I'm not a hired gun. I've got to feel there's some moral or constitutional issue at stake.
Claus von Bülow But I'm absolutely innocent, and my civil liberties have been egregiously violated!
I've got two black kids facing the electric chair for a crime they did not commit. THEY are innocent.
Claus von Bülow Well, before you assume I'm guilty, won't you hear my story?
No. Never let defendants explain; puts most of them in an awkward position.
Claus von Bülow How do you mean?
Claus von Bülow Well, so much for the first coma. The second, of course, was much more theatrical.
Theatrical? What is this, a **** game? This is life and death; your wife is lying in a coma. You, you don't even make a pretense of caring, do you?
Claus von Bülow 'Course I care, Alan. It's just, I don't wear my heart on my sleeve.
This is the most dangerous case I have ever worked on.
Claus von Bülow You find that exhilarating?
No, I do not. I am breaking every rule. 'Cause the best way to win is to proclaim your innocence, and I have never done that for anybody. And the problem I got is, I see who you are. You'd do anything to win.
Claus von Bülow So would you.
Yeah, but you don't trust the legal system.
Claus von Bülow You're saying I'd manufacture... witnesses? Affidavits?
No. But you would sacrifice me.
Claus von Bülow Oh, please.
See, the more I believe that you are innocent, the more nervous I am. I go out on a limb for you, you're proven guilty, I look like an asshole. My reputation, my credibility, my career, destroyed.
Claus von Bülow That's the risk you're taking, isn't it?
Well, **** you, **** you, man... I'm glad we understand one another.
