1:12:01
getting off with anything less
than the death penalty.
1:12:05
I took that to heart. I thought
I was going to get my chance.
1:12:09
For reasons
that were never really made public...
1:12:14
Mr. Wade requested
the governor to commute...
1:12:16
Mr. Adams' death penalty to life...
1:12:20
and that eliminated
the possibility of a retrial...
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based on the reversal.
1:12:27
I was absolutely shocked.
1:12:30
I can't help but believe...
1:12:31
that some of the motivation
behind that decision...
1:12:34
was a fear that...
1:12:36
Adams may be vindicated at a retrial.
1:12:40
I just felt they prosecuted
the wrong person. I don't know why.
1:12:44
I felt that some policeman,
whether in Vidor or in Dallas...
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made a decision to prosecute and set
the wheels of justice in motion...
1:12:53
in the wrong direction and they got
going so fast no one could stop them.
1:12:56
So I felt it was up to me
to stop them and I didn't.
1:12:59
I felt it was up to the Supreme Court
and they did what they could, but...
1:13:03
it's all gotten messed up and derailed again.
1:13:08
Since his trial, I have given up
my practice of criminal law.
1:13:15
I have not had a jury trial...
1:13:17
since I heard the verdict
of this jury in this case...
1:13:20
and don't intend to.
1:13:24
I just feel like...
1:13:25
I'll let other people
handle these problems for a while.
1:13:31
Because if justice can miscarry so badly...
1:13:36
I'd rather do something else.
1:13:38
Prosecutors in Dallas have said for years...
1:13:42
"Any prosecutor can convict a guilty man.
1:13:45
"It takes a great prosecutor
to convict an innocent man."
1:13:51
To this day, I think Mr. Mulder...
1:13:54
believes that the Adams conviction
was one of his great victories...
1:13:59
probably because of some reservations
he has about Adams' guilt.