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MR. BRADLEY.

THANK YOU.

CARE FOR A CIGAR?

UH, NO. NO, THANK YOU.

BEEHAM AND BRADLEY

AND NERNEY.

NEVER RUN INTO YOU FELLAS

BEFORE, HAVE I?

NO, WE'RE CORPORATION

ATTORNEYS.

WANDERED A LITTLE FAR OVER

ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HANDLING

A CRIMINAL CASE?

THE FIRM HUFFORD WORKS FOR

IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST ACCOUNTS.

THEY HAVE ASKED US

TO HANDLE IT.

I TALKED WITH MY CLIEN THIS MORNING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, I THINK THE WHOLE THING'S

VERY UNFORTUNATE.

I IMAGINE THE DEAD BOY

WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY.

UH... HUFFORD IMPRESSES ME

AS BEING CLEAN-CUT AND SINCERE.

HE'S NEVER BEEN

IN ANY TROUBLE BEFORE.

THE WHOLE THING MIGHT BE

A CASE OF TEMPORARY INSANITY.

HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY HANDLED

A CRIMINAL CASE BEFORE?

I TOLD YOU:

WE WERE CORPORATION ATTORNEYS.

YOU ENTER A PLEA

OF TEMPORARY INSANITY,

YOU'LL BE LAUGHED

RIGHT OUT OF COURT.

I HAVE WITNESSES, MAN.

HE WASN'T INSANE. HE WAS DRUNK.

IT'S MY CLIENT'S RIGHT TO ENTER

WHATEVER PLEA HE CHOOSES.

IT'S ALSO YOUR CLIENT'S RIGH TO SERVE 20 YEARS

IF HIS CASE:

ISN'T HANDLED RIGHT.

WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE

A LITTLE BIT OUT OF YOUR FIELD.

I FEEL THAT HUFFORD'S HAD

A BAD BREAK.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM GE A GOOD ONE NOW.

I'LL ACCEP A PLEA OF MANSLAUGHTER.

THAT'S ONE TO 10 YEARS.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S STEEP?

NO STEEPER THAN BEING DEAD

ON A MORGUE SLAB.

BRADLEY, THIS IS NOT LIKE

REORGANIZING A COMPANY.

A MAN'S DEAD.

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY FOR IT.

LOOK,

WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IT SMART?

WHY DON'T YOU CALL IN SOMEBODY

LIKE CONWAY OR DASTRO?

OUR FIRM IS NOT IN THE HABI OF CALLING IN MEN LIKE THAT.

NO? DASTRO USED TO BE

MY LAW PARTNER.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WE

KNEW OUR WAY AROUND A COURTROOM.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW

HOW I'D HANDLE THIS CASE

IF I WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF THE FENCE?

I'D OBJECT ON ANY JUROR

THAT DIDN'T HAVE A SON

IN THE SERVICE.

I'D DRAG OUT HIS WAR RECORD.

I'D SPEND TWO DAYS ON IT.

I'D TAKE IT FROM THE DAY

HE ENTERED BOOT CAMP

TO THE DAY HE GOT HIS DECORATION

IN OKINAWA.

THEN I'D PULL IN

50 CHARACTER WITNESSES,

FROM THE OLD LADY WHO'S KNOWN

HIM SINCE HE WAS BORN

TO HIS LAS COMMANDING OFFICER.

THEN I'D START IN ON INTENT.

WAS THERE ANY INTENT?

I'D HARP ON IT TILL IT WAS

COMING OUT OF THE JUDGE'S EARS.

YOU GOT ALL OF THAT, EDDIE?

I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY.

THANK YOU, MR. KNOWLAND, BU I DON'T THINK I SHALL NEED IT.

IT'S A LITTLE EMOTIONAL

FOR ME.

I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THA THE LAW IS PRETTY WELL STATED,

AND THAT THE LESS EMOTION

BROUGHT INTO IT, THE BETTER.

THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION

CONNECTED WITH KILLING SOMEBODY.

SEEING YOUR CLIENT GO UP

FOR A FEW YEARS HAS EVEN MORE.

WE SHALL TRY TO SEE TO IT THA THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

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