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In the criminal
justice system,

the people
are represented

by two separate,

yet equally
important groups--

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Freezing my ass off for
a nicotine hit, it's pathetic.

Come over
to my place.

Uh-uh.
Too dangerous.

What are you afraid of?
One drink?

I really think we ought to
take it slow.

I won't put
the moves on you.

Promise.

Unless...
you want me to.

You see,
that's exactly--

Oh, my God.

That man shot himself.

Kids that saw it happen

said they were
on a first date.

Dinner and a show?

Not exactly what
they had in mind.

What about the victim?

On his way
to Bellevue.

No, is he likely?

EMS said he was
still breathing.

If he's not D.O.A.,
he's a house plant.

Nine millimeter.

There's the shell casing.

What time did
this go down?

Witnesses said
just after 11:00.

He called somebody
at 10:59.

Get this stuff vouchered,
would you?

He have any I.D.?

Richard Ranson.
28 years old.

Hello? Hi, Ma'am, I'm sorry
to call you so late.

This is Detective Green,

New York City
Police Department.

Yeah, may I ask
who I'm speaking to?

Okay, do you know
a Richard Ranson?

Uh...yeah, I understand.

Wife?

Yea,
they're separate.

That figures.
Family trouble.

He's on his way
to Bellevue, Ma'am.

Self-inflicted
gunshot wound.

Uh, we don't know.
We don't know.

We're on our way there now.

'Scuse me?

Do you hae
an addres?

She thinks he may have
killed somebody else.

You're kidding me.
Where?

Uh-huh?

Over there.

I'm assuming those are
his prints on the knife.

And assuming he dies,
it'd be a murder-suicide.

He shot himself in the head
and kept breathing.

He must have flinched.

Room's registered
to a Richard Ranson.

Thank you.

New York license.
Maryann Miller.

Sullivan Street.
She's...29?

That's a hard 29.

Looks more like 39 to me.

Look at the left side
of her arm and face.

Yeah, she's got a suntan
like she been driving.

Not in New York.

Not this time
of the year.

's a lucky.

Bullet creased his skull,
exited the scalp.

That's because he wasn't
fully committed.

Excuse me?

To dying.

A wound like that means
that you turned the gun away

at the last
possible second.

I see.

Well, he has
a concussion,

a hairline
skull fracture.

So it sounds like
he's gonna make it.

Barring unforeseen
complications,

he should end up
with no more than

a bad headache,
temporary double vision.

Down the road,

maybe a little
cosmetic surgery.

Well, we're gonna need
to talk to him at some point.

It's gonna be a day or two.
I'll let you know.

She's in here.

Thanks.

Mrs. Ranson?

Detective Green.

This is my partner,
Detective Fontana.

Hi.

Did you go to the hotel?

Oh, my God.

Richard,
what have you done?

Who?
Do you know?

Well, we were hoping
that you might be able

to help us with that.

The victim was...
in her 30s.

Pretty, brunette.

In her 30s?

Maryanne Miller.

No, I...

I don't know her.

Probably from out of tow.

Well, you have her license.
Can't you just--

It's a fak.

There's no such person.
No such address.

Mrs. Ranso,

what made you send us
to your husband's hotel room?

He had left e
a messag.

What was the message?

He said he had finally done

what he needed to do
his whole life.

And it was the hardest thing
he'd ever done.

And why would that mean
he would kill somebody?

He had been talking about it
for months.

About killing someon?

Anyone in particular?

His mother.

Richard grew up
in a cult.

I didn't know
they still had cults.

His mother,
Mrs. Shelby,

is the leader.

The founder.
She's the queen bee.

Even the members
call her Mother.

She live in the city?

They have branches
in Mexico and Asia,

and she's usualy
out of the countr.

What about his father?

Who knows?

The Children
of the Divine--
What?

That's what they
call this thing?

It was founded
in the '60s.

They believed
in free love, drugs,

salvation through sex,

enlightenment
through ecstasy.

Well, there was a lot of that
going on back then.

Richard was a product
of what they called

a "soul seduction."

The female members
would go out

and try to seduce men
to get them to join.

So Richard's father
took the sample,

but he didn't
buy the package.

It was a one-night stand.

I don't think
he ever met him.

I can understand why
Richard resents his mother,

but why kill her?

The Children of the Divine

practice what they called
the sexualization of children.

That doesn't sound good.

Adults had sex
with the children.

Children had sex
with each other...

while their parents watched.

They say it was natural.

It's what God intended
in the Garden of Eden.

And all this happened
to Richard.

Big tim.

He was the Crown Prince.

The Chosen One.

Mother's successor.

Oh, but Richard didn't
buy into that.

He hated it.

Couldn't wait to get out.

He left when he was 19.
He escaped, really.

How long have you two
been married?

A year and a hal.

I thought we were
gonna make it.

What happened?

About six months ago,

he got really angry
and depressed.

Went into
a complete tailspin.

You know why?

He wouldn't tell m.

Then two weeks ago,
he hit rock bottom.

He moved out, and he said
it'd be the best for both of us.

Taking a human life
was the hardest thing

I've ever done.

Not that it
made any difference.

I'll never escape the past.

I know that now.

Thanks...for...trying.

I love you.

Then he shot himself.

"I'll never escape the past."

There's a website
for survivors,

cult members
who've walked away,

and they all tell
the same story.

Physical abus,
sexual abuse-

Drug overdoses, suicides.

Parents who'd do this
to their own children.

And the kids who rebelled?

They'd get sent
to the Philippines

to these "victory camps,"
where they're disciplined--

punished--until they get
their heads straight.

Do we have any idea

why he killed
this Maryanne Miller?

We're thinking because
of the phony identification

that she has some connection
with the cult.

They're into fake names,
passports.

So they can stay
one step ahead of the law.

What about Mr. Ranson?

We won't be able
to get a crack at him

for the next
couple of days.

He worked
at a travel agency.

We were gonna go
check out his office.

All right.

Rich was always easy
to get along with.

And then...I don't know.

Last six months or so,
he just stopped talking,

stopped going out for lunch
with the rest of us.

It was dramatic.

What about the last couple
of weeks or so?

Beyond blue.

His wife said
he moved out.

God, that explains it.

I thought it was
the phone call.

What phone call?

Some woman.

Uh, Richie picked up.

I swear, he turned white,
he heard who it was,

like he was
talking to a ghost.

He say anything
about it?

Just rushed out of here.

Came back
a couple hours later,

he was a wreck.

Nervous, twitchy.

Hey, when did
that phone call happen?

Do you remember?

Couple weeks ago,
maybe.

The day after this really
complicated charter

to Lithuania,
that was a Monday.

So it wasn't
last Tuesday,

but the Tuesday
before that.

Hey. Look at this.

Look how it's written.

That's the dy
of that phone cal.

Looks a little shaky.

"Empire ST"
Empire Street?

We're gonna
borrow this stuff.

Yeah.
Seen him a couple of times.

Came by to see her.

Who's her?

Miss Porter.

Miss Porter
have a first name?

Sunny.

Real California
hippie-dippy type.

Blonde hair,

always complaining
about the heat.

As in not enough of it.

If you find her,
let us know.

She still owes us
for her last three days.

Do you have her address?

Yeah, but I assume
it's phony.

The phone number was.

We still have her bag.

Suitcase.

And being the good citizen
that you are,

you're gonna turn over
the suitcase to us

as found property,

am I correct, si?

Yeah, the tag on the bg

says she flew in
from San Francisco.

Oh, it looks like
Sunny and Richard

were more than friends.

Whoa.

"Christmas '92.
Manzanillo."

That's Mexico.

Yeah?

Uh-huh?

Okay. Thank you.

Sunshine Porter
flew one way

from San Francisco
to Newark.

She got here the day after
Richard got that phone call,

and she checked in
the same day

at the Empire State Hotel.

Sunshine?

This whole thing
is starting to sound like

a bad acid flashback
from the '60s.

And guess who
sold her the ticket?

The Travel Planet.
Richard Ranson.

You sure you don't
recognize her?

No, I'm positive.

Well, this photo
would have been taken,

like, 10 or 12 years ago.

What was her connection
to Richard?

We don't know ye.

What makes you think
there was one?

Well, Richard was
in the picture with her.

We cropped him out.

Why?

We wanted to show
them separately.

What were they doing
in the photograph?

Oh, this must have been

before he left
the cult, so...

Was she a member too?

We don't know.

She looks about 13, 14.

They were just kids.

It wasn't their fault.

Yeah, we know.

Not again.

Are you gonna answer it?

Hello?

These hang-ups
are driving me crazy.

When did they start?

Since everything happened.

When that happen,

hang up, pick up again,
and dial star 57.

We can trace the call.

Open up.
It's the Police.

Who is i?

I said,
it's the Police.

How do I knw
you're really the Polic?

Read the badge, Einstein.
What's it say?

Could be fak.

Yeah, it could be,
but it's not.

Now open up or we're gonna
kick the door in.

Where's Sunshine Porter?

She's not here.

Where did she go?

I don't know.

What's your nam?

Jared.
Jared Weston.

All right, come on.
Give me your I.D.

Give me some I.D.
Come on!

Can I ask you
a question?
It depends.

Is he gonna be okay?

Who?

Daniel.
Who's Daniel?

You know, Richard Ranson.

The guy who shot himself
and killed that lady.

That's why you're here,
isn't it?

Why do you call him Daniel?

That's how we knew him.

Growing up, that was
his name before he left

The Childrn
of the Divin.

Are you Sunshine Porter?

Yes.

She wasn't
hiding from you.

We thought Mother sent you.

Mrs. Shelby?

Why are you afraid of her?

We just don't want her
to know where we are.

Were you in this cult
with Daniel?

After Daniel left,
we left.

What was your relationship
with Daniel?

I'm his sister.

e

and hang up?

I wanted to apologize
to his wife.

But I didn't know
what to say.

And the woman
he killed...

Dolores...

was our Nanny.

The Nannies
were these girls

who took care of us
most of the time.

They had sex with us,

and got us to have sex
with each other.

And your mother
condoned all of this?

She believed in it.

It's written
in the teachings.

God is love,

and the purest form
of love is sex.

So...it's all
in The Book of Daniel.

What's The Book
of Daniel?
Mother wrote it.

It tells you
how to raise a child.

By having sex
with them.

A couple of weeks ago,
you called your brother.

I heard Mother
was gonna be in New York

for a meeting with some
of the American Elders.

I thought, if Daniel
could just confront her

about what happened
when he was a kid,

maybe he could move on

and get over i.

So you told him
about the meeting.

Yeah...but I didn't know
where it was gonna be,

so he asked me to put him
in touch with Dolores.

He thought he could
get to your mother

through Dolores.

I guess Dolores wouldn't
tell him where Mother was.

I was just trying to help.

I didn't know he would
do what he did.

Dolores Diamond, 40,

been living in Mexico City.

FBI's had a file on her
for more than a decade,

along with her boss,
Mrs. Shelby,

and the rest
of her inner circle.

What are the Feds'
interest in these people?

International investigation,
child abuse.

Argentina,
Mexico, Belgium.

Any luc?

A few arrests, a few trials,
no convictions.

Well, you'd think with all
those survivor testimonies

on the website,
they'd be able to prosecute.

Well, they claimed
they cleaned up their act

a long time ago,

but no one's been able
to find the cult leaders

long enough
to prosecute them.

Well, I'd lie
to spend an hor

with one of
the little creeps.

I'd teach him
a whole new meaning

to the expression,
"see the light."

Hospital calle.

Said your boy's
well enough to talk.

I did it.

I killed Dolores.

Not that you need
my confession.

We'll read yu
your right.

I waive my rights.

Let 'em do whatever
they want to me.

Throw away the key,

lethal injection.

Well, if you're
looking for help

from the state of New York
to finish the job,

you're out of luc.

You should hae
done her in Texa.

Whatever.

Why did you kill Dolores?

She deserved it.

They all do.

You know how many suicides
there have been...

among the children
who grew up in this...

abomination?

How many drug overdoses?

And that's not counting
the addicts and the alcoholics,

the walking wounded

and the living dead.

We know what went on
in the cult...Daniel.

Then you know why I did it.

You know what
the worst thing was?

Even as she was
about to die...

she still didn't get it.

Dolores?

She's dying.

As she's bleeding to death,

she looks me in the eye
and says, "Why?

Why, Daniel, why?"

She still doesn't understand
she's ever done anything wrong.

Does he really
deserve Murder Two?

I could live
with Man One.

What if we could use Richard
to get at his mother?

She's really
the culpable party here.

I agree, but for what?

I've been going
over his file.

His grandparents were
awarded custody of Richard

when he was a toddler.

They were
his legal guardians?

He was living with them

when Mrs. Shelby
abducted him.

Did they file a complaint?

They did.

But she took him
to Mexico,

and they never
saw him again.

That could be construed
as kidnapping.

I thought so.

It could also
be construed

as a custody dispute.

Not to mention
the statute of limitations.

If he was taken
for the purpose

of performing a sexual act,
that's a class A felony.

No statute of limitations.

Kidnapping involving
a parent is tricky.

Under New York law,

it's an affirmative defense
if the defendant's a relative,

and the reason
for the abduction

is simply to assume control.

So we have to prove Richard

was abducted
for sexual purposes.

Without corroboration?

We'd have
his sister's testimony.

We'd have to find
Mrs. Shelby first.

I'm just a journeyman
lawyer on retainer.

I handle the more mundane
legal matters

for Mrs. Shelby.

Why does
the District Attorney

need to know
where Mrs. Shelby is?

Dolores Diamond
was her assistant.

We'd like to ask some questions
concerning the case.

Well, I can assure you
Mrs. Shelby knows nothing

about this tragic incident.

Are you familiar
with the website

run by ex-cult members?

Cult is such
a negative word.

What would you call it?

A religion.

One person's cult

is another person's
way to God.

A religion?

The Children
of the Divine?

The IRS thinks so
and so do the courts.

The people who post
to this website

seem to think
that Mrs. Shelby

had a lot to do
with this incident.

That in some real way,
she was responsible.

Bitter apostates
who bear a grudge.

Can you blame them?

No, not if their claims
are credible.

They're not?

Any misdeeds
you may be referring to

were perpetrated by a very small
faction of the group

who were dealt with
and expelled years ago.

The cult no longer practices
sex with children?

The Children
of the Divine never did.

Only a few renegades who
misinterpreted the teachings.

I can get you a set of
press releases if you like,

and transcripts
of the trials abroad

which absolutely exonerated
the organization.

Maybe you could
just show us

a copy of
The Book of Daniel.

Or tell us where we can
get our hands on one.

We wouldn't have
to bother Mrs. Shelby.

There is no such book.

That's not what Daniel,
Richard Ranson, tells us.

Is he well enough
to speak to you?

Because I know
that Mrs. Shelby

would like to call him
just to see how he's doing.

He's in jail.

He's not going anywhere.

All she has to do
is come and visit.

I'm afraid that would be
highly unlikely.

You think that lawyer's
in touch with Mrs. Shelby?

I definitely
got that feeling.

Maybe he can
help us find her.

How?

If Sunshine sends her
a message through him.

I'll call
Fontana and Green.

Sunshine,
you can do this.

Yeah, she scares me.

We'll be right there
with you.

I don't know how
to get in touch with her.

You call her lawyer.

You tell him that you want
to meet up with her.

Yeah, she won't
want to see me.

She will if you tell her

that you have
a message from Daniel.

I am so happy
to see you, darling.

I missed you so much.

You and your brother.

Hey, Mother.

Have you talked to Daniel?

Yes, Mother.

I went to visit him once.

Mr. Jackson said you have
a message to give me.

From Daniel.

Yes.

Well, what is it?
What did he say?

He said you're
under arrest.

Under arrest for what?

For kidnapping him
20 years ago.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can
and will be used against you

in a court of law.

with an international
reputation.

International indeed,
Your Honor.

She's been investigated
in a number of countries

on a variety of charges.

Spurious, trumped-up,
discredited,

and dismissed.

Thank God we still
live in a country

where one is allowed
to worship

as he or she chooses.

Mr. Grainger, please.

Save the First Amendment
for your closing,

should you get that far.

Given Mrs. Shelby's

international connections
and resources,

we're asking that
she be remanded.

Mrs. Shelby has
no intention of fleeing.

The Children of the Divine

have consistently jumped bail
when facing trial.

Sweeping generalization,
Your Honor.

And what others
may or may not have done

is irrelevant.

It is not irrelevan.

Any more than it would be

with the leader of any other
criminal organization.

The Children of the Divine

have a long record
of dealing deceptively

with civil
and judicial authorities.

Part of their standard
operating procedure

promulgated
by Mrs. Shelby.

You've convinced me,
Ms. Borgia.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Bail is set at $2 million.

Your Honor--

Defendant will surrender
her passport.

Your Honor--

Happy? No? Good.

This isn't kidnapping.

It's a 25-year-old
custody dispute.

Your client took her son
from his legal guardians.

Her parents,
the boy's grandparents.

For sexual purposes.

That's a lie.

To rectify an erroneous
court decision

and reunite a sn
and his mothe.

The abuse Richard Ranson
suffered as a child

at the hands
of his mother and others

led directly to the murder
of Dolores Diamond.

That's his self-serving
justification.

He wasn't abused.

On the contrary.

Daniel was the most
pampered little prince.

He was royalt.

As for the sex acts...

We have his sister's

corroborating testimony.

My daughter is
a disturbed young woman.

And your son is a murderer
and a would-be suicide.

Your point?

Your revolutionary
child-rearing techniques

seem to have fallen
a little short of the mark.

I am not saying
that I was the best mother

that ever was.

But these allegations?

They're unbearable.

Not to mention incredibl.

And as you sa,

look who's making them.

Then you're not interested
in a plea?

What would I plead to,
Mr. McCoy?

Trying to bring my children
closer to God?

Making them aware
of the Divine spark

that burns within?

And now I'm being
persecuted for it?

Hm?

I'm afraid Grainger's right.

No jury is gonna
put much stock

in a murderer's
sordid fantasy

about his mother
and his babysitter.

Or the sister he had
an incestuous affair with.

We could use a witness
who wasn't a member.

Not much chance of that.

We could use
a copy of that book.

Accordig
to Richard Ranso,

as soon as
the authorities

got on to what
they were up to,

Mrs. Shelby ordered
every copy burned.

We'll just have to make do
with what we got.

Facing her mother would be hard
for Sunshine Porter

on her best day.

I'll do what I can
to shore her up.

Nobody forced us
to have sex.

Isn't that
a direct contradiction

of what you
told the police?

It's just the way
things were in our world.

You were expected to,
and you did.

Everybody did.

What if you'd said no?

Mother would
have been angry.

Okay, then.
That's pressure.

It's coercive.
You were a child.

I guess.

What about
the Victory camps?

I never had to go
to one of those.

What about Daniel?

When he was 17, he had to go
to the Philippines for a year.

Did he ever
tell you about it?

He didn't want
to talk about it, really.

He said it was
no big deal.

The website testimonies
make it sound...

brutal.

Beatings,

isolation...

Well, Daniel
was the Chosen One.

There was only so much
they could do to him.

Other kids had
a harder time of it?

I know our brother
David did.

I didn't know you
had another brother.

I'd like to talk to him.

Do you know how I can
get in touch with him?

Mmm...he died last year.

How?

Drug overdose.

They found him convulsing

on the floor
of his hotel room.

He never had a chance.

His death coincides

with the onset
of your depression.

So?

It could be used to undermine
your testimony.

That you blame your mother
for David's death.

I do.

You look vindictive.

I am!

You fabricate

these fantastic tales
of childhood abuse

in order to get
back at her.

I'm telling the truth.

Wish we had
a copy of that book.

So do I.

The book is gone.

What about Sunshine?

I'm cautiously optimistic.

You don't know
what you're up against.

Dolores would, you know...

sex him up.

How old was he
when this started?

Six or seven.

How old were you?

I'm three years
younger than Daniel.

So you would have been
three or four,

and you remember this?

Really?
Oh, yes.

I remember Mother...

bringing me into
the room to watch.

By Mother, you mean
the defendant, Mrs. Shelby?

Yes.

She was aware
of what was going on?

It was part
of the teachings.

Her teachings.

She condoned i?

It was her idea.

How long did
this relationship

between your brother
and Ms. Diamond go on?

Until he was about 17.

How do you know?

I'd watch.

Sometimes, I'd participate.

You'd have sex
with your brother

and Ms. Diamond?

Yes.

Was your mother
aware of this too?

She encouraged it.

Your mother...

encouraged you to have
an incestuous relationship

with your brother?

Yes...she did.

How long did
this incest go on?

'Til Daniel left.

Why did he leave?

He told Mother
he didn't believe

in the teachings anymore,

and he wanted
a normal life.

And what was her reaction?

She was upset.

She sent Daniel
to Victory Camp

in the Philippines.

Victory Camp?
What's that?

A place where you studied
the teachings

until you understood
them better.

Where they punished you?

Yes.

How long was he there?

A year.

And when he returne?

He was angry.
Bitter.

Was this, uh, anger directed
at anyone in particular?

Our mother.

Is that when he left?

Moved to New York.

And changed his name
to Richard Ranson?

Yes.

What about yo?

Were you upset
when your, uh, brother

left the community?

Of course.

That's natura.

He was your lover.

Yeah, that's not why--

It isn'?

Isn't it true that
for many years,

your mother had no idea

what you and your brother
were doing?

She knew from the beginning.

Do you know how
preposterous that is?

That any mother
would condone,

let alone,
encourage such a thing

between her young children?

In our community,
it was normal.

That's what parents did.

You and your brother
were lovers as teenagers

after pubert,
were you no?

Yes.

For several year,

until Danil
called a halt to i.

Yes.

Isn't it a fact that

that's when this incestuous
relationship started,

when you were teenagers,

living in an isolate,
self-contained communiy

in a foreign countr?

No.
It was before that.

And when your mothr

discovered that you
and your brother were lovers,

isn't that why she
sent him away for a year?

No.

Far from condonig

this illicit relationship,
wasn't she horrified?

No, she wanted us
to be together.

And that upon his retur,

didn't you and your brother
concoct this outlandish story

to get your revenge on her?

Objection.

Your Honor, what is
the foundation for all this?

I'm getting to that,
Your Honor.

See that you do.

This is a transcript
of a sworn statement

you made
to the Mexican authorities,

investigating
similar allegations

you and your brothr
made against Mrs. Shely

and The Children
of the Divine.

Would you please read
the highlighted section?

"Miss Porter: Daniel and I
made that up.

"Investigator: Made it up?
Which part?

"Miss Porter: All of it.

"Investigator: Why?

"Miss Porter: We were mad at
Mother for sending Daniel away.

"Investigator: Then these
allegations are false.

Miss Porter:
Yes, they are, completely."

Which is it, Miss Porter?

Were you lying
under oath then,

or are you lying
under oath...now?

Judge Huse had no choice
but to dismiss the charges.

Sunshine was doing
so well too.

Even with her Mother
giving her the death ray.

I'm going after her
for murder.

Mrs. Shelby?

For the death
of her son, David.

Where do we start?

Talk to the FBI.

They have a cult task force.

See what they've got on
The Children of the Divine.

I'll get on it right away.

Before she leaves
the country again.

against Mrs. Shelby

and The Children
of the Divine

in Argentina,
the Philippines--

They claim they've
cleaned up their act.

Well, it's maybe it's not
as egregious as it once was,

but the sex abuse
still goes on.

If you have any idea
where we could find

a copy
of Mrs. Shelby's book...

The legendary
Book of Daniel?

Trying to build a murder case
against Mrs. Shelby

for the death
of her son, David.

And it would
help corroborate

Richard and Sunshine's testimony
against their mother.

We can't find it.

I can get you a copy.

You can?

I've got a photocopy
of a manuscript

that was seized
in a raid years ago

in Mrs. Shelby's compound
in Buenos Aires.

A photocopy.

Can the original
be authenticated?

It's in her handwriting.

The book is explicit, Arthur.

It's not just doctrine,
or some crazy how-to manual

for child rearin.

It documents
specific instances,

many of them involving
Richard Ranson.

It can help us establish
a clear pattern of abuse.

They gave them drugs as well?

How else do you
get a 10-year-old

to have sex with a 40-year-old
and claim it's consensual?

I want to go back
to the grand jury

and get an indictment
for murder against Mrs. Shelby

for the death
of her son, David.

Walk me through it.

Immigration says Mrs. Shelby
was in New York

at the time
of David's death.

She and David had flown in
from Mexico City.

During their visit,

David Shelby died
of an overdose of Quaaludes.

An empty prescription bottle

belonging to Mrs. Shelby
was found at the scene.

If she smuggled them in

and gave them
to her minor son, David,

while he was in her care--

For the purposes
of sexual exploitation.

Depraved indifference.
Murder Two.

Let's rearret
Mrs. Shelb.

David was my half-brother.

We have the same mother.

When was the last tie
you saw your brothe?

About ten years ago.

When I left the cult.

How old were you?
18.

David was five.

Do you recognize this?

It's The Book of Daniel.

It's a book describing
how I was raised.

It's also a book
of my mother's teachings.

Who wroe
The Book of Danie?

She di.

Does it accurately describe
how you were raised?

Yes...it does.

The Book of Daniel clais
that you were initiatd

into sexual activity
at a very early age.

Is that true?

Yes.

Who was the first persn
you ever had sex wit?

My Nanny,
Dolores Diamond.

How old were you?

Six.

She would have
been about...

17 or 18.

Would you tell the court

what crime you have
been convicted of

and are presently
awaiting sentencing for?

Manslaughter.

Who did you kill?

Dolores Diamond.

Your Nann.

Wh?

I hated her for what she did
to me when I was a kid.

It's all in the book.

Was that the only reason
that you killed her?

I wanted her to tell me
where my mother was.

She wouldn't.

Why did you
want to know that?

I was hoping
to kill her too.

After you killd
Dolores Diamon,

what did you d?

I shot myself.

Wh?

I felt guilty.

For killing her?

For my brother.
David.

I should have
taken him with me.

But I left him behind.

With her.

She was doing to him

what she did to m.

Giving him drus

and making him have sex
while she watched.

Did your mother
give you drugs?

Phenobarbital,
Quaaludes, Ecstasy...

The adults, our parents,

always gave us drugs before
they had sex with us.

Do you know hw
your brother die?

An overdose of Quaaludes.

You were so angry
with your mother,

you wanted to kill her?

Yes.

So you killed
another woman instead?

Dolores was as close
as I could get.

Oh, that maks
a lot of sens.

How did you kil
Dolores Diamon?

With a knife.

How many times
did you stab her?

I don't know.

I can help you with that.

According to the Medical
Examiner's report,

you stabbed her five times.

And then slit her throat.

Each wound was a fatal on.

If that's what it says.

You invited Ms. Diamod
to dinne,

asked her back to your room,

and then you
stabbed her to death

with a weapon you had
purchased earlier that day.

Yes.

A premeditated, violent,
vicious slaying,

and you're serving
a term for manslaughter?

Objection.

Sustained.

Dolores Diamond molested you
when you were a child,

Dolores Diamond
gave you drugs,

you were so angry with her,
you lured her back

to your hotel room
to kill her--

Your Honor.

Does counsel intend
to ask a question?

Mr. Grainger?

Isn't it true, Mr. Ranson,

in return
for a manslaughter plea,

you concocted this stoy
against your mothr

in order to pleae
the District Attorne?

No.

It's the truth.

Nothing further.

You didn't write
The Book of Daniel.

I did not.

The People's
expert witness

testified that the manuscript
was in your hand.

It's a forgery.

Did you ever believe
in what it advocates?

When I finally
obtained a copy of it

and read the book,
I was distressed.

I ordered
the book destroyed,

and anyone who believed

or practiced
its precepts expelled.

Why would someone
go to all the trouble

to forge this document?

To discredit me
and our community.

Why?

We're a threat

to the established
social order,

to governmens
and churche.

A threat? How so?

We believe in God's laws,
not man's.

Your own son and daughtr
testified against yo.

I feel so sorry for them.

Are any of the things
they said about you true?

Not at all.

Are they lying?

I think they believe
what they're saying.

They've been manipulated.

They have false memories.

They feel guilty
about what they did.

About their relationship.

And...that's why
I feel sorry for them.

I think...I think
they're victims too.

Thank you.

Did you ever give
your children drugs?

No. Never.

You never gave
your son, David, Quaaludes?

You had a prescription
for them.

He may have
taken them from me

without my knowledge,
but I-I don't know.

And you never encouraged
any of your children

to have sex with each other
or with adults?

Of course not.

And all
of the testimony

we've heard
from ex-members

which contradicts
what you're saying?

I have a lot of enemies.

Because you're
such a threat

to the established
order of things.

Ye.

How many followers
do you have, Mrs. Shelby?

We're flourishing
in a number of countries.

According to the FBI,

you have less than 10,000.

That's a gross
underestimation.

With many
of the younger ones leaving

as soon as they're able?

That's not true.

They want to diminish us.

And charging you
and your cult

with sexual
and physical abuse.

This campaign against us

has been going on
for decades.

This conspiracy
against you.

All lies?

There may have been
a few instances,

a few excesses early on.

But we dealt with them.

Why, Mrs. Shelby?

Why would all these people,

these agencis
and government,

your own children,
conspire against you?

Every great spiritual
and religious leader

throughout history

has been mocked,
scorned, persecuted.

You should know that.

For instance?

Jesu.

Mohammed.

The Buddha.

Joseph Smith, Galileo,

Saint Francis,
Mary, Queen of Scots.

And you put yourself
in their company?

I do.

How do you find?

We find the defendant guilty.

Mother Shelby.

What a performance.

Smile and smile
and be a villain.