The LP Turnabout: A Documentary on Japanifornian Law with Phoenix Wright

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Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Dragonwagon posted:

https://twitter.com/XSlicer/status/641195151600160768

Is that hamburger sushi? Why on earth would anyone want that over normal sushi?

# ¿ May 20, 2016 04:46

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 14:54

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Mors Rattus posted:

Because another law references how you need to cover your buttocks, and they needed to legally define buttocks.

They went for the longest and most obtusely precise definition possible.

I wonder if that affects medical education at all. If states can define different body parts differently, are doctors in those states trained to recognize body parts differently than those in other states?

# ¿ Jun 14, 2016 16:51

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Zakrelo posted:

Wait long enough and the victim will just die on their own. The perfect crime.

The best part? You can even take out a life insurance policy on them and the insurance company will pay it! It's pure profit!

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 09:30

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Added Space posted:

Ok, the sequence of events is two gunshots, body crashing into the water, Edgeworth picks up the gun and minutes later is taken in by the police.

Since we know that the second person was the shooter, it stands to reason that person ditched the gun and jumped out of the boat. The two gunshots were almost certainly to draw attention; and the only person who would be there to witness on a winter midnight is Lotta herself. The shooter may have checked on her shortly before the boat was taken out.

We know the gun was shot three times and is the murder weapon, and that it couldn't have been shot afterward, it stands to reason the victim was already shot dead earlier and that the second person on the boat was someone else, very probably the actual murderer.

Remember that Lotta said the lake was smooth as glass. It's unlikely that someone jumped in the water.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2016 19:14

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Green Intern posted:

Von Karma: "Yes, I shot him"
Judge: "Alright. Court is Adjourned"

So, are we sending Von Karma to jail, or what?

Von Karma (and all other real culprits) still has the right to his own trial. This trial is for Edgeworth. Typically, the game doesn't cover the secondary trials of the real culprits.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 16:04

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Stephen9001 posted:

It would appear the Defendant's stand and the Witness stand have the same graphic. This makes it look like Lana and Marshall are somehow standing in the same location, and talking to each other. Has this happend before, or is this the first time a witness has talked to the defendant like this? (barring that time when Phoenix was the defendant.)

There's a pretty good comic that explains exactly how it works:

Warning: very minor spoilers of character art for a game way in the future.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2017 03:54

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Yvonmukluk posted:

Did...he just get struck by lightning indoors?

"And if I am lying, then may God strike me down where I..."

Though in all seriousness I think that's his lightning bolt hair standing up? It's kinda hard to tell.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2017 19:57

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Mors Rattus posted:

: What do you mean!?
: This trial's purpose is to determine Lana Skye's guilt!

: No it isn't, Your Honor.
: This trial's purpose is to determine the truth.

This is really important to note, by the way. Edgeworth is now treating prosecution as less of a battle of wits between defense and prosecution, and more of a collaborative effort to find the truth. To be fair, his rear end is on the line in this case, as not only have Wright and Edgeworth accused the Chief of Police of murder, but if Gant has his way, Edgeworth will be under suspicion of having purposefully manipulated evidence to convict innocents. It's a neat moment of character development, going from Von Karma's understudy who pursues victory at all costs to someone unafraid to fight for the truth instead of blindly trying to win. The question does remain as to whether this is a sincere conviction or something born of desperation at the situation that he has found himself in.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2017 08:25

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

If Ema wasn't responsible and had nothing to do with your actions, then why did you alter the crime scene?

We have a confession, why would we need a motive or to possibly consider the fact that the Chief of Police publicly threatened her before her testimony? :downs:

# ¿ Mar 16, 2017 03:54

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

IAmTheRad posted:

We're Lana's defense lawyer. You want her to be found innocent. It's Phoenix's job.

Yes. I was speaking from the point of view of the Judge/legal system.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2017 16:32

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

kw0134 posted:

Ironically the whole "you don't get to testify" didn't matter because he went and slit his own goddamn throat when he should have, by all rights, been told to sit his rear end down.

He never made a formal statement that we could cross-examine.

That does bring up an excellent point as to why we could accept his statements on the cloth if he were no longer allowed to testify formally, but I guess the idea is that the Chief of Police formally approved the evidence and its circumstances regardless of whether he did it through testimony or just in front of the judge.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2017 01:55

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 14:54

Dirk the Average: Feb 7, 2012; "This may have been a mistake."

SgtSteel91 posted:

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Grant still tries to pin Goodman's murder on Lana out of spite now that he's been caught for murduring Neil

At this point, there's enough circumstantial evidence that not only is she vanishingly unlikely to have murdered him (the whole "she was pulling the body out of the trunk" thing), but that even if she were to have murdered him, it would have been because she was blackmailed by the Chief, and ultimate responsibility would be on his part, not hers.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2017 03:12

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