All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.UK.S01E02_Legendas01.ENG

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented
by two separate,

yet equally important groups.

The police,
who investigate crime,

and the Crown Prosecutors,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

- Hey, Jess.
- Hi.

- How's it going?
- Good.

Try the soup.

It's to die for.

He means last time he made it,
six people died.

Isn't that right, Reverend?

We've a bed
at the shelter if you want it.

You okay, mate?

Cheryl! Call an ambulance!

Now!

We're out here most nights,

so most kids who...

sleep rough are familiar faces.

But you'd never seen
this kid before?

No.

Okay, well, we'll need to talk
to all the kids

that were here earlier.

- Reverend Crawford?
- Yeah...

Sorry.

We do breakfast at the shelter
for the rough sleepers.

The kids usually enjoy that, too.

That poor boy.

He was dead by the time
you found him, sir.

There's nothing
you could have done.

One of our uniformed guys
will look after you.

Multiple bruises and contusions.

Back of his head
was popped like a grape.

No wallet, no ID, no mobile.

So not a known local.
What do you reckon?

Lad walked off the train

and got his first and last
welcome to London.

He was what, 12, 13?

Someone should
tell these kids

the streets aren't lined
with well-wishers.

If the street's the alternative,

makes you wonder
what they're running from.

Well, he didn't come out
of Euston Station.

Must be a local after all.

Well, that narrows it down
to 659 square miles.

Thank you.

So, how does a young kid
like that get beaten to death

and no one notice?

Well, let's start
with the witnesses,

get down the Reverend's shelter.

Someone from down there
might have recognized the kid.

Yeah. Mind you,
state you're in now,

they'll probably hose you down,
give you a meal.

You're no prince charming!

First Superdrug we pass,
you're stopping for Listerine.

Do you always smell so minty?

Cheryl,
do you recognize him, love?

I was too busy working
last night trying to keep warm.

Go on, have a think.

- I bet nothing gets past you.
- Do women ever fall for that?

I don't know him from Adam.

Cheryl, your tattoo,
is that a local gang?

Yeah. I got out a few months ago

and the Rev got me
this job here.

Since when did you
become an expert on gangs?

I'm old Bill,
not prehistoric Bill.

So where do you lot hang out?

I'm telling you, man,
I got an airtight alibi.

We haven't told you when
you need your alibi for yet.

That's your world out there.

This is ours in here.
We don't mix!

Yeah?
Three pointer says you're wrong.

Okay.

Shame, man. You got a photo?

He was found dead last night
at the back of Euston station,

head kicked in.

- Don't need no photo, then.
- You know who did it?

He weren't done by a gang, man.

That whole area round there,
that's the neutral zone.

No one gets touched
in the neutral zone.

Law of the land, man.

Youths gotta use the train, too,
don't they?

So bloody tribal.
One street against the next,

kids getting beaten for walking
through outlawed areas.

Rivalry between kids
ain't nothing new, Matt.

You can't tell me you
and your mates never organized

a punch up between your school
and the next one down the road.

We never carried knives or guns.

Then kids haven't changed,
society has.

I hate these cases, Matt.

All that potential gone.

I'd say your male anon...

was 13.

Cracked ribs,
punctured lung,

a ruptured spleen.

He hemorrhaged
from almost every major organ.

How long do you reckon he could
have walked around like that?

Slow rate of seepage.
An hour, two tops.

Any sign of sexual abuse?

No evidence of any
sexual activity.

No fluids, no tearing of tissue.

Just normal blunt force wounds.

Probably from
steel toe-capped boots or DMs.

- Any tattoos, gang markings?
- No.

Somebody on the street
must know this kid.

There's no way he was living
on the street.

This boy was well looked after,
well fed.

His last meal was polenta
and roasted vegetables.

They don't serve polenta
and roasted veg

in soup kitchens.

Where are the parents
in all this?

If my kid had missing for
the best part of a day,

I'd be going spare!

You and me both.
We've sent his photograph

to all the other constabularies,

just in case his parents
do a walk-in.

There's been nothing.

How's the response
to the media appeal?

Lots of calls obviously,

lots of sympathy,
but so far no leads.

And you've checked
with Missing Persons?

Yep.
None matching his description.

There's no match
with fingerprints or DNA either.

Without his name,
we've got nothing.

Nowhere to start.

We just got a hit
from the media appeal.

A Mrs. Lee,
a teacher over in Kilburn.

Couldn't believe it
when I saw his face on the news.

Danny Jackson,
one of my after school regulars.

Hurry up, Chloe.

So I take it he wasn't exactly
teacher's pet?

Actually, he was a decent kid,
just shy.

He had dyslexia.
He was on our mainstream scheme.

Do you have an address
for Danny?

I've got an old one,
six months ago.

His mother moved. New boyfriend,
according to Danny.

Did he ever talk about
his home life?

You mean did he show up
with bruises?

Kids are good at keeping
that sort of stuff from you.

Yeah.
Baggy clothes'll hide a lot.

Yeah.

The boyfriend's a bookie.
Wimbledon dog track.

You're too late. Danny's mum
moved out three months ago

Well, do you have an address?

From day one,
Mandy and that kid of hers

were nothing but trouble.

Everything okay, babe?

Nothing to worry about, sweetheart.

I see you bounced right back.

Mandy left me.
She ripped me off.

As for Danny? Bloody hell!

When he weren't drawing,
he was bouncing off the walls.

I reckon the reason Mandy
got stoned half the time

was cause of him.

What about you, Stevie?

You ever need to make
Danny see sense?

I've never hit a kid.

Stevie...

Just give us Mandy's address

before she decides
to move on again.

She's in rehab. You see her...

Tell her I want my plasma back.

That's her.

She's been clean
for nearly three months now.

Hello, Mandy.

Social Services said

I wasn't fit to be
left alone with him.

So...

I wanted him back,
so I went into rehab.

He cried
when they took him away.

I told him, "Danny,
you're going to a nice house.

You'll be fed
and looked after and...

safe."

After everything
I'd put him through.

After... everything...

He didn't wanna go.

I want him back.

Please bring him back.
I want him back!

We'll get whoever did this.

A few months ago,
the PE teacher

at Danny's new school
noticed some bruises.

- Did Danny say how he got them?
- Too scared.

Child abuse team
couldn't prove anything.

I'd have had a fiver on
Boyfriend Of The Year,

Stevie Agnew, myself.

We took Danny into care.
Two days later, Mandy turns up.

Said she'd agree to do rehab,
anything to get him back.

This is what I always worried

the inside of my head
looked like.

One person's mess is
another person's filing system.

Thank you.

Was Danny placed
with foster parents?

Um, Phoebe Baxter.
She's the best we've got.

So why didn't she report
Danny missing on Friday night?

If I'd have told Social Services
that Danny was missing,

they'd have taken him
away from me.

He was settling in so well.

So, well, you didn't know
where he was?

It's not prison.
I don't tag 'em.

I've been doing this long enough to understand the pattern.

They run away once,
parents' house...

hoping that mum and dad have
patched up their differences.

And after a day or two,
they come back again.

That's what I thought Danny
was up to.

I failed him.

So, just run us through
what happened on Friday evening,

Mrs Baxter, please.

Well, after school,
we all sat down

and ate dinner together,
like always,

and then Danny went off
to the cinema

with Jono and Andy.

After the film,
we stopped for some chips on the Camden High Street.

So, tell us
what happened then, Jono.

Andy and I went in,
got our order.

When we came out,
Danny was just, like, gone.

- Anything behind me?
- Yeah, your youth!

What about you, Andy? Danny say
anything to you before he left?

How was Danny that night, Andy?

He's a right chatterbox,
your mate, isn't he?

He won't talk to the old Bill.
Last time he did, he got nicked!

We looked around for him,
didn't we?

We thought he might
come back here.

So you think Danny
was homesick, Andy?

No way!

That minger his mum was
shaggin', he used to hit Danny

for going in the back room
while he was watching ponies.

Danny told you Stevie hit him?

He showed us the bruises.

I was in all night
watching telly with Debbie.

Danny never came round.

I know people like you, Stevie.

People who lie
about hitting kids.

People who get a kick out of
seeing the bruises the next day.

I never hit him.

I took him in, fed him.

I put a roof over his head.
Why would I hit him?

Right now,

SOCO are going through all the
CCTV footage in your borough.

Uniform are searching your area.

Forensics are going through
your flat.

Let me get this straight.

You're saying I killed Danny
because his mum nicked my telly?

I never hit him, never.

Stevie...

Uniform...

found this.

It is Danny's mobile phone.

Found it just across
from your flat.

I didn't kill that boy!

Look, guv, the other kids
at Phoebe Baxter's,

they confirmed
that Stevie hit Danny!

He's got motive,
he's got previous.

Hang on, hang on.

The kids said they only saw
the bruises, not the beatings.

Nobody, nobody has proved
that Agnew was battering Danny.

And even if he was,
it doesn't mean he's a murderer.

Look, look at his body language.

I mean, he's sitting on his hands! It's classic!
He's hiding something!

Matt, what are you gonna
charge him with, bad posture?

One of you's right,
but tick-tock, boys.

Your custody clock
is running down.

- Ronnie, mate, I know it's him.
- Matt...

Everything we've got
is circumstantial, right?

We have a phone that was found
in a communal area--

- Come on.
- Listen. We have no witness.

And Agnew is gonna deny
he's done anything wrong

until he is blue in the face.

I've been that kid, you know?

Why don't we go and talk to
Debbie and check Stevie's alibi?

Stevie usually
takes me out on a Friday night

but I had a stinking cold,
so we stayed in.

I sat on the sofa with a duvet,
dosed up on cold medicine.

- And where was Stevie?
- In the back, watching telly.

- Dog races on Sky.
- Did he pop out at all?

He was in all night.

I'm tellin' ya,
Stevie wouldn't harm a fly.

What's that on your arm?

Not what it looks like.

Well, it looks like
somebody's hit you.

He's got a temper. Who hasn't?

I can be really annoying.
I know I can.

So, Stevie was in all night,

you were in all night
and that's it?

Anything else?

About ten o' clock,

I heard someone
put the key in the lock.

I knew Stevie was in,

so I went over
and opened the door...

and I heard some people
running away.

Well, do you know who it was?

I dunno.

I just caught a glimpse.

- A glimpse?
- It might not even have been Danny!

CCTV puts Stevie at the flat

at 19:30 on the evening
Danny died.

He leaves
at 8:00 in the morning.

He was at the flat all night.

Well, he might have nipped
out the back.

No, Back alley's covered
by a residential camera.

He's in the clear.

All right.
We're back where we started.

Oh, ye of little faith.

That's Danny.

And that other kid's
the chatterbox from Phoebe Baxter's place.

Andy Sefton.

So that boy with the hood on
could be the other lad.

- Jono Blake?
- Yeah.

Well, and that's exactly
the same time

they said they were
at the cinema in Camden.

From this, they must have been
among the last people

to see Danny alive.

Bring 'em in, first thing.

- It weren't me.
- You're on CCTV, Jono.

Standing next to Danny

- just before he died.
- How do you know it's me?

Well if it wasn't you,
it was your body double.

- You were wearing a hoody.
- So you can't see my face.

Now, look, Jono,
let's keep this simple.

What happened after you ran away
from Stevie's flat?

I told ya.

The three of us went
to the pictures,

then we went to the chippy.

And what film did you see?

I can't remember. I fell asleep.

It was boring,
just like this place.

Jono, mate,
we checked the cinema's CCTV.

You weren't there.

You've gotta stop lying.

Jono...

- You miss Danny?
- What?

Well, you shared a room
with him, didn't you?

So what do you think when you look and see an empty bed?
Miss him?

- 'Course I do. We were mates.
- How does that make you feel?

Wish he was still here.

I bet you do.

I bet you used to look out
for each other an' all, eh?

'Course we did.

That's why I reckon that's
gotta make you pretty angry

at the person who did this.

Jono...

Tell us what happened.

You think you're so clever,
don't you?

You tell me.

Grub's up.

Andy here's been giving me
the silent treatment.

Oh. It's probably
'causes he's hungry.

Don't look at 'em like that.
They're not poison.

I mean, they were made
in our canteen

but nobody's died yet.

We don't want you to say
anything you're not comfortable with, Andy.

God knows
I've drummed it into my own boy.

He's about the same age as you, actually.

I've said, "If ever you get
in trouble with the police,

don't sit there
and make things up."

That's the mistake
everybody makes.

They forget police
have got forensics,

DNA, CCTV.

They'll know if you're lying.

So, best thing is...

tell the truth.

Everything'll sort itself out.

And there's another big reason
why you should tell us the truth, Andy.

For Danny.

He's not here to tell us
what happened.

As Danny's mate,
don't you think you owe him that?

What about Jono?

He's my mate, too.

What if he knows I told you?

We'll look after you.

You don't have to keep quiet
any longer, Andy.

Danny wanted some money
so he and his mum could get a flat together.

He said Stevie had a load
of music gear we could flog.

When we heard someone
in the flat, we ran.

One minute,
we're legging it and the next,

Jono just loses it.

Pushes Danny over,

blames him for people
being in the flat.

He started smashing
his face in...

Stamping on it.

It was like he was trying
to bust him open.

Never seen nothin'
like it before in my life.

Jono went mental.

So, our prime suspect
is a 13-year-old kid

whose voice
ain't even broken yet.

I dunno. I need a minute
to get my head around this.

Unbelievable.

Well, do you believe
Andy's story?

Little kid like Jono
does that to his mate?

Well, all the facts all fit
and it's definitely possible.

I tell you what,
if he did do it,

the case could go nuclear,
that's for sure.

The press'll be all over him like a rash. Here, CPS.
Hello, Alesha.

Are we done now? Can I go?

Jonathan Blake,

we're charging you with
the murder of Daniel Jackson.

I'm gonna need summaries

of all murder
or manslaughter cases

from the last 30 years,
where the killer was under 16--

No! Still? Bless.

Play nicely, Bea.

Jono Blake is innocent.
He's just a scared little kid

who's been stitched up
by his mate and you.

He's on CCTV with Danny
minutes before the murder.

His DNA's all over Danny's body

and his DMs were covered
in blood and human matter.

Yeah, well,
obviously he was there

but Andy Sefton is bigger,
older and stronger.

What, and that's your defense?
Andy did it?

Bea, that's rubbish

The facts don't fit.

It'll take me two minutes
to discredit it.

Yeah? Well, when the jury
look at big old Andy

next to scared, little Jono...

we'll see who they believe.

Seriously, that's your case?

I know her.
She's up to something.

That defense is way too simple.

Just because you two
used to do the headboard shuffle

doesn't mean you have
any insight

into how she runs
her defenses nowadays.

What, you and her?

Yeah, it was a long time ago.
Thanks for that, George.

Stop worrying about her

and ensure your case
is unassailable.

Youth crime
is our most sensitive issue,

so no cock ups, no surprises.

Triple check every fact.

Go back to the families.

Biological parents,
foster parents.

Comprehensive character profile
of Jono Blake.

- That way, Bea can't spring any traps.
- Okay.

Oh, wrong. Come on, son.

Pain au chocolat! How did you
know my weakness for the French?

Jono Blake's
Social Services file says

he was suspended from school.

Do you know why?

Well, the teacher said
there was an altercation in the playground.

Did Jono start this altercation?

Half the kids said he did,

half said he didn't.
This is a bribe, isn't it?

Can you get statements
from all the kids?

What, all of 'em?
You are taking the Michael!

We need every angle covered.

Oye.

How come he gets
to have breakfast with you?

Leave it to me, sweetheart.
I'm your man.

Leave what?
What's he doing for you?

You come in late,
you miss things.

- Ooh ah, chocolat.
- Hey, do you want a coffee?

I already told the police,

Jono ain't been my problem
for a long time now.

Tell me about his dad.

Serving life in Ashbridge
with his brother.

Last time he came out, he swore
blind he was going straight.

More fool me, ay?

- Was Jono ever violent at home?
- He's a boy.

They're all little thugs,
as far as I can see.

Take a look round here.
They're all the same.

- Why was he taken away from you?
- I've been through all this.

And I want to hear it from you,
so I've got all the facts.

- I left him alone, once.
- Overnight?

I went for a drink
with a guy after work.

One thing led to another.

Next thing I know,
it was morning.

Jono was fine,
nothing had happened,

but Social Services loves
sticking their noses in, don't they?

Sounds like you and Jono
have had a rough time.

What would you know about
a rough time?

I grew up around the corner
from here.

Whatever.

Jono's mum left him
alone more than once.

He's petrified of being left
on his own.

That's why he's always joking
and mucking about.

He thinks if you like him,
you might stay around.

And how did Jono
get on with Danny?

They were best mates,
practically inseparable.

Two teenage boys sharing a room?
They must have fought a bit.

Spent a day and a half
sizing each other up.

After that, I don't remember
a cross word between them.

They were closer than brothers.

So you never saw Jono
being violent towards Danny,

or anyone else?

It's not that simple.
If he'd had once decent role model,

things might have been
different.

He had you.

And he was changing.
Kids are work in progress.

I know bad kids.
Jono's not one of them.

He murdered Danny, Mrs. Baxter.

We have a duty
to prosecute Danny's killer.

Whose duty is it
to speak for Jono?

They'll demonize him,
lock him away.

Out of sight, out of mind.

If we give up on our kids,
it's a matter of time

before they give up
on themselves.

Phoebe Baxter and Jono's mum
could be talking about two different boys.

Their opinions
are that polarized.

Doesn't matter.
We deal in evidence,

the facts of this matter.

I feel a conscience pricking.

Jono's foster mum,
the person who knows him best,

says he shouldn't be abandoned.

She feels that Jono's
a victim, too.

Really?

'Cause I've just watched
the mobile phone footage

of Jono's playground attack
on a classmate.

Jono wasn't the victim that day.

He's 13.

He goes into the prison system,
he's lost for life.

Then he shouldn't have
committed murder.

Now, staunch your bleeding heart, Alesha.
The victim is in the mortuary.

We're Crown Prosecution,
not Crown empathy.

A line has to be drawn

on youth crime
and we're drawing it.

Is that what you think?

I think Danny's mother needs us
to provide justice for her son.

All persons who
have anything to do

with my Lords,
the Queen's Justices of the Central Criminal Court,

- draw near...
- At least Judge Anderson

agreed to hear the trial
in private and keep the public and the press out.

God save the Queen.

Case of Crown
and Jonathan Blake.

Imagine being in that dock
when you were 13.

I tried to stop him
but he just lost it.

It was like he was someone else.

Jono kept kicking Danny
over and over.

I legged it 'cause...

'Cause I was scared.

Out of the three of you, Andy,
who's the tallest?

- I am.
- And what weight are you?

About ten or 11 stone.

So would you say,

you could beat Danny
and Jono in a fight?

- I suppose.
- No further questions.

Is that it?

That's it.

My mum was out when
Social Services took me away.

When they took you,
how did that make you feel?

Sad. Angry.

But then I went to Mrs. B's.
She looked after me.

- Things were all right.
- No further questions

Do you start a lot of fights,
Jono?

No.

Do you remember Martin Taggart?

Do you remember
Martin Taggart, Jono?

Yeah, I went to school with him.

You fought with Martin,
didn't you?

He started it.

But you were fully aware

that you were causing him
serious injury?

So he shouldn't have started it.

And isn't it true
that no charges were pressed against you,

because your father intimidated
Martin's parents?

What's that got to do with me?

- That fight was nothing.
- Nothing?

That's how you'd describe it?

This mobile phone footage
was filmed

by a child in the playground.

Do you still think
that was nothing, Jono?

The easiest prosecution
I've ever had to make.

She didn't raise
a single objection! Why?

You should be delighted.

McArdle's asked for the jury
to be discharged.

She's changed
the basis of her plea.

- She's put in an application?
- For a retrial.

The new defense she's running
is that Jono is not guilty

by reason of mental defect.

What?

She'll never make it home
on an insanity defense.

She's not saying he's insane

She's running
'non-insane automatism,

an involuntary act committed

while not conscious
of actions taken'.

Most of Jono's blood relatives
are in prison,

her defense is that Jono
is genetically predisposed

to violent behavior.

Oh, she can't run that!
It's outrageous!

We'd have every criminal
in the country making the same case.

- What's she playing at?
- Don't blame me, blame my genes.

It's bold, I'll give her that.
But let's not panic.

No sane judge would let that
get beyond a hearing.

So who did we draw?

- Judge DeMarco.
- Oh...

God, let's panic.

For over a hundred years now,

scientists have seen
a relationship between

genetics and human behavior.

My Lord,
relevance to Crown and Blake?

Researchers in Scandinavia
have identified

a defective gene
that produces an excess

of MAOA, Monoamine oxidase.

Mono what,
Miss McArdle?

Break it down
for the luddite in front of you.

Oh, you do yourself
a terrible disservice, My Lord.

Oh, please.

Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme.

It destroys serotonin

which, as you know, regulates
anger and aggression.

The defective gene responsible
for producing this enzyme

is commonly referred to as
'The Warrior Gene'.

Okay. And this has

what to do with
non-insane automatism?

Jono has this defective gene.

He couldn't control himself
any more

than my learned friend here

could wish himself
ten years younger.

You've had him tested?

Conclusions from the
Scandinavian panel of experts

where they confirm
Jono has the Warrior Gene.

My Lord,
if this becomes precedent,

we might as well just
open the gates of every prison in the land.

With respect,
that's not the issue here.

We're establishing the validity
of putting this before a jury.

Precedent?

You name me one court that
has accepted this defense.

Jerry Robertson is on death row
in Arizona.

He was given up
for adoption as an infant.

He has not seen
nor had any contact

with his biological father
since that date.

His biological father
is also on death row.

- Oh, please!
- Case is pending a Supreme Court ruling.

My Lord, science evolves,
so too must the law.

My Lord, I will fill the court

with experts
who will refute this.

Call your experts Mr. Steel.

We'll see who the jury believes.

You know for a second in there,

I thought your head
was going to explode.

You've got a bloody nerve!
You wasted all that public money.

You made a mockery
of the system.

Oh you're just miffed
I got the better of you!

Don't take it personally,
I do this to everyone.

What is this, Bea?
Are you grabbing a chance to make the headlines?

No. I'm trying to give my client
the best possible defense.

I needed time to get
the legal precedent,

Jono's test results, and then
to assess the scientific data.

So yes, I used the system.

Something you do every day.

And what would have happened
if you'd run out of time?

Jono could have been sent down.

Do you really think
I would've let that happen?

What are you so scared of,
James?

Why would you want to
suppress evidence?

Evidence knows no morality.

We present it
and a jury decides.

It's unproven, Bea.
The sample group is too small.

It could just push
the legal system off a cliff.

Well, then,
make that argument in court.

Honestly, the law has survived
DNA samples,

CCTV, fingerprints.

I think it will survive this.

And what about Jono Blake?

When this becomes public,
the media will tear him to shreds.

I'm doing this for him.

He'll be fine.

This is the English legal system

on the verge of
a nervous breakdown.

George,
what if Bea McArdle is right?

What if this Warrior Gene theory
has substance?

There was a time when no court
accepted provocation as a defense to murder.

Maybe this is one of
those moments when the law plays catch up with science.

Well, you just make sure
that she's not right.

I want you in that court
demolishing her like a bulldozer.

If this Warrior Gene
becomes precedent,

then tens of thousands of cases
and old cases

will have to be retried.

No criminal will ever be
held responsible

or accountable for anything.

Notices of appeal.

Applications in the event
McArdle wins.

We'll be drowning in paperwork
by the end of the day.

Well, you should be happy.
You got what you wanted.

Jono has an excuse.
Everyone's a victim now.

I'll be at my desk.

See that. Seven, no, eight.

Eight messages from the--
No, that'll be number nine,

messages from the DPP.

He'll be expecting me
to tell him

that the legal floodgates
will not open,

that this will never become
precedent

because I have my best on it,

and he will demolish
the defense.

So I expect you to go in there
and do just that, James.

Tell me why you attacked Danny,
Jono.

I dunno.

He was driving me mental.

Your eyes lit up
when I said that.

Go on, write it down, mental.
Do you know how to spell it?

Jono, do you think your attack

on Daniel Jackson
was right or wrong?

What sort of
a stupid question is that?

Of course it was wrong.

I killed him.

He's aware of his actions

and the consequences
that follow from them.

So he's not insane
or schizophrenic?

Definitely not.

Tell me, honestly...

Do you think there's
any validity

to this Warrior gene syndrome?

Can someone be born bad?

Genes are just one element
of a larger picture.

And all they give us
is a predisposition.

We still make our own
behavioral choices. behavior

Yes or no, is he responsible
for what he did?

From everything I've seen...

- Yes.
- Thank you.

Though I'm not sure how Jono
will cope with the ordeal

of a second trial,

I mean, especially with
all this public interest now.

A few years ago,
researchers in Scandinavia

found a mutated gene
linked to a violent family

of rapists and arsonists
living in the Netherlands.

And could this Warrior gene

compromise a person's sense
of right and wrong?

From the evidence I've seen,
I don't believe so.

Thank you, Doctor.
No further questions.

Doctor...

Doesn't recent research
suggest that obesity

and sporting ability
are passed genetically

from parents to their children?

It does, yes.

So, by logical extension,
we might

pass our criminal behavior
to our children?

The data from the
Warrior gene tests are not

random enough
to form scientific conclusions.

Their sample bases
are too small.

Or they didn't test
enough people?

Exactly.

So you're saying that there's a,
there's a problem

with the collection of the data
but not the theory?

Are you proud?

Are you proud of
what you're doing,

of what you're saying in there?

Of all these lies and arguments
and legal bullshit?

My Danny never hurt anybody!

That monster in there
is not the victim!

- Go on.
- You're disgusting.

Get off!

I'm fine.

Thank you.

From the day he was born,

we knew he was different.

There was something
odd about him.

We just didn't know what it was.

Not till now.

Well, you know your son
better than anyone, Tracy.

Do you agree with
the Warrior gene theory?

You saw what he did to that kid.
It makes sense.

Thank you.

Did you discipline your son,
Mrs. Blake?

Jack hit him all the time.

It didn't make any difference, though.

He never did what he was told.

How about love,
showing him some affection?

- Did you ever try that?
- 'Course I did

I used to think it was my fault.

- What do you mean?
- I wasn't a good enough mum!

That I didn't deserve a kid!

But that was before
all this gene stuff.

Now I know there was
nothing I could have done.

It wouldn't have made
any difference.

Papers are right.

He's a monster.

Is that what you really think
about your own son?

You heard what they're saying
about him, his genes are rotten.

He's wrong.

How many months'
pregnant are you?

Seven.

So, based on
your belief in genes,

we should take that baby
from your arms

- the second it's born and lock it up?
- No!

Well, surely genetics dictates

that your next child
will be a monster, too?

It'll be different this time.
I won't make the same mistakes I made with him.

No further questions.

Snap.

Are we still talking?

Oh, come on.

I'm running a valid defense
for Jono.

You'd have done exactly the same
back in your defense days.

I gave up defense 'cause
I couldn't sleep at night.

Yeah, I remember.

- Do you sleep better now?
- Mostly.

Can't believe
you still come here.

Creature of habit.

- How's Ethan?
- He's...

with his mum in Scotland.

It's for the best.

Mostly.

Jono wants to meet with you.

I tried my best,
I advised him against it.

Nine o' clock tomorrow.
My office.

Thank you...

for not making that
difficult for me.

This isn't a holiday home,
you know.

You'll be going in for years.

My genes are messed up.

I am trying to keep you
out of prison.

Why?
You can't fix my genes,

sat in court.

I heard everything my mum had to say.
I'm a monster.

- Jono, no, you're not.
- I am.

I was born like that.

I'm a mistake.

That's not what
this is all about.

I killed Danny.

He was my mate.

Jono.

Why did you ask to meet us?

I wanna go to prison.

It's where I belong.

We helped destroy him.
Now he believes he's worthless.

Is Danny dead? Yes.

Did Jono kill him? Yes.

Has justice been served?

Yes.

The law's a blunt instrument
but it's all we have.

So, yes...

Accept the plea.

Jono, do you understand
the charge to which you're pleading guilty?

Yeah.

Murder.

Can you tell us
in your own words

what happened on the night
of Danny's death?

I got in a fight with him.

When he went to the ground,
I kicked him over and over.

I killed him.

Why did you kill him, Jono?

He made me mad.

And you understand what it means

changing your plea to guilty?

Please.

It was a defense.

I never thought for one second
he'd actually believe it.

Come for the last laugh?

Dr. Elizabeth Rowels.

She's prepared to work with you.

She can help you.

I'm a murderer.
I was always gonna be like this.

No.

None of us are...

defined by our genes.

I am. I'm evil.

That's...

That's too easy, because...

it means that nobody else
has to take responsibility.

You're too young
to be a lost cause.

We can still help you,

if you'd let us.

Please.