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* Subverted in ''[[New Tricks]]'', where the obstructive defense lawyer is secretly working with the police to force out a confession from his client (they create a scene where the questioning officer flies into a rage at how annoying the DA is and seemingly shoots him, scaring the perp into a blubbering wreck) |
* Subverted in ''[[New Tricks]]'', where the obstructive defense lawyer is secretly working with the police to force out a confession from his client (they create a scene where the questioning officer flies into a rage at how annoying the DA is and seemingly shoots him, scaring the perp into a blubbering wreck) |
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** Well that guy has a promising future ahead of him. [[You Fail Law Forever|Once he finds a new profession, of course]]. |
** Well that guy has a promising future ahead of him. [[You Fail Law Forever|Once he finds a new profession, of course]]. |
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*** The 'lawyer' is actually an [[Old |
*** The 'lawyer' is actually an [[Old-Fashioned Copper]] (it's a situation where the suspect is technically not entitled to a lawyer but is stubbornly refusing to speak without one), and [[Running Gag|technically the others aren't actually cops any more]]. |
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* All the ''time'' on the ''[[The Closer]]''. The perps never, ever listen to their lawyers unless the plot requires it. Sayeth one [[Genre Savvy]] lawyer: |
* All the ''time'' on the ''[[The Closer]]''. The perps never, ever listen to their lawyers unless the plot requires it. Sayeth one [[Genre Savvy]] lawyer: |
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{{quote| "I hate my job."}} |
{{quote| "I hate my job."}} |
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