1.   He gathered quotations from the trial transcript to prove his point.

2.   And because the story is a true one, all the courtroom scenes are absolutely authentic, taken from trial transcripts.

3.   A look at the trial transcript suggests an answer.

4.   According to a trial transcript, Mrs. Timmons visited her husband in jail twice a month, spoke to him on the telephone every day and wrote him letters.

5.   According to the trial transcript, he announced his innocence again.

6.   But at the retrial, she did not call three defense witnesses who had testified at the first trial, according to trial transcripts and other records.

7.   But the trial transcript clearly reflects the racial standards of the times.

8.   But with the trial transcript incomplete, her attorney says he is unable to appeal her case.

9.   By his reckoning, all these options could remain in limbo until a trial transcript is prepared, a process that can take time.

10.   Griffin also alleged that a portion of the trial transcript had been altered to change the description of the third bullet.