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When you say you have feelings for her,
are you

in love with her?

No.

Not at all.

But I might see her again.

And I didn't want you to hear it at the
office.

I thought it should come from me.

Have you two slept together?

Look, I don't think it's a good idea for
us to talk about.

What are we talking about, then?

Lindsay, whatever our future will be, if
we stop communicating... Can I stop you

for a second?

You and I have no future.

I appreciate you taking me off the hook
here.

I was beginning to feel like the bad
guy, but now I don't. I can pursue what

want with a much lighter heart.

And what I want is a divorce.

You might think I'm acting out of hurt
or pride.

But this isn't that.

I'm not speaking from wound, but rather
from a reflective and reasoned clarity.

If you've never believed anything I've
told you, please believe this.

I do not wish to live my life with you.

Not now.

Not a month from now.

Not ever.

They're divorcing?

That's the word. Where'd you get this
word? From Bobby. He called in and said

the papers got delivered, I can accept.

They just separated.

How? It's probably that slut's idea.

Talking about me, Rebecca?

You? No.

I was talking about a different slut.

Jimmy.

I have some depositions scheduled today
on a negligence claim, but I'm not

really up to doing them.

If I get you up to speed, could you
cover for me?

Sure.

I'll get the file.

She is nine months pregnant. Her due
date isn't until June 5th. This will be

three -day trial.

And what happens if she goes into labor
the first day? Is there a reason you

don't want to wait a month, Mr. Young?
Of course there's a reason. He wants the

jury to see a pregnant mother -to -be
instead of a murderer. He's probably

instructed her to give birth during the
closing. Yes, thank you for that. Since

I addressed my question to Mr. Young,
maybe we could let him answer.

For the record, I advise my client to
postpone. She doesn't want to. She has a

right to a speedy trial, and that's what
she wants.

Mrs. Nielsen, why?

I want to put this trial behind me, Your
Honor.

When I have my baby, I want everything
else over.

What about the stress?

This is not traffic court. You are being
charged with first -degree murder.

Your own doctor is saying, let's wait.

Well, I'm of sound mind, so any medical
decision would be mine.

And it's your choice to go forward now?

Yes, Your Honor.

I want this ordeal over with.

Okay, then.

Let's bring in the jury.

Jimmy Berluti?

Claire. He isn't even in this firm.
Please don't start with me now. I'm just

saying. You're upset that I didn't let
you run with it. I understand.

I'd like to know why.

You're too green, okay?

The case could turn on these
depositions, and it could be malpractice

vest it with an attorney just out of law
school.

And if that hurts, well, hurt happens.

Just give Jimmy whatever backup he
needs, and if you need to reach me, I'll

at Nancy Decker's office.

Nancy Decker, the divorce lawyer?

Yes.

Miss Dole. I'm sorry, I can't talk now.

Don't we have a meeting?

I'll be handling it.

Hi, Virginia. How are you today?

Don't we have deposition?

Yes, I'll be doing them.

You? What happened to Lindsay?

Miss Carter, everything's in good hands.
You need not worry.

We also have Jimmy Berluti, another
attorney, joining us for the deposition.

we are in excellent shape.

At the time I arrived, the uniformed
officers already had the defendant in

custody. Could you tell the jury your
observations of the scene, detective?

There was blood spattered everywhere.

The ceiling, the walls, on the toaster.

Did the spatter pattern suggest anything
to you? The victim was shot at point

-blank range six times.

Several of those shots were fired after
the victim was on the ground.

Helpless. Did you have an opportunity to
speak with the defendant, Carrie

Nielsen? Yes.

She confessed to the shooting as she had
on the 911 tape. And what was her

demeanor as she confessed this crime to
you?

Calm, detached, without remorse.

This was not a woman in distress.

Did she say why she shot her husband?

She said he was physically abusive and
she was concerned for the health of her

unborn child.

In fact, she said she was afraid her
husband would kill.

The child.

Objection to the word child.

At the time of the shooting, this was a
two -month fetus, not a child. I asked

the witness what the defendant said. The
word she used was child.

Was it not, detective?

Yes. The objection is overruled. The six
shots, they were fired from an

automatic and rapid succession. Isn't
that right?

They appear to have been, yes.

Within two to three seconds?

Probably. And, Detective, have you ever
encountered a situation in which a

person under attack keeps shooting even
after the attack is over?

Yes. So it's possible my client fired
off the first shot or two in defense of

her unborn child and just kept squeezing
the trigger while still in shock.

That's possible, isn't it, Detective?

Anything's possible, Counsel.

If at any time you get confused, you
just tell me, okay, Virginia?

Okay. You understand I represent White
Oaks, the apartment complex where you

live, right?

Yes. Did your lawyers tell you I'd be
against you?

Yeah. Well, I'll try not to be a big
meanie.

Really, I just want to find out what
happened.

Now, this happened at a party, right?

Yeah. We were having a birthday party.

Your birthday?

Yeah. How old?

Ten. Ten?

Wow. That's a big one. I bet you were
really excited.

Yeah. Know how old I am?

A hundred.

Some of the guests said you were jumping
on the balcony.

Is that right?

Yes. And were you also jumping against
the rail, Virginia?

It just broke.

You must have been so scared.

I was.

Do you remember where your mom was when
you fell?

I think in the kitchen.

First of all, I'm not a divorce lawyer,
Bobby. That's a whole different breed of

bug. And second, even if I were, I'm a
little too close. It's not going to be

complicated or even contested. I just
want to get it done.

Speaking professionally, I don't think
that's a sound approach.

And speaking personally, I'm offended by
it.

You have a son.

You both have a duty to explore
reconciliation. How could you possibly

prioritize expediency over... I'm not
asking you to interfere with my life,

Eleanor. I am in your life, Bobby. So is
Rebecca, so is everybody else in this

office. Whether you want us in is beside
the point. I don't. Well, we are.

And as your friend, as a parent myself,
I am telling you...

Go get your hands dirty in therapy
before... It's her, okay?

Lindsay's mind is made up. She's
immovable.

Given that, the best way to spare my son
is to get it done.

Is there going to be a custody issue?

No. She's taking him weekdays, I get him
weekends.

There's no rule that has to be messy,
you know.

There's got to be a rule against it
being simple.

I can't believe you have a murder trial.

Me neither.

Is there a reason you're on this?

I know you're good, but still, a year
out of law school? I think Eugene wanted

woman on board since there are implied
Roe v. Wade issues running through this.

Roe v. Wade? The fetus wasn't viable at
the time of the shooting.

We're arguing defense of others, so...
Is that a problem for you? I mean, being

a pro -choice woman?

Not really. Plus... Plus what?

I love working with Eugene.

He's so far and away the best lawyer in
this firm. I'm afraid of him. I said hi

once and he kind of grunted.

Do you think it'd be incredibly
inappropriate if I asked him out?

Yes. Hello? Well, he's never going to
ask me out. He's too principled.

Which means, if we were to ever date,
I'd have to make the move.

Claire.

We're set?

I'm ready.

You prepped this woman, right?

She's prepped. She's ready.

Let's go.

It isn't really true, though, is it?

What? That it's Lindsay's doing.

You orchestrated it, don't you think?

I didn't orchestrate her falling out of
love with me. Fair enough.

Wives do that with husbands all the
time.

But they don't leave when there are
children involved.

Unless pushed.

And I pushed her.

You kissed me, you slept with me.

One could argue that you traded on her
self -respect and manipulated things.

you my therapist now?

No, I'm the mistress.

Or maybe I'm just the device that helps
you end your marriage.

All right, this is crazy. Let's
postpone.

No. Carrie, you're in pain. The baby
could be in distress.

Is he?

I don't know, Carrie, but why take the
risk?

I don't want to give birth in custody.

They'll just take him away from me.

I want the trial over.

I want to have him on the outside.

Carrie, we could lose. In which case,
you'll probably get more vegetation in

jail than you could in prison.

These are just contractions, like you
said.

I want to keep going.

I want to have my baby in a real
hospital, not in a jail.

My kitchen has a window so I could see
her. I understand, but my question was,

do you think it was safe for her to play
on the second -story balcony?

I assume the balcony was safe.

It never previously struck you as
unsafe, did it?

No. And you never called the White Oaks
management company about the railing

outside your apartment, did you?

No. How many times a day would you say
you looked at that railing?

I don't have time to sit around and look
at a railing. I know, but how many

times a day, on average, do you think
you see it?

A dozen?

Two dozen?

Maybe ten.

If you count the times, I see it from
inside the kitchen.

Okay, so you looked at this railing
approximately ten times a day. Would

fair?

Yeah. And how long did you live in this
apartment before the accident?

About four years.

Okay.

365 times four makes... 1 ,460 days. If
you look 10 times a

day for four years, assuming my math is
correct, you looked at that railing

roughly 14 ,600 times before the
accident.

And not once did you notice anything was
wrong with it. Isn't that right?

What the hell was all that about?

Four times 365 times 10, what's that got
to do with anything?

Here's our problem.

The defendant isn't really negligent for
not fixing the railing if they had no

way of knowing it was broken.

What are you talking about? They have an
ongoing duty to inspect and repair.

Yes, and the file is full of maintenance
reports that say they did exactly that.

Not one report says the railing was
loose or broken. And now they've got

testimony that you've never noticed
anything wrong either.

But the way Virginia fell, the railing
had to be broken.

We have to be able to prove that.

It's their building, for God's sake.

Naomi, look, this is going to be a very
tough case to win.

My suggestion would be, let me see if I
can get something.

By something, you mean how much?

If we can get, say, 50 ,000, we should
think about it.

My daughter will be in a wheelchair for
the rest of her life.

For that, we're supposed to accept $50
,000?

The damages to your daughter are
obviously immeasurable.

Unfortunately, I don't know if we can
prove what we need to prove.

I don't believe this.

My daughter can't walk.

They fought a lot, but it escalated
dramatically after she got pregnant.

By fought, you mean? A lot of screaming.

But it got physical, too. I could hear
it right through the walls.

And, Mr. Gore, you live in the apartment
next to Mrs. Nielsen and the victim?

Correct. And, Mr. Gore, were you able to
hear the substance of their arguments?

Typically, no, because I really didn't
care to.

I turned my television up.

But I did specifically hear him
screaming that he didn't want her to

Presumably, the baby.

I also specifically heard her on more
than one occasion screaming at him that

was hurting her.

Did you ever do anything yourself?

I intervened when I thought he was
hurting her.

When he wasn't around, I tried another
form of intervention, which was trying

persuade her to leave the man.

Did you ever call the police?

I called them the night I heard the
shots.

And I called them once before when I
thought he was physically attacking her.

According to your statement to the
police, you either intervened or called

police every time you heard sounds of
physical abuse or intense screaming.

Was that your statement?

Yes, it was.

And it's true?

Yes, it is. Well, on the night of Mr.
Nielsen's death, you neither intervened

nor called the police prior to the
shooting. Is that correct?

Yes. So one could conclude then that
there were no sounds of fighting before

gun was fired.

I don't know.

Well, you didn't hear them.

I can't say that I did, but I was in
shock myself. It's possible I just don't

remember.

Eleanor. Hi.

Hey.

Looks like somebody's leaving.

Lindsay, this is none of my business.

I couldn't agree with you more.

All right, look.

Cards on the table?

I love you.

And I love Bobby.

And I suppose I have an emotional
investment in this marriage.

I think you're being far, far too
draconian here.

You have a son.

And as angry as you may be with Bobby,
and I don't blame you, by the way.

You have to realize that the hatred you
feel comes from betrayal and that the

foundation of betrayal is love.

There is no good reason to rush this.

Let some time pass.

Give your emotions some time to settle.

Lindsay, you have a son.

Can you sit for a second?

Last week I sat in a church grieving for
a serial killer.

A sick man who killed innocent people.

I mourned his loss, Eleanor.

But the thing that struck me sitting in
that church was that I was mourning.

I was feeling.

It's something I haven't done for a
long, long time.

You said, let my emotions settle.

My problem is, I've had no emotions.

I've been going dead with Bobby.

With every day, I grow a little more
dead.

And that's where my son is becoming most
victimized.

His mother is becoming emotionally
deadened.

I wish I would feel hatred.

or anger towards Bobby.

But I feel neither.

I don't love him.

I don't hate him.

I'm not sure if I really even like him.

But what I am sure of is that for me to
have any chance of resuming some

emotional life, I have to get away from
him.

And that's what I'm doing.

I'm not so convinced we should call her.

Carrie? How can we not?

Well, the neighbor's testimony went so
well, Carrie could just throw that all

away. But our whole case turns on jury
sympathy.

They have to get to know her.

Maybe so.

Eugene, can we talk for a second about
last week when I took the stand?

What's there to talk about?

Look, I know you weren't trying to do me
any favors, but why...

Is there a reason you feel a need to
apologize if

somebody salutes your compassion?

I don't think I do that.

Why do you grunt?

I beg your pardon?

Well, do you intimidate people by
design?

Look, we have a case to work on here,
Jamie. So is there a reason for all

questions? I'm just taking a personal
interest in you, that's all.

Look, I know you wouldn't go out with me
in a million years, but I was

wondering, after this trial, could we
maybe set our clock

ahead a million years and go have
dinner?

I don't think that would be a great
idea.

Okay.

Can we debate the merit of the idea over
dinner?

Let's just get back to work.

I've scheduled a settlement conference
for 9 o 'clock tomorrow morning.

As I said, I'd be thrilled to get 50
under this fact pattern.

Okay.

May I ask, who was handling this case?
You or Lindsay?

Well, I was pushing it uphill.

Lindsay was planning to take the depots.

Why?

Can I be honest?

Sure.

I think a disservice was done to these
people.

Revving the mother up, making her think
there'd be some big score. Her daughter

is in a wheelchair.

We hardly needed to rev her up. She was
obviously led to believe there's some

pot of gold here.

There should be.

A girl is disabled. Yes, the damages are
there.

That doesn't mean liability is.

Whose side are you on?

Claire, I know you don't want to hear
this.

But public housing tenants make lousy
plaintiffs.

For whatever reason, juries don't like
them.

On top of that, you've got a defendant
knee -deep in HUD loans just trying to

keep the place habitable.

There's no pot of gold, and you did a
big disservice to the client to suggest

otherwise.

I know you're young and enthusiastic,
but I think you need to deal with your

zeal.

Sometimes it can cause harm.

The meeting's at nine o 'clock.

We'd been married just under four years.

Happily, till about two years ago.

He was having problems with his
partners.

And he started drinking more.

He started hitting me.

He started hitting you.

Over what period of time?

Over a period of about six months.

Then I got pregnant, and he promised to
stop drinking.

Did he?

For a while.

Things kept getting worse at work.

I couldn't have been easy to be around
in the first trimester of my first

pregnancy. Can you tell us what happened
that night?

He came home.

He'd been drinking.

And he said... He said he didn't want
me.

And he didn't want the baby.

That he was suffocating. That I'd ruined
everything.

Did you argue?

Not really.

I began to respond when he just shoved
me and then he punched me.

What did you do?

I did what I always did.

I took it.

Tried not to make him any more angry.

How did he react to that?

He said something about getting it out
of me.

And then he punched me and I fell to the
ground.

Then what?

I pulled the gun out of the cabinet
where we kept it.

And I told him to stand back, that I
wouldn't let him hurt our baby.

And then he lunged at me.

Carrie, what did you do next?

I shot him.

It was as if my fingers, they just
convulsed on the trigger like it wasn't

shooting.

You say your husband beat you over a six
-month period.

You never called the police any of those
times.

I'm seeing a therapist about that now.
She says it's called battered women's

syndrome. I see. Did you ever go to the
hospital?

No. So you were never really injured?

Oh, I had bruises.

I was just too ashamed to... You never
went to a shelter either?

No. With all these places you could go
to for help... Knowing something's there

and being able to do something about it
are two different... But you did do

something about it, didn't you, Carrie?

You decided to put six bullets into your
husband rather than... Objection!

Sustained! Does the name Robert Sheehan
mean anything to you?

He's a lawyer.

He's a divorce lawyer. You consulted
only one month before you killed your

husband.

I met with him once, but I didn't follow
through on it. Because he told you that

since most of your husband's money was
held in trusts, you would get a lot more

with him dead than if you divorced him.

Objection! Sustained.

Your husband have life insurance?

Yes. It's a $500 ,000 policy with the
money going to you. You're aware of

aren't you?

I'm aware of it.

You decided to trade in your alcoholic
husband for half a million dollars,

didn't you, Mrs. Nielsen? I decided to
save the life of my baby, Mr. Kupchak.

Oh, you were saving your baby?

Yes. Not your own life, but your baby's?

Yes.

Mrs. Nielsen, have you ever had an
abortion?

Objection! The defendant is clearly
saying that a two -month fetus is a

I'd like to cross -examine her on that.
I'll allow it.

Have you ever had an abortion?

Once. Before I was married.

If you remember, how old was the child?

Seventeen weeks.

We get hurt in there today, Jamie. Many
people change their positions on

abortion, Eugene, and especially after
they get married. We need to draft a

proposed set of jury instructions.

Mr. Young, you call for me.

I need for you to think, Mr. Gore. Think
back.

Are you sure you didn't hear anything
before the shots?

I'm not sure at all. He put those words
into my mouth.

I may very well have heard them
fighting.

I may need to put you back up there to
say that.

Okay. I'll let you know.

It's not a good idea. We cannot rest our
case on that kind of uncertainty. Well,

I don't like resting our case where we
are right now. Look, do you want to put

the neighbor up there to say what he may
have heard? Jury instructions, Jamie. I

need them on my desk tonight.

Fine. Fine.

It just seems like such a little amount.
It is, but... I read in the paper,

these people who choose to smoke win
millions of dollars from the tobacco

companies.

My daughter didn't choose to lean
against a broken railing, and now she

walk. I think one thing that they're
betting on is that you can't afford to

this through trial.

If you beat them in court, Miss Carter,
it could take four or five years before

you get anything.

And that's just assuming you win, which
isn't even likely.

There's nothing else you can do?

I don't think so.

I mean, the truth is, you've got a
sympathetic defendant providing housing

loans from HUD. Like Jimmy says, they
get these loans just to... What?

What? What do you mean, redo them? Redo
them. They're imprecise. This whole case

will come down to... Where are they
imprecise?

Three, four, five, six.

We need to spell it out. It is. Not
enough, Jamie. If that judge instructs

a fetus is not a child, we lose.

Do you get that? Our whole theory is
defense.

If she instructs that there is no child,
then there is no other. Stop talking to

me like I'm three. I'm talking to you
like you're a lawyer, and this work is

acceptable. Oh, you're full of crap.

You're upset because I asked you to
dinner and you can't handle it. Well,

offer is revoked. You can go eat a
cheeseburger alone like the big, bald

curmudgeon you are. You don't talk to me
like that. These instructions are fine.

The work is acceptable, so you can go
off in no corner and grunt. Oh, now I

it. Get what?

You asked me out for currency.

Now when I come down on you for your
work, you could claim I'm retaliating

personal reasons.

Very clever. Oh, that is so cynical. I
don't think so. I asked you out because

like you.

And you can't take it. Well, I like you.

I like you.

Claire? Claire?

Did you sleep here?

Uh, I guess I did.

What are you working on?

The Carter case. I have a 9 o 'clock
settlement conference.

It's 10 past 9.

What?

I'm so sorry, traffic.

We just started.

Mr. Sloan is offering us the grand sum
of $20 ,000.

Look, our insurance company is
tightening up on nuisance claims.

Nuisance? Claire, that girl is disabled
for life.

This is hardly a nuisance claim. Come
on, post -accident test showed a minimal

fissure. The railing broke. Because she
jumped onto it. She weighs 70 pounds.

Look, there's no negligence. And if we
go to trial, you're looking at three

years before the first witness is even
sworn in.

Now, I'm sure your client could use that
$20 ,000. My suspicion is it would come

in very handy right now.

You have an obligation to take the offer
to your client.

Could you take this to your client?

What is it? An amendment to our document
production request.

We want your HUD financial records.

I already got the loan application under
the Freedom of Information Act.

Your client made representations about
upgrading and renovating White Oaks

property. They got $4 million, in fact,
which is interesting because, according

to your own interrogatory responses,
there have been no renovations since you

received the HUD funding.

You stated that there are currently no
plans for remodeling.

That might qualify your client for
fraud, Mr. Sloan.

I think you're reaching, counsel.

I don't think so.

You received money earmarked for
repairs.

Had you done those repairs, the faulty
railing would have been discovered.

If you've not done them, brings me back
to fraud.

You don't know what that money was spent
on. Now, I don't think... This is my

motion for a court -enforced audit.

Then we'll know what the money was spent
on or not spent on.

I certainly hope your client didn't take
a low road, Mr. Sloan.

There's still an opportunity to choose a
high one.

I would encourage you... to encourage
your client to reconsider.

Not to avoid an audit, not to avoid
liability for fraud, but to compensate a

-year -old girl who will never be a
cheerleader, who will never get to dance

her senior prom, and who won't walk down
the aisle at her own wedding.

She won't walk through many of life's
moments because I suspect your client

greedy.

I would encourage you to talk to your
client because it's the right thing to

This was murder.

A woman in a lousy marriage fires six
shots, point blank.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

That's not defense.

No evidence of any shouting or fighting
preceding the shooting.

It just so happens the defendant visited
a divorce attorney one month before.

She explored getting out of this
marriage one way.

She chose another.

And as for this theory, she was
defending the life of her unborn child.

This fetus was eight weeks old.

She previously aborted a 17 -week fetus,
so let's not pretend that she

considered it a person. And even if she
did, the law doesn't.

A non -viable fetus is not a person.
That's what the Supreme Court has said.

Now, she wants to say, hey, as far as
she's concerned, It's a human being.

that is exactly the rationale employed
by people who shoot doctors at abortion

clinics. They're just protecting the
lives of the unborn. Well, we don't let

those murderers get away with it, and we
can't let this one.

And finally, even should you choose to
ignore the law, defy the

Supreme Court, and find this fetus to be
a person, thereby...

affording Mrs. Nielsen her novel
defense, her use of force has to be

It cannot be excessive.

The victim here was unarmed.

One shot was arguably excessive. She
fired six.

Five after he lay on the floor.

You see this man here?

He was very much a person.

This... was a human being.

Shot six times, point blank.

She fired the one shot and impulsively
kept squeezing.

In her own testimony, she said her
fingers convulsed on the trigger. That

testimony was not refuted.

As for her consulting with a divorce
lawyer, that didn't just so happen.

Of course she thought about divorce.

The man was beating her.

Punching her in the stomach. She was
pregnant. And talk to any pregnant

They don't point to their stomach and
say the thing or the fetus.

They call it the baby.

So don't tell me that for any woman
who's been pregnant that there isn't a

in play. This country spends millions of
dollars educating people on the

importance of prenatal care because we
recognize that life.

Because parenting... starts with
pregnancy, because the essence of

protecting the child, and that starts in
the womb.

She didn't have to consult with the
Supreme Court to know that she had a

living inside her. Carrie Nielsen was
protecting her child.

And in case you didn't know, if the
victim had killed that child with one of

punches, the state legally could and
would have charged him with murder.

See, we prosecute those who kill non
-viable fetuses unless it's by illegal

abortion. So it's disingenuous for the
state to be saying to you, hey, there is

no life.

There was a life.

And my client did what she had to to
save it.

Okay, members of the jury, I am now
going to give you a set of instructions

before I send you back to deliberate.

The most important one I'm going to say
first and last because you really need

to heed it.

For the purpose of this trial, you are
to consider the fetus a human

being. That means the defendant is
entitled to use force to defend it.

That was good, right?

That's the exact instruction we wanted.
But they still have to find the force

was reasonable. And thick shot is thick
shot.

They also might not be convinced on your
motive. Well, how long before... Are

you okay?

I was contracting all through the
closing.

I could be in labor.

Well, let's get you to a hospital then.

Don't I have to be here?

No, not for the reading of the verdict.

Carrie, why take the risk?

Okay.

Guard?

How much more?

We don't know.

Mr. Sloan says it's a package we'll be
happy with.

So it sounds encouraging.

So this is good news?

It's very good news.

We gave them two days.

We'll let you know as soon as the offer
comes in.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'm going to go tell Virginia.

Okay.

Huh? I didn't appreciate you springing
that stuff in the conference.

I didn't plan that.

I meant to tell you before, but I
overslept and then things looked like

were going south. You don't need to
apologize.

Good work, Claire.

The idea of going to HUD, the legwork,
getting a hold of those documents, that

was something.

It's called zeal.

You're a fine young lawyer.

And, well, excellent job.

Thank you.

How long ago?

Jamie.

Thank you very much.

She's in full labor.

Members of the jury, have you reached a
verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

On the matter of the Commonwealth v.
Carrie Nielsen, on the charge of murder

the first degree, we find the defendant
not guilty.

On the charge of murder in the second
degree, we find the defendant not

This concludes the jury's service.

You are dismissed with the court's
thanks.

We are adjourned.

Congratulations.

You too.

Let's go tell Carrie.

Seven pounds, ten ounces.

Everybody's healthy?

Mother and son are doing fine. The
doctor will be out in a second, and she

you could go in. You told her she was
acquitted? I did. She's ecstatic.

It'll just be a second.

Good day, I guess.

Yep.

I loved your closing, by the way.

Thank you.

Listen, if you still feel like getting
dinner sometime later...

That'd be great.

You can go in Thank you

Now I see why she won the trial before
she delivered.

That might not mean anything.

Nope.

Might not.