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Presumed Innocent Season-Finale Recap: It’s Not About the Truth
After all the twists and turns, I have to admit: They got me.
Galvin and Rusty are both right that, when push comes to shove, whatever was presented or left out of the courtroom, true condemning power lies with the jury to act according to their human instinct; to draw the kind of judgment that is free of personal bias but filled with the compassion necessary to determine what is just. Later, in a meeting with Judge Lyttle in which all attorneys are trying to figure out just what to do with the fire poker, scrubbed clean of any DNA or fingerprints and therefore useless as a piece of evidence, Tommy admits that he routinely leaves the side door of his house unlocked so that his neighbor can check in on his cat while he is away catching bad guys and avenging his own pettiness. No amount of charm that can be elicited from his quite endearing use of a bolo tie can undo the undeniable fact that he hasn’t proved Rusty’s innocence beyond a reasonable doubt and that those are the bare minimum standards by which to convict a person to spend the rest of their lives in jail.
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