11/14/2023 0 Comments Beyond a shadow of a doubt court![]() ![]() ![]() Austin, who wants to prove that the legal system is too flawed to allow execution as a possible punishment, suggests that they find an unsolved crime, plant evidence that will condemn an innocent man, then finally reveal that the evidence was falsified. Later, Tom discusses capital punishment with Austin as a possible topic for his novel. Although Susan is upset about the postponement, she agrees to wait to marry. She wants to announce the wedding date, but after Tom receives a phone call, he informs her that his editor insists that he finish his novel immediately. That night, Tom proposes to Austin's daughter Susan, and she gives him an engraved cigarette lighter as a gift. At a bar afterward, Austin explains that he is concerned that Thompson, who wants to become governor, is repeatedly using circumstantial evidence to win the death sentence in order to create publicity. Newspaper publisher Austin Spencer, an advocate of abolishing capital punishment, invites his former employee, novelist Tom Garrett, to witness an execution orchestrated by district attorney Roy Thompson. ![]()
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