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I take back my apology
for kissing you.
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I'm still in love with you.
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The prosecuting attorney
is Kim Mendelsohn.
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She is putty to me.
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I am embarrassed that you and I
were once a couple.
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It doesn't exactly help
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my career to be associated
with you.
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Malcolm and I
are going on a date.
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I was really hoping to get
your support on this.
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You don't get it.
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So, this is, like
a real thing, you and me?
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The law is a system of rules.
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Nowhere does it say you get
to break them.
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Nowhere does it say you get
to make your own rules.
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I've had it with
the whole squalid
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putrid, maggoty,
that's what it is.
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- How about we hold this whole--
- Mr. Peyton, that's enough.
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- So-called justice in contempt.
- Take him away.
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I don't really dislike you,
you know.
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Defense attorneys,
I-I have to think of them
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as the enemy, that's all.
I don't dislike you.
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Have a good night, Mr. Peyton.
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- We have to go, Harry.
- No, we don't.
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I hate those stupid black-tie.
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For us, starting a new firm,
it would be stupid
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from a business standpoint
to skip the annual--
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So, let's be stupid.
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Too many good possible contacts
for us to ignore.
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- Is staff invited?
- 'I think just trial lawyers.'
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I think you should go, Harry.
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Well, I'm not goin'.
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Who is it? What do you want?
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Again?
You did what?
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What happened?
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Growing up, I had a dream house.
Well, who doesn't?
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We all grow up thinking
of our dream house.
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I had one, you had one,
I had one.
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Actually, I dreamt of
living in a pup tent.
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I was driving around tonight
and, um...I saw it.
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Exactly as I imagined it,
every little detail.
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Like a vision, which,
I-I don't know, since I forgot
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to take my meds, who knows,
maybe that's what it was.
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What happened, Josh?
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I thought, if just for a minute,
I could pretend
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that it was mine, you know?
Just to know the feeling.
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I walked up the path,
like it was my path.
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The front door was unlocked.
I turned the knob.
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- And I-I went inside.
- Uh-oh.
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And-and-and there was a den.
Of course, there would be.
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With a big, overstuffed chair,
just like the chair..
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I sat right in that chair,
that's what I did.
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That's what I did.
And then, I went upstairs.
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This gets better.
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And the master bedroom was
where I knew it would be.
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The bed, it had these
crisp white sheets
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and I sat on the bed.
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And then, in the bed
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I saw there was
a woman sleeping.
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How I didn't see her
when I went into the room
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not a clue, not a clue,
but there she was.
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This beautiful woman,
just like the woman
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I always dreamed I'd marry.
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Alabaster skin, not a blemish.
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Then she woke up.
That didn't go well.
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That didn't go well at all.
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He's been charged with breaking
and entering, assault.
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- Assault?
- He scared the crap out of her.
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His arraignment is at 2:00.
I told him I'd handle it.
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Meantime, I'm going to try
to get him released.
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- What's wrong with that guy?
- What's wrong with him?
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He's lost his mind,
that's what's wrong.
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Hey.
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God, not again.
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Hello.
I'm looking for a lawyer.
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Uh, my name's Adam Branch.
I'm an attorney.
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- And you are?
- Nancy Jones.
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Um, my son is
in some trouble
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and needs a lawyer
rather quickly, I'm afraid.
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Okay. What kind of trouble
is he in, exactly?
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He's been sentenced to death.
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Okay, let's have it.
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When I tried to reach
for your hand last night
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you just pulled it away.
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- I was reaching for my drink.
- Don't lie to me, Malcolm.
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You were embarrassed,
you were embarrassed
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with a public display
of affection with me.
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Is it because I'm super-white?
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No, Jenna. It's not
because you're super-white.
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- Then what?
- Well..
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I know how Harry feels
about the whole thing
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and I'm just kind of
self-conscious about..
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- You know, in front of her?
- This is a problem.
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You need to kiss me
in front of Harry.
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- Excuse me?
- You heard me.
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We can't go anywhere if you're
embarrassed to be with me.
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And if you can't kiss me
in front of Harry
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who is like family,
then I don't know what.
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Look, Jenna, I--
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You will kiss me in front of
Harry, end of discussion.
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Well, can I kiss you now?
'Cause I'm really in the mood.
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And now we're fighting.
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Nut job.
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He was convicted
three years ago
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based on his confession
and the testimony of his friend.
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Yes, no offence,
but as evidence goes
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confessions are kind of nifty.
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He was coerced
and so was his friend.
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They were each questioned
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for over 18 hours
before they broke down
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and gave the police
the statements they wanted.
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Okay. And the conviction
was appealed?
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Yes, this young lawyer here,
from Shipley Winningham
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last spring, we've been waiting
and waiting for the ruling
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and finally, I called Shipley
to find out what was going on
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only to learn the lawyer
had left the firm
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and moved to Arizona.
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And the law firm had no record
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of the appellate ruling,
so I called the court
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only to find out that
they had denied the appeal.
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Evidently, they sent notice
to the firm, and some idiot
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in the mailroom sent it back
saying that no lawyer
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by that name worked there.
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Anyway, I was told
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that we could file
a second appeal.
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That's why I'm here,
in search of a new lawyer.
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My son did not commit
this crime.
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He could never shoot
another human being.
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A mother knows these things.
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I swear to you, he's innocent.
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Mrs. Jones,
death penalty appeals
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are enormously complicated
and they take
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the kind of resources
this office simply doesn't have.
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We tried the big firm.
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That's where he fell
through the cracks.
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Word is, you people care.
That you fight.
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I need somebody
to fight for my son.
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It's not a pretext, I swear.
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- I need you.
- Come on, Adam.
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A shoe store law firm
cannot carry
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a death penalty appeal alone.
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We need help from a big firm
to tag team.
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- My firm.
- Okay.
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I suppose it doesn't
have to be your firm
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but I'd like a big firm
with an attorney
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I have a good
shorthand with, and..
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...I suppose I'm desperate
to get over this awkward bump
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so that you and I
can resume being good friends.
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Despite the fact that
you're still in love with me.
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Yes, despite that.
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Hey, remember in law school,
we'd always talk about
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you and me doing a big
death penalty case one day
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either with each other
or against.
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Adam, we talked about
a lot of things.
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Ouch. Okay.
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Look, I need help
from a big firm.
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And I need it fast.
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The kid is due to be executed
in a month. Please.
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I still don't get it,
he just moved off to Arizona
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and didn't tell me. I didn't
even know we lost, or..
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This was supposed to be
a big firm, too.
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Like, they were supposed
to be good.
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It was a mix-up, we've filed
your second appeal
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so that's done, but we need
to talk about your case now.
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The night of this murder.
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I was in that area,
but that's it.
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The only thing I was guilty of
was being too drunk.
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Yeah, there's some question
as to whether
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you even remember
what happened that night.
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That's how the police
finally convinced me
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that maybe I done it.
They kept hammering.
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"You were drunk.
You blacked out."
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They told me they had witnesses,
witnesses that had seen me
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with a gun, witnesses that
seen me shoot those two guys.
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After 18 hours of interrogation,
I couldn't see
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or think straight. I started
to believe maybe I'd done it.
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You know, if they had
all these witnesses.
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Turns out, they lied.
There was no witnesses at all.
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They made me believe
I did something I didn't do.
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I swear.
It's the same thing with Jason.
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They brainwashed him, too.
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Alright, look,
we're going to come back
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and get a full written
statement from you.
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We'll do the same
with your friend Jason.
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We'll also file a petition
to test your DNA.
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- In the meantime..
- Adam?
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- Uh, the appeal was rejected.
- What do you mean, rejected?
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- We haven't even argued it yet.
- We won't get to argue it.
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The time to file has lapsed.
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W-what's going on?
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Uh, the time to file
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your last appeal has run out.
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What is it
you expect me to do?
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Waive the filing deadline.
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Why does that not surprise me?
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- You changed your hair.
- Oh, I cut it a little.
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It looks great, it really does.
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'This was a mailroom screw-up.'
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Clearly, our client
shouldn't be prejudiced by it
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especially when the penalty
is death.
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A little disproportionate for a
clerical error, don't you think?
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Do you think my hair
would look better shorter?
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- Well, uh--
- Hey, come on.
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Look, if you would've done your
homework, hon, you would know
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that before talking turkey,
I like to dish a little.
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So, you and Thomas
making babies yet?
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- Uh, no, not yet.
- I heard you got engaged.
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What?
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Uh, can we talk
about this later?
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Oh, come on.
Throw me a bone, would ya?
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- You're engaged?
- Um..
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What am I missing here?
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Oh, don't tell me. Exes?
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Oh, my God. I am so..
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I'll tell you,
if it's in the room
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I will step in it every time.
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Excuse me while I go outside
and I just scrape off
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the bottom of my shoe. Okay,
back to the case, shall we?
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Awful, you bring me
that mailroom clerk
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and I will figure out
a way to fry his ass.
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As for your client,
there's nothing I can really do.
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I-I don't have the power
to waive filing deadlines.
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You're not really listening
to me, are you?
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You're still thinking
about her getting married.
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Yeah. That-that's my bad there,
I'm sorry.
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But if you are listening
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as for the punishment
being disproportionate
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he is not getting executed
for a clerical error.
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- It's because he shot two guys.
- No, he didn't.
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Yeah, well, he got convicted,
so I have to assume--
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And he's entitled to an appeal.
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Which he got and lost.
I know. I was there.
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He's entitled to one more.
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Adam, even if I were to
support you here and I can't
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there's a reason for
the filing deadlines.
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I'll challenge this
in federal court.
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Okay, fine. But you won't win
in federal court.
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How can you let a kid die
because of a clerical error?
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Well, I would tell you
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except we're going
to federal court
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so, why ruin the surprise?
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Case number 32642.
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'State of Ohio
vs Joshua Peyton.'
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Harry Korn for the defendant.
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How we doing, judge?
Long time, no see.
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We'll waive reading,
and if I may
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I'd like to ask that we
table this matter for now
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and perhaps we could
all conference.
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And how exactly will that
look, counsel?
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Making a special
exception for a DA?
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The thing is, this is
the DA who has served
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this community valiantly
for a long time.
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Understood.
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But he broke into a home
and assaulted a woman.
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Uh, the-the door
was unlocked, judge.
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And I never touched her.
Never touched her.
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He had had an extremely
tough week.
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Yes, we have all heard
about his week
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but frankly, that just
gives me more concern.
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Your Honor, Mr. Peyton
needs some counselling.
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The likelihood is,
he was having
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a small nervous breakdown,
and that he became confused.
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Confused? What, he thought
that it was his house?
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His bed?
His wife?
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Well, in a very
strange way, yes.
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He got slightly lost in the..
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In the American dream,
I suppose.
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- The American dream?
- 'Yes.'
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The one where people
grow up to live
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in the homes they want
with the person they love.
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You know that dream,
Your Honor.
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The one that never comes true.
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I'm very fond of Josh Peyton.
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He's been a mentor to me.
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But this is a criminal act
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we have to take seriously.
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Yes, but one we can
nevertheless
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look at compassionately.
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Mr. Peyton, help me out here.
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What happened last night?
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Your Honor, I, uh,
drove by the house that..
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Uh, one that-one that
I could never afford
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on a DA's salary.
I-I entered.
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I really don't know why.
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I found sleeping
a beautiful woman
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one who would likely never be
impressed with a DA's salary.
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'And for one second,
I let myself..'
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I don't know...pretend.
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The unfairness of it all.
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We work so hard
as public servants
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and not only is the public
not grateful.
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They don't even respect us,
not really.
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"What a sap, uh, poor guy,
he, uh, he lost all his hair
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"he busted his nuts,
and for what?
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Fighting for justice?"
You kidding me? You kidding me?
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You see this suit? I had to
borrow it just for this hearing.
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You think I could ever
afford a suit like this?
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I could never afford
a suit like this.
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I thought that by appearing
here in an expensive
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that-that I might be taken
more seriously because money.
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That's respect in this world,
isn't it?
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It's a lie, this suit.
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A fraud upon the court
the suggestion that a bald sap
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with busted nuts
could ever afford this.
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- Josh.
- I can't wear it, judge.
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I cannot cloak myself
in this lie.
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- This disgusting deception.
- Josh.
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No, Harry, let me strip off
this costume we dress up in
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as we act in this despicable
charade we like to call justice.
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Let me bare
my freckly, pimply ass
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so that you and all the world
can finally kiss it goodbye.
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No, I think I'll just waive.
Thanks. Security?
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What's the world gonna do after
it no longer has my pimply ass?
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My bald head, and my busted nuts
to kick around anymore?
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That's the question.
That's the question!
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Look, I, I have not yet
completed my statement.
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Obviously, we didn't accomplish
a quick dismissal.
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'What just happened,
it probably did contribute'
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to our diminished
capacity defense.
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'So, as silver linings go..'
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Wasn't diminished capacity,
Harry.
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And...I wasn't on meds.
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Simple truth is,
I'd had it.
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This system..
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We argue before juries
made up of people
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too stupid to get out
of jury duty.
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They return verdicts that
bear no connection to the law.
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Look at our cases,
I had three guilty defendants
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dead to right.
Dead to right.
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Jurors let 'em go
because you made 'em feel pity.
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You know...I never
used to be like this.
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I-I was..
In college, I was never an a..
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I was the life of the party,
truth be told.
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'People used to be
excited to see me.'
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"Hey! Here comes Puck,"
they'd say.
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- "Hey, Puck baby."
- Puck baby?
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Now, I live alone,
I'm divorced.
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I'm this tightly
wound ball of..
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Never thought I'd end up
like this. Never.
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This doesn't have to be
an ending...Puck.
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You're what, pushing 50?
I started over in my 60s.
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00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:56,563
You know what?
It's better now.
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You know what I
always wanted to do?
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- Sing.
- Oh! Gee.
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Just once,
maybe before a small crowd.
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Hear them applaud, you know.
That's all, that's all.
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Or you know, or tell a joke.
Make somebody laugh.
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You know, I've never made
anybody laugh, ever.
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Except at me.
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Look, the DA said if the woman
whose house you entered
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doesn't care about pressing
charges, there's still a chance
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we can back out of this. So,
my next step is to talk to her.
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Sure.
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00:16:31,859 --> 00:16:32,947
Thanks, Harry.
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You've been a good friend.
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Okay, I better take this
to the printer
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before we miss
another deadline.
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00:16:47,962 --> 00:16:49,703
- Why are you rewriting me?
- I'm not.
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I'm just saying it
a little clearer.
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Sometimes your sentences
get a little unwieldy.
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And the paragraph that relates
to his guilt or innocence
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that issue isn't relevant
to this proceeding
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so it's probably better
to delete that section.
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Good thing you asked me to help.
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Don't be like that,
I'm just saying
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some things are better
left unsaid.
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You know that more
than anybody, right?
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00:17:16,165 --> 00:17:18,036
And our baggage
has finally arrived.
368
00:17:20,256 --> 00:17:23,737
Adam, I was going
to tell you, okay?
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I just didn't think
now was a good--
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I agree, I completely agree.
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I always find when living a lie,
better to stretch it out.
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00:17:29,308 --> 00:17:30,962
- Savor.
- Oh, for God's sake.
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00:17:31,049 --> 00:17:32,006
How do you not tell me
you're engaged, Rachel?
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00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:33,312
Adam, it just happened!
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00:17:33,399 --> 00:17:34,574
What, on the way
to the courthouse?
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00:17:34,661 --> 00:17:36,054
Three days ago.
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00:17:36,141 --> 00:17:37,838
And you didn't think
that warranted a call?
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00:17:37,925 --> 00:17:39,492
You couldn't even be
bothered to text me?
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00:17:39,579 --> 00:17:41,407
Oh, oh, right,
I'm going to text that.
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00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,453
"Adam, got engaged.
How about them buckeyes?"
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00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:45,977
Not telling me is a lie!
It's a lie by omission!
382
00:17:46,064 --> 00:17:47,457
Fine, so I guess when you said
you just want to be friends
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00:17:47,544 --> 00:17:48,893
that was a lie too, then.
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00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:50,503
I never said I just wanted
to be friends.
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00:17:50,590 --> 00:17:52,853
I said I'd-I'd settle for that,
if that's all..
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00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:04,387
Okay, look, I was going
to tell you, okay?
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00:18:04,474 --> 00:18:06,389
But then you came begging
for help on this case
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00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:08,913
and I certainly wasn't going to
spring it in the middle of a..
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00:18:14,919 --> 00:18:16,094
I am sorry.
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00:18:24,755 --> 00:18:26,322
Okay, you know what?
The brief is written.
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I can cite-check it at my office
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00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:29,629
and just take it
to the printer, okay?
393
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:34,721
Yeah, I should.
I should just do that.
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00:18:37,768 --> 00:18:38,725
I'm sorry.
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00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,555
Your personal life is yours.
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00:18:42,642 --> 00:18:45,210
I know this. It just hurts.
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00:18:59,224 --> 00:19:02,532
So, what, he just proposed,
just like that?
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00:19:09,539 --> 00:19:13,847
- No, um...I proposed.
- Oh.
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00:19:15,109 --> 00:19:16,198
Oh.
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00:19:24,771 --> 00:19:26,730
I can't.
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00:19:26,817 --> 00:19:28,906
I thought I could,
I wanted to but, uh
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00:19:28,993 --> 00:19:30,864
I'm just not ready
to be friends with you yet.
403
00:19:30,951 --> 00:19:32,214
It's just too..
404
00:19:34,477 --> 00:19:37,393
I mean, who's kidding who?
I still love you too much.
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00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,525
Am I happy that you're happy?
Yes.
406
00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:46,967
Okay, no. I..
407
00:19:47,054 --> 00:19:49,666
I wish you were
as miserable as I am.
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00:19:49,753 --> 00:19:52,103
I wish you went home
and cried at night like I..
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00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:53,974
At least we could share that.
410
00:20:00,416 --> 00:20:05,421
After this case, we need to
lose contact for a while.
411
00:20:05,508 --> 00:20:09,251
Let's get through this case
and then just.. Okay?
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00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,623
- How we doin'?
- Good.
413
00:20:33,710 --> 00:20:35,015
- Good.
- Good.
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00:20:36,582 --> 00:20:37,670
Good.
415
00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:54,252
What's this?
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00:20:54,339 --> 00:20:56,123
This is my letter
of resignation.
417
00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:59,083
This isn't working out for me.
I'm sorry.
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00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:00,911
Jenna, you're an
at-will employee.
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00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:03,392
You don't need to tender
a letter of resignation.
420
00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:06,395
But now that you have,
I reject it. Go back to work.
421
00:21:06,482 --> 00:21:09,398
My private and professional
lives are in conflict.
422
00:21:09,485 --> 00:21:10,877
Jenna, there are
worse things in life
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00:21:10,964 --> 00:21:12,357
than having a personal problem.
424
00:21:12,444 --> 00:21:14,751
Like having to listen
to somebody else's.
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00:21:14,838 --> 00:21:16,143
Now get back to work.
426
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,977
What the hell
is wrong with you?
427
00:21:24,064 --> 00:21:26,763
I'm fine.
Tough case, that's all.
428
00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:30,941
- I'm fine.
- Oh, balls.
429
00:21:31,028 --> 00:21:32,856
Alright, look at me,
all of you.
430
00:21:32,943 --> 00:21:36,163
This is what happens when you
let love into the workplace.
431
00:21:36,250 --> 00:21:38,818
Now, snap out of it.
All of you.
432
00:21:41,908 --> 00:21:44,171
- Oh, God.
- Steal you a second, Harry?
433
00:21:44,258 --> 00:21:45,738
No, I'm busy.
434
00:21:45,825 --> 00:21:48,480
Listen, that black-tie
trial lawyer's gig tonight.
435
00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:49,568
It's kind of a..
436
00:21:51,048 --> 00:21:54,399
Well, they're a bit stuffy,
these guys.
437
00:21:54,486 --> 00:21:55,879
They don't really like it
when I show up with
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00:21:55,966 --> 00:22:00,536
my nonsense, with my bravado,
with...my hookers.
439
00:22:02,276 --> 00:22:04,496
I was wondering
if you'd be my date.
440
00:22:05,976 --> 00:22:07,978
We'll have some laughs, Harry.
We always do.
441
00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:11,198
Come on, there are worse things
442
00:22:11,285 --> 00:22:12,852
than going to a gala
with Tommy Jay.
443
00:22:12,939 --> 00:22:14,245
Name three.
444
00:22:17,857 --> 00:22:21,513
I wasn't even planning on going
to this stupid gala, Tommy.
445
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,211
They kind of shun me.
446
00:22:24,298 --> 00:22:26,300
It's all envy, I know.
It doesn't hurt.
447
00:22:27,171 --> 00:22:29,042
It's just..
448
00:22:29,129 --> 00:22:31,305
I think the whole thing would be
a little more fun
449
00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:33,569
with someone to talk to.
450
00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:38,008
Please?
451
00:22:45,145 --> 00:22:48,192
Knock-knock.
How you doin'?
452
00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:50,324
Uh, I'm fine.
453
00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:51,717
What's the expression?
"Every knock is a
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00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:53,415
meat-hook up the ass."
I'm fine.
455
00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:56,461
Is there anything I can do?
456
00:22:56,548 --> 00:22:58,332
Well, I'd tell you, Kim
457
00:22:58,420 --> 00:22:59,986
but that's not the reason
you're here, is it?
458
00:23:00,073 --> 00:23:02,946
I mean, this makes, what, twice
you've come into my office
459
00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:04,382
in the last four years to say
"How you doin'?"
460
00:23:04,469 --> 00:23:05,862
What's that, huh?
What's that?
461
00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:10,344
You're not alone.
I'm a traffic accident.
462
00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:11,650
What's not to slow down for?
463
00:23:11,737 --> 00:23:13,260
Been a long line
at my door today.
464
00:23:13,347 --> 00:23:14,784
The only thing
different about you
465
00:23:14,871 --> 00:23:16,263
is that you're not one
to take delight
466
00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:18,178
in somebody else's misery,
so I'm figuring
467
00:23:18,265 --> 00:23:20,354
you must be here
for something real.
468
00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:21,704
The Brian Jones case.
469
00:23:24,141 --> 00:23:25,751
- Is he guilty?
- Of course he's guilty.
470
00:23:25,838 --> 00:23:27,274
You argued it
you should know.
471
00:23:27,361 --> 00:23:30,539
Yeah, I argued the appeal,
you did the trial.
472
00:23:30,626 --> 00:23:32,671
Puck, level with me, will you?
473
00:23:32,758 --> 00:23:36,675
All the evidence
came from an interrogation room.
474
00:23:36,762 --> 00:23:39,765
Kim...you know
that I would never ever
475
00:23:39,852 --> 00:23:41,245
try somebody for murder
if I were not convinced
476
00:23:41,332 --> 00:23:42,942
that he or she did the crime.
477
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:44,901
Yes, and I also know that
in the heat of the moment
478
00:23:44,988 --> 00:23:47,904
we all convince ourselves
as to the merits of our cases
479
00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:51,124
and then as time passes,
upon reflection..
480
00:23:51,211 --> 00:23:52,474
Upon reflection?
481
00:23:54,563 --> 00:23:57,130
Brian Jones shot those two guys.
482
00:23:57,217 --> 00:23:59,481
He was the one with motive,
he was the one with opportunity.
483
00:23:59,568 --> 00:24:01,265
He had a prior history
of violence.
484
00:24:02,527 --> 00:24:03,615
He did it.
485
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:07,967
Okay.
486
00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:13,582
You okay, Puck?
487
00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:16,715
I'll be fine. Thank you.
488
00:24:16,802 --> 00:24:18,195
Well, for what it's worth
489
00:24:18,282 --> 00:24:20,632
I'm really sorry
I wasn't around, you know.
490
00:24:22,852 --> 00:24:24,680
To see you get naked in court.
491
00:24:26,943 --> 00:24:28,379
Another time.
492
00:24:31,077 --> 00:24:33,384
- Take care.
- I will.
493
00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,218
For the purpose of this hearing,
the issue is
494
00:24:41,305 --> 00:24:42,785
all about filing deadlines.
495
00:24:42,872 --> 00:24:44,787
So don't expect us
to devote much time
496
00:24:44,874 --> 00:24:47,137
arguing your innocence,
though obviously
497
00:24:47,224 --> 00:24:50,532
we'll be suggesting
that possibility as backdrop.
498
00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:52,011
It'd be good for you to join.
499
00:24:52,098 --> 00:24:53,752
Having mothers present
is always a plus.
500
00:24:53,839 --> 00:24:56,842
Don't worry about me,
I'll be there.
501
00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,278
Okay, look, this is not
gonna be easy.
502
00:24:58,365 --> 00:24:59,932
One would think,
a clerical error
503
00:25:00,019 --> 00:25:03,066
they'd be happy to fix it,
one would be wrong.
504
00:25:03,153 --> 00:25:05,111
We'll have a suit
sent over for you to wear.
505
00:25:05,198 --> 00:25:07,070
Other than that
we'll see you in court, okay?
506
00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:08,071
Okay.
507
00:25:10,856 --> 00:25:15,121
Malcolm,
I'm really sorry.
508
00:25:15,208 --> 00:25:17,515
I do things
at the beginning of
509
00:25:17,602 --> 00:25:21,606
every relationship
that...I go crazy.
510
00:25:21,693 --> 00:25:27,046
I, I challenge,
if not dare the person..
511
00:25:27,133 --> 00:25:28,265
...to leave me.
512
00:25:28,352 --> 00:25:29,658
- Why?
- I don't know.
513
00:25:29,745 --> 00:25:31,660
To test it, maybe?
514
00:25:31,747 --> 00:25:34,097
I have serious
abandonment issues.
515
00:25:34,184 --> 00:25:35,838
My parents got divorced
516
00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:39,145
and I just have a hard time
trusting people.
517
00:25:39,232 --> 00:25:42,148
Did I completely drive you away?
518
00:25:42,235 --> 00:25:43,889
Are you convinced
that I'm nuts?
519
00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:48,024
Well, I am convinced
you're nuts.
520
00:25:48,111 --> 00:25:51,462
But...I'm not going anywhere.
521
00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:55,205
- Really?
- I like nuts.
522
00:25:55,292 --> 00:25:58,208
I mean, you're nuts.
523
00:25:58,295 --> 00:26:01,951
You're adorable
and unbelievably honest..
524
00:26:02,038 --> 00:26:04,301
Okay, are you
just being nice now?
525
00:26:04,388 --> 00:26:05,519
A little.
526
00:26:08,827 --> 00:26:12,004
Oh, for God's sake,
get a room.
527
00:26:12,091 --> 00:26:14,224
So we're all kissy-kissy,
happy-happy again?
528
00:26:14,311 --> 00:26:15,921
Life sometimes
works out after all.
529
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:17,444
Oh, that woman called.
530
00:26:17,531 --> 00:26:19,533
The one whose bed
Josh Peyton climbed into.
531
00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:21,710
- She did?
- She's coming in here.
532
00:26:21,797 --> 00:26:23,102
And those are the dresses,
pick the one you like
533
00:26:23,189 --> 00:26:24,408
and I'll have it altered.
534
00:26:24,495 --> 00:26:26,149
What do I want with a dress?
535
00:26:26,236 --> 00:26:28,151
- The gala.
- I'm not going to that.
536
00:26:28,238 --> 00:26:29,805
- Yes, you are.
- No, I'm not.
537
00:26:29,892 --> 00:26:32,155
Harry, when a friend needs you,
you answer the call.
538
00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:33,678
Now, be quiet
and pick a dress.
539
00:26:33,765 --> 00:26:34,940
Look, Jenna,
I don't really think
540
00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:37,073
that counted since Harry
walked in on it.
541
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,509
What are you talking about?
542
00:26:40,511 --> 00:26:42,034
Oh, make me puke.
543
00:26:48,388 --> 00:26:49,999
'Miss Korn, he was on my bed.'
544
00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:51,870
I realize this,
but the thing is
545
00:26:51,957 --> 00:26:54,394
he was having a slight
nervous breakdown of sorts.
546
00:26:54,481 --> 00:26:55,569
This is a man who--
547
00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:56,701
Are you saying it's my call
548
00:26:56,788 --> 00:26:58,094
as to whether
he gets prosecuted?
549
00:26:58,181 --> 00:27:00,270
No, it's not.
I don't mean to put that on you.
550
00:27:00,357 --> 00:27:03,055
What I'm saying is, both sides
are looking for the most
551
00:27:03,142 --> 00:27:05,449
compassionate resolution.
552
00:27:05,536 --> 00:27:07,233
But, we of course,
have to be sympathetic
553
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,322
to the fact that there's
another victim in all this.
554
00:27:09,409 --> 00:27:11,455
I mean, the primary victim,
which is you.
555
00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:14,066
If you felt that this was
a predator in your bed
556
00:27:14,153 --> 00:27:15,677
that says one thing.
557
00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:17,417
But if you sensed that this man
558
00:27:17,504 --> 00:27:20,638
was more of a patient
looking for help
559
00:27:20,725 --> 00:27:21,987
that says another.
560
00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:29,560
Look for this judge
to be extremely active.
561
00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:30,735
- I know.
- The book on her--
562
00:27:30,822 --> 00:27:32,868
Adam, I know the book.
563
00:27:32,955 --> 00:27:38,221
'All rise. The Great State
of Ohio vs Brian Jones.'
564
00:27:38,308 --> 00:27:40,571
Busy day, folks.
Let's hear from the petitioner.
565
00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:41,746
'Good morning, Your Honor,
Rachel Miller appearing'
566
00:27:41,833 --> 00:27:43,443
for the petitioner, Brian Jones.
567
00:27:43,530 --> 00:27:45,881
'Are you saying that your client
wasn't notified'
568
00:27:45,968 --> 00:27:47,230
of the appellate court's
decision?
569
00:27:47,317 --> 00:27:48,840
Not sufficiently notified, he--
570
00:27:48,927 --> 00:27:50,059
It was mailed
to his trial attorney.
571
00:27:50,146 --> 00:27:51,321
Who left the law firm.
572
00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:52,975
The letter was returned
unopened.
573
00:27:53,062 --> 00:27:56,543
The court isn't required
to insure actual notice, is it?
574
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:57,806
'Our petition is that once'
575
00:27:57,893 --> 00:27:59,242
the letter
was returned unopened
576
00:27:59,329 --> 00:28:00,286
the clerk's office
should have then called
577
00:28:00,373 --> 00:28:02,071
the law firm to inquire--
578
00:28:02,158 --> 00:28:05,204
So you're trying to change
the rules and shift the burden
579
00:28:05,291 --> 00:28:07,250
to the clerk's office?
580
00:28:07,337 --> 00:28:08,381
How about just
when the defendant
581
00:28:08,468 --> 00:28:09,731
is going to be killed?
582
00:28:11,558 --> 00:28:14,170
Maybe in those cases we can
make it look like we care.
583
00:28:14,257 --> 00:28:17,434
I can do without the tone.
I'll give you the point.
584
00:28:17,521 --> 00:28:19,305
What about it, Miss Mendelsohn?
585
00:28:19,392 --> 00:28:21,307
You gonna execute this kid?
586
00:28:21,394 --> 00:28:23,614
Is the clerk's office
too burdened
587
00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:25,268
to provide actual notice?
588
00:28:25,355 --> 00:28:26,878
In an ideal world, maybe.
589
00:28:26,965 --> 00:28:28,619
But who lives in that one?
Certainly not us.
590
00:28:28,706 --> 00:28:31,187
We have over
a 100,000 cases
591
00:28:31,274 --> 00:28:32,971
currently on appeal in Ohio.
592
00:28:33,058 --> 00:28:34,756
They come with automatic appeals
593
00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:36,148
and then, if that
doesn't work out
594
00:28:36,235 --> 00:28:37,541
they get another appeal.
595
00:28:37,628 --> 00:28:39,804
And it goes on and on
and on and on.
596
00:28:39,891 --> 00:28:41,458
I-it's like the old joke.
597
00:28:41,545 --> 00:28:42,894
If you want to live forever
in America's
598
00:28:42,981 --> 00:28:44,330
criminal justice system
599
00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:45,723
just get yourself
sentenced to death.
600
00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:47,943
Yeah, clever.
But it doesn't help me.
601
00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:50,075
We don't guarantee fairness,
judge.
602
00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:53,035
All we promise is due process.
603
00:28:53,122 --> 00:28:54,863
Mr. Jones got that.
604
00:28:54,950 --> 00:28:56,952
And you can rest easy with that?
605
00:28:57,039 --> 00:28:59,563
We are not denying
Mr. Jones a trial.
606
00:28:59,650 --> 00:29:01,130
He got one.
607
00:29:01,217 --> 00:29:03,610
We're not denying
Mr. Jones an appeal.
608
00:29:03,697 --> 00:29:07,136
He got one.
He lost both.
609
00:29:07,223 --> 00:29:10,269
'Now, because this is
a capital case'
610
00:29:10,356 --> 00:29:11,618
he got a second bite.
611
00:29:11,705 --> 00:29:16,145
He missed the deadline.
We follow rules.
612
00:29:16,232 --> 00:29:18,756
If we can't count
on the rules to be followed
613
00:29:18,843 --> 00:29:21,106
our system perilously close
614
00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,369
to paralysis already,
simply won't work
615
00:29:23,456 --> 00:29:25,371
and nobody gets justice.
616
00:29:25,458 --> 00:29:26,677
Okay, you know what, Kim?
617
00:29:26,764 --> 00:29:28,331
What, are we
getting personal now?
618
00:29:28,418 --> 00:29:31,029
Uh, yes, when a defendant
is going to be executed
619
00:29:31,116 --> 00:29:33,640
in part because some clerk
in some mailroom
620
00:29:33,727 --> 00:29:36,643
wrongly stamped a letter "Return
to sender," it is offensive.
621
00:29:36,730 --> 00:29:39,777
There is a, a human being
sitting in this chair
622
00:29:39,864 --> 00:29:42,954
and you're gonna exalt a
filing screw-up over his life?
623
00:29:43,041 --> 00:29:44,782
I find that offensive.
I take it personally.
624
00:29:44,869 --> 00:29:45,827
Yes, I do.
625
00:29:49,482 --> 00:29:50,832
That was good.
626
00:29:53,443 --> 00:29:58,013
In these two chairs
sit two other lives that..
627
00:30:00,189 --> 00:30:04,410
Wait. They're not here.
628
00:30:04,497 --> 00:30:07,326
I guess they couldn't make it.
I guess they're dead.
629
00:30:11,853 --> 00:30:15,073
I see Mark Engle's widow
sitting over there.
630
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,382
I see Joel Smoller's widow
and his two children.
631
00:30:19,469 --> 00:30:22,907
They're here.
But the husbands? The father?
632
00:30:22,994 --> 00:30:27,477
Not here.
Shot dead by your human being.
633
00:30:27,564 --> 00:30:29,435
And the fact
that these family members
634
00:30:29,522 --> 00:30:34,266
can never get closure..
I find that offensive.
635
00:30:34,353 --> 00:30:36,442
I take that personally.
636
00:30:38,009 --> 00:30:39,663
And you want to know
the worst thing?
637
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:43,145
There are so many
more empty chairs.
638
00:30:43,232 --> 00:30:46,235
There are so many more widows
and children
639
00:30:46,322 --> 00:30:48,759
who want to put an end
to their personal agonies.
640
00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:51,196
And if we change the rules here
641
00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:53,503
if we give this
convicted murderer
642
00:30:53,590 --> 00:30:56,375
who had his trial,
had his appeal
643
00:30:56,462 --> 00:30:59,813
if we arbitrarily
give him a do-over, then what?
644
00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:01,554
The floodgates will open.
645
00:31:01,641 --> 00:31:03,513
My office will be filled
with defense attorneys
646
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,080
before I can even
get back there.
647
00:31:05,167 --> 00:31:07,865
Suppose you're wrong.
Suppose he didn't do it.
648
00:31:07,952 --> 00:31:09,301
The evidence is sketchy,
at best.
649
00:31:09,388 --> 00:31:11,086
Two possibly coerced
statements..
650
00:31:11,173 --> 00:31:12,478
This proceeding is
not about whether--
651
00:31:12,565 --> 00:31:14,350
Suppose you're wrong.
652
00:31:14,437 --> 00:31:17,570
Oh, well, a rule's a rule,
kill him? Really?
653
00:31:17,657 --> 00:31:19,529
The reason we have all
the checks and appeals
654
00:31:19,616 --> 00:31:21,531
double appeals,
the reason we prolong
655
00:31:21,618 --> 00:31:24,490
the process at the expense
of the victims
656
00:31:24,577 --> 00:31:26,623
is because of the possibility
that we might execute
657
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:27,972
the wrong person.
658
00:31:28,059 --> 00:31:30,018
We do it a lot.
659
00:31:30,105 --> 00:31:31,933
It's one thing
to do it by mistake
660
00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:35,153
it's another to do it by an
utterly preventable mistake
661
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,546
and it's something else
altogether
662
00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:38,635
that we would
so blithely do it.
663
00:31:38,722 --> 00:31:41,899
Prioritizing administrative
expedience over a person's life
664
00:31:41,986 --> 00:31:44,293
possibly an innocent life?
665
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,164
Our system can't be about that.
666
00:31:46,251 --> 00:31:49,124
It just can't be.
A-and if so..
667
00:31:57,001 --> 00:31:59,395
For God's sake, Brian Jones
had a pro bono lawyer
668
00:31:59,482 --> 00:32:01,658
at trial who didn't
interview witnesses
669
00:32:01,745 --> 00:32:03,573
he didn't try to suppress
the core statements
670
00:32:03,660 --> 00:32:07,185
he was a stumbling,
bumbling hack.
671
00:32:07,272 --> 00:32:08,926
'His appellate attorney
then abandoned him'
672
00:32:09,013 --> 00:32:10,841
then some stupid
mailroom clerk..
673
00:32:10,928 --> 00:32:14,671
A pile of incompetence
upon incompetence..
674
00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:16,281
None of which was his.
675
00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:19,502
And we're going to kill him?
676
00:32:21,721 --> 00:32:23,158
That can't be.
677
00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:27,684
It simply can't be.
678
00:32:36,475 --> 00:32:39,739
You were really good, Adam.
Really good.
679
00:32:39,826 --> 00:32:42,220
So were you.
680
00:32:42,307 --> 00:32:44,744
So, how long before we hear,
do you think?
681
00:32:44,831 --> 00:32:47,225
Well, assuming
they give us notice.
682
00:32:49,271 --> 00:32:51,099
You two make quite the team,
you know that?
683
00:32:55,799 --> 00:32:57,975
I do have to say,
seeing your passion in there
684
00:32:58,062 --> 00:32:59,672
it made me just..
685
00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:08,246
Can I ask you something?
686
00:33:08,333 --> 00:33:12,250
Did you propose as a kind of
pre-emptive strike of sorts?
687
00:33:12,337 --> 00:33:14,600
- Excuse me?
- To prevent a relapse with..
688
00:33:14,687 --> 00:33:16,907
You?
689
00:33:16,994 --> 00:33:19,301
- Did you?
- Adam, don't.
690
00:33:21,129 --> 00:33:23,044
- Is that what you think?
- Did you?
691
00:33:24,045 --> 00:33:25,046
No.
692
00:33:27,483 --> 00:33:28,571
Um..
693
00:33:31,008 --> 00:33:32,227
So, you'll, uh,
you'll let me know
694
00:33:32,314 --> 00:33:33,489
when we,
when we hear something?
695
00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:35,447
- I'll call.
- Okay.
696
00:33:38,059 --> 00:33:40,148
- Okay, bye.
- Bye.
697
00:33:45,849 --> 00:33:47,851
Felony trespassing.
That's the best I can do.
698
00:33:47,938 --> 00:33:49,766
Misdemeanor trespassing.
699
00:33:49,853 --> 00:33:51,333
That would draw
so much scrutiny, Josh.
700
00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:53,204
You don't want that.
701
00:33:53,291 --> 00:33:55,815
Look, suspended sentence,
no time.
702
00:33:55,902 --> 00:33:57,817
- 'What more could you ask for?'
- We'll take it.
703
00:33:57,904 --> 00:34:00,603
- Well, don't I get a say?
- You do. He'll take it.
704
00:34:03,693 --> 00:34:05,434
Thank you, Kathryn.
705
00:34:05,521 --> 00:34:06,826
Just promise me
you'll keep your clothes on
706
00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:10,091
and stay out
of other people's houses.
707
00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:12,267
Listen, I was thinking
I'd go to the gala tonight.
708
00:34:12,354 --> 00:34:13,659
You know, get back
in the saddle
709
00:34:13,746 --> 00:34:15,531
let everybody know
I'm on my way back.
710
00:34:15,618 --> 00:34:17,098
Yeah, and get all
the glad-handing out of the way.
711
00:34:17,185 --> 00:34:19,926
And anyway, you want to join me,
be my date?
712
00:34:20,013 --> 00:34:24,017
Oh, I..
Seems I already have a date.
713
00:34:24,105 --> 00:34:26,194
Oh, really?
Uh, anybody I know?
714
00:34:26,281 --> 00:34:30,372
- Tommy Jefferson.
- Funny.
715
00:34:30,459 --> 00:34:31,982
Serious? You're going
with that banana?
716
00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:33,766
Well, he's a nice banana.
717
00:34:41,905 --> 00:34:43,211
- Harry.
- Hi.
718
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,083
I knew you'd be good
719
00:34:46,170 --> 00:34:48,477
but Adam was better
than I thought.
720
00:34:48,564 --> 00:34:51,349
- Is he here?
- I don't know.
721
00:34:51,436 --> 00:34:54,047
Come on, you didn't
ask if he was coming?
722
00:34:54,135 --> 00:34:56,789
Uh, no, I-I didn't,
actually, which is, um..
723
00:34:56,876 --> 00:34:58,356
Which might have been
a good idea.
724
00:34:58,443 --> 00:34:59,966
- Hey, Thomas.
- Hi, Kim.
725
00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:04,145
- Kim.
- Tommy.
726
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:09,585
Harry.
727
00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:14,111
Okay, I just got to say this.
You look sensational.
728
00:35:14,198 --> 00:35:17,723
Well, you really know how
to make a date feel special.
729
00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:43,227
Hello.
730
00:35:46,796 --> 00:35:48,058
Excuse me?
731
00:35:51,844 --> 00:35:53,890
Okay. Thank you.
732
00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:01,332
When did she rule?
733
00:36:01,419 --> 00:36:03,116
I just got the call.
734
00:36:03,204 --> 00:36:05,162
I'm sorry, Rachel,
I mean, part of me
735
00:36:05,249 --> 00:36:06,990
obviously isn't.
I believe he's guilty.
736
00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:09,340
I know these are
tough ones to lose.
737
00:36:10,863 --> 00:36:13,214
- You okay?
- Yeah.
738
00:36:15,346 --> 00:36:18,436
Uh, uh, could I
have your attention?
739
00:36:18,523 --> 00:36:21,570
Hi, uh, my name
is Josh Peyton.
740
00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:23,528
Some of you
know me as Puck
741
00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:26,139
others as an overly-zealous DA.
742
00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:28,316
- What the hell is he doing?
- Take it off, Puck!
743
00:36:30,013 --> 00:36:30,927
What?
744
00:36:32,711 --> 00:36:34,757
I've come up here
not to interrupt your evening
745
00:36:34,844 --> 00:36:36,062
but, uh..
746
00:36:39,152 --> 00:36:41,067
- 'Oh.'
- Oh, no.
747
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,332
- 'Go, Puck.'
- 'This guy is crazy.'
748
00:36:47,073 --> 00:36:49,293
I, uh, I-I wanted
to sing a song.
749
00:36:51,034 --> 00:36:52,862
'It's a-it's a song
that I love.'
750
00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:56,431
And, um..
751
00:36:56,518 --> 00:36:59,129
Well, I've actually been
singing it in the privacy
752
00:36:59,216 --> 00:37:01,784
of my own home,
where I live alone, but..
753
00:37:03,742 --> 00:37:07,050
...I'd like to sing it
in public, if I may. For you.
754
00:38:26,477 --> 00:38:29,437
- You okay?
- Yeah.
755
00:38:31,787 --> 00:38:35,617
Listen, um, we'll file
for cert with the Supreme Court
756
00:38:35,704 --> 00:38:37,053
and I will draft it myself.
757
00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:38,794
The Supreme Court..
758
00:38:38,881 --> 00:38:40,796
Scalia said even proof
of actual innocence
759
00:38:40,883 --> 00:38:42,580
isn't grounds for a new trial.
760
00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:44,800
- The Supreme Court is..
- That was a minority opinion.
761
00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:46,628
We will file
for cert tomorrow.
762
00:38:49,152 --> 00:38:51,284
What, you're just gonna give up?
That isn't you.
763
00:38:51,372 --> 00:38:55,027
- I just can't take..
- Hey.
764
00:38:56,681 --> 00:38:57,813
Hey.
765
00:38:59,510 --> 00:39:01,904
This isn't over, okay?
We just keep fighting.
766
00:39:01,991 --> 00:39:04,472
- It's what we do.
- Okay.
767
00:39:07,126 --> 00:39:08,214
I'll be okay.
768
00:39:08,301 --> 00:39:09,651
It's, uh..
769
00:39:10,956 --> 00:39:13,568
...been a day.
770
00:39:13,655 --> 00:39:16,353
You're not the only one
who's had a day, alright?
771
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,486
I'm sorry,
I know I've put you through
772
00:39:18,573 --> 00:39:21,706
a lot more than you
need to be put through.
773
00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:26,711
Listen, um,
I-I did propose
774
00:39:26,798 --> 00:39:30,672
maybe in part, um, you know,
I thought before I do
775
00:39:30,759 --> 00:39:34,893
something really stupid,
I better just..
776
00:39:34,980 --> 00:39:36,939
I mean, I love him, Adam.
I really do.
777
00:39:37,026 --> 00:39:38,331
Rachel, you don't need to
put a ribbon on it.
778
00:39:38,419 --> 00:39:40,072
We'll still be friends.
779
00:39:40,159 --> 00:39:42,684
I'm trying to tell you
that I love you more, you dope.
780
00:39:45,556 --> 00:39:46,949
- What?
- I'm sorry.
781
00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:49,299
I didn't come in here
to say that.
782
00:39:49,386 --> 00:39:50,692
It's just that
you're just such a..
783
00:39:50,779 --> 00:39:51,954
A dope.
784
00:39:52,911 --> 00:39:54,130
Yeah.
785
00:40:03,792 --> 00:40:05,837
- Oh, that was, uh..
- Stupid.
786
00:40:06,882 --> 00:40:07,796
Yeah.
787
00:40:10,494 --> 00:40:13,192
- Oh, holy cow.
- Uh, Harry.
788
00:40:13,279 --> 00:40:15,412
What the..
Is everybody kissing everybody?
789
00:40:15,499 --> 00:40:18,633
I was, uh, just, uh, leaving.
790
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,418
I have to go take care
of something.
791
00:40:21,505 --> 00:40:23,551
- Okay. Bye.
- Uh, bye.
792
00:40:24,377 --> 00:40:25,509
Harry.
793
00:40:29,382 --> 00:40:32,690
- Are you two back together?
- I have no idea.
794
00:40:32,777 --> 00:40:35,388
Why didn't you come to the gala
after shaming me into it?
795
00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:37,565
I just wasn't up to it. Sorry.
796
00:40:37,652 --> 00:40:39,218
'I heard about your case.'
797
00:40:39,305 --> 00:40:41,917
'I had this image of you
back here brooding.'
798
00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,527
Not with a brood mare, but..
799
00:40:43,614 --> 00:40:45,529
How did they let that kid
go to his death when--
800
00:40:45,616 --> 00:40:50,186
Look, Adam, cases are decided
on technicalities all the time.
801
00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:53,058
Murderers are released
on technicalities.
802
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,366
We take our rules.
803
00:40:56,453 --> 00:40:58,760
I heard you were good in court.
804
00:40:58,847 --> 00:41:00,283
Not good enough.
805
00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:03,329
Look at me.
806
00:41:03,416 --> 00:41:05,070
The thing you need
to remember
807
00:41:05,157 --> 00:41:07,682
as much as this job
sometimes sucks
808
00:41:07,769 --> 00:41:09,335
even on your worst days
809
00:41:09,422 --> 00:41:11,294
it beats the hell
out of patent law.
810
00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:18,562
Remember the day we started?
811
00:41:18,649 --> 00:41:20,303
Who would ever have thought
we'd actually be
812
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:22,000
a real law firm?
813
00:41:25,743 --> 00:41:29,181
I'm proud of you, Adam.
I know I don't say that enough.
814
00:41:29,268 --> 00:41:32,402
You're a good man
and a good lawyer.
815
00:41:33,577 --> 00:41:34,883
You make me proud.
816
00:41:37,450 --> 00:41:40,018
- Still a pain in the ass.
- Couldn't leave it at proud.
817
00:41:41,846 --> 00:41:43,805
- I'm just saying.
- Yeah, yeah.
818
00:41:43,892 --> 00:41:46,372
- How was the gala, anyway?
- It was okay.
819
00:41:46,459 --> 00:41:50,420
- My new friend Puck sang.
- Peyton sang?
820
00:41:50,507 --> 00:41:52,117
- He was good.
- Naked?
821
00:41:52,204 --> 00:41:53,728
Clothes on.
822
00:41:53,815 --> 00:41:55,294
Did you get lucky with Tommy?
823
00:41:55,381 --> 00:41:57,906
Extremely. He left
with somebody else.
824
00:41:57,993 --> 00:41:59,647
- Where's Jenna?
- On a date with Malcolm.
825
00:41:59,734 --> 00:42:01,605
Ah, yes, the love bugs.
826
00:42:01,692 --> 00:42:04,652
Hey, everybody finds love.
Matter of time.