12 quotes
Indifference to Others' Opinions
Rankin Fitch
You may be right, but the thing of it is, I don't give a shit. What's more... I never have.
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Victory Through Integrity in Jury Decision
Nicholas Easter
Goodbye, Fitch.
Rankin Fitch
Well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... How did you swing em, huh? How did you swing em your way? I hear you got ten votes. How'd you do that?
Nicholas Easter
I didn't swing anything. I just stopped you from stealing the thing. We let em vote their hearts. That means you lose. Enjoy your drink.
[shrugs]
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Expressions of Deep Hatred
Rankin Fitch
Ah, I hate ] almost as much as I hate ].
[[w:Baptist|Baptists; [w:Democratic Party|Democrats]
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The Futility of Winning in Court
Rankin Fitch
What do you hope to achieve if you win? You gonna bring Jacob Wood back to life? No. You just ensure that his wife goes to the cemetery in a better car, and that the heel that she snaps on the way to the graveside belongs to a $1,200 shoe. You get your name in the paper. But Jacob Wood and all the other gun violence victims remain rotting in their crypts.
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The Power of Hidden Secrets
Rankin Fitch
Everybody has a secret they don't want you to find. Find it!
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Lunch Break in a Tense Trial
Nicholas Easter
Well, I guess that's lunch...
[after anti-gun fanatic is dragged kicking and screaming from the courtroom during jury selection, even though he claims he want to be heard]
Henry Jankle
...I was under the impression that we'd already purchased ourselves a verdict.
Wendell Rohr
Gentlemen, I have lost my footing in this trial.
Judge Harkin
I'm not sure, but I believe I'm buying lunch.
Doyle
It's a set-up. Don't do it!
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The Importance of Control in Trials
Rankin Fitch
Gentlemen, trials are too important to be left up to juries.
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Preference for Body Types in Society
Rankin Fitch
We like fat women, people!
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Urgent Call to Contain a Threat
Rankin Fitch
Ladies and Gentlemen, this girl is an amateur. Do you understand? A dilettante. And I want this nonsense ended today! I want you to find her. I want you to contain her! Because you're losing me my jury!
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A Proposal for Remembrance
Nicholas Easter
Listen, I dunno if it would be inappropriate, but do you think we could do something today to remember him?
[talking about a dead friend]
Rikki Coleman
We could say the ].
[[w:Lord's Prayer|Lord's Prayer]
Nicholas Easter
Well, I don't want to ask people to pray...
Millie Dupree
How about "]"?
[[w:God Bless America|God Bless America]
Nicholas Easter
Oh, I couldn't ask people to sing.
[with more conviction]
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The Indifference of the Average Juror
Rankin Fitch
You think your average juror is ]? No! He's a roofer with a mortgage. He wants to go home and sit in his Barcalounger and let the cable TV wash over him. And this man doesn't give a single, solitary droplet of shit about truth, justice or your American way.
[[w:King Solomon|King Solomon]
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Justice and Perception in Runaway Jury
Frank Herrera
But...
[On nominating Herman for foreman]
Eddie Weese
But he's blind, man. So what? So is justice, right?
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