An Engineered Injustice Quotes

“It seems to take Susan a long time to process what Vaughn has told her. When she finally grasps it, she doesn’t look happy. “Honestly, I don’t know how I feel about that.” She turns away wearily.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“We should have Tommy go to the crash site,” Vaughn says. “He knows a lot of cops. Maybe they can give him information.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“I’ve heard about that happening, too,” he tells Kate. “And I certainly understand why he’s upset. Just keep doing your best to reassure him, and tell him I’ll be there tomorrow.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“and Aria.” “We should have Tommy go to the crash site,” Vaughn says.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“I’ll call her apartment,” Angie says, running out of the room. “We have her mother’s number in New York somewhere on the computer,” Vaughn says. “I’ll look for it.” “Andrea and I can start calling the local hospitals,” says Jill.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“For the second trial, Mick hired a nationally renowned fire expert, the former fire commissioner of New York, now teaching forensic fire investigation at St. John’s University.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“Right now, I have the video, and the prescient complaints and websites,” Vaughn answers. “That won’t be enough. But if I find more . . .” Susan sighs. “I know you want to do right by your cousin. And if you’re right about Day and Balzac, I want them to hang. But I just can’t envision a scenario where the judge won’t bind the case over for trial, no matter what you find.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“Vaughn feels his whole body go numb. He knows what’s coming. He wants to counterpunch, swing, fight. But he cannot. He is frozen in place. All he can do is wait for the body blows.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“No,” Mick says. “But I know a lawyer who handles a lot of civil cases against the railroads, on behalf of injured employees. I’ll call him and get back to you with what I find out.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“Yes, sir.” Vaughn remembers well his uncle telling him and Eddy that their most important weapon against an opponent wasn’t their speed or their strength, but their battle plan: the strategy forged from a keen understanding of their opponent’s strengths and weaknesses, and of their own. “Actually, right now, I am gathering information on the major players.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“Vaughn nods. “Starting with our own alma mater.” Twenty years earlier, Philadelphia trial attorney Jim Beasley pledged $ 20 million to Temple University, in return for which the Temple University School of Law became the Temple University Beasley School of Law. More recently, one of Beasley’s protégés, Tom Kline, gifted $ 50 million to Drexel Law School, which became the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. “And ending with my boss’s acquisition of the crown jewel.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“After sweating it out on death row for a decade, Ray Harris managed to get his sentence reduced to life imprisonment due to ineffective assistance of counsel. That same year, Vaughn’s boss Mick agreed to represent Harris pro bono and persuaded the Superior Court that Harris’s first attorney was so incompetent that his client deserved a new trial.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“The moment of truth. It’s 2: 00 p.m. Vaughn Coburn, his client Raymond Harris, and Vaughn’s boss Mick McFarland stand side by side at the defense table. The foreman of the jury is also standing, the verdict sheet in her hand.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“speeding north on 222”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“shitzelvania.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice

“start calling the area hospitals. Temple, Aria, Hahnemann, Jefferson, and Einstein.”
― William L. Myers Jr., An Engineered Injustice