Nel romanzo, la realtà. Parola di Grisham

<< The trial was a spectacle, a farce, a ridiculous way to search for the truth. But as I learned, the truth was not important. Perhaps in another era, a trial was an exercise in the presentation of facts, the search for truth, and  the finding of justice. Now a trial is a contest in which one side will win and the other side will lose.

Each side expects the other to bend the rules or to cheat, so netheir side plays fair. The truth is lost in the melee>>

(J. Grisham, The Racketeer, p.75, Belfry Holdings inc, 2012)