A scene from Reversal of Fortune 1990
Alan Dershowitz

Our new evidence will clearly indicate...

Judge

Professor, you know there isn't a single case which allows you to introduce new evidence on appeal.

Alan Dershowitz

Well, there is one, your honor, and you wrote it. Derrick. In Derrick, in Derrick, you yourself said that a case based on circumstantial theory rather than fact only stands up if no other theory makes sense. The only way to show a better theory is to present it!

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