This movie seemed to revolve on Atty.

Vails self-serving
philosophy. He opted to redeem himself from whatever he did when he
worked in the States Attorneys Office. Atty. Vail appeared to be a
prodigious lawyer, by way of portraying the role of what lawyers ought
to be in their practice. But the greatness in him wasnt earned purely
from licit means since he employed certain acts which violated one of
the ethical standards in the practice of law as what weve known
ambulance chasing. The moment that the public was bombarded with
the news about Aaron Stampler thru media flash reports and TV
broadcasts about the killing of the Archbishop Rushman, he, Atty. Vail,
immediately went to the said accused and offered his services pro
bono. Though he offered his services for free, such was maneuvered
by him to reach the end goal of attaining publicity or familiarity in the
filed of his practice. Hoping with gleeful feels that he could raise his
profile by defending the obviously guilty suspect. Wherein by all means
of the trial, he helped the accused young man, Aaron, to spare from
capital punishment that he really thought was innocent.
As a lawyer, Atty. Vail knew then that what the accused told him
was a mediocre crime story and theres a bit chance for him to win the
case. Yet still, he pursued to continue despite of the strong
contradicting evidences presented by the other party. Considering all
the allegations thrown on their party (Atty. Vails), none of those made
him turn his back in defending the case. He got to be strong with
vindication arguing that some kind of inherent goodness somehow
overrides bad actions; that even a saint could do bad things we
couldnt imagine.
(Insert the contempt thingy na lang James/Kvyn, katung nagtalk
sya sa judge harshly. Relate it to a certain canon that would fit in the
violation he committed kay katugon nako. Kapoy open book. Lol)
The judge rendered judgment that Aaron was not guilty because
of insanity, as what theyve witnessed in court. Freeing the accused
from conviction, she decided that Aaron Stampler needs hospitalization
rather than incarceration.

Consequently, after judgment, in the midst of his victory, Atty.

Vail discovered that Aaron was merely pretending to be sick in front of
him the whole duration of the trial of the case. He never knew that the
devious splitting of personality of Roy from Aaron and some clever acts
were all illusory and untrue. Atty. Vail, who did his part as a lawyer to
get the accused off the hook, has somehow, unconsciously built
rapport between his chased client Aaron. Though he may have done
his free service for the sole benefit of his own career, he still
considered after all, that what matters to him was the right of holding
justice.
Indeed, lawyers can never be psychic or mind reader over their
clients truest motive. Lawyers can also go wrong about their clients
sometimes. Even the facts asserting that theyre known to be the best
deceivers (lawyers), with their ability to cut-off issues and go jump
into conclusions with justified reasons. Truly, their knowledge of the
law is undeniably the best tool they could ever use in all situations, like
water that could pass through either in the widest or the narrowest
way down to the end point.