1:48:02
Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor
into this court.
1:48:06
Without that tape, I cannot show
you that the crowd fired first...
1:48:09
and that Colonel Childers
is innocent.
1:48:11
But without that tape,
they cannot prove...
1:48:14
beyond a reasonable doubt
that he's guilty!
1:48:19
Here's my case.
1:48:22
He's all I've got.
Thirty-two years of service,
1:48:24
thirty-two years of heroism
as a United States Marine.
1:48:27
Regardless of
what you decide here,
1:48:29
Colonel Childers' career
as a marine is over.
1:48:32
He will never again
command men in combat.
1:48:34
The ambassador and his family
are alive today because of him.
1:48:37
And I know how
the ambassador feels,
1:48:39
because Colonel Childers
saved my life too.
1:48:41
I'm alive today because of him.
1:48:43
My son is sitting in
this courtroom because of him.
1:48:46
I'm alive today,
and I have a son,
1:48:49
because of the heroism
of Colonel Childers.
1:48:51
To ask this man to risk his life
for his country,
1:48:58
to ask this man to watch
his marines die in his arms...
1:49:02
and call it murder
when he's defending himself,
1:49:04
call it murder for firing back
when fired upon...
1:49:07
To call it murder for saving
the lives of his countrymen...
1:49:10
under the most extreme
of circumstances, that's, uh...
1:49:14
My fellow Marines,
that's hanging him out to dry.
1:49:20
It's worse than leaving him
woundedon a battlefield.
1:49:23
That is something
you do not do...
1:49:26
if you are
a United States Marine.
1:49:31
And it is something that I pray
to God you won't do here either.
1:49:57
- What'd you think?
- You're pretty good.