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THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED
THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED

BY TWO SEPARATE

THE POLICE,
WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME

AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

HOW DO WE KNOW
IT'S THERE?

'CAUSE I SEEN IT.

WHERE?

IF I TELL YOU,
YOU WON'T PAY ME.

LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S DOWN
NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

BUT THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

HOW MUCH?

FIVE EACH.

I GOT MINE.

ALL I GOT IS TWO.

FORGET IT.

COME ON. THAT'S SEVEN
FOR THE BOTH OF US.

YO, YOU WANT TO
SEE IT OR NOT?

TWO BUCKS OR I'M
CALLING THE COPS.

AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO TELL THEM?

PEACE OUT.

THERE WAS A 911 CALL

ABOUT A DEAD KID
IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA.

ME AND MY PARTNER
TOOK THE JOB.

THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND HIM.

HE WAS DEAD WHEN
YOU GOT HERE?

I REACHED IN AND
FELT FOR A PULSE.

THANKS, STEVENS.

SON OF A BITCH.

KID'S SEVEN
OR EIGHT.

NEATLY DRESSED.

TILL SOMEBODY PULLED
HIS PANTS DOWN.

YEAH, WELL, I'LL
CHECK FOR SIGNS

OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

MAYBE ALL THIS CREEP NEEDED
WAS A LITTLE PEEK.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S
PULL HIM OUT.

MY GUESS IS THE PERP
NAILED HIM OUT HERE

AND THEN HID HIS
BODY IN THE PIPE.

LOOKS LIKE BLOOD
ON HIS SCALP.

THERE'S SOMETHING
IN HIS MOUTH.

LET ME TAKE A LOOK.

IT'S A TRIPLE-"A" BATTERY.

CRAZY SON OF A BITCH.

THE KID'S A JOHN DOE.

WE CHECKED
MISSING PERSONS.

THERE'S NO REPORT MATCHING HIS
DESCRIPTION.

SOMEONE'S GOING TO MISS THAT
LITTLE BOY SOONER OR LATER.

PATROL'S CANVASSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH
HIS PICTURE.

ONLY GOT TWO TEAMS, LIEU.

HOW ABOUT CALLING THE BUREAU
FOR SOME EXTRA BODIES?

I'M ON IT. ANYTHING
ON THAT 911 CALL?

COMMUNICATIONS
CAN PINPOINT THE LOCATION

ONCE THEY FIND THE TAPE.

HEY, IT'S SATURDAY.

THE M.E.'s WORKING.

CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

FROM THE WAY THE
SKULL FRACTURED

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BLUNT
IRREGULARLY SHAPED OBJECT.

LIKE ONE OF THE 10,000 ROCKS NEAR THE
BODY?

WHEN WAS HE KILLED?

WELL, MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO
BEFORE THEY FOUND HIM.

KID WAS CLEAN--
NO TEARING, NO FLUIDS.

I FOUND PARTICLES
OF SODIUM CHLORIDE

ON HIS HANDS.

SALT?

YEAH, THE
LARGE-GRAIN KIND--

MAYBE FROM SOME
KIND OF SNACK ITEM.

WERE THERE ANY PRINTS
ON THE TRIPLE "A"?

LATENT COULDN'T LIFT ANYTHING USABLE.

I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS INSERTED POSTMORTEM.
WHO KNOWS WHY.

GREEN. HANG ON.

COMMUNICATIONS GOT
A HIT ON THE 911.

THANKS.

I DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE.

WE HAVE YOUR VOICE ON TAPE.

YEAH, WELL, MY VOICE
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF KIDS.

WE TRACED THE CALL

TO YOUR PHONE.

YOU CAN DO THAT?

IT'S COOL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO US, I KNOW HOW
YOU FEEL

BUT WE HAVE A MURDERED CHILD; YOU SAW THE
BODY.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT, I SWEAR.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHERE HE WAS?

THIS KID I KNOW
TOLD ME-- JONAS.

WHY'D HE DO THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE WANTED MONEY
TO SHOW US THE DEAD KID.

WHAT'S A DEAD KID
GO FOR THESE DAYS?

FIVE BUCKS.

I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS ON THE NEWS.

WHAT'S IT HAVE TO DO WITH JONAS?

YOUR KID WAS SELLING
TICKETS TO SEE THE BODY.

WHAT THE HELL...?
COME ON, DAD.

YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS
TO EXPLAIN THIS.

I JUST HEARD A BUNCH OF KIDS TALKING IN
THE PARK.

I NEVER EVEN SEEN IT.
WHO WERE THESE KIDS?

JUST SOME KIDS-- THE GIRL
WHO TOLD ME WHERE THE BODY WAS

WAS ON MY
LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM LIKE

FIVE YEARS AGO.
WHAT'S HER NAME?

I DON'T REMEMBER. I DON'T.

SHE WAS JUST THIS DORK
WHO WAS SCARED OF THE BALL.

I HAVE HIS TEAM
PHOTO INSIDE.

ALL THE KIDS SIGNED THE BACK.

DO YOU REMEMBER JONAS

FROM THE ASTEROIDS?

HE SAID YOU KNEW
WHERE THE BODY WAS.

HE WAS IN THE PIPE.

DO YOU KNOW
THE BOY'S NAME?

I SAW A MAN PUT HIM THERE.

YOU SAW THIS, TARA?

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?
NO.

BUT YOU REMEMBER
WHAT THE MAN LOOKED LIKE.

NOT REALLY.

COME ON, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN
THAT.

WAS HE BLACK OR WHITE?
WHITE.

YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED
HIS HAIR.

YEAH.

HE HAD SHORT HAIR

AND SIDEBURNS
ON HIS FACE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

YOU TOLD ME NOT
TO PLAY OVER THERE.

SO WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

MRS. PADDEN, PLEASE.

HOW ABOUT HIS CLOTHES?

HE HAD A BLUE

UNIFORM.

AND HE SMELLED LIKE GAS,
LIKE FROM A CAR.

YOU WERE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO SMELL HIM?

AFTER HE PUT THE BOY
IN THE PIPE...

WHEN HE WALKED BACK.

HE DIDN'T KNOW
I WAS WATCHING HIM.

WE HAD THE WITNESS SIT DOWN
WITH AN ARTIST.

WE'RE FIGURING
THE PERP WORKS

IN A GAS STATION
OR AUTO REPAIR.

YEAH, THERE'S NO HIT
ON THE M.O.

AND ALL OUR LOCAL PERVOS
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR

SO THIS GUY MAY HAVE
A CLEAN SHEET.

SO WE'LL CANVAS IN SECTORS AROUND THE
MURDER SCENE.

YES. LENNIE HAS
THE ASSIGNMENTS.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO FLASH
THE VICTIM'S PHOTO

ALONG WITH THE SKETCH.

SOMEBODY MAY HAVE SEEN THE BOY WITH MR.
GOODWRENCH.

NOBODY REPORTED
THE KID MISSING?

MAYBE THE KID'S
FROM OUT OF TOWN.

OR THE DOER IS ONE
OF HIS PARENTS.

I GOT TWO PAKISTANIS
WORKING HERE

PLUS ONE TAMAN,
ONE NIGERIAN.

THIS LOOKS
LIKE BRUCE WILLIS.

WHAT ABOUT
THIS BOY?

YOU SEE HIM
THIS MORNING?

OH, MY GOD.

IS THAT A YES?

NO, NO, NO. THIS BOY
COMES WITH HIS MOTHER

TO BUY THE LOTTO.

YOU SURE?

SHE LETS HIM
PICK THE NUMBERS.

SOMETIMES SHE CHARGES HER GAS
ON HER VISA CARD.

AARON'S JUST SEVEN.

WHAT'S HE HAVE TO DO
WITH THE POLICE?

WAS HE WEARING
A NAVY BLUE T-SHIRT

AND WHITE REEBOK SNEAKERS
THIS MORNING?

HE'S AT MY SISTER'S

IN THE VILLAGE.

DID YOU SPEAK TO EITHER
ONE OF THEM TODAY

MRS. POLANSKY?

WELL, NOT SINCE THIS MORNING,
BUT I JUST GOT BACK FROM WORK.

OH, MY GOD.

WHERE IS HE?

WE'RE SORRY.

I LEFT HIM ALONE FOR AN HOUR.

RUTH WAS SUPPOSED TO GET HIM.

WE FOUND HIM
NEAR THE HIGHWAY

CONSTRUCTION.

WHY DIDN'T SHE CALL ME?

OH, MY GOD.

OH...

HE'S DEAD.

AARON.

MY BABY.

WHY DON'T WE CALL
YOUR SISTER, HUH?

YEAH. WHY DON'T WE?

I CAME BY TO PICK AARON UP,
BUT NO ONE WAS HOME.

I THOUGHT MY SISTER
TOOK HIM TO WORK.

SHE'S DONE THAT BEFORE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL
YOUR SISTER AT WORK?

I DID. OH, GOD.

I GUESS SHE DIDN'T GET
HER MESSAGE.

COULD AARON GET OUT
BY HIMSELF?

HE WAS TALL ENOUGH
TO REACH THE LOCK.

WAS HER DOOR LOCKED WHEN YOU GOT
THERE?

IT WAS, BUT I HAVE KEYS.

I SHOULD HAVE KEPT CALLING.

WHY DON'T WE GO UPSTAIRS TO YOUR SISTER?

UH, CAN ANYBODY GET
IN THE FRONT DOOR?

YOU GOT TO HAVE KEYS
OR GET BUZZED IN.

YOU REMEMBER SEEING A GUY GO IN
WEARING A BLUE UNIFORM

LIKE A GAS STATION JUMPSUIT,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

LATE 30s, SHORT HAIR?

COULD BE.

YEAH. SOUNDS LIKE
1-B's BOYFRIEND.

DALE VARNETTE?

YEAH?

YOUR BOSS SAYS
YOU WERE ON A BREAK

THIS MORNING AROUND 10:00?

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE NEED TO TALK.

RICHIE WANTED THIS CAR
AN HOUR AGO.

RICHIE'S GOING
TO HAVE TO WAIT.

YOU VISIT YOUR GIRLFRIEND THIS MORNING?

SHE SAY I DID
SOMETHING TO HER?

WHY? DID YOU HAVE A LITTLE
EYE-OPENER WITH HER?

HEY, PAL, SHE MADE ME
A CUP OF COFFEE.

SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN THERE VERY LONG.

I WAS IN A HURRY
TO GET BACK TO WORK.

THAT'S WHY YOU
TOOK THE SHORTCUT

THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION SITE?
CONSTRUCTION SITE?

WE GOT AN EYEWITNESS PUTS YOU
THERE WITH A LITTLE BOY.

LITTLE BOY? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?

THE KID YOU ABDUCTED
FROM YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S BUILDING.

NO WAY. NO WAY.

ALL I DID WAS HAVE
A CUP OF COFFEE

AND GO BACK TO
WORK... ALONE.

ANYBODY SEE YOU LEAVE?

YEAH. OKAY, YEAH, THERE
WAS THIS GIRL THERE--

13, 14.

SHE WAS STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.

BROWN HAIR, KIND OF SKINNY, WEARING A
KNICKS T-SHIRT.

AND SHE WAS BY THE BUILDING.

YEAH, SHE WAS
STANDING BY THE DOOR...

LIKE SHE WAS WAITING
FOR SOMEBODY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN TO THE
STATION

WHILE WE STRAIGHTEN
THIS OUT.

WHY CAN'T YOU
JUST FIND MY WITNESS?

WE ALREADY DID.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM, TARA.

YOU SAY YOU SAW THE MAN
BY THE CONSTRUCTION SIGHT.

I DID.

WELL, WE THINK YOU SAW HIM

BY THE LITTLE BOY'S
BUILDING ON 46th STREET.

I WASN'T
AT THE BUILDING.

YOU SURE ABOUT
THAT, TARA?

WHY DO YOU THINK
SHE'S LYING?

I'M NOT LYING,
MOM, I SWEAR.

DID YOU PASS BY
THAT BUILDING

ANY OTHER TIME TODAY?

NO.

ALL RIGHT, MRS. PADDEN.

DETECTIVE BRISCOE'S GOING

TO TAKE YOU
TO FILL OUT A CB-1214.

WHAT'S THAT?

CAB FARE REQUISITION FORM.

YEAH, SO THE CITY WILL PAY
YOUR TRANSPORTATION HOME.

WHILE YOUR MOM'S
TAKING CARE OF THAT, TARA

CAN YOU HELP ME
WITH SOMETHING?

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH THE MAN
THAT HURT THAT LITTLE BOY.

I TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING I SAW.

I NOTICE YOUR MOM
RUBS HER LIP

WHEN SHE'S UNHAPPY
ABOUT SOMETHING.

LIKE THIS.

RIGHT?

AND WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS

YOU TWIRL YOUR HAIR
WITH YOUR FINGER.

IT'S JUST A HABIT.

I THINK YOU DO IT
WHEN YOU'RE TELLING A LIE.

YOU RECOGNIZE
THIS MAN?

THAT'S THE MAN
I SAW AT THE PIPES.

WE TALKED TO HIM.

HE SAYS YOU SAW HIM
AT THE LITTLE BOY'S BUILDING.

HE'S LYING, OR YOU'RE LYING.

I'M NOT.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU
LIKE A YOUNG WOMAN, TARA.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS?

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME,
YOU CAN ASK MY FRIEND.

SOMEONE ELSE SAW
WHAT HAPPENED?

JENNY. SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

HER FRIEND TARA SAYS

THEY WERE PLAYING

BY THE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
YESTERDAY.

OH, YEAH?

WELL, JUST
FOR A COUPLE MINUTES.

TARA MADE ME GO.

WASN'T GABBIE
WATCHING YOU?

SHE HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE
WITH HER FATHER.

DID YOU SEE SOMETHING
HAPPEN DOWN THERE?

YOU MEAN WITH THE MAN
IN THE BLUE UNIFORM?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, THERE
WAS THIS MAN

AND HE HAD THIS KID WHO
WAS LIKE DEAD OR SOMETHING

AND HE WAS PUTTING HIM
INSIDE A PIPE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL ANYBODY?

TARA SAID NOT TO TELL.

SHE'S IN SEVENTH GRADE.

MOM, CAN I GO BACK
TO THE SWING AGAIN?

SURE, SWEETIE.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD
HAVE A TALK WITH HER.

SURE.

AT SOME POINT, WE MAY

NEED YOUR DAUGHTER
TO VIEW A LINEUP.

WELL, YOU ALREADY
HAVE HER FRIEND.

WHY DO YOU HAVE
TO DRAG HER INTO THIS?

I SAY WE'VE GOT ENOUGH
TO CHARGE VARNETTE.

TARA PADDEN
I.D.'d HIS PHOTO.

AND VARNETTE I.D.'d HER

IN FRONT OF THE
DEAD KID'S BUILDING.

WELL, MAYBE HE NOTICED HER
AT THE MURDER SCENE.

NOT A BAD SCAM.

TURN THE EYEWITNESS
INTO HIS ALIBI.

I'M NOT BUYING IT.

I STILL THINK
THE KID IS LYING.

BECAUSE SHE PLAYS
WITH HER HAIR?

YOU PLAY CARDS
WITH HER, ED?

VARNETTE'S LAWYER
CALLS HERE

EVERY TEN MINUTES TO ASK
WHAT WE'RE HOLDING HIM ON.

IF HE WALKED THE BOY
OUT OF THE BUILDING

SOMEONE HAD
TO HAVE SEEN THEM.

I'LL BUY YOU SOME TIME.

YOU BRING ME A WITNESS.

HIS NAME IS DALE VARNETTE.

HE'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND
IN 1-B.

HE DOESN'T
LOOK FAMILIAR.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, JAKE?

YOU REMEMBER SEEING THIS MAN?

LOOK, WE'RE TRYING
TO CATCH A MOVIE.

THE MAN CAME HERE
YESTERDAY?

YEAH. DID YOU
SEE HIM?

I DON'T REMEMBER HIM.

IS THAT IT?

BUT JENNY WAS HERE
ON SATURDAY.

MAYBE SHE REMEMBERS.

WHO? JENNY BRANDT?

HE KNOWS HER
FROM SCHOOL.

SHE WANTED ME
TO COME OUTSIDE.

SHE SAID
SHE WOULD GET ME A HOT DOG.

DID YOU GO WITH HER?

I DON'T LIKE TO PLAY WITH HER.

SHE HITS.

MAYBE YOU CAN STILL
MAKE THAT MOVIE.

WHAT DO YOU
THINK, LENNIE?

THE TWO GIRLS CAME BY

TO LURE JAKE
WITH A HOT DOG?

SALT ON AARON POLANSKY'S HANDS?

MAYBE HE DIDN'T WANT
A HOT DOG.

I SOLD ABOUT
FIVE DOZEN PRETZELS YESTERDAY.

SATURDAY'S MY BEST DAY.

YOU REMEMBER THIS KID?

HIS NAME'S AARON POLANSKY.

I DON'T THINK SO.

TRY PUTTING HIM WITH
A COUPLE OF GIRLS

TEN AND 12 YEARS OLD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE GIRLS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE OF THEM HAD
BLOND HAIR AND PIGTAILS.

OKAY. SHE WAS
TEN CENTS SHORT.

CUTE KID.

LOOKED LIKE SHE
WAS GOING TO CRY

SO I LET HER SLIDE.

THANKS.

I WAS HOPING
YOU WERE WRONG.

UGH. I GOT A KNOT IN MY STOMACH
JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS.

IT ALL ADDS UP.

JENNY GOES INSIDE
WHILE TARA WAITS OUTSIDE.

VARNETTE SAID SHE
WAS HANGING OUT BY THE BUILDING.

MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
WE'RE MISSING.

CALL THE PARENTS.

HAVE THEM BRING THE GIRLS
DOWN FOR A TALK.

WELL, ED HAD SOME RAPPORT
WITH THE OLDER GIRL.

ONCE LENNIE GOT THE MOTHER
OUT OF THE WAY.

OKAY, YOU TAKE THE TEN-YEAR-OLD.

HER MOTHER WILL HAVE
TO BE IN THE ROOM.

THE OTHER GIRL'S 13

SO YOU CAN TALK TO HER
WITHOUT A PARENT PRESENT.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

I'LL LET THE MOTHER
LISTEN THROUGH THE ONE-WAY.

SHE WANTS TO STOP,
I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

SOUNDS GOOD.

I'M GIVING YOU
A LITTLE SLACK HERE, ED.

JUST DON'T BREAK THE ROPE.

YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN
GET A LAWYER IF YOU WANT.

I DON'T THINK
WE NEED A LAWYER.

NOW, YESTERDAY MORNING, JENNY

YOU WENT OUT TO PLAY
WITH YOUR FRIEND TARA?

FIRST TARA CAME OVER

AND WE WATCHED
SOME CARTOONS.

THEN MOM SAID WE COULD
GO TO THE PLAYGROUND.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE WITH GABBIE.

DO YOU KNOW A BOY
NAMED JAKE HANSEN?

YEAH.

DID YOU GO TO HIS APARTMENT?

I WENT WITH TARA.

JUST WANTED TO SEE IF HE
COULD COME PLAY WITH US.

YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING
STRAIGHT TO THE PLAYGROUND.

NO, I DIDN'T.

THIS ISN'T FAIR.

WHY IS EVERYONE

ASKING ME QUESTIONS?

THIS JAKE HANSEN, HE LIVES
IN THE SAME BUILDING

AS THE BOY
THAT WAS MURDERED?

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

MY HUSBAND HAD A LAWYER.

MAYBE I SHOULD TALK TO HIM.

HE HAD A LAWYER?

VINCE IS IN JAIL.

FOR WHAT?

STEALING CARS.

I WANT TO MAKE A PHONE CALL.

Remember how we talked

about what you saw
at the construction site, Tara?

I saw the man with
the bloody uniform.

Remember how I said you were
getting to be a young lady?

Yeah.

Young ladies only tell
the truth, right?

Right.

Unless they're
bad young ladies.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY BAD.

I know that in my heart, okay?

OKAY.

SO I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

I DID.

YOU GO TO I.S. 48?

YEAH.

LIKE SCHOOL?

IT'S HARD.

STILL PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE?

JUST SOCCER.

WHOA, MAYBE I'M TALKING
TO THE NEXT MIA HAMM.

I'LL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS HER.

BUT YOU'RE GETTING
BETTER, THOUGH, RIGHT?

I GUESS SO.

WHEN I WAS A KID,
ALL OF MY FRIENDS

TRIED OUT
FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM

BUT I PRETENDED I WAS SICK.

BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH?

YEP.

I'VE NEVER TOLD
ANYONE THAT BEFORE.

I FEEL BETTER
NOW THAT I TOLD YOU.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES,
WHEN YOU TRY TO KEEP A SECRET

IT HURTS TO HOLD IT
INSIDE OF YOU.

YEAH.

NOW, IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND

TO SHARE IT WITH,
IT FEELS BETTER, RIGHT?

I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND, TARA.

I THINK...

YOU HAVE A SECRET

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO THAT LITTLE BOY.

HOLD MY HANDS, TARA.

IT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD.

WE'RE FRIENDS, RIGHT?

I want to share that secret with
you.

IT'S OKAY TO CRY, TARA.

ALL THAT PAIN
YOU'RE FEELING--

I WANT YOU TO GIVE
SOME OF THAT TO ME.

OKAY.

I'M NOT GOING LET ANYBODY
HURT YOU IF YOU TELL, OKAY?

I PROMISE.

WE DIDN'T SEE THE MAN
AT THE CONSTRUCTION.

Okay. Good.

Who was there?

Tell me who was there.

IT WAS ME AND JENNY.

WHAT DID YOU
AND JENNY DO?

WE TOOK HIM THERE,
THE LITTLE BOY.

DID SOMEBODY HIT HIM?

JENNY DID.

JENNY HIT HIM WITH A ROCK.

MORE THAN ONCE?

LIKE THIS.

DID YOU HIT HIM?

JUST JENNY.

DID YOU KNOW JENNY
WAS GOING TO HURT HIM?

NO.

WHAT DID YOU DO
AFTER SHE HIT HIM?

HE WOULDN'T WAKE UP,
SO WE PUT HIM IN THE PIPE.

AND YOU PULLED
HIS PANTS DOWN?

YEAH.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

JENNY SAID TO.

THAT'S OKAY, TARA.

THANK YOU FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH.

YOU'RE A VERY
GOOD YOUNG LADY.

DOCKET #556 AND 557

IN THE MATTER OF TARA PADDEN
AND JENNIFER BRANDT

MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

HOW OLD ARE THESE CHILDREN?

MISS BRANDT IS TEN.

MISS PADDEN IS 13.

WE MAY TRANSFER HER
TO SUPREME COURT

AND PROSECUTE HER
AS AN ADULT.

LET US KNOW, MS. CARMICHAEL.
YOU WANT BAIL?

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LACK
OF PARENTAL CONTROL HERE.

I REPRESENT TARA PADDEN.

MISS CARMICHAEL ASSUMES
MY CLIENT IS GUILTY.

SHE CONFESSED, JUDGE.

THE STATEMENT WAS SOLICITED

BY AN AGGRESSIVE OFFICER

WHO PRESSURED HER

TO TELL HIM
WHAT HE WANTED TO HEAR.

I'M MOVING TO SUPPRESS
THE STATEMENT.

I'LL PUT THE MATTER OVER

FOR A HEARING.

WHAT ABOUT MISS BRANDT?

SHE DENIES ANY
PARTICIPATION.

MISS PADDEN'S STATEMENT
INDICATES

MISS BRANDT HIT THE VICTIM.

TARA'S A LIAR!

SHE BLAMES EVERYTHING
ON ME 'CAUSE SHE'S OLDER.

QUIET DOWN, MISS.

I'M RELEASING THESE CHILDREN TO THEIR
PARENTS.

YOUR HONOR...

WITH ELECTRONIC
ANKLE MONITORING.

Van Buren:
YOU SHOULD

HAVE BEEN THERE.

THE ANKLE MONITORS
WE HAD DIDN'T FIT.

WE HAD TO PUNCH
EXTRA HOLES.

IF IT WASN'T
SO PATHETIC...

WHAT ABOUT

THIS CONFESSION?

IF THERE WAS
MANIPULATION

HER MOTHER COULD
HAVE JUMPED IN.

"SHARE YOUR PAIN
WITH ME."

"THE NEXT MIA HAMM."

WHAT I HEAR IS DAMN
GOOD POLICE WORK.

I SEE AN OVERZEALOUS COP.

THIS DIDN'T MAKE YOU
UNCOMFORTABLE, ANITA?

MAYBE I COULD HAVE
PULLED HIM BACK A LITTLE

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

THE WAY THE GIRL SAID.

OR SHE MADE UP A STORY
TO PLEASE AN AUTHORITY FIGURE.

IS DALE VARNETTE STILL IN
CUSTODY?

WE RELEASED HIM.

AS FAR AS WE'RE
CONCERNED

THE CASE IS CLOSED.

IT COULD ALL
FALL APART

AT THE SUPPRESSION HEARING.

WELL, NOW, THAT DEPENDS ON YOU,
COUNSELOR.

THOSE GIRLS KILLED
THAT LITTLE BOY.

Male Defense Attorney:
THE POLICE DID

EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MANIPULATE THIS
LITTLE GIRL.

THEY BRIBED HER
WITH A HAPPY MEAL.

THEY CHATTED
ABOUT HER HOBBIES.

THE DETECTIVE WAS CREATING A BOND OF
TRUST.

OR AN ATMOSPHERE
OF COERCION.

WHY DID DETECTIVE GREEN

SUGGEST DETAILS OF THE CRIME
TO HER?

THIS KID WOULDN'T TALK
WITHOUT A LITTLE PRODDING.

A LITTLE PRODDING?

THIS WAS A SNOW JOB
ON A GIRL WHO REPEATED

THE SIXTH GRADE.

THE POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO USE
DECEPTION

DURING QUESTIONING.

WITH AN ADULT

WHO'S PRESUMED TO HAVE
THE INTELLIGENCE

TO EVALUATE
THESE LIES.

THE MOTHER COULD HAVE
STOPPED IT.

WHY DID THE POLICE
EXCLUDE HER?

WHEN THEY INTERVIEWED
TARA PREVIOUSLY

THE MOTHER WAS INHIBITING HER.

AND WHY WASN'T DETECTIVE GREEN'S PARTNER
PRESENT?

DETECTIVE GREEN
HAD ESTABLISHED A RAPPORT.

HE'S BEEN CITED TWICE
FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE.

HE HELD HER HAND.

ARE YOU ACCUSING HIM
OF EXCESSIVE KINDNESS?

I'M ACCUSING HIM
OF RAILROADING A CHILD.

ALL RIGHT, I'VE
HEARD ENOUGH.

I'VE REVIEWED
THE INTERROGATION.

IT'S APPARENT THE POLICE
ACTED IN A MANNER

CALCULATED TO MANUFACTURE
AN ADMISSION FROM AN IMMATURE

13-YEAR-OLD.

THIS SO-CALLED
CONFESSION

IS INHERENTLY
UNRELIABLE.

IT DOESN'T PASS
DUE PROCESS STANDARDS

AND I WON'T CONSIDER IT.

MOTION TO SUPPRESS IS GRANTED.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO--

PUT AN A.D.A.
IN EVERY PRECINCT?

LIEUTENANT VAN BUREN
MADE A JUDGMENT CALL.

SHE MADE THE WRONG JUDGMENT!

I DON'T THINK
THESE KIDS ARE INNOCENT.

LITTLE GIRL KILLERS?

YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IT

BECAUSE THEY WEAR
KNEE SOCKS AND PIGTAILS?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
AN ACCIDENT.

THE BATTERY
IN THE BOY'S MOUTH?

THE VICTIM'S PANTS...

SOUNDS LIKE
AN ADULT OFFENDER.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
BESIDES THIS CONFESSION?

THERE WERE
SALT PARTICLES

ON THE VICTIM'S HANDS.

JENNY BOUGHT A PRETZEL
BEFORE THE MURDER.

CASE IS BUILT
ON SALT PARTICLES.

WE HAVE A WITNESS
WHO PUT JENNY BRANDT

IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME
OF THE ABDUCTION.

WHO'S THE WITNESS?

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD.

DETECTIVE GREEN
TAKE HIS STATEMENT?

I DON'T THINK THIS TARA PADDEN
IS SMART ENOUGH

TO PULL THIS OFF.

MAYBE THE YOUNGER GIRL
PULLED THE STRINGS.

GABBIE'S BEEN
BABY-SITTING FOR JENNY

SINCE THE BRANDTS
MOVED IN ABOUT...

FIVE YEARS AGO?

YEAH.

IS SHE HARD
TO TAKE CARE OF?

IF YOU DON'T DO
EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTS

SHE JUST LOSES IT.

LIKE, IF I'M WATCHING TV
AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO HER

SHE THROWS A TOTAL FIT.

DOES SHE GET ALONG
WITH OTHER KIDS?

SHE'S OKAY WITH GIRLS

BUT I DON'T THINK
SHE LIKES BOYS TOO MUCH.

WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?

SHE ONCE BORROWED
MY 16 MAGAZINE

AND BLACKED OUT
ALL THE EYES ON THE BOYS.

SHE SAID SHE WISHED
THEY WOULD ALL JUST DIE.

HAS SHE ALWAYS BEEN
LIKE THIS?

SHE'S ALWAYS GETTING INTO FIGHTS
WITH BOYS

AND IT'S GOTTEN A LOT WORSE
SINCE HER FATHER WENT TO JAIL.

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR APARTMENT.

LIKE WHAT?

HER MOTHER TELLS HER
ALL ABOUT HER BOYFRIENDS.

THEY DON'T EVEN CLOSE
THE BEDROOM DOOR.

SHE KNOWS MORE ABOUT SEX

THAN I DO.

DOES JENNY HAVE CONTACT
WITH HER FATHER?

JOCELYN WON'T
LET HER SEE HIM.

I FELT BAD FOR HER.

DON'T TELL JOCELYN

BUT I LET VINCE TALK
TO JENNY ON MY PHONE.

AND HOW RECENTLY WAS THAT?

LAST TIME WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE THE POLICE CAME.

YOU THINK MY DAUGHTER DID A MURDER?

THAT'S WHAT HER FRIEND TARA SAYS.

WELL, MAYBE
THIS OTHER KID'S FULL OF CRAP.

THERE IS CORROBORATING EVIDENCE,
MR. BRANDT.

SHE'S TEN YEARS OLD.

SHE CAN BARELY RIDE
A BIKE.

SHE LURED A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
BOY FROM HIS APARTMENT.

THERE WAS A BATTERY
STUFFED IN HIS MOUTH.

A BATTERY?

WHAT IF THEY FIND HER GUILTY?

YOU GOING TO PUT HER
IN ONE OF THOSE JUVIE HOMES?

THAT'S ONE POSSIBILITY.

THOSE PLACES ARE PRETTY ROUGH.

NOT AS ROUGH AS HER HOME
ENVIRONMENT.

YOUR WIFE HAS SEX
WITH HER BOYFRIENDS

WHILE JENNY'S IN THE ROOM.

THAT BITCH.

AND I'M LOCKED UP IN HERE.

AUTO THEFT IS

A NONVIOLENT CONVICTION.

WE CAN HAVE YOU MOVED TO A
FACILITY CLOSER TO THE CITY.

THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY
OF WORK RELEASE.

OH, GOD.

YOU KNOW WHAT,
MR. BRANDT?

YOU HELP US,
WE'LL HELP HER.

I GOT TO THINK
WHAT TO DO HERE.

WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY.

YOU THINK WE WANT TO SLAM
A TEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD?

THERE'S THIS PICTURE
I GOT TO SHOW YOU.

JENNY SENT THIS TO HER FATHER
JUST BEFORE SHE WAS ARRESTED.

IT'S AARON POLANSKY, WITH
BATTERIES AROUND HIS HEAD.

IT'S JUST
A CHILD'S DRAWING.

THE GIRL HOLDING THE
ROCK-- THAT'S JENNY.

IT'S A PICTORIAL CONFESSION
AND IT IMPLICATES BOTH GIRLS.

WELL, IF THAT'S TARA,
SHE'S JUST STANDING THERE

LIKE SHE SAID ALL ALONG.

I HAD A HARD TIME
BELIEVING IT MYSELF.

NOW, I'M CONVINCED.

THEY'RE MURDERERS.

IF YOU BROUGHT US DOWN HERE
TO PLEA BARGAIN

I'M NOT INTERESTED.

ISN'T YOUR OBJECTIVE

TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR HER?

LOCKING HER UP
WITH OTHER OUT-OF-CONTROL KIDS

ISN'T THE ANSWER;
I'M FIGHTING THE CHARGES.

EASY FOR YOU
TO WALK AWAY.

YOU'RE IN JUVIE COURT.

MY CLIENT'S FACING
A LIFE SENTENCE.

SHE'S THREE YEARS OLDER. JENNY LED HER BY
THE NOSE.

JENNY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

HERE'S MY NOTICE.

I'M PLEADING "NOT RESPONSIBLE."

SHARKEY'S CONCEDING
JENNY COMMITTED THE MURDER.

SHE'S CLAIMING
SHE'S MENTALLY ILL?

TOO YOUNG TO APPRECIATE
THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ACTIONS.

THE JUDGE BUYS IT,
IT'S A TOTAL WALK.

WELL, MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING TO IT, JACK.

SHE IS TEN YEARS OLD.

I DON'T KNOW...

OLD ENOUGH TO ROPE IN
AN ACCOMPLICE

LIE TO THE POLICE?

I'M CALLING SKODA
FOR A PSYCH WORKUP.

HOW'D YOU FEEL WHEN
YOUR FATHER LEFT?

I DIDN'T CARE.

IT DIDN'T MAKE YOU SAD?

NOPE.

BUT YOU WROTE LETTERS
TO HIM IN JAIL.

YOU MUST'VE MISSED HIM.

MY MOM GOT A BOYFRIEND
RIGHT AWAY--

BYRON THE BEAST.

WHY DID YOU CALL HIM THAT?

BECAUSE HE WAS SMELLY.

WHEN DID YOU
SMELL HIM, JENNY?

YOU KNOW,
WHENEVER HE CAME NEAR ME.

DID HE EVER GET
REALLY CLOSE TO YOU?

NO.

DID HE EVER TOUCH YOU?

NO.

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THAT DOWN.

I SAW BYRON TOUCH MOM.

THEY DID ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

I HATE HIM.

DID YOU WANT
TO HURT HIM?

I WANTED TO.

BYRON'S TOO BIG.

DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT
HURTING SOMEONE ELSE?

SOMETIMES I THINK
ABOUT HURTING A LITTLE BOY.

HURTING HOW?

HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD,
MAKE HIM CRY...

KILL THEM...

LEAVE THEM WITH NO CLOTHES ON,
SO THEY LOOK STUPID.

DO YOU HAVE THESE
THOUGHTS OFTEN?

UH-HUH.

SINCE WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW. A LONG TIME.

HAVE YOU TRIED HURTING
OTHER THINGS, LIKE A PET?

THERE WAS THIS... TABBY CAT
THAT LIVED IN MY BUILDING

AND IT USED TO LIKE ME
'CAUSE I GAVE IT ICE CREAM.

SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

I GAVE IT SOME ICE CREAM,
BUT...

I PUT SOME CLEANING STUFF IN IT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOR THE FLOORS

AND IT STARTED, LIKE, SCREAMING
AND CHOKING AND EVERYTHING.

THEN IT WENT DEAD.

IT WAS WAY COOL.

THAT MAKES ME SO ANGRY, JENNY.

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT

TO A HELPLESS
LITTLE ANIMAL?

I DON'T KNOW.

IS THAT HOW YOU FELT WHEN
YOU HIT THE LITTLE BOY?

WASN'T COOL OR ANYTHING,
LIKE WITH THE CAT.

I JUST HIT HIM
WITH A ROCK.

HE DESERVED IT.

HE WOULDN'T STOP CRYING.

WHEN THE BOY
DIDN'T WAKE UP...

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

I DON'T KNOW. THAT HE WENT DEAD.

THAT'S WHY I PUT THE BATTERY
IN HIS MOUTH

TO GIVE HIM SOME ELECTRICITY...

WAKE HIM UP,
LIKE THEY DO IN THE HOSPITALS.

JENNY'S BEEN EMOTIONALLY ABUSED,
MAYBE PHYSICALLY.

SHE LASHES OUT

WHEN HER ANGER REACHES
THE BOILING POINT.

SO, WE LOCK
THIS GIRL UP?

GET USED TO IT.

MORE AND MORE GIRLS
COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR JENNY
EXCEPT A FUTURE

OF ESCALATING
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR.

WHAT MAKES
YOU SAY THAT?

EMOTIONAL ABUSE,
THE SNUFFED CAT...

THE BLACKED-OUT PHOTOGRAPHS

HER LACK OF RESPONSE
WHEN I WENT AFTER HER.

HER FANTASIES ABOUT
HURTING LITTLE BOYS.

YEAH, PREVIEWS
OF COMING ATTRACTIONS.

SHE'S GRADUATED TO MURDER.

SHE'S NOT GOING TO STOP.

YOU SOUND PRETTY SURE.

KID'S A DONE DEAL.

SHE'S A TEXTBOOK SERIAL KILLER.

WE JUST GOT HER EARLY.

YOU'VE READ THE REPORTS,
MS. SHARKEY.

JENNY BRANDT IS
DAMAGED GOODS.

SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT?

CONSENT TO RESTRICTIVE PLACEMENT
UNTIL AGE 21...

REASSESS WHEN
SHE'S AN ADULT.

I'M SORRY, SHE'S TOO YOUNG
TO JUST THROW IN THE TOWEL.

SHE'S DEEPLY DISTURBED.

SHE NEEDS TO BE KEPT
FROM LITTLE BOYS.

WE CAN STIPULATE JENNY BE
HOUSED

IN A FACILITY
WITH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

SHE CAN GET TREATMENT
ON THE OUTSIDE.

THE BEST YOU CAN GET

UNDER THE FAMILY COURT ACT
IS FIVE YEARS, MR. McCOY

AND I'M NOT HELPING YOU GET IT.

FIVE YEARS
IN A YOUTH FACILITY...

NOT GOING
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE LAW, JACK.

OUR HANDS ARE TIED.

NOT IF WE CAN CONVINCE
MS. BRANDT

TO COMMIT HER DAUGHTER.

AN OPEN-ENDED PSYCHIATRIC CONFINEMENT?

IF THE SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE
A PLACE FOR THIS GIRL

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ONE.

SO, I SIGN THE PAPERS

AND THEY PUT JENNY
IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL?

AS LONG AS YOUR APPLICATION
IS APPROVED

BY A PRE-CERTIFICATION
COMMITTEE.

AND HOW LONG
DOES SHE STAY?

UNTIL THE DOCTORS THINK
SHE'S NO LONGER A THREAT.

THAT COULD BE FOREVER.

YOUR DAUGHTER IS

A PREDATOR, MS. BRANDT.

SHE NEEDS TO BE SOMEWHERE

WHERE SHE CAN'T HURT
OTHER PEOPLE.

JENNY'S ALL I HAVE.

YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD,
BUT YOU CAN'T HANDLE HER.

GO AHEAD. BLAME ME FOR THIS.

WE'RE NOT BLAMING ANYBODY.

YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS HELP.

I AM NOT
PUTTING JENNY

IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.

WE'RE DONE.

WELL, THAT SOLVES MY PROBLEMS
WITH THIS.

YOU PROMISED ME
YOU WOULD HELP HER.

THIS IS HELPING HER.

YOU SAID JENNY'D BE
IN A JUVIE HOME

NOT A NUTHOUSE.

THAT WAS BEFORE WE KNEW
WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.

LOOK AT THE PEOPLE HERE,
MR. BRANDT.

JENNY'S ON HER WAY.

YOU GOING TO WATCH
OR ARE YOU GOING TO HELP?

YOU TWO HAVE BEEN
ON THE ROAD?

TACONIC CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

VINCE BRANDT SIGNED
THE COMMITMENT PAPERS.

STATE HEAD SHRINKERS...

PAST YEAR, THEY RELEASED
THREE SUBWAY PUSHERS

AND A MAN WHO DINED ON
HIS NEIGHBOR'S LIVER.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.

WHAT ABOUT THE WAY

THE STATE LEGISLATURE
PRESCRIBES?

THEY NEVER CONCEIVED
OF A JENNY BRANDT.

LEGALLY, IT WANTS HER BACK HOME.

I'M NOT GOING
TO LET THAT HAPPEN.

I DON'T WANT THIS OFFICE
COMING OFF INHUMANE.

INHUMANE TO WHO? TO JENNY OR TO THE
SOCIETY ON WHICH SHE WREAKS HAVOC?

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT PLANNED
FOR THE OLDER GIRL, ATTICA?

WE CUT A DEAL WITH HER LAWYER.

SHE'S PLEADING
AS A JUVENILE OFFENDER.

WE'RE LEAVING SENTENCING
UP TO THE JUDGE.

WONDERFUL.

WELL, JENNY'S LAWYER

CAUGHT WIND OF IT

AND SHE FILED A MOTION
TO STOP THE CIVIL COMMITMENT.

WE'LL FIGHT IT.

SKODA CONVINCED ME.

HE'LL CONVINCE
JUDGE SOLOMON.

JENNY'S LAWYER HAS
AN EXPERT, TOO.

WE'VE RETAINED ELIZABETH OLIVET.

WASN'T DR. OLIVET
FORMERLY AFFILIATED

WITH THE D.A.'s OFFICE?

AND NOW SHE'S
IN PRIVATE PRACTICE

SPECIALIZING IN CHILDREN.

SHE'S EXAMINED JENNY AND FEELS
THAT MR. McCOY'S POSITION

IS BASED ON A BUNCH
OF VOODOO PSYCHOLOGY.

ALL DUE RESPECT
TO DR. OLIVET--

A PARENT HAS
A RIGHT TO COMMIT

A MENTALLY ILL CHILD.

EXCEPT THE MOTHER OPPOSES IT,
AND THERE'S

A FAMILY COURT
CHARGE PENDING.

AREN'T YOU USURPING
THE AUTHORITY

OF THE FAMILY
COURT?

IF THAT'S A PROBLEM,
WE'LL DROP THE PROSECUTION.

YOU SEE
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

MR. McCOY'S SHORT-CIRCUITING

JENNY'S DEFENSE
BY COMMITTING HER.

I'M TRYING TO PROTECT
THE PUBLIC FROM A KILLER.

YOU'RE MAKING IT UP
AS YOU GO ALONG.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR-OLD
KILLER HERE.

MR. McCOY'S POSITION

HAS SOME MERIT.
JUDGE...

I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH YOUR
PSYCHOLOGISTS

AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
SOME INSIGHT ON THIS CHILD.

THEN I'LL RULE
ON THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX.

AFTER EXAMINING MISS BRANDT

WHAT'S YOUR DIAGNOSIS?

THE CHILD IS A SOCIOPATH.

IN LAYMAN'S TERMS.

ENORMOUS ANGER

WHICH SHE DIRECTS
AT OTHER CHILDREN.

SHE'S DESENSITIZED TO VIOLENCE.

LACKS EMPATHY
WITH HER VICTIMS.

BASICALLY,
SHE EXISTS

IN AN EMOTIONAL VACUUM.

IS THIS CONDITION
LIKELY TO CHANGE?

SURE. IT'LL GET WORSE.

SHE'S ALREADY
DEMONSTRATED A PATTERN

OF ESCALATING
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.

THERE'S NO REASON
TO THINK IT'LL END.

IN YOUR OPINION,
DID JENNY COMPREHEND

THAT SHE WAS KILLING THIS BOY?

SHE'S HAD FANTASIES
ABOUT IT

FOR AT LEAST A YEAR

AND SHE WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR
TO ME

ABOUT KILLING
HER NEIGHBOR'S CAT.

I DON'T SEE WHY
IT WOULD BE

ANY MYSTERY TO HER.

JENNY'S NEVER BEEN IN THERAPY,
RIGHT, DR. SKODA?

IT WOULDN'T HELP.

HOW CAN YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW THAT?

SHE SHOWS ALL THE SIGNS OF A

TORTURING SMALL MAMMALS...

ARE YOU TROTTING OUT
THE McDONALD'S TRIAD?

THESE SO-CALLED PREDICTORS

HAVE BEEN DISCREDITED
IN OVER 20 STUDIES.

OKAY, FORGET ABOUT PREDICTORS.

SHE'S ALREADY KILLED SOMEONE.

AND YOU KNOW
SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN.

I KNOW I DON'T WANT
TO TAKE THAT RISK.

IF SHE WERE MY PATIENT,
SHE'D BE INSTITUTIONALIZED.

YOU'D GIVE UP ON HER WITHOUT
EVEN TRYING TO TREAT HER?

I HAVE NO PROBLEM
TRYING TO TREAT HER...

BEHIND BARS.

A LITTLE DISPASSIONATE

DON'T YOU THINK, DOCTOR?

I'LL SAVE MY COMPASSION
FOR THE NEXT KID SHE KILLS.

JENNY WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHEN
SHE WAS FOUR.

I ORDERED SOME C.T.
SCANS ON HER BRAIN.

THERE'S FRONTAL
LOBE DAMAGE.

STUDIES LINK THIS

WITH POOR
IMPULSE CONTROL.

SO, IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE CAUSE

OF JENNY'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
ORGANIC?

IN PART.
I'M NOT SAYING

HER FAMILY PROBLEMS
AREN'T A FACTOR

BUT ABUSE ALONE
DOESN'T NECESSARILY

CAUSE VIOLENCE.

IS SHE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER
ACTIONS?

MY EXAMINATION POINTS
TO IDENTIFIABLE BIOLOGICAL

AND PSYCHIATRIC FACTORS
WHICH DIMINISH HER CULPABILITY.

JENNY DOESN'T PROCESS RIGHT
AND WRONG THE WAY YOU AND I DO.

AND HER FANTASIES
OF HARMING A CHILD?

EVERYBODY HAS
INAPPROPRIATE FANTASIES.

GIVEN TIME, JENNY'S FANTASIES
CAN BE REFOCUSED.

SO, HER CONDITION
IS REVERSIBLE?

IT'S WORTH A SHOT.

THERE IS NO REASON

TO GIVE UP ON THIS CHILD.

DR. OLIVET,
IS THERE ANY MEDICATION

FOR THE KIND OF FRONTAL
LOBE DAMAGE YOU DESCRIBED?

NOT YET.

ANY DRUGS
IN FDA TRIALS?

NO. AND I KNOW
ALL ABOUT DR. SKODA

AND HIS PENCHANT
FOR EASY CHEMICAL FIXES

BUT THERE ARE OTHER THERAPIES.

TALK THERAPY,
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

DO THEY WORK?

SOMETIMES THEY DO,
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

AND IF THEY DON'T

JENNY BRANDT WILL KILL AGAIN.

NOBODY KNOWS THAT,
NOT EVEN DR. SKODA.

BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES,
ARE THERE?

I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GUARANTEE,
MR. McCOY--

YOU LOCK THIS CHILD AWAY

IN AN ASYLUM
FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE

AND YOU'RE WASTING
WHATEVER CHANCE YOU HAVE

OF FIXING HER.

JACK? I DON'T GET IT.

WHY ARE YOU GOING
AFTER THIS KID?

SHE KILLED
A LITTLE BOY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
A VICTIMS' ADVOCATE.

I AM, BUT I DON'T LIKE
TO SEE A COLLEAGUE

WHO HAS NO CLINICAL
EXPERTISE IN CHILDREN

TRYING TO PUT AWAY
A TEN-YEAR-OLD.

I THINK ALL
THAT EXPERTISE

HAS TURNED YOU SOFT, LIZ.

TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE
TIME FOR TEN ROUNDS.

Mrs. Brandt:
EVERYTHING WAS FINE

WITH JENNY UNTIL
VINCE WENT TO JAIL.

WHEN JENNY STARTED TO HAVE
PROBLEMS

IN SCHOOL, MRS. BRANDT

DID YOU DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?

OH, JENNY AND I
WOULD TALK.

SHE SAID THE BOYS SHE HURT
WERE TEASING HER

OR SOMETHING,
SO SHE HAD TO FIGHT BACK.

I TRIED TO TEACH HER
NOT TO BE SO PHYSICAL

BUT I GUESS IT JUST
DIDN'T GET THROUGH.

DO YOU REALIZE NOW
THAT YOUR DAUGHTER

HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM?

OH, BELIEVE ME, I DO.

I'M SO SORRY FOR
THE PARENTS OF THAT BOY.

IF YOU SEND JENNY
HOME, YOUR HONOR

I WILL DO EVERYTHING
I CAN TO HELP HER.

I PROMISE I'LL WATCH HER
LIKE A HAWK.

THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO, THE POINT IS, MS. BRANDT

YOU DIDN'T WATCH HER
LIKE A HAWK?

I TRIED.

YOU SAID YOU TALKED TO HER

WHEN SHE GOT IN TROUBLE
AT SCHOOL

BUT DID YOU DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

WELL, I GROUNDED HER.

YOU GROUNDED HER?

WELL, WHAT ELSE COULD I DO?

DID YOU CONSULT A THERAPIST?

NO.

DID YOU INVESTIGATE
ANY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS?

NO.

DID YOU DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT

WHEN SHE KILLED
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAT?

I DIDN'T KNOW SHE DID THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON
TO THINK

THAT THERE'S ANYTHING
YOU COULD DO TO STOP HER?

I DON'T KNOW.

SO, JENNY'S JUST OUT THERE
TERRORIZING OTHER CHILDREN.

OH, SHE'S NOT A MONSTER.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER
AWAY FROM ME.

SHE'S... SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

PLEASE DON'T.

YOUR HONOR...

MY CLIENT IS TEN YEARS OLD.

SHE HAS TEDDY BEARS
ON HER BEDSPREAD

AND A BIG BIRD PIGGY BANK
FILLED WITH PENNIES

AND... SHE KILLED A CHILD.

IT'S SO INCONGRUOUS,
IT'S ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE.

DR. OLIVET HAS TESTIFIED
THAT, BECAUSE OF HER AGE

AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY
HER BRAIN WORKS, SHE SIMPLY

COULDN'T APPRECIATE

THAT AS SHE STRUCK
AARON POLANSKY WITH A ROCK

SHE WAS KILLING HIM.

JENNY THOUGHT SHE COULD REVIVE HIM WITH A
11/////2-VOLT BATTERY.

IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

MR. McCOY'S POSITION

IS TO IGNORE
THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY

AND BRAND JENNY BRANDT
A KILLER.

SHE'LL NEVER CHANGE;
WE HAVE TO PUT HER AWAY.

PEOPLE CHANGE.

IF ANYONE CAN CHANGE
IT'S A CHILD.

AND DR. OLIVET HAS EMPHASIZED

THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN
IN A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL.

MR. McCOY'S SOLUTION
IS A SOLUTION

OF LAST RESORT.

PLEASE...

DON'T GIVE UP ON HER, JUDGE.

JENNY GOT DEALT A LOUSY HAND.

I LOOK AT HER
WITH PITY AND REGRET.

BUT JENNY BRANDT IS TROUBLE.

SHE BATTERED AARON POLANSKY'S
HEAD AND STUFFED HIM IN A PIPE.

MS. SHARKEY WANTS US TO BELIEVE

THAT SHE DIDN'T APPRECIATE
WHAT SHE DID.

I DON'T AGREE.

JENNY DAYDREAMS
ABOUT KILLING SMALL BOYS.

SHE EVEN HAD A TRIAL RUN
WITH A CAT

BUT ULTIMATELY

WHAT SHE COULD OR COULD NOT
APPRECIATE IS IRRELEVANT.

JENNY IS A LOADED GUN.

SHE'S A COCKED FIST
WITH A ROCK IN IT.

SHE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
BEFORE SHE KILLS AGAIN.

DR. OLIVET TALKS ABOUT SENDING
JENNY TO A STATE INSTITUTION

LIKE IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE

THAT TURNS
THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN!

AARON POLANSKY
GOT A DEATH SENTENCE!

JENNY WOULD GET TREATMENT.

NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT STATE PSYCHIATRIC CARE

COULD BE BETTER

BUT LETTING JENNY GET AWAY WITH
MURDER WON'T HELP THIS GIRL.

HOW WILL SHE EVER APPRECIATE

THAT HER ACTIONS
HAVE CONSEQUENCES

IF THERE ARE NONE?

AND HOW MANY CHILDREN
WILL SHE KILL BEFORE THE ADULT

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
CAN TAKE OVER?

DO WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE?

MS. SHARKEY WOULD LIKE US

TO CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE.

HOPE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

I HAVE MY OWN KIND OF HOPE.

I HOPE THE STATE DOCTORS
CAN FIND A WAY TO FIX THIS GIRL.

I HOPE THAT IT TAKES
SIX MONTHS

BUT UNTIL THEY DO

WE CAN'T AFFORD MS. SHARKEY'S
BRAND OF HOPE.

WE NEED TO PROTECT
THE AARON POLANSKYs

OF THIS WORLD FROM JENNY BRANDT.

THANK YOU BOTH.

I'LL RENDER MY DECISION
TOMORROW.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

SHARKEY GAVE
A GOOD CLOSING.

I'D SAY IT'S A TOSS-UP.

YOU COMFORTABLE
WITH YOUR POSITION?

THAT'S QUITE A ROW
YOU'RE HOEING.

YOU DON'T THINK IT KEEPS ME UP
AT NIGHT?

NOBODY TWISTED YOUR ARM.

WOULD YOU WANT
THIS KID LOOSE

IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD?

THE PUBLIC

IS TIRED OF VIOLENT CHILDREN
BEING SENT TO BED

WITHOUT THEIR DESSERT.

FIVE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
EXECUTE THEIR CHILDREN

AND WE'RE ONE OF THEM.

WHERE DO WE
DRAW THE LINE?

ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS
LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

NOW WE CONDEMN THIS TEN-YEAR-OLD
TO STATE PSYCHIATRIC CARE.

YES.

IT'S THE WORST POSSIBLE SOLUTION
EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS.

AND IF OLIVET IS RIGHT?

THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SLEEPING.

WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US

IS AN ANGRY LITTLE GIRL...

WHO KILLED

BECAUSE OF SOME DEEP TURMOIL

NO ONE CAN ADEQUATELY
EXPLAIN TO ME.

BUT I'M CONVINCED

BASED ON HER AGE
AND PSYCHIATRIC MAKEUP

THAT JENNY DID NOT UNDERSTAND

THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ACTIONS.

AND IF I BELIEVE SHE'S NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE

I CAN'T DENY HER THE CHANCE

TO EVOLVE
INTO A HEALTHY YOUNG WOMAN.

I MUST HOLD OUT HOPE
THAT SHE CAN BE TREATED

AND REHABILITATED

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN IN A STATE HOSPITAL.

MR. McCOY'S FEARS ABOUT JENNY'S
FUTURE ARE WELL FOUNDED

BUT I WON'T LOCK A CHILD AWAY
BECAUSE OF A FEAR

OR A PREDICTION
OF FUTURE BEHAVIOR.

I'M QUASHING YOUR
COMMITMENT PAPERS, MR. McCOY

AND RELEASING JENNY
TO THE CUSTODY OF HER MOTHER.

MRS. BRANDT

GET HELP FOR YOUR DAUGHTER.

YOU AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE

A STANDING MONTHLY APPOINTMENT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THIS CHILD.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

SOMEONE SHOULD CALL
AARON POLANSKY'S MOTHER.

I'LL CALL HER FROM THE OFFICE.