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There was some city, I think it was Los Angeles, that someone told me PW was set in. Someone also posted on a "contradiction" thread that countless people in PW cried in a Los Angeles court, which is illegal. Um...?? :yuusaku:

Also, I don't understand this: Iris brags about being able to use a cell phone and computer when she leaves Hazakura Temple. But later, Bikini says that "even Iris has a cell phone" and that they get reception at Hazakura (is it really "Hazakurain"?).
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There's no official evidence within the games that says it takes place in Los Angeles, but it's the popular belief, and I think somone from Capcom might have said it takes place there. I have a hypothesis on why Los Angeles was chosen:
Spoiler: Edgeworth Spoilers
Los Angeles is subject to earthquakes due to its location near the Pacific. The geologic instability produces many fault lines which cause approximately 10,000 earthquakes every year. This could be why Los Angeles was chosen, considering Edgeworth's fear of earthquakes.
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Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining, GP.
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It's casually mentioned at one point that Jake Marshall is from "western LA", but I believe that's the only in-game hint.
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Also, it takes place in America, that's confirmed...

Finally, one confusing thing: LA is the only place where it's illegal to cry on the witness stand.
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Remember that this game takes place several years later.

Things may have changed; for one thing, it may be legal in L.A. to cry on the witness stand in that time.
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Anything they want to make legal IS legal by implication.

If DL-6 happened, it is implied that the rest of PW happened.

ergo, since false implies everything, in PW it is legal to cry on the witness stand despite being set in LA.
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I never knew that. I've been wondering where in the US it was set where there are earthquakes and snow...
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Well there ARE mountains in LA, so that also supports the setting...
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Ergo, since false implies everything, in PW it is legal to cry on the witness stand despite being set in LA.


Very true... but all the people who would be thrown in jail for longer, or even initial, sentences otherwise... the listing is RIDICULOUS!


Spoiler: Phoenix Wright Crying acts, spoilers for some cases
1-1: Larry Butz.
1-2: April May.
1-3: Cody Hackins
1-4: Larry Butz AGAIN!
2-2: Ini Miney.
2-3: Acro.
3-1: Phoenix Wright, AND Dahlia Hawthorne.
3-4: Terry Fawles, AND Dahlia Hawthorne AGAIN!
3-5: Larry Butz AGAIN!!!.... And Iris.


Like I said... purely... ridiculous.
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It's also illegal to shoot a whale from your car in Tennessee.

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Like I said... purely... ridiculous.


You're forgetting this is the same court system that allowed a parrot to testify.
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True, but at least the parrot wouldn't be charged with anything... unlike Larry.... three times.

Dear lord, 3 prison sentences... all for crying... I don't even want to THINK of what would await him in PRISON!
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Also, I don't understand this: Iris brags about being able to use a cell phone and computer when she leaves Hazakura Temple. But later, Bikini says that "even Iris has a cell phone" and that they get reception at Hazakura (is it really "Hazakurain"?).


You're not making sense. What you're saying is she says she can use one, and later Bikini says that she has one. What's wrong with that?

And it's Hazakura. Hazakurain was what it is in the JP version.
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I think it's more about how Iris is more like "I'm amazing, right?" when she brags abot her cell phone, but Bikini is more like "Who DOESN'T have one?" when she talks about it. I think it's more of a "Why is Iris so happy about that?" issue...
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I suppose considering where she lives, most people who go there don't even expect them to know how to use those. As for Bikini, well we don't really know much about her. Maybe she picked up cell phone use while living somewhere else before she wound up there.

Unless it stated that she lived there all her life, then disregard that. I forget.
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Well obviously, crying on the stand is not illegal in Japan.

The folks doing the localization can't change that fact, and take out the crying.

Except for random japanese temples, LA pretty much fits the original PW world in Japan.

Its fiction, it can be whatever they want it to be
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True, but I'm just saying, ese, that if it was applied....
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Producer Maekawa confirmed that PW takes place in Los Angeles. At least, that's what she said in an interview. There's obviously some things about that which don't make sense (like there being a Japanese village of spiritualists living in the mountains....) but it's probably the best fit they could have gotten.

I don't think the Japanese game every says exactly where it takes place... though it's Tokyo or something.
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I don't think the Japanese game every says exactly where it takes place... though it's Tokyo or something.

GS4 certainly marks a fair share of 7-11s and road patterns in an interesting part of the city. We have that much to follow.

Except...
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You need a full map to see what I mean. :odoroki:

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Well, lets see... we have a SLIIIIIGHT area of possibility, of it exists:

A police station and a prosecutors office... about... I think a half hour away...? Also, it must be East LA as well (since no one in West LA would say someone else is from "West LA".)
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Also, it takes place in America, that's confirmed...

Finally, one confusing thing: LA is the only place where it's illegal to cry on the witness stand.



WHAT!!?? Are you joking?
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Lets look at some supers on the US map. Washington? Haha..I don't think so! :nick:
LA....A bit bloody...Nothing but HOT gurrrrrrrls...Ya I'm convinced it's teh winnar! :phoenix:
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I think it's more about how Iris is more like "I'm amazing, right?" when she brags abot her cell phone, but Bikini is more like "Who DOESN'T have one?" when she talks about it. I think it's more of a "Why is Iris so happy about that?" issue...

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I assumed it was just Iris trying to play the simple country girl who's completely oblivious to modern technology. :yuusaku:

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"It is illegal to cry on the witness stand in L.A."

Why?
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Not really sure... I'll look further into it, but it IS a law!
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:objection: There is one thing that nobody has noticed... What happened to though convicted of murder? They get hung. Not only is they few if any places in US that have the death Penalty anymore, but the noose? Something about that doesn't fit...
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To be fair, we only know of ONE execution in the game, where the results were spoken of: Dahlia's. Darke's... von Karma's... Redd White.... none of those specify the execution methods.
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But is it not fair to say that if thats how one takes place its like to say thats how others also take place?
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No, it's not. We have no official evidence stating the laws of the PW world (the Evidence Law book doesn't count!), and there could be different stipulations behind each execution style and means.
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:yuusaku: ... Wait.

I never heard anything about anyone actually receiving the death penalty,
Spoiler: 1-5 and 3-5
other than Darke and Dahlia, of course.
I suppose one could assume similar punishment for the others, but really, up until now, I assumed they merely served a life sentence in prison. What if the death sentence is only applied to those who have killed on more than one occasion? That would certainly explain *see spoiler*.
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Considering Ace Attorney takes place in a world considerably stranger than ours, with a vastly different court system than we use, I think trying to apply 'our' logic to it is a bit odd.
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Considering Ace Attorney takes place in a world considerably stranger than ours, with a vastly different court system than we use, I think trying to apply 'our' logic to it is a bit odd.

True. Our world is not japanimated, either.
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:yuusaku: ... Wait.

I never heard anything about anyone actually receiving the death penalty,
Spoiler: 1-5 and 3-5
other than Darke and Dahlia, of course.
I suppose one could assume similar punishment for the others, but really, up until now, I assumed they merely served a life sentence in prison. What if the death sentence is only applied to those who have killed on more than one occasion? That would certainly explain *see spoiler*.


:karma: = DEATH

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:chinami: was only convicted of one murder, an accusation alone means nothing, so as far as the law is concern :chinami: only ever killed one person

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