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Contempt of Court?

posted 9 years ago by puirt-a-beul
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I can understand the judge objecting to Vail's turning personal in his questioning of Shaughnessey, but on what grounds did she strike his testimony completely from the record? The information he disclosed was still pertinent to the case, on the terms she agreed to when Vail first called him; so wouldn't it be an error that could later be appealed to wipe it out because she lost her temper?

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] doubl3 9 years ago

I would have rated this an 8 if not for all the unbelievable court-related situations. The contempt charge, the "can't change your plea" line of thinking even though new information was discovered, the fact that some evidence the prosecution presented was a surprise to the defense team as if it wouldn't have been listed way before the trial started.

It's still hilariously stupid how low the metacritic score is though. It was a good movie, despite all of these annoyances.

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