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Previously on L .A. Law.

We asked you to step toward the car. Get your hands off me. Shut your mouth!

There's a police officer in the hospital with a broken jaw, Judge. Which police

officer attacked Mr.

Rollins without provocation? He was resisting arrest.

You're just looking for a conviction to insulate the department from a civil

suit. That's not going to happen. Then we got another problem.

See, the grandmother that was raped, we showed her your picture.

With others, of course.

And while she couldn't conclusively ID you as the rapist, she couldn't rule you

out either.

How's Zoe doing?

Zoe? She's the DA.

She's also my ex -wife.

That woman is your ex -wife?

You can't win this, Tommy.

Don't try to be a hero. The kid needs a hero. Tommy!

Look, Zoe, I'm sorry.

I know I got no right putting you in the middle. Yeah. But this thing, it's just

a little hard to walk away from.

I am coming forward as an officer of the court to prevent what I believe to be a

gross violation of the judicial process.

Bruce Rogoff abused his power. Jonathan Rollins is an innocent man. Don't worry,

Mr. Rogoff. I only believe every word.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that you were such a god -awful wife.

Because you are still the greatest person that I ever met.

Can I quote you on my resume?

Absolutely.

You are such a bad influence.

I know.

The biscuits are getting cold, Joseph. I can't keep the good heart forever.

It's funny that way.

I can't tell a blessing to people. Sit, Gabi. Everybody, sit down.

All my cookies are about to waste.

Now, Charlie, I want you there.

Anna, you're here, Victor, next to your father.

Grace, honey, next. Everything looks so delicious. Grace, hurry up. Her biscuits

get cold. She turns into a piglet.

You know what? I don't even like her biscuits. They're like knee pads.

Can we just get started here?

Dear Lord in heaven above. Wait, wait. I'm not in my chair yet.

Charlie, hit your father.

Bow your head.

Dear Lord, we give thanks for the food we are about to receive.

We give thanks for this family.

That we can be together like this, on this occasion, where Victor brings to us

his beautiful friend, Grace Van Allen. Hey, I bring at least 20 girls home for

dinner. None of them get mentioned in the blessing.

What's the stupid, Charlie?

That's the way I like it. Why don't we just skip the rest of the blessing? Oh,

the lawyer doesn't want to say the blessing. All right, okay.

Silence,

silence. Charlie Boy wants to say something.

We've already thanked God for the food and the family, right?

I mean, he's got other blessings he has to listen to. He's a busy God,

especially nowadays.

So, let's just give Grace a welcome, okay?

We're happy to have you here, Grace.

Thank you.

I'm honored to be here.

That's nice.

Now pass me those damn bed kits.

All right, people.

Busy days for everyone. Let's keep it short.

First up, on a very exciting note, I spoke last evening with Henrik Shea, the

estate planning counsel for Ricky Davis.

The Ricky Davis?

Yes. For those of you who have been skipping page one for the last few

Miss Davis and her lover is charged with murdering her 72 -year -old husband.

The Beverly Hills hangers.

The very one.

The young widow was apparently upset with her defense counsel. She wants to

interview us. Wow. Are you serious? I want this case. You've got it, Michael,

you can hook her.

She's due in this morning at 11.

Needless to say, this would be a public relations home run. It's probably the

most talked about murder case in the country. Let me take a chair, Mike. Why

does Michael always get the big cases? For once, I'd like a murder case, maybe.

You never want murder cases, Ann. I want this one.

Well, you can't have it. All right. There's probably enough work here for

everybody, if we get it.

Michael, might I suggest you're bringing someone else in for the meeting?

Whatever it takes to snag her. Michael.

Moving on.

Jonathan? Jonathan?

Are you still planning to proceed with your action against the police?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm not chasing the DA's office, though, out of deference to Zoe

Clements. Be apprised, people. I'm out of the office Wednesday morning with

minor bunion surgery. That's all. We're adjourned.

Bowling? Yeah, bowling.

Really, Charlie's in this thing called Friends, I believe, and he wants us to

with him tonight.

You want to go? Yeah, well, sure. I mean, we can grab a bite to eat after

and then from there, about 7 o 'clock, we hit the lanes. What do you say? Okay,

sure. Great.

Hey, Grace, thanks for last night, too. I mean, you were a real support.

I really liked him, Victor.

You have a terrific family.

Come here.

Thanks.

I'll see you later?

Mm.

Bowling.

Yeah, don't.

After the rape, I'll go with low term. You'll be off in 18 months.

That's ridiculous.

All right.

Misdemeanor battery.

Suspended.

He rapes a 16 -year -old girl. You expect me to let him walk on a

didn't rape anybody.

And she got exactly what she was looking for. All right. If it hadn't been me,

it would have been somebody else. All right.

As we agreed, anything said in this room is in the context of plea negotiation

and therefore totally inadmissible.

Did you contact the girl's mother and offer her $300 ,000 to drop this thing?

Lear anticipated a potential civil claim.

It would be illegal for me to tamper with a criminal prosecution.

Yeah, well, she got the impression that's exactly what you were doing.

She misunderstood.

You listen to me. If I get wind you're offering bribes or doing anything to buy

your way out of this, I'll bring you both up on obstruction of justice.

Don't threaten me, Miss Clements. Stay away from the girl. Stay away from the

mother. Well, until they're represented by civil counsel, and thus far they're

not, I'm entitled to approach them. Go near them again. I'm bringing charges.

I don't care how many banks you run or how many lawyers you hire. I'll screw up

your life.

Well, you're never going to make rape or statutory rape.

And after we beat up the girl in a criminal case and make no mistake, I

her. We're going to bring a civil libel action against her.

And even if we don't win it, we'll bankrupt them with legal bills.

Now, you go back and tell your people that, Miss Clements, and then you ask

if they really want to follow through on this.

Will you excuse us?

My last lawyer suggested I plead out.

That means either he thinks I'm guilty or he doesn't think he can win.

Either way, a switch seems in order. John Fryer's a pretty sharp defense

attorney. If he's telling me to admit to a crime I didn't commit, Mr. Mullaney,

he's not sharp enough.

From what I gather in the papers, you got a tough case.

What exactly have you gathered?

Your husband was found dead one week after he decided to divorce you. A

would have cut you off at the knees with a prenup, while his death, on the other

hand, leaves you $26 million as the grieving widow. You also had a lover.

They found his prints along with yours on the cord used to hang your husband.

That's pretty much it. Those prints were on the beam, not on the cord, and they

got there when we discovered him and tried to cut him down.

We didn't hang him.

Then who did?

I think maybe he hung himself.

He was depressed.

What about?

A month before he was diagnosed with the inoperable liver cancer.

They say that's not much to go on, but I didn't murder my husband, and I didn't

participate in any conspiracy to murder him, and I need a lawyer who can help me

prove that.

Well, I'm going to need all the files from John Fryer's office today.

I also want you to take a lie detector test.

Why? Because evidently you want a lawyer who believes in your innocence.

I'm not there yet.

Are you, Tommy? Nope.

Why don't you think it over?

No.

You're hired.

Set up the polygraph. Let me know.

Nice to meet you both.

Nice touch with the lie detector.

You know, I figured that would get her attention.

I went in on this case, Michael, as much as possible. Don't worry, Tommy. I got

big plans for you. Good, because this thing here, this is serious juice.

I certainly don't want you to back down, but I don't want to mislead you.

If we prosecute, his lawyer is going to do anything he can to destroy you, and

his lawyer is great.

Does she have to testify?

I mean, with statutory rape, consent doesn't matter, right?

But we're also going with straight rape. On that one, consent is an issue.

Maybe we should drop that one. That would be a mistake.

Our best shots with the straight count.

With stat rape, the only issue is age, and he can argue mistaken belief that

looked old enough.

If we go forward, we really should go with both counts.

Can you get him convicted?

I don't know, Laurie.

No.

I don't want her put through this. Mom.

Honey, you have no idea how hard it's going to be in there.

And the likelihood is you'll lose.

It's all for nothing.

What do you think?

I want to prosecute. But she's right.

There's a good chance we'll lose.

I want to go through with it.

He raped me.

How can I just let him get away with it? You understand how tough, how strong

you'll have to be in that witness chair.

I can do it.

I'm ready to do it.

And so am I.

You're going to regret this, Charlie.

I'm a lousy bowler.

Anybody can roll a ball, Grace. Besides, you're probably a lot better than

Victor. What are you talking about? I kicked your ass last time. Sure you did.

Sure you did. Stinks.

Stinks.

Obey me. Go into your car, sir.

Hey, you going to follow me? I don't need to follow you. I know where I'm

You just make sure you don't get lost.

Yeah. Great.

He stinks.

This is good to know, Charlie.

You are in deep trouble here. Why?

Family likes you.

Oh, no.

What comes after bowling?

What comes after bowling? Last year, he dragged me to poor man's polo on cows.

Real flow.

You're right.

Johnny!

What happened?

Johnny!

Help! Somebody help!

Johnny!

Come on, get away.

Where did you first meet this group?

At the bar.

They were on a business trip or something.

And then he invited us up to his suite.

How old are you, Lori?

Sixteen. And what were you doing in a hotel bar having drinks?

I don't know. We were just sitting home, bored.

I don't know. We just decided to go out.

Okay. But I want you to tell us exactly how you happened to go up to the

defendant's hotel suite.

There were two other men and a woman besides Carol and me.

And we talked about ordering room service and stuff up there.

And... Well, Carol and I just thought, I mean, we didn't think they were

dangerous or anything.

Okay. So what happened after you got there?

Well, we all talked and we danced a little. There was a stereo.

And I was dancing with him.

Oren. Did you like him? Sure. I mean, he seemed really cool.

even though he was older.

So what happened?

Well, at about 12 .30, Carol said she had to leave because she had to be home

1. He said he'd drive me home, so I... You stayed?

Yeah. And what happened after your girlfriend left?

Well, then the other people left, too, I guess to go back to their rooms.

And then he made another drink, and then we

hugged.

And then we kissed.

You willingly kissed him?

Yeah.

Then what?

Then, um, the kissing started to get heavier, you know?

A lot.

And then he began putting his hands on my breasts.

And I told him no, but he just kept telling me to relax.

And then he pushed me onto the bed.

And I tried to get away, but I couldn't.

And he just kept saying, you know you want it.

And then he pulled up my dress, and I just screamed.

And I tried to get out from under him, but I couldn't, because he had my arms

pinned back, and he was just too strong, and I couldn't get him off.

And, well, the next thing I knew, he was pushing himself inside me.

When you say pushing himself inside of you... He was raping me.

I mean, I tried to fight him, but I couldn't.

Okay.

And, Laurie, are you sure the defendant knew that you didn't want intercourse?

Yes, he knew. I mean, I was screaming at him to stop. I was screaming for help.

He knew.

Thank you.

I have nothing further.

Let's take a short break. Let the witness collect herself.

We've removed all the skull fragments.

But the news isn't good.

What?

You'll survive, but there's damage to the brain stem.

bilateral damage, especially to the parietal and temporal lobes.

It looks permanent.

He's going to be extremely dysfunctional.

How dysfunctional?

I don't think he'll ever be able to speak or even to understand verbal

He'll be completely paralyzed on his right side.

We'll do whatever we can.

You were married to your husband for three years?

Yes.

Did you love him?

Very much.

Did you know he was planning to divorce you?

No.

Miss Davis, did you murder your husband?

No, I did not.

Is your dress black?

Yes.

Did your lover, David Schaefer, murder your husband?

No, he did not.

Do you know who hung him?

No, I do not.

Thank you.

That's all. We're done.

Excuse us a second, Ricky. We'll be right back.

She's telling the truth.

You sure?

Well, these things aren't foolproof. You know that well as I do, but she passed.

I gotta get my gear.

Michael, news on Victor.

It looks like the brother will have permanent brain damage.

Oh, God.

Guy who hit him registered .16. Drunk driver.

Obviously, anything he needs, we give it to him.

Hello, Miss Penn.

Would it be all right if I called you Laurie?

Yeah. Laurie, that night in the bar, you were dressed a little differently than

you are right now, weren't you?

Yeah. Nice dress, makeup.

Would it be fair to say you looked older?

I guess.

Well, the bartender served you alcohol.

We had fake IDs.

Did you ever tell Mr. Baldwin that you were under the age of 18?

No. And before he sat next to you, did any of the guys at the bar, you know,

on you?

A couple.

You looked pretty adult that night, didn't you, Laurie?

Objection. Withdrawn.

Laurie, why did you and your girlfriend go to the bar that night?

I already said we were bored. We were just looking for something to do.

You carry condoms in your purse, don't you, Laurie?

Objection. Goes to consent, Your Honor.

All right.

You carry condoms in your purse, don't you?

Yeah, because my mother wants me to.

To be safe, if I ever... Oh, so you were out looking for sex that night.

Objection! And I never told him that I wanted to have sex with him.

Laurie, how many drinks did you consume that night?

Two. Two.

Were you inebriated?

I don't know.

Maybe just a little.

Maybe. So when the two of you were kissing, it became passionate, did it

I don't know.

Well, you testified earlier that as we were kissing...

He got heavier, you know, and a lot.

Well, that didn't mean he could do what he did. Did you put your hands on his

buttocks, Laurie?

Did you grab his buttocks and pull them towards you?

I don't remember.

So it's possible that you did. The witness said she doesn't remember.

Move on, Mr. Bird. Laurie, what did you do immediately after the two of you made

love? We didn't make love. He raped me.

What'd you do there? I left. I went to the lobby and I got a cab.

Did you report to the hotel security that you'd been raped? No, I just got

of there.

Where'd you go?

Home. Not to the hospital, not to the police?

No, I just wanted to go home.

And when you arrived at home, your mother was waiting for you.

Very angry, wasn't she?

I mean, dressed the way you were, all that makeup, 2 .30 in the morning.

Coming home drunk without your panties?

Objection. In fact, you were so afraid of what she'd do that you made up this

whole story of being raped. Isn't that true? That's not true. He raped me.

Come on, Lori. You'd rather commit perjury than have your mother find out

truth? Objection.

Withdrawn. You know, you seem to be a very nice young lady.

And I hope you realize that these lies are hurting an innocent man.

Move to strike that.

Sustained. Come on, Mr. Byrd.

No further questions, Your Honor.

I had him examined this afternoon by three more doctors, including the best

neurologist in the state. I used him as an expert in one of my trials.

He's not coming back.

Well, Charlie's only breathing right now because of the machines.

Well, I'm not giving up.

The doctors, they say if he's lucky, that he might be able to brush his teeth

feed himself, but that he's never going to be able to communicate. He's never

going to be able to understand.

They told me that he's going to have the mental capacity of a dog.

You remember that Jamie Ferguson trial that I had two years ago?

Mm -hmm.

Charlie and I, we used to talk about that one a lot.

I remember him saying that if he ever got like that, that he wouldn't want to

suffering, hooked up to some device.

Well, I'm not killing myself.

But he's gone, Pa. No, he's not gone.

He's not gone!

Charlie is not dead, Victor!

I don't want to let him go any more than you do. He's my only brother.

We can't just let him live like that. We can't just let him live like that, Pa.

I know

that.

God should have him now.

I wish I could be strong to help your son.

I know how much you'll hurt.

I wish I could be strong.

What do you mean we can't do it? He isn't dead, Victor. We can't just

disconnect. The damage is permanent.

He'd be living like a vegetable. Not totally.

He'll have some use of his left side. He'll be able to sit up. You told me

he'd be living like a dog.

Told me that. But that isn't brain dead.

I'm sorry.

The hospital just isn't authorized to suspend life support under these

circumstances.

Victor, try to understand their position. They really can't just... How

let him just exist like this?

Charlie would never want to be kept alive like that. Don't you understand

I can't... I can't do that. Victor, honey, we'll get a court order. We'll go

this afternoon.

I'll handle it, okay?

Okay? Okay, okay.

Doctor, can I count on your support medically?

Absolutely. Thank you.

Ms. Van Owen, you should know...

I'll back you 100%. You'll get no argument from me.

But you will from the hospital.

Yeah.

So, Mr. Baldwin, you thought that the woman was older than 18.

Yes. She was sitting at a bar being served alcohol when we met, so I assumed

had to be at least 21 years old.

Uh -huh.

Did she ever at any time tell you her true age?

No. And she looked a lot different than she does right now.

Okay, Mr. Baldwin.

But even though you did mistakenly believe that she was old enough to

she said she did not consent.

Well, that's not true.

She initiated it. She did? I was certainly a willing participant, don't

wrong, but me pushing her on the bed and forcing her, it's not even close to the

truth. Well, what did happen?

I had just made a drink, and we were standing over by the bed.

It was all incredibly awkward because, well, we both knew what we had come back

to my suite for.

Objection as to what the victim knew.

Sustained. Look, I am no ladies' man. I think I was more nervous than she was.

And I guess I was hoping she'd make the first move.

And did she?

Yeah, sort of.

She put her hand on my shoulder, and then she ran it down my arm, into my

and then she squeezed it.

What'd you do then?

I turned to her.

And I put my arms around her waist and pulled her to me gently.

And then we hugged a little.

I rubbed the top of her back and we kissed. And the kissing escalated.

And then it all progressed.

Continue, sir. We fell back on the bed and we made love.

We both made love.

And afterwards, she kissed me goodbye and she left.

Mr. Baldwin, did she ever scream at any point?

No. God, no.

If anything, she enjoyed herself.

And the next thing I know, the police show up and charge me with rape.

Thank you, sir.

I have nothing further.

When the police arrested you, you had scratch marks on your neck.

Yes, she did scratch me, but it was from aggressive lovemaking. She wasn't

telling me to stop.

How did her panties get ripped?

I don't know.

They may have torn while she was taking them off.

Oh, she took them off and ripped them herself.

I guess so. I pulled her dress up, yes.

But she took off the panties.

You say that when contact was initiated, you put your arms around her waist.

That's right.

Would you stand up outside the witness box, please?

Your Honor. A little attitude, Your Honor. I'd like him to show us exactly

he's described.

Stand up.

Laurie, could you come here, please?

Objection. This will only take a second, Your Honor. I beg the court's

indulgence.

You don't have to do this, Miss Penn.

Laurie, please.

Laurie, I want you to go to the witness and stand before him.

Laurie, please do it.

Mr. Baldwin, could you show us how you put your arms around her? Your Honor. I

will get through this a lot faster if you stop jumping up. Sit down, Mr. Byrd.

Show us, Mr. Baldwin.

Show us how you held her before the kissing began.

Now, show us how you pulled her towards you.

Show us, Mr. Baldwin.

Now, rub the top of her back like you said you did.

Your Honor, this is outrageous. Mr.

Byrd. Look, I don't care if you lock me up for contempt.

I'm going to keep objecting to this blatant side shit. Mr. Byrd. Your Honor,

know what counsel is doing, and I'd like to be heard in chambers.

Let's go.

She's trying to shock the jury, Your Honor, and there is no... Your guy

up the description. I just asked for a demonstration. That's not what that was

about. You just wanted the jury to see the girl in his arms and be disgusted.

That's right. I wanted him to get the picture. But that wasn't the picture.

was dressed totally different that night, Your Honor. All right, Mr. Byrd.

Honor, I want to put on my demonstration.

Meaning what? She put the girl up there to punctuate to the jury just how young

she looked.

I'd like permission to dress Laura Penn the way she was dressed that night. I

object to that. Her appearance is directly relevant to my client's defense

he thought she was of age. What are you proposing to do?

The girls took a picture of themselves before they left that night, so we have

means of assuring accuracy.

We'll send her to an independent makeup artist. She can wear the same dress. Oh,

please. Your Honor, the jury should be allowed to see her this way. It is vital

to their understanding of the events. Your Honor, I could not be more opposed.

All right, look.

You had him see her your way. The defendant could be prejudiced if I don't

him his shot.

The court will appoint a makeup person.

Your Honor.

Miss Clemens, I got to let them put on their defense.

The jury will see her before closing arguments.

That's all.

You don't think this is a little bit sick?

This is a rape trial, counsel.

Everything about it makes me sick.

Tomorrow at 10 a .m.

This here's the deceased.

Before.

And after.

Wait, this one's better.

Look at his face. Is he blue?

He ain't happy.

Victim had a bruise, top of forehead. They might be saying the killer knocked

him cold before stringing him up. Damn.

The guy's teeth. I don't believe it. The cord must have squeezed him right out

of his head. Incredible shot.

The boyfriend.

David Schaefer. Guilty.

His trial is separate. It starts in about two weeks.

Abby, I want you to monitor that. Sure.

Victim's daughter cut out of the will.

We should do some digging on her.

Mildred Spicer, next door neighbor.

She did it. She would come over twice a week and scratch the victim's feet.

Sweet. Yeah, she has a criminal record for kleptomania. She does.

Okay, that's all the photos in the police box.

Okay. All right, people, now look.

If we're going to win this thing, we either have to hand the jury another

suspect or sell suicide.

We're going to have to pick one thing and run with it. In the meantime, I've

called a press conference.

The media's coming out with stuff on this every day, and since prospective

jurors are probably reading about it, I want to have our version in print, too,

as soon as possible.

Now, Abby, I need the motion to suppress by Friday. Jonathan, the same thing

goes with the change of venue. C .J., I want you to start working with the

private investigation team. And Stuart? The will.

Let's get cracking on the will.

Okay, everybody, that's it. I want an acquittal here, people. That looked like

pretty good knot in Michael. He had to have help.

Boyfriend. Yep, boyfriend did it. No way. Too cute. Yeah, way too cute.

Did you ever discuss with your brother the possibility that he could end up

this? Yes.

I had had a case about two years ago which involved a young woman who was in

persistent vegetative state.

And her parents were petitioning the court to have the G -tube removed, which

was keeping her alive.

And my brother and I had talked a lot about that case.

And he said... He said that if he ever ended up where he couldn't speak or

couldn't think...

He would not want to be kept alive by artificial means.

Was he clear in his intent?

Yes. Yes, he was very clear.

Thank you.

Your Honor, I submit the declarations of three physicians, including the

attending Dr.

Nyberg, each stating that the left side of Charles Cifuente's brain is

permanently destroyed, that he has severely impaired cognitive brain

and that this condition is irreversible.

I have nothing further.

I'm very sorry for your tragedy, Mr. Cifuentes.

I'll try to keep this short.

You and your brother never sat down specifically to discuss this

did you?

He told me his wishes.

Yes, in the context of one of your cases.

But your brother might not stay in a vegetative state like the woman in that

case. He might be able to sit up, to recognize people, maybe feed himself.

therapy, maybe he could do even more.

Ma 'am, the doctors say, at best, he'll end up with less intelligence than a one

-year -old.

In the Jamie Ferguson case, according to the transcript, you stood before the

court and said a judge should never measure the quality of a person's being

decide whether that person has a right to be.

No. That's exactly what you're asking this judge to do.

Well, at that time, I was standing up for the hospital. Right now, I... Right

now, I'm standing up for Charlie. Are you sure you want to do this?

Are you sure you want to end your own brother's life?

Of course I'm not sure.

I want him to be alive.

But you see, it isn't about what I want.

I know my brother.

And he would never want to end up like this.

If he can't be himself, then he'd just rather not be.

Back in the Ferguson case, you begged the judge not to play God. You asked

for Jamie Ferguson's sake, to leave open the possibility that God might be God.

Why doesn't your brother deserve that same consideration?

All right, let's bring her in.

Members of the jury, the party stipulate that Miss Penn's appearance today

fairly reflects the way she appeared the night in question.

Miss Penn, please walk up and stand before the jury.

I'd like her to turn to the side, Your Honor.

Miss Penn?

Now, if you would please turn around and put your back to the jury.

All right, that's enough.

Miss Penn, you can go back and sit down now.

Mr. Byrd, make your closing statement.

Well, I think Laurie Penn just made it for me.

I mean, how could any red -blooded American male not be attracted to her?

The bartender believed it would be 21.

Other patrons believed it.

My client believed it.

And you can certainly understand why.

What a beautiful woman she is.

As for consent, ladies and gentlemen, she dressed herself like that.

She equipped herself with condoms and camped out at a hotel bar.

She willingly went to my client's suite, willingly kissed him, fondled him, and

eventually she made love to him.

Now, faced with a little guilt and a disapproving mother, she made up a

She got caught up in that story when Mom went to the police, and now Oren

Baldwin is entangled in it, too.

I'm not going to assault your dignity by trying to convince you.

that there is a reasonable doubt. You must already know that.

Was Oren Ballin guilty of bad judgment that night?

Perhaps.

But rape?

That's just ridiculous.

She dressed the way 16 -year -olds dress these days.

They grow up watching Madonna videos. The black lingerie, sexy, is in.

It's hip.

And the condoms in her purse. We teach our children to carry condoms with the

AIDS epidemic.

Don't you dare accept a suggestion that to do so is evidence of consent.

And yes, she kissed him.

And maybe she even grabbed his buttocks. But she also did something else.

She said no.

Lori Penn pushed the defendant away and told him no, and he responded with

violent, forced intercourse. That's rape.

It isn't sex.

It isn't making love. It's rape.

And she's here today, willing to be judged by you, willing to relive that

vicious attack because that's the only way to make the point that every woman,

whether 16...

or 60, still has the right to say stop.

You don't forfeit it when you go to a hotel room. You don't wave it when you

a condom or when you kiss a man, even lying on a bed.

There is never a point, ladies and gentlemen, where if a woman says no, a

man is entitled to overpower her.

That's why she's here, to make that one simple point.

A point that Orrin Baldwin refused to get that night.

Please.

See that he gets it today.

This is hard.

This isn't about somebody who's brain dead.

This person...

Might not even remain comatose. He is capable of life.

Although, horrible life at that.

I feel extremely uncomfortable at drawing a line of, well, where

someone should be kept alive and where they shouldn't. And I don't think it's

appropriate for judges to have this kind of discretion to decide whether

someone's life is worth living.

But I have to trust the family.

That you know what Charlie would have wanted.

Are you sure?

Yes, Your Honor, we're sure.

Okay, I'm hereby granting your petition.

The life support equipment shall be disconnected.

I'll say a prayer tonight for everybody.

We're adjourned.

Thanks. Mr. Cusack, Mr. Cusack, over here. Mr. Cusack, was it your success in

the Earl Williams trial that made Ricky come to you?

I won't speculate as to why she chose us as counsel. The most important thing

for us is just to prove her innocence.

Mr. Mulaney, you said that you spent the day with her. How would you describe

her spirit?

Her husband's dead. The police are blaming her. You people are calling her

hanging bitch every day in the papers.

She is unhappy.

What are you going to do that her last lawyer didn't try? Any comment on our

strategy would be premature. Except to say that we're going to show that she

didn't do it.

Most likely, the guy killed himself.

What is your basis for thinking that Mr. Davis took his own life?

Well, he had a few squirrels running around up there. Let's face it, the guy

a kook. How do you explain the severe bruise on the side of the head?

I think when the homicide dicks cut him off the beam, he fell in a heap.

Uh, Mr. Mulaney, do you expect Ricky to testify?

Well, at this time, we have not yet determined whether or not Ms. Davis will

take the stand. But if you're gonna bet... Put your money on, yeah.

Yeah, now hold on.

Make it easy. I will get all of you.

It worked.

They loved you. You came off as Mr.

Candidate, a straight shooter. If we got to manipulate a headline or two down

the line, you're going to have an inside track.

I hope you're right. Are you kidding? They were ready to adopt you out there.

You watch. We do this a few more times, the press is going to be our friend. I

got to admit, this is fun.

Of course it is. This is a case of a lifetime.

Mr. Foreman, the jury has returned a verdict.

Yes, Your Honor.

On the count 3 -2 -7 -4, statutory rape, we find the defendant, Oren Baldwin,

not guilty.

On the count 3 -2 -7 -5, rape, we find the defendant, Oren Baldwin, guilty as

charged.

Your Honor, Your Honor, the people ask that bail be revoked and that the

defendant be remanded to custody.

Opposed. It is so ordered the court officers will take him into custody?

Honor. Forget it, Counsel.

Court is adjourned.

Victor, I don't think the family should stay in the room.

I think you should go outside now, okay?

Go with God.

Be with God.

I think

I'm going to want to stay with him.

I want to be here in the room, okay?

Just tell me when.

I hope we're doing the right thing here, Charlie.

I know you don't like being like this.

I'm gonna be okay, Charlie.

You don't have to worry about anybody.

I love you.

Okay.

I'm still here, Charlie.

I'm right here, Charlie.

I'm right here.