Int. Courtroom day

JUDGE

Due to the lack of hard evidence......

The three burst in, guns drawn, and are walking down the

aisle.

FATHER

All media to the back! Drop the

cameras! Drop 'em!

Terrified, they all obey. Connor and Murphy pull Yakavetta

from the witness booth by his hair and place him on his knees

just before the judge's bench. They face him toward the

occupants of the courtroom. The father walks up and motions

for the judge, who is now banging his gavel and shouting in

protest, to come off the stand.

As soon as he is within arms reach, dad takes him by the

collar and drags him down the aisle all the way to where the

media stands in horror. He turns and walks back down the

aisle.

FATHER

(loudly)

You people have been chosen to reveal

our existence to the world. You will

witness what happens here today and

you will tell of it afterwards.

All eyes to the front.

YAKAVETTA

(looking to his

comrades)

Fuckin' do something!

The father keeps them covered. He passes the front, he looks

and sees a VIRGINAL-LOOKING WOMAN with her head down crying

Into her hands. She is on the left side. He gently tilts her

chin forward, her eyes fixated on a faded blue butterfly on

the back of his hand.

FATHER (WHISPERS)

(whispers)

You must watch dear. It'll all be

over soon.

(she obeys)

The father takes out a flask. He pours the booze on the judges

bench and set it ablaze. Fire alarms start to sound.

Connor and Murphy jump up on the lawyers' tables. Murphy on

the prosecution side, Connor on the defense. The father has

his sawed-off to the back of Yakavetta's head.

CONNOR

(yelling over the

alarm)

Now, you will receive us.

MURPHY

(yelling over the

alarm)

We do not ask for your poor or your

hungry.

CONNOR

We do not want your tired and sick.

MURPHY

It is your corrupt we claim.

CONNOR

It is your evil, who will be sought

by us.

MURPHY

With every breath we shall hunt them

down.

CONNOR

Each day we will spill their blood

till it rains down from the skies.

MURPHY

Do not kill, do not rape, do not

steal. These are principles which

every man of every faith can embrace.

CONNOR

These are not polite suggestions.

They are codes of behavior and those

that ignore them will pay the dearest

cost.

(points to Yakavetta)

MURPHY

There are varying degrees of evil.

We urge you lesser forms of filth

(pointing to

Yakavetta's people)

Not to push the bounds and cross

over into true corruption... into

our domain.

CONNOR

For if you do, there will come the

day when you look behind you and see

we three. And on that day you will

reap it.

MURPHY

And we will send you to whatever God

you wish.

Connor and Murphy jump off the table. They approach Yakavetta

and stand on either side of their father. All three men hold

guns to his head and recite the prayer. As they speak, the

right side of the courtroom screams in protest. The left

watches in wide-eyed terror, although some men encourage

them to do it. The MacManus' read the prayer. They do not

falter as the flames rage behind them.

Yakavetta, accepting his fate, closing his eyes. Peacefully,

he does the sign of the cross. The all fire at once. The

room explodes in confusion. The three exit the back.

INT. LONG CEMENT HALLWAY SUBLEVEL OF COURTHOUSE

The MacManuses are all shackled and in blue jumpsuits of the

Boston lock-up facility with bags over their heads. Duffy is

in full uniform with a shotgun behind them. Smecker is leading

the prisoners down the hall. He flashes his F.B.I.

identification to every cop he encounters.

INT. COURTHOUSE INSIDE GRANDE FOYER STEPS DAY

The media is in a frenzy. Little bits of the story are known.

The people from the left and right sides of the courtroom

are yelling and pushing each other as cameras and microphones

try to pick up the news. Finally all the focus comes to the

virginal woman who had been sitting in the front row. All

lights, cameras and microphones are on her.

REPORTER 2 (V.O.)

Yes! Were you in the courtroom miss?

Did you see?

WOMAN (FRAIL)

(frail)

Yes. I was there.

REPORTER (V.O.)

How do you feel about what they did?

(Slo-mo) She sees at the grande hall's end Smecker leading

the three out, bags still over their heads. She sees Dad's

butterfly tattoo. She knows.

WOMAN

I guess we all know what is right

and wrong. We all know. Nobody needs

to be convinced of what he was...

I'm going home now to have my first

real full night's sleep.

The people who had been on Yakavetta's side of the courtroom

threaten her and force their way through the crowd toward

her, thus causing the two sides to fight. Everyone, even

reporters are in it. The camera tilts up ending on the statue

of the Blind Lady of Justice.

FADE OUT:

THE END