The writing implausibilities are really piling up for a show that bills itself as an authentic look at American justice.
We're supposed to believe street-smart veteran criminal attorney Stone never thought to question why the girl was living in a $10 million pad, and whether that might create a motive, until the eve of the trial? That would have been a question on the first day -- not three months later. And the undercover routine in the gym was silly and way outside a plausible time line.
And there is much flaky about the trial. For example, why did the judge allow evidence of completely unrelated violence by Nas to be permitted? The only way the prejudicial nature of that is outweighed is if it shows a precise pattern of behavior, like OJ stalking his wife. Jurors, for example, never heard about three other women Willie Kennedy Smith assaulted because the details were ruled not close enough to the crime for which he was charged. Pushing a kid or throwing a coke can wouldn't come close to meeting that standard. If that was an accurate portrayal of the rules of evidence, every trial would include witnesses to every violent act of anyone arrested.
And the drug seller would have just taken the fifth; the state might have been able to immunize him and compel his testimony but not the defense.
