However, Shelton reveals that he would disclose the location of Darby's lawyer, who they then discover was reported missing three days earlier. Once in jail, Shelton demands a porterhouse steak lunch be delivered to his cell by a specific time, but Rice initially laughs off as their earlier deal had already been done. Out of anger, the judge jails Shelton for contempt of court. However, after bail is granted, he suddenly berates the judge for so easily accepting the "bullshit" legal precedents he himself cited and for being too eager to let madmen and murderers back on the street, intentionally confessing as per his agreement with Rice. Instead of confessing, Shelton successfully argues with strong legal context that he should be granted bail, citing weak evidence and lack of criminal record. In court, Shelton chooses to represent himself. He initially refuses to bargain with Shelton in order to get a confession but Cantrell orders Rice to make the deal. Rice laughs at the offer and ignores Shelton.Īs he leaves the interrogation room, Rice receives a phone call from his wife and learns that Shelton had sent a copy of the snuff film of Darby's murder to his house, traumatizing his young daughter. Shelton references the conviction ten years ago, saying that Rice would make deals with criminals.
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Shelton, knowing Rice will need a confession, baits Rice by telling him he will give a full confession if Rice will get a couple of things for him the first being a new bed for his cell. Despite knowing the evidence is weak, Shelton surrenders himself, and points out the flaws in Rice's case against him.
When Darby's remains are found, circumstantial evidence tentatively ties his death to Shelton, as the warehouse that the murder was committed was under his name. He then activates a video camera and proceeds to slowly dismember Darby, killing him when he is finished. Shelton injects Darby with adrenaline to prevent unconsciousness, while also allowing all pain to be felt. He takes Darby to an old warehouse and cuffs him to a table, while also hanging a full-length mirror above Darby to force him to watch his own brutal torture. Shelton, disguised as a cop, reveals himself as the caller and paralyzes Darby with puffer fish venom delivered via the grip of a rigged pistol. This and evidence relating to tampering with the drug implicates Darby.Īs the police draw near to arrest an unsuspecting Darby, an anonymous caller alerts him and offers him a way to escape, directing him to a remote location nearby. Upon inspection of the pancuronium bromide canister, Rice and his colleague see the words, "CAN'T FIGHT FATE" written on the label. Unknown to the prosecutors and the witnesses, the pancuronium bromide used in the execution was replaced with an unknown corrosive substance, causing Ames to convulse, hemorrhage, and die an extremely painful death. Ten years after the conviction, Ames' execution is carried out via lethal injection. Darby serves his shortened sentence and is released just a few years later. Despite the District Attorney Jonas Cantrell ( Bruce McGill)'s reservations about Nick's decision, Nick reasons that some justice is better than no justice at all. Shelton feels betrayed by Rice's actions, as he had pleaded with him not to make the deal and to at least try convict both of them, and because he chose to release the actual killer. Ames is falsely found guilty of masterminding the break-in and personally committing both murders and is sentenced to death. Unwilling to take a chance on lowering his 96% conviction rate, he chooses to make a deal with Darby (the actual murderer), letting him plead guilty to a lesser charge, in return for testifying against Ames. Prosecutor Nick Rice ( Jamie Foxx) is unable to use DNA evidence to securely convict both accused, leading to a possibility that he might lose the case should he support Shelton. In a 1999 violent home invasion, engineer Clyde Shelton ( Gerard Butler) is forced to witness the rape and murder of his wife and young daughter by Clarence James Darby ( Christian Stolte) and his unwilling accomplice Rupert Ames ( Josh Stewart).
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