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“Mum's face.
I can't help thinking she knows what it is to be violated somehow.
I'll never ask.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

“And then he says,
"The Crown Prosecution Service will decide if the case is good enough to go to trial."

I know this,
of course I know it.
But it's like a slap.

I don't get to decide.

My life is in the hands of the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the court system.

I have no control.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

“Quand vous vous chamailliez dans la voiture, maman menaçait de vous laisser sur le bord de la route. Un jour, elle l'a fait. Vous êtes restées seules, inquiètes et en larmes sur cette aire d'autoroute, en attendant, comme vous le fierez toute votre enfance et moi la mienne, que maman se calme, que maman revienne.
Je continue de me demander où, en moi, se cache le lieu depuis lequel elle n'est jamais revenue.”
― Juliette Rousseau, La vie têtue

“But there's always that fucking question,

every dinner party;

"How do you act for someone you KNOW did it!?"

But, a lawyer's job is not that grand - uh uh - the job is not to KNOW.
It's to NOT know.

The only way the system works is because we all play our roles.
My role is defence,
the prosecutor, prosecutes;
we each tell a story
and the jury DECIDE which story is the one they believe. They take the responsibility.

A good lawyer just tells the best version of their client's story.

Nothing more.
Nothing else.
Just the storyteller, the voice piece.
Never judge,
never ever judge.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie