A Few Good Men Page #29
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- 1992
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JO:
My third case was a Drunk and
Disorderly. The trial lasted nine
weeks. I rounded up 31 people who
were in the bar that night.
KAFFEE:
Nine weeks on a D and D? What was
the prosecutor offering?
JO:
15 days.
KAFFEE:
(pause)
Well, you sure hustled the sh*t outta
him.
JO:
After that, they moved me to internal
affairs.
KAFFEE:
Tough to blame them.
JO:
Where I've earned two distinguished
service medals and two letters of
commendation.
KAFFEE:
Why are you always giving me your
resume?
JO:
Because I want you to think I'm good
lawyer.
KAFFEE:
I do.
JO:
No you don't.
(beat)
I think you're an exceptional lawyer.
I watch the jurors, they respond to
you, they like you. I see you
convincing them. I think Dawson and
Downey are gonna end up owing their
lives to you.
KAFFEE:
(pause)
Jo... I think you have to prepare
yourself for the fact that we're
gonna lose.
(beat)
Ross's opening speech, it was all
true.
(beat)
I mean, let's pretend for a minute
that it would actually matter to
this jury that the guys were given
an order. We can't prove it ever
happened.
(beat)
We'll keep doing what we're doing,
and we'll put on a show, but at the
end of the day, all we have is the
testimony of two people accused of
murder.
JO:
We'll find Markinson.
KAFFEE:
Jo, we're gonna lose. And we're gonna
lose huge.
We HOLD on then for a moment, and in VOICE OVER hear
HOWARD (V.O.)
Corporal Jeffrey Owen Howard, Marine
Barracks Windward, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba.
CUT TO:
CORPORAL HOWARD, the young marine who drove the lawyers around
Cuba, is on the stand.
KAFFEE:
Corporal Howard, name some reasons
why a marine would get a code red?
HOWARD:
Being late for platoon or company
meetings, keeping his barracks in
disorder, falling back on a run...
KAFFEE:
Have you ever received a code red?
HOWARD:
Yes sir. We were doing seven man
assault drills, and my weapon slipped.
It's just cause it was over a hundred
degrees and my palms were sweaty and
I'd forgot to use the resin like we
were taught.
KAFFEE:
And what happened?
HOWARD:
That night the guys in my squad threw
a blanket over me and took turns
punching me in the arm for five
minutes. Then they poured glue on my
hands. And it worked, too, 'cause I
ain't never dropped my weapon since.
KAFFEE:
Was Private Santiago ever late for
platoon meetings?
HOWARD:
Yes sir.
KAFFEE:
Was his barracks ever in disorder?
HOWARD:
Yes sir.
KAFFEE:
Did he ever fall back on a run?
HOWARD:
All the time, sir.
KAFFEE:
Did he ever, prior to the night of
August 6th, receive a code red?
HOWARD:
No sir.
KAFFEE:
(beat)
Never?
HOWARD:
No, sir.
KAFFEE:
You got a code red 'cause your palms
were sweaty. Why didn't Santiago,
this burden to his unit, ever get
one?
HOWARD:
Dawson wouldn't allow it, sir.
KAFFEE:
Dawson wouldn't allow it.
HOWARD:
The guys talked tough about Santiago,
but they wouldn't go near him. They
were too afraid of Dawson, sir.
ROSS:
Object. The witness is characterizing.
KAFFEE:
I'll rephrase. Jeffrey, did you ever
want to give Santiago a code red?
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