Life Sentence Script [DIRECT]

LEO (looks up, slow smile) No. But it opens loopholes.

JUDGE CARTER Mr. Vance… are you arguing that you have a constitutional right to kill one person for free?

The courtroom is dead silent.

LEO I’m serving life for killing Rachel. But Cole wasn’t killed. He died in a car accident two weeks after her murder. Official cause: reckless driving.

LEO The crash happened after someone cut his brake lines. The police never investigated because they had me in custody for Rachel’s murder. But if I say I cut them… LIFE SENTENCE Script

JUDGE CARTER Mr. Vance. You are asking this court to accept a confession to a crime that, by your own admission, has no victim because your alleged victim died of an unrelated accident?

JUDGE CARTER Off the record. Mr. Vance, I’ve read your brief three times. It’s the most creative legal argument I’ve seen in 40 years. It’s also morally repugnant. LEO (looks up, slow smile) No

GUARD You gonna read or draw doodles all day?