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[Man singing]

[Indistinct chattering on radio]

(Male #1) 'Ma'am, do you know who did this to you?'

(female #1) 'Wait. Gotta go.'

we don't want her going into shock.

Is this who attacked you?

Is he the one?

'Ma'am, is this the person that attacked you?'

[whispers] Yes.

She ID'd one of her sons?

Eric Murphy, who insists he was at his apartment sleeping.

Campus surveillance tapes say otherwise.

Caught his Jeep coming and going.

- Any signs of forced entry? - Nope.

How'd she ID him? I thought she was on death's door.

She is.

According to the cops and paramedics

Mrs. Murphy wanted to identify him.

She was clearheaded enough to do it.

She was the one who called 911?

Took rescue ten minutes to get there

and she was still conscious.

- Weapon? - Commando knife.

Seven-inch blade, left at the scene.

Father was stabbed 27 times.

Mother half that. Blood everywhere.

- Anything in the Jeep? - Immaculate.

There's not a speck of blood anywhere

on, near or leading to Eric Murphy.

How's that possible?

Crime techs found a print on the bedroom door

not belonging to anybody in the family.

- How does that help us? - It doesn't.

Kid kills his dad, tries to kill his mom.

This is just the kinda juicy case conlon needs

to launch his bid for Attorney General.

- You better not mess it up. - Mr. Murphy is innocent.

I did not kill my dad.

I didn't. Or attack my mom?

That's not what your mother said.

Mrs. Murphy sustained grave injury.

She was cogent when the police questioned her.

She was in extremis.

I could find ten expert witnesses that will testify

in light of the blood loss, it's a physical impossibility

Mrs. Murphy knew what she was saying.

Paramedics who were on the scene will swear it's possible.

We won't have to pay them to testify.

You're basing your entire case

on a statement made by a dying woman?

Where were you when your parents were attacked?

My apartment, sleeping.

Not according to campus security.

[Dramatic music]

I've got a bunch of parking tickets

so I can't park overnight on campus anymore.

I parked a few blocks away and walked back to my apartment.

None of the surveillance tapes show you walking back on campus.

That's because there aren't cameras at every entrance.

I could show you where I walk back on.

You didn't walk, you drove back the next morning.

(Male #2) 'As the tape shows'

my client picked up his Jeep in the morning on his way to class

'macroeconomics at 8.'

must've been hard to focus on supply and demand

after stabbing your father to death four hours earlier.

I didn't do it. I swear.

I-I did not kill my dad or-or hurt my mom.

Ms. Chase, please..

Please let me see my mom one more time.

- She's dying. - Because of you.

You're not going to the hospital to see your mother, Mr. Murphy.

You're going to jail.

- You know what happens now? - I bare my soul.

Your soul you could hold on to.

It's your skeletons I'll need to meet.

Oh, well, not much there.

Just your everyday, run-of-the-mill skeletons.

Come on, you're paying me a lotta money

to be your new best friend.

You're my campaign manager.

And I need to know everything about you.

All details, this life and the one before it.

And maybe the one before that.

Maybe I shouldn't run for Attorney General.

Hey, now is the time. The incumbent is retiring.

It's now or never.

- Come on, it'll be fun. - Easy for you to say.

Why do you think i'm the face behind the face?

Too many skeletons?

[Dramatic music]

No comment.

Think they're here to cover my bid?

Best guess.

Eric Murphy's defense attorney tipped them off.

Now you earn your money.

Good morning, folks. Prosecutor's office is not..

(James) 'No wonder the press is all over this.'

public loves Gore.

Mr. Murphy's throat was slashed.

Mrs. Murphy was attacked in a similar fashion.

Stabbed repeatedly. It was a bloodbath.

All this blood and no forensic evidence on Eric Murphy?

He had time to go somewhere and shower after the attack.

Not his apartment. We took the drains apart, they're clean.

There's no blood in his apartment or his car?

Not a trace.

But Murphy worked in a clean room

for a computer company that manufactures silicon chips.

- Clean room? - Yeah.

You gotta wear some protective gear

because of the sensitivity of the equipment

like a biohazard suit.

If he's smart enough to wear this

he's certainly smart enough to destroy it immediately.

We're looking anyway. But nothing's turned up.

What about that stray print on the bedroom door?

Cops ran it through the system, didn't get anything back yet.

- Tell me the good news. - No alibi.

With the surveillance tape

we can create a persuasive timeline.

His own mother identified him as the assailant.

Maybe we should be looking outside the family, huh?

Mr. Murphy was a corporate attorney.

So far, his cases look run-of-the-mill.

No debt to speak of, no signs of infidelity.

There's a younger brother, Ben, lives in Chicago.

The police are looking into his whereabouts now.

The guys in homicide are hard on Eric Murphy.

They think they got the right guy.

What about a motive?

Why would Eric attack his parents?

Maybe the younger brother can shed some light

on the family dynamics.

As soon as he provides us with an alibi.

Her breathing was agonal when she first arrived.

And her pupils were bilaterally fixed and dilated.

I'm sorry, I need you to translate. Agonal?

Agonal breathing is essentially a death rattle.

'The state of her pupils indicated hypoxia'

lack of oxygen to the brain.

Will she live?

- It's a long shot. - And if she does?

(Female #2) 'There might be permanent brain damage. She lost a lotta blood.'

we don't know what her condition will be if she wakes up

which she probably won't.

- I have other patients to see. - Thank you, doctor.

- I'm Ben Murphy. - Maureen Scofield.

We spoke on the phone.

Are you up to answering a few questions?

Uh... just not-not too long, in case my mother wakes up.

[Intense music]

Are you close to your mom and dad?

Close? I-I don't know. I-I love them.

Um... my dad and I had a lot in common.

We, uh, we saw the world the same way.

And the night your parents were attacked?

I was in Chicago

in a room with 50 other telemarketers

who can confirm that I didn't murder my father.

Can you imagine how that felt? Two cops knock on your door.

They tell you your dad's dead, your mom's dying.

They wanna know where you were on the night it happened.

What about Eric? How does he get along with your folks?

Eric's closer to my mom. A lot closer.

He always has been.

He and my dad didn't... They didn't really get along.

- And why is that? - 'Money, mostly.'

Eric always thought my parents should support him totally.

Pay for his car, his clothes, his school

everything on a silver platter.

Could your dad and Eric have had

a recent fight about his finances?

I have no idea.

I-I try to avoid my brother as much as possible.

I mean, we don't, we don't exactly have a lot in common.

I mean, look at me.

I drive a '98 Toyota, I work for a living

and I'm putting myself through college.

Look, I need to get back to the icu.

Do you think your brother could have murdered your father?

Eric's a sociopath.

He can look you right in the eye and lie

and you'd never know it.

Are you gonna ask me to testify against my brother?

Right now, I'm just trying to find out more about your family.

My family doesn't exist anymore.

[Clamoring]

Yeah, he's a hell of a player.

All-conference his sophomore year.

Exceptional kid.

Did you ever hear Eric talk about his parents?

Like what?

Anything that would indicate he was angry at them.

Uh, no way.

I only saw him interacting with his mom.

Two of them got along real good.

She always had his back.

How do you mean?

He missed some practices

and there was talk about yanking his scholarship.

Mrs. Murphy presented a medical excuse

to explain Eric's absences.

She sorted it out and saved the scholarship.

- Was Eric sick? - Not like sick-sick.

It was some sort of a spinal thing.

L4 or l5 compressed vertebrae.

I guess acts up in damp weather.

I mean, it's common with athletes.

I'll bet.

Murphy had a partial lacrosse scholarship

that almost went south. Too many missed practices.

Still, a star athlete with a 3.2 gpa and no police record.

We checked with his doctors.

None of them can confirm a spinal injury.

Back pain's easy to fake.

I faked the stomach flu once to go fly fishing.

Doesn't make me a murderer.

What did our search warrant turn up?

Ray's looking at the Murphys' computers.

We checked out the extended family

and found something interesting.

Mrs. Murphy's brother-in-law is Philip deshayes.

- Why do I know that name? - Money launderer and racketeer.

Rumored to be connected to the Chicago outfit.

Alleged money launderer.

The feds have been after him for years. No luck.

- Does he have an alibi? - Was in New York that night.

The police have an active file on deshayes.

Nothing to suggest motive.

Marinelli's gonna use the alternate suspect theory

to vilify this office.

He's already saying we're denying

a son a bedside farewell with his dying mother.

That's the privilege you lose when you murder your dad.

You seen the blog devoted to Eric's innocence?

Of course there's a blog. He plays the charm card perfectly.

(Maureen) He's probably getting many letters from lonely women

offering to marry him.

I'm going to allow Eric Murphy to visit his mother.

I'm sorry, did Peter durkin advise you to do this

for political reasons 'cause it helps your campaign?

He's still under arrest.

He'll have 15 minutes, the cuffs will be off.

For the photo op?

(Annabeth) You're cutting a murderer slack

because he has the public's sympathy.

I'm allowing it to show the public that this office

'can be compassionate when it needs to be.'

now, you find me a motive

and I'll arraign Eric Murphy in a heartbeat.

The Sony 52-inch TV was bought three months ago

on Mr. Murphy's money buddy account.

Illegally.

Maybe dad gave him his password?

Doubt it.

'In his e-mail, Mr. Murphy threatens to go to the police.'

the kid breaks his dad's code, buys a bunch of fancy equipment

then gets pissed off when his father calls him out?

He wasn't just calling him on it. He cut off the money.

'Mr. Murphy wasn't gonna pay for anything'

'for his son's last year at the university.'

'instead, he got his spoiled kid a part-time job'

as a file clerk at a law firm, a paper pusher at 8.75 an hour.

- Dad's sword came down. - Like a hammer.

And mom?

Promises to protect him... No matter what.

So, his father was cutting him off financially.

Parents cut off the cash flow all the time.

It's a rite of passage. Kids get mad, then they get a job.

Eric's father found him one, but he didn't want it.

Thought murder was an appealing alternative to minimum wage.

How does that put money in his pocket?

Mr. Murphy had a two million dollar life insurance policy.

Eric is the beneficiary?

Elizabeth Murphy is the beneficiary.

Oh, so we have a double motive.

He kills his father 'cause he's mad at him

but he's gotta kill both parents to get the money.

The insurance is our motive. He's our guy.

He's paying his respects as we speak.

[Dramatic music]

[Beeping]

- You need to come with us. - What the hell?

You're charged with the murder of your father, Charles Murphy

and the attempted murder of your mother Elizabeth Murphy.

- If she dies, we'll amend that. - Ms. Chase... Thank you.

For what?

For letting me see her one last time.

Thank you for that.

[Dramatic music]

Most of Indianapolis thinks we've arrested the wrong guy.

Ray located a burger stand on the highway

between the university and the Murphys' house.

They served Eric about 4 A.M. that night.

The drive time dovetails with the campus surveillance tape.

He stopped for fries?

It's not easy killing your parents.

You work up quite an appetite.

Trust me, under this charming exterior, he's cold as ice.

Mrs. Murphy's come out of her coma.

She wants to speak to annabeth.

She's lucid?

Weak, but lucid.

Mrs. Murphy.

My name is annabeth chase.

I'm the prosecuting attorney in charge of the criminal case.

I'm so sorry for your loss

and for all the injuries you've suffered.

Thank you for coming.

I can't imagine how difficult this must be

but with your testimony...

My son is innocent.

- Your son Eric? - Eric.

The paramedics and the police

believe you were alert and cogent

and they all heard you identify Eric as your attacker.

I can't... I can't remember much

about what happened that night.

But... i know it wasn't Eric.

Mrs. Murphy, if you can't remember

how can you be sure it wasn't Eric?

Because I know.

'I know it wasn't Eric.'

he loves me.

And he's loving, kind.

'He couldn't have.'

My son... Is not a murderer.

I didn't coach her, if that's what you're suggesting.

Then why'd she change her statement?

She was in shock when she identified him.

I'm convinced I have the guilty party.

I'll put Elizabeth on the stand. She'll nullify her declaration.

- I'm not dropping the charges. - Annabeth.

The mother just said her son didn't do it.

You need to take that seriously and consider who did.

And I suppose you have an alternate suspect?

Phil deshayes. Mrs. Murphy's brother-in-law.

The police already talked to him. He has an alibi.

- He could've hired it done. - For what reason?

And the random fingerprint inside

the Murphy house supports that theory.

No, it doesn't, deshayes has no motive.

Eric is innocent and you're not looking at other suspects.

- The cops have the right guy. - You know what, annabeth?

I'm not a prosecutor anymore.

'I don't have to solve the murder.'

I just need to mention the fingerprint

dangle the name deshayes in front of an Indianapolis jury.

That and the mom's recantation?

Reasonable doubt... Times two.

She can't remember the attack

or anything leading up to, during or after.

But she's certain Eric is innocent.

Mother's love. My son's good, my son is kind.

He wouldn't try to kill me, he loves me.

He couldn't have done it, therefore he didn't do it.

Very circular.

You have any connections with the state police?

If I need to, yeah.

Marinelli is promoting deshayes as a suspect b.

- How is he a viable suspect? - He's not.

He's marinelli's red herring.

Deshayes hired a hit man and this office

won't even investigate the possibility.

Does he have anything to support his theory?

The complete lack of forensic evidence.

Lack of evidence? That's novel.

It suggests a professional hit.

No DNA at the scene

and how'd the killer deal with the blood?

Wouldn't gunshots to the head

be more in keeping with a professional hit?

Why would deshayes wanna hurt the Murphys?

No reason, but we'll still have to counter his story.

Want me to bring deshayes in?

I wanna wait until I know more about him.

Let me make some calls.

Maybe the younger brother knows something about our shady uncle.

Quite a shrine to your brother.

Yeah, that's my mom's doing.

I think there's a picture of me on the refrigerator.

How do you feel about your mom's statement

that your brother is innocent?

How do I feel? How would you feel?

'She's still... After everything'

she's standing behind him and insisting

Eric's the son she wants, not the one that she has.

How is your mom's relationship with her brother-in-law?

Uncle Phil? My mom doesn't have a relationship with uncle Phil.

He... my dad flat-out hated him.

Why?

Well, he, he launders cash

for, for drug cartels or gangsters or something.

'That's, that's the family story anyway.'

it's all about easy money with uncle Phil. My dad hated that.

He respected people who worked for what they want.

- Like you? - Like me, yeah.

Eric, Eric loves it, though.

He thinks uncle Phil's lifestyle is just the coolest thing.

Did deshayes ever threaten your parents?

Why would he? They... They hardly ever saw each other.

The only person who ever had much contact with him was Eric.

Look, my parents, my parents weren't criminals.

They didn't, they didn't have secrets.

They were just... They were just normal people

doing normal things.

Were your parents ever victims of a previous crime?

Our house was broken into once.

I think a laptop was stolen and, uh, some of my mom's jewelry.

- It was... Nothing major. - Did the police make an arrest?

If they did, nobody told me.

Sorry for the delay. Russell retired two years ago.

Couldn't find his notes.

Why didn't anything come up in the database?

The burglary was three years ago.

There were no formal charges filed.

But Eric Murphy did it alright, no doubt about it.

Rocket scientist even tried to sell the stolen laptop on eBay.

- Hello. - Why wasn't he charged?

Russell said he would've been if Mr. Murphy had his way.

Wanted to teach Eric a lesson, have him arrested.

But?

Ms. Murphy said it was a misunderstanding.

- A misunderstanding? - 'Yeah.'

she said she gave the kid

permission to sell the computer

and forgot to tell the husband.

After the wife covered for the kid

there was nothing Russell could do.

Back window broken.

Footprint found in flower bed

under the window matched suspect's sneaker.

Yeah, there was a series of robberies in the neighborhood.

Two eyewitnesses ID'd the real burglar

as a heavyset guy in his 30s.

- Not Eric Murphy? - No.

The mo for the Murphy break-in didn't match.

The real burglar went in through open doors, windows.

- He never broke in. - Eric Murphy staged a robbery.

Yeah, that was Russell's take.

'Said he remembered the kid well.'

said he was nice, quiet, charming..

And he lied through his teeth the whole time.

[Intense music]

I wanna thank everyone for their well wishes

and prayers for me and my family.

Uh, your... Your wishes and support

helped me through a difficult time.

'I want everyone to know'

especially the prosecuting attorney's office

that my son did not attack me

'and that the police have arrested the wrong person.'

the morning that my husband was murdered..

There was a note left on the windshield of my car

with a copy of a photo of my family with a red line..

Through our necks like a knife.

We were being stalked..

[Camera clicks]

threatened.

(Female #3) 'Why? Who would threaten you?'

(female #4) 'Are you talking about Phil deshayes?'

'was it Phil deshayes?'

I-I don't know why... Who.

But please, Eric is innocent.

'He would never do this. He didn't do this.'

he could never do this.

The Murphys are victims

of a heinous crime Eric Murphy did not commit.

'We ask the prosecuting attorney's office'

to drop these charges.

We ask the Indianapolis police department

to reopen their investigation... Immediately.

The first time I spoke with Elizabeth

she said nothing about her family being threatened.

That only happened after she recanted

and we didn't drop the charges.

She escalates her tactics every time we refuse to back down.

Where is this threatening note?

She said she gave it to her husband

and he was gonna report the incident

but the police have nothing on record

and Mrs. Murphy can't find it.

- Yeah, that's convenient. - She fabricated the note.

The e-mail she sent to Eric that night

said she'd always protect him and she meant it.

She intervened with the board on his lacrosse scholarship

lied to the cops to get him off the hook on the theft.

She'd do anything to keep Eric outta prison.

She's lying again to get the charges dropped.

The press was asking her about deshayes.

Yeah, I'm meeting him this afternoon.

- 'Stay away from Eric.' - 'Or what?'

(Mr. Murphy on speaker) 'I know what I know. Stay away from Eric or you'll regret it.'

if you're trying to intimidate my client, save it, Ms. Chase.

He's a busy man. We've got a 2 o'clock.

Why was Charles Murphy threatening you?

Why did it take you so long to ask?

I'm sorry?

My phone's been tapped for two years.

I knew I had half of the Indiana state troopers listening in.

You have me on tape being threatened by a dead guy.

I just thought the prosecutor's office

would connect the dots faster.

He says he knows things about you.

- What things, Mr. Deshayes? - Oh, probably nasty rumors.

Have you heard any nasty rumors about me?

Like what?

Libelous allegations

about my putative profession.

Libelous because they've never been proven?

Not that law enforcement hasn't tried over the years.

Why did Charles Murphy want you to stay away from his son?

He didn't approve of my lifestyle.

He wanted to teach his son the, quote, value of money

and virtues of hard work, end quote. What the hell?

So, I'm not the poster boy for the puritan work ethic.

When was the last time you saw your nephew?

(Deshayes) 'Two days before his father was murdered.'

you didn't know about his visit? I bet the defense does.

- Why did he come see you? - He needed a job.

His father found him some minimum wage deal

but Eric was looking for something more... Stimulating.

And did you have something for him?

My business isn't hiring at the moment.

And Eric lacks the necessary skill set for my line of work.

You may wanna reconsider your assessment of Eric

after what he did to your in-laws.

I think the jury's still out on that one, isn't it?

Mrs. Murphy claims a note was left on her car

the night before the attack.

Do you know anything about that?

Not the way I do business.

Good luck with the trial.

You did an exceptional job with the Rooney case.

- You been following my career? - You never know.

Maybe one day you'll be prosecuting my murderer.

(Annabeth) 'Or maybe one day I'll be prosecuting you.'

[intense music]

[Upbeat music]

Mr. Jackson, could you tell the jury how you know Eric Murphy?

I trained him last summer when he worked with me in the ic lab.

- And what's an ic lab? - Integrated circuit.

Silicone chips is how most people think of them.

How long did Eric Murphy work there?

He quit right after he finished training.

'Said he didn't care for the job.'

(Maureen) 'What was he doing?'

shipping and packaging memory modules.

Well, that doesn't sound so difficult.

The modules are sensitive to electrostatic discharge.

'Static electricity.'

'if a person isn't wearing protective clothing'

they can destroy a chip by walking within 12 inches of it.

Protective clothing?

Gloves, a hood that covers the hair

and, basically, a biohazard suit

that covers you from head to toe.

People's 12, your honor.

Is this the suit you're talking about?

- Yes. - Is this suit disposable?

Used once and discarded.

(Maureen) 'You keep track of them?'

if someone wants to walk around outside the lab

in a biohazard suit, have at it. They're cheap.

Could Eric Murphy have taken one of those suits?

Absolutely.

'Thank you.'

how long ago did he work there?

Nearly a year.

Did you ever see Eric leave work

with one of these suits?

No.

Did he return there after he quit?

No, sir.

Nothing further.

(Maureen) 'As a paramedic'

how do you determine a person's level of awareness?

If they're alert and oriented times three

it means, one, they know their name

two, they know where they are, and three, they know their age.

If they remember these things they're a and o times three.

A and o meaning alert and oriented?

Correct.

(Maureen) 'Mrs. Murphy when you were attending her?'

alert and oriented times three.

It's the highest level of awareness?

'Yes.'

when Mrs. Murphy identified her son

Eric Murphy as her attacker?

A and o times three.

No further questions, your honor.

What causes a person to become alert and oriented times two?

- Or times one? - A lack of oxygen to the brain.

Brain cells become ischemic. They start to die.

How is oxygen carried to the brain?

Via the blood.

So when a person loses a lot of blood

'they're losing oxygen to the brain as well?'

correct, sir.

How much blood had Mrs. Murphy lost

when you arrived on scene?

Two liters, approximately.

How much blood is in the average woman's body?

Four and a half liters.

So Mrs. Murphy had lost

nearly half of her blood?

Half... of the precious liquid

'which carries oxygen to her brain'

and yet she was still, how do you say it?

A and o times three?

When we arrived, yes, sir.

And by the time you got to the hospital?

She lost consciousness.

'Alert and oriented times three'

minus two liters of blood.

Seems like a miracle.

Actually... it seems medically impossible.

- It's not. - But then, you're not a doctor.

You're a paramedic.

Yes, sir.

No further questions.

Your honor, may I redirect?

Proceed.

Have you witnessed other incidents

in which a person has been severely injured

and is still conscious, still alert and oriented?

- Absolutely. - How does this happen?

An adrenaline rush happens when the patient knows something

they need to tell before they die.

Like Mrs. Murphy?

She had something she desperately

wanted to communicate to us.

And what did she communicate?

That her son, Eric Murphy, killed her husband

and tried to kill her.

Thank you.

- Why wasn't I invited? - You were.

But durkin says neither one of you

ponied up a dime for my campaign.

Conflict of interest.

Winning cases is contributing, right?

Speaking of it, nice work today, mau.

Marinelli leads with Eric tomorrow.

It's risky. But tells the jury he's confident.

Eric will lie convincingly on the stand.

This case is gonna boil down to the mother's testimony.

- She'll bring up the note. - Which she can't produce.

And when she weeps and insists

her son is innocent and breaks the jury's hearts?

(Annabeth) 'She can't remember the attack.'

her assertion that Eric didn't do it

is an irrelevant supposition. She wants to believe that.

She needs to believe he didn't do it. The truth's hideous.

Stress the fact that she hasn't produced

the note that threatened her family

will help sell she's lying to protect her son.

So, basically, what I have to do

is discredit the victim of the crime

who's already been through hell.

Basically.

[Instrumental music]

Can you describe your relationship with your father?

(Eric) Difficult sometimes.

I felt I was letting him down

whenever I didn't get a great grade or something.

My father was... He was a remarkable man.

He just did everything really well.

And I tried to make him proud.

I'm sure you did. You've accomplished a lot in your life.

- I don't see it that way. - You're too modest.

All conference lacrosse

scholarship to college, good grades.

Not everyone can list these achievements.

Does counselor have a question?

Did you kill your father, Eric?

God, no.

I couldn't hurt him.

'I couldn't hurt either of my parents.'

I would do anything to have him back.

I loved my father.

I just hope that he knew it.

No further questions, your honor.

Mr. Murphy, can you tell me

where you were that night at 4 A.M.?

In my apartment sleeping.

I had an economics exam in the morning.

Can you explain why two people

'working at a fast food chain on the highway'

'to your parents' house have sworn under oath'

that you purchased and ate a hamburger at 4 A.M.

'The night your father was murdered?'

well, they're just wrong.

I didn't. It wasn't me.

Your honor, may I approach?

This better be worthy of the interruption, Mr. Marinelli.

I assure your honor, it is.

New evidence has come to light.

Mrs. Murphy has found the note that threatened her family.

[Phone ringing]

We need to prove she fabricated the note.

What about Internet cafes? It was a digital rendering.

She must have printed it out somewhere.

Ray's checking, nothing so far.

[Elevator dings]

What do I do?

Brace yourself for Mrs. Murphy's testimony.

There won't be a dry eye in the house.

The defense calls Elizabeth Murphy to the stand.

I know you're still recovering, so I'm going to go slowly.

Thank you. It is difficult for me to hold my thoughts.

So, if I get lost, let me know.

Will do.

Who is Phil deshayes?

My brother-in-law, my sister's husband.

What does he do for a living?

He launders money for drug runners and criminals.

Objection.

Mr. Deshayes has never

been arrested or charged with crime.

'According to his most recent tax returns'

he runs a chain of auto body shops.

Sustained.

(Marinelli) 'Do you recognize this?'

it was, uh, on my... Car the morning before..

Charles was murdered.

Did it scare you?

Well, whoever left it knew where we lived.

And he was watching us.

When do you think it was taken?

Last summer at a family reunion.

(Marinelli) 'Was Mr. Deshayes at that reunion?'

with my sister, yes.

I started thinking..

Thinking what?

That perhaps Philip deshayes was somehow..

Involved with the threat.

I asked my husband to report the note to the police.

And did he?

He was killed before he had a chance.

Mrs. Murphy, do you believe your son Eric is responsible

'for your husband's death?'

- 'no.' - for your injuries?

No. No.

(Marinelli) 'But you identified him to the police'

and the paramedics as your assailant.

I don't remember that.

'I don't remember anything from that night.'

I know with absolute certainty

that Eric was not the person who hurt me or..

Or who killed Charles.

- I know that. - 'Objection, your honor.'

she said she doesn't remember anything about the attack.

How can she say with certainty Eric didn't murder her husband?

My son would never hurt anyone.

Mrs. Murphy, please answer the questions, nothing else.

Why are you doing this to my son?

When you know full well what Philip deshayes is capable of.

- Your honor. - The jury will disregard.

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The killer on his way to a killing.

I just can't prove it.

The computer techs haven't found any evidence.

That picture was on Mrs. Murphy's computer.

It's not on any of the digital cameras

the police confiscated from the house.

If she faked it, she used a shot from another source

and had it copied outside her home.

- Meaning we'll never find it. - Probably not.

I can't empathize with Mrs. Murphy

but I can sympathize with her.

I'd do anything for Haley.

Anything?

How about going home?

Point taken.

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Mrs. Murphy, will you please describe to the jury

where you found the note?

It was under the windshield wiper of my car.

Was it in an envelope?

Yes, folded in three like a letter.

Folded in a way to make it fit in an envelope?

Mrs. Murphy, can you please

take a look at this exhibit?

Is this the note you found

under the windshield wiper of your car?

- Yes. - And the envelope it came in?

- Yes. - And when did you find it?

The morning of the day that my husband

was murdered and I was attacked.

I asked him to take it to the police.

Your honor, I'd like to enter reports

from the national weather service that detail rainfall

the week Mr. Murphy was murdered.

- Objection, irrelevant. - I'll allow it.

It rained the night Mr. Murphy was murdered.

In fact, it rained steadily that whole week.

'If the letter was delivered in the manner she claims'

at the time she says it was, there would be water damage

on the envelope... From the rain.

Do you see any water damage on that envelope, Mrs. Murphy?

- No. - In fact, it's quite pristine.

It shows no signs of exposure to the elements, does it?

You fabricated that note.

'Didn't you, Mrs. Murphy?'

- objection, argumentative. - Overruled.

'You fabricated that to make it look like someone'

was threatening your family, but the truth is

you're lying to protect your son

like you always lie to protect your son.

- Objection, arguing the facts. - Sustained.

You didn't find this note on your windshield

did you, Mrs. Murphy?

Maybe it was somewhere else.

I-I have trouble keeping things in-in order.

'Maybe it wasn't under the wiper'

the mailbox... I-I can't remember.

(Annabeth) 'You take your time.'

you said you found it on the windshield of your car

both today and earlier to the press.

Was it on the windshield or in the mailbox?

You-you're speaking too quickly. C-Can you ask me again?

Where did you find the note?

Everything is so confusing since the attack.

- Where was the note? - I don't remember.

You said very clearly two minutes ago

you found it on your windshield.

- Were you lying? - Eric?

He can't help you, Mrs. Murphy, I'm sorry.

Eric.

And you can't protect him anymore.

Eric, please.

Sit down, Mrs. Murphy.

[Whispering] You have the wrong person. You do.

According to the evidence, we don't.

No further questions, your honor.

'On the count of murder..'

'...we find the defendant, Eric Murphy..'

guilty.

[Bangs gavel]

No. No!

No! Eric.

'Eric?'

mom, mom, what, what is wrong with you?

He killed my father, he tried to kill you.

Face it!

No, no, Ben.

No, you stop protecting him!

He took everything from you. Including me.

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She'll never face the truth.

Could you admit you raised a monster?

I guess you never really know how far you'd go for your child.

I don't.

Ms. Chase.

This is from the gentleman at the end of the bar.

- What? - Gentleman?

Is someone secretly keeping track of your victories?

That's not necessarily a good thing.

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