Repeated exposure to attorney misconduct numbs judges into treating fraud as routine.

Evidence

Ryan’s affidavit, if true, provided clear evidence of a fraud upon the court. It should infuriate the judge. But by now Schlichtmann had given up hope of that happening. “The lies, one upon the other,” he said to Conway, “and that fucker the judge sits there and says, ‘You haven’t shocked me yet.’ ” Just as Schlichtmann predicted, Judge Skinner refused to consider Mary Ryan’s affidavit. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 3110

Categorization

• XREF: Reproduces the judge’s earlier ‘You haven’t shocked me yet’ line, echoing the chapter where Skinner first dismissed trial misconduct.