Prevented by Gershwin from using the tragedies of his parents’ murders as an explanation for his crimes, and hamstrung by Gershwin’s confession, Ram’s closing argument was one of mathematics and logic, which, he explained to Gershwin, was always less effective than tugging at the heart.
“Something doesn’t add up, does it?” Ram was pacing in front of the jury box. “My client has already confessed to committing all but two of the robberies he’s been charged with, and he’s offered to confess to many more. He’s also confessed to assaulting his wife. You heard him say that he thought she’d betrayed him and that his world was falling apart. Incidentally, it was that same wife who readily led the police to the murder evidence, which my client maintains was planted in his home, and who is now sle
