The Thin Blue Line
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I do have to admit that in the Adams case...
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and I've never really said this...
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Doug Mulder's final argument
was one I'd never heard before.

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About the "thin blue line" of police...
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that separated the public from anarchy.
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I have to concede that there
my eyes kind of welled up...

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when I heard that.
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It did get to me emotionally,
but I don't think I showed it.

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In death penalty cases...
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we have a question, or we did at the time...
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of whether or not that person
is of a dangerous mentality...

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and might be expected
to commit other crimes.

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To answer that question...
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the Dallas District Attorney sends
psychiatrists to the defendant's cell...

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to discover whether he is without remorse...
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and therefore is a dangerous
and psychopathic personality.

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Of course, in the instance of a person...
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who did not commit the crime,
they're not going to show remorse.

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There were two psychiatrists
that appeared again and again.

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Holbrook and Grigson, the "Killer Shrinks."
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There was certain criticism
directed against these two people...

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because, in effect, whenever they
showed up, the purpose of their visit...

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was to kill the defendant.
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It was April 15th, tax day.
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I think I was filling out my taxes at the time.
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Afraid I might be late.
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A guard walks up to the door...
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tells me, "There's someone out here
who wants to talk to you."

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I ask him who it was.
He said he didn't know...


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