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1、311-WhatWentWrong1Theevidencedoesnotsupportthefindingthatmyclientisguiltyofpremeditatedmurder.Alicia?Alicia?Alicia?YourHonor,thetrialisover.Thejuryhasheardtheevidence.Theargumentsnowarepurelyaboutyourjuryinstructions,that'sallAndthat'swhatwe'rearguing,YourHonorMr.Ag
2、os?Iknowthatinterruptionisastandardtropeoftoday'smoderndiscourse,butdoyouhappentorememberwhatIsaidaboutit?Yousaidyoudidn'tlikeit.Yes.Ifyoudiditagain?Iwasgonnahavetogositdown.That'sright.Thankyou,YourHonor.Theprosecutionworriestheyfailedtomaketheircaseforfirst-degree
3、murder.Wesympathize.Wedon'tthinktheymadetheircase,either.Ourclientisinnocent.OfficerFisherdidn'tkillherhusband.Shedidn'ttakeherservicerevolverandshoothiminthehead.Yes,Iseeyourhand,Counselor.Areyoufinished,Ms.Lockhart?Whyyes,Iam,YourHonor.Thedefenseisforcingthejuryin
4、toanall-or-nothingdeliberation--first-degreemurderornotguilty.You'retheoneswhofoughttheall-or-nothingprosecutionMr.Coyne.Thankyou,YourHonor.Theevidenceattrialiswhatshouldguideyourdecision.Thejuryheardevidencefromwhichtheycouldreasonablyconcludethattheelementsofsecon
5、d-degreemurderhavenotbeenmetMs.Venegas.Yes.Yes,Ireceivedyourmessage,ma'am.I'msosorry,butwecan'taccommodateyou.Welimitenrollmenttothebeginningoftheyear.Iunderstand.It'sjustIknowoccasionallyyoumakeexceptions.Forlegacystudents,yes.Mychildrenwerestudentsatyourelementary
6、schoolbeforemyhusbandandImovedaway.He'sthenewState'sAttorney,youknow.Oh,PeterFlorrick?Iwasn'tmakingtheconnection.Yes,andhewouldbethrilledifwecouldworkthisout.Let'sjustmeettodiscuss.Certainly.ButyouunderstandIcan'tmakeanypromises.Oh,yes,Iunderstand.Uh,doestomorrowat1
7、0:00work?Hmm!Great!Thankyousomuch,Ms.Venegas.I'llseeyouthen.Peter,hi.IsetupameetingwiththeheadmistressatCapstone.Really?Ithoughttheysaidno.Theydid,butthey'reopentoameeting,anditwouldn'thurtifyougavethemacall.Sheseemedpersuadable.-Whenisthemeeting?-Uh,it'stomorrowat1
8、0:00,butyoudon'thavetogo.I'llgo.Okay.Uh,tomorrowat10:00.And,umIthinkshelikedtheState'sAttorneything,soI'llplayitup.Okay?Allright,bye.Whath
