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Narrator:
In the criminal justice system,
the people are represented

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by two separate yet
equally important groups——

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the police
who investigate crime

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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

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These are their stories.

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Wake up,
sleepyheads.

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Vamos, nir'ios.

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Line up for your cookies
and O.J.

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(speaking Spanish )

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Here you go.
Oh, boy.

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Dierdre’?
Wake up, sweetie.

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Didi?

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Come on, Didi.
Naptime's over.

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Dierdre,
is something wrong?

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I'm sorry,
Ms. Perez.

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Oh, my God!

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I'm sorry.

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I told them
this would happen.
I told them.

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Jesus, Mary,
and Joseph.

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How is she’?
Vitals are there
but they're flattening out.

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Excuse me,
let's go. Easy.

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I knewthis was
going to happen.

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You her teacher?

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Well, what did happen, Ms...?

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Perez.

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An accident.
That's what happened.

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An accident?
Then why did you
call the police?

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What's going on?

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Ms. Perez...

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kindly take control
of your classroom.

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Are you
the principal?

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Dr. Babcock.
May I see some identification?

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Was the girl injured
in the school, Dr. Babcock?
Absolutely not.

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She was assaulted by her——
Miss Perez.

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She can be
rather trigger—happy.

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Max:
Have the parents
been notified?

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I called them,
but there was no one home.

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They both work
I believe.

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I'll need the names
and address.

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Of course.
In my office.

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What the hell's
going on here?

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I told Babcock
about Didi.

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And he shined you on?

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She's dying, isn't she?

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( theme music playing )

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Ah, an upscale crib.

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They both work.

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I hope the elevator works.

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Ripperton, Casals,

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Miyamoto, Schwartz.

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Just your "huddled masses
yearning to breathe free."

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Yeah, at three grand a month.
Lowenstein, 1—B.

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Thank God it's on
the ground floor.

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Mrs. Lowenstein?

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What kind?

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What kind?
Medical.

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Dr. Babcock
tried to phone you.

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Yeah, well,
I need my rest.

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Are you——
are you Didi's mother?

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Yeah, what's the matter?

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We want to know
if there was anything wrong

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with Dierdre this morning.

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This morning?

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Yes.
Before school?

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I'm sorry,
I don't know what you mean.

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Perhaps we could
come in and talk?

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No, I really would rather
you didn't.

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Logan :
All right, hold it.
Time out.

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Lady, listen to us.

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Your daughter may be
losing consciousness.

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What are you,
brain dead yourself?

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Oh, well I fell.
We're not talking
about you.

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We're talking about your daughter——
Dierdre. Didi.

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Maybe I was holding it when I fell.
I don't remember.

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Where's your husband,
Mrs. Lowenstein?
Out of town.

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Why don't you
come with us?

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I'm sure Dierdre would want
her mother to be with her
right now.

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I can't.

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Ezra's not well.
I have to watch it.

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Mrs. Lowenstein.

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At this stage, it looks like
an acute insult to the brain stem.

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The CAT scan
will tell us more.

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Doctor,
when you say acute——
I mean traumatic.

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Let me ask you——

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could it have been
caused by a fall?

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Yeah, a fall from
a third story window, maybe.

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PA:
We need a volunteer
with a wheelchair to Admitting.

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Man:
Hey, I'm just their neighbor, I——

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You never noticed?

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How about an occasional gIance from
your box seat at the rear window?

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Give me a break.

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Do I look like
a peeper to you, huh?

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Uh—huh.

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Okay, Dick Tracy.
How do I see through
the drawn shades, huh?

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You look enough
to know that they're drawn.
You must see something.

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Now, let me reiterate,
gentlemen.

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Ms. Perez is...
prone to excitability.

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It's a cultural thing.

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Instead of running off half—cocked
to call the police

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she should have followed
the school district guidelines.

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Which are?

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Which are
to report her suspicions
to the school nurse.

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If the nurse finds evidence
of abuse, she comes to me.

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If I find the situation
warrants it,

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I'II notify the Department
of Juvenile Services.

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By which time,
the kid's in a coma.

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So some guidelines.

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Why don't you stick
to police work, Detective?

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Why don't you stop
trying to cover your ass, Mr. Babcock?

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Mike, Mike, take it easy.

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He's never recovered
from the nuns——

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a cultural thing.

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Now, Doc, let me tell you
about our guidelines,

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okay?

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When someone, anyone——

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even a high—strung
Puerto Rican lady, comprende?

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——thinks a child
is being beaten,

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that person is supposed to report it
to the authorities.

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And if the authorities
don't act,

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they leave themselves open
to all sorts of repercussions.

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Am I making sense to you?

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Uh...

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Did Ms. Perez ever tell you

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that Didi Lowenstein
might be an abused child?

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Yes. She did.
When?

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Several times.
Beginning in September.

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Did you do anything
about it?

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Of course.
I notified thejuvenile services.

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Oh, then why
this hush—hush routine?

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Because these days,
there's always danger of a witch—hunt.

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You could destroy
the reputation ofthe parents.

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We have to be very circumspect
about these accusations.

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Sure.
I understand.

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Luckily, we don't.
Let's go, Mike.

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There it is.

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Dr. Babcock initiated
the report.

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And we received it
on September 22nd.

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Not much of a report.
What did you do with it?

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We filed it.
As required by law.

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You didn't follow it up?

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Not yet.

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We fully intend to.
It's an active file, as required——

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Logan: I know!
As required by law!

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Sounds like,
"I wasjust following orders."

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How many other kids
on this active file,
Ms. Dobrinski?

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This isjust the city,
Detective Logan.

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Last I heard,
there was something like

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100,000 cases a year
in the state of New York.

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We kind of have
our hands full.

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Sorry.

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I gotta go.

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Where the hell
have you been?

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Don't take it
out on me, Max.

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Domestic Violence Unit?

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They dropped by last month.
No one around but her
and the kids.

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She had a good
head start on a shiner.

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S\Ninging door?
Mugger.

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Said she got it
in front of her building.

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And her husband was
out of town again.

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What is this guy,
a beer salesman?

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He's a shrink.

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A shrink?

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Let's go see
ifthe doctor's in yet.

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Logan:
Just hold your psycho—babble
to a minimum, lady.

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I got a question
I want to ask.

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Are you in charge
of this ape?

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My cross to bear.

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We're trying to get
a business address
for Dr. Lowenstein.

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You know,
Jacob Lowenstein.
He's one of your people.

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Was.

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Used to be.
What happened?

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There was——
there were some problems.

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Of what nature,
Ms. Rawlings?

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I'm not at liberty
to discuss this.

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Fine. For now we just
have to find him.

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His child is sick.
Didi?

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He...

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I understand that he sometimes
does some consulting work

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out of
the Graybar Building.

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(phone ringing)

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Dr. Lowenstein?

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End of the hall.

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( man moaning )

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( woman moaning )

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Good,
very good.

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Doctor Lowenstein?

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We're in the middle
of a session herel

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Yeah...

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I can see that.

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Who are you?
What do you want here?

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It's about Didi.

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She's sick.

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We thought you'd
like to know.

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You can't hold
this guy forever.

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You're gonna
have to charge him
with something.

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That bottle of cocaine
we found,

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he's going spastic trying
to tap dance around that one.

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What are you talking about?
What's going on?

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You knowthe law.
It's an invalid search.

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You've got no warrant.
You've got no probable cause.

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You've got nothing here!

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Lowenstein:
I don't know what
you're talking about.

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That's it.
No! No! No!

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And you don't have a right to——
you have no right——

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Max:
Is something the matter, Doc?

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He's trying
to sandbag mel

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He's trying to railroad me
into something

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that I don't know
anything about.

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You're trying to tell me
you were totally unaware
of your daughter's condition?

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That's right.
Completely.
Why is that?

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Why is that?

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I was... a little out of it.

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We thought
it was out of town.

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What, did Carla
tell you that?

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Look, I have to tell her
something.

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She's unbelievably jealous.

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If I'm working late
at the office

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she assumes that I'm getting
carpet—burned with the cleaning lady,

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my secretary, anybody.

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Doesn't matter.

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Aren't you?
Aren't I what?

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Please, that was therapy.

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For her or for you?

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For her!

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In Reichian therapy,

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the patient has to——
Really...

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get to know
the therapist, hmm?

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How about those
legs of hers, huh?

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Who was it?

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James M. Cain——

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"She looked so good,
I wanted to hit herwith a hammer."

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( laughs )

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Hey, it was only
a figure of speech.

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Is that what happened
to Didi?

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What are you
talking about?

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What?
You think I hit Didi?

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I'm dealing
with an irrational person.

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I'm trying to keep
everything together.

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HOW? By giving her
a slap once in a while

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to keep her in line?
Max.

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Oh, no,
my son is with her!

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My son is with her.
We'll take care of it.

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I was there at lunchtime.
She never even mentioned
that Didi was hurt.

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I have to get
out of here.
Hey, hey!

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Wait a minute!

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She's gonna do
a number on him!

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I'm afraid of what
she's gonna do!

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Now can we
hold the guy?

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Maybe you... better bring in
Mrs. Lowenstein too, huh?

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Mrs. Lowenstein:
Stop doing that with your eyes.

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Keep doing that
with your eyes——

252
00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:02,128
they'll stay stuck like that
for the rest of your life!

253
00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:04,692
Didn't I warn you?!
(knocking)

254
00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,932
You hear me?!
You're gonna learn, mister.

255
00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:09,065
You are going to learn
if it's the last thing I do!

256
00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:11,508
Come here!
Come on!

257
00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:13,511
Logan:
Open this door! Open now!

258
00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:16,275
I'm gonna teach you a lesson
you'll never forget!

259
00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:18,840
( door crashes )
Come on, you have to learn!

260
00:15:18,884 --> 00:15:20,374
You have to learn!

261
00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:23,411
Mommy!
What are you doing?
That's not yours!

262
00:15:23,455 --> 00:15:25,753
That's not his!

263
00:15:25,791 --> 00:15:27,588
(screaming, crying)

264
00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:29,594
God Almighty!

265
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,129
M ax:
She seems
to be improving.

266
00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:41,171
Ballismus.

267
00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:45,099
It's an involuntary reaction.

268
00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,012
It's a sign of deep
cerebral damage.

269
00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:00,819
Dierdre didn't just
hit her head, Carla.

270
00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:02,827
Somebody must have
done something to her.

271
00:16:02,861 --> 00:16:04,829
Where did you say
Jacob was?

272
00:16:04,863 --> 00:16:07,161
In custody.
Don't worry,
he can't hurt you.

273
00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:09,861
Is he all right?

274
00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:12,166
I mean, nobody can——
you know...

275
00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:14,263
get to him, can they?

276
00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:16,706
Why would anyone
want to get to him?

277
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,507
He's a very attractive man.

278
00:16:22,514 --> 00:16:24,072
Did he ask for me?

279
00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,978
I really need to see him.

280
00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:33,116
Max:
That's up to him.

281
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:38,219
Now, Carla,
try to remember,

282
00:16:38,263 --> 00:16:41,994
did you ever see Jacob strike
either of your children?

283
00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:47,501
He's a very loving father.

284
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:49,302
He's beaten you.

285
00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:51,332
He loves me.

286
00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:55,145
We're very much in love.

287
00:16:56,949 --> 00:17:01,079
Do you knowthat Ezra
is with juvenile authorities
under protective custody?

288
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,418
How could I be expected
to know anything?

289
00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,759
How are you doing?

290
00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:10,227
I could use some more stuff,
you knoW?

291
00:17:10,262 --> 00:17:12,730
In a little while.

292
00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,700
I'm afraid I'm going to have
to ask you to come back
another time.

293
00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:17,827
No problem.

294
00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,177
You think
she beat the kid up?

295
00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:39,824
I don't know.

296
00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:42,656
I know she's nuts.

297
00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:45,629
The way she lay there...

298
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:48,497
primping herself——
itjust made me want to puke.

299
00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,899
She has been slapped around
pretty good.

300
00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:53,905
I'm not so sure
she's to blame.

301
00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:57,102
There are some women
who provoke it.

302
00:17:58,277 --> 00:17:59,767
Come on, it's true.

303
00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:02,645
You think she cares diddly
about those kids or anything?

304
00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:07,141
Huh? Everything's
a mirror to her.

305
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,814
She holds a dying kid up to it——

306
00:18:09,855 --> 00:18:14,019
and all she can see is herself
and how it affects her.

307
00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:16,789
Now, you give her sympathy,
she's gonna want to fight.

308
00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:19,389
You give her a fight,
she's gonna want a kiss.

309
00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:22,457
Give her a kiss, and I swear to God
she'll bite your tongue out!

310
00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:25,493
You, uh...

311
00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:29,436
you sawthis
on "Oprah" orwhat?

312
00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:32,573
My mother.

313
00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:36,070
Yeah.

314
00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:39,448
She always said she was
cut out for something greater

315
00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:42,283
than being the wife of a cop
from the Lower East Side.

316
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:45,313
God, she was...

317
00:18:45,357 --> 00:18:48,121
she was a bottomless pit.

318
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,790
It was always,
"Give me your undivided attention!"

319
00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:56,358
But when the old man couldn't
take it anymore and gave her a whack,

320
00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,495
then she'd turn around
and whack me.

321
00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:05,375
( laughs )
She always got this look
in her eye, you knoW?

322
00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:07,640
And then I saw it coming.

323
00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:11,973
Nowthis witch in here——

324
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:15,613
she's got that same look.

325
00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:22,158
We have blood
on the floor, yes.

326
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,458
It matches the blood
on Dierdre's head, yes.

327
00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:26,464
And, yes, we haven't
proven anything here!

328
00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,489
How about we try
to obtain a confession?

329
00:19:28,534 --> 00:19:30,695
We've got an ME
who says there's no way
it was an accident.

330
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,727
You want me to go
beat it out of her, Mike?

331
00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:35,638
I'm sure he means
why don't we go work
Lowenstein?

332
00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,642
And that's a good idea.

333
00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:39,871
I released him.
What?
What?

334
00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:41,937
He was screaming
false imprisonment on the coke bust.

335
00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:44,073
No probable cause——
Thanks for telling us.

336
00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:47,176
(phone rings)
Cragen. Yes—— Maxl

337
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:49,551
What?
It's for you.

338
00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:53,990
Yeah?

339
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,857
Yes, Rudy.

340
00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:00,098
What, did you get
a new pair of binoculars?

341
00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:03,624
Look, sometimes——
occasionally...

342
00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,637
the shades are up.

343
00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,696
Every once in a while

344
00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:09,707
Ijust happen to look out.

345
00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:11,971
And do you ever
happen to see anything?

346
00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:13,875
Two nights ago,

347
00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:16,540
Mommy Dearest was dancing
around like a whirling dervish.

348
00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:18,139
Where was
the little girl?

349
00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:22,017
She was shaking her
like she was a rag doll.

350
00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:24,420
And then the husband
came home.

351
00:20:24,456 --> 00:20:26,424
What time was that?

352
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,426
I don't know. Late.

353
00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,394
11:00, maybe later.

354
00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:32,124
I wanted to tell you,
but I was afraid——

355
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,598
What happened when
Dr. Lowenstein came in?

356
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:37,033
He belted her.
The girl?

357
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,468
No, the wife.

358
00:20:38,503 --> 00:20:40,368
And then she slapped the kid.

359
00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:42,430
I told you.
Didn't I tell you?

360
00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:44,704
Rudy:
I can't believe she's
not locked up.

361
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:46,904
Max:
She's under observation
in Bellevue.

362
00:20:46,945 --> 00:20:48,674
The hell she is.

363
00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:51,478
I just saw her getting out of a cab
less than an hour ago.

364
00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:54,451
Ain't bureaucracy great?

365
00:20:54,486 --> 00:20:56,920
And she had
the little boy with her.

366
00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:23,104
Where's the boy?

367
00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:30,788
Logan: Hey, pal.
Carla...

368
00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:33,552
Come on out, pal.
I'm taking you in.

369
00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,287
Do you understand?

370
00:21:36,995 --> 00:21:39,657
We 're gonna go for a walk.
I'm charging you
with assault on Didi.

371
00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,893
Maxl

372
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,699
Did he do this to you?

373
00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,000
Carla!

374
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:53,009
You stupid cowl

375
00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:55,309
Carla: Nol
You're under arrest!

376
00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:58,747
Cuffs!

377
00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:02,386
Carla:
Daddy, Pookie's scared.

378
00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,520
Pookie doesn't want
to go to jail.

379
00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:08,082
You see! You see
what I gotta put up with?!

380
00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:09,991
Come on. We're gonna
go for a walk.

381
00:22:10,028 --> 00:22:11,996
You have the right
to remain silent.

382
00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:14,021
You have the right
to an attorney.

383
00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:17,263
And anything you do say
may be used against you
in a court of law.

384
00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:23,866
$500,000 is unreal,
Your Honor.

385
00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:25,274
Judge:
I can make it higher.

386
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:27,710
Dr. Lowenstein
has made his bail

387
00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:30,112
because he controls
all the family funds.

388
00:22:30,148 --> 00:22:32,082
This woman is indigent.

389
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:33,812
In this instance,
half a million dollars bail

390
00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:35,843
is not only excessive,
it's discriminatory.

391
00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:37,718
Oh? Why's that?

392
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:39,621
Look at this woman.

393
00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:41,717
She can hardly follow
the proceedings,

394
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,728
she's been so badly beaten.

395
00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:46,856
My heart bleeds.
What's your point?

396
00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,435
She needs
medical attention,

397
00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:52,403
not jail time.

398
00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:54,769
There's an infirmary
at the women's prison, Your Honor.

399
00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:58,402
Mrs. Lowenstein's bond
remains as set.

400
00:22:58,443 --> 00:23:01,879
Officer, handle her
with kid gloves——

401
00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:03,437
please.

402
00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:13,523
( steady tone )

403
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,824
As soon as you can, I'll...

404
00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:20,388
need the details.

405
00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:33,239
It'sjust that I find it
hard to believe.

406
00:23:33,278 --> 00:23:36,805
Robinette:
Trust me. I don't go around
delivering news like this as a gag.

407
00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:38,941
What about my baby?
Is he all right?

408
00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:40,508
He's okay.

409
00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:43,077
He's in a foster home
until this thing gets resolved.

410
00:23:43,121 --> 00:23:44,554
Oh, Ezra.

411
00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:48,548
Yes, of course.
What baby were you referring to?

412
00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:54,556
Your husband?

413
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,001
Is that who you're thinking
about at a time like this?

414
00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:02,667
So it's resolved.

415
00:24:05,043 --> 00:24:08,479
What do you mean?
Didi 's gone. It's over.

416
00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:10,071
Resolved.

417
00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:12,106
I'd like to get some rest.

418
00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,676
Carla, this is very serious.

419
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,688
I know that!

420
00:24:17,722 --> 00:24:20,520
I'm accused of murdering
my own daughter,

421
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,220
isn't that it?

422
00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:25,161
Yes. Yes, you are.

423
00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:27,722
We have a witness who saw you roughing
Dierdre up that night.

424
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,132
Only you and your husband
know which of you hit her.

425
00:24:30,168 --> 00:24:31,999
Maybe you didn't hit her.

426
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,665
Maybe your husband——
Nobody hit Didi.

427
00:24:35,941 --> 00:24:38,239
Okay. Pushed her down.

428
00:24:38,276 --> 00:24:40,938
Maybe she wouldn't stop crying
so he picker her up and he——

429
00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:43,106
He picked her up...

430
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,049
And then he threw her?

431
00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:48,416
Then he laid hands on it.

432
00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:52,820
What do you mean?
To fix it.

433
00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,759
To make it better.

434
00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:58,456
Jacob says

435
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:01,091
that healing is a matter

436
00:25:01,132 --> 00:25:04,363
of adjusting your mind
to God's will.

437
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,714
What a pleasant surprise.

438
00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:21,685
On Didi Lowenstein,
did you find evidence
of sexual abuse?

439
00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:24,621
No.

440
00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,681
Did you look?

441
00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:28,386
No.

442
00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:30,417
Why not?
'Cause nobody told me to.

443
00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,453
Somebody just did!

444
00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:38,293
Judge:
Your point, Ms. Green?

445
00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:41,169
Your Honor, Carla Lowenstein
was battered almost to death

446
00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:43,265
by Mr. Redding's client.

447
00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:46,038
To tn! them together
would be a terrible injustice.

448
00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:48,910
Since we're not in open court,
could we dispense

449
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:51,541
with the feminist rhetoric
and talk bottom line?

450
00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:54,108
I mean, since I do agree
with you on one point.

451
00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:56,780
Dr. Lowenstein
is innocent of murder

452
00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:58,686
since he did not
strike Dierdre.

453
00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:00,623
Therefore I would like
a severance.

454
00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:02,854
Mr. Stone?

455
00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:07,695
There has been a total disregard
for the life of an innocent child——

456
00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:09,461
of two innocent children.

457
00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:12,629
Now I'd like to ensure
that history doesn't repeat itself

458
00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:14,662
in the Lowenstein household.

459
00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:18,871
One of those two people
struck a six—year—old child

460
00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:22,004
with enough force to stop
her brain from functioning.

461
00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,914
Neither one has been
forthcoming.

462
00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:27,851
And both of them know
which one did it.

463
00:26:30,488 --> 00:26:32,752
I think the truth
will only come out

464
00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:35,760
is if one turns on the other.

465
00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:52,533
In the case of People
versus Jacob Lowenstein,

466
00:26:52,577 --> 00:26:55,671
indictment number 6695,
the charges brought are

467
00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:58,080
murder in the second degree,“
assault in the first degree,“

468
00:26:58,116 --> 00:27:00,016
endangering the welfare
of a minor.

469
00:27:00,051 --> 00:27:02,645
In the case of People
versus Cafla Lowenstein;

470
00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:04,882
indictment number 6695—A,

471
00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:06,982
the charges brought are
murder in the second degree,“

472
00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:10,461
assault in the first degree,“
endangering the welfare of a minor.

473
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:13,991
Is the defense ready?

474
00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:16,057
Ready, Your Honor.

475
00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:20,064
Ready, Your Honor.

476
00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:23,302
Are the people ready?
Ready, Your Honor.

477
00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:26,606
Mrs. Lowenstein: Honey?

478
00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:29,410
Honey?

479
00:27:32,450 --> 00:27:34,315
( gavel raps continuing )
Judge: Mrs. Lowenstein.

480
00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:39,646
Judge:
Counsel is asked
to advise your client

481
00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:42,421
to exhibit some restraint.

482
00:27:42,460 --> 00:27:45,725
She was always yanking her.
Slapping her.

483
00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:48,426
She was always mad at Didi.

484
00:27:48,466 --> 00:27:52,334
Yanking and slapping
and pulling her hair?

485
00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:56,398
This convinced you that Didi
was being abused, Ms. Perez?

486
00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:59,638
No, no. That's only what I saw
her mother do to her.

487
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:03,444
Didi was always coming in
with much more serious injuries.

488
00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:06,382
Objection.
Ms. Perez is not a physician.

489
00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:08,545
I'll rephrase.

490
00:28:08,586 --> 00:28:10,747
Ms. Perez, did you ever
see any signs

491
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:13,917
of physical abuse
on Didi Lowenstein?

492
00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:15,653
Yes.
Would you describe them?

493
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,663
Large purple bruises
on her legs

494
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,927
and they continued
under her underpants.

495
00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:22,592
A black eye.

496
00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:24,625
Scalded hands.

497
00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:28,365
Stone:
Did Didi say how she had
received these injuries?

498
00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:32,866
She said, "Mommy said...

499
00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:35,937
I was naughty
for not finishing my dinner."

500
00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:39,482
Sto n e :
No further questions,
Your Honor.

501
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:42,953
No questions,
Your Honor.

502
00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:44,955
You may step down,
Ms. Perez.

503
00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:51,154
Bitch!

504
00:28:59,838 --> 00:29:03,467
She did it, Adam.
That's not my problem.

505
00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:05,408
One way or another,
that woman hit her daughter.

506
00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:08,378
Then what is your problem?
The Perez testimony destroyed her.

507
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,780
If Green is asking for a meeting,
she's willing to make a deal.

508
00:29:11,816 --> 00:29:14,250
The whole thing
is unfathomable.

509
00:29:14,285 --> 00:29:16,845
I feel like I'm floating
face—down

510
00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:18,981
with a mile of black water
between me

511
00:29:19,023 --> 00:29:21,253
and any reasonable
explanation for this.

512
00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:22,816
Why does it
have to be reasonable?

513
00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:25,352
There's something else
going on here.

514
00:29:25,396 --> 00:29:28,524
It's not her. It's him.

515
00:29:28,566 --> 00:29:31,797
There's something depraved...

516
00:29:31,836 --> 00:29:34,464
All right, nowwhat
bothers you most about this?

517
00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,838
Well...

518
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,474
my own rage.

519
00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:47,080
What do your guts tell you?

520
00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,643
Put 'em both
in a dungeon,

521
00:29:49,687 --> 00:29:51,655
put 'em on a wheel,

522
00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:54,123
and annihilate 'em.

523
00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:56,684
Can you get to him
through her?

524
00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,696
I think so.

525
00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:00,698
All right, then do it.

526
00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:02,666
If you think that
he is the greater—evil,

527
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,759
you go for him where
he's most vulnerable,

528
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:06,964
and you make the deal.

529
00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:13,576
It's your meeting.

530
00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:17,912
Ms. Perez was a powerful,
if biased witness.

531
00:30:17,949 --> 00:30:20,076
I think thejury thought so.

532
00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:24,753
Let's plea her down.

533
00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:27,314
On what basis?
The basis of her
being willing

534
00:30:27,358 --> 00:30:29,724
to accept limited culpability,
with mitigating——

535
00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:31,524
Mrs. Lowenstein: Idid it.

536
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,062
I killed Didi.

537
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,674
I hit her.

538
00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:46,904
Why?

539
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,181
I can't remember.

540
00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:58,984
She was out of her mind
on cocaine, which he gave to her.

541
00:30:59,023 --> 00:31:01,150
He abused her.
He abused the children.

542
00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:05,151
He encouraged her
to beat the little girl.

543
00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:09,155
Mrs. Lowenstein, why would
he want you to do such a thing?

544
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,464
He wanted me to train her.

545
00:31:11,502 --> 00:31:13,800
I'm sorry?

546
00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,032
To train her.

547
00:31:20,411 --> 00:31:22,470
For later.

548
00:31:22,513 --> 00:31:25,505
So we could both serve him.

549
00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:32,646
Will you testify to that
on the stand?

550
00:31:40,798 --> 00:31:43,790
(whispering )

551
00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:51,103
Mrs. Lowenstein,
intoxication is no defense

552
00:31:51,142 --> 00:31:53,269
for depraved
indifference homicide.

553
00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:58,214
However, since we feel
that she was coerced——

554
00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:01,276
and that she was
physically threatened

555
00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:03,617
we'll accept a plea
on man one.

556
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:06,123
And Dr. Lowenstein?

557
00:32:06,157 --> 00:32:08,125
Him?

558
00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:10,184
I'll get him for murder.

559
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:13,487
( sobbing )

560
00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:24,842
J u d g e :
Ladies and gentlemen,

561
00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:27,436
I inform you now
that Carla Lowenstein

562
00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:30,504
is no longer party
to this trial.

563
00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,609
The People versus
Jacob Lowenstein

564
00:32:33,651 --> 00:32:36,119
will therefore proceed
on its own merits.

565
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,622
Medical examiner:
Yes, I recognize them.

566
00:32:38,656 --> 00:32:41,022
These were taken
during the autopsy
of Dierdre Lowenstein.

567
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:42,651
Which you performed?
Yes.

568
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:45,686
Did you find evidence
of sexual molestation?

569
00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:47,595
Yes, I did.

570
00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:50,032
Have you formed
an opinion

571
00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:52,366
as to the time
the fatal blow was struck?

572
00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:55,099
Between 10:00
and 11:00 pm.

573
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:58,802
From the rate at which
the blood clotted

574
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:01,607
and also the amount
of coagulation in the wound,

575
00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:03,011
that would be the time.

576
00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:05,413
Thank you, Doctor.
That will be all.

577
00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,512
The people call
Carla Lowenstein.

578
00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:27,769
Place your left hand
on the Bible and raise
your right hand.

579
00:33:27,805 --> 00:33:31,002
Mrs. Lowenstein,
do you swear to tell
the truth, the whole truth,

580
00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:33,670
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
I do.

581
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:47,487
Mrs. Lowenstein,
tell the court

582
00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:50,790
why you struck your daughter
hard enough to kill her.

583
00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:56,861
Well, Iwas loaded, and...

584
00:33:56,901 --> 00:33:59,734
I really didn't think
I had any strength left.

585
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,570
Why would you do
such a thing?

586
00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:19,319
My husband.
He convinced me to.

587
00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:21,655
She's out of her mind!
Dr. Lowenstein.

588
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,922
One more outburst
and I'll have you shackled

589
00:34:23,961 --> 00:34:26,054
for the remainder
of this trial.

590
00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:29,328
Did your husband
tell you why

591
00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:31,562
he wanted you
to strike Didi?

592
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:35,035
Well, he said that
we all needed discipline.

593
00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:39,302
That he wanted...

594
00:34:40,511 --> 00:34:42,911
Didi to grow up to be
just like her mother.

595
00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:47,143
He wanted her to...

596
00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:52,479
to be the perfect wife,
just like me.

597
00:34:52,523 --> 00:34:54,320
I beg your pardon?

598
00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:56,393
He said he wanted her

599
00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:58,793
to be the perfect wife

600
00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:01,230
just like me.

601
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:05,064
He wanted her to be
a perfect wife.

602
00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:12,304
Did your husband
ever abuse Didi sexually?

603
00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:15,312
Objection, Your Honor.
That has nothing to do
with the night in question.

604
00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:18,804
Overruled.
Answer the question.

605
00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:24,186
Well... it wasn't abuse.

606
00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:32,361
I mean...

607
00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:34,887
He loved her. Hejust...

608
00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,962
Hejust had to find
a way to show it.

609
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,891
No further questions,
Your Honor.

610
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,509
Carla.

611
00:36:24,081 --> 00:36:26,242
How often did
you get loaded?

612
00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:28,377
Not very often.

613
00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:30,785
Well, say ballpark.

614
00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:32,914
Once a week?

615
00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:34,254
Three times?

616
00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:36,453
Five?
I don't know.

617
00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:40,087
You know,
when I needed it.

618
00:36:40,131 --> 00:36:42,224
When things just
got to be too much.

619
00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:46,066
Aren't you, in fact,
a cocaine addict, Carla?

620
00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:48,264
Objection, Your Honor.
Characterization.

621
00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:50,638
Sustained.

622
00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:55,009
When you were loaded, Carla——

623
00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:57,742
weren't your children
afraid of you?

624
00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:00,751
Stone:
Objection, Your Honor.
He's leading the witness.

625
00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:02,184
Overruled.

626
00:37:04,589 --> 00:37:07,683
Carla, the neighbors
all say that...

627
00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:11,718
when you were out together
as a family,

628
00:37:11,762 --> 00:37:14,697
Didi was always walking
hand—in—hand with her father,

629
00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:18,793
never with you.
And they thought that ven/ odd——

630
00:37:18,836 --> 00:37:21,771
that a mother should be
so distant from her daughter.

631
00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:28,240
Well, Iwanted
to hold her hand, but...

632
00:37:32,049 --> 00:37:34,176
she wouldn't let me.

633
00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:42,283
Redding hurt us.

634
00:37:46,197 --> 00:37:47,687
I didn't hear you knock.

635
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:51,133
That's 'cause I didn't.
If I'd have knocked, you'd have heard it.

636
00:37:51,168 --> 00:37:53,864
I don't doubt that.

637
00:37:53,904 --> 00:37:55,428
Well.

638
00:37:55,473 --> 00:37:57,964
How come you didn't ask
the right question, Stone?

639
00:37:58,009 --> 00:37:59,977
Which is?

640
00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:03,640
Which is, how does
Dr. Lowenstein support

641
00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:05,478
his cosmopolitan lifestyle?

642
00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:07,677
Analysts make
a comfortable living,
don't they?

643
00:38:07,718 --> 00:38:10,448
He's a witch doctor.
He couldn't give it away
for free.

644
00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:13,150
Rich parents?

645
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:15,750
He sells cocaine. He deals!

646
00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:17,988
Upper West Side intellectual

647
00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:20,293
artsy—tartsy, but big time.

648
00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:22,891
Why are you telling me this?
Isn't this a conflict of interest?

649
00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:25,458
'Cause ethically
I'm Snow White.

650
00:38:25,503 --> 00:38:27,300
I'm an officer
of the court.

651
00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:29,329
My client's already
had her day in it.

652
00:38:29,373 --> 00:38:32,706
You and I both know
he made herwhat she is.

653
00:38:32,743 --> 00:38:34,973
That's too simple.

654
00:38:35,012 --> 00:38:39,142
Simple or complicated,
the tips straight up.

655
00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:42,448
Besides,
I felt it was my duty.

656
00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:51,387
Rawlings is listed
as a defense witness.

657
00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:53,556
We call her,
have her declared
a hostile witness

658
00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:56,157
and pump her
on the coke.

659
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,065
Stone:
Ms. Rawlings, this session——

660
00:38:58,102 --> 00:39:00,263
was this a therapy session?

661
00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:02,465
Of course.
Of what sort?

662
00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:04,940
Well... it was Reichian.

663
00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:06,738
Yes?

664
00:39:06,777 --> 00:39:09,507
Dr. Lowenstein
is a well—known Reichian.

665
00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:12,539
Does that mean Dr. Lowenstein
supplied you with cocaine?

666
00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:15,074
I don't believe this!
Quiet!

667
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,587
Answer the question, please.

668
00:39:21,258 --> 00:39:23,158
Yes.
Did you inhale it?

669
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,662
We were smoking it,
all right?

670
00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,495
He said it would help me
get in touch with——

671
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:32,366
With what, Ms. Rawlings?
With "the child within"?

672
00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:35,497
Did Dr. Lowenstein
also sell you cocaine?

673
00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:38,064
Objection, Your Honor!
Absolutely irrelevant to the night
in question.

674
00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:40,339
Ah, but it does
have relevance.

675
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,506
Dr. Lowenstein's drug use,
his drug dealing

676
00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:45,947
was one of, if not the major
contributing factor

677
00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:48,110
to the nightmare
ofthe Lowenstein household.

678
00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:51,553
And this depraved
indifference led directly
to Didi Lowenstein's death.

679
00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,557
Overruled.

680
00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:56,754
Answer
the question.

681
00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:00,455
Yes.

682
00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:02,227
To your personal knowledge,

683
00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:05,963
did Dr. Lowenstein also sell
cocaine to other patients?

684
00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:07,937
Objection,
leading the witness!

685
00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:10,099
Overruled!

686
00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:12,541
Ms. Rawlings,
yes or no, please.

687
00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:20,306
Yes.

688
00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:25,280
Redding:
And finally, Dr. Lowenstein,

689
00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:28,052
did you ever abuse Dierdre?

690
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,926
Didi was the one
ray of sunshine in my life.

691
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:33,930
I never abused her.

692
00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:37,229
I used to hold her
and try to protect her

693
00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:40,294
from Cafla and——

694
00:40:40,337 --> 00:40:42,305
who I now realize is insane.

695
00:40:42,339 --> 00:40:44,933
And even she says
that I never abused her.

696
00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:47,603
It'sjust a lot of legal semantics

697
00:40:47,645 --> 00:40:50,341
that's being used
to twist the truth.

698
00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:55,277
I loved her...

699
00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:57,583
with all my heart.

700
00:40:59,089 --> 00:41:01,080
Thank you, Doctor.

701
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:05,221
Dr. Lowenstein,
do you consider yourself

702
00:41:05,262 --> 00:41:07,389
a good husband
and father?

703
00:41:07,431 --> 00:41:09,262
Yes I do.
A good provider?

704
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,063
Yes, yes, absolutely.

705
00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:12,830
Shelter, food, clothing?

706
00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:15,270
Of course.
And cocaine?

707
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,365
Objection, Your Honor.
Where is this going?

708
00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:20,775
Mr. Stone?
To the heart of the matter,
Your Honor.

709
00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:24,303
The people contend that Dr. Lowenstein
is guilty of murder

710
00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:26,646
because he instigated
the beating and did nothing

711
00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:28,845
to help his fatally injured daughter.

712
00:41:28,886 --> 00:41:33,084
We've heard Mrs. Lowenstein
testify that she was loaded on cocaine.

713
00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:35,114
Where did she get it?

714
00:41:39,096 --> 00:41:40,859
Answer the question.

715
00:41:40,898 --> 00:41:42,490
What is the question?

716
00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:45,559
Did you provide
Carla Lowenstein with cocaine?

717
00:41:45,603 --> 00:41:49,733
I've treated many of my patients
with psychomimetic drugs.

718
00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:52,173
But you're not a medical doctor,
are you, Doctor?

719
00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:53,836
You're a psychotherapist.

720
00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:55,675
You have no license
to prescribe medicines,

721
00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:57,203
and have been
doing it for years,

722
00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:59,910
and have been illegally
selling drugs to your patients.

723
00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:02,009
Nowthis isjust legal semantics,

724
00:42:02,052 --> 00:42:04,145
but some people think
it's important!

725
00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:10,558
Do you consider your wife
a patient?

726
00:42:10,594 --> 00:42:14,462
I think of my wife
as a very sick person.

727
00:42:14,498 --> 00:42:17,490
I try to help her.
By beating some sense
into her?

728
00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,003
Objection.

729
00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:21,732
Sustained.

730
00:42:21,772 --> 00:42:23,399
Mr. Stone?

731
00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:30,706
Haven't you denied help
to your family?

732
00:42:30,748 --> 00:42:33,581
No.
Didi was malnourished,
Dr. Lowenstein.

733
00:42:33,617 --> 00:42:35,642
She was seen walking
barefoot in February.

734
00:42:35,686 --> 00:42:38,587
I buy her shoes
and Carla throws them away.

735
00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:40,385
Would Carla also throw
the food away?

736
00:42:40,424 --> 00:42:43,757
Didi won't eat without me.
She adores me——

737
00:42:43,794 --> 00:42:45,455
We hold hands.

738
00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:48,121
When?

739
00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:51,862
When we go out
walking together.

740
00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:55,497
I mean,
Didi gives me her hand...

741
00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:56,665
and says,

742
00:42:56,707 --> 00:42:58,106
"Tighter, Daddy.

743
00:42:58,142 --> 00:43:00,042
Daddy, hold me tighter."

744
00:43:00,077 --> 00:43:03,604
Yes, it was testified earlier
that you and Didi would walk together,

745
00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:05,672
and Mrs. Lowenstein would
walk behind, is that correct?

746
00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:07,684
Yes.

747
00:43:07,718 --> 00:43:12,121
Which many experts on child abuse
believe is a clear sign

748
00:43:12,156 --> 00:43:15,648
that the child is trying to curry favor
with the abusing parentl

749
00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:17,991
Objection.

750
00:43:18,028 --> 00:43:19,825
Judge:
Is that a question, Mr. Stone?

751
00:43:19,863 --> 00:43:21,490
No, Your Honor, it's not.

752
00:43:21,532 --> 00:43:25,298
Do you have any more questions
for the defendant, Mr. Stone?

753
00:43:25,336 --> 00:43:27,361
Yes, Your Honor.
Yes, I do.

754
00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:28,996
I most certainly do.

755
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,839
Now, Dr. Lowenstein,
you have previously testified

756
00:43:32,876 --> 00:43:35,367
that when you came home
just before midnight

757
00:43:35,412 --> 00:43:38,643
Carla told you that she had
hit Didi earlier that evening.

758
00:43:38,682 --> 00:43:40,343
Is that correct?

759
00:43:40,384 --> 00:43:42,784
Well, I certainly didn't think
it was anything serious.

760
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:45,015
And you also testified
that when you came home

761
00:43:45,055 --> 00:43:47,387
Didi was laying in the middle
of your living room floor

762
00:43:47,424 --> 00:43:49,016
in her school clothes?

763
00:43:49,059 --> 00:43:50,822
I thought she was sleeping.

764
00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:54,820
Does she usually spend the night
on a parquet floor, without a blanket?

765
00:43:54,865 --> 00:43:56,730
Of course not.

766
00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:59,531
Did you go to Didi and check
to see if she was all right?

767
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:04,706
I didn't feel
it was necessary.

768
00:44:04,742 --> 00:44:07,006
Even with a bloodstain
under her head?

769
00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:08,807
I didn't see that.

770
00:44:08,846 --> 00:44:10,507
Please, sir,

771
00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:13,141
I direct you to examine
People's Exhibit number 37.

772
00:44:13,183 --> 00:44:17,017
It is a photograph of a bloodstain
on your living room floor!

773
00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:21,286
A bloodstain measuring
27 inches by 38 inches.

774
00:44:21,325 --> 00:44:23,555
A bloodstain the size
of a small rug.

775
00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,255
It was dark.

776
00:44:25,295 --> 00:44:27,957
There wasn't...
many lights about, and...

777
00:44:27,998 --> 00:44:30,660
So when you saw
your unconscious daughter on the floor

778
00:44:30,701 --> 00:44:32,430
and that stain
on the same floor

779
00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:34,232
did you pick up a phone
and call 911?

780
00:44:34,271 --> 00:44:36,603
I already——
Did you pick up a phone
and call her pediatrician?

781
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,108
You're twisting
everything I say!

782
00:44:39,143 --> 00:44:41,475
Did you even bother
to pick up Didi——

783
00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:44,913
or did you leave her
in a pool of her own blood?

784
00:45:01,298 --> 00:45:04,062
As eloquent as your counsel was
in your behalf,

785
00:45:04,101 --> 00:45:06,331
you are not the victim here,
Mrs. Lowenstein.

786
00:45:07,337 --> 00:45:11,296
The victim was an innocent
six—year—old gin,

787
00:45:11,341 --> 00:45:13,536
who couldn 't
defend herself

788
00:45:13,577 --> 00:45:16,478
On the count of manslaughter
in the first degree,

789
00:45:16,513 --> 00:45:19,448
the court sentences you
to seven—to—ten years

790
00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,077
in a women's
correctional facility.

791
00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:24,587
As for you, sir——

792
00:45:26,824 --> 00:45:32,228
From this seat I thought I had
witnessed even! degradation,

793
00:45:32,262 --> 00:45:35,789
every monstrosity possible,
but you, Doctor,

794
00:45:35,833 --> 00:45:38,063
are beyond contempt.

795
00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:42,798
You have helped a woman
destroy herself.

796
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:47,903
You engineered the tragedy
of a little girl's death.

797
00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:52,041
But you took pretty good care
of yourself, didn't you?

798
00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:54,550
Your Honor...

799
00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:56,143
I've lost my family.

800
00:45:56,186 --> 00:45:57,778
Yes, you have.

801
00:45:59,156 --> 00:46:01,181
Jacob Lowenstein,

802
00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:04,126
having been found guilty
of murder in the second degree

803
00:46:04,161 --> 00:46:06,129
by depraved indifference
to human life

804
00:46:06,163 --> 00:46:08,529
this court sentences you

805
00:46:08,565 --> 00:46:10,396
to 25 years to life

806
00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:12,459
in a state penitentiary.

807
00:46:18,776 --> 00:46:21,677
Baby, what's gonna
happen to us noW?

808
00:46:29,353 --> 00:46:31,651
Pookie can't live
without her Daddy.

809
00:46:33,257 --> 00:46:36,283
Pookie needs you.

810
00:46:36,326 --> 00:46:38,590
Pookie needs you.

811
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:15,992
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