Dead Man Walking Page #8

- Bye.

- Bye.

Tell me something, Sister.

What is a nun doing

in a place like this?

Shouldn't you be teaching children?

And you know what this man has done.

How he killed them kids.

What he did was evil.

I don't condone it.

What's the sense in killing

to say killing is wrong?

You know how the Bible says,

"an eye for an eye"?

Know what else it asks for?

Death as a punishment

for adultery, prostitution...

...homosexuality,

trespass upon sacred ground...

...profaning the Sabbath

and contempt of parents.

I ain't gonna get in no Bible quoting

with no nun because I'm gonna lose.

She was only on the phone

a few minutes and there she was...

...falling for the old Matt charm.

I had to take back that phone. You're

trying to steal my gal, you dog.

She sounds like a great little gal.

- She ain't so little, though.

- You shut up.

Take care of her, Craig.

Don't do nothing stupid.

She looks a little bit like...

Who was your girlfriend

in high school?

I had lots of girls in high school.

- No, the one with the funny name.

- Funny name?

Maddie, Maldy-- Maldy? Maldy.

- Madrigal.

- Madrigal.

Madrigal Parmelee. Oh, she was hot!

- She was a nasty little thing.

- Matthew!

Sorry, Ma. I mean, she was

a fine upstanding young woman.

How about you, Troy?

Got yourself a little girlfriend?

- No.

- Why not?

I ain't got time.

Too much fishing and camping to do.

- Troy just got a new tent.

- What kind of tents you got?

Army tent. Not them sissy ones

with all the colors.

- Tell Matt about the other night.

- He was camping in the yard.

Oh, I made him come in.

I was worried.

I went out and made him come inside.

- Mama, that ain't what happened.

- Go on.

- Go on. Tell him.

- Come on.

Me and my buddy Paul put up this tent,

cooked our own dinner.

We roasted potatoes in tin foil on

the fire and cooked us some weenies.

Then what? Go on.

- About midnight--

- No, about 9:
00, I think. Yeah.

- We heard some kind of animal.

- What kind was that?

- It was big.

- Was it a bunny?

- Was it a possum?

- Shut up.

- Was it a squirrel?

- Was it a mouse?

Shut up! It was big and nasty.

Hey, look me in the eye, little man.

You go inside because Mama said so

or were you scared?

Now, tell the truth.

Look me in the eye.

We got him.

Some people are asking

about your funeral...

...and I get real angry and I say,

"He's not dead yet."

Sorry, folks, we gotta wrap this up.

A little early, isn't it?

Rules say they can stay till 6:45.

It's time for you folks

to be leaving now.

- Here you go, Poncelet.

- Thanks, man.

My stuff's in these pillowcases.

Better if y'all took it home with you.

Don't want the prison sending it.

Craig, divide up all the stuff

except my boots from Marion.

I want to walk to my execution

in these here boots.

Up on your feet.

You all say your goodbyes now.

See you later, Matt.

- Bye.

- No goodbyes, little man.

- No, ma'am.

- Can't she hug him?

I'm sorry, Sister. Security reasons.

Don't cry, Mama.

I don't want to see no crying.

I'm not saying goodbye now.

- I'll call you tonight.

- See you, Matt. Stay strong.

Don't cry. I'll call you later.

We love you, Mattie.

If I'd put my arms around my boy,

I'd never have let go.

Is my mama all right?

She's fine, Matt.

All right. Goodbye.

I never had shrimp before.

They're pretty good.

So, what did he say? What's the word

on the lie detector test?

Culp said your answers

showed stress...

- ...and the results were inconclusive.

- Man.

Was the dude sure?

Absolutely, positively sure.

I felt all right answering them

questions. I didn't feel no stress.

I can't believe I failed.

Matt, you'd have to be a robot

or insane not to feel stress now.

I can't believe it didn't

come out right.

Let's talk about what happened.

Let's talk about that night.

I don't want to talk about that.

- Get out.

- You're pretty.

- Trespassing.

- What?

- You're trespassing.

- We'll leave.

- Let's go!

- You're under arrest. Step out.

We'll leave. We didn't know.

Get out of the car!

- Where are we going?

- There's a bar back here.

- Our boss's in the bar.

- Can't let you go, you've been bad.

- Our boss is gonna be pissed.

- Maybe he'll let you go.

Well. Here we are.

This is the bar.

- Can we get you a drink?

- Kneel down.

I'm pissed off!

I'm pissed at the kids

for being parked.

At the parents coming to see me die.

At myself for letting

Vitello get them kids.

I got a thing or two to say

to the Percys and the Delacroixs.

You want your last words

to be words of hatred?

Clyde Percy wants

to inject me hisself!

Well, think of how angry he must be.

He's never gonna see

his daughter again.

He's never gonna hold her,

love her, laugh with her.

You have robbed these parents.

They have nothing in their lives

but sorrow, no joy.

That is what you gave them.

Why were you in the woods?

- I told you, I was stoned!

- Don't blame the drugs.

You were harassing couples

for months before this happened.

- What was it?

- What do you mean?

Did you look up to Vitello,

think he was cool?

Did you want to impress him?

- I don't know.

- You could have walked away.

- He went psycho on me.

- Don't blame him!

You blame him, the government,

drugs, blacks, the Percys.

You blame the kids for being there.

What about Matthew Poncelet?

Where's he in this story? What,

is he just an innocent? A victim?

I ain't no victim.

Poncelet.

Federal Appeals Court turned you down.

I'm sorry.

Sister, please step into the corridor.

I'll be right outside.

I'm sorry, son.

I feel like I failed.

No, you didn't fail. I appreciate

everything you done for me.

What is she typing?

Forms for the witnesses to sign.

You didn't fail.

The justice system failed me.

It stinks. It stinks bad.

I'll head out there.

Oh, God, help me.

This is such a terrifying place, Lord.

So cold. So calculated, this murder.

Just don't let him fall apart, God.

Oh, help him stay strong. Help me,

Jesus, stay strong. Help us, Lord.

Help us stay strong. Help me.

They shaved the calf of my leg.

Why?

I guess they was worried

they won't find a vein in my arm.

What's that number?

I put it on at Marion.

In case somebody killed me,

they could identify my body.

Did it hurt when you got all those?

You seeing these tattoos,

you gonna think I'm a bad person.

You just have more color

on your body than I thought.

Tried to give me two shots.

- A sedative and an antihistamine.

- Antihistamine?

Guess if I had an allergic reaction

to the shot that knocks you out...

...it gets messy.

Come on, I want to give you...

...my Bible.

I dated it myself.

Thanks, Matt.

Step back from the cell, Sister.

Time to call home.

Will you stay?

I'll stay. I'll just give you

some privacy.

Hey, man.

What're you doing?

You know. What are you doing?

The time's clicking away.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- What you doing? Grabbing the phone?

- Yep.

- Gonna sleep in your tent tonight?

- Yeah, I am.

Mama, I'm waiting to talk to you.

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