With all this happening around Arthur and evidence emerging that Fleming is indeed innocent of the charges against him, he is more determined than ever to see that justice is done, even for Fleming who he still hates. He finally retaliates by representing a repulsive judge (John Forsythe) accused of rape. Judge Fleming still seems to be stalling on Arthur's request to review McCullaugh's case, McCullaugh who is still in prison, where he has been beaten and raped. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson and Thomas Waites appear in supporting roles. He appears to be making a strong case to exonerate Fleming – but then, unexpectedly, he bursts out that the prosecution is not going to get Fleming, because In the end, Arthur sits on the courthouse's steps, knowing his antics will probably cost him his career in law. Arthur also begins a romance with a legal ethics committee member, Gail Packer. Summaries A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. Is there any way to expose real corruption and find justice for all?A lawyer, Arthur Kirkland, challenges the US legal system as he defends innocent people who are convicted of crimes they did not commit, and a guilty judge he is forced to defend who tries to use his status in court to aquitt himself. He then reveals that 30 minutes after he was sentenced, Ralph committed suicide by hanging himself.

Arthur gives Warren a corrected version of Ralph's probation report and stresses that it must be shown to the judge so that Ralph will get probation rather than jail time.

It is thus well known that Arthur hates Fleming.

Things aren't going well for Arthur: two of his clients are increasingly desperate, neither should be in prison, his partner is behaving bizarrely, he's begun an affair with an attorney who's on the bar's disciplinary committee, his favorite judge may have a death wish, and then, the judge he dislikes most, a by-the-book martinet, demands that Arthur defend him when he's accused of a brutal assault on a young woman. As the two loathe each other, Fleming feels that having the person who publicly hates him argue his innocence will be to his advantage. Arthur is livid and attacks Warren's car. His law partner, Jay Porter, is slowly falling apart due to the guilt associated with the actions of guilty clients for whom he got acquittals. Fleming blackmails Arthur with an old violation of lawyer-client confidentiality, for which Arthur will likely be disbarred if it were to come to light.

The film includes a well-known scene in which Pacino's character yells, "Arthur starts a new case, defending Ralph Agee, arrested for a small crime and becoming a victim of the legal system.

Arthur meets with another client, Carl, who gives him photographs that show Fleming engaged in As the trial opens, Fleming, while looking at the victim, makes a casual remark to Arthur that he "wouldn't mind seeing her again sometime."

Kirkland is disgusted with the corrupt courts and tries to bring justice to people who are innocent and punishment to people who are guilty.Arthur Kirkland is a principled and dedicated Baltimore-based defense attorney. He feels guilt from gaining acquittals for defendants who were truly guilty of violent crimes, and shows up drunk at Arthur's apartment after one of his clients commits another murder after his acquittal. This goal is affected by the determination of the prosecutor, Frank Bowers, whose sole mission seems to be to see Fleming in jail as a figurative trophy on his mantelpiece, and the seeming self death wish of the presiding judge, Francis Rayford. In dealing with other issues, Arthur asks another colleague, Warren Fresnell, to handle the probation hearing for another of his clients, scared transvestite Ralph Agee; however, unknown to Arthur, Warren is more concerned with his billable time than he is in doing his colleague a favor. Synopsis Satirical drama in which an idealistic lawyer who tries to win cases for clients trapped in a hypocritical and corrupt legal system finds himself defending a venal and self-righteous judge accused of rape. A clearly disturbed Arthur takes on Fleming's case.

Arthur's friend and partner, Jay Porter, is also unstable. A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. He tries to talk the prosecuting attorney, Frank Bowers, into throwing the case out but Bowers, who recognizes the prestige that convicting a judge would earn him, refuses to back down. After a violent breakdown at the courthouse, wherein he ends up throwing plates at people, Jay is taken to a hospital. It is revealed that Arthur was abandoned by his parents at a young age, and it was Sam who raised him and put him through law school.


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