How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
But you will soon see that her key witnesses are among the most self-serving, heartless people imaginable (2.79).
Many of the prosecution's witnesses participate in the trial for their own personal gain. They don't seem to care who gets hurt in the process, though the same might to be said about the attorneys.
Quote #2
Let me get this straight, Mr. Zinzi. You'd buy stolen goods for profit, rat on somebody to save your own hide, but you're too good to lie. Is that right? (2.148)
Zinzi doesn't even know the dudes in the trial, which raises the question: Is betrayal acceptable when the person you're ratting on is guilty? What about if you don't know them?
Quote #3
O'BRIEN
You use stories and you use people, right?ZINZI
Sometimes. (2.161-162)
It's all about survival in prison, and people and truth just become tools for surviving. Is this true for the lawyers too? They're trying to survive their careers, after all, and people and truth are tools for doing so.