a Criminal Deference Attorney and former prosecutor

刑事辯護律師和前檢察官。

with the Brooklyn DA's office.

與布魯克林檢察官辦公室。

- I've handled everything from simple drug possession

- 我處理過所有的事情 從簡單的藏毒

all the way up to homicides.

一直到殺人案。

- [Presenter] Today, Elena is going to break down

- 今天，Elena將分析一下

what's right and wrong in some

孰是孰非

of Hollywood's greatest court scenes.

好萊塢最偉大的宮廷場景。

[tense music]

[緊張的音樂]

- You can see I'm broadcasting from my living room.

- 你可以看到我在客廳裡廣播。

The criminal justice world is also shut down

刑事司法界也被關閉了

due to the Coronavirus.

由於冠狀病毒。

So, our whole firm has been operating from our homes.

所以，我們整個公司都是在家裡經營。

[machine whirs] [tense music]

[機器whirs] [緊張的音樂]

First up, The Dark Knight.

首先是《黑暗騎士》。

- Heads I'll take it, tails he's all yours.

- 正面我要了，反面他是你的了。

- Oh yeah?

- 哦，是嗎？

You wanna flip a coin to see who leads?

你想拋硬幣看誰領先？

- No one ever flips a coin in the middle

- 從來沒有人在中間拋擲硬幣

of trial to figure out who is first chair,

的審判，以找出誰是第一把交椅。

meaning lead attorney, or who's second chair,

意思是首席律師，或者誰是第二把交椅。

meaning co-council but co-council in a junior capacity.

意思是說，聯合委員會，但聯合委員會的地位較低。

Trials are incredibly stressful,

審判的壓力非常大。

and as much as you can plan ahead, you do.

而你能提前規劃多少，你就做多少。

- With Carmine Falcone in Arkham

- 與卡明-法爾科內在阿卡姆

someone must have stepped up to run the so called family.

一定有人站出來管理這個所謂的家族。

Is that man in this court room today?

那個人今天在這個法庭上嗎？

- So, the witnesses are actually not permitted

- 所以，證人其實是不被允許的

at trial to give their answer by nodding

審判時點頭示意

or by shaking their head.

或通過搖頭。

If the witness had done so,

如果證人這樣做了。

the attorney that was asking the questions

發問的律師

would have made a record saying

會有記錄說

"I see you nodding your head up and down,

"我看你上上下下都在點頭。

"what do you mean by that?"

"你這是什麼意思？"

Because there is a stenographer that takes down

因為有一個速記員，可以記下。

word for word the testimony that is given.

逐字逐句的證言。

- Maroni?

- 馬羅尼？

He's a fall guy.

他是個墮落的傢伙。

I'm the brains of the organization.

我是組織的大腦。

[audience laughs]

[觀眾笑]

- [Judge] Order.

- [法官]命令。

- [Lawyer] Permission to treat the witness as hostile.

- [律師]允許將證人視為敵意。

- [Judge] Granted.

- [法官]準許。

- Asking the judge to treat the witness as hostile

- 要求法官將證人作為敵意對待。

means that instead of asking them open ended questions

這意味著，與其向他們提出開放式的問題

like you would do on a direct examination of your witness,

就像你對你的證人進行直接詢問一樣。

you ask the judge for permission to ask yes or no questions,

你請求法官允許你問 "是 "或 "否 "的問題。

and that way you limit whatever the witness is able

這樣一來，你就會限制證人的任何能力

to say with limiting him or her to yes or no responses.

限制他或她說 "是 "或 "否 "的回答。

- Hostile?

- 敵意？

I'll show you hostile! [audience gasps]

我讓你看看敵意！[觀眾喘息]

[witness groans]

[證人呻吟]

- So, I would say it's probably impossible,

- 所以，我想說這可能是不可能的。

maybe nearly impossible, to get a gun into a courtroom.

也許幾乎是不可能的， 讓槍進入法庭。

Attorneys in federal court actually have it way worse

聯邦法院的律師其實比這更糟

than you probably do through TSA pre-check.

比你可能做通過TSA預檢。

They scan all of your belongings,

他們會掃描你所有的物品。

they take away all of your electronics with the exception

他們會拿走你所有的電子產品，除了。

of maybe a single cell phone,

的也許是一部手機。

if you have a special pass for it.

如果你有一個特殊的通行證。

You go through metal detectors, you get wanded,

你要通過金屬探測器，你會被鞭打。

and it's a very secure environment.

而且是一個非常安全的環境。

I haven't heard of a single case where someone was able

我還沒聽說過一個案例，有人能夠...

to bring a gun in to either state

攜帶槍支進入任何一個州

or federal court in New York.

或紐約的聯邦法院。

[machine whirs] [tense music]

[機器whirs] [緊張的音樂]

Next up is Legally Blonde.

接下來是 "合法的金髮女郎"。

- Get up.

- 起來吧

- What?

- 什麼？

- You're fired.

- 你被解僱了

I have new representation.

我有新的代表。

- So, firing you lawyer mid trial

- 所以，在庭審中解僱你的律師

is probably the silliest thing you could do.

可能是你能做的最愚蠢的事情。

If you have any sort of concerns about your representation

如果您對您的代理有任何疑慮，請聯繫我們。

or how things are going,

或事情的進展情況。

that should all be taken care of before trial.

這些都應該在審判前處理好。

[gentle music]

[輕柔的音樂]

As much as I love Elle Woods, the attire is absolutely

雖然我很喜歡艾爾-伍茲，但這身打扮絕對是...

not accurate as to what attorneys wear in real life.

對於律師在現實生活中的穿著並不準確。

There's no sandals allowed in court,

在法庭上不能穿涼鞋。

and even if you wear a dress,

而且就算你穿了裙子。

you're still required to wear some sort

你仍然需要穿某種

of blazer or jacket over it.

的西裝外套或夾克衫。

Could've been pink, but she was missing a jacket.

可能是粉紅色的，但她少了一件外套。

- Your honor, rule 3.03 of the Supreme Judicial Court

- 法官大人，最高司法法院第3.03條規定

states that a law student may appear

規定法律系學生可以出庭

on behalf of a defendant in criminal proceedings.

代表刑事訴訟中的被告；

- This is very inaccurate.

- 這是很不準確的。

This would never happen.

這絕不會發生。

No law student would be allowed

不允許法律系學生

to conduct a cross examination

詰問

of the most important witness on a homicide trial

最重要的證人

without ever doing a cross examination

不加盤問

or any sort of trial work beforehand.

或事先進行任何形式的試驗工作。

The first case that I tried, I still remember this,

我試過的第一個案例，我還記得這個。

it was a search warrant with a crack rock in the bedsheets.

這是個搜查令，床單裡有一塊裂紋石。

It's baby steps.

這是小步快跑。

- Had you ever gotten a perm before?

- 你以前燙過頭髮嗎？

- Yes.

- 是的，我知道

- How many would you say?

- 你說有多少？

- Two a year since I was 12.

- 從我12歲開始，每年都有兩個。

You do the math.

你來算算看

- You know, a girl in my sorority Tracy Marcinko

- 你知道，我的聯誼會的一個女孩特雷西-馬金科。

got a perm once.

燙了一次頭髮。

- So, you do not get to talk about yourself

- 所以，你沒有機會說自己的事

or tell stories when you're in a trial.

或在審判時講故事。

You're not allowed to do this during jury selection,

你不允許在挑選陪審團時這樣做。

or your opening, and especially not

或你的開場白，尤其是不

when you're examining a witness.

當你詢問證人的時候

- If in fact you weren't washing your hair,

- 如果事實上你沒有洗頭。

as I suspect you weren't because your curls are still

因為我懷疑你沒有，因為你的捲髮還在。

in tact, wouldn't you have heard the gunshot?

你不會聽到槍聲嗎？

And if in fact you had head the gunshot,

而如果事實上你有頭的槍聲。

Brooke Windham wouldn't have had time

布魯克-溫德漢姆不會有時間。

to hide the gun before you got downstairs.

在你下樓之前把槍藏起來。

- As exciting as this is to be on a roll,

- 雖然這是很激動人心的事情，但也是在所難免的。

unfortunately you don't get to ask compound questions.

不幸的是，你沒有得到問複合問題。

They have to get separated out.

他們必須分離出來。

- You however, had time to hide the gun, didn't you Chutney?

- 不過，你有時間把槍藏起來，不是嗎，辣醬？

After you shot your father.

在你射殺你父親之後

- I didn't mean to shoot him.

- 我不是故意要殺他的

I thought it was you walking through the door!

我還以為是你進門了呢！

- This is a very cinematic moment.

- 這是一個很有電影感的時刻。

It hasn't happened in my professional career

在我的職業生涯中還沒有發生過

where I've been able to break a witness down

在那裡，我已經能夠打破一個證人下來

to the point of confession.

到了懺悔的地步。

And I can't think of a single colleague

我想不出一個同事的名字

that has gotten this accomplished.

已經得到了這個成就。

[machine whirs] [tense music]

[機器whirs] [緊張的音樂]

Next up, My cousin Vinny.

下一個，我的表弟Vinny。

- Can you tell me,

- 你能告訴我。

what would the correct ignition timing be

正確的點火時機是什麼

on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet, with a 327 cubic inch engine,

一輛1955年的Bel Air雪佛蘭，搭載327立方英寸的發動機。

and a full barrel carburetor?

和全筒式化油器？

- It's a bullshit question.

- 這是個狗屁問題。

- Does that mean that you can't answer it?

- 那是不是意味著你不能回答呢？

- It's a bullshit question, it's impossible to answer.

- 這是個扯淡的問題，不可能回答。

- Impossible because you don't know the answer!

- 不可能，因為你不知道答案!

- Nobody could answer that question!

- 沒有人能夠回答這個問題！

- So, I don't think any attorney would ever, ever,

- 所以，我不認為任何律師會永遠，永遠。

get this close to a witness during their testimony,

在證人作證時離證人這麼近。

because you, one, are invading their personal space,

因為你這個人，侵犯了他們的私人空間。

and two, you're not really sure what reaction

第二，你不確定會有什麼反應。

you're going to get from them.

你要從他們那裡得到。

- Watch this.

- 看這個。

- 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55,

- 因為雪佛蘭在55年沒有生產327發動機。

the 327 didn't come out until '62.

327沒有出來，直到'62。

And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air

而且貝爾艾爾也不提供這種服務

with a four barrel carb 'til '64.

直到64年還用著四管汽化器。

- So, this is the number one thing

- 所以，這是首要的事情

they teach you in law school,

他們在法學院教你。

and that's not to ask any questions

這不是問任何問題

that you don't know the answer to,

你不知道答案的。

especially when this is done at trial before a jury.

特別是在陪審團的審判中這樣做。

So, this is lawyering 101 gone bad.

所以，這是律師的101個壞了。

[machine whirs] [tense music]

[機器whirs] [緊張的音樂]

Next up, 12 Angry Men.

接下來是《十二怒漢》。

- Now, are you trying to tell me that this knife

- 現在，你是想告訴我，這把刀...

really fell through a hole in the boy's pocket?

真的從男孩口袋裡的洞裡掉了出來？

Someone picked it up off the street,

有人在街上撿到了它。

went to the boy's house and stabbed his father with it,

到男孩的家裡，用它刺傷了他的父親。

just to test it's sharpness?

只是為了測試它的清晰度？

- No, I'm just saying it's possible the boy

- 不，我只是說有可能是那個男孩子

lost his knife and that somebody else stabbed his father

他的刀丟了，還有人刺傷了他的父親。

with a similar knife, it's just possible.

用類似的刀，只是可能。

- So, this juror is doing what every defense attorney

- 所以這個陪審員在做每個辯護律師都會做的事情。

wants him or her to do, and that's question the evidence

他想讓他或她做什麼，那就是質疑證據。

and hold the government to their burden.

並要求政府為其負擔。

This juror does not seem convinced that this knife

這名陪審員似乎不相信這把刀子

is so unique that there's no other plausible explanation

惟妙惟肖，別無他解

as to how the crime could have happened.

罪行是如何發生的；

- [Man] Where did that come from?

- 這是從哪裡來的？

[men shouting]

[男人喊]

- Where did you get it?

- 你從哪裡弄來的？

- I went out walking for a couple of hours last night.

- 昨天晚上我出去散步了幾個小時。

I walked through the boy's neighborhood.

我走過那個男孩的街區。

I bought that in a little pawn shop

我在一家小當鋪買的

just two blocks from the boy's house.

就在離男孩家兩個街區的地方。

- So, this is all sorts of bad.

- 所以，這是各種不好的。

One of the things that the judge says

法官說的一件事

is you're not allowed to do any additional research,

是你不允許做任何額外的研究。

you can't read about the case,

你不能看這個案子。

you can't talk to anyone about the case,

你不能和任何人談論這個案子。

you also can't go to the crime scene.

你也不能去犯罪現場。

What this juror seemed to have done is actually gone out

這個陪審員似乎做了什麼，其實是出去了。

to the crime scene to conduct his own investigation.

到犯罪現場進行自己的調查。

- You're asking us to believe that somebody else

- 你是要我們相信，別人...

did the stabbing with exactly the same kind of knife?

捅了完全相同的刀子嗎？

- The odds are a million to one.

- 賠率是百萬分之一。

- It's possible.

- 這是有可能的。

- But not very probable.

- 但可能性不大。

- So, the government's burden is beyond a reasonable doubt

- 所以，政府的責任是排除合理的懷疑

and all the defense needs to do is have a shot

而所有的防守需要做的是有一個鏡頭。

at there being some other possibility

有可能

or any other explanation.

或任何其他解釋。

So, defense has no burden in this case,

所以，在本案中，辯方沒有責任。

it's all on the government and it seems that the jurors here

這一切都在政府身上，似乎這裡的陪審員們

are slowly becoming skeptical of the government's case.

正在慢慢地對政府的案子產生懷疑。

[machine whirs] [tense music]

[機器whirs] [緊張的音樂]

Up next, we have The Lincoln Lawyer.

接下來，我們有請《林肯律師》。

- [Lawyer] You were with Miss Campo

- 你和坎波小姐在一起。

on the night of March 6th?

3月6日晚，?

- Yep.

- 是的。

We went on a date to the Association,

我們去協會約會了。

then I took her back to her place for another date.

然後我把她帶回她的住處，再次約會。

- And did you have sexual relations?

- 那你有沒有發生性關係？

- About 400 bucks worth.

- 大約400塊錢的價值。

She earned every single cent.

她賺到了每一分錢。

- In real life this would be a lot longer,

- 在現實生活中，這將是一個很長的時間。

a lot more thought out.

多想了很多。

This witness does not appear to be a sympathetic person

這個證人似乎不是一個有同情心的人。

or someone that the jury would like.

或陪審團喜歡的人。

If anything, the jury would think this guy's a sleazebag,

如果有的話，陪審團會認為這傢伙是個混蛋。

and if this is how he is behaving in court,

如果這是他在法庭上的表現。

he may be responsible for hurting the woman

他可能要為傷害該女子負責

and for punching her.

併為打她。

That is not something that would happen in real life

這在現實生活中是不會發生的。

because the prosecutor meets with the witnesses

因為檢察官會見了證人

a handful of times in order for the prosecutor

幾次，以使公訴人

to kind of clean them up a little

某種程度上說，他們清理了一下

and put forth the most presentable version

擺出最得體的版本

of the witness to the jury.

證人對陪審團的影響。

- When you left Mr Talbot, what condition was she in?

- 你離開塔爾博特先生時，她的情況如何？

Was she hurt?

她受傷了嗎？

- No.

- 不知道

She was fine.

她很好。

- She did not look like this?

- 她不是這樣的嗎？

- Man, what kind of sick bastard does something like that?

- 夥計，什麼樣的變態混蛋才會做這樣的事？

- So, as the defense attorney,

- 所以，作為辯護律師。

I would probably object to his characterization

我可能會反對他的定性

of someone as a sick bastard,

的人作為一個生病的混蛋。

that is incredibly prejudicial,

這是令人難以置信的偏見。

and what you're trying to do is for the jury

你想做的是讓陪審團...

to make up their own mind rather than rely

自己的想法，而不是依靠

on anybody else's characterization

旁門左道

of your client or the actions.

你的客戶或行動。

- Isn't it true that before you left Miss Campo's apartment

- 在你離開坎波小姐的公寓之前，是不是真的？

she asked you to repeatedly strike her

她讓你反覆打她

in the face with your left first?

先用左手打臉？

- Your Honor, Mr. Haller is just muddying

- 庭上，哈勒先生只是在混淆視聽。

the waters with outrageous statements.

用令人髮指的言論把水。

- So, the defense job is to muddy the waters.

- 所以，保衛工作就是把水攪渾。

It's not necessarily to get your client in a huddle,

不一定要讓客戶圍觀。

but every little bit helps.

但每一個小的幫助。

If the jury's sitting there and they're thinking