Trial by Fire (I) (2018)
McKinley Belcher III: Ponchai
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Quotes
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Ponchai : [on a common quote] You Know What They Say About Capital Punishment... If You Ain't Got No Capital...
Cameron Todd Willingham : [finishing the quote] ... Gotta Take The Punishment
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Ponchai : [on being on death row] I'm here because to them I'm just black... your here because to them your just poor and dumb
Cameron Todd Willingham : [bluntly] Can't I be poor and smart?
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Ponchai : [on why he's on death row] Elderly white clerk reached for something under the counter
[with regret]
Ponchai : I put a bullet in his head
[incredulous]
Ponchai : Didn't matter I was high as FUCK
[snorts in disgust]
Ponchai : I should've been guilty of intentional manslaughter... AT THE MOST
Ponchai : [on the states' view on execution] You know capital punishment's always been a political tool... during an election year they put to death twice as many of those on death row than they normally do