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“And then he says,
"The Crown Prosecution Service will decide if the case is good enough to go to trial."

I know this,
of course I know it.
But it's like a slap.

I don't get to decide.

My life is in the hands of the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the court system.

I have no control.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

“Qu'il t'ait réellement désirée, voir aimée, ou non, est un détail dans sa vie. Un détail qui n'aurait jamais bouleversé le cours de sa carrière académique, de sa réussite professionnelle. C'est la différence fondamentale entre toi et lui. Nous n'avons pas été élevées pour traverser nos vies sans nous laisser bouleverser.”
― Juliette Rousseau, La vie têtue

“But there's always that fucking question,

every dinner party;

"How do you act for someone you KNOW did it!?"

But, a lawyer's job is not that grand - uh uh - the job is not to KNOW.
It's to NOT know.

The only way the system works is because we all play our roles.
My role is defence,
the prosecutor, prosecutes;
we each tell a story
and the jury DECIDE which story is the one they believe. They take the responsibility.

A good lawyer just tells the best version of their client's story.

Nothing more.
Nothing else.
Just the storyteller, the voice piece.
Never judge,
never ever judge.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

“Mum's face.
I can't help thinking she knows what it is to be violated somehow.
I'll never ask.”
― Suzie Miller, Prima Facie