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> 甲斐：地検に告発を。
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> 幸村：その前に本人と話す。
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> 甲斐：それが正しい対応ですか。
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> 幸村：弁明の機会を与える。私のやり方よ。
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> 甲斐：すべきじゃない。
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> 幸村：私が犯人だったとしても？(pause)
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> 幸村：上杉先生とは共に戦ってきたの。(end of scene)

Two lawyers are talking about another person suspected of embezzlement in
[『スーツ』](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUITS/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84_\(%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E\)).
For reference, [the entire scene can be found
here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3cXVJXqsJU).

私が犯人だったとしても-- even if I were a culprit

But I am not sure what 幸村 means exactly here. I see two possibilities:

  1. She is using herself as an unlikely example to rebut 甲斐's すべきじゃない, implying 甲斐 would react quite differently: "Would you also report me, were I ever a culprit?"

  2. She is saying: Are you doubting me? Are you suspecting I might be complicit in this?

#2 doesn't seem very likely, because if it is #2, I don't what is omitted
after としても.
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What does 「私が犯人だったとしても？」 imply here?
One possibility I can think of is that she is presenting the hypothesis that
she is the sole culprit, in which case Uesugi would not be part of it and
therefore deserve a chance to explain himself. She could be asking if he would
still stop her from giving Uesugi that chance.

For #1 to be plausible, the two at the scene must be in such a relationship
that (she knows that he knows that) he would likely give her such a chance if
she were in Uesugi’s shoes. I have never watched the series and don’t know if
they are.

But poor acting…
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From the text can tell that 甲斐's way of doing thing is "地検に告発を" without
informing the culprit before(その前に本人と話さない). But 幸村 thinks culprit should be
informed before(その前に本人と話す) to have a chance to explain him/herself(弁明の機会を与える),
and this is 幸村's way of doing things(私のやり方よ). 甲斐 don't agree with 幸村's way. So
what 幸村 assumes(私が犯人だったとしても？) is: if I were the culprit, will you directly
"地検に告発を" without informing me before as well? (I didn't see the scene, but I
guess they two are friends or have a close relationship?)
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I haven't watched the show at all so it's possible that I'm totally wrong, but
given the background:

  * 甲斐 and 幸村 are new partners
  * 幸村 and 上杉 were old partners

in other words, 幸村 : 上杉 = 甲斐 : 幸村

And what the previous two lines say, without omission, are:

  * （私［幸村］は上杉に）弁明の機会を与える。
  * （あなた［幸村］は上杉に）す（=弁明の機会を与える）べきじゃない。

Then this line is possibly intended to be:

> 私［幸村］が犯人だったとしても（あなた［甲斐］は私［幸村］に弁明の機会を与えないのか）？
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