High Crimes Page #5

Synopsis: High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines. Claire soon learns that to navigate the military justice system, she'll need help from the somewhat unconventional Charlie Grimes; meanwhile, Claire's sister, Jackie, is falling in love with wet-behind-the-ears Lieutenant Embry assigned as the official defense lawyer. And most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Carl Franklin
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
48
PG-13
Year:
2002
115 min
282 Views


from spreading by the media.

We are civilian and not

subject to military order.

Such order will be taken for

informational personal purposes

only.

You still can be disqualified

from participating this trial.

All rise.

So it begins.

See you soon.

He is suppose to be the best.

What the hell was that?

I said you should follow the

rule.

I'm the wild card.

You could have got us thrown

out from the case.

That's too early..

If they think we're gonna go

public, it might give us an idea

how scare they are.

What do you think, Embry?

I think why me, why I was

assigned to this case.

them said he did it.

But only two of these

eyewitnesses are on their list.

What happened to the other

five?

dead.

All of them?

dead how?

Two were killed in combat.

One was murdered,

and the other two accidents.

Accidents?

I know a couple of P.I.s, ex-Green Berets.

Not very ethical, but maybe

they can give us the unofficial

version of their death.

Could be useful.

Here we go. Troy Abbott,

Sacramento, California.

doing 4 to 6 for arm robbery.

Waldron's office is trying to

extradite his parol.

Why am I certain he is going to

succeed?

'Cause it's the marine corps.

Be all you can be.

That's charming.

I think maybe Hernandez acting

alone.

No one is gonna believe

General Marks was in this.

In other words,

you don't believe it.

That is not my point.

do you believe Tom or not?

Easy, he is just expressing his

opinion.

Isn't there something you

should be doing some where else?

Not really.

Can I get you another coffee?

No, madam, I'm good.

I have to agree with Embry.

Guy like Marks smells, looks,

tastes creditable.

Put him on the stands, he'll

just give Hernandez credibility.

Right, that's what I'm saying.

Well, the young man has an

original thought.

You know what?

What?

-Is that my phone?

No.

-Go to hell.

Another one.

Yes I'll hold for Major

Waldron.

Hello, Major.

We'll be there.

I can't believe it.

They want a deal.

I love being a wild card.

Voluntary manslaughter is only

one specification,

and only 5 years.

Plus one condition you sign a

non-disclosure agreement.

As your council I?

Tell the man to take the deal

of the century.

Sweetheart.

-Honey.

I won't do 5 minutes for the

crime I didn't commit.

do you have any idea any of

you?

do you have any idea what it's

like to spend 23 hours a day in

a 6 by 8 cell?

dead long before that.

Motion denied.

Come on in.

Based on our conversation?

We here to tell you we're gonna

pass.

Thanks anyway.

Personally I'm quite happy to

go to trial with this case.

There's a lot of interest

in putting this behind us.

They work for everyone.

Command and your husband.

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