I was unclear as to the threat that Laurence Olivier made to Frieda Maloney that caused her (and her lawyer) to become cooperative. He said something about how she was never going to be free. Did he have some way of reducing her sentence? Is that why she cooperated?
shareIf I recall correctly, Maloney was charged with war crimes and Lieberman had knowledge of the evidence that would be used against her at the trial. In return for Maloney's cooperation, Lieberman would reveal some of the evidence to her and her lawyer.
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You got your mind right, Luke?
Originally the witnesses were being kept from her. Her lawyer had no idea who or what they had on her. The evidence he turned over would give her lawyer time to prepare a defense strategy.
shareThe motivation for her to cooperate was that the Lieberman character had two different depositions of corroborated victim witnesses of Maloney's conduct in the camp she was assigned. The attorney needed to analyze what the testimony was going to be, and whether or not there was corroboration thus allowing him to form effective strategy and whether or not a guilty plea in exchange for leniency was in order.
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