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| James Pearl | |
| Continuity: | The Crow |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Lawyer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | "The People vs. Eric Draven" |
| Actor: | Jaimz Woolvett |
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Biography[]
James Pearl was a defense attorney working in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1990s. He defended Eric Draven when Draven was accused of murdering his fiancé, Shelly Webster. In the lead-up to Draven's trial, he told James Pearl the truthful and exact incidents that led to Shelly's death, as well as his own murder when he was thrown out of a 16th story window from his flat. He also told Pearl that he returned from his own death to avenge Shelly. Pearl naturally didn't believe him, but didn't really care. All he cared about was proving that the D.A.'s case "sucked".
During recess at the trial, Eric demonstrated his accelerated healing by pushing a pencil through his hand. James regarded this as a parlor trick and didn't believe him. During the trial, Eric had a violent outburst when one of the prosecutor's defendants, George Jamison, tried to spin a tale that implicating Eric in Shelly's murder.
James had about all he could take from his client. During a second recess, Pearl flew into a rage, determining that he now believed that Eric was guilty of murder and that all of his talk and resurrection was just nonsense. Eric put on his "Crow face", which succeeded in convincing Pearl that was telling the truth.
Growing desperate, James Pearl decided that he needed 13-year-old Sarah Mohr to take the stand as a character witness. Sarah's mother Darla was vehemently opposed to this, but James eventually convinced her to let her take the stand. This tactic held little sway with the jury, however.
Though he accepted Draven's story now, James Pearl pivoted from his initial tactic. He had prepared closing arguments, but at the behest of Draven himself, decided not to use them. Instead, he spoke to the honesty of Eric Draven's character. Unfortunately, this passion plea was not enough to convince the jury and rendered a verdict of guilty in the charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Draven was devastated, but James Pearl promised him that they would appeal the verdict.
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