All language subtitles for Picket Fences s03e02 Systematic Abuse

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I've retrieved what appears to be a
right middle or ring finger severed at

second joint.

Maybe we should turn you loose and let
the mob outside deal with you. You can't

do this. We can do whatever we want.

We're the cops.

The discovery of the body would be
fruits of a poisonous

tree. I may have no choice.

but to dismiss the charges.

When I come back, the three of you are
going to tell me the brilliant plan

you've devised to keep that bastard in
jail. You've got to figure it out!

Mr. Latham, you are going to trial.

If the Supreme Court has a problem with
that, they can come and get me.

We've got two choices.

The right to the appellate court, try to
overturn Judge Bone, get your statement

and the evidence suppressed, Or try this
case right now, which I think we should

do. Why?

Because our chances of a conviction are
better the sooner we go.

We've got all our evidence except for
the weapon, and if we haven't found that

by now... What about DNA?

Well, all the blood we found was hers.

Hair and fiber go to her, him, and in
the car, her family.

It's not airtight.

Exactly. It's circumstantial.

That's why I'd like to try it while it's
still fresh in the jury's head. Time

can only help the defense.

Then why does Wombo want to go now?

Because I could take advantage of the
short investigation.

I can argue that they didn't take the
time to look for anybody else.

It'll play into reasonable doubt.

Plus, this trial is a free shot for us.

See, if they lose, they can still get it
overturned on constitutional grounds.

If they win, the state can't appeal an
acquittal. The man walks.

It's a free bite for him. Wambaugh knows
what he's doing.

Do we?

Appellate courts are less likely to
overturn a trial than they are a

If we can get a conviction now, we make
his chance on appeal much tougher.

I say we go.

I say we go.

Do I have a chance?

Yes.

No. Our case is circumstantial, but it's
very strong.

He can't win.

I cannot lose this guy.

We won't.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

You like murder trials, Kimberly?

This is going to be a good one.

Sheriff Department is a joke.

It frustrates me.

If they knew how to collect evidence,
they'd have caught the real killer. Mr.

Wambaugh likes to try these cases in the
media where he's free to make up the

fact. He says this because I'm Jewish.

He comes in here today with nothing but
public pressure to get a conviction.

Yeah, well, you'll see what we've got.
I'm getting goosebumps.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't attack
my father in the press.

Kimberly, the media has taken away the
presumption of innocence.

I have to use the spotlight to get it
back.

You ready?

I think so.

Remember, they'll probably introduce the
pictures early. Look horrified to see

them. The jury has to see that they
shock you like anybody else.

Now, it's not imperative that you look,
but I want you in the room.

I want the jury to be reminded of your
tragedy.

Do we have to be here for the whole
trial?

I prefer it.

Emotion cuts in our favor.

I've got your parents, a sister, your
grandmother, and an uncle you've never

met.

My family is coming? And for the purpose
of this trial, you're close -knit.

The jury cannot see it otherwise.

Well, how'd you get them to show up?

You're their only son.

Will they testify?

Not a chance.

If he puts up any character witness,
then we are free to impeach with our

witnesses, and I've got about 20.

I even have a teenage girl that was
threatened by him at knife point two

ago. What?

But I can't use it.

The law says we can't talk about
previous bad acts to convince the jury

this one.

Wait a second. Now, this guy attacked
another girl with a knife, and we can't

tell the jury about it? That's right.

But if they try to argue that he's a
good guy... We can roll out our

witnesses, this girl included.

See, Wanbao knows that.

He won't put this guy's parents up or
anybody to even hint about his

Then what's our case?

The state has the burden to make the
case.

I just have to shoot holes in it, and I
will.

The worst thing is those pictures.

They're some of the most graphic images
I've ever seen.

I apologize for having to show them to
you.

They'll be difficult to look at, but you
must look at them.

The testimonial evidence will show that
Susan Ingrams was stabbed 11 times, but

you cannot know the violent savagery
unless you look.

The prosecution will show beyond all
reasonable doubt that the person

responsible for this repulsive carnage
is Brian Latham, the man sitting right

over there.

That concludes my opening statement.

I would ask first...

When you go home tonight, let us all say
a prayer for Susan

Ingram's and her family.

Nobody here can feel their pain.

This judicial proceeding can never make
them whole.

The prosecution has laid a setting of a
horrible tragedy.

Savagery.

The defense does not dispute this, but
we do take issue with their conclusion

to who is responsible.

It wasn't Brian Latham.

When the prosecution searched for a
witness, they drew a blank.

They looked for a motive.

Blank.

They search for a weapon?

Nothing.

They comb my client's person and
property for bloodstains and forensic

Any evidence at all that would connect
Brian Latham to violence?

Nothing.

As to their efforts to find the person
who really was responsible for this

murder...

Mr.

Littleton has shown you the victim.

I've shown you their case.

Time of death, cause of death, absence
of other hair or fibers on the body, In

the car or at the scene?

Check. And Carter, make sure your voice
works, okay? We're not going to get a

conviction if you sound like a damn
chipmunk again.

Why are you so nervous?

Because Wambaugh opened great, that's
why.

Then you go up.

You're going to cover all the prints,
the tire tracks, the footprints, and

corroborate the store owner's statement.

Then I put you up, Kenny. You are
critical.

Me, me, me.

Carter.

His pointing you to where the body was
is the linchpin.

His demeanor, his look of contrition,
guilt, his sense of wanting redemption

a crime he knew he committed, his
feeling of remorse for taking a human

These are the things you saw in that
cell, and these are the things you must

make that jury see.

I've been over it.

Okay.

There's one other thing we've got to
talk about.

Now,

I don't mean to be critical, but this is
a reality that we're dealing with.

The Sheriff's Department is perceived to
be terrible and largely that perception

is accurate.

Your investigational habits are shoddy.
There is a shocking lack of professional

credibility in the personnel.

Kenny, your intelligence doesn't
translate.

Juries tend to think of you as simple.

Officer Stewart, you were thought of as
intelligent and thorough, but also

erratic.

And Carter, where do I begin with you?

What's your point?

My point is, every case I prosecute is
hampered by the credibility of this

branch.

Now, there are some pluses.

The people know and trust you.

And one of the reasons I didn't try to
kick venue is because in another town,

potential jurors might not extend the
same personal trust that comes from

knowing you. They'd only focus on the
professional incompetence. We're not

incompetent. Look, I don't mean to
attack you, but I have to make you aware

this reality so that you're prepared to
beat it.

When you get up on that stand, I want to
see authority.

Carter, you are a great medical
examiner. Make that jury know that.

Kenny, you're clear -headed. Be precise
and decisive when you're in that witness

chair.

A district attorney can only play his
hand, and you people are my hand.

Now, I want that jury to know this son
of a bitch is guilty because you know

You three know it.

So, if you think he did it, then why are
you helping him?

You have to understand, Zach, even
guilty defendants are entitled to a

and a fair trial.

Why?

Well, you see, um, the state has to
prove guilt before they can lock

up.

The defense attorneys have to make sure
that the burden of proof is met in every

case.

It's all about protecting our system of
justice.

So when defense attorneys represent
guilty people, they're nevertheless

protecting the system.

And by doing that, the innocent are
served.

Do you understand?

No.

You will when you're old enough.

He killed somebody, and you're helping
him.

How old do I have to get?

Wambaugh is using you.

The jury knows the sheriff's daughter is
sitting at the defense table.

They probably know you were friends with
Susan Ingrams.

You're being used.

Time of death can't be fixed positive
since the decomposition process is

affected by the body being in water, the
temperature of which was 54 degrees

Fahrenheit. But through forensics,
entomology, rigor mortis, and post

changes, I can fix death between 1 and 4
a .m. Now, I should like to explain...

Objection!

Too boring.

We'll agree that she died between 1 and
4 a .m. So stipulated.

Were you able to determine the cause of
death, Dr. Pike?

Yes, I was.

Excuse me.

It was death by stabbing. The victim
received multiple wounds from a seven

serrated blade. The fatal blow being a
stab wound to the heart itself.

I'd like to show you a picture of the
victim... I will stipulate that the girl

was killed with a big knife.

I would like to be able to offer my
evidence... You just want to show the

pictures off to shock the jury.

I agree.

Move on, Mr. Littleton.

What about the severing of the finger,
Dr. Pike?

Oh, yes.

This appeared to be a premortem
incision.

Judging from the cuts on the dorsal side
of the arms and the palms, it appeared

the victim tried to defend herself
inside the car. It was during the

that I think the middle left finger was
in fact severed.

And is there anything else that these
wounds told you, Dr. Pike, aside from

cause of death?

Yes, that this was an extremely primal
and brutal killing.

This woman was butchered.

It was the most gruesome autopsy ever in
my professional experience.

Thank you, Dr. Pike.

Nothing further.

Dr. Pike, do any of your medical
findings connect this crime to

Brian Latham?

My medical findings?

No.

Thank you.

That's the man, all right. He bought the
beer and then he got right into her

car. And what time was that, sir?

Just after 11.

And when I closed up at 12 .30, his
truck was still parked in my lot.

And are you sure it was this man and the
victim Susan Ingrams?

Positive.

You said to the police my client looked
normal, even friendly.

Yes, I did.

And after observing my client's
behavior... You had no reason to think

Susan Agrams was in danger, did you?

Well, no.

In fact, you never called the police.

Nothing seemed wrong. Is that correct?

Yes, I guess that's so. Thank you, sir.

Nothing further?

You may step down.

The people call it laying the fever.

Objection!

Sidebar.

We've been through this.

She's excluded.

Just open the door on character
testimony, Your Honor. What?

He got Mr. Emanuel to testify that the
defendant was normal and friendly. He

character on issue. He cross -examined
on what Mr. Emanuel saw.

The witness is excluded. It also goes to
pattern, Your Honor. This man attacked

this girl at knife point. The witness is
excluded.

Damn it, Your Honor.

I don't think you meant to do that.

I'm trying to put on a case here.

Fine. Do it. But you can't put witnesses
up to establish that the defendant is a

bad person.

Now, get back.

Does it bother you?

We're trying to free a man who committed
murder.

He never told me he's guilty.

You never asked him.

I know this may be difficult to
understand, but it would have been wrong

to ask.

I did what a good defense attorney is
supposed to do.

And that's what's hard to understand,
that it's proper procedure for lawyers

navigate around the truth.

The system of justice, Kimberly, doesn't
always mean that the player should act

justly. Take the Lefevre girl.

When John Littleton called her as a
witness, he knew Judge Bone would deny

But by calling her, the jury got to see
that there was somebody else who had

something to say for the prosecution.

They get the impression there's more to
tell than they're being told.

It's cheating.

Not much, just a little sleight of hand.

We all do it because we know the other
guys are going to do it, and we don't

want them to have the edge.

Judge Bone was right. It's all about
winning and losing.

Well, the truth is supposed to be a
product of the adversary process.

So, yes, that means both sides try to
win at all costs.

Even when it means we're trying to free
a guilty killer.

I try not to ask myself such tricky
questions.

All hair and fibers found in the car
belonged either to the victim, the

family members who also drove the car,
or the defendant.

The defendant?

Yes. Several strands of hair found on
the victim or in her car matched the

samples taken from Brian Latham.

We also found slight skin fragments
under her fingernails that were an

genetic match with the defendant.

You have an established foundation for
this witness to give DNA evidence.

In the spirit of cooperation, we'll
stipulate that the hair, skin, and

fibers probably came from my client.

Well, this all happened during a brief
wrestling match where my client

unsuccessfully tried for sex.

Move to strike.

Sustained. The jury will disregard
defense counsel's last statement.

Move on.

What other evidence did you find,
deputy?

The only tire tracks leading to the pond
were those of the victim's car, meaning

whoever committed the murder probably
drove in the victim's car to the swamp,

dumped the body, then drove the car back
to where it was discovered the

following morning on Prospect Road.

And did you find any footprints at the
pond site?

We did.

And they matched the shoes being worn by
the defendant at the time we arrested

him. And were there any other prints to
suggest that someone else had been

around? No, there were not.

And were there any hairs or fibers found
on the person of the victim that did

not come from either the victim or the
defendant?

No, there were not.

Thank you, Deputy.

I have nothing further.

When you arrested my client, you checked
his person, his truck, and motel room

for physical evidence, didn't you?

Yes. Did you find any?

No.

Nothing? Not even a spattering of blood?

Not anything?

No. You never found a murder weapon?

No, we did not.

Eyewitnesses? No.

What a thing.

Before Susan Ingrins left the house on
the night of question, do you know what

happened?

She was involved in an argument with her
parents. An angry argument, according

to the statement that they made to the
police.

And you say you found their hair and
fibers in her car.

Maybe they found her and killed her.
Objection. Counsel.

It's just a theory, I know.

Did you explore this possibility, Deputy
Stewart?

No, we did not.

Why not?

There was no evidence indicating any
involvement by the parents.

You didn't even consider that it could
be anybody else, did you, Deputy?

All the evidence pointed to him. All the
evidence you bothered to collect.

Under oath, Deputy Stewart, there's been
a lot of public pressure for you to

solve this crime, hasn't there?

Public hysteria does not compromise our
investigation.

I again remind you that you are under
oath.

When you interrogated Brian Latham, did
you say to him, you won't get a fair

trial. Somebody's going to pay for what
happened to this girl.

If you're the only suspect we offer up,
then it'll be you, whether you're

innocent or not.

Did you say that, Deputy?

That was in the context of an
interrogation. He told you he was

And you responded, it doesn't matter.

Somebody has to be blamed. And then you
said, we're the cops.

We can do anything we want.

We were doing a good cop, bad cop thing.
You said it, didn't you?

Yes.

But you don't understand.

Thank you.

But I think I do.

I can't take this. I just cannot take
this anymore.

First, you violate the Constitution.

Now, the case should have been kicked on
that screw -up. And now this?

I cannot take... You tell the defendant
that he will not get a fair trial. It

doesn't matter if he's innocent or not.
The jury's going to convict him anyway?

It was a tactic.

A tactic?

It was a tact... Oh, it was a tactic.

We dispense... with the Constitution as
a tactic. We threaten unfair trials as a

tactic. These are the tactics of the
Rome, Wisconsin Sheriff's Department. I

have had it. John. No, a killer's going
to walk, Sheriff.

Don't defend them.

Take responsibility.

Their behavior is a reflection on you,
and right now your whole damn

department's a joke.

I'm a joke.

We are the team responsible for letting
a murderer walk.

Turn on the newscast tomorrow night and
just listen to what all the commentators

are saying about all of us. And if that
doesn't sink in, try.

Just try making eye contact with Susan
Ingram's parents.

Their daughter was chopped into pieces,
and the man who's responsible is going

to go free because of our incompetence.
This isn't over yet.

There's still Kenny's testimony.

Imagine the confidence I get from that.

Nothing is helped by this.

Deputy Locos, tomorrow.

Tomorrow, I put the whole prosecution in
your hands.

Unexpected surprises are the best.

Not to me.

Get out.

You're a character.

I'm also the judge in the case you're
trying.

Don't you know what ex parte is? Of
course I do. It's Latin.

But when I saw you eating, I thought you
might want company.

Social. Wrong again.

Get out.

You know, Henry, not to discuss the
facts, because I know I cannot do that,

what a cross I had today.

With Max on the stand, any lawyer could
only hope to have one cross like that in

a career. I could actually get this guy
off.

You must be very proud.

Back when I started practice, I would
actually get aroused by success in the

courtroom.

Sexually stimulated.

Not a lot, but a little.

I'm so happy you're sharing this. This
all happened when I was in my 20s.

I won a lot of cases since then. It's
become routine.

But today, when I crossed Max, and when
she admitted to those things that she

said in the interrogation, What a rush.

I felt a little tingle.

Not much, just a little.

I had a moment, Henry.

You must admit that the practice of law
can be a very gratifying thing.

I need a housekeeper.

Boy's gone?

Yeah, they left early. They wanted to
walk.

Shouldn't you be going to school?

I'm in court. The teachers know.

Shouldn't miss a whole week.

What's the problem, Daddy?

You don't want me sitting at Wambaugh's
table.

I get it. But don't come at me sideways
with the school thing.

Don't. Talk to me with that tone.

My tone is honest. All right.

You want me out of that courtroom so the
jury might think that I abandoned the

defense. So how about this, Daddy? How
about I go to court, announce Brian

Latham is guilty, and then I'll go to
school?

I told you to drop that tone. What about
me? I haven't even looked at you in my

class. Talk to you. I'm an adult now.

You're a little sensitive because you
are ashamed of what you are doing.

You should be ashamed of trying to take
advantage of... I am ashamed. I'm

ashamed of my daughter. You go to hell!

I knew he believed in God.

And I asked him, as a believer in God,
as a believer that every Christian

deserves a proper burial, I asked him to
tell me where that body lay.

And his response?

At first, he just looked down.

So I asked him to think about her
parents.

I asked him to make things right.

I asked him again, make things right.

That's when he told me.

Told you where to look.

Exactly.

We then proceeded to the destination and
retrieved the corpse.

And did Brian Latham admit to killing
Susan Ingram? He didn't say it in words,

but he made it clear.

He put that girl in the swamp.

Thank you, Deputy.

I have nothing further.

Are you a mind reader, Kenny?

No, sir, I'm not.

Yet you say that my client made
something clear without words.

What'd you do, play charades?

All I can say, counsel, is the
communication isn't limited to words.

Perhaps... May I finish my response,
please? No.

Yes.

Go ahead.

He was careful not to say it exactly.

But I was in that room.

I to I, we looked at each other.

Catholic to Catholic.

We knew we had to face the truth.

And he told me where the body was.

He was admitting to me that he killed
her.

Did he say it with words?

No. Did he say it?

Yes, he did.

So, we have to assume the body language
skills of Kenny Lockers. I was the only

person in the room with him. You can't
contradict me because you weren't there.

And I'm telling you and everybody in
this room, that man killed Susan

Objection. Sustained.

That remark is stricken.

Any more questions, Mr. Wambaugh?

No, Your Honor.

Nothing further.

The witness may step down.

We just got hurt.

Penny was good.

So what happens now? I think we got to
testify.

Now, you listen to me very carefully,
Mr. Latham. Your life depends on it.

Follow this.

If you don't testify, we will lose.

Now, that's simple.

Here's where it's complicated.

As your lawyer, I have an obligation to
say that you must tell the truth.

If I know you're going to lie, I have a
duty to either not put you up there or

to let you testify in the narrative
only, in which case the jury will figure

things out.

The best thing would be, of course, for
me to believe that you didn't kill Susan

Agrams. Then I would have no ethical
problem putting you on the stand.

You with me?

I think so.

So I'm now going to ask you for the
first time.

Did you kill Susan Ingrams?

No, I did not.

Excellent. Now, here are the problem
areas you must explore. Kimberly.

Fragments of your skin found under her
fingernails. You said you briefly

wrestled with her. A little sexual
foreplay.

Perhaps it got rough and she scratched
you.

I don't know.

It's for you to think about.

Kimberly.

Your footprints at the scene, you're
knowing where the body was.

That's their whole case.

If you can satisfy these questions, we
still have a chance.

Remember, you have an obligation to tell
the truth at all times, of course.

Of course.

Very important.

If Mr. Littleton traps you on cross, if
he catches you in any misstatement, it's

probably because this whole thing is so
upsetting that you get confused.

Imagine being accused of such a horrible
crime.

Whose mind wouldn't be affected?

I got you.

Good.

So tell me, what happened after the two
of you left the store?

At first, we just drove around drinking
the beer.

We actually drove down to the pond for a
little bit. I got out and looked

around. You went to the pond?

Just for a few minutes. She said it was
her favorite place.

Then we went driving around some more.

and pulled over on a dirt road.

And what happened there?

Well, we finished the beer, and we
started to kiss a little bit.

Then things kind of heated up.

How?

Well, the kissing got a little more
passionate, and I, you know,

touched her breasts and buttocks.

And this was all consensual?

Completely. Then I kind of tried to take
her pants off, and we wrestled a

little.

She kind of scratched me.

She scratched you?

Yes.

She said she didn't want to go any
further, so we stopped.

And then what?

Then she drove me back down to the
store, probably around 2.

I got out, got in my truck, and drove
home.

That was the last I saw her.

Well, Brian, how did you know where the
body was?

I didn't know.

Deputy Locos kept pressing me for places
to look.

She had said that the pond was one of
her favorite places, and I kind of

directed him to look there.

I didn't know.

I was just trying to help.

You were just trying to help.

Tell me something, Mr. Latham. Why
didn't you tell the police you'd been to

pond?

As they brought me in, my lawyer
instructed me to tell them nothing.

But you went on to say a lot.

Whoa.

Once they said I was a suspect, I
certainly told them all that I thought

relevant, that I'd been kissing her and
that we were together.

I didn't think the pond was really
relevant at that point. But at some

you changed your mind about that.

Well, when she didn't turn up, I
remembered her telling me that the pond

favorite place.

So I thought maybe she went back there
and maybe something happened to her

there, but I didn't do it. Yeah, you
keep saying that.

Is there anybody...

who can verify the time that you got
back to your motel that night. I don't

know. It's your job to collect evidence,
not mine, sir.

Thank you.

And isn't it funny how all the evidence
we did collect points right at you?

And isn't it strange that you knew
exactly where that body could be found?

But you say you didn't do it, so I guess
it's our evidence versus your

credibility.

Have you ever been convicted of a crime?

I asked you a question, sir.

Breaking and entering. How many times?

Twice.

You're a convicted felon.

So can we both agree that when this jury
goes back to deliberate, that it should

turn on your credibility?

Objection sustained.

One last thing.

You said when it became clear that the
girl couldn't be found, you directed

Kenny to the pond.

But when the police first brought you
in, they made it clear that Susan Ingram

was missing.

Why didn't you tell them about the pond
then?

I, uh... I forgot.

You forgot?

I was being accused of a horrible crime.

I was upset.

Can you imagine being told you're a
murder suspect?

I was in shock.

Yeah, I bet you were.

I'm done with this witness.

The witness may step down.

There must be something in the water in
Rome, Wisconsin, because things just

seem to keep happening there, and they
happen fast.

Today, the Brian Latham murder trial is
expected to go to the jury, just two

weeks after the defendant allegedly
killed Susan Engrams. You'll remember

is the same town where the mayor was
convicted of murder last year, only to

succeeded by another mayor who was
murdered by his own son.

Maybe we should move. Just eat your
cereal, Zach.

I'm off to court. Anybody got a problem
with that?

No.

Not at all?

Good.

We all want to believe he's the guy.

We're desperate to believe it.

Of course, then we can fix things.

You'd find him guilty, get him off the
street.

Go back to feeling safe and sitting on
our front porches.

The facts, they're pretty good.

He was last seen with her.

His footprints were at the pond and he
knew where the body was.

Now you could take the circumstantial
evidence, combine it with your fear and

desperation and fudge a conviction.

The town will probably be grateful to
you.

But I bet that there are a few of you...

who are afraid of condemning an innocent
man.

Maybe some of you take seriously the
obligation to find guilt beyond a

reasonable doubt.

Then you've got trouble.

He drove to the pond with her, then to a
roadside where they kissed a little and

wrestled some. That explains all the
physical evidence, the hairs, the

the footprints.

His knowledge that she liked the pond,
that explains it all.

No weapon.

No witnesses.

No blood of my client or his
possessions.

Nothing even microscopic.

How is that possible?

There would have to be a small
spattering of blood somewhere.

Simple answer.

He didn't do it.

Brian Latham.

is innocent.

And even if you hate the thought of it,
you at least have to admit the

possibility. It's at least possible
somebody came after Brian left and

Susan Engrams.

Deputy Stewart testified that they
didn't even look for anybody else. They

didn't even investigate it.

They were confident that you would
convict whoever they would throw up for

sacrifice.

So what do you do?

I could ask you to go back to that room
and do right by Brian Latham.

I could ask you to do right by the
system.

Instead, I'll only ask you to do right
by yourselves.

You all know there's reasonable doubt.

You can't not know it.

So all I ask is that when you come back
out of that jury room, come out with

your integrity intact.

Come out with a verdict of not guilty.

He's right. Not guilty.

Come on.

Mr.

Littleton.

You better be good.

Well, for one, I agree with him.

This thing comes down to your integrity.

The last thing I do is ask you to
safeguard the system. The system today

perverted.

Attorneys jockey for positioning.

We manipulate the press for jury bias.

We hire publicists to remake criminals
into victims.

The truth?

The truth is only relevant if it
supports our case.

But this process still has one redeeming
exception that continues to make it the

best in the world. It's called the jury.

It's made up of people who, for the most
part, still cling to the ideal that it

must be about truth.

It may be diminishing, but many
Americans are still raised with a public

conscience, an ingrained sense of
morality.

And if we get enough of those people in
this box, the system still works.

I don't know what we've got in this box
today.

I do know you could go back to that
room, dissect all the semantics, play

the pieces of evidence, consider all the
magical possibilities.

You could stay back in that room for a
week, because anything is possible.

Anything can be doubted.

But reasonable doubt?

Drifter with a criminal record.

Last seen with her.

Knows exactly where the body was. His
skin is under her fingernails. Come on.

He killed that girl.

He lied up on that chair. Every one of
us knows that.

Now, is it possible the things that he
said? Of course.

Is it conceivable that he forgot to
mention the pond to the police, but then

remembered on the stand with the help
from his lawyer?

Anything is conceivable.

But that's not what happened.

You look each other in the eye when you
go back to that room. You know what

happened.

That man brutally stabbed this girl to
her death.

Their daughter, Susan Ingle.

She's gone.

She's gone forever.

Do you people have a conscience?

A barometer of good and evil.

Show me.

Show this community.

Show these parents.

Show them that the truth, in fact, does
count more than the contest.

Like he said, come out of that room with
your integrity intact.

When I said I was ashamed of you, I
didn't mean it.

I know.

I think the law can be a very noble
profession.

Especially if you're part of it.

You're an extraordinary young woman,
Kimberly.

I'm just afraid that...

You'll set your standards by one ball.

That would be a shame.

The

court

will come to order.

Will the defendant please rise?

Madam Foreman, has the jury reached the
verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What say you?

In the matter of people versus Brian
Latham on the charge of murder in the

degree, we find the defendant guilty as
charged.

Yes! Get it! Yes!

Members of the jury, thank you for your
time.

Your service is concluded.

This matter is adjourned.

Bailiff, take the defendant into
custody.

Will appeal.

I've already written the brief.

Van's waiting out back. Let's get him
down. Deputy, one second.

Come on. One second, please.

Alone.

Hold on.

Make it quick.

It's all over.

Done.

I got no motive to say anything to you.
Say it fast.

Truth time.

Catholic to Catholic.

Me to you.

I didn't do it.

I'm going to jail forever.

I know it.

I'm convicted.

But I'm innocent.

We gotta go. Come on.