15 - Turnabout Beginnings — 1st Trial

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[00:00] TF
    S-Stay away!
[00:05] VH
    Let that girl...
[00:07] VH
    Let the hostage go!
[00:10] TF
    Shut up!
[00:11] TF
    C-Come closer,
[00:13] TF
    and I kill her!
[00:16] VH
    Too bad for you.
[00:18] VH
    This is as far as you go.
[00:31] Mia
    My name is Mia Fey.
[00:34] Mia
    This is a story of my first
    trial as a defense attorney.
[00:40] Mia
    It took place a year before
    I met Wright.
SIGN    Charges: Kidnapping, Murder Sentence: Death Penalty
[00:44] Mia
    My first client was an
    escaped death row inmate.
[00:54] Mia
    That trial would go on to
    uncover a shocking truth
[00:59] Mia
    and become something I wouldn't
    forget for the rest of my life.
SIGN    Ace Attorney
SIGN    Ace Attorney
SIGN    Season 2
SIGN    Lobby 4
SIGN    Turnabout Beginnings — 1st Trial
[02:36] Mia
    I'm so nervous, I could die.
[02:38] Mia
    Don't freak out, Mia.
[02:40] Mia
    Pump yourself up and go in!
[02:43] Mia
    Good morning!
[02:46] Mia
    I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
[02:48] TF
    I din't do nuttin'!
[02:50] TF
    I din't kill nobody!
SIGN    March 16 — 9:24 AM District Court — Defendant Lobby No. 4
[02:59] Mia
    Terry Fawles,
[03:00] Mia
    my first client.
SIGN    Terry Fawles
[03:03] Mia
    Sentenced to death five
    years ago, and now...
[03:06] Mia
    a prison escapee.
[03:08] TF
    I din't do nuttin'!
[03:10] TF
    I swear!
[03:11] Mia
    Oh, but you did escape from custody, right?
[03:16] Mia
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[03:19] Mia
    Two days ago, he escaped from a
    police wagon when it crashed.
SIGN    Vicious Murderer on Death Row Escapes
[03:24] Mia
    He was recaptured eight hours later,
[03:26] Mia
    but in that time, a
    policewoman was murdered.
SIGN    Policewoman Killed By Fugitive
[03:31] Mia
    The police believe that Mr. Fawles did it.
[03:34] TF
    Five years ago...
[03:36] TF
    I was set up!
[03:38] TF
    That woman lied in her testimony!
[03:40] TF
    That's why I...
[03:43] Mia
    ...escaped and met the policewoman?
[03:46] TF
    Yeah, I did.
[03:49] TF
    She's the reason I escaped.
[03:52] TF
    But...
[03:54] TF
    I din't kill her!
[03:56] TF
    It's true!
[04:00] Mia
    I can trust you, right,
[04:01] Mia
    Mr. Fawles?
[04:04] DA
    You're not going to figure out the
    truth by just staring at the guy.
[04:09] DA
    How will our little kitten do all
    alone in the big, scary lion's den?
SIGN    Diego Armando
[04:13] DA
    Let me get a good look.
[04:15] Mia
    Mr. Armando!
[04:17] DA
    You've got real guts.
[04:20] DA
    An escaped death row convict
    for a first client?
[04:24] Mia
    I don't know how I got here, either.
[04:26] DA
    Very well.
[04:27] DA
    Maybe you'd like someone to play with.
[04:32] DA
    Is Diego Armando not good enough for you?
[04:35] Mia
    I-I didn't say...
[04:37] Mia
    The number one attorney in
    the agency is here for me?
[04:42] DA
    Today, you're the number one.
[04:49] DA
    There's no doubt our friend here
[04:52] DA
    met the victim two days ago.
[04:55] DA
    This memo was found on her desk.
SIGN    March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time <<Make everything public>>
SIGN    March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time <<Make everything public>>
[05:00] DA
    He called her and asked to meet.
[05:02] DA
    The time and place were specified,
    and even an identifier.
SIGN    Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification
[05:05] Mia
    A white scarf?
[05:08] DA
    Well, a person's appearance can
    change a lot in five years.
[05:12] Mia
    The circumstantial evidence is all there.
[05:14] Mia
    Can I really turn this thing around?
[05:17] DA
    Relax.
[05:19] DA
    The prosecutor for today is fresh
    out of his diapers as well.
[05:23] Mia
    R-Really?
[05:25] DA
    However...
[05:26] DA
    Apparently, he's the greatest prodigy
    the prosecutor's office has ever seen.
[05:30] Mia
    Prodigy?
[05:31] DA
    Well, sharpen those claws of yours.
[05:33] DA
    It's go time.
SIGN    March 16 — 10:00 AM District Court — Courtroom No. 4
[05:41] J
    Court is now in session for
    the trial of Terry Fawles.
[05:45] Mia
    The defense is ready, Your Honor.
[05:47] ME
    The prosecution is also ready, of course.
[05:51] J
    I understand the lawyers for
    both sides are newcomers?
[05:56] Mia
    Y-Yes, Your Honor. I'm Mia Fey.
[05:59] ME
    I am Miles Edgeworth.
[06:02] J
    Oh, so you're the new prosecutor
    everyone's talking about?
[06:06] J
    They say you're the youngest
    prosecutor in history.
[06:09] ME
    I'm twenty.
[06:10] Mia
    He's younger than me?!
[06:12] DA
    I guess our little kitten doesn't
    have much of a reputation yet, huh?
[06:20] J
    Well, Prosecutor Edgeworth.
    Your opening statement, please.
[06:24] ME
    Five years ago,
[06:26] ME
    the defendant, Terry Fawles,
    was sentenced to death.
[06:31] ME
    His crimes were kidnapping,
    extortion, and murder.
[06:34] ME
    The girl he throw off the bridge
    was only fourteen years old.
[06:39] ME
    Eagle River, which flows under the bridge,
    is well known for its powerful current.
[06:44] ME
    Most bodies that fall in are never recovered.
[06:49] J
    A truly horrible crime.
[06:51] ME
    What decided the case
[06:53] ME
    was a certain witness's testimony.
[06:57] ME
    The testimony of a policewoman
    who confronted this criminal.
[07:00] ME
    She arrested Fawles at the scene
[07:02] ME
    and later testified against him.
[07:06] VH
    This man took the young girl hostage,
    and after he was done with her,
[07:09] VH
    he threw her into the river!
[07:14] Mia
    So that testimony was what
    put him on death row.
[07:19] ME
    That very same policewoman
[07:21] ME
    is the murder victim in this case,
SIGN    Valerie Hawthorne
SIGN    Valerie Hawthorne
[07:24] ME
    Police Sergeant Valerie Hawthorne.
[07:26] ME
    The man who was sentenced to
    death based on her testimony
[07:30] ME
    escaped two days ago
[07:34] ME
    and finally got his revenge!
[07:37] J
    It's quite obvious that
    the defendant is guilty.
[07:41] Mia
    W-Wait a minute!
[07:42] Mia
    The defense, uh... demands
    a cross-examination!
[07:48] J
    Oh? Do youngsters these days
    not know when to give up?
[07:52] ME
    The spirit of youth can
    be quite pitiful at times.
[07:55] Mia
    Why, you! You're younger
    than me, you hypocrite!
[07:58] ME
    Very well, then.
[07:59] ME
    I call the detective who was
    in charge of the investigation.
[08:04] ME
    Witness, state your name and occupation.
[08:07] Gum
    Sir! I'm Dick Gumshoe, a homicide...
    d-detective down at the precinct!
[08:12] Gum
    I finally got promoted to the
    detective division half a year ago!
[08:19] ME
    I don't believe anyone asked about that.
[08:21] J
    Now, Detective.
[08:22] J
    Your testimony, please.
[08:24] Gum
    Yes, sir!
[08:25] Mie
    It begins!
[08:27] DA
    Listen, kitten.
[08:29] DA
    You'd best pay attention.
[08:32] DA
    If you don't, you'll get swept away...
[08:35] DA
    By the god of justice.
[08:40] Gum
    On the day of the incident, the defendant
    phoned Valerie Hawthorne and asked to meet.
[08:46] Gum
    She went to Dusky Bridge at the
    designated time to meet him.
[08:49] ME
    This here is the memo she
    took down during the call.
[08:52] Mia
    That's the one I saw in the
    lobby before the trial.
SIGN    March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time <<Make everything public>>
SIGN    V
SIGN    D
[08:55] Gum
    The defendant met the victim there and
    stabbed her in the back with a knife.
[08:59] Gum
    It proved to be fatal.
SIGN    V
SIGN    V
SIGN    V
[09:02] Gum
    He then stuffed her body into his car
    trunk and tried to make a getaway.
SIGN    V
[09:06] Gum
    But he was arrested at a police checkpoint.
[09:10] Gum
    This is the picture of the trunk.
[09:12] Gum
    You can see the knife still
    stuck in the victim's back.
[09:16] Gum
    There's nothing strange here!
[09:19] J
    All right.
[09:20] J
    Your cross-examination, defense.
[09:23] J
    Defense?
[09:24] Mia
    Y-Yes!
[09:25] Mia
    C-Cross-examination coming right up!
[09:27] DA
    Hey, hey. If you keep trembling like that,
    you're gonna make me spill my coffee.
[09:33] Mia
    I-I'm just trembling in excitement!
[09:36] Mia
    Mr. Fawles had a car?
[09:40] Gum
    Well, yeah. The murder happened on
    a bridge way up in the mountains.
[09:43] Gum
    Of course, it was a stolen car.
[09:46] Mia
    A bridge up in the mountains?
[09:48] Mia
    Why meet there?
[09:50] Gum
    Because it is a very important
    place to the defendant.
[09:54] J
    What do you mean by that?
[09:56] ME
    The place where he,
    five years ago, killed his hostage
[10:01] ME
    and was arrested by Sergeant Hawthorne?
[10:04] ME
    It was the very same Dusky Bridge.
[10:07] DA
    A fated reunion at a very special place, huh?
[10:12] Gum
    Here's a photo that just happened
    to capture the moment of the crime.
[10:15] Gum
    You can clearly see the two of
    them facing off on the bridge!
[10:20] DA
    Very decisive, eh?
[10:23] DA
    That's some hot and bitter evidence.
[10:27] DA
    But...
[10:29] DA
    Unfortunately, its really
    odd taste shines through.
[10:33] Mia
    O-Odd taste?
SIGN    Same bridge
    
    Wear white scarf for identification
[10:38] Mia
    I-Is this...
[10:40] DA
    Exactly. That's what real
    coffee should taste like.
[10:44] Mia
    Detective!
[10:45] Gum
    Y-Yes?
[10:47] Mia
    Did you say there was nothing
    strange about this photo?
[10:50] Gum
    I did, yes!
[10:52] Mia
    Take another look at the
    memo the victim left.
SIGN    March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time <<Make everything public>>
[10:55] Mia
    "Wear white scarf for identification."
SIGN    Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification
[10:57] Mia
    That means the victim must've
    been wearing a scarf.
[11:01] Mia
    But take a look at the photo.
[11:05] Gum
    There's... no scarf!
[11:07] Mia
    Exactly! This is...
[11:12] Mia
    U-Uh...
[11:13] Mia
    It's clearly weird!
[11:18] DA
    The word you're looking
     for is "contradiction."
[11:22] ME
    Is this the scarf you're
    looking for, perchance?
[11:25] Gum
    Where did you find that?!
[11:27] ME
    On Dusky Bridge. I checked it first.
[11:31] Gum
    Why didn't you tell me?
[11:34] Mia
    Did that prosecutor hide it on purpose?
[11:39] ME
    It's not exactly white,
    as the defendant requested,
[11:42] ME
    but the victim must've used it
    since it's close enough.
[11:44] ME
    And you can see it in this photo.
[11:47] ME
    It fell off as she tried
    to fight off her killer.
[11:51] ME
    How could the defense overlook this?!
[11:58] Mia
    It was all a trap?
[12:00] DA
    Well?
[12:02] DA
    Are you still gonna believe
    in that death row inmate?
[12:09] Mia
    Of course!
[12:10] DA
    Then we should refocus and
    hear some new testimony.
[12:15] Mia
    Huh? New testimony?
[12:19] DA
    Drag out that witness.
[12:24] Mia
    Detective!
[12:25] Mia
    Who took this photo?
[12:29] Gum
    Huh? W-Well...
[12:31] ME
    A well-intentioned third party,
     you might say.
[12:35] Mia
    An eyewitness, then?
[12:37] Mia
    Why haven't they been summoned?
[12:39] Mia
    If there was an eyewitness,
[12:42] Mia
    the defense demands they testify!
[12:47] ME
    The prosecution has no intention of
    hiding the witness from the court.
[12:50] ME
    We are prepared to present
    our witness at any time.
[12:53] J
    Oh, very brave.
[12:55] ME
    Then the prosecution summons
[12:59] ME
    the woman who saw the tragic events
    that day with her very own eyes!
[13:13] ME
    Witness, what is your name and occupation?
[13:17] DH
    My name is Melissa Foster.
SIGN    Witness — College Student — Melissa Foster
[13:21] DH
    I'm a college student.
[13:23] DH
    It's so nice to meet you all.
[13:26] J
    Ah, looking at you makes me feel so light!
[13:30] J
    I want to hand down a
    graceful verdict at once!
[13:33] Mia
    Don't be stupid!
[13:36] DA
    Looks like a troublesome angel
    has descended upon us.
[13:40] ME
    You were near the scene of the
    unfortunate event, correct?
[13:46] Mia
    And you took this photo? Is that accurate?
[13:50] DH
    Um... Who might you be?
[13:54] Mia
    Oh, I'm the defense lawyer.
[13:56] Mia
    My name is Mia Fey.
[13:58] DH
    "Fey"?
[13:59] DH
    So you are...
[14:03] J
    Now then, young lady.
[14:05] J
    Could you please give us your testimony?
[14:07] DH
    Of course.
[14:08] DH
    I'll do my best.
[14:12] DH
    I'd taken a camera and tripod
    to a meadow near the bridge.
[14:19] DH
    Using the timer on the camera, I managed
    to take a lot of lovely pictures.
[14:29] DH
    Then I noticed there were
    two people on the bridge.
[14:34] DH
    As I studied them,
[14:36] DH
    the two suddenly started
    to scuffle and tussle!
[14:39] DH
    Miss Victim tried to skedaddle
    with her back to Mister Killer,
[14:44] DH
    but he followed and gored her from behind!
[14:47] DH
    Dearie me!
[14:49] DH
    Eventually, Mister Killer picked up
    the cadaver and walked off the bridge.
[14:56] DH
    I heard that he hid it in his
    motor car and fled after that.
[15:02] DH
    I finally returned to my senses
[15:04] DH
    and telephoned the fine men in blue.
[15:07] J
    Witnessing such violence must have
    been difficult. You poor thing.
[15:10] DH
    I was so shocked!
[15:13] DH
    It made my heart go pitter-patter!
[15:15] J
    Yes, yes, pitter-patter.
[15:17] DA
    If this testimony is allowed
    to stand, we're finished.
[15:21] Mia
    Don't say that!
[15:22] Mia
    Get ready for battle, Mia!
[15:26] Mia
    The killer picked up the
    victim's body and walked off.
[15:29] Mia
    Are you sure about this?
[15:31] DH
    Yes.
[15:32] Mia
    But, uh, that's pretty weird.
[15:36] Mia
    There's a river right below the bridge.
[15:40] Mia
    If he wanted to hide the body, all he
    had to do was toss it in the water.
[15:44] Mia
    In fact, this very man did exactly that
    to his victim five years ago!
[15:50] Mia
    So why did he choose to carry it
     to this car this time?
[15:54] Mia
    His actions are clearly contradictory!
[15:57] ---
    But...
[15:58] ME
    However odd it may be,
[16:00] ME
    the fact remains that
    this is what the killer did.
[16:03] ME
    His reasons have nothing to do
    with what the witness saw!
[16:07] DH
    That's correct! I saw it, after all!
[16:10] DH
    Mister Killer broke into the trunk of
    the car and hid the cadaver in there!
[16:16] Mia
    That's impossible!
[16:17] DH
    Wh-What is?
[16:19] Mia
    Take a look at this photo you took.
[16:23] Mia
    As you see, the good end of the bridge is
    hidden behind this outcropping of rock.
[16:26] Mia
    Meaning, from where you were standing,
[16:30] Mia
    you couldn't have seen him breaking
    into the trunk of the car!
[16:34] Mia
    Then why do you know about this?
[16:38] Mia
    There can only be one answer!
[16:42] Mia
    Because the one who hid
    the body in that car trunk
[16:46] Mia
    was you!
[16:49] J
    What? The witness hid the body?
SIGN    Objection!
[16:52] ME
    Objection!
[16:54] ME
    There's no way that the witness was
    at the scene when the murder occurred!
[16:58] ---
    Have you forgotten? She took
    this photo at the time!
[17:03] Mia
    Have you forgotten?
[17:05] Mia
    The witness's camera had
    a tripod and a timer.
[17:09] Mia
    In other words, it could've taken
    that photo even without her there.
[17:15] ME
    But why would she go to such lengths?
[17:21] Mia
    She murdered Valerie Hawthorne
    and hid the body in the trunk.
[17:25] DH
    Wh-What?
[17:27] Mia
    That's why she chose not
    to dump it in the river.
[17:30] Mia
    It was all to frame Mr. Fawles!
[17:37] J
    Wh-What?
[17:39] J
    This witness is the real killer?
[17:40] TF
    But that's weird!
[17:43] Mia
    Mr. Fawles?
[17:44] TF
    I got in the car and fled right
    after meeting that woman.
[17:49] TF
    There was no time to kill her and
    then hide the body in the trunk.
[17:52] Mia
    That would mean the killer hid
    the victim's body in the trunk
[17:57] Mia
    before you met her on the bridge.
SIGN    Objection!
[18:01] ME
    Objection!
[18:03] ME
    H-How asinine!
[18:05] ME
    The victim is clearly in the photo!
[18:08] ME
    Valerie Hawthorne was alive
    and well when it was taken!
[18:12] Mia
    Objection!
[18:15] Mia
    You still don't understand,
    Prosecutor Edgeworth?
[18:19] Mia
    By the time Mr. Fawles got to the bridge,
     the victim was already dead.
[18:25] Mia
    In other words, the person in the photo
    was not Valerie Hawthorne.
[18:29] ME
    What? Who else could it have been?!
[18:32] Mia
    Isn't it obvious?
[18:35] Mia
    It was your witness, Melissa Foster!
[18:39] ME
    S-Say what?!
[18:45] J
    Th-The victim in this photo was...
[18:48] Mia
    The person Mr. Fawles met on the bridge
[18:50] Mia
    was you, wasn't it?
[18:53] DA
    Thanks for that hot cup of joe.
[18:57] DH
    What?
[18:58] DH
    That's absurd!
[19:00] DH
    Me? Camouflage myself as Miss Victim?!
[19:03] Mia
    Mr. Fawles didn't remember exactly
    what the victim looked like.
[19:06] Mia
    That's why he needed a way to
    identify her... namely, the scarf.
[19:09] Mia
    Isn't that right?
[19:11] TF
    I wasn't sure I could recognize her.
[19:14] J
    H-How could this be?
[19:17] Mia
    Meaning, as long as they
    wore a scarf like he asked,
[19:20] Mia
    anyone could've pretended
    to be Valerie Hawthorne!
[19:28] DH
    This is too cruel!
[19:30] DH
    I was simply taking photos there!
[19:33] DH
    I have no connection to
    Miss Victim or Mister Inmate!
[19:38] DH
    And you call me a murderer?
[19:41] DH
    This is too heavy a cross to bear!
[19:44] ME
    Exactly!
[19:46] ME
    The witness had no motive
    to murder Valerie Hawthorne!
[19:50] DH
    Yes! I had no motivation!
[19:53] J
    What do you say, defense?
    What was her motivation?
[19:57] Mia
    W-Well...
[20:00] DH
    The killer was Mister Inmate over here!
[20:03] DH
    He took Miss Victim's life,
    just as he did five years ago!
[20:08] DA
    Five years ago?
[20:09] DA
    When he took Dahlia Hawthorne's life,
    you mean?
[20:14] Mia
    Dahlia... Hawthorne?
[20:17] DA
    Yeah.
[20:18] DA
    That's the name of the girl who was
    kidnapped and murdered five years ago.
[20:24] Mia
    W-Wait a second!
[20:26] Mia
    Isn't Hawthorne...
[20:27] DA
    Exactly. The victim in this
    case is Valerie Hawthorne.
[20:32] DA
    Dahlia Hawthorne was her little sister.
[20:35] J
    What?
[20:36] Mia
    Little sister?
[20:38] Mia
    I did think the way she fired at a kidnapper
    with a hostage was awfully risky.
[20:43] Mia
    It was her little sister?
[20:46] Mia
    Hey, is that...
[20:49] DA
    Yeah. The file pertaining to
    the kidnapping five years ago.
[20:53] DA
    I realized that the key to solving this case
    was to find out what happened then.
[21:00] ME
    Objection!
[21:01] ME
    The name of the girl who died five
    years ago is irrelevant to this case!
[21:06] DA
    "The girl who died," eh?
[21:08] DA
    Did she really?
[21:10] Mia
    What do you mean?
[21:12] DA
    Five years ago, Dahlia Hawthorne,
    who was fourteen at the time,
[21:16] DA
    fell into the river under the bridge,
[21:19] DA
    and her corpse was never found.
[21:22] J
    What?
[21:23] DA
    Yeah. She vanished from
    this world without a trace.
[21:31] Mia
    No... It can't be.
[21:33] DA
    Fourteen at the time, huh?
[21:35] DA
    If she were still alive,
[21:38] DA
    she'd be around your age.
[21:42] Mia
    You...
[21:45] Mia
    Who exactly are you?
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[23:20] PW
    Objection!
[23:21] PW
    To prove that the defendant,
    Fawles, was innocent,
[23:24] PW
    it was necessary to unravel the mystery
    behind the case in which he was convicted.
[23:30] PW
    Just who is the mysterious Melissa?
[23:33] PW
    And what happened between the
    murdered policeman and Fawles?
[23:37] PW
    We'll come to peer into the abyss
    in the shadows of this case.
[23:41] PW
    Find the contradictions!
[23:42] PW
    Reach out to the truth!
[23:44] PW
    Next time: "Turnabout Beginnings
     — Last Trial"!
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[23:47] PW
    Take that!