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Mayor John Pappas: Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment. There are no cold answers, are there? There's no simple yes or no. A man's life is not the bricks, it's the mortar, pappy, it's the stuff that lays between, the stuff... the stuff you can't see. I've known Walter my whole life. God, the man is - he's a decent man, he's a good man.
Kevin Calhoun: This is tough stuff. This is body bag stuff. You tell me, if there's some other way.
Mayor John Pappas: There isn't. The die's been cast; it was cast a long time ago. Go easy: give him a blindfold and have mercy. Walter Stern was a tough man, but he was fair. We give back the same, no?
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[heading into a press conference]
Kevin Calhoun: You look good.
Mayor John Pappas: Of course - I'm the mayor.
Roberta Peters
Extended Reading
