 493 00:34:56,695 --> 00:34:58,185 Looks like you're all I got. 494 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:01,957 I can have a spiritual adviser of my choice. Will you do it? 495 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,929 Ride along into the sunset with me. 496 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:15,905 You'll have to spend several hours with him every day as his death nears. 497 00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:20,617 Then on the day of his execution, you'll have to spend all day with him. 498 00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:23,345 It's not an easy job. 499 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:28,150 Usually, it's done by a chaplain or a priest or a Moslem cleric. 500 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,690 I want you to be realistic about this. 501 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:37,425 We've got about a one in one thousand chance things might go our way. 502 00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:39,534 It's a tough road. 503 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:48,943 If that had been a king, you could go back over, right? 504 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:52,547 You can jump three this way then go all the way back. 505 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:56,777 She got that big old bad joker and won't put it down. That's a shame. 506 00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:59,183 My turn. My turn. 507 00:35:59,457 --> 00:36:02,017 I got an ace. I'm really lucky. 508 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,358 - Whose was this? - Mine. 509 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:07,722 Don't kill him. He's a child of God. 510 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,457 He's reformed. He's a poet. Blah, blah, blah. 511 00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:14,331 Attention all ye folks, ye advocates of killers and child molesters. 512 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:16,335 Ye opponents of execution. 513 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:18,872 Ye cannot walk upon the high ground. 514 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,011 Ye do not have the moral authority to walk there. 515 00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:24,807 Ye traverse with scum and scum is where-- 516 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:42,489 - What do you want? - Forgive me for intruding... 517 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:46,033 ...but I haven't been able to get you and your wife out of my mind. 518 00:36:46,271 --> 00:36:50,731 I've been trying to call you, but there's been no answer. 519 00:36:50,975 --> 00:36:52,499 Can I please speak with you? 520 00:36:53,478 --> 00:36:54,445 Sure. 521 00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:03,544 I'm really sorry for not coming to visit with you before this... 522 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:08,691 ...but I've never been involved in anything like this before. 523 00:37:08,927 --> 00:37:10,326 Truth is you're scared. 524 00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:13,389 Yes. 525 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,360 I'd be too. 526 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:20,701 - Come in. - Thank you. 527 00:37:23,842 --> 00:37:25,309 Well, Sister... 528 00:37:26,678 --> 00:37:28,407 ...can I ask you a question? 529 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:33,714 - Are you a communist? - Communist? No. 530 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,517 I didn't think so. That's what people around here say... 531 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:42,989 ...with you defending this murderer, but I didn't think so. 532 00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:46,123 - Sit down. - Thank you. 533 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:55,394 - Care for some coffee? - Thank you. 534 00:37:57,842 --> 00:37:59,139 I'm sorry about the mess. 535 00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:03,913 My wife and I had a big fight. 536 00:38:04,883 --> 00:38:07,977 We got back from the pardon board hearing. 537 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,318 She took Walter's clothes out of his closet, put them in boxes... 538 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:16,016 ...called Goodwill. 539 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:20,529 She says she wants to put the past behind her. 540 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:25,701 She says she has to move on in her life. 541 00:38:27,772 --> 00:38:29,399 She's not herself. 542 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:31,535 That must be so hard. 543 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:35,977 When it first happened, she had me bring her... 544 00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:38,944 ...to Walter's grave every morning. 545 00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:43,113 She wept a river, poor woman. 546 00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:48,383 Whole days, nights, for weeks, months. 547 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:52,359 I wish there was some way... 548 00:38:52,597 --> 00:38:56,590 ...some key into the past to change it. 549 00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:00,771 It tears me up. 550 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,042 She used to be a ball. 551 00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,081 We would have us some fun. 552 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:16,153 Some times. 553 00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:19,784 Laugh. 554 00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:22,356 Laugh our heads off. 555 00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:38,740 Walter learned to walk on this floor right here. 556 00:39:46,417 --> 00:39:49,750 He busted his chin on the arm of that sofa right there. 557 00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:55,456 And that love seat right there... 558 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:58,823 ...he sat with Hope... 559 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:02,725 ...a week before they died. 560 00:40:09,474 --> 00:40:11,374 When you lose a child... 561 00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:16,444 ...all the memories get sealed in a place. 562 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,706 Sealed... 563 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:25,346 ...like a shrine. 564 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:40,696 So you've put in a request... 565 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:43,567 ...to be the spiritual adviser to Matthew Poncelet. 566 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,799 - Yes, Father. - Why? 567 00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:48,012 He asked me. 568 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:51,480 - This is highly unusual. - Why? 569 00:40:51,716 --> 00:40:55,413 - You'd be the first woman to do it. - Really? 570 00:40:55,653 --> 00:40:59,453 This kind of situation requires an experienced hand. 571 00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:04,826 This boy is to be executed in six days and is in dire need of redemption. 572 00:41:05,697 --> 00:41:07,562 Are you up to this? 573 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,266 I don't know, Father. I hope so. I've been praying for guidance. 574 00:41:14,172 --> 00:41:16,003 You can save this boy... 575 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:20,574 ...by getting him to receive the sacraments before he dies. 576 00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:22,746 This is your job. 577 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,578 Nothing more, nothing less. 578 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:31,014 If you need any help, please feel free to call on me. 579 00:41:31,255 --> 00:41:32,654 Thank you, Father. 580 00:41:34,459 --> 00:41:36,950 I don't want to be buried here. 581 00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,392 They're gonna call my mama, ask about the funeral arrangements. 582 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:42,690 Could you do it? My mama'd fall apart. 583 00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:44,231 I'll do it. 584 00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:50,565 Do you ever read the Bible? 585 00:41:51,576 --> 00:41:55,740 I ain't much of a Bible reader, but I pick it up from time to time. 586 00:41:56,114 --> 00:41:58,981 - Like W.C. Fields read his Bible. - Who? 587 00:41:59,217 --> 00:42:02,812 W.C. Fields. He used to play this drunken character in the movies. 588 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:06,549 He's dying and a friend comes and sees him reading the Bible. 589 00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:10,056 The friend says, "W.C., you don't believe in God. 590 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:12,387 Why are you reading the Bible?" 591 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:16,726 And Fields says, "I'm looking for a loophole." 592 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:23,404 I ain't looking for no loophole. 593 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:27,605 Rain, rain, rain. 594 00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:32,911 That's a bad sign. They already executed one black, Tobias. 595 00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:36,382 Wayne Purcell tonight. That's two blacks. 596 00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:39,152 Time for a white. 597 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:43,520 The governor's under pressure to get a white. And that's me! 598 00:42:45,196 --> 00:42:49,292 Nigger on the gurney before me. I hope they clean it before me. 599 00:42:51,936 --> 00:42:55,599 - Was your daddy a racist? - What kind of question is that? 600 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,037 - I wonder who taught you to hate. - I don't like niggers. 601 00:42:59,277 --> 00:43:00,574 Have you known any blacks? 602 00:43:00,812 --> 00:43:02,780 - They was all around-- - All around? 603 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:04,174 Lived around me. 604 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:06,474 - Did you ever play with a black child? - No. 605 00:43:06,717 --> 00:43:09,652 - Me and my cousin got jumped once. - What happened? 606 00:43:09,887 --> 00:43:14,756 We was throwing rocks at them. The next day, they tear our bikes up. 607 00:43:14,992 --> 00:43:18,587 - Can you blame them? - No. But, look, slavery's long over. 608 00:43:18,830 --> 00:43:20,764 They're harping on the bad deal they got. 609 00:43:20,998 --> 00:43:22,465 - The kids? - All of them. 610 00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:24,931 I hate people who make themselves out as victims. 611 00:43:25,169 --> 00:43:27,103 - Victims? - Yeah, they all victims. 612 00:43:27,338 --> 00:43:31,707 I don't know any victims. I know some cool people, hard- working. 613 00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:35,276 I know a lot of lazy, welfare-taking coloreds sucking up tax dollars. 614 00:43:35,513 --> 00:43:37,913 - You sound like a politician. - What's that mean? 615 00:43:38,649 --> 00:43:41,914 - Ever been the object of prejudice? - No. 616 00:43:42,153 --> 00:43:44,644 What do people think about inmates on death row? 617 00:43:44,889 --> 00:43:47,016 - Why don't you tell me? - They're monsters. 618 00:43:47,325 --> 00:43:50,624 Disposable waste, good-for-nothings sucking up tax dollars. 619 00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:52,659 I ain't no victim. I'm innocent. 620 00:43:52,897 --> 00:43:56,799 I ain't whining. I ain't sitting on a porch going "slavery, slavery." 621 00:43:57,034 --> 00:43:58,399 I like rebels, some blacks. 622 00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:01,833 Martin Luther King led people to D.C., kicked the white man's butt. 623 00:44:02,073 --> 00:44:05,167 - You respect Martin Luther King. - He put up a fight, wasn't lazy. 624 00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:06,876 - Lazy whites? - Don't like them. 625 00:44:07,111 --> 00:44:11,639 - So it's lazy people you don't like. - Can we talk about something else? 626 00:44:25,696 --> 00:44:29,598 Jesus also said, "He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword." 627 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:32,302 Purcell had it coming! He had it coming! 628 00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:35,631 Nine, eight, seven... 629 00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:39,070 ...six, five, four... 630 00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:42,802 ...three, two, one. 631 00:44:52,089 --> 00:44:55,456 It's the only way we can be sure that they will not kill again. 632 00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:57,820 Life without parole? Oh, sure. 633 00:44:58,062 --> 00:45:02,055 How many prison guards do they have to kill before it's over? 634 00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:06,236 These people are mad dogs. Maniacs. 635 00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:09,170 Come on. Let's go. 636 00:45:15,246 --> 00:45:18,272 If the governor and the courts turn us down... 637 00:45:18,516 --> 00:45:21,246 ...Matt's gonna be dead in six days. 638 00:45:23,788 --> 00:45:28,282 We gotta get us a funeral home and someplace to bury him. 639 00:45:29,694 --> 00:45:32,959 Maybe our sisters will donate one of their burial plots. 640 00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:36,399 Somebody to do the burial service. Clothes. 641 00:45:36,634 --> 00:45:39,262 I guess a suit. 642 00:45:39,704 --> 00:45:41,069 Suit? 643 00:45:43,241 --> 00:45:45,641 What size suit do you think he wears? 644 00:45:47,178 --> 00:45:48,406 I don't know. 645 00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:51,381 How tall is he? 646 00:45:54,352 --> 00:45:57,879 I don't know. I think he's kind of big. 647 00:45:58,122 --> 00:45:59,851 What size is kind of big? 648 00:46:00,091 --> 00:46:03,549 Does it run like big, medium and petite? 649 00:46:09,533 --> 00:46:13,367 Well, I don't know. I never bought a man's suit before. 650 00:46:14,405 --> 00:46:16,339 Won't you be a pretty sight? 651 00:46:16,574 --> 00:46:19,839 A nun shopping for a man's suit. 652 00:46:22,246 --> 00:46:24,578 I'm out of my league. 653 00:46:25,082 --> 00:46:27,243 This is so surreal. 654 00:46:30,488 --> 00:46:33,616 Hope had just graduated from high school in early May. 655 00:46:33,858 --> 00:46:38,522 She was to join the Air Force on June 15th. 656 00:46:38,763 --> 00:46:40,321 That's the day it happened. 657 00:46:40,564 --> 00:46:42,794 She almost got out of Slidell. 658 00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:45,832 She was hoping to get stationed overseas. 659 00:46:46,304 --> 00:46:48,169 She liked to travel... 660 00:46:48,873 --> 00:46:52,036 ...and loved being around people of different cultures. 661 00:46:53,344 --> 00:46:57,405 On June 15th, a recruiting sergeant was to meet Hope in Slidell... 662 00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:01,106 ...and drive her to Baton Rouge for induction. 663 00:47:01,419 --> 00:47:04,684 The day before, I took her shopping for things she'd need... 664 00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:07,220 ...you know, just practical things. 665 00:47:08,326 --> 00:47:10,351 That evening at 5:00 she dressed... 666 00:47:10,594 --> 00:47:13,290 ...and went to work at Corey's where she waitressed. 667 00:47:14,699 --> 00:47:18,260 After work, she had a date with Walter. 668 00:47:18,502 --> 00:47:20,470 She was about to leave... 669 00:47:20,705 --> 00:47:24,937 The hem of her skirt was coming out. 670 00:47:25,176 --> 00:47:27,474 She was in such a hurry. 671 00:47:28,946 --> 00:47:31,938 I pinned it for her with one of those tiny safety pins. 672 00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:34,651 She was gone out the door. 673 00:47:35,286 --> 00:47:37,481 You don't know when you see your child leave... 674 00:47:37,722 --> 00:47:41,385 ... that you're never gonna see them alive again. 675 00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:44,418 If I'd known that... 676 00:47:46,063 --> 00:47:48,463 ...I would have told her how much I love her. 677 00:47:49,934 --> 00:47:52,402 You know, my last words to her... 678 00:47:52,837 --> 00:47:55,499 ...the last that she ever heard from me... 679 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,806 ...were about the hem of her skirt. 680 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:04,275 Next morning we waited for her to come out. 681 00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:07,907 This was Hope's big day. 682 00:48:08,986 --> 00:48:11,352 Our baby was leaving home. 683 00:48:11,589 --> 00:48:13,523 Her room was empty... 684 00:48:13,924 --> 00:48:17,257 ...and the bed was still neatly made. 685 00:48:18,162 --> 00:48:21,188 So I telephoned the Delacroixs and... 686 00:48:21,432 --> 00:48:24,094 Our hearts sank when the Delacroixs told us... 687 00:48:24,335 --> 00:48:26,428 ...that Walter hadn't come home that night too. 688 00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:30,438 And then for one brief moment we thought... 689 00:48:32,176 --> 00:48:34,701 ...maybe they'd run off and gotten married. 690 00:48:35,613 --> 00:48:40,073 But we knew that she was just too sensible to do something like that. 691 00:48:40,818 --> 00:48:44,481 I went down to the police and filled out a missing person's form. 692 00:48:45,556 --> 00:48:49,925 Three days later the sheriff formed a search party. 693 00:48:50,661 --> 00:48:51,958 I went along with them. 694 00:48:52,196 --> 00:48:56,496 They were gone all day. They walked for miles and nothing. 695 00:48:56,734 --> 00:48:59,362 On Thursday, June 20th... 696 00:49:00,171 --> 00:49:02,469 ...some kids were out near Flank's Cove... 697 00:49:02,706 --> 00:49:07,370 ...and they found a purse and some clothing and a wallet. 698 00:49:07,611 --> 00:49:09,078 They turned them in to the police. 699 00:49:10,181 --> 00:49:13,446 They found the kids' bodies on Friday... 700 00:49:13,684 --> 00:49:16,517 ...six days after they'd gone missing. 701 00:49:18,022 --> 00:49:21,150 My daughter's body was nude... 702 00:49:21,392 --> 00:49:23,360 ...legs spread-eagle. 703 00:49:24,528 --> 00:49:28,794 Coroner's report said that her vagina was all tore up. 704 00:49:30,868 --> 00:49:33,803 At first they couldn't find this class pin she was wearing... 705 00:49:34,038 --> 00:49:38,304 ...because it was embedded so deep, from the stabbing. 706 00:49:39,877 --> 00:49:41,037 She loved that pin. 707 00:49:41,278 --> 00:49:44,406 She was so proud of it, and she wore it all the time. 708 00:49:45,516 --> 00:49:49,612 It said, "Class of '88 making a difference." 709 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:55,088 The police wouldn't let us go down to the morgue and identify the body. 710 00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:57,294 They said it would be too traumatic. 711 00:49:57,528 --> 00:49:59,052 But I just couldn't... 712 00:49:59,797 --> 00:50:03,255 ...bear the thought of them burying that body... 713 00:50:03,501 --> 00:50:07,232 ...without making absolutely and positively sure that that was Hope. 714 00:50:08,305 --> 00:50:10,705 I called my brother, he's a dentist. 715 00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:13,432 I asked him to go to the funeral home... 716 00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:16,168 ...and make an I.D. from dental records. 717 00:50:16,947 --> 00:50:19,177 Before he'd stuck his hand into that bag... 718 00:50:19,416 --> 00:50:24,183 ...with all that lime in it and fished Hope's jaw out... 719 00:50:25,489 --> 00:50:27,787 ...he'd been against the death penalty. 720 00:50:29,226 --> 00:50:31,626 And after that, he was all for it. 721 00:50:33,230 --> 00:50:36,097 I knew it had to be Hope. 722 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:41,236 That's what my mind told me, you know, but I just, I had to be sure. 723 00:50:55,986 --> 00:50:59,149 - This is Sister Helen Prejean. - Hello. 724 00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:03,223 - Nice to meet you, Emily. - Okay. 725 00:51:04,061 --> 00:51:05,528 Okay. 726 00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:08,755 Let's go in the kitchen. I'll make us some coffee. 727 00:51:18,609 --> 00:51:22,545 I met Poncelet face to face in the hallway during the trial. 728 00:51:22,780 --> 00:51:25,112 I ain't gonna get no chair, Daddy. 729 00:51:25,349 --> 00:51:28,876 You're gonna fry, and I'm gonna watch you sizzle. 730 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,689 There was a sheriff standing pretty close by me. 731 00:51:33,190 --> 00:51:36,956 I could have grabbed his gun and shot Poncelet right then and there. 732 00:51:37,628 --> 00:51:41,189 I could've killed him on that day, and I wished I would have. 733 00:51:41,966 --> 00:51:44,127 I'd be a happier man today. 734 00:51:48,439 --> 00:51:51,340 So, what made you change your mind? 735 00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:52,667 Change my mind? 736 00:51:53,310 --> 00:51:55,437 What made you come around to our side? 737 00:52:05,489 --> 00:52:10,153 I wanted to come and see if I could help y'all and pray with you. 738 00:52:10,394 --> 00:52:11,691 Thank you. 739 00:52:18,769 --> 00:52:23,502 But he asked me to be his spiritual adviser, to be with him when he dies. 740 00:52:24,408 --> 00:52:26,069 And what did you say? 741 00:52:27,811 --> 00:52:29,278 That I would. 742 00:52:30,614 --> 00:52:32,548 We thought you'd changed your mind. 743 00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:36,012 We thought that's why you were here. 744 00:52:39,256 --> 00:52:40,223 No. 745 00:52:43,961 --> 00:52:47,055 - How can you come here? - How can you do that? 746 00:52:47,765 --> 00:52:50,359 How can you sit with that scum? 747 00:52:50,601 --> 00:52:54,332 Mr. Percy, I've never done this before. 748 00:52:54,571 --> 00:52:56,038 I'm trying... 749 00:52:58,042 --> 00:53:00,237 I'm trying to follow the example of Jesus... 750 00:53:01,712 --> 00:53:05,148 ...who said that every person is worth... 751 00:53:05,382 --> 00:53:07,850 ...more than their worst act. 752 00:53:08,085 --> 00:53:11,486 This is not a person. This is an animal. 753 00:53:11,722 --> 00:53:15,556 No, I take that back. Animals don't rape and murder their own kind! 754 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:19,323 Matthew Poncelet is God's mistake. 755 00:53:19,596 --> 00:53:23,862 And you want to hold the poor murderer's hand? 756 00:53:24,101 --> 00:53:26,569 You want to comfort him when he dies? 757 00:53:26,770 --> 00:53:29,739 There wasn't anybody in the woods to comfort Hope... 758 00:53:29,973 --> 00:53:33,033 ...when those two animals pushed her face into the grass! 759 00:53:34,011 --> 00:53:38,004 I just want to help him take responsibility for what he did. 760 00:53:38,248 --> 00:53:41,740 Does he admit to what he did? Is he sorry? 761 00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:44,253 He says he didn't kill anybody. 762 00:53:44,488 --> 00:53:46,479 You're in waters way over your head. 763 00:53:46,724 --> 00:53:49,352 You don't know what it's like to carry a child... 764 00:53:49,593 --> 00:53:54,553 ...and give birth and get up with a sick child in the middle of the night. 765 00:53:54,932 --> 00:53:56,923 You pray and get a good night's sleep. 766 00:53:57,267 --> 00:54:00,395 My parents raised me to respect the religious. 767 00:54:00,771 --> 00:54:03,467 Sister, you need to leave this house right now. 768 00:54:04,742 --> 00:54:05,709 I'm-- 769 00:54:07,010 --> 00:54:08,307 Wait a minute! 770 00:54:08,912 --> 00:54:11,005 If you really are sorry... 771 00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:12,875 ...and do care about this family... 772 00:54:13,117 --> 00:54:15,711 ...you'll want to see justice done for our murdered child! 773 00:54:16,053 --> 00:54:18,044 Now, you can't have it both ways! 774 00:54:18,288 --> 00:54:21,815 You can't befriend that murderer and expect to be our friend too. 775 00:54:22,059 --> 00:54:25,859 You brought the enemy into this house, Sister. You gotta go. 776 00:54:37,975 --> 00:54:41,069 I come from a good family. My family can't be blamed. 777 00:54:41,311 --> 00:54:44,337 I had two families. Both of them I'd love and die for. 778 00:54:44,581 --> 00:54:48,711 - Your other family is...? - The family of man. Of men in prison. 779 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:50,852 My white family, the Aryan Brotherhood. 780 00:54:51,188 --> 00:54:53,748 You're a white supremacist? A follower of Hitler? 781 00:54:53,991 --> 00:54:56,824 He was a leader. I admire him for getting things done. 782 00:54:57,060 --> 00:54:58,960 Like Castro, he got things done. 783 00:54:59,196 --> 00:55:01,289 Hitler might have gone overboard on the killing... 784 00:55:01,532 --> 00:55:03,830 ...but he was on the right track. 785 00:55:04,067 --> 00:55:06,695 The right track? The murder of 6 million Jews? 786 00:55:07,871 --> 00:55:11,238 What am I doing with this guy? I must be nuts. 787 00:55:19,449 --> 00:55:21,542 - Hello? - Sister? It's Hilton Barber. 788 00:55:21,785 --> 00:55:23,878 We need you for a strategy meeting. 789 00:55:25,656 --> 00:55:27,487 "In an interview with the Times... 790 00:55:27,724 --> 00:55:30,249 ...Poncelet says that if he had to do it again... 791 00:55:30,494 --> 00:55:33,327 ...he'd do something useful like join a terrorist group... 792 00:55:33,564 --> 00:55:35,691 ...and bomb government buildings." 793 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:39,028 We must get him off this political prisoner kick. 794 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:42,238 Henry, how close are we on the Supreme Court docket? 795 00:55:42,472 --> 00:55:45,305 - In a couple of days. - We don't have a couple of days! 796 00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:48,739 - We don't have the legal staff. - You had it for three days. 797 00:55:48,979 --> 00:55:52,642 - Where were you yesterday? - I had to take my kid to the dentist. 798 00:55:52,883 --> 00:55:54,908 A man is gonna die on death row and-- 799 00:55:55,152 --> 00:55:57,985 Yeah, well, my kid needed to hold her daddy's hand. 800 00:55:58,222 --> 00:56:01,885 If you don't like it, find another lawyer to volunteer his time. 801 00:56:10,420 --> 00:56:13,116 People reading these interviews think you're a nut. 802 00:56:13,356 --> 00:56:17,292 Admiring Hitler, wanting to come back as a terrorist and blow people up? 803 00:56:17,527 --> 00:56:20,325 I said government buildings, not people. 804 00:56:20,563 --> 00:56:22,656 Bombing a building won't hurt people? 805 00:56:23,032 --> 00:56:25,592 I ain't got no love for the government is all. 806 00:56:25,835 --> 00:56:29,669 You're a fool. You are making it so easy for them to kill you. 807 00:56:29,906 --> 00:56:31,897 Coming across as some crazed animal... 808 00:56:32,141 --> 00:56:34,905 ...Nazi, racist mad dog who deserves to die. 809 00:56:35,144 --> 00:56:38,671 - Is that what you think? - You're making it so hard to help you. 810 00:56:39,048 --> 00:56:40,015 You can leave. 811 00:56:40,617 --> 00:56:42,244 I'm not gonna do that. 812 00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,411 It's up to you. You want me to go, you say so. 813 00:56:54,364 --> 00:56:58,095 - Do you ever think about those kids? - It's terrible what happened. 814 00:56:58,334 --> 00:57:00,598 Especially since it didn't have to happen. 815 00:57:00,837 --> 00:57:04,170 Do you ever think about what you did to their parents' lives? 816 00:57:04,407 --> 00:57:06,307 It's hard to have sympathy for them... 817 00:57:06,542 --> 00:57:09,238 - ...when they're trying to kill me. - Think about it. 818 00:57:09,479 --> 00:57:12,676 Their kids are shot, stabbed, raped... 819 00:57:12,915 --> 00:57:15,713 ...left in the woods to die alone. 820 00:57:16,285 --> 00:57:19,015 How'd you feel if somebody did that to your family? 821 00:57:19,255 --> 00:57:22,918 - What would you do to them? - I'd sure as hell want to kill them. 822 00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:26,287 I understand them, but they're calling for the wrong head. 823 00:57:26,529 --> 00:57:28,520 I want to take a lie detector test. 824 00:57:28,765 --> 00:57:30,892 I know it won't change them guys' minds... 825 00:57:31,134 --> 00:57:34,831 ...but I want my mama to know I didn't kill any kids. 826 00:57:42,845 --> 00:57:44,540 The boy's good! 827 00:57:45,181 --> 00:57:46,409 Go. 828 00:57:49,719 --> 00:57:52,483 - Hey, y'all. Having a party. - Hey. 829 00:57:52,722 --> 00:57:53,746 Palmer. 830 00:57:53,990 --> 00:57:56,220 - Herbie, how's your side feeling? - Okay. 831 00:57:56,459 --> 00:57:59,622 - Yeah? Kenitra, how are you doing? - Fine. 832 00:57:59,862 --> 00:58:01,454 Come on, Kenitra, let's go. 833 00:58:01,698 --> 00:58:03,165 Bye-bye. 834 00:58:05,468 --> 00:58:07,368 Wait a minute, what happened? 835 00:58:08,805 --> 00:58:10,898 There's talk in the neighborhood... 836 00:58:11,140 --> 00:58:15,406 ...of Poncelet's racist comments. Your name was in the article. 837 00:58:15,645 --> 00:58:17,306 Oh, Lord. 838 00:58:17,980 --> 00:58:20,107 The learning center also misses you. 839 00:58:20,349 --> 00:58:23,443 They think you care more about him than your classes. 840 00:58:26,189 --> 00:58:29,920 - Colleen, I'm so sorry. - It's all right. I still love you. 841 00:58:30,660 --> 00:58:32,491 I just thought you should know. 842 00:58:33,296 --> 00:58:34,456 Oh! 843 00:58:36,132 --> 00:58:37,997 Got this at Goodwill. 844 00:58:41,070 --> 00:58:45,268 Talked to Bishop Norwich. He said he would say the funeral mass. 845 00:58:46,309 --> 00:58:49,972 Also found a funeral home willing to donate their services. 846 00:58:50,213 --> 00:58:54,582 The leaders of the congregation met. We can use one of our burial plots. 847 00:58:55,551 --> 00:58:57,382 If Matt dies... 848 00:58:57,987 --> 00:58:59,955 ...guess who he'll be buried next to? 849 00:59:00,189 --> 00:59:03,317 - Who was the last person to die? - Sister Celestine. 850 00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:05,527 Oh, Lord. 851 00:59:05,762 --> 00:59:08,094 Remember when that girl came to the convent... 852 00:59:08,331 --> 00:59:10,094 ...to introduce her husband to us? 853 00:59:10,333 --> 00:59:14,064 Celestine said, "I'm glad I won't have to share my bed with a man." 854 00:59:14,303 --> 00:59:17,568 - She loved her celibacy so much. - And now... 855 00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:22,138 She's gonna be lying next to a man for all eternity. 856 00:59:39,128 --> 00:59:42,962 My daughter's killer can possibly get out on parole in another year-- 857 00:59:43,199 --> 00:59:47,966 Recently, my wife and I went to the sheriff's office-- 858 00:59:48,204 --> 00:59:51,867 I just can't bear the thought of him being out, a free man... 859 00:59:52,108 --> 00:59:54,838 ...and her buried in the ground and dead forever. 860 00:59:55,077 --> 00:59:57,136 "Don't know nothing about these-- " 861 00:59:57,380 --> 01:00:00,008 -- was killed by her ex-husband, you know. 862 01:00:00,249 --> 01:00:05,448 -- stabbed to death in our back yard by my son's best friend. 863 01:00:05,688 --> 01:00:09,920 He'd spent the night at our house and gone to church with us that morning. 864 01:00:10,927 --> 01:00:11,951 I lost my child-- 865 01:00:12,195 --> 01:00:15,358 Her little skiing outfit is still in the closet. 866 01:00:15,798 --> 01:00:20,735 When our child was killed, it took over a week to find her body. 867 01:00:20,970 --> 01:00:22,597 -- staring out the window. 868 01:00:22,839 --> 01:00:26,798 The D A's office treated us like we were the criminals. 869 01:00:27,043 --> 01:00:28,943 My wife... 870 01:00:29,645 --> 01:00:32,637 ...filed for divorce this afternoon. 871 01:00:34,483 --> 01:00:39,318 We just have different ways of dealing with our son's death. 872 01:00:42,758 --> 01:00:44,988 "Until death do us part." 873 01:00:47,530 --> 01:00:49,225 We're nothing special. 874 01:00:50,299 --> 01:00:53,132 Most folks that lose a kid split up. 875 01:00:53,703 --> 01:00:55,603 Seventy percent or something. 876 01:00:56,272 --> 01:00:59,571 I just wish I could laugh, find something funny. 877 01:01:01,244 --> 01:01:02,734 This is my car. 878 01:01:04,580 --> 01:01:07,140 Thanks for inviting me, Mr. Delacroix. 879 01:01:09,151 --> 01:01:10,982 You take care, Sister. 880 01:01:11,254 --> 01:01:12,448 Good night. 881 01:02:01,871 --> 01:02:04,931 What the fuck you doing? What you doing? 882 01:02:41,043 --> 01:02:42,271 Raise your arms. 883 01:02:46,749 --> 01:02:47,841 Go ahead. 884 01:02:51,887 --> 01:02:53,684 Have a seat in that chair. 885 01:03:13,175 --> 01:03:14,836 Like my new digs? 886 01:03:17,279 --> 01:03:18,337 Hi. 887 01:03:22,251 --> 01:03:24,014 I'm pretty special, huh? 888 01:03:24,887 --> 01:03:27,822 I'm pretty special. Have this place all to myself. 889 01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:33,126 They got like 10 guards guarding me. 890 01:03:34,263 --> 01:03:37,357 One guy comes every 15 minutes to see if I killed myself. 891 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:38,658 Suicide watch. 892 01:03:38,901 --> 01:03:40,596 Suicide watch. 893 01:03:42,405 --> 01:03:45,465 Never had so many people caring about what I was doing. 894 01:03:46,876 --> 01:03:48,707 When did they bring you here? 895 01:03:49,412 --> 01:03:50,640 Last night. 896 01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:51,938 Late. 897 01:03:52,948 --> 01:03:56,247 Didn't get to say goodbye to most of the guys on the row. 898 01:03:56,485 --> 01:03:59,113 Did you take care of that lie detector test yet? 899 01:03:59,355 --> 01:04:02,791 I made some calls, but I haven't had any luck yet. 900 01:04:06,629 --> 01:04:08,256 So this is the end, huh? 901 01:04:08,798 --> 01:04:10,561 My death house vacation. 902 01:04:11,167 --> 01:04:14,159 Three days of quiet. Plenty of time to read my Bible. 903 01:04:14,537 --> 01:04:16,198 Look for a loophole. 904 01:04:18,274 --> 01:04:19,832 Look for a loophole. 905 01:04:25,247 --> 01:04:27,977 Did you read anything about Jesus in that Bible? 906 01:04:31,987 --> 01:04:35,889 Holy Man. Did good. In heaven. 907 01:04:36,992 --> 01:04:38,550 Praise Jesus. 908 01:04:39,995 --> 01:04:42,555 There are some passages in there... 909 01:04:42,798 --> 01:04:44,857 ...about when Jesus was facing death alone... 910 01:04:45,101 --> 01:04:46,932 ...that you might want to check out. 911 01:04:47,169 --> 01:04:49,831 Me and Jesus have a different way of doing things. 912 01:04:50,072 --> 01:04:52,563 He's one of them turn-the-other-cheek guys. 913 01:04:53,843 --> 01:04:57,279 It takes a lot of strength to turn the other cheek. 914 01:04:58,013 --> 01:05:01,039 You say you like rebels. What do you think Jesus was? 915 01:05:01,283 --> 01:05:04,343 - He wasn't no rebel. - Sure He was. He was a dangerous man. 916 01:05:04,587 --> 01:05:08,580 - "Love your brother" is dangerous? - Because His love changed things. 917 01:05:08,824 --> 01:05:11,657 His love changed things. 918 01:05:12,061 --> 01:05:15,963 The people nobody cared about: the prostitutes, the beggars, the poor. 919 01:05:16,198 --> 01:05:19,224 They finally had somebody who respected them, loved them... 920 01:05:19,468 --> 01:05:22,266 ...made them realize their own worth. 921 01:05:22,872 --> 01:05:24,999 They had dignity and became powerful. 922 01:05:25,241 --> 01:05:27,732 The guys on the top got real nervous. 923 01:05:27,977 --> 01:05:30,172 So they had to kill Jesus. 924 01:05:31,647 --> 01:05:32,944 Kind of like me, huh? 925 01:05:35,050 --> 01:05:36,745 No, Matt, not-- 926 01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,312 Not at all like you. 927 01:05:39,555 --> 01:05:43,616 He changed the world with His love. You watched as two kids were murdered. 928 01:05:46,729 --> 01:05:48,560 Step back from the door, Sister. 929 01:05:49,031 --> 01:05:50,862 Why? What's happening? 930 01:05:56,305 --> 01:05:57,670 Move it on out, boy. 931 01:05:57,907 --> 01:05:59,238 What's this now? 932 01:05:59,808 --> 01:06:01,036 What's this? 933 01:06:04,413 --> 01:06:06,973 He'll be an hour. Why don't you get some air? 934 01:06:07,216 --> 01:06:10,049 - Where are they taking him? - I can't tell you. 935 01:06:23,732 --> 01:06:26,724 Sister Helen? Chaplain Farley called from the gate. 936 01:06:26,969 --> 01:06:28,800 - He'll be right here. - Thank you. 937 01:06:29,038 --> 01:06:30,198 Sergeant Trapp? 938 01:06:30,439 --> 01:06:33,966 How long do you think that big old tree's been standing there? 939 01:06:34,777 --> 01:06:37,473 Ma'am, there ain't no telling. 940 01:06:38,781 --> 01:06:42,376 Saw you outside the gates the other night at Purcell's execution. 941 01:06:42,618 --> 01:06:43,676 Yeah? 942 01:06:44,186 --> 01:06:45,153 You seemed upset. 943 01:06:45,387 --> 01:06:46,752 Upset? No. 944 01:06:47,556 --> 01:06:52,152 - You in the room when they did it? - I'm on the strap- down team, left leg. 945 01:06:52,394 --> 01:06:54,021 That's my job. The left leg. 946 01:06:54,263 --> 01:06:57,391 I take the prisoner from his cell to the execution chamber. 947 01:06:57,866 --> 01:06:59,356 Wow, that's gotta be tough. 948 01:06:59,602 --> 01:07:01,069 It's hard. 949 01:07:01,971 --> 01:07:03,370 I didn't sleep that night. 950 01:07:04,573 --> 01:07:07,440 I think it's gotta affect everybody that sees it... 951 01:07:07,676 --> 01:07:09,735 ...whether they're for it or against. 952 01:07:09,979 --> 01:07:11,606 It's just part of the job. 953 01:07:12,114 --> 01:07:14,446 These prisoners gets what's coming to them. 954 01:07:14,984 --> 01:07:17,145 It's easy for someone to come and make... 955 01:07:17,386 --> 01:07:19,616 ...a rash judgement on procedure. 956 01:07:19,855 --> 01:07:24,224 What may appear on the surface to be irrational or unnecessary... 957 01:07:24,460 --> 01:07:27,361 ...proves upon examination to have solid reasoning... 958 01:07:27,596 --> 01:07:29,928 ...and experience behind it. 959 01:07:30,399 --> 01:07:33,800 All I'm asking is to play a hymn for Matt before his execution. 960 01:07:34,036 --> 01:07:37,494 And experience tells us that music stirs up emotion. 961 01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:42,277 Emotion that can produce an unexpected reaction in the inmate. 962 01:07:42,611 --> 01:07:43,578 All right. 963 01:07:43,812 --> 01:07:47,407 Do you have any objection to my asking the warden for his opinion? 964 01:07:49,118 --> 01:07:52,849 I would oppose it, but you may if you like. 965 01:07:54,390 --> 01:07:56,756 Thank you. And thank you for your time. 966 01:07:56,992 --> 01:08:01,088 I hear you were protesting outside the gates during the last execution. 967 01:08:01,330 --> 01:08:04,527 - Yes. - You familiar with the Old Testament? 968 01:08:05,334 --> 01:08:07,302 "Thou shalt not kill." 969 01:08:07,536 --> 01:08:09,766 "If anyone sheds the blood of man... 970 01:08:10,306 --> 01:08:12,467 ...by man, shall his blood be shed." 971 01:08:12,708 --> 01:08:14,801 Are you familiar with the New Testament... 972 01:08:15,044 --> 01:08:18,343 ...where Jesus talks about grace and reconciliation? 973 01:08:18,580 --> 01:08:22,846 Poncelet has to understand that Jesus died for his sins. 974 01:08:23,085 --> 01:08:24,177 If he accepts that... 975 01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:29,253 ...reconciliation is his and his soul shall have eternal life. 976 01:08:29,491 --> 01:08:33,552 One's opinion of the death penalty is not the issue here. 977 01:08:34,463 --> 01:08:35,930 Look at Romans. 978 01:08:36,131 --> 01:08:39,862 "Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities. 979 01:08:40,102 --> 01:08:43,731 For there is no authority, except from God. 980 01:08:43,972 --> 01:08:48,500 And those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves." 981 01:08:49,144 --> 01:08:50,111 What happened? 982 01:08:50,346 --> 01:08:52,337 - She collapsed. - She had a heart attack. 983 01:08:52,581 --> 01:08:55,516 - I'm okay. I think I just fainted. - No, don't you move. 984 01:08:55,751 --> 01:08:57,514 I'm hungry. I just need to eat. 985 01:09:05,427 --> 01:09:08,692 I told Matt I'd be back. Could you tell him what happened? 986 01:09:08,931 --> 01:09:11,627 - When we're finished here. - I've gotta tell him now. 987 01:09:11,867 --> 01:09:13,767 I'll take care of it, Sister. 988 01:09:14,002 --> 01:09:16,368 - Thank you. - This isn't a heart attack. 989 01:09:16,939 --> 01:09:19,806 I'm just hungry. They don't let visitors eat here. 990 01:09:20,042 --> 01:09:23,944 They must think we're some kind of ferns that feed on air or something. 991 01:09:25,714 --> 01:09:28,581 Is that the machine that they use after an execution? 992 01:09:28,817 --> 01:09:30,011 Yes, ma'am. 993 01:09:30,252 --> 01:09:32,982 Just have to be official about the whole thing. 994 01:09:33,489 --> 01:09:37,152 Thank God we're off the chair. It's a bit easier to take the needle. 995 01:09:37,393 --> 01:09:40,920 Just part of the job. Let's get some food in your stomach. 996 01:09:41,163 --> 01:09:42,460 Who puts the needle in? 997 01:09:43,565 --> 01:09:45,055 That's private information. 998 01:09:45,634 --> 01:09:46,692 Is it you? 999 01:09:48,337 --> 01:09:52,740 We cannot disclose any specifics regarding execution procedure. 1000 01:09:54,143 --> 01:09:57,544 Let me get you a tray of food and then we'll send you on home. 1001 01:09:57,780 --> 01:10:00,408 - I've gotta get back to Matt. - I'm sorry, Sister. 1002 01:10:00,649 --> 01:10:03,516 This is warden's orders. You're through for the day. 1003 01:10:07,389 --> 01:10:09,414 - Where'd you go? - I couldn't come back. 1004 01:10:09,658 --> 01:10:10,818 - You all right? - I'm fine. 1005 01:10:11,059 --> 01:10:14,426 I kept asking what happened. I thought you had a heart attack. 1006 01:10:14,663 --> 01:10:17,598 - They said they'd tell you. - They took me into that room. 1007 01:10:17,833 --> 01:10:19,528 - They was weighing me. - What for? 1008 01:10:19,768 --> 01:10:21,429 To see how big a coffin I need. 1009 01:10:21,670 --> 01:10:25,299 Then I come back and you were gone. I spent the whole day alone. 1010 01:10:25,541 --> 01:10:26,872 I'm sorry. 1011 01:10:29,111 --> 01:10:30,703 I'm so sorry. 1012 01:10:35,884 --> 01:10:38,853 - You ever get lonely? - Yeah. Sure. 1013 01:10:45,160 --> 01:10:49,563 Sometimes when I smell the smoke from the neighborhood barbecues... 1014 01:10:49,798 --> 01:10:52,767 ...and I hear all the kids laughing... 1015 01:10:53,001 --> 01:10:56,664 ...and I'm sitting in my room, I feel like a fool. 1016 01:11:00,542 --> 01:11:04,000 What I miss most being here? Women. 1017 01:11:05,113 --> 01:11:09,641 You know, I used to sit at the bar, just drinking and listening to music. 1018 01:11:09,885 --> 01:11:12,115 I'd dance till 3:00 in the morning. 1019 01:11:12,688 --> 01:11:14,883 I ain't gonna lie. I believe in doing it. 1020 01:11:15,123 --> 01:11:17,853 My lady and I'd grab a bottle, blanket, some weed... 1021 01:11:18,093 --> 01:11:20,584 ...go out in the woods, and we'd do it. 1022 01:11:21,330 --> 01:11:23,195 It's something you miss, ma'am. 1023 01:11:25,167 --> 01:11:27,533 Let's face it, Matt. If I had a family... 1024 01:11:27,769 --> 01:11:31,603 ...chances are I'd be with them now instead of visiting with you. 1025 01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:33,102 True enough. 1026 01:11:34,076 --> 01:11:35,668 I'm glad you're here. 1027 01:11:41,149 --> 01:11:43,617 You want me to get a message to your daughter? 1028 01:11:50,392 --> 01:11:51,882 Let her be. 1029 01:11:56,465 --> 01:11:58,330 Those things will kill you. 1030 01:12:02,838 --> 01:12:04,533 I won't let them break me. 1031 01:12:06,575 --> 01:12:09,271 I just pray God holds up my legs on my last walk. 1032 01:12:09,511 --> 01:12:12,275 It's the wait. It's the countdown that gets to you. 1033 01:12:14,883 --> 01:12:17,351 We'll know soon about the federal appeal. 1034 01:12:17,586 --> 01:12:20,919 Hilton and I got an appointment with the governor this evening. 1035 01:12:21,156 --> 01:12:24,421 Fat chance he'll do anything. Risk his political butt for me? 1036 01:12:24,660 --> 01:12:28,460 I wish I hadn't said all that shit about Hitler and being a terrorist. 1037 01:12:28,697 --> 01:12:29,994 Stupid! 1038 01:12:32,267 --> 01:12:35,430 Hartman says there won't be any more media interviews. 1039 01:12:35,671 --> 01:12:39,505 Good. Keep my stupid mouth shut. 1040 01:12:43,979 --> 01:12:47,380 I was able to arrange a lie detector test for tomorrow morning. 1041 01:12:47,616 --> 01:12:49,550 All right. There's some good news. 1042 01:12:50,018 --> 01:12:51,952 The man that's gonna give the test... 1043 01:12:52,187 --> 01:12:55,156 ...doubts they'll get an accurate reading of the truth. 1044 01:12:55,390 --> 01:12:58,052 - Why? - Tomorrow's the day of your execution. 1045 01:12:58,293 --> 01:13:02,093 You'll be stressed. The test often mistakes stress for dishonesty. 1046 01:13:02,397 --> 01:13:04,262 No problem. I'm home free. 1047 01:13:07,903 --> 01:13:09,666 You been reading your Bible? 1048 01:13:11,673 --> 01:13:13,641 I tried to last night. 1049 01:13:14,876 --> 01:13:16,639 Makes me want to sleep. 1050 01:13:17,346 --> 01:13:19,211 I'm trying to stay conscious. 1051 01:13:24,152 --> 01:13:26,848 I appreciate you trying to save me... 1052 01:13:27,089 --> 01:13:30,183 ...but me and God, we got our thing squared away. 1053 01:13:30,792 --> 01:13:32,657 Jesus died on the cross for us. 1054 01:13:32,894 --> 01:13:37,354 And I hold He'll take care of me when I appear before God on Judgment Day. 1055 01:13:39,334 --> 01:13:42,497 Matt, redemption isn't some kind of free admission ticket... 1056 01:13:42,738 --> 01:13:44,706 ...you get because Jesus paid the price. 1057 01:13:44,940 --> 01:13:47,340 You gotta participate in your own redemption. 1058 01:13:47,576 --> 01:13:50,306 You got some work to do. 1059 01:13:50,779 --> 01:13:55,773 I think maybe you should look at John, chapter 8, where Jesus said: 1060 01:13:56,551 --> 01:13:58,451 "You shall know the truth... 1061 01:13:58,687 --> 01:14:01,155 ...and the truth shall make you free." 1062 01:14:03,725 --> 01:14:07,161 I'll check it out. I like that. "The truth shall make you free." 1063 01:14:07,396 --> 01:14:08,556 I like that. 1064 01:14:09,431 --> 01:14:12,400 So I pass that lie detector test, I'm home free. 1065 01:14:17,639 --> 01:14:19,300 If you do die... 1066 01:14:20,409 --> 01:14:22,570 ...I want to help you die with dignity. 1067 01:14:22,811 --> 01:14:23,903 You can't do that... 1068 01:14:24,146 --> 01:14:28,344 ...unless you own up to the part you played in Walter and Hope's death. 1069 01:14:47,636 --> 01:14:49,695 - Hilton Barber, Bishop Norwich. - Hello. 1070 01:14:49,938 --> 01:14:52,133 Pleasure, Bishop. Here's the situation. 1071 01:14:52,374 --> 01:14:56,538 Governor Benedict is a reluctant supporter of capital punishment. 1072 01:14:56,778 --> 01:14:59,906 He has the power to stop this execution and save a life. 1073 01:15:00,148 --> 01:15:02,878 It's the last vestige of the divine right of kings. 1074 01:15:03,118 --> 01:15:05,245 The trick is, we have to appeal to him... 1075 01:15:05,487 --> 01:15:07,819 ...on a personal level, without any fanfare. 1076 01:15:08,056 --> 01:15:10,024 So I requested a private meeting. 1077 01:15:10,258 --> 01:15:15,025 You must understand. In representing the State, I must carry out the laws... 1078 01:15:15,597 --> 01:15:18,566 ...and must submerge my own personal views... 1079 01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:20,893 ...to carry out the will of the people. 1080 01:15:21,136 --> 01:15:22,728 I'll look at this case. 1081 01:15:23,238 --> 01:15:28,073 But unless there's some clear, striking evidence for innocence... 1082 01:15:28,543 --> 01:15:30,909 ...I will not interfere with the process. 1083 01:15:33,715 --> 01:15:35,706 We still got the court, Sister. 1084 01:15:36,551 --> 01:15:39,952 We might hit pay dirt on one of the legal issues. 1085 01:15:44,092 --> 01:15:45,684 Helen. 1086 01:15:46,128 --> 01:15:48,460 Helen, come to dinner. 1087 01:15:49,831 --> 01:15:54,097 You're looking for a love that's so big, it takes in all evil. 1088 01:15:54,770 --> 01:15:56,704 Annunciations are common. 1089 01:15:56,938 --> 01:15:58,735 Incarnations are rare. 1090 01:15:58,974 --> 01:16:00,805 You're not a saint, Helen. 1091 01:16:06,648 --> 01:16:09,310 Helen. Helen. 1092 01:16:12,821 --> 01:16:14,379 Oh, Mama. 1093 01:16:16,024 --> 01:16:17,355 Are you okay? 1094 01:16:17,592 --> 01:16:19,992 Oh, yes. I was just dreaming. 1095 01:16:21,763 --> 01:16:23,993 What time do you have to be there? 1096 01:16:24,232 --> 01:16:25,199 9:00 sharp. 1097 01:16:25,801 --> 01:16:27,496 Did you set a clock? 1098 01:16:27,736 --> 01:16:28,862 Yeah. 1099 01:16:30,605 --> 01:16:33,438 Oh, it's so bizarre. 1100 01:16:35,310 --> 01:16:38,211 A man's gonna be killed in front of me tomorrow. 1101 01:16:40,348 --> 01:16:42,316 Has he admitted anything? 1102 01:16:42,551 --> 01:16:43,916 Oh, no. 1103 01:16:45,053 --> 01:16:49,717 He's so full of hate, he doesn't trust anybody. He just-- 1104 01:16:50,225 --> 01:16:52,523 He keeps pushing me away. 1105 01:16:55,030 --> 01:16:56,895 You're in deep water, kid. 1106 01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:01,696 Do you remember when you gave me a black eye? 1107 01:17:02,204 --> 01:17:03,171 I had a fever. 1108 01:17:03,405 --> 01:17:06,704 You were delirious, hysterical, screaming. 1109 01:17:08,109 --> 01:17:10,805 You were trying to get up and run into the street. 1110 01:17:13,014 --> 01:17:16,279 You socked me in the eye and you said you hated me. 1111 01:17:16,651 --> 01:17:19,711 You screamed, but I held you. I held you tight. 1112 01:17:19,955 --> 01:17:22,549 Because a mother's arms are strong... 1113 01:17:23,058 --> 01:17:24,855 ...when her child's in danger. 1114 01:17:43,044 --> 01:17:45,376 I didn't sleep at all last night. 1115 01:17:46,248 --> 01:17:49,945 I didn't take that nerve medicine they wanted to give me. 1116 01:17:51,286 --> 01:17:54,687 I'm looking death in the eyes. I mean, I'm getting ready to go. 1117 01:17:59,761 --> 01:18:04,824 Listen, Matt, I want you to know that I respect your need for privacy. 1118 01:18:05,967 --> 01:18:09,528 If you want to be alone or want to be just with your family today... 1119 01:18:09,771 --> 01:18:11,466 ...I won't be offended. 1120 01:18:11,706 --> 01:18:13,606 Be there, if it won't put you out. 1121 01:18:13,842 --> 01:18:16,640 I want somebody to talk to and be there to the end. 1122 01:18:17,045 --> 01:18:18,342 I'll be there. 1123 01:18:21,182 --> 01:18:24,117 If only I knew I'd die right away with the first shot. 1124 01:18:24,352 --> 01:18:25,979 I mean, will I feel it? 1125 01:18:32,093 --> 01:18:35,358 The lungs go first. Like a... 1126 01:18:36,531 --> 01:18:38,123 ...fast choke. 1127 01:18:40,702 --> 01:18:42,226 That's gotta hurt. 1128 01:18:45,740 --> 01:18:47,139 They say that... 1129 01:18:49,210 --> 01:18:50,905 ...the body doesn't move. 1130 01:18:52,747 --> 01:18:54,374 Doesn't shake. 1131 01:19:02,357 --> 01:19:03,847 My poor mama. 1132 01:19:10,031 --> 01:19:11,726 Any word from the 5th Circuit? 1133 01:19:11,967 --> 01:19:14,094 None yet. But that's a good sign. 1134 01:19:14,336 --> 01:19:18,363 Maybe that means they see something substantive in the petition. 1135 01:19:18,773 --> 01:19:21,037 - Gotta go. I'll call later. - Thanks, Hilton. 1136 01:19:21,276 --> 01:19:22,504 - Bye. - Bye. 1137 01:19:25,580 --> 01:19:27,548 Tell me something, Sister. 1138 01:19:27,782 --> 01:19:31,149 What is a nun doing in a place like this? 1139 01:19:31,386 --> 01:19:33,581 Shouldn't you be teaching children? 1140 01:19:33,822 --> 01:19:36,154 And you know what this man has done. 1141 01:19:36,458 --> 01:19:37,948 How he killed them kids. 1142 01:19:39,995 --> 01:19:42,463 What he did was evil. I don't condone it. 1143 01:19:42,697 --> 01:19:45,632 What's the sense in killing to say killing is wrong? 1144 01:19:45,867 --> 01:19:48,529 You know how the Bible says, "an eye for an eye"? 1145 01:19:48,770 --> 01:19:50,237 Know what else it asks for? 1146 01:19:50,472 --> 01:19:53,066 Death as a punishment for adultery, prostitution... 1147 01:19:53,308 --> 01:19:55,572 ...homosexuality, trespass upon sacred ground... 1148 01:19:55,810 --> 01:19:58,301 ...profaning the Sabbath and contempt of parents. 1149 01:19:58,546 --> 01:20:02,812 I ain't gonna get in no Bible quoting with no nun because I'm gonna lose. 1150 01:20:14,195 --> 01:20:17,653 She was only on the phone a few minutes and there she was... 1151 01:20:17,899 --> 01:20:20,265 ...falling for the old Matt charm. 1152 01:20:21,202 --> 01:20:25,298 I had to take back that phone. You're trying to steal my gal, you dog. 1153 01:20:25,540 --> 01:20:27,940 She sounds like a great little gal. 1154 01:20:28,176 --> 01:20:30,940 - She ain't so little, though. - You shut up. 1155 01:20:31,346 --> 01:20:33,871 Take care of her, Craig. Don't do nothing stupid. 1156 01:20:34,115 --> 01:20:35,844 She looks a little bit like... 1157 01:20:36,084 --> 01:20:38,245 Who was your girlfriend in high school? 1158 01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:40,688 I had lots of girls in high school. 1159 01:20:40,922 --> 01:20:43,550 - No, the one with the funny name. - Funny name? 1160 01:20:43,858 --> 01:20:46,986 Maddie, Maldy-- Maldy? Maldy. 1161 01:20:47,429 --> 01:20:49,659 - Madrigal. - Madrigal. 1162 01:20:49,898 --> 01:20:52,423 Madrigal Parmelee. Oh, she was hot! 1163 01:20:53,101 --> 01:20:56,036 - She was a nasty little thing. - Matthew! 1164 01:20:56,404 --> 01:20:59,601 Sorry, Ma. I mean, she was a fine upstanding young woman. 1165 01:21:04,479 --> 01:21:07,414 How about you, Troy? Got yourself a little girlfriend? 1166 01:21:07,649 --> 01:21:10,117 - No. - Why not? 1167 01:21:10,318 --> 01:21:13,310 I ain't got time. Too much fishing and camping to do. 1168 01:21:13,555 --> 01:21:16,422 - Troy just got a new tent. - What kind of tents you got? 1169 01:21:16,791 --> 01:21:19,555 Army tent. Not them sissy ones with all the colors. 1170 01:21:19,794 --> 01:21:22,922 - Tell Matt about the other night. - He was camping in the yard. 1171 01:21:23,164 --> 01:21:26,258 Oh, I made him come in. I was worried. 1172 01:21:26,501 --> 01:21:28,662 I went out and made him come inside. 1173 01:21:28,903 --> 01:21:30,928 - Mama, that ain't what happened. - Go on. 1174 01:21:31,172 --> 01:21:34,300 - Go on. Tell him. - Come on. 1175 01:21:36,244 --> 01:21:40,010 Me and my buddy Paul put up this tent, cooked our own dinner. 1176 01:21:40,381 --> 01:21:44,750 We roasted potatoes in tin foil on the fire and cooked us some weenies. 1177 01:21:44,986 --> 01:21:47,250 Then what? Go on. 1178 01:21:48,723 --> 01:21:51,692 - About midnight-- - No, about 9:00, I think. Yeah. 1179 01:21:51,926 --> 01:21:54,520 - We heard some kind of animal. - What kind was that? 1180 01:21:54,996 --> 01:21:56,657 - It was big. - Was it a bunny? 1181 01:21:56,898 --> 01:21:58,365 - Was it a possum? - Shut up. 1182 01:21:58,566 --> 01:22:01,399 - Was it a squirrel? - Was it a mouse? 1183 01:22:01,836 --> 01:22:03,531 Shut up! It was big and nasty. 1184 01:22:03,771 --> 01:22:06,103 Hey, look me in the eye, little man. 1185 01:22:06,374 --> 01:22:09,309 You go inside because Mama said so or were you scared? 1186 01:22:09,544 --> 01:22:11,011 Now, tell the truth. 1187 01:22:14,883 --> 01:22:16,350 Look me in the eye. 1188 01:22:19,787 --> 01:22:20,685 We got him. 1189 01:22:26,861 --> 01:22:29,056 Some people are asking about your funeral... 1190 01:22:29,297 --> 01:22:32,596 ...and I get real angry and I say, "He's not dead yet." 1191 01:23:28,423 --> 01:23:30,414 Sorry, folks, we gotta wrap this up. 1192 01:23:30,658 --> 01:23:33,923 A little early, isn't it? Rules say they can stay till 6:45. 1193 01:23:37,098 --> 01:23:39,828 It's time for you folks to be leaving now. 1194 01:24:02,023 --> 01:24:04,287 - Here you go, Poncelet. - Thanks, man. 1195 01:24:05,093 --> 01:24:06,924 My stuff's in these pillowcases. 1196 01:24:07,161 --> 01:24:11,097 Better if y'all took it home with you. Don't want the prison sending it. 1197 01:24:11,332 --> 01:24:14,563 Craig, divide up all the stuff except my boots from Marion. 1198 01:24:14,802 --> 01:24:17,600 I want to walk to my execution in these here boots. 1199 01:24:18,239 --> 01:24:19,638 Up on your feet. 1200 01:24:19,874 --> 01:24:22,069 You all say your goodbyes now. 1201 01:24:40,928 --> 01:24:42,589 See you later, Matt. 1202 01:24:47,302 --> 01:24:50,032 - Bye. - No goodbyes, little man. 1203 01:24:52,040 --> 01:24:54,304 - No, ma'am. - Can't she hug him? 1204 01:24:55,076 --> 01:24:57,476 I'm sorry, Sister. Security reasons. 1205 01:25:06,154 --> 01:25:09,282 Don't cry, Mama. I don't want to see no crying. 1206 01:25:09,624 --> 01:25:11,558 I'm not saying goodbye now. 1207 01:25:12,694 --> 01:25:15,857 - I'll call you tonight. - See you, Matt. Stay strong. 1208 01:25:17,398 --> 01:25:18,922 Don't cry. I'll call you later. 1209 01:25:20,735 --> 01:25:22,362 We love you, Mattie. 1210 01:25:30,678 --> 01:25:35,274 If I'd put my arms around my boy, I'd never have let go. 1211 01:25:47,962 --> 01:25:49,429 Is my mama all right? 1212 01:25:51,866 --> 01:25:53,493 She's fine, Matt. 1213 01:25:54,802 --> 01:25:56,463 All right. Goodbye. 1214 01:26:03,411 --> 01:26:05,140 I never had shrimp before. 1215 01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:07,108 They're pretty good. 1216 01:26:10,985 --> 01:26:14,580 So, what did he say? What's the word on the lie detector test? 1217 01:26:16,624 --> 01:26:19,149 Culp said your answers showed stress... 1218 01:26:19,394 --> 01:26:22,852 - ...and the results were inconclusive. - Man. 1219 01:26:24,031 --> 01:26:27,660 Was the dude sure? Absolutely, positively sure. 1220 01:26:30,405 --> 01:26:33,704 I felt all right answering them questions. I didn't feel no stress. 1221 01:26:35,710 --> 01:26:37,200 I can't believe I failed. 1222 01:26:37,445 --> 01:26:40,881 Matt, you'd have to be a robot or insane not to feel stress now. 1223 01:26:41,115 --> 01:26:43,310 I can't believe it didn't come out right. 1224 01:26:48,022 --> 01:26:51,890 Let's talk about what happened. Let's talk about that night. 1225 01:26:52,527 --> 01:26:54,188 I don't want to talk about that. 1226 01:27:26,327 --> 01:27:27,658 - Get out. - You're pretty. 1227 01:27:27,895 --> 01:27:29,419 - Trespassing. - What? 1228 01:27:29,664 --> 01:27:32,224 - You're trespassing. - We'll leave. 1229 01:27:32,467 --> 01:27:35,231 - Let's go! - You're under arrest. Step out. 1230 01:27:35,470 --> 01:27:36,937 We'll leave. We didn't know. 1231 01:27:37,138 --> 01:27:38,799 Get out of the car! 1232 01:27:39,607 --> 01:27:42,303 - Where are we going? - There's a bar back here. 1233 01:27:42,543 --> 01:27:45,569 - Our boss's in the bar. - Can't let you go, you've been bad. 1234 01:27:45,813 --> 01:27:48,509 - Our boss is gonna be pissed. - Maybe he'll let you go. 1235 01:27:49,750 --> 01:27:52,082 Well. Here we are. 1236 01:27:52,420 --> 01:27:53,409 This is the bar. 1237 01:27:53,821 --> 01:27:55,846 - Can we get you a drink? - Kneel down. 1238 01:27:56,891 --> 01:27:58,017 I'm pissed off! 1239 01:27:58,459 --> 01:28:00,791 I'm pissed at the kids for being parked. 1240 01:28:01,028 --> 01:28:02,893 At the parents coming to see me die. 1241 01:28:03,130 --> 01:28:05,257 At myself for letting Vitello get them kids. 1242 01:28:05,500 --> 01:28:08,799 I got a thing or two to say to the Percys and the Delacroixs. 1243 01:28:09,337 --> 01:28:11,168 You want your last words to be words of hatred? 1244 01:28:11,405 --> 01:28:13,703 Clyde Percy wants to inject me hisself! 1245 01:28:14,008 --> 01:28:16,704 Well, think of how angry he must be. 1246 01:28:16,944 --> 01:28:19,105 He's never gonna see his daughter again. 1247 01:28:19,347 --> 01:28:22,441 He's never gonna hold her, love her, laugh with her. 1248 01:28:22,683 --> 01:28:24,480 You have robbed these parents. 1249 01:28:24,719 --> 01:28:27,654 They have nothing in their lives but sorrow, no joy. 1250 01:28:27,889 --> 01:28:29,220 That is what you gave them. 1251 01:28:34,395 --> 01:28:36,192 Why were you in the woods? 1252 01:28:36,430 --> 01:28:39,126 - I told you, I was stoned! - Don't blame the drugs. 1253 01:28:39,367 --> 01:28:42,530 You were harassing couples for months before this happened. 1254 01:28:45,006 --> 01:28:47,270 - What was it? - What do you mean? 1255 01:28:47,975 --> 01:28:50,205 Did you look up to Vitello, think he was cool? 1256 01:28:51,512 --> 01:28:53,446 Did you want to impress him? 1257 01:28:55,750 --> 01:28:57,843 - I don't know. - You could have walked away. 1258 01:28:58,419 --> 01:29:00,717 - He went psycho on me. - Don't blame him! 1259 01:29:00,955 --> 01:29:04,550 You blame him, the government, drugs, blacks, the Percys. 1260 01:29:04,792 --> 01:29:07,625 You blame the kids for being there. What about Matthew Poncelet? 1261 01:29:08,095 --> 01:29:11,553 Where's he in this story? What, is he just an innocent? A victim? 1262 01:29:20,107 --> 01:29:21,734 I ain't no victim. 1263 01:29:30,618 --> 01:29:31,585 Poncelet. 1264 01:29:36,557 --> 01:29:39,321 Federal Appeals Court turned you down. 1265 01:29:40,294 --> 01:29:41,591 I'm sorry. 1266 01:29:51,305 --> 01:29:53,273 Sister, please step into the corridor. 1267 01:29:55,076 --> 01:29:57,067 I'll be right outside. 1268 01:30:12,126 --> 01:30:15,118 I'm sorry, son. I feel like I failed. 1269 01:30:15,363 --> 01:30:19,561 No, you didn't fail. I appreciate everything you done for me. 1270 01:30:21,736 --> 01:30:23,101 What is she typing? 1271 01:30:23,337 --> 01:30:26,067 Forms for the witnesses to sign. 1272 01:30:27,274 --> 01:30:29,936 You didn't fail. The justice system failed me. 1273 01:30:30,177 --> 01:30:31,542 It stinks. It stinks bad. 1274 01:30:31,779 --> 01:30:33,110 I'll head out there. 1275 01:30:45,426 --> 01:30:47,155 Oh, God, help me. 1276 01:30:47,395 --> 01:30:50,023 This is such a terrifying place, Lord. 1277 01:30:50,264 --> 01:30:53,461 So cold. So calculated, this murder. 1278 01:30:53,701 --> 01:30:55,726 Just don't let him fall apart, God. 1279 01:30:55,970 --> 01:31:00,430 Oh, help him stay strong. Help me, Jesus, stay strong. Help us, Lord. 1280 01:31:01,676 --> 01:31:05,373 Help us stay strong. Help me. 1281 01:31:26,767 --> 01:31:28,701 They shaved the calf of my leg. 1282 01:31:32,073 --> 01:31:33,233 Why? 1283 01:31:33,908 --> 01:31:37,309 I guess they was worried they won't find a vein in my arm. 1284 01:31:39,146 --> 01:31:40,113 What's that number? 1285 01:31:41,549 --> 01:31:42,914 I put it on at Marion. 1286 01:31:44,118 --> 01:31:47,178 In case somebody killed me, they could identify my body. 1287 01:31:53,994 --> 01:31:55,518 Did it hurt when you got all those? 1288 01:31:57,531 --> 01:32:00,591 You seeing these tattoos, you gonna think I'm a bad person. 1289 01:32:04,138 --> 01:32:06,971 You just have more color on your body than I thought. 1290 01:32:15,049 --> 01:32:16,880 Tried to give me two shots. 1291 01:32:18,385 --> 01:32:20,945 - A sedative and an antihistamine. - Antihistamine? 1292 01:32:25,459 --> 01:32:29,293 Guess if I had an allergic reaction to the shot that knocks you out... 1293 01:32:29,530 --> 01:32:30,497 ...it gets messy. 1294 01:32:34,502 --> 01:32:36,129 Come on, I want to give you... 1295 01:32:41,475 --> 01:32:43,170 ...my Bible. 1296 01:32:43,878 --> 01:32:45,436 I dated it myself. 1297 01:32:50,050 --> 01:32:51,517 Thanks, Matt. 1298 01:32:53,988 --> 01:32:55,922 Step back from the cell, Sister. 1299 01:32:59,393 --> 01:33:01,156 Time to call home. 1300 01:33:02,897 --> 01:33:04,228 Will you stay? 1301 01:33:05,599 --> 01:33:09,057 I'll stay. I'll just give you some privacy. 1302 01:33:16,443 --> 01:33:17,569 Hey, man. 1303 01:33:18,612 --> 01:33:20,443 What're you doing? 1304 01:33:20,681 --> 01:33:22,273 You know. What are you doing? 1305 01:33:25,052 --> 01:33:26,679 The time's clicking away. 1306 01:33:26,921 --> 01:33:28,388 - Hi. - Hey. 1307 01:33:28,622 --> 01:33:31,216 - What you doing? Grabbing the phone? - Yep. 1308 01:33:31,458 --> 01:33:34,894 - Gonna sleep in your tent tonight? - Yeah, I am. 1309 01:33:35,496 --> 01:33:37,123 Mama, I'm waiting to talk to you. 1310 01:33:38,098 --> 01:33:40,566 Don't cry, Mom. Don't cry. 1311 01:33:41,635 --> 01:33:42,727 Don't cry. 1312 01:33:49,677 --> 01:33:52,942 That's not the way it was, Mama. That's not the way it was. 1313 01:33:53,180 --> 01:33:54,408 I was... 1314 01:33:55,983 --> 01:33:57,450 I was small. 1315 01:34:06,493 --> 01:34:08,620 I can hear him. Let me talk to him. 1316 01:34:09,663 --> 01:34:13,155 Hey, Troy. You take care of Mama, okay? All right, little man? 1317 01:34:13,400 --> 01:34:14,867 You take care of Mama. 1318 01:34:16,937 --> 01:34:19,337 Mom? Mom? 1319 01:34:21,475 --> 01:34:24,774 I love you, Mom. I love you, Mom. 1320 01:34:27,915 --> 01:34:29,382 I just let it flow. 1321 01:34:30,084 --> 01:34:32,109 Told my mama I loved her. 1322 01:34:32,586 --> 01:34:34,645 I talked to each of the boys. 1323 01:34:34,989 --> 01:34:36,786 I hate saying goodbye. 1324 01:34:38,125 --> 01:34:41,526 I just told them if I get a chance, I'd call right before I go. 1325 01:34:44,365 --> 01:34:45,764 What, Matt? 1326 01:34:46,200 --> 01:34:47,428 What is it? 1327 01:34:49,737 --> 01:34:52,001 My mama kept saying, "It was that Vitello." 1328 01:34:52,239 --> 01:34:55,106 She always regrets that I got involved with him. 1329 01:34:57,044 --> 01:34:59,945 I didn't want her thinking that. 1330 01:35:00,948 --> 01:35:02,472 It was something you said. 1331 01:35:02,716 --> 01:35:04,343 I could've walked away. 1332 01:35:05,953 --> 01:35:07,215 I didn't. 1333 01:35:12,293 --> 01:35:13,885 I was a victim. 1334 01:35:16,030 --> 01:35:17,759 I was a fucking chicken. 1335 01:35:18,666 --> 01:35:20,793 He was older and tough as hell. 1336 01:35:21,068 --> 01:35:22,228 I was just... 1337 01:35:23,370 --> 01:35:26,339 ...boozing up, trying to be as tough as him. I couldn't. 1338 01:35:27,574 --> 01:35:29,769 I didn't have the guts to stand up to him. 1339 01:35:33,614 --> 01:35:35,809 I told my mama I was yellow. 1340 01:35:39,453 --> 01:35:41,421 She kept saying, "It wasn't you, Matt. 1341 01:35:41,655 --> 01:35:43,646 It wasn't you, Matt. It wasn't you." 1342 01:35:45,826 --> 01:35:47,987 Your mama loves you, Matt. 1343 01:35:50,297 --> 01:35:51,594 That boy? 1344 01:35:55,903 --> 01:35:57,097 Walter? 1345 01:35:57,538 --> 01:35:58,732 Yeah? 1346 01:36:04,011 --> 01:36:04,978 What? 1347 01:36:07,848 --> 01:36:09,213 I killed him. 1348 01:36:16,357 --> 01:36:17,824 And Hope? 1349 01:36:18,058 --> 01:36:19,252 No, ma'am. 1350 01:36:22,062 --> 01:36:23,324 Did you rape her? 1351 01:36:27,267 --> 01:36:28,598 Yes, ma'am. 1352 01:36:31,905 --> 01:36:35,170 Do you take responsibility for both of their deaths? 1353 01:36:35,409 --> 01:36:36,774 Yes, ma'am. 1354 01:36:39,046 --> 01:36:42,777 When the lights dimmed last night I kneeled and prayed for them kids. 1355 01:36:43,017 --> 01:36:44,712 I never done that before. 1356 01:36:45,652 --> 01:36:47,347 Oh, Matt. 1357 01:36:49,790 --> 01:36:52,987 There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch. 1358 01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:56,090 You did a terrible thing, Matt, a terrible thing. 1359 01:36:57,064 --> 01:36:59,055 But you have a dignity now. 1360 01:36:59,299 --> 01:37:01,233 Nobody can take that from you. 1361 01:37:02,569 --> 01:37:04,901 You are a son of God, Matthew Poncelet. 1362 01:37:17,885 --> 01:37:20,911 Nobody ever called me no son of God before. 1363 01:37:21,455 --> 01:37:25,118 Called me a son of you-know-what lots of times, never no son of God. 1364 01:37:26,026 --> 01:37:29,018 I just hope my death can give them parents some relief. 1365 01:37:29,263 --> 01:37:31,094 Maybe the best thing you can give... 1366 01:37:31,331 --> 01:37:35,358 ...to the Percys and the Delacroixs is a wish for their peace. 1367 01:37:35,636 --> 01:37:38,104 You know I never had no real love myself. 1368 01:37:39,807 --> 01:37:43,004 Never loved a woman or anybody else myself much good. 1369 01:37:46,747 --> 01:37:49,580 Well, it figures I'd have to die to find love. 1370 01:37:57,991 --> 01:37:59,686 Thank you for loving me. 1371 01:38:13,307 --> 01:38:15,571 Oh, the time. It's been flying. 1372 01:38:18,045 --> 01:38:19,512 I'm really cold. 1373 01:38:19,913 --> 01:38:22,973 Can he have a jacket or something? He's cold. 1374 01:38:28,055 --> 01:38:30,956 What happened to that song you were gonna play for me? 1375 01:38:31,191 --> 01:38:32,419 The hymn? 1376 01:38:33,827 --> 01:38:36,921 They have a rule you can't have music in the prison. 1377 01:38:37,264 --> 01:38:39,323 Yeah, so they won't let me play it. 1378 01:38:40,601 --> 01:38:43,263 Well, you know the words. You can sing it. 1379 01:38:43,670 --> 01:38:47,037 - I can't sing. - That's okay. Come on. 1380 01:39:54,641 --> 01:39:55,972 Thank you. 1381 01:40:09,690 --> 01:40:12,386 I need you to step into the corridor, Sister. 1382 01:41:40,147 --> 01:41:42,411 Give me my boots! I want my boots! 1383 01:41:42,649 --> 01:41:45,982 A grown man going to his death in a diaper and slippers. 1384 01:41:46,219 --> 01:41:50,952 I'll be done with all of this! No bars, no cells, no life in a cage! 1385 01:41:52,559 --> 01:41:53,526 Matt. 1386 01:41:53,760 --> 01:41:55,159 Sister Helen... 1387 01:41:55,829 --> 01:41:57,353 ...I'm gonna die. 1388 01:41:58,699 --> 01:42:01,964 You know truth. The truth has made you free. 1389 01:42:02,202 --> 01:42:04,136 God knows the truth about me. 1390 01:42:04,438 --> 01:42:05,996 I'm going to a better place. 1391 01:42:06,239 --> 01:42:07,968 I'm not worried about nothing. 1392 01:42:08,208 --> 01:42:09,505 You all right? 1393 01:42:10,677 --> 01:42:13,339 Yes. I'm okay. 1394 01:42:13,580 --> 01:42:16,174 - Christ is here. - I won't worry about anything. 1395 01:42:16,416 --> 01:42:17,440 Okay. 1396 01:42:18,251 --> 01:42:22,483 Look, I want the last thing you see in this world... 1397 01:42:22,723 --> 01:42:24,384 ...to be a face of love. 1398 01:42:26,159 --> 01:42:27,888 So you look at me... 1399 01:42:28,128 --> 01:42:30,062 ...when they do this thing. 1400 01:42:30,864 --> 01:42:32,388 You look at me. 1401 01:42:33,367 --> 01:42:36,097 I'll be the face of love for you. 1402 01:42:36,703 --> 01:42:37,965 Yes, ma'am. 1403 01:42:42,476 --> 01:42:44,376 Time to go, Poncelet. 1404 01:42:50,183 --> 01:42:51,741 Can Sister Helen touch me? 1405 01:42:52,285 --> 01:42:53,684 Yes, she may. 1406 01:42:55,689 --> 01:42:57,520 Dead man walking! 1407 01:43:25,752 --> 01:43:26,878 "Do not be afraid. 1408 01:43:27,888 --> 01:43:30,118 For I have ordained thee. 1409 01:43:30,357 --> 01:43:32,951 I have called thee by thy name. 1410 01:43:33,193 --> 01:43:34,820 Thou art mine. 1411 01:43:36,096 --> 01:43:38,428 Should thou pass through the sea... 1412 01:43:39,533 --> 01:43:41,524 ...I shall be with thee. 1413 01:43:42,602 --> 01:43:45,070 Should thee walk through the fire... 1414 01:43:45,939 --> 01:43:49,306 - ...thou shall not be scorched." - God have mercy on your soul... 1415 01:43:49,543 --> 01:43:52,137 ...in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 1416 01:43:52,379 --> 01:43:54,404 That's as far as you go, Sister. 1417 01:43:59,619 --> 01:44:02,247 Will you check in on my mama from time to time? 1418 01:44:02,489 --> 01:44:04,719 Yes, Matt. You have my word on that. 1419 01:46:02,676 --> 01:46:05,167 Do you have any last words, Poncelet? 1420 01:46:08,181 --> 01:46:09,739 Yes, sir, I do. 1421 01:46:15,689 --> 01:46:17,213 Mr. Delacroix... 1422 01:46:18,725 --> 01:46:22,092 ...I don't want to leave this world with any hate in my heart. 1423 01:46:23,463 --> 01:46:26,591 I ask your forgiveness for what I done. 1424 01:46:28,201 --> 01:46:31,659 It was a terrible thing I done in taking your son away from you. 1425 01:46:33,907 --> 01:46:35,204 How about us? 1426 01:46:35,442 --> 01:46:36,966 Mr. and Mrs. Percy... 1427 01:46:37,210 --> 01:46:39,576 ...I hope my death gives you some relief. 1428 01:46:47,420 --> 01:46:49,354 I just want to say... 1429 01:46:50,256 --> 01:46:52,190 ...I think killing is wrong... 1430 01:46:52,425 --> 01:46:53,585 ...no matter who does it. 1431 01:46:53,827 --> 01:46:57,957 Whether it's me or y'all or your government. 1432 01:47:22,422 --> 01:47:23,616 I love you. 1433 01:47:25,225 --> 01:47:26,351 I love you. 1434 01:49:06,760 --> 01:49:09,593 No! No! 1435 01:49:10,764 --> 01:49:12,595 Get off of her! 1436 01:50:40,987 --> 01:50:42,784 I'm out of here! 1437 01:50:43,022 --> 01:50:44,489 Come on, boy! 1438 01:51:49,889 --> 01:51:53,347 May the love of God and the peace of our dear Lord Jesus Christ... 1439 01:51:53,593 --> 01:51:56,153 ...bless us and console us... 1440 01:51:56,396 --> 01:51:59,422 ...and gently wipe every tear from our eyes. Amen. 1441 01:51:59,666 --> 01:52:01,065 May Almighty God bless you... 1442 01:52:01,301 --> 01:52:04,065 ...the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 1443 01:52:04,837 --> 01:52:06,896 Go now in the peace and love of Christ. 1444 01:52:07,140 --> 01:52:08,630 Thanks be to God. 1445 01:52:22,121 --> 01:52:24,385 Now, you're gonna be strong for your mama. 1446 01:52:44,143 --> 01:52:45,667 Mr. Delacroix. 1447 01:52:47,180 --> 01:52:50,172 - Sister. - It's good to see you. 1448 01:52:52,285 --> 01:52:54,116 I don't know why I'm here. 1449 01:52:54,721 --> 01:52:56,484 I got a lot of hate. 1450 01:52:57,290 --> 01:52:58,552 I don't have your faith. 1451 01:52:58,992 --> 01:53:01,620 It's not faith. I wish it were that easy. 1452 01:53:02,562 --> 01:53:04,086 It's work. 1453 01:53:06,265 --> 01:53:07,527 Maybe... 1454 01:53:09,902 --> 01:53:13,895 ...we could help each other find a way out of the hate. 1455 01:53:16,576 --> 01:53:17,907 I don't know. 1456 01:53:19,545 --> 01:53:21,137 I don't think so. 1457 01:53:25,051 --> 01:53:26,450 I should go. 1458 01:53:43,936 --> 01:53:45,096 Evening. 1459 01:53:45,338 --> 01:53:46,896 - Good evening. - Good evening. 1460 01:53:47,140 --> 01:53:48,107 Hi, ldella. 1461 01:53:48,341 --> 01:53:49,569 Herbie!