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* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doors receives evidence that Rho'ha was injected with Captain Johnson's DNA at the time of the murder. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Sandoval keeps objecting and the judge sustaining, but Doors just ignores them and keeps going. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache.
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* UnconventionalCourtroomTactics: Joshua Doors receives evidence that Rho'ha was injected with Captain Johnson's DNA at the time of the murder. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Sandoval keeps objecting and the judge sustaining, but Doors just ignores them and keeps going. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache.
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After a footage comes to light that the Taelon Rho'ha killed a human, the Taelon Synod agrees to allow Rho'ha to be tried in a human court to show that the Taelons are not above the law. Sandoval and Boone are assigned to defend Rho'ha, while Jonathan Doors's estranged son Joshua is the prosecutor. Zo'or manages to convince the human authorities to allow him to sit on the jury panel to fit the definition of Rho'ha's "peer".
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After a footage comes to light that the Taelon Rho'ha killed a human, Major Raymond [=MacIntire=], the Taelon Synod agrees to allow Rho'ha to be tried in a human court to show that the Taelons are not above the law. Sandoval and Boone are assigned to defend Rho'ha, while Jonathan Doors's estranged son Joshua is the prosecutor. Zo'or Sandoval manages to convince the human authorities judge to allow him Zo'or to sit on the jury panel to fit the definition of Rho'ha's "peer".
"peer". Sandoval rejects Boone's proposed insanity plea since that would require admitting that Taelons are experimenting on humans. Boone also argues that, as implants, they cannot adequately represent Rho'ha, since their primary loyalty is to the Taelons, not to Rho'ha. Meanwhile, a crazed pro-Taelon fanatic seeks to kill Joshua Doors with a suicide bomb, believing that humans are unworthy to judge a Taelon. Both sides present compelling cases. During the deliberation, the jury is leaning more towards the "not guilty" verdict, believing that Rho'ha acted in self-defense. Zo'or convinces them that Rho'ha would have known that bullets would be harmless to a Taelon and was therefore never in any danger from the Major. The jury comes back with a "guilty" verdict and recommends the death penalty. The fanatic tries to kill Joshua outside the court with a suicide bomb but fails thanks to Boone's quick thinking. Boone appeals to the judge, causing her to commute the death sentence to life in prison. Sandoval requests a brief period to allow Rho'ha to get his affairs in order. Zo'or is upset that Rho'ha will not be executed by humans, which would play to the Taelon agenda. Since Rho'ha's system can't be fully purged of human DNA, Zo'or has Rho'ha discorporate himself.
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* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doors suspects that the Taelons have been experimenting with human soldiers. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache. The judge orders the jury to disregard what they just saw.
* DownToTheLastPlay: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
* DownToTheLastPlay: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Several things.
** The US Government agrees to allow Sandoval and Boone to represent Rho'ha during the trial, even though Sandoval has never practiced law, being recruited into the FBI right out of law school, and Boone having never attended law school and having only a master's degree in criminal justice.
** The President chooses the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to preside over the trial and the District Attorney of New York City to prosecute it. Except this is clearly a federal case, so why is the DA of New York prosecuting it rather than a federal prosecutor?
** Both the prosecutor and the defense attorneys freely walk up to the witness, even though they are supposed to ask the judge for permission first. This is common in TV courtroom dramas, though.
** Sandoval introduces new information during his closing statement, which is not allowed. To be fair, though, such a trial would have likely taken weeks, if not months, so it was probably condensed. It is possible the information was introduced earlier, just not known on screen.
** Zo'or's argument during the jury deliberation is that because Taelons are EnergyBeings, they cannot be harmed by bullets. However, since this information was not presented during the trial, it cannot be legally used by the jury to find Rho'ha guilty.
** The jury finds Rho'ha guilty of murder, but it's never stated whether it's murder in the first degree or second, which matters since Rho'ha actions could hardly be called premeditated. In addition, the jury recommends the death penalty, but it's the judge who does the sentencing after the guilty verdict is delivered. The jury has no say in the matter. And if it was indeed murder two, then it's highly unlikely that the death penalty would be applied, especially in a case as unprecedented as this.
** Boone is unhappy with the guilty verdict. When Da'an suggests an appeal, Boone says that there isn't any grounds for an appeal. Except given all the irregularities during the case, it should be easy to get an appeal. It's just unclear who would hear the appeal, since the presiding judge is the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doorssuspects receives evidence that the Taelons have been experimenting Rho'ha was injected with human soldiers.Captain Johnson's DNA at the time of the murder. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Sandoval keeps objecting and the judge sustaining, but Doors just ignores them and keeps going. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache. mustache.
* DeadMansSwitch: Thejudge orders suicide bomber is using one to make sure no one tries to shoot him while he's holding Joshua Doors. After Boone [[ShootTheHostage shoots Joshua to knock him away]], he releases the jury to disregard what they just saw.
switch and blows himself up. Unfortunately, Joshua's bodyguard is too close and is also killed.
* DownToTheLastPlay: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans canjudge someone so different from them? order the execution of an alien being, even if said being's people have agreed to it. The judge overturns commutes the jury's verdict and lets sentence to life in prison until lawmakers determine whether it's acceptable for humans to execute Taelons. Sandoval requests that the Taelons take custody of Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' until his affairs are in order. Zo'or is upset that Rho'ha will not be executed by humans.
* KillingInSelfDefense: The defense argues that Rho'ha killed Major [=MacIntire=] because the Major had a gun drawn on him. During his closing testimony, the prosecutor points out that when Rho'had was applying the pressure tobe found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told kill the Major, the Major's gun had already been knocked away, therefore he was unarmed. Sandoval and Boone counters that they shouldn't try [=MacIntire=] was an experienced soldier, so Rho'ha was still within his rights to win defend himself.
* ManlyTears: Jonathan Doors is blinking them away after learning that thecase).suicide bomber's explosion killed a close friend of his, whom he assigned to protect his son, and may have also killed his son. He feels relief after his son gets up.
** The US Government agrees to allow Sandoval and Boone to represent Rho'ha during the trial, even though Sandoval has never practiced law, being recruited into the FBI right out of law school, and Boone having never attended law school and having only a master's degree in criminal justice.
** The President chooses the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to preside over the trial and the District Attorney of New York City to prosecute it. Except this is clearly a federal case, so why is the DA of New York prosecuting it rather than a federal prosecutor?
** Both the prosecutor and the defense attorneys freely walk up to the witness, even though they are supposed to ask the judge for permission first. This is common in TV courtroom dramas, though.
** Sandoval introduces new information during his closing statement, which is not allowed. To be fair, though, such a trial would have likely taken weeks, if not months, so it was probably condensed. It is possible the information was introduced earlier, just not known on screen.
** Zo'or's argument during the jury deliberation is that because Taelons are EnergyBeings, they cannot be harmed by bullets. However, since this information was not presented during the trial, it cannot be legally used by the jury to find Rho'ha guilty.
** The jury finds Rho'ha guilty of murder, but it's never stated whether it's murder in the first degree or second, which matters since Rho'ha actions could hardly be called premeditated. In addition, the jury recommends the death penalty, but it's the judge who does the sentencing after the guilty verdict is delivered. The jury has no say in the matter. And if it was indeed murder two, then it's highly unlikely that the death penalty would be applied, especially in a case as unprecedented as this.
** Boone is unhappy with the guilty verdict. When Da'an suggests an appeal, Boone says that there isn't any grounds for an appeal. Except given all the irregularities during the case, it should be easy to get an appeal. It's just unclear who would hear the appeal, since the presiding judge is the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doors
* DeadMansSwitch: The
* DownToTheLastPlay: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can
* KillingInSelfDefense: The defense argues that Rho'ha killed Major [=MacIntire=] because the Major had a gun drawn on him. During his closing testimony, the prosecutor points out that when Rho'had was applying the pressure to
* ManlyTears: Jonathan Doors is blinking them away after learning that the
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* ShootTheHostage: When the fanatic is holding Joshua Doors and is preparing to blow them both up, Boone shoots Joshua with a low-power blast from his Skrill to knock him away.
* SuperStrength: According to Rho'ha's testimony, he killed Major [=MacIntire=] by applying great pressure to his head. In fact, Rho'ha killed the Major by using his "[[PowerPalms shaqarava]]" to blast energy into his temples.
* SuperStrength: According to Rho'ha's testimony, he killed Major [=MacIntire=] by applying great pressure to his head. In fact, Rho'ha killed the Major by using his "[[PowerPalms shaqarava]]" to blast energy into his temples.
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* HailMary: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
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* HailMary: DownToTheLastPlay: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
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After a footage comes to light that the Taelon Rho'ha killed a human, the Taelon Synod agrees to allow Rho'ha to be tried in a human court to show that the Taelons are not above the law. Sandoval and Boone are assigned to defend Rho'ha, while Jonathan Doors's estranged son Joshua is the prosecutor. Zo'or manages to convince the human authorities to allow him to sit on the jury panel to fit the definition of Rho'ha's "peer".
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* AllForNothing: Despite all of Boone's efforts, Rho'ha still dies in the end, discorporating himself on Zo'or's orders.
* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doors suspects that the Taelons have been experimenting with human soldiers. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache. The judge orders the jury to disregard what they just saw.
* HailMary: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
* RogueJuror: Inverted. The jury is leaning towards the "not guilty" verdict, since the evidence clearly shows Rho'ha attacking the man after he aimed a gun at the Taelon. Zo'or reveals that, since the Taelons are EnergyBeings, they cannot be harmed by bullets (he allows the forewoman to put her finger through his forehead, turning it intangible). Therefore, Rho'ha was never in any danger when he killed the man and is guilty of murder.
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* AllForNothing: Despite all of Boone's efforts, Rho'ha still dies in the end, discorporating himself on Zo'or's orders.
* CourtroomAntic: Joshua Doors suspects that the Taelons have been experimenting with human soldiers. He tries to get Rho'ha to let something slip during a cross-examination, making increasingly wild accusations. Eventually, Rho'ha angrily yells out that he's going to kill Joshua, and his face briefly takes on Captain Johnson's features, including his mustache. The judge orders the jury to disregard what they just saw.
* HailMary: After the jury's "guilty" verdict, Boone appeals to the judge, asking how humans can judge someone so different from them? The judge overturns the jury's verdict and lets Rho'ha go. The problem? The Taelon Synod ''wanted'' Rho'ha to be found guilty to suit their agenda (in fact, Zo'or specifically told Sandoval and Boone that they shouldn't try to win the case).
* RogueJuror: Inverted. The jury is leaning towards the "not guilty" verdict, since the evidence clearly shows Rho'ha attacking the man after he aimed a gun at the Taelon. Zo'or reveals that, since the Taelons are EnergyBeings, they cannot be harmed by bullets (he allows the forewoman to put her finger through his forehead, turning it intangible). Therefore, Rho'ha was never in any danger when he killed the man and is guilty of murder.
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