Marcus’s opening was short.
5 minutes.
He said, “The evidence against my client is real.
It exists.
Every document the prosecution described is accurate in its physical appearance.
What I will demonstrate over the course of this trial is that every single one of those documents is a fabrication.
And I will show the court not only who fabricated them, but why, and why that reason connects to something that has been buried in this city for 20 years.
Ashworth objected before Marcus finished the sentence.
Judge Wheeler sustained part
