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Narrator: In the criminal justice
system, the people are represented

by two separate yet
equally important groups...

The police who
investigate crime,

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Oh, great.

Another citizen
with hallucinations.

What the hell was this guy doing

down here in the first place?

Probably looking
for a $10 hand wax.

Here?

Let's go.

Hey! Hey, hey.

Is there anybody else in there?

Watch 'em.

Kelly!

It's a kid.

You got one through and through.

.38 or heavier.

Body's into rigor mortis,

but the eyes are moist.

I'd say 12 to 18 hours.

Can't be more than 16 years old.

Let's roll him over.

Slow.

Hold it.

Student ID...

Bishop's Academy,
Robbie Fenwick.

- 15 years old.
- Detective?

Officer: It's a .357 Magnum.

Probably tried to chuck it in
the river and came up short.

Okay, bag it and work it up.

We're going to hold
the kids for questioning.

You want anything from 'em now?

- Is that them over there?
- Yeah.

Cooperative little nose-wipes.

Which one of you
is going to tell us

about that dead boy in there?

- Nothing to tell.
- You know him?

What are you doing around here?

We heard there was a
body. We just came to see.

You live around here?

- Jackson Towers.
- Logan: Jackson Towers?

You came all the way here
'cause you heard there was a body?

Something wrong with that?

Slug is a five
with a right twist.

It's a Wadcutter series Il.

It's a probable match to the
weapon that you recovered.

I've only seen Wadcutters
used in target practice.

Uh-huh. Weapon's a
Ruger Security Six .357.

Custom Pachmayr grip,

modified hammer and trigger.

This is very
clean. It's not a toy.

The owner took good care of it.

There are no live
rounds in the cylinders,

and only the one spent casing.

That's all it takes. You
run it through the system?

A gun so loved,

it had to have its
very own license.

And it's Ian Maser,

557 West 77th Street.

Do you own a Ruger Security
Six .357 Magnum pistol?

I do.

It has been found at
the scene of a homicide,

and it's been determined
that's the murder weapon.

That can't be.

I keep that gun locked
in my bedside table.

This it?

Yes, it is.

Does anyone else beside yourself

- have access to this gun?
- There's the maid.

- Cerreta: Are you married?
- Divorced.

- Does anyone else live
in the house with you?
- There's my son.

- Cerreta: Where does
he go to school?
- Bishop's Academy.

But he's not there now.
He's upstairs in his room.

He's not feeling well.

Well, look, do you mind
if we have a talk with him?

Jaime.

Jaime.

Jaime...

can we ask you a few questions?

If you wanted to
show Robbie the gun,

why did you go to the warehouse?

That was his idea.
He wanted to shoot it.

Then what'd you do?

Robbie had the gun.

He was aiming it around.

Then I had it.

I was holding it.

Show us how you were holding it.

About, you know,
here. Like waist height.

Did you have your
finger on the trigger?

I don't remember.

Logan: Where was Robbie?

He was standing. Like
about where you are.

- That close?
- Uh-huh.

He wanted me to
give him back the gun.

I reached over,
you know, like this...

and it went off.

Did you do anything
to see if he was alive?

I didn't know what to do. He...

looked dead.

I freaked. I just
jammed out of there.

I didn't mean it, you know.

I really didn't. I swear.

It just went off.

It just did.

What we're really talking about
here is a scared 15-year-old.

He's not going anywhere. I don't
even see why we got to charge him.

And what do you guys suggest, sending
him home with a hug and a lollipop?

There was a shooting
here. Accidental or not,

we gotta charge this
kid with something,

- I don't care how minor.
- Robinette: There's enough
to support

a charge of reckless
endangerment.

Maybe second degree,
but that's even a stretch.

Criminal possession of a weapon?

We can always
upgrade if necessary.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

The desk has Robbie
Fenwick's parents on the line.

I'll take it outside.

How close are
you to wrapping up?

Well, we just got the crime
scene report this morning.

We just have to walk it
through. Maybe a day or so.

Robbie is standing
right about here.

And that means Jaime's about...

here with the gun.

We have an entry
wound in the right temple,

going out the back left.

Robbie turned his head away.

We have a wound
on his right hand.

He was asking for the gun.

Well, if he was
reaching for the gun,

that would mean he'd
have to be closer to Jaime,

and there'd be powder-burns
on the right hand.

According to this,
there weren't any.

Which means the gun has to
be at least a couple of feet away.

Yeah. All right.
Let's put him about...

here.

All right, his hand
has to be here.

How did he get the hand hit?

Unless he's like this.

His hands are up here because
he's trying to protect himself.

And if Jaime was cradling
the gun down here...

he'd have gunshot
residue on his shirt.

The tests were negative.

We'd get a higher bullet hit.

We supposed to be surprised
every time somebody lies to us?

Cerreta: Jaime, we
took what you told us

and put it alongside
the physical evidence,

and it just doesn't match.

For starters, you
weren't standing

next to Robbie when
the gun went off, right?

And you weren't holding the gun
the way you said you were, also, right?

Jaime, if there's something you
want to tell us, this is the time.

It's all right. You
can talk to them.

We were playing a game.

What kind of game?

Trust.

See, you aim the
gun at the other guy,

like you're going to shoot him,

until he tells you to
stop. Until he gives.

Who's idea was this game?

I don't remember.

All you want to do is
let the other guy give.

You don't want to hurt him.

So what happened?

I was aiming at Robbie.

I was squeezing the trigger...

real slow.

Didn't it occur to you
that this gun might go off?

No, there was no way
it was going to go off.

I didn't cock the hammer
before pulling the trigger.

It wasn't supposed to go off.

I mean, you have to cock the
hammer first with your thumb.

Where'd you learn that?

That's the way we always did it.

When we went to the range.

I swear, there was no
way it was gonna go off.

- You ever fire
one of these?
- Never.

Strictly for
competition shooters.

Oh, you have to
manually cock the hammer.

- Single action.
- Right. Now the gun
is ready to fire.

You just pull
the trigger, and...

I know you've
fired one of these.

.357 double-action revolver.

You just pull the trigger and
the gun does it all for you.

It's possible the kid
made a legitimate mistake.

Possible? Sure.

I don't know.

The kid takes aim.

Squeezes the trigger
slowly, like he says.

- He's looking down the sight.
- If he was trained to shoot,

he was trained to
look down the sights.

You can't tell me he didn't
notice that hammer cocking back.

He knew that gun
was going to fire.

How long has Jaime
been at Bishop Academy?

Jaime transferred here
the middle of last year.

Late transfers are never easy.

Jaime never seemed
to make it over the hump.

- You mean in his studies?
- He's a fair student.

The problem is, he never
latched onto any peer group.

- Not one.
- Logan: Except for
Robbie Fenwick.

Robbie was a bit of an outcast.

Not totally.

I had hoped he'd
help Jaime assimilate.

Never happened.

You ever talk to Jaime's father?

Initial interview,
and one other time

to ask him about
Jaime's medication.

What kind of medication?

His file says it's a
psychiatric prescription.

Mr. Maser downplayed
the whole thing.

- Didn't go into details.
- Did he have mood swings
or outbursts?

Not that the teaching
staff observed.

But as I said, he's a
very quiet young man.

I'm not even sure how well
his classmates knew him.

I got this weird vibe from him.

Sometimes he had this look,

this stare.

You just knew the gears were
like mashing up in his head.

Did he try to make friends?

Yeah, at first.

You know, new kid at midterm.

But we've all been going
to school together for years.

Nobody really had time for him.

Except for Robbie.

That guy was twisted.

Twisted? How?

He was always
talking about guns,

and like, shooting,
and getting high.

Did you ever hear
Jaime talk about guns?

No, that was Robbie.

That kid was always
maxed out on war stuff.

Like when Bush
did his thing in Iraq,

Robbie was totally into it.

He knew every single
weapon they had over there.

We used to call him Deuce-Deuce.

Why is that?

Well, last year he showed
up with this little .22.

You know, I think his old
man ended up taking it off him.

Claire found it in his dresser.

I was never able to get a straight
answer as to where he got it.

The boys spend a
lot of time in here?

Jaime had been here a few times.

He was always polite.

He didn't talk much.

Robbie loved guns.

He was fascinated
with the fact that

Jaime's father was a
competition shooter.

Neither of us know why
or where it came from,

but he just...

he seemed...

to feed off of it.

The first few months, nothing...

Wouldn't talk to me
about the new school.

When he first hooked
up with Robbie,

I was happy he
had made a friend.

He has trouble making friends?

Jaime wouldn't win
any popularity contests.

He's... self-reliant.

Something happen to make you
change your mind about Robbie?

A few months ago
Jaime came to me

and asked me whether
he and Robbie could come

to the firing range with me.

I got the impression
it was Robbie's idea.

So what about the medication?

What about it?

Cerreta: Well, can you
tell us what it was for?

When did Jaime start taking it?

I'd be happy to, if I didn't think
I'd get my butt thrown in jail.

What?

It's terms of my divorce.

It's partly why
Jaime's on medication.

Would you mind telling
us your ex-wife's address?

305 West 21st Street.

But it won't do you any good.

She can't talk about it either.

You know, before the Academy,

the only gun I ever shot
was a Daisy... BB gun.

My old man used to let me shoot

a stack of newspapers
in the basement.

Of course, one day I
wing a pigeon, right?

He flips out, throws the
gun in the incinerator,

makes me bring the damn bird
to the vet in a shoe box on the bus.

To this day I hate pigeons.

They're rats with wings.

Well, you see, when
you give a boy a gun,

eventually he may go after
bigger game than tin-can targets.

- That was my mother's argument.
- That's everybody's
mother's argument.

Either that or, "Someone's
going to get their eye put out."

"Somebody's bound to get hurt."

I bet Jaime's
mother is no different.

I can't.

Jaime's therapy is
tied to the divorce.

It's pretty much
the reason we split.

You got divorced because
Jaime's in therapy?

No, no. The incident
that led to the therapy.

Look, you can't push me on this.

It's been sealed.

Part of the negotiated settlement
was that Ian and I honor that seal.

Mrs. Maser, a boy is dead.

All of our instincts tell us

there's something
we should know here.

Have you spoken to Jaime lately?

It's not my time to see him.

- Terms of the divorce.
- Even under extraordinary
circumstances?

His father is very
absolute about things.

My son and I are just getting
back on track, Detective.

It's been a long time.

He doesn't really
talk to me that much.

She said "sealed."

That can mean only one
thing... He was in some trouble.

Wait, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Are you telling me the kid's
juvenile record is sealed,

and forbids them to
talk about it as well?

What the hell kind of
a settlement is that?

If whatever happened with Jaime

was severe enough
to split the family,

an argument could be made
both were in the kid's best interest.

That is just great.
Now we know there's

something in there,
and we can't look at it.

To get a court order
to open a sealed record,

I have to show relevance.

And I can't do that unless
I know what's in the record.

This is a hell of
a system we got.

With a prosecutor's
judge, maybe we get lucky.

But since Jaime's a
youthful offender, I doubt it.

And then we've shown our hand.

Fine, you know what?
Screw the record.

Somewhere some
cop had to write it up.

The Masers lived in
Chelsea before the divorce.

The report's probably
still in the precinct.

The seal applies to
the official police files,

as well as to the
reports, notes and records

of the investigating officer.

You think it applies to what

the officer might have
to say a few years later?

Happened over
near East River Park.

Something I never
liked about that case.

What are two kids
doing there with a gun?

Huh?

The only thing that's down
there is junkies and squatters.

And the other kid ends up dead.

An accident... right.

- An accident asking
to happen is what I say.
- Right.

Did you keep your
own notes on this case?

Off the record.

Never know when you
might need 'em, right?

It happened when Jaime was 13.

The other kid,

who's name was
Graham Campbell, was 12.

It was the same
thing... One to the head.

The gun was a Colt Python,
registered to Ian Maser.

Ruled an accident.

He told the detective
on the scene

he was just trying to show
his friend how the gun worked.

Jaime's 13, white,
middle class, no priors.

Cerreta: And here's the kicker.

He said he thought you
had to cock the hammer back

by hand before you
could fire the gun.

- Same excuse he's selling now.
- Worked the first time.

- Why not stick with it, right?
- Anything else?

The two shootings
were practically identical,

right down to Maser Senior
corroborating his son's claim

- he didn't know how
to work the handgun.
- This time he's lying.

We get a statement,
he perjures himself.

But it goes deeper than that.

We got to start with the kid.

We all know he wanted
to scare Robbie Fenwick.

We gotta prove he
wanted to kill him.

He pointed a gun
at somebody before,

he had pulled
the trigger before.

He knew the consequences.

That's not enough
to prove intent?

It is for everybody
in this room,

but legally we may not even
be able to use the first shooting.

Robinette: You want
to go down to man two?

No, I want him at murder two.

Depraved indifference
to human life.

- No need to prove intent.
- And we try him as an adult.

Cerreta: Jaime.

- Come here a minute.
- What?

Come on, get in.

- Why? What for?
- We're putting you
under arrest.

What do you mean?! You guys
said everything was gonna be fine.

- Take it easy.
- What are you guys doing
here, anyway?

- Just get away from me!
- Logan: Do us a favor
and get in the car.

Read him his freakin'
rights, will you?

Your Honor, it's
more than outrageous.

They practically dragged
the child out of the classroom.

Spare us the
hyperbole, Counselor.

Your Honor, the
People are informed

that officers were, in fact,
outside school grounds.

- 10 feet?
- Defense: Given
the defendant's age,

and the obvious strong-arm
intentions of the DA's office,

we intend to ask for removal

of these proceedings
to Family Court.

Your Honor, the
People feel that...

I'm aware of the
defendant's age, Mr. Barnett.

You want to make
the motion, feel free,

but I see nothing
here to indicate

why he shouldn't
be tried as an adult.

Supreme Criminal
to retain jurisdiction.

Defendant remanded to
the custody of his father.

Our claim of diminished capacity

is based on the fact that
at the time of the shooting,

Jaime was
involuntarily intoxicated.

According to this,
he was legally taking

a prescribed medication
under the supervision

of licensed psychiatrist.

Tracon is known to have adverse
reactions in certain individuals.

We can demonstrate
it affected his ability

to appreciate the
consequences of his actions.

He had the presence of mind
to lie to the investigating officers.

He had the presence
of mind to hide the fact

that he was involved
in a prior shooting.

The prior incident
is not relevant.

And I'm sure a jury
will have no trouble

understanding
that my young client

was frightened and confused.

He was under the influence of
a powerful psychotropic drug.

Tracon did the shooting?

I have the precedents
to back it up.

Grundberg. Petty.

Charges dismissed against a woman
who shot her mother eight times?

And an acquittal on a guy who
stabbed his ex-wife in the heart?

Neither case involved Tracon.

And unlike Mr. Maser,
the defendants

did not have a previous history

of reckless or violent behavior.

Come on, fellas,
you're blowing smoke.

Negligent homicide, and no time.

I'm not gonna plead this
down to a slap on the wrist, Dan.

More than happy
to let a jury decide.

Jaime.

Have a nice day.

Nobody's responsible anymore.

You kill somebody,
it's not your fault.

You're addicted to sugar,
or the wrong medication,

and someone should pay you a
million dollars for your suffering.

Who's doing Jaime's evaluation?

I'll call Olivet.

Olivet: You ever
had any blackouts?

What about the last
time things didn't turn out

the way you wanted,
how'd you handle it?

Did you get mad, did you yell,

did you trash your room?

- I just got over it.
- How about your dad?

When he gets angry,
does he let you know it?

Yeah, I guess so.

What about with Robbie?

When you were
pointing the gun at him,

what were you feeling?

I wasn't feeling anything.

What do you think
Robbie was feeling?

Scared.

He felt scared.

And Graham Campbell?
How about him?

I don't remember.

You remember how you felt?

I think you do.

You want to tell me about it?

Nothing to tell.

I hear you say that, but I'm
seeing something different.

Let's try something else here.

Okay.

I want you to make
up a story based

on the pictures I'm
going to show you.

You tell me who
the characters are,

what they're thinking, what led up
to the scene in the picture. Okay?

What's happening
in this picture, Jaime?

- I don't know.
- Yes, you do.

He's trying to learn the violin.

What else?

He's pretty lame with it.

What about the look on his face?

What about it?

Do you think he'll pick it up?

Do you think he'll try it?

- I don't know.
- Do you think he wants to?

- I think he's got to.
- Why is that?

Because if he
doesn't, his old man

is probably going to
beat the crap out of him.

Probably serves him right.

Why does it serve him right?

Well, he's got
to learn it, right?

I don't know. Does he?

- What's the point, otherwise?
- Olivet: Of what?

Of taking the stupid lessons, if
he's not gonna learn how to play it?!

I'd say he's a
psychologically abused kid

with an incredibly
exacting father.

Confirms what Cerreta and
Logan picked up from the mother.

Abused kids follow
one of two tracks.

They either identify
with the victim,

and place themselves in
situations where they'll be victimized,

or they identify
with the aggressor...

Internalize his qualities,
his power, his strength.

Stone: And he
became the aggressor.

And what effect did Tracon
have on his behavior?

It's an anti-anxiety drug.

It can affect mood, memory,
any number of variables.

But my opinion is
that Jaime's behavior

predates administration
of the drug.

Jaime exhibits
repetition compulsion,

a need to act out his
subconscious conflict.

He wants to feel powerful.

He enjoys the fear he creates.

That's what this game with
the Fenwick kid was all about.

And drug or no
drug, he'll play it again

the first chance he gets.

The first shooting
when he was 13,

that was part of
the game, as well?

Olivet: He became pretty
agitated when I brought it up.

He was probably
traumatized by the incident.

But not enough to
stay away from guns.

Best thing you
can do is plea it out,

make residential
psychiatric care a condition.

Stone: Six months of daycare?

He had two years
of therapy, Adam.

He knows what happens when
you pull a trigger. And he didn't care.

You cannot make the
case without entering

the first shooting in evidence.

No judge will allow it.

You got a sealed record there.

You got a juvenile
who's the offender.

Any jury would convict this boy

on the second shooting solely
on the evidence from the first.

Jaime said he mistakenly shot

Robbie Fenwick
because he didn't know

the difference
between a double-action

and a single-action handgun.

The Graham Campbell shooting demonstrates
he'd learned that lesson two years ago

when he claimed to have
made the same mistake.

Take a run at Judge Markman.

Jaime Maser shooting
Graham Campbell at age 13

had to have been the
single most important

incident in the
boy's life to date.

If that act is not
admitted, it allows Jaime

a defense claim that's
clearly fraudulent.

Your Honor, it's irrelevant.

Our defense isn't based
on a claim of mistake.

Robinette: Maybe not now,
but he did make the statements.

The investigating
officers will testify

Jaime told them he
was confused on the gun.

The prior shooting should be admitted
to show that statement to be a lie.

Under a technical application
of Molineux, you're right.

But I have to take
into account the impact

the knowledge of
this prior shooting

will have on the jury,
as I'm sure you did.

In my opinion, it's so
inflammatory, so prejudicial,

it will outweigh its
value as evidence.

So I can't allow it
to be introduced.

Jaime: Everything
was in slow motion.

It was weird.

I felt like I was standing
outside my body...

and watching.

I could see me and Robbie...

like in a movie.

And I wanted to see how
far the trigger would go.

I wanted to see what
Robbie would do.

Did he say anything to you?

I don't... I don't know.

It was like it was in a bubble.

I couldn't hear.

I just kept pulling the trigger,

and there was this flash.

And the gun went off?

I don't remember.

There was Robbie,
just laying there...

bleeding.

It was like the movie
was still going on.

I couldn't feel.

I heard this roaring
sound in my ears.

I just couldn't stop watching.

No further questions.

Mr. Stone.

No questions at this
time, Your Honor.

Subject to recall.

Since its introduction,

Tracon has had a
favorable success rate.

But it has also
generated 10 times more

adverse reaction
reports than similar drugs.

What kind of adverse
reactions, Doctor?

Nervous system disturbances.

Rebound anxiety, amnesia,

hostility, delusions.

It's my opinion Tracon
can ignite repressed anger.

Can you offer an opinion

about his emotional state

at the time of the shooting?

Based on his behavior
since being prescribed Tracon,

it's my opinion
Jaime was suffering

from Tracon
intoxication syndrome.

Thank you, Doctor.
No further questions.

Doctor, could you describe
dissociative phenomena?

It's a feeling of
standing outside oneself,

of being a witness to
something happening to you.

Stone: That sounds
very similar to a symptom

- of Tracon intoxication.
- Yes.

And isn't it true that victims

of sexual or psychological
abuse also suffer

from dissociative phenomena?

Yes, that's true.

Have you ever heard
of repetition compulsion?

- Yes.
- Would you describe it?

It's the need to repeatedly
act out an inner conflict.

Stone: An inner
conflict that may stem

from psychological abuse?

Yes, possibly, but...

And a subject may be feeding
off a surrogate figure's fear...

A fear that would
encourage him to re-enact

a situation he found
pleasing once before?

Your Honor,
prosecution's questions

seem designed
to elicit information

that is not admissible here.

Watch your step, Mr. Stone.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

How old were you when you
first learned to shoot a handgun?

I was 11.

My father taught me how to shoot

his target pistol.

Is this your father's
target pistol?

Jaime: Yeah.

How do you fire it?
Just pull the trigger?

No, you have to
cock the hammer first.

Would you show me?

Your Honor, objection.

Overruled.

Go on, Jaime.

Okay...

you cock the hammer
first with your thumb,

and then just pull the trigger.

Is that different
from this gun...

The one you shot Robbie with?

- Yeah.
- How's it different?

That one you don't have
to cock the hammer first.

- You just pull the trigger.
- And how would you hold it?

Who taught you to
hold a gun like that?

My dad.

So how did it feel pointing
a gun at your friend?

- It was a game.
- Oh, it was fun, right?

- It was just a game.
- So, it was a game

pointing a gun at your friend.

Was squeezing the
trigger part of the game?

- Yeah.
- Would you show me?

Um...

Please?

You testified you pulled
the trigger very slowly,

and the hammer came
back, just like that, right?

- Did you see it moving?
- I don't remember.

- Robbie see it moving? He say anything?
- I don't know.

- Did he say anything at all?
- No.

So you went ahead and pulled the
trigger like you're doing now, right?

- Yeah.
- You held it on him
the whole time?

- Yeah.
- And how did you feel? Was that exciting?

- I don't know?
- And how did Robbie feel?

- Was he afraid?
- I don't know...

It went... this isn't fair.

It wasn't... it was just a game.

It wasn't like this.
We didn't know.

It's my medicine.

Move to strike, Your Honor.

It makes me confused!

Judge: The jury will disregard.

Madam Foreman,

has the jury reached
a unanimous decision?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

How do you find?

Foreman: On the sole
count of the indictment,

murder in the second degree,

we find the defendant,
Jaime Maser,

not guilty by reason
of mental defect.

Good boy.

Good job. Thank you.

Pull everything you
can on the first shooting.

Get the records unsealed.

I want to reopen
the investigation.

It's a two-year-old case, Ben.

There's no statute of
limitations on murder.

Adam, you heard the report.

- The kid lives on fear.
- Fine.

No one in this
office walks on water.

Convicting him
on the first shooting

will be twice as
hard as this last one.

A two-year-old case,
less evidence to work with,

and you can't use the
fact that it matches up

to the Fenwick shooting,
because that shooting

- has not even taken place.
- I'm open for suggestions.

- Nothing out
of the parents?
- No.

They're bound by the
gag order on the divorce.

We know the father lied about
Jaime's knowledge of guns.

Two boys dead.
Not an ounce of guilt.

- We'll find something.
- Find something?

- With the case sealed?
- Cerreta and Logan have notes
from the first detective.

You better get
walked through it, then.

Cerreta: Graham Campbell
was found right here.

The position of
the body indicates

that he was kneeling
when he was shot.

Jaime must've been
somewhere about right here.

There weren't any powder-burns

- on Graham's body either.
- But that was discounted.

Gullikson said it rained
the day they found the body.

But assuming there was
no residue to begin with...

That would put
Jaime far enough away

from Campbell to make
an accident very unlikely.

Same game, same excuse.

One shot to the head,

both times fired
from six feet away.

Any takers on coincidence?

You taught Jaime how to fire a
single-action handgun when he was 12?

Maser: Yes, at a firing range.

And the double-action
handgun he used

in the shooting two years ago,

- didn't you teach him
how to shoot that, too?
- No.

I told you before, I only wanted
him interested in target shooting.

Come on, you guys.
What is this, net fishing?

It's about your client
lying to protect his son.

We know he lied about
Jaime's knowledge

of handguns in the
Fenwick shooting.

It is not unreasonable
to assume he told

the same lie two years earlier
in the Campbell shooting.

- And?
- It's a perjury, Mr. Maser.

Class "E" felony.
Carries some time.

I don't respond to threats.

Two boys are dead.

Boys just as
important as your son.

And I hold you
greatly responsible,

if not legally, ethically,
for both those deaths.

That's one of the great
things about this country.

You can believe
anything you want.

It's going to take
more than an E felony

to leverage anything out of him.

Find out where he did
his shooting two years ago.

And see if you can get us in to
see Pamela Maser and her lawyer.

Here he is. Ian Maser was a
member until two years ago.

I think he moved.

His credit card receipts show
he'd been coming here for six years.

Mm-hmm. His kid
was a member, too.

You give memberships to kids?

It's a promotional
kind of thing.

Kids like having their
own membership cards.

They can't shoot unless their
parents are around, anyway.

Maser bring his
son in here often?

I don't recall how often.

Maser kept a target pistol
here. That was his thing.

I remember him teaching
the kid how to do it.

I used to hear him
holler at him all the time.

Maser ever fire any other guns?

I see where he started buying
.357 ammo before he moved.

Wadcutters.

Oh, yeah.

Then he got himself
a Colt Python.

That was pretty
funny for a while.

- What was?
- Colt's a big gun.

Seeing that young kid trying
to keep a bead on the target.

I don't know. I never had
anything to do with the guns.

That was between Ian and Jaime.

Jaime never talked
to you about it?

He told me if he'd done well,

if he'd pleased his father.

But specifically, no.

And your husband
never talked about it?

The guns were male business.

Ian assumed I wouldn't
understand, which wasn't true,

or that I didn't want to
know, which was true.

Stone: Your husband and
you separated not long after

the first shooting
incident, is that correct?

Is that because of the guns?

Or the shooting?

Or the way your
husband treats Jaime?

Shaky ground, Mr. Stone.

You know that
information is sealed.

What I know, sealed or not,

is that two boys are dead,

and your son may
or may not have been

irreparably damaged by his
relationship with his father.

I think you know,
as well as I do,

that no matter
what the settlement

or the financial support, it
can't be anywhere near worth it.

Pamela: Ian wasn't an
easy man to live with.

Things were his way or no way.

And if they weren't his way,

Jaime or I paid for it.

After Graham Campbell was shot,

things got way out of hand.

Out of hand?

Anything would
set Ian off. Anything.

Jaime was out of control.

Ian and I separated, and
Jaime came to live with me.

He started taking
things out on me, too.

He started acting
like his father.

In what way?

He threatened me.

With what?

A gun.

Stone: And did you keep
a gun in the apartment?

No, it was one of Ian's.

I don't know if it
was loaded or not.

He pointed it at me.

I must have looked
blank, or something.

He said...

"You don't believe
I'd do it, do you?

Graham didn't
believe me, either."

You can't imagine what it's
like to be afraid of your own son.

"You don't believe I'd do it,"

and "Graham didn't
believe it, either."

Do you understand what
Jaime meant by that?

Graham didn't believe
Jaime would shoot him.

Did you believe he'd shoot you?

I did.

Now, under the terms of
your divorce settlement,

you have been forbidden
to make any mention

of the Graham Campbell incident.

- Is that true?
- Yes.

And yet here you
are, testifying in court.

Why is that?

I gave up everything. I
gave up custody of my son.

And now I'm forfeiting any
financial settlement by testifying.

The only condition
I put on the divorce

was that Jaime receive
therapy to help him deal

with the shooting and
his subsequent behavior.

Obviously, that
hasn't been enough.

A second boy is dead,

and I couldn't live with myself

if I let that go by and
did nothing about it.

Are you aware of
the consequences

of your testifying today?

I know that Jaime could
go to Spofford Juvenile Hall.

And after that, maybe prison.

I just...

Leaving him with his father
just doesn't seem right now.

Jaime never fired that gun.

Earlier we heard
testimony from the owner

of the Greenpoint Firing Range

that he saw you
teach Jaime to shoot

a Colt Python .357.

Now, why would he
fabricate a story like that?

I was in the booth with my son.

I know which gun he used.

This is an individual
who has nothing to gain

from lying about seeing
your son shoot a .357.

Why would he concoct
a very specific memory

about a small boy firing a gun

too big for him to shoot?

I can't address thin motives.

- What about your own?
- Objection.

Sustained.

I have no further questions.

I know my son

would not willfully
kill that boy.

I taught him right from wrong.

- Mr. Maser.
- I am his father.

Everything he learned,
everything he is...

Judge: Mr. Maser.

You may step down.

On the sole count
of the indictment,

murder in the second degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant,
Jaime Maser, guilty.

Jaime.

We didn't have a lot of choices.

I'm sure Pamela
Maser is turning herself

around with that same thought.

She's tough.

Maybe.

Or maybe she just gave
in and did the inevitable.

Think you could have done it?

Give up my child?

Not without ripping
myself in half I couldn't.