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'Has the jury reached a verdict upon which you all of you are agreed?' 'Yes.'
on count one of the indictment do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty of murder?
Not guilty.
He's part-heard. Brian what can I do?
What? Hang on Brian.
Of course I've got somebody else for you. Hang on for a second
will you Brian? Phone rings
guess what Jake?
Hello miss. My murder?
Phone rings I better...
Sorry. Hello?
Jake Jake has she finished yet?
Has your trial finished miss? Yes.
'Yes.' Good. Brian?
Thanks miss. Cheers. Sorry miss.
Well you know what they say Brian.
First rule of clerking. Always put the girls in with the psychopaths.
All right I'll call you back.
Harry how are you? Yeah listen I need a ginormous favour.
Phone rings chambers good afternoon.
What do you mean it's my turn to do you a favour?
So I'm 35 years old I'm a date rapist. Hello Martha.
Spike drinks back to my hotel room she's comatosed in I pop.
I've lost my marriage I lose my job because not only am I a rapist but I'm also a police officer.
So what do you think?
What do I get? Eight?
On a fight. Ten?
Four. All: Four?
Brilliant. Brilliant.
In court today marth?
Yes. trial? Mm-hm.
Anything interesting?
Hi mum. It's me.
Um did I tell you about the murder trial I was doing?
Anyway doesn't matter. Bye mum.
Tomorrow. What?
Aggravated burglary.
What's the aggravated bit? Torture.
Of an old-age pensioner. Tied him up and nearly punched his head off. Oh and don't tell me.
You think a woman would go down better with a jury.
Got nothing to do with me. Solicitor's asked for you.
And what's he like? The solicitor or the client?
The client. He's um...
You'd be fine.
A backsheet and a DVD? I'll bike the rest over.
You'll be fine.
Trust me. Fine.
Where's the brief Billy?
Where's this cab? Where's this cab?
The drugs it's going to plead. You sure?
And you're in front of judge ladd. Excellent.
So reference for your silk application I was thinking sir.
I love it when you think Billy.
Do you reckon he'll get silk? There's a problem.
More than one application from a young set of chambers like us is not a good idea.
We've got two applications.
His and hers.
Not much we can do about that is there?
Is there?
Knock at door
hiya. Why are you here?
They were too big for a bike.
They? Yeah.
Come in. Top two and a half feet is aggravated burglary
and the bottom six inches is a drugs mule.
Two briefs? Don't worry about the drugs it's a five-minute mention and nothing's going to happen.
I need the judge to see your face because he could be a reference for your silk application.
Saw that in your pigeon hole. And they're both listed in the same court right?
Court nine is first up at 10 for the drugs
and then court one for the burglary trial at 10.30 behind a bail app.
I don't want my defendant in the burglary short-changed Billy.
15 years you've been doing this and you still believe don't you? Innocent until proven guilty.
I've been watching you all that time and you never waver do you?
If you don't have that then you're dead.
Cheers.
Night Billy.
Mr reader sir? Forgot to mention...
The drugs Martha costello will be co-defending with you.
Damn. Damn.
Do you want a hand? No.
Will all parties please go to court one...
Sorry sir have you got anything in your pockets?
How do I find the barrister who's looking after me?
Look on the court lists see which court you're in and they'll come and find you there.
Sorry can you not talk to me? I've got to complete focus. Sorry.
The aggravated burglary? I'm prosecuting you. Oh.
Nice man your client. That's what you say about everyone you prosecute.
If he's here if he's standing trial that means the cps the police and me all think he did it.
What does that tell you? That he very badly needs me fighting his corner.
Up-to-date list of previous.
Yeah sorry yes could you get the solicitor in the case of...
Mercedes cordoba to come to reception right now please?
You up to speed on this marth? Yes.
Are you co-defending? Yeah big softy this judge.
Let's go for it. You and me together eh marth?
Plead? you know you want to.
I've got a big trial in court one in half an hour so...
Yeah well I've got no mitigation to speak of and you're poor vulnerable and pregnant.
How hard can it be? We'll be 20 minutes tops.
Stop saying "tops" like you're someone normal clive.
You went to harrow.
You're Martha costello. I'm not representing you.
No I'm your new pupil. Oh God. Sorry.
Don't ever do this.
What's that? See a client without a solicitor's rep present.
Right. Why not? Protection in case a difficult client wants to say you've given bad advice.
Barristers can be sued now. Even baby ones.
Is this client difficult? Oh yes. Right.
So don't speak don't say a word.
Leave it all to me. 'Cells.'
brief for Gary rush.
Just wanted to say I haven't got a wig and gown yet.
Is that all right? I'll let you into a secret.
Putting one of these on and one of these on your head so helps.
It's like superman coming out of the phone box.
Ok Gary rush. The victim is 85 years old which makes this...
Well a bad bad thing which is why it matters that the right man goes down for it.
One big question - can a terrified 85-year-old be relied upon
to identify his balaclaved attacker correctly?
You here for Gary? Yes.
Ds scarrow.
There you go. Thank you. Word of advice. Don't be alone with him.
You don't intimidate me. I'm concerned for your safety that's all.
Right we haven't got time to talk to him properly so think like a waitress. What?
Get the bread on the table the drinks out fast then they're happy to wait for the food.
Are you for me? Yes.
Who's the boy? This is... Is my pupil.
Are you good?
Look give me a few minutes and then we'll talk properly.
I'll be going to prison huh for a very long time if I'm convicted of this.
Now I've never met you before but from where I'm standing you look a bit lightweight frankly.
So I think you should answer my question. Now.
I'm good.
But you're not a qc. Not yet.
Are you not going to come in talk to me?
I'm short of time mr rush.
Is this one difficult? No.
Mercedes cordoba?
I'm Martha costello your brief.
You swallowed 12 condoms filled with cocaine? Yes.
When's the baby due?
Eight weeks.
Do you know what would have happened if the condoms had broken open inside of you?
You die.
And your baby. I know.
You've got children already?
Yes. How many?
Five.
How old are you?
26.
And how old were you when your first child was born? 17.
Is there anything you want to say about your co-defendant?
What about the people who asked you to carry the drugs? No.
If you plead guilty now you'll get maximum credit
which means about a third or a quarter off your sentence.
You know that whatever sentence you do get will be too long for the baby to stay with you in prison.
You don't have to plead guilty now
but this judge is all right
and you might not get the same judge next time.
I understand.
Ok. Ok.
I need you to sign the front of my brief.
This just makes clear that I've not put any pressure on you. Do you understand?
Ok.
Just there. Door slams open
you're on. Let's go. Ok.
How old are you? 35.
How long have you been 35?
Couple of years.
Is it hard to get silk?
Everything changes. You get to choose your cases take time off
when you want to ask leading questions and get away with it.
I'm from cant frogett for the rush trial. Where the hell have you been?
I had a casting. I'm an actor. This is what I do when I'm not working.
What was the casting for? Head and shoulders.
The shampoo giant?
Pleading?
Yes.
Who's that?
Two new pupils in chambers. Billy gave me first choice so I plumped for the girl. Did you really?
On what basis? on the basis that she's got a really useful brain.
Nick slade. Oh right you're the other one.
The other one?
Sorry that came out a bit wrong.
I'm the other new pupil. Niamh.
Shouldn't we... Shake hands or something?
Barristers don't shake hands. It's kind of a rule.
Right.
How do you know that? My father's a judge.
Oh right.
All rise.
Billy said this judge might be a reference for my silk application.
He said that to me too. We can't both ask him. Let's see how we go shall we?
Mercedes cordoba is poor.
She comes from the Ciudad bolivar in bogota which means her poverty is extreme.
She was classically vulnerable to the approach from the drug cartel
who exploited her with the offer of money for traveling on a hot flight to London with drugs in her belly.
She has shown great courage in pleading guilty.
She knows that she will lose her baby into care.
We can only imagine how hopeless your situation must be
to agree to swallowing condoms filled with cocaine
knowing the damage they could cause to you and your baby.
Mercedes cordoba is not heartless not evil
she's just desperate.
She will pay for what she's done she knows that
but I ask your honour to pass a sentence
which reflects her sad life and gives her hope for a better one.
Do you want to address me on the relative status positions of the two defendants?
I think it's already there in everything I've said your honour.
Mr reader.
I'm surprised that my learned friend has chosen not to talk about
where her client is in the hierarchy compared with mine.
Your honour has seen the notices of additional evidence?
Mercedes cordoba is an experienced trafficker.
She uses her repeated pregnancies to throw off customs.
What she didn't know was that she was being watched by customs over a period of years.
She's pregnant every time she travels.
It's her protection against being stopped.
Nuns girl guides and pregnant women get waved through.
Angel valera my client is the driver.
He met her at the airport.
There is no evidence that he has ever done anything like this before.
He is at the bottom of the ladder in terms of his position in the hierarchy.
A good many rungs below that of his cunning pregnant co-defendant.
No second bite at the cherry miss costello.
Stand up both of you.
I have to establish in my own mind where each of you stands
in the ranks of this evil organisation that brings misery into our country.
I have no doubt that you Mercedes cordoba are a good way up it whatever your counsel says.
You will go to prison for 14 years.
Angel valera you have the dubious good fortune
to be a long way down the pecking order in this obscene organization
and I have to reflect that in your sentence.
You will go to prison for eight years. Take them down.
All rise.
I'll be down at lunchtime to see you. Thank you thank you. Lunchtime.
Oh!
You set me up you bastard. What was I supposed to do?
Tell you in advance? You knew you were going to cut my throat.
Doing my job representing my client reading the brief. Don't take it personally.
Where would we all be if we took things personally? Don't patronize me.
Why not? You're behaving like a child. You clearly hadn't read the naes.
Let me guess still at home an unopened file lying on the floor?
You didn't do your job properly you know it that's why you're cross.
She just got 14 years for God's sake. whose fault is that? Where are you going?
To ask the judge for a reference. Of course I don't take things personally.
'Will miss costello of counsel please... ' What? What?
Ringing tone
'hello?' Billy the drugs mules
'I got eight. She got 14. ' Reference sir?
'Reference to die for I'd think. ' Very good sir.
245 women silks ever.
Ever. Out of tens of thousands.
Now boys you've got to respect a statistic like that.
And it's still 12 male qc's to every Doris.
I mean what are the odds Jake? Hmm?
Kind of you to grace us with your presence miss costello.
I'm sorry my lord I was detained in another court.
Nice little earner before the main act? About รฃ90 minus clerk's fees
chambers rent travel tax vat so that leaves about รฃ12.50.
So not much of an earner really but entirely my fault I'm late.
Good result yesterday against the odds.
Well the jury's always right.
Let's swear one in shall we?
Actually I haven't had a chance to speak to the defendant.
Five minutes. A little longer?
Four and a half and counting.
Just confirm for me 100% you weren't there you've never been there it wasn't you?
Look...Yes or no?
It wasn't me.
You didn't do this?
So he was mistaken when he picked you out in a video id?
Look I know what you're doing.
You're up against it you're out of your depth so you're leaning on me to plead guilty.
I don't do that.
You tell me you didn't do this and I will fight for you.
What time did you get this brief?
Late last night.
We all perform better under pressure.
Take as much time as you need mr dodds.
He hit me three times.
Every three minutes he'd just walk over to me
tied up in my chair and punch me in the face.
Wasn't in any hurry.
Have you been able to establish what was stolen?
My late wife's jewellery my wedding ring.
I can't wear it any more because of this arthritis.
รฃ55 in a drawer my watch.
My distinguished conduct medal.
He stole my medal.
How did you win the medal? Normandy.
Night of June 4th 1944.
We dropped into occupied France ahead of the beach landings.
And I...
I er...
Brought a wounded comrade in.
How much time did you get to look at the intruder?
13 minutes. How are you able to be so precise?
There's a clock on the wall.
The police
like to know about the time of everything don't they? So
I thought I should keep an eye on it.
What was the intruder wearing?
He had a motorcycle helmet on.
Then he took it off.
He had a sort of balaclava on underneath
like the ones formula 1 drivers wear under their helmets and he kept that on.
Five minute break.
All rise.
Lots of form for burglary. Yes.
So? Yes Nick?
So... just because he's done this kind of thing before
doesn't make him guilty this time. Innocent until proven guilty.
Four words to live by.
But what do you think?
It'll happen to you. What will?
Well all defence counsels know when a defendant's guilty.
But by halfway through a trial they always forget.
How good is your eyesight? It's fine.
You attended an id procedure at the police station
and during that procedure you made a request to sit nearer to the screen.
I wanted to look at the eyes.
Their shape their colour.
When he was in the flat I thought "you're good
"you're not giving me anything here but for one thing - your eyes.
"I'm going to get you on that."
You pride yourself on being sprightly for your age.
You might not be very good at admitting that your faculties
are working less well now than they were.
You're raging against the dying of the light.
My light is not dying miss costello.
That was the man in my flat and I'm not mistaken about it.
How's your hearing mr dodd? He didn't speak. Not once.
Will you look at your witness statement?
It's three lines from the bottom of the second page.
What does it say? It says
"the intruder had no particular accent."
You've just told this jury that he didn't speak mr dodd.
So how do you know what accent the intruder actually had?
He hummed.
The whole time he was in my flat.
He only stopped humming
when he was hitting me.
Is that in your witness statement?
No.
The whole point of a witness statement
is to tell the whole truth to the police isn't it?
So why didn't you mention he was humming?
I didn't want him to seem like he was mad.
I beg your pardon?
I'd like him to go to a proper prison.
Oh I see. No soft option for the man you believe did this to you?
I don't want him going into a home for the mentally ill.
The police have made an arrest and you've assumed they've got the right man
and now you want to make sure he's convicted and above all punished.
Is this a question or a speech miss costello?
This defendant wasn't there.
You've got the wrong man mr dodd.
My wife died in a home for the mentally ill.
She had to wear nappies at the end.
When she died her nappy hadn't been changed for three days.
I wanted to do it for her but she wouldn't let me.
"You're my husband" she said.
The last time I visited her
there was a new sign up in the room where they sat to watch the television in.
It said
"no dancing."
I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Not even my worst enemy.
Lunch?
Is she coming?
You ok? How do you mean?
Um...
Emotional detachment.
Any barrister worth their salt has it. Like you?
This afternoon... I'm really busy Nick.
Does sir know his head size?
Hmm? Shall we find out?
Yeah.
And shall we say two spare collars
six bands and a dozen studs?
Great. How much?
รฃ1759 plus vat.
Do you do second hand? Yes sir.
Wigs from dead barristers?
Yes sir.
Could I look at the second hand then please?
Whoo hoo!
Whoo!
A strange man in your flat in a balaclava in the middle of the night.
You must have been terrified.
Well I was scared but
I didn't want him to know that.
And he hit you didn't he? Yes.
Three times.
I tried very hard to look at him.
Each time he hit me I tried to look at him.
Show him he wasn't winning.
You've been incredibly precise about the actions of the intruder inside your flat.
Three minutes between each time he hit you.
It's funny but
making myself focus exactly on what he was doing I think it helped.
I mean it stopped me from being quite so frightened.
You were in the parachute regiment during the war?
Yes.
Tell us about jumping out of aeroplanes at night under fire.
You just do it. Wait for the light.
One alligator two alligator three alligator go.
Some people do crocodiles I do alligators.
So you know about thinking straight under pressure?
Well I suppose so.
He was wearing gloves? Yes.
Did he cough? No.
Sneeze? No.
Scratch his nose? No.
Relevance miss costello?
I'm struggling I'm sure the jury are.
He yawned.
Just as he was leaving.
He stood at the door looking at me and he yawned.
And he put his hand up to cover his mouth.
I thought how strange a burglar with no emotion
but very good manners.
Then he put his hand on the door handle
looked at me
opened the door and walked out.
What do you think? That yawn put about another year on his sentence?
How's it going? You should have got a second hand one.
A virgin white wig makes you look like you don't know what you're doing.
Well actually I nicked it.
Very funny.
Where the hell is my barrister?
Where's my brief? I'm going to get sent down for this.
Who do you want first? Can I do Gary rush for two minutes and then Mercedes cordoba?
I don't think you know what you're doing.
I'm going to get you off.
Mercedes cordoba?
Van's gone. What?
I told you I was going to be two minutes!
There's no point shouting about it.
She's gone.
You've got 14 years to talk to her.
Get the number for the prison and I'll call them.
Touting party. Touting?
Billy invites lots of judges and all the solicitors we're supposed to suck up to and we do lots of sucking up.
Touting or tarting party? First impressions Nick.
Make them like you.
Is there a vo for a legal visit?
Mercedes cordoba.
Why not? You should have received a request for one.
She's pregnant she's vulnerable and she's about to start a 14 year sentence tonight.
I need to see her.
Hello? Dial tone
hello?
Excuse me.
Ah Brian frogett senior partner from cant frogett rang to remind us
he's too important to come to this kind of do
but he says he's making an exception because he heard about
your performance today and he'd like to meet you.
What kind of question was that?
Sorry? oh what?
You've forgotten?
About the worst question asked of anyone in the witness box ever?
I know let's see if the burglar yawned shall we?
Tell me did he yawn at all after beating the crap out of you?
You don't understand. aggravated doesn't cover it does it?
We're going to have to invent a new term for this.
How about psychopath burglary? Will that do it?
Who told you?
Another stupid question.
Peter told me. Or was he wrong? I told you
you don't understand.
And I'm sorry who's Peter?
The outdoor clerk who's been with you all day.
Hardly.
He spent most of his day at a casting or on the phone to his agent.
Maybe if you had an outdoor clerk who knew how to read a trial properly.
Was it him asking the suicidal questions
or was that the brainless woman in the wig? I think you'd better leave.
What did you just say? No-one ever talks to her like that.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Clear this up clear this up. Get this cleared up boys.
It's called unconditional love.
I'd do the same for any one of you.
It can be a liability love.
What are you saying? Brian frogett is a big big solicitor.
He hates us we lose work we lose money. Where does love get you?
You all right miss? Yes. Sorry about that.
Thank you.
Hello mum. It's me.
You're not there so I...
How is she? Your mum?
How dare you? Martha. You hypocrite.
It should be you that goes to prison for 14 years not her.
Why don't you just get off your...
Jesus Christ Martha.
That's why people like Mercedes get screwed by everybody so you can
stick coke up your nose after a hard day in court. Was it the wrong result?
You make me sick.
Was it the wrong result?
Maybe you get in too close sometimes Martha.
What are you doing? What the hell are you doing?
I'm calling the police. Give me the phone.
Just give me the phone. Give me the phone. What's going on?
Who are you? Who the hell are you?
Give her the phone back.
Crowd gasps
Jake Jake call an ambulance.
Ambulance please.
Address is shoe Lane chambers shoe Lane middle temple.
Door opens
you ok?
You do emotional detachment incredibly well.
How old are you? Nearly 23.
When? In a couple of years time.
He slipped clive. We all saw it.
Yeah but the question is how is anyone going to want me and him in chambers together?
I'm finished aren't I? No.
I promise you you're not.
We'll work on it.
Here. Take a cab home.
I'm going to look at the unused.
Now you're impressing me.
Thank you.
Glass smashes
what do you want? I was just working.
And now I'm going.
I'm Martha costello's new pupil.
You're her knight in shining armour by all accounts.
She's great isn't she?
Yes.
Are you all right? I'm fine.
Can I ask you a question? Mmhmm.
Do you think she'll get silk?
Yes.
See you.
One alligator two alligator three alligator four.
One alligator two alligator
three alligator four alligator five alligator.
Phone rings
hello? Get over here.
No there is no-one else.
It must be you.
Right what have you got for me?
You've never met Gary rush? No. Watch this.
Well how am I suppose... Just watch it.
The defendant may or may not be present in the DVD you are watching.
Which one is he?
Four. It's number four.
Why? I don't know.
I come in three times a day.
I help mr dodd to get dressed in the morning I give him his lunch and then I help him get to bed at night.
And when you left him that evening he was in bed and everything was as it should be? yes.
No questions.
Oh actually sorry just one sorry.
Did you close the door behind you?
Yes of course.
Thank you.
The defendant lives a short distance away from the scene of the crime.
And you arrested him because there is cctv footage of a man on a Vespa
leaving from outside mr dodd's home address
just after the burglary took place?
The defendant owns a Vespa.
The footage isn't good enough for us to identify it 100% but...
Grounds for suspicion.
Grounds for arrest? Yes.
Was any of the stolen property recovered from the defendant's flat?
No. Any paraphernalia associated with burglary?
These things are easily disposed of.
Stick to the evidence officer not supposition.
It's supposition based on 25 years of experience.
Then came the id parade. Slam dunk.
You haven't been in the court until now
so you won't know what mr dodd said in the witness box
but you will have heard about the... Yawn moment?
It's...Chilling.
Torture an old man and then yawn.
Was he bored? Tired?
And this is the kind of behaviour you'd expect from this defendant?
Do you have any idea what you're doing miss costello?
Is it right that this defendant has previous convictions?
Including three previous convictions for burglary?
Yes.
Can you tell us about the sentences mr rush received for those offences?
Probation the first time 80 hours community service the second time
followed by six months in prison.
In 25 years of experience
how do you feel about those sentences? Too short.
In 25 years of experience if a man yawns and puts his gloved hand
up to his mouth and then with the same hand
opens the door using the handle what will we find on the handle?
DNA. Where is it?
Who was the first officer to arrive on the scene of the crime? I was.
This was before the socos long before forensics had got to the flat.
When the door handle was tested were any fingerprints found?
No. None?
A door handle with nobody's prints on it?
Not mr dodd's? Not the social worker from an hour before?
Mr dodd couldn't have been clearer. The intruder yawned.
He put his gloved hand up to his face to cover his yawn.
He opened the door with the same hand using the handle.
Gather up all your experience officer
bring it to the front of your mind and park it next to your anger
and tell this jury that someone didn't wipe the handle clean before it was tested.
You've fitted up this defendant because you don't like him.
He's got form and in your policeman's mind he hasn't been properly punished.
So how did mr dodd pick him out? Hey?
If it wasn't him?
One alligator two alligator three alligator four alligator.
One alligator two alligator three alligator four alligator
five alligator six...
That was something.
That was really something.
You've seen the DVD of the id procedure.
You've heard the victim count in his very own
very particular very precise way
the fact that Gary rush is on that screen for two seconds
or alligators longer than everyone else.
You've seen the black screen either side of only one image on that video.
The only evidence this prosecution relies on
is mr dodd picking out the defendant on an id parade.
Not only is there no forensic evidence
there is evidence of there being no forensic evidence
which frankly is impossible.
If Gary rush was in that flat and he yawned
then his DNA would be on that door handle.
Is it safe to convict this man
on this evidence?
You as a jury have a sacred task.
It is your job to apply the one basic principle
on which everything in our justice system turns.
The prosecution have to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that a defendant is guilty.
Go back to your jury room and apply that principle to these facts
and come back with the only proper verdict.
Gary rush is not guilty.
Three convictions for burglary. We've had this conversation.
But obviously his acquittal last year for another burglary
isn't on the list of previous. But it is in the unused.
That's because it's an acquittal Nick.
Or because the victim was punched three times in the head
and bottled out of giving evidence at the last minute.
What does that tell you? That ds scarrow has a classic motive for fitting up Gary rush.
That he walked into this crime and removed any possibility from his mind that rush might not be the right man.
It's about integrity of justice Nick.
It's about people getting a fair trial and that's all there is and it matters so much.
Miss costello? Verdict?
Will the defendant please stand.
Will the foreman please stand.
Have you reached a verdict upon which all of you are agreed? Yes.
Do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty of aggravated burglary?
Not guilty. Yes!
These two things are true.
Gary rush is a horrible man and it's right that he gets off.
They are not mutually exclusive.
Let's go and see Mercedes cordoba.
Come on.
They raped me.
Every time.
Seven men.
Always all of them so that when I was pregnant
they wouldn't know who the father was.
When my belly grew bigger
they made me swallow the drugs
and I flew to London.
Where are your children?
Every time the baby was born
they took the baby away.
Three boys.
Two girls.
And then they raped me again.
I don't know where my babies are.
Why didn't you tell me this?
I could have used it.
I wanted a long sentence.
Here I am safe.
I am away from them.
There is a ground of appeal.
Why can't you hear me?
I do not want an appeal.
Thank you.
What was the ground of appeal?
Me. Me being hopeless.
Gary rush doesn't think you're hopeless.
Who delivered this? Bike.
Did he take his helmet off?
No. Why miss?
20 years since I delivered a brief by hand.
Kidnapping at the Bailey tomorrow.
Here you go miss.
Gary rush is a free man you've prevented a miscarriage of justice
cant frogett love you.
A day in the life of Martha costello.
Phone rings
forget trials and rules of evidence and conviction rates and whatever.
Women do invent rapes that never happened.
Win a rape trial in front of the most influential judge in
the South eastern circuit and you go straight to silk do not pass go.
What makes you think it's winnable?
What are my chances? 50-50.
If I chose anyone to cross examine you it would be Martha costello.
She won't go for you. Her heart isn't in it.
Say hello to Martha costello.
Tell her she's the girl for me.
There will be nothing on that medal to link Gary rush to it so you do nothing.
'Hello?'
we need to modernize. But Billy
we're not sure how he fits in.
Never underestimate what I know John.
I'm your client I need more from you than you're giving.
I'm telling the truth.
You're the liar here not me.
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