1 00:00:06,091 --> 00:00:08,925 Everybody else is going. I don't care about everybody else. You're not. 2 00:00:08,991 --> 00:00:10,925 Dad? Never mind Dad. 3 00:00:10,991 --> 00:00:13,691 - You are not going on an unsupervised camping trip. - In a backyard, Mom. 4 00:00:13,758 --> 00:00:16,625 - A large backyard. - Billy's older brother's gonna be watchin'-- 5 00:00:16,691 --> 00:00:18,658 Billy's older brother is 15. Can we just eat, please? 6 00:00:18,725 --> 00:00:20,658 That is not supervision for nine 13-year-olds. I'm sorry. 7 00:00:20,725 --> 00:00:24,325 - Is it just overnight? - Girls and boys. No, I am sorry. 8 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,958 I'm so sick of never being able to-- [ Man ] Kevin. 9 00:00:27,025 --> 00:00:29,891 - She treats me like I'm 10! It's, like, ridiculous! - I'm treating you like you're-- 10 00:00:29,958 --> 00:00:32,558 Don't speak to me in that tone of voice, young man! 11 00:00:32,625 --> 00:00:34,558 Benny Ray is going. Kyle Tanner is going. 12 00:00:34,625 --> 00:00:37,125 Kevin, I don't care what they're doing. 13 00:00:37,191 --> 00:00:39,758 - If Kyle Tanner jumped off a bridge, would you? - Shut up, Carol. 14 00:00:39,825 --> 00:00:41,858 [ Carol ] Unacceptable. The other kids think I'm a joke because-- 15 00:00:41,925 --> 00:00:45,591 - We're not talking about other kids. - Why do I have to-- 16 00:00:45,658 --> 00:00:48,291 That is enough. You don't talk to your mother that way. 17 00:00:51,125 --> 00:00:53,191 [ Huffs ] Oh. 18 00:00:53,258 --> 00:00:56,925 It's a bunch of kids in an overnight tent. Is it really that big a deal? 19 00:00:56,991 --> 00:00:59,725 Yes. They're not old enough to-- Will the parents be home inside? 20 00:00:59,791 --> 00:01:01,458 John, support me please. 21 00:01:01,525 --> 00:01:05,558 What message do we send? If you stomp away from the table, you get what you want? 22 00:01:05,625 --> 00:01:08,625 - Mommy's big on messages. - All right, Carol. 23 00:01:08,691 --> 00:01:12,725 Kevin told me to shut up, and that's unacceptable. Yes, it is. 24 00:01:12,791 --> 00:01:16,658 I think maybe we have to explain the reason and not always hit him with "no." 25 00:01:16,725 --> 00:01:21,725 Honey, I did give him a reason. He just can't accept it because all his friends are going. 26 00:01:24,525 --> 00:01:26,458 [ Carol Screaming ] No! 27 00:02:02,691 --> 00:02:04,225 [ Line Ringing ] 28 00:02:11,391 --> 00:02:12,858 [ Cell Door Opens, Closes ] 29 00:02:18,958 --> 00:02:23,458 [ Sirens Wailing ] 30 00:02:57,616 --> 00:02:59,682 Where did you get the gun? 31 00:03:01,516 --> 00:03:04,249 The safe. 32 00:03:04,316 --> 00:03:07,116 I keep it in a safe upstairs. 33 00:03:08,916 --> 00:03:12,616 Kevin knew the combination in case-- 34 00:03:20,449 --> 00:03:23,516 You say you didn't wanna kill her? 35 00:03:23,582 --> 00:03:26,516 What did you think would happen if you shot her? 36 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:37,149 I was just so mad. 37 00:03:41,516 --> 00:03:43,616 I don't know. 38 00:03:52,682 --> 00:03:54,782 What have you done? 39 00:03:54,849 --> 00:03:57,316 A little face lift, that's all. 40 00:03:57,382 --> 00:04:01,582 What's this? What's that? None of it works, but it looks like it does. 41 00:04:01,649 --> 00:04:03,449 And the point being-- The point being... 42 00:04:03,516 --> 00:04:06,916 any new client who comes in here will feel confident that we have all the resources. 43 00:04:06,982 --> 00:04:10,149 I'm afraid of computers. Where's my stuff? Where's my photos? 44 00:04:10,216 --> 00:04:14,416 I have a meeting with John Monahan of Crutcher and Dunn. 45 00:04:14,482 --> 00:04:17,649 He's exploring the idea of using us for their class action asbestos. 46 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:20,282 - Really? - They heard about our tobacco cases. 47 00:04:20,349 --> 00:04:23,516 Asbestos? Plaintiffs. We'd be on the side of merit, Ellenor. 48 00:04:23,582 --> 00:04:26,482 And the case is huge. You'd be able to fill your other ear with metal. 49 00:04:26,549 --> 00:04:29,849 - Funny. - But we're never gonna land them unless we look up to it. 50 00:04:29,916 --> 00:04:31,749 Is that what this is about? Partly. 51 00:04:31,816 --> 00:04:35,282 They want us to actually try the case? They want a meeting. 52 00:04:35,349 --> 00:04:37,882 But I think that's what it's about. 53 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,482 Arms up. 54 00:04:46,982 --> 00:04:49,116 I go into appeals this afternoon. 55 00:04:49,182 --> 00:04:51,482 You got the video? We got it. 56 00:04:53,349 --> 00:04:56,316 So we have a chance. With the video, we got a shot, right? 57 00:04:56,382 --> 00:04:59,282 I'd go so far as to even say a good chance. 58 00:04:59,349 --> 00:05:01,949 But courts don't like to put killers back on the street. 59 00:05:02,016 --> 00:05:03,949 But the Constitution-- 60 00:05:04,016 --> 00:05:06,749 That's like, uh, sacred to those judges, right? 61 00:05:06,816 --> 00:05:11,749 Sacred, I don't know. But, yeah, most of them have read it. 62 00:05:14,616 --> 00:05:18,449 Ms. Gamble, this boy is an honor student. 63 00:05:18,516 --> 00:05:21,882 He's never been caught in the hall without a pass. 64 00:05:21,949 --> 00:05:25,282 This is a book report he wrote about some poetry last fall. 65 00:05:25,349 --> 00:05:27,616 Just take a second and read it. 66 00:05:27,682 --> 00:05:30,749 This is a good kid. 67 00:05:30,816 --> 00:05:33,816 - Mr. Larson, you're a friend of the family? - That's right. 68 00:05:33,882 --> 00:05:36,616 I know your firm. It's as good as any in this town. 69 00:05:36,682 --> 00:05:38,949 But you're primarily a civil litigator, right? 70 00:05:39,016 --> 00:05:42,416 I mean no offense, but-- 71 00:05:42,482 --> 00:05:47,249 Well, sometimes "friends of the family" lawyers can do more harm than good. 72 00:05:47,316 --> 00:05:49,116 This boy's in a lot of trouble. 73 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:54,982 He needs an experienced criminal defense attorney. 74 00:05:55,049 --> 00:05:58,182 I appreciate your candor. I do plan to find someone-- 75 00:05:58,249 --> 00:06:01,882 Well, he should've been in this room from the beginning. 76 00:06:04,716 --> 00:06:06,749 Do you know Bobby Donnell? 77 00:06:06,816 --> 00:06:09,316 I've certainly heard of him, and not all good. 78 00:06:09,382 --> 00:06:10,716 For this stuff, there's nobody better. 79 00:06:10,782 --> 00:06:14,149 What's more, he doesn't phone it in. Call him. 80 00:06:18,616 --> 00:06:22,349 First thing, I'd like to speak to him and his dad. 81 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:25,616 Good. No problem. 82 00:06:26,749 --> 00:06:29,182 The boy who shot his mother. Oh, God. 83 00:06:29,249 --> 00:06:32,149 Paper said it was 'cause he couldn't go on some camping trip or somethin'. 84 00:06:32,216 --> 00:06:35,016 Where do these kids come from? I mean, how do they get-- 85 00:06:35,082 --> 00:06:36,916 His own mother? 86 00:06:36,982 --> 00:06:39,582 Oh, man! What happened up in here? 87 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:42,016 Kendall. You get kicked out of school? 88 00:06:42,082 --> 00:06:45,049 Teacher conference. Half days all week. Mm-hmm. 89 00:06:45,116 --> 00:06:46,849 Hey! What's up, player? What's up, man? 90 00:06:46,916 --> 00:06:49,049 My mom's outta town. I'm a menace. Right, Dad? 91 00:06:49,116 --> 00:06:51,982 Uh, when the cat's away-- Red Sox tomorrow night. 92 00:06:52,049 --> 00:06:55,082 Oh! Man, this place is the bomb! Who did it? 93 00:06:55,149 --> 00:06:57,249 Do I hear Kendall, or do we have another rat? 94 00:06:57,316 --> 00:06:59,516 - Lindsay! - How you doin'? 95 00:06:59,582 --> 00:07:01,582 I'm all right. How are you? 96 00:07:01,649 --> 00:07:03,949 Becky, you mind me leavin' him here for the afternoon? 97 00:07:04,016 --> 00:07:05,682 I gotta be at appeals court at 2:00. 98 00:07:05,749 --> 00:07:07,849 No problem. Appeals for what? 99 00:07:07,916 --> 00:07:09,982 Sholey. The shooter on those teenagers. 100 00:07:10,049 --> 00:07:12,382 Really? What's the grounds? Bad confession. 101 00:07:12,449 --> 00:07:17,916 It was bad too. The videotape is on your desk, all cued up. 102 00:07:17,982 --> 00:07:19,849 Uh, thanks. 103 00:07:19,916 --> 00:07:21,949 I hate to sound like a broken record, 104 00:07:22,016 --> 00:07:24,882 but I don't know how you could fight to turn that guy loose. 105 00:07:24,949 --> 00:07:29,082 - He killed two innocent teenagers. - My dad can get anybody off. 106 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,049 Right, Dad? 107 00:07:34,549 --> 00:07:37,749 Son, I argue legal rights. 108 00:07:37,816 --> 00:07:40,682 And you get the guy off, right? 109 00:07:40,749 --> 00:07:42,949 [ Eugene ] Lookit here, chief. 110 00:07:43,016 --> 00:07:44,949 Meet me in the conference room, okay? 111 00:07:45,016 --> 00:07:46,949 I'll be right in. What's new in there? 112 00:07:50,782 --> 00:07:54,616 I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean for him to hear-- 113 00:07:58,882 --> 00:08:01,749 72326, Commonwealth versus Kevin Blair, 114 00:08:01,816 --> 00:08:03,782 minor, murder in the second degree. 115 00:08:03,849 --> 00:08:05,749 Robert Donnell for the defendant, Your Honor. 116 00:08:05,816 --> 00:08:07,849 Helen Gamble for the Commonwealth. 117 00:08:07,916 --> 00:08:09,782 [ Bobby ] We ask, pending trial, that Kevin be committed... 118 00:08:09,849 --> 00:08:11,949 to the custody of his father, John Blair. 119 00:08:12,016 --> 00:08:14,316 Given it's a murder, Your Honor, the Department of Youth Services-- 120 00:08:14,382 --> 00:08:17,616 - In the interests of Kevin-- - I'm sending him to D.Y.S. for now. 121 00:08:18,816 --> 00:08:21,649 Let's conference this afternoon and make a plan. 122 00:08:21,716 --> 00:08:23,482 [ Bobby ] Thank you, Your Honor. 123 00:08:30,182 --> 00:08:33,749 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 124 00:08:34,882 --> 00:08:38,449 Thanks for taking this. Why me? 125 00:08:38,516 --> 00:08:40,982 Well, I think the media's gonna go nuts. 126 00:08:41,049 --> 00:08:45,182 He is a pretty good kid. I'd like to work it out quickly and quietly. 127 00:08:49,182 --> 00:08:51,082 [ John ] What happens now? 128 00:08:51,149 --> 00:08:53,682 He'll meet with the court psychiatrist. I'll be there for that. 129 00:08:53,749 --> 00:08:55,716 Then we'll sit down with the judge. The big decision... 130 00:08:55,782 --> 00:08:58,449 is whether he gets tried as an adult or a juvenile. 131 00:08:58,516 --> 00:09:00,949 Adult? He's 13. 132 00:09:01,016 --> 00:09:06,082 I understand. But when it's murder-- 133 00:09:06,149 --> 00:09:07,982 This isn't Arkansas. 134 00:09:08,049 --> 00:09:11,982 The political pressure to go adult will be huge. 135 00:09:12,049 --> 00:09:15,149 Oh, God. Fortunately, 136 00:09:15,216 --> 00:09:17,416 Helen Gamble, the D.A., isn't leaning that way. 137 00:09:17,482 --> 00:09:19,416 We also caught a break getting that judge. 138 00:09:19,482 --> 00:09:21,749 She is completely impervious to politics. 139 00:09:23,749 --> 00:09:25,882 I'm glad she didn't grant custody to me. 140 00:09:29,016 --> 00:09:31,016 I love my son. 141 00:09:32,749 --> 00:09:34,882 But he killed my wife. 142 00:09:37,582 --> 00:09:41,116 It's hard for me to look at him. [ Sobbing ] 143 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:46,249 Mr. Blair. 144 00:09:46,316 --> 00:09:49,182 Obviously, this is the worst thing you'll ever go through. 145 00:09:49,249 --> 00:09:50,816 It-It-- It's-- 146 00:09:50,882 --> 00:09:54,949 And I know he probably needs me to hold him, 147 00:09:55,016 --> 00:09:57,682 hug him. 148 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:03,482 I can't bring myself to. 149 00:10:07,182 --> 00:10:09,549 Would you... 150 00:10:09,616 --> 00:10:12,016 please tell him how much I love him? 151 00:10:14,982 --> 00:10:17,849 Sure. 152 00:10:17,916 --> 00:10:21,016 You know what criminal lawyers do. 153 00:10:21,082 --> 00:10:24,716 We make sure that everybody gets their right to a fair trial. 154 00:10:24,782 --> 00:10:28,682 That's what I do. You know that? I know. 155 00:10:28,749 --> 00:10:31,382 I'm not in the business of getting murderers off. 156 00:10:31,449 --> 00:10:34,049 But you do sometimes. 157 00:10:34,116 --> 00:10:38,816 It's my job to make sure that the government can prove their case. 158 00:10:38,882 --> 00:10:42,149 'Cause if they don't, if they can't, 159 00:10:42,216 --> 00:10:46,116 then they shouldn't be able to put people in jail. 160 00:10:46,182 --> 00:10:48,249 I know. 161 00:10:48,316 --> 00:10:50,549 You do? Yeah. 162 00:10:50,616 --> 00:10:54,149 If somebody kills somebody, 163 00:10:54,216 --> 00:10:58,749 you keep the police from provin' it, and you get the guy off. 164 00:11:10,582 --> 00:11:14,616 In your own words, I need to hear it. 165 00:11:15,649 --> 00:11:18,516 I just got so mad. 166 00:11:18,582 --> 00:11:21,016 I went running to get the gun. 167 00:11:23,649 --> 00:11:28,082 Were you thinking you'd shoot her when you got the gun? 168 00:11:28,149 --> 00:11:32,616 I don't know. Maybe a little. "Maybe a little"? 169 00:11:35,582 --> 00:11:38,949 Kevin, I know this is difficult. 170 00:11:39,016 --> 00:11:41,149 But for me to help you-- 171 00:11:44,382 --> 00:11:46,149 Tell me what you're thinking right now. 172 00:11:48,116 --> 00:11:50,916 I wanna wake up. 173 00:11:50,982 --> 00:11:52,882 You wanna wake up? 174 00:11:54,516 --> 00:11:56,949 I want this to be a dream. 175 00:12:05,282 --> 00:12:07,149 It's not a dream. 176 00:12:09,016 --> 00:12:11,149 No. 177 00:12:16,449 --> 00:12:18,449 And I would remind the court, 178 00:12:18,516 --> 00:12:21,916 this tape wasn't available to the defense at the time of the trial. 179 00:12:21,982 --> 00:12:24,849 No, we understand that, counsel. Are you saying your client... 180 00:12:24,916 --> 00:12:27,282 would not have been convicted but for this confession? 181 00:12:27,349 --> 00:12:30,316 [ Eugene ] There's no question about it. The State had no witnesses, 182 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:32,949 even though they lied to my client as you'll see in this tape. 183 00:12:33,016 --> 00:12:35,416 Let's roll it. 184 00:12:35,482 --> 00:12:38,982 [ Tape Loads ] 185 00:12:39,049 --> 00:12:44,582 We all know you were the shooter, Brad. This really isn't about that. 186 00:12:44,649 --> 00:12:49,549 But if you help me out here, maybe there's something I can do for you. 187 00:12:49,616 --> 00:12:52,082 Shouldn't I get a lawyer or somethin'? 188 00:12:52,149 --> 00:12:54,282 I think I need my lawyer. 189 00:12:54,349 --> 00:12:56,782 [ Detective ] Cigarette? No. 190 00:12:58,816 --> 00:13:01,649 If you get a lawyer, he instructs you not to talk, 191 00:13:01,716 --> 00:13:04,316 this thing gets all adversary. 192 00:13:04,382 --> 00:13:08,049 You've been here before. They'll send in some rookie public defender... 193 00:13:08,116 --> 00:13:11,082 who cares more about coverin' his own ass. 194 00:13:11,149 --> 00:13:13,449 You get your life sentence. 195 00:13:13,516 --> 00:13:18,082 But, hell, by tellin' you to keep quiet, his balls stay protected. 196 00:13:18,149 --> 00:13:21,982 You gotta think about a few things here, Brad. 197 00:13:22,049 --> 00:13:25,482 We have two eyewitnesses fingering you as the shooter. 198 00:13:25,549 --> 00:13:27,516 No P.D.'s gonna change the result. 199 00:13:27,582 --> 00:13:32,349 And the other-- these were teenagers you killed. 200 00:13:32,416 --> 00:13:35,182 You're facing double life... 201 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:38,016 with bunkmates who are gonna redo the plumbing inside your rectum. 202 00:13:39,616 --> 00:13:42,149 The only friend in life you got right now is me. 203 00:13:42,216 --> 00:13:46,149 I'm the only one that can help you. Why you wanna help me? 204 00:13:48,016 --> 00:13:50,016 You didn't go there to shoot them kids, did you? 205 00:13:51,582 --> 00:13:53,649 You only wanted their car. 206 00:13:53,716 --> 00:13:56,916 The shooting was something you didn't mean to happen. 207 00:13:56,982 --> 00:13:58,749 I'm right, aren't I? 208 00:14:00,316 --> 00:14:02,016 I know those kids weren't angels, 209 00:14:02,082 --> 00:14:06,449 and I know that you're not a cold-blooded kind of person. 210 00:14:06,516 --> 00:14:08,482 They fought back, didn't they? 211 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:11,949 You just wanted their car. 212 00:14:12,016 --> 00:14:14,916 They fought back. 213 00:14:21,449 --> 00:14:23,282 Three hours and 13 minutes later, 214 00:14:23,349 --> 00:14:26,582 my client confessed to killing Wanda and Steven Simmons. 215 00:14:26,649 --> 00:14:30,249 And your claim is that this confession is unconstitutional? 216 00:14:30,316 --> 00:14:32,849 He asked for his lawyer. As soon as that happened, 217 00:14:32,916 --> 00:14:34,916 the interrogation, by law, has to stop. 218 00:14:34,982 --> 00:14:38,416 That tape made clear the defendant never asked for his lawyer. 219 00:14:38,482 --> 00:14:41,982 Are you serious? He only said-- He never officially asked. 220 00:14:42,049 --> 00:14:45,649 He said at the very start-- That he thought maybe he should get a lawyer. 221 00:14:45,716 --> 00:14:48,116 But he never directly asked. 222 00:14:48,182 --> 00:14:52,882 - "I think I need my lawyer." - I have to admit, Mr. Coffee, you're splitting hairs. 223 00:14:52,949 --> 00:14:56,849 If a suspect says, "I think I need my lawyer," his intent obviously-- 224 00:14:56,916 --> 00:14:59,582 - But he changed his mind. - He's not allowed to change his mind. 225 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,782 He's not allowed to change his mind? 226 00:15:01,849 --> 00:15:06,716 His mind can't be changed by the police officer. No, it can't. 227 00:15:06,782 --> 00:15:10,149 As soon as a suspect asks for his lawyer, discussion stops. 228 00:15:10,216 --> 00:15:13,516 Here, it didn't. 229 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:19,516 It sounds cliché, but "normal kid." 230 00:15:19,582 --> 00:15:22,549 Who killed his mother? Yes. 231 00:15:22,616 --> 00:15:24,782 Normal 13-year-old boys, they don't-- I understand. 232 00:15:24,849 --> 00:15:28,149 What I'm saying is I found no psychosis, no schizophrenia. 233 00:15:29,249 --> 00:15:31,149 Then why? 234 00:15:31,216 --> 00:15:35,516 He lost his temper, and a gun was handy. 235 00:15:35,582 --> 00:15:40,582 Do me a favor, Doctor, and have the decency to not sound casual about this. 236 00:15:40,649 --> 00:15:44,649 This boy, he was close to his mother. 237 00:15:44,716 --> 00:15:47,582 They had a very good relationship. 238 00:15:47,649 --> 00:15:49,982 He seems stunned that she isn't coming back. 239 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:53,282 Doesn't that suggest some sort of diminished capacity? 240 00:15:53,349 --> 00:15:56,649 He shoots her, but he can't understand why she's not living? 241 00:15:56,716 --> 00:16:00,782 Uh, it isn't that. Cognitively, he knows. 242 00:16:00,849 --> 00:16:03,382 But emotionally, he's experiencing deep grief. 243 00:16:03,449 --> 00:16:05,349 And there's nothing in his history? 244 00:16:05,416 --> 00:16:09,716 I've only spent a couple of hours so far, but so far, I've found nothing. 245 00:16:09,782 --> 00:16:13,016 Well, boys just don't shoot their parents. 246 00:16:13,082 --> 00:16:17,082 Give me something. You want a reason, Judge, turn on the news. 247 00:16:17,149 --> 00:16:21,516 Nightlinewill put on experts. They'll talk about family values, bad parenting. 248 00:16:21,582 --> 00:16:25,816 Pick up a newspaper. You'll see articles about too much television. 249 00:16:25,882 --> 00:16:28,882 Maybe he got dropped on his head at birth. 250 00:16:28,949 --> 00:16:32,549 There's no shortage of opinions. And you can throw them all out. 251 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:36,516 There must be a sign. Sure, there's a sign. 252 00:16:36,582 --> 00:16:39,549 In Little League, he threw his bat a few times. 253 00:16:39,616 --> 00:16:41,616 He fought at recess on occasion. 254 00:16:41,682 --> 00:16:44,649 If you're desperate for a sign, cling to those. 255 00:16:44,716 --> 00:16:48,082 But there simply is nothing overt... 256 00:16:48,149 --> 00:16:51,582 to explain why this kid had an impulse to kill. 257 00:16:51,649 --> 00:16:54,916 No reason as to why he couldn't control that impulse. 258 00:16:54,982 --> 00:16:57,182 You want it to be comprehensible. 259 00:16:57,249 --> 00:17:01,182 We all do. It may never be. 260 00:17:01,249 --> 00:17:03,782 Thank you, Doctor. Thank you. 261 00:17:08,716 --> 00:17:11,516 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 262 00:17:13,849 --> 00:17:17,116 So, what are you going to do? 263 00:17:17,182 --> 00:17:19,349 Uh-- 264 00:17:19,416 --> 00:17:21,682 Uh, I'm not sure yet. 265 00:17:23,549 --> 00:17:26,649 On the one hand, he-- 266 00:17:31,882 --> 00:17:33,916 I think I have to charge him as an adult. 267 00:17:33,982 --> 00:17:37,749 That is not the way to go, Helen. 268 00:17:37,816 --> 00:17:41,249 You said yourself "quickly and quietly." I understand. 269 00:17:41,316 --> 00:17:44,416 But I'm looking at a pretty mature, well-adjusted kid here. 270 00:17:44,482 --> 00:17:46,149 Who gets served? 271 00:17:46,216 --> 00:17:51,116 The reason you brought me in is because this case is different. 272 00:17:51,182 --> 00:17:55,716 It's not about win/lose. Now, what gets served? 273 00:17:55,782 --> 00:17:58,182 That's what I keep asking. What gets served? 274 00:18:00,416 --> 00:18:02,482 Well, let's make a decision. 275 00:18:05,816 --> 00:18:08,649 I'm afraid it's gonna have to be made by you, Your Honor. 276 00:18:10,449 --> 00:18:13,649 Fine. 277 00:18:13,716 --> 00:18:15,649 I'll set the hearing for tomorrow. 278 00:18:15,716 --> 00:18:20,649 This kid is gonna lose his life. 279 00:18:21,749 --> 00:18:24,849 Part of me hopes you win this. 280 00:18:24,916 --> 00:18:28,682 But that question, "Who gets served"-- 281 00:18:28,749 --> 00:18:31,616 [ Sighs ] Where my duty lies, I gotta go adult. 282 00:18:47,849 --> 00:18:49,449 [ Ellenor ] I don't like it. 283 00:18:49,516 --> 00:18:51,982 [ Jimmy ] I don't even know what it is. [ Rebecca ] It's a painting. 284 00:18:52,049 --> 00:18:55,516 But it's all jumbled. 285 00:18:55,582 --> 00:18:57,449 What kind of message does that send? 286 00:18:57,516 --> 00:19:01,416 You teach kids to color inside the lines. They come in and see that-- 287 00:19:01,482 --> 00:19:04,416 The message it sends is flush is expensive. 288 00:19:04,482 --> 00:19:06,316 Lindsay bought it? Ah! Got it on loan. 289 00:19:06,382 --> 00:19:09,682 She wants it here when our asbestos clients come in. Oh, please. 290 00:19:09,749 --> 00:19:12,482 Ellenor, don't "Oh, please." You know it works. 291 00:19:12,549 --> 00:19:14,516 Clients just glance at our track record. 292 00:19:14,582 --> 00:19:16,516 What matters to them are the cars we drive. 293 00:19:16,582 --> 00:19:18,782 If they're expensive, we must be good. 294 00:19:18,849 --> 00:19:21,716 If we look rich, we must be winners. 295 00:19:21,782 --> 00:19:23,716 You really think we could get this trial? 296 00:19:23,782 --> 00:19:26,482 Hey, we got an interview. 297 00:19:26,549 --> 00:19:29,482 Timing couldn't be better. We're hot off of beating the tobacco industry. 298 00:19:29,549 --> 00:19:32,416 Bobby's name is in all the papers with this kid shooting his mother. 299 00:19:32,482 --> 00:19:35,116 What are we talking about here? [ Ellenor ] Class action. 300 00:19:35,182 --> 00:19:37,782 Thousand-plus plaintiffs. Even if we split the contingency, 301 00:19:37,849 --> 00:19:40,116 we're lookin' at seven figures minimum. 302 00:19:40,182 --> 00:19:42,682 - Seven for us? - For us. 303 00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:46,482 I love that painting. [ Chuckling ] 304 00:19:57,049 --> 00:19:59,549 Think they'll win it this year? The Sox? 305 00:19:59,616 --> 00:20:03,549 Next year. Every year is next year for the Red Sox. 306 00:20:03,616 --> 00:20:06,116 Yeah. It must be tough playin' in this town. 307 00:20:06,182 --> 00:20:09,582 Fans have a million years of frustration pent up. 308 00:20:09,649 --> 00:20:11,916 Wonder how they manage to play at all. 309 00:20:11,982 --> 00:20:14,249 I can't feel sorry for ballplayers. 310 00:20:14,316 --> 00:20:17,949 Makin' that kind of money to play a game in the summer and take the winters off-- 311 00:20:18,016 --> 00:20:20,116 [ Scoffs ] They don't get my sympathy. 312 00:20:20,182 --> 00:20:23,249 You're that lawyer for that killer, aren't you? 313 00:20:23,316 --> 00:20:27,216 Sholey-- that guy who killed those two teenagers. 314 00:20:27,282 --> 00:20:31,082 You're his lawyer. Yeah. 315 00:20:31,149 --> 00:20:33,149 Can I ask you somethin'? 316 00:20:33,216 --> 00:20:37,382 How do you do that? I mean, isn't it hard to-- 317 00:20:37,449 --> 00:20:39,482 You know, people like that? 318 00:20:40,849 --> 00:20:43,216 Every man or woman gets his day in court. 319 00:20:43,282 --> 00:20:45,782 I understand. 320 00:20:45,849 --> 00:20:47,949 But this guy's pure scum, isn't he? 321 00:20:48,016 --> 00:20:50,149 He's a human being. 322 00:20:52,216 --> 00:20:54,682 It's just... 323 00:20:54,749 --> 00:20:58,482 those teenagers, they were my kids. 324 00:21:06,816 --> 00:21:09,616 I'm, um, 325 00:21:11,482 --> 00:21:13,616 sorry. 326 00:21:13,682 --> 00:21:16,782 You like what you do for a living, Mr. Young? 327 00:21:19,316 --> 00:21:22,649 It's nice to see you do draw lines. 328 00:21:22,716 --> 00:21:26,149 You'd never sympathize with a ballplayer. 329 00:21:34,516 --> 00:21:36,616 [ Slams Newspaper Down ] 330 00:21:46,007 --> 00:21:49,407 It went okay. I didn't think the D.A. came back with much. 331 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:52,107 So? We could win? 332 00:21:52,174 --> 00:21:56,540 We should win, Brad, unless they want to rewrite the law. 333 00:21:56,607 --> 00:22:01,340 But there is no time limit. My bet is they're gonna sit on this case a long, long time. 334 00:22:01,407 --> 00:22:04,007 And what, not do anything? 335 00:22:04,074 --> 00:22:07,807 You gotta understand. Us winning means turning you loose. 336 00:22:07,874 --> 00:22:13,207 You killed two people. Setting you free isn't gonna be on anybody's list of priorities. 337 00:22:13,274 --> 00:22:17,340 But it went good? I think it did. 338 00:22:17,407 --> 00:22:19,574 Yes. 339 00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:25,107 When I was assigned this case, 340 00:22:25,174 --> 00:22:29,840 every instinct was let's not make this a bigger tragedy than it already is. 341 00:22:29,907 --> 00:22:35,307 But he committed a very adult crime. It was knowing. 342 00:22:35,374 --> 00:22:38,374 He walked upstairs, 343 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,274 turned the combination on a safe to the left, 344 00:22:42,340 --> 00:22:46,240 to the right and back to the left. 345 00:22:46,307 --> 00:22:49,740 He loaded bullets into a revolver. 346 00:22:49,807 --> 00:22:53,140 He walked back downstairs... 347 00:22:53,207 --> 00:22:55,074 and executed a human being. 348 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:59,640 [ Bobby ] If he is tried as an adult, he receives a life sentence. 349 00:22:59,707 --> 00:23:02,507 Let's not dance around that reality. 350 00:23:02,574 --> 00:23:04,907 He's got no defense of the crime itself. 351 00:23:04,974 --> 00:23:08,274 As an adult, second degree murder carries an automatic life sentence. 352 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:11,874 - We have to face that. - We also have to face what he did. 353 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,874 [ Bobby ] He's 13 years old. 354 00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:18,207 If he had impregnated his teacher, 355 00:23:18,274 --> 00:23:23,974 the teacher would go to jail and the world would be saying, "He's a child." 356 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,674 But because of the politics and outrage of murder, 357 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:29,407 the world says, "Adult. 358 00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:31,407 "Treat him as an adult. 359 00:23:31,474 --> 00:23:34,807 Don't be soft." 360 00:23:34,874 --> 00:23:38,607 As much as I feel for this boy, and I do, 361 00:23:38,674 --> 00:23:42,940 as much as I feel for his family, 362 00:23:43,007 --> 00:23:45,107 I can't escape-- 363 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:50,474 I can't look at him and say, "He's just a kid." 364 00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:53,474 [ Bobby ] You can say that, Helen, 365 00:23:53,540 --> 00:23:56,440 because he is a kid. 366 00:23:57,874 --> 00:24:01,440 And if you're saying there's no chance of rehabilitation... 367 00:24:01,507 --> 00:24:04,140 with a 13-year-old, then... 368 00:24:04,207 --> 00:24:08,107 you're saying rehabilitation shouldn't even exist as a concept. 369 00:24:10,274 --> 00:24:13,707 He didn't steal a car, Bobby. 370 00:24:18,774 --> 00:24:21,140 I'll take this under advisement. 371 00:24:32,774 --> 00:24:34,840 [ John ] How you doin', kid? 372 00:24:41,107 --> 00:24:43,974 We'll, uh-- 373 00:24:47,174 --> 00:24:49,740 We're gonna get through this. 374 00:24:57,307 --> 00:24:59,440 I'm sorry, Dad. 375 00:25:01,307 --> 00:25:03,140 I know. 376 00:25:22,474 --> 00:25:24,840 Will you tell Carol I'm sorry? 377 00:25:26,707 --> 00:25:28,574 Yeah. 378 00:25:30,507 --> 00:25:32,607 Does she hate me now? 379 00:25:34,974 --> 00:25:37,440 No. 380 00:25:49,807 --> 00:25:52,340 [ Jimmy ] Asbestos clients. Show time. 381 00:25:52,407 --> 00:25:54,607 Here they come. Here they come. 382 00:25:54,674 --> 00:25:56,707 - Okay. So you're gonna buzz me. - What do I say? 383 00:25:56,774 --> 00:25:58,707 - Anything. Just stay on the line. - This is so ridiculous. 384 00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:02,040 Shh! There's no need to panic. I'll walk you through it. 385 00:26:02,107 --> 00:26:06,174 John, if you go into a courtroom oozing anxiety, the judge will see that. 386 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,840 Okay, you're gonna do exactly as I say. We're looking for Lindsay Dole. 387 00:26:08,907 --> 00:26:11,007 [ Lindsay ] Hold on. Hi, Mr. Monahan? 388 00:26:11,074 --> 00:26:13,907 It's me. Um, let's go into the conference room. Rebecca, could you show them? 389 00:26:13,974 --> 00:26:15,474 Of course. 390 00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:18,940 The reason I'm not panicked is a 12-B-6 isn't just viable, it will win. 391 00:26:19,007 --> 00:26:20,874 Hi. 392 00:26:20,940 --> 00:26:25,207 [ Lindsay ] I have a meeting. I'm gonna have to call you back. 393 00:26:25,274 --> 00:26:28,040 Two minutes, you buzz me. 394 00:26:28,107 --> 00:26:29,840 [ Door Closes ] 395 00:26:31,507 --> 00:26:34,474 [ Sighs ] I'm sorry it's a little crazy. 396 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:37,040 I've got a panicked house counsel in Detroit. 397 00:26:37,107 --> 00:26:40,207 - Well, we appreciate your agreeing to the meeting. - My pleasure. 398 00:26:40,274 --> 00:26:42,274 Cutting to it-- 399 00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:46,340 Your success against the tobacco company has our interest piqued. 400 00:26:46,407 --> 00:26:48,140 Especially since, uh-- 401 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:52,874 Well, going up against the asbestos industry, uh-- 402 00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:55,774 We're facing a comparable Goliath. 403 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,340 - How many in the class? - We're up to almost 1,300. 404 00:26:58,407 --> 00:26:59,974 Certified? [ Woman ] Mm-hmm. 405 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,174 [ Monahan ] We've already survived a motion to decertify. 406 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:06,640 Most of the discovery is done. We have a September trial date. 407 00:27:06,707 --> 00:27:10,474 - [ Phone Rings ] - I'm sorry. Yes? 408 00:27:10,540 --> 00:27:12,774 Hey, Lindsay. Been to any wild orgies lately? 409 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,574 Calm-- Calm down, John. John, listen. Who's the judge? 410 00:27:20,174 --> 00:27:23,874 Albright. Albright. 411 00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:25,474 [ Typing ] 412 00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:28,874 Albright. Okay, I've got him. 413 00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:31,707 Has a reputation for being colloquial. I definitely want local counsel. 414 00:27:31,774 --> 00:27:34,107 Oh, good news. He's spoken at seminars on frivolous litigation. 415 00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:36,440 He'll be receptive to the 12-B-6 and our Rule 11. 416 00:27:36,507 --> 00:27:39,574 Now, I-- I don't want to file till July, however. 417 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,207 I'm just curious. You ever tried, uh, mud wrestling? 418 00:27:42,274 --> 00:27:44,774 The reason is he has a summer home on Lake Ontario. 419 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,707 He puts in a three-day work week. He likes to keep his docket down. 420 00:27:48,774 --> 00:27:51,040 Statistically, he kicks 30% more cases in July and August. 421 00:27:51,107 --> 00:27:55,007 John? John, I have to call you back. I'm in a meeting with clients. 422 00:27:55,074 --> 00:27:57,574 Okay? Okay. Bye-bye. 423 00:28:00,107 --> 00:28:01,974 I'm very sorry. 424 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,774 You've never done an asbestos litigation, have you? 425 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,274 No, but that's not the problem. 426 00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:11,374 - Can I cut to what I do perceive as a problem? - Absolutely. 427 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,807 I had a chance to look over some of the pleadings and witness lists. 428 00:28:14,874 --> 00:28:18,240 Public record. Sorry. We may have a difference in trial philosophy. 429 00:28:18,307 --> 00:28:20,907 Which would be? You seem to be emphasizing causation. 430 00:28:20,974 --> 00:28:22,907 On these kinds of cases, we tend not to. 431 00:28:22,974 --> 00:28:25,107 How do you prove a case without causation? 432 00:28:25,174 --> 00:28:28,340 Well, I'm not saying ignore it, but when proving it depends on science, 433 00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:30,340 you're putting two heavy burdens on a jury. 434 00:28:30,407 --> 00:28:31,940 One, you're asking them to understand it. 435 00:28:32,007 --> 00:28:34,074 Two, you're asking them to stay awake. 436 00:28:34,140 --> 00:28:36,707 Anything they don't understand, they get suspicious of. 437 00:28:36,774 --> 00:28:40,174 And with asbestos, just like tobacco, you have a presumption. 438 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,040 They already know it kills. 439 00:28:42,107 --> 00:28:45,574 The defense can't pick apart that premise. 440 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,640 They can pick apart science. 441 00:28:47,707 --> 00:28:50,174 I'm wary of leaving evidence out. 442 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,874 Yeah, that's what I figured. 443 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:56,707 We're probably not the right firm for you. 444 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,974 Be seated. 445 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:13,140 Under Minnick versus Mississippi, the law is quite clear. 446 00:29:13,207 --> 00:29:17,440 When a suspect asks for his attorney, all further interrogation must stop. 447 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:21,074 The tape here was very disturbing, 448 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:23,707 seeing the police lie about having witnesses, 449 00:29:23,774 --> 00:29:26,774 misrepresenting information. 450 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,940 Nevertheless, this kind of police conduct is entirely permissible. 451 00:29:31,007 --> 00:29:35,707 And since we find the defendant stopped short of directly asking for counsel, 452 00:29:36,874 --> 00:29:40,607 we unanimously find the confession to be admissible. 453 00:29:40,674 --> 00:29:42,607 The conviction therefore stands. 454 00:29:42,674 --> 00:29:44,840 Adjourned. [ Gavel Raps ] 455 00:29:48,507 --> 00:29:51,440 Permission to address the court. 456 00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:56,107 Permission to address this court. 457 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,107 Proceed. 458 00:30:05,307 --> 00:30:06,974 You people just ignored the law. 459 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,040 We've made our ruling, and I see no-- I heard your ruling. 460 00:30:10,107 --> 00:30:14,940 Uh, the other day, I had to explain to my 10-year-old... 461 00:30:15,007 --> 00:30:18,840 how I could come into this room and fight for a man who killed two people. 462 00:30:18,907 --> 00:30:21,874 Yesterday, I had to look this man in the eye-- 463 00:30:21,940 --> 00:30:23,874 [ Judge Clarke ] Counsel-- Counsel what? 464 00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:26,040 You gonna give me a speech, Judge? 465 00:30:26,107 --> 00:30:28,974 Tell me how the Bill of Rights, how the Constitution has to count for something? 466 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,140 I gave that speech to my kid. I told myself that... 467 00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:34,840 while havin' to look at the father of two dead teenagers, 468 00:30:34,907 --> 00:30:36,874 two kids my client shot! [ Judge Callahan ] Mr. Young-- 469 00:30:36,940 --> 00:30:38,974 Permission to address this court! 470 00:30:41,207 --> 00:30:44,140 Ten years I've been puttin' them back out there-- 471 00:30:44,207 --> 00:30:46,940 criminals, sometimes rapists, sometimes murderers. 472 00:30:47,007 --> 00:30:49,840 Ten years, all the time tellin' myself there's a reason. 473 00:30:49,907 --> 00:30:51,840 You're 10 seconds from a contempt order! 474 00:30:51,907 --> 00:30:54,840 Do it! There are rules! Rules, damn it! 475 00:30:54,907 --> 00:30:57,107 We don't let the police coerce confessions. 476 00:30:57,174 --> 00:30:59,274 We don't let 'em beat down doors without warrants. 477 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:02,507 We don't let them grill suspects after they ask for their lawyers. 478 00:31:02,574 --> 00:31:06,474 My client damn well asked for his lawyer, and all three of you sittin' up there, you know it! 479 00:31:06,540 --> 00:31:08,174 - You're out of order! - You're out of order! 480 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,607 You disgraced the bench, this room. 481 00:31:10,674 --> 00:31:12,707 You just raped the Sixth Amendment! 482 00:31:12,774 --> 00:31:15,107 I hold you in contempt. I hold all three of you in contempt! 483 00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:17,440 Take him and put him in lockup. 484 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:26,674 I'll rot in that cell... 485 00:31:26,740 --> 00:31:30,440 if giving you respect is a condition for my getting out. 486 00:31:33,340 --> 00:31:35,974 I'll rot. 487 00:31:55,399 --> 00:31:57,932 Dad, did you hit somebody? No. 488 00:31:57,999 --> 00:32:00,932 How long? Till morning. 489 00:32:00,999 --> 00:32:02,632 I argued a called strike. 490 00:32:02,699 --> 00:32:05,932 They'll let him visit for an hour. I'll keep him with me tonight. 491 00:32:05,999 --> 00:32:08,165 He belongs in here with me. 492 00:32:08,232 --> 00:32:11,365 - I'll be back. - Thanks again. 493 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:16,099 So, what happened? Sit down, buddy. 494 00:32:19,932 --> 00:32:23,299 You heard me talk of your Uncle Curtis? Jail Uncle Curtis? 495 00:32:23,365 --> 00:32:26,599 Yeah. You remember what he went to jail for? 496 00:32:28,432 --> 00:32:31,132 They thought he knocked off a liquor store and capped somebody. 497 00:32:31,199 --> 00:32:34,299 But he didn't, right? Yeah. 498 00:32:34,365 --> 00:32:38,765 And, uh, the reason he ended up in prison... 499 00:32:38,832 --> 00:32:43,332 was that he fit the description of whoever did do it, and the police arrested him. 500 00:32:43,399 --> 00:32:47,632 They kept him in a room for 20 hours. 501 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:51,999 Kept makin' him drink coffee and not lettin' him go to the bathroom. 502 00:32:52,065 --> 00:32:55,799 Kept tellin' him that if he'd just confess, 503 00:32:55,865 --> 00:32:57,832 that everything would go better. 504 00:32:57,899 --> 00:32:59,899 And that if he didn't confess, 505 00:32:59,965 --> 00:33:05,599 they'd arrest my sister and they'd both get the death penalty. 506 00:33:05,665 --> 00:33:09,399 Told him if he cooperated, 507 00:33:09,465 --> 00:33:11,365 he could leave. 508 00:33:12,999 --> 00:33:15,099 And after 20 hours, 509 00:33:16,399 --> 00:33:18,532 they had him to the point... 510 00:33:18,599 --> 00:33:21,232 where he would say anything just to go home. 511 00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:26,465 And he signed a confession to a crime he didn't commit. 512 00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:31,332 You hate the police, don't you? 513 00:33:32,732 --> 00:33:36,099 I don't hate the police. Most of them are good people. 514 00:33:38,799 --> 00:33:43,199 Kendall, most of my clients did the crime. I won't lie to you about that. 515 00:33:43,265 --> 00:33:45,732 The reason I fight for 'em... 516 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:48,965 is as soon as we allow the police to use illegal methods, 517 00:33:49,032 --> 00:33:52,232 sure, more guilty people will be convicted, 518 00:33:52,299 --> 00:33:54,599 but more innocent people will too. 519 00:33:56,732 --> 00:33:59,199 That's what I fight for. 520 00:34:04,899 --> 00:34:08,099 Here he comes. Stay calm. Everybody calm. Look busy. 521 00:34:08,165 --> 00:34:10,165 Um, file. Are they hiring us? 522 00:34:10,232 --> 00:34:12,599 I don't know. Stay calm! I'm calm. You stay calm! 523 00:34:12,665 --> 00:34:14,799 - [ Rebecca ] Shh! - Hi. 524 00:34:14,865 --> 00:34:17,199 Mr. Monahan. 525 00:34:17,265 --> 00:34:20,599 Thank you for letting me drop by on such short notice. 526 00:34:20,665 --> 00:34:24,799 - Sure. - Listen, uh, we've thought about it. 527 00:34:24,865 --> 00:34:27,365 We would like to hire you. 528 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:30,699 Really? I am serious about our trial philosophy. 529 00:34:30,765 --> 00:34:32,899 [ Monahan ] I understand. We're on board with it. 530 00:34:32,965 --> 00:34:35,932 - You obviously get results. - Fine. Files will be delivered? 531 00:34:35,999 --> 00:34:39,965 Today. I'd like to schedule a coordination conference for next week if possible. 532 00:34:40,032 --> 00:34:41,865 We can do that. Great. 533 00:34:41,932 --> 00:34:44,732 I'll be in touch. Good. 534 00:34:46,565 --> 00:34:48,599 [ Door Opens ] 535 00:34:50,132 --> 00:34:53,199 Let him get in the elevator. 536 00:34:53,265 --> 00:34:56,865 Four, three, two, one. 537 00:34:56,932 --> 00:34:59,732 [ Screaming, Laughing ] 538 00:35:04,832 --> 00:35:06,765 Be seated. 539 00:35:15,365 --> 00:35:21,032 For the past several days, I've felt compelled to blame. 540 00:35:21,099 --> 00:35:23,665 Easy access to guns, 541 00:35:23,732 --> 00:35:26,865 television, movies, 542 00:35:26,932 --> 00:35:29,999 brainwashing children with violence-- 543 00:35:30,065 --> 00:35:33,499 all disgustingly denying any accountability. 544 00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:36,165 Blame. 545 00:35:36,232 --> 00:35:41,599 But in this room, young man, it comes down to youraccountability. 546 00:35:43,865 --> 00:35:47,765 I doubt that you or anybody else in this room... 547 00:35:47,832 --> 00:35:51,065 will ever make sense of why you killed your mother. 548 00:35:52,332 --> 00:35:56,232 There's no rhyme, no reason, 549 00:35:56,299 --> 00:36:00,832 and ultimately no excuse. 550 00:36:00,899 --> 00:36:04,332 You ended your own childhood. 551 00:36:07,865 --> 00:36:12,199 I'm granting the district attorney's petition to charge you as an adult. 552 00:36:16,332 --> 00:36:19,632 - Adjourned. - [ Gavel Raps ] 553 00:36:43,699 --> 00:36:45,599 [ Sighs ] 554 00:36:55,599 --> 00:36:57,465 I gotta know why. 555 00:36:59,532 --> 00:37:02,999 We all fall where we fall on this, Mr. Donnell. 556 00:37:03,065 --> 00:37:07,232 Nobody's right, nobody's wrong. We all fall where we fall. 557 00:37:07,299 --> 00:37:09,899 Yeah. But you're the judge. 558 00:37:09,965 --> 00:37:12,965 Yeah, that's right. 559 00:37:13,032 --> 00:37:17,065 I'm the judge. You wanna swap places? 560 00:37:18,965 --> 00:37:21,699 You could've opted for hope instead of-- 561 00:37:21,765 --> 00:37:24,099 What makes you think I didn't? 562 00:37:24,165 --> 00:37:29,232 You know, I sit on that bench every day seeing the evil in people. 563 00:37:31,265 --> 00:37:35,665 Hope for me lies in the child. 564 00:37:35,732 --> 00:37:40,599 Hope won't allow me to see the child in him. 565 00:37:40,665 --> 00:37:42,465 He murdered his own mother. 566 00:37:44,532 --> 00:37:48,965 That doesn't sound like legal reasoning to me. Well, 567 00:37:49,032 --> 00:37:51,532 legal reasoning can only deal... 568 00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:55,465 with the consequences of what he did. 569 00:37:55,532 --> 00:37:59,099 And I'll be damned if I'm going to send that message... 570 00:37:59,165 --> 00:38:02,365 to the next 13-year-old with a gun. 571 00:38:02,432 --> 00:38:08,232 This was about one 13-year-old. 572 00:38:11,465 --> 00:38:15,065 With the power to make you hate God. 573 00:38:24,099 --> 00:38:26,365 I have to believe a child couldn't do that. 574 00:38:28,532 --> 00:38:31,399 If a child could, 575 00:38:31,465 --> 00:38:34,699 then that surely is the death of hope. 576 00:38:51,665 --> 00:38:53,799 An apology lets you out. 577 00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:56,465 You don't get it. 578 00:38:59,432 --> 00:39:01,465 Did you really think we would set him free? 579 00:39:01,532 --> 00:39:06,565 I'm naive enough to believe the Sixth Amendment means something. 580 00:39:06,632 --> 00:39:09,532 Liberty doesn't lie in the Constitution, Mr. Young. 581 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:11,965 It doesn't lie in the law or the courtroom. 582 00:39:12,032 --> 00:39:14,799 It lies in a man's heart. 583 00:39:14,865 --> 00:39:19,732 And in my heart, I wasn't going to turn loose a man who I knew would kill again. 584 00:39:21,532 --> 00:39:25,865 "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not sure it's right." 585 00:39:25,932 --> 00:39:28,465 If you're gonna quote Learned Hand, 586 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:31,532 try to remember the essence of his speech. 587 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:35,332 And the spirit of your ruling, Judge, is that you knew you were wrong. 588 00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:40,265 We have to be able to sleep at night too. 589 00:39:40,332 --> 00:39:42,599 And you didn't sleep last night, did you? 590 00:39:43,699 --> 00:39:47,932 I congratulate you on your righteousness. 591 00:39:47,999 --> 00:39:50,332 I salute your ability to look at death... 592 00:39:50,399 --> 00:39:52,965 and feel nothing but patriotism for playing your part. 593 00:39:53,032 --> 00:39:56,999 We all signed up to do our jobs, Judge. You betrayed yours. 594 00:39:57,065 --> 00:40:01,632 And I will not stand here and let you tell me what's in my heart. 595 00:40:03,532 --> 00:40:05,499 Now, there's no crime to being a coward. 596 00:40:05,565 --> 00:40:08,199 It just shouldn't be cloaked in a robe. 597 00:40:13,632 --> 00:40:15,599 Asbestos class action. 598 00:40:15,665 --> 00:40:18,499 Lindsay's backing up her threat to make us flush. 599 00:40:21,099 --> 00:40:24,065 I'd probably celebrate more if I were a partner. 600 00:40:25,599 --> 00:40:28,265 You will be, Jimmy. 601 00:40:28,332 --> 00:40:30,965 How you feelin'? Your wounds healin' up okay? 602 00:40:31,032 --> 00:40:35,465 Yeah. Yours? 603 00:40:37,065 --> 00:40:39,065 You mean Spivak? 604 00:40:40,232 --> 00:40:43,332 Uh, no, I-- Yeah. 605 00:40:45,399 --> 00:40:48,232 I'm fine. Just a guy. 606 00:40:48,299 --> 00:40:50,565 Another one will come along. 607 00:40:50,632 --> 00:40:52,332 Plenty of fish. 608 00:40:54,699 --> 00:40:57,199 Schools. 609 00:41:06,365 --> 00:41:08,899 I've had judges look the other way before, but-- 610 00:41:08,965 --> 00:41:10,932 But what? 611 00:41:10,999 --> 00:41:15,065 Some of the disgust is my own. 612 00:41:15,132 --> 00:41:19,699 When my son said, "My dad can get murderers off. He can get anybody off," 613 00:41:21,932 --> 00:41:24,065 it hit me like a train. 614 00:41:25,765 --> 00:41:29,365 Since, I've been lookin' at myself through his eyes. 615 00:41:32,265 --> 00:41:35,465 What I do, what I am. 616 00:41:37,232 --> 00:41:41,299 I needed that appeals court for some kind of validation. 617 00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:42,999 Eugene, the disgrace of that ruling... 618 00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:46,165 belongs to those judges, not to you. 619 00:41:46,232 --> 00:41:49,332 Explain that to my boy, could you? 620 00:41:49,399 --> 00:41:52,032 The courts didn't wanna put a killer back out there. I did. 621 00:41:52,099 --> 00:41:54,499 Explain to him how I'm the good guy, huh? 622 00:41:57,565 --> 00:42:02,232 Look, it's not always a meritocracy. 623 00:42:02,299 --> 00:42:05,565 I mean, judges rule for the wrong reasons sometimes. 624 00:42:05,632 --> 00:42:08,199 Clients choose you because of paint jobs. 625 00:42:10,665 --> 00:42:13,732 Lindsay landed a coup with fake computers. And you know what? 626 00:42:13,799 --> 00:42:17,865 That case she got, every firm in town would drool over it. 627 00:42:17,932 --> 00:42:20,065 It could make us a lot of money. 628 00:42:22,032 --> 00:42:24,999 But what I'll go home and celebrate a little tonight... 629 00:42:25,065 --> 00:42:28,199 is that you and I spent the last few days... 630 00:42:28,265 --> 00:42:32,065 fighting for people no firm in this town would touch. 631 00:42:34,565 --> 00:42:36,732 And we both lost. 632 00:42:38,199 --> 00:42:40,432 Maybe it's right we lost. I don't know. 633 00:42:42,132 --> 00:42:47,432 But what I do know is what makes the courtroom a noble place... 634 00:42:47,499 --> 00:42:51,765 is that people like you go in there and fight. 635 00:42:54,532 --> 00:42:57,065 Sometimes, on principle alone. 636 00:43:07,332 --> 00:43:11,065 I don't know how long I can keep doin' it. 637 00:43:17,465 --> 00:43:19,632 Me neither. 638 00:43:41,465 --> 00:43:46,599 ♪ Let the river rock you like a cradle ♪ 639 00:43:48,499 --> 00:43:53,532 ♪ Climb to the treetops, child if you're able ♪ 640 00:43:55,365 --> 00:44:00,999 ♪ Let your hands tie a knot across the table ♪ 641 00:44:02,732 --> 00:44:05,165 ♪ Come and touch ♪ 642 00:44:05,232 --> 00:44:08,332 ♪ The things you cannot feel ♪ 643 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:13,365 ♪ And close your fingertips ♪ 644 00:44:13,432 --> 00:44:17,932 ♪ And fly where I can't hold you ♪ 645 00:44:17,999 --> 00:44:20,399 ♪ Let the sun rain fall ♪ 646 00:44:20,465 --> 00:44:25,032 ♪ And let the dewy clouds enfold you ♪ 647 00:44:25,099 --> 00:44:32,765 ♪ And maybe you can sing to me the words I just told you ♪ 648 00:44:32,832 --> 00:44:37,865 ♪ If all the things you feel ain't what they seem ♪ 649 00:44:37,932 --> 00:44:41,999 ♪ Then don't mind me ♪ 650 00:44:42,065 --> 00:44:48,599 ♪ 'Cause I ain't nothin' but a dream ♪ 651 00:44:48,665 --> 00:44:56,365 ♪ And you can follow And you can follow ♪ 652 00:44:56,432 --> 00:45:00,199 ♪ And you can follow ♪ 653 00:45:21,965 --> 00:45:23,699 [ Woman ] You stinker!