00:00hello here's an order appointing you to represent peter thomason in the hightower murder case
00:09i'm retired no you quit the prosecution has made an offer 25 years which at your age is a lot better
00:18than life do i have to say i'm guilty yep no way how can you say you're innocent if you don't
00:25remember anything judge danielson wants me to defend a murder case you're in no shape to handle
00:29a murder case three years ago his wife and two sons were killed in a car wreck
00:34all rise when we entered the courtroom this morning the clock began ticking on an experience that none
00:46of us will ever forget based on a review of the facts and circumstances surrounding the murder of
00:51angela hightower the state intends to seek the death penalty upon conviction of the defendant
00:57you don't kill someone that you love whatever reasons you got to help this kid whoever he
01:04reminds you of will not fix you will not bring them back you spend your whole life looking for
01:11that special someone and it's all taken away from you without your having a chance to even say goodbye
01:17how do you come back from that you are part of a system of justice that affirms life is inherently
01:27valuable a gift from god that should not be taken away except in the most extraordinary circumstances
01:33what i know now and what i didn't know when i held that gun and those pills in my hand
01:38is that life has value
01:41i ask you to choose life
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