Defense lawyer Richard Ramsey () took over a private case. He swears to his widow friend Loretta Lasseter () that he will save her son Mike () from prison. Mike, who was accused of murdering his biological father, pleaded guilty at first. But as the trial progressed, horrible evidence that revealed his father Boone Lasseter and Jim Belush's true personality surfaced. Ramsey used the evidence to try to exonerate his client, while his new colleague Janel () tried to dig deeper—beginning to realize the whole truth can only be solved by her
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The Whole Truth movie plot
2022-06-05 21:16
Extended Reading
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Ramsey: At some point, every defense lawyer has to choose between his own need to know the truth and the best interests of his client.
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Ramsey: [narrating] When the court officer smiled at me on the morning of trial, I knew I was fucked. They weren't taking bets on this one. Mike had killed his father, Boone Lassiter - left his handprint on the knife - confessed.
Ramsey: Half my cases had evidence this bad. I just pled them out, got manslaughter and moved on. But this was Mike, and I'd known him all his life. He was going to college and probably law school, and I doubted his mother could survive him going to the penitentiary.
Ramsey: But I knew Boone, I had that. And I knew enough about the Lassiter household to know that Mike had a defense - if he would just talk to me.