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In all your years as a patent
attorney, did you ever have

one client who truly needed you?

Welcome to the neighborhood.

I'm sorry. We've just been sued
by a former employee.

How was this man discharged?

She was fired
for getting pregnant.

We have a one-child policy.

Just like..

China, baby. China, baby.

Gee, I wonder who
the jury's gonna side with.

- Tommy Jefferson, kid.
- You little snot!

Don't call me little!

Did you say,
"Ohio Supreme Court"?

See you in court.

You can help Adam,
it'll be your first

official assignment
as our new paralegal.

'Thank you. Come again.'

And my girlfriend
is right here.

How we doing, Harry?
Meet Father Jimmy Nance.

We call him Big Papi, 'cause
he got a direct dial line

to you-know-who. In case
you need any spiritual advice.

Thanks. I self-medicate.

I didn't realize you
were Catholic, Damien.

My relationship with Big Papi
goes a little deeper

than God and religion,
know what I'm saying?

- I'm his bookie.
- That's for another day.

Right now, he got a problem.

And it's a big one,
which is why I bring him to you.

Big Papi, I leave you
with Big Mama.

I-I run First Lady
of Saint Francis

and we do a lot
for many needy people.

You know, I give them food,
clothes and shelter.

- The over and under.
- Times are tough.

I have to resort
to unconventional means

to raise money
for worthy causes.

- Is that your problem?
- No.

This is all privileged, right?

All your secrets are safe

including your little thing
for women's shoes.

Okay, w-what I'm about to
tell you

I could be defrocked
for doing so.

Okay.

A congregant of mine
took his own life.

And before he did so, he came
in for his final confession.

And he told me that
his false testimony

led to the murder conviction
of an innocent man.

Jeffrey Rollins is serving
a life sentence and he was

convicted essentially,
and I believe solely

on the eyewitness testimony

of my congregant testimony
that was a lie.

'In fact, he told me
that he witnessed'

somebody else
committing the crime.

Now, I-I'd like to go forward
and-and correct this horrible

injustice, but I'd be
excommunicated for breaking

the confessional seal.
I'd lose my church.

Look, no DA is ever gonna
release a convicted murderer

on my word,
"A priest told me so."

'If you're really serious
about fixing this'

you'll have to go on record.

In which case I'll be defrocked.

Well, I hear
the Episcopalians are looking.

I-I can't submit some sort of
a-a blind affidavit or..

I'm afraid not.

Yeah, then..
Then I'll go forward.

I can't let an innocent man
rot in prison for something

he didn't do.

You pick today?

Of all days, you pick today?

Tomorrow, I go before
the parole board.

All goes according to plan,
I walk away a free man.

You know how the parole
board works, lady?

Don't call me "lady."
And I know how it works.

Sort of.

Why don't you tell me
what you know?

I was up four years ago.

The warden recommended
my release.

I've been a model prisoner.

But I got turned down 'cause
the parole board wants you

to accept responsibility
for what you've done

even if you hadn't done it.

I refused to admit guilt
to something I ain't guilty of

so they denied my parole.

What you here for?
Pray for me?

He's here risking his career
to save you

so perhaps you could try
to be less of a prick.

Two years ago,
I'm up for parole again

denied again, same thing.

After that hearing,
a parole board officer

looks me in the eye and says
all I got to do

is accept responsibility.
You feel me?

The only thing between me
and the street tomorrow

is me saying
I'm sorry for what I did

even though I didn't do it.

So, tomorrow,
you plan to say you did it.

Look, it took me some
to get to this place, lady.

And now for you to come and..

Father, I appreciate you risking
what you had to do here.

I really do.
It's just..

Get the hell out of here.

- Both of you.
- 'Look..'

You talk about
walking the street tomorrow

as a free man.
You won't be a free man.

You'll be on parole.
There's a difference.

You get pulled over for a DUI,
shove somebody at a bar

get a speeding ticket,
you do anything

'you're right back in prison
doing time for murder.'

'That isn't something
a free man has to worry about.'

As for a job, forget it.

College kids graduating
at the top of their class

can't get work.

'A man on parole with
murder on his resume'

'won't be bumped to the
top of anybody's list.'

And here's something else.

If you ever want your name back,
or you ever want a shot at

a new trial,
you can forget that

if you go on record tomorrow
saying you were guilty.

'Parole isn't real freedom,
Mr. Rollins.'

You'd just be a murderer
on furlough.

You believe that guy?

Talk about no good deed
going unpunished.

Well, you got the last word in,
that's all that really matters.

Uh.. You feeling good
about that little speech?

You maybe just talked him
out of doing the one thing

that could get him out.

Sir, sir! You need to calm down.

Look, if you want me to help..
Is anybody here hurt?

No. Nobody's hurt.

You telling me the emergency
is a broken window?

- Fung? Chunhua?
- Back off, please.

I'm their lawyer.
Don't talk to me that way.

They threw a brick
through our window.

- Did you see who?
- No.

We didn't see who,
we didn't see.

Look, just back off, okay?

It's because of this case.

Well..

Look at this.

I told him that I was pregnant
and he fired me.

Just like that.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.

Check the Internet blogs, you'll
see that everybody hates us.

How long before
the Ohio Supreme Court?

That could take a while.

Tell them they win.
We'll give her her job back.

My father always said that one
day, I would have to rise up

to the legacy of my name,
Thomas Jefferson.

'Well, that day has arrived.'

Well, well, well. So, you want
to give her her job back.

What about that big speech
I heard the other day?

Who's going to save the planet?

Not always about the law,
is it, kid?

Sometimes it's politics,
sometimes it's people

sometimes it's me.

You thought
you could take me on.

I understand. Kids do.
They're young.

And now here you sit, a little
wiser, a little more humble.

You kid, you.
You gnat.

You peepy-squeaky, little bug.
Say it for me, will you, kid?

So I can at least know
you've learned something.

Say "I'm a peepy-squeaky,
little bug."

- I won't say that.
- Interesting.

- Well, I'm not settling.
- What do you mean, you're not..

We're giving the woman
her job back.

Yeah. Come back when you're
prepared to give her the job

and two million dollars.

Two million?
Are you on drugs?

Your original ask was,
like, one.

That's when I liked you.
Now I don't.

You know you'll never
get that kind..

You want this case to go on,
so you can milk the publicity.

- That's what this is.
- Which you're afraid of.

That's why you're now
crawling in here.

Tell you what, two million

you say, "I'm a peepy-squeaky
little bug"

and you can walk out happy.

What? No card to play?

Nothing? Gee, you were so
cocksure in court.

Putting on the grand show.

All you can do is sit now

and take it.

Well, bend over, kid,
you little imp.

You were rude to me,
you ridiculed me.

Nobody does that.
You hear me?

You peepy-squeaky, rude,
arrogant, little shill.

You nothing, little bug.

I feel like it's my fault.

I sort of led them into
this with my vision

you know, of the Ohio
Supreme Court and..

- The girl. You two had sex yet?
- What? No.

- Come on. Come on.
- I haven't. I haven't!

Oh, you're doing that thing to
me, that thing you used to do

where you'd be making fun of me
and I wouldn't have a clue.

Why are we here, Adam?
It's not to have sex with me.

- What? I'm not!
- Come on.

Oh, you're doing it again.

- Good one. Ha.
- Why are we here?

Well, your thing was always,
you know, unconventional.

- So it is about sex.
- What?

Oh. No.

I thought maybe
you'd have an idea.

I mean, the man refuses
to even convey my offer.

- So you convey it.
- Me?

Why not? You have her name.
Do you know her address?

I can't go to a represented
client behind the lawyer's back.

He's not gonna report you.

His not conveying the offer
is just as unethical.

And if it is about
making good with Chunhua

throw yourself on the grenade
a little bit, women love that.

Tommy is not gonna report you.

Just go tell the woman
the offer.

It was a bit sanctimonious of me
to counsel you against

professing guilt tomorrow.

'If it were me, I'd probably
do whatever I had to'

to get my ass out.

I just thought I should
come back and say that.

- Got it. That it?
- Yeah.

Well, best of luck, Mr. Rollins.

Will you come?

- I'm sorry?
- To the parole board.

Probably wouldn't hurt.

You seem like the kind of
sympathetic crap

they'd fall for.

You make me feel special.

- What time is the hearing?
- 10 o'clock.

Look, if you're gonna say
you did it, fine.

But your heart...
let's assume you've got one

better be in it.

Clearly, right now it isn't.

I got a son.
Never met him.

Ain't given him a damn thing
in life.

Figured at least one day
my name would be cleared

and he'd be able to know
his father wasn't no killer.

But now..

...guess he won't even get that.

Nope.

Once you accept guilt,
you own it.

- Are you a lawyer?
- No, ma'am. I'm a paralegal.

Well, all the lawyers
are busy at the moment and, uh

one of my jobs as a paralegal
is to meet

with prospective clients
then report to the lawyers

so they can better decide
whether legal representation

can help you.

Mm-hmm.

Why don't we start with you
telling me your problem?

I'm fat.

Well..

And the reason I'm fat
is because of that

Fast Food Row down on Third

I got to pass by every day

on my way to work,
on my way home.

What do you mean,
you said maybe?

Well, she's not looking for
money so much

as she is to shut them down.

Now, I did a little research

and it's possible to carve out
a nuisance claim.

No, it isn't.

There's science and stuff
that says

fast food is addictive plus--

It's been tried,
it's been done, Malcolm.

They've been sued for
this very thing.

- Not by you, they haven't.
- Wait, don't tell me.

- You have a feeling about me.
- Wow.

You really skipped your happy
juice this morning, didn't you?

Can I just do a little more
research? See what I turn up?

No.

Harry, come on.
What's the harm?

Do the research.

It's an alternative proposal.

You want to settle,
this gets it done.

Look, first of all, I'm not
the lawyer on this, he is.

Yeah, I don't deal with him.
He's rude.

Here's why
you're gonna like this.

I've amended the complaint
to include infliction

of emotional distress.

Back off, rude.

We settle under that theory

your client's homeowners
covers it.

They're not out of pocket.

But your client still gets
two million! Huh.

Bug! It's a good way to go,
Harry.

You know what?
I'm a little busy at the moment.

Leave it here
and I'll look it over.

Yvonne. Hi.

Harry, this is Yvonne Morris.

- Harry Korn.
- Hello.

This is the lady that wants
to sue the fast food joints.

Malcolm, we can't
take that case, I told you.

- Why not?
- Ms. Morris..

Perhaps you have
a legitimate claim

but we're a very small firm,
and we need to choose

the windmills
we tilt at carefully.

Suing those restaurants,
they're huge corporations

right up there with Big Oil.
Could take years.

And we can't afford to do that,
especially on a contingency.

I'm very, very sorry.

- Look, I'm sorry.
- Well, can't you do it?

- I'm not a lawyer, remember?
- Hey, kid.

Bring the woman to me.
Tommy Jefferson.

As good as it gets.

Bring her to me.

Well, Mr. Rollins, uh,
looking at the file

listening to the witnesses,
we seem to be

in the exact same place
we were two years ago.

By all accounts,
you've been an exemplary inmate.

Helped innovate
many positive programs

which have benefited
the prison community.

The institutional parole officer
has argued passionately

for your release,
as has the warden.

'Nothing's changed at all.'

Unless maybe I'm mistaken.

Do you bring anything new to
the table today, Mr. Rollins?

Yes, Ms. Powell.

I would like to say how sorry
I am for killing Ethan Montana.

'I would like to express
my sadness to his family.'

I would also like
to say to the board

that I am not the person
I was back then

when I committed this crime.

Wow! Four years ago,
then again two years ago

you were maintaining
your innocence of this crime.

Quite adamantly in fact.
What happened?

I just searched my soul.

Had to be honest
with myself and God.

Did you ever talk to the prison
chaplain about all of this?

No, ma'am.

Did you ever write a letter
to anybody

'expressing your remorse?'

No, ma'am.

Anything else you'd
like to say to us?

Well, just that I've had
25 years in here to think.

And I believe I'm ready
to get on with my life

and have a positive
impact on society.

Okay, then, why don't you give
us a few minutes to confer?

Then we'll give you
our decision.

- Ms. Kremp?
- Yes?

My name is Adam Branch.

I'm one of the lawyers
representing

Lao's Laundromat,
your prior place of employment.

May I come in?

Well, I don't know that
I should be speaking with you.

No, ordinarily you should not.

Are you aware there's an offer
on the table, Ms. Kremp?

I think you should hear
what I have to say.

'Well, Mr. Rollins,
first let me say'

this entire board salutes you.

The reputation and
character you established

for yourself in prison...
It's quite remarkable.

Honestly, you've been
such a good influence

on the younger inmates,
we almost hate to lose you.

It is the decision of this
board, however

that you have not
been sincere with us.

'A person searching his soul
quite likely would have engaged'

'his clergy in that pursuit.
You did not.'

A person feeling guilt
and sorrow

toward the victim's family
might have reached out to them.

You did not.

You're not really accepting
responsibility for this crime

'are you, Mr. Rollins?'

'You're just saying
what you think you must'

'to see the sunlight.'

Did you commit this crime,
Mr. Rollins?

Mr. Rollins,
did you commit this crime?

'It's really a simple question.'

Did you commit the crime
for which you were convicted?

No.

No, I did not.

Your parole petition
is regrettably denied.

- This board is adjourned.
- Hold on just a second.

You don't get to be heard
at this proceeding, counsel.

Well, I damn well will be heard.

You denied parole twice
because he refused

to admit guilt. You now deny it
again because he does.

I'm sorry, Ms. Korn,
this hearing is over.

- You think this is over?
- Have a pleasant day.

It may be your right
to deny this man his freedom

but how dare you be
flippant about it!

Would you like me to
have security remove you?

Yeah, do it. You may have the
power to throw me

out of this room, but I've got
the means to haul you

into a bigger one.

- Oh, you think so, do you?
- I know so.

This is anything but over,
you stuck-up bitch.

Father Nance is still on board.

I have a meeting with
the DA at 5 o'clock

and then I'll let you know.

Wasting your time, lady.

I'll tell you that right now.

Maybe so, but let's have
a little pact

just between the two of us.

I will go to the DA
and do whatever I can do

to effect your release
and you will practice

at not being an asshole.
That sound good?

And enough with the glaring,
okay? You're not that scary.

Okay.

I'm not gonna waste your time,
you're not gonna waste mine.

You're biting off
even more than you can chew.

These are the heavyweights
you're going after

pardon the pun.
They have armies of lawyers.

Here's what's good.
You're fat, poor and black.

That makes you
a triple-crown plaintiff.

Here's what's bad.
I don't sympathize with you.

You're grumpy, that bugs me.
Nobody likes a grump.

Bottom line, if the jury
doesn't love you, you're done.

'So that means,
between now and trial'

you need to become sympathetic.

You have to try things
you've never attempted before

things like, say, smiling.

You need to have
a personality makeover

and you need to
come out likable.

Look, I don't think
you need to be--

Where's it say you talk?
You don't talk.

These companies? Likable. Very.

Want a little light reading?

Here's a list of
all the charity work they do.

Set aside they cause people
to stroke out, they also do

socially responsible work,
like curing kids with cancer.

That's a jury trump card.

'They do disaster relief
for Katrina victims'

they work with Greenpeace
to save the planet

college scholarships
for the underprivileged

billions of dollars
for people in need.

What do you do? What do you do?

Whose side are you on?

I'll be on your side
when the time comes

trust me,
but these are the things

the other side will be raising
at trial.

This will be a war.
I will wage it.

But you have got to do
everything I tell you to do.

You understand?
Otherwise, forget it.

Out. I'll call.

Look, this congregant
could have been paid off

to make this confession--

Oh, yes, and he was paid
to commit suicide, too.

Maybe he planned
to commit suicide

he wanted some money
to take care of loved ones.

I don't know, you don't know.

It could be anything,
and we have no means

of flushing it out
'cause the guy is dead.

An innocent man is in jail
for a murder he didn't--

We don't know he's innocent,
that's the point.

Look, if you want to bring me
evidence, Ms. Korn

I'll be happy to look at it, but
hearsay from a bookie? Uh-uh.

I'm going to the judge,
with or without you.

It will be without me, sorry.

Could you at least pretend
you give a crap?

You didn't have to be so rough
with the woman.

Okay, first, I did. She needs to
know what she's in for.

Second, she certainly
needs to appreciate

the difficulty of her case.

And third, I'm still looking
for where it says

you talk. Let me lay out
the players' program for you.

I am the lawyer,
Yvonne is the client

and you're the kid who gave her
a lift to my office.

Here's the legal research I did,
in case you're interested.

How about a little thank you for
taking your fat friend's case?

Ah. People aren't grateful
in life.

But let's assume
your client is innocent.

The only means of knowing
that is a sealed confession

to a priest, which would be
inadmissible.

I don't think the privilege
would survive the death of--

Oh yes, it would. Trust me.

The clergy privilege
is a big one.

Okay, Randy,
let's say that's all true.

It is.

In the meantime,
we've got an innocent man

serving a life sentence
for a murder he didn't commit.

Are you telling me smart minds
can't figure out a way

to fix this? Really?

No. All I'm saying is,
you're not gonna fix it

with a dead man's confession
to his priest.

And as a practical matter,
Harry, if you try

you're only going to end up
causing a lot of anguish

for your client, not to mention
the murder victim's family

who right now,
think they have closure.

I'm talking to you as a judge
and as your friend.

Let this one go.

- I can't.
- What a surprise!

Who wrote this crap?

You didn't write it.
Who wrote it?

- I did, actually.
- You go to law school?

- No. I want to.
- Seriously.

- Where did you get this?
- I researched it on Westlaw.

You bought the memo online,
didn't you?

No. I told you,
I wrote it myself.

- It's good.
- It is?

Not as good as I'd do, but for
a little drug-addict office boy

it's very good.

Thanks.

How'd you like to assist me on
this case? Chance of a lifetime.

You get to observe
Tommy Jefferson up close.

- Well, I..
- Think about it.

But what's to think about?
We're talking about me.

Struck out with the DA,
struck out with the judge

but I did talk to a PI,
so we can at least begin

a little digging
on the evidence front.

If something turns up,
we can get a new trial on that.

What is it with these looks?

Do you have a crush on me?
Is that it?

I'm just trying to figure out
what's in this for you.

This some white-guilt thing?
What?

You hit-and-run some black dude,
and now you're trying

to make amends for something?

Okay, Jeffrey, up until now,
you haven't really offended me

with all your bull.
Now you have.

So before we continue on,
let's set the record straight.

Screw you. Okay?

Screw you.

Now, I did manage to persuade
my judge friend

to get me an audience
with the Ohio Appellate Court

where I'd like to challenge
the parole board hearing.

In the spirit of
full disclosure

parole board rulings
are non-reviewable

so I figure to get
bounced right out.

But I'm gonna try,
just the same.

I'm also gonna try to get
you transferred over

so you can be in the courtroom.

I always like to put
a face on cases

though yours gives me pause.

If I can effect that transfer,
I'll see you in court.

If not, I'll see you back here.

Any questions?

Wonderful.

Wait a second, wait a second.

He came to your house?

That's not the point,
Mr. Jefferson--

It's my point.

He came...to your house?

Why didn't you tell me that
they'd offered me my job back?

Because the offer was
an insult to me, to you..

It wasn't an insult.
It's what I wanted.

Look, I've been doing this
a long time, and trust me

clients rarely know
what they want.

I've called other attorneys.

They've all said
the notion of me

getting two million dollars
is laughable.

That's because they all have
one thing in common.

- Which is?
- They're not me.

You have a reputation of
maximizing your profile

at the expense of the client.

And who told you that? Mr. Bug?

I don't need to
maximize my profile.

Look at that wall.

I rub shoulders with presidents.

I play golf with Pete Rose.

My child was baptized
by the Pope.

- I'm accepting the offer.
- I can't let you do that.

It's my decision!

We have a date with
the Ohio Supreme Court.

I'm canceling the date.

You're fired.

- What'd you say?
- I said, you're fired.

As far as the parole board
is concerned

the inmate is guilty, so--

- That doesn't mean--
- The only question is..

Is he rehabilitated?

And whether he accepts
responsibility for his actions

is certainly relevant
to that question.

But, judge, how can we tell
a man convinced of his innocence

to say he's guilty,
when he's perhaps--

'He is guilty, counsel,
at least for the purpose'

of a parole hearing.
Are you not listening?

Otherwise, every such hearing
could turn into a reexamination

of the evidence. Now, you can't
be suggesting that, can you?

Your Honor, I understand
that for the purpose

of the parole hearing,
he's guilty. I get that.

But certainly, all of you get
that our criminal justice system

perfect as it is, churns out

thousands of wrongful
convictions a year.

Which means, as a matter of
fact, these parole boards

commonly, if not routinely

look into the eyes of prisoners
who are innocent.

And for us to insist these
innocent people profess guilt

in order to get their parole--

We don't insist that, the Ohio
Parole Board does not require

a prisoner to admit guilt.
In many other states, they do--

Oh, come on! As a practical
matter, a prisoner's chances

of getting released are almost
nil if he doesn't admit guilt.

It's a de facto requirement,
and you know it.

- Counsel--
- And should he admit guilt?

That means he can't
get a new trial.

He can't ever clear his name.

Not to mention, the admission
itself is a lie

and a fraud.
Do we care about that?

Don't get snide with us,
counsel.

'You think you're the
first lawyer to raise'

the innocent prisoner dilemma?

We're well aware of the
potential unfairness of--

Which makes your acquiescence
all the more disgusting, then.

Is this your style, counsel?

To gain an audience
with the Appellate Court

only so that you can insult us?

I'm more concerned with the
insult to that man right there.

He's had to endure twenty five
years in prison for something

he did not do.

I think we're done.

- 'Judge!'
- I said we're done.

Now, my patience has run out.

Your patience has run out?
That's what you said?

- Jeffrey..
- Is that what you just said?

You out of patience?

Mr. Rollins, I would
advise you not to speak.

Yeah, I got that advice
25 years ago

from my public defender,
but this may be the only

and last time I get to say
my say in a courtroom, so..

Jeffrey!

You talk about respecting
the system.

The system put me in here
based on a lie.

And now you're telling me
I got to lie to get out.

Is that the system
you so respect?

Well, I didn't do it.
I...did...not...do it!

Now I got to live with everybody
thinking I did, even my own son.

And now the guy who put me
here...his conscience

finally got the better of him,
and you don't care.

You just worried about
your damn system. Well, tell me.

When does conscience ever get
the better of you?

If I could just get
from the court an order

that the Ohio Parole Board not
condition my client's release

on his admission of guilt.

As you said, that is
technically the law

so at least give us that.

What do you mean,
you're working with Tommy?

I'm just helping Yvonne Morris.
He took that case.

Your job is here, Malcolm.

It's just, he's giving me real

law work to do, Harry,
it would be a good experience.

You're a freshman in college,
not an attorney.

You're not qualified
to do real law work.

Whatever I do with Tommy won't
interfere with my work here.

See that it doesn't.

Make any gestures,
and you're fired.

I'm off to see the parole board.

You got something to say?

Nope.

Malcolm.

That's just her way.

So..

This is what it's all about.
I get it now.

You throw away
your law career for love.

Peepy-squeaky, little love.

The things we do for lo-oo-ove.

Know what you did,
you peepy-squeaky, little bug?

Chunhua, you remember Tommy.

You just committed
professional suicide.

You went to a represented
client behind her lawyer's back.

You're dead.
You're done. Pass the jam.

I'm looking at toast,
you peepy-squeaky--

Oh, come on, Tommy,
that's only if you report me

which we know you won't

because you failed to convey
an offer made to a client.

That's also grounds
for disbarment

especially since you
should know better.

Whereas me,
well, I'm just a kid.

Kids make mistakes.
We're young.

It's what kids do.
Let me tell you, Tommy.

Sometimes it isn't
always about the law.

Sometimes it's people,
sometimes it's politics.

Sometimes, well..
It just isn't you.

You know what sets me off more
than anything, you little fart?

Rude.

I don't like rude.

It'll be the death of you..
Rude.

It'll be written
on your tombstone.

"He was rude
to Tommy Jefferson."

The death..

...of you.

I'm a little confused, Ms. Korn.

What do you expect us to do?

I expect you to not
condition Mr. Rollins's

release on his admission
of guilt.

'In compliance with the law,
and the order I just'

received from the Appeals Court.

We didn't. Our decision was
based on a multitude of factors.

That isn't true,
and you know it.

It is true. You were here.
You heard me.

Our decision was based
primarily on his lack

of sincerity with the board.

'He lied, he said he was sorry
for a murder'

which he doesn't even admit
committing.

This isn't fair.

Well, I don't mean to
sound harsh

but he isn't owed fairness,
only due process.

You know what? Whether he's owed
fairness or not

how about we give him some,
just the same?

'He's done 25 years.'

'Even if you choose
to believe he's guilty'

'he's done the time.'

'He was a model prisoner.'

'So exemplary
that you yourself said'

the prison would suffer
if you lost him.

The warden says let the man go

'everyone to review
this matter.'

For God's sake, whether the law
requires it or not

let's be fair.

Mr. Rollins, anything to add?

Nothing?

One thing.

I am not guilty of that murder.

But..

I am guilty

of condemning the judicial
process

that put me here.

Of condemning all the players
in that process

including you.

I think my hatred
has been in the room.

At this hearing,
and the ones that came before.

Ah, you people didn't put me
here. I know that.

I realize that not everybody
deserves my hatred.

Some..

Some should even get
my gratitude.

Anyway..

I'm sorry about..

I've been a good man in here.

I'll be a good man out there,
too, if given the opportunity.

That's all.

Mr. Jeffrey Rollins,
your parole petition is granted.

This board is adjourned.

Did she just say that?

She did.

Adam told me
of your little misunderstanding.

Misunderstanding?

Is that how he called it?

First of all, he's just a kid.

Second, you were at fault
here, too.

I didn't have time
to convey the offer.

He beat me to her.

Let me deal with him, okay?

Let me ask you something.

What are you doing,
opening a new firm at your age?

Ouch.

Why don't you come work with me?

- It'll be much more cushy.
- Work with you?

Are you out of..

What would possess you
to ask me that?

First, I actually like you.

Not your rude associate,
but I like you.

Second, you have real pedigree.

As good as I am,
and I'm very good..

I never get invited
to the judges' lunches or..

It'd be good for me to have
a horse like you in my stable.

Get me invited to
some of those..

Well, Tommy, if you want
to be taken more seriously

why the big circus act?

Really?

I mean, why do you need all that
pomp and ridiculous nonsense?

- It's a fair question.
- What's the answer?

When I was first starting out,
I had a case.

I was getting my clock cleaned.

I got these terrible
stomach pains.

Gas, mostly.

It got so bad,
that I opened the buttons

on my pants, you know,
below the table

to get a little relief
and forgot about it.

And when it was my turn
to stand..

...my pants fell down.

The jury smiled.

They laughed.

They thought I did it
on purpose.

Anyway,
they were suddenly with me.

They actually liked me.

I went on to win the trial..

You could say I've been
dropping trou ever since.

Whatever works, you know?

Dignity has been known to work.

Not my strong suit.

Anyway, listen, I'll withdraw
the complaint against your boy.

I'll do that for you. Not him.

He's rude.

He's got talent, but he's rude.

Thank you.

You sure you don't want
to grab dinner, or..

I'd love to, but I
promised my father I'd..

Actually, I will have dinner.

We settled our case, we have
reason to celebrate, right?

We? Is that a you-me "We" or
a you, me and your father "We"?

It's a you,
me and my father "We."

Ah.

But maybe you and I can do
his celebrating for him.

That sounds like a plan.

Thank you, Adam.

I'm sorry you don't get to have
your Supreme Court

pretty girl in the stands
moment.

But this one worked for me.

Thank you.

- That was nice.
- Yeah.

Okay. Where to?

You still know anybody
in this neighborhood or..

Probably not.

Been 25 years
since I lived there, so..

But I'd daydream every day

walking down that street,
a free man.

That dream got me
through most days, so..

What about..

Where are you going to sleep?
Do you have a place?

Lady, if you're inviting me
over to your place..

I'm not, don't worry.

And stop calling me "Lady."

Prison gave me
the name of a hostel.

Said I can stay there.

I'll be okay.

Think you'll track down
your son?

Might.

Well, thanks.

Jeffrey?

I think the reason
they let you out..

They finally saw some humility.

You're going to need a lot of
that humility on the outside.

There's nobody more entitled
to his rage than you.

But anger...it can be a killer.

Did somebody once tell you

that little glare of yours
was effective?

''Cause I gotta tell you,
it's about'

as attractive as it is scary.

Can I go now?

If you need any help

and you probably will,
don't be a dope.

Call.

- Got it.
- Well, go on, then.

If this is your daydream,
get on with the stupid thing.

I've got plans.

Lady?

Thank you.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Adam.

No, I'm not busy.

I'm just, um..

I'm just watching
a man take a walk.