1:07:00
We are not to blame, but the public
tars us with your brush.
1:07:03
You can't destroy the confidence
we've built up...
1:07:05
...to sell newspapers.
1:07:06
I maybe started like that but
it isn't that way anymore.
1:07:09
Look, gentlemen, believe me...
1:07:11
...that man is not guilty.
1:07:12
I don't know if he's guilty,
but we don't want...
1:07:14
...this police was persecuted.
1:07:16
What's the difference?
Just a minute.
1:07:18
The Governor wants
this thing cleared up.
1:07:20
We're not asking you to forget
the man if he's innocent.
1:07:23
We don't want it dragging
on and on...
1:07:25
...just to promote circulation.
1:07:27
We have a proposition to offer
you to settle this thing.
1:07:30
I'll suggest the Governor...
1:07:31
...to set up a hearing
of the Pardon Board.
1:07:34
If Wiecek is exonerated
he'll get a pardon.
1:07:36
If you can't clear him,
you will drop this matter...
1:07:39
...once and for all. Is that a deal?
1:07:44
What do you say, Mac?
1:07:48
It's a deal if Mr. Palmer says so.
1:07:54
Okay.
1:07:57
It's a deal.
1:07:58
I'll ask the Governor to set up
a special hearing next week.
1:08:01
Are you ready to accept that?
- Yes, I am.
1:08:04
There's just one thing, Mr. McNeal.
1:08:07
If you go before the Pardon Board
and they turn him down...
1:08:10
...it'll go on Wiecek's record.
1:08:12
Then when he's eligible
for parole...
1:08:15
...that record may hurt his chances.
1:08:18
Now mind you,
there's no regulation...
1:08:20
...there's no law...
1:08:22
...but the very fact that it
was investigated...
1:08:24
...by the Pardon Board and
turned him down...
1:08:27
...might have a prejudicial effect
upon his application.
1:08:31
What you're doing is gambling
with Wiecek's parole.
1:08:34
That's a chance we'll have to take.
1:08:36
Well, gentlemen, that's settled
then. We're agreed.
1:08:39
Thank you very much, gentlemen.
1:08:41
We'll live up to our
end of the bargain.
1:08:43
Good bye.
- Good bye, sir.
1:08:55
Well, you two seem quite
satisfied but...
1:08:57
...Mr. Burns doesn't seem to be.