Berger says, “You’ve always hated defense attorneys. Thought we were the scum of the earth, helping guilty people to escape justice. Now you know, Denny, why we exist. When the small guy gets caught in the system—if he has a vowel at the end of his name, or God help him he’s black or Hispanic, or even a cop—the machine just grinds him down. It’s not a fair fight. Lady Justice has a blindfold over her eyes because she just can’t bear to watch what happens.”
