An alcoholic journalist desperate for a career-making story. He covers the hit-and-run case and gains crucial inside information by dating the building's sub-letter, Caroline Heftshank. He secretly passes Maria's recorded confession to the defense, ultimately transforming the scandal into a bestselling book.
Fallow investigates Sherman's case to advance his journalism career.
Fallow gains information about Maria through her landlord, indirectly affecting Sherman's defense.
Both characters represent a moral counterweight to the cynical political machinery.
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