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in the future if he was released.The Thin Blue Line · 1988 — 第 15 / 20 章 · 3'24" · B2
Dr. Death Takes the Stand, Explained：put food on the table
The prosecution's psychiatrist, Dr. Grigson — nicknamed "Dr. Death" because he always testifies this way — tells the court that Randall Adams will commit violent crimes if released. Adams answers with the obvious objection: "You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now." A juror, looking at the same evidence, ends up seeing David Harris as the killer.
あらすじ
The chapter follows the testimony that helped send Randall Adams to death row. Dr. Grigson, the prosecution's psychiatrist, tells the jury that Adams will commit violent crimes in the future, though he examined him for only fifteen minutes. The defense notes Adams had no prior record; a juror later says he believed David Harris was the real killer.
注目の表現
Dr. Deathyears from nowhistory of violencework all day and creep all night
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このシーンの表現
put food on the table
earn a living
The prosecution says one can understand theft when a man is trying to put food on the table.
He works two jobs to put food on the table.
このシーンの他の表現
- Dr. Death
a nickname for a deadly doctor
- years from now
years in the future
- history of violence
a record of violent acts
- work all day and creep all night
seem normal by day, sinister by night
- crime spree
a run of crimes
このシーンのメモ一覧
56 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
condition clause: The if-clause sets the condition under which the prediction would apply.
in the future if he was released.someone testifying for the state
that he's been a witness for the prosecution, he always testifies...years in the future
The speaker rejects predicting the future: nobody can say what a person will do years from now.
You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now.Gonna do weakens and rushes together.
You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now.going to, spoken — Everyday speech only; write going to.
You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now.according to
Except based on your past record, which anybody can do.an earlier criminal record
Randall never had any prior record.to our knowledge
And as far as we know, he never had any history of violence whatever.move secretly, sinister — Strongly negative; it paints someone as sneaky.
that can work all day and creep all night.psychological condition
of my mental state...fifty percent of
I would go crazy and probably butcher half of Dallas County.concession clause: Even though marks a concession and sets up the contradiction.
Even though he talked to me 15 minutes...earlier guilty verdicts
I have no prior convictions, no prior arrests...parallel negation: Two no-phrases in parallel pile up the denial.
I have no prior convictions, no prior arrests...all the remaining time
he's stating that, that's enough.... For the rest of my life, watch me.Rest of my links up, with of nearly dropped.
he's stating that, that's enough.... For the rest of my life, watch me.Turn your weakens, with your nearly reduced.
Don't ever turn your back on me. And he talked to me 15 minutes.insane or absurd — Casual and blunt; formal English prefers irrational.
He's crazy.drive with no purpose
would steal one to ride around in.Has to often collapses into hassa.
But it's very hard to understand why anybody has to kill a police officer.what the evidence shows
And I look at the facts of the case and say...a history of convictions
had had a criminal record prior to stealing this car and these guns.past perfect: Had had places the earlier record before the car theft.
had had a criminal record prior to stealing this car and these guns.boast about something
went right back home and bragged about it to his friends.that is what mattered
And it was their verdict that counted.cleft sentence: The cleft structure puts all the weight on the verdict.
And it was their verdict that counted.「Dr. Death Takes the Stand」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is about a prediction dressed up as evidence. Dr. Grigson — 'known as "Dr. Death" because he always testifies that way' — tells the jury what Randall Adams will do years into the future, a claim the defense treats as impossible: 'You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now.' Adams, in his own words, is turned into a monster in the space of an interview: 'He called me Charlie Manson. He called me Adolf Hitler.' The record says otherwise — 'Randall never had any prior record' — so the prognosis is doing the work that facts cannot. By the end, a juror has drawn the opposite conclusion from the same evidence: he believes David Harris committed the murder, 'and it was their verdict that counted.' The chapter's subject is not who pulled the trigger but how a confident voice on the stand can hand a jury its certainty.
Theme
JusticeA fifteen-minute interview becomes a forecast of future murder, and the jury's verdict, not the evidence, decides a man's life.
DeceptionGrigson's certainty about the future is dressed as expertise, while the man he describes has no record and no history of violence.
このチャプターで学べること
- A crime spree is a run of connected crimes.
- 'Brag about' means to boast, usually in a bad way.
- A verdict is the decision that finally counts.
- 'Put food on the table' means earning a living.
発音のポイント
- gonna do — Gonna do weakens and rushes together.
- rest of my — Rest of my links up, with of nearly dropped.
- turn your — Turn your weakens, with your nearly reduced.
- has to — Has to often collapses into hassa.
Grigson is known as "Dr. Death" because he always testifies that way.The nickname, explained in one line: the doctor's testimony is not a medical finding so much as a repeated script that nearly always points to future violence.
You can't tell what somebody's gonna do years from now.The defense's core objection: predicting someone's future conduct is guesswork, and no expert can honestly claim to know it.
And as far as we know, he never had any history of violence whatever.The fact the prediction ignores: Adams had no record and nothing violent in his past, so the expert's warning rests on no history at all.
I would go crazy and probably butcher half of Dallas County.Grigson's courtroom image of Adams, quoted back by Adams himself: the release of this man will supposedly unleash a slaughter across the county.
Don't ever turn your back on me. And he talked to me 15 minutes.The absurdity in two beats: a lifetime of threats from a man who spent fifteen minutes with him, and the order never to turn your back.
But it's very hard to understand why anybody has to kill a police officer.Said of the one crime the speaker cannot excuse even while understanding theft, addiction, and a boy stealing a car: killing an officer is a step with no need behind it.
And it was their verdict that counted.The chapter's closing note: whatever one juror believed, the verdict the jury reached is what decided Randall's fate.
このシーンについての質問
Who is 'Dr. Death'?
Dr. Grigson, the prosecution's psychiatrist. He earned the nickname because he testifies for the prosecution in nearly every case that the defendant will commit violent crimes in the future.
How long did Dr. Grigson examine Randall Adams?
About fifteen minutes, according to Adams. On that basis, Grigson told the jury that Adams would go crazy and 'probably butcher half of Dallas County' if released.
What did the defense say about Adams's record?
That he had none. As the defense puts it, Randall never had any prior record or any history of violence, which undercuts the prediction that he was a future killer.
Why does one juror believe David Harris did it?
Looking at the same facts — the stolen car, the guns, the crime spree, the bragging afterward — that juror concluded David Harris was the killer. But he was outvoted: "it was their verdict that counted."
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第 1 章meant to beRandall Meets David at the Gas Station
第 2 章give a damnDetective Forces Adams to Sign
第 3 章graveyard shiftOfficer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
第 4 章swear up and downDavid Harris Brags About the Killing
第 5 章come to find outRecounting the Night of the Shooting
第 6 章acting strangeRandall Recounts the Motel Night
第 7 章went blankAdams's Statement Labeled a Confession
第 8 章under the impressionThe Car With No Bullet Marks
第 9 章scot-freeDavid Harris Gets Off Scot-Free
第 10 章cover forWhy the Story Was Two Hours Late
第 11 章refreshed her memoryMrs. Miller Changes Her Story
第 12 章hinge onA Couple Witnesses the Shooting
第 13 章wheels start rollingWitnesses Testify for Money
第 14 章without remorseDr. Grigson's Prison Test
再生中 · 第 15 章put food on the tableDr. Death Takes the Stand
第 16 章hard-nosedRandall Adams on Death Row
第 17 章set the wheels of justice in motionThe Case the Supreme Court Reversed
第 18 章came over meDavid Harris's Same M.O.
第 19 章tore my head offThe Scales Are Not Balanced
第 20 章point-blank rangeDavid Harris Confesses in the Bayou第 15 / 20 章 · 残り約 20 分