The people call Samuel J. Bowden!
Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?
-Somebody's got to man the boat. -Did you swear?
-I'll do it. -Sit, Danielle.
Don't make light of your civic duty. You're the jury.
All right, I swear to tell the truth. What do you want to know?
Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defense?
It's...
I'm sorry, Your Honor. That was argumentative.
An investigator did prepare a prior sexual history on the alleged victim...
...true?
I can ask leading questions, Your Honor. He is a hostile witness.
Would you care to tell the court what the gist was of this report?
It was fourteen years ago. I can't remember that.
How can he answer when you're hitting him?
Because he's perjuring himself. He knows damn well what it said.
-Don't you? -It said that she was promiscuous.
It said she had three different lovers in one month.
At least three! And did you show this report to the D.A.?
I found it when I started representing myself six years into my sentence!
But there it was in the court file.
Back in '77, you buried it, Counselor.
Would you care to tell the jury why?
Would you care to tell the court why?
Because I know he brutally raped her and he beat her.
Talk to me! I'm standing here!
Just because she was promiscuous doesn't justify you raping her!
You bragged that you beat two prior aggravated rapes. You were a menace!
You were my lawyer!
That report could have saved me fourteen years.
-You're probably right. -You self-righteous fuck!
I'm Virgil and I'm guiding you through the gates of Hell.
We are now in the 9th circle, the circle of traitors.
Traitors to country, traitors to fellow man...
...traitors to God!
You, sir, are charged with betraying the principles of all three!
Can you please quote for me the A.B.A.'s...
...Rules of Professional Conduct, Canon 7?
"A lawyer should represent his client..."
"Should zealously represent his client within the bounds of the law."
And I find you guilty, Counselor...
...guilty of betraying your fellow man...
...guilty of betraying your country...
...guilty of abrogating your oath...
...guilty of judging me and selling me out!
And with the power vested in me by the kingdom of God...
...I sentence you to the 9th circle of Hell!
Now you will learn about loss...
...loss of freedom, loss of humanity.
Now you and I will truly be the same, Counselor.