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And Justice For All by Valerie Curtin & Barry Levinson
Character:
Arthur Kirkland
Gender:
Male
Age (range):
18 - 55
Style:
Drama
Length:
2 minutes
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Arthur Kirkland: Your Honor, Mr. Foreman, ladies and gentlemen
of the Jury, my name is Arthur Kirkland, and I am the Defense Counsel
for the Defendant, Judge Henry T. Fleming. Now, that man over there --
he's the prosecuting attorney, and he couldn't be happier today. He is
a happy man today, because today he's going after a JUDGE, and if he gets
him...if he gets him, he's gonna be a star. He's gonna have his name in
this month's Law Review - Centerfold! Lawyer of the Month! Now, in order
to win this case, he needs you, naturally. You're all he's got, believe
me. So he's counting on tapping that emotion in you that says "Let's get
somebody in power. Let's get a JUDGE." However, these proceedings are
not about that. These proceedings are here to see that Justice is done.
And Justice, as any reasonable person will tell you, is the finding of
the Truth. And what is the Truth today? One truth, a tragic one, is that
that girl has been beaten and raped. Another truth is that the prosecution
doesn't have a witness, does not have one piece of substantiating evidence
other than the testimony of the victim herself. Another truth is that
my client voluntarily, and the prosecution is well aware of this fact,
voluntarily took a lie detector test...
