she's very pleased to meet you what exactly are  you accusing me of commander how long have you  

known about the order jack did know about the  order because if he did and told us jack knows  

he'd be violating about 14 articles of the code of  ethics as it is jack's got enough to worry about  

god forbid our client's side to plead not guilty  and testify for the record that they were given  

in order kendrick specifically told those men  not to touch santiago that's right and then he  

went into dusting down his room and specifically  told him to give him a code red that's not what  

kendricks kendrick's line you have proof i have  the defendants and i have 23 marines who aren't  

accused of murdering a lieutenant with four  letters of commendation why did marxism go  

your way we'll never know you don't think i could  subpoena markings you can try but you won't find  

him you know what markinson did for the first 17  of his 26 years in the corps counter-intelligence  

markinson's gone there is no parkinson look danny  jessup star is on the rise division will give  

me a lot of room on this one to spare jesus  and the core any embarrassment how much room  

i'll knock it all down to involuntary  manslaughter two years or home in six months  

no deal we're going to court joe no you're not  why not because you'll lose and danny knows it  

and he knows that if we do go to court i'm gonna  have to go all the way they're gonna be charged  

with a whole truckload murder conspiracy conduct  unbecoming and even though he's got me by the  

balls out here danny knows it in a courtroom he  loses his case see danny is an awfully talented  

lawyer and he's not about to see his clients go  to jail for life when he knows they could be on  

six months that's the end of this negotiation  i'll see you tomorrow morning at the arraignment

all right here's the story the government's  

offering involuntary manslaughter  two years be home in six months

wow cathy you're the greatest lawyer in the  world ooh how can we ever thank you fellas you  

hear what i just said you're going home in six  months i'm afraid we can't do that sir do what  

make a deal sir what are you talking about  we did nothing wrong sir we did our job and  

if that has consequences then i'll accept  him but i won't say that i'm guilty sir  

did you did she put you up to this no we have  a code sir well zippity doodah you and your  

code plead not guilty you'll be in jail for  the rest of your life do what i'm telling  

you be home in six months do it harold six  months it's nothing it's a hockey season

permission to speak jesus

what do we do then sir when after six months we'll  be dishonorably discharged right sir probably

what do we do then sir

we joined the marines because we wanted  to live our lives by a certain code  

and we found it in the core now you're asking  us to sign a piece of paper that says we have  

no honor you're asking us to say we're not  marines if a court decides that what we did  

was wrong then i'll accept whatever punishment  they give but i believe i was right sir i believe  

i did my job and i will not dishonor myself my  unit or the core so i can go home in six months

sir commander i'd like to talk to lance  corporal dawson alone for a minute please

sergeant we're gonna go to another room we'd  like to go in another holiday all right ma'am

you don't like me very much do you  forget it don't answer it doesn't matter

you know donny worships you

he's gonna do whatever you do are you really gonna  let this happen to him because of a code harold  

do you think we were right it doesn't matter  do you think we were right i think you'd lose

you're such a coward i can't  believe they let you wear a uniform

i'm not gonna feel responsible for this harold i  did everything i could you're going to leavenworth  

for the better part of your life and  you know what i don't give a [ __ ]

what happened to saluting an  officer when he leaves the room

open it

i don't up i don't believe it thousands gonna  go to jail just to spite me fine if he wants to  

jump off a cliff that's his business i'm  not gonna hold his hand on the way down  

i want to get him a new lawyer how do i do it just  make a motion tomorrow morning at the arraignment  

judge will ask you if you want to enter a plea and  you tell me you want to have new counsel assigned

that's that one thing though when you ask the  judge for new counsel danny be sure and ask nicely  

what do you want from me i want you to let them be  judged i want you to stand up and make an argument  

an argument that didn't work for callie at  me lie an argument it didn't work for the  

nazis at nuremberg oh for christ's sake sam  do you really think that's the same as two  

teenage marines executing a routine order  they never believe would result in harm  

these guys aren't the nazis don't look  now danny but you're making an argument

yeah yeah tomorrow morning i get them a new  attorney why are you so afraid to be a lawyer  

were daddy's expectations really that high  oh please spare me the psychobabble father  

[ __ ] dawson and downey will have their day in  court but they'll have it with another lawyer  

another lawyer won't be good enough they need  you you know how to win you know they have  

a case and you know how to win if you walk  away from this now you've sealed their fate  

their fate was sealed the moment santiago  died do you believe they have a case you're  

a dawson you both live in the same dream world  it doesn't matter what i believe it only matters  

what i can prove so please don't tell me  what i know and don't know i know the law

you know nothing about the law  you're a used car salesman daniel  

you're an ambulance chaser with a  rank you're nothing live with that

so i told duncan look if you want to take  this to court you're going to force me to  

file like nine kinds of discovery emotions and  you're going to spend the better part of a year  

going blind on paperwork because a 90 year  old man misread the delaware insurance code  

so what happened he calls back 15  minutes later he says let's make a deal

so

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