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(male announcer)
In the criminal justice system,

sexually-based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of
an elite squad known as

the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

[toy car motor whirs]

(woman)
Theo. Theo!

Stop playing with
the birthday presents.

Henry, hold still.

Mom, that hurts.

Theo.

Theo, it is
not your birthday.

You're gonna break that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Got more on your face
than in your tummy.

I want another piece
of cake.

Oh yeah?
We'll see, Puppy.

Theo?

Theo?

Theo.

Theodore.

I'm right here.
Stop yelling.

I have told you

a million times not
to disappear like that.

You said don't play
with the birthday presents.

I'm not.
Sure.

Henry?

Where'd he go?

I don't know.

Henry?

Henry!

Henry.

(Cragen)
1-8 is sending

manpower to canvass.

There's four birthday parties
going on.

Couple hundred kids
and parents.

Nobody saw Henry Morton
wander off.

Well, whoever took him
knew how to be invisible.

Parents rent
the party section.

There is public access.

But the employees have all
been accounted for.

Picture from mom's wallet.

Now, we're covered
from 23rd Street down to Tenth,

Second Avenue
to Broadway.

Print up fliers.

Mom remember anything else?

No, she's too upset.

EMS took her
to St. Vincent's.

Her husband's
with her now.

Send Munch to get
a statement

soon as she calms down.

(officer)
Sighting. Lower Broadway.

Benson.
SVU.

Description?

No, he has brown hair.
Thanks.

Kid left alone.
Blonde hair and khakis.

(Fin)
Security tape's up.

I got Henry.

Okay, here's Henry
with Mom.

She's coming toward us.

She's looking for
the older kid.

Henry's right there
with the yellow balloon.

Henry comes down the aisle.

He's still got the balloon.

Rounds the corner.
Keeps going, going...

(Benson)
Gone.

(Fin)
There's the balloon
on the floor.

Kid was out of camera range
five seconds.

Hey, what about the cameras
at the front door?

Nothing.
Must've went out the back.

So we got ourselves
one smart perv.

So smart that he's got his eye
on the kid and the cameras.

Go away, Wolinsky!

That's no way to treat
a concerned citizen.

You gotta stop listening

to that police scanner
and get a life.

Just trying to pick up
the slack for you guys.

It's Sunday.

Take the day off.
Go to church.

Malcom Wolinsky.
Yeah.

Association for
the Protection of Children.

I know who you are.
Get lost.

Me and my group,
we have a legal right

to investigate
and make arrests.

Last time you almost
cost us the conviction.

Your daughter was molested,
you'd want our help.

Officers, escort these gentlemen
behind the barricade.

They cause any trouble,
collar 'em.

Arrest us?
For what?

Obstruction.

(woman)
He was dragging the boy

down the street.

He had wavy red hair.

The man or the boy?

The father.
The boy had brown hair.

I thought he was throwing
a temper tantrum.

Ms. Lewis saw the guy

force the kid into a red jacket
and a blue baseball cap.

I'll get out a description
of the new clothes.

Hey, did you see
where they went?
The subway.

The kid was screaming
his lungs out.

(woman's voice)
Sure I remember him.

I was just clocking in.

Kid was fighting
and kicking.

His dad was trying
to buy a metro card

out of that machine.

Did he use paper
or plastic?
Machine's busted.

Only takes plastic.
Got him.

What time'd you
start work this morning?

1:00.
It's Stabler.

I need Transit Bureau to run

a guy's credit card
and address.

(kid)
I want my mom!
You're not my mom!

(Man)
Shut up!
You do what I tell you!

Hit it.

Jeffrey Jackson!

What the hell's going on?

Jeffrey Jackson,

get away from the boy,
stand over here.

All right, step over here,
sweetheart.

It's okay, Henry.
It's okay.

Henry?

Who's Henry?

Elliot.

It's not him.

He's my stepson.

I want all
your badge numbers.

I'm gonna sue
your asses off.

(Cragen)
Henry Morton's been missing
for three hours,

and we've been chasing
the wrong kid.

What else we got?

Mom wasn't much help.

Husband took her up
to Riverdale an hour ago.

Liv and I'll
go out there.

John, Fin, you coordinate
the search.

Okay, get us something
with the kid's scent on it.

I'll turn it into canine
as soon as we get the sample.

We've gotta get
a new picture of Henry.

The photo we've got
is a year old.

(Stabler)
Is that Henry's most recent
picture?

This was taken
six weeks ago.

It looks more like him.

Update the flyers.

You find something
for the bloodhounds?

Yes.

Henry's socks
in the dirty laundry.

This gonna be enough?
Yeah, that should
be fine.

Listen, we'd like
to ask your wife

a few more questions.

I gave her a sedative
so she could sleep.

I'm a psychiatrist.

Any patients
with a grudge?

No one's made
any threats.

How 'bout violence
against children?

No, just your
garden variety neurotics.

Detectives?

We've been canvassing
the neighbors.

Kid next door saw a guy hanging
around this morning.

(kid)
I was in our driveway,

fixing my skateboard.

Henry was playing
in his yard.

The man was in a car
parked over there.

Did you happen to notice
what he was wearing?

A baseball cap
and sunglasses.

He was watching Henry.

Was the man black, white,
young, old?

White.

Can you describe the car?

It looked like the Toyota

my mom used to drive.

(Stabler)
What color?

Uh, black.

Did you get a look at

the license plate number
or the state?

[sighs]

I didn't look.

I'm sorry, Dr. Morton.

I wish I told my mom
this morning.

It's okay, Jake.
You're helping us now.

Thanks.

Jake, listen...

I know the research
on pedophiles.

What's the chance my son
is still alive?

You can't lose hope now.

We're gonna get Jake's
description of the man

out on the air,
we'll run the car,

and we'll get these
to the canine unit.

Where are these bloodhounds?

Coming in from Coney Island.

Another lost kid.

ETA's an hour.

We're gonna lose the light
and the scent trail.

(Munch)
Search team just found
this in the gutter,

six blocks from
the party place.

Same size and brand
that Henry was wearing.
We need those dogs.

(Stabler)
Well, I'm not gonna stand
around here waiting

with my thumb up my ass.

Maybe the sex offender unit
got a hit on the car, huh?

(Monahan)
Your witness said an old black

Toyota.

Best I've got's a '95 Honda,
dark blue.

I'll take it.

I went back ten years.

We could go further,
but this is a good hit.

Billy Turner?

Cases preschool playgrounds,
picks a kid,

waits for the parents
to show up, follows them home.

Now, our missing kid goes to
a preschool on the east side.

Parole photo.

Last time Billy
took a collar,

he drove all the way up
to Hastings,

grabbed a kid,
and fondled him in his car.

Got out two months ago.

These pervs just never stop.

Now, it says he has
an apartment on Avenue B.

Car's not registered
in his name?

It belongs to mom.

You worked Billy's case.

Any idea where
he might've taken the kid?

He works nights
at a plating shop.

Closed on Sunday.
Could be there.

Have the sector car
check out that shop.

Me and my partner
are gonna hit his apartment.

Thank you.

(man)
I'll beat it out of you,
you son of a bitch!

(man #2)
Please, don't hurt me!

(man #1)
Tell me where he is!

(man #2)
I don't know!

Where is he?
I don't know!

I'm gonna hurt you,
son of a bitch.
Wolinsky!

Step away from him.
Now.

What the hell
are you doing here?

Looking for the kid.

Where's Henry?

I don't know.
I told this crazy bastard.

Where did you stash him?

It wasn't me, I swear.

I'm cured.

Officers, take him,
put him in the car.

Wait outside for CSU.

How'd you find out
about Billy?

I heard you were looking
for him on police radio--

You're done with this,
do you understand me?

You are done with this.

Yeah, after I file a complaint
for police brutality.

You're lucky I don't
charge you with assault.

I didn't touch
the baby raper.

You trashed
this apartment.

If Henry Morton was here,

that means that you destroyed
a crime scene.

You interfere again,
you're doing time.

You take that perv scum's
side over me.

I don't take anybody's side.
Get outta here.

(Billy)
I never heard of this kid.

I wasn't there.

I don't have
those urges anymore.

We know.
You're cured.

I told ya.
I was at the laundromat.

All morning?

You musta had
a lot of clothes.

(Stabler)
His name is Henry.

He's five years old,

same age as that boy

you played doctor with
up in Hastings.

What's a matter, Billy?
Don't you wanna look?

I know you like
to look.

My shrink says I can't.

Yeah, but you want to.

There ain't no doctor ever gonna
put out that sick fire, huh?

(Benson)
Where's your car, Billy?

I don't have one.

Oh, that's right,
it's your mama's Honda.

Does she know
what you do in that car?

Does she know
that you take

little boys for rides?
I don't do that anymore.

Really?
'Cause I called your mama.

No.
And she says
that you borrowed the car

and you didn't
bring it back.

It was stolen.

(Stabler)
Or you dumped it

because it was soaked
with Henry's blood.

Your mom is gonna
be very disappointed

when she finds out
that you're back

to your old tricks again.

You leave my mom
out of this!

We will.

As soon as you tell us
where Henry is.

I don't know him.

Witness saw you in your car

outside that little boy's
house this morning.

You don't know him?

Billy, it's gonna be better
for everybody

if you just tell us
the truth now.

[knock at door]

Fin just called.
Canine has a scent.

Those bloodhounds are gonna
find that boy, Billy.

You son of a bitch,

we better find him alive.

(Munch)
She picked up Henry's scent

at the party place, and been
taking us North ever since.

(Fin)
The pooch is cool.

Gave her a sock,
went right to work.

[dog barks]

You want inside, Bridey-girl?

I don't want her
off the leash.

Pull her back a little.

[dog barks]

(Handler)
Yeah girl.

We're gonna let you in.

Call an ambulance.

Not yet, Elliot.

Call an ambulance.

[dog barks]

This is it.

[dog whining]

(Benson)
Henry.

(Benson)
Dr. Warner will ask you
to make a positive ID.

Will we recognize him?

Yes.

[mom cries]

I can't do this.

It's okay, honey.

I'll do it.

Are you ready?

Yes.

That's my son.

Was, uh...

Was he molested?

No.

Cause of death?

Suffocation.

I found small pebbles lodged
in his trachea.

To silence him.

What else?

Brown animal hairs.

Do you have cat,
Dr. Morton?

No.

Henry's allergic.

I sent the pebbles
and hairs to the lab.

CSU is checking
the apartment for matches.

Apartment?

Whose apartment?

You have a suspect.

Dr. Morton,

as soon as we make an arrest,
I promise you,

you'll be the first to know.

I can handle it.

(Benson)
But your wife can't.

I think she needs you.

Come on.

I'm holding you
to that promise.

You call me
the second you get

the bastard
who murdered my son.

(Dr. Warner)
I'm sorry.

I blew it.

I said too much.

(Benson)
Can't blame you.

I've never seen a dad
that composed.

That guy is a time bomb.

He keeps holding it in,
he's gonna explode.

Let's go.

Where?

Back to Billy's apartment.

Crime Scene's
got it covered.

Let's make sure.

Cat hair.
You can tell by the barb.

Brown.

(Stabler)
Where's the cat?

No sign of it.

No litter box, no cat food.

Billy gets worried
about transfer evidence

and he dumps the cat, too?

You check the incinerator?

And the dumpster
and the alley.

What about the rocks?

Uh, combed the rugs,

checked the soles
of all his shoes.

(Stabler)
You vacuum it?
Benson.

No, we tweezed looking
for all your damn cat hairs.

If the pebbles were here,
we would've found them.

That was Munch.

Billy's car was found
stripped and torched.

Let's bring Jake O'Hara
in for a line up.

Just take your time, Jake.

There's no hurry.

I-I think, uh...

I think number three.

Jake, are your sure?

Or maybe two.

Okay, well, just take
a look at all of 'em.

Take a good look
and just focus.

(Jake)
They all kinda look the same.

But, uh...

Three's the closest.

That's great, Jake.
Thanks.

I'll take you back
to your mom.

Come on.

Not bad.

It's not good.

You know as well as I do,

any lawyer can shred
that idea on the stand.

Cat hairs are gonna match.

But it's still not enough
for an indictment.

Break him.

Or we gotta cut him loose.

(Benson)
Our witness picked

you out, Billy.

Your witness is wrong!

Cat hairs on the boy.

Cat hairs in your apartment.

I don't have a cat.

The landlady's
cat wanders in--

I don't wanna hear
about your landlady anymore!

It's over!

Now, you stalked
that little boy.

You snatched him

and you got into his pants

and then you wanted
to keep him quiet,

so you shoved rocks
down his throat

until he choked to death.

I never killed anyone.

Only touched.

Maybe I did something
I shouldn't have.

Like what, Billy?

Like what?

If I violate my parole,

they'll send me back inside.

I don't want to go back.

Okay--
That's why
I didn't tell you.

I can talk to your parole
officer and make sure that--

They'll send me back.

I'll get raped
every single day.

I'm gonna make sure that
that doesn't happen to you,

but you have got to tell me
where you were.

I'm not allowed
to be alone with kids.

But she asked me.

Who asked you?

She needed me to baby-sit
her little boy.

The lady who
lives next door.

Billy's neighbor didn't ask him.
He volunteered.

How old is the kid?

Five, he said
Billy never touched him.

But what about
the mother?

She confirmed Billy's story.

Left at 8:30,

got back to the apartment
at half past 11:00.

Could Billy have
left the kid

alone for an hour
and then come back?

No, the boy said
Billy was with him

the whole three hours.

Okay, so your witness

puts Billy outside
the Morton home

in Riverdale at 8:00 AM.

But Billy's Alibi puts him

back on Avenue B at 8:30.

Tight, but doable.

(Novak)
Well, then he's gotta
get back to Riverdale

to follow Henry into
the birthday party.

Henry's mom says
they left the house

no later than
a quarter to 12:00.

And Billy didn't finish
his babysitting gig

in Manhattan
'til 11:30.

Well, there's no way he got

to Riverdale in 15 minutes,

not even on a Sunday.

We got the wrong guy.

(Munch)
Looks that way.

Lab says cat hairs
from Billy's apartment

don't match the ones
on Henry Morton.

(Novak)
We gotta let Billy go.

We keep him here
much longer,

we're gonna have
one hell of a lawsuit.

I'll tell the perv
he's going home.

(voice on megaphone)
Pervert out!

[many voices chanting]
Pervert out!

What the hell is this?

Hey!

Give a partner a hand
with him?

Wolinsky.

You need a permit
for the bullhorn

and to be on the street.

Now move it
onto the sidewalk.

This is a peaceful protest.

Do we want a pervert
in this neighborhood?

[all]
No!

We want him out.

Last chance, Wolinsky.

Break it up.
Now.

We want the perv gone.

Let's get him now!

[many voices chanting]
We want him out!

Pervert out!
Pervert out!

All right, you're under arrest
for inciting a riot.

Surround him
with your guys

and get him into
the building.

Wait until parole gets here.

[phone rings]

Benson.

Bring this guy
to our squad.

Thanks for making
me a hero.

Yeah, we're on our way.

Elliot, we gotta go.

(O'Halloran)
Forensic geologist ID'd

the pebbles
in Henry's trachea.

Colorado quartz.

Not indigenous
to this area.

So they could be
from the alley

where the body was found.

I checked.

Didn't find any.

So you're saying the perp

brought 'em in
from out of state?

What I'm saying is

the perp isn't
who you think it is.

We dusted the pebbles.

Stone's porous.
Got perfect prints.

And they're not
Billy Turner's?

Or any other adults.

The fingers are too small.

Has to be a child's.

So Henry's.

Nope.

Don't match.

You have those pebbles?

Look familiar?

Just like the ones from that
neighbor boy's front yard.

Jake O'Hara.

No wonder the kid was
such a good witness.

(Novak)
We are gonna charge
a 13 year-old

with Henry's murder?

We better have
a smoking gun.

We do, the stones
in Henry's throat.

They were from Jake's
front yard.

The prints are gonna be his.

(Benson)
I bet if we go back to

the party security tapes,

we're gonna see Jake.

We weren't looking
for a kid.

What about that man
that Jake saw?

Well, he must've
made that up.

(Novak)
But Jake O'Hara
picked Billy Turner

out of a line-up.

How could he have
possibly known

Billy was a pedophile?

I don't know.

All right, well,
let's not

hardball the kid
'til we get some answers.

We can't afford to make
the same mistake twice.

(Jake's mom)
I thought my son answered

all your questions.

We just have to follow up
on a few things.

Now, Jake, this man that you
picked out of the lineup.

You mean the guy
who killed Henry.

Actually,
he didn't do it.

Told you I wasn't sure.

It's okay, honey.
You did your best.

I guess it was
number two after all.

(Benson)
No, Jake.

Number two was
an off-duty cop.

I'm sorry.

They all looked alike
with those sunglasses.

I only saw the picture
for a minute.

What picture?

The guy you wanted me
to pick out.

You never saw the man.

Well, I did, but--

I told that
other detective

I wasn't sure
I'd recognize him again.

That's when he showed me
the picture.

What other detective?

What was his name?

I don't remember.

Do you remember
what he looked like?

He was kinda bald and...

he had a mustache.

I'll be right back.

So what else did
this detective say to you?

This is absurd.

Don't you people
talk to each other?

He just asked me
some questions.

Can you remember
any of 'em?

Same stuff
you guys asked me.

Hey, that's him.

'Scuse me.

Detective, can I have
a word with you?

What are you doin'?
What are you, crazy?

You sent me on
a wild goose chase.

Waste my time?
I was trying
to help you guys.

You contaminated evidence!

You tell that kid
you're a cop

to get him to make
a false ID.

You got the perv,
didn't you?

Wrong perv.
I'll tell ya what.

Where you're going, you'll be
meeting plenty of 'em.

What's going on here?

(Stabler)
What's going on,
Mrs. O'Hara,

is Jake identified a man
he never saw.

You made it all up,
didn't you, Jake?

I did what the detective
told me to do.

I'm sure it was
a misunderstanding.

Well, there's a few other things
that we don't understand.

Like why Henry
was covered up in cat hair.

Or how these stones
from your yard

were found in his throat.

Henry must've
picked 'em up.

Sweetheart,

what are they
talking about?

I don't know, Mom.
I swear.

(Benson)
Sure you do, Jake.

You knew that Henry's mom
was taking him

to the birthday party.

People saw you there.

They also saw you
on the subway.

And you wanna
know what else?

The fingerprints
on these little stones

are gonna match

the ones on your soda can.

I-I was scared.

Henry saw me chasing
Mrs. Brody's cat

and I fell on it
and it died.

And Henry said
I killed the cat.

And he was gonna tell on me.

I didn't wanna go back
to that camp, but...

I knew you'd send me

if you thought
I killed the cat.

Honey, I never
would have done that.

You would!

I knew you would.

That's why I had
to stop him.

I just wanted to talk to him,

but he kept saying
he'd tell.

And...

I didn't mean to do it.

I was just so scared.

This is my fault
because I sent Jake

to that camp
a month ago.

What camp?

It's a tough love place.

They were supposed
to help him.

Look at what they did to me.

They burned me.

They cut me.

They stuck things in me.

I'd rather be dead
than go back there.

The other children
tortured him.

If my son has done

anything wrong,
it is because of what

they put him through.

Mrs. O'Hara, we still have
to place Jake

under arrest.

I'm calling a lawyer.

(Henry's dad)
Jake killed Henry?

He loves our boys.
He...

He taught 'em how to throw
a Frisbee. He...

He helped them build a fort
in the backyard.

He confessed, Dr. Morton.

I-I can't believe this.

(Benson)
Did you know

that his mother sent him
to a boot camp?

Yes.

Yes...

Since Jake's father died,

he's been acting out.

Leslie was overwhelmed.

I recommended a place
up in Rhinebeck.

Why, what--

It looks like he
was brutalized up there.

Leslie never said
anything to me.

What did they do to him?

Jake said he was sodomized.

And he showed us

some scars where

the other kids
had burned him.

[groans]

I need to see Jake.

Please.

(Judge)
I'll hear the people on bail.

(Novak)
The people request
500,000, your honor.

(female lawyer)
He's a child.

I'd argue for house arrest
with an ankle bracelet.

And I'd be comfortable
with a little more security.

The bail is set
at 200,000.

Cash or bonds.

Let's take ten,
everybody.

Casey.

This is Brett Morton,

Henry's father.

I'm very sorry.

Can I speak
with Jake?

Uh, Cleo.

Can we have
a minute, please?

Dr. Morton.

I'm so sorry.

Henry was my friend.

I know, Jake.

Why'd you do it?

I don't know.

Something's wrong
with me.

Jake,

what did Henry say

before he died?

He said he wanted
his mommy.

What's gonna happen to him?

(Novak)
Without a plea bargain,

he'll stand trial
and go to prison.

Hmm.

He's a juvenile.

He'll be out at 18.

Dr. Morton,

we're trying Jake
as an adult.

No.

I lost a child.

And I know one thing,
it's wrong

to lose another child
to a life in prison.

As a parent, I can't imagine
what you're going through.

Well, putting Jake
in jail isn't justice.

And sending him
to that camp

doesn't make you responsible
for what he did.

Jake's had a hard life.

What he did isn't
entirely his fault.

And that evidence
will be introduced

at trial.

I'm sure you have
the best intentions.

But you're wrong.

(Novak)
Maybe I am wrong.

Brett Morton
is caught

between his anger
and his guilt.

What, just because he
recommended that camp?

He feels responsible.

He feels that if Jake
hadn't been abused there,

Jake wouldn't
have killed Henry.

What do you think?

Jake suffered there,
you know?

He was burned.
He was possibly raped.

Well, lots of kids
are traumatized.

They don't go out
and kill other kids.

I mean, every time
they shoot up a school,

we say it was because
they were bullied.
Sometimes they were.

And the question is

whether that's the reason
why Jake killed Henry.

All right, what do you know
about this camp?

Rhinebeck Survival.

No incidents of hazing or
torture that I've heard of.

None that you've heard of?

The director is a psychiatrist
named Burt Gleason.

I'm sure
he'll talk to us.

(Gleason)
We should never
have admitted Jake

in the first place.

He's a very disturbed child.

Isn't that what this camp
is for, Dr. Gleason?

Children with
behavioral problems, yes.

Not kids
with serious pathology.

Which the abuse here
made worse.

You mean the accusations
Jake made

against his bunkmates.

Well, Jake said those kids
were the ones

with serious pathology.

Judge for yourself.

I'll arrange for you
to talk to them.

(kid)
He's sick, man.

He's crazy.

Jake said you helped
torture him.

We did it to him?

Second day he's here,
we're down at the lake.

He sneaks up,

whacks me on the head
with a boat paddle.

I almost drowned.

Maybe he was just
goofin' around.

You don't get it.

He held my head
under water.

He wanted me to die.

When he finally let go,

he said,
"Don't tell anybody or else."

Or else what?

Or else he'd kill me.

Are you sure
he was serious?

Jake wasn't kidding.
That psycho would do it.

I told Dr. Gleason.

What happened?

Dr. Gleason
wouldn't believe me.

Next night I find
a dead gopher in my bed.

Only guy around here sick enough
to break a gopher's neck is--

Jake.
He's the only one.

(Novak)
You look like you could take
care of yourself.

Couldn't.
'Til I started working out.

Did it 'cause I was
afraid of him.

Why?

'Cause he's nuts, man.

He would always say,

"Oh, let's see
who's tougher."

He'd take off his shirt,

put his arm next to mine,

and put a lit cigarette
in between.

Jake says
you burned him.

Man, I ain't no psycho.

Jake would just stand there,

hold a match in his fingers

'til his skin went on fire.

You could smell it.
And he just laughed.

That dude is crazy.

Jake O'Hara burned himself?

The camp's director tried
to explain to Jake's mother

that he should be
institutionalized.

She didn't believe him.
She threatened a lawsuit.

And then she took Jake home.

He was thrown out of two private
schools in Brooklyn

for violent behavior
and arson.

His mom had to move him
to Riverdale.

The kid's a sociopath.

He's only 13.

Well, he has all
the classic symptoms.

He's glib.

He lies.

He had no remorse,
no empathy.

He's narcissistic.

And he's extremely manipulative.

He fooled both of us.

(Novak)
Even Brett Morton and

he's also a psychiatrist.

He lives right next door.

He never saw how devious
Jake really is.

If the boy
is mentally ill,

we'll send him
to a hospital.

(Huang)
Sociopathy is

a personality disorder.

A lot of shrinks believe
there's no cure.

What do you believe?

You can't grow
a conscience.

(Novak)
Jake knew what he was doing

was wrong and didn't care.

It's the right decision
to try him as an adult.

It's too late.

(Novak)
Why?

Dr. Morton came
to see me this morning.

He begged me to send Jake
to Family Court.

So I moved it.

Case is being heard
right now.

(judge)
The minor will be released

into the custody
of his mother.

Fact-finding will begin
tomorrow at 11:00.

Initial reports
in my chamber today.

I'm very sorry to interrupt,
Your Honor,

but we've made
a mistake.

That's refreshing.

I don't often hear that
in my courtroom.

The District Attorney's office
has reconsidered

our decision to try Jake O'Hara
in Family Court.

We request that the case be
moved to Supreme Court

for trial as an adult.

Hearings have begun.

Jeopardy is attached.

If I dismiss now,
the case is over.

These are highly unusual
circumstances.

Jake O'Hara lied
about his abuse.

All of his injuries

are self-inflicted.

What are you saying?
Dr. Morton.

We interviewed witnesses
at the camp.

They all told us
Jake burned himself.

I believed you.

I fought for you.

(judge)
Dr. Morton, sit down.

You lying little bastard.

The court officer
will remove Dr. Morton

from this courtroom.
You little prick!

You should rot in hell!

(Stabler)
Let's go before
she locks you up.

You bet I will.

Get him out of here.

Monster!

You murdered my son!

I don't believe
this is happening.

I can't breathe.

Let's go outside
and get some air. Relax.

Do you understand?

Jake will get out
when he's 18.

He's a sociopath.

He will kill again.

And again
and again.

I'm sorry
for what happened, sir.

I really am.

You're not sorry.

You don't know
what sorry means.

You have no feelings!

Leave my son alone.

Oh, my God!
Oh, God!

Oh no!
Oh no!

I knew the guy
was wound too tight.

Shoulda seen it coming.

(Cragen)
You didn't know Morton

would shoot him.

We all thought
Jake was a victim.

The kid snowed everyone.

Elliot.

Jake's dead.

He never made it
out of surgery.

Olivia.

Don't.

How could you
let this happen?

You got some nerve, lady.

That kid was killed

because you sent him
to Family Court.

I didn't stand there

and watch Brett Morton
grab a gun.

You sure as hell put it
in his hand.

What, you didn't wanna say no
to a grieving father?

You afraid the press would call
you a cold-hearted bitch.

If you two wanna blame
each other, go ahead.

But I have a job to do.

Now, what's our decision
on Dr. Morton?

Charge him.

Murder 2.

His son was killed by a
psychopath who was gonna walk.

And that gives him
the right to kill a kid?

I want him arraigned
by tomorrow morning.

And you're just gonna
cover her ass, huh?

Just sweep it all
under the carpet.

My job is not
to protect my boss.

Then do the right thing.
You saw Morton.

The guy was out of his mind.

It's not Murder 2,
it's Manslaughter.

How's Jake?

He died in surgery.

What have I done?

(Zierko)
You were out
of control, Brett.

You didn't know
what you were doing.

If this isn't "extreme
emotional disturbance",

I don't know what it is.

So you're going
for an affirmative defense.

What do you want?

Man 2.
Minimum time.

I have a better idea.

Why don't we just
throw him a parade?

I don't like your tone.

I don't like 13 year-olds

being shot to death
in the courthouse.

You think I meant
to do it?

You grabbed
a court officer's gun

and pulled the trigger.

I don't remember
any of it.

I just snapped.

Well, that's convenient.

No, that's "extreme
emotional disturbance".

Well, you'll have to

forgive me if I don't take

your client's word for it.

Fine.

Have your psychiatrist
examine him.

(Huang)
Do you recall
your state of mind

after you shouted at Jake?

I walked out
of the courtroom...

Nothing seemed real.

Detective Stabler
was talking.

I couldn't understand
what he was saying.

And what's the next thing
that you remember happening?

Jake.
Lying on the floor.

Blood everywhere.

The smell from the gun.

My heart...

beating so fast
I thought it would explode.

I-I know I shot Jake.

Because the gun
was in my hand.

I just don't know
how it got there.

Dr. Morton,

when you heard that Jake had
lied about being abused,

what went through your mind?

I had to get out of there.

I-I had to go outside
and get some air.

I couldn't breathe.

And that's
when you saw Jake.

I wasn't thinking
about killing him.

What were
you thinking about?

My son's face.

The last time
in the morgue.

His last words.

I can hear him crying
for his mother.

Well, does Brett Morton
have a valid defense?

Well, it's a textbook
presentation

of "extreme emotional
disturbance."

Memory loss,
vivid sensory recall.

He's got all
the psychological symptoms.

I hear
a "but" coming.

It's almost
too perfect.

Okay.

Morton's a psychiatrist.

He knows exactly
what to say.

Yeah, but just 'cause
someone could be faking

doesn't mean that he is.

So should
I plead him out?

I can't tell you
what to do.

What Morton went through
was unimaginable.

That kind of tragedy...

I sympathize
with him.

But you still have doubts.

It's a tough call, Casey.

(Dr. Morton)
I was out of my mind
with grief.

I never would
have shot Jake O'Hara

if I'd been
thinking straight.

Now, let's be clear
about this.

You testified
you had no specific knowledge

of the incident itself.

But you do admit
you killed him.

I don't remember
doing it.

But I know I did.

I can't excuse it.

I can't explain it away.

And I'll live with the pain
of that knowledge

the rest of my life.

(Zierko)
Thank you.

No further questions.

(judge)
Ms. Novak, we're waiting.

You don't remember
grabbing the gun?

You don't remember
shooting Jake O'Hara.

But do you remember

telling Detective Stabler
that Jake was a sociopath?

No, I don't.

Or saying that Jake would kill
again when he got out of jail?

I was overwhelmed.

I don't know...

what I said.

But did you think
that Jake was a sociopath?

Sociopathy can't be
diagnosed in children.

The DSM-4 prohibits it.

Until 18,
children can

only be treated
for conduct disorder.

But you don't agree.

Well, I adhere to
the standards of my profession.

Your Honor, at this time,

I'd like to introduce
into evidence

an article from
the December 1992 issue

of Adolescent Behavior.

(judge)
Counselor?

No objection.

Dr. Morton.

Would you please read
the first highlighted passage?

If we fail to incarcerate
these killer kids

for the rest
of their natural lives,

they will surely
kill again.

(Novak)
And now the second one.

The American Psychiatric

Association does not let us

label these children
as sociopaths.

But that does not change
who and what they are.

They are born that way,

and we must take
whatever

measures are necessary
to protect society

from these amoral predators.

Who wrote that, Doctor?

I did.

But that was
nearly 15 years ago.

My views have changed.

Have they?

Because what you told
Detective Stabler

right before you shot
Jake O'Hara

sounds like the passage

you just read.

All I meant was
we should find a way

to protect people
from sociopathic children.

And you found one,
didn't you?

Objection.
Sustained.

I didn't say
we should kill them.

But if children
like Jake

can't be treated,

what's the alternative?

Incarcerate them.

For the rest
of their lives.

That's what I believe.

But on that day
in court,

I wasn't thinking
like a psychiatrist.

I was a grieving father.

(Stabler)
You really went
after Morton in there.

He killed a kid.

He knew what he was doing.

You're so sure
about that

because of something
he wrote

15 years ago?

Elliot,
he's screwing with us.

This grief-crazed
father crap--

It's all an act.

I spend my life locking
up skells

for murdering children.

System says they go
away to prison.

Fine.

But if it were my son
lying on that slab,

I don't know what my rage
would make me do.

(woman)
Detective Stabler?

Yeah?

You're served.

Subpoena.

Zierko's calling me to testify
for the defense.

(Zierko)
Detective Stabler,

can you describe Dr. Morton's
emotional state

when he identified
his son's body.

Calm.

Detached.

In your experience,

is this unusual?

Unusual, yeah.

Were you concerned?

[clears throat]

Well, I thought that

if you hold your grief
in like that,

at some point,
you're gonna blow.

And that's

exactly what happened.

Nothing further.

Detective Stabler,

you just testified
that Dr. Morton

was in control of his emotions

throughout the investigation.

So would it be fair to say

that he acted more
like a calm, detached doctor

than a grieving father?

Up until that day
at Family Court, yes.

And in that hallway,

right before he shot
Jake O'Hara,

what did the defendant
say to you?

He said Jake was a sociopath

and that he would kill again.

Does that sound like
a father talking?

Or a psychiatrist?

Psychiatrist.

And one

who's written
that sociopathic children

cannot be cured.

So.

I ask you, based on

your 12 years experience
as a detective,

would you say the killing
of Jake O'Hara

was the act of
a grief-crazed father

or a calculated,
deliberate execution?

I don't know.

(Zierko)
So put yourself

in Brett Morton's place.

Imagine what it was like
in that hallway.

The person
who murdered your son

standing in front
of you.

A disturbed young man

who killed your child

without mercy,
without remorse.

He'll be getting
out of jail at 18.

A birthday your child
will never celebrate.

Could you lose control?

We all could.

We could lose sight
of our beliefs and values.

Lose control
for one moment,

and act blindly

out of raw grief

and despair.

That's what Dr. Morton did.

And the law says,

that's not murder.

None of us can imagine

enduring Brett Morton's grief.

But grief is not
what drove him

to murder.

He acted,
not out of emotion,

but out of his
professional knowledge

and experience.

His act wasn't irrational.

In fact, it was perfectly
consistent

with his long-held belief

that sociopathic children

cannot be cured.

Jake O'Hara
pretended

remorse for the murder
of Henry Morton.

And when
the defendant learned

that Jake was a devious
and manipulative child,

he also began to pretend.

He pretended he lost control.

He didn't.

Not for a single second.

He waited
for the perfect opportunity.

Grabbed the court officer's gun,

and then shot a child.

That is not "extreme emotional
disturbance."

It's murder,

and you must
hold him responsible.

Has the jury
reached a verdict?

(woman)
We have, Your Honor.

On the charge of Murder
in the Second degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant

not guilty.

The court thanks the jury

for their service.

Ladies and gentlemen,

you are dismissed.

This court is now adjourned.

[gavel knocks]

And I think
the jury understood.

I'll always regret
what I did.

(Stabler)
I didn't think
they'd acquit him.

Well, this trial wasn't
about Brett Morton

or "extreme emotional
disturbance"

or even your testimony.

Jurors didn't want Jake O'Hara
running loose

and Brett solved
that problem.

We can't treat these kids,
so we kill 'em?

I don't have
the answers.

I don't think
anyone does.

Maybe that's why
they acquitted.

(Dr. Morton)
Ms. Novak.

Ms. Novak.

You seem
pretty satisfied.

I am.

Well, you got
away with it.

Oh, I suppose I did.

Tell me one thing.

When did you decide
to kill Jake?

In the courtroom.

Once I knew
what he was.

You were right.

I looked around,

saw the officer,

realized I could
take the gun.

I just waited
for the right moment.

You manipulated us
just like Jake did.

There's one big difference.

Jake would've killed again.

I won't.