Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Page #2

to you

Should certainly

be distracting.

Are you trying

to tell me

That if you were

married to me,

You'd be too distracted

to write?

I certainly hope so.

I'll try to get

used to it, though.

All I'm asking

is that we postpone it for a little while.

I'll finish the book,

And then we can

start out together

With nothing

on our minds

But ourselves.

Write fast,

will you?

I've been thinking

about what you said at the club today--

About capital punishment.

You get engaged

to my daughter,

And all you

can think about is capital punishment?

No, really.

I'm serious, Austin.

I haven't been able

to get it out of my mind.

You mean, then, that

you agree with me about capital punishment?

Oh, I'm not sure

about that,

But the idea

that an innocent man could be executed...

Kind of bothers me.

It might be a good subject

for a book.

Oh, a book.

A fictitious story

wouldn't prove anything.

It can only be proven

By a fact that no one

could deny.

How?

By having someone

whose innocence I knew and could prove...

Arrested, tried,

and convicted

For a murder

he didn't commit.

Yeah, but it

wouldn't be possible

If the police

had any real suspects.

In a large city

like this,

Homicides occur

quite frequently.

Sometimes the police

are completely baffled.

They have no clues,

No suspects,

Nothing to go on.

I believe,

in such a case,

It would be possible

For an innocent man

to plant evidence

That would lead

To his arrest, trial,

and conviction.

A case like that

doesn't come up once in 10 years.

You said a case

like this

Doesn't happen

once in 10 years, yet here it is.

A burlesque dancer

found strangled with a stocking

In a ravine

just outside of town.

Now, the police

apparently have no clues.

And you think we could have

someone who is innocent

Arrested, convicted,

and sentenced for this?

Don't you?

I don't know.

But I'll admit,

if we could pull it off,

It would make

a great story.

Who can we get

for a guinea pig?

You.

Me?

Well, why not?

It requires someone

with imagination,

Ingenuity,

Someone who would be

believable

As the unwitting

victim of circumstances.

You could do it.

That's a weird,

crazy idea,

But maybe

that's the reason it intrigues me.

What about the risks?

There wouldn't be any.

Of course,

you might be acquitted,

But if we're lucky,

you'll get the chair.

That's the part

that bothers me.

And that is where

I would come in.

After you were convicted

and sentenced,

I would reveal

the details of our plan.

I have some standing

in this community.

You would be pardoned

automatically.

You make it all sound

very simple.

Oh, it would be.

Everyone knows

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