A scene from Reversal of Fortune 1990
Alan Dershowitz

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!

Alan Dershowitz

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?

Alan Dershowitz

No. Never let defendants explain; puts most of them in an awkward position.

Claus von Bülow

How do you mean?

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