“ We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward. ”
But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people. You can't understand why they do what they do. You just have to accept a little mystery, Ben. People are mysterious, the world is mysterious. You can't know everything. You're not supposed to. This isn't a history book. It's just the world. It's a messy place.
~ William Landay
So I got on with the business of lawyering away at the evidence. Minimizing it. Defending Jacob.
I did not speak. I have found in any Q&A, in court, in witness interviews, wherever, often the best thing you can do is wait, say nothing. The witness will want to fill the awkward silence. He will feel a vague compassion to keep talking, to prove he is not holding back, to prove he is smart and in the know, to earn your trust.
I don't want you to say anything. I want you to listen. You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.
