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Previously, on The Practice. I was at
the preliminary hearing where you

testified that your father shot your
mother. And that wasn't the truth!

Why would you wait till now to change
your story? I just couldn't go through

with it. What do you think I should do?
Well, I would normally advise you to

tell the truth.

But if the truth is something different
than what you said at the prelim,

telling the truth would expose you to
perjury charges.

He's my dad.

If it wasn't true, what really happened?
I was angry.

My father pulled the gun on me, then I
basically attacked him.

Look, I'm sorry about all of this, but
it really was an accident. We find the

defendant, Gordon Armbrust, not guilty.

Gary Armbrust, you're under arrest for
the murder of Charlotte Armbrust. What?

What's going on here? By his own
testimony, as well as his father's, the

went off when he attacked his father.

Accidental shooting or not, felony
murder rule applied. What is she talking

about? You're looking at an automatic
life sentence, Gary. That's what I'm

talking about.

Is this true?

Did I get life?

Tell me!

What the hell is going on?

Basically, felony murder.

If in the commission of a felony, murder
happens, they can get you for murder

even if it's accidental.

Intent doesn't matter.

Well, what was my felony?

Your attack on your father.

The DA is calling it aggravated, which
brings it up to felony, which means he

can push through with felony murder.

It's completely bogus, Gary. She is
punishing you for refusing to testify

against your dad.

Well, can this stick?

I'm bringing a motion to have it kicked,
and I hope the judge... Why didn't you

tell me they could do this? It's an
outrageous charge.

She is angry. You told me that I was
facing perjury, Eleanor.

That's what you said.

And now I'm going up on murder.

Why didn't you tell me?

I'm going to take care of it.

Forget it. Come on, Eleanor. Your kid
made a choice, Eleanor.

My kid? I took him at your request to
advise him against perjury. You never

threw out the possibility of felony
murder. Because I hadn't thought of it

This is prosecutorial misconduct, and
you know... Eleanor, bring your motion.

I'm not letting him go.

Ellen, what's wrong with your voice?

You've lost your way.

Somebody was murdered.

Somebody's going to pay for it.

That's my way.

She's crazy. She's not crazy. She's just
a little motivated.

So, uh, we're continuing on with the
kid? Well, I guess I'm still a lawyer.

This is a nightmare.

Anybody want an attempted murder?

I got Sybil Boyle from the PD's office.
They got a guy who's fired six lawyers.

Trial starts tomorrow.

They're looking to Lou Jack.

Tell him thanks, but no thanks.

I'll do it.

Attempted murder beats paperwork.

You know, Rebecca, when you were office
administrator, you'd kick and scream at

all the pro bono stuff, now that you're
a lawyer. Like you all say, it's good

experience. Well, I got her on hold
here. Tell her I'll do it.

She was convinced she'd look better with
higher cheekbones. I thought it

ridiculous, but... But your wife wanted
them.

Yes. So she went in to get implants.
They told us it would be pretty routine.

They being?

Dr. Leach and the others at the
hospital.

She went in on a Monday, had the surgery
on Tuesday, and came home that day. And

everything seemed okay?

Well, she was swollen and in some pain,
but they gave her medication. Everything

seemed okay until Wednesday night.

What happened then, sir?

She complained about having a fever and
then suddenly just blacks out.

I called 911 and the paramedics came.

They, uh...

They said she had no pulse.

They brought out those shock paddle
things and started jolting her.

And then they stopped.

She was gone.

Did Dr. Leach offer any explanation?

He said she got an infection.

From the operation?

He didn't know.

He said she could have gotten it at the
hospital or she could have gotten it at

home. He said...

These things happen sometimes.

But you believe Dr.

Leach did something wrong.

Yes.

Why, Mr. Minor?

The way he told me, the way he cut our
conversation short ever since, the way

wouldn't talk anymore.

He did something wrong.

Mr. Little, my name is Rebecca
Washington. I'm your new lawyer.

I understand you've had some difficulty
with your six previous lawyers.

Anything in particular they got wrong.
I'd like to get a head start.

I didn't like them.

Okay. Well, since your trial starts
tomorrow, I need to get up to speed.

So, according to the officers, you fired
a revolver at them.

Did that happen?

No.

Okay, two officers are testifying it
did.

Do we have anybody on your side to say
it didn't?

No.

Okay.

The charge is clearly punitive. The
district attorney has no good faith

that the defendant is guilty of felony
murder. The defense counsel has no

foundation to evaluate my good faith
belief. She was prosecuting the father

murder. The defendant admitted to
attacking his father, causing the gun to

off. But you don't believe that, Helen.
Again, you're a mind reader. No, I have

ears. You stood in front of the jury,
and you said that Gary Armbrust was

this whole thing up to spare his father
a life sentence. Counsel, these are

questions of fact. The boy stated under
oath he assaulted his father. That's

enough for me. to hold him. Even
assuming that to be true, felony murder

doesn't apply.

That law was designed for robberies or
kidnappings, rape, felonies for which it

is foreseeable that a murder could
result.

You charge a man with a gun, it's
foreseeable it could go off. I would

remind the court of the merger doctrine.
The felony act... has to be independent

of the killing for a felony murder to
apply.

Here, it was the alleged felony itself
that caused the death. And Massachusetts

has never recognized the murder, Doctor.
Can I finish? Actually, you have. I'm

denying the motion to dismiss.

Charges stand. The defendant will be
held without bail.

We can conference Wednesday to set a
trial date. This is a railroad.

What? Excuse me? This boy is being
charged with a crime we all know he

commit. Well, next time he should think
better of confessing.

She had gone into septic shock.

That led to full cardiac arrest, which
ultimately was the cause of death.

And doctor, do you have an opinion as to
what caused Mrs. Minor to go into

septic shock? The blood tests show a
massive infection caused by

bacteria. This would explain why her
fever spiked. And doctor, do you have an

opinion as to how Mrs. Minor became
exposed to this bacteria?

It had to happen during her cheekbone
implant operation.

The likelihood is there was some
contamination in the operating room.

You can establish that for a fact?

Well, we can't say it to a medical
certainty, but since all other

have been eliminated, I... No autopsy
was done on the patient, was there,

Doctor? No, and there should have been.
Well, without an autopsy, we can never

really know for sure what killed Mrs.
Minor, can we?

When a post -operative patient goes into
septic shock within 48 hours of the

operation, move to strike.

Overruled. People should not die from
cosmetic surgery.

Did you ever examine Mrs. Minor, Dr.
Reynolds?

No. You ever meet her?

No. Are you being paid for today's
testimony?

Objection. Overruled.

Are you being paid, sir?

Yes. How much?

$7 ,500.

How many court cases do you testify in
per year?

Objection. This is completely
irrelevant.

I'll allow it.

How many cases, sir?

I have no idea.

More than 50?

Probably. In fact, that's what you do,
isn't it? You're a hired gun who goes

from courthouse to courthouse. You're on
every plaintiff attorney's list, aren't

you? Objection!

Sustained. You have no evidence that my
client did anything negligent, do you,

sir? When one of his patients dies...
Please answer the question. I'm not

for any assumptions.

You cannot point to any specific
incidents of negligence with respect to

Leach, can you?

No.

I was going to visit a friend.

At three o 'clock in the morning? Yeah.

And then? I heard shots.

I ran.

They grabbed me.

What, that's not in there? Those other
six lawyers didn't take notes? The

said you had... I know what they said!

Didn't happen.

Okay.

The friend you went to see, you never
saw him?

I had the wrong address.

Okay, can you tell me anything else?

Nope.

Okay.

I want you to think about something.

That building was dark.

The police were shooting. Self -defense
is a possible option. I said I didn't do

it! Are you deaf?

Are you deaf?

No, I'm not deaf.

Please don't scream at me.

Given your felony record, my plan is not
to have you testify.

If you take the stand, all your priors
can come into evidence. So for now, I

don't plan to put you in the witness
chair.

Thank you for seeing me. I thought if we
all got in a room, I think we can all

agree there's been a certain level of
frustration at work here. Why are you

frustrated, Mr. Hunter? You got an
acquittal from your client.

Yes. If you proceed to try Gary for
felony murder, that would obviously be

pretty disturbing for Gordon, and who
knows, he might even get up there and

testify that he shot his wife of his own
accord.

No provocation from Gary. In which case,
I go after him for perjury.

This really is not about threats. I came
in here to make an offer.

Certainly, if Gordon did give that
testimony, implicating himself in a

which he's already been acquitted, then
double jeopardy would mean... Get out.

Here is the offer.

Gordon will accept a year on a perjury
charge.

I'm sure Ms. Frutt can convince Gary to
accept a one -year sentence also on

perjury. That means no one walks off
free, and the public and you can feel

sense of vindication. How dare you come
in here and even suggest that? Helen.

And you. Look, I didn't know what he was
going to say.

He's the guy you want to use. He's
better than nothing. Your guy's getting

Eleanor. Life. As for you, I'll figure
something out. You're not going to

anything out. Get out, Mr. Hunter. I am
making an offer. I said get out.

Can I talk to you outside of this

case for a second? No.

to destroy yourself with this.

Don't let that... Eleanor, please leave.

There was some kind of panic.

What panic you mean?

Dr. Leach came rushing in.

It was about 20 minutes after the call
that Mrs. Minor was dead.

He huddled up with Dr. Morganson, Chief
of Staff.

Did you hear what was being said?

Objection, hearsay. Excited utterance?

I'll allow it.

What did you hear, Mrs. Henderson?

Well, Dr. Morganson was already upset
over another patient who died.

It's not like him to become animated,
but he was here. He was demanding lists

surgical teams, and he wanted an M &M
conference that very night.

What's an M &M conference?

It's a mortality and morbidity
conference.

Doctors convene secretly to discuss the
cause of death of patients, often for

unexplained death.

Do you know the results of this meeting?

No, the contents are secret.

Nobody but the doctors ever finds out
what goes on in there.

Thank you.

Gee, you make it sound like a big
conspiracy.

M &M conferences are routinely held at
hospitals, aren't they, Nurse Henderson?

Yes, but this was... Thank you.

And one of the reasons that they have
these meetings, among others, is so that

doctors can freely swap information to
learn. Isn't that correct?

Yes. They have these meetings whether
things go wrong or not. They seem to

this one in a hurry.

Well, is it possible Dr.

Leach was upset about the death and he
wanted to find out quickly if something

went wrong? Is that possible?

Yes. And here you are presenting a
doctor's concern about his patients as

something incriminating?

Doctors have two kinds of expressions.

One is concern for the patient. The
other is concern over liability.

This seemed to be the latter.

So, you base today's testimony on your
ability to read an expression.

I was there, Mr. Walton.

Something was wrong.

But you weren't in that operating room,
were you, Mrs. Henderson?

No, I wasn't.

We had driven into the middle of a gang
shootout. We pursued several suspects on

foot into an apartment complex.

We entered into a lobby area and we
became immediately under fire.

Did you see who was firing at you?

That man.

This man is lying. Your attorney will
have opportunity to cross -examine. You

will remain quiet.

What happened next, officer?

We returned fire, at which point he
dropped his gun and began to run for the

stairwell. We entered the stairwell.

We encountered him coming down. We told
him to freeze.

He took off up the stairs. We pursued
him and caught him and placed him under

arrest. I never had a gun. Mr. Little, I
never had a gun. I wasn't even on that

balcony. I was just going down the
stairs.

Take him out.

Take him out. People like me need to
respect this room. This isn't the street

here. You don't get away with that.

Miss Washington, I'll see you in
chambers.

Mr. Thompson, you too.

You've got yourself a problem, young
lady. Yes, Your Honor, and for the

I don't think you handled that too
deftly. What should I have done?

Asked him about his childhood?

Hmm? So here's your problem.

In addition to his general scumhood, his
yelling in court, in my mind, is the

equivalent to testimony.

The D .A. is now free to cross -examine
him. Just hold on a second. He yelled

that he was not on the balcony and that
the officer was lying.

That's testimony.

But he wasn't under oath. The jury heard
him. If you force him to take the

stand, all his priors can be admitted.
Well, isn't that tragic?

Your Honor, at this point, I don't want
to cross -examine.

This case is pretty straight for us. The
last thing I want to do is give them

grounds for appeal.

And you're forcing him to take the
stand?

Well, that's your call.

But for the rest of the trial, his hands
are cupped to the chair and his mouth

is taped. Your Honor, that would be so
prejudicial. It's not up for debate.

When I learned she had died, I, of
course, was devastated.

In addition to being my patient, Mrs.
Minor was an extraordinary person.

We were all quite fond of her.

Dr. Leach, what happened?

I don't know.

We've been through the procedure over
and over and over.

Everything went according to plan.

Nothing indicated... You've heard the
suggestion that Mrs. Meyer may have

up the infection during this procedure.

The room was sterile, Mr. Walton.

Whatever happened to Mrs. Meyer, it
didn't happen in that room.

Well... Could she have gotten the
infection elsewhere?

I don't know what happened after she
left the hospital.

What happened at her home.

My dialogue with Mr. Minor stopped at
that point, so... All I can tell you,

whatever caused her to die, it didn't
happen in that room.

Sometimes people die, Mr. Minor.

And sometimes there's no explanation as
to why people don't just die.

Mr. Minor.

They don't just die. Mr. Minor.

Doctor, please don't address the
plaintiff.

This judge isn't going to go for any of
that stuff.

You have to stay quiet.

We're lucky the DA didn't take him up on
his offer and put you in the chair to

be crossed.

Can you at least look at me?

If your prior felonies come out, you can
forget it. You got two assaults, one

with a deadly weapon. That's all the
jury needs to hear.

Now, I'd like to take a shot with a
plea.

If we can get eight years, I think we
should take it.

You're still deaf.

Byron, I'm not saying you did it, but
with the evidence... I didn't do it!

You stupid bitch! You're just like the
rest of them! But I bet you hear me now,

huh? I bet you hear me now! Come here!
Come here! Get off of me! Get off of me!

Get off!

Get off of me!

Hey,

don't start.

I'm gonna start.

Lindsay, just listen first, okay?

Then I'll shut up.

You don't believe that kid had anything
to do with the murder.

You're punishing him because he screwed
up the prosecution of the father, and in

part, you're punishing Eleanor for not
convincing him to stick to the truth.

You're coming from anger. Don't tell me
that. I will tell you, because I saw it.

I know what happened to you when you
lost that nun killer.

And I could see what was happening when
this case started to go south, and I see

you now.

And I know how this thing will play out.

If you try him on felony murder, he's
going to stand up and tell the real

which will be consistent with his
statement to the cops and his testimony

prelim. You will never get past
reasonable doubt, and you'll be stuck

after him for perjury six months from
now.

Drop the felony murder.

Let him cop to the perjury now.

Then go to the gym and hit the heavy
bag. It's the only thing you can really

I don't know if I can do this anymore.

Do what?

This job.

Helen, this is just a couple of fluke
cases.

Why did you schedule an M &M conference
the very night Mrs. Minor died? Because,

as I explained, her death upset me.

I wanted to make sure we didn't cause
it. Did you?

No. That was the conclusion reached in
the M &M conference?

Objection. Those meetings are sealed.
Counsel is trying to get the witness to

waive the privilege about... If it's no,
it's no. I object to the trick.

He knows the meetings are secret. He's
trying to exploit the secrecy to make us

look like we're hiding something. Are
you a fortune teller now?

All right.

Sustained. Mr. Donald, continue.

You wanted the meeting that night
because you were urgent to find out what

happened. Yes.

Did you recommend to Mr.

Minor that you do an autopsy?

He didn't seem to want that.

My question is, did you recommend it? I
don't think I did.

In fact, didn't you say to Mr. Minor and
his daughter, we can do an autopsy if

you want, but it won't bring her back?
Weren't those your very words? I don't

remember, but it's possible I said that.
Sounds almost like you were

discouraging an autopsy.

The blood work reveals she died of a
bacterial infection. But you didn't know

that at the time you discouraged the
autopsy. I didn't discourage it. I just

didn't push for it. You didn't push for
it. That doesn't go with this urgency to

find out what happened. Was the urgency
to conceal what happened? No, that isn't

what happened. Why is Dr. Morkinson so
upset? Did he know Mrs. Minor? He was

upset because another patient had died.

And this news on top of that... He knew
something went wrong, didn't he?

Objection. Patients don't just die from
cheek implants, do they, Dr. Lee?

Objection. Something went wrong.

Mr. Donald. You say you want to know
what happened, but you don't urge an

autopsy. There's a late -night secret
meeting. This is exactly what I'm

about. Mr. Donald, that's enough.

Is it your testimony that you have no
idea how she got this fatal infection?

That's my testimony.

He needs to perjury. We go right to
sentencing today.

I'd want to be heard. You can be heard,
but... Why rush it? We might as well...

Do it now or there's no deal.

It's just, I want this to be over.

And you should want it to be over, too.

Because the longer I live with it, the
angrier I... There's an offer before

you. Take it or not.

And what would I get for perjury?

It's a discretionary, but I think I can
make a pretty decent argument to the

judge. And we have to decide today?

There is really no decision, Gary. If we
don't plead to the perjury, then the

felony murder charge doesn't get
dropped, and we can't risk that.

They've got you dead to right on perjury
anyway, so there's no real reason not

to jump at this.

Why do the sentencing today?

The DA wants to put this behind her, and
so do you. Now, there's a chance we can

get you out of here, so let's just do
it.

I fired several shots, at which point he
dropped the gun and ran into the

stairway. The defendant?

Yes. We then entered the stairway on the
lobby floor, met him coming down.

He started going back up, but we caught
him.

You say he started shooting at you as
soon as you entered the lobby?

That's correct. And you immediately
returned fire?

Yes. At which point he dropped the gun
and ran into the stairwell? Yes.

Any prints on the gun?

None that were usable.

The look you got of him on the balcony,
that was three, four seconds?

I suppose that's about right. With a gun
barrel pointed in your direction?

Yes. And the stairway was behind him.

Is that not right?

Yes. So he turned and ran with his back
toward you?

I suppose.

You suppose?

Did he backpedal or did he turn and run?

He turned and ran. And how were the
lights up there on the balcony?

We got a good look at them. It was dark,
wasn't it?

We saw his face.

You say we like you're speaking for
Officer Gibson. Did you two go over your

testimony? Objection.

Sustained. You said in your statement
there may have been others on the

but it was too dark to tell. Was that
your statement?

Yes, but we got a good look at him.

You don't settle down, Mr. Little, I'll
remove you.

Don't think I won't have you hauled
right out of here.

Thin. I'm Bobby Donald. I called.

Our information shows that your daughter
died on the same day. There's been

testimony that the chief of staff was
very upset about it.

I'm not entitled to see her medical
records without your permission.

And what does Carol's death have to do
with your case?

Well, maybe nothing, but that's what I'd
like to find out.

I'd like you to please leave, sir.

Mr. Stanton, a woman died here. A woman
died?

That's why you're here? You're concerned
about a woman's death?

My daughter died, Mr. Donald.

We're finally at a point where our lives
have resumed and you happily come along

to dig it all up because of your deep
concern.

No, he's here about money.

You think twice about whether we want
that kind of visit.

Our daughter was 19. I'm just trying to
represent some people with a claim

against a hospital.

Carol's death was devastating.

She was our only child.

And the idea of reliving her death, he
always...

It was just so... How did she die?

She went in for minor surgery and got
some post -op infection.

I want to find out how many people died
in that hospital a week before and a

week after. Get the names. Just listen,
Lucy.

Get the names and have Jimmy, Lindsay,
and Eugene contact the families and find

out how they died. And this has to be
done now.

Rebecca.

You may have a little bump here.

What do you mean bump?

There was an internal police
investigation regarding the shooting. I

out about it, I promise you.

Here's the report.

The shooting surrounding this arrest?

Yes.

Officer Helms evidently once claimed he
wounded the suspect on the balcony. Now,

he's since backed off it, but blood was
found on the balcony.

The sample was lost.

Excuse me, lost?

I don't know what to say.

If you want to move for a mistrial, I
won't oppose.

We're not having any mistrial.

What? We're late into it. If the man on
the balcony was wounded, then that

clears Byron Little. The officer said he
was wrong about wounding him. Oh, come

on. You expect me to throw out an entire
trial because... First of all, the

state has a duty to turn over all
exculpatory evidence. I'm just getting

report now.

He just got it.

Second, this is material.

This completely affects how I would have
cross -examined Officer Helms. You can

recall him. And they say they lost a
blood sample. I need time to

Look, counsel, they caught your man
running down the stairway. But he's been

saying he wasn't the man on the balcony,
and that blood may prove it. How?

The officer claims he did not wound the
suspect. That means the blood is

irrelevant. I'm not throwing out this
trial. You can't be serious.

Look, young lady, you may be used to
having your clients freed on stunts and

technicalities. But not in my court.
They withheld material evidence.

The trial goes on. You can recall the
officer and recross him.

That's all.

Did he lie under oath?

Yes.

Are there mitigating circumstances?

Of course there are.

His mother was martyred.

He was turned into the star witness
against his father. A father...

who he had an estranged relationship
with, a father, as you can see by the

psychiatric reports, Gary lived for his
approval and rarely got it.

Here he is, a kid with a drug history,
emotionally unstable, being asked

to put his dad away for life.

He couldn't do it.

He couldn't do it.

The law insulates us from having to
testify against the spouse.

A son's connection with a father can be
just as powerful.

Gary Armbrust isn't a bad kid, Your
Honor.

We all know that.

He just couldn't go through with sending
his dad to prison.

Yes.

The law does protect spouses from giving
testimony against each other.

But there's no such immunity when it
comes to father and son. And they don't

to just make up a law because in their
minds the love is just as powerful.

What's at stake here is the integrity of
this process.

He committed perjury.

He lied under oath. And if we tolerate
it, we have to consider the worst case

scenario.

The day may come where witnesses lie to
help free premeditated murderers.

This case...

This case is the worst case scenario.

A murderer is walking free because the
defendant committed perjury.

Your Honor, you and I, you and I walk
into this courtroom every day without

clients. In essence, we work for the
room.

What he did to this room and
technicalities and Fourth Amendment, he

killed her and stuffed her in a closet.

He killed a nun.

Helen? I'm sorry.

He... He lied.

We work for the room, Your Honor.

We work for the room.

I did say once that I thought I wounded
him, but I was wrong.

And what suddenly convinced you you...
When we caught him, he wasn't wounded,

I obviously was wrong.

Or maybe the man you shot at, the man
shooting at you, was not the same man

chased in a stairwell. No, it was him. I
saw his face.

And what about the blood that was found?
That was old, dried blood. In this

report... I first thought it was fresh,
because in my excitement, I thought I

wounded him. But it was old, dried blood
that had been there. And did you test

this blood to determine... Objection.
Relevance. Sustained. Your Honor... The

jury will disregard any mention of
blood. It has no relevance whatsoever.

Counsel, step up.

Those blood samples could exonerate my
client.

He can't know it's old blood, and the
fact that those samples were somehow...

There will be no mention of blood.

It's not relevant.

And if you mention the police losing it,
you buy yourself a jail cell. I am just

trying. This trial will not be prevented
by fleeting defense lawyering.

I've had about enough of you already,
damn it.

You need to take some time off.

Yeah.

I'm not losing my mind, Lindsay.

You just mixed up defendants.

You called the perjurer a nun killer,
Helen. I'm worried about you.

You've had this look in your eye lately
and your voice.

Will they give you some time off?

I think so.

She's not fair anymore.

What's not fair? Tell me what's not
fair.

My sister has a radio.

Your sister has a radio?

She has a nice job at an insurance
company.

She gets to sit at a desk.

And she plays her radio.

She can hear music during the day.

Just once, I'd like to turn up the radio
in that room.

I have to take you on vacation myself.

I will.

You definitely need some time off.

Four patients in three days.

All routine surgeries. All dead from
streptococcus sepsis. Your hospital had

bacteria. Four cases does not constitute
an outbreak.

All the same strain?

In three days and you don't tell him?

He asked what happened, you just leave
that out?

The other patients have privacy rights.
I just can't reveal their case

histories. Is that what you're going to
say when I recall you?

Seven million dollars today or I notify
the health marshal. That kind of threat

could get you a trip to the overseers.
I'll risk it.

I'm tempted to call the district
attorney. This borders on corporate

You had a lethal strain of bacteria
killing patients and you sat on it?

The health marshal might close your
doors to investigate it. $300 ,000 a

that'll run you $2 to $3 million, and
that's just in actuals. The long -term

damage could be worse. That's probably
why you concealed the outbreak in the

first place. You were afraid the health
marshal would move in. You'll pay the $7

today and be grateful, and I don't care
how you split your policies.

You still haven't established negligence
as to her cause of death. I can

establish a cover -up, and that's all
I'll need, and we all know it.

I ask you what happened, and you look me
in the eye and say, I don't know.

You look me right in the eye.

Because of him, Arnold.

We get sued for everything because of
lawyers like him.

Every patient that comes to the door, we
have to look at as a potential

plaintiff.

There was nothing I could say after they
could bring her back.

So why even volunteer the truth?

Yeah, sometimes we lie, Mr. Donald.
Milton. I'm talking in general.

Lawsuits have driven the truth
underground, Mr. Donald.

Well, this one dug it up, didn't it?

I'll have to discuss all of this with
the board before I get back to you.

authorized to settle. Not at that
amount.

Well, then go talk to them.

How did it happen that we can't trust
the police?

I mean, this is an institution that's
supposed to protect us.

I don't doubt these officers think Byron
Little is the guy. They tackled him in

the stairwell after they saw the man on
the balcony run into the stairwell.

It's completely reasonable to believe it
must be the same guy.

Hey, I did.

I mean, one look at him, he looks like
your typical urban criminal.

He acts violent.

And we all know our Honorable Your Honor
thinks he's the guy, too.

But mistakes and cover -ups, those are
two very different things.

One of the officers said he wounded the
suspect. Blood was even found on the

balcony, though it's been deemed
irrelevant for the sake of this trial.

they examined Mr. Little back at the
police station, they found no wound.

And suddenly the officer amends his
account and says he must have missed.

And they march into this court and
positively identify him as a shooter.

They see him 30 feet above on a darkened
balcony for three

seconds top, all the while being shot
at, and yet they're positive.

How can that be?

And why start... hiding internal reports
from the defense lawyers.

Why forget to mention the blood?

Why come in with all this absolute
positive eyewitness account?

Why forget to tell us, oh yeah, one of
our officers who was so positive wasn't

so positive before he changed his mind.
Why not just be up front with what you

got?

Why?

Because without all that absolute
positive stuff, they lose him.

They lose the guy they think did it.

And let's be fair.

They lose so many.

And I know it turns stomachs.

It's turned our honorable, your honor's
stomach so.

He thinks nothing now of taping criminal
defendant mouths shut, handcuffing

them, making them look guilty. Hey, it's
his court.

He's old. He's probably had enough, and
he doesn't care.

But the thing about juries, it tends to
be their one and only time serving this

process, so they tend to take it
seriously and not just rush through it

bunch of assumptions.

And therein lies Byron Little's only
hope. It's not with the police.

It's not with our Honorable Your Honor.

It's with you.

You have two choices here.

You can hold up the oath you took at the
beginning of all this or not.

Maybe guys like this are not supposed to
care.

Two eyewitnesses saw him shoot the gun,
saw him run

into the stairwell.

They pursued him into the stairwell and
caught him.

Sometimes we just want things to be all
juicy and complicated when they're not.

I am mindful of how difficult it must
be.

to be faced with testifying against
one's own father, especially when that

testimony could result in life
imprisonment.

But I am also mindful of the court's
need to assure the integrity of this

criminal justice process.

Perjury is to be taken very, very
seriously.

I know you know this.

I know you were apprised of the risks.

Nevertheless...

You chose to assume those risks. In
fact, given these warnings, your

of perjury was particularly knowing.

I sentence you to 20 years at Cedar
Junction.

The sentence is to begin immediately.

Bailiff, we're adjourned.

We'll appeal. Gary, I want you to hang
in there. We're going to appeal.

We're going to appeal.

Tell me.

He's just a kid.

He got afraid at the last second.

He didn't want to hurt his dad.

What'd he get?

Maximum.

20 years.

God, Eugene, what have I done?

Hey.

This isn't on you, Eleanor.

If I would have come down on him harder,
if I would have just anticipated a

felony murder... You did?

isn't on you.

You're going away for 20 years.

Will the defendant please rise?

Has the jury reached a unanimous
verdict?

We have.

What say you?

On the matter of the Commonwealth versus
Byron Little on the charge of attempted

murder, we find the defendant not
guilty.

Unlock him. Let him go.

Here is free. We're adjourned.

Welcome.

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