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Originally posted by GeoffZ
I liked how he said, "It used to be about the brotherhood" at the end.
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That was the one redeeming moment in what was otherwise another story that played to the stereotypes. At least that last line gave some indication that it was good system taken down by a few "bad apples," as someone already said.
As a lawyer, I couldn't decide which bothered me more -- the pandering to stereotypes about Greeks or the dismal ethics exhibited by Gary Gole's character. An obvious (and severe) conflict of interest, yet he takes the case anyway -- and the judge lets him do it without any meaningful (and on the record) examination of the defendant to make sure he understands exactly what he's doing when he waives any objection to the conflict of interest. Then Cole, succombing to that conflict of interest, throws the case in court, intentionally opening the door to evidence that he knows will get his client convicted.
All I can say is that Brother Kong, or whatever his name was, needn't have shown all that worry on the stand about being convicted -- an appeals court would throw that conviction out in a heartbeat.