A Murder of Crows Page #2

Remove him from this courtroom!

Escort him out of my courtroom

and detain him for custody!

The jury will disregard

the outrageous outburst

of defense counsel.

It was declared a mistrial,

and I was fired by thurman parks III.

I never could stand him anyway.

The bad news was the disbarment hearing.

They threw the book at me.

Felt like the guy

who went into the hospital

to have his leg amputated

and had the good leg cut off by mistake.

And, of course, they had

to cut off the bad leg.

The court ruled in favor of the doctor.

Seemed I didn't have a leg to stand on.

It is the judgment of

the Louisiana supreme court

that as of this date,

Lawson Russell, esquire,

be disbarred from

the practice of law for life.

I made a mistake.

Should have hired

one of those good old boys

down at the country club.

None of them would represent you.

Right.

Lawson, do you know what the odds are

that a woman will be raped

or molested in this country?

1 in 12.

How 'bout a man who kills a woman

actually appearing in a courtroom?

1 in 3.

I should be proud of myself.

Is that what you're saying?

He's gonna be retried, pope.

And he's not gonna be convicted.

Yep. I wrecked my career for nothing.

No, not for nothing.

You stood up for a basic moral principle:

To protect the innocent

and punish the guilty.

Your daddy would have been proud.

Of what? I broke the law.

Disregarded my sworn duty.

Ruined my life.

Your life's not over.

They took your license, not your balls.

There's so many things you can do.

I hear they're hiring at the winn-Dixie!

No, come on. Listen. I'm serious.

I'm serious!

So what are your plans?

Are you gonna sit up in here and stew?

I'm gonna go down to key west.

My father kept a house there.

Hell, I might even write a novel.

I'm as smart as John Grisham.

Lawson...

Is there anything I can do?

You can hop up on the desk for me.

What are you laughing at?

You know, if only you asked nicely.

I don't know what you want me to say,

but I'm the best.

Pride goeth before destruction

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Too late.

I'm already falling.

That's what's so sad.

You haven't fallen at all.

Been in the Florida keys

for almost 13 months.

Was nickel and diming as a fishing guide,

mostly to take up the time

and avoid writing my book.

But business was slow.

Mr. Russell.

Hello.

Hello.

My name is marlowe.

I spoke to you on the telephone earlier.

That's right. That's right.

Hello, Mr. marlowe.

Hello.

So you're interested in fishin'?

That's why I'm here.

Great. Come on aboard!

Mr. marlowe...

This must be the place.

Yes.

It's quite lovely.

How long we got ya

in key west there, sir?

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