presiding. [ coughing ] be seated ! so it's really very simple. we have a judge, a symbol of justice here... who's accused... of raping and brutally beating this young girl right here. now, we can do something about it, and we can do it today, and we can do it together. let's make this our goal-line stand. just give me a verdict of guilty. i need your help. thank you. [ applause ] prosecutor's completed his opening statement. defense counsel ready ? yes, your honor. your honor, mr. foreman, ladies and gentleman 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'slaw 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 which 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 is, as any reasonable person would tell ya, 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-- objection, your honor, that's inadmissible evidence ! objection ! - come on, arthur. - he told the truth. the jury will disregard that remark. polygraph tests have not been proven 100 percent reliable, therefore, inadmissible in a court of law. sorry, your honor. let's get back to justice. what is justice ? what is the intention of justice ? the intention of justice is to see that the guilty people are proven guilty... and that the innocent are freed. simple, isn't it ? only it's not that simple. however, it is the defense counselor's duty... to protect the rights of the individual, as it is the prosecution's duty... to uphold and defend the laws of the state. justice for all. only we have a problem here. you know what it is ? both sides wanna win. we wanna win. we wanna win, regardless of the truth, and we wanna win regardless of justice, regardless of who's guilty or innocent. winning... is everything. that man there wants a win so badly today. it means so much to him. he is so carried away with the prospect of winning, the idea... that he forgot something... that's absolutely essential to today's proceedings. he forgot his case. he forgot to bring it. i don't know. i don't see it. do you ? the prosecution's case-- he's gotta have one. not a witness ! not one piece of substantiating evidence... other than the testimony of the victim herself. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i have a case to end all cases. [ sighs ] i have witnesses for my client. i have character references, testimonials, that are backed up from here to washington d.c. - i got lie detector tests-- - [ both ] objection ! objection sustained. sit down, frank. mr. kirkland, you are out of order ! one thing... that bothered me-- the one thing that stayed in my mind, and i couldn't get rid of it, that haunted me... was why. why would she lie ? what was her motive for lying ? if my client is innocent, she's lying. why ? was it blackmail ? no. was it jealousy ? no. yesterday i found out why. [ sniffles ] she doesn't have a motive. you know why ? because she's not lying. and ladies and ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст 200-пудовая красотка на английском - текст Ремо Уильямс: Приключение начинается на английском - текст Синее небо на английском - текст Ведьма на английском - текст Один дома 3 на английском |