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After a senior Barrister is entrapped by his own client, to recover control of his life, he must convince a Judge to set aside the client?s murder acquittal.
I defer to your knowledge of Australian jurisprudence. And I have been informed that the hurdles for being able to subject a person to double jeopardy are not as high to clear in Australia as they are in the United States. ?But there are hurdles to be cleared.My main issue is that imho, ?the most coRead more
I defer to your knowledge of Australian jurisprudence. And I have been informed that the hurdles for being able to subject a person to double jeopardy are not as high to clear in Australia as they are in the United States. ?But there are hurdles to be cleared.
My main issue is that imho, ?the most compelling legal dramas are ones where the lawyer as protagonist must confront legal and moral dilemmas. ?Where the case becomes a dramatic vehicle for a character arc about moral rehabilitation, about redemption for past mistakes and failures of character. ?Paul Newman’s character ?in “Final Verdict”, or ?George Clooney’s in “Michael Clayton”, or Tom Cruise’s in “A Few Good Men” come to mind.
And I just don’t see that in this story. ?What am I not seeing? ?What is the protagonist Barrister’s moral dilemma arising from his character flaw? ?Is there a rehab or redemptive character arc? ?What is the itch you are trying to scratch with this story? ?What is the theme or notion you wish to explore?
See lessAfter a senior Barrister is entrapped by his own client, to recover control of his life, he must convince a Judge to set aside the client?s murder acquittal.
Leon Davis:>>>convincing a Judge to set aside his client?s murder acquittal,.Actually, the client is not legally guilty just because the acquittal is set aside. The case would have to be retried. Because in the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, one is presumed innocent until proven guilty ? convRead more
Leon Davis:
>>>convincing a Judge to set aside his client?s murder acquittal,.
Actually, the client is not legally guilty just because the acquittal is set aside. The case would have to be retried. Because in the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, one is presumed innocent until proven guilty ? convicted. And technically the client hasn?t been proved guilty. So technically he?s still innocent.
So the defendant would have the legal right to fight in the arena of the trial court again to sustain his innocence. And the right to appeal an adverse verdict all the way to the High Court of Australia. Which he most certainly would do. Particularly since the case entails double jeopardy.
Furthermore, I?m not so certain ?arrogant? is the right fit for a character flaw. If the Barrister defended his client in good faith, got him acquitted believing that he was not guilty, then he has nothing to be ashamed of if evidence subsequently comes to light showing his client was as guilty as hell. The Barrister has done his job, what the ethics of the profession demand of him: he gave his client the best defense, the best representation of which he was capable.
And it?s not his job to ferret out information that proves his client is guilty. That?s the job of the prosecuting attorney. ?Who relies on the evidence presented to him by the investigating detective. So if the fickle finger of fault is to be pointed, it ought to be pointed at the investigating detective who failed to do his job.
So I don?t see how this setup places the Barrister in any compelling ethical or legal dilemma.
On the other foot, if the Barrister got his client acquitted by means of a brilliant defense knowing full well that his client was guilty as hell is hot, then there is a setup entailing the possibility of genuine ethical and legal dilemmas.
But that doesn?t seem to be the story you venture to tell.
fwiw
See lessA cloned Marine persuades his superiors to send him and two others on a covert mission to an enemy planet, to prevent a rogue officer from starting an interstellar war.
Why does he volunteer? ?IOW: ?what's the inciting incident that motivates him?And ?what is the dramatic purpose of having a cloned character for a protagonist? ?Why does the story require sending a cloned Marine to do a Marine's job instead of a real Marine?>>>starting an interstellar warBeRead more
Why does he volunteer? ?IOW: ?what’s the inciting incident that motivates him?
And ?what is the dramatic purpose of having a cloned character for a protagonist? ?Why does the story require sending a cloned Marine to do a Marine’s job instead of a real Marine?
>>>starting an interstellar war
Between whom? ?Different colonies of humans? Between homo sapiens and another species? ?Do earthlings have a dog ?in this interstellar war? ??
What is the personal story hook for you? ?What intrigues you about this story that you must write it? ?The notion of cloned humans fighting as proxy Marines, doing humans’ dirty work? ?Or is it the personal hook the threat of an interstellar war? ?And if that latter, what makes the interstellar war you have in mind, unique, different from all the other interstellar wars in all the other scifi movies?
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