...and justice for all. Page #2

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What difference does that make?

Even if it came in three years late.

They've got the proofthey need.

They should let me go.

The judge sends me to jail and he knows

I'm innocent. What's going on?

It's gonna take more time.

Any otherjudge would let you out.

But Fleming goes

by the letter ofthe law.

Jeff, I promise I'll get you out.

I promise.

He promises to get you out.

Don't worry.

Judge Fleming.

I want to apologise for my behaviour

in the courtroom the other day.

I don't want to hear it.

I don't want to hear anything.

That's understandable, sir.

But I thought maybe we could

discuss this McCullaugh case.

You and l, man to man.

Off the record.

Ifyou try to make a deal with me,

you might wind up back in jail.

A deal? No, sir.

I'm not trying to make a deal.

I understand your strict

enforcement of the statute.

But my client's constitutional rights

are being denied.

- My client is innocent.

- I don't give a sh*t about your client.

Hi, Sherry.

- Hi, Mr Kirkland.

- Mrs Tate, how are you?

He'll be right with you.

- Boy, do you look tired.

- Coffee, please.

Mrs Tate wants to talk. Her son broke

his leg again. Neighbour's driveway.

And Bricker wants to know ifyour client

will settle for 60,000 dollars.

Coffee, please.

You have three new clients today.

One's a whiplash, one's divorce.

And the third has to do with amnesia.

I don't know what it is.

What are you doing?

- No foam.

- That's because it's deodorant.

Don't forget to visit

your grandfather today.

- And be in court at two fifteen.

- Coffee, please.

Do you want some coffee?

Sherry, stay with me today, dear.

I need you today.

Arthur.

Arthur, come here.

Hi, Judge.

Are we gonna get together

this weekend?

I don't know. You're the only one

I've been dating these days.

You promised

you'd go flying with me.

I gotta tell you...

I'm not too fond of anything

that takes place off the ground.

I don't know.

I've got a thing about heights.

- This is flying. It's different.

- How high up do you go?

How high do you wanna go?

Come on, it'll be good for you.

- Besides, it gets lonesome up there.

- Why don't you take your wife?

The last thing we did together

was get married.

Come on, Arthur. You promised me.

- All right. What time?

- Sunday morning. Ten o'clock.

Do you always carry

that thing with you?

There's law and there's order.

And that's order.

Do you like egg rolls?

- Yeah.

- Good.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Easy, easy, easy. You got it.

You son of a gun.

So, it's another week already?

Another week.

I don't know where time goes.

No problems, Grandpa?

Everything all right?

See this one? Wonderful woman. I went

to her husband's funeral. Fine man.

Gitel?

Hello, Sam.

How are you?

This is my grandson, Arthur.

- I'm pleased to meet you.

- Good to meet you.

- He goes to law school.

- I'm a lawyer.

Take my advice.

Don't be in a hurry.

He's a nice-looking boy.

- My grandson.

- Yes...

- Good to meet you.

- Pleased to have met you too.

So, it's been a week.

Yeah, it's been a week. Last week we

went for a ride in the car. Remember?

That's a good machine.

Always give signals when you turn.

Right. Left.

So...

Are you a good lawyer?

Are you honest?

Well, I don't know.

Being honest doesn't have much to do

with being a lawyer, Grandpa.

Ifyou're not honest,

you've got nothing.

Your parents should see you now.

To hell with them.

They never cared before.

Why should they care now?

- They're still your parents.

- No.

You raised me. You're the one

who put me through law school.

You're a wonderful man, Grandpa.

But your son, he's a sh*t.

He was born with colic.

Sam, I love you.

Look at you.

Filled out, like a man.

Soon you'll look like a lawyer

and you'll be a lawyer.

I am a lawyer, Sam.

I've been a lawyer for twelve years.

So, it's another week already.

- Do you know Jules Stouffer?

- Yes, I do.

- He was a client ofyours, right?

- Yes.

Wasn't he originally

represented by Alvin Burton?

- Yes, that is correct.

- Why did he change representation?

I handled him on an assault charge.

That's my area, not Burton's.

Did Stouffer express

dissatisfaction with Mr Burton?

Not at all. Burton's an excellent

lawyer. Are you going after him?

- We're not going after anyone.

- Do you know David Crebbs?

We're reviewing certain accusations

to determine if they're true -

and to clean our own house.

So please do not overdramatize this.

It's not the McCarthy hearings.

Oh, that's a relief.

So you're not gonna ask me: "Are you

now or have you ever been a lawyer?"

- That wasn't amusing, Mr Kirkland.

- Do you know David Crebbs?

No, it wasn't, Miss...?

Packer. This isn't amusing. It is

ridiculous. Yes, I know David Crebbs.

Have you ever seen...

Is this mike working?

- Do you know David Crebbs?

- Why are we using microphones?

- Why don't we just talk to each other?

- This is a hearing, Mr Kirkland.

Yes. It's a hearing.

- Do you know Jules Stouffer?

- We've already asked that.

Are we through with Stouffer?

How about Alvin Burton?

- Do you know David Crebbs?

- I've already asked that.

- What did he say?

- He said yes.

Have you ever seen him

intoxicated in court?

David Crebbs has a speech impediment.

Check your records. It's in there.

As answer to your question:

No, he doesn't drink. Not at all.

At this point

I would just like to say -

- that what this committee is doing

in theory is highly commendable.

However, in practice it sucks.

And I am not going to answer

any more questions.

What do you think

we're trying to do in there?

- Want a drink?

- No.

Whatever you may think, we're not

conducting some kind of witch-hunt.

What are you doing then?

You might not be aware ofthis, -

- but there's a lot of corruption

that nobody's doing anything about.

- Do you think you're doing something?

- Yes, I do.

That committee is

a very dangerous farce.

Whoa, Mr Kirkland.

I spend fourteen hours a day

on that committee.

I don't do it to get

a few good laughs.

You could spend the rest ofyour life.

You'll wind up a cop.

Maybe ruining the careers of a few guys

who wiped their ass the wrong way.

Other than that, nothing.

So what do you think?

About what?

About me. What do you think?

Think I'm kind of interesting?

Somebody you'd like

to have a drink with?

I think that you're crazy.

What about Daniel's?

Say, around seven thirty?

I don't think so.

Eight?

Eight thirty.

All right.

I'm Arthur Kirkland.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah.

My man, Bambi,

he recommended you real highly.

He said, Arthur Kirkland

was the man to see.

Okay, Ralph,

tell me what happened.

It says here

you were involved in a robbery.

No, sir.

What happened is, it was time

to come down on a n*gger.

It's like smoking. They've got to

have a n*gger every twenty minutes.

What happened is...

I was in an alley, petting my dog,

when they came down on me.

It states here

the dog was attacking you -

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