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Act 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Maya:

No. There’s nothing wrong. You can take that back. We’re finished with it.

A

Well, what are you looking at?

[loudly]

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2
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Alesya:

So all right, let’s do it.

A

I want an open ballot. Let’s call out our votes. I want to know who stands where.

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3
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Maya:

Three?

A

Guilty.

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4
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Maya:

The vote is six to six.

A

I’m ready to walk into court right now and declare a hung jury. There’s no point in this going on any more.

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5
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Maya:

Six to six. I don’t think we’ll ever agree - on anything.

A

It’s got to be unanimous - and we’re never going to convince her.

[motions at Emma]

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6
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Emma:

At first I was alone. Now five others agree; there is a doubt.

A

You can’t ever convince me that there’s a doubt, because I know there isn’t no doubt.

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7
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Annie:

What do you mean - vote?

A

Not again!

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8
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Jemi:

It doesn’t seem quite right to me.

A

It’s the only solution.

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9
Q

Maya:

Are we agreed then? Seven or more votes yes, and we take it to the judge.

A

Let’s call our votes out.

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10
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Maya:

Three?

(hung jury vote)

A

Yes.

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11
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Annie:

Yes.

A

Oh, no!

[screeching]

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12
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Jemi:

And it is a tenement and they have thin walls.

A

Good. Good. That’s it. That’s it.

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13
Q

Jemi:

Please remember that there weren’t any fingerprints on the knife, and it is summer, so gloves seem unlikely.

A

Now, I want you to listen to this lady. She’s talking sense.

[to Emma][Motions at Jemi]

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14
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Emma:

This is a point.

A

Why don’t we just time this one, to see?

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15
Q

Jemi:

Now it may have taken the murderer about thirty-five seconds to wipe away all the fingerprints and get down the stairs to the place where the old man saw him - the boy, that is.

A

This is right.

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16
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Alesya:

Yes, let’s.

A

Here, you do the stabbing.

[taking knife from table, giving it to Emma]

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17
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Jemi:

No, I’ll do it.

A

Why don’t you be the one that gets stabbed? And don’t forget - you take one second to fall.

[to Alesya]

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18
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Emma:

Yes, it seems reasonable.

A

Hey, wait a minute! He falls and he ends up on his right side, the father did; but stabbing someone isn’t just like shooting them, even when it’s right in the heart. The father would have worked around for a few seconds - lying there on the floor - writhing, maybe.

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19
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Milton:

Wouldn’t the father have cried out?

A

Maybe the boy held his mouth.

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20
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Jemi:

It would just be for a second or two, I should think, but still he would look around.

A

This gets better and better.

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21
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Jemi:

And whoever did murder the old man - and I think it was the boy - still had to run down the hall and down the stairs, at least one flight of stairs.

A

You see! You see!

22
Q

Bibi:

That may be true, that the old man lies in part, but I think it will change my vote once more. Guilty.

A

What about you? What do you think now?

[to Orla]

23
Q

Orla:

I’m not sure what I think. I want to talk some more. At first I thought guilty, then I changed. Now - I’m sort of swinging back to guilty.

A

And what about you?

[to Milton]

24
Q

Bibi:

I say guilty. I was right the first time.

A

Now we’re beginning to make sense in here.

25
Q

Milton:

Then could not the old man be one hundred per cent wrong about who he saw?

A

That’s the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard of. You’re making that up out of thin air.

26
Q

Bibi:

Well, something’s been bothering me a little. This whole business about the stab wound, and how it was made - the downward angle of it, you know?

A

Don’t tell me we’re gonna start on that. They went over it and over it in court.

27
Q

Bibi:

It’s a very awkward thing to stab down into the chest of someone who’s half a foot taller than you are.

A

Look, you’re not going to be satisfied till you see it again. I’m going to give you a demonstration. Somebody get up. Okay. Now watch this. I don’t want to have to do it again. Is that six inches?

[Grabs knife from table and jumps up][looks towards table, closes knife, puts it in pocket of her dress, they stand face to face and look at eachother for a moment][to Bibi][Crouches down until quite a bit shorter than Emma]

28
Q

Annie:

That’s more than six inches.

A

Okay, let it be more.

[reaches into pocket and takes out knife, flips it open, changes its position in her hand and holds knife aloft, ready to stab, she and Emma look steadily into each other’s eyes, then stabs downward, hard]

29
Q

Bibi:

What’s the matter with you?

A

Now, just calm down. Nobody’s hurt, are they?

30
Q

Emma:

No. Nobody’s hurt.

A

All right. There’s your angle. Take a look at it. Down and in. That’s how I’d stab a taller person in the chest, and that’s how it was done. Take a look at it, and tell me I’m wrong.

31
Q

Emma:

Did you?

A

All right, let’s not be silly.

32
Q

Emma:

Did you?

[insistently]

A

No. I didn’t!

33
Q

Emma:

Where do you get all your information about how it’s done?

A

What do you mean? It’s just common sense.

34
Q

Emma:

Have you ever seen a person stabbed?

A

No.

[pausing, looking around the room rather nervously; then, finally]

35
Q

Emma:

Look at this. Doesn’t it seem like an awkward way to handle a knife?

A

What are you asking me for?

36
Q

Bibi:

I suppose it’s conceivable that he could have made the wound, but it’s not likely, not if he’d ever had any experience with switch knives; and we know that the boy had a lot of experience with switch knives.

A

I don’t believe it.

37
Q

Emma:

Before we decide on anything more, I would like to try to pull this together.

A

This should be good.

38
Q

Emma:

I want you all to look at this logically and consistently.

A

We have. Guilty.

39
Q

Emma:

It would then take a very stupid boy to go and murder a man, his father, with an instrument that everyone would associate with the son.

A

I quite agree, he’s dumb.

40
Q

Emma:

Now, is the boy smart, or is he dumb?

A

Hey, now, wait a minute!

41
Q

Jemi:

To me, the most damning evidence was given by the woman across the street who claimed that she actually saw the murder committed.

A

That’s right. As far as I’m concerned, that’s the most important testimony.

42
Q

Jemi:

As far as I can see, this is an unshakable testimony.

A

That’s what I mean. That’s the whole case.

43
Q

Annie:

Well - maybe… there’s so much evidence to sift…

A

What do you mean, maybe? She’s absolutely right. You can throw out all the other evidence.

44
Q

Emma:

Now, perhaps this woman honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say that she only saw a blur.

A

How do you know what she saw? Maybe she’s far sighted… How does she know all these things?

[looks around][loudly][motions at Emma]

45
Q

Ros:

I will always wonder. But there is a reasonable doubt.

A

I think he’s guilty!

[loudly]

46
Q

Maya:

Ten votes, not guilty; one guilty.

A

I don’t care whether I’m alone or not! I have a right…

47
Q

Emma:

Yes, you have a right.

A

Well, I told you. I think the boy’s guilty. What else do you want?

48
Q

Emma:

Your arguments.

A

I gave you my arguments.

49
Q

Emma:

We’re not convinced. We’re waiting to hear them again. We have time.

A

Listen. What’s the matter with you? You’re the one who made all the arguments. You can’t turn now. A guilty man’s going to be walking the streets. A murderer. He’s got to die! Say it with me!…

[runs to Jemi, grabs her arm][pleading]

50
Q

Emma:

We’re waiting…

A

You’re not going to sway me! I’m entitled to my opinion! It’s going to be a hung jury! That’s it!

[shouting]

51
Q

Jemi:

If it is a hung jury, there will be another trial, and some of us will point these things out to various lawyers.

A

All right!

[half crying][shrieking]

52
Q

Emma:

They’re waiting. Not guilty.

A

Not guilty.

Eleven Angry Jurors Lines (3 decks)

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