Nós não sabemos ...
No entanto , está strongmente implícito que, porque ele é realmente inocente, ele escapará da punição.
A implicação no quarto do hospital de Barr é que, com o pai da promotora, Helen o persuadiria da maneira que Barr faria , o que, é claro, não condiz com os fatos conhecidos. .... assim provando ao pai dela que Barr é inocente.
Also, he is afraid of Jack, although he asked for him in the first place.
Seu medo é que, porque ele fez isso no passado e todos os outros pensam que ele fez desta vez, Reacher virá e fará justiça justa a ele.
É claro que nós sabemos que o Reacher já esteve na cidade, percebeu que o Barr é inocente e tomou medidas para resolver o caso.
Aqui está uma sinopse de IMDB que abrange o mesmo território
Helen is concerned about clearing both he and Barr from any murder charges. Jack tells her he thinks that she and her father will be able to work that out. Jack and Cash jump in Cash's truck and take off as the police are arriving. Helen is upset that Jack is leaving, that he will disappear again and she won't be able to find him.
Helen goes to see Jack Barr, who's out of his coma. He doesn't remember the shootings, but heard the nurses and cops talking about it. He figures if they said he did it, then he did it, because he'd done something similar before and got away with it. With Alex Rodin standing nearby listening, Helen shows Barr photos of the stadium, parking garage and bridge and asks him how he would have done the job. His assessment is exactly what Reacher said it would be.
Helen tells Barr he's going to be all right, that she's going to take care of him, but he is remembering Jack Reacher's promise to come get him. He figures he's a dead man. Helen will no doubt explain that to him later.