2:24:01
...I've heard his testimony. If I find it
inadmissible, I'll order it stricken.
2:24:06
His entire testimony stricken
from the record?
2:24:10
I will rule on that when I've heard it.
2:24:16
You will complete your statement,
Dr. Swain.
2:24:19
I'm sure that the prosecutor will see that
the state investigates my records...
2:24:24
...and perhaps I could lose the privilege
to practice medicine...
2:24:28
...but it's time that someone
spoke up...
2:24:31
...and paid the price
for the privilege of speaking.
2:24:33
Selena killed Lucas out of fear.
2:24:36
Fear of being forced to submit to him
again, and then she hid her crime...
2:24:41
...for fear of how we'd react to her
being assaulted by her stepfather.
2:24:45
She couldn't trust us with the truth.
Selena had no one to go to but me.
2:24:50
She only came to me because she had
to for medical reasons.
2:24:53
She swore me to secrecy.
2:24:55
Now I'm violating that secrecy
for a bigger purpose.
2:24:59
We're all prisoners of each other's
gossip, killed by each other's whispers...
2:25:03
...and it's time it stopped.
2:25:05
Our best young people leave as soon
as they can earn a bus ticket.
2:25:10
They contribute their characters
to other communities...
2:25:13
...because they're stifled
in Peyton Place.
2:25:15
We're not interested...
2:25:17
Dr. Swain has come forth at considerable
risk to himself and I intend to hear him...
2:25:22
...without any interruption.
2:25:23
I will rule on your objection
when he's finished.
2:25:27
You will continue, Dr. Swain.
2:25:29
We're a small but prosperous town,
yet we allow tarpaper shacks to stand.
2:25:35
We have half a dozen churches
which most of you attend...
2:25:38
...and then don't practice the word they
preach once you walk down the steps.
2:25:43
We have a fine school
that you take for granted.
2:25:46
We have a newspaper with a most
intelligent editorial page...
2:25:49
...which you use
for wrapping garbage.
2:25:52
It's time you people woke up.
2:25:55
Perhaps today you will,
because there's something bigger...
2:25:58
...than the tragedy of Selena Cross
on trial here.