A lot of questions

Raquel 2022-02-15 08:02:27

I saw this movie a long time ago, but I shouldn't see the ending. So from the beginning, I knew that the actor was innocent, but he was misled, thinking that Rusty's boss framed him. Because Caroline was investigating a case at the time, the truth may have offended him and killed him. And Rusty's boss backtracked to testify that Rusty also deepened this impression. The judge suspended the trial on the grounds of insufficient evidence because he did not want to be bribed.

So, magically, Rusty was saved. Several shortcomings in the judiciary are undoubtedly exposed. Lawyers only serve clients, so that the client's words "I am not guilty" will be regarded as stupid behavior, because no one believes it. The lawyer disregarded justice in order to get the money. Rusty's Pal ventured to eliminate evidence for him when he was convinced of Rusty's murder. The judge even accepted bribes and violated judicial justice when threatening his own interests.

Apart from these, there are still many doubts: Why did Rusty’s boss accuse him? Why framed that he took the initiative to ask for this case? If the semen and fingerprints on the cups found at the scene were all Rusty (Barbara carefully placed them), how could the evidence be insufficient? There is still jingye without a cup. Just because of the jingye inside the deceased's body, why did he come to the conclusion of rape? And why doesn't the anatomy doctor follow the preface? In the end, why did Babara frame her husband? Didn't she see her husband being tortured and want to surrender? As for the big bug of retaining the tools of crime, I won't talk about it.

There are too many questions about this film, or I need to watch it a second time.

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Presumed Innocent quotes

  • Nico Della Guardia: We would like Mr. Molto to take the stand.

    Judge Larren Lyttle: [angrily] NO!

    Nico Della Guardia: Judge, you said that we'd be given leeway if the Defense proceeded with this frame-up theory. You said that!

    Judge Larren Lyttle: Yes! But I did NOT know then that the State's chief piece of evidence was going to disappear after last being seen with Mr. Molto. I did not know THEN that the Deputy Prosecutor and the Chief Pathologist were going to *manufacture* evidence and testimony! That, gentlemen, is a FAIR interpretation of today's events. I'm still struggling with what's going to happen to Mr. Molto, but what is NOT going to happen is him getting up on that witness stand and making things WORSE!

    Tommy Molto: Your Honor, my testimony will...

    Judge Larren Lyttle: WITHDRAW, GENTLEMEN!

    [the lawyers step back]

    Nico Della Guardia: On befalf of the People of Kindle County, the State rests.

  • Rusty Sabich: Next time you talk to him, tell him to call me so I can find out what's going on in my own *fucking* investigation. Painless, you tell Molto, and you tell Nico, too, that this is cheap, cheap politics. Cheap Police Department bullshit. God better help them and help you, too, if I can't make a case for tampering.