A Time to Kill (1996)

Chris Cooper: Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney

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Quotes 

• Carl Lee : Ask if he thinks I should go to jail.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. He's the prosecution's witness.

  Carl Lee : You're my lawyer ain't ya? Ask him.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Your Honor, one question.

  Judge Omar Noose : Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Deputy Looney, do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : No sir. It was an accident.

  Carl Lee : Ask him!

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Do you think he should be punished for shooting you?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : No, sir. I hold no ill will toward the man. He did what I would have done.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : What do you mean by that?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : I mean, I don't blame him for what he did. Those boys raped his little girl.

  D.A. Rufus Buckley : Objection, your Honor! The witness's opinion on this matter is irrelevant.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Your Honor, I belive Deputy Looney has earned the right to speak here today.

  Judge Omar Noose : Overruled. Continue.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Go ahead, Dwayne.

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : I got a little girl. Somebody rapes her, he's a dead dog. I'll blow him away just like Carl Lee did.

  D.A. Rufus Buckley : Objection your Honor!

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Do you think the jury should convict Carl Lee Hailey?

  Judge Omar Noose : Don't answer that question.

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : He's a hero. You turn him loose.

  Judge Omar Noose : The jury will disregard...

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : Turn him loose!

  D.A. Rufus Buckley : Your honor, you silenced that witness!

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : You turn him loose!

• Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : [to Jake]  Didn't you defend Billy Ray Cobb a few years back?

  Jake Tyler Brigance : What kind of case was it?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : Caught him selling dope. Spent time in Parchman. Got out last year.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : I think some Memphis lawyer handled that. Why do you ask?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : Well, we picked him up for rape. Him and Pete Willard.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Who'd they rape?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : You know Carl Lee Hailey?

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Sure, I defended his brother Lester.

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : It was his little girl.

  Jake Tyler Brigance : Little Tonya?

  [Deputy nods] 

  Jake Tyler Brigance : How old's she?

  Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney : She's ten.