99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season 2

The conviction rate for criminal cases in Japan is 99.9%. However, Miyama Hiroto is an unconventional lawyer who fixates on the remaining 0.1% and pursues the truth until he is satisfied. The head of the law firm Madarame Haruhiko agonises over Miyama and the difficulty of retaining someone to be the chief of the criminal cases team. Sada Atsuhiro, who has returned to civil cases, is selected by Madarame. Although Sada emphatically opposes this when Madarame sounds him out, he has to hold two posts concurrently until a successor is chosen to lead the criminal cases team. He reluctantly agrees on condition that Madarame make him a managing partner once this person found. This is how the great pair Miyama and Sada is revived. Meanwhile, the law firm receives a request to defend a murder case. Their client is Kayo, the daughter of the perpetrator Suzuki Jiro. The CEO of Sawamura Finance which Suzuki had borrowed money from was killed and Suzuki was arrested as a suspect in this case and charged. Kayo is accompanied by her good friend, Ozaki Maiko, who is a former judge. Maiko had steadily built up her career, but an incident led her to quit being a judge. Just when she had distance herself from the world of the judiciary, she was consulted by Kayo. However, Maiko requests that Miyama and Sada ask for leniency, and not to prove the innocence of Kayo’s father. Given her experience from her time as a judge, she believes his crime is evident from looking at his statement. This naturally puts her sharply at odds with Miyama. Meanwhile, Sada plots something after learning about Maiko’s illustrious background. There is no doubt of Suzuki’s guilt based on his statement and it seems difficult to overturn the murder case at the trial. Will Miyama and Sada be able to reveal the truth?

Synopsis: JDrama Weblog