The Life of David Gale Page #9

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The woman's a bleeding-heart

abolitionist. Why frame an innocent man?

- Why send Gale to the chair for what...

- What?

She had to know some innocent

jerk would take the fall.

Oh, my God, Zack. That's it.

That's why. To prove it happens.

- To have absolute proof that the system convicts innocents.

- Get out of here.

No. That's how she thought.

Come on, think about it. This

woman lived for DeathWatch.

If she's gonna die

anyway, why not die for it?

That's why the tripod was here,

to record proof, undeniable proof.

- That's why we got the video.

- So a dead woman put the tape in your room?

No, of course not. I

mean, she needed help.

Someone to keep it, release it.

Someone dedicated to the cause.

Someone she could trust.

What a dump. The guy's a freak.

Come on.

Dusty's a bullhorner, a zealot

who's O.D.'d on too many good causes.

You know, the original plan

was probably for Dusty...

to release the tape

after Gale's conviction.

You know, after a year or so.

It'd force him to dry out,

give him back his dignity.

So Dusty Wright is sitting

on this tape, waiting.

And he's the only one

who knows about it.

So good ol' Dusty starts to think

that an erroneous execution...

is a lot more politically

useful than a last-minute save.

Because a last-minute save would

only prove the system works.

Almost-martyrs don't count.

Dusty's thinking, what's one

murder if it stops thousands?

So he'll release the whole

tape only after the execution.

Which means he must have

the original somewhere.

- What time is it?

- It's 4:
50.

Oh, Bitsey, Jesus!

I wanna talk about your tape.

No. Meet me down the hill at

the gas station in 15 minutes.

Zack!

Don't move from the phone.

Call the second you see his

pickup. Let it ring just once.

- Then get into the woods.

- I know. Go.

- Into the woods, Zack.

- Go!

Details of Gale's last

meal were released today.

And they included pancakes

with maple syrup...

All executions in the state of

Texas take place at 6:00 p.m.

- Four pancakes. Maple syrup.

- Four pancakes. Maple syrup.

- Fresh strawberries.

- After completion of last words, the injection is administered.

- Fresh strawberries... large. - Fresh

strawberries... large. - Fresh strawberries.

Sodium penthonal for

sedation purposes...

- Reddi-wip whipped cream. - Puts you

to sleep. - Reddi-wip whipped cream.

- Pancuronium bromide...

- Chocolate shavings...

- extra chocolate.

- To collapse the diaphragm and lungs.

Potassium chloride to stop the heart.

- Chocolate shavings, extra chocolate.

- And chocolate shavings.

The whole cocktail costs

the state of Texas...

approximately $86.08 per elimination.

- What do you miss most? Food.

- Food.

- Talk to her in horse talk?

- No.

Damn.

Damn!

Come on, cowboy, where are you?

next hotel on the list.

- Come on.

Sh*t!

It's ready?

- F***!

- He didn't show up! Come on!

Please, Bitsy, come on.

Call everyone, Zack.

The governor, the warden, New York,

the goddamn Supreme Court death clerk.

- How far is it?

- You've got eight minutes, maybe more.

- We'll make it. We'll make it.

- You can do it.

Go! Go! Go!

Shower. Go.

My God.

- Give me the time. - On

that big pile-up on I-35...

Give me the goddamn time.

Oh, no. Not now. Not f***ing now.

Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!

Come on. F***. F***!

- Stop executions.

Hey, get the f*** off

my spot, all right?

Thank you.

- How tight are you?

- I got your two buttons.

Testing one, two...

- How's my, uh, light?

- A little shine right there.

- I think he's doing Larry King Live at 8:00.

- Oh. Can I smile?

Opinion polls conducted

over the weekend show...

that 66% of all Americans are

in favor of the death penalty.

Maybe you can get a

shot of the protesters.

You can see over here that

the people are represented...

- by 50% pro, 50% anti

-death.

Hiddee-hiddee-hiddee-ho.!

Time for David Gale to go.!

When Caine killed Abel, God

cast him out. He didn't kill him.

He raped and killed that poor girl. As

far as I'm concerned, he should die for it.

Hiddee-hiddee-hiddee-ho.!

- Murderers!

- Time for David Gale to go.

They said on TV that he raped her

first and then he strangled her.

- I think he deserves to die.

- They stick that thing in his arm and he goes to sleep.

If you ask me, they ought

to use a goddamn pickax.

- You're the murderer!

- He should die.

A little-bitty pin prick.

The state of Texas has

executed David Gale.

He was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.

Strapped to the gurney at 6:02.

- David Gale was officially pronounced dead...

- at 6:
12 this evening.

- Texas has executed David...

- Gale was pronounced dead at 6:12.

Death was pronounced at 6:12 this

evening at the prison in Huntsville.

Since none of the victim's

relatives was in attendance...

there will be no statement

from the victim's family.

Here's what we know so far. Last night,

NEWS Magazine posted on their web site...

a video obtained by

reporter Bitsey Bloom.

- The footage appears to show...

- Constance Harraway committing suicide.

Bloom reports that she received the tape

Friday morning in a motel in Huntsville...

where she was staying while

conducting Gale's last interview.

Apparently, the tape has

been in the possession...

of former DeathWatch

employee Dustin Emil Wright.

As you can see, police have been in

and out of his cabin all morning...

looking for clues to his whereabouts.

- Since his 1994 conviction...

- On death row awaiting execution.

Blacks and Latinos are five times more

likely to face the death penalty than whites.

A fanatic in the movement

to stop the death penalty.

- It's all there?

- Actively seeking a Dustin Wright.

- A Dustin Wright.

- It appears Wright withheld a tape to make...

a political point about the potential

for error in capital punishment cases.

Passport and ticket as well.

Dana, what everyone here is asking...

It's a terrible tragedy, and

there will be a full investigation.

And I assure you this man Dusty Wright

will be caught and shown swift justice.

- Justice for Christ's sake!

- The people of Texas are not deterred.

We're still solidly behind the

death penalty because it works.

The system cannot be blamed for the acts of

one deranged individual with an ax to grind.

And people have been put to death

in the name of this justice.!

Let's not throw the baby out

with the bath water, folks.

Of course, the ultimate

irony is that David Gale...

The man who became

an unwitting martyr...

May achieve in death

what he worked for...

But could not accomplish in life.

This is A.J. Roberts

reporting from Bastrop, Texas.

- Gracias.

- De nada.

This just came.

- Is it David's?

- S.

"Key to your freedom." What?

It's over.

- Now there is a line

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- In Genesis nine After the flood

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- Kill men who shed the blood

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- Sharp is your needle

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- Revenge is evil

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- Wrong or right

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- Blind is the justice

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- Cool as a Judas kiss

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