We've got two big problems here. The case against him is very strong but more importantly...
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Alan Dershowitz:
We've got two big problems here. The case against him is very strong but more importantly is the absolute certainty that Claus is guilty, finding grounds for reversal won't be enough here. Judges on the Rhode Island Supreme Court will have to go home to their wives and explain to them why they reversed. To do that we have to totally obliterate the States case so that they have no other reason to affirm. Total victory or we are dead in the water. Now, I assumed you've all had a chance to go over the transcripts and materials, first impressions?
[Minnie raises her hand]
Alan Dershowitz:
Yeah, Minnie.
Minnie:
I think this whole case stinks! I think Von Bulow stinks! He's obviously guilty of something pretty despicable and if we free him we become his accessories, accomplices after the fact. I'm really shocked with your reputation for defending the poor and oppressed that you've taken this case.
[Stands up]
Minnie:
I won't have anything to do with it, and I hope my fellow students won't either.
Alan Dershowitz:
Can I exercise my first ammendment right to free speech? If lawyers only defended innocent clients there would only be 12 defense attorneys and none of you would be able to find a job.
Minnie:
Why help guilty people get off?
Alan Dershowitz:
Oh you're sure he's guilty, 100% sure?
Minnie:
He had a lawyer. He had a trial. He was convicted.
Alan Dershowitz:
Are you sure he had a fair trial?
Minnie:
Come on!
Alan Dershowitz:
It's the basis of the whole legal system! Everyone gets a defense. So the system is there for the innocent person falsely accused. Ok, say it's you Ok?
[referring to Minnie]
Alan Dershowitz:
You decide you're gonna get a divorce, you're gonna divorce your husband. A week later you're accused of child abuse.
[Minnie smiles in disbelief]
Alan Dershowitz:
Oh, no don't give me that people do it all the time. Suddenly you're alone it's a disaster. Everyone thinks that you are guilty. Even the mailman is looking at you a little funny. There's only one person who can help you. There's only one person who you can trust, your lawyer.
Minnie:
Yeah, ok, so someone has to defend Claus. But why you, why us?
Alan Dershowitz:
Look, you're my student, you, you have a choice. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do; that is your choice. The reason I take cases and here unlike most other lawyers, who are not professors and therefore have to make a living: I take cases because I get pissed off, and I am pissed off here. The family hired a private prosecutor: unacceptable! They conducted a private search! Now if we let them get away with that, rich people won't go to the cops any more. You know what they're going to do? They're going to get their own lawyers to collect evidence, and then they are going to choose which evidence they feel like passing on to the DA. And the next victim isn't going to be rich, like Von Bülow but it's going to be some poor schnook in Detroit who can't afford, or who can't find, a decent lawyer. I think it's a little more complicated than your simple moral superiority, hmm?
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who are not professors and therefore have to make a living
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I take cases 'cause I get pissed off
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and I am pissed off here
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The family hired a private prosecutor
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They conducted a private search
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Now we let them get away with that
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rich people won't go to the cops anymore
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You know what they're gonna do
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They're going to get their own lawyers to collect evidence
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And then they are going to choose which evidence
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they feel like passing on to the da
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and the next victim isn't going to be rich like Von bulow
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But it's gonna be some poor schnook in Detroit
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who can't afford or can't find a decent lawyer
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I think it's a little more complicated
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than your simple moral superiority
Clip duration: 58 seconds
Views: 173
Timestamp in movie: 00h 25m 41s
Uploaded: 23 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, mystery
Summary: Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Comments
00:15 You do have one thing in your favor
00:10 I'm not afraid Alan Let the chips fall where they may
00:11 Professor Dershowitz
00:12 Did you hear what I just said Did you hear the judge...
00:23 I never woke from this coma and I never will
00:08 One thing Claus Legally this was an important victory
00:20 Claus von Bulow was given a second trial and acquitted on...
00:33 I'm not a hired gun I gotta feel a moral or...
00:25 Well so much for the first coma
00:16 Well just because she had all the money before I had all the...
00:07 A frame up doesn't mean he's innocent The kids...
00:14 Come on Sunny Your father worked
00:06 Anything else Yes a vial of insulin
00:21 Reminds me of my Hitler dream
00:33 Why do you think this case fascinates people
00:33 Our new evidence Professor
00:08 What do you give a wife who has everything
00:08 I gather the older children deny Sunny had a problem with...
00:12 I made him hire you
00:08 I agree von Bulow is guilty but that's the fun I mean...