The Whole Truth (2016)

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<i>When the court officer
smiled at me</i>

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<i>on the morning of trial,
I knew I was fucked.</i>

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<i>They weren't taking bets
on this one.</i>

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<i>Mike had killed his father,</i>

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<i>Boone Lassiter,</i>

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<i>left his handprint on the knife,</i>

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<i>confessed.</i>

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<i>Half my cases
had evidence this bad.</i>

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<i>I just pled them out,</i>

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<i>got manslaughter and moved on,</i>

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<i>but this was Mike,
and I'd known him all his life.</i>

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<i>He was going to college
and probably law school,</i>

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<i>and I doubted his mother
could survive him</i>

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<i>going to the penitentiary.</i>

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<i>But I knew Boone, I had that,</i>

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<i>and I knew enough about
the Lassiter household</i>

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<i>to know that Mike had a defense,</i>

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<i>if he would just talk to me.</i>

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- Jim.
- Good Morning.

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Flyin' solo on this one?

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<i>Section 34 of the judicial
district court</i>

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<i>of the state of Louisiana</i>

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<i>in and for the parish of
St. Bernard</i>

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<i>is now in session.</i>

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<i>The honorable judge
Robichaux is presiding.</i>

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<i>Order and silence are commanded.</i>

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God save the state of
Louisiana and this court.

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All rise,

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<i>for the honorable
Edouard Robichaux.</i>

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Bring 'em in.

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<i>Good morning, jury.</i>

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Please be seated.

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<i>The court will come to order</i>

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<i>in the matter of the state of
Louisiana versus Michael Lassiter,</i>

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<i>on the charge
of first-degree murder.</i>

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Jury, you should know
the defendant

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is still a minor...

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<i>Six weeks shy of his
17th birthday.</i>

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<i>But due to the seriousness
of the charges,</i>

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<i>the case was transferred
to this court,</i>

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where he is being tried
as an adult.

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<i>Counselors.</i>

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Gentlemen, you both have
toiled in my courtroom before,

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so you know how
I appreciate a swift trial.

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Yes, sir.

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<i>Good morning.</i>

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Thank you for your service.

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The case before you today
is a simple one,

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a simple case of patricide.

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Now, that's the killing
of one's father.

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The defendant is the young
man that you see over there,

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<i>Mike Lassiter.</i>

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<i>He's a senior at Newman.</i>

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He's a good student,

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co-captain of
the debate team.

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This past February, however,

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on a Tuesday afternoon,

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Mike took a knife,

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and he stabbed his father,
Boone Lassiter,

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right here.

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Not by accident,

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not in self-defense.

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He did it out of anger.

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<i>With premeditation
and malicious intent,</i>

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<i>he murdered his father.</i>

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<i>We'll prove this beyond
a reasonable doubt.</i>

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<i>Now, you may hear,
from the other side,</i>

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<i>that the victim, Mike's dad,</i>

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<i>wasn't such a good guy,</i>

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that he was tough on his son,

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that he bullied him.

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But Boone Lassiter
isn't on trial here

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for father of the year.

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<i>He may not have been
the best dad,</i>

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<i>but the evidence will show
he wasn't the worst.</i>

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You want me to put you down?

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<i>Plenty of people grow up
without the best dads.</i>

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- There!
- Aah!

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<i>It doesn't give anyone
the right to murder.</i>

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Aah!

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<i>Therefore, at the conclusion
of this case,</i>

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<i>I'll ask you</i>

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to return a verdict of guilty

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of murder in the first degree.

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- <i>Thank you.</i>
- If you don't talk to me,

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I have to waive my opening.

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<i>Counselor?</i>

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Your honor,

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the defense reserves its right

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to an opening statement

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until after the prosecution
presents its case.

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Well, we are speeding along.

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Your first witness ready?

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Can you see if
Angela Morley's out there?

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<i>Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,</i>

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<i>and nothing but the truth,
so help you god?</i>

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<i>I do.</i>

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<i>Your name, please.</i>

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Angela Morley.

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- <i>And your occupation?</i>
- Flight attendant for deluxe charter.

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- And deluxe is?
- A private airline.

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People buy timeshares and
we fly them all over the world.

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- <i>Affluent people?</i>
- Yes, very.

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<i>The victim, the deceased,</i>

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<i>Mr. Boone Lassiter,
he was one of these people.</i>

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<i>Yes.</i>

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<i>And were you always
on his flights?</i>

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Most of them. He'd request me.

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And when did he last
fly with you?

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The last week of January,

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to la and back
with his son Mike,

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and then round trip to Dallas.

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<i>And what was
the purpose of these trips,</i>

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<i>if you remember?</i>

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The second, Dallas,
was business.

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The first was
to take Mike, his son,

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to look at colleges...

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<i>UCLA and Stanford.</i>

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<i>We were supposed to go up
to Oregon to see, I think,</i>

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<i>Reed, but they decided
to come home instead.</i>

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Listen.

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It's your call,

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but Stanford is one
of the top schools in the country

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and you got in early.

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I mean, look,
I'm happy to go to Reed,

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check it out, but...

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<i>It's weird.</i>

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<i>Maybe we should just declare
victory and head home early, huh?</i>

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Surprise your mom?

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<i>And how would you characterize</i>

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<i>the relationship between
father and son,</i>

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<i>between Boone and Mike?</i>

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The trip home got kind of tense.

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Mike seemed like
a typical teenager,

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sullen with a little attitude.

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Listen, we're gonna skip Portland
and head back.

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- Tell the guys for me, will you?
- Okay.

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You think you're old enough
to handle a piece of ass like that?

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<i>You don't know
why Mike was sullen.</i>

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No.

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Thank you.

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<i>Ms. Morley.</i>

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I've never been
on a private plane.

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Help me out here.

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The customer can bring
whoever he wants with him.

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Yes.

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Mr. Lassiter would do that
sometimes.

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Of course.

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- <i>Men and women.</i>
- Sure.

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Other lawyers, mostly.

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And on the trip to Los Angeles,

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he brought his son.

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<i>Yes.</i>

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Yours is a service
industry, right?

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Yes.

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And it's competitive.

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Very.

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<i>So you have to provide
good service.</i>

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Naturally.

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Did you like servicing
Mr. Lassiter?

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Pardon me?

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<i>I'm asking if
he was a good client.</i>

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Yes.

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He was professional, but fun,

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pleasant to be around.

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<i>Ms. Morley,</i>

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<i>when Mr. Lassiter brought
a woman,</i>

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or women with him on the plane,

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did you ever leave
their names off the manifest?

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<i>Objection, your honor.</i>

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<i>Women on the manifest?
How is this relevant?</i>

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Your honor.

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<i>Do you have a proffer
of evidence on this, Mr. Ramsey?</i>

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- Your honor...
- Do you or do you not

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have evidence for this court?

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Not at this time.

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<i>You're fishing. I'll allow it.</i>

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<i>Now, step back.</i>

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You may answer the question.

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It would be against the law

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to omit passengers
from the manifest, so, no,

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of course they never did that.

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No further questions.

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<i>You picked up
Mr. Lassiter and his son</i>

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<i>at the lakefront airport.</i>

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That's correct, around 4:00.

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<i>And the next morning,
7:00 A.M.,</i>

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<i>you drove
Mr. Lassiter again.</i>

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That's correct,
straight to the airport.

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Was there anything unusual?

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No, nothing at all.

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<i>When he returned,
two days later,</i>

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on the evening of the murder,

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you again dropped
him at his home.

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<i>That's correct.</i>

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<i>Did you notice anything unusual?</i>

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No, nothing.

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<i>Anything or anyone
out of the ordinary?</i>

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No one.

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Thank you.

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Nothing further, your honor.

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Did you ever pick up women
for Mr. Lassiter...

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- Objection, your honor.
- ...on the way to the airport?

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Withdrawn.

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Sit down, Mr. Ramsey.

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<i>You're excused.</i>

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This is what losing looks like,

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but it's the best I can do
until you start talking to me.

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<i>Boone fucked everything
that walked.</i>

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<i>It didn't relate to the case,
but it made Boone look bad.</i>

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<i>I figured Loretta knew and
didn't care as long as it helped Mike.</i>

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<i>Mr. Ramsey,
I'm Janelle Brady.</i>

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You're too late.

214
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No, I'm not. I wasn't...

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Just as we feared.
Juror number three.

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Gave you the stink eye
after you crossed?

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Yeah, I caught it.

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Janelle Brady, Jack Legrand.

219
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Janelle is
Walter Brady's daughter.

220
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I asked him to sit second chair
for me, but he couldn't.

221
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He recommended Janelle.

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Her dad is also famous
for being late,

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but never to court.

224
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Are you kidding me?

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Concerned women for America?

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Don't even ask.

227
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<i>I was sitting
in the back the whole time.</i>

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You missed jury selection.

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I know, I'm sorry.
I tried calling.

230
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I'm on trial. I don't answer
my phone when I'm on trial.

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Well...

232
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We still got two blacks, two single moms,
and an unemployed white kid.

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Shit. That ain't no guarantee.

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- <i>Call you this afternoon.</i>
- Keep on it.

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You want a job or not?

236
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Ramsey.

237
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Five minutes.

238
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Okay.

239
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Legrand's your jury consultant?

240
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Ran out of challenges,

241
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and got stuck
with juror number three...

242
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Heiress to oil money
with nothing to do

243
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but worry about people
stealing from her.

244
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She's the kind that thinks

245
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the death penalty
isn't severe enough.

246
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<i>So besides being
Walter Brady's daughter,</i>

247
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tell me who you are.

248
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I graduated Vanderbilt '07,

249
00:14:39,798 --> 00:14:41,598
Columbia for law.

250
00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,999
Won all my mock trials,

251
00:14:43,001 --> 00:14:45,669
then came back home
to work at Morris and Duprey,

252
00:14:45,671 --> 00:14:49,473
but the corporate grind wasn't
my thing, so I took a year off.

253
00:14:49,475 --> 00:14:50,841
To do what?

254
00:14:52,844 --> 00:14:55,879
Regroup.

255
00:14:55,881 --> 00:14:58,748
In river oaks?

256
00:14:58,750 --> 00:15:00,016
Thanks, dad.

257
00:15:00,018 --> 00:15:01,585
They put you on meds?

258
00:15:03,921 --> 00:15:05,922
No shame in it.

259
00:15:05,924 --> 00:15:09,025
I spent 18 months on antidepressants.
You still on 'em?

260
00:15:09,027 --> 00:15:11,027
A low dosage.

261
00:15:11,029 --> 00:15:13,497
<i>'Cause once
I introduce you in court,</i>

262
00:15:13,499 --> 00:15:15,499
you can't decide halfway through

263
00:15:15,501 --> 00:15:18,668
that it's not your thing.

264
00:15:18,670 --> 00:15:21,505
I'll be there.

265
00:15:21,507 --> 00:15:24,808
Your dad says you've got
a world-class bullshit detector.

266
00:15:24,810 --> 00:15:26,009
Who lied this morning?

267
00:15:26,011 --> 00:15:28,078
On the stand, you mean?

268
00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,779
They don't teach this
in law school.

269
00:15:29,781 --> 00:15:31,982
Yes, all witnesses lie.

270
00:15:31,984 --> 00:15:34,184
About what?

271
00:15:34,186 --> 00:15:37,053
Keeping their jobs,

272
00:15:37,055 --> 00:15:40,223
winning the case, money...

273
00:15:40,225 --> 00:15:42,659
Most people skim... morality.

274
00:15:42,661 --> 00:15:45,996
<i>We all want to be good
little girls and boys.</i>

275
00:15:45,998 --> 00:15:48,164
Sex... just assume everyone's
screwing everyone else

276
00:15:48,166 --> 00:15:49,799
unless proven otherwise.

277
00:15:49,801 --> 00:15:54,638
<i>And the big one,
avoiding humiliation.</i>

278
00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,674
You'd think folks would be scared
of prison or lethal injection.

279
00:15:57,676 --> 00:16:00,243
Nope.

280
00:16:00,245 --> 00:16:02,913
It's loss of face.

281
00:16:02,915 --> 00:16:05,715
And this morning,
the flight attendant...

282
00:16:05,717 --> 00:16:09,319
Angela Morley?

283
00:16:09,321 --> 00:16:11,555
She seemed evasive

284
00:16:11,557 --> 00:16:14,257
when you asked about
passenger manifests,

285
00:16:14,259 --> 00:16:17,561
looked at her hands
after she answered.

286
00:16:17,563 --> 00:16:20,764
I guess Lassiter
took women on his flights.

287
00:16:20,766 --> 00:16:24,701
And she didn't want to lose her
next job admitting as much.

288
00:16:24,703 --> 00:16:25,802
Next?

289
00:16:25,804 --> 00:16:29,139
The limo driver...

290
00:16:29,141 --> 00:16:32,842
Went out of his way to say
he drove straight to the airport.

291
00:16:32,844 --> 00:16:35,779
So maybe they stopped
to pick up a woman?

292
00:16:35,781 --> 00:16:38,715
And me?

293
00:16:38,717 --> 00:16:40,350
What did I lie about?

294
00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,721
You've been on a private plane?

295
00:16:44,723 --> 00:16:47,857
And since we walked
in this room?

296
00:16:47,859 --> 00:16:50,060
You've never taken an
antidepressant in your life.

297
00:16:52,129 --> 00:16:54,331
Not unless bourbon counts.

298
00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:56,299
<i>As you heard,</i>

299
00:16:56,301 --> 00:16:58,602
<i>my client isn't speaking
to anyone,</i>

300
00:16:58,604 --> 00:17:00,770
including me,

301
00:17:00,772 --> 00:17:03,873
which means I have to defend him
without knowing all the facts,

302
00:17:03,875 --> 00:17:06,876
which means I'm finding out
the facts on the fly.

303
00:17:06,878 --> 00:17:10,714
So if your bullshit detector
goes off, you tell me.

304
00:17:10,716 --> 00:17:14,684
Other than that,
you're window dressing.

305
00:17:14,686 --> 00:17:17,821
A mixed-race woman at the table
who thinks your client is innocent.

306
00:17:17,823 --> 00:17:20,357
That's the deal.

307
00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,292
Your honor.

308
00:17:22,294 --> 00:17:23,793
I wish to introduce my associate

309
00:17:23,795 --> 00:17:25,629
Janelle Brady to the court.

310
00:17:25,631 --> 00:17:27,697
Relation to Walter Brady?

311
00:17:27,699 --> 00:17:30,300
<i>Yes, your honor, his daughter.</i>

312
00:17:30,302 --> 00:17:31,868
Fine lawyer.

313
00:17:38,943 --> 00:17:41,845
I got a call at 4:42 P.M.

314
00:17:41,847 --> 00:17:44,648
Domestic violence, possible 187.

315
00:17:44,650 --> 00:17:46,850
And 187 is?

316
00:17:46,852 --> 00:17:48,318
Homicide.

317
00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,054
And this is late afternoon
on February 4th.

318
00:17:51,056 --> 00:17:52,288
<i>Yes, sir.</i>

319
00:17:52,290 --> 00:17:53,790
<i>And you responded?</i>

320
00:17:53,792 --> 00:17:55,425
I was the closest car.

321
00:17:56,994 --> 00:17:58,361
<i>I didn't know whether</i>

322
00:17:58,363 --> 00:18:00,430
<i>I should wait
for backup or go in,</i>

323
00:18:00,432 --> 00:18:02,966
but I was told the situation
was under control,

324
00:18:02,968 --> 00:18:05,068
<i>so I went in.</i>

325
00:18:13,177 --> 00:18:16,279
Please hurry.
It's my husband.

326
00:18:30,728 --> 00:18:32,295
Who is that?

327
00:18:32,297 --> 00:18:34,864
Michael, our son.

328
00:18:34,866 --> 00:18:36,099
<i>What did you do first?</i>

329
00:18:36,101 --> 00:18:39,235
I made sure the victim was dead.

330
00:18:41,272 --> 00:18:42,439
<i>He was.</i>

331
00:18:42,441 --> 00:18:45,175
<i>Hello? Loretta?</i>

332
00:18:45,177 --> 00:18:47,777
I called our lawyer. I'll go.

333
00:18:52,149 --> 00:18:54,050
I should've done this
a long time ago.

334
00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:59,122
<i>And what if, anything,
did Mike say?</i>

335
00:19:01,992 --> 00:19:03,727
"I should've done it
a long time ago."

336
00:19:03,729 --> 00:19:05,228
<i>Objection, your honor.</i>

337
00:19:05,230 --> 00:19:06,863
This is inconsistent

338
00:19:06,865 --> 00:19:08,131
with the officer's
prior sworn statement.

339
00:19:08,133 --> 00:19:10,100
Judge, I'm simply clarifying...

340
00:19:10,102 --> 00:19:13,870
Officer steed's
police report states...

341
00:19:13,872 --> 00:19:16,506
"Should've done this
a long time ago,"

342
00:19:16,508 --> 00:19:19,008
not "I should've."

343
00:19:19,010 --> 00:19:21,144
Without a pronoun,
my client might have meant,

344
00:19:21,146 --> 00:19:23,313
"someone should've done this
a long time ago,"

345
00:19:23,315 --> 00:19:26,916
suggesting that
someone else did.

346
00:19:26,918 --> 00:19:28,151
Continue.

347
00:19:28,153 --> 00:19:29,953
Well, which was it?

348
00:19:29,955 --> 00:19:31,855
Hang on a second.

349
00:19:35,292 --> 00:19:37,227
Yes, I'm sure.

350
00:19:37,229 --> 00:19:40,897
He said, "I should've done it
a long time ago."

351
00:19:40,899 --> 00:19:43,366
I should've done this
a long time ago.

352
00:19:59,016 --> 00:20:01,184
<i>How long did it take
the other officers to arrive?</i>

353
00:20:01,186 --> 00:20:03,453
Only a few minutes.

354
00:20:03,455 --> 00:20:05,789
I told the lawyer, mister, um...

355
00:20:05,791 --> 00:20:07,190
<i>Mr. Ramsey.</i>

356
00:20:07,192 --> 00:20:09,192
Yes, sir, I told him,

357
00:20:09,194 --> 00:20:11,161
I need the boy to step away
from the body.

358
00:20:13,531 --> 00:20:16,166
Mike.

359
00:20:16,168 --> 00:20:17,567
He needs to step back.

360
00:20:19,136 --> 00:20:22,939
Honey?

361
00:20:22,941 --> 00:20:24,507
We need to leave the room now

362
00:20:24,509 --> 00:20:26,876
so the police can do
their work, okay?

363
00:20:33,217 --> 00:20:36,252
Ma'am, I'm gonna need you both
to stay nearby.

364
00:20:37,988 --> 00:20:39,222
<i>Thank you.</i>

365
00:20:39,224 --> 00:20:41,591
No further questions,
your honor.

366
00:20:41,593 --> 00:20:43,226
Mr. Ramsey?

367
00:20:46,063 --> 00:20:47,063
<i>You're excused.</i>

368
00:20:50,067 --> 00:20:52,101
We're in recess until
9:00 A.M. in the morning.

369
00:20:52,103 --> 00:20:55,538
You see, Mike? You see how
it sounds in open court?

370
00:20:55,540 --> 00:20:57,373
"I should've done this
a long time ago."

371
00:20:57,375 --> 00:20:59,409
To a cop? Really?

372
00:20:59,411 --> 00:21:01,845
Unless you start talking to me,
we're going down.

373
00:21:01,847 --> 00:21:03,279
<i>All rise.</i>

374
00:21:09,486 --> 00:21:12,488
Why won't he talk to you?

375
00:21:12,490 --> 00:21:15,859
That's the problem
with people who refuse to speak.

376
00:21:15,861 --> 00:21:17,001
They never say why.

377
00:21:19,263 --> 00:21:23,600
You're cocky for a kid going
to prison for life.

378
00:21:23,602 --> 00:21:25,869
- Did he say anything to you?
- Loretta Lassiter,

379
00:21:25,871 --> 00:21:27,270
Janelle Brady.

380
00:21:27,272 --> 00:21:28,905
- Hi.
- Hi.

381
00:21:28,907 --> 00:21:31,007
Is he talking?

382
00:21:31,009 --> 00:21:34,010
- Loretta...
- Ramsey, I'm terrified!

383
00:21:34,012 --> 00:21:35,612
You can't let him go to prison.

384
00:21:35,614 --> 00:21:37,547
Relax, Loretta.
It's the first day.

385
00:21:37,549 --> 00:21:39,148
He's a boy.

386
00:21:39,150 --> 00:21:41,384
The papers make him
look like some monster.

387
00:21:41,386 --> 00:21:42,552
I know. I know that.

388
00:21:42,554 --> 00:21:44,287
The way it sounds in there...

389
00:21:44,289 --> 00:21:46,055
It always sounds bad
in the beginning.

390
00:21:46,057 --> 00:21:48,091
I want to see him.
Can I... Can I see him?

391
00:21:48,093 --> 00:21:49,192
Yeah, if you can get down there

392
00:21:49,194 --> 00:21:50,660
before they put him in the Van.

393
00:21:56,533 --> 00:22:00,570
What a horrible position
for her to be in.

394
00:22:00,572 --> 00:22:04,607
Yeah, mother of the accused
is never easy.

395
00:22:04,609 --> 00:22:06,643
Loretta's, actually,
compared to some...

396
00:22:06,645 --> 00:22:09,946
She's pretty calm.

397
00:22:09,948 --> 00:22:12,916
- Where's your car?
- Oh, around the corner.

398
00:22:12,918 --> 00:22:14,684
They sent you to c lot?

399
00:22:18,055 --> 00:22:21,291
Room 254 at the Marina hotel.

400
00:22:22,326 --> 00:22:25,194
Our war room.

401
00:22:25,196 --> 00:22:27,230
You don't have an office?

402
00:22:27,232 --> 00:22:28,564
Yeah.

403
00:22:28,566 --> 00:22:30,633
People there who expect me
to return phone calls

404
00:22:30,635 --> 00:22:34,337
and answer emails
and god knows what.

405
00:22:34,339 --> 00:22:37,173
Everything we need
is in room 254.

406
00:22:37,175 --> 00:22:39,943
Witness statements, police reports,
coroner's report.

407
00:22:39,945 --> 00:22:42,612
Are you coming?

408
00:22:42,614 --> 00:22:46,282
Got it all up here, I hope.

409
00:22:46,284 --> 00:22:48,384
Tomorrow, 9:00 o'clock, okay?

410
00:22:55,459 --> 00:22:57,627
<i>I doubted miss
Ivy league corporate law</i>

411
00:22:57,629 --> 00:23:01,497
<i>would come back when she saw
what she was getting into.</i>

412
00:23:01,499 --> 00:23:03,099
<i>But just sitting there
beside Mike,</i>

413
00:23:03,101 --> 00:23:04,567
<i>she would help him look</i>

414
00:23:04,569 --> 00:23:07,236
<i>less like a spoiled rich kid
or a sociopath,</i>

415
00:23:07,238 --> 00:23:09,005
<i>maybe even get him to talk.</i>

416
00:23:46,677 --> 00:23:48,444
<i>Funny thing was,
I second-seated</i>

417
00:23:48,446 --> 00:23:51,447
<i>my first murder trial
with Boone.</i>

418
00:23:51,449 --> 00:23:54,717
<i>It was a case where a teenage mother
suffocated her own infant,</i>

419
00:23:54,719 --> 00:23:58,454
<i>put him in a garbage bag,
and threw him in the bayou.</i>

420
00:23:58,456 --> 00:24:02,425
<i>The pictures alone
convicted her.</i>

421
00:24:02,427 --> 00:24:04,160
<i>But Boone kept saying,</i>

422
00:24:04,162 --> 00:24:07,597
<i>"if you can stand her,
so can the jury."</i>

423
00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:10,166
<i>He had me talk to her,
put my hand on hers.</i>

424
00:24:10,168 --> 00:24:12,468
<i>Every day I told her
she looked pretty.</i>

425
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:14,637
<i>Those little things counted.</i>

426
00:24:14,639 --> 00:24:16,806
<i>Please, tell us,
how did you know the deceased?</i>

427
00:24:16,808 --> 00:24:20,176
He was my neighbor
for the last 15 years.

428
00:24:20,178 --> 00:24:21,577
<i>Your next-door neighbor?</i>

429
00:24:21,579 --> 00:24:22,578
Yes.

430
00:24:22,580 --> 00:24:24,313
And were you friends?

431
00:24:24,315 --> 00:24:26,349
I liked Boone.

432
00:24:26,351 --> 00:24:28,584
My wife found him entertaining.

433
00:24:28,586 --> 00:24:30,153
Do you do that down thing?

434
00:24:30,155 --> 00:24:31,587
The down thing?

435
00:24:31,589 --> 00:24:33,189
<i>Our son Alexander</i>

436
00:24:33,191 --> 00:24:36,259
<i>was a classmate with Mike
at Newman,</i>

437
00:24:36,261 --> 00:24:38,061
so we took down the fence
between the yards

438
00:24:38,063 --> 00:24:39,595
so that the boys
could play together.

439
00:24:39,597 --> 00:24:42,065
How would you describe
the relationship

440
00:24:42,067 --> 00:24:43,800
between Boone and Mike?

441
00:24:43,802 --> 00:24:46,702
Very close.

442
00:24:46,704 --> 00:24:49,072
<i>Loretta was sort of
the odd woman out.</i>

443
00:24:52,811 --> 00:24:55,511
<i>Mike wanted to be
a lawyer like his dad.</i>

444
00:24:55,513 --> 00:24:57,480
See the lawyer?

445
00:24:57,482 --> 00:25:00,083
Dressed too fancy.
Jury's not gonna like him.

446
00:25:00,085 --> 00:25:02,085
<i>Mike was a very quick study.</i>

447
00:25:02,087 --> 00:25:04,487
He became kind of like
a legal junkie.

448
00:25:04,489 --> 00:25:06,622
He was a very, very bright kid.

449
00:25:06,624 --> 00:25:10,493
When Mike was 12, he wanted
to go to forensic camp.

450
00:25:10,495 --> 00:25:13,096
I'm sorry.
Forensic camp?

451
00:25:13,098 --> 00:25:15,098
Well, it's like "CSI," you know?

452
00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:17,233
You learn how to break down
a crime scene.

453
00:25:17,235 --> 00:25:19,869
<i>Anyway, when he got back...</i>

454
00:25:19,871 --> 00:25:23,239
Well, there was something
going on, on our block.

455
00:25:23,241 --> 00:25:26,709
Someone had poisoned
a neighbor's cat.

456
00:25:26,711 --> 00:25:30,680
And Mike, I don't know how...

457
00:25:32,783 --> 00:25:34,650
<i>But he figured out who did it.</i>

458
00:25:34,652 --> 00:25:37,153
Yeah, got his picture
in the paper.

459
00:25:37,155 --> 00:25:38,654
<i>Now, this closeness,</i>

460
00:25:38,656 --> 00:25:42,258
<i>the bond between father and son,</i>

461
00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:45,828
did that continue until
the death of the victim?

462
00:25:45,830 --> 00:25:47,630
No, no.

463
00:25:47,632 --> 00:25:49,198
Something happened.
I mean, I don't know,

464
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,567
it might've been, you know,

465
00:25:51,569 --> 00:25:55,838
adolescent rebellion,
but it came out...

466
00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:00,276
Well, I guess it was about
eight months before Boone died.

467
00:26:00,278 --> 00:26:02,245
<i>Well, I don't want
to give offense</i>

468
00:26:02,247 --> 00:26:04,814
<i>to any of you candy-ass
liberals here,</i>

469
00:26:04,816 --> 00:26:07,350
<i>well, maybe, if you get...</i>

470
00:26:07,352 --> 00:26:09,485
Well, look.
I'm not stupid, okay?

471
00:26:09,487 --> 00:26:12,155
I'm gonna vote
for my own self-interest.

472
00:26:12,157 --> 00:26:14,657
Of course.

473
00:26:14,659 --> 00:26:17,593
Everyone should vote
their own interest.

474
00:26:17,595 --> 00:26:21,164
That's how democracy's
supposed to work.

475
00:26:21,166 --> 00:26:22,632
Is that so?

476
00:26:22,634 --> 00:26:26,402
Well, sure. I mean...

477
00:26:26,404 --> 00:26:28,437
I was just agreeing with you.

478
00:26:31,375 --> 00:26:34,210
I was agreeing with you.

479
00:26:35,879 --> 00:26:37,446
You were?

480
00:26:42,586 --> 00:26:43,653
"Of course."

481
00:26:45,756 --> 00:26:48,925
You said "of course."

482
00:26:48,927 --> 00:26:52,428
As if I said something obvious.

483
00:26:52,430 --> 00:26:54,697
Come on, Boone.

484
00:26:54,699 --> 00:26:56,732
Maybe you're a little drunk, huh?

485
00:26:56,734 --> 00:26:58,601
I am drunk.

486
00:26:58,603 --> 00:27:00,603
And tomorrow,

487
00:27:00,605 --> 00:27:03,406
I'm gonna wake up
with a big hangover.

488
00:27:03,408 --> 00:27:05,408
And you...

489
00:27:05,410 --> 00:27:08,978
<i>You're still gonna be stupid.</i>

490
00:27:08,980 --> 00:27:13,449
Now listen, nobody gives
a fuck what you think.

491
00:27:13,451 --> 00:27:14,817
Don't you know that by now?

492
00:27:16,486 --> 00:27:18,254
<i>You went to typing school.</i>

493
00:27:20,658 --> 00:27:24,227
<i>You should be like Trixie over here,
she takes care of herself.</i>

494
00:27:24,229 --> 00:27:26,896
She's smart. She's got a degree
in dental hygiene...

495
00:27:26,898 --> 00:27:28,431
Stop it!

496
00:27:37,641 --> 00:27:40,243
- So you spoke up.
- Yes.

497
00:27:40,245 --> 00:27:42,645
- You tried to stop him.
- I did.

498
00:27:42,647 --> 00:27:44,614
<i>Then what happened?</i>

499
00:27:49,853 --> 00:27:51,687
Hey.

500
00:27:51,689 --> 00:27:54,357
Boone.

501
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,325
Come on. Let's just...

502
00:27:56,327 --> 00:27:59,528
I got this. I got this, dude.
I'm okay.

503
00:28:05,602 --> 00:28:07,770
First, come here.

504
00:28:07,772 --> 00:28:10,439
<i>No one spoke
to Boone that way.</i>

505
00:28:10,441 --> 00:28:11,807
<i>No one.</i>

506
00:28:16,046 --> 00:28:18,414
<i>Well, I couldn't...
I couldn't hear</i>

507
00:28:18,416 --> 00:28:20,883
<i>what Boone said to him,</i>

508
00:28:20,885 --> 00:28:24,320
<i>but I could see the effect
it had on Mike.</i>

509
00:28:26,056 --> 00:28:27,623
Look at me.

510
00:28:31,695 --> 00:28:33,963
<i>And after they'd
finished their conversation,</i>

511
00:28:33,965 --> 00:28:38,768
Boone walked over to me.

512
00:28:38,770 --> 00:28:42,305
You got something to say?

513
00:28:42,307 --> 00:28:44,073
It's none of your business.

514
00:28:45,976 --> 00:28:47,843
<i>You know...</i>

515
00:28:47,845 --> 00:28:50,746
You look at me like that again
then I'm gonna kick

516
00:28:50,748 --> 00:28:53,683
your little ass back to that
shitty little house of yours.

517
00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:57,453
There's nothing I'd enjoy more.

518
00:28:59,790 --> 00:29:02,958
There's dessert if anybody's
still hungry.

519
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:07,563
So as you can imagine,
that was the end of our friendship.

520
00:29:08,999 --> 00:29:11,000
I didn't want Alex
going over there.

521
00:29:11,002 --> 00:29:14,470
I didn't want him to have anything
to do with that type of behavior.

522
00:29:14,472 --> 00:29:17,373
Thank you. No further questions,
your honor.

523
00:29:18,642 --> 00:29:19,842
Mr. Ramsey?

524
00:29:21,345 --> 00:29:23,679
Nothing from me, your honor.

525
00:29:23,681 --> 00:29:26,082
<i>You may step down.</i>

526
00:29:26,084 --> 00:29:29,819
Want me to work harder?
Start talking.

527
00:29:34,358 --> 00:29:36,659
<i>So, what's our defense here?</i>

528
00:29:36,661 --> 00:29:41,063
You mean are we screwed?
Don't know.

529
00:29:41,065 --> 00:29:44,500
Unless Mike talks to me,
all we've got is "defense of others."

530
00:29:44,502 --> 00:29:47,470
Like someone who shoots first
to prevent a murder?

531
00:29:47,472 --> 00:29:48,838
Right.

532
00:29:51,508 --> 00:29:54,543
I gotta tell you,
it's pretty brutal in there.

533
00:29:56,513 --> 00:29:58,514
It's not all bad.

534
00:29:58,516 --> 00:30:00,816
How do you mean?

535
00:30:00,818 --> 00:30:03,552
How much do you know
about Muhammad Ali?

536
00:30:03,554 --> 00:30:05,921
I know he didn't go
to law school.

537
00:30:05,923 --> 00:30:07,390
Better than that.

538
00:30:07,392 --> 00:30:10,459
In 1974, he took on
George foreman,

539
00:30:10,461 --> 00:30:12,528
who was seven years younger,

540
00:30:12,530 --> 00:30:14,797
and had knocked out
every man he'd fought.

541
00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:16,799
<i>Foreman was at his peak.</i>

542
00:30:16,801 --> 00:30:18,401
And Ali, round after round,

543
00:30:18,403 --> 00:30:19,969
just stood there
getting pounded.

544
00:30:19,971 --> 00:30:21,670
He wouldn't or
couldn't fight back.

545
00:30:21,672 --> 00:30:22,938
No one knew which.

546
00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:26,842
- You mean the rope-a-dope?
- Yeah.

547
00:30:27,944 --> 00:30:29,945
And finally,
in the eighth round,

548
00:30:29,947 --> 00:30:32,681
foreman got tired,

549
00:30:32,683 --> 00:30:35,918
tired of punching,
exhausted himself.

550
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,422
Suddenly, Ali came to life.

551
00:30:39,424 --> 00:30:43,626
In one round, foreman was on
the canvas like an old man.

552
00:30:43,628 --> 00:30:46,128
What are you saying?

553
00:30:46,130 --> 00:30:49,131
For the rest
of the day, we lose.

554
00:30:52,469 --> 00:30:54,570
And in this kind of situation,
detective,

555
00:30:54,572 --> 00:30:56,105
apparently a family dispute,

556
00:30:56,107 --> 00:30:59,074
- is there a normal...
- The spouse.

557
00:30:59,076 --> 00:31:00,843
Excuse me?

558
00:31:00,845 --> 00:31:03,112
Anyone who's married,
the spouse is the first suspect.

559
00:31:03,114 --> 00:31:06,849
But you moved off this
hypothesis pretty quickly.

560
00:31:06,851 --> 00:31:08,651
<i>Yeah.</i>

561
00:31:08,653 --> 00:31:10,052
<i>Well, I first spoke
with the officer on the scene.</i>

562
00:31:10,054 --> 00:31:11,787
Anything unusual?

563
00:31:11,789 --> 00:31:13,956
The kid said, "should've done this
a long time ago."

564
00:31:13,958 --> 00:31:15,458
<i>She told me what the boy said.</i>

565
00:31:15,460 --> 00:31:16,725
And that knife from the wall.

566
00:31:19,830 --> 00:31:21,831
<i>And I took a look at the knife.</i>

567
00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:25,134
<i>And it was the print,</i>

568
00:31:25,136 --> 00:31:28,537
or the size of the palm print
that changed your focus.

569
00:31:28,539 --> 00:31:30,673
Yes.

570
00:31:30,675 --> 00:31:33,008
But to be safe, we took the boy and
his mother down for questioning.

571
00:31:33,010 --> 00:31:35,244
- Where were you...
- <i>And how did that go with Mike?</i>

572
00:31:35,246 --> 00:31:38,681
At the time of the incident?
You need to answer...

573
00:31:38,683 --> 00:31:40,916
He's not talking at all.

574
00:31:44,955 --> 00:31:46,222
First of all, I want to say...

575
00:31:46,224 --> 00:31:48,557
<i>And his mother?</i>

576
00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:51,861
<i>Mother didn't have
anything to say,</i>

577
00:31:51,863 --> 00:31:53,863
<i>on advice of counsel.</i>

578
00:31:55,899 --> 00:31:57,733
Thank you, detective.
No further.

579
00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:06,742
<i>You were the lead detective
on this case, is that right?</i>

580
00:32:06,744 --> 00:32:08,644
Yes, sir.

581
00:32:08,646 --> 00:32:10,713
And you said that from the start
you didn't pursue

582
00:32:10,715 --> 00:32:13,182
any suspects other than
the defendant.

583
00:32:13,184 --> 00:32:14,917
That's correct.

584
00:32:14,919 --> 00:32:17,553
Why was that?

585
00:32:17,555 --> 00:32:19,822
You want me to answer that?

586
00:32:19,824 --> 00:32:21,190
Yes.

587
00:32:26,830 --> 00:32:28,631
<i>Because...</i>

588
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,569
In my professional opinion,

589
00:32:33,571 --> 00:32:36,539
it was open and shut.

590
00:32:36,541 --> 00:32:37,773
That boy did it.

591
00:32:45,549 --> 00:32:48,551
No further questions,
your honor.

592
00:32:48,553 --> 00:32:50,686
<i>Mike was a fucking vault.</i>

593
00:32:50,688 --> 00:32:53,689
<i>I decided to let him think
I'd given up,</i>

594
00:32:53,691 --> 00:32:58,561
<i>let the evidence roll in,
invite it.</i>

595
00:32:58,563 --> 00:32:59,895
<i>Hopefully, the jury would think</i>

596
00:32:59,897 --> 00:33:01,597
<i>it was going too well</i>

597
00:33:01,599 --> 00:33:04,567
<i>and start rooting
for the underdog</i>

598
00:33:04,569 --> 00:33:05,935
<i>without even knowing it.</i>

599
00:33:08,838 --> 00:33:11,106
And this is from the New Orleans
crime lab and evidence division?

600
00:33:11,108 --> 00:33:13,142
Yes, sir.

601
00:33:18,949 --> 00:33:20,950
Sir, what was
the cause of death?

602
00:33:20,952 --> 00:33:23,319
Knife entered the box...

603
00:33:23,321 --> 00:33:24,987
Central area of the chest.

604
00:33:24,989 --> 00:33:27,590
- Just one stab.
- <i>Yes, sir.</i>

605
00:33:27,592 --> 00:33:31,594
It severed the aorta, resulting in a
sudden and massive loss of blood.

606
00:33:31,596 --> 00:33:34,263
<i>Victim lost consciousness
in a matter of seconds.</i>

607
00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:40,002
<i>Died in under a minute.</i>

608
00:33:40,004 --> 00:33:41,370
Thank you.

609
00:33:43,006 --> 00:33:45,608
So the victim had
no scratches on him,

610
00:33:45,610 --> 00:33:48,777
no defensive marks,
no skin under his nails.

611
00:33:48,779 --> 00:33:50,613
<i>Which led me to believe
he knew his assailant</i>

612
00:33:50,615 --> 00:33:53,148
and was taken by surprise.

613
00:33:53,150 --> 00:33:56,251
You were in the room
at the time of the murder?

614
00:33:56,253 --> 00:34:00,122
No, sir.

615
00:34:00,124 --> 00:34:02,825
Any hairs on the victim's clothing?

616
00:34:02,827 --> 00:34:06,195
From the defendant,
and his mother.

617
00:34:06,197 --> 00:34:08,631
Plus some other people who had
entered the scene post mortem.

618
00:34:08,633 --> 00:34:10,332
And the rest of the house,

619
00:34:10,334 --> 00:34:13,102
the hall, bathroom, stairs?

620
00:34:13,104 --> 00:34:14,903
Your staff did
a sweep of that, too?

621
00:34:14,905 --> 00:34:18,173
Yes, and found no
material evidence.

622
00:34:18,175 --> 00:34:20,209
<i>Nothing? A stray hair?</i>

623
00:34:20,211 --> 00:34:22,344
<i>A drop of blood?
Nothing at all?</i>

624
00:34:22,346 --> 00:34:23,712
<i>Look at this.</i>

625
00:34:23,714 --> 00:34:26,148
The mom said she was

626
00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:29,685
in the shower when it happened,
washing her hair,

627
00:34:29,687 --> 00:34:33,022
but they found all these
hairs in the sink drain

628
00:34:33,024 --> 00:34:34,390
and only this one in the shower.

629
00:34:34,392 --> 00:34:37,159
So she mixed up
where she washed her hair.

630
00:34:40,430 --> 00:34:43,932
Scott, that is the exact kind
of detail to confuse a jury.

631
00:34:43,934 --> 00:34:45,134
Uh-huh.

632
00:34:47,170 --> 00:34:49,338
No other evidence.

633
00:34:49,340 --> 00:34:51,006
<i>Sir, you're telling me
there was nothing at all</i>

634
00:34:51,008 --> 00:34:53,442
which might directly
or indirectly

635
00:34:53,444 --> 00:34:56,278
point to a suspect
other than the defendant?

636
00:34:58,014 --> 00:34:59,081
That's correct.

637
00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:02,084
Which makes this a perfect case.

638
00:35:04,187 --> 00:35:05,754
Is that a question?

639
00:35:08,158 --> 00:35:09,692
No, sir.

640
00:35:09,694 --> 00:35:12,061
<i>No further questions.</i>

641
00:35:12,063 --> 00:35:14,697
<i>You may be excused,
Mr. Doucette.</i>

642
00:35:18,702 --> 00:35:20,069
<i>And you live
next door to the Lassiters?</i>

643
00:35:20,071 --> 00:35:21,236
Yes, sir.

644
00:35:21,238 --> 00:35:22,871
<i>Since you were how old?</i>

645
00:35:22,873 --> 00:35:24,273
Two.

646
00:35:24,275 --> 00:35:26,375
<i>And you and Mike were friends.</i>

647
00:35:26,377 --> 00:35:29,378
Mostly when we were kids.

648
00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:32,014
<i>But your families were friendly.</i>

649
00:35:32,016 --> 00:35:33,082
Uh-huh.

650
00:35:46,396 --> 00:35:48,397
Alexander.

651
00:35:48,399 --> 00:35:51,166
Uh, yes, I guess
we were all friends.

652
00:35:51,168 --> 00:35:53,769
The defendant, Mike.

653
00:35:53,771 --> 00:35:56,405
Your father testified
that he and his dad,

654
00:35:56,407 --> 00:35:58,474
<i>that their relationship
went downhill.</i>

655
00:35:58,476 --> 00:36:01,043
- Yes.
- <i>And you saw that.</i>

656
00:36:01,045 --> 00:36:02,411
Yes, I did.

657
00:36:02,413 --> 00:36:04,947
<i>Now tell us, please,
what you saw.</i>

658
00:36:09,419 --> 00:36:12,387
To be honest,
I was kind of jealous.

659
00:36:12,389 --> 00:36:14,022
They seemed so close.

660
00:36:14,024 --> 00:36:16,992
- But that changed.
- <i>That's right.</i>

661
00:36:16,994 --> 00:36:19,061
Why?

662
00:36:19,063 --> 00:36:21,764
It had something do to with...

663
00:36:21,766 --> 00:36:25,901
<i>Mike wouldn't say,
but I could tell</i>

664
00:36:25,903 --> 00:36:28,337
it had something
to do with his mom.

665
00:36:28,339 --> 00:36:30,038
<i>Why do you think it had
something to do with her?</i>

666
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,375
Was it something that he said?

667
00:36:33,377 --> 00:36:35,778
Something she said?

668
00:36:35,780 --> 00:36:38,347
No, she never said anything...

669
00:36:38,349 --> 00:36:40,949
<i>No!</i>

670
00:36:46,422 --> 00:36:50,526
Oh, ow! Come on.
You're hurting me.

671
00:36:50,528 --> 00:36:53,395
Ow. Baby!

672
00:36:53,397 --> 00:36:55,264
<i>And did you witness
the backyard incident</i>

673
00:36:55,266 --> 00:36:56,965
<i>between Mike and his father?</i>

674
00:36:58,301 --> 00:36:59,501
Yes.

675
00:36:59,503 --> 00:37:02,070
Well, no, no.
I did not witness

676
00:37:02,072 --> 00:37:04,273
what my dad called
"the backyard incident".

677
00:37:04,275 --> 00:37:06,942
But it was after this that
the change came over Mike.

678
00:37:06,944 --> 00:37:09,411
No, before.

679
00:37:09,413 --> 00:37:10,946
At least six months.

680
00:37:10,948 --> 00:37:13,348
<i>For Mike to say that to his dad,</i>

681
00:37:13,350 --> 00:37:16,185
he must've stewed about it
for a while.

682
00:37:20,957 --> 00:37:25,160
<i>A blind man could see
he had a thing for Loretta.</i>

683
00:37:25,162 --> 00:37:27,262
<i>I just tried to keep him talking
long enough</i>

684
00:37:27,264 --> 00:37:29,364
<i>for the jury to catch on.</i>

685
00:37:32,001 --> 00:37:34,269
Alexander,
did you ever see Boone

686
00:37:34,271 --> 00:37:36,471
being unpleasant to his wife?

687
00:37:36,473 --> 00:37:38,540
Um, yes.

688
00:37:38,542 --> 00:37:40,976
- Rude?
- Yes.

689
00:37:40,978 --> 00:37:42,377
Abusive?

690
00:37:42,379 --> 00:37:44,346
- <i>Come here!</i>
- <i>No!</i>

691
00:37:48,118 --> 00:37:50,185
<i>Come here.
Come here, god damn it.</i>

692
00:37:50,187 --> 00:37:51,520
<i>No!</i>

693
00:37:51,522 --> 00:37:54,923
Maybe.

694
00:37:54,925 --> 00:37:56,325
It's not your family.

695
00:37:56,327 --> 00:37:58,087
You can never tell
what they consider normal.

696
00:38:00,431 --> 00:38:04,867
Did you ever see him
behave brutally toward her?

697
00:38:04,869 --> 00:38:07,603
Let me hear it!

698
00:38:07,605 --> 00:38:10,405
- <i>Come on.</i>
- <i>No, Boone!</i>

699
00:38:12,142 --> 00:38:16,044
Brutally? I don't know.

700
00:38:16,046 --> 00:38:19,882
Fine. You never saw that.

701
00:38:19,884 --> 00:38:23,218
But was there something
about their relationship,

702
00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:25,387
their marriage,

703
00:38:25,389 --> 00:38:27,956
that made you uncomfortable?

704
00:38:30,894 --> 00:38:33,262
She was kind of...

705
00:38:36,032 --> 00:38:39,268
She was fading away, day by day.

706
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:42,571
He was so mean to her.

707
00:38:46,175 --> 00:38:48,477
It was like she didn't want
to live anymore.

708
00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:07,930
No redirect, your honor.

709
00:39:07,932 --> 00:39:10,032
Loretta. Loretta.

710
00:39:13,603 --> 00:39:17,706
They're gonna call you tomorrow.
Are you ready?

711
00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,608
You're sure I can't refuse?

712
00:39:19,610 --> 00:39:22,177
You can, yeah,
but you'll go to jail for contempt.

713
00:39:22,179 --> 00:39:24,279
I can't help you with that one.

714
00:39:24,281 --> 00:39:26,281
A wife doesn't have
to testify against her husband,

715
00:39:26,283 --> 00:39:29,418
but a mother does
against her child?

716
00:39:29,420 --> 00:39:32,087
Like the bond is somehow
less or something?

717
00:39:32,089 --> 00:39:34,289
Loretta, we've gone over this.

718
00:39:34,291 --> 00:39:35,991
It's part of our strategy.

719
00:39:35,993 --> 00:39:37,426
If they don't call you, I will,

720
00:39:37,428 --> 00:39:39,494
and it's better if they do

721
00:39:39,496 --> 00:39:42,397
so, we stick to
the strategy, yes?

722
00:39:47,236 --> 00:39:48,704
Bad of you to smoke.

723
00:39:48,706 --> 00:39:52,474
I know. Keeps me from
eating everything.

724
00:39:52,476 --> 00:39:54,743
- Hey Mike.
- Oh, hey.

725
00:39:57,580 --> 00:40:00,449
- How is he?
- He's okay, I guess.

726
00:40:00,451 --> 00:40:02,184
He really wants to go to Reed,

727
00:40:02,186 --> 00:40:04,219
but Boone keeps pushing him
toward Stanford

728
00:40:04,221 --> 00:40:06,588
'cause it's more prestigious.

729
00:40:06,590 --> 00:40:08,290
I can't really say anything

730
00:40:08,292 --> 00:40:09,491
'cause I didn't even go
to college, so...

731
00:40:09,493 --> 00:40:12,327
Hey!

732
00:40:12,329 --> 00:40:14,029
<i>How about some drinks over here?</i>

733
00:40:14,031 --> 00:40:15,297
Well, he's a smart kid.

734
00:40:15,299 --> 00:40:17,666
He'll do fine wherever he is.

735
00:40:17,668 --> 00:40:20,435
I just wish
I knew how to help him.

736
00:40:24,007 --> 00:40:25,374
I just read something.

737
00:40:27,543 --> 00:40:30,746
If someone says
vicious things to you,

738
00:40:30,748 --> 00:40:35,017
it's the same
to your brain waves

739
00:40:35,019 --> 00:40:36,752
reacting or something...

740
00:40:38,421 --> 00:40:43,025
It's exactly the same
as being hit.

741
00:40:43,027 --> 00:40:46,428
Hey, my father hit me
sometimes when he was drunk.

742
00:40:46,430 --> 00:40:47,796
I'm all right.

743
00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:52,667
Well, I hate myself
for not protecting Mike.

744
00:40:55,571 --> 00:40:57,439
I mentioned
divorce once to Boone.

745
00:40:57,441 --> 00:40:59,508
He said he'd kill me.

746
00:40:59,510 --> 00:41:02,110
"Oh, I'd find you. With my money,
you could count on it."

747
00:41:02,112 --> 00:41:06,415
- Loretta...
- then he'd laugh, like it's a joke.

748
00:41:06,417 --> 00:41:07,516
Wasn't a joke.

749
00:41:13,823 --> 00:41:16,591
<i>Okay, the lies?</i>

750
00:41:16,593 --> 00:41:19,261
Putting aside the
weirdness with Alex?

751
00:41:22,198 --> 00:41:25,700
What was up with detective
graves not pursuing other leads,

752
00:41:25,702 --> 00:41:27,402
gathering forensic evidence?

753
00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:29,438
He had a confession.

754
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,274
Didn't think he needed to.

755
00:41:32,276 --> 00:41:34,476
Well, why didn't you go
after him on the stand?

756
00:41:34,478 --> 00:41:37,779
<i>Never humiliate a cop in front
of a jury unless you have to.</i>

757
00:41:37,781 --> 00:41:41,550
Besides, we're still
doing the rope-a-dope.

758
00:41:48,758 --> 00:41:51,493
I don't know,
it all feels so one-sided.

759
00:41:51,495 --> 00:41:55,597
Okay, I got two hours before I have
to prep Loretta for her testimony.

760
00:42:00,503 --> 00:42:04,239
But first, I need to eat
some real food.

761
00:42:07,577 --> 00:42:09,778
What landed you at river oaks?

762
00:42:12,548 --> 00:42:14,382
Oh, that.

763
00:42:14,384 --> 00:42:17,385
Um...

764
00:42:17,387 --> 00:42:20,555
Kind of embarrassing.

765
00:42:20,557 --> 00:42:21,557
A guy.

766
00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:28,263
At the firm. A partner.

767
00:42:28,265 --> 00:42:31,466
He was married.

768
00:42:31,468 --> 00:42:34,503
- An affair.
- Mm.

769
00:42:38,274 --> 00:42:40,509
Well, it...

770
00:42:40,511 --> 00:42:43,812
Sort of became an obsession.

771
00:42:43,814 --> 00:42:47,282
Clinically, that is.

772
00:42:47,284 --> 00:42:50,552
What? Did you stalk him?

773
00:42:52,255 --> 00:42:54,823
Called him, texted him,

774
00:42:54,825 --> 00:42:58,260
10 times a day or more.

775
00:42:58,262 --> 00:43:01,296
Followed him,
parked outside his house.

776
00:43:04,834 --> 00:43:09,404
His wife figured it out
and called the firm.

777
00:43:11,474 --> 00:43:13,842
They fired you.

778
00:43:13,844 --> 00:43:15,410
Yep.

779
00:43:17,713 --> 00:43:21,516
River oaks seemed like the best
available option at that point.

780
00:43:25,188 --> 00:43:26,588
So, you crazy?

781
00:43:28,257 --> 00:43:29,624
Was.

782
00:43:35,898 --> 00:43:39,701
Well, I gotta go prep
Loretta for testimony.

783
00:43:51,981 --> 00:43:53,682
<i>Walt had
neglected to tell me</i>

784
00:43:53,684 --> 00:43:56,484
<i>the actual circumstances
of her commitment,</i>

785
00:43:56,486 --> 00:43:59,354
<i>implied it was voluntary,</i>

786
00:43:59,356 --> 00:44:03,325
<i>which was bullshit.</i>

787
00:44:03,327 --> 00:44:05,427
<i>He was a good dad.</i>

788
00:44:05,429 --> 00:44:07,329
I do.

789
00:44:18,708 --> 00:44:20,775
Please state your name
for the record.

790
00:44:20,777 --> 00:44:22,844
Loretta Lassiter.

791
00:44:24,647 --> 00:44:27,649
<i>And you were married
to the victim.</i>

792
00:44:27,651 --> 00:44:30,518
- Yes.
- <i>And you are the mother of the defendant.</i>

793
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,821
That's correct.

794
00:44:32,823 --> 00:44:34,422
Describe for me, please,

795
00:44:34,424 --> 00:44:36,891
the afternoon of
your husband's murder.

796
00:44:38,928 --> 00:44:41,329
Uh...

797
00:44:41,331 --> 00:44:45,934
It was a normal afternoon.

798
00:44:45,936 --> 00:44:48,737
It had rained earlier.

799
00:44:48,739 --> 00:44:50,672
Mike was at soccer practice,

800
00:44:50,674 --> 00:44:52,907
<i>or so I thought.</i>

801
00:44:52,909 --> 00:44:55,844
<i>So I worked out in our gym</i>

802
00:44:55,846 --> 00:44:57,879
<i>from 3:00 to 4:00.</i>

803
00:44:57,881 --> 00:45:00,415
<i>Were you expecting
your husband home?</i>

804
00:45:00,417 --> 00:45:04,286
<i>Yes, but I didn't know
what time.</i>

805
00:45:04,288 --> 00:45:05,987
<i>He always texted when he landed,</i>

806
00:45:05,989 --> 00:45:09,824
but I didn't hear it come in
when I was working out.

807
00:45:09,826 --> 00:45:12,761
<i>And where were you
when he did come home?</i>

808
00:45:12,763 --> 00:45:15,797
I was getting in the shower.

809
00:45:22,672 --> 00:45:24,639
And then?

810
00:45:26,309 --> 00:45:30,412
We exchanged a few words,

811
00:45:30,414 --> 00:45:32,447
and then I took my shower.

812
00:45:32,449 --> 00:45:34,616
A few words?

813
00:45:34,618 --> 00:45:36,685
What were they,
Mrs. Lassiter?

814
00:45:39,655 --> 00:45:42,324
I'd rather not say.

815
00:45:42,326 --> 00:45:44,092
You're under oath, ma'am.

816
00:45:53,002 --> 00:45:54,969
Mrs. Lassiter.

817
00:45:57,473 --> 00:46:01,743
He said some...

818
00:46:01,745 --> 00:46:04,512
Very vile things,

819
00:46:04,514 --> 00:46:08,116
and I'd rather leave it at that.

820
00:46:14,557 --> 00:46:17,726
What vile things did your
husband say, Mrs. Lassiter?

821
00:46:20,830 --> 00:46:21,863
<i>Mrs. Lassiter.</i>

822
00:46:21,865 --> 00:46:23,798
No.

823
00:46:25,835 --> 00:46:30,004
No. He was my husband.

824
00:46:30,006 --> 00:46:33,775
<i>I'm sure you got the picture
from Mr. Weston's testimony.</i>

825
00:46:33,777 --> 00:46:39,881
My husband could be
exceptionally cruel.

826
00:46:39,883 --> 00:46:44,552
You can cite me
for contempt if you like,

827
00:46:44,554 --> 00:46:47,655
but I'm not gonna repeat
what he said.

828
00:46:50,726 --> 00:46:53,061
Mr. Leblanc,
I'm willing to cite her.

829
00:46:53,063 --> 00:46:55,730
How do you wish to proceed?

830
00:46:55,732 --> 00:46:57,665
Let's see how it goes,
your honor.

831
00:46:57,667 --> 00:46:59,467
All right, Mrs. Lassiter,

832
00:46:59,469 --> 00:47:03,037
after your husband said
these vile things to you,

833
00:47:03,039 --> 00:47:04,039
then what happened?

834
00:47:07,410 --> 00:47:12,480
Like I said, I, um...
I took my shower.

835
00:47:12,482 --> 00:47:14,749
And...

836
00:47:14,751 --> 00:47:18,420
When I came out...

837
00:47:22,425 --> 00:47:26,728
Mike was in the doorway and...

838
00:47:26,730 --> 00:47:28,997
Is he dead?

839
00:47:28,999 --> 00:47:32,967
<i>He asked if
his father was dead.</i>

840
00:47:34,904 --> 00:47:39,007
I checked, and he was.

841
00:47:39,009 --> 00:47:41,576
And then Mike said...

842
00:47:50,019 --> 00:47:52,821
<i>What did Mike say,
Mrs. Lassiter?</i>

843
00:48:14,176 --> 00:48:15,910
<i>No, ma'am.</i>

844
00:48:15,912 --> 00:48:18,613
You need to answer
that question aloud.

845
00:48:31,994 --> 00:48:34,529
He said, "I did it."

846
00:48:39,735 --> 00:48:41,669
He said...

847
00:48:43,138 --> 00:48:44,706
I did it.

848
00:48:47,943 --> 00:48:49,177
I did it.

849
00:49:33,556 --> 00:49:36,758
Mrs. Lassiter,

850
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:40,762
these vile things that
your husband said to you,

851
00:49:40,764 --> 00:49:42,063
did that happen often?

852
00:49:43,599 --> 00:49:46,100
I'm sorry. What?

853
00:49:46,102 --> 00:49:49,170
Did he verbally
abuse you frequently?

854
00:49:50,306 --> 00:49:53,608
Yes, it was frequent.

855
00:49:53,610 --> 00:49:55,877
<i>And was Mike
ever a witness to it?</i>

856
00:49:55,879 --> 00:49:59,013
Your honor, who's on trial here?

857
00:49:59,015 --> 00:50:01,115
Continue.

858
00:50:01,117 --> 00:50:04,619
We all lived under
the same roof.

859
00:50:04,621 --> 00:50:08,222
I'm sure he heard more
than I wish he had.

860
00:50:08,224 --> 00:50:11,059
<i>And was the abuse your
husband inflicted on you,</i>

861
00:50:11,061 --> 00:50:14,662
was it always only verbal?

862
00:50:14,664 --> 00:50:16,864
How do you mean?

863
00:50:16,866 --> 00:50:20,301
<i>Did Mike only hear vile things
your husband said,</i>

864
00:50:20,303 --> 00:50:25,206
or did he also see and hear
your husband hit you?

865
00:50:25,208 --> 00:50:27,308
Yes.

866
00:50:27,310 --> 00:50:29,744
- <i>Many times.</i>
- Yes.

867
00:50:29,746 --> 00:50:32,280
<i>And when was the last time?</i>

868
00:50:32,282 --> 00:50:33,948
The day he died.

869
00:50:33,950 --> 00:50:36,117
I'm sorry, judge.
This is absurd.

870
00:50:36,119 --> 00:50:38,052
I just asked the witness
about that day in question

871
00:50:38,054 --> 00:50:40,121
and she made no mention of it.

872
00:50:40,123 --> 00:50:42,156
Now, this testimony
has clearly been arranged

873
00:50:42,158 --> 00:50:43,958
and rehearsed
by defense counsel.

874
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:45,760
Clearly? Even the part
where the witness said

875
00:50:45,762 --> 00:50:48,196
my client confessed to murder?

876
00:50:48,198 --> 00:50:51,232
Do you really want to impugn
this testimony, Mr. Leblanc?

877
00:50:51,234 --> 00:50:53,201
Okay, Mr. Ramsey,
but if there was abuse,

878
00:50:53,203 --> 00:50:54,802
where's the evidence, sir?

879
00:50:54,804 --> 00:50:57,205
A police report?
Anything, your honor?

880
00:50:57,207 --> 00:51:01,209
I have marked exhibits
a and b for identification.

881
00:51:01,211 --> 00:51:04,178
Photographs of injuries

882
00:51:04,180 --> 00:51:08,182
to Mrs. Lassiter on February 5th.

883
00:51:08,184 --> 00:51:12,253
As a courtesy, I am providing
a copy to the prosecution.

884
00:51:14,990 --> 00:51:17,425
- <i>May I approach the witness?</i>
- <i>Approach.</i>

885
00:51:19,995 --> 00:51:21,996
Mrs. Lassiter,

886
00:51:21,998 --> 00:51:23,865
<i>do you recognize
these documents?</i>

887
00:51:23,867 --> 00:51:25,199
Yes, I do.

888
00:51:25,201 --> 00:51:28,269
Do you recognize
the photographs?

889
00:51:28,271 --> 00:51:30,171
Yes.

890
00:51:30,173 --> 00:51:33,274
Were they taken the day
after your husband's death?

891
00:51:33,276 --> 00:51:34,942
Yes, they were.

892
00:51:34,944 --> 00:51:37,045
<i>Do the photographs
fairly and accurately</i>

893
00:51:37,047 --> 00:51:39,914
<i>depict the injuries inflicted
upon you by your husband</i>

894
00:51:39,916 --> 00:51:43,084
- <i>prior to his death?</i>
- Yes, they do.

895
00:51:45,154 --> 00:51:47,722
<i>For the record,</i>

896
00:51:47,724 --> 00:51:51,426
<i>the defense's exhibit a and b,</i>

897
00:51:51,428 --> 00:51:54,295
<i>I hereby admit into evidence.</i>

898
00:51:54,297 --> 00:51:55,697
<i>Loretta would have
said anything</i>

899
00:51:55,699 --> 00:51:57,165
<i>to get Mike acquitted,</i>

900
00:51:57,167 --> 00:52:00,068
<i>but the idea was
to keep her on track,</i>

901
00:52:00,070 --> 00:52:02,036
<i>get her to say things
that proved</i>

902
00:52:02,038 --> 00:52:03,871
<i>Mike had witnessed Boone's abuse</i>

903
00:52:03,873 --> 00:52:05,773
<i>and was defending her from it.</i>

904
00:52:08,310 --> 00:52:11,879
<i>And she did it, in spades.</i>

905
00:52:19,722 --> 00:52:21,489
Those photos...

906
00:52:21,491 --> 00:52:23,891
Why were you holding out on me?

907
00:52:23,893 --> 00:52:26,294
I saw 'em for
the first time last night.

908
00:52:26,296 --> 00:52:28,029
They're keeping us alive.

909
00:52:29,965 --> 00:52:31,466
<i>Now what?</i>

910
00:52:31,468 --> 00:52:33,801
I'm thinking of resting.

911
00:52:33,803 --> 00:52:35,303
What?

912
00:52:35,305 --> 00:52:38,740
Thanks. Shit.

913
00:52:47,950 --> 00:52:51,519
No way am I putting you up there.

914
00:52:51,521 --> 00:52:53,354
Never put a witness on the stand

915
00:52:53,356 --> 00:52:55,323
unless you know what
they're going to say.

916
00:52:55,325 --> 00:52:56,891
You know that.

917
00:52:58,927 --> 00:53:00,962
That's not happening.

918
00:53:12,941 --> 00:53:16,444
This right? You're not
his lawyer anymore?

919
00:53:19,815 --> 00:53:21,482
Give us one second, okay?

920
00:53:27,356 --> 00:53:32,293
Mike, we have half
a chance of winning here.

921
00:53:32,295 --> 00:53:35,129
Why would you
blow it now? Huh?

922
00:53:37,533 --> 00:53:40,234
<i>This was a fucking disaster.</i>

923
00:53:40,236 --> 00:53:42,470
<i>I had no way of knowing
what Mike would say,</i>

924
00:53:42,472 --> 00:53:44,572
<i>no way to prepare,
and he knew it.</i>

925
00:53:44,574 --> 00:53:46,541
<i>Normally if a client
refused to speak to me,</i>

926
00:53:46,543 --> 00:53:49,243
<i>I'd order a psychiatric
evaluation.</i>

927
00:53:49,245 --> 00:53:51,913
<i>But Mike wasn't crazy.</i>

928
00:53:51,915 --> 00:53:55,483
<i>He just didn't trust anyone,
including me.</i>

929
00:53:57,319 --> 00:54:00,121
It's not true, is it?

930
00:54:00,123 --> 00:54:02,256
You're putting him on?

931
00:54:02,258 --> 00:54:03,991
But that's crazy.

932
00:54:03,993 --> 00:54:05,326
Ramsey, you promised me.

933
00:54:05,328 --> 00:54:07,195
You think I don't know?
You think I like it?

934
00:54:07,197 --> 00:54:09,330
And if we don't put him on,
he's gonna fire Ramsey.

935
00:54:09,332 --> 00:54:11,299
Why are you talking?

936
00:54:11,301 --> 00:54:14,068
This is between me
and my lawyer.

937
00:54:17,005 --> 00:54:19,006
- Ramsey.
- Listen to me.

938
00:54:20,542 --> 00:54:23,010
I can't keep him
from testifying.

939
00:54:23,012 --> 00:54:25,847
It's his constitutional right,

940
00:54:25,849 --> 00:54:29,083
and he knows that.

941
00:54:29,085 --> 00:54:32,253
He knows that, okay?

942
00:54:36,426 --> 00:54:39,427
<i>The only time
I'd used "defense of others"</i>

943
00:54:39,429 --> 00:54:42,163
<i>was a barroom brawl
where my client intervened</i>

944
00:54:42,165 --> 00:54:45,399
<i>between two guys fighting
and shot one in the head.</i>

945
00:54:47,035 --> 00:54:48,402
<i>I lost.</i>

946
00:54:55,344 --> 00:54:57,178
<i>It's hard for
a jury to understand</i>

947
00:54:57,180 --> 00:54:58,579
<i>how the intent to kill</i>

948
00:54:58,581 --> 00:55:01,883
<i>can be formed
on behalf of another.</i>

949
00:55:01,885 --> 00:55:05,119
<i>They always see it
as two against one.</i>

950
00:55:13,595 --> 00:55:15,897
<i>Mr. Ramsey,</i>

951
00:55:15,899 --> 00:55:18,165
<i>you declined your opening
statement at the start of trial.</i>

952
00:55:18,167 --> 00:55:21,068
You have another
opportunity now.

953
00:55:21,070 --> 00:55:22,470
May I, your honor?

954
00:55:28,343 --> 00:55:29,911
Your honor, my client insists

955
00:55:29,913 --> 00:55:32,046
on taking the stand
against my wishes.

956
00:55:32,048 --> 00:55:33,681
Since I have no idea
what he's going to say,

957
00:55:33,683 --> 00:55:35,383
I have to waive
my opening again.

958
00:55:36,985 --> 00:55:38,352
My sympathies.

959
00:55:40,489 --> 00:55:42,056
Deputies.

960
00:55:52,634 --> 00:55:55,469
<i>Mr. Ramsey, a question?</i>

961
00:56:06,381 --> 00:56:08,950
Please state your name
for the record.

962
00:56:08,952 --> 00:56:11,252
I'm Michael Lassiter.

963
00:56:11,254 --> 00:56:14,055
Michael, is it true
you haven't spoken

964
00:56:14,057 --> 00:56:15,723
since the day of
your father's death?

965
00:56:15,725 --> 00:56:17,558
Yes.

966
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:19,493
Why is that?

967
00:56:19,495 --> 00:56:20,594
I don't know.

968
00:56:20,596 --> 00:56:22,530
You have no idea at all?

969
00:56:22,532 --> 00:56:23,531
<i>None.</i>

970
00:56:23,533 --> 00:56:24,999
But my father did teach me

971
00:56:25,001 --> 00:56:27,969
that I have the right
to remain silent.

972
00:56:27,971 --> 00:56:30,705
So, why are you speaking now?

973
00:56:30,707 --> 00:56:33,541
To tell the truth
about who he was.

974
00:56:33,543 --> 00:56:36,010
<i>There's been some
testimony about</i>

975
00:56:36,012 --> 00:56:40,214
your father's treatment
of your mother.

976
00:56:40,216 --> 00:56:42,316
Is that testimony accurate?

977
00:56:42,318 --> 00:56:44,585
Yeah, I'm afraid so, yes.

978
00:56:44,587 --> 00:56:45,686
You witnessed it?

979
00:56:45,688 --> 00:56:50,591
Not all of it, obviously.

980
00:56:50,593 --> 00:56:54,028
But, he was cruel to my mom
in ways that were horrifying.

981
00:56:54,030 --> 00:56:56,597
<i>And he'd call her stupid,</i>

982
00:56:56,599 --> 00:56:59,033
call her ugly.

983
00:56:59,035 --> 00:57:01,702
What about physical abuse?

984
00:57:01,704 --> 00:57:03,270
Did you see that?

985
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:06,774
No.

986
00:57:06,776 --> 00:57:08,709
No, but I did... I heard noises.

987
00:57:08,711 --> 00:57:11,746
Your honor, noises...

988
00:57:11,748 --> 00:57:13,414
<i>Continue.</i>

989
00:57:15,083 --> 00:57:18,552
I heard things, and I saw them.

990
00:57:18,554 --> 00:57:21,022
What I heard was, you know,

991
00:57:21,024 --> 00:57:23,624
the sound of a hand
hitting flesh,

992
00:57:23,626 --> 00:57:26,660
and then I'd hear my mom cry out.

993
00:57:26,662 --> 00:57:30,464
And the next day she'd be
wearing a turtleneck

994
00:57:30,466 --> 00:57:32,333
even though it was
the middle of July,

995
00:57:32,335 --> 00:57:35,469
or she wouldn't even come
out of her room at all.

996
00:57:35,471 --> 00:57:38,539
The day your father died...

997
00:57:38,541 --> 00:57:41,575
<i>You got home early</i>

998
00:57:41,577 --> 00:57:45,479
<i>because soccer
practice was canceled.</i>

999
00:57:45,481 --> 00:57:46,480
<i>Yeah, that's correct.</i>

1000
00:57:46,482 --> 00:57:48,149
Mom?

1001
00:57:48,151 --> 00:57:51,452
<i>Came home, heard them
in their bedroom.</i>

1002
00:57:51,454 --> 00:57:53,687
- <i>When you...</i>
- That's not why I did it.

1003
00:58:01,329 --> 00:58:02,830
Tell the jury why, Mike.

1004
00:58:08,171 --> 00:58:09,804
It was the trip.

1005
00:58:09,806 --> 00:58:12,173
Something happened on the trip?

1006
00:58:14,409 --> 00:58:15,776
<i>What happened, Mike?</i>

1007
00:58:17,446 --> 00:58:18,779
<i>Michael?</i>

1008
00:58:24,719 --> 00:58:27,188
I'm really just really stupid.

1009
00:58:27,190 --> 00:58:28,789
I thought it'd stopped.

1010
00:58:28,791 --> 00:58:31,492
What? What had stopped?

1011
00:58:31,494 --> 00:58:33,194
There was a door.

1012
00:58:33,196 --> 00:58:34,728
There was a privacy door
on the plane,

1013
00:58:34,730 --> 00:58:38,566
and my dad pulled it.

1014
00:58:38,568 --> 00:58:41,235
We had privacy,
if you want to call it that.

1015
00:58:42,871 --> 00:58:44,805
He knew.

1016
00:58:44,807 --> 00:58:48,242
He knew once I went off
to college,

1017
00:58:48,244 --> 00:58:49,710
he wouldn't be able
to do it anymore.

1018
00:58:49,712 --> 00:58:52,279
Do what, Mike?

1019
00:58:55,517 --> 00:58:56,650
Rape me?

1020
00:58:58,820 --> 00:58:59,820
I'm sorry?

1021
00:59:02,757 --> 00:59:05,559
He wouldn't be able
to rape me anymore.

1022
00:59:19,674 --> 00:59:23,210
<i>You know, I loved my dad once.</i>

1023
00:59:23,212 --> 00:59:25,713
I loved him.

1024
00:59:25,715 --> 00:59:29,517
I would've done anything,
anything to win his approval.

1025
00:59:34,322 --> 00:59:37,258
When...

1026
00:59:37,260 --> 00:59:39,693
<i>When did this start, Mike?</i>

1027
00:59:41,863 --> 00:59:44,165
When I was 12.

1028
00:59:44,167 --> 00:59:46,167
<i>It started when I was 12.</i>

1029
00:59:47,869 --> 00:59:52,306
Where was the flight
attendant during all this?

1030
00:59:52,308 --> 00:59:54,742
I don't remember.
I don't know.

1031
00:59:54,744 --> 00:59:58,746
Mike, this...

1032
00:59:58,748 --> 01:00:03,317
This abuse,

1033
01:00:03,319 --> 01:00:05,252
did you ever tell
anyone about it?

1034
01:00:09,224 --> 01:00:10,724
No.

1035
01:00:10,726 --> 01:00:12,693
No, I was ashamed.

1036
01:00:34,482 --> 01:00:36,650
Mike, when you got home
on the day of the murder,

1037
01:00:36,652 --> 01:00:38,752
and you went into
your parents' bedroom,

1038
01:00:38,754 --> 01:00:40,421
what was your father doing?

1039
01:00:40,423 --> 01:00:43,591
I guess he was about to unpack.

1040
01:00:43,593 --> 01:00:46,327
<i>So, there was no immediate threat
from him to you?</i>

1041
01:00:46,329 --> 01:00:48,862
He told me to be ready.

1042
01:00:48,864 --> 01:00:50,931
On the plane, he said that
when we got back to the house,

1043
01:00:50,933 --> 01:00:52,900
that he'd do it again
before I went off to college.

1044
01:00:52,902 --> 01:00:55,402
Okay, but was he threatening you

1045
01:00:55,404 --> 01:00:57,972
with abuse at that moment?

1046
01:00:57,974 --> 01:00:59,807
He was always threatening me.

1047
01:00:59,809 --> 01:01:02,343
It was what he did.
It was who he was.

1048
01:01:02,345 --> 01:01:05,312
Michael, were you in
imminent danger right then?

1049
01:01:05,314 --> 01:01:06,947
Yes, at that very moment.

1050
01:01:06,949 --> 01:01:08,282
Yes, he was threatening me.

1051
01:01:08,284 --> 01:01:09,550
He was always threatening me.

1052
01:01:09,552 --> 01:01:13,554
- Yes or no, son?
- Yes.

1053
01:01:13,556 --> 01:01:14,922
Yes.

1054
01:01:28,436 --> 01:01:30,404
No further questions.

1055
01:01:40,882 --> 01:01:43,384
Leblanc is gonna recall
Angela Morley.

1056
01:01:43,386 --> 01:01:45,719
He's having deluxe reroute her
here tomorrow morning.

1057
01:01:45,721 --> 01:01:46,954
- Shit.
- Yeah.

1058
01:01:46,956 --> 01:01:49,290
But you got bigger problems.

1059
01:01:49,292 --> 01:01:51,725
You were hard on that flight
attendant first time out.

1060
01:01:51,727 --> 01:01:54,428
You lay into her
again like that?

1061
01:01:54,430 --> 01:01:58,599
- But you do got one option.
- What's that?

1062
01:01:58,601 --> 01:02:01,435
Let her do it.

1063
01:02:01,437 --> 01:02:04,571
That's true.

1064
01:02:04,573 --> 01:02:08,309
<i>I felt bad for giving
the kid such a hard time.</i>

1065
01:02:08,311 --> 01:02:11,445
<i>If he'd told me about his
father's abuse before the trial,</i>

1066
01:02:11,447 --> 01:02:13,714
<i>I would've built
the whole case on it</i>

1067
01:02:13,716 --> 01:02:16,750
<i>and Leblanc would've
torn it apart.</i>

1068
01:02:16,752 --> 01:02:18,652
<i>So he held back.</i>

1069
01:02:20,689 --> 01:02:22,022
<i>It would come down
to Mike's word</i>

1070
01:02:22,024 --> 01:02:24,625
<i>against Angela Morley's,</i>

1071
01:02:24,627 --> 01:02:28,062
<i>which must've been
his plan all along.</i>

1072
01:02:28,064 --> 01:02:30,898
<i>So, you'd either be there
or with the passengers.</i>

1073
01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:32,466
<i>Yes.</i>

1074
01:02:32,468 --> 01:02:34,768
<i>And does your alcove
have a door?</i>

1075
01:02:34,770 --> 01:02:38,605
Yes, there's a door I can close
for privacy on request.

1076
01:02:38,607 --> 01:02:40,774
Was it closed at all during
this flight?

1077
01:02:40,776 --> 01:02:42,776
No.

1078
01:02:42,778 --> 01:02:45,879
<i>So you could see
Mike and Boone Lassiter</i>

1079
01:02:45,881 --> 01:02:47,381
<i>for the whole six hours?</i>

1080
01:02:47,383 --> 01:02:49,917
Yes. Of course.

1081
01:02:52,420 --> 01:02:57,024
Miss Morley, did Boone Lassiter
sexually molest his son

1082
01:02:57,026 --> 01:02:59,093
at any point during that flight?

1083
01:02:59,095 --> 01:03:00,761
Certainly not.

1084
01:03:00,763 --> 01:03:03,664
Did he touch him
inappropriately?

1085
01:03:03,666 --> 01:03:04,865
Did he do anything worse?

1086
01:03:04,867 --> 01:03:06,467
No.

1087
01:03:06,469 --> 01:03:07,768
You would've noticed that.

1088
01:03:07,770 --> 01:03:08,969
I would've done more
than noticed,

1089
01:03:08,971 --> 01:03:10,704
I would've stopped him.

1090
01:03:10,706 --> 01:03:14,074
No, Mr. Lassiter never did
anything like that.

1091
01:03:19,681 --> 01:03:22,950
- Thank you.
- Ask about Ginsburg.

1092
01:03:22,952 --> 01:03:24,651
<i>Your witness.</i>

1093
01:03:38,933 --> 01:03:43,003
Miss Morley, how many flights
a week do you work?

1094
01:03:43,005 --> 01:03:47,708
It varies. Sometimes one or two,
sometimes a dozen.

1095
01:03:47,710 --> 01:03:50,544
That week in late January,

1096
01:03:50,546 --> 01:03:53,580
do you remember
how many you flew?

1097
01:03:53,582 --> 01:03:55,983
It was busy.
I remember that much.

1098
01:03:57,886 --> 01:04:02,856
So, you were flying a lot.

1099
01:04:02,858 --> 01:04:05,826
That must be tiring.

1100
01:04:05,828 --> 01:04:07,895
Do you have a question,
miss Brady?

1101
01:04:15,003 --> 01:04:17,504
Do you ever doze off
on a flight?

1102
01:04:17,506 --> 01:04:20,774
I pride myself on staying awake.
That's my job.

1103
01:04:20,776 --> 01:04:23,577
I carry Adderall and Provigil
just in case.

1104
01:04:23,579 --> 01:04:25,712
I have them right here.

1105
01:04:37,025 --> 01:04:38,492
Tell me, miss Morley,

1106
01:04:38,494 --> 01:04:40,861
who were the pilots
on that flight from L.A?

1107
01:04:40,863 --> 01:04:43,831
Captain green
and copilot Ginsburg.

1108
01:04:46,668 --> 01:04:49,169
Did you spend time
in the cockpit with them?

1109
01:04:49,171 --> 01:04:52,940
Maybe. Maybe a minute or so.

1110
01:04:52,942 --> 01:04:55,609
<i>Do you fly with them a lot,</i>

1111
01:04:55,611 --> 01:04:57,744
<i>green and Ginsburg?</i>

1112
01:04:57,746 --> 01:05:00,914
Yes. We're kind of a crew team.

1113
01:05:00,916 --> 01:05:03,951
So, if you stay
overnight somewhere,

1114
01:05:03,953 --> 01:05:06,053
the company puts y'all up
in the same hotel?

1115
01:05:08,256 --> 01:05:09,823
Yes.

1116
01:05:12,861 --> 01:05:16,263
Do you socialize
on these layovers?

1117
01:05:17,665 --> 01:05:19,199
How do you mean?

1118
01:05:19,201 --> 01:05:21,869
<i>Are you friends with the pilots?</i>

1119
01:05:21,871 --> 01:05:24,137
Sure. We're friendly.

1120
01:05:27,542 --> 01:05:30,911
Isn't it true you're in a personal
relationship with copilot Ginsburg?

1121
01:05:30,913 --> 01:05:32,746
<i>Objection, your honor.</i>

1122
01:05:32,748 --> 01:05:34,681
Where's defense counsel
headed with this?

1123
01:05:34,683 --> 01:05:37,551
Miss Brady, I don't follow
this line of questioning.

1124
01:05:37,553 --> 01:05:42,155
Judge, if she has a personal
relationship with copilot Ginsburg,

1125
01:05:42,157 --> 01:05:47,961
it may be worth calling him
to hear his recollections,

1126
01:05:47,963 --> 01:05:50,230
<i>what was discussed,</i>

1127
01:05:50,232 --> 01:05:52,900
what they talked about.

1128
01:05:52,902 --> 01:05:54,868
<i>I'll allow it.</i>

1129
01:06:00,675 --> 01:06:02,976
I don't know.

1130
01:06:02,978 --> 01:06:07,080
I don't know how much
time I was up there.

1131
01:06:08,983 --> 01:06:10,817
<i>Thinking back on it,
that flight,</i>

1132
01:06:10,819 --> 01:06:16,256
it could've been as much as...

1133
01:06:16,258 --> 01:06:17,258
10 minutes.

1134
01:06:19,861 --> 01:06:22,963
Only 10 minutes?

1135
01:06:22,965 --> 01:06:24,064
Or longer?

1136
01:06:30,605 --> 01:06:32,606
It could've been longer.
I'm not sure.

1137
01:06:34,008 --> 01:06:36,610
More than once
during the flight?

1138
01:06:40,114 --> 01:06:42,149
Possibly.

1139
01:06:42,151 --> 01:06:45,919
Thank you, miss Morley.

1140
01:06:54,762 --> 01:06:56,763
<i>You're excused.</i>

1141
01:07:02,604 --> 01:07:04,805
Here, give me that, sugar.
I'll run it down for you.

1142
01:07:04,807 --> 01:07:06,373
When'd you send her
to poker school?

1143
01:07:06,375 --> 01:07:08,308
- Wasn't so bad.
- No, it was not.

1144
01:07:08,310 --> 01:07:10,377
Did you see her spot that
wedding ring?

1145
01:07:10,379 --> 01:07:12,913
You wouldn't have spotted
that wedding ring, Richie.

1146
01:07:12,915 --> 01:07:16,116
I told you there's a reason
why we have women lawyers.

1147
01:07:16,118 --> 01:07:17,884
I'll catch y'all tomorrow.

1148
01:07:20,822 --> 01:07:22,289
What's the matter?

1149
01:07:26,294 --> 01:07:29,162
What if she's not lying?

1150
01:07:30,832 --> 01:07:32,866
Don't get carried away
with yourself.

1151
01:07:32,868 --> 01:07:35,669
You said everybody lies, right?

1152
01:07:35,671 --> 01:07:37,804
Doesn't everybody include Mike?

1153
01:07:37,806 --> 01:07:41,108
He testified.
That's our defense, okay?

1154
01:07:42,844 --> 01:07:45,312
I'm going to the hotel,
work on my closing.

1155
01:07:45,314 --> 01:07:47,047
I'll see you tomorrow.

1156
01:07:49,283 --> 01:07:50,951
Nice job.

1157
01:08:14,375 --> 01:08:17,077
Can I bum one of those?

1158
01:08:25,119 --> 01:08:28,388
Nice job in there.

1159
01:08:28,390 --> 01:08:29,823
Thanks.

1160
01:08:32,026 --> 01:08:35,696
That must've been
really hard to hear.

1161
01:08:41,269 --> 01:08:45,305
Did you have any idea
what Mike was gonna say?

1162
01:08:45,307 --> 01:08:47,774
Of course I didn't know.

1163
01:08:47,776 --> 01:08:49,843
I stayed up all night thinking,

1164
01:08:49,845 --> 01:08:51,845
"how could I not see it?"

1165
01:08:54,449 --> 01:08:58,418
Is it possible he's...

1166
01:08:58,420 --> 01:09:00,454
Not saying what really happened?

1167
01:09:01,923 --> 01:09:03,990
Why would he do that?

1168
01:09:05,793 --> 01:09:09,162
It was a terrible
situation you were in,

1169
01:09:09,164 --> 01:09:11,431
both of you.

1170
01:09:11,433 --> 01:09:14,835
<i>No one would blame
either of you.</i>

1171
01:09:16,971 --> 01:09:22,142
I think maybe
Mike wanted to protect you.

1172
01:09:26,981 --> 01:09:30,350
I did it. I did it.

1173
01:09:30,352 --> 01:09:31,885
No, no, Mikey.

1174
01:09:31,887 --> 01:09:33,019
- Mom, listen to me.
- No, Mikey, honey.

1175
01:09:33,021 --> 01:09:34,421
Mom, listen to me, please.

1176
01:09:34,423 --> 01:09:36,289
- This is the only way.
- This is my mistake.

1177
01:09:36,291 --> 01:09:37,924
- Mom, I did it. Mom!
- I did it. No, Mikey, no!

1178
01:09:37,926 --> 01:09:42,929
Well, I don't know
what you think you know,

1179
01:09:42,931 --> 01:09:45,232
but your theory's wrong.

1180
01:09:47,802 --> 01:09:49,936
Wait.

1181
01:09:49,938 --> 01:09:55,208
Your job is to represent my son.

1182
01:10:25,173 --> 01:10:27,007
Did she phone you?

1183
01:10:30,578 --> 01:10:35,315
Ramsey, did Loretta call?

1184
01:10:35,317 --> 01:10:36,817
Yeah.

1185
01:10:40,188 --> 01:10:43,123
Did she tell you what I said?

1186
01:10:43,125 --> 01:10:45,192
Yeah.

1187
01:10:45,194 --> 01:10:48,595
She wants me to fire you.

1188
01:10:48,597 --> 01:10:50,430
I told her no way,

1189
01:10:50,432 --> 01:10:53,099
not after what you did in court.

1190
01:10:55,036 --> 01:10:57,838
It's just normal craziness
at the end of a trial.

1191
01:10:59,307 --> 01:11:00,607
Don't worry about it.

1192
01:11:00,609 --> 01:11:02,008
I accused her
of killing her husband,

1193
01:11:02,010 --> 01:11:04,344
did she mention that?

1194
01:11:04,346 --> 01:11:06,479
Yes, she did.

1195
01:11:12,086 --> 01:11:14,254
What if Mike
didn't stab his father

1196
01:11:14,256 --> 01:11:15,555
and our defense is a lie, too?

1197
01:11:15,557 --> 01:11:18,992
He wasn't molested.

1198
01:11:18,994 --> 01:11:21,428
Yeah.

1199
01:11:21,430 --> 01:11:22,863
Yeah?

1200
01:11:24,899 --> 01:11:28,401
Yeah.
That might be true.

1201
01:11:28,403 --> 01:11:32,005
I don't know, or care.

1202
01:11:33,608 --> 01:11:36,877
All I know is I have a chance
to get this boy acquitted.

1203
01:11:49,924 --> 01:11:51,591
It's like you're protecting her.

1204
01:11:53,461 --> 01:11:59,065
I have to work on
my closing argument now.

1205
01:11:59,067 --> 01:12:02,035
Did you know?

1206
01:12:02,037 --> 01:12:03,937
'Cause if you knew
and you're protecting her...

1207
01:12:03,939 --> 01:12:06,339
Wait, back up, okay?

1208
01:12:06,341 --> 01:12:09,075
I asked for your help in keeping
this boy out of prison.

1209
01:12:10,945 --> 01:12:13,313
Are you going to do
what you promised me,

1210
01:12:13,315 --> 01:12:16,249
represent our client, Mike?

1211
01:12:16,251 --> 01:12:18,385
He shouldn't even be on trial.

1212
01:12:18,387 --> 01:12:22,088
You don't know that
'cause you weren't there.

1213
01:12:22,090 --> 01:12:25,392
Who are you representing here,
Mike or Loretta?

1214
01:12:25,394 --> 01:12:28,361
Okay, now you're scaring me.

1215
01:12:28,363 --> 01:12:30,230
This is not about Loretta.

1216
01:12:30,232 --> 01:12:32,966
- This is about you.
- What?

1217
01:12:32,968 --> 01:12:34,935
Is Loretta a trigger for you?

1218
01:12:36,470 --> 01:12:38,605
Is this what got you fired
from your firm?

1219
01:12:44,211 --> 01:12:46,346
- What are you doing?
- Good luck, Ramsey.

1220
01:12:46,348 --> 01:12:47,714
Where are you going?

1221
01:12:50,384 --> 01:12:54,487
You're leaving?
Now, you promised me.

1222
01:12:54,489 --> 01:12:57,223
What about the jury?
What about Mike?

1223
01:12:57,225 --> 01:12:58,491
<i>The impact on the jury</i>

1224
01:12:58,493 --> 01:13:00,160
<i>of seeing someone they trust</i>

1225
01:13:00,162 --> 01:13:01,962
<i>leave the defense table
cannot be measured.</i>

1226
01:13:01,964 --> 01:13:03,596
You're a lawyer, Janelle!

1227
01:13:03,598 --> 01:13:06,266
<i>I just hoped Walter Brady's
brilliant daughter</i>

1228
01:13:06,268 --> 01:13:08,134
<i>could get her mind around that.</i>

1229
01:13:15,376 --> 01:13:18,278
<i>At some point, every defense
lawyer has to choose</i>

1230
01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:19,746
<i>between his own need
to know the truth</i>

1231
01:13:19,748 --> 01:13:22,349
<i>and the best interests
of his client.</i>

1232
01:13:29,323 --> 01:13:30,724
<i>But I was more worried
about Janelle</i>

1233
01:13:30,726 --> 01:13:32,759
<i>than I needed to be.</i>

1234
01:13:48,676 --> 01:13:50,176
<i>All rise.</i>

1235
01:13:56,450 --> 01:13:59,452
<i>Sometimes things erupt.</i>

1236
01:13:59,454 --> 01:14:02,322
It's called a trigger,

1237
01:14:02,324 --> 01:14:04,524
a trigger to violence.

1238
01:14:10,431 --> 01:14:13,700
Mike Lassiter was sulking
on the plane home,

1239
01:14:13,702 --> 01:14:17,637
and two days later, he erupted.

1240
01:14:17,639 --> 01:14:19,739
That is what happened here.

1241
01:14:19,741 --> 01:14:22,208
It wasn't abuse.

1242
01:14:22,210 --> 01:14:24,110
You heard the flight attendant.

1243
01:14:24,112 --> 01:14:26,146
Nothing happened on that plane,

1244
01:14:26,148 --> 01:14:27,647
and if nothing happened then,

1245
01:14:27,649 --> 01:14:30,483
how do we know
any of it happened?

1246
01:14:30,485 --> 01:14:33,219
Where's the evidence?

1247
01:14:33,221 --> 01:14:36,356
The defendant is supposed
to be a legal prodigy,

1248
01:14:36,358 --> 01:14:39,492
yet there's no evidence,
nothing.

1249
01:14:39,494 --> 01:14:43,797
No physical evidence
to support his defense.

1250
01:14:43,799 --> 01:14:46,533
There is nothing.

1251
01:14:59,680 --> 01:15:03,349
Michael Lassiter
acted with malice,

1252
01:15:03,351 --> 01:15:06,419
deliberate premeditation,

1253
01:15:06,421 --> 01:15:08,788
and an intent to kill.

1254
01:15:12,827 --> 01:15:16,563
Do your duty. Guilty.

1255
01:15:16,565 --> 01:15:20,500
Guilty of murder
in the first degree.

1256
01:15:30,377 --> 01:15:33,413
Thank you.

1257
01:15:33,415 --> 01:15:38,284
<i>Yes, Michael Lassiter
killed his father.</i>

1258
01:15:38,286 --> 01:15:42,355
That is not a fact in dispute.

1259
01:15:42,357 --> 01:15:47,861
All that remains
for you to decide is why.

1260
01:15:50,131 --> 01:15:53,299
<i>You heard Michael say</i>

1261
01:15:53,301 --> 01:15:56,569
that he would do anything,

1262
01:15:56,571 --> 01:15:59,539
anything to win the
approval of his father.

1263
01:15:59,541 --> 01:16:03,776
<i>So why?</i>

1264
01:16:03,778 --> 01:16:07,580
I asked Michael
if it was the abuse

1265
01:16:07,582 --> 01:16:11,584
inflicted on his mother
by his father,

1266
01:16:11,586 --> 01:16:14,454
and Michael said no.

1267
01:16:14,456 --> 01:16:17,423
<i>No.</i>

1268
01:16:17,425 --> 01:16:22,729
Then Michael told,
for the first time,

1269
01:16:22,731 --> 01:16:25,698
something he had never
uttered in his life.

1270
01:16:29,737 --> 01:16:31,704
That his father abused him...

1271
01:16:34,208 --> 01:16:37,844
<i>violated him repeatedly.</i>

1272
01:16:39,847 --> 01:16:42,615
<i>And that when his father</i>

1273
01:16:42,617 --> 01:16:45,885
<i>had threatened him on the plane</i>

1274
01:16:45,887 --> 01:16:51,491
<i>to do this again
before he went to college,</i>

1275
01:16:51,493 --> 01:16:57,497
something in Michael said no.

1276
01:16:57,499 --> 01:16:58,898
No more.

1277
01:17:01,835 --> 01:17:07,507
I ask you to do the just
and right thing.

1278
01:17:09,510 --> 01:17:12,345
Send this boy back home
with his mother.

1279
01:17:12,347 --> 01:17:15,815
<i>Find the defendant not guilty...</i>

1280
01:17:18,252 --> 01:17:20,620
and release him
from this nightmare.

1281
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:41,507
<i>I think it hurt
Boone's feelings</i>

1282
01:17:41,509 --> 01:17:43,309
<i>when I stayed in
criminal defense</i>

1283
01:17:43,311 --> 01:17:46,779
<i>instead of moving into
personal injury with him,</i>

1284
01:17:46,781 --> 01:17:48,681
<i>but he never said so,</i>

1285
01:17:48,683 --> 01:17:50,650
<i>claimed it was good
to have someone to call</i>

1286
01:17:50,652 --> 01:17:52,485
<i>if he ever got a DUI.</i>

1287
01:17:54,755 --> 01:17:57,523
<i>He bought me my first nice suit,</i>

1288
01:17:57,525 --> 01:18:01,661
<i>reminded me to shower
every day and get a haircut.</i>

1289
01:18:04,298 --> 01:18:06,366
<i>He knew where I came from.</i>

1290
01:18:08,302 --> 01:18:09,669
Jury's in.

1291
01:18:22,316 --> 01:18:24,517
Michael.

1292
01:18:24,519 --> 01:18:26,619
Whatever happens here,

1293
01:18:26,621 --> 01:18:29,856
there's still things
we can do, okay?

1294
01:18:29,858 --> 01:18:32,458
What, like appeal?

1295
01:18:32,460 --> 01:18:34,761
Thanks a lot.

1296
01:18:55,649 --> 01:18:57,383
One question.

1297
01:18:57,385 --> 01:18:59,652
Did dad really hit you?

1298
01:19:01,789 --> 01:19:03,990
Of course he did, Mikey.

1299
01:19:11,498 --> 01:19:13,032
<i>All rise.</i>

1300
01:19:21,642 --> 01:19:23,409
Bring 'em in.

1301
01:19:39,893 --> 01:19:43,062
<i>Jury, have you reached
a verdict?</i>

1302
01:19:43,064 --> 01:19:44,664
<i>We have.</i>

1303
01:19:44,666 --> 01:19:46,866
Bailiff.

1304
01:19:49,970 --> 01:19:51,104
<i>Thank you.</i>

1305
01:19:55,943 --> 01:19:59,412
- <i>Is it unanimous?</i>
- <i>It is.</i>

1306
01:19:59,414 --> 01:20:02,048
- <i>I did it.</i>
- <i>No, no, honey...</i>

1307
01:20:02,050 --> 01:20:03,549
<i>Mom, listen to me, please.</i>

1308
01:20:03,551 --> 01:20:04,951
- This is the only way.
- This is my mistake.

1309
01:20:04,953 --> 01:20:06,452
- I did it.
- Mom, I did it.

1310
01:20:06,454 --> 01:20:09,555
No, Mikey, no.
No, I won't let you!

1311
01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:15,395
Please hurry.
It's my husband.

1312
01:20:30,010 --> 01:20:32,845
<i>Jury, what say you?</i>

1313
01:20:32,847 --> 01:20:35,982
<i>On the charge
of first degree murder,</i>

1314
01:20:35,984 --> 01:20:39,018
<i>we find the defendant...</i>

1315
01:20:39,020 --> 01:20:42,455
<i>Not guilty.</i>

1316
01:20:42,457 --> 01:20:43,723
<i>Ladies and gentlemen,</i>

1317
01:20:43,725 --> 01:20:45,725
<i>this concludes the trial.</i>

1318
01:20:45,727 --> 01:20:48,861
<i>I'd like to thank you
for your service.</i>

1319
01:20:48,863 --> 01:20:51,129
<i>The jury is dismissed.</i>

1320
01:21:00,841 --> 01:21:02,575
Meet me after court.

1321
01:21:04,845 --> 01:21:06,746
Come on,
let's go get your things.

1322
01:21:19,693 --> 01:21:21,093
Thank you.

1323
01:21:30,537 --> 01:21:31,838
Will Mike come out here?

1324
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:33,840
I think he wants
to talk to me first.

1325
01:21:33,842 --> 01:21:35,208
Okay.

1326
01:21:37,077 --> 01:21:39,846
<i>The jury believed Mike,</i>

1327
01:21:39,848 --> 01:21:43,850
<i>ignored the facts and the law,</i>

1328
01:21:43,852 --> 01:21:45,751
<i>did what they knew was right.</i>

1329
01:21:47,654 --> 01:21:48,788
How does it feel?

1330
01:21:54,728 --> 01:21:56,229
What's this?

1331
01:21:56,231 --> 01:21:58,598
It's your watch.

1332
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:01,033
It's on the rug.

1333
01:22:01,035 --> 01:22:05,771
You were there in their bedroom
before my dad came home.

1334
01:22:07,741 --> 01:22:10,209
Honey...

1335
01:22:22,122 --> 01:22:24,257
You were there,
and you killed him.

1336
01:22:25,793 --> 01:22:28,661
Just tell me
you killed my father.

1337
01:22:28,663 --> 01:22:32,798
Mike, you know
I'd never do that.

1338
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:34,800
Never kill him
or never admit it?

1339
01:22:38,071 --> 01:22:40,106
I'm gonna tell
the D.A everything.

1340
01:22:40,108 --> 01:22:41,574
Tell him what, Mike?

1341
01:22:41,576 --> 01:22:43,676
That you saw a watch?

1342
01:22:45,078 --> 01:22:46,812
There's no evidence.

1343
01:22:48,248 --> 01:22:51,250
They can't prosecute
anyone else,

1344
01:22:51,252 --> 01:22:52,685
and they all pointed to you.

1345
01:22:52,687 --> 01:22:57,290
Graves, the coroner,
they swore under oath.

1346
01:22:57,292 --> 01:22:59,725
You swore under oath.

1347
01:22:59,727 --> 01:23:01,294
I didn't trash Boone's memory

1348
01:23:01,296 --> 01:23:03,763
and brand myself a killer
raped by his father...

1349
01:23:03,765 --> 01:23:04,897
I didn't do that to save you!

1350
01:23:04,899 --> 01:23:07,700
- Answer me!
- No!

1351
01:23:12,673 --> 01:23:14,840
You won't let me go to prison?

1352
01:23:14,842 --> 01:23:16,275
You're not going
to prison, Mike.

1353
01:23:16,277 --> 01:23:18,878
It's all over. You're free.

1354
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:20,746
Now what?

1355
01:23:26,887 --> 01:23:29,755
He was destroying her...

1356
01:23:31,358 --> 01:23:32,992
and you know it.

1357
01:23:36,063 --> 01:23:38,731
Even Alex knew.

1358
01:23:50,043 --> 01:23:51,811
Your mom's out there.

1359
01:23:54,381 --> 01:23:56,182
She's waiting for you.

1360
01:24:33,687 --> 01:24:34,687
Can I?

1361
01:25:01,381 --> 01:25:02,381
Thank you.

1362
01:25:05,752 --> 01:25:07,119
I'll see you.

1363
01:25:32,946 --> 01:25:35,781
Hey.

1364
01:25:35,783 --> 01:25:37,850
What are you doing here?

1365
01:25:50,130 --> 01:25:52,264
My wife is having an affair.

1366
01:25:54,167 --> 01:25:56,268
Boone.

1367
01:25:56,270 --> 01:25:58,404
Please.

1368
01:25:58,406 --> 01:25:59,505
Seriously?

1369
01:26:02,175 --> 01:26:03,843
So what do I do?

1370
01:26:06,446 --> 01:26:09,315
I don't know.

1371
01:26:09,317 --> 01:26:10,783
Divorce her, I guess.

1372
01:26:10,785 --> 01:26:14,987
Come on, Ramsey.

1373
01:26:14,989 --> 01:26:17,890
You know I can't do that.

1374
01:26:17,892 --> 01:26:20,025
You know Loretta.

1375
01:26:22,362 --> 01:26:24,497
She won't live without me.

1376
01:26:29,102 --> 01:26:33,038
"Oh, I'd find you. With my money,
you could count on it."

1377
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:36,142
And then he'd laugh
like it was a joke.

1378
01:26:36,144 --> 01:26:37,843
Wasn't a joke.

1379
01:26:57,030 --> 01:26:58,531
He's here.

1380
01:27:40,440 --> 01:27:42,141
<i>Touch the knife.</i>

1381
01:27:42,143 --> 01:27:46,846
Put your hands on it,
for god's sake.

1382
01:27:46,848 --> 01:27:48,347
<i>Mom?</i>