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| “ | I tell you, Arthur. The idea of punishment to fit the crime, doesn't work. We need more unjust punishment. Hang somebody for armed robbery. Try it. We've got nothing to lose. | „ |
| ~ Fleming to Arthur. |
| “ | Fleming: I see the wheels spinning. Sex photo, sex crime. Is he guilty? Arthur: Is he? Fleming: Yes. Arthur: What about the polygraph, the eyewitness? How'd you do that? Fleming: They were taken care of for me.... So... you now you have it. Well, I'll see you in court, Arthur. |
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| ~ Fleming smugly admitting to Arthur that he's guilty. |
| “ | You must admit she's an attractive woman. I wouldn't mind seeing her again sometime. | „ |
| ~ Fleming to Arthur about the woman he raped. |
Judge Henry T. Fleming, or better known as Judge Fleming, is the main antagonist of the 1979 courtroom drama film ...And Justice for All. He is a corrupt judge who works in Baltimore, Maryland. In the film, he is accused of rape and blackmails a defense attorney into defending him in court.
He was portrayed by the late John Forsythe.
History[]
Henry T. Fleming is a judge who works in Baltimore. He is widely hated by most attorneys, due to his unfairness. He is especially hated by a defense attorney named Arthur Kirkland, who was trying to get an unfairly imprisoned teenage boy out of prison. But, Fleming, believing that all defendants are likely guilty and should suffer in prison, kept denying his appeal because the original one had been delivered three days late. As a result, Kirkland is thrown in jail for trying to punch Fleming.
One night, Fleming rapes and brutally beats a woman named Leah Shepard. After being arrested, he asks Arthur Kirkland to defend him, because he thinks that Arthur's hatred of him makes people more likely to think he's innocent. Arthur refuses at first, but is blackmailed into doing it, after they discover that Arthur betrayed one of his clients in the past and could be disbarred. As much as he resents it, Arthur is forced to defend Fleming. Arthur makes Fleming take a polygraph test and he passes it, and Arthur interviews an eyewitness.
Days later, another one of Arthur's clients shows pictures of Fleming engaging in BDSM acts with a prostitute. Realizing that this makes Fleming look guilty, Arthur is torn between keeping his job and defending Fleming, or revealing the truth and getting disbarred. After a talk with his girlfriend, Arthur confronts Fleming with the pictures who admits that he's guilty and faked the polygraph test and eyewitness.
The next day in court, Fleming smugly tells Arthur that he wouldn't mind seeing Leah again. At first, Arthur appears to defend Fleming, but he instead turns his speech around and implicates Fleming and shouts that he's guilty. Because of betraying his client again, Arthur is kicked out of court and likely disbarred. While Arthur's out on the steps, his former partner - having been released from the mental hospital - walks into the court and it's unknown what happens afterwards. (The novelization of the movie goes a step further: just before getting ejected from the courtroom, Arthur passes the incriminating pictures from his client to the press; this wrecks Fleming's career.)
External links[]
- Judge Fleming on the Pure Evil Wiki.