Crime and Punishment

Summary
Karma catches up with Chris for a West Virginia parole violation, and the subsequent extradition hearing becomes an arena for philosophical discourse, with a spirited defense by lawyer Mike and community testimony attesting to Chris' good deeds.

Plot
When Chris-in-the-Morning is suddenly arrested by Officer Barbara Semanski for breaking parole many years before by leaving West Virginia without the consent of his, the townspeople immediately come to his aid. Maurice hires Mike to defend Chris. Mike, who was formerly a, is challenged to find a solid defense for Chris. After having everyone testify to the good person that Chris has become and painting the picture of his dysfunctional childhood, Mike attempts to prove the Chris Stevens currently before the court is not the same Chris Stevens who a car at the tender age of eighteen.

Quotes
Chris (being ): Mike and I, we've been over what I'm supposed to say and I've got to tell you; it's pretty persuasive stuff, but is it the whole truth? It's a slice of truth, a morsel, a fraction. It's a piece of the pie, certainly not and, now that I've been thinking about it, I don't think I could tell the whole truth about anything. That's a pretty heavy burden because we all just view the world through this little piece of. Is there such a thing as ? I wonder.

Music

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 * "Whiskey If She Were a Woman" by
 * "" (Allegro movement) by
 * "If I Could Bottle This Up" by
 * "Under a Stormy Sky" by
 * "Won't You Let Me Go?" by

Trivia

 * Mike went to law school at the.
 * Chris' bad influential uncles are Bob, Roy, and Stan, known collectively as the Stevens boys.
 * Shelly's earrings: (?) (talks to Ed and Joel about the judge being a woman), gold s (on the stand for Chris)
 * Actress Anne Haney played a judge in a case involving continuity of identity in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.