All language subtitles for Law & Order s17e17 Good Faith.eg

NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system

the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Debbie, I don't wanna get
into it with you right now.

I called for Katie.

I got a right
to talk to her, Deb.

She's my daughter, too.

No, I am not
drunk right now.

Oh, listen,
would you...

Would you shut up
for a second?

This is the last time
I'm gonna talk to her, okay?

All I wanna do is say good
night to my kid, all right?

I'm in hell already!

(GLASS SHATTERING)

WOODS: New Redemption.
Another church.

CASSADY: That's, what,
four churches in a week?

This makes five.

ED: Who called it in?

Guy staying at the
fleabag next door.

Says he didn't see anyone
leaving the scene.

We're gonna need
to speak to him.

He's at Bellevue
for smoke inhalation.

Helped evacthe hotel
after he called 911.

What time was the call?

Right after 11:00. Fire
must've started just before.

Wood pews, old carpet.

With an accelerant,
the place went up real fast.

Just like the other ones.

Except this time our firebug
graduated to murder.

What you got, man?

Not much. Apparent male
victim, crispy critter.

Looks like
he put up a fight.

Oh, that's called
a pugilistic attitude.

The heat contracts the arm muscles.
It's typical.

Did you get an ID?

His wallet melted
into a hockey puck.

With his hands that cooked,
his prints are a long shot.

Might get lucky
with dental records.

Fire was the cause of death?

It's too soon to tell. We'll know
more when we get him on the table.

Thanks.

Imagine our victim saying his Hail
Marys when the place goes up.

Or he saw somebody pouring gas
on the altar and got caught.

Whoever did this
is gonna burn, too.

WOODS: Looks like there were
five points of origin at least,

including where
the body dropped.

You can still
smell the accelerant.

ED: Do you know
what the accelerant was?

Not till we run the labs. Pretty
intense blaze. Probably gasoline.

So other than
our victim here,

all these church burnings
had the same MO?

Forcible entry with a gasoline
fire in the sanctuary.

And this one?

Looks the same so far.

The caretaker
at the church said that

when he locked up
at 10:30, it was empty.

So maybe
our DOA's the arsonist?

One of them at least.

We're looking
at multiple suspects?

We pulled this off a pole
camera near the third fire.

Trinity Lutheran
in Washington Heights.

Our victim could be either
one of these dudes.

We also have a witness
from the first fire

who thinks she saw a black
SUV fleeing the scene.

No plate, but it had a
dented front left fender

and some kind of
bumper sticker on the tail.

Well, the Commissioner's doing
a press conference at noon.

Let's put this out there
and see if any tips come in.

Sure. I'll keep you apprised
of any progress on our end.

Excellent.

Hey, Lou.
Canvass is a bust so far.

911 caller saw
nothing but flames,

and others I talked to said the block
gets pretty quiet after 10:00.

The streets are empty.

Well, let's get Rodgers to make a quick ID.
Start from there.

All right. In the meantime, see if these
churches have anything in common.

Religion is under attack
in this country.

The war on Christmas,
gay marriage.

Look, I can understand your
frustration, Pastor, but...

Don't dismiss it.

They've already removed
prayer from our schools.

The 10 Commandments are
gone from our courthouses.

Burning churches is
the inevitable next step.

Okay, right now we need to
focus on catching the people

that set this fire,

so do you recognize
either of them?

No.

But we had a lot of
people here last night.

We weren't aware that there
was a service last night.

We hosted a basketball game
against Christian Path Academy.

CASSADY: What time
did that end?

Everyone was gone by 9:30.

(PAGER BEEPING)

We're gonna need
contact names for both teams.

M.E.'s got something.

One finger on his left hand
didn't get the full broil,

so we were able to
get a partial print.

Enough for an ID?

Charles Nash. New York Public
Schools had him on file.

Photo's a few years old.

He's a schoolteacher.

And a possible arsonist?
RODGERS: I doubt it.

Multiple skull fractures consistent
with blunt force trauma,

no soot in his airways, no
carbon monoxide in his blood.

So he was dead
before he was burnt.

Hmm.

Nash was the coach for the visiting
team that played at the church.

Christian Path Academy, a parochial
school on the West Side.

He also taught
Biology there.

Well, the fire didn't
start until around 11:00.

Why would he
be there that late?

Well, the game
didn't wrap till 9:30,

and the other coach said Nash was still
packing up when he left at 10:00.

So, what, you think Nash caught
the arsonists in the act

and tried to intervene?

Well, M.E. said he got hit pretty
hard on the face and head.

Suggests some
kind of struggle.

ED: Hey!

Nash rents an apartment
in the East Village.

Super says he lived with a
girl named Kristin Saunders.

Girlfriend?
Yeah.

Guess she's wondering why he
didn't come home last night.

Are you saying
he burned

alive?

We don't think so. It looks like he
fought somebody before the fire.

(CRYING)

Those church arsons?

CASSADY:
They could be related,

unless Charlie was having
some trouble with anyone?

No.

Any problems at work?

Charlie didn't see problems.

He was very passionate
about his work.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Did he get along
with the other teachers?

Yes. Mmm-hmm.

And the kids.

He said that they were
really responding to him.

Why would somebody
want to burn a church?

Again, we're really sorry,
and, uh,

if you can think
of anything else

give us a call,
all right? Anything.

Uniform thinks they've
located the vehicle.

Black, dented fender, bumper
sticker, but no plates.

And the VIN on the dash
was scratched out.

Did you check
on the doorjamb?

Yup, and called it
in to the DMV.

Registered owner's
an Emily Ward,

44 years old,
address in Poughkeepsie.

And she's into death metal?

Was it reported stolen?

Nope.

Oh, you smell that gas?

Uh, yeah.

Well, looks like it's
pretty well cleaned out.

Well, we found
his getaway car.

(HEAVY METAL PLAYING)

Jason Ward.
Hey. Detective Green.

This is my partner,
Detective Cassady.

Listen, you drive
your mom's SUV?

Yeah, did you find it?

Right where you left it.

No, my car was stolen,
like, a month ago.

You didn't
report it stolen.

And, uh, who are you?

Todd.

I really like
that hoodie, Todd.

I think I've seen that
somewhere before.

I didn't report it stolen 'cause
I knew my dad would get pissed.

He didn't want me to bring it
in the city in the first place,

thought something bad
would happen to it.

You got a parking ticket
on it last week.

And you paid for it with your credit card.
Had your name on it.

Come on.

This is crazy.
You got the wrong guys!

We found tire tread marks at
three of those church fires

that match your ride, bro!

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

Then let's start with last night.
Where were you?

In the dorm, studying.

Did anyone see you?

My roommate came by
with a couple of girls.

Please,
we didn't do this.

Get smart one more time, I'm
gonna smack the snot out of you!

Look�. No,youlooK
yoLIHtfle bastard!

We're trying to help you! Now drop
the attitude and show some respect!

We got five fires
and a body, Jason.

You better come up with five
alibis or we got you by the balls.

What?
Ask around campus,

there's plenty of people
who'll tell you

they saw me
each one of those nights!

And after we search their rooms
and find their bags of weed

and throw them in jail, you still
think they'll lie for you then?

We didn't do anything!

We're not talking about
some arson charge here!

A man is dead, Todd.
You committed murder!

We had nothing to do
with that fire.

"That fire"?
What about the other four?

No, all of them!
It wasn't us!

Boy, if you lie to me
one more time,

I'm walking out that door

and any hope you got
walks out with me.

Last chance!
Who started the first fire?

Jason.

Were you there?

Yeah.

A church.
How could you?

We were high
on a bunch of blow

and we decided
to burn one.

And it felt great, so we
decided to do another one.

Did it feel good to
kill Charles Nash, too?

That wasn't us,
swear to God.

And Todd saw that on the
news and flipped out,

so we had to ditch our car.

Why the hell
should we believe you?

'Cause there's a guy in the
dorms that deals coke.

And we were partying with
him all night, and about

five other people.

I want the names.
All of'em.

ED: Lou?
Yeah.

Fire Marshal sent over the
lab results for site five.

The accelerant was
turpentine, not gasoline.

The last arson
was a copycat.

So we got our firebugs.

But if they're
telling the truth,

we're still looking
for a murderer.

HILL: The whole school's
in shock.

Mr. Nash was a terrific
teacher and a great guy.

I still can't
believe this.

So, this is a Catholic school?

We're a non-denominational
Christian academy.

Students of all beliefs
are welcome here.

Nash's girlfriend said that he
wasn't much of a churchgoer.

Was that an issue with him?

Not for teaching science.

Did he have
any problems here?

Nothing out of the ordinary.

A minor argument with a teacher
here, an angry parent there.

Who's Jacob Reese?

Mary Reese's father.
She's a sophomore.

One of Nash's students?

Yes.

Well, it looks like he left
about four messages last week.

Any idea why he was in such
a hurry to talk to Nash?

Yeah, my daughter told me what happened.
I'm praying for his family.

You and Nash knew
each other, Mr. Reese?

Not really. He was my
kid's Biology teacher.

Did you talk
to him recently?

A couple days ago, about him
flunking Mary on a term paper.

Well, I imagine
you were pretty upset.

Well, yeah!

Mary's smart. I mean, tested off
the charts in middle school,

and I didn't wanna see him ruin
her chances at a scholarship.

Did you meet
Nash in person?

Uh, yeah, at the school.

Yeah. How'd that go?

Good. He agreed to let Mary do
extra credit to make up the grade,

we shook hands,
and that was that.

Any other parents
have a problem with Nash?

Not that I heard of.
Everyone's pretty nice.

You might wanna take a look
at his personal life, though.

Now why would you say that?

You know, just rumors.
Booze, women.

I don't think he was as straight-laced
as he wanted people to believe.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Excuse me.

All right. Thanks, man.
Hey! Thanks.

Looks like Reese might have been
right about Nash's wild side.

You got a hit on the LUDs?

Yup, Allison Dale. She called him three
times the day before he was murdered.

And?
She's got two priors.

One for possession,
the other for solicitation.

Nice.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

I wasn't screwing Mr. Nash.

Then why were you
calling him, Allison?

Could you please
not say my real name?

My kid goes to Christian
Path, all right?

So you'rejust
a concerned parent?

I don't hook
or get high anymore!

I'm only doing this
to make tuition.

That doesn't explain why
you have Nash's cell phone.

It's on the contact sheet
for the basketball team.

My son Chris plays point guard,
and he's really great, too.

But Nash kept benching him to
give the weaker kids a chance.

And that's why
you were calling him,

to get your son more playing time?
Yes.

Were you at your son's basketball
game the night of the murder?

I wish. I was here.

Ask the bouncers
if you don't believe me.

Okay.

Can you think of any reason anybody
would wanna hurt Mr. Nash?

You mean aside from that whole
intelligent design thing?

What are you talking about?

There was this big brouhaha
about three months back.

This parents' group wanted Creation
Science taught in the classroom.

They want stickers questioning
evolution added to the textbooks.

And Nash was against it?

Big time.

I hear he got into
a shouting match

with a bunch of them
at a school board meeting.

Do you know how we can
get a hold of this group?

Parents for Honest Education.

Leader's name
is Claudia Murphy.

Look, if you talk to her,

please don't tell her
what I do.

Evolution is a theory,
not a fact.

All we're asking is that our children
be exposed to all points of view.

Yeah. Well, we heard
that some of your members

were asking Charles Nash
at the top of their lungs.

A few spirited debates,
nothing more.

Still, we're gonna need a list of
all the parents in your group.

If you wanna
find Nash's killer,

try looking into
his personal life.

There were rumors.
ED: We did.

We need the list.

Well, I'm not going
to give it to you.

This is
a religious organization,

and I believe our members
have the right to privacy.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

This is an intellectual
debate about school policy.

It's hardly grounds
for murder.

Well, I don't think
I need to tell you this,

but people get a little
crazy about religion.

Not these people!

They're just parents who are
trying to do right by their kids.

Please.

I don't want this
in the papers.

Claudia Murphy, she refused to
give us a list of the members.

You know any of the names
of the people in the group?

I don't have
that information.

But I do have the
petition that they sent.

Look at the third name.

Jacob Reese.

He told us that he was working
out something with Nash

so that his daughter, Mary,
would get a passing grade.

Can you verify that?

(TYPING)

As of right now, she still
has a failing grade.

Okay.

We need to
talk to Mary. Now.

The paper was supposed to
be about evolution.

Iwrote mine on the evidence
for intelligent design.

Mr. Nash gave me an F.

How did your dad
feel about that?

He was worried that it would
keep me out of college.

He tried to talk to Mr. Nash, but
Nash wouldn't change the grade.

It was no big deal.

See, it actually is now,
because your dad said that

Mr. Nash was gonna
let you do extra credit.

Right. I mean,

he wouldn't change the grade
until I did the extra credit.

He died before
I got the assignment, so...

Where was your dad
the night Mr. Nash was killed?

He was home all night.
With me.

We were watching TV.

ED: What were you watching?

Just, um,
flipping through channels.

Your dad said you were
watching a movie.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

You lied twice. I don't recommend
you do it a third time.

Now what's going on?

Uh, I wanna see my dad.

Can you hold her in your office
and don't let her use the phone?

Come on, Mary.

Reese's cell phone records show two
calls the night of the murder,

both hit off towers
near the crime scene.

Let's hope that's enough
to get a warrant.

Detectives. We have a warrant
to search your apartment.

For what?
Why didn't you tell us

you called Charles Nash
the night he was killed?

Uh, I didn't. I must've
dialed the wrong number.

Can you explain why you dialed the
wrong number all the way across town,

a block away from
where he was murdered?

I don't have to
explain anything.

Yeah, you do.
Check this out, Ed.

Turpentine.

Yeah, I use it for my business.
I restore furniture.

And to burn
the occasional church?

I would never do that!

Didn't anyone tell you
it's a sin to lie?

You're under arrest for
the murder of Charles Nash.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say may be used
against you in a court of law.

"Docket number 61509.

"People v. Jacob
Matthew Reese.

"Charges are murder in the second
degree and arson, third degree."

How does the
defendant plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Bail, Ms. Rubirosa?

People seek remand,
Your Honor.

Mr. Reese beat
Charles Nash to death

and tried to cover up the
crime by burning a church.

My client is the sole supporter
of his teenage daughter.

He's not a flight risk,
Your Honor.

And the only
evidence against him

is some turpentine he uses
in his work as a carpenter.

We also have
proof of animus.

The victim was teaching evolution to Mr.
Reese's daughter against his wishes.

That doesn't make him
a religious zealot.

This flyer was created on
the defendant's computer.

"Those who teach evolution to our
children shall burn for their sins."

That's a reference
to God'sjudgment.

Or, more likely, a threat.

Copies were sent
anonymously to the victim

at his home
and at his classroom.

Mr. Reese can't take care of his
daughter from Rikers Island.

Bail's set at 500,000.

Do we really think this man
killed over a school curriculum?

Reese became a born-again Christian
after his wife died last year.

And he founded a parents' group
that was in conflict with Nash.

That doesn't make him
a murderer.

There have been extremists that
targeted abortion providers.

Well, why not
evolution teachers?

I'm not saying
it's impossible,

but the person
you're describing

doesn't sound like the same person
who'd set fire to a church.

Is there any other reason Reese would
go after his daughter's teacher?

I'm meeting with Mary's guidance
counselor this afternoon.

It's so sad
about Mr. Nash.

I understand you were close
with the Reese family.

Well, when Mary
transferred here,

it was just after
they'd lost Mrs. Reese.

Mary and her father were having
a pretty tough go of it.

You know,
Jacob's a good man.

I can't believe he did this.

So you think he's guilty.

No, I mean...

I think that's for
ajury to decide.

Did Mary ever say
anything to you

about her father and Mr. Nash
having problems?

I'm not entirely
comfortable with this.

These students come
to me in confidence.

I'm sure
that you're aware

there is no privilege
protecting what she told you.

You'd subpoena me?

I don't want to,
Mr. Thornton,

but one of your colleagues
was murdered.

If you know something, it's your
responsibility to come forward.

I promised her
I wouldn't say anything,

but a few months
before this happened,

Mary told me that
Nash was hitting on her.

And you didn't report it?

Mary begged me not to.

She said it was her fault,
that she'd flirted with him.

Considering the rumors
about Nash and women,

he could have manipulated
her into thinking that.

Did anything actually
happen between them?

She wouldn't tell me.

But that was the last time
she came in to see me.

Nothing happened
with Mr. Nash!

You told Mr. Thornton that he
had made advances towards you.

I never said that!

Or maybe you're not telling us the
truth to protect your father.

My father didn't kill him!

But he was angry at Mr. Nash.

Because of the evolution
stuff that he taught us.

Or was it because you told him that
you were having sex with Mr. Nash?

No!

Mind if I crash your
little arm-twisting party?

What are you
doing here, Danielle?

I'm now the counsel
of record for Jacob Reese.

And I don't want you
talking to the people

who are trying to
put your father in jail.

I can ask her the same
questions in the Grand Jury.

You do that. Time to go
back to class now, honey.

Trying to turn a child
against her father?

This is how you seekjustice?

You're in no position to lecture
on morality, Mr. Reese.

Boys, boys!

What are we
doing here, Jack?

You tell me.

He'll plead to the arson
to cover all charges.

Not a chance.

I feel terrible about what
happened to that church.

I'm trying to
do the right thing!

Then take responsibility
for murdering Charles Nash.

Our case against your client
is getting stronger.

We have reason to believe

that the victim was having sex with Mr.
Reese's daughter.

That is a lie! That is a...
MELNICK: Jacob.

So, all this talk about Charles
Darwin and the school curriculum

is entirely beside the point.

MELNICK: Not exactly.

We're asserting
a justification defense.

He's admitting
to the murder?

It's not murder if you're trying
to save the life of a third party.

In this case, his daughter.

Nash was attacking Mary?
Mmm-hmm.

We have two witnesses
who put Mary at home

while Reese was out
killing him.

MELNICK: She doesn't have to be
physically present to be in jeopardy.

So how could her life possibly be
in danger? What was the threat?

Divine retribution.

Excuse me?

Like many Americans,
Jacob Reese believes in

an all-powerful God
who punishes non-believers.

He didn't hesitate to turn Lot's
wife into a pillar of salt.

Are you serious?

In my client's eyes,
Nash was placing his daughter

in mortal danger by
teaching her evolution.

So you're claiming that Jacob
Reese had to kill Charles Nash

to protect his daughter
from the wrath of God?

That's what he believes.

The law requires that he
perceive a physical threat,

not just imagine one.

My faith is not imaginary.

This is preposterous,
Danielle.

This will never see
the light of day.

Divine retribution? You can't
be serious, Ms. Melnick.

Your Honor,
the justification statute

permits the use of deadly force
in the defense of another person.

From the threat of
deadly physical force

that's both real
and immediate.

MELNICK: Jacob Reese
perceived exactly that.

By threatening
his daughter's faith,

Nash was placing her in imminent
danger of serious bodily injury.

From what?
A bolt of lightning?

Your Honor, my client
believes that an Act of God

could have struck down his daughter
at any moment if Nash wasn't stopped.

Stopped from
teaching her about evolution

or stopped from
having sex with her?

If Mr. McCoy has any proof that
they were intimate, let's see it.

Even if you bought
their twisted logic,

it's only an argument for
justification of killing God.

Not Charles Nash.

MELNICK: In my client's eyes,

Nash was the
driving force pushing Mary

towards God's reproach, as surely as
if he were pushing her off a cliff.

What about the fact that the
defendant burned down a church

to cover up
his righteous act?

The People v. Flores.

An attempt
to conceal a crime

does not prohibit the assertion
of ajustification defense.

In this case, it demonstrates that
the defense is a complete fraud.

That's for
the jury to decide.

How does the defense expect
to prove this fairytale?

By establishing Jacob Reese's
profound religious faith.

So we're just supposed
to take his word for it?

The United States Supreme Court
has held that the First Amendment

prohibits the courts from determining
the validity of religious beliefs.

"Men may believe what they
cannot prove." U. S. v. Ballard.

It's a subjective standard,
Mr. McCoy.

You and I may not
believe it's reasonable,

but if the defense can
establish Mr. Reese does...

Then it's the basis for an insanity
defense, notjustification.

Perhaps.
But unfortunately,

you can't dictate
strategy to Ms. Melnick.

You're going to
allow this, Your Honor?

Well, who am I to say that the
defendant's literal belief

in Biblical retribution
is not reasonable?

You're ajudge
in a court of law.

And you're out of line,
Counsellor.

If Mr. Reese
can convince ajury

that this was truly his state of
mind at the time of the homicide,

then let them decide if
thisjustifies what he did.

In that case,
I move for a 730 exam.

Fine.

What does that mean?

He's claiming that you're not
mentally fit to stand trial.

That I'm crazy?

Because I believe in God and His power
to punish sinners and heretics?

Because the defendant is so
deluded with religious mythology

that he can't mount a responsible
defense for himself.

Your Honor, that is
straight out of Karl Marx.

You can't possibly
grant that application.

Your unconventional defense
opened the door, Ms. Melnick.

I want a psych workup
on the defendant,

and I'll hold a hearing
on his competency.

(BANGS GAVEL)

Who's winning, the
Christians or the lions?

Who are you? And what have you
done with Danielle Melnick?

The First Amendment isn't
just about free speech, Jack.

It also protects
religious practice.

And on that pretext, you'd turn a
courtroom into Alice in Wonderland?

Oh, come on, Jack.

Don't you think that I realize
what this sounds like?

Then why sign on?

I suggested 10 other options.

This was the only defense
he would endorse.

And I believe
he believes it.

Maybe you need a 730 exam.

Look, ajury may laugh this
out of the courtroom,

but you have to
allow the argument.

The minute you start
challenging its veracity,

you're making dangerous
value judgments.

If faith is
an excuse for murder,

then let's just give a free
pass to Osama bin Laden.

It is not the government's
place to tell people

what they can
and cannot believe!

But you're not protecting Jacob
Reese's religious choice!

You're helping him
hide behind it.

Maybe it's self-delusion on his
part, or maybe it's faith.

Or maybe it doesn't have anything to
do with religious principle at all

and the man just snapped.

So let's call it
what it is,

a Hail Mary.

You know, not everybody
thinks this is such a joke.

Tomorrow's Daily News
just hit the stands.

Hmm.

Good night
and God bless, Jack.

Melnick's forcing us to argue
faith instead of the facts.

Got to admit
it's pretty savvy.

Judge Glover should be removed
from the bench for allowing it.

But she did, and it's
up to us to stop it.

Well, why don't we just attack
it in front of the jury

instead of challenging
Reese's competency?

Because if Reese
sincerely thinks

that God was gonna
strike his daughter dead,

I'm not sure he is
actually fit to stand trial.

Yeah, but we come off
saying that he's crazy

because he literally believes
in Biblical retribution?

That plays right
into Melnick's hands.

BRANCH: Does it? I think people
of faith would resent the fact

that this guy is trying
to hide behind religion.

And as far as we know, Reese
really killed Charles Nash

because he was having sex
with his daughter.

I haven't found
anything to support that.

As far as I can tell,
the rumors about Nash

were started by Reese
and this parents' group.

Well,
even if they were true,

Reese can still claim he's protecting
the girl from God's vengeance!

JACK: That's why
I'm not backing down.

If we win on the 730 issue,

Danielle will be forced to
withdraw the defense.

After my wife died I was
born again, through Christ.

I had a religious awakening,
not a psychotic break.

But tell me...

You did kill Charles Nash?

I had no choice. He was
leading my daughter astray,

destroying her faith.

Why didn't you just put her
in a different school?

I had already spent
my entire life savings

to get Mary into
this Christian school.

Where she'd be safe
from godless theories.

When I found out
what Nash was teaching her,

I joined a parents' group,
we complained,

but the administration wouldn't
even consider firing him.

And when that didn't work?

I met with Nash
and I begged him to stop.

He said he wouldn't.

That he'd keep trying
to convince Mary that

Darwin was right
and the Bible was wrong.

And what did you think would
happen if Mary lost her faith?

She'd be hurt somehow.

Maybe even die.

Why did you believe that?

"He who believes in the
Son has eternal life.

"But he who does not
obey the Son

"will not see life, but the
wrath of God abides on him."

John 3:36.

God could have punished Mary's
lack of faith at any moment.

And you do understand
what you're doing here?

Why you're gonna be
put on trial?

I took a life, and for
that I'll always be sorry.

But I believe it was the only
way to protect my daughter.

I'm a lapsed Catholic,
Mr. Reese.

Care to explain why
I haven't burst into flames?

Objection, Your Honor!

Goes to competency, Judge.

Logical inconsistencies
are evidence of

the magical thinking associated
with many forms of schizophrenia.

Fine, Counselor. Let's try
it without the sarcasm.

Since God has allowed millions
of non-believers to live,

Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs,

what made you so certain that He
was going to hurt your daughter?

He wrote warnings in the
Bible for everyone to read.

But you, personally,

did you ever hear
a voice, have a vision?

No.

Not even on the night
that you killed Mr. Nash?

I don't hallucinate.

Then how did you know
Mary would be hurt?

Because I'd seen it before.

My wife

committed adultery.

One week later she was
diagnosed with leukemia

and given six months to live.
She was dead in two.

And you see these
two unconnected events

as a sign from God?

(sums)

AIDS doesn't target homosexuals and
fornicators by sheer dumb luck.

Hurricane Katrina didn't wipe
out New Orleans by chance!

You feared that a hurricane might
strike your daughter, Mr. Reese?

Of course not,
but she could fall ill,

get hit by a stray bullet,
get run over by a car.

These things happen
every day, Mr. McCoy.

I believe they happen
for a reason.

And despite the million ways

you could have dealt
with this situation,

you believed bashing in
Charles Nash's skull

was the only way to stop a stray
bullet from striking your daughter?

Can you prove
that it wasn't?

The fact that I believe this
doesn't make me crazy, Mr. McCoy.

It makes me a Christian.

I had a really hard time
after my mom died last year.

But my dad made sure
I went to school,

and he got us both counseling
through our church.

And how did your father
deal with his grief?

Well, he cried a lot
and prayed.

I guess that's when
he got more religious.

And how did that
affect his life, Mary?

Well,
he became a better dad.

He went into
business for himself

so he could spend
more time with me.

And how about recently?

Does your dad ever say or do anything
that you might consider strange?

Does he seem like he
doesn't know where he is?

Never.

Has he ever given any indication that
he doesn't understand what's going on?

No.

How many times a day does
your father pray, Miss Reese?

Before or after
my mom died?

Both.

Well, before, we just went
to church on Sundays.

But after, he would read
from the Bible every night.

And he made me
do it, too.

You didn't wanna join him?

No, I did!

You testified that your father
never said anything strange.

This is an e-mail that he sent
you two weeks before the murder.

Please read
the highlighted portion.

"Demons surround you
at all times, Mary,

"waiting to
drag you into sin.

"A single misstep
could send you

"into the same hellfire
that burns your mother."

"Demons and hellfire." None of
that sounds strange to you?

He's really religious,
okay, but he's not insane!

How about the night
that he killed Mr. Nash?

Did your father
seem normal then?

Yeah! He just got upset.

About what?

Well, when I got home from my
appointment with my guidance counselor,

I told him what Mr. Nash
said in school that day,

and that
because of Mr. Nash,

I was starting to
question my faith.

How upset did
your father get, Miss Reese?

Well, he got pretty mad,

but it's not like
he lost his mind.

I know you don't
understand this,

but I'm telling you,
he's not crazy!

Did we hear back on Reese's
psych evaluation yet?

Well, Dr. Olivet hasn't
written her report,

but she thinks that he's
a fervently religious man

who is clearly competent
to stand trial.

I don't doubt his fervor.

You know, Mary Reese may have
given us a gift in there.

She testified that she went
to see her guidance counselor

the day of the murder,

but the counselor told me she
stopped going months before that.

Thornton got
his dates confused.

I'll check him out.

I'm sorry. I've already
told you everything I know.

I'm not so sure
that's true, Mr. Thornton.

What was the nature of your
relationship with Mary Reese?

I'm her guidance counselor.

Really? Because the doorman
at your building said

Mary was getting a lot of
guidance in your apartment.

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

Statutory rape.

Nash was the one
having sex with Mary,

she came to me
for counseling.

CONNIE: We did some checking.

Three days before the murder,
you shelled out $200

to the West Side
Women's Center.

We're guessing you weren't the
one who needed a gynecologist.

Mary was there
because of Nash.

I was just helping her.

I'm sure you were.

You were both taking identical
doses of antibiotics.

Please.

I swear I never did
anything like this before.

Tell us what happened!

Mary's father was really messing
her up with all the religion.

After she lost her mom,
Mary needed a father,

but Jacob just
withdrew into his Bible.

I was the only person who really
listened to how Mary was feeling.

And then you took
advantage of her trust.

I made a mistake.

One day, I let it go to a
place that I shouldn't have.

I'm sorry.

Mary, can we have
a word with you?

I'm not supposed
to talk to you.

Well, walk away
if you want to,

or maybe you just
want to stop and listen.

The day Charles Nash
was murdered,

you were diagnosed
with chlamydia.

Luke Thornton has agreed to
testify at your father's trial

if we agree not to prosecute
him for having sex with you.

We can prove that you
lied under oath, Mary.

You could go to
juvenile detention.

Good. I'll need somewhere to
live after you lock my dad up.

This isn't a joke! There are serious
consequences to your actions.

You think
I don't know that?

A year of
fire and brimstone,

and you guys think
I don't wake up every morning

knowing that
I'm going to hell?

What is my daughter
doing here?

Maybe you should
ask her.

Do you really want
your father to spend

the rest of his life in prison
without knowing the truth?

Okay. Enough games.

What do you got, Jack?

Your client won't believe it
coming from me,

he needs to hear it
from his daughter.

What are they
talking about?

Nothing.
I don't know.

Don't lie to me!

If your daughter refuses
to tell the truth,

we'll have no choice but to
prosecute her for perjury

and as an
accessory for murder.

Accessory?
Based on what?

JACOB: Mary had nothing
to do with this.

I went after Nash because he
was teaching her evolution!

She wasn't only
learning about evolution.

(GASPS)

Jacob, you better
tell me what's going on,

or you're looking
for a new lawyer.

This doesn't change anything.

Her disease was just the
beginning of God's wrath.

You can make that transparent
argument in court, Mr. Reese,

but the only thing the jury will
see is that you killed a man

because he was having sex
with your daughter.

Nash!
Nash led her into sin!

Charles Nash never had sex
with your daughter, Mr. Reese.

Did he, Mary?

Mary?

When you found the pills,
you just got so mad.

And you kept screaming at me
that I was gonna burn in hell.

And asking
who desecrated me.

I just said the first name
that I could think of.

I didn't wanna get
Mr. Thornton in trouble.

You told me it was Nash.

I was...

I was just trying to
protect my daughter.

JACK: So you broke
the Fifth Commandment.

You not only killed,

you killed the wrong man.

Please.

I don't want Mary
to be punished for this.

Then plead
to all the charges.

So what kind of sentence
are you looking for, Jack?

Murder, burning a church
to cover it up? 25-to-life.

Well, that's a long time.

You were
manipulated, Danielle.

It was the right principle,
Jack, just the wrong client.

I'll take that as
a confession of error.

How long has it been
since your last confession?

I won't be doing any
penance for Jacob Reese.

"Happy is the man who
bringsjustice to the oppressed"?

Isaiah.

See you around, Jack.

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