Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King - S7-E4
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene the kid on the left's mask keeps changing from on to off between shots.
Continuity mistake: Mac says he went through Marine Corps boot camp, but in the flashback in 'Crossroads', he's in the army.
Answer: The jails are overcrowded, so any petty offenders whose case isn't heard by midnight will be let go. The defendant wants the details of his case read (Instead of just the typical summary of the case that Mack gives Harry) because he knows it'll take a while and run out the clock on the midnight deadline, also sparing him the grand jury trial. Dan speed-recites the document quickly enough for Harry to rule on the case and bang his gavel just at the stroke of midnight.
Captain Defenestrator