May It Please the Court (Let's Start the Defense / Byeonroneul Sijakhakessseubnida / 변론을 시작하겠습니다)

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT

EPISODE 10

ATTORNEY NOH CHAKHEE

MAY 16, MONDAY

BASED ON THE ESSAY MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT BY JUNG HYEJIN

If you kill me like this, that will make you a murderer.

You'll be sentenced to death, and you will die as well.

Why would you go through all this trouble?

For revenge?

What good is that?

The smart thing to do is to forget about it all.

What do you gain

from engraving it in your heart and into your bones?

Are you determined to remember it forever?

Do you think killing me after all this time...

-(water splashing) -(Byungchun chuckles)

...means that you win? Do you?

You need to sober up! Just stay seated.

Is that so? Okay, I get it.

Yes, okay. Do as you want.

Just leave him.

-Man. Seriously. -(drunk man groans)

How may I help you?

I came to turn myself in.

Turn yourself in?

Cho Hyunsik, Yoon Seokgu, Park Kangil, and Chairman Jang Byungchun of Jangsan.

I killed them all.

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

I'm Yoo Kyungjin from Major Crimes.

Where is the suspect who confessed?

Over there.

Cause of death?

Strangulation by hanging.

They won't find any signs of murder.

That will also be the NFS's initial assessment.

But the drug will be found in the autopsy.

What will you...

I'll take care of it.

OH DAEHYEON ACCEPT

Release Park Dukman's cause of death and suicide note to the press.

Should I do it now?

Make sure it's all over the papers tomorrow morning.

Once people learn that Park Dukman killed himself out of guilt

for murdering the man who was gracious enough to take him in,

all the suspicions against me will disappear in an instant.

Yes, I understand.

It's just two weeks.

In two weeks,

I can get out of this hick town wearing an assemblyman's pin.

So don't make any mistakes with anything.

I'll keep that in mind.

CALL ENDED OH DAEHYEON

REPORTER PARK

Mr. Jang. This is Park.

I got a tip-off and came to Jeongha Police Station.

A man has confessed that he killed Chairman Jang.

-(tires screech) -(Gido grunts)

ATTORNEY JWA SIBAEK

The phone is turned off. Please leave a message...

Hey! You guys know the serial murder cases

-of some rich old guys, right? -What?

You know. Some old guys were tortured and killed!

Apparently, the culprit turned himself in last night.

-No way. Bullcrap. -What?

It's true! Look at this.

It's all over the internet. There are news articles on it too.

See?

I told you it's true.

What does that headline say?

The serial murders.

SERIAL KILLER OF WEALTHY SENIOR CITIZENS CONFESSES

Hey, she's right.

See? I told you.

Damn.

Hello?

Detective Yoo. This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

I heard that the man who killed Cho Hyunsik and Yoon Seokgu

has turned himself in.

Yes.

Does the list of victims also include Chairman Jang Byungchun of Jangsan?

Yes, well...

The suspect confessed that he also killed Chairman Jang.

Then what about Park Dukman?

We won't know until we investigate.

If the suspect's confession turns out to be true,

Park Dukman's confession and death will be reinvestigated.

If I asked who the suspect was...

I can't tell you.

Don't look at me like that.

It's just for courtesy sake. I don't expect you to drink it.

You find it strange too, don't you?

I'm talking about Gido.

He clearly told me his father died in his sleep in his vacation home.

He probably told you the same thing.

But then, Park Dukman showed up.

And now, the real culprit?

I heard you grew up with Park Dukman in the orphanage.

We didn't exactly grow up together.

We were there together for about two years.

I heard he asked for you when he was in jail before he died.

And the police called you because he said you were his lawyer.

Is this all Gido's doing?

I don't know.

Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you.

You'd better think carefully.

Your adoring grandfather is gone now. Jang Gido?

HARAN (scoffs): I didn't tell you this before, but to him,

you're just a tool he can use and throw away. Easily replaceable.

I guess now you need that tool pretty badly too.

Seeing as you came all the way here.

I don't know what Gido promised you, but don't believe a thing he says.

Every time he opens his mouth, it's a lie.

Think carefully about whose hands you want to be used by.

At the very least, I keep my promises. I won't stab you in the back.

Call me if you want to make a deal.

YULHU CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR OH HARAN

HANSAN DAILY NEWS SBC

Why did you kill Chairman Jang Byungchun?

Gido.

I chose the wrong person.

He seemed to have a great reputation in Jeongha and a clean history.

I'm sorry.

Daehyeon.

Do you really think Jwa Sibaek killed my father?

I'm sorry?

Why would he confess now?

Perhaps, everything he did, helping me with my campaign,

getting involved with Noh Chakhee, and filing a suit against Jangsan

were intentional.

Why...

To screw me over...

and disgrace my father.

CRIME DIVISION HOMICIDE TEAM 3 SERGEANT CHOI TAESIK

JEONGHA POLICE STATION

Hello?

Hi, is this Detective Choi Taesik?

This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

We met at Haesong Children's Home

when you were handling the director's case.

Yes, I recall. How can I help you?

Could I meet with the detective on Mr. Park Dukman's murder case?

Why?

I'm Mr. Park Dukman's lawyer.

PRISON OFFICER KANG SOOMIN

Officer, how are you? This is Attorney Noh Chakhee.

I was wondering if I could hear about how Mr. Park Dukman died in prison.

Would it be possible to meet with the prison guard who was in charge of him?

I see.

Yes, thank you.

I think I made a mistake.

I didn't do it.

If you didn't do it, then why did you confess?

-(gulps) -(plastic crackles)

Seriously.

Is he an actual psycho?

When he was brought in here before,

he flat-out denied the charges and drove me insane with his back talk.

Does he have oppositional defiant disorder?

He hasn't said a word since he confessed that he's the killer.

I mean, he needs to tell us how and why he killed those people

for us to start investigating.

Should I go in and rough him up a bit?

For the love of...

That's enough.

Look. He already confessed that he killed all of them,

so that's that.

Why should we bother to question him, investigate,

or find evidence?

Park Dukman, who died in jail, also confessed