<P> In 1935 , Paul supervises officers Brutus Howell , Dean Stanton , Harry Terwilliger , and Percy Wetmore at Cold Mountain Penitentiary . Paul is suffering from a severe bladder infection and receives John Coffey , a physically imposing but mentally challenged black man , into his custody . John had been sentenced to death after being convicted of raping and murdering two white girls . One of the other inmates is a Native - American named Arlen Bitterbuck , who is charged with murder and is the first to be executed . Percy demonstrates a severe sadistic streak , but , as the nephew of Louisiana 's First Lady , he is beyond reproach . He is particularly abusive with inmate Eduard Delacroix ; he breaks Del 's fingers with his baton , steps on a pet mouse named Mr. Jingles , which Del had adopted , repeatedly calls him by a gay slur , and ultimately sabotages his execution by failing to soak the sponge used to conduct electricity to Del 's head ; Del dies screaming in pain . </P>
<P> In 1935 , Paul supervises officers Brutus Howell , Dean Stanton , Harry Terwilliger , and Percy Wetmore at Cold Mountain Penitentiary . Paul is suffering from a severe bladder infection and receives John Coffey , a physically imposing but mentally challenged black man , into his custody . John had been sentenced to death after being convicted of raping and murdering two white girls . One of the other inmates is a Native - American named Arlen Bitterbuck , who is charged with murder and is the first to be executed . Percy demonstrates a severe sadistic streak , but , as the nephew of Louisiana 's First Lady , he is beyond reproach . He is particularly abusive with inmate Eduard Delacroix ; he breaks Del 's fingers with his baton , steps on a pet mouse named Mr. Jingles , which Del had adopted , repeatedly calls him by a gay slur , and ultimately sabotages his execution by failing to soak the sponge used to conduct electricity to Del 's head ; Del dies screaming in pain . </P>
what was the prison called in the green mile
what was the prison called in the green mile
Cold Mountain Penitentiary
Cold Mountain Penitentiary