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We need Emma at the trial.

I can't allow that.

Brad-- She's 10-years old.

I understand that.

BRAD: I said no!

She's a child.

Listen to me.

You have serious monster issues here,

to the world and to the potential jury pool,

you are the man

who murdered his pregnant wife

and unborn son.

The best way to humanize you

is to let the jury see you as a father

and not a killer,

and the best way to accomplish that

is to have your daughter

by your side,

at your side.

And what will that do to her?

To have to sit there and listen while her father

is demonized before-- FRUTT: She's already hearing

that everywhere she turns.

I think the real question is,

"What will it do to her

to see you go to prison?"

Which is exactly what we're looking at.

You need to get me out on bail, Ellenor.

Brad, you are up on double homicide.

I hardly think-- BRAD: You need to think

of a way.

I need to address the potential jury pool.

For that, I need to have a news conference.

To do that, I got to get out of here.

The judge is never going-- BRAD: Ellenor,

I need you to start demonstrating the zeal

that comes with defending

an innocent man.

Homicide suspects are sometimes afforded bail.

I need you to accomplish that courtesy

for me now.

(music playing)

(door closes)

Gentlemen, thank you for coming in.

I'm informed you still plan to argue self-defense?

Actually, defense of others, but same principle.

You will not be arguing self-defense

or defense of others, Mr. Young.

There's no factual basis for it,

and it won't be asserted.

Well, we have to be allowed to put on a defense.

Well, you won't be allowed to put on that one.

Let's watch it together, shall we?

We've all seen the tape.

You'll see it again with me.

Here comes your client.

(music playing)

HARROD: If you so much as attempt

to argue self-defense or defense of others,

I will hold you in contempt of court.

Are we clear, gentlemen?

Then we'd like to change our plea, Your Honor.

To?

Insanity.

And what's your basis for that?

You saw the tape.

She's crazy.

Young, Frutt, and Berluti?

Insanity? That's all we got left.

Tara? Jamie,

I need that motion in limiting.

Uh, please hold.

I went through the list of doctors.

Two are willing to testify,

but they want their full retainer.

And you have another problem.

Markham got called.

For when?

For now. Judge Dickem.

Did you tell-- I did. He won't budge.

Jamie, can you do the pretrial?

Me? Oh, yeah.

If we don't find a shrink,

we might as well-- We will.

Keep looking.

Come on, let's go see the client.

Call Dickem's clerk.

I need to speak to him personally.

Ellenor.

Alan, hey, what's up?

Do you have a second?

Actually, I don't.

Something came up at Caruthers.

I left.

Now I'm looking for new employment.

And since my heart has always yearned

to do whatever this is.

What exactly came up at Caruthers, Alan?

I embezzled,

allegedly.

Could I have some coffee, please,

with cream?

Thank you.

I'd be such a natural here.

FRUTT: Wait a second.

You expect me to recommend you

for employment after you stole?

The important thing is...

I feel icky.

Alan-- I'm the leading antitrust lawyer

in the state.

I'm going through

an enormous character growth--

Just the same-- And I need a break.

I'll tell you what.

You do a case for us today,

see how you like it.

Today? I could-- Misdemeanor battery,

homeless person kissed somebody.

You certainly don't expect me to walk in

and try a case on the fly.

If there's any problem,

I will be on vibrate.

Elly, Elly.

(sighs)

I have issues with homeless people.

What issues?

They don't like me.

I think it must be cultural.

Look, I am late for a motion.

You try the case, then we'll talk.

Bugger.

(door buzzes)

AISHA: Isn't it up to a jury?

I don't get a jury?

YOUNG: You do. But, unfortunately,

the judge can cut off a defense

if he feels it's not supported.

What do I do? I'm dead.

Our only choice now is insanity.

I wasn't insane.

YOUNG: Understood.

But it's the only mechanism we have left

to secure an acquittal.

Shooting that man

was maybe the most clearheaded thing

I ever did in my life.

Not anymore.

MAN: Case number 2246--

Wait, you're his lawyer?

Is there a problem?

You're Alan Shore.

What are you doing at a criminal bench trial?

Looking to meet women.

I perused the file,

and I think we can both agree it's beneath us.

So why don't we dispose of it,

go get a drink?

The victim filed,

and my boss won't kick civilian complaints.

It's not like anybody got hurt, Cindy.

May I call you Cindy?

My name is Kate.

Kate. Hmm.

Sixty days.

Is this the way it's gonna be?

Hey, if you can get the victim

to withdraw, the drink's on me.

Otherwise, take the offer

to your client, who's, uh,

right over there

in case you haven't met him.

(sighs)

Mr. Markham, I'm Alan Shore, your attorney.

What happened to Ms. Frutt?

She's tied up,

nothing sexual, I assure you.

I'll be taking over the case.

So, how are we today, sir?

I just Halle Berry'd her.

That's all I did.

I beg your pardon?

Like at the Oscars?

The guy just planted one on her

'cause when else would he get a chance?

That's all I did.

I see.

KANE: We all knew it was a crack house,

and a lot of us were upset,

especially Aisha.

She lost a child to a drive-by

three years ago.

ASHER: Now, sir, calling attention

to the afternoon of July 3rd,

could you tell us what you saw?

KANE: Yeah.

Well, there were a bunch of us

kind of sprucing up the street

'cause we were planning a July 4th block party,

and then there we saw him.

Saw who?

Marcus Thayer,

crack dealer,

selling his stuff on the steps

like he did every damn day.

He had some clients there.

ASHER: And what happened?

KANE: Well, Aisha, she went right up to him,

and she started telling him this and that.

"Get your ass off the street."

He got in her face like he always does,

and they're yelling back and forth

at each other.

And then she just walked off.

After she left, what happened?

Well, then I got into it with him,

and he came at me just like he did her.

And I told him, "He better not be out there

pushing his crack during our block party."

And we talked a little bit more trash.

And as I started off,

I looked up, and here she comes again,

and now she's got a gun.

And she's saying something,

but the truth be told, I couldn't hear it.

My eyes were on that gun.

She walked right up to him,

she aims, and she shoots him three times.

Shot him dead right there in the street.

ASHER: Mr. Kane,

could you describe for us

Ms. Crenshaw's demeanor

as she fired the gun?

She looked fed-up.

ASHER: Thank you.

You said this Mr.Thayer

sold crack every day.

Why didn't you people just call the police?

KANE: We called them all the time.

They never did anything. Nothing?

KANE: Oh, they'd drive by now and then.

They'd put up their observation post

with the little cameras.

That's how they got that tape,

but they never did do nothing.

To get them to come into our neighborhood,

a gun has to go off.

That sounds like an exaggeration.

KANE: An exaggeration?

There's an ice-cream truck

drives down our street,

makes all the kids come running.

They sell popsicles,

fudgesicles, and cocaine.

The ice-cream truck!

There are children on our street,

10 years old,

not only using, but dealing!

Mr. Berluti,

please step up.

What is the relevance of this testimony, Mr. Berluti?

Goes to defendant's intent.

Just trying to get a clear picture, Judge.

Do you enjoy practicing law, counsel?

You know, Judge, you rebuking me

in front of the jury

doesn't make me look good.

So I'm just gonna smile

and make it look like the two of us

are having a good laugh together.

Would that be okay, Judge?

I'm just smiling for effect.

Please don't think I consider you a funny guy.

(chuckles)

Can I continue now, Judge?

(door opens)

SHORE: Mr. Markham.

It is selective prosecution,

that's what this is. You're right.

But while the man who kissed Halle continues to go free,

why don't we sit in here and go over your testimony?

Excuse me.

Hi.

We have a problem.

We can't expense new clothes for clients.

Uh, not in the budget.

This is the top criminal firm in Boston.

Surely we can afford $200.

WILSON: Uh, the top firm that you speak of

is Donnell, Young, Dole, and Frutt.

Donnell is gone.

Dole is gone.

Washington is gone.

And we don't take clients shopping.

Do we take each other shopping?

I wasn't insane when I fired that gun.

I won't say I was.

I shot that man because he was killing our children,

because he wouldn't stop killing our children.

Okay, look...

at me, Aisha,

right in the eyes.

The judge has taken away defense of others.

You explained that. YOUNG: Well, evidently,

not well enough.

If we don't claim insanity,

we have no theory by which to prevail.

AISHA: Then I go to prison.

I'd rather do that than to pretend I'm crazy.

You look me in the eye.

I am not nuts.

Drugs are killing our babies.

Somebody has to protect our babies.

If the police refuse-- You cannot say that.

AISHA: Yes, I can,

and you can't stop me. YOUNG: The judge will stop you!

AISHA: I'm the client.

I get to decide what our legal strategy is, counsel.

It won't be insanity.

I do not want bail. Why not?

FRUTT: Because if you get let out,

there will be a public outcry, Brad,

and that outcry could prejudice us at trial.

I don't think you follow.

If I'm allowed to address the public,

the outcry will be squashed.

That's the point.

I think you're overestimating your charm a little.

(door opens)

Daddy!

BRAD: Hey, baby!

Oh, God,

you're getting bigger every day, young lady!

Hey, Christine.

Hello.

Look at you.

FRUTT: Ms. Shepherd,

I was wondering if I could talk to you

for a few minutes?

Your client murdered my sister, Ms. Frutt.

I won't be cooperating much

with his defense.

It was so gross.

I, like, came around the turn in the corridor,

and he was there.

The defendant?

DEBBIE: Yes. And next thing,

he was like forcing his scuzzy tongue

into my mouth.

BARRON: And this occurred when?

DEBBIE: At my place of work, for God's sake!

Everybody saw it.

And the way he smelled--

his smell was on me.

It took three showers to get it off.

BARRON: Thank you, Debbie.

Forgive me, I just want to say for the record

you are a very fetching young lady.

Do gentlemen hit on you a lot?

Some.

SHORE: I can imagine. At the office Christmas party,

you ever been suddenly kissed

while standing underneath the mistletoe?

By co-workers,

not total strangers.

You never filed criminal charges

in those instances?

No.

That was an honest answer, Debbie.

I appreciate that.

Let me ask you this,

if Brad Pitt suddenly approached you,

kissed you at the office,

would you call the police? Honestly.

He's not Brad Pitt.

SHORE: Yes, I see.

So it's not so much being kissed,

but rather by whom.

By what.

SHORE: Thank you, Debbie. That was refreshingly honest.

By the way,

if I were to--

never mind, that's probably not appropriate.

You can step down, young lady.

SHORE: Okay. Accept responsibility,

show remorse,

convey that you never meant to harm

or scare her, okay?

Yeah.

The defense calls Randy Markham.

Why?

Why?

If he did it,

I don't have to hear why.

It takes my time.

I value my time, Mr. Shore.

When it's wasted, my hemorrhoids tend

to bubble up.

He's the defendant.

In Massachusetts,

I believe the constitution trumps

the bubbled hemorrhoid.

I could be wrong.

DICKEM: You know what?

You're absolutely right.

If your client chooses to testify,

that is his constitutional right.

It would certainly be very inappropriate for me

to deter the exercising

of that precious entitlement.

Would your client like to testify, Mr. Shore?

Why don't you have a seat.

We wanted to talk to you about your dad's trial,

which starts next week.

He told me.

You want me to come. FRUTT: Yes.

We also were thinking of calling you

as a witness.

Did your dad tell you that?

Yes.

You want me to say my mom seemed really sad,

so people will believe she committed suicide.

We just want you to tell the truth.

She seemed really sad.

Do you think your mom killed herself?

I know my dad didn't kill her.

He loved her.

She seemed so sad,

so I think she must have committed suicide.

Emma, did your dad

ask you to say that?

No.

(engine revving)

(dog barking)

(Ashley laughs)

(water splashing)

RANDY: Ah! Did you like that?

ASHLEY: Yeah!

Mr. Markham?

Uh, so sorry to come here.

Uh, my daughter, Ashley. Say hello, baby.

Hi.

RANDY: She's never swam in a pool before.

I thought while we were waiting--

you have a daughter?

Yeah.

Does she live with you on the street?

Actually, I'm not homeless.

I'm living in a tenement in a project.

I try to give her as normal a life as I can.

(laughs) What are you doing here?

I got rolled.

I'm sorry?

RANDY: For my shoes.

I got rolled for my shoes.

I got nothing for testimony tomorrow.

Had your address, and I just figured,

you got me the suit.

Without the shoes, you know,

the whole point.

I'll bring you another pair of shoes tomorrow.

Can I ask you a question?

You don't got to answer if you don't want to.

No, go ahead.

The girl at court today said I smell.

Do I smell?

At the moment, only like chlorine.

RANDY: Please.

Be honest with me.

You do have a distinctive body odor.

I do bathe.

Maybe not as much,

I do bathe.

ASHLEY: Look at this, daddy!

Hey, I'm really sorry.

She's always dreamed of swimming in a pool.

I shouldn't have done this.

No, it's okay.

Swim as long as you like.

And I'll see you tomorrow in court.

Thank you very much.

(music playing)

The observation posts are a joke.

Those drug deals are captured on tape

just as clearly as what I did,

but the police don't respond.

I doubt they even look at those tapes.

Is crack a big problem

in your neighborhood, Aisha?

Is it a big problem?

My two year-old daughter was killed

in a drive-by three years ago.

I've seen my friends' children

become dealers, addicts.

My street has become crack lane, Mr. Berluti.

It's almost impossible

for a child to grow up in our neighborhood

without it being shoved in his face!

There are drive-by shootings,

random killings,

intentional killings,

and at the root of it all are drugs.

Cocaine, crack,

all being dealt openly

and notoriously by Marcus Thayer

and others, and the police do nothing.

Counsel.

So, what happened that day?

AISHA: What happened is...

I decided to do something

to save the kids on our street.

I decided to protect the lives

that Marcus Thayer was so intent on destroying.

HARROD: Ms. Crenshaw,

as I have advised your counsel,

I will advise you.

Defense of others is not a justifiable theory--

AISHA: It's justifiable to the parents

who live in our neighborhood.

HARROD: Ms. Crenshaw, I will instruct this jury

not to accept self-defense

or defense of others as--

AISHA: Why don't you instruct the mayor

to instruct the police

to clean up our streets?

HARROD: You have the right to present your testimony,

but as you move forward-- AISHA: These dealers

are arrested over and over,

and never do time. It has to stop.

HARROD: I will tell this jury in no uncertain terms

that, as a matter of law,

they cannot even consider defense of others

as an exculpatory theory.

Do you understand that?

CRENSHAW: I think so.

As a matter of law, the truth

of what happened that day

can't be considered in this room.

I will see counsel in chambers.

(indistinct chatter)

(door opens)

I gave you a specific order.

We passed that on to our client.

But as, Your Honor, well knows,

every criminal defendant

has the right to take the stand

and tell his or her story.

Our client chose to exercise that right.

HARROD: If you argue defense of others in your closing,

I will have both of your bar cards.

Do you understand me?

Do you understand me, counsel?

We understand.

I just think we need

an alternative version to suicide.

The idea that she killed herself

with cyanide--

look, I assembled a mock jury.

I presented the defense side only,

none of the prosecution's evidence,

and still...

none of them would swallow suicide.

What do you mean a mock jury?

I wanted to test our defense

because I am very nervous about it.

And as I said, I only gave them

our version and still-- No, you didn't give them

our version, Ellenor.

I am the defense version.

Your little mock jury didn't hear from me.

Brad-- My wife

was a very bad woman.

She had an affair.

She wanted to leave me, Ellenor,

destroy our family.

I'm sure she was racked with guilt over that,

don't you?

Ask Emma.

Molly seemed very sad.

She committed suicide.

You kissed her

as she described?

Well, I didn't totally surprise her.

I gave her a chance to see me coming.

I wanted her to see me first.

SHORE: Why is that?

Because I wanted her to know

who was kissing her.

SHORE: Can you tell us why?

RANDY: Well, the day before,

I'm sitting on Columbus.

I had my little girl with me,

six years old. What were you doing

on Columbus street?

RANDY: Begging,

soliciting for money.

I work here and there where I can,

but when I don't have enough money for food,

I'm not above asking people for help.

That's what I was doing this day...

and she walks by. SHORE: "She" being?

RANDY: The girl I went on to kiss.

She walks by,

I asked for help,

and she made a remark about...

me being disgusting,

about me smelling.

You said that...

right in front of my daughter,

and then you...

mumbled some other things

as you walked away,

things that I won't repeat,

but my daughter heard it.

Then what happened?

I watched her walk into the building.

And I turned to my baby,

and she was crying.

Why was she crying?

Because of what she heard.

I haven't been able to give my daughter much,

but I did give her the right to respect her dad,

and maybe even on the odd day, admire.

You took that from her.

SHORE: Mr. Markham,

why kiss this woman?

Because I wanted to embarrass her the way

that she embarrassed me.

I walked my...

smelly ass into her office.

I walked my disgusting self right up to her,

and I kissed her to humiliate her

to make you feel the way I felt.

The way I still feel.

Sitting in a courtroom, listening to you...

tell this judge and everybody

that it...

took you three showers

to get the smell off of you!

(banging)

Murder two?

YOUNG: It allows for the possibility of parole.

We think you should take it.

What would my sentence be?

Life. But, again,

with murder one-- Forget it.

YOUNG: Aisha-- I said, forget it.

I heard what you said,

but listen to me, please.

We have nothing.

Our only hope, if you can even call it a hope,

is for a hung verdict. Our only chance to get that

is to convince a juror to say "The hell with the law."

CRENSHAW: Good, get one to say that.

If they come back guilty, which...

truthfully, how could they not,

you get life, no parole.

YOUNG: There's no point in being a martyr.

I know you care.

You care because we're all on the same side.

The problem is with too many voices,

you get noise.

So let's speak with one voice.

And since I'm the client,

since I'm the one who's gonna be sitting in that prison cell,

let's let the voice be mine.

Jimmy...

I want you to look those jurors in the eye

and tell them...

that the law is wrong.

Marcus Thayer had it coming.

The law is wrong.

(elevator bell dings)

Debbie, hello.

You're dishonest, you know,

dressing him up like that in a suit.

That is not what accosted me, and you know it.

SHORE: Debbie, this case was assigned to me.

Certainly, you know that.

Do you think I like defending

these kinds of people?

You know, this isn't technically relevant to the case,

but I touched myself with you in mind last night.

Your hair was...

very different,

but anyway.

Just between you and me,

it turns out Mr. Markham

has a homeowners insurance policy.

Cheap, but not totally worthless.

If you were to say,

sue him civilly,

you might get, say $10,000.

I would?

The policy covers defamation of character.

For you to allege his kissing you defamed you.

Perhaps people thought you were a couple--

the claim would be colorable

with the assistance of a good attorney,

which I am.

Of course, I would need you to drop the criminal complaint.

We'd wanna...

throw Randy a bone, wouldn't we?

I bet you could use $10,000.

Think of the shopping, Debbie.

Isn't that, like, an illegal bribe?

SHORE: Which means...

this would have to be our little secret.

YOUNG: It's all in the wording, Jimmy.

If you word it right, he can't shut you down.

But if you're not disciplined

with every word-- Okay.

All we need is one juror, Jimmy.

One juror buys us a hung jury.

With that, we get a new trial,

and that's all we can hope for at this point.

And what if he does shut me down?

Well, if you word it right,

he can't without handing us a new trial.

And if he does that...

great.

Hello.

What's this embezzling thing?

Thank you for asking.

It was sort of a...

half-Robin Hood kind of thing.

I took from the rich.

And who'd you give to?

I kept it.

Thus, the "Half-Robin Hood."

I've disappointed you.

What's this about bringing a hooker

to a client's wedding?

The invitation said "Significant other."

I assure you, she was extremely significant.

It doesn't even matter

whether the judge allows cameras

in the courtroom or not.

You're already in that room.

More importantly, and alarmingly,

you're in the jury room.

Every article being written

about Brad Stanfield

presupposes his guilt.

He's the horrible husband

who murdered his pregnant wife.

Amazing...

that you can all know that

without being privy to the facts.

The prosecution has guarded this case tightly.

We don't even know the evidence.

And yet, with the media,

the world, and possibly the potential jury pool,

he already stands guilty.

Get this,

Molly Stanfield took her own life.

And when the facts finally

and appropriately come out in trial,

you will all know

what I know now.

My client is innocent.

Ms. Frutt!

(indistinct chatter)

Okay.

Hmm, Chanel.

We can make this very simple.

Randy will agree not to contest the claim,

which he has to do as the policy holder.

He'll also waive the conflict,

so I can help you, Deborah.

You agree to drop the criminal complaint,

and we all agree to keep this agreement

completely private.

And what if the insurance won't pay?

They will. It's a lot less

than the cost of litigation.

I also know the claims adjuster.

He's a friend,

a giver,

corrupt.

The only thing left then would be the apology.

We would like it to be both oral

and written.

Wait, you want me to apologize?

In person now and in writing

so his daughter can read it when she's older.

Why would I ever apologize to him?

Because you offended his dignity, Debbie.

You were disrespectful

to an honorable man and his daughter.

You demeaned his character.

What you did was wrong.

Those are the conditions,

non-negotiable.

I believe...

quite strongly...

in law and order.

We are a nation of laws.

And it would be wrong for me

or any lawyer to say,

"It's okay for one person

to take the law into her own hands."

So I won't argue that.

Even if children

were dying in front of her,

as was the case with my client.

Even if she had to witness teenage drug addiction,

gunfire,

sometimes the killing of innocent people

such as her own two year-old daughter.

As I said, it would be wrong for me

as an officer of the court

to argue that she be allowed

to take the law into her own hands.

So I won't argue that.

I won't argue self-defense

or defense of others,

but you all heard

what was in her mind.

It is within...

the power of this jury

to vote your conscience,

and I would implore you

to dig into your conscience today.

Mr. Berluti.

BERLUTI: Martin Luther King Jr. said,

"When confronted with an unjust law,

the moral and ethical thing to do

is to break that law."

He said that.

It would be wrong for me to say it.

Counsel.

My client had no right

to take the law into her own hands,

of course not.

It is totally irrelevant

that the police weren't protecting her neighborhood,

also irrelevant...

that the conviction rate for drug arrests in Boston

is below 10%.

Below 10%.

Put that out of your minds.

Drug use is going up,

while drug arrests are going down.

It's out of control,

but it has no relevance here.

What are we as parents supposed to do?

That's a rhetorical question, of course.

It's not an issue for today.

Mr. Berluti.

BERLUTI: As a matter of law,

Aisha Crenshaw should've waited

for the police to respond,

even though they weren't responding.

She should've let the children

become drug addicts or drug dealers.

She should have let them continue to die.

She should have done nothing and let all this happen,

because, after all,

we are a nation of laws.

The law Mr. Berluti suggests you defy

is the one against murder,

and what he's asking you to embrace

is terrorism.

The defendant decided

someone was not worthy of life,

and so she acted to execute him,

and her lawyer now stands before you

mocking our allegiance to law and order.

There are many countries in the world

who tolerate street justice.

You don't like somebody, you just shoot him.

There are places where this happens,

but this is America.

We don't permit vigilantism.

We don't tolerate murder

when the killer sees fit,

no matter what his or her conscience,

and we certainly don't embrace terrorism.

My heart goes out to Ms. Crenshaw

for the loss of her child.

Could the police do a better job?

Perhaps.

If they had the resources,

I'm sure they would.

But what's the answer

for citizens to pull out guns and shoot the bad guys?

Is that the country we want to live in?

Is it?

I, too, believe...

a jury should reflect the conscience of America.

That is not in my conscience.

And I pray to God...

for all our children,

it's not in yours.

Hi.

Hi.

It's just too phallic.

Do you mind?

You know, I've heard of this faux flirtatiousness

being used to cover the real thing.

Are you attracted to me?

Are you looking for a slap?

SHORE: Tara,

rather rough trade for a secretary.

I'm a third-year law student and a paralegal,

not a secretary.

This agreement that you had me type up,

tantamount to insurance fraud.

Is that wrong?

A little advice.

You might mock the law and get away with it,

but don't make sport of me.

Are we clear,

Al?

So, you are attracted to me.

Mr. Markham.

RANDY: I don't want to take up much of your time.

I'm not a good talker, but...

in my life...

I never had anybody...

recognize me as a person of dignity.

Nobody ever...

called me honorable before.

And in keeping with the...

character you accused me of having,

(sighs) thank you...

Mr. Shore.

(music playing)

You think you're clever, counsel.

You think that closing was clever.

Hey, Judge,

if you think I crossed a line,

call a mistrial.

In fact, you might have

a duty to-- You'd like that,

wouldn't you,

get a new trial?

Is that what's going on, you want a mistrial?

I'm just interested in us all doing the right thing.

Now, you listen to me, you-- Hey,

you told me what I couldn't argue.

I stood up there and expressly didn't argue it.

You got any problem with me now,

then it must be personal.

I take my courtroom very personal,

and if-- If I crossed the line,

call a mistrial.

All right.

(knock on door)

Jury is back.

(music playing)

Mr. Foreman,

am I to understand you have reached

a unanimous verdict in 20 minutes?

Yes, Your Honor.

(indistinct chatter)

Okay.

What say you?

On the matter of the Commonwealth

versus Aisha Crenshaw

on the charge of murder in the first degree,

we find the defendant, Aisha Crenshaw

not guilty.

Not guilty,

as in straight not guilty?

Obviously, there is no accounting for it.

This jury simply made a decision

to let a guilty person go free.

Clearly, Mr. Berluti's endorsement

of civil disobedience registered.

Not my version of justice, Paul.

I'm being informed Ms. Crenshaw

is about to make a statement.

AISHA: Am I surprised?

Yes.

But I'm also heartened.

The jury sent a message

not just to me or the police,

but to all of us.

We need to take back our streets.

The Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms

to defend our homes, our streets.

It's time that the good people start exercising that right

to defend our children.

We the people...

need to rise up.

We need to put these dealers down

before they take any more of our children,

and it's not just in Boston.

All over, you hear about tax cuts.

Well, it's service cuts.

And it's the poor neighborhoods suffering these service cuts

across this country.

We need to rise up and do a job.

MAN: Mr. Young!

(indistinct chatter)

WOMAN: Mr. Berluti, do you have a comment

about she just said?

(indistinct chatter)

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(music playing)

WOMAN: You Stinker!

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