#like Phoenix and Kazuma are involved in law for justice and Ryunosuke and Edgeworth are in it to find out the Truth

[science-lings]

I love looking through the AA transcripts bc I wouldn't have known that Phoenix does Ryunosukes nervous eye thing during Turnabout Goodbyes if you fuck up a certain part of the courtroom segment.

Judge: Your eyes have a habit of shifting back and forth when you're uncertain. Try taking a deep breath, and think this over once more. Phoenix: R-right, Your Honor.

this interaction is so Ryunosuke coded and I never would've known about it if I wasn't so intent on not relying solely on my memory for writing fics

[eldritchgriffin]

Odds of Being a Murderer in Ace Attorney

This list contains various members of the Ace Attorney legal system, categorized by profession, and notes if they have committed a murder or have been murdered. The intent of this is to determine which occupation in law enforcement is most likely to be involved in murders in Ace Attorney.

Included are characters (and major spoilers!) from all of the main-line games (as of 2022), both Investigations games, and both Great Ace Attorney games. Not currently included are characters from “Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney,” or anime/manga exclusive characters.

Characters are listed under all occupations they have had, which includes jobs worked as a cover, but does not include one time jobs that they technically should not have been allowed to do (e.g. Edgeworth in Bridge to the Turnabout). A character will be listed as being murdered/a murderer regardless of whether the murder occurred while they had the job in question. People are also counted as having committed a murder if they conspired with/hired someone to do so. While these are the general rules followed, the final decision of who to include where was left to my own judgment.

As The Great Ace Attorney takes place during a different time period, I leave it up to you whether it should be counted or not. Therefore the numbers will be formatted as follows: Number including Great Ace Attorney/Number not including Great Ace Attorney.

The Ace Attorney wiki was used to confirm spellings and ensure no one had been missed.

Defense Attorneys:

Main Line: Apollo Justice; Aristotle Means, murderer; Athena Cykes; Dhurke Sahdmadhi, murdered; Diego Armando, murderer; Gregory Edgeworth, murdered; Kristoph Gavin, murderer; Marvin Grossberg; Mia Fey, murdered; Phoenix Wright; Robert Hammond, murdered

Investigations: Calisto Yew, murderer; Jill Crane, murdered; Ray Shields

The Great Ace Attorney: Kazuma Asogi; Ryunosuke Naruhodo

16/14 defense attorneys, 4/4 murderers, 5/5 murdered. There is a 25/29% chance of a defense attorney committing murder, and a 31/36% chance of a defense attorney being murdered.

Prosecutors:

Main Line: Franziska von Karma; Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in, murderer; Gaspin Payne; Godot, murderer; Klavier Gavin; Lana Skye; Manfred von Karma, murderer; Miles Edgeworth; Nahyuta Sahdmadhi; Neil Marshall, murdered; Simon Blackquill; Winston Payne

Investigations: Blaise Debeste, murderer; Byrne Faraday, murdered; Jacques Portsman, murderer; Sebastian Debeste

The Great Ace Attorney: Barok van Zieks; Kazuma Asogi; Klint van Zieks, murderer, murdered; Mael Stronghart, murderer; Taketsuchi Auchi

21/16 prosecutors, 7/5 murderer, 3/2 murdered. There is a 33/31% chance of a prosecutor committing murder, and a 14/13% chance of a prosecutor being murdered.

Detectives/Inspectors:

Main Line: Angel Starr Bruce Goodman, murdered; Bobby Fulbright, murderer; Candice Arme, murdered; Damon Gant, murderer; Daryan Crescend, murderer; Dick Gumshoe; Ema Skye; Jake Marshall; Lana Skye; Luke Atmey, murderer; Valerie Hawthorne, murdered

Investigations: Buddy Faith, murdered; Dai-Long Lang; Shi-Long Lang; Tyrell Badd

The Great Ace Attorney: Gina Lestrade; Genshin Asogi, murderer, murdered*; Herlock Sholmes; Satoru Hosonaga; Tobias Gregson, murderer, murdered

21/16 detectives, 6/4 murderer, 6/4 murdered. There is a 29/25% chance of a detective committing murder, and a 29/25% chance of a detective being murdered.

Judges:

Main Line: Constance Courte, murdered; Judge’s Brother; Khura’in Judge; Main Judge

Investigations: Justine Courtney

The Great Ace Attorney: British Judge; Mael Stronghart, murderer; Seishiro Jigoku, murderer

8/5 judges, 2/0 murderer, 1/1 murdered. There is a 25/0% chance of a judge committing murder, a 13/20% chance of a judge being murdered, and a 50% chance of a judge having a name.

In conclusion, defense attorneys are most likely to be murdered, with a 31/36% chance, and prosecutors are most likely to commit murder, with a 33/31% chance.

Thank you to everyone who actually read this far. I hope this was at least somewhat interesting.

*Genshin Asogi is counted as the murderer of Klint van Zieks as, regardless of the motivations involved on both sides, it is indicated that Genshin killed Klint in a duel.