Back then, Harvey Dent had been alone, with no connections to speak of, rising through the ranks on ability alone.
He had struggled at the bottom of society, knew ordinary people's hardships all too well, and had compassion to spare. So even when the person reporting a criminal was someone utterly insignificant, and his opponent was a high-ranking government official, a wealthy tycoon, or powerful Gangsters, he never showed the slightest fear.
He was almost obsessive about pursuing cases and uncovering evidence. Though he was a prosecutor, he refused to sit comfortably in his office. When they were short-staffed, he stayed up all night piecing together the evidence; when the Police Station was corrupt, he conducted stakeouts and gathered evidence himself; when suspects tried to bribe him with vast sums, he sternly refused and added another charge against them; when Gangsters threatened him and put a price on his head, he went straight on live television and confronted them head-on.
Harvey's logic was meticulous, his eloquence explosive. In court, he struck straight at the holes in his opponents' arguments, and his words alone could force Gangsters bosses to plead guilty on the spot.
Later, Harvey focused on major Gangsters cases that no one else dared touch, sending more than half of Gotham City's Gangsters leaders to prison with a conviction rate of nearly 100%. Once he formally began working with Batman and the Police Station, Bruce supplied money and intelligence, Gordon arrested suspects and investigated cases, and Harvey secured convictions in court. Gotham's Justice Trinity took shape, making their investigations faster and harder-hitting.
He investigated major Gangsters cases, bringing seventeen felony charges against Falcone in one stroke and presenting irrefutable evidence of money laundering and murder in court. Sending the Gangsters' godfather to prison shook the entire city;
He uprooted