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Douglas Mulder had a perfect win record.
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I believe he resigned from the
D.A. 's office without any defeats.
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That's why he's legendary.
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Everything, as I recall,
that Mulder ever said...
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was about what a great guy Mulder was...
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and how marvelous it was that
he was getting all these convictions.
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I wanted somebody else in on it,
so I got Dennis interested in it...
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because Dennis has a lot more
trial experience...
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and Dennis wins
practically all of his jury cases.
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And Dennis was very enthusiastic
about the Randall Adams case...
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because he kept saying,
"This is one we can win.
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"They don't have substantial evidence.
All they've got is David Harris."
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I prepared a motion for a continuance
to get more time to try the case...
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and in doing that had to lay out
my schedule for several weeks...
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as to exactly what time
I'd be in Vidor, Texas.
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Vidor is the headquarters of the
Ku Klux Klan for the state of Texas.
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It's a city where black people
will not spend the night.
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Black people won't even stop there
to get their car filled with gasoline.
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And furthermore, the people of Vidor
were under the impression...
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that the policeman that was murdered
was a black man.
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I had to stop at a motel on the way.
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My wife and I stayed in one room,
the lady lawyer in another room.
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We arranged to get up very early,
go to Vidor and start our investigation.
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At about 6:00 in the morning...
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Edith James, the lady lawyer, got up...
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and was looking for me.
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While she went out in the parking lot
to find me, she went to one room...
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and someone in the parking lot said:
:33:42
"If you're looking
for the lawyer from Dallas...
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"he's in room..."
And he gave her the room number.
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I immediately began to suspect...
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from the time I was that close to Vidor,
I was being followed and observed.
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Doug Mulder had been there
the week before I had...
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and had told the people in Vidor that I was...
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an Eastern-educated
civil liberties attorney...