Runaway Jury

So, in my book, you know, I think it'd be a good idea for him to represent us. 618 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,332 - But... - But he's blind, man. So what? 619 00:38:28,605 --> 00:38:31,742 - So is justice, right? - That's right, brother. 620 00:38:31,777 --> 00:38:33,537 What do you think, Herman? Are you up to it? 621 00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:37,144 - Well, of course I am. - All in favor of Herman. 622 00:38:46,623 --> 00:38:49,827 - Did I get any votes? - Hey, it's unanimous. You're in. 623 00:38:49,862 --> 00:38:52,955 - Congratulations. - All right, listen up. 624 00:38:53,263 --> 00:38:55,561 Court's in session. Lunch is set for 1:00. 625 00:38:55,966 --> 00:38:58,902 We order out from Verdi's Mart. Please fill out a menu. 626 00:38:58,937 --> 00:39:01,598 Make sure you circle what you want, now. 627 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:04,606 Don't make it too expensive. Thank you. 628 00:39:04,641 --> 00:39:07,701 Oh, I had this last week. It's really good. Thank you. 629 00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:09,589 - Think I'm gonna have salmon. - Nothing on that menu. 630 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:11,808 All right, all right. Thank you. 631 00:39:17,487 --> 00:39:22,292 October, two years ago, at 8:45 am on a Monday morning, 632 00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:25,090 a man by the name of Kevin Peltier casually walks though 633 00:39:25,295 --> 00:39:28,526 the brokerage house from which he was fired the previous Friday morning. 634 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:32,100 He walks into the elevator. He loads a 36-round magazine 635 00:39:32,135 --> 00:39:36,663 into his Performa 990 semiautomatic, and when he reaches the third floor, 636 00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:40,970 he opens fire on his former coworkers, killing 11 and critically wounding five 637 00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:46,647 before turning the gun on himself. Now, they never had a chance. 638 00:39:46,950 --> 00:39:49,720 This was all less than two minutes. They couldn't stop him. 639 00:39:49,755 --> 00:39:54,350 11 lives ended. That's all you jurors, minus one. 640 00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:56,918 And among them was Jacob Wood, 641 00:39:57,060 --> 00:39:58,861 the husband of my client, Celeste Wood, 642 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:03,458 and the father of their son Henry, six years old. 643 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:08,531 I don't know about you, but I'm angry at the tragic and senseless loss of life. 644 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:12,368 Why does the Vicksburg Firearms company make it so easy 645 00:40:12,576 --> 00:40:15,477 to buy these guns on the underground market? 646 00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:19,275 Because they care more about making money than they do about your life 647 00:40:19,383 --> 00:40:23,979 or my life or the life of that woman's husband. 648 00:40:26,056 --> 00:40:28,725 A very courageous former executive of Vicksburg Firearms 649 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,920 is gonna come in here, and he's gonna testify 650 00:40:37,334 --> 00:40:41,634 criminals, all those others poised for violence. 651 00:40:44,007 --> 00:40:47,465 Excuse me. Would you please give these to Mr. Rohr and Mr. Cable? 652 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:50,076 Into a very efficient mass murderer. 653 00:40:55,552 --> 00:40:59,147 Yes, it was Mr. Peltier that squeezed the trigger that awful Monday morning. 654 00:40:59,623 --> 00:41:01,924 But it was the Vicksburg Firearms company, 655 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:04,757 through a deliberate and negligent distribution policy, 656 00:41:04,795 --> 00:41:09,528 that put that assault-type weapon into the hands of Mr. Peltier. 657 00:41:10,133 --> 00:41:14,160 As such, they were complicit in those murders. 658 00:41:14,304 --> 00:41:17,102 And this I'll prove to you during the course of the trial. 659 00:41:17,307 --> 00:41:19,775 Thank you very much. Your Honor. 660 00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:28,979 - Mr. Cable. - Thank you, Your Honor. 661 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:31,383 - I feel so nervous. - You'll be fine. 662 00:41:31,521 --> 00:41:34,289 That was quite provocative. 663 00:41:34,324 --> 00:41:37,725 Now, I wanna tell you two things about guns today. 664 00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:41,129 I don't think either of them will be news to you, 665 00:41:41,164 --> 00:41:45,225 but the first is guns are dangerous. They're guns. This is their function. 666 00:41:45,736 --> 00:41:48,261 And I wanna tell you today that no one is more aware of that 667 00:41:48,505 --> 00:41:50,825 or takes more responsibility for it than the gun industry, 668 00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:53,806 especially Vicksburg Firearms, 669 00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:56,813 as a company that's been in business since before the Civil War. 670 00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:59,373 Now, the automobile industry works every day 671 00:41:59,816 --> 00:42:02,046 to ensure that their cars are safe. 672 00:42:02,185 --> 00:42:04,983 Why? Because they drive them. 673 00:42:05,188 -->