Popcorn Justice
January, 1999
"Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative."--A Character in ScreamOn Thanksgiving eve 1995, Gerald Nathaniel Rushin entered a convenience store in Poulan, Georgia and pointed a .25-caliber handgun at the clerk, Cindy Ray Pierce. He told her to give him the cash from the register and the surveillance videotape from a recorder located under the counter. She complied.According to court documents, here's what happened next: Pierce pleaded, "Please don't hurt me,...
