律师本色（1997）

The Practice S07E18

Part 6 Feb. 3, 2021, 12:07 p.m.

to a life of foster homes,
在寄养家庭生活中
and uncertainty,
漂泊不定
and pain.
以及痛苦
Make no mistake,
诸位听好了
there was more than one victim there.
可不止一个受害者
Those boys are victims, too.
那三个孩子也是
Like me, you men are prosecutors.
和我一样，你们也是检察官
Our duty is to protect society.
我们的责任是保护社会
Executing Troy Ezekiel
处决Troy Ezekiel
will affirm that we as a people
会申明我们作为一个民族
are prepared to bear
准备要承担任何伦理义务以及任何道德代价
any ethical burden
准备要承担任何伦理义务以及任何道德代价
and bear any moral cost
准备要承担任何伦理义务以及任何道德代价
to defend our citizens
去我们的公民以及我们的生活方式
and our way of life.
去我们的公民以及我们的生活方式
God help us.
愿上帝保佑我们吧
If we're not strong enough
假如我们再也不敢于做到这些的话
to do that anymore.
假如我们再也不敢于做到这些的话
Up until now you've heard
到目前为止你们听到的
mainly from Eugene Young.
主要是Eugene Young所讲的
I'd like you to hear from me now.
我希望你们现在能听听我的
Personally,
就个人而言
I've always been pro-death penalty.
我一直支持死刑
In the last few years,
在过去的几年里
I've switched.
我改变了立场
Mainly on grounds of humanity,
主要是因为人性
but also on grounds
但也是基于
the reality that the system
这个体系从根本上说
is so fundamentally flawed.
是有缺陷的的现实
More than a hundred death-row inmates
有一百多个死囚
have been cleared and released.
已经被洗清罪名并释放
Who knows how many innocent people
天知道我们已经杀了
we've killed.
多少无辜的人
Mr. Berluti,
Berluti先生
for the sake of this hearing
且不论本次听证会我们是
we assume guilt.
假定罪名成立的
And even if we didn't,
就算不是这样
are you really suggesting to us
你是真的在向我们表明
that Troy Ezekiel is innocent?
Troy Ezekiel是无辜的吗？
I'm suggesting to you
我向你们表明的是
that the system of capital punishment
有关极刑的制度体系
is broken.
是出了问题的
How people get on death row
人们何以被判死刑
is suspect,
是存在疑问的
and it's suspect here.
本案既是如此
How so?
怎么会这样呢？
This is politics.
是因为政♥治♥因素
The fact is if we had a Democrat
事实是如果我们由一个民♥主♥党人
in the white house,
主掌白宫
none of us would be here today,
就没有今天这回事了
not on these facts,
尤其是对于一个不存在死刑的州就更不用说了
especially in a state
尤其是对于一个不存在死刑的州就更不用说了
that doesn't have the death penalty.
尤其是对于一个不存在死刑的州就更不用说了
But now everything is different.
但现在一切都不同了
Under this administration,
在本届政♥府♥的领导下
we do it all the time.
我们总是这样做的
We've sought more executions
在过去的六个月里
in the last six months
我们已经争取到
than Bill Clinton did
比克♥林♥顿♥执政八年中
in the last eight years.
还多的死刑判决
What kind of system allows that to happen,
什么样的制度体系会允许这种情况
where the same crime,
同样的罪行
the same criminal
同样的罪犯
is treated differently
因不同的人掌权
based on who's in office?
而区别对待？
One gets to live,
一个会活着
one gets to die.
另一个被处死
I'd advise you to excise
我建议你省去
the political commentary, Counsel,
你的政♥治♥评论，律师
and just stick to Troy Ezekiel.
只谈Troy Ezekiel一案吧
The death penalty
死刑是我们拥有的最极致的惩罚手段
is the greatest punishment we have.
死刑是我们拥有的最极致的惩罚手段
It's reserved for the most
这是为最恶毒的罪犯预备的
vicious criminals.
这是为最恶毒的罪犯预备的
It's the remedy we use
这是我们给最坏的坏人下的狠药
for the worst of the worst.
这是我们给最坏的坏人下的狠药
That's not Troy Ezekiel,
Troy Ezekiel不属此类
and you know it.
你们很清楚
He needs to be punished.
他需要受到惩罚
He's ready for that.
他也准备接受
That's why we came here today.
因此我们今天来到这儿
That's why Troy answered
也因此Troy回答了你们所有的问题
all your questions
也因此Troy回答了你们所有的问题
and in the process,
在这个过程中
guaranteed himself a conviction.
他坦承了自己有罪
He knows his life
他知道他的生命
is in your hands.
掌握在你们手里
The decision the five of you make today
你们五个人今天做出的决定
is about much more
除我当事人的命运外
than the fate of my client.
还关乎很多更重要的东西
It's about the character
这关乎于这个委员会的品行
of this committee.
这关乎于这个委员会的品行
It's about the integrity
这关乎于这个制度体系的正直性
of this system.
这关乎于这个制度体系的正直性
He's a boy.
他是个孩子
You can't seek to kill him
你们不能设法要杀掉他
and tell me politics
同时还跟我说什么这无关政♥治♥
isn't in play.
同时还跟我说什么这无关政♥治♥
How long you think
你觉得要多久
before we hear something?
才有消息?
I don't know.
我不知道
Jimmy's checking.
Jimmy在盯着呢
We're hoping for an answer today.
我们希望今天能有消息
Thank you.
谢谢你
I know you don't like me much,
我知道你很不喜欢我
but...
但是。。。
I just want to say thank you for...
我就是想谢谢你。。。
you like being a lawyer?
你喜欢当律师吗？
For the most part.
绝大多数情况是的
You seem good at it.
你看起来很在行
Thank you.
谢谢你
How long does it take?
要多长时间？
Sorry?
你指什么？
Law school.
法学院
Four years of college,
大学四年
but how many years for law school?
法学院有多少年？
Three.
三年
Seven years.
一共七年
I've been thinking of doing it.
我一直在考虑这样做
I think I wanna be a public defender.
我认为我想当一名公设辩护律师
You ever do that?
你想过吗？
No. That's what I think
- 没有
- 我就是这样想的
I wanna do, help people.
我想这么做，帮助人们
That's what I'mma do.
这就是我打算要做的
They called us back.
他们叫我们回会议室
The defendant's youth,
被告是年轻人
his relatively short
他的犯罪历史
criminal history,
相对较短
and his family circumstances
而且他的家庭环境
are mitigating factors