1 00:00:23,256 --> 00:00:25,281 (male narrator) In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:29,021 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:30,824 the police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:33,727 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:35,095 These are their stories. 6 00:00:36,002 --> 00:00:36,991 [siren blaring] 7 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:39,266 [people chattering] 8 00:00:48,515 --> 00:00:49,504 I've been a bad boy. 9 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:11,260 Hey, guys. Midnight House. A good place to stay, a meal. Check it out. 10 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:16,498 Hola, Lola. 11 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:19,168 Como esta? 12 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:20,610 Fun to say, no? 13 00:01:21,681 --> 00:01:22,943 How about taking a night off? 14 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:25,579 No nights off for me, honey. 15 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:28,080 I'll see you at soup kitchen tomorrow. 16 00:01:28,154 --> 00:01:31,681 Yeah, yeah. Go away, Padre. You're bad for business. 17 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:37,722 Here you go. Father Jack. I'm at Midnight House. Drop on by anytime. 18 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:41,899 Guys. Father Jack, Midnight House Shelter. Get you off the street tonight. 19 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:44,232 We got a soup kitchen tomorrow. Come on by. 20 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:51,201 Hey, Midnight House Shelter. 21 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:53,308 You come down. Come on by? 22 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:54,402 [horn honking] 23 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:55,536 Thanks, man. 24 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,415 Hey, you too, kid. 25 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:04,119 Hey, would you get a cop? 26 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:09,787 For God's sakes, the kid's dying. Get a cop, now. 27 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:12,191 [police radio chattering] 28 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:15,264 (Malone) I'm out here every night. I know a lot of them. 29 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:16,859 What about this one? 30 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:19,834 Greyhound pulls in every 10 minutes. There's always a new face. 31 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,301 Running from worse than this, if you can imagine. 32 00:02:23,676 --> 00:02:26,338 You got any kids we can talk to? Maybe they've seen him around. 33 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:29,949 Well, the regulars pass up the bed, but they come by tomorrow for food. 34 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:31,745 They don't pass up a free meal. 35 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:34,147 All right. Can you stick around, Father? 36 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,152 Thank you. 37 00:02:35,221 --> 00:02:37,314 (Briscoe) Looks like he had a rough night, doesn't it? 38 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:38,789 (Gibbons) Kid was beaten to a pulp. 39 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:40,758 Broken ribs, massive internal bleeding. 40 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,886 My guess, somebody's pretty handy with his feet. 41 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:45,663 Johnny Doe. No wallet, no lD. 42 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:47,332 [siren wailing] 43 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:50,695 Gets off the bus from Plattsburgh, and it's welcome to the Big Apple. 44 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:52,897 No, no, he's not an import. He's a local. 45 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:55,065 Look, student bus pass. 46 00:02:55,575 --> 00:02:57,042 Working his way through school. 47 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:01,575 When I was a kid and wanted extra lunch money, I delivered groceries. 48 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:05,013 Hey, tips wouldn't buy what he had on his feet. 49 00:03:05,084 --> 00:03:07,484 Air Max. $130 a pair. 50 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:11,083 They still don't make you run fast enough. 51 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,801 I just said, I don't know him. 52 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:05,871 I ain't seen him. 53 00:04:06,012 --> 00:04:07,707 I ain't even heard of him, all right? 54 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:10,442 Well, why don't you start by looking at the picture, okay? 55 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:12,848 Man, I don't know him. 56 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:17,319 Look, we don't catch this guy, next time this could be you, honey. 57 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:22,054 My tricks like little girls. Little boys, that's a whole other kind of freak. 58 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:24,820 Give me a break, would you? 59 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:28,333 'Cause, you know, the Father here tells me you're on the corner every night. 60 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:31,700 Now a good-looking new kid on the block, I think you're gonna notice him. 61 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:34,872 Only if he's flashing jack and wants a date with me. 62 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,171 Other than that, I'm strictly for the girls. 63 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,039 Sorry you got your hopes up. 64 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:42,742 I tell the young dudes "never work solo." It's just not safe. 65 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:46,113 Mr. Brown rolls in from the suburbs, all buttoned down. 66 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:49,217 Once he gets your little butt in the saddle, he cuts loose. 67 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,449 This is what happens. 68 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:51,820 This kid get your warning? 69 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:55,452 I don't know him from Eve, and, baby, Lewis knows everybody. 70 00:04:55,561 --> 00:04:58,496 I'll tell you this, though. Looks like he was in the rough trade. 71 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:00,259 Specialty acts need management, huh? 72 00:05:01,167 --> 00:05:02,225 Got that right. 73 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,031 So you got a name for me, Lewis? 74 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:07,498 Honey, if they're cruising for a bruising, they work for Mr. Clyde. 75 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:09,404 Sounds like you got his beeper number. 76 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:11,943 Not this child. Pain pays, but see where it gets you. 77 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:16,343 (Roach) Thank heaven for little boys 78 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,040 Check it out, check it out. 79 00:05:18,117 --> 00:05:20,017 Check it out, Manhole. Check it out, man. No. 80 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:22,452 Manhole, check it out, sir. Man.... 81 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:24,215 No cover charge for the men in blue. 82 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:27,282 We're not here for the show. You know a Mr. Clyde? 83 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:30,489 He's the man, right there. 84 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,997 Check it out. Manhole. Hey, sir, don't be shy. Come on in. 85 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:34,424 [music playing] 86 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:41,896 [man whistling] 87 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:45,674 Kid's not old enough to be in here. 88 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:47,838 I'm not old enough to be in here. 89 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,745 Hey. We're looking for Clyde. 90 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:55,216 Mike, don't touch anything. 91 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:58,248 Hey, I'm all paid up at the precinct. 92 00:05:58,424 --> 00:05:59,755 I'm not laughing, Clyde. 93 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:01,123 What do you want from me? 94 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:04,355 I run a legitimate business for patrons of the dance. 95 00:06:04,831 --> 00:06:07,561 Any of your patrons dance on this kid's face? 96 00:06:08,267 --> 00:06:10,827 Oh, shucks. The party got out of hand. 97 00:06:10,903 --> 00:06:12,928 Let me know where to send flowers. 98 00:06:13,005 --> 00:06:14,870 Hey, clown... 99 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:18,104 just for laughs, we're gonna lock you up for child prostitution. 100 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,508 And you won't last five minutes. 101 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,945 They'll be sending flowers to you, cowboy. 102 00:06:22,014 --> 00:06:24,346 Hey, I deal only with consenting adults. 103 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:26,214 What, do you check their driver's license? 104 00:06:26,285 --> 00:06:28,219 Matter of fact, yeah. You know different? 105 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:31,222 Take a nice, long look. 106 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:37,959 No. I never seen him. I told you before, I don't handle that end of the business. 107 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:39,390 It ain't worth the trouble. 108 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:43,526 Yeah, well, I think you better come along with us, while we check your references. 109 00:06:46,739 --> 00:06:49,367 I'd put the kid at about 13, 14. 110 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:52,206 Time to worry about pimples and Debby from next door. 111 00:06:52,278 --> 00:06:54,473 He had more pressing concerns. 112 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:57,844 Cracked ribs, punctured lung, ruptured spleen. 113 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:00,010 He was hemorrhaging from almost every organ. 114 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:02,281 How long could he walk around like that? 115 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:04,317 Slow rate of seepage? 116 00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:05,617 A couple of hours. 117 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:07,950 Priest said he found him a little after 11:00. 118 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:09,721 Beating at 9:00, film at 11:00. 119 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,162 Listen, we think the kid might have been working the street. 120 00:07:12,231 --> 00:07:15,098 Really? Doing what, selling newspapers? 121 00:07:15,468 --> 00:07:17,527 Saw no evidence of sexual activity. 122 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:19,503 No fluids, no tearing of tissue. 123 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:22,336 What about his wounds? Anything kinky? 124 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:24,774 Just your normal blunt-force wounds. 125 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:27,375 Then I guess we have to let the choreographer go. 126 00:07:28,247 --> 00:07:30,545 Somebody on the street had to know that kid. 127 00:07:30,883 --> 00:07:33,044 (Chong) I doubt he was sleeping in any alley. 128 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:35,913 How many runaways do you know eat string beans? 129 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:41,888 Kid had a full belly. 130 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:45,192 Meat, potatoes, string beans, milk. 131 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:48,958 When I was his age, the only place I ever saw string beans was at home. 132 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:50,764 What about the Father's soup kitchen? 133 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:53,897 No, we checked the menu. They had soup and sandwiches three days running. 134 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:56,703 He lives at home. His parents should have called 911 by now. 135 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:59,267 Missing Persons doesn't have anyone matching this description. 136 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,245 (Briscoe) We sent photos to every precinct... 137 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,305 you know, in case the parents happened to walk in. 138 00:08:03,382 --> 00:08:04,349 No hits. 139 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:07,250 It's been 48 hours. I'm sure they would have noticed he's missing. 140 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,845 Unless they're the reason he's lying on a slab. 141 00:08:10,456 --> 00:08:12,356 I mean, if they were smacking him around... 142 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:14,790 maybe they didn't care where he crawled off to die. 143 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:17,095 You said the kid had a school bus pass. 144 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,323 No name on it. 145 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:21,559 My kids' passes are good only on the lines that take them to school. 146 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:24,000 What was his, the Lower East Side? Yeah. 147 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:26,032 Start with the junior highs. 148 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:29,903 Look, I'm telling you, the faces, they go right by. 149 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:33,241 Well, maybe if you checked your attendance records for the past two days. 150 00:08:33,312 --> 00:08:35,041 You're making a joke, right? 151 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:38,014 You name the day, at least 20% of my students are absent. 152 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:40,348 Look, lady, this one isn't coming back. 153 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,447 Now look at him. Two nights ago, we found him dead on the sidewalk. 154 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,991 We'd like to give him a name. 155 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:47,783 I'm sorry. 156 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:49,751 We have over 2,000 students. 157 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:52,389 Maybe one of the homeroom teachers will recognize him. 158 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:53,858 [bell ringing] 159 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:56,100 So long, Mrs. Chips. 160 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,903 If this kid had trouble at home, I bet he was trouble at school. 161 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:03,269 Maybe in line for a little individual attention, huh? 162 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:05,944 They used to send me to the guidance counselor. 163 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:07,941 John Lasky. 164 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:09,913 One of my regulars. 165 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:13,147 Not exactly the teacher's pet, huh? 166 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:15,979 John got an A in energy. 167 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:17,682 Non-stop motion. 168 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:19,822 Mouth like the Grand Canyon. 169 00:09:20,993 --> 00:09:23,052 Got him in trouble on a daily basis. 170 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:27,361 Off the record, the kid cracked me up. 171 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:30,093 Where'd he get his chuckles after class? 172 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:32,031 I think he lived in the Alphabets... 173 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:35,198 with his mother and her boyfriend. I might still have the address. 174 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:36,263 Might? 175 00:09:36,342 --> 00:09:39,778 You don't hear from a kid for a couple of days, you gonna throw out his records? 176 00:09:40,012 --> 00:09:43,175 Forty kids in a class is about all we can handle. 177 00:09:43,749 --> 00:09:46,149 Johnny was transferred... 178 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:48,012 at the end of last year. 179 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:52,714 Hey, what can l tell you? 180 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,225 The bitch moved out. 181 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:57,189 I don't know, two, three months ago. 182 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:59,424 And you're still carrying the torch, huh? 183 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,367 Tori was a piece, you know? 184 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:05,902 But the brat, forget about it. I had a theory about him. 185 00:10:06,205 --> 00:10:07,832 What's going on, Zack? 186 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,401 (Zack) We got company, what does it look like? 187 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:13,008 Hey, Delia, you want to cover your butt, or what? 188 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:15,976 I gotta go pee. 189 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:21,742 So, you were saying, about your theory? 190 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:24,449 Half the reason she got strung out was 'cause of him. 191 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:26,952 Kid couldn't sit still. Drive you nuts. 192 00:10:27,059 --> 00:10:30,256 So the kid drove you nuts, and you gave both of them the boot, huh, Zack? 193 00:10:30,329 --> 00:10:34,265 Hey, I gotta go out of town with the band, come back, find her out of her head? 194 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,091 How long do l gotta put up with that? 195 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:38,363 Yeah. So everybody's partying... 196 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,131 and Johnny's gonna take care of Johnny? 197 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:42,973 What do I look like, the Partridge family? 198 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:46,872 When they hit the road, where did they go? 199 00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:49,243 If I knew that, I wouldn't be stuck with her bills. 200 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,782 If you had to guess-- I don't know. 201 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:54,646 Maybe... 202 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:56,746 I heard she was back in rehab. 203 00:10:57,957 --> 00:11:00,653 Daybreak Village, out on the lsland. 204 00:11:03,129 --> 00:11:05,620 I didn't have nothing in the world, but Johnny. 205 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:07,325 Nothing. 206 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:09,590 Those bastards.... 207 00:11:10,102 --> 00:11:11,865 They kidnapped him. Who did? 208 00:11:11,937 --> 00:11:15,703 Child Welfare. They ripped him out of my arms and put him in foster care. 209 00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:19,005 Maybe they were afraid you'd stick a needle in his arm by mistake. 210 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:21,879 I would never.... 211 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:23,938 I would never hurt him. Not in a million.... 212 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,072 [sobbing] 213 00:11:25,584 --> 00:11:27,484 I'm here 'cause of him. 214 00:11:28,087 --> 00:11:30,749 They wouldn't give him back, unless I got clean. 215 00:11:31,323 --> 00:11:32,813 You know where he was living? 216 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:35,360 No, why would they tell me? I'm only the mother. 217 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:37,688 I might steal him or something. 218 00:11:39,298 --> 00:11:41,198 They said I was too dangerous. 219 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:43,701 And look what they did to him. 220 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,269 [sobbing] 221 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,815 First day on the job, they dumped Johnny Lasky on my desk... 222 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:04,284 along with 28 other members of the Oliver Twist club. 223 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:07,954 He told me I was his sixth caseworker in 10 years. 224 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:10,527 Just what every kid needs, consistency. 225 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:14,094 They tell me a couple more years, I'll be ready to quit, too. 226 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,368 These kids can tear your heart in half. 227 00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:18,503 Looks like the damage goes both ways. 228 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:21,539 He tested positive for heroin at birth. 229 00:12:21,707 --> 00:12:22,901 Johnny never had a chance. 230 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:26,206 Well, putting him on the foster care merry-go-round didn't improve the odds. 231 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:30,112 Just because she has the right plumbing didn't make Tori Lasky fit to be a mother. 232 00:12:30,182 --> 00:12:31,979 Yeah, we had the pleasure of meeting her. 233 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:35,646 Two months ago, Johnny showed up for class every shade of purple. 234 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,622 Don't tell me, the boyfriend used him for a drum solo. 235 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:41,149 Poor kid was too scared to say. 236 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:44,988 Anyway, Johnny went into foster care, and Tori went into rehab. 237 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,998 You know the rest. Not quite. 238 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:48,795 We'd like to see the foster parents. 239 00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:50,129 Sure. 240 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:52,536 We put him in with Flo Bishop. 241 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,569 He lucked out. She's terrific. 242 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,974 She knew Johnny was a hard case... 243 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:58,507 but she didn't mind. 244 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:01,671 Yeah. She also didn't mind him being missing for three days. 245 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,408 Thanks. 246 00:13:04,016 --> 00:13:06,109 I take good care of my boys. 247 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:08,714 I never even let them go out alone. 248 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:11,818 And if one of them forgets to come home, you don't report him? 249 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,549 I was sure he would be back. 250 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:17,827 Look, I report him, they transfer him to a group home... 251 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:19,495 that's no better than a prison. 252 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,726 Well, it's better than a morgue, don't you think? 253 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:24,395 I had no way of knowing. 254 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:28,762 I try to provide for these boys some kind of stability. 255 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:32,037 I thought Johnny was making real progress. 256 00:13:33,579 --> 00:13:36,013 He went to a 6:00 show at the movies. 257 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:38,875 He went with two of the other boys, Chris and Andy. 258 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:41,885 On the way home, they turn around and he's gone. 259 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:44,146 Would they have any idea where he went? 260 00:13:44,857 --> 00:13:47,052 No. They just said he took off. 261 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,489 I could guess. I mean, usually when the boys run away... 262 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:51,893 they go back to their parents. 263 00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:54,228 Hoping Mom and Dad get their act together. 264 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:57,733 And then in a day or two, they come back to me. 265 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:00,896 And they never run away again. 266 00:14:02,107 --> 00:14:04,701 (Chris) Two hours of watching Van Damme makes you hungry. 267 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:07,575 So around 8:00, you stopped for food, right? 268 00:14:07,646 --> 00:14:10,240 Yeah, we did. But Johnny.... 269 00:14:10,883 --> 00:14:15,047 We go to get a slice on Dyckman and he's beamed up, like some UFO grabbed him. 270 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,953 How about it, Andy? He say anything to you before he left? 271 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:19,984 Nothing. 272 00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:21,253 He just booked... 273 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:22,889 Iike Chris said. 274 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:24,659 Maybe he got homesick. 275 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:27,929 I don't know. No, the way Johnny told it... 276 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,592 home was what made you sick. 277 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:31,527 That guy his mom shacked up with... 278 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,026 a real jerk. 279 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:35,039 Enough of a jerk to hit Johnny? 280 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,332 What else is new? 281 00:14:43,415 --> 00:14:45,349 I never laid a hand on him. 282 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,109 Never. 283 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:50,383 Then what, two months ago he fell in the bathtub? 284 00:14:51,523 --> 00:14:53,423 It was between me and Tori. 285 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:55,017 He got in the way. 286 00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:57,688 (Logan) Yeah, and he walked right into your fists. 287 00:14:58,130 --> 00:14:59,620 (Briscoe) It's Friday night, Zack... 288 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,390 you must've been really ticked off when the kid showed up, huh? 289 00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:04,001 (Zack) I told you, I wasn't there. 290 00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:05,730 I was doing a gig in Jersey. 291 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:09,338 Don't get us wrong. We understand. 292 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,035 The little brat... 293 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,310 he got in the way of the scene with his mom. 294 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:14,710 Hey, you guys are nuts. 295 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:18,145 I ain't saying anything till I get a lawyer. 296 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:29,461 His alibi checks, if you squint. 297 00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:32,691 The club manager in Bayonne said the band hit the stage at 11:00. 298 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,630 He can't remember what time Zack showed up. 299 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:35,689 [sighs] 300 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,463 Look, we're not ready to cut him loose. 301 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:39,663 This creep could have beat the kid and made the show. 302 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,330 You said he had a girlfriend? 303 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:45,034 Yeah, just this side of jailbait. She's a waitress downtown. 304 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:47,635 Check her timecard for last Friday. 305 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:52,743 I stayed home Friday night. I was sick. 306 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:54,544 Stomach flu. 307 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:57,145 Did Zack stick around to make you chicken soup? 308 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:59,814 I don't need his help to puke my guts out. 309 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:01,853 He left around 8:00. 310 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:03,491 Why don't you just ask him? 311 00:16:03,562 --> 00:16:06,998 You say he left around 8:00. He didn't get to club till about 11:00. 312 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,634 It doesn't take three hours to get to Bayonne. 313 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:12,603 So maybe he stopped to tune his guitar. 314 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:17,066 Delia, if you're lying to protect him, that makes you an accomplice to murder. 315 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,400 You mean that kid? 316 00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:21,410 Are you out of your mind? 317 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:24,140 What about these bruises on your arm? 318 00:16:24,216 --> 00:16:26,047 Are those hallucinations, too? 319 00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:34,359 Does he always talk with his fist? 320 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:38,293 Johnny Lasky was at the apartment last Friday, wasn't he? 321 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:41,294 Yeah. 322 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,995 I didn't tell Zack, 'cause he'd just get mad. 323 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:45,902 So he didn't know? 324 00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:48,796 About an hour after he left... 325 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:52,802 I heard someone at the door, like they were trying to get a key in a lock. 326 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:54,836 And I heard kids whispering. 327 00:16:54,913 --> 00:16:57,677 Could you tell how many there were? I don't know, a couple. 328 00:16:58,217 --> 00:17:01,948 I guess they must've heard me, 'cause I saw the one kid, Johnny, running away. 329 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:03,416 You'd seen him before? 330 00:17:03,989 --> 00:17:05,217 Yeah. 331 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:07,950 Hey, you know, about four weeks ago... 332 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,120 someone ripped off some of our equipment. 333 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,424 No breaking, just entering. 334 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:14,760 Zack figured it was his ex. 335 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:17,026 We changed the locks. 336 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:19,469 No one ever thought about the kid. 337 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:30,080 Now, if she's telling the truth, it means the angels with dirty faces aren't. 338 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:32,513 Thieves who lie, color me shocked. 339 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,413 Yeah. No, go ahead. 340 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:36,779 [horns honking] 341 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:37,878 Uh-huh. 342 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,317 Anything else? 343 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:41,384 All right, thanks. 344 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:44,994 Johnny's little foster brother, Chris Pollit... 345 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:46,663 did time at Spofford. 346 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:48,495 Now, his records are sealed... 347 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:51,668 but he had some months added on for bad behavior. 348 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:54,662 So let's go rattle their cages. 349 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:57,464 (Briscoe) Come on, Chris... 350 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:01,209 we know you weren't eating pizza on Dyckman Street that night. 351 00:18:01,613 --> 00:18:04,411 You were at the other end of town, with your friend Johnny. 352 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:08,482 Wasn't me. We got a witness who puts you with him. 353 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:12,081 Maybe Johnny was hanging out with his Lower East Side homeboys. 354 00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:13,249 Hey, Kreskin... 355 00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:15,725 how did you know he was on the Lower East Side? 356 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:23,291 You said. Nobody said. 357 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:24,960 Well, somebody did, 'cause I heard it. 358 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:26,094 [Briscoe sighs] 359 00:18:26,171 --> 00:18:28,833 It's getting tough keeping all the lies straight, isn't it? 360 00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:32,007 Look, kid, we don't care about your little burglary, okay? 361 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:34,238 And we don't care that you went back for seconds. 362 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:38,579 All we're interested in is what happened after you left Zack's apartment. 363 00:18:40,352 --> 00:18:44,311 Yo, Brylcreem, why don't you and Captain America go blow it out your butt? 364 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:48,148 [sighs] 365 00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:53,628 (Van Buren) I can tell when my son's lying. 366 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:55,566 You're pretty good at it. 367 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,161 I'll bet you put a lot over on your mom, huh? 368 00:18:58,237 --> 00:18:59,898 She's passed out most times. 369 00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:01,563 How about Mrs. Bishop? 370 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:03,532 She easy to fool? 371 00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:09,939 You know, it says on your sheet you stayed with her... 372 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:14,043 four times in the past six years. She must know you pretty well. 373 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:16,746 Anybody thirsty? 374 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:20,121 Andy here was telling me how much he likes staying at Mrs. Bishop's. 375 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:21,519 Oh, yeah? 376 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:23,725 That's too bad... 377 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:26,695 'cause his friend Chris just finished telling us that Mrs. Bishop... 378 00:19:26,765 --> 00:19:29,563 fenced the sound equipment that him and his buddy Johnny stole. 379 00:19:29,701 --> 00:19:31,692 Really? Yeah. You sure? 380 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:35,568 Yeah, seems Johnny was gonna rat on them... 381 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,706 and the old lady had him killed. 382 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,236 Murder... 383 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,609 trafficking in stolen goods... 384 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,545 delinquency of minors. 385 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:45,577 That's pretty serious stuff. 386 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,082 He's lying. 387 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:52,083 She don't have nothing to do with it. 388 00:19:52,224 --> 00:19:53,657 He's the one. 389 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:56,385 Better get the foster mother down here. 390 00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:58,786 And someone from the D.A.'s office. 391 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,704 (Logan) Okay, from the beginning, Andy. 392 00:20:09,308 --> 00:20:11,469 Johnny thought that if he could get up some money... 393 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:14,239 him and his mother could afford an apartment. 394 00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:17,108 And the first time in Zack's apartment, you were with him? 395 00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:18,910 He still had his old key. It was easy. 396 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:21,544 But the second time, you ran into problems. 397 00:20:21,787 --> 00:20:23,152 It was a bad idea. 398 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:24,613 But Johnny... 399 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:25,850 he needed the money... 400 00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:27,915 and there wasn't any left from the first score. 401 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:29,756 What, did he have holes in his pockets? 402 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,324 (Andy) It was Chris. 403 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,425 He was supposed to fence the stuff. 404 00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:35,422 Instead, he spent it... 405 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,499 on clothes, and boots... 406 00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:40,171 shades, junk like that. 407 00:20:40,472 --> 00:20:41,996 So what happened Friday night? 408 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,338 Well... 409 00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:49,972 we heard someone inside, and we took off. 410 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:52,943 Then Chris blamed Johnny... 411 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,508 and they started to fight. 412 00:20:55,854 --> 00:20:59,119 Chris went nuts. I mean, I never seen him like this before... 413 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,290 and kicked the hell out of him. 414 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,585 He had this look in his eyes... 415 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:06,960 Iike he wasn't even there. 416 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:09,932 Then after we left... 417 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:13,367 he was shaking all over. 418 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,833 He was in his own zone. 419 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:18,633 Even I was afraid to look at him. 420 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,741 And, I mean, my dad used to beat me all the time... 421 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:24,575 but I've never seen anything like that. 422 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,111 Look... 423 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:33,655 I'm the first to admit this kid is no Andy Hardy... 424 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,956 but if he's tried as a juvenile, at least there's a hope of rehabilitation. 425 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,758 He brutally murdered his friend, Helen... 426 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:40,991 and you want me to send him to his bed without dinner? 427 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,897 The state tried that once. It didn't work. 428 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:46,495 If he's over 14 years of age, the presumption is he's tried as an adult. 429 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:49,403 And we both know that that presumption is rebuttable. 430 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:52,068 I'm just asking for compassion, Ben. 431 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,668 He's a kid, for God's sake. 432 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:55,269 So was John Lasky. 433 00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,944 I'll see you at the hearing. 434 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,784 By the way, it's been assigned to Judge Kershan. 435 00:22:09,594 --> 00:22:10,822 Judge Kershan? 436 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:12,227 She spent at least six years... 437 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:15,198 as Chairman of the Bar Association Committee on Children's Rights. 438 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:18,030 It's not easy to get a case remanded to Family Court. 439 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:19,736 The burden's still on the defense. 440 00:22:19,805 --> 00:22:22,000 Well, the burden just got a lot lighter for them. 441 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:25,475 So we better find out all there is to know about young Mr. Pollit. 442 00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:30,208 You actually expect me to help you send Chris to jail? 443 00:22:30,415 --> 00:22:33,350 He murdered John. I can't imagine you wanting to protect him. 444 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,480 Maybe it's time somebody did. 445 00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:37,550 I'd like to protect him from his mother... 446 00:22:37,622 --> 00:22:39,920 who rented the boy out by the hour to some pervert... 447 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:42,755 when hooking didn't bring in enough money to pay her rent. 448 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:45,160 And how about those doctors at Bellevue... 449 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:48,028 that doped the boy up on Thorazine for over a year? 450 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:51,761 And those three foster families, lovely people, they were. 451 00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:55,505 Took him in and used the stipend for big TV screens... 452 00:22:56,007 --> 00:22:58,771 and trips to Aruba, while the boy had barely enough to eat. 453 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:00,675 So you don't think he should be punished? 454 00:23:00,746 --> 00:23:02,976 I think he's been punished enough. 455 00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:05,643 I lived with him. 456 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,377 I had dinner with him. 457 00:23:07,452 --> 00:23:09,386 I got the boy ready for school. 458 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:11,815 I don't know what snapped... 459 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,415 but I do know that's not all there is to Chris. 460 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,196 What can you tell me about his year at Spofford? 461 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:20,829 Miss Kincaid... 462 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:24,062 I have a toaster. It breaks, I don't toss it into the trash can. 463 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:25,433 I call the repair man. 464 00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:27,131 I'm not suggesting-- Oh, I know... 465 00:23:27,205 --> 00:23:29,867 you only have his best interests in mind. 466 00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:34,309 But if Chris Pollit goes to Attica, you and I both know he's not coming out. 467 00:23:35,213 --> 00:23:37,044 The judge sealed the records. 468 00:23:38,016 --> 00:23:39,881 Why should l tell you anything? 469 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:46,120 So he stepped in it bad. 470 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:48,783 Should I be surprised? 471 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:52,125 Maybe not. Your son did spend a year in Spofford. 472 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,390 A year? 473 00:23:56,601 --> 00:24:00,037 I guess they're right. Parents are the last to know. 474 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:07,145 If you haven't noticed, Chris is not my problem anymore. 475 00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:08,636 Was he ever? 476 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:12,581 What do you think, just 'cause I didn't go to Miss Porter's I didn't love my kid? 477 00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:15,517 Well, the state found it necessary to take him away from you. 478 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:18,080 I left him alone for a couple of hours a day. 479 00:24:18,156 --> 00:24:20,920 Some pervert downstairs gets ahold of him, that's my fault? 480 00:24:20,992 --> 00:24:22,220 Where's his father? 481 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:27,063 Jack's in lovely downtown Attica for another 5-to-15. 482 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:33,266 Look, maybe l screwed up with Chris. 483 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:36,330 What did I know about kids? I was a kid myself. 484 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:38,069 And now you know better. 485 00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:41,441 I got as much right to be a mother as anyone else. 486 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:42,912 And what right does your kid have? 487 00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:46,439 You got an education. You got a job. This is all I got. 488 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:52,117 Nobody's taking this baby away from me. 489 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:55,892 When I was 14 years old, I had a fight... 490 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:57,927 with Joe Dworkin. I pushed him. 491 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:01,959 He retaliated by throwing my Spaldine down the sewer. 492 00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:04,092 Kids killing kids. 493 00:25:04,202 --> 00:25:07,501 You bounce around the system long enough, you grow up a lot quicker. 494 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:08,863 Meaning what? 495 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:11,568 If his mother's any indication, he never had a chance. 496 00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:13,474 And the system only made the problem worse. 497 00:25:13,578 --> 00:25:15,307 He had four years with Florence Bishop. 498 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:18,315 She's the best the system has to offer. It didn't make any difference. 499 00:25:18,383 --> 00:25:20,681 And for all we know, this may be his first violent offense. 500 00:25:20,752 --> 00:25:24,483 Well, why does our Mr. Pollit deserve two bites at the apple? 501 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:26,990 Because he's not even 15 years old. 502 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,856 Okay, find a way to open the kid's file. 503 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,466 If his first offense was non-violent... 504 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:39,830 Iet Helen Brolin do her song and dance in Family Court. 505 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,737 I thought your job was putting the bad guys in jail. 506 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:48,605 I just want to make sure he goes to the right jail. 507 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,138 From what I've read, Chris Pollit should be riding the ferry on the river Styx. 508 00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:55,152 Seems you're getting a little soft in your old age, Claire. 509 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,279 Seems you're getting a little callous in yours. 510 00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:59,550 Hey, I'm a lawyer, not a social worker. 511 00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:02,252 I represent the little buggers. Doesn't mean I have to like them. 512 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:05,358 Tell me about youthful offender hearings. 513 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:08,489 Sure. That's where we dress them up in their Sunday best... 514 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,000 clean their fingernails... 515 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:11,763 and teach them to cry a lot while saying: 516 00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:13,997 "l didn't do it, and I swear I won't do it again." 517 00:26:14,272 --> 00:26:15,671 Can we introduce priors? 518 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,674 An often overlooked statute requires... 519 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,733 that the judge consider all relevant factors... 520 00:26:19,811 --> 00:26:21,711 even if they're not admissible at trial. 521 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,247 Even if the records are sealed? 522 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:27,882 Anything goes, as long as it bears on the little angel's history and or character. 523 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:31,214 And the best part, none of it can later be used at trial. 524 00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:33,051 Not even a confession. 525 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:37,019 You're awful cynical for a children's rights attorney. 526 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:39,988 I'm just being pragmatic. 527 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,429 "The child is father of the man." 528 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:44,024 I gotta live in this city when these kids grow up. 529 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,632 Johnny and I always got along pretty good before. I mean... 530 00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:54,674 we never got into a fight, or anything like that. 531 00:26:54,746 --> 00:26:56,236 (Brolin) In your own words, Chris... 532 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:59,516 tell us what you remember about your fight with John Lasky. 533 00:27:01,252 --> 00:27:03,083 He started getting down on Mom. 534 00:27:03,154 --> 00:27:05,679 You know, he called her a whore, stuff like that. 535 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:07,621 Did you tell him to stop? 536 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,490 Yeah, me and Andy both, but he just wouldn't let it go. 537 00:27:11,096 --> 00:27:12,563 So what happened then? 538 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,165 I don't remember. 539 00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:20,598 You don't remember the fight at all? 540 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:24,140 I remember crying on the subway back to Miss Bishop's. 541 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:27,567 (Brolin) And how do you feel about that now, Chris? 542 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:34,045 I wish it didn't happen. 543 00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:38,919 I mean, I don't want to hurt nobody. 544 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,791 Young man, who is Brian North? 545 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:50,334 Objection. Irrelevant. 546 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,926 You know better than that, Counselor. 547 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:54,598 Answer the question, son. 548 00:27:56,074 --> 00:27:57,564 He's a kid I used to know. 549 00:27:57,776 --> 00:28:00,438 Didn't he cut in line in front of you at Spofford... 550 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,271 and you smashed him right in the face... 551 00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:04,946 with your tray? 552 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:06,810 He pushed me. 553 00:28:07,052 --> 00:28:08,542 But didn't you kick him... 554 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:12,022 and keep kicking him until he was unconscious? 555 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,489 Your Honor, when he's in a normal environment... 556 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,356 he's had no violent episodes. 557 00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:18,523 Mr. Pollit... 558 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:21,861 why were you placed in Spofford in the first place? 559 00:28:23,935 --> 00:28:26,563 I was with a bunch of guys. We robbed a deli. 560 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:28,534 And you were armed, right? 561 00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:31,101 Isn't that true? 562 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,140 Mr. Pollit, isn't that true? 563 00:28:39,617 --> 00:28:40,606 Yes. 564 00:28:40,685 --> 00:28:43,119 Your Honor, there was no money in the store... 565 00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,017 and Mr. Pollit got mad... 566 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:47,618 and he shot the owner with a.22. 567 00:28:54,699 --> 00:28:56,530 This case must be special. 568 00:28:56,601 --> 00:28:59,798 Judge Kershan removes nine out of ten cases to Family Court. 569 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:02,236 Three violent episodes that we know of so far. 570 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,400 She had no choice but to try him as an adult. 571 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:05,465 [knocking on door] 572 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,239 Wait until you see this. 573 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:10,671 Brolin's notice of her intent... 574 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,116 to plead Chris not guilty by reason of mental defect. 575 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:19,652 He testified that he knew what he did was wrong. 576 00:29:19,724 --> 00:29:20,952 He expressed remorse. 577 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:23,459 She'll never get out of the gate with an insanity defense. 578 00:29:23,528 --> 00:29:25,587 Well, she's not claiming he's insane. 579 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,097 She's claiming he's not responsible... 580 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:31,067 because he's genetically predisposed to violent behavior. 581 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,832 Most of his blood relations are incarcerated for violent crimes. 582 00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:36,135 The sins of the father are visited upon the son? 583 00:29:36,207 --> 00:29:38,141 That is not a defense for murder. 584 00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:40,336 Well, you say it's nurture, Brolin says it's nature. 585 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:41,708 And what's our plan? 586 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:45,045 We have a conference tomorrow in chambers to see what Judge Kershan says. 587 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:48,347 Ever since Mendel, at the turn of the century... 588 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:52,389 scientists have seen a direct relation between genetics and human behavior. 589 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:53,947 And most of those scientists... 590 00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:56,926 goose-stepped their way through the streets of Berlin in the l940s. 591 00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:00,622 Very dramatic image, Ben, but unfortunately, misinformed. 592 00:30:01,332 --> 00:30:06,065 Researchers in our own back yard have identified the XYY chromosome male... 593 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:08,862 as being predisposed to criminal behavior. 594 00:30:09,007 --> 00:30:11,703 Are you saying this kid has an extra Y chromosome? 595 00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:13,868 Verified by the Tyler-Hampton Clinic. 596 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,708 He also has blonde hair and brown eyes. 597 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:17,907 Should we allow that as a defense for murder, as well? 598 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:22,385 If there's a relation between that and aggressive anti-social behavior, yes. 599 00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:24,781 (Stone) There is no proof that the XYY male... 600 00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:27,416 is predisposed to any kind of behavior, Your Honor. 601 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:28,754 Frye v. U.S. 602 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,227 Scientific evidence is only admissible... 603 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,820 when it is generally accepted by the scientific community. 604 00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:37,197 Well, show me one scientist who doesn't accept the laws of genetics. 605 00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:40,960 The Frye case says nothing about the conclusions drawn from those laws. 606 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,538 Richard Speck? 607 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,370 Didn't he try this XYY chromosome defense? 608 00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:47,035 And the judge threw it out, Your Honor. 609 00:30:47,111 --> 00:30:49,978 Yes, that's because Speck didn't have the extra Y chromosome. 610 00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:53,677 No court that we know of has ever accepted this defense. 611 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:57,545 Your Honor, we can fill the courtroom with experts who'll say this is nonsense. 612 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,850 And we'll see if the jury believes them. 613 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:04,154 What is next, Helen, the astrological defense? 614 00:31:04,229 --> 00:31:06,891 Jupiter aligned with Mars, so I had to rob a bank? 615 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:09,532 If it gets my client the justice he deserves, why not? 616 00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:11,796 You don't think people are responsible for their actions? 617 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,771 Sure. I read Sartre in college. 618 00:31:14,973 --> 00:31:16,736 I also read Freud. 619 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:20,333 Chris Pollit's life was determined for him before he hit the age of six. 620 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:23,480 Maybe. But not before he was born. Look, Ben... 621 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:26,642 I present even the smallest slice of Chris's home life... 622 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,242 the jury starts bawling. 623 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:31,083 So what does that get me? Maybe a Man One conviction. 624 00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:35,157 I start hitting them with genes and chromosomes, I got a shot at an acquittal. 625 00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:36,989 And that's what's best for Chris? No. 626 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:39,325 What's best is transferring this to Family Court. 627 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:42,195 Helen, you had the opportunity for that. You didn't meet the burden. 628 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:47,136 Yeah, well, it's a lot easier to confuse a jury, than it is to convince a judge. 629 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:53,941 This is dumb. Humor me, Chris. 630 00:31:54,712 --> 00:31:55,906 What would you do? 631 00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,711 I'd tell the teacher she was stupid. 632 00:31:59,350 --> 00:32:00,749 Why is she stupid? 633 00:32:01,719 --> 00:32:04,745 Because the other kid was cheating off me, I wasn't cheating off him. 634 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:07,154 But the teacher said she saw you. 635 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,590 I told you, she's stupid. 636 00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:13,052 Does that make you angry? 637 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,061 If I got in trouble, sure. 638 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:20,569 And what would you do? 639 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:23,898 Beat the hell out of the kid. 640 00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:26,906 You think you'd try to kill him? 641 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,882 I get mad, I don't know what I'd do. 642 00:32:35,186 --> 00:32:37,484 You think that's what happened with John Lasky? 643 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:44,119 I liked Johnny. I mean... 644 00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:46,196 he sort of cracked me up. 645 00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:50,399 It's not like I wanted to kill him or anything. 646 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:53,327 He just got me mad. 647 00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:58,033 There's no question he knows what he did was wrong. 648 00:32:58,176 --> 00:33:00,337 He's aware of the consequences. He feels remorse. 649 00:33:00,411 --> 00:33:02,504 So he's not legally insane? 650 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:06,450 The problem is, when sufficiently provoked, he loses control. 651 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:09,111 Liz, you don't think there's any validity... 652 00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:11,721 to this XYY chromosome theory? 653 00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:13,483 Current thinking among geneticists... 654 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:17,187 is that the extra Y chromosome causes a slight increase in height. 655 00:33:17,395 --> 00:33:20,489 There's no evidence of any causal connection to criminal behavior. 656 00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:23,932 So all he's really got is a homicidal temper, right? 657 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:26,628 There's a lot we don't know about the brain. 658 00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:28,729 Liz, keep this out of the shadows. 659 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,237 Is he responsible for what he did? 660 00:33:31,609 --> 00:33:34,305 With all the scientific data available at this time... 661 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:35,837 yes. 662 00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:43,384 There were hematomas on his arms, legs, chest, back, and face. 663 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:45,384 Three ribs were fractured. 664 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:48,016 Vertebrae displaced in the spinal column. 665 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:50,820 The actual cause of death was internal hemorrhaging. 666 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:54,860 Doctor, could you determine if the victim was unconscious... 667 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:56,259 during the beating? 668 00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:58,325 From the amount of cranial bleeding and bruising... 669 00:33:58,403 --> 00:34:00,564 I would say that, no... 670 00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:02,572 he had to be conscious at the time. 671 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,440 So then it is possible that John Lasky was screaming... 672 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:08,975 while he was being savagely beaten? 673 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,976 Any objections, Ms. Brolin? No, Your Honor. 674 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:15,216 Well, I can't imagine that anyone could sustain such a beating... 675 00:34:15,286 --> 00:34:17,015 and not cry out in pain. 676 00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:18,379 Thank you. 677 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,384 Was the victim already on the sidewalk... 678 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:26,520 when the severest part of the beating occurred? 679 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:30,693 From the pattern of the bruising, it would appear he had to be prostrate, yes. 680 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,128 So there he was, Johnny Lasky... 681 00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:35,536 13 years old, lying on the sidewalk... 682 00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:39,337 screaming in pain, and what did the defendant do? 683 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,268 He kept on kicking. 684 00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:45,972 Would you characterize this beating as savage, Doctor? 685 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:47,645 Yes. 686 00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:49,375 Inhuman? 687 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:50,545 Yes. 688 00:34:50,621 --> 00:34:53,522 Like someone not in control was doing it? Objection. 689 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,888 Sustained. 690 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:59,625 The defendant was definitely cognizant of the difference between right and wrong. 691 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:01,322 But more importantly... 692 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:05,096 he's able to analyze his own behavior in terms of societal norms. 693 00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:08,138 Did Mr. Pollit tell you that he heard voices... 694 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:09,733 telling him... 695 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:11,338 to kill John Lasky? 696 00:35:11,542 --> 00:35:13,601 No. He's not schizophrenic. 697 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:16,176 Doctor, please tell the court... 698 00:35:16,414 --> 00:35:18,041 what you know... 699 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:20,980 about the XYY male syndrome. 700 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:22,709 It arose in the '60s. 701 00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:27,281 Geneticists tried to correlate the existence of an extra Y chromosome in men... 702 00:35:27,358 --> 00:35:30,259 to aggressive, antisocial behavior. 703 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,258 And what became of this theory? 704 00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:36,055 To date, there's no proof that there's any validity to it. 705 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:37,158 Thank you. 706 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:41,503 Doctor, isn't it true that some psychiatrists believe... 707 00:35:41,572 --> 00:35:43,836 that depression is passed on genetically? 708 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:46,876 Well, it is commonly found to occur in families. 709 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:49,412 And what about schizophrenia? Yes. 710 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:51,138 So why would it be so unbelievable... 711 00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:54,150 that we may pass on criminal behavior to our children? 712 00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:56,285 Because there's no scientific evidence... 713 00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:59,289 that criminal behavior is anything but learned. 714 00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:01,985 All the data supporting the XYY male syndrome... 715 00:36:02,059 --> 00:36:03,492 was dismissed in the '70s... 716 00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:05,654 because the pools from which the samples were taken... 717 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:09,632 were not sufficiently random to form cohesive scientific conclusions. 718 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:10,792 So what you're saying is... 719 00:36:10,868 --> 00:36:13,962 that there was a problem with the methodology, not the theory. 720 00:36:16,607 --> 00:36:19,269 (Vine) Our lab ran karyotype tests on the defendant... 721 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:22,574 and there's no question that he has a second Y chromosome. 722 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:25,775 And has your lab studied the effects of this chromosomal anomaly? 723 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:28,546 Certainly, and it definitely appears to occur... 724 00:36:28,619 --> 00:36:32,817 to a higher degree in members of the prison population than in the general public. 725 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,386 And what does that indicate, Doctor? 726 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:39,486 The extra Y chromosome relates to criminal behavior. 727 00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:42,631 So, Doctor, if this behavior is genetic... 728 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:45,293 would you also say that it was uncontrollable? 729 00:36:45,403 --> 00:36:47,394 No more controllable than your height. 730 00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:48,631 Thank you, Doctor. 731 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:53,908 Doctor, as I understand it... 732 00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,343 you have found... 733 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:57,506 in the general population at large... 734 00:36:57,582 --> 00:37:00,346 people like you and l, who have this... 735 00:37:00,518 --> 00:37:02,850 extra Y chromosome, correct? Yes. 736 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,883 Are they leading productive lives? 737 00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:06,755 I couldn't say. 738 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:10,917 Well, then let me rephrase the question, okay? 739 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:15,158 In your files, is there evidence that they exhibit... 740 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,463 aggressive, homicidal... 741 00:37:17,668 --> 00:37:19,158 sociopathic behavior? 742 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,431 I suppose not. 743 00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:22,199 So then isn't it true... 744 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:26,141 that your testing hasn't even come close to proving... 745 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:29,243 that this chromosomal anomaly... 746 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:30,903 has any effect on behavior? 747 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,847 My study is not yet completed. 748 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:34,509 You should have told the court that... 749 00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:36,246 when you arrived. Objection! 750 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,617 Withdrawn. 751 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:44,184 Head of the local chapter of the White America Caucus... 752 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:46,890 has taken up Brolin's cause. 753 00:37:46,964 --> 00:37:48,226 Letter to the editor: 754 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,066 "It's a known fact... 755 00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:53,165 "that genetics is the cause of violence... 756 00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:55,569 "and feeble-mindedness in the black man." 757 00:37:57,141 --> 00:38:01,271 Do you think educated people actually buy this XYY chromosome theory? 758 00:38:01,345 --> 00:38:02,937 Well, no one wants to think... 759 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:05,209 that their society produces monsters... 760 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:08,810 Iike Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, or Chris Pollit. 761 00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:11,978 Brolin paints a bad enough picture... 762 00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:15,954 the jury convinces itself the kid can't be normal. 763 00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:19,958 The defense has added Chris's mother to their witness list. 764 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:21,631 Oh, great. 765 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:26,236 Now we'll hear stories about the poor baby torturing puppies during nap time. 766 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:34,171 From the day he was born, we knew Chris was... 767 00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:37,241 different. 768 00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:41,250 Please go on, Mrs. Pollit. 769 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:43,919 He never cried. 770 00:38:45,189 --> 00:38:47,851 We thought maybe he was deaf or dumb. We didn't know. 771 00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:51,993 When he was four, I took one of his toys away. 772 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:55,361 He went crazy and came at me with a knife. 773 00:38:55,966 --> 00:38:57,490 (Brolin) Where is Chris' father now? 774 00:38:57,935 --> 00:38:59,368 He's in Attica. 775 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,861 And why is he in prison? 776 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,740 Jack attacked the mailman with a hammer. 777 00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:09,445 And is he the only family member in prison? 778 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:12,111 Jack's brother, Chris' uncle... 779 00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:14,114 is serving life for murder. 780 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:16,017 Thank you, Mrs. Pollit. 781 00:39:17,988 --> 00:39:19,250 Mrs. Pollit... 782 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:23,525 did you try to discipline Chris at all? 783 00:39:23,761 --> 00:39:25,524 Jack hit him all the time. 784 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,357 It didn't help. 785 00:39:27,598 --> 00:39:29,327 So you just gave up on him? 786 00:39:31,802 --> 00:39:33,963 I used to think it was my fault... 787 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:37,905 but I didn't know about this gene stuff. 788 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:41,273 The gene stuff, right? 789 00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:43,471 Do you believe it? 790 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:46,277 Do you believe that Chris inherited... 791 00:39:46,684 --> 00:39:50,245 his criminal behavior, and, as such, he's totally incapable... 792 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:51,582 of changing? 793 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:53,554 Well, there's nothing I could do about it. 794 00:39:53,624 --> 00:39:55,717 But if there was, you would do something about it? 795 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:56,885 Sure. 796 00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:01,456 How many months pregnant are you, Mrs. Pollit? 797 00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:02,623 Five. 798 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,600 Has it ever occurred to you that you might be carrying a killer? 799 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:12,306 What, do you think I want another one like him? 800 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:15,777 I don't know, Mrs. Pollit. But if he is like Chris... 801 00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:17,479 what are you going to do about it? 802 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:20,381 I'm not going to kill my baby, if that's what you're saying. 803 00:40:21,685 --> 00:40:24,176 You haven't thought this through at all, have you? 804 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:25,881 What do you mean? 805 00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:28,882 If this theory is true... 806 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:32,725 and your infant is like Chris... 807 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:35,655 aren't we going to have to lock him up right away... 808 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,769 and sterilize him so he won't reproduce? 809 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:41,635 Because if he is genetically criminal... 810 00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:43,301 he can't stop. 811 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:47,401 Or why don't we just avoid the whole bloody mess... 812 00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:50,412 and kill him right now? (Judge Kershan) Enough, Counselor. 813 00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:56,177 No further questions. 814 00:40:58,789 --> 00:41:00,188 [customers chattering] 815 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:05,656 Thanks. 816 00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:11,931 For me, it's always cold fried chicken before a summation. 817 00:41:13,003 --> 00:41:14,402 Summation's next week. 818 00:41:14,939 --> 00:41:16,406 Change of plans. 819 00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:17,865 I ran out of witnesses. 820 00:41:17,942 --> 00:41:20,274 I'd have bet the ranch that you'd put Chris on the stand. 821 00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:22,608 Yeah, I would. But my client thinks otherwise. 822 00:41:22,746 --> 00:41:25,544 Yeah, well, maybe your client is smarter than both of us. 823 00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,410 You know, the way I see it, I've got jurors... 824 00:41:28,919 --> 00:41:31,786 two, five and seven. You've got... 825 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:34,622 six, four, eleven. The rest are up for grabs. 826 00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:37,456 Brolin, you know what they say about counting your chickens. 827 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:39,054 Listen, Ben... 828 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:41,057 give me Man Two. 829 00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:43,865 He stays at Spofford till he hits his 18th birthday... 830 00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:47,062 and the rest he spends at a facility of your choice. 831 00:41:47,137 --> 00:41:49,071 Helen, what's going on? 832 00:41:50,274 --> 00:41:53,300 If you have three jurors in your pocket, it's a sure mistrial. 833 00:41:54,111 --> 00:41:56,375 I advised him against it, but... 834 00:41:57,114 --> 00:41:58,308 Chris wants a sit down. 835 00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:01,844 Okay. 836 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,184 Tomorrow, my office, 9:00. 837 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:07,718 You want a drink? 838 00:42:09,093 --> 00:42:10,219 Yeah. 839 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,530 I just want you to understand, Chris... 840 00:42:14,598 --> 00:42:17,192 I don't think this is in your best interests. 841 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:19,631 Don't worry, you're off the hook. 842 00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,670 I spoke to your attorney last night, Chris... 843 00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:24,606 and a plea at this point in the trial is unacceptable. 844 00:42:25,009 --> 00:42:27,170 I don't think you get what I'm looking for. 845 00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:30,546 I heard everything that went on in the courtroom, and l.... 846 00:42:31,181 --> 00:42:32,512 I just.... 847 00:42:33,651 --> 00:42:35,050 I just want it over with. 848 00:42:37,821 --> 00:42:39,914 Chris, this is a mistake. Why? 849 00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:44,620 I mean, you go on and on about how my genes are screwed up. 850 00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:47,227 And nobody can ever fix that, can they? 851 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:49,562 I'm just trying to get the jury on our side. 852 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:51,434 What, are you lying? 853 00:42:52,703 --> 00:42:56,036 I'm just trying to present a valid argument for your defense. 854 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:57,903 I mean, I killed him, didn't l? 855 00:42:58,509 --> 00:43:01,945 And I tried to kill that guy in the deli and that kid at Spofford. 856 00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:03,810 I'm screwed up. 857 00:43:03,881 --> 00:43:05,849 Chris, what are you trying to tell us? 858 00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:09,812 I want to go to jail. 859 00:43:09,987 --> 00:43:12,421 (Kincaid) You might spend the rest of your life there, Chris. 860 00:43:13,991 --> 00:43:16,482 So what? I'm a freak. 861 00:43:27,504 --> 00:43:29,529 You can't force the other side to play. 862 00:43:29,773 --> 00:43:32,537 You put a check in the win column, and you count your blessings. 863 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,010 In any other circumstances, that's exactly what I'd do. 864 00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:37,877 Well, why does this kid deserve such special attention? 865 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:39,779 Because he's pleading for the wrong reason. 866 00:43:39,850 --> 00:43:42,819 His lawyer tells him that he's born bad. We say he's raised bad. 867 00:43:42,886 --> 00:43:45,377 He buys both stories, sees his life as a dead end. 868 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:47,788 Well, maybe he knows his life better than you do. 869 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:50,258 Your job is to convict, not to rehabilitate. 870 00:43:50,327 --> 00:43:52,352 He's a 14-year-old kid who gave up. 871 00:43:52,429 --> 00:43:53,726 So you're doing him a favor. 872 00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:55,656 If he gave up his illusions, right... 873 00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:57,860 but he gave up hope, and I drove him to that. 874 00:43:57,935 --> 00:43:59,926 Now anything might happen to that kid in prison. 875 00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:01,801 Gary Gilmore, Wesley Dodd: 876 00:44:01,872 --> 00:44:03,806 two unrepentant killers. 877 00:44:04,008 --> 00:44:06,306 Everybody wants them dead until they agree... 878 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:08,104 and then we turn them into folk heroes. 879 00:44:08,178 --> 00:44:09,839 I had nothing to do with their fates. 880 00:44:09,913 --> 00:44:11,972 You want them to start naming churches after you... 881 00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:13,107 I'd get another profession. 882 00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:16,175 Take the kid's plea, move on to the next case. 883 00:44:25,462 --> 00:44:28,056 Murder Two, he serves the maximum. 884 00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:31,725 Am I reading this right, Miss Brolin? 885 00:44:31,802 --> 00:44:33,793 It's what my client wants, Your Honor. 886 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:39,442 Do you understand the charges to which you're pleading guilty, Mr. Pollit? 887 00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:40,534 Yes. 888 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,339 Please describe, in your own words... 889 00:44:45,749 --> 00:44:49,241 what occurred on the night of September the 10th, of this year. 890 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:52,079 I had a fight with Johnny. 891 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:55,890 I hit him and I kicked him until he was dead. 892 00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:58,288 (Judge Kershan) Why did you kill him? 893 00:44:58,796 --> 00:44:59,956 (Chris) You think I know? 894 00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:03,360 I get mad, I can't stop. 895 00:45:06,437 --> 00:45:08,496 The result of a plea bargain... 896 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:11,772 usually is a reduced sentence. 897 00:45:11,842 --> 00:45:13,537 Doesn't anybody listen? 898 00:45:14,978 --> 00:45:16,673 I killed him. 899 00:45:18,615 --> 00:45:20,242 I'd do it again. 900 00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:24,550 I don't want anybody's help. 901 00:45:29,126 --> 00:45:30,286 Mr. Stone? 902 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,385 Your Honor, we have agreed... 903 00:45:32,463 --> 00:45:35,660 that the defendant be incarcerated in a juvenile facility... 904 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,223 until his 18th birthday... 905 00:45:37,301 --> 00:45:40,532 at which point he'd be transferred to Attica. 906 00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:41,662 Why? 907 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,065 We're trying to save your life, son. 908 00:45:49,546 --> 00:45:51,173 What's the point? 909 00:45:51,223 --> 00:45:55,773 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0