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Okay. Knapp is sitting second session.
He gave me the last continuance.

Not happy. They're gonna get smacked.
I'll turn my best cheek.

Listen, I gotta stop in B.M.C.
first. Hi. Mm-hmm.

"Free Willy" again.
I told Eugene I'd cover.

All right. It seems we're still going
on Reynolds. You go over her testimony?

Yeah. Grandmother's too.
They're due in at 11:00.

Hey, Jimmy. I'm gonna take one more whack
with Alexander, see if I can't chip it.

Tell Knapp...
Unforeseen circumstances.

I know. I know.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
versus Coleman.

Good morning, Your Honor. You
receive my supplemental? Yes.

Notwithstanding
the mitigating circumstances,

I feel the heinous nature of this murder, for
which I've seen little remorse, by the way,

compels me to accept
the State's recommendation.

- Judge, I think that when... - I hereby
sentence the defendant, Roland Coleman,

to three life terms at Cedar Junction
with no possibility of parole.

The defendant is to be transferred
forthwith. Adjourned.

Next case.
Hold it.

We're certified to the S.J.C. Don't
be talking in the can like it's over.

The guy in the next cell...
He's not your friend.

He's lookin' to trade up just like you.
Look at me. Look at me.

Your own mother comes to visit you, you check
her I.D. first before even saying hello.

Sue! Susan.

Go away. Just hear me out.
I'll use small words.

I've got nothing else to say. I am
taking the heat for hearing you out.

They're mad upstairs that I copped to
the 10. You're a compassionate woman.

Oh, save it. My bosses think we
must be sleeping together as it is.

Ten months.
I'm gonna get the N.G.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. What
will your bosses think then?

Well, fine. You know what?
Get your acquittal.

But whatever you get from now on, you
don't get it from me. See you in there.

Waive reading.
Plead not guilty.

- Mr. Somensky said
he won't oppose O.R.

- This is your third time, Mr. Holsten.
- It was an accident.

You exposed your penis
by accident?

Yes, I did.

I'll grant personal. Psychiatric
testing pursuant to section 214.

Keep it zipped up,
Mr. Holsten.

Nobody's finding this cute.

Hey, Rachel, Mrs. Reynolds. Give me
two seconds. I'll be right with you.

How's the back, Mr. Ray?
Worse.

I'm gonna send out a pillow so you can prop
yourself with somethin' to keep your knees up.

They keep me waitin'.

Get Mr. Ray a pillow
and a stool, will ya?

They arrest me
'cause of my smile.

- Any luck? - She wouldn't budge.
We're goin' at 2:00. How'd you do?

Bought a week. Judge Knapp says hi,
and Free Willy extends his best.

Not bad.
Where's Eugene?

No probable cause. Case
dismissed, with prejudice.

Mr. Wittier is very happy
and, uh, very free.

Yeah, we made it.
I'm buyin' at McCall's.

You can come in now.

I knew you could do it, man.
You are the best.

Oh, Mr. Cruickshank,
step this way.

Oh, just one little bite of this
girl's behind. I'm a respected client.

Well, she's not on the menu yet.

One little snafu
with our defense, Warren.

You claim to have only cashed the one
counterfeit check at the one bank.

That's it. Guy signed a check
over to me, I tried to cash it...

Next thing, cops is humpin' all
over me, and I don't know nothin'.

Yes.
Well, here's my concern.

I subpoenaed
the bank videotapes.

Now, here, we got you at Atlantic
Security on the day they got taken.

Shawmut?
There you go again.

Bank of New England... I'm
figurin' it's Christmas time...

since you wearin'
the Santa's cap.

Commonwealth,
Cambridge Savings...

And look.

You seem particularly
delighted here, don't you?

I am very disappointed.

Sorry about the mess.
You live like a big fat hog.

I know. It's... It's...
It's awful.

Well, uh...

Got the D.A.
down to 10 months,

and...

I think that we should take it.

Ten months in jail?

The alternative is
15 years, Rachel.

But... But I'm not guilty. But the
cocaine was found in your room.

- It was my brother's.
- You had it at the time of the raid.

Your brother jumpin' bail...

The prosecution had to pinch somebody.
It wasn't mine.

Rachel, listen to me.
If you are convicted,

over 200 grams, intent to
distribute is automatic.

The trafficking charge
is statutory.

That means a mandatory
sentence of 15 years.

There is absolutely
no discretion.

- If we could find your brother...
- If I knew where he was,

that boy wouldn't be worryin'
about the police. Mrs. Reynolds,

I don't think
that we can win this case.

But I didn't do anything.
This isn't fair!

Yeah, but you did try
to hide the drugs.

Only 'cause I was afraid for Jerome.
But that stuff wasn't mine.

Rachel, when you're 17, 10 months
seems like a very long time.

I'm not pleadin' guilty.

No. You're askin' me to say I
did somethin' I didn't do.

It isn't like that, Rachel.
It is like that!

You're sayin' that I should tell that judge
I'm guilty when I'm not. That's a lie.

Now, maybe that's what
you lawyers do, but...

But, Grandma,

you never asked me
to lie before.

I'm not pleadin' guilty.

I still don't get why I have
to go back there. Here.

I told them everything. The reason
they're deposing you again...

is they want to send the message
you're in for the long haul.

We discussed this.
They want you to quit.

I know it's frustrating, but this is
a tobacco company we're up against.

Ah, Mr. Holsten, you've been freeing Willy
again. Don't let them intimidate you.

I show up in court,
I get this woman Ellenor...

Big thing just appears,
says she's representing me.

I know how you hate surprises. I should be
my own lawyer. That's what I should do.

I can get myself off.
Yes, this we know.

Step up to the bench
for a second.

Am I to understand you've
rejected a plea of 10 months?

I recommended
that she take it, Judge.

In fact, I want it on the record
that I advised her to take it.

Ms. Reynolds?

You are aware that if you are
convicted of these charges,

you will face
a mandatory 15-year sentence?

Yes, Your Honor.

The prosecution has
offered you a plea bargain...

to a reduced
charge of 10 months,

and you reject that offer?
Yes.

Your attorney has advised you
to accept this offer?

Yes, but I won't.

I see.

I'm tempted to remove you
as counsel, Mr. Donnell.

- Why? -Because if you can't convince
your own client of the obvious,

how are you going to convince
a jury of the improbable?

- I don't appreciate that, Judge.
- Well, educate me.

Am I missing something? I mean,
do you even have a defense?

She says that she's innocent.

You're going forward on her
say-so that she's innocent?

I'm going forward because
I believe her. Oh, boy.

I hope you know
what you're doing, Bobby.

Step back.

One hour recess,

then the court officer
will bring in the jury.

Oh, yeah.
We know what we're doin'.

Shh. Shh.

It's gonna be all right.

Did your bookie die?

Coleman got triple life
without parole.

The D.A. won't budge
on Rachel Reynolds.

Dan Moriarty skipped bail, which I put
up personally, and I could use...

'cause the landlord is threatening to
evict us again, and it's... it's 2:30.

Huh. Another day.

Is there a chance we'll squeeze
anything on Emerson Ray's case?

Well, his depo's
in a half an hour.

I'm hoping if he's sympathetic the
tobacco company will feel compassion...

and give us what we want.

Are you okay, Bobby?

He's scared to death over
the Rachel Reynolds case.

You are.

Ellenor says the arresting cop
is as honest as they come.

He is. Jeffrey Stewart.
He's a good cop and a good man.

So, how do you go about
cross-examining a witness like that?

Have you got anything to
trip him up with? No.

You don't.

Well, what I'm gonna try to do is
ask him a bunch of questions...

where he'll have to give me
the answers I want.

Soft questions,
but it'll let me get a rhythm,

give the jury the illusion
that I'm doing well.

Then somewhere
during this illusion...

that I'm making headway,
I've got to make headway.

That's... See, that's the... That's
the part I haven't figured out yet.

Hey, nobody cross-examines
like you.

- I don't... I don't have a seam here.
- You'll find one.

What, in an hour?

You are scared.

You think it's tough defending
the guilty, Lindsay?

Try the innocent.
It's terrifying.

Spit.

I got nothin' on this cop.
Nothin' to cross him on.

- Bobby, would you please relax?
- I'm relaxed.

I don't, uh...
I don't usually smoke.

I actually quit.
It's just I'm, uh...

I'm nervous. Are you better
when you're nervous?

Her parents were dead
when she was three.

I raised both Rachel
and her brother.

I didn't get it done
with Jerome,

but with Rachel,
this is a good baby.

I know.

I did get it done with her.

Now you've got to get it done.

Well, congratulations.

It's 20 past.

I'm sure it won't be
too much longer.

Are they makin' us wait
on purpose?

Uh... Hmm.
They might be.

How y'all doin'?
Playin' through.

Salutations.
You look familiar.

Harry, free these people
at once.

Hey, Roland.
Eugene Young.

I'm with Bobby Donnell. We filed this
brief on your behalf with the S.J.C.

Oral arguments are next week.
Give it a read.

Bobby will be checking in.

Quiet down! Quiet down!

Just out of curiosity,

anybody here who didn't do it?

I'm shocked.

They're ready, Ms. Dole.
Would you follow me, please?

Ms. Dole.

Professor?

I suppose I should be flattered that you've
finally taken an interest in tort law.

I would never have expected it, given
your fetish for the Constitution.

Could we have some water, please?
Wha...

Uh, y-you work here?
At Finley?

I've joined of counsel.

- Oh, you're looking just splendid.
- Thank you.

I'm up against you?
Oh, you'll enjoy it.

Mr. Ray, a pleasure.
I'm Anderson Pearson.

I'll be conducting
today's deposition. Hi.

I'm sorry to have
kept you waiting.

Come. We can begin.

Small world.

Yeah, puny.

And as we came into the
defendant's room, there she was.

And what was she doing,
Lieutenant?

She was sweeping what appeared
to be small packets...

of a white powder substance
into a pillowcase.

The defendant?
The defendant.

Where exactly was the pillowcase, Lieutenant,
when it came into your possession?

It was in the defendant's hands.

And was there anybody else in the room
with the defendant when you came in?

- No, there was not. - Thank you,
Lieutenant Stewart. That's all.

Lieutenant, when you arrested my
client, did she say anything to you?

Objection.
Overruled.

Thank you.

- Overruled.
- You can answer the question, Lieutenant.

Did my client tell you anything?

She said the drugs belonged to her
brother, and when she heard us coming,

she tried to hide them
to protect him.

- And you didn't believe her?
- No.

The warrant for the raid was issued
against the brother, Jerome Reynolds?

Yes.
There was no warrant...

with respect to Rachel
Reynolds, was there? No.

Had you ever met Rachel Reynolds
before, sir? No, I hadn't.

- Did you know anything about her
before this raid? - No, I did not.

You didn't have any reason to think that
she was a dishonest person, did you?

- No, I did not. - But even so, when
she told you these weren't her drugs,

- you chose not to believe her?
- That's correct.

I'm sure all the people you arrest
have a story to tell, don't they?

- They certainly do. - And most of
the time, these people are lying.

- Would that be your experience?
- It would.

Your Honor, I have to object. This
trial is about this case only.

Forgive me, but the witness made a judgment
about the credibility of my client...

based in part on his experience.

- I'm entitled to explore that.
- Quickly, please.

When Rachel Reynolds told you the
drugs belonged to her brother...

When she told you she was hiding
them to protect her brother...

When she told you these
weren't her drugs,

you basically
dismissed these denials...

because most suspects lie
in these situations.

I think that's fair, yes.
Thank you.

- You have two kids yourself, don't you?
- Yes, I do.

Both boys... 17, 14?
Yes.

They're both good kids?
Yes, they are.

You proud of 'em?
I am.

Okay. Suppose you walked into
your older boy's room one day,

and you suddenly surprised him,
and there were drugs there.

- Your Honor.
- Overruled. - Latitude.

Suppose there were drugs there,

and your son maintained
that they weren't his,

that a friend of his, through
a series of circumstances,

had brought them there in fear that
his own house might be searched.

Truthfully, if there was no evidence
to dispute your son's version,

would you have arrested him?

Probably not.

Thank you.
That was an honest answer.

I take it when your son tells you something,
you're likely to believe it's true.

Is that a fair statement?
Yes.

Okay. Suppose you knew
Rachel Reynolds...

to be just
as honest as your son,

and there was nothing
to contradict her story,

would you place her
under arrest?

I... I don't know.

Again, I appreciate
your truthful response.

By the way, was there any physical,
testimonial, circumstantial evidence...

to contradict
what Rachel Reynolds told you?

- No.
- So, if this had been your son...

under the exact same
factual scenario,

same evidence,

we probably wouldn't be having
a trial right now, would we?

- Maybe not.
- Thank you, Lieutenant.

That's all I have. Well, that was just a
lovely set of assumptions, Lieutenant.

Do you know Rachel Reynolds to
be as honest as your own son?

- No, I do not. - Did you believe
her response to be honest...

when she denied any involvement
with the cocaine?

No, I did not.

Based on the circumstances, as well
as your 20 years of experience...

as an officer on the Boston police force, did
you form an opinion as to her credibility?

- I believed she was lying.
- Thank you.

But under the exact same circumstances, you
wouldn't believe your son to be lying.

You know what?
Maybe I misspoke.

If I caught my son
with drugs right in his hands,

I'd like to think
I'd believe him.

My own son, of course. But if the drugs
were in his hands, I don't know, counsel.

Maybe I would think
he was lying too.

- Is your son an honest person?
- Yes, he is.

But if the stuff's in his hands, then maybe it would
be wrong for me to automatically believe him.

I'd have to let the facts
speak for themselves.

Gee, I guess if you wouldn't
believe your own son,

well, then Rachel Reynolds never
had a chance with you, did she?

That's all.

Okay. It now becomes stupid, in
my opinion, not to jump on this.

You're still sayin' I should plead
guilty when I didn't do anything.

Rachel, they're offering you four months.
That is a summer vacation.

Integrity aside, we cannot risk this.
Listen to me. If I say I did it...

If I say what they want me
to say when it's not true,

I'll never get over it,
Mr. Donnell.

It'll stick with me for more
than 15 years. It will.

Honey.
Grandma, I'm sorry.

- Please don't be mad at me.
- Oh, I'm not mad at you, baby.

I'm not mad at you.

I'm just scared.

Uh, when did your wife
stop smoking, sir?

The day she died
of a heart attack.

Oh, I see. Uh, you claim your wife
smoked cigarettes for 30 years.

Were you with her
the day she began to smoke?

No. Were you?

Do you know anybody that was with
her the day she began to smoke?

Well, that's somethin' probably only she
could answer. I guess it's too bad she died.

- Mr. Ray, we've... -I understand this
is upsetting, sir, and I apologize.

I'm just looking to obtain
a more detailed account.

The details are she's dead.

You dragged this thing out hopin' she'd die,
thinkin' maybe this case would go away.

- Can we... - You're probably
hopin' that I'll be dead soon too.

- Can we have a minute?
- No more minutes.

I won't die.

I'll live forever, if for no other
reason than to see this through.

Your client's cigarettes
killed my wife.

And if I have to stick this out
till I'm 80, I'll do it.

I will never die.

The record will reflect
the witness refuses to die.

He, um, was afraid...

that my grandmother would search his
room, so he stuck the stuff in mine.

And you took no steps to remove
these drugs, did you, Rachel?

- Well, I asked my brother to take
them out. - Yes. Other than that,

you took no steps to rid
your room of this cocaine?

Um, no.

You knew your brother sold this cocaine
on the streets, didn't you, Rachel?

- Yes.
- And by keeping these drugs in your room,

this helped him to sell the
cocaine without getting caught.

Isn't that right?

Yes.

And when you were sweeping this
cocaine into that pillowcase,

helping your brother again, you
were trying to conceal the truth...

from the police, weren't you?

- Yes.
- And when a person conceals the truth,

is that, in your opinion,
honest or dishonest behavior?

- I guess dishonest. - And, Rachel,
when your lawyer, Mr. Donnell,

was questioning
Lieutenant Stewart on the stand,

he was asking him to suppose
that you were just as honest...

as his own boy
when he came into that room.

Do you remember that line
of questioning? Yes.

You weren't being honest
when Lieutenant Stewart...

came into your room.
Bobby, object.

You were concealing the truth
to protect your brother. No.

Yes. Now, when you were
concealing the truth...

to protect your brother, might you
act dishonestly to protect yourself?

- Bobby!
- I'm saying what happened.

The question I'm asking, Rachel,
is this:

If you would lie to protect your brother,
wouldn't you also lie to protect yourself?

Objection.
The witness is being taunted.

- Overruled.
- Are you asking this jury to believe...

- What are you doing? -that you would lie
to the police to protect your brother,

but you wouldn't ever lie
to protect yourself?

- I'm not lying here.
- Ah.

So, on some occasions you lie,

but this isn't such an occasion.

Would that be fair?

Yes.

Thank you.

I think we all got it.

What do you think you're doing jumpin' up
like that? You can't sit on your hands.

I'm trying this case. She was
confusing what Rachel was saying.

She was untruthful hiding the
drugs, not with her story.

You should have been flagging that
distinction. I don't want to be objecting.

I know your strategy. I don't want the
jury to think we're hiding anything.

I think that's ridiculous!
How you doin', Frank?

- How ya doin'? - If you ever do anything
like that again, I swear to God...

What? What? You gonna fire me? Am I gonna have
to face not having a paycheck every week?

You got somethin' to say
to me, Ellenor? Do you?

Let's keep this about the case. You're
second chair, and you do what I tell you!

I was protesting NAFTA.

I beg your pardon?

NAFTA.

I lost my job
when the plant downsized...

so they could go to Mexico
for the cheaper labor.

I... I couldn't
stay silent on that.

Mr. Holsten,
in my experience...

genitalia rarely
collides with sunlight...

because of
a U.S. trade agreement.

- I won't do it again.
- That's what you said the last time.

Last time I was going
through a divorce. Yes.

Because your wife finally had it when,
in front of your own grandchildren,

you exposed yourself
to Goofy at Disneyland.

I thought it was Pluto.

Look at me,
Mr. Holsten.

Do I look amused?

I have a lot of clients,
and some of 'em are good people.

And they count on me to give
them effective representation.

To do that,
I need my credibility...

so that when I look a judge or a
probation officer in the eye...

and say that it won't happen again,
I gotta believe that it won't.

Is this going to happen again?

Look at me.

Will... this...
happen again?

I don't know.

Okay.

Uh,

we gotta get you some help.

I'm sorry for all the animosity.

Mr. Ray has become very frustrated.
You needn't apologize.

In your type of practice, you're
dealing with, uh, an element.

You just try to be the best lawyer you
can and navigate your clientele...

through a process
which is foreign to them.

That your case is unwinnable...

no doubt compounds the
frustration, both his and yours.

W-Well, uh, I... I don't think
it's unwinnable.

Lindsay, you're butting heads...

with a billion-dollar
tobacco company.

I'm gonna tell you something
off the record.

Friend to friend, okay?
Okay.

Our defense strategy is not just to prevail
on the merits of the individual case,

but to do so in such a manner
as to give pause...

to any future plaintiff,
if you follow me.

- I don't.
- I'm sure you do.

I should also tell you that
Michaels, on principle alone,

refuses to pay anything.

The precedent is
just too dangerous.

Well, then I guess
we have nothing to discuss.

No, no. Not so fast.

I'm quite mindful
that spending dollars...

to defend against nickels and
dimes defies economic logic.

No, what I would like
to do here...

is book the bet, if you will.

I beg your pardon? You give me a
release, I won't even file it.

I'll put it in my desk drawer. I give
you 18,000 from Finley, not Michaels.

It comes from Finley Hogue.

We recoup from Michaels later,
billing it under legal fees.

But i-is that even legal?

Yes.
And who does it hurt?

Your client gets money
otherwise he wouldn't see,

and my client makes the case
go away for far less cost...

with no precedent
to worry about.

Eighteen is kind of low.
Well,

that's all I'm gonna offer.

And that's considerably more than
nothing, which is the only alternative.

I'll have to think about it.
Well, all right. Fine. Fine.

Lindsay?

What are you doing?
I'm sorry?

Bobby Donnell is a good practitioner,
don't misunderstand me,

but that's what he is,
a practitioner.

You studied to be a lawyer.

I... I don't mean
to speak out of turn.

It's just, I should hate to
see you waste your gift.

And you do have a gift.

I'll review your offer with my
client and get back to you.

Thank you.

Do you want to run
that by me one more time?

I want to say in my summation that she was
offered four months and turned it down.

He's on something. I also
want the jury to know...

that a conviction means
an automatic 15 years.

I see. Any particular reason why the rules
of evidence shouldn't apply to you?

Sometimes the rules
pervert things.

If plea bargain offers become
admissible, D.A.'s won't make them.

She was good enough
to offer you four months.

Do you want to shove that back down
her throat? The jury should know...

that Rachel had the integrity to turn down
four months... Don't point your finger.

And that a conviction puts her away until
she is 30 years old! They won't know that!

- What kind of fairness is this? I don't
understand! - They won't know it!

You're putting the system
before a person's life here!

Damn right I am!
That's why I wear the robe.

Okay. Suppose it just slips out.

I'm doing my closing, stream-of-consciousness
kind of thing, and it just comes out.

Let me make this easy for you.

Breathe so much as a word about that 10 or
four month offer... Now you're pointing.

I'm the judge!
I get to point!

So much as suggest anything
about a plea bargain,

even hint at what the prison term will be,
you not only buy yourself a mistrial...

but also a jail cell
of your very own.

Do you hear me, counsel?

Don't test me.

Sticking together.

Sticking together.
No, no, no.

Sticking... She...

Rachel Reynolds,

only...

17 years old.

I... If her brother...

She was... She was
trying to help her brother.

Her only crime...

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

I'm just...
I'm going over my closing.

- Don't you ever go home?
- No. Do you?

How'd it go with Emerson Ray?

Oh, fine. They want...
Eh, it's going fine.

Can I ask you something?
Hmm.

Do you have a girlfriend?

What?

No, I... I don't mean for me.
I just...

Well...

Sometimes I get
insecure that, you know,

in, like,
seven or eight years or so,

I'll be alone, pacing my office at
night, talking to myself and that...

Oh, I didn't mean that the way it came out.
I really didn't.

Yeah. You're worried that, uh,
you'll wind up like me?

No. N-N-N-N-No. No, no.
I just meant that...

Not that it's any
of your business, but, uh,

I, um... um...

I'm in between relationships.

And the reason that I'm in my
office talking to myself is,

if I don't give the closing
of my life tomorrow,

a 17-year-old girl loses hers.

Probably forever.

I really didn't mean it
the way it came out.

- Did you type it out? Is it... Is
it typed out? - Double-spaced.

- Jury instructions?
- Jury instructions too.

Is my blue suit in there? I need the
blue suit. I close in blue. Ow!

- Is it in there? I'm relaxed.
- Relax.

Don't tell me to relax.
Why should I relax?

She's 17 years old.

Relax.

I'm relaxed.

Spit.

They're all causation problems.
I'm just afraid of getting nothing.

Eighteen is low,
even for nuisance.

Here's the thing. Their lawyer used
to be one of my law professors.

He told me off the record Michaels
refuses to offer anything. It's policy.

But I think because
of our relationship,

he's willing to throw
me 18 paid by Finley...

and then bury the cost
in legal fees to Michaels.

What time's your meeting?

What?
I'm coming to the meeting.

I didn't accept it.
What time?

I said I'd think about it.
What time?

4:15.
I didn't accept!

We can't put
the drug dealers away.

We can't keep the streets safe for
our children. Crime is winning.

Well, you know what?

It is hard getting convictions.

But if we don't get this one... caught
with the drugs right in her hand,

street value of $100,000...

Caught stuffing cutoff baggies
of cocaine into a pillowcase.

If we can't even convict here...

Mr. Donnell says
that's all they have.

My poor client was arrested
just because...

she had the drugs in her hand.

How awful.
That is like saying...

the police arrested the guy for murder
just because when they heard the shots...

he was standing over the dead body with
a smoking gun, and it just isn't fair.

Use your common sense.

She lied for her brother.
She admitted she was dishonest.

She was shoving
cocaine into a sack.

You know, there's a saying
among defense attorneys:

Juries are made up
of 12 people...

who are too stupid
to get out of jury duty.

So, hell, even if your client
is caught cold, don't give up.

You've got no case, no defense,
you've still got a jury.

That woman facilitated drug trafficking.
It's very simple.

You know what has to be done.

People today laugh at juries.

I hope they don't laugh
at this one.

You know, I... I came back
to my office the other day,

and I found one of
my associates in tears.

She had just won
this suppression hearing,

and she was upset
over the career prospect...

of putting drug dealers
back on the street.

'Cause that's what we do a lot.

When you do
criminal defense work,

you spend a lot of time
trying to help guilty people.

And after a while, it just...

It just wears on you
to the point where you think,

"Why the hell
do you do it?"

You want to know why I do it?

That's why.

Because every once in a while,

you get one.

An innocent person.

Someone who's been accused
of something...

he or she didn't do,

and it becomes up to me
to fight their fight.

Rachel Reynolds's
only crime here...

was trying to help her brother.

And who amongst us
can't understand that?

That may be the essence
of family, isn't it?

Sticking together, sometimes
beyond the point of reason.

Now, you can choose to disbelieve her.
I can't stop you.

You can give in to the same
kind of jaded cynicism...

that Lieutenant Stewart did
and think,

"Hell, they all lie."

But if you do that, the only
thing you prove here today...

is that you don't know
Rachel Reynolds.

I know her.

I... know her.

I know her.

You see, that girl there...

You know, I tried to teach her
some things during this trial.

Some basic real truths.

And she ended up teaching me.

She's got an integrity
bigger than this room.

And I see you...
I see you looking at her.

And if you would,

I'd like you now to look at me.

See, you may not know this,

but lawyers have to... have to play by
certain rules when they try a case.

You violate one of these rules
and boom, mistrial.

A lawyer could even
be thrown in jail.

One such rule...

says a lawyer can't knowingly
put up false evidence.

He can't say something to the
jury he knows to be untrue,

which means, believe it or not,
I can't stand here before you...

and say that my client is innocent of
the crime charged if I know otherwise.

Oh, I can say other things. I can say
the State didn't meet its burden.

It didn't prove guilt. It didn't satisfy
the standard beyond all reasonable doubt.

I can say those things.

But I can't stand here
before you boldface and say,

"She didn't commit the act"...

if I know that statement
to be false.

That's the rules.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Rachel Reynolds...

did not commit the crime.

Rachel Reynolds is innocent.

Rachel Reynolds...

is innocent.

Thank you.

That wasn't a negotiation.

It's a gift.

I was throwing you a bone.
It's just that, um, well,

I was looking for a bigger bone.

I see.

And tell me, why have you
brought along Mr. Young?

Oh, I asked to come.

You sounded so good,
I just had to see for myself.

There a problem, sir?
Well,

trying to exploit an influence
over a former student...

goes a little over the line.

I wasn't aware
your firm drew lines.

Ouch.

Let's not be silly.

Finley Hogue has 342 attorneys.

Mmm.
Our client...

has 10 more firms on retainer...

ready to defend against
this kind of precedent.

- Liggett.
- We are not Liggett.

At a minimum,
this suit would cost you...

a quarter of a million dollars
to prosecute.

Who's gonna front that?
You? Mr. Ray?

For a case that can't be won?

Who says it can't be won?

Well, you have
some secret strategy...

unknown to any other
law firm in the world?

We cheat.

Ah-ha-ha.

Then there's the smell.

- Beg pardon?
- Well, the jury takes a whiff of this,

whiff of that, gets kind
of a hunch for the truth.

They're gonna
smell your client, smell ours,

smell you, smell me, kind of like
scratch-and-sniff litigation.

You don't think we're up to you. Figure
we can't go toe-to-toe with the big boys.

Maybe you're right.
But standing here right now...

Mmm.

Smells good.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.

Your offer is
rejected, Professor.

Thanks again for the bone.

Well, maybe over coffee...
Lindsay!

It... It was
a great close, Bobby.

Mmm. I mean, completely objectionable
arguing your own opinion,

but you pulled it off. She couldn't object.
She would have looked bad.

It's gonna be quick. It's
gonna be quick, quick, quick.

Which way? On that, I
don't have a feeling.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

They're back?

Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excuse me.

Did you call her?
I did. I paged Rachel.

They're coming from Mattapan.
You figure 20 minutes.

Okay. Okay. Okay.
Make sure they know to hurry.

Relax.
I am relaxed!

They have a verdict?
Already?

Hour and 10 minutes they were out.
Is that good?

Very good. Short deliberation means acquittal,
not guilty. Quick verdict means guilty.

Unless they figure she must be lying.
Unless they know she's innocent.

Then why deliberate?
Oh, God, she's dead.

Get the clerk's office, Beck.
555-0106... Ask for John Powers.

Powers? I want to know
as soon as they read it.

Hour and 10 minutes.
Must be 'cause it's Friday.

Good evening. I have Eugene
Young for John Powers, please?

What does it mean? What does it mean?
We're gonna know in a minute.

Thank you.

Ms. Reynolds,
I'll ask you to stand, please.

Madam Foreperson,
has the jury reached a verdict?

- Yes, Your Honor.
- I'll now ask you...

to read your verdict.

On the charges
of unlawful possession...

with the intent
to distribute drugs...

pursuant to section 469...

Massachusetts criminal law,

we, the jury, find
the defendant, Rachel Reynolds,

- not guilty.
- Ohh!

Members of the jury, this completes
your service. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Donnell.

You're free to go,
as is the defendant.

Adjourned.

Whoo!

We did it.
Ohh.

I'm so proud of you.

♪

Hey, taxi?

- Mr. Donnell, thank you.
- Ah.

Not just for winning, but...
But for those words you said.

Hey! Hey!
I hope I'll live up to them.

What?

You already have, Rachel. You
just stay your course. Taxi!

Your course.
I promise that.

Stop the car!

Thank you.

See you later.

Thank you.
Congratulations.

Grandma, you coming?
Oh.

All righty.

Rebecca, this is a motion for
production of police reports in Bauer.

Now comes the defendant in
the above entitled matter...

and moves pursuant to the Mass.
Crim. P-14-A-2-G-L-C-4-1,

subsection 98-F-N-T-O-C-4,
subsection 7, clause 26,

that this honorable court
direct the Commonwealth,

its agents or servants
make available for inspection...

any and all state, county
or local police reports...

having to do with matters
referred to this case,

as reasons, therefore, these reports
are essential to the defendant...

in the preparation of his case
respectfully submitted by his attorney,

Robert G. Donnell, Esquire.

End of tape.

You stinker!