After this, the clergyman also reluctantly agrees to the execution, proclaiming that Jagger was in fact guilty. The clergyman asks if Jagger had felt hate and enjoyment when he killed the man. The town clergyman, although a different faith and race than Jagger, steps in and says that he is thankful to him for having stood up for him and his kind. However, Jagger is hanged anyway at 9:30, much to the delight of the town. The sheriff wanted to be reelected, and as such went along with the status quo. The sheriff admits he feels guilty because he didn't question the lack of autopsy of the victim, and didn't care that there were powder burns on the victim despite the deputy testifying that Jagger shot the victim from across a room. At 9:00 AM, just before the hanging, it is still dark the radio now reporting the darkness confined to this one small village. That morning the Deputy becomes loud and obnoxious, and the sheriff tells him: "You better unravel it Pierce, or I'll spread you all over this yard". ![]() The sheriff is conflicted, while the deputy is convinced Jagger is guilty the latter is accused of perjury by the town news reporter. There is still some dispute as to whether Jagger is guilty. On the day of his execution, the sun does not rise in the morning, and it seems that this is the only place in the world where this is true. His wife Ella (Eve McVeagh) is no comfort as she snarls, "What time do they string him up you know what I mean.what time does he get hung?" Her attitude represents the hateful sentiment of the town that looks forward to the fate of Jagger, a man who is to be hanged after being wrongfully convicted of killing a bigot he claims self defense, and is unrepentant about the killing. ![]() Sheriff Koch cannot sleep the night before the execution of a man, as he feels conflicted about the situation. Such is usually the case-in the Twilight Zone. But at this given moment, Sheriff Charlie Koch, a deputy named Pierce, a condemned man named Jagger, and a small, inconsequential village will shortly find out that there are causes and effects that have no precedent. It is a simple rule of physical science that the sun should rise at a certain moment and supersede the darkness. Logic and natural laws dictate that at this hour there should be daylight. As a matter of fact, it's seven-thirty in the morning. Sheriff Charlie Koch on the morning of an execution. ![]() " I Am the Night-Color Me Black" is episode 146 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 5)
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