1 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:06,507 . 2 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:07,441 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:08,742 --> 00:00:10,344 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:10,378 --> 00:00:12,180 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:12,213 --> 00:00:14,248 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:14,282 --> 00:00:16,117 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:16,150 --> 00:00:17,485 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:19,553 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:19,587 --> 00:00:22,156 These are their stories. 10 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:26,427 - In my younger and more vulnerable years, 11 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:31,699 when I was knee-deep in my very first trial, 12 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:36,470 opposing counsel unwittingly sabotaged his own case 13 00:00:36,504 --> 00:00:39,840 by including an inculpatory document 14 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:43,244 in with his discovery request. 15 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:45,546 I didn't know what to do. 16 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:52,620 So I did what any young ADA did when he was utterly lost. 17 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:56,290 I went to Mr. Stone's cubicle 18 00:00:56,324 --> 00:00:59,260 where he was writing a closing. 19 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:01,129 Ben listened patiently. 20 00:01:01,162 --> 00:01:04,665 "I can either ignore," I said, "or--" 21 00:01:04,698 --> 00:01:08,169 And he cut me off before I could finish the sentence. 22 00:01:08,202 --> 00:01:10,504 "A man shouldn't do what he can," he said. 23 00:01:10,538 --> 00:01:13,674 "He should do what he must, without regard for consequence 24 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:15,643 "or repercussion. 25 00:01:15,676 --> 00:01:20,181 That's what makes us moral," Ben added. 26 00:01:20,214 --> 00:01:24,118 "And God help us if we lose that." 27 00:01:24,152 --> 00:01:28,856 So, like that, the world is a sadder place. 28 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:33,527 The noblest of hearts has cracked. 29 00:01:33,561 --> 00:01:36,730 Goodbye, Ben Stone. 30 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:42,503 And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. 31 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:53,547 - Thank you, District Attorney McCoy. 32 00:01:53,581 --> 00:01:59,119 If anyone else wishes to speak... 33 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:18,606 I can't wait to show you this dress I bought. 34 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,342 I'm scared it's a little bit much. 35 00:02:23,511 --> 00:02:25,313 Sandy? 36 00:02:30,751 --> 00:02:32,386 Sandy! 37 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:45,733 I live down the hall with my parents. 38 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:48,436 I babysit whenever Maggie needs me to. 39 00:02:48,469 --> 00:02:50,538 I can't believe Aaron would do this. 40 00:02:50,571 --> 00:02:53,907 - Now, did--did Aaron say anything to you? 41 00:02:53,941 --> 00:02:56,810 - Just that he would kill me if I screamed. 42 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,379 He pointed a gun at me. 43 00:02:58,412 --> 00:03:00,314 I thought I was going to die. - Okay. 44 00:03:00,348 --> 00:03:02,550 - You're gonna find Drew, right? 45 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:07,288 - We are gonna do the best we can, okay, honey? 46 00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:08,489 Typical Tuesday afternoon. 47 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:10,291 The mom goes out to get her nails done, 48 00:03:10,324 --> 00:03:12,493 shopping, whatnot, and the dad comes home early, 49 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:15,429 and duct tapes the sitter, shuts her in a closet, 50 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:16,864 and then runs off with ten-month-old, uh, 51 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,366 baby Drew. 52 00:03:18,399 --> 00:03:20,000 - Uh, she's right here. 53 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,469 Margaret Householder. 54 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:23,371 Her friends call her Maggie. - Okay. 55 00:03:23,404 --> 00:03:25,306 - Ok--okay, Mrs. Householder, 56 00:03:25,339 --> 00:03:26,874 this is my boss, Lieutenant Benson. 57 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:28,809 - Okay, how about--how about we get you something to drink? 58 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:30,811 - If you're not too busy, I'd like you to find my son. 59 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:32,880 - I assure you we will do everything we can 60 00:03:32,913 --> 00:03:34,548 to find your son. 61 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:36,984 We have been seeing a lot of-- of these sorts of cases. 62 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:38,486 Familial kidnappings. 63 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,554 But the good news is, Mrs. Householder, 64 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:43,357 that your husband will most likely not hurt your son. 65 00:03:43,391 --> 00:03:44,825 - All due respect, but you don't know 66 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:45,993 a damn thing about my son. 67 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:47,461 It is only a matter of time 68 00:03:47,495 --> 00:03:51,699 before he cannot breathe without that thing. 69 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:53,467 We need to find him soon. 70 00:03:53,501 --> 00:03:55,336 This is an emergency! 71 00:03:55,369 --> 00:03:59,573 He's going to die, Lieutenant. 72 00:04:06,414 --> 00:04:13,621 * 73 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:23,531 * 74 00:04:27,735 --> 00:04:34,775 * 75 00:04:49,957 --> 00:04:50,324 . 76 00:04:50,358 --> 00:04:50,958 - When he was two months old, 77 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:56,564 Aaron noticed that he was struggling to breathe. 78 00:04:56,597 --> 00:04:59,667 It's called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. 79 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:01,101 It's a genetic thing. 80 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:05,373 It causes muscle weakness that rapidly progresses. 81 00:05:05,406 --> 00:05:09,810 - So soon Drew won't be able to breathe on his own. 82 00:05:09,843 --> 00:05:14,682 - I spend more time at Mercy Hospital than I do at home. 83 00:05:14,715 --> 00:05:15,949 - Uh... 84 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:18,986 Maggie, I just have to ask you, were, um... 85 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:23,757 Were you and Aaron having any problems? 86 00:05:23,791 --> 00:05:27,528 - Not that I knew of. 87 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:29,763 - Maggie, I know that this doesn't help, 88 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:33,133 and I hate myself for even saying it, 89 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,602 but, um... 90 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:36,870 Have a seat. 91 00:05:36,904 --> 00:05:40,040 I have actually been through this. 92 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:41,909 My son was taken. 93 00:05:41,942 --> 00:05:43,811 - And you got him back. - I did. 94 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:46,580 Safe and sound. 95 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:51,151 - The neighbor says he's sure he saw Mr. Householder 96 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,153 and the baby get into a blue Toyota 97 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,922 around 12:30 yesterday. 98 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:56,857 - We don't have a car. 99 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:58,626 - I'll check the rental companies. 100 00:05:58,659 --> 00:06:01,629 - Okay. 101 00:06:01,662 --> 00:06:03,030 - Aaron Householder. 102 00:06:03,063 --> 00:06:04,665 - Like a year old. - Okay, well, thank you. 103 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,467 If anyone checks in fitting that description... 104 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,936 - 2535...That's right, 212. 105 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:11,705 - All we know is he returned a rental car to Sheepshead Bay. 106 00:06:11,739 --> 00:06:13,140 - Okay, so work backwards, 107 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:15,075 looking for any calls he made to Sheepshead Bay. 108 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,710 - Already done. Nothing in the past month. 109 00:06:16,744 --> 00:06:18,178 - And he didn't check into any hotels or motels 110 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,613 within a ten mile radius. 111 00:06:19,647 --> 00:06:21,114 - At least not using his own name. 112 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:22,583 - Nothing in his office suggests 113 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:23,984 that he wasn't coming back. 114 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:25,586 - Oh, here's something. 115 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:28,188 Two weeks ago, he charged about six grand 116 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,790 to a medical supply store. 117 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:32,526 - Two days ago. 118 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,961 - Okay, well, you can't just carry a ventilator 119 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:35,529 onto a subway. 120 00:06:35,563 --> 00:06:36,930 - And the store doesn't open till 10:00 a.m. 121 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:40,100 - Okay, so track down the manager. 122 00:06:41,669 --> 00:06:43,036 - Believe me, it's not a problem. 123 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,072 This business, I get calls all hours. 124 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:46,740 If there's anything wrong with the ventilator-- 125 00:06:46,774 --> 00:06:47,975 - No, it's nothing like that. 126 00:06:48,008 --> 00:06:49,076 - That's a relief. 127 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:50,544 What was that name again? 128 00:06:50,578 --> 00:06:54,081 - Aaron Householder. - That's right. 129 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:56,550 All right, here we go. 130 00:06:56,584 --> 00:06:59,086 He bought the Kerry 2100. Top of the line. 131 00:06:59,119 --> 00:07:01,088 - We did. 132 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:03,190 201 East Sixth Street, Sheepshead Bay. 133 00:07:03,223 --> 00:07:07,628 - You've been a big help, Mr. Cooke. 134 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:17,838 - I'm Lieutenant Benson. - Okay, Lieutenant. 135 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:19,840 - Ah, yeah, he's in there. He's on the first floor. 136 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:21,174 And he's not coming out. 137 00:07:21,208 --> 00:07:22,175 - He says he's okay. 138 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:23,844 - At least he's talking. 139 00:07:23,877 --> 00:07:25,579 - It was hard to get him to even turn his cell on. 140 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:27,481 - The back door's bolted. - Get him on the phone. 141 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:30,718 - Yeah. 142 00:07:30,751 --> 00:07:32,520 - Yeah, Aaron, it's me, it's Amanda. 143 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:33,821 - There's so many of them. 144 00:07:33,854 --> 00:07:35,255 - I know, I know. - Tell them to back off. 145 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:37,725 - But, Aaron, you know I can't do that. 146 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:39,993 But my--my boss Lieutenant Benson is here. 147 00:07:40,027 --> 00:07:43,196 She wants to talk with you. - Okay. 148 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:44,865 - Hey, Aaron. - Detective Benson. 149 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:47,735 - You know, why don't you call me Olivia? 150 00:07:47,768 --> 00:07:50,003 - Uh, Olivia. 151 00:07:50,037 --> 00:07:52,005 - I spoke with--with Maggie. 152 00:07:52,039 --> 00:07:53,741 - Well-- 153 00:07:53,774 --> 00:07:57,144 I gotta be honest with you, Aaron, she's not doing great. 154 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:59,246 - I didn't wanna hurt her. 155 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:00,781 - Aaron, you took her baby. 156 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,816 - I just wanna be alone with my son. 157 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:06,286 - Yeah, well, you know, some days that's all I wanna do too, 158 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,288 but unfortunately the world just-- 159 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:10,157 It just doesn't work like that. 160 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:11,892 - I got a shot. - Okay, no, guns down. 161 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:13,927 That's an order. 162 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:16,029 Aaron? 163 00:08:16,063 --> 00:08:17,765 Aaron, listen to me. 164 00:08:17,798 --> 00:08:21,802 How about you let me come in there, right? 165 00:08:21,835 --> 00:08:23,036 And you and I-- 166 00:08:23,070 --> 00:08:25,038 I know that we can figure this out. 167 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,306 Face to face, okay? 168 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:28,308 - The dude's got a gun. 169 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,910 - Aaron. 170 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:31,779 - I-- 171 00:08:31,812 --> 00:08:33,180 - Okay, Aaron, what do you say? 172 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:34,247 - Okay, okay. 173 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:35,783 You can come in, just you. 174 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:38,218 And no weapons. 175 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:41,589 - Not a problem. 176 00:08:41,622 --> 00:08:43,056 - Slowly. 177 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:45,826 - Slowly. Yes, okay. 178 00:08:48,095 --> 00:08:49,630 Okay, guys. 179 00:08:49,663 --> 00:08:53,266 - No, What do you think you're doing, Liv? 180 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:58,138 No, Liv, do not go in there. 181 00:08:58,171 --> 00:09:02,610 Liv! 182 00:09:02,643 --> 00:09:06,213 - Okay. 183 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:09,182 I'm gonna take off my gloves. 184 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:13,587 Okay? 185 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:38,145 Aaron, I'm coming in. 186 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,381 - You don't look like a cop. 187 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:46,086 - Okay, well, I'll take that as a compliment. 188 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:47,855 Can I see Drew? - He's sleeping. 189 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:50,858 - I just wanna check and see if he's okay. 190 00:09:50,891 --> 00:09:54,928 All right, nice and easy? 191 00:09:54,962 --> 00:09:56,263 Okay? 192 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:59,933 Nice and easy. 193 00:09:59,967 --> 00:10:01,134 Aww. 194 00:10:01,168 --> 00:10:05,906 He's beautiful. 195 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:09,643 Can we sit down? 196 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:11,879 Okay. 197 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:17,417 You wanna sit as well? 198 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:20,954 You're the one with the gun. 199 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:26,393 Much better, right? Just-- 200 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:29,262 Just two adults talking. 201 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:36,136 - Noah. 202 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,338 He's five. 203 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:41,909 - I bet he-- I bet he loves baseball. 204 00:10:41,942 --> 00:10:46,814 I bet he and his dad go to the park and play catch. 205 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:48,716 See? 206 00:10:48,749 --> 00:10:52,285 Drew is going to love baseball. 207 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:57,190 And we're--we're gonna go to Yankee Stadium. 208 00:10:57,224 --> 00:10:58,892 And why us? 209 00:10:58,926 --> 00:11:01,328 It's a one in 10 million chance. 210 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:02,796 What did we do wrong? 211 00:11:02,830 --> 00:11:04,765 You don't think that I'm a good father. 212 00:11:04,798 --> 00:11:07,000 - I don't--I don't know you. 213 00:11:07,034 --> 00:11:09,102 The only thing that I have to go on 214 00:11:09,136 --> 00:11:11,004 is that you ran off with Drew. 215 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:12,706 - It's not against the law. 216 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:14,241 - It is if you kept him from his mother. 217 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:16,409 - She doesn't want him. 218 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:18,846 - I talked to Maggie, Aaron. 219 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:21,248 And she-- she wants him very much. 220 00:11:21,281 --> 00:11:22,482 You know, I think that we should go now. 221 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:23,951 What do you-- 222 00:11:23,984 --> 00:11:26,086 Stay where you are. 223 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:29,790 I said--I said--stop! 224 00:11:29,823 --> 00:11:31,358 - Oh, well, what're you gonna do? 225 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:35,095 - I'll shoot. 226 00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:39,232 - I'm a cop, Aaron. I know you're not a killer. 227 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:43,170 And I know a paintball gun when I see it. 228 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,083 You don't know what you're doing. 229 00:11:56,116 --> 00:12:01,354 She wants to kill Drew. 230 00:12:05,025 --> 00:12:08,028 - Come on. 231 00:12:13,801 --> 00:12:13,967 . 232 00:12:14,001 --> 00:12:15,168 - It's not like I was going to hold a pillow over his mouth. 233 00:12:17,805 --> 00:12:19,239 The doctors have humane ways. 234 00:12:19,272 --> 00:12:20,841 We were waiting for a court order. 235 00:12:20,874 --> 00:12:23,310 - To kill your son. 236 00:12:23,343 --> 00:12:24,978 - To end his suffering. 237 00:12:25,012 --> 00:12:27,047 - And you didn't think to tell us about any of this? 238 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,515 - I wanted you to find him. 239 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:30,183 - I feel like I'm chasing my tail. 240 00:12:30,217 --> 00:12:32,285 - Mrs. Householder, try to see this from our point of view. 241 00:12:32,319 --> 00:12:34,121 - You think I'm a terrible person. 242 00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,989 - I don't know you well enough to judge. 243 00:12:36,023 --> 00:12:39,159 - What kind of a mother wants her son to die? 244 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,794 - Tell me. 245 00:12:40,828 --> 00:12:43,530 - Every day that he lives, his pain gets worse. 246 00:12:45,032 --> 00:12:46,934 - That there's nothing they could do. 247 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:51,271 That we can only watch him suffer until-- 248 00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:55,342 It is killing us, Mr. Barba. 249 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:57,344 You're a lawyer. 250 00:12:57,377 --> 00:13:00,147 I thought that the law was supposed to protect us. 251 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:03,450 - It's also supposed to protect Drew. 252 00:13:03,483 --> 00:13:05,352 - But it's hurting him. 253 00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:07,888 Day after day. 254 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:09,556 - The law wants Drew dead. 255 00:13:09,589 --> 00:13:11,291 - Nobody wants Drew dead. 256 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:12,492 - Maggie does. 257 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:15,195 The doctors do. Just wait. 258 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:16,463 You'll see. 259 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:19,399 Judge Wallace P. Rosen. 260 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:23,170 He's gonna order us... 261 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:26,606 To pull the plug. 262 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:31,845 Tell me, Lieutenant. 263 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:33,380 Is there a-- 264 00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:37,517 a law out there that-- that entitles Drew to live? 265 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:40,353 - It would be so easy if we-- 266 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:50,397 I filed a motion in court to let me. 267 00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:59,039 Aaron opposed it, but he agreed to do whatever the judge said. 268 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:01,208 - Appears that Aaron has changed his mind. 269 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:03,443 - What if... 270 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:04,945 They discover something? 271 00:14:04,978 --> 00:14:06,646 I mean, it could happen. 272 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:12,252 - I am not a horrible person, Mr. Barba. 273 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:18,291 If it wasn't the only thing to do... 274 00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:24,564 His doctors say that he has no brain activity. 275 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:27,200 He is a lump of flesh. 276 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:30,637 My beautiful lump of flesh, 277 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:33,974 he should get the peace 278 00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:36,977 that we all deserve. 279 00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:40,047 He can't see. He can't hear. 280 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,115 I mean, go. Go look at him. 281 00:14:42,149 --> 00:14:44,351 He is all but dead already. 282 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:47,921 - You saw him. 283 00:14:47,955 --> 00:14:52,025 You can't tell me... 284 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:54,361 That he's nothing. 285 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:07,407 - Glad I'm not the judge. 286 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,544 - Maybe I'll stay a cop. 287 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:14,147 - It's not right that a guy like that goes to prison. 288 00:15:14,181 --> 00:15:15,482 - Well, the law says it is. 289 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:18,018 - Sometimes the law sucks. 290 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:19,586 - I concur. 291 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:21,154 - You think we should lock him up? 292 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,491 My dad always said he wasn't scared of being dead, 293 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:25,692 he was scared of dying. 294 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:27,227 That kid is dying every day. 295 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:30,563 He's taking his folks with him. 296 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,633 - She wants to talk to him. 297 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:37,070 - Come on. 298 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,457 I just-- I couldn't. 299 00:15:57,490 --> 00:16:00,193 - I know. 300 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,332 Aaron. 301 00:16:18,445 --> 00:16:20,280 - Christ. 302 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:22,249 - Nobody's forcing you to prosecute. 303 00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:25,018 - If I don't, I'm telling the world 304 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:26,586 that baby Drew has no rights. 305 00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:31,624 - Unfortunately, that's not in the Constitution. 306 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:34,394 - Okay, uh, let's find out 307 00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:36,763 if daddy's little excursion yesterday 308 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:38,331 caused the baby any harm. 309 00:16:38,365 --> 00:16:42,569 - So you can let Aaron go with a clear conscience. 310 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:44,604 - So I can prosecute, and maybe get some sleep 311 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:48,541 in the next decade or so. 312 00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:53,546 . 313 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:54,314 - Oh, I was just coming to say hi. 314 00:16:55,548 --> 00:17:00,253 - My first wife made me promise 315 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,454 to never eat at my desk. 316 00:17:01,488 --> 00:17:03,690 I thought it was good advice. 317 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,558 Sit. 318 00:17:05,592 --> 00:17:07,694 - I just wanted to thank you for your kind words yesterday. 319 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:11,064 - All of them true. All of them heartfelt. 320 00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:15,368 Sit. 321 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:18,238 Eat. - I'm good. 322 00:17:18,271 --> 00:17:19,672 - This is still my jurisdiction 323 00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:24,577 and people do what I say or they pay the price. 324 00:17:24,611 --> 00:17:27,147 It was a wonderful service. 325 00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:28,715 Although I did think it was odd 326 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:32,085 that none of your dad's family members spoke. 327 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,454 - I'm the only family member left. 328 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:38,558 - Res ipsa loquitur. 329 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:42,429 - We didn't speak that much when he was alive, 330 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,831 so I figured, what good will it do now? 331 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:48,168 - It must've been tough growing up with Saint Ben. 332 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:51,604 - A great man is not necessarily a good one. 333 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:55,108 - Did you know that he had everybody over to his place 334 00:17:55,142 --> 00:17:56,576 the first time you pitched? 335 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:58,711 I thought his heart stopped 336 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,514 when that bastard ruined your no-hitter. 337 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:04,217 I think he secretly became a Cubs fan. 338 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:09,889 That's treason. - That's what I told him. 339 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,259 He had the Chicago Law Journal 340 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:15,628 delivered to his desk every day. 341 00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:18,831 He scoured it looking for your name. 342 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:24,103 - I wish he would've said something. 343 00:18:25,572 --> 00:18:28,675 - There's always a spot here for you, Peter. 344 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:30,510 - I appreciate that, but I'm only staying 345 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:34,481 long enough to settle my dad's affairs. 346 00:18:34,514 --> 00:18:36,449 - You give Mark Jefferies my best, 347 00:18:36,483 --> 00:18:40,587 and tell him we still have better hot dogs. 348 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:53,433 * 349 00:18:59,272 --> 00:19:01,441 - Huh. 350 00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:40,980 - We don't pay you to think, we pay you to work. 351 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:44,384 Sure, I'll have one. 352 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:48,221 You know, I always wish the law was more like chemistry. 353 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:52,759 You heat up water to 212 degrees, 354 00:19:52,792 --> 00:19:55,562 and the son of a bitch boils. 355 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,997 - Sans bias, sans judgment. 356 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:00,600 - Sans conscience. 357 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:02,602 So what's so interesting out that window? 358 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:06,739 - My father... 359 00:20:06,773 --> 00:20:09,576 Almost seven years ago, Dad went into a diabetic coma, 360 00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:13,580 and he was on life support for six weeks. 361 00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:15,882 - Ah, I'm sorry. - No, don't be. 362 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:18,551 He was not well-liked. By anyone. 363 00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,253 Especially me. 364 00:20:20,287 --> 00:20:23,623 Still, I was at the hospital every morning before work, 365 00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:26,459 and every night, until the nurses threw me out. 366 00:20:26,493 --> 00:20:29,429 The doctors said that there was nothing they could do for him. 367 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:30,997 There was no brain activity. 368 00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:33,500 They highly recommended that we end it. 369 00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:37,437 And I said, "No. 370 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:41,641 Where there's life, there's hope." 371 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,611 I could've eased his suffering, but I didn't. 372 00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:45,912 And I told myself that it's because 373 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:47,747 Father Mike wouldn't approve. 374 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:52,619 - I'm sure he wouldn't. - I was selfish. 375 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:55,788 I hated the man. 376 00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:58,858 But still, I didn't want the burden 377 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:01,294 of being the reason that he took his last breath. 378 00:21:01,328 --> 00:21:03,430 I was selfish. 379 00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:07,900 I let him suffer. 380 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:11,971 - Prosecute Aaron Householder. 381 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,073 - For doing the same thing that I did to my dad? 382 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:18,511 - The law is what the statute says it is. 383 00:21:18,545 --> 00:21:20,012 - It's a shame. 384 00:21:20,046 --> 00:21:24,917 No matter how hard we try, we can't legislate morality. 385 00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:29,756 - We're not in the compassion business, Rafael. 386 00:21:32,992 --> 00:21:34,894 - Sure. 387 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:38,030 Why not? 388 00:21:43,670 --> 00:21:45,405 - Cut a deal. 389 00:21:45,438 --> 00:21:47,574 Offer him probation. 390 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:49,041 Go to church. 391 00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:51,778 Say three Hail Marys. 392 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:55,382 Then come back here and finish off that bottle. 393 00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:11,898 * 394 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:17,770 - I thought Aaron would be here. 395 00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:22,041 - Uh, he just went out for coffee. 396 00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:30,750 I love to just look at him. 397 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:33,686 - He's beautiful. 398 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,388 - Yeah. - Yeah. 399 00:22:35,422 --> 00:22:37,790 - He is. 400 00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:39,892 We heard from the judge today. 401 00:22:39,926 --> 00:22:43,830 He's withholding his decision until a guardian ad litem 402 00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:45,998 can be appointed to represent Drew's interests. 403 00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,534 - That can happen quickly. 404 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:48,801 - It won't. 405 00:22:48,835 --> 00:22:51,471 Nobody wants to make a decision. 406 00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:53,940 They all just pass the buck. 407 00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:55,842 Doctors ask us, we ask the judge, 408 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,510 the judge waits for the guardian, 409 00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,011 and then Aaron will object, 410 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,514 and we'll just keep on waiting. 411 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:05,918 Meanwhile Drew lies here with a machine keeping him alive. 412 00:23:05,952 --> 00:23:09,456 Did I tell you he needs the ventilator to breathe now? 413 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:12,158 For the rest of his life. 414 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,026 - I'm sorry. 415 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:17,830 - God, if I could just-- 416 00:23:17,864 --> 00:23:21,167 know what was going on in there. 417 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,804 Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I-- 418 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:29,842 I try to imagine not thinking. 419 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,546 God. 420 00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:35,214 All he knows is pain. 421 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:38,117 So wrong, Mr. Barba. 422 00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:44,891 - I'm going to offer Aaron probation. 423 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,636 - When I was five months pregnant, 424 00:23:56,669 --> 00:23:58,037 the doctors said that there was 425 00:23:58,070 --> 00:23:59,906 a good chance that he would be like this. 426 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,241 - Don't do this to yourself, Maggie. 427 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,210 - Aaron, um, wanted me to get an abortion, 428 00:24:04,243 --> 00:24:09,882 and I was the one who said that we should take our chances. 429 00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:12,852 Wasn't I the brave one? 430 00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:16,723 What chance did I take? 431 00:24:16,756 --> 00:24:18,157 I did the righteous thing, 432 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:21,694 and my baby has to do all of the suffering. 433 00:24:21,728 --> 00:24:23,162 - You should not judge yourself. 434 00:24:25,865 --> 00:24:29,001 He can't breathe without a machine. 435 00:24:29,035 --> 00:24:32,605 He can't eat without tubes. 436 00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:34,841 He can't see. He can't hear. 437 00:24:34,874 --> 00:24:37,910 And I could've prevented that, 438 00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:41,581 and I chose to be righteous. 439 00:24:43,916 --> 00:24:46,619 Why? Why can't he just die? 440 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:50,957 Why? 441 00:24:57,263 --> 00:25:01,500 - He can. 442 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:24,624 - [exhales deeply, sniffles] 443 00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:56,956 - Okay, okay. 444 00:25:56,989 --> 00:26:01,193 All right, all right, okay, okay, okay. 445 00:26:01,227 --> 00:26:03,830 Oh, God. 446 00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:09,335 - Maggie. Maggie, you should go. 447 00:26:10,837 --> 00:26:15,041 - I can't leave him. 448 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:18,911 - Maggie, go. 449 00:26:18,945 --> 00:26:22,381 Go, please. 450 00:27:31,851 --> 00:27:32,018 . 451 00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:39,091 - I don't want coffee. 452 00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:40,326 You killed the baby? 453 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,929 - I expedited his passing. 454 00:27:42,962 --> 00:27:44,931 - That's gonna be a tough hair to split in a courtroom. 455 00:27:44,964 --> 00:27:46,332 - The courtroom's the last thing I was thinking of 456 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:49,736 when I was in that hospital room. 457 00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:54,140 - You could go to prison. 458 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,441 Sometimes you have to act 459 00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:56,909 without concern for the consequences. 460 00:27:56,943 --> 00:27:58,210 - Not you. 461 00:27:58,244 --> 00:28:02,749 You wear suspenders and a belt. 462 00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:05,985 - I had no option. 463 00:28:08,187 --> 00:28:10,222 I gotta fix this. 464 00:28:10,256 --> 00:28:13,125 - Liv. Liv! 465 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:16,729 Liv, you can't help me. 466 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:22,134 - Mr. McCoy, hi. 467 00:28:22,168 --> 00:28:24,971 - Colleagues get to call me Jack, Lieutenant. 468 00:28:25,004 --> 00:28:26,839 File the motion. 469 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:31,978 I suppose you wanna talk to me about ADA Barba. 470 00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:35,314 - He's the best ADA that I've ever worked with. 471 00:28:35,347 --> 00:28:38,284 He is honest and honorable. 472 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:41,353 - But I can't have my ADAs running around killing people. 473 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:45,457 It's unbecoming. 474 00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:49,461 - He did what he thought was right. 475 00:28:49,495 --> 00:28:52,364 - I know that. 476 00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:55,802 You know that. - Yes, I do. 477 00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:58,204 - Let's hope the jury agrees with us. 478 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:01,473 Oh, here comes my dinner date. 479 00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:02,975 Lieutenant Benson, 480 00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:05,277 say hello to Peter Stone. 481 00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:06,946 He's the hotshot out of Chicago 482 00:29:06,979 --> 00:29:10,349 who's going to be special counsel 483 00:29:10,382 --> 00:29:14,787 in the People v. Rafael Barba. 484 00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:21,894 It's a pleasure. 485 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:28,500 - I sure hope you suck. 486 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:41,580 - Hey, Jack. 487 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:45,017 How'd you know I was gonna say yes? 488 00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:47,286 - Because... 489 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:51,490 You have more of your father in you than you know. 490 00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:02,434 - I have to admit, 491 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:04,937 I thought my surprise quotient was filled for the year 492 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:06,839 when McAdoo benched Manning. 493 00:30:06,873 --> 00:30:08,841 But this, I gotta tell you, 494 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,609 on the all-time scale is up there 495 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,611 between Bucky Dent and Charlie Rose. 496 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,213 - If you don't wanna represent me, that's okay. 497 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:16,983 - I don't wanna represent you, I have to represent you. 498 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:19,852 Cases like this wet my whistle, so to speak. 499 00:30:19,886 --> 00:30:22,588 So, what did the little bastard do to you? 500 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,556 - This was a mistake. - Okay, okay. 501 00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:26,558 I'll skip the whole self-defense angle. 502 00:30:26,592 --> 00:30:28,194 - I'm sorry I wasted your time, Mr. Dworkin. 503 00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:29,195 - Randy. 504 00:30:29,228 --> 00:30:32,098 And my point is this whole thing is a sick joke. 505 00:30:32,131 --> 00:30:34,500 You killed something that nine out of ten doctors 506 00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,468 would say wasn't alive. 507 00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:41,273 - Look, you wanna prove a point, 508 00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:42,942 and I wanna prove a point. 509 00:30:42,975 --> 00:30:45,945 It's what my nana would call the perfect shidduch. 510 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:48,447 - What point do you wanna prove? 511 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,517 - That the government's power has grown too damn much. 512 00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:52,985 That the bigger the government gets, 513 00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:54,386 the smaller it leaves the individual. 514 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,522 That once the government takes away our right to die, 515 00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:58,257 it takes away our right to live. 516 00:30:58,290 --> 00:31:00,326 How am I doing so far? 517 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,301 - When he had trouble breathing, 518 00:31:09,335 --> 00:31:11,938 our pediatrician sent us to Dr. Vacarro. 519 00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:15,474 - He said that it was bad, but that there were 520 00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:18,244 some doctors somewhere doing experiments with stem cells. 521 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:19,946 He said the results were promising. 522 00:31:19,979 --> 00:31:21,680 - In other words, he gave you hope. 523 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,215 - That was enough. 524 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:26,318 - There was no hope. Drew was already dead. 525 00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:31,357 He couldn't see or hear or breathe or think. 526 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,893 That is dead. 527 00:31:36,462 --> 00:31:38,597 - I'm terribly sorry for your loss, Mrs. Householder. 528 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:42,168 - Because the law says I must. 529 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,436 Do you recognize this document, Mrs. Householder? 530 00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:46,372 - Looks like a report from Dr. Mitchell. 531 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,107 She was my OBGYN. 532 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:51,343 - Please read the highlighted portion. 533 00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:55,681 - "The patient has been informed of both the likelihood 534 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,716 "that her child might develop MDDS 535 00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,720 and the consequences thereof." 536 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,524 - Please continue reading, Mrs. Householder. 537 00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:07,326 - "In spite of being so informed, 538 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:10,196 the patient has refused to end the pregnancy." 539 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,467 - In other words, you knew your child would have MDDS. 540 00:32:15,501 --> 00:32:20,072 And yet you still refused to have an abortion. 541 00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:27,046 - Yes. 542 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:31,583 - I couldn't. 543 00:32:36,188 --> 00:32:38,524 - I couldn't kill my baby. 544 00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:47,199 - Yes. 545 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:48,734 - So it was wrong to kill Drew 546 00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:50,402 when you were five months pregnant, 547 00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:52,238 but it's okay to kill him ten months after he was born? 548 00:32:52,271 --> 00:32:57,676 Is that what you're saying? 549 00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:03,249 - Lieutenant. 550 00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:05,217 - Have you spoken to Rafael Barba? 551 00:33:05,251 --> 00:33:06,552 - Actually, the law says I can't. 552 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:08,220 - Look, forget the law for a minute. 553 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:11,390 Look into his eyes, talk to him. 554 00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:14,493 That man lives in a place that the men who wrote the law 555 00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:16,228 don't even think about. 556 00:33:16,262 --> 00:33:18,097 - Well, down here amongst us mere mortals, 557 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:19,465 he's a Class A felon. 558 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,367 - No, I don't. 559 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,136 - Yeah, well, their pain is your pain. 560 00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:25,404 Rafael knows that. 561 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:27,639 - Look, I know exactly why he did what he did. 562 00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:29,475 And I understand completely. 563 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:33,212 - So if we as a society ignore it, 564 00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:35,614 we are saying that murder is no longer absolutely wrong. 565 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:37,149 Condoning it in one case 566 00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,250 would allow us to condone it in any case, 567 00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:40,086 and that would be capricious. 568 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:44,456 - I'm talking about a decent man who did a decent thing. 569 00:33:44,490 --> 00:33:47,126 - They shoot horses, Lieutenant, not people. 570 00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:49,461 What if little Drew didn't have MDDS? 571 00:33:49,495 --> 00:33:51,130 What if he had Down Syndrome? 572 00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:52,831 Or Leukemia? Or a sore throat? 573 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,166 What if he didn't have physical pain at all? 574 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,434 What if he was just unhappy? 575 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,203 - That's the thing about you lawyers. 576 00:33:57,236 --> 00:34:01,173 You're always talking about the reasonable man. 577 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,409 Let me tell you something. 578 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:07,813 You wouldn't know a reasonable man if he fell out of the sky 579 00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:11,317 and he landed at your feet. 580 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:19,558 . 581 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:21,327 - I worked in the DA's office for 21 years. 582 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,261 - Mr. Barba, is it fair to say that you spent 583 00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:27,766 your entire professional life practicing law? 584 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:28,834 - Yes. 585 00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,469 - That's correct. 586 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:31,870 - Putting those who violate the law behind bars? 587 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:33,305 - Yes. 588 00:34:33,339 --> 00:34:37,376 - Murder is against the law. Is it not? 589 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:38,710 - It is. 590 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:43,582 - I don't believe that what I did was murder. 591 00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:46,185 - But when you went into Drew Householder's hospital room 592 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,187 he was alive. When you came out, he was dead. 593 00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:49,655 Somebody did something. 594 00:34:49,688 --> 00:34:51,323 - Yes, I killed him. 595 00:34:51,357 --> 00:34:53,725 Um, but what I did, I don't believe that it was murder. 596 00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:55,327 - I'm starting to feel like 597 00:34:55,361 --> 00:34:56,895 we're walking a razor's edge here, Mr. Barba. 598 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:59,131 - It was a justifiable homicide. 599 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:03,635 - In other words, you had to do it? 600 00:35:03,669 --> 00:35:08,307 - There were these, um, flowers on the table, 601 00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:10,476 next to Drew's crib. 602 00:35:10,509 --> 00:35:11,710 Orange roses. 603 00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:15,747 He would never know how wonderful they are. 604 00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:18,717 He couldn't smell them. 605 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:21,720 His mom was playing one of Bach's cantatas, 606 00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:23,889 from her phone. 607 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:27,759 The eternal Bach. 608 00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:31,363 Drew couldn't hear it. 609 00:35:31,397 --> 00:35:33,299 He'd never see a cloud. 610 00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:36,902 A rainbow. Um, the sun. 611 00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:38,804 The moon. 612 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:40,706 The bottom line is that he would never even know 613 00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:42,908 that these things existed. 614 00:35:42,941 --> 00:35:44,710 He didn't know if he was hungry or thirsty. 615 00:35:44,743 --> 00:35:46,945 He couldn't recognize the faces of his mother or his father. 616 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,480 All that he did know, 617 00:35:48,514 --> 00:35:50,316 all that he would ever know, is the pain 618 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:52,651 that was his so-called life. 619 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:58,724 - The doctors say that his brain had stopped functioning. 620 00:36:00,926 --> 00:36:02,528 - So to speak. 621 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:04,930 - Surely, you, as a man of the law, 622 00:36:04,963 --> 00:36:06,932 must be able to make a distinction between who is dead 623 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,567 and who's alive. 624 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,636 - Courts have only dealt with this issue tangentially. 625 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:12,938 In Roe v. Wade, the court implied 626 00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:14,706 that an unborn baby was alive 627 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:17,343 when it could survive on its own. 628 00:36:17,376 --> 00:36:18,944 - Could Drew Householder survive without being 629 00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:20,412 hooked up to all those machines? 630 00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:21,847 - His doctors say that he could not. 631 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,617 - So, in effect, the life you took from Drew Householder 632 00:36:25,651 --> 00:36:28,520 wasn't really life to begin with, was it? 633 00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:30,356 - Objection. 634 00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:31,590 - All I know is that when I looked in his crib, 635 00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:34,993 I saw a baby who couldn't form 636 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:38,964 the most basic thought of his own. 637 00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:41,433 He couldn't love. 638 00:36:41,467 --> 00:36:44,603 Or--or hate. Or... 639 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:46,372 Or hope. 640 00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:49,975 And when I saw the pain-- that--that-- 641 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,579 the unutterable suffering that his existence was causing 642 00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:56,715 the two people who loved him most, 643 00:36:56,748 --> 00:37:00,586 I had to do something... 644 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:04,623 Whether that meant going to prison or not. 645 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,802 - Does Mrs. Householder have sole custody of Drew? 646 00:37:16,835 --> 00:37:18,370 - Um, no. 647 00:37:18,404 --> 00:37:21,807 She, uh--she shares it with Mr. Householder. 648 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,342 - Did you confer with him 649 00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:28,280 before you hastened the death of his son? 650 00:37:28,314 --> 00:37:32,250 - No. 651 00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:39,625 - Do you feel guilty for what you've done? 652 00:37:39,658 --> 00:37:42,628 - Do you feel guilty for what you're doing? 653 00:37:42,661 --> 00:37:47,533 - I'll ask again, do you feel guilty for what you've done? 654 00:37:47,566 --> 00:37:49,735 - I did what I thought was right. 655 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:54,806 - Mr. Barba, do you feel guilty, sir? 656 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:02,981 - I do. 657 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:13,425 * 658 00:38:27,706 --> 00:38:31,643 - Will the defendant please rise? 659 00:38:31,677 --> 00:38:35,547 Have you reached a verdict? - Yes, we have, your Honor. 660 00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:42,421 On the sole count of the indictment, 661 00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:44,122 murder in the second degree, 662 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:46,858 we find the defendant, Rafael Barba... 663 00:38:49,795 --> 00:38:51,563 Not guilty. 664 00:38:51,597 --> 00:38:54,800 - Members of the jury, you are excused. 665 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,603 The court thanks you for your service. 666 00:39:13,885 --> 00:39:16,622 - Well done. 667 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:26,665 - You do realize half my job is stopping people who work here 668 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:28,434 from doing something stupid. 669 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:31,102 - Well, now you have one less person to worry about. 670 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:32,871 - You don't have to do this, Rafael. 671 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:35,874 - I know. 672 00:39:37,576 --> 00:39:39,177 - Would it be unbearably corny if I said, 673 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,413 "I'm going to do what I must"? 674 00:39:41,447 --> 00:39:44,950 - Yes, it would. 675 00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:48,820 But I understand. 676 00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:18,917 - I feel so guilty about this. 677 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:27,125 - I called you about this case. 678 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:28,794 - You--you know, when we first started working together-- 679 00:40:28,827 --> 00:40:33,131 what was it, five years ago? - Six. 680 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,703 The world was an old movie. It was all black and white. 681 00:40:37,736 --> 00:40:39,938 And it was high noon. I was Gary Cooper. 682 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,875 - I was absolutely sure-- absolutely-- 683 00:40:43,909 --> 00:40:46,244 who were the good guys, who were the bad guys. 684 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,814 And then you... 685 00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:52,551 You started to 686 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:54,753 weasel your way into my world, 687 00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:59,725 and the black and white became different shades of gray. 688 00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:01,527 Don't-- 689 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:02,828 Say it. 690 00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:09,868 Before I knew it, 691 00:41:09,901 --> 00:41:11,903 there were blues 692 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:13,839 and greens 693 00:41:13,872 --> 00:41:17,976 and yellows and reds. 694 00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:23,114 I'm you now, Liv. 695 00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:25,784 You opened my heart. 696 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:29,888 And I thank you for it. 697 00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:43,635 - I've got to move on. 698 00:42:19,838 --> 00:42:20,005 . 699 00:42:22,941 --> 00:42:29,948 *