R. Lee Ermey credited as playing...
Clyde Percy
- Prison guard: Do you have any last words, Poncelet?
- Matthew Poncelet: Yes, I do.
- [pauses]
- Matthew Poncelet: Mr. Delacroix, I don't wanna leave this world with any hate in my heart. I ask your forgiveness for what I done. It was a terrible thing I done, taking your son away from you.
- Clyde Percy: [Softly to his wife] How about us?
- Matthew Poncelet: Mr. and Mrs. Percy, I hope my death gives you some relief.
- Clyde Percy: How can you stand next to him?
- Sister Helen Prejean: Mr. Percy, I'm just trying to follow the example of Jesus, who said that a person is not as bad as his worst deed.
- Clyde Percy: This is not a person. This is an animal.