Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mom, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he did not commit.

The character of Eddie Dodd was modeled after famed civil rights lawyer Tony Serra.

Shu Kai Kim:
My mother find you?


Eddie Dodd:
That's right.


Shu Kai Kim:
[disgusted] Figures.

Continuity: When showing the original murder in flashbacks, the killer is standing five feet or more away from the body when he shoots him. When Dennehy tells Dodd and the flashback is shown beneath the bridge, the gun is aimed only a few inches from the previous bullet hole. A gun fired that close would leave burn marks and gunpowder residue on the victim's head, which would be incongruous with the eyewitness accounts of the actual murder.

Written and Performed by Lou Reed
Courtesy of Sire Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products