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PREVIOUSLY ON "THE GUARDIAN"...

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OUR PHILOSOPHY HERE
AT CHILDREN'S

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LEGAL SERVICES
IS QUITE SIMPLE.

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WE--WE REPRESENT
THE CHILD'S WISHES.

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WHAT DID YOU DO,
SOMETHING BAD?

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I GOT ARRESTED FOR DRUGS.

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THERE WILL BE NO MORE
CONFLICTS, MR. FALLIN.

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DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

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I CAN REMOVE YOU
FROM YOUR POSITION

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AT THIS CLINIC AT ANY TIME.

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LOOK, JUST BECAUSE
YOU'RE MY SON

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DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
GONNA GET

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SPECIAL TREATMENT
AROUND HERE.

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DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT?

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THESE CASES, I CAN'T
JUST PHONE THEM IN.

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I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY

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NOT TO LET THEM PULL
YOU UNDER.

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MAN, IT'S HOT.

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MY--MY APARTMENT?

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I--I FORGOT TO TURN ON
THE AIR CONDITIONING.

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I MEAN, NOT
IN LATE OCTOBER, RIGHT?

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AND NOW, IT'S--IT'S--
IT'S LIKE A SAUNA.

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YEAH.

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HOW ABOUT YOUR PLACE?

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WHAT ABOUT IT?

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IS IT, UH...

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IS IT HOT?

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NO, NOT REALLY.

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SOUNDS--SOUNDS NICE
OVER THERE.

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HI.

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I WAS SITTING OVER THERE
BY THE, UH, THE PLANT.

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THE DEAD ONE, AND...

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I SAW YOU
SITTING OVER HERE.

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DO I KNOW YOU?

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NOT YET.

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I'M DINA.

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I'M NICK.

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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I'M WORKING.

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WHAT ARE YOU
WORKING ON?

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I'M WORKING
ON A CASE.

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YOU'RE A LAWYER.

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YEAH.

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DO YOU--DO YOU
HAVE ANY, UM,

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PETS TO KEEP
YOU COMPANY?

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YOU SEEM LIKE A--
LIKE A DOG PERSON.

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BUT, I MEAN, I COULD
BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.

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I'VE NEVER HAD
A DOG OR A CAT.

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REALLY? WELL, ISN'T
THAT INTERESTING,

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HOW 2 PEOPLE
CAN WORK TOGETHER

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AND NOT--
AND NOT TALK ABOUT

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THEIR--THEIR PETS
OR--OR--

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OR THEIR LACK
OF PETS.

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YOU LOOK LONELY.

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DO I?

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MM-HMM.
WELL, I'M NOT.

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DO YOU WANT
TO GO SOMEWHERE?

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WITH YOU?

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THAT'S THE IDEA.

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WOW.

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WELL...

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OK.

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OK.

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SO, UM,

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YOU--YOU WANT TO
MAYBE GO SOMEWHERE?

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I--I'VE GOT AN EARLY
MORNING TOMORROW.

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YEAH. ME, TOO.

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GOOD MORNING.

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A COUPLE OF KIDS
WERE ABANDONED

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OUT OF STATE
A FEW YEARS BACK.

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THE FOSTER PARENTS
THAT TOOK THEM IN

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WERE GONNA
ADOPT THEM BOTH,

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BUT THE OLDER SISTER
WAS PROBLEMATIC.

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HOW LONG IS
THIS GONNA TAKE?

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'CAUSE I GOT TO GET BACK

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TO FALLIN AND ASSOCIATES
BY 10:00.

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THEY'RE JUST GONNA
ADOPT THE YOUNGER ONE.

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HOW OLD ARE THEY?

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ONE'S 16. THE OTHER'S 8.

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AND WE REPRESENT
BOTH OF THEM?

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YES.

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WELL, ISN'T
THAT A CONFLICT?

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NO. YOU JUST NEED
TO BE SENSITIVE

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TO THE OLDER SISTER'S
ADJUSTMENT.

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WELL, YOU'RE TELLING ME
SHE NEEDS A SOCIAL WORKER,

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NOT A LAWYER.

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ALL I KNOW IS
SHE ASKED FOR YOU.

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THIS IS NICK FALLIN.

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HE'S GONNA BE
YOUR ATTORNEY.

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THANK YOU.

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YOU'RE WELCOME.

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HI.

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I AM SENTENCING YOU
TO 1,500 HOURS

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OF COMMUNITY SERVICE,

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USING YOUR SKILLS AS
A CORPORATE ATTORNEY

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TO WORK
AS A CHILD ADVOCATE.

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WHEN I TOLD YOU
I WAS 25,

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YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED
TO SEE MY I.D.

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YOU'RE, UH...

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IN HIGH SCHOOL.

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WHAT WE DID...

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IT WAS AGAINST
THE LAW.

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THIS--THIS ISN'T
A COINCIDENCE.

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I--I WAS HERE
A FEW DAYS AGO

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WITH MY SISTER.

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I SAW YOU SITTING IN HERE.

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YOU FOLLOWED ME?

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YEAH. WELL, FIRST,

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I ASKED AROUND
ABOUT YOU.

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I HEARD ABOUT YOUR, UM,
PROBATION AND STUFF.

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WHY?

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THE HALLERS,
MY FOSTER PARENTS,

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ARE SEPARATING US.

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WE'RE ALL THE FAMILY
WE'VE GOT,

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AND THEY'RE SEPARATING US.

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WELL, I'M SURE
THEY'LL LET YOU

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SPEND SOME TIME
WITH YOUR SISTER.

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YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

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THEY HATE ME.
THEY WON'T LET ME.

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I USED TO LIVE
WITH THEM.

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THEY--THEY--
THEY KICKED ME OUT.

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WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO?

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STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

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BUT I CAN'T.
YOU COULD TRY.

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I CAN'T.

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MAYBE I COULD.

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MAYBE I COULD TALK
TO THE POLICE ABOUT US...

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ABOUT WHAT WE DID
LAST NIGHT.

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ABOUT WHAT
YOU DID TO ME.

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OLDER SISTER.

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WHAT ABOUT HER?

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WHAT'S HER STORY?

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LIKE I SAID, THE GIRLS
WERE ABANDONED.

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WHEN?

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THE FILE DOESN'T SAY.

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THEY LIVED ON THE STREET
FOR 2 YEARS

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BEFORE ENDING UP
IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.

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WELL, WHY SPLIT 'EM UP?

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DINA JAMESON
IS HARD TO HANDLE.

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THE FOSTER PARENTS
SENT HER BACK

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TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES

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4 TIMES OVER
THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

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THIS ONLY GOES BACK
A FEW YEARS.

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WELL, THAT'S WHEN
WE GOT THEIR CASE.

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SO THERE'S NO RECORD
OF HER BIOLOGICAL PARENTS?

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HEY, THE AGENCY PERFORMED
A DILIGENT SEARCH,

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PUBLISHED NOTICE
IN THE NEWSPAPERS

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FOR THEIR PARENTS'
LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES.

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PEOPLE DON'T DISAPPEAR.

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WELL, THESE PEOPLE DID.

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ALL THEY FOUND WAS A RECORD
OF SALE OF A MOBILE HOME

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5 YEARS BACK
IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

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NAMES?

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JOHN AND MARY JAMESON.

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HEY, NICK. NICE.

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I PICKED THESE UP
ON THE WAY IN.

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OH, THANKS.
I FORGOT.

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OK, WEAR THIS TIE,

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AND BRING
THE SECOND SHIRT

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IN CASE YOU SHOULD
SWEAT THROUGH THE FIRST.

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I DON'T KNOW WHY
I'M SO NERVOUS.

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YOU'LL BE GREAT.

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YOU'VE DONE THIS
FOR 24 YEARS STRAIGHT.

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YOU'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN
THE FUNDING.

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YEAH, BUT USUALLY I DON'T
HAVE ANY COMPETITION.

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WELL,
THAT NEW CLINIC

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DOESN'T HAVE
ANY TRACK RECORD.

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WE AT THE PITTSBURGH
CHILDREN'S PROJECT

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HAVE A LOFTY MISSION.

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WE INTEND TO FIGHT
FOR EACH CHILD

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IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY
COURT SYSTEM

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TO ENSURE THAT EACH
AND EVERY CASE

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GETS THE THOROUGH ATTENTION

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OF EVERY AGENCY
IN THE CITY

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TO MEET THE FULL RANGE
OF SERVICES

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THAT MEET
EACH CHILD'S NEEDS.

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EVERY CHILD.

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ONE AT A TIME.

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MAKING THEIR LIVES BETTER.

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LIGHTS, PLEASE.

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THANK YOU, MS. MOORE.

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AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM
MR. ALVIN MASTERSON

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FROM CHILDREN'S LEGAL
SERVICES.

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YOU GUYS KNOW ME.

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I'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR 25 YEARS,

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AND I'LL BE--

187
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AND I'LL BE DOING IT
FOR 25 MORE.

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AND I KNOW IDEALISM
WHEN I SEE IT.

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FUNDING FOR PUBLIC
INTEREST LAW FIRMS

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IS PRECARIOUSLY LOW.

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LESS THAN 20%
OF THE LEGAL NEEDS

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OF CHILDREN
OF LOW-INCOME AMERICANS

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ARE BEING MET.

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PUBLICLY FUNDED
CLINICS LIKE MINE

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ARE REALLY
THE ONLY WAY THAT CHILDREN--

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WHAT IS IT,
MS. MOORE?

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UH, PRESIDENT RAPKE,
I WAS JUST WONDERING

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WHAT MR. MASTERSON'S
PHILOSOPHY IS.

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IS IT THE CHILD'S WISHES

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OR THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE CHILD?

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CURRENTLY, WE REPRESENT
THE CHILD'S WISHES.

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DO YOU THINK THAT CHILDREN
ARE PREPARED TO MAKE

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SUCH IMPORTANT DECISIONS
FOR THEMSELVES?

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SOME ARE, SOME ARE NOT.

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MOST STATES REPRESENT
BEST INTERESTS.

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THAT'S A COSTLIER
APPROACH, MS. MOORE,

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BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
GO OUT AND DO THE WORK

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AND FIND OUT WHAT
THE BEST INTERESTS

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ACTUALLY ARE.

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BUT YOU CAN DO THAT,
CAN'T YOU, MR. MASTERSON?

211
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WE COULD, BUT NOT

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WITH THE FUNDING
LEVELS WE HAVE NOW.

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SO WHAT IS YOUR
PHILOSOPHY, MR. MASTERSON?

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MY PHILOSOPHY DEPENDS

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ON THE SIZE
OF THE COUNTY CONTRACT.

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GET ME
THE ARNOLD FILES

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AND WHATEVER
DUE DILIGENCE

218
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YOU'VE COMPLETED.

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ALSO, RUN A SEARCH
ON A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

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DINA JAMESON,
HER YOUNGER SISTER LISA,

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AND THEIR PARENTS,
JOHN AND MARY JAMESON.

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WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR?

223
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ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND.

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WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
REFUNDS, MR. GOETZ,

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NOT WAR REPARATIONS.

226
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IT'S STILL $450,000.

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SORRY I'M LATE.

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LOOK, ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC

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HAS ALREADY REFUNDED
$17 MILLION.

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NOW, IT WILL COST US

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ABOUT $300,000
TO FIND THE PEOPLE

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THE REST OF THE MONEY
IS OWED TO.

233
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IF YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO DISTRIBUTE

234
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THE ENTIRE AMOUNT,

235
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WE'RE GONNA ASK THE COURT
TO TURN OVER YOUR RECORDS.

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WELL, THEN...

237
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WE'LL SEE YOU IN COURT.

238
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GENTLEMEN.

239
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I'D RATHER ANYBODY GOT
THE MONEY THAN THESE GUYS.

240
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SELF-RIGHTEOUS BASTARD--

241
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SO HOW WAS IT?

242
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HOW WAS WHAT?

243
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LAST NIGHT
WITH THE GIRL.

244
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OH, COME ON,

245
00:10:43,904 --> 00:10:45,383
AT LEAST LET ME LIVE
VICARIOUSLY HERE.

246
00:10:48,735 --> 00:10:50,475
NO RECORD AT ALL
FOR THE PARENTS,

247
00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:51,825
AND I ONLY FOUND
RECORDS

248
00:10:51,868 --> 00:10:53,522
DATING BACK TO 1998
FOR THE GIRLS.

249
00:10:53,565 --> 00:10:54,784
WHAT'S IT SAY?

250
00:10:54,828 --> 00:10:56,264
THE OLDER GIRL BROUGHT
A STATUTORY RAPE CHARGE

251
00:10:56,307 --> 00:10:57,569
AGAINST A MAN
IN HIS EARLY FORTIES.

252
00:10:57,613 --> 00:10:58,788
DID IT STICK?

253
00:10:58,832 --> 00:10:59,833
YEAH, THE GUY
SERVED 50 DAYS.

254
00:10:59,876 --> 00:11:00,964
WHAT'S HIS NAME?

255
00:11:01,008 --> 00:11:01,965
FLETCHER SACHS.

256
00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:03,358
FLETCHER SACHS.

257
00:11:03,401 --> 00:11:05,577
WHEN WILL
THIS THING GO AWAY?

258
00:11:05,621 --> 00:11:08,537
I SERVED MY TIME,
MY WIFE LEFT ME.

259
00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:10,017
WHEN I MOVED
INTO A NEW APARTMENT,

260
00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:11,975
SIGNS WENT UP ALL OVER
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING

261
00:11:12,019 --> 00:11:14,325
A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER
HAD JUST MOVED IN.

262
00:11:14,369 --> 00:11:15,762
I'M SORRY TO HEAR
THAT, MR. SACHS.

263
00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:16,893
IF YOU WANT TO TALK
TO ME ABOUT DINA,

264
00:11:16,937 --> 00:11:18,460
YOU SHOULD CALL
MY ATTORNEY.

265
00:11:18,503 --> 00:11:19,853
Y-YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M REPRESENTING DINA

266
00:11:19,896 --> 00:11:23,073
IN HER SISTER'S
ADOPTION CASE.

267
00:11:24,466 --> 00:11:25,859
WELL, THEN YOU SHOULD
TALK TO MY PARTNER,

268
00:11:25,902 --> 00:11:27,164
NOT ME.

269
00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:28,165
YOUR PARTNER.

270
00:11:28,209 --> 00:11:29,514
JUST A MINUTE.

271
00:11:32,169 --> 00:11:33,127
WAYNE?

272
00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:34,519
SOME LAWYER'S HERE
TO TALK TO YOU

273
00:11:34,563 --> 00:11:36,783
ABOUT DINA AND LISA.

274
00:11:36,826 --> 00:11:38,306
COULD YOU JUST TALK
TO HIM?

275
00:11:42,614 --> 00:11:43,746
YES?

276
00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:45,182
MR. HALLER.

277
00:11:45,226 --> 00:11:46,401
YES.

278
00:11:46,444 --> 00:11:49,143
WE MET BRIEFLY AT
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES.

279
00:11:49,186 --> 00:11:50,361
I'M DINA'S ATTORNEY.

280
00:11:50,405 --> 00:11:52,320
OH, RIGHT.

281
00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,017
WHAT DO YOU WANT
WITH FLETCHER?

282
00:11:54,061 --> 00:11:55,671
YOU FAILED
TO DISCLOSE THE FACT

283
00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,760
THAT YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER
WAS HAVING A RELATIONSHIP

284
00:11:57,804 --> 00:11:59,980
WITH A MINOR
UNDER YOUR CARE?

285
00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,071
LOOK, MR. FALLIN,

286
00:12:04,114 --> 00:12:06,116
I UNDERSTAND DINA'S
UPSET ABOUT THIS,

287
00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,683
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW DINA.

288
00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:08,902
AND MAYBE IF YOU DID,
YOU'D UNDERSTAND

289
00:12:08,945 --> 00:12:10,425
WHERE WE'RE
COMING FROM

290
00:12:10,468 --> 00:12:13,384
AND WHY WE'RE PREPARED
TO FORGIVE FLETCHER.

291
00:12:16,126 --> 00:12:19,564
I SPOKE
WITH FLETCHER SACHS.

292
00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:21,218
YOU GOT A HABIT
OF DOING THIS.

293
00:12:21,262 --> 00:12:24,221
THAT--THAT WAS DIFFERENT
WITH FLETCHER.

294
00:12:24,265 --> 00:12:25,788
WE--WE LOVED EACH OTHER.

295
00:12:25,832 --> 00:12:27,355
YOU LOVED HIM SO MUCH,

296
00:12:27,398 --> 00:12:28,443
YOU TURNED HIM
INTO THE POLICE.

297
00:12:28,486 --> 00:12:29,923
THE HALLERS
TURNED HIM IN, NOT ME.

298
00:12:29,966 --> 00:12:31,663
WHY ISN'T THERE
ANY RECORD

299
00:12:31,707 --> 00:12:33,535
OF EITHER YOU
OR YOUR SISTER

300
00:12:33,578 --> 00:12:35,624
PRIOR TO 1998?

301
00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:38,061
WE, UH, WE LIVED
WITH MY PARENTS

302
00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:41,369
IN A--IN A MOBILE HOME MAINLY
IN AND OUT OF STATE PARKS.

303
00:12:41,412 --> 00:12:44,894
WE SOLD, UM, POSTCARDS
AND, UH, T-SHIRTS--

304
00:12:44,938 --> 00:12:46,722
CRAP LIKE THAT.

305
00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,029
THEY DIDN'T EVEN, UH,
PUT US IN SCHOOL.

306
00:12:49,072 --> 00:12:51,248
ONE DAY...

307
00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:53,816
LEFT US AT A REST STOP...

308
00:12:53,860 --> 00:12:55,557
NEVER CAME BACK.

309
00:13:02,738 --> 00:13:04,784
I CAN'T FORCE THE
HALLERS TO ADOPT YOU,

310
00:13:04,827 --> 00:13:06,786
AND I CAN'T
STOP THE STATE

311
00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:08,048
FROM TERMINATING
YOUR PARENTS' RIGHTS.

312
00:13:08,091 --> 00:13:10,528
OK, WHAT DO I DO?

313
00:13:10,572 --> 00:13:12,139
I COULD TRY
AND EMANCIPATE YOU.

314
00:13:12,182 --> 00:13:14,706
HOW WILL THAT HELP ME
GET MY SISTER BACK?

315
00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:15,969
YOU'LL HAVE TO GET
A PLACE TO LIVE,

316
00:13:16,012 --> 00:13:17,971
FIND A JOB,
PROVE THAT YOU DON'T

317
00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:19,320
RELY ON ANYONE ELSE
FOR SUPPORT.

318
00:13:19,363 --> 00:13:20,712
YOU DO THAT, AND IT'LL
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES

319
00:13:20,756 --> 00:13:22,018
OF GETTING CUSTODY
OF YOUR SISTER.

320
00:13:26,544 --> 00:13:28,546
JUST KEEP ME
WITH MY SISTER

321
00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:30,505
OR MAKE
THE HALLERS TAKE ME.

322
00:13:30,548 --> 00:13:32,986
NO JOBS,
NO TRAINING SCHOOLS.

323
00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,683
JUST GET IT DONE.

324
00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:50,481
DID WE GET
THE CHILDREN'S CONTRACT?

325
00:13:50,525 --> 00:13:52,353
YOU KNOW LARRY HICKEY?

326
00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:53,833
RUNS LEGAL AID
OVER IN HOMESTEAD?

327
00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:55,095
HE'S RETIRING
NEXT MONTH.

328
00:13:55,138 --> 00:13:56,748
WENDELL?

329
00:13:56,792 --> 00:13:58,228
SO THE LEGAL AID FUNDS FOR
INDIGENT ADULTS ARE STILL--

330
00:13:58,272 --> 00:13:59,839
YOU'RE GIVING
THE CHILDREN'S CONTRACT

331
00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:01,405
TO THAT GIRL?

332
00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,974
OH, GOD.

333
00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:07,977
THE COUNTY FUNDING BOARD STILL
HAS THE LEGAL AID CONTRACT.

334
00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:09,544
JUST TAKE IT.

335
00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:10,937
THEN WE'D BE
REPRESENTING ADULTS.

336
00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:12,416
WELL, YOU CAN STILL WORK
WITH CHILDREN'S ISSUES.

337
00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:13,983
BUT WE'D BE
REPRESENTING ADULTS.

338
00:14:14,027 --> 00:14:15,289
WHY DON'T YOU WANT
THE LEGAL AID CONTRACT?

339
00:14:15,332 --> 00:14:17,117
BECAUSE I DID THAT.

340
00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,423
YEARS AGO. WHEN I
FIRST GOT

341
00:14:19,467 --> 00:14:20,772
INTO THIS SIDE
OF THE BUSINESS.

342
00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:24,951
I HAD A CASE WHERE
I FOUGHT FOR MONTHS

343
00:14:24,994 --> 00:14:26,256
FOR A COUPLE
TO REGAIN CUSTODY

344
00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:27,910
OF THEIR 7-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.

345
00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:29,346
A WEEK LATER,

346
00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:30,565
THEY FOUND HER
DEAD IN THE ATTIC.

347
00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:34,743
OK, BUT WE'VE ALL HAD
CASES LIKE THAT, ALVIN.

348
00:14:34,786 --> 00:14:36,527
I REPRESENT KIDS.

349
00:14:39,574 --> 00:14:41,228
COME ON, WENDELL.

350
00:14:41,271 --> 00:14:43,665
THAT--THAT GIRL
HAS NO IDEA

351
00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:45,667
WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE
TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK.

352
00:14:45,710 --> 00:14:47,321
SHE JUST WANTS TO PUT
A HAPPY FACE ON IT

353
00:14:47,364 --> 00:14:48,844
AND FIGURE OUT
HAPPY ENDINGS.

354
00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:50,324
WELL, BELIEVE ME,
IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.

355
00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:51,891
YOU CAN'T BE
RECKLESS HERE.

356
00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:57,548
WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS RAISE
YOUR FUNDS PRIVATELY

357
00:14:57,592 --> 00:15:00,247
AND COMPETE FOR THE WORK.

358
00:15:02,075 --> 00:15:05,078
BUT THE CHILDREN'S
CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED

359
00:15:05,121 --> 00:15:06,731
TO MS. MOORE'S GROUP.

360
00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:20,484
MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S
ATTENTION, PLEASE?

361
00:15:22,051 --> 00:15:23,357
EXCUSE ME? ATTENTION?

362
00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:29,102
I HAVE JUST LEARNED
THAT OUR COUNTY CONTRACT

363
00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:30,799
HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED.

364
00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:32,975
SO, YOUR PAYCHECKS...

365
00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:37,110
IF YOU DEPOSIT THEM,
THEY WILL BOUNCE.

366
00:15:37,153 --> 00:15:39,286
SO...

367
00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:41,549
DON'T DEPOSIT THEM.

368
00:15:49,513 --> 00:15:50,950
WHAT HAPPENED?

369
00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:52,473
THIS DOESN'T AFFECT

370
00:15:52,516 --> 00:15:53,648
YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE,
MR. FALLIN.

371
00:15:53,691 --> 00:15:55,737
THAT WASN'T
MY CONCERN.

372
00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:59,306
I LOST THE COUNTY CONTRACT
TO ANOTHER CLINIC.

373
00:15:59,349 --> 00:16:01,743
WITHOUT IT, I CAN'T AFFORD
TO KEEP THIS PLACE OPEN.

374
00:16:01,786 --> 00:16:03,875
HOW MUCH MONEY
DO YOU NEED?

375
00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:05,965
$300,000.

376
00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:11,579
WERE YOU AWARE THAT
MR. HALLER'S

377
00:16:11,622 --> 00:16:13,668
BUSINESS PARTNER HAD
A SEXUAL

378
00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:15,235
RELATIONSHIP
WITH DINA JAMESON

379
00:16:15,278 --> 00:16:16,714
AND WAS CONVICTED
OF STATUTORY RAPE?

380
00:16:16,758 --> 00:16:17,977
SO?

381
00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,761
WELL,
THIS CLEARLY IMPACTS

382
00:16:19,804 --> 00:16:21,023
THE HALLERS' CHOICE

383
00:16:21,067 --> 00:16:21,937
TO ADOPT ONE SISTER
AND NOT THE OTHER.

384
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,417
IT COULD.

385
00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:25,245
WELL, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES
ONCE THE COURT FINDS OUT--

386
00:16:25,288 --> 00:16:28,117
YOU'RE NOT GONNA ATTEMPT
TO STOP THIS ADOPTION?

387
00:16:28,161 --> 00:16:29,423
THEY WERE ENTRUSTED
WITH A TEENAGE GIRL

388
00:16:29,466 --> 00:16:30,859
WHO HAD
A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

389
00:16:30,902 --> 00:16:32,687
WITH A 45-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHILE IN THEIR CARE.

390
00:16:32,730 --> 00:16:34,167
THERE'S AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL

391
00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,516
WHO STANDS A CHANCE OF
HAVING A GOOD HOME.

392
00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:37,170
ALL AT THE COST
OF HER SISTER.

393
00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:49,878
HEY.

394
00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:51,097
HEY.

395
00:16:51,140 --> 00:16:53,621
IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A JOB...

396
00:16:53,664 --> 00:16:54,622
I'M NOT.

397
00:16:54,665 --> 00:16:56,015
WELL, IF YOU ARE...

398
00:16:56,058 --> 00:16:57,712
AMANDA NEEDS
A LEGAL ASSISTANT.

399
00:16:57,755 --> 00:17:00,367
AMANDA...
THAT RED-HEAD?

400
00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:02,717
YEAH. YOU SHOULD TAKE IT.

401
00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,762
WE COULD TRAIN YOU
TO BE A CORPORATE PARALEGAL.

402
00:17:06,895 --> 00:17:08,462
WELL, THINK ABOUT IT.

403
00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:09,593
ALL RIGHT.

404
00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:14,598
THE MISSION

405
00:17:14,642 --> 00:17:15,947
OF CHILDREN'S LEGAL
SERVICES IS SIMPLE.

406
00:17:15,991 --> 00:17:18,037
WE PROVIDE QUALITY
LEGAL REPRESENTATION

407
00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:19,473
FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE
ABUSED, NEGLECTED,

408
00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:21,083
OR OTHERWISE AT RISK.

409
00:17:21,127 --> 00:17:23,564
WE HOPE TO PROTECT THESE
KIDS FROM FUTURE HARM

410
00:17:23,607 --> 00:17:24,826
OR FROM DOING
FUTURE HARM TO OTHERS

411
00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:26,741
BY FINDING THEM A SAFE
AND PERMANENT HOME.

412
00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:28,873
SOUNDS LIKE IMPORTANT WORK,
MR. MASTERSON.

413
00:17:28,917 --> 00:17:31,224
WELL, WE RECENTLY LOST
OUR COUNTY CONTRACT.

414
00:17:31,267 --> 00:17:32,225
HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED?

415
00:17:32,268 --> 00:17:33,530
NEARLY $300,000.

416
00:17:40,972 --> 00:17:42,235
THANK YOU.

417
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:45,977
NOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK
TO BERNICE EDELSTEIN

418
00:17:46,021 --> 00:17:47,414
OVER AT
THE MONONGAHELA FUND.

419
00:17:47,457 --> 00:17:48,676
SHE'S USUALLY INTERESTED
IN GUYS LIKE YOU.

420
00:17:48,719 --> 00:17:51,722
SHE DOES THE BIG
ANNUAL BACHELOR AUCTION.

421
00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:53,289
MAYBE SHE CAN
PENCIL YOU IN TO THAT.

422
00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:54,421
BACHELOR AUCTION?

423
00:17:54,464 --> 00:17:55,639
YOU KNOW,
LOCAL CELEBRITIES,

424
00:17:55,683 --> 00:17:56,771
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

425
00:17:56,814 --> 00:17:58,512
WOMEN BID ON THEM
FOR DINNER DATES,

426
00:17:58,555 --> 00:18:00,209
AND THE MONEY
GOES TO CHARITY.

427
00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:05,649
BERNICE, IT'S JANE.

428
00:18:05,693 --> 00:18:07,782
I GOT A WONDERFUL GUY
FOR YOU.

429
00:18:07,825 --> 00:18:10,306
OH, ME? NO. NO.

430
00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:12,221
HE'S READY TO BE AUCTIONED.

431
00:18:15,006 --> 00:18:17,574
WE HAVE AFFIDAVITS THAT SAY
THAT ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC

432
00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:19,185
HAS BEEN FUDGING CLAIMS

433
00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:21,274
AND SENDING CHECKS
TO FICTITIOUS ADDRESSES.

434
00:18:21,317 --> 00:18:22,231
SORRY.

435
00:18:24,059 --> 00:18:26,801
WELL, WE CAN
WEATHER THIS, BELIEVE ME.

436
00:18:26,844 --> 00:18:28,846
THE MONEY'S STILL OWED,
MR. FALLIN.

437
00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:31,849
BY LAW, YOUR CLIENT'S
COMPANY CANNOT KEEP IT.

438
00:18:31,893 --> 00:18:34,548
SO, WE CAN GO AROUND
AND AROUND LIKE THIS

439
00:18:34,591 --> 00:18:36,376
FOR MONTHS,
OR WE CAN COME UP

440
00:18:36,419 --> 00:18:37,681
WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION.

441
00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,248
CY PRES DOCTRINE.

442
00:18:39,292 --> 00:18:40,510
EXCUSE ME?

443
00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:44,035
CY PRES DOCTRINE.

444
00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:46,647
ASK THE COURT
TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS

445
00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:48,518
TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
IN PITTSBURGH.

446
00:18:49,824 --> 00:18:51,826
WHO?

447
00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:53,610
WELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES.

448
00:18:56,613 --> 00:18:57,788
WHAT?

449
00:18:59,573 --> 00:19:01,792
UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE

450
00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,186
YOU WERE RAISING
A LIBERAL, MR. FALLIN.

451
00:19:04,230 --> 00:19:07,276
GOOD FOR YOU.

452
00:19:10,192 --> 00:19:11,454
NICE PLACE.

453
00:19:11,498 --> 00:19:13,064
ISN'T IT?

454
00:19:13,108 --> 00:19:15,154
REAL NICE PLACE.

455
00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:17,808
SO, UH...

456
00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,332
WHAT'S IT LIKE?

457
00:19:19,375 --> 00:19:21,247
WHAT? HAVE A SEAT.

458
00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:23,379
WORKING HERE?

459
00:19:23,423 --> 00:19:24,772
IT'S ALL RIGHT.

460
00:19:24,815 --> 00:19:26,600
YOU HATE IT.

461
00:19:26,643 --> 00:19:28,602
KIND OF.

462
00:19:28,645 --> 00:19:29,951
YOU LIKE NICK?

463
00:19:29,994 --> 00:19:31,518
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

464
00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:33,433
WORKING WITH HIM.

465
00:19:33,476 --> 00:19:36,566
HE'S ARROGANT,
HE'S RUDE.

466
00:19:36,610 --> 00:19:38,351
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM?

467
00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:41,702
I KNOW HE GOT ARRESTED
FOR DRUGS.

468
00:19:41,745 --> 00:19:43,225
I KNOW HE PLEA-BARGAINED

469
00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:45,358
DOWN TO A MISDEMEANOR
IN EXCHANGE

470
00:19:45,401 --> 00:19:46,707
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
AND PROBATION.

471
00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:48,665
YOU EVER PARTY
WITH HIM?

472
00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:53,453
NO, BUT THERE
ARE STORIES.

473
00:19:53,496 --> 00:19:55,019
INCREDIBLE STORIES.

474
00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:56,586
YOU THINK
HE'S AN ADDICT?

475
00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:57,587
I DON'T KNOW HIM.

476
00:19:57,631 --> 00:19:58,632
YEAH,
BUT HIS PERSONALITY,

477
00:19:58,675 --> 00:20:00,024
ALL BUTTONED UP
AND TENSE,

478
00:20:00,068 --> 00:20:01,983
WON'T SMILE.

479
00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:03,985
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I JUST WORK HERE.

480
00:20:04,028 --> 00:20:05,508
BUT YOU'D LIKE TO.

481
00:20:07,815 --> 00:20:10,426
SO, DO YOU WANT THE JOB?

482
00:20:13,429 --> 00:20:15,866
AH, MR. FALLIN.

483
00:20:17,390 --> 00:20:18,739
I HAVE
A CLASS ACTION SUIT,

484
00:20:18,782 --> 00:20:20,523
UTILITIES COMPANY.

485
00:20:20,567 --> 00:20:22,003
DIDN'T CUT THE RATES
FOR THE INDIGENT.

486
00:20:22,046 --> 00:20:23,004
SO?

487
00:20:23,047 --> 00:20:24,614
NEARLY HALF
A MILLION LEFT OVER.

488
00:20:24,658 --> 00:20:25,920
AND?

489
00:20:25,963 --> 00:20:27,922
THE COURT CAN ALLOCATE
UNDISTRIBUTED FUNDS

490
00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:29,663
FROM A CLASS ACTION
TO ANOTHER CLASS

491
00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:31,534
THAT MIGHT BENEFIT.

492
00:20:31,578 --> 00:20:33,449
C.L.S. COULD QUALIFY.

493
00:20:33,493 --> 00:20:37,671
I SUGGESTED THAT THEY
LISTEN TO YOUR, UH...

494
00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:40,151
PITCH.

495
00:20:40,195 --> 00:20:41,196
YOU DID?

496
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,502
YES, I DID.

497
00:20:42,545 --> 00:20:44,025
YOU SHOULD COME IN.

498
00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:45,200
OK.

499
00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:45,896
GOOD.

500
00:20:50,161 --> 00:20:51,815
WHAT?

501
00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:54,862
BUT DON'T PUSH TOO HARD.

502
00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:57,865
DON'T DEMAND IT.
JUST BE HUMBLE.

503
00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:03,740
THE HALLERS ARE HERE.

504
00:21:03,784 --> 00:21:05,481
WE NEED TO DISCUSS
WHAT TRANSPIRED

505
00:21:05,525 --> 00:21:07,353
BETWEEN DINA AND
YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER,

506
00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:08,354
FLETCHER SACHS.

507
00:21:08,397 --> 00:21:10,312
AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.

508
00:21:10,356 --> 00:21:12,183
YOU CAN'T BLAME A TEENAGED
GIRL FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

509
00:21:12,227 --> 00:21:13,924
NO, I BLAME
MY PARTNER.

510
00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:15,883
UH, CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED?

511
00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:20,975
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT AT ALL.

512
00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:23,107
ONE DAY AT DINNER,
SHE JUST BLURTED IT OUT.

513
00:21:23,151 --> 00:21:25,284
SHE SAID, "FLETCHER AND I
ARE HAVING AN AFFAIR,

514
00:21:25,327 --> 00:21:26,894
AND I'M TAKING LISA. WE'RE
GOING TO LIVE WITH HIM."

515
00:21:26,937 --> 00:21:30,898
SO WE CONFRONTED FLETCHER,
AND HE CONFESSED.

516
00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:32,116
WHO FILED CHARGES?

517
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,422
WE DID.

518
00:21:33,466 --> 00:21:36,033
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
WE'VE EVER HAD TO DO.

519
00:21:36,077 --> 00:21:37,774
AND YET YOU REMAIN
IN BUSINESS WITH THIS MAN?

520
00:21:37,818 --> 00:21:40,951
HE'S HUMAN. HE SLIPPED.

521
00:21:40,995 --> 00:21:42,649
DINA CAN BE, UM...

522
00:21:45,042 --> 00:21:46,479
LET'S JUST SAY HE'S NOT
THE ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE

523
00:21:46,522 --> 00:21:48,002
FOR THIS HAPPENING.

524
00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:50,570
BUT YOU DECIDED
TO PUNISH HER

525
00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,223
FOR SOMETHING
THAT HE DID?

526
00:21:52,267 --> 00:21:55,488
NO. NO, WE'RE NOT
ADOPTING HER

527
00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:58,142
BECAUSE SHE'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL.

528
00:21:58,186 --> 00:22:00,231
BESIDES, SHE'S SO PROTECTIVE
OF HER SISTER THAT

529
00:22:00,275 --> 00:22:02,146
SHE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR US TO DO OUR JOBS.

530
00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:03,234
HOW SO?

531
00:22:03,278 --> 00:22:05,106
WELL, EVERY TIME
WE TELL LISA TO BEHAVE

532
00:22:05,149 --> 00:22:08,936
OR TO FOLLOW THE RULES,
DINA TELLS US TO BACK OFF.

533
00:22:08,979 --> 00:22:11,199
AND SHE ONLY LISTENS
TO HER SISTER,

534
00:22:11,242 --> 00:22:13,767
SO WE'RE LOSING CONTROL
OF OUR OWN HOUSEHOLD.

535
00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:17,031
UH, WOULD YOU MIND IF
I WENT AND SPOKE TO LISA?

536
00:22:25,735 --> 00:22:26,954
OH...

537
00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:29,173
HI, LISA.

538
00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:30,349
HI.

539
00:22:32,046 --> 00:22:33,613
I KNOW YOU'VE TALKED
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE

540
00:22:33,656 --> 00:22:35,223
ABOUT WHAT YOU REMEMBER
OF YOUR PAST.

541
00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:36,877
I GUESS.

542
00:22:38,444 --> 00:22:40,141
CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING
ABOUT YOUR PARENTS?

543
00:22:47,540 --> 00:22:49,237
YOU LIKE DOLLS?

544
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,630
YEAH.

545
00:22:50,673 --> 00:22:52,675
YEAH.

546
00:22:52,719 --> 00:22:55,286
DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING AT ALL?

547
00:22:57,811 --> 00:23:00,422
WE LIVED IN
AN OLD SCHOOL BUS.

548
00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,293
WE PARKED IT
UNDER A BRIDGE.

549
00:23:02,337 --> 00:23:03,904
A BUS?

550
00:23:03,947 --> 00:23:05,514
YEAH.

551
00:23:05,558 --> 00:23:07,386
NOT A MOBILE HOME?

552
00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:08,648
NO.

553
00:23:08,691 --> 00:23:10,867
A SCHOOL BUS.

554
00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:13,740
A SCHOOL BUS
UNDER A BRIDGE?

555
00:23:13,783 --> 00:23:16,220
YEAH.

556
00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:17,744
OK.

557
00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:34,064
HI.

558
00:23:34,108 --> 00:23:37,459
NICK, THIS IS KEVIN,
MY BOYFRIEND.

559
00:23:37,503 --> 00:23:39,461
KEVIN, THIS IS NICK.
HE'S MY LAWYER.

560
00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:40,462
HEY.

561
00:23:40,506 --> 00:23:41,681
YEAH.

562
00:23:41,724 --> 00:23:43,465
SO I GUESS WE HAVE
SOME LEGAL STUFF

563
00:23:43,509 --> 00:23:44,901
TO TALK ABOUT,
DON'T WE, NICK?

564
00:23:44,945 --> 00:23:46,337
YEAH.

565
00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:47,948
I LEFT MY BOOK BAG
IN MY LOCKER.

566
00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:49,384
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

567
00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:54,302
YOU TWO BEEN
GOING OUT LONG?

568
00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:56,522
7 WEEKS.

569
00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:59,612
SHE'S MY FIRST...
REAL GIRLFRIEND.

570
00:24:01,265 --> 00:24:02,223
HOW'S IT GOING?

571
00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:04,312
GOOD. GOOD.

572
00:24:04,355 --> 00:24:05,400
WE--WE, YOU KNOW,

573
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:06,749
WE, LIKE,

574
00:24:06,793 --> 00:24:09,709
GO TO THE DOLLAR CINEMA
OVER IN MOON TOWNSHIP.

575
00:24:09,752 --> 00:24:11,188
SHE LIKES
TO BRING HER SISTER.

576
00:24:11,232 --> 00:24:12,189
WHAT ELSE?

577
00:24:14,322 --> 00:24:15,758
I DON'T KNOW.

578
00:24:15,802 --> 00:24:19,980
WE LIKE TO WATCH TRAINS
DOWN BY THE OHIO RIVER.

579
00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:22,243
DOES SHE LIKE TO BRING
HER SISTER ALONG

580
00:24:22,286 --> 00:24:23,679
WHEN YOU TWO
WATCH TRAINS?

581
00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:30,207
OK, NICK, I'M READY.

582
00:24:30,251 --> 00:24:31,426
BYE, SWEETIE.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

583
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,303
JEALOUS?

584
00:24:39,347 --> 00:24:40,870
YOU SHOULDN'T BE.

585
00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:43,525
HE DOES NOT KNOW
THE TRICKS THAT YOU KNOW.

586
00:24:43,569 --> 00:24:46,354
SO IS IT A MOBILE HOME
OR A SCHOOL BUS?

587
00:24:46,397 --> 00:24:47,616
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

588
00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:48,878
YOUR SISTER
SEEMS TO BELIEVE

589
00:24:48,922 --> 00:24:50,053
YOU LIVED
IN A SCHOOL BUS

590
00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:52,360
UNDER A BRIDGE.

591
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:53,666
SHE'S TOO YOUNG
TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

592
00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:55,058
SHE DOESN'T
REMEMBER ANYTHING.

593
00:24:55,102 --> 00:24:57,191
YOUR NAME.

594
00:24:57,234 --> 00:24:58,758
IT'S NOT YOUR NAME.

595
00:24:58,801 --> 00:25:00,063
YEAH, IT IS.

596
00:25:00,107 --> 00:25:01,195
WHO ARE YOU?

597
00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:07,375
JUST THE GIRL YOU SLEPT WITH
THE OTHER NIGHT, MR. FALLIN.

598
00:25:07,418 --> 00:25:09,116
I CHECKED THE RECORDS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

599
00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:10,509
I CHECKED THE RECORDS.

600
00:25:10,552 --> 00:25:11,510
THERE'S NOTHING,
REALLY, NOTHING.

601
00:25:13,337 --> 00:25:14,687
SO IF YOUR MAKE-BELIEVE
PARENTS' RIGHTS

602
00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:16,210
TERMINATE NEXT WEEK,

603
00:25:16,253 --> 00:25:18,517
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO
STAY WITH YOUR SISTER.

604
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,606
BUT IF YOU JUST
HELP ME TRY AND FIND

605
00:25:20,649 --> 00:25:22,782
YOUR REAL PARENTS,
THEN WE CAN STOP

606
00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:24,653
THE ADOPTION
PROCEEDINGS LONG ENOUGH

607
00:25:24,697 --> 00:25:26,176
TO SEE IF THEY WANT
TO GET INVOLVED.

608
00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:33,096
MY PARENTS' NAMES ARE JOHN
AND MARGARET CUNNINGHAM.

609
00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:34,924
THEY LIVE
IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

610
00:25:34,968 --> 00:25:36,230
OK.

611
00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:40,234
WHY DIDN'T
YOU TELL ME THAT

612
00:25:40,277 --> 00:25:41,888
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

613
00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:44,281
BECAUSE...
THEY WERE SICK, OK?

614
00:25:44,325 --> 00:25:45,718
BOTH OF 'EM.

615
00:25:45,761 --> 00:25:48,634
THEY WERE DRUG ADDICTS
AND DRUNKS.

616
00:25:48,677 --> 00:25:52,594
AND WHEN LISA WAS BORN,
WE DIDN'T HAVE A THING.

617
00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:55,597
THEY JUST NEGLECTED HER.

618
00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:59,079
SO...I TOOK HER.

619
00:25:59,122 --> 00:26:01,168
YOU KEPT IT A SECRET?

620
00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:04,693
NOBODY EVER BELIEVED ME

621
00:26:04,737 --> 00:26:07,043
BECAUSE THEY NEVER
ABUSED US, SO...

622
00:26:09,742 --> 00:26:11,961
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

623
00:26:12,005 --> 00:26:14,311
NOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
IT, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS,

624
00:26:14,355 --> 00:26:15,922
MAYBE THEY CAN...

625
00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:19,186
THEY CAN GET BETTER
AND WE COULD GO BACK HOME.

626
00:26:19,229 --> 00:26:20,883
YEAH, WELL,
LET'S JUST FIND THEM.

627
00:26:29,152 --> 00:26:30,676
I FINISHED
DUE DILIGENCE

628
00:26:30,719 --> 00:26:31,851
FOR THE ARNOLD CASE.
YOU'VE JUST GOT

629
00:26:31,894 --> 00:26:33,200
TO BRING 'EM
THE CONTRACTS.

630
00:26:33,243 --> 00:26:34,418
GREAT. RUN A CHECK ON
JOHN AND MARGARET CUNNINGHAM

631
00:26:34,462 --> 00:26:36,856
OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

632
00:26:42,122 --> 00:26:44,428
WE HAVE OUR FUND-RAISER
TOMORROW.

633
00:26:44,472 --> 00:26:45,734
IT'S A BIG DEAL--

634
00:26:45,778 --> 00:26:47,301
THE ELIGIBLE BACHELOR
AUCTION.

635
00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:48,302
YES, I KNOW.

636
00:26:48,345 --> 00:26:49,869
YOU'RE SINGLE, RIGHT?

637
00:26:49,912 --> 00:26:51,000
YES.

638
00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:52,523
I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL.

639
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:53,568
PARTICIPATE
IN THE AUCTION,

640
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,961
AND I WILL GIVE YOU

641
00:26:55,004 --> 00:26:56,353
ALL THE PROCEEDS
YOU GENERATE.

642
00:26:56,397 --> 00:26:59,835
I NEED $300,000.

643
00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:02,055
WELL, MR. MASTERSON,

644
00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:03,534
FOR THAT YOU'D HAVE
TO BE SOME KIND OF DATE,

645
00:27:03,578 --> 00:27:04,884
NOW, WOULDN'T YOU?

646
00:27:08,061 --> 00:27:09,366
NO MARRIED COUPLES
BY THOSE NAMES

647
00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:10,585
CURRENTLY RESIDE
IN NEBRASKA.

648
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:11,934
THERE'S NO RECORD
AT ALL?

649
00:27:11,978 --> 00:27:13,327
NOTHING.

650
00:27:18,506 --> 00:27:20,029
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND?

651
00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:20,987
YEAH.

652
00:27:25,905 --> 00:27:27,950
I LOVE YOUR STEREO.

653
00:27:27,994 --> 00:27:30,039
I CHECKED
YOUR STORY OUT.

654
00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:31,998
THERE'S NO RECORD
OF THE CUNNINGHAMS.

655
00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:35,436
IF YOU WANT ME
TO HELP YOU,

656
00:27:35,479 --> 00:27:37,220
YOU GOT TO TELL ME
THE TRUTH.

657
00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:38,918
THAT IS THE TRUTH.

658
00:27:38,961 --> 00:27:40,789
OK, WE'RE DONE.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

659
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:49,450
DON'T LIKE ME,
MR. FALLIN?

660
00:27:49,493 --> 00:27:51,626
'CAUSE YOU LIKED ME
A LOT A FEW NIGHTS AGO

661
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,976
WHEN WE MET AT A BAR
LATE AT NIGHT.

662
00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:56,631
PEOPLE SAW US THERE,
DIDN'T THEY?

663
00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:58,154
THEY SAW US LEAVE TOGETHER,

664
00:27:58,198 --> 00:28:02,202
AND I KNOW AN AWFUL LOT
ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE,

665
00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:05,161
YOUR APARTMENT,
YOUR CAR...

666
00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:08,512
YOUR UNDERWEAR.

667
00:28:08,556 --> 00:28:09,731
YOU DIDN'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH ME

668
00:28:09,775 --> 00:28:11,951
WHEN YOU THOUGHT
I WAS 25, NOW, DID YA?

669
00:28:19,915 --> 00:28:21,177
CAN YOU GET PRINTS?

670
00:28:21,221 --> 00:28:23,092
NICK, THESE THINGS TAKE
TIME, THEY COST MONEY.

671
00:28:23,136 --> 00:28:24,659
WELL, I'LL PAY.

672
00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:25,834
I CAN'T JUST
WRITE YOU A BILL

673
00:28:25,878 --> 00:28:27,575
FOR DUSTIN' YOUR CAR
FOR PRINTS.

674
00:28:27,618 --> 00:28:29,272
YOU'LL DO IT,
RIGHT?

675
00:28:29,316 --> 00:28:31,013
YOU'LL DO IT.

676
00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:32,319
YEAH.

677
00:28:32,362 --> 00:28:33,624
GOOD.
OK.

678
00:28:33,668 --> 00:28:35,409
HERE HE IS, LADIES,

679
00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:36,845
STRAIGHT FROM
THE FOOTBALL FIELD

680
00:28:36,889 --> 00:28:39,935
TO YOUR TABLE--
JOHN MORTON.

681
00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:44,984
HE GAINED A THOUSAND
YARDS LAST YEAR,

682
00:28:45,027 --> 00:28:48,248
SO WE'LL START
THE BID AT $1,000.

683
00:28:48,291 --> 00:28:49,249
1,000 HERE.

684
00:28:49,292 --> 00:28:51,294
1,500!
2,000!

685
00:28:51,338 --> 00:28:53,383
2,500!3,000!
RIGHT HERE!

686
00:28:53,427 --> 00:28:55,777
3,000 HERE.
HERE...

687
00:28:55,821 --> 00:28:58,040
5,000!
6,000! 7,000!

688
00:28:58,084 --> 00:28:59,650
$10,000!

689
00:28:59,694 --> 00:29:02,131
$10,000.

690
00:29:02,175 --> 00:29:03,611
DO I HEAR ANOTHER BID?

691
00:29:03,654 --> 00:29:05,308
GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

692
00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:08,572
SOLD TO MS. HANNAWAY
OF SHADY SIDE.

693
00:29:12,272 --> 00:29:14,100
HAVE FUN, AMY.

694
00:29:14,143 --> 00:29:15,797
ALL RIGHT, LADIES.

695
00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:17,625
WE'VE GOT PLENTY MORE
WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

696
00:29:17,668 --> 00:29:19,148
THIS IS ALVIN MASTERSON.

697
00:29:19,192 --> 00:29:21,585
ALVIN.

698
00:29:21,629 --> 00:29:23,805
ALVIN. COME ON, ALVIN.

699
00:29:23,849 --> 00:29:26,286
DON'T BE SHY.
IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

700
00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:37,471
LADIES, THIS
IS ALVIN MASTERSON.

701
00:29:37,514 --> 00:29:39,952
NOW, HE'S NOW, UM...

702
00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:42,563
HE'S NOT YOUNG, OK?
I ADMIT THAT,

703
00:29:42,606 --> 00:29:44,695
BUT HE'S GOT
A SWEET FACE,

704
00:29:44,739 --> 00:29:46,872
AND HE WORKS HARD
FOR CHILDREN.

705
00:29:46,915 --> 00:29:48,787
HE'S HERE TO BENEFIT
LEGAL AID.

706
00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:49,788
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES.

707
00:29:49,831 --> 00:29:52,225
CHILDREN'S
LEGAL SERVICES, YES.

708
00:29:52,268 --> 00:29:54,053
ALVIN.
Alvin.

709
00:29:54,096 --> 00:29:57,099
UH, DO I HEAR A BID?

710
00:29:59,406 --> 00:30:00,581
ANYONE?

711
00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:05,673
ANYONE?

712
00:30:05,716 --> 00:30:08,154
$100?

713
00:30:08,197 --> 00:30:11,200
$100? COME ON.

714
00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:13,115
ANYONE?

715
00:30:13,159 --> 00:30:15,857
Woman, drunkenly:
$1,000!

716
00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,467
DO I HEAR
ANOTHER BID?

717
00:30:17,511 --> 00:30:19,948
GOING ONCE,
GOING TWICE. SOLD!

718
00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:24,518
♪ YOU BETTER STOP...

719
00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:27,216
THE MISSION OF CHILDREN'S
LEGAL SERVICES IS SIMPLE.

720
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:29,088
WE PROVIDE QUALITY
LEGAL REPRESENTATION

721
00:30:29,131 --> 00:30:31,220
FOR CHILDREN WHO
ARE ABUSED, NEGLECTED,

722
00:30:31,264 --> 00:30:32,308
OTHERWISE AT RISK--

723
00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:33,353
DO YOU HAVE PARTIES?

724
00:30:33,396 --> 00:30:35,834
PARTIES?

725
00:30:35,877 --> 00:30:37,618
YOU KNOW, FUND-RAISERS?

726
00:30:37,661 --> 00:30:39,881
LIKE, UH, WELL, WE
COULD DO A DINNER DANCE

727
00:30:39,925 --> 00:30:42,014
OR A CRUISE DOWN
THE RIVER

728
00:30:42,057 --> 00:30:43,842
OF MAYBE A SHOW
AT THE BENEDUM.

729
00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:45,060
OH, WE DON'T
SPEND OUR RESOURCES

730
00:30:45,104 --> 00:30:46,366
ON THAT SORT OF THING.

731
00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:48,890
OH, BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD.

732
00:30:48,934 --> 00:30:50,979
YOU'D MEET
SOME GREAT PEOPLE...

733
00:30:51,023 --> 00:30:52,459
IF YOU HAD A PARTY.

734
00:30:52,502 --> 00:30:54,200
UH, UH, WELL--

735
00:30:54,243 --> 00:30:56,855
YOU, UH, YOU DO LIKE
PARTIES, DON'T YOU?

736
00:30:56,898 --> 00:30:59,248
I MEAN, THEY CAN RAISE...

737
00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,424
OH...

738
00:31:01,468 --> 00:31:03,470
SO MUCH MONEY...

739
00:31:03,513 --> 00:31:05,602
THOSE PARTIES.

740
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:08,779
WHY, UH...

741
00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:14,437
WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS
THIS...AT YOUR PLACE?

742
00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:26,449
I GOT TO GET GOIN'...

743
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,670
TO THE CLINIC, TO WORK.

744
00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:31,890
I'LL SEND YOU
A CHECK.

745
00:31:44,685 --> 00:31:45,860
YOU READY FOR THIS?

746
00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:46,948
YEAH.

747
00:31:50,038 --> 00:31:50,996
WHAT?

748
00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:52,258
LOSE THE JACKET.

749
00:31:52,301 --> 00:31:54,042
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THE JACKET?

750
00:31:56,131 --> 00:31:58,481
THE, UH, THE MISSION OF
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES

751
00:31:58,525 --> 00:32:01,484
IS, UH, QUITE SIMPLE REALLY.

752
00:32:01,528 --> 00:32:03,051
UH, WE PROVIDE...

753
00:32:03,095 --> 00:32:06,272
QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION
AND, UH, ADVOCACY ASSISTANCE

754
00:32:06,315 --> 00:32:12,017
TO CHILDREN WHO ARE ABUSED,
NEGLECTED, OR, UH...

755
00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:13,105
OTHER--

756
00:32:20,416 --> 00:32:22,941
YOU'VE ALREADY MADE
YOUR MINDS UP, HAVEN'T YOU?

757
00:32:25,682 --> 00:32:27,249
YOU'RE NOT GIVING
THIS MONEY TO ME.

758
00:32:31,297 --> 00:32:33,864
OK, THEN. I, UH...

759
00:32:35,388 --> 00:32:37,520
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

760
00:32:47,182 --> 00:32:48,227
YEAH.

761
00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:49,576
THE PRINTS CAME BACK

762
00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:50,925
CONNECTED TO A HOMELESS
TEENAGER IN ERIE.

763
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,100
SHE WAS ARRESTED?

764
00:32:52,144 --> 00:32:53,710
NO. SHE WAS INVOLVED
IN A RAPE CASE.

765
00:32:53,754 --> 00:32:54,711
WHEN?

766
00:32:54,755 --> 00:32:56,583
ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO.

767
00:32:56,626 --> 00:32:58,585
6 YEARS AGO,
SHE WAS--SHE WAS 10.

768
00:32:58,628 --> 00:33:00,195
IT'S A SICK WORLD.

769
00:33:00,239 --> 00:33:01,718
OK. YOU GOT A NAME?

770
00:33:01,762 --> 00:33:03,633
AVIS DONALDSON.

771
00:33:03,677 --> 00:33:04,895
PARENTS' NAMES ARE

772
00:33:04,939 --> 00:33:06,245
CHARLES AND
EDWINA DONALDSON.

773
00:33:06,288 --> 00:33:09,204
THEY LIVE ABOUT 90 MILES
NORTH OF HERE IN ERIE.

774
00:33:14,557 --> 00:33:16,342
MR. AND MRS. DONALDSON...

775
00:33:16,385 --> 00:33:18,039
THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO COME DOWN.

776
00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:19,736
PLEASE, TAKE A SEAT.

777
00:33:19,780 --> 00:33:21,434
IT'S ONLY AN HOUR
AND A HALF.

778
00:33:26,569 --> 00:33:31,705
THE REASON I CALLED YOU
IS, UH...

779
00:33:31,748 --> 00:33:33,315
I FOUND YOUR DAUGHTERS.

780
00:33:33,359 --> 00:33:36,101
YOU FOUND AVIS.

781
00:33:36,144 --> 00:33:37,450
YES.

782
00:33:37,493 --> 00:33:38,973
WHERE IS SHE?

783
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,584
SHE'S LIVING IN
A GROUP HOME IN THE CITY.

784
00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:44,805
OH...GOOD.

785
00:33:44,848 --> 00:33:47,068
I WAS AFRAID
SHE MIGHT BE DEAD.

786
00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:49,070
NO.

787
00:33:49,114 --> 00:33:50,593
LAST WE HEARD,
SHE WAS IN MARYLAND.

788
00:33:50,637 --> 00:33:53,248
PITTSBURGH, HUH?

789
00:33:53,292 --> 00:33:55,207
SO CLOSE.

790
00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:56,643
YEAH.

791
00:33:56,686 --> 00:33:57,774
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR THEM

792
00:33:57,818 --> 00:33:59,254
FOR A LONG TIME.

793
00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:01,343
FOR AVIS? WE USUALLY
KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

794
00:34:01,387 --> 00:34:02,692
REALLY?

795
00:34:02,736 --> 00:34:04,825
SHE'S BEEN GOING AROUND
USING DIFFERENT

796
00:34:04,868 --> 00:34:06,827
IDENTIFIES,
GETTIN' WELFARE.

797
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:08,394
SHE TALKS A GOOD GAME.

798
00:34:08,437 --> 00:34:10,961
SHE LEFT HERE
WHEN SHE WAS 14.

799
00:34:11,005 --> 00:34:13,051
SHE HAD SOME
TOUGH TIMES,

800
00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:14,400
ENDED UP
IN AN INSTITUTION.

801
00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:16,141
SHE RAN AWAY
FROM THERE.

802
00:34:16,184 --> 00:34:19,535
ALL THOSE YEARS LOST,
YOU SEE, JUST LOST.

803
00:34:19,579 --> 00:34:21,972
YOU--YOU NEVER
WENT AFTER HER,

804
00:34:22,016 --> 00:34:25,106
TRIED TO BRING HER
BACK HOME?

805
00:34:25,150 --> 00:34:26,194
WE HAD A SORRY
BUNCH OF KIDS.

806
00:34:26,238 --> 00:34:27,587
NONE OF 'EM
TURNED OUT SO GREAT.

807
00:34:27,630 --> 00:34:30,068
BUT IF YOU SEE AVIS,

808
00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:32,505
TELL HER I SAID
GOD BLESS HER,

809
00:34:32,548 --> 00:34:34,159
AND TELL HER GOD BLESS
HER DAUGHTER, TOO.

810
00:34:35,638 --> 00:34:36,987
HER DAUGHTER.

811
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:42,732
H-HOW OLD IS AVIS?

812
00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:45,605
29 NEXT MONTH.

813
00:34:45,648 --> 00:34:47,389
YEAH.

814
00:35:09,019 --> 00:35:10,630
AVIS DONALDSON.

815
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:13,894
COME ON. YOU HAD
TO KNOW THAT WAS

816
00:35:13,937 --> 00:35:15,113
GONNA COME OUT.

817
00:35:20,727 --> 00:35:23,295
WHO IS THE FATHER
OF YOUR DAUGHTER?

818
00:35:23,338 --> 00:35:26,167
HOW THE HELL
SHOULD I KNOW?

819
00:35:27,603 --> 00:35:29,910
WHY DID YOU LIE?

820
00:35:29,953 --> 00:35:32,956
I WAS LIVING ON THE STREET.

821
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,612
THE STATE WOULD
HAVE JUST TAKEN HER AWAY.

822
00:35:36,656 --> 00:35:39,180
AND YOU JUST BEGAN
TO MAKE A HABIT OF IT.

823
00:35:39,224 --> 00:35:42,183
WE LIVED TOGETHER IN...

824
00:35:42,227 --> 00:35:43,837
OH, LOTS OF FOSTER HOMES,

825
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,406
AND WHENEVER THEY'D GET
CLOSE TO FIGURING US OUT,

826
00:35:47,449 --> 00:35:49,234
YOU KNOW, WE'D RUN.

827
00:35:49,277 --> 00:35:52,889
AND WE GOT TO PITTSBURGH,

828
00:35:52,933 --> 00:35:56,415
THINGS GOT KIND OF GOOD,
YOU KNOW?

829
00:35:56,458 --> 00:36:01,202
I, UH, ENROLLED
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

830
00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:04,771
THE PEOPLE WERE SO NICE.

831
00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:06,903
WE GOT PLACED
WITH THE HALLERS.

832
00:36:09,776 --> 00:36:11,734
AND THEN THAT THING
HAPPENED WITH HIS PARTNER,

833
00:36:11,778 --> 00:36:14,259
AND THE NEXT THING
YOU KNOW--

834
00:36:14,302 --> 00:36:16,435
JUST KICKED ME OUT,

835
00:36:16,478 --> 00:36:18,698
SENT ME OVER
TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

836
00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:27,446
I JUST WANTED
A CHANCE TO DO

837
00:36:27,489 --> 00:36:29,709
WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DID--

838
00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:34,757
FINISH HIGH SCHOOL,

839
00:36:34,801 --> 00:36:36,933
GO TO COLLEGE,

840
00:36:36,977 --> 00:36:39,545
BE A TEENAGER.

841
00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:44,245
I NEVER GOT TO BE ONE,
YOU KNOW?

842
00:36:44,289 --> 00:36:47,640
SO I JUST...

843
00:36:47,683 --> 00:36:49,729
I BECAME ONE.

844
00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:56,039
I DIDN'T THINK
I WOULD HURT ANYBODY.

845
00:36:58,128 --> 00:36:59,347
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
A MAN WENT TO JAIL

846
00:36:59,391 --> 00:37:00,914
FOR STATUTORY RAPE

847
00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:02,872
BECAUSE OF
YOUR DECEPTION?

848
00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:11,403
HE--HE THOUGHT I WAS 15.

849
00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:12,969
YEAH.

850
00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:14,493
YOU'RE 28 YEARS OLD.

851
00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:15,755
BUT HE THOUGHT--

852
00:37:17,409 --> 00:37:21,151
IT WAS--IT WAS IN HIS MIND.

853
00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,632
DON'T--DON'T YOU SEE?

854
00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:26,113
IT'S IN EVERYONE'S MIND.

855
00:37:26,156 --> 00:37:31,597
IT'S JUST LIKE--
LIKE A LINE, A NUMBER.

856
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:36,428
IF PEOPLE THINK
I'M REALLY 16, THEN...

857
00:37:36,471 --> 00:37:38,343
MAYBE I REALLY AM.

858
00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:53,271
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

859
00:38:11,376 --> 00:38:13,291
HE RAPED ME.

860
00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,380
YOU RAPED ME.

861
00:38:21,255 --> 00:38:23,475
HE HAD SEX WITH ME!

862
00:38:23,518 --> 00:38:25,303
AT HIS APARTMENT!

863
00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:29,176
I DROVE IN HIS BMW!

864
00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:32,832
HE HAD SEX WITH ME 2 TIMES!

865
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:35,443
HE HAD SEX WITH ME!

866
00:38:35,487 --> 00:38:38,838
HE GOT ON TOP OF ME!
HE HAD SEX WITH ME...

867
00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:59,337
DID YOU?

868
00:39:05,778 --> 00:39:08,781
MR. FALLIN,
SHE WAS A CLIENT.

869
00:39:08,824 --> 00:39:11,523
YOU KNOW THE LEGAL
RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS?

870
00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:13,351
YEAH.

871
00:39:13,394 --> 00:39:15,570
THE CLINIC
COULD BE SHUT DOWN.

872
00:39:15,614 --> 00:39:17,790
YOU WOULD BE IN DIRECT
VIOLATION OF YOUR PROBATION

873
00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:19,574
AND WOULD SPEND YEARS IN--

874
00:39:19,618 --> 00:39:21,402
IT HAPPENED BEFORE
I KNEW SHE WAS A CLIENT.

875
00:39:21,446 --> 00:39:22,447
YOU CAN PROVE THAT?

876
00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:23,839
YES.

877
00:39:26,755 --> 00:39:28,975
IT WAS LATE.

878
00:39:30,890 --> 00:39:32,413
YOU EVER HAVE
ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS

879
00:39:32,457 --> 00:39:34,633
WHEN
YOU'RE JUST WEAK?

880
00:39:39,202 --> 00:39:41,248
NO, MR. FALLIN.

881
00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:45,295
I ASSUME YOU CAN
PROVE SHE'S 28.

882
00:39:45,339 --> 00:39:46,688
YEAH.

883
00:39:50,779 --> 00:39:52,477
SO...

884
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:53,826
YOU CONSIDER
WORKING WITH HER

885
00:39:53,869 --> 00:39:55,784
PART OF YOUR
COMMUNITY SERVICE?

886
00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:20,722
THE D.A.'s OFFICE
IS FILING CHARGES.

887
00:40:20,766 --> 00:40:23,638
THERE MAY ALSO
BE A CIVIL SUIT.

888
00:40:23,682 --> 00:40:25,640
YOU KNOW, UH...

889
00:40:25,684 --> 00:40:29,557
WHEN YOU GET
OUT OF JAIL...

890
00:40:29,601 --> 00:40:30,776
AND HAVE A JOB,

891
00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:31,864
YOU CAN TAKE
PARENTING CLASSES,

892
00:40:31,907 --> 00:40:33,518
AND MAYBE YOU CAN--

893
00:40:33,561 --> 00:40:35,868
PLEASE.

894
00:40:35,911 --> 00:40:38,566
MR. FALLIN,
PLEASE DON'T TELL LISA.

895
00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:41,917
SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT--

896
00:40:43,963 --> 00:40:47,140
SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
I'M HER MOTHER.

897
00:40:47,183 --> 00:40:50,839
SHE'S, UH...NEVER KNOWN.

898
00:40:53,146 --> 00:40:55,888
OK.

899
00:40:55,931 --> 00:40:59,935
WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER
THE OTHER NIGHT...

900
00:41:01,937 --> 00:41:03,939
YOU LIKED ME, DIDN'T YOU?

901
00:41:06,725 --> 00:41:09,031
YOU LIKED ME?

902
00:41:11,164 --> 00:41:12,034
YEAH.

903
00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:47,243
UH, YOU KNOW,
UH, I'M SORRY.

904
00:41:47,287 --> 00:41:48,593
YOU--YOU DIDN'T
GET THE MONEY.

905
00:41:48,636 --> 00:41:49,855
I KNOW.

906
00:41:49,898 --> 00:41:51,378
THEY DECIDED TO BUILD...

907
00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:54,686
A HOMELESS SHELTER.
I KNOW. I HEARD.

908
00:41:54,729 --> 00:41:56,339
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

909
00:41:56,383 --> 00:41:58,124
YOU GONNA TAKE
THIS STATE GRANT

910
00:41:58,167 --> 00:41:59,995
FOR LEGAL AID AND
REPRESENT ADULTS?

911
00:42:00,039 --> 00:42:02,432
YOU'RE A GOOD LAWYER.

912
00:42:02,476 --> 00:42:04,565
YOU RUN A FAIR CLINIC.

913
00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:05,958
TAKE THE GRANT
THEY'RE OFFERING YOU

914
00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:08,569
AND DO THE WORK YOU DO.

915
00:42:08,613 --> 00:42:11,137
THAT, UH...

916
00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:12,747
THAT KID LAST WEEK,

917
00:42:12,791 --> 00:42:14,575
THE, UH, 10-YEAR-OLD BOY

918
00:42:14,619 --> 00:42:18,100
WHOSE MOM DIED
IN THAT APARTMENT FIRE?

919
00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:20,407
WE FOUND HIS DAD
LIVING IN OREGON,

920
00:42:20,450 --> 00:42:23,149
AND HIS DAD SAYS TO ME

921
00:42:23,192 --> 00:42:26,108
HE DIDN'T WANT
THE KID BACK

922
00:42:26,152 --> 00:42:28,241
BECAUSE HIS NEW FAMILY
WOULD BE UPSET.

923
00:42:30,809 --> 00:42:33,028
THEY'D BE UPSET.

924
00:42:36,292 --> 00:42:38,207
AT LEAST WE FOUND
THAT KID A FOSTER HOME

925
00:42:38,251 --> 00:42:40,993
CLOSE ENOUGH SO HE CAN
STAY IN HIS OLD SCHOOL.

926
00:42:43,648 --> 00:42:46,302
AT LEAST
WE THOUGHT TO DO THAT.

927
00:42:48,740 --> 00:42:51,656
TAKE THE LEGAL AID CONTRACT.
WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

928
00:43:03,798 --> 00:43:05,321
I GOT THE JOB.

929
00:43:05,365 --> 00:43:07,933
SO I HEARD.

930
00:43:07,976 --> 00:43:09,325
YOU GONNA TAKE IT,
RIGHT?

931
00:43:09,369 --> 00:43:13,765
I'M, UH, STILL WAITING
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

932
00:43:19,292 --> 00:43:20,728
HERE ARE THOSE REPORTS

933
00:43:20,772 --> 00:43:22,034
YOU REQUESTED
FOR THE HEARING.

934
00:43:22,077 --> 00:43:23,905
THANK YOU.

935
00:43:23,949 --> 00:43:26,778
WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA TELL LISA?

936
00:43:26,821 --> 00:43:30,172
WELL, NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

937
00:43:30,216 --> 00:43:32,087
WE'LL--WE'LL WAIT TILL
SHE GETS A BIT OLDER

938
00:43:32,131 --> 00:43:33,915
BEFORE WE LET HER
KNOW THE TRUTH.

939
00:43:33,959 --> 00:43:36,744
CAN I HAVE EVERYONE'S
ATTENTION, PLEASE?

940
00:43:38,790 --> 00:43:40,574
I, UH...

941
00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:42,445
AHEM...

942
00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:45,753
I JUST ACCEPTED
THE STATE CONTRACT.

943
00:43:47,407 --> 00:43:50,236
SO, THE MONEY'S
BACK IN THE BANK.

944
00:43:50,279 --> 00:43:54,370
YOU CAN CASH YOUR CHECKS.

945
00:43:54,414 --> 00:43:57,896
WE WILL, HOWEVER,
BE CHANGING OUR MISSION.

946
00:43:57,939 --> 00:44:00,289
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY,

947
00:44:00,333 --> 00:44:02,944
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES

948
00:44:02,988 --> 00:44:06,295
WILL BECOME LEGAL SERVICES
OF PITTSBURGH.

949
00:44:08,602 --> 00:44:09,951
SO...

950
00:44:11,910 --> 00:44:13,215
THERE YOU HAVE IT.

951
00:44:18,438 --> 00:44:19,700
THANK YOU.

952
00:44:19,744 --> 00:44:20,875
A PLEASURE.

953
00:44:26,881 --> 00:44:27,708
BYE, LISA.

954
00:44:27,752 --> 00:44:29,101
BYE.

955
00:44:41,069 --> 00:44:42,505
CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERV--

956
00:44:42,549 --> 00:44:44,029
LEGAL SERVICES
OF PITTSBURGH.

957
00:44:44,072 --> 00:44:46,031
BARBARA LUDZINSKI SPEAKING.

958
00:44:46,074 --> 00:44:47,380
PLEASE HOLD.


