house,
stabbed his father, just to be amusing?
I'm just saying that it is possible
that the boy lost the knife
and somebody else stabbed
his father with a similar knife.
It's possible, that's all.
It's possible...
Take a look at that knife.
I've never seen one like it.
Neither has the storekeeper
who sold it to the boy.
And you're asking us to accept a
pretty incredible coincidence?
I'm not asking you to accept anything.
I'm just saying that it's possible.
And I say it's not possible!
What are you trying to do?
Who do you think you are...
Hey, what is this? Where
did you get that knife now?
Where has that come from?
Quiet, quiet, please!
Where did you get that knife?
I was out walking last night,
just... thinking...
I was in the boy's neighbourhood,
that knife comes from a pawn shop
three blocks from his house,
it cost 25$.
- It's against the law to buy it.
- I broke the law.
Listen, you pulled a pretty bright trick here,
now suppose you tell me what it proves.
There could be ten knives like that, so what?
There could be...
What does that mean?
I mean, so he got the same kind of knife, what
is that, the discovery of the age or something?
It'd still be an incredible coincidence for another person
to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife.
Come on, the odds are a million to one!
But it's possible!
Alright jentlemen, let's take sits.
There's no point meddling around here.
Very interesting that he should find
a knife exactly like the one the boy bought.
What's interesting about it?
It proves anything?
Proves? No, no, no...
I didn't mean...
How come the kid bought the
knife in the first place?
Well, he claims...
I know he claims he bought it
as a present for a friend of his,
who was gonna give it
to him the next day,
because he busted the other kid's
knife dropping it off the pants!
That's what he said.
The friend testified in court that
the boy did break his knife.
How long before the killing?
Three weeks, right?
So how come our noble lad bought this thing
an half an hour after his father smacked him
and three and a half hours before they found
it shoved up to here into the father's chest?
Look, he was gonna give it to his friend,
he just wanted to use it first.
Let me ask you a question, this is
something I wanted to bring up in court.
If the boy did buy the knife to use
on his father, how come he showed
what was going to become the murder weapon to
three friends a couple of hours before the killing?
All this is just talk!
The boy lied and you know it.
Do you think he lied?
That's a stupid question,
damn right he lied!
And you sir?
You don't have to ask me that, you
know my answer - he lied, yes!
And you?
- I think maybe...
- Maybe, wait a second!
What are you, the kid's
lawyer or something?
Who are you to come in here
and start cross examining us?
Isn't this what's supposed
to happen in a jury room?
There are still eleven of us
in here who think he's guilty.
Yeah, I mean what'd you
think you gonna accomplish?
You're not gonna change anybody's mind!
You wanna be stubborn and
hang this jury? Go ahead!
The kid'll be tried again and
found guilty, as sure as he's born.
You're probably right!
So then what do you wanna do about it?
We could be here all night...
It's only one night. A boy may die.
Oh brother!
Anybody got a deck o'cards?
I don't think he should joke about it.
I don't see how all this talk about
the knife's got to do with anything.
I mean, come on, somebody
saw that boy stab his father.
What more do we need?
I got three car washes out there going to
pot while we're sitting up in here talking.
Come on, let's get done with
this so we can get outta here!
Excuse me, but...
...the knife was very important
to the district attorney,
he took one whole morning with that!
Come on, that guy was a 15th assistant
or something... What does he know?
I think we should get on with it.
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