All language subtitles for Law & Order (1990) - S02E15 - Trust (720p WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED

BY TWO SEPARATE
YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS:

THE POLICE,
WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME

AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

OH, GREAT. ANOTHER CITIZEN
WITH HALLUCINATIONS.

WHAT THE HELL
WAS THIS GUY DOING

DOWN HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

PROBABLY LOOKING
FOR A $10 HAND WAX.

HERE?

LET'S GO.

HEY!

HEY! HEY!

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
IN THERE?

WATCH THEM.

KELLY!

IT'S A KID.

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Man:
YOU GOT ONE
THROUGH AND THROUGH.

.38 OR HEAVIER.

THE BODY'S
INTO RIGOR MORTIS

BUT THE EYES
ARE MOIST.

I'D SAY 12 TO 18 HOURS.

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S ROLL HIM OVER.

SLOW.

HOLD HIM.

STUDENT I.D.

BISHOP'S ACADEMY.

ROBBIE FENWICK.

15 YEARS OLD.

DETECTIVE.

Man:
IT'S A .357 MAGNUM.

PROBABLY TRIED
TO CHUCK IT IN THE RIVER

AND CAME UP SHORT.

OKAY. BAG IT AND WORK IT UP.

WE'RE HOLDING THE KIDS
FOR QUESTIONING.

YOU WANT ANYTHING NOW?

IS THAT THEM?

YEAH. COOPERATIVE
LITTLE NOSE WIPES.

OKAY, WHICH ONE OF YOU
IS GOING TO TELL US

ABOUT THAT DEAD BOY?

NOTHING TO TELL.

YOU KNOW HIM?

Cerreta:
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

WE HEARD THERE WAS A BODY.

WE JUST CAME TO SEE.

YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?

JACKSON TOWERS.

YOU CAME HERE
'CAUSE YOU HEARD

THERE WAS A BODY?

SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THAT?

SLUG IS A FIVE
WITH A RIGHT TWIST.

IT'S A WADCUTTER SERIES TWO.

IT'S A PROBABLE MATCH
TO THE WEAPON.

I'VE ONLY SEEN WADCUTTERS
USED IN TARGET PRACTICE.

UH-HUH. WEAPON'S A RUGER
SECURITY SIX .357

CUSTOM PACHMAYR GRIP,
MODIFIED HAMMER AND TRIGGER.

IT'S NOT A TOY.

THE OWNER TOOK
GOOD CARE OF IT.

NO LIVE ROUNDS
IN THE CYLINDER.

THERE'S ONLY
THE ONE SPENT CASING.

THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.

YOU RUN IT
THROUGH THE SYSTEM?

A GUN SO LOVED

IT HAD TO HAVE
ITS VERY OWN LICENSE.

AND IT'S...
IAN MASER, 557 WEST 77th STREET.

DO YOU OWN A RUGER SECURITY SIX
.357 MAGNUM PISTOL?

I DO.

IT HAS BEEN FOUND
AT THE SCENE OF A HOMICIDE

AND DETERMINED
THE MURDER WEAPON.

I KEEP THAT GUN LOCKED
IN MY BEDSIDE TABLE.

THIS IT?

YES, IT IS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS GUN?

THERE'S THE MAID.

ARE YOU MARRIED?

DIVORCED.

DOES ANYONE LIVE WITH YOU?

THERE'S MY SON.

WHERE DOES
HE GO TO SCHOOL?

BISHOP'S ACADEMY.

HE'S NOT THERE.

HE'S UP IN HIS ROOM.

HE'S NOT FEELING WELL.

DO YOU MIND

IF WE TALK WITH HIM?

JAMIE.

JAMIE.

JAMIE, CAN WE ASK YOU
A FEW QUESTIONS?

IF YOU WANTED
TO SHOW ROBBIE THE GUN

WHY DID YOU GO
TO THE WAREHOUSE?

THAT WAS HIS IDEA.

HE WANTED TO SHOOT IT.

THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?

ROBBIE HAD THE GUN.

HE WAS AIMING IT AROUND.

THEN I HAD IT,
AND I WAS HOLDING IT.

SHOW US HOW YOU
WERE HOLDING IT.

ABOUT HERE--
LIKE WAIST HEIGHT.

DID YOU HAVE YOUR FINGER
ON THE TRIGGER?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

Cerreta:
WHERE WAS ROBBIE?

HE WAS STANDING
LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE.

THAT CLOSE?

UH-HUH.

HE WANTED ME
TO GIVE HIM BACK THE GUN.

HE REACHED OVER,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS...

IT WENT OFF.

DID YOU SEE IF HE WAS ALIVE?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

HE LOOKED DEAD.

I FREAKED.

I JUST JAMMED OUT OF THERE.

I DIDN'T MEAN IT, YOU KNOW.

I REALLY DIDN'T.

I SWEAR.

IT JUST WENT OFF.

IT JUST DID.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A SCARED 15-YEAR-OLD.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE
GOT TO CHARGE HIM.

Cragen:
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST--

SENDING HIM HOME
WITH A LOLLIPOP?

WE GOT TO CHARGE THIS KID

WITH SOMETHING.

Robinette:
THERE'S ENOUGH
TO SUPPORT A CHARGE

OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.

EVEN SECOND DEGREE'S
A STRETCH.

CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.

WE COULD ALWAYS UPGRADE
IF NECESSARY.

( phone ringing )

YEAH?

MM-HMM.

THE DESK HAS ROBBIE FENWICK'S
PARENTS ON THE LINE.

I'LL TAKE IT OUTSIDE.

HOW CLOSE ARE YOU
TO WRAPPING UP?

WE JUST GOT THE CRIME SCENE
REPORT THIS MORNING.

WE JUST HAVE TO WALK IT THROUGH.

MAYBE A DAY OR SO.

ROBBIE IS STANDING
RIGHT ABOUT HERE.

AND THAT MEANS JAMIE'S
ABOUT HERE WITH THE GUN.

ENTRY WOUND IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE,
OUT THE BACK LEFT.

ROBBIE TURNED HIS HEAD AWAY.

WE HAVE A WOUND
ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS ASKING FOR THE GUN.

IF HE WAS REACHING

HE WOULD HAVE
TO BE CLOSER TO JAMIE

AND THERE WOULD BE POWDER BURNS
ON THE RIGHT HAND.

BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY.

SO THE GUN HAS TO BE

AT LEAST
A COUPLE FEET AWAY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT,
LET'S PUT HIM ABOUT...

HERE.

ALL RIGHT, HIS HAND
HAS TO BE HERE.

HOW DID HE GET THE HAND HIT?

UNLESS HE'S LIKE THIS.

HIS HANDS ARE UP HERE

BECAUSE HE'S TRYING
TO PROTECT HIMSELF.

AND IF JAMIE WAS CRADLING
THE GUN DOWN HERE

WELL, HE'D HAVE GUNSHOT RESIDUE
ON HIS SHIRT.

THE TESTS WERE NEGATIVE.

WE'D GET
A HIGHER BULLET HIT.

WE SUPPOSED TO BE

SURPRISED EVERY TIME
SOMEBODY LIES TO US?

Cerreta:
WE TOOK WHAT YOU TOLD US

AND PUT IT
ALONGSIDE THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

AND IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH.

FOR STARTERS, YOU WEREN'T
STANDING NEXT TO ROBBIE

WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF

RIGHT?

AND YOU WEREN'T HOLDING THE GUN
THE WAY YOU SAID YOU WERE.

ALSO RIGHT?

Cerreta:
IF THERE'S

SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TELL US

THIS IS THE TIME.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.

WE WERE PLAYING A GAME.

WHAT KIND OF GAME?

TRUST.

SEE, YOU AIM THE GUN
AT THE OTHER GUY

LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT HIM

UNTIL HE TELLS YOU TO STOP,
UNTIL HE GIVES.

WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS GAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

ALL YOU WANT TO DO

IS LET THE OTHER GUY GIVE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT HIM.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, I WAS AIMING AT ROBBIE...

AND I WAS SQUEEZING
THE TRIGGER REAL SLOW.

Cerreta:
DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO YOU

THAT THIS GUN MIGHT GO OFF?

THERE WAS NO WAY
IT WAS GOING TO GO OFF.

I DIDN'T COCK THE HAMMER
BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGER.

YOU HAVE
TO COCK THE HAMMER

WITH YOUR THUMB.

WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT?

WELL, THAT'S THE WAY
WE ALWAYS DID IT

WHEN WE WENT
TO THE RANGE.

I SWEAR, THERE WAS NO WAY
IT WAS GOING TO GO OFF.

YOU EVER FIRE
ONE OF THESE?

NEVER.

STRICTLY
FOR COMPETITION SHOOTERS.

Cerreta:
YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY
COCK THE HAMMER.

Shrier:
NOW IT'S READY.

( gun clicks )

NOW, I KNOW YOU'VE
FIRED ONE OF THESE

.357 DOUBLE-ACTION
REVOLVER.

THE GUN DOES IT
ALL FOR YOU.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THE KID MADE
A LEGITIMATE MISTAKE.

POSSIBLE, SURE.

I DON'T KNOW.

THE KID TAKES AIM

SQUEEZES THE TRIGGER SLOWLY,
LIKE HE SAYS.

HE'S LOOKING DOWN THE SIGHT.

Shrier:
IF HE WAS
TRAINED TO SHOOT

HE WAS TRAINED
TO LOOK DOWN THE SIGHTS.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME
HE DIDN'T NOTICE

THAT HAMMER
COCKING BACK.

HE KNEW
THAT GUN WAS GOING TO FIRE.

HOW LONG HAS JAMIE
BEEN AT BISHOP ACADEMY?

HE CAME HERE
THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.

LATE TRANSFERS
ARE NEVER EASY.

JAMIE NEVER GOT OVER THE HUMP.

Cerreta:
IN HIS STUDIES?

HE WAS A FAIR STUDENT.

THE PROBLEM IS, HE NEVER
LATCHED ONTO ANY PEER GROUP.

Logan:
EXCEPT FOR ROBBIE.

ROBBIE WAS
A BIT OF AN OUTCAST.

NOT TOTALLY.

I HAD HOPED
HE'D HELP JAMIE ASSIMILATE.

NEVER HAPPENED.

YOU EVER TALK TO JAMIE'S FATHER?

INITIAL INTERVIEW

AND ONCE TO ASK
ABOUT JAMIE'S MEDICATION.

WHAT KIND OF MEDICATION?

WELL, HIS FILE SAYS
IT'S A PSYCHIATRIC PRESCRIPTION.

MR. MASER DOWNPLAYED
THE WHOLE THING.

DIDN'T GO INTO DETAILS.

DID HE HAVE MOOD SWINGS
OR OUTBURSTS?

NOT THAT
THE TEACHERS OBSERVED.

BUT AS I SAID,
HE'S A VERY QUIET YOUNG MAN.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW WELL
HIS CLASSMATES KNOW HIM.

I GOT THIS WEIRD VIBE FROM HIM.

SOMETIMES HE HAD THIS LOOK,
THIS STARE--

YOU JUST KNEW THE GEARS WERE,
LIKE, MASHING UP IN HIS HEAD.

DID HE TRY TO MAKE FRIENDS?

YEAH, AT FIRST.

YOU KNOW, NEW KID AT MID-TERM--

BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN GOING
TO SCHOOL TOGETHER FOR YEARS.

NOBODY HAD TIME FOR HIM.

EXCEPT ROBBIE.

NOW, THAT GUY WAS TWISTED.

TWISTED? HOW?

HE WAS ALWAYS TALKING

ABOUT GUNS AND,
LIKE, SHOOTING AND GETTING HIGH.

DID YOU EVER HEAR JAMIE
TALK ABOUT GUNS?

NO. THAT WAS ROBBIE.

HE WAS MAXED OUT ON WAR STUFF.

WHEN BUSH DID HIS THING IN IRAQ,
ROBBIE WAS TOTALLY INTO IT.

HE KNEW EVERY WEAPON THEY HAD.

WE CALLED HIM DEUCE-DEUCE.

WHY IS THAT?

LAST YEAR, HE SHOWED UP
WITH THIS .22.

I THINK HIS OLD MAN
ENDED UP TAKING IT OFF HIM.

CLAIRE FOUND IT
IN HIS DRESSER.

I WAS NEVER ABLE
TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER

AS TO WHERE HE GOT IT.

( sighs )

THE BOYS SPEND
A LOT OF TIME IN HERE?

JAMIE'D BEEN HERE
A FEW TIMES.

HE WAS ALWAYS POLITE.

HE DIDN'T TALK MUCH.

ROBBIE LOVED GUNS.

HE WAS FASCINATED

WITH THE FACT

THAT JAMIE'S FATHER WAS
A COMPETITION SHOOTER.

NEITHER OF US KNOW WHY,
OR WHERE IT CAME FROM

BUT HE JUST...
HE SEEMED TO, UH...

FEED OFF OF IT.

FIRST FEW MONTHS, NOTHING.

WOULDN'T TALK TO ME
ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL.

WHEN HE FIRST HOOKED UP
WITH ROBBIE

I WAS HAPPY HE'D MADE A FRIEND.

HE HAS TROUBLE MAKING FRIENDS?

JAMIE WOULDN'T WIN
ANY POPULARITY CONTESTS.

HE'S... SELF-RELIANT.

DID SOMETHING
CHANGE YOUR MIND

ABOUT ROBBIE?

A FEW MONTHS AGO, JAMIE ASKED ME

IF HE AND ROBBIE COULD COME
TO THE FIRING RANGE WITH ME.

I GOT THE IMPRESSION
IT WAS ROBBIE'S IDEA.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE MEDICATION?

WHAT ABOUT IT?

CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT IT'S FOR?

WHEN DID JAMIE START TAKING IT?

I'D BE HAPPY TO

IF I DIDN'T THINK
I'D GO TO JAIL.

WHAT?

IT'S TERMS OF MY DIVORCE.

IT'S PARTLY WHY JAMIE'S
ON MEDICATION.

WOULD YOU TELL US
YOUR EX-WIFE'S ADDRESS.

305 WEST 21st STREET.

BUT IT WON'T
DO YOU ANY GOOD.

SHE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT EITHER.

YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE ACADEMY

THE ONLY GUN I EVER SHOT
WAS A BB GUN.

MY DAD LET ME SHOOT
A STACK OF NEWSPAPERS

IN THE BASEMENT.

ONE DAY,
I WING A PIGEON, RIGHT?

HE FLIPS OUT,
THROWS THE GUN AWAY

MAKES ME BRING
THE DAMN BIRD TO THE VET

IN A SHOE BOX ON THE BUS.

TO THIS DAY, I HATE PIGEONS.

THEY'RE RATS WITH WINGS.

WHEN YOU
GIVE A BOY A GUN

HE MAY GO
AFTER BIGGER GAME.

THAT WAS
MY MOTHER'S ARGUMENT.

THAT'S EVERY MOTHER'S
ARGUMENT.

"YOU'LL PUT YOUR EYE OUT."

"YOU'LL GET HURT."

I BET JAMIE'S MOTHER'S
NO DIFFERENT.

I CAN'T.

JAMIE'S THERAPY IS...
TIED TO THE DIVORCE.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH
THE REASON WE SPLIT.

YOU DIVORCED
BECAUSE JAMIE'S IN THERAPY?

NO. THE INCIDENT
THAT LED TO THE THERAPY.

YOU CAN'T
PUSH ME ON THIS.

IT'S BEEN SEALED.

PART OF
THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT

WAS THAT IAN AND I
HONOR THAT SEAL.

MRS. MASER, A BOY IS DEAD.

ALL OF OUR INSTINCTS
TELL US

THERE'S SOMETHING
WE SHOULD KNOW HERE.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO JAMIE LATELY?

IT'S NOT MY TIME TO SEE HIM.

TERMS OF THE DIVORCE.

EVEN UNDER EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES?

HIS FATHER IS VERY ABSOLUTE

ABOUT THINGS.

MY SON AND I

ARE JUST GETTING
BACK ON TRACK, DETECTIVE.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

HE DOESN'T REALLY
TALK TO ME THAT MUCH.

SHE SAID SEALED.

THAT CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING:
HE WAS IN TROUBLE.

OH, NO, NO,
WAIT A MINUTE.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THE KID'S
JUVENILE RECORD IS SEALED

AND FORBIDS THEM
TO TALK ABOUT IT?

WHAT KIND
OF A SETTLEMENT IS THAT?

IF WHAT HAPPENED

WAS SEVERE ENOUGH
TO SPLIT THE FAMILY

IT COULD BE ARGUED BOTH
ARE IN HIS BEST INTEREST.

GREAT. SOMETHING'S THERE,
AND WE CAN'T LOOK AT IT.

TO GET A COURT ORDER

TO OPEN THE RECORD, I MUST
SHOW RELEVANCE, WHICH MEANS

KNOWING WHAT'S
IN THE RECORD.

WHAT A SYSTEM.

WITH
A PROSECUTOR'S JUDGE

MAYBE WE GET LUCKY

BUT JAMIE'S
A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.

AND THEN WE'VE
SHOWN OUR HAND.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

SCREW THE RECORD.

SOME COP HAD TO WRITE IT UP.

THEY USED TO LIVE IN CHELSEA.

THE REPORT MUST BE
IN THE PRECINCT.

THE SEAL APPLIES
TO POLICE FILES

AS WELL AS TO REPORTS
AND NOTES

OF THE INVESTIGATING
OFFICER.

YOU THINK IT APPLIES
TO WHAT THE OFFICER

MIGHT SAY
A FEW YEARS LATER?

HAPPENED
OVER NEAR EAST RIVER PARK.

SOMETHING I NEVER LIKED
ABOUT THAT CASE.

WHAT ARE TWO KIDS
DOING THERE WITH A GUN, HUH?

THE ONLY THING THERE
IS JUNKIES AND SQUATTERS.

AND THE OTHER KID
ENDS UP DEAD.

AN ACCIDENT. RIGHT.

AN ACCIDENT ASKING TO HAPPEN
IS WHAT I SAY.

RAY...

DID YOU KEEP
YOUR OWN NOTES?

OFF THE RECORD.

NEVER KNOW
WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THEM, RIGHT?

IT HAPPENED WHEN JAMIE WAS 13.

THE OTHER KID, GRAHAM CAMPBELL,
WAS 12.

IT WAS THE SAME THING--
ONE TO THE HEAD.

THE GUN WAS A COLT PYTHON
REGISTERED TO IAN MASER.

RULED AN ACCIDENT.

HE TOLD THE DETECTIVE

HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW
HIS FRIEND HOW THE GUN WORKED.

JAMIE'S 13, WHITE,
MIDDLE CLASS, NO PRIORS.

Cerreta:
HERE'S THE KICKER.

HE THOUGHT YOU HAD TO COCK
THE HAMMER BY HAND

BEFORE YOU COULD
FIRE IT.

SAME EXCUSE AS NOW.

WORKED THE FIRST TIME.

WHY CHANGE IT?

ANYTHING ELSE?

THE TWO SHOOTINGS

ARE IDENTICAL.

MASER CLAIMS JAMIE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO WORK THE GUN.

HE'S LYING.

WE GET A STATEMENT;
HE PERJURES HIMSELF.

IT GOES DEEPER.

WE KNOW HE WANTED
TO SCARE ROBBIE.

WE MUST PROVE
HE WANTED TO KILL HIM.

HE'D POINTED A GUN
AT SOMEBODY BEFORE.

HE HAD PULLED
THE TRIGGER BEFORE.

HE KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
TO PROVE INTENT?

LEGALLY, WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE
TO USE THE FIRST SHOOTING.

YOU WANT TO GO DOWN

TO MAN TWO?

I WANT HIM
AT MURDER TWO.

DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE
TO HUMAN LIFE.

NO NEED TO PROVE INTENT.

AND WE TRY HIM AS AN ADULT.

JAMIE.

COME HERE A MINUTE.

WHAT? UH...

COME ON, GET IN.

WHA..?

COME ON, GET IN.

WHY? WHAT FOR?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
WHAT?

YOU SAID EVERYTHING
WOULD BE FINE.

TAKE IT EASY.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?

GET AWAY FROM ME!

DO US A FAVOR,
AND GET IN THE CAR.

READ HIM HIS FREAKING RIGHTS,
WILL YOU.

Barnett:
YOUR HONOR,
IT'S MORE THAN OUTRAGEOUS.

THEY PRACTICALLY
DRAGGED THE CHILD

OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

SPARE US THE HYPERBOLE,
COUNSELOR.

THE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED

THAT THE OFFICERS WERE
OUTSIDE SCHOOL GROUNDS.

TEN FEET?

Barnett:
GIVEN THE DEFENDANT'S AGE

AND THE STRONG-ARM INTENTIONS
OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE

WE INTEND TO ASK
FOR REMOVAL OF THESE PROCEEDINGS

TO FAMILY COURT.

YOUR HONOR

THE PEOPLE FEEL...

I'M AWARE OF THE DEFENDANT'S AGE

MR. BARNETT.

YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION,
FEEL FREE

BUT I SEE NOTHING HERE
TO INDICATE

WHY HE SHOULDN'T BE TRIED
AS AN ADULT.

SUPREME CRIMINAL
TO RETAIN JURISDICTION.

DEFENDANT REMANDED
TO CUSTODY OF HIS FATHER.

OUR CLAIM OF DIMINISHED CAPACITY
IS BASED ON THE FACT

THAT AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING

JAMIE WAS
INVOLUNTARILY INTOXICATED.

HE WAS LEGALLY
TAKING A PRESCRIBED MEDICATION

UNDER THE SUPERVISION
OF A LICENSED PSYCHIATRIST.

TRACON IS KNOWN
TO HAVE ADVERSE REACTIONS

IN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT
IT AFFECTED HIS ABILITY

TO APPRECIATE THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HIS ACTIONS.

HE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND
TO LIE TO THE OFFICERS

AND TO HIDE
THE FACT THAT

HE WAS INVOLVED
IN A PRIOR SHOOTING.

THE PRIOR INCIDENT
IS NOT RELEVANT.

I'M SURE A JURY WILL HAVE
NO TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING

THAT MY YOUNG CLIENT

WAS FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED.

HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE

OF A POWERFUL PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG.

TRACON DID THE SHOOTING?

I HAVE THE PRECEDENTS
TO BACK IT UP--

GRUNDBERG, PETTY.

CHARGES DISMISSED
AGAINST A WOMAN

WHO SHOT HER MOTHER

AND AN ACQUITTAL ON A GUY
WHO STABBED HIS EX-WIFE?

NEITHER CASE
INVOLVED TRACON.

THE DEFENDANTS DID NOT HAVE
A PREVIOUS HISTORY

OF RECKLESS OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.

COME ON, FELLOWS.

YOU'RE BLOWING SMOKE.

NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE AND NO TIME.

I WON'T PLEA THIS DOWN
TO A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

MORE THAN HAPPY
TO LET A JURY DECIDE.

JAMIE?

HAVE A NICE DAY.

NOBODY'S RESPONSIBLE ANYMORE.

YOU KILL SOMEBODY,
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

YOU'RE ADDICTED
TO SUGAR

OR THE WRONG MEDICATION

AND SOMEONE SHOULD PAY YOU
A MILLION DOLLARS

FOR YOUR SUFFERING.

WHO'S DOING JAMIE'S EVALUATION?

I'LL CALL OLIVET.

Woman:
YOU EVER HAD ANY BLACKOUTS?

WHAT ABOUT THE LAST TIME

THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT
THE WAY YOU WANTED--

HOW DID YOU HANDLE IT?

DID YOU GET MAD?

DID YOU YELL?

DID YOU TRASH YOUR ROOM?

I JUST GOT OVER IT.

HOW ABOUT YOUR DAD?

WHEN HE GETS ANGRY,
DOES HE LET YOU KNOW IT?

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

WHAT ABOUT WITH ROBBIE?

WHEN YOU WERE POINTING
THE GUN AT HIM

WHAT WERE YOU FEELING?

I WASN'T FEELING ANYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ROBBIE WAS FEELING?

SCARED.

HE FELT SCARED.

AND GRAHAM CAMPBELL--
HOW ABOUT HIM?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

YOU REMEMBER
HOW YOU FELT?

I THINK YOU DO.

YOU WANT TO TELL ME

ABOUT IT?

NOTHING TO TELL.

I HEAR YOU SAY THAT,
BUT I'M SEEING

SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

( sighs )

LET'S TRY
SOMETHING ELSE HERE.

OKAY.

I WANT YOU TO MAKE UP A STORY

BASED ON THE PICTURES
I'LL SHOW YOU.

TELL ME THE CHARACTERS,
WHAT THEY'RE THINKING

WHAT LED UP TO THE SCENE
IN THE PICTURE.

OKAY?

WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THIS PICTURE, JAMIE?

I DON'T KNOW.

YES, YOU DO.

( sighs )

HE'S TRYING TO LEARN THE VIOLIN.

WHAT ELSE?

HE'S PRETTY LAME WITH IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE LOOK ON HIS FACE?

WHAT ABOUT IT?

DO YOU THINK
HE'LL PICK IT UP?

THINK HE'LL TRY IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

THINK HE WANTS TO?

THINK HE'S GOT TO.

WHY'S THAT?

'CAUSE IF HE DOESN'T

HIS OLD MAN WILL PROBABLY
BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM.

PROBABLY SERVES HIM RIGHT.

WHY DOES IT SERVE HIM RIGHT?

HE'S GOT TO LEARN IT, RIGHT?

I DON'T KNOW. DOES HE?

What's the point otherwise?

Of what?

Of taking the stupid lessons

if he's not going to learn
how to play it?

HE'S A PSYCHOLOGICALLY
ABUSED KID

WITH AN INCREDIBLY
EXACTING FATHER.

CONFIRMS WHAT CERRETA
AND LOGAN

PICKED UP
FROM THE MOTHER.

ABUSED KIDS FOLLOW
ONE OF TWO TRACKS--

THEY PLACE THEMSELVES
WHERE THEY WILL BE VICTIMIZED

OR THEY IDENTIFY
WITH THE AGGRESSOR--

INTERNALIZE HIS QUALITIES

HIS POWER, HIS STRENGTH.

Stone:
AND HE BECAME
THE AGGRESSOR.

WHAT EFFECT DID TRACON HAVE
ON HIS BEHAVIOR?

IT'S AN ANTI-ANXIETY DRUG.

IT CAN AFFECT MOOD, MEMORY,
ANY NUMBER OF VARIABLES.

I THINK JAMIE'S BEHAVIOR

PREDATES ADMINISTRATION
OF THE DRUG.

JAMIE EXHIBITS
REPETITION COMPULSION--

A NEED TO ACT OUT
HIS SUBCONSCIOUS CONFLICT.

HE WANTS TO FEEL POWERFUL.

HE ENJOYS THE FEAR HE CREATES.

THAT'S WHAT THIS GAME
WITH THE FENWICK KID

WAS ALL ABOUT.

DRUG OR NO DRUG

HE'LL PLAY IT AGAIN
THE FIRST CHANCE HE GETS.

THE FIRST SHOOTING--
THAT WAS PART OF THE GAME?

Olivet:
HE BECAME PRETTY AGITATED
WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP.

HE WAS PROBABLY TRAUMATIZED
BY THE INCIDENT.

BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STAY AWAY

FROM GUNS.

BEST THING YOU CAN DO
IS PLEA IT OUT.

MAKE RESIDENTIAL
PSYCHIATRIC CARE A CONDITION.

Stone:
SIX MONTHS
OF DAY CARE?

HE HAD TWO YEARS OF THERAPY.

HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU PULL THE TRIGGER.

HE DIDN'T CARE.

YOU CANNOT MAKE THE CASE

WITHOUT ENTERING
THE FIRST SHOOTING IN EVIDENCE.

YOU GOT
A SEALED RECORD.

YOU GOT
A JUVENILE OFFENDER.

ANY JURY WOULD CONVICT
THIS BOY

ON THE SECOND SHOOTING SOLELY
ON THE EVIDENCE FROM THE FIRST.

JAMIE SAID HE SHOT ROBBIE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW

THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A DOUBLE-ACTION

AND SINGLE-ACTION
HANDGUN.

THE CAMPBELL SHOOTING
DEMONSTRATES

HE'D LEARNED THAT LESSON
TWO YEARS AGO

WHEN HE CLAIMED

TO HAVE MADE
THE SAME MISTAKE.

TAKE A RUN AT JUDGE MARKMAN.

JAMIE MASER SHOOTING
GRAHAM CAMPBELL AT AGE 13

HAD TO HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE
MOST IMPORTANT INCIDENT

IN THE BOY'S LIFE TO DATE.

IF THAT IS NOT ADMITTED,
IT ALLOWS

A DEFENSE CLAIM
THAT'S CLEARLY FRAUDULENT.

YOUR HONOR

IT'S IRRELEVANT.

OUR DEFENSE ISN'T BASED
ON A CLAIM OF MISTAKE.

Robinette:
BUT HE DID MAKE
THE STATEMENTS.

THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS
WILL TESTIFY

JAMIE TOLD THEM
HE WAS CONFUSED ON THE GUN.

THE PRIOR SHOOTING
SHOULD BE ADMITTED

TO SHOW THAT
TO BE A LIE.

UNDER A TECHNICAL APPLICATION
OF MOLINEAUX, YOU'RE RIGHT

BUT I HAVE
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

THE IMPACT THIS PRIOR SHOOTING
WILL HAVE ON THE JURY

AS I'M SURE
YOU DID.

IN MY OPINION

IT WAS SO INFLAMMATORY,
SO PREJUDICIAL

IT WILL OUTWEIGH ITS VALUE
AS EVIDENCE.

SO I CAN'T ALLOW IT
TO BE INTRODUCED.

Jamie:
EVERYTHING WAS IN SLOW MOTION.

IT WAS WEIRD.

I FELT LIKE I WAS STANDING
OUTSIDE MY BODY...

AND WATCHING.

I MEAN, I COULD SEE ME...
AND, AND ROBBIE.

LIKE IN A MOVIE.

AND I WANTED TO SEE
HOW FAR THE TRIGGER WOULD GO.

I WANTED TO SEE
WHAT ROBBIE WOULD DO.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?

I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS LIKE I WAS IN A BUBBLE.

I COULDN'T HEAR.

I JU... I JUST KEPT PULLING
THE TRIGGER, AND...

THERE WAS THIS FLASH.

Barnett:
WHEN THE GUN

WENT OFF?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

I...

THERE WAS ROBBIE
JUST LAYING THERE...

BLEEDING...

IT WAS LIKE THE MOVIE
WAS STILL GOING ON.

I COULDN'T FEEL.

I HEARD THIS ROARING SOUND
IN MY EARS.

I JUST COULDN'T STOP WATCHING...

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

MR. STONE.

NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME,
YOUR HONOR.

SUBJECT TO RECALL.

SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION

TRACON HAS HAD
A FAVORABLE SUCCESS RATE

BUT IT HAS ALSO GENERATED

TEN TIMES MORE ADVERSE REACTION
REPORTS THAN SIMILAR DRUGS.

WHAT KIND OF ADVERSE REACTIONS,
DOCTOR?

NERVOUS SYSTEM DISTURBANCES--

REBOUND ANXIETY

AMNESIA, HOSTILITY, DELUSIONS.

IT'S MY OPINION TRACON CAN
IGNITE REPRESSED ANGER.

CAN YOU OFFER AN OPINION
ABOUT HIS EMOTIONAL STATE

AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING?

Doctor:
BASED ON HIS BEHAVIOR
SINCE BEING PRESCRIBED TRACON

IT'S MY OPINION
JAMIE WAS SUFFERING

FROM TRACON INTOXICATION
SYNDROME.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

DOCTOR, COULD YOU DESCRIBE
DISSOCIATIVE PHENOMENA?

Doctor:
IT'S A FEELING
OF STANDING OUTSIDE ONESELF--

OF BEING A WITNESS
TO SOMETHING HAPPENING TO YOU.

Stone:
THAT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR

TO A SYMPTOM
OF TRACON INTOXICATION.

YES.

ISN'T IT TRUE

THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL

OR PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE

ALSO SUFFER
FROM DISSOCIATIVE PHENOMENA?

YES, THAT'S TRUE.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD

OF REPETITION COMPULSION?

YES.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT.

IT'S THE NEED TO REPEATEDLY
ACT OUT AN INNER CONFLICT.

Stone:
AN INNER CONFLICT THAT MAY STEM

FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE?

YES, POSSIBLY, BUT...

SUBJECT MAY BE

FEEDING OFF
A SURROGATE FIGURE'S FEAR

ENCOURAGING HIM
TO REENACT A SITUATION

HE FOUND PLEASING
ONCE BEFORE?

YOUR HONOR,
THE PROSECUTION'S QUESTIONS

SEEM DESIGNED
TO ELICIT INFORMATION

THAT IS NOT ADMISSIBLE HERE.

WATCH YOUR STEP, MR. STONE.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
YOUR HONOR.

Stone:
HOW OLD WERE YOU, JAMIE

WHEN YOU FIRST LEARNED
TO SHOOT A HANDGUN?

I WAS 11.

MY, UH, FATHER TAUGHT ME

HOW TO SHOOT
HIS TARGET PISTOL.

IS THIS YOUR FATHER'S
TARGET PISTOL?

Jamie:
YEAH.

HOW DO YOU FIRE IT?

DO YOU JUST
PULL THE TRIGGER?

NO. YOU HAVE
TO COCK THE HAMMER FIRST.

WOULD YOU SHOW ME.

YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION.

OVERRULED.

GO ON, JAMIE.

OKAY, WELL...

YOU COCK THE HAMMER FIRST
WITH YOUR THUMB.

THEN YOU JUST PULL THE TRIGGER.

IS THAT DIFFERENT
FROM THIS GUN--

THE ONE YOU SHOT ROBBIE WITH?

YEAH.

HOW'S IT DIFFERENT?

THAT ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO COCK THE HAMMER FIRST.

YOU JUST PULL THE TRIGGER.

WOULD YOU SHOW ME.

WHO TAUGHT YOU
TO HOLD THE GUN LIKE THAT?

MY DAD.

SO HOW DID IT FEEL

POINTING A GUN AT YOUR FRIEND?

IT WAS A GAME.
OH, IT'S FUN?

SO IT WAS A GAME

POINTING A GUN
AT YOUR FRIEND.

WAS SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER
PART OF THE GAME?

YEAH.

COULD YOU SHOW ME?

UM...

PLEASE?

YOU PULLED
THE TRIGGER VERY SLOWLY

AND THE HAMMER
CAME BACK, RIGHT?

DID YOU SEE IT MOVING?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

ROBBIE
SEE IT MOVING?
I DON'T KNOW.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING
AT ALL?

NO.

SO YOU KEPT PULLING
THE TRIGGER, RIGHT?

YEAH.

YOU HELD IT ON HIM
THE WHOLE TIME?

YEAH.

HOW DID YOU FEEL?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW DID ROBBIE FEEL?
WAS HE AFRAID?

I DON'T KNOW.
( hammer clicks )

IT... THIS ISN'T FAIR.

IT WAS JUST A GAME.

IT WASN'T LIKE THIS.

WE... WE DIDN'T KNOW.

IT'S... IT'S MY MEDICINE.

SEE...

MOVE TO STRIKE, YOUR HONOR.

IT MAKES ME CONFUSED.

Judge:
JURY WILL DISREGARD.

MADAM FOREMAN

HAS THE JURY REACHED
THE UNANIMOUS DECISION?

YES, WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.

HOW DID YOU FIND?

ON THE SOLE COUNT
OF THE INDICTMENT--

MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE--

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT,
JAMIE MASER, NOT GUILTY

BY REASON OF MENTAL DEFECT.

GOOD BOY.

GOOD JOB.

WAY TO GO.

THANK YOU.

PULL EVERYTHING YOU CAN
ON THE FIRST SHOOTING.

GET THE RECORD UNSEALED.

WE'LL REOPEN
THE INVESTIGATION.

IT'S A TWO-YEAR-OLD
CASE, BEN.

THERE'S NO STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS ON MURDER.

THE KID LIVES ON FEAR.

CONVICTING HIM
ON THE FIRST SHOOTING

WILL BE TWICE AS HARD
AS THE LAST ONE--

A TWO-YEAR-OLD CASE,
LESS EVIDENCE TO WORK WITH

AND YOU CAN'T USE THE FACT
IT MATCHES THE FENWICK SHOOTING

BECAUSE THAT SHOOTING

HAS NOT EVEN
TAKEN PLACE.

I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.

NOTHING OUT OF THE PARENTS?

THEY'RE BOUND BY THE TERMS
OF THE DIVORCE.

WE KNOW THE FATHER LIED
ABOUT JAMIE'S

KNOWLEDGE OF GUNS.

TWO BOYS DEAD.

NOT AN OUNCE OF GUILT.

WE'LL FIND SOMETHING.

WITH THE CASE SEALED?

CERRETA AND LOGAN
HAVE NOTES

FROM THE FIRST DETECTIVE.

YOU BETTER WALK THROUGH IT
THEN.

GRAHAM CAMPBELL
WAS FOUND RIGHT HERE.

THE POSITION OF THE BODY
INDICATES HE WAS KNEELING

WHEN HE WAS SHOT.

JAMIE MUST HAVE BEEN
ABOUT RIGHT HERE.

THERE WEREN'T ANY POWDER BURNS
ON GRAHAM EITHER, SO...

Cerreta:
THAT WAS DISCOUNTED.

GULLIKSON SAID IT RAINED

THE DAY
THEY FOUND THE BODY.

BUT ASSUMING
THERE WAS NO RESIDUE

TO BEGIN WITH...

THAT WOULD PUT JAMIE
FAR ENOUGH AWAY

TO MAKE AN ACCIDENT
VERY UNLIKELY.

SAME GAME, SAME EXCUSE.

ONE SHOT TO THE HEAD

BOTH TIMES FIRED
FROM SIX FEET AWAY.

ANY TAKERS
ON COINCIDENCE?

YOU TAUGHT JAMIE TO FIRE
A SINGLE-ACTION HANDGUN

WHEN HE WAS 12.

YES,
AT A FIRING RANGE.

AND THE DOUBLE-ACTION HANDGUN
HE USED TWO YEARS AGO--

YOU TAUGHT HIM
TO SHOOT THAT TOO?

NO. I TOLD YOU BEFORE

I ONLY WANTED HIM INTERESTED
IN TARGET SHOOTING.

WHAT IS THIS, NET FISHING?

IT'S ABOUT
YOUR CLIENT LYING

TO PROTECT HIS SON.

HE LIED ABOUT JAMIE'S
KNOWLEDGE OF GUNS

IN THE FENWICK SHOOTING.

HE MAY HAVE TOLD
THE SAME LIE

IN THE CAMPBELL
SHOOTING.

AND?

PERJURY IS A FELONY.

IT CARRIES SOME TIME.

I DON'T RESPOND
TO THREATS, MR. STONE.

TWO BOYS ARE DEAD

AND I HOLD YOU
GREATLY RESPONSIBLE--

IF NOT LEGALLY, ETHICALLY--
FOR BOTH THOSE DEATHS.

THAT'S ONE
OF THE GREAT THINGS

ABOUT THIS COUNTRY.

YOU CAN BELIEVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE
THAN AN "E" FELONY

TO LEVERAGE ANYTHING
OUT OF HIM.

FIND OUT WHERE
HE DID HIS SHOOTING

TWO YEARS AGO

AND GET US IN
TO SEE PAMELA MASER

AND HER LAWYER.

HERE HE IS.

IAN MASER WAS A MEMBER
TILL TWO YEARS AGO.

THINK HE MOVED.

HIS CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS SHOW

HE HAD BEEN COMING HERE
FOR SIX YEARS.

HIS KID WAS A MEMBER TOO.

YOU GIVE MEMBERSHIPS TO KIDS?

IT'S A PROMOTIONAL THING.

KIDS LIKE HAVING
THEIR OWN MEMBERSHIP CARDS.

THEY CAN'T SHOOT
WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS.

MASER BRING HIS SON
IN OFTEN?

I DON'T RECALL
HOW OFTEN.

MASER KEPT
A TARGET PISTOL HERE.

I REMEMBER HIM

TEACHING THE KID
HOW TO DO IT.

I USED TO HEAR HIM

HOLLER AT HIM
ALL THE TIME.

MASER EVER FIRE OTHER GUNS?

I SEE WHERE HE STARTED
BUYING .357 AMMO

BEFORE HE MOVED...

OH, YEAH...

AND THEN HE GOT HIMSELF
A COLT PYTHON.

IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY
FOR A WHILE.

WHAT WAS?

THE COLT IS A BIG GUN.

SEEING THAT YOUNG KID

TRYING TO KEEP A BEAD
ON THE TARGET.

I NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE GUNS.

THAT WAS BETWEEN IAN AND JAMIE.

JAMIE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT?

HE'D TELL ME
IF HE'D PLEASED HIS FATHER

BUT SPECIFICALLY, NO.

YOUR HUSBAND
NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT?

THE GUNS
WERE MALE BUSINESS.

IAN ASSUMED
I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND

WHICH WASN'T TRUE

OR THAT I DIDN'T WANT
TO KNOW

WHICH WAS TRUE.

Stone:
YOU SEPARATED
NOT LONG AFTER

THE FIRST SHOOTING
INCIDENT.

IS THAT CORRECT?

IS THAT BECAUSE
OF THE GUNS?

OR THE SHOOTING?

OR THE WAY
YOUR HUSBAND
TREATS JAMIE?

SHAKY GROUND,
MR. STONE.

YOU KNOW
THAT INFORMATION IS SEALED.

WHAT I KNOW, SEALED OR NOT,
IS THAT TWO BOYS ARE DEAD

AND YOUR SON
MAY OR MAY NOT

HAVE BEEN
IRREPARABLY DAMAGED

BY HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS FATHER.

I THINK YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO

THAT NO MATTER
WHAT THE SETTLEMENT

OR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT

IT CAN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR
WORTH IT.

Mrs. Maser:
IAN WASN'T AN EASY MAN
TO LIVE WITH.

THINGS WERE HIS WAY OR NO WAY

AND IF THEY WEREN'T HIS WAY,
JAMIE OR I PAID FOR IT.

AFTER GRAHAM CAMPBELL WAS SHOT

THINGS GOT WAY OUT OF HAND.

OUT OF HAND?

ANYTHING WOULD SET IAN OFF.

ANYTHING.

JAMIE WAS OUT OF CONTROL.

IAN AND I SEPARATED
AND JAMIE CAME TO LIVE WITH ME.

HE STARTED TAKING THINGS OUT
ON ME--

ACTING LIKE HIS FATHER.

IN WHAT WAY?

HE THREATENED ME.

WITH WHAT?

A GUN.

Stone:
AND DID YOU KEEP A GUN
IN THE APARTMENT?

NO. IT WAS ONE OF IAN'S.

I DON'T KNOW
IF IT WAS LOADED OR NOT.

HE POINTED IT AT ME.

I MUST HAVE LOOKED BLANK
OR SOMETHING.

HE SAID...

"YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'D DO IT,
DO YOU?

GRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE ME
EITHER."

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE AFRAID OF YOUR OWN SON.

"YOU DON'T BELIEVE
I'D DO IT"

AND "GRAHAM DIDN'T
BELIEVE IT EITHER."

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT JAMIE MEAN BY THAT?

GRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE
JAMIE WOULD SHOOT HIM.

DID YOU BELIEVE
HE'D SHOOT YOU?

I DID.

UNDER THE TERMS
OF YOUR DIVORCE SETTLEMENT

YOU HAVE BEEN FORBIDDEN
TO MAKE ANY MENTION

OF THE GRAHAM CAMPBELL
INCIDENT

IS THAT TRUE?

YES.

YET HERE YOU ARE
TESTIFYING.

WHY IS THAT?

I GAVE UP EVERYTHING.

I GAVE UP CUSTODY OF MY SON

AND NOW I'M FORFEITING
ANY FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT

BY TESTIFYING.

THE ONLY CONDITION I PUT
ON THE DIVORCE

WAS THAT JAMIE RECEIVE THERAPY

TO HELP HIM DEAL
WITH THE SHOOTING

AND HIS SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIOR.

OBVIOUSLY
THAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.

A SECOND BOY IS DEAD

AND I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF
IF I LET THAT GO BY

AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

ARE YOU AWARE
OF THE CONSEQUENCES

OF YOUR TESTIFYING TODAY?

I KNOW THAT JAMIE COULD GO
TO SPOFFORD JUVENILE HALL

AND AFTER THAT, MAYBE PRISON.

I JUST...

LEAVING HIM WITH HIS FATHER
JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT NOW.

JAMIE NEVER FIRED THAT GUN.

EARLIER WE HEARD TESTIMONY

FROM THE OWNER
OF THE FIRING RANGE

THAT HE SAW YOU

TEACH JAMIE TO SHOOT
A COLT PYTHON .357.

WHY WOULD HE FABRICATE
A STORY LIKE THAT?

I WAS IN THE BOOTH WITH MY SON.

I KNOW WHICH GUN HE USED.

THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO HAS NOTHING TO GAIN

FROM LYING ABOUT SEEING
YOUR SON SHOOT A .357.

WHY WOULD HE CONCOCT A MEMORY
ABOUT A SMALL BOY FIRING A GUN

TOO BIG FOR HIM TO SHOOT?

I CAN'T ADDRESS THIN MOTIVES.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN?

OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I KNOW MY SON WOULD NOT
WILLFULLY KILL THAT BOY.

I TAUGHT HIM RIGHT FROM WRONG.

I AM HIS FATHER.

EVERYTHING HE LEARNED

EVERYTHING HE IS...

Judge:
MR. MASER.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

ON THE SOLE COUNT
OF THE INDICTMENT--

MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE--
HOW DOES THE JURY FIND?

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT

JAMIE MASER-- GUILTY.

JAMIE...

DIDN'T HAVE
A LOT OF CHOICES.

I'M SURE PAMELA MASER
IS TURNING HERSELF AROUND

WITH THAT SAME THOUGHT.

SHE'S TOUGH.

MAYBE...

OR MAYBE SHE JUST GAVE IN.

DID THE INEVITABLE.

THINK YOU COULD HAVE
DONE IT?

GIVE UP MY CHILD?

NOT WITHOUT RIPPING MYSELF
IN HALF, I COULDN'T.

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