All language subtitles for Law and order S09E15 - Disciple

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.

Excuse me. Thanks.

Rammed my toe into a chair,
and then it's sort of
hanging off my foot.

I don't think
that's a good sign.

How long you been here?

Is it still the '90s?

We'll get you settled in.
The docs will
patch you right up.

You're gonna have to
move the girl.

She's not mine.

Who does this one belong to?

Okay, sweetheart,
up you go.

This nice lady
needs to rest, too.

Oh. Nurse!

This man carried her in,
set her down, and left.

Did you see where he went?

No. I figured he went to
check her in and get a
cup of coffee or something.

I didn't see him
after that.

Did you get
a good look at him?

He was tall. Thirtyish.
About 5'10", 5'12".

5'12"? That's good.

Did you notice when
they got here?

The news
was just ending.
Tom Brokaw.

So about 7:00, huh?
You remember what
he was wearing?

Coat and a hood,
I think.

I don't remember
the color. Sorry.

It's okay. Thanks.

What can I tell you?
It's busy here.

The squeaky wheel
gets the grease.
Right.

Her fault for
dying too quietly.

Tell me something.
This security camera work?

Yeah, they're supposed to.
I'll run down the tapes.

Did anybody
take a look at her?

Dr. Sugarman.

Thanks.

Dr. Sugarman?

Did you examine the girl
in the waiting area?

Yeah. She was dead
when I got to her.

What time was that?
9:40.

Cause of death?

Ask the M.E.

Name? Next of kin?

She wasn't checked in.
No identification.
We done?

Hey, she was out there
for two and a half hours.

I told you everything
I know. I have patients
waiting for me.

Now he's in a hurry.

Girl's
early to mid-teens.

Seven shattered ribs
punctured lungs,
and a lacerated aorta.

Caused by what?

It's consistent
with a beating.

Time of death?

Between 4:00
and 7:00 p. m.

Going by the size of the
laceration and the pooling of
blood in the abdomen,

fatal blow around 3:00.

Rape?

The kit was negative.

No bruising
in those areas.

What's
with the wrists?

And the ankles.

Fresh ligature wounds.

Bruises and chafing
all the way around
the mid-section.

Tied up like an animal.

Tied up with what?

There's no fibers.
Probably not a rope.

Could be a chain.

It wasn't
the bonds of love.

The tape is
time-stamped 6:55 p. m.

There's no footage
of him after that.

We don't have
a clear shot of his face.

But witnesses say
he's white, thirtyish,
about 6", 220.

A little old
for varsity football.

Bulldogs. That's half the
high schools in the country.

What about Jane Doe?
Missing Persons
have anything?

Nothin' yet.

You hear from the Board of Ed?

Yeah. They won't let you
pass the girl's photo
around the schools,

but they will give us
an absentee list.

Emma's home
sick with the flu.

Since when do you guys
worry about things like this?

We're trying to
ID a young girl.
Maybe a homicide.

Ow! Mom!

If you kill your sister,
you're gonna get a
major time-out!

I'm sorry.

Three kids home
with the flu for a week.

Yeah, I know how it is.

No, you don't.
You get to go to work.

Right. Good luck.

Remind me to buy flowers
for Debra tonight.

Okay, that takes care of
PS 17. What next?

PS 89. Two girls.
Kira Grayson
and Alyssa Turner.

Uh, Kira's in North Carolina.
She left last week.

Vacation in the middle
of the semester?

She's going to school
down there.

It's better for her.
There are better schools.

You have a picture of her?

This is Kira.

Is that the school uniform
down in North Carolina?

No. It was taken
a couple of months ago.

When she was still at PS 89?

Yeah.

She's staying with friends
of mine in Durham until I can
get a job down there.

Why didn't you notify
the school?

I sent the paperwork.

Listen, I have to go to work.
Do you need anything else?

Just the, uh, phone number
in North Carolina.

Nope, not Alyssa.

Okay, so where is
your daughter?

We went to your apartment.
She wasn't there.
She isn't in school.

She's with her mother.
And?

And? Well, nothin'.

Look, my wife left me
three weeks ago.

She took Alyssa and
the remote control.
I haven't seen 'em since.

Wife's address?

I told you,
that's not my kid.

And my partner just
asked you where yours is.

I don't know.

Hey, Rey, this look like
Mr. Turner here to you?

Yeah. Could be.

See him. See the girl.
She's dead.

You have a Bulldogs varsity
jacket in your locker?

No. And I'm not into
cheerleaders, either.

Here. That's Alyssa.

That the best
you can do?

She's about
four years old here.

And she's blonde,
like the dead girl.

You know, maybe his boss
knows something.

Yeah, maybe the boss
wouldn't mind

a few hours of questions
about his favorite employee.

12th Street, okay?

They're living on
12th Street.

Is this the girl?

Uh, could be.
Yeah. Maybe.

There you go.

Oh, man.

This look like blood to you?

Get that out of my face.
That ain't my kid,
and I didn't hurt my wife.

Your rap sheet tells
a different story.

Three months ago,
you broke your wife's arm.

Before that, you did
a tap dance on her face.

Her neighbors heard
a fight yesterday.

You take it out
on your own kid?

I want a lawyer.

The blood in
Alyssa Turner's apartment
doesn't match Jane Doe's.

It doesn't prove
it's not his kid.

Plus, the guy
just lawyered up.

Check battered women shelters.
Maybe you can find them there.

Excuse me.
This your daughter,
Alyssa?

Yes. Why?

She's been missing school.
Uh, we thought maybe
your husband...

He only hits me.

Hey, if you want
to press charges,
he's at the 27.

Fine. After I take
Alyssa to school.

Where's your
school uniform?

We don't wear uniforms.

You go to
PS 89, right?

Yeah.

Did this girl
go to your school?

She's dead.
It looks like
that girl Kira.

Kira Grayson?

I think it's her.

She's not in my class.

She's like hyperactive
or something.

But I showed you
Kira's picture.

In a uniform.
PS 89 doesn't have uniforms.

She was wearing her cousin's.

Mrs. Grayson, this is
your daughter, isn't it?

Look, it's hard.
Single mother,
hyperactive child.

Things pile up, you snap.

Why are you
doing this to me?

Why don't you call
the number I gave you?

We called.
No answer, no machine.

Kira's with them.

Try again.

Please.

Mr. Jansen,
either the child is
living there or she isn't.

Do you understand
you're in the middle
of a murder case?

Fine. You can
expect a visit from
the Durham police.

Run around.
Big surprise.

So we call Durham PD
and wait for them to
check it out?

Get Mrs. Grayson.

Don't make me do this.

You agreed to it.

I changed my mind.

Are you going to
stand there and tell me
that's not your daughter?

Oh, my God, Kira!

My God!

Oh, my God.

Why did you lie?

I didn't want to
tell the police.

Tell us what?

Kira ran away.

Your daughter runs away,
and you don't report it?

I was afraid you would
take her away from me.

She kept running away.
She always came back.

Streets are dangerous.

Obviously the child ran into
someone who killed her.

You lied about the picture.
You lied about North Carolina.

You arranged
for someone in Durham
to cover up your lie.

And now you want
us to believe that

you had nothing to do
with that child's death?

My officers are
searching your apartment.

Whatever's there,
they'll find it.

No telephone.

How many people in Manhattan
you know got no telephone?

This chipped paint's
about the only thing we found
out of the ordinary.

Looks recent.
Yeah.

Any idea what caused it?

Something dragged
back and forth here.

Chain, maybe.

The bruises around
the girl's waist.

Tied up
like an animal.

You find a chain?
No.

Neighbors?
Neighbors.

The kid was a nightmare.
Scratched her initials
all over the building.

She pushed Eric Johnson
down a flight of stairs.

You got any idea
how her mother
disciplined her?

Who disciplines kids today?
Damn little brats
with no manners.

Nobody teaching 'em any.

This is the guy that dropped
Kira off at the hospital.
You know him?

Kind of looks like you.

Margo Grayson
have a boyfriend?

Margo swore off men
after her divorce.

You can't think she killed
her daughter, can you?

She swear off
having a phone?

Kira ran up $2500 worth
of phone calls to some
psychic hotline.

Margo couldn't pay that.
The phone company
cut her off.

She use
anybody else's phone?

Yeah, mine when she needs to.
What's this got to do
with anything?

Did she call North Carolina?

Not that I know of.

Hey, what do you guys do?

See how many questions
you can ask before
answering any?

She call anybody
on Wednesday?

Look, if she
didn't kill the kid,
telling us isn't gonna hurt.

Some guy called her.
Uh, Bill.

He left his number.
She used my phone
to call him back.

Recognize him?
Looks like Bill Crawford.

He's big like this.
He's got a Bulldogs jacket.

He have access
to this phone?

Sure.
He kind of works here.

Kind of?
Yeah.

We let him mop
the floors and stuff.
Slip him a little cash.

He's slow.
Hell, he's an idiot.

He here now?

Hasn't been in for
a couple of days.

Is that normal?

Yeah. Shows up
when he needs money.

He does a real good job.
Real conscientious.
I gotta give him that.

Where's he live?
No idea.

Talk to Rosa Halacy.
She's the one that
got him the gig here.

Rosa Halacy?
Who's she?

Neighborhood den mother.

No, no. Bill would
never hurt a child.

Well, he brought her to
the hospital. He must know
what happened to her.

Sister Rosa, the cops
just took my dad again.

Tell your mom to
meet me at the precinct.

Sister Rosa?

I used to be a nun.
If you'll excuse me.

Do you know where
Bill Crawford lives?

Nowhere specific.

I mean, flophouse?
Shelter? Under a bridge?

All I know is his
family threw him out.

I have to get
to the precinct.

Great.
So all we gotta do
is detect where

mentally challenged
homeless guys hang out.

Well, maybe he was on
disability. They'd have
an address on him.

We should be so lucky.

Like I'm supposed to
be Mr. Post Office
for this moron?

His disability checks
come to this address.

Mail doesn't get delivered
on my shift.

I told you, he stays here
when he's got money,
leaves when he doesn't.

Where does he go?

Out that door.

He have any friends?

Donald Trump.

Maybe we can find somebody in
this dump who knows more than
Miss Congeniality here.

No, I don't know
where Bill goes.

Anybody else
who might know?

I'm his best friend.

Lennie.

Mind if we come in?
No.

Ah, nice jacket.

Except for the blood
on the sleeve here.

Yeah.
I tried to get it out.

Who knew you're not
supposed to use hot water.

Where'd you get it?

I traded with Bill.

Where'd the blood come from?
Nosebleed.

His or yours?
His.

What's your jacket look like?

Desert camouflage.

More blood on the front.

Hey, we're gonna have to
keep this jacket.
We'll give you a receipt.

You can't have my jacket.

Oh, there's a thrift shop
across the street.
We'll buy you another one.

Thirty bucks.
I get to buy what I want.

Tell you what.
We'll give you an extra five,
you tell us where Bill is.

Don't know.

This your gum?
Yeah.

Matches?
Yeah.

Chinese ticket stub?
Nope.

Must be Bill's.

I know what those are.
It's a great place
to stay warm.

Stop! Police!

I didn't do
anything to the girl!

I didn't do anything to her!

All right, take it easy.

You sure you
don't want a lawyer?

No, I'm okay with it.

Why don't you tell us
about that girl you brought
to the emergency room.

I found her
underneath the bus stop.

On the floor there,
you know.

You don't live in
that neighborhood.
What were you doing there?

Just walking.

Come on, Bill.

You knew
that was Margo's kid.

I don't know no Margo.

Margo. You called her
from the rec center.

Can I get that soda now?

That blood on your jacket,
uh, was that from the girl?

I guess.

You told your buddy at the
flophouse you had a nosebleed.

Right.
Which is it, Bill?

From the girl or
from your nosebleed?

It was both, I guess.

Why'd you run away from us?

I don't know.
Because you killed Kira?

No. No, I helped her
I took her to the hospital.

Then why didn't you
stay with her?

I got scared.
Scared of what?

We got a dead girl,
and you killed her!
I helped her!

We're gonna make it
hard on you.

We're gonna tell the D.A.
you're jerkin' us around.

D.A.? I...
District Attorney.

They're gonna
put you in jail for
the rest of your life.

Please.
Then start telling us
the truth!

I did.
The hell you did!

I didn't hurt her.

You broke seven
of her ribs, Bill.
They went into her heart.

The whole inside
of her body was
full of blood!

I'm sorry, you know.

I'm sorry.
I didn't want her to die.

I'm sorry.

An abusive mother
and a homeless janitor?
What's their connection?

Mrs. Grayson
called the rec center

where Bill Crawford works
the day before the murder.

You have a witness that
puts Crawford on the phone?

No, but I just got word
from Forensics.

Most of the blood
that was on his jacket
is not from the girl.

It's her mother's.

How did her blood
get on him?

Can you connect these
people in North Carolina
to Grayson or Crawford?

The police didn't find
any calls to New York.

We're updating
the phone records.

Let me try an easy one.

Any evidence that the girl
was killed at home?

The mother had plenty
of time to clean up.

I'm not saying
there aren't holes.

Holes? You'll be lucky
if the arraignment judge

doesn't release them on
their own recognizance.

Murder of a young teenager.
Pleas?

Not guilty.

Mr. Crawford?

My client pleads not guilty.

People?

Mr. Crawford was caught
by an emergency room
security camera

with the victim in his arms.

My client took her in
for medical attention.

He left her there dead.

He has no fixed address,
no roots in the community.

$100,000.
The other defendant
is the child's mother?

Yes, Judge.
And there's
evidence of abuse.

She has an alibi.

Are you
filing alibi notice,
or is this a bail tactic?

No, we're filing, Judge.

Till Ms. Carmichael
has a chance to
check out the alibi,

I'm setting bail
at 200,000.
March 5th.

"Docket Number 62353."

Who is this
alibi witness,
the Pope?

You're in the ballpark.

I'd never seen Mrs. Grayson
till that evening.

But you're sure
it was her?

Well, she was here
a good four hours,
from about 3:00.

Praying, lighting candles.
She was quite upset.

Did you ask her why?

I didn't want
to disturb her.

Seemed like she wanted
to be left alone.

Did she come in
with this man?

Oh, Bill Crawford.
Mmm-mmm.

He used to come in
for confession,
till he met Rosa.

Rosa?

Halacy.

People call her Sister Rosa.

She organizes charity work
in the neighborhood.

Counsels people with problems.
People like Bill Crawford.

What's their relationship?

All I know is,
once Bill met Rosa,
he stopped coming here.

Mrs. Grayson's alibi
checked out.

She was in church
from 3:00 until 7:00.

The same time the M.E.
says the girl was beaten.

So she couldn't have
killed her daughter.

Well, she could have
set the murder in motion

and gone to pray while
Bill Crawford killed her kid.

Why would she want
her child dead?

Everyone says the kid
was hell on wheels.

Unless we connect
Mrs. Grayson to Crawford

I can't see making
the murder charge stick.

Thank you.

Update on the toll calls
from North Carolina.

A recent call to New York.
To Rosa Halacy.

Margo didn't want
the police involved.

So you get your friends
in North Carolina to lie?

She thought Kira ran away.

When a child
runs away in this city,
you call the police.

She was afraid she'd
lose Kira to foster care.

Maybe she should have.

If it happens again,

you put two or three
links in the sprocket

and then pedal forward.

You told the detectives
Bill Crawford wasn't capable
of hurting a child.

He's not.

You covering
for him or what
you did for Grayson?

I don't need to
cover for anyone.

Well, then, you can tell me
if you saw Bill Crawford

the night Kira Grayson
was killed.

Yes, I did.

And the girl?

They were in my apartment.

I didn't know they
made them this small.

For one of the girls
down the street.

Promised I'd
take her skating.

What are you
having Tiger Woods
over for dinner?

They're teaching golf
at the rec center.

There's nothing
in the kitchen.

It's clean like
you can't believe.

Check the bathroom.

Lennie!

One set for the feet.

One for the hands.

Check out the armoire.

Saint Michael,
Protector of the Innocent.

Patron Saint of Battle.

Who the hell are
they battling in here?

The Devil.

Sister Rosa,
where are they
taking you?

You're making
a mistake.

Watch your head.

Was Kira in that room
when she died?

You already know
the answer to that.

Then why don't you tell me
what went on in there?

You wouldn't understand.

Try me.

I've been going to Mass
since I was old enough
to sit still.

Then you should know
why I can't talk about it.

We know the girl
was at Rosa's,

and we know you were there.
Make it easy on yourself.

All right. Yeah.

Rosa did one
of those ceremonies.

What kind of ceremony?

You know,
praying and stuff,

to make the girl better.

So she wouldn't be
bad all the time.

You were in the room?

Yeah.

And the mother.

Did the girl die
in that room with Rosa?

I don't know.

I don't know.

The girl died during
a religious ritual?

A do-it-yourself exorcism.

Margo Grayson
brought her daughter
to the Halacy woman

because she was
a behavior problem.

Whatever happened
to sending the kid
to her room?

Well, they tried that.
The mother kept her
chained to a radiator.

And the man you charged?

Bill Crawford.

He took Kira
to the hospital,
tried to save her life.

We've offered him
a misdemeanor and probation.

We've got murder indictments
against the two women.

Depraved indifference.

Kira was tied
to a bed during the ritual.

They fractured her ribs,
punctured her lung.

To save her
from the Devil.

Notice from Margo Grayson.
She's raising an
insanity defense.

My client was under
Rosa's spell.

Pushed God on her like
some kind of miracle cure.

You think a jury's
going to buy a
not responsible defense?

You don't know
what Kira was like.

I'll paint
a very sympathetic
picture to the jury.

A woman overwhelmed
by her rebellious teenager.

On the verge of
an emotional breakdown.

It's consistent with our
psychiatric evaluation,

but I don't think
it rises to insanity.

Well, it's not murder.
What, then?

Man two?

Recklessly causing
the death of her daughter.

She testifies against
Rosa Halacy.

Well, how about
a sentencing recommendation?

After she testifies.

Man two.

That leaves us
with Rosa Halacy.

Rosa never quite
fit in here.

She felt that her calling
could best be served
outside the convent.

Because her beliefs
were unorthodox?

To the contrary.
Rosa was a throwback.

She prayed in Latin,
never missed Communion.

You could never accuse her
of being insincere.

Overzealous?

Let's just say
Rosa was a bit more
faithful than most.

We usually don't have
the District Attorney

investigating our
former sisters.

Well, this is
an unusual case.

How so?

We think Rosa
performed an exorcism.

You should talk to
the Archdiocese.

I'm not sure what I can
tell you, Ms. Carmichael.

There's been only one
authorized exorcism here
in 20 years.

Well, I understand
there is a priest appointed
by the Archdiocese

that performs exorcisms.

We don't advertise that.

Why not?

We don't want people
running to an exorcist

when they should be
treated for mental illness.

But there are
legitimate cases.

Extremely rare.

And contrary to what
you see in the movies,

the afflicted person
does not levitate

or move objects
around a room.

Maybe the air
of secrecy stirs up
people's imaginations.

I'm not going to debate
church doctrine with you,
Ms. Carmichael.

An exorcism is a holy rite
of solemn prayer
and spiritual cleansing.

No lay person
has any business
conducting one.

Not even a former nun?

Any novice can recite
the Rituale Romanum.

But in those rare
instances when the church
permits an exorcism,

the case has been
thoroughly reviewed.

Psychiatrists
are consulted.

And if a possession
is indicated,

a team of priests attends,

with medical personnel
on stand-by.

The girl was killed
in Rosa's apartment.

Margo and Bill will testify.

I don't think
we have a problem.

Rosa's lawyer
won't return my calls.

Because he has
nothing to say.

Or because he's brewing up

some kind of church
and state defense.

What? That we're meddling
with religious freedom?

There's no church here.
Rosa Halacy was
a loose cannon.

Who didn't take a dime
from Margo Grayson
or anybody else.

Ministered to
these people out of the
goodness of her heart.

Gave up worldly things
to do the work of God.

Spoken like
a parochial schoolboy.

Six years at
Saint Ignatius.

Did they teach you
how to do exorcisms, Jack?

They taught us to have
a healthy respect
for the Devil.

The only devil in this case
is the woman
we're trying for murder.

Kira was
always a handful.

We tried therapy,

behavior modification.

Her psychiatrist
gave her Ritalin.

He said maybe
Kira was hyperactive.

It didn't help.

How did you cope with
your daughter's problems?

I lost three jobs
because of her.

I always had to
leave work early

to take care of some
disaster with Kira.

She'd do things,

get into fights.

Shoplift,
sneak out at night.

I would punish her,
then she'd do
something worse.

I had to lock her
to the radiator
to keep her in her room.

Is that why you
took her to Rosa Halacy?

I heard she worked miracles.

I didn't know
what else to do.

Rosa said Kira
wasn't normal.

That she had
a spiritual problem.

What kind of
spiritual problem?

There was evil inside Kira.

Rosa said she knew
a ritual to drive it out.

So you let her
perform this ritual?

I brought Kira to Rosa's.

We had to tie her up.

Kira hit me in the nose.
There was blood all over.

Rosa started praying.

Kira was cursing,
screaming to let her go.

I got upset.

Rosa said that
if I doubted her

it would make
the demon stronger.

She told me
to go to the church.

To wait there and pray.

That was the last time
I saw Kira alive.

Mrs. Grayson.

You brought your daughter
to Rosa voluntarily?

Yes.

She was willing to help
anyone with a problem.

And your problem
was you believed that
your daughter was possessed

by the Devil?

I never said it to anyone,

but even before I met Rosa,

it was the only reason
I could think of why
Kira was like that.

No further questions.

I met Rosa at an anti-drug
workshop in my church.

My oldest son Brian was
using ecstasy, crystal meth.

He was flunking school.
He was 15 and out of control.

Did Rosa help you?

She met with
me and my wife.

She talked to Brian
a few times.

She told us that Brian
was possessed and wanted
to do a ritual with him.

An exorcism?

Well, yeah.

Describe for the jury
what happened.

We took Brian there,

and Rosa went in
a room with him.

She talked to him
for a while,

we heard Rosa praying,

and pretty soon Brian was
crying like a baby.

I know this is
gonna sound crazy,

but when my son
walked out of there,
he was a different person.

And did you have
any further problems
with Brian?

He stopped
using drugs.

He graduated high school.

He went to a trade
school in Atlanta.

He does maintenance
down there at the airport.

I went to Catholic school
all my life.

Then to a convent
at Monticello.

Why did you leave?

I couldn't carry out my
spiritual mission there.

Now, when you say
spiritual mission...

To receive the will of God
and offer it to the people.

And how do you
receive the will of God?

I hear the voice
of Saint Michael.

What does Saint Michael
say to you?

Objection.
There's been no notice
of a psychiatric defense.

This is not
a psychiatric defense.

Approach.

What the hell's going on,
Mr. Wade?

She's charged with
depraved indifference murder.

We're showing
she was neither depraved
nor indifferent.

Because a voice told her
to torture Kira Grayson?

Her mental state is
an element of the crime.

I'll give him some
leeway, Mr. McCoy.

What does Saint Michael
say to you, Ms. Halacy?

He tells me
how to help the weak
and comfort the troubled.

He's the messenger
between me and God.

And did Saint Michael
contact you about
Kira Grayson?

It's not like a radio
broadcast, Mr. Wade.

My visions
come to me after
meditation and prayer.

Well, how did you
get involved with Kira?

Her mother
came to me.

Said her child was
full of hate.

Nasty, self-destructive.

Did you investigate
these problems yourself?

I talked to Kira.

I could see she wasn't bad,

but there was an evil
that had taken hold of her.

I looked for guidance
from God.

And what guidance
did you receive?

Saint Michael revealed
to me that Kira had
been taken by a demon.

I told Margo the only way
to save her daughter

would be to drive
this evil out of her.

And Margo agreed?

We prayed together.
We saw it was the only hope.

What was
the next step?

Kira was brought to my home.

I asked Bill Crawford
to come.

The Devil can be very strong.

Continue.

I made confession
to cleanse myself of sin.

I anointed Kira
with Holy Water.

Then I commanded the
unclean spirit to leave her.

Kira was screaming.

Cursed me when I made
the sign of the cross.

Her skin was on fire.

I asked Saint Michael
what to do.

He said Satan was
getting stronger.

That I had to drive him out.

Drive him out with pain.

I prayed for the strength
to fight Satan.

Did Margo tell you to stop?

No. But she lost faith.

The Devil was feeding off
her weakness.

Describe
what happened next.

I did what
Saint Michael asked.

I used my fists on Kira.

Commanded the demon
to leave.

It was stubborn.

I took a crucifix,
put it on Kira's chest.

I was pressing it with all
the force God could give me.

Squeezing the unclean spirit
out of her.

I felt the demon
getting weaker,

so I fought harder.

She became calm, quiet.

Was she dead?

I thought
she'd been cleansed.

I asked Bill
to stay with her
while I washed up.

When I came back,
they were gone.

No further questions.

The People request
a recess, Your Honor.

I think we could all
use a break.

We're alleging
her conduct was so reckless
as to constitute murder.

She's saying it was
anything but reckless.

Saint Michael
made her do it.

We've heard it before.

Not so convincingly.
No guilt, no remorse.

Said voices told her to
wage war against Satan.

Son of Sam again.

No. Berkowitz was
a psychopathic loser

who said he received
directions to kill
from a Labrador Retriever.

Rosa's voices tell her
to save the world.

A voice is a voice.
Nobody's that naive.

To believe
in the Devil?

People see the Devil
as an allegory.

I'm not so sure I do.

Horns and a pitchfork, Jack?

I've been
prosecuting murderers
for almost 25 years.

A man rapes a 10-year-old,

sprays a can of
insecticide in her mouth,
leaves her to die.

There are things
I can't explain away as
aberrant human behavior.

You can believe
evil exists without buying
into demonic possession.

If your religious faith
is based on miracles,
why not anti-miracles?

You're saying this woman
did hear the voice
of Saint Michael?

I don't doubt
she thinks she did.

Can we convince a jury
she didn't?

They tried that
with Joan of Arc.

Exactly. We turn the
trial into a litmus test
of Rosa's faith.

I don't feel good about
challenging her religious
conviction in court.

And I don't want her
hurting another child.

All right,
split the difference.

Prove that a saint
can commit a murder.

Ms. Halacy,

who killed Kira Grayson?

Satan took her soul.

Then who killed her body?

The body died when
her soul was lost to God.

Didn't you beat
the life out of her?

This was a battle,
Mr. McCoy.

A battle,

where you pummeled the evil
out of Kira so hard

that you shattered
her ribcage.

Saint Michael
told me to do that.

Did Saint Michael
tell you not to call
for medical attention?

This was not a medical case.

Didn't it become
a medical case when the
child was screaming in pain?

That's not unusual
during an exorcism.

Why didn't you tell
the police what happened?

Don't you understand,
Mr. McCoy?
There was no crime.

What about when you tried
to cover up what happened

with your friends in
North Carolina?

I did that for Margo.

So she
wouldn't get caught!

So people
who can't understand

wouldn't put her in jail
for something that was
a spiritual matter.

The girl's mother
admitted manslaughter.

Because you took
God away from her.

Margo didn't commit a crime.

God absolves her
of responsibility.

Does God absolve you?

Objection.

He opened the door, Judge.

Overruled.

Does God absolve you?

No.

I have to answer to God.

So you admit that
in God's eyes,

you're responsible for what
happened to Kira Grayson.

Saint Michael told me to
take the evil out of her.

You have to answer to God
for what happened to Kira?

Yes, Mr. McCoy.

Kira was lost because
I wasn't strong enough
to defeat Satan.

Do you acknowledge
your responsibility for
the child's death?

I can only try and do
what Saint Michael asks.

Don't you think I know
what this sounds like
to people?

You think I wanted
to harm that little girl?

I had no choice, Mr. McCoy.

I didn't ask for this gift.

I can't explain
why he chose me.

It's hard for me sometimes.

God forgive me,

sometimes I just wish
it would go away.

I can only take comfort
this thing,

this terrible thing,
was God's will.

The prosecution says

my client's indifference
to Kira Grayson

was an act so depraved
as to constitute murder.

Rosa Halacy was so reckless
she deserves a life sentence.

Is this the same Rosa Halacy
you learned about
during the trial?

She's devoted her life
to alleviating the
suffering of others.

Was she indifferent
when she intervened

and saved Brian Rienzi?

She tried to do
the same for Kira

because Saint Michael
asked her.

Some of you may not
accept that explanation
of what motivated her.

We're not asking you to.

But what the law
asks you to do

is to judge
my client's actions
by her state of mind

when this tragedy occurred.

Did she so disdain
the life of Kira Grayson

that she should be held
responsible for her death?

Whatever you think
makes Rosa Halacy tick,

you cannot believe
she didn't value Kira's life.

You cannot believe
she acted with
anything other than

the desire to preserve
and protect that child.

That was no crime.
And I submit to you,
ladies and gentlemen,

in Ms. Halacy's mind,
it was...

It was holy.

It wasn't murder.

The Crusades,

Islamic jihad,

holy wars.

There is an oxymoron
if ever there was one.

Are these slaughters excused
because they were perpetrated
in the name of God?

And those are
the easy cases.

Rosa Halacy isn't some
bloodthirsty crusader bent
on wiping out the infidel.

She's a woman who
heard the voice of God

tell her to save a child
from the Devil.

What do you make of
Rosa Halacy and her calling?

I can't answer it myself.

Mr. Wade says

you can't convict her
because she's a good person,

maybe even a holy person.

I'm not sure I disagree
with his characterization,

but it brings you right
back to the contradiction.

Can a righteous person
commit a wrongful act?

What I do know

is that Rosa Halacy

is flesh and blood,

like you and me.

We can't let Rosa Halacy
assert for herself

the power we vest
in our Supreme Being.

She may hear God,

but she may not play God.

Just because she has
a divine mission,

it doesn't exempt her from
the code of human behavior.

When she squeezed the life
out of Kira Grayson

in the back room
of her apartment,
she violated that code.

Her passion for God,
however tangible
and heartfelt,

rendered her oblivious

to the mortality
of Kira Grayson.

She's responsible

for the consequences
of her convictions.

And just as her God
holds her accountable,

so should we.

I have a note
from the jury that you
have reached a verdict.

We have, Your Honor.

On the count of Murder
in the Second Degree,
how do you find?

We find the defendant,
Rosa Halacy, guilty.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, you are excused

with the thanks of this court
for your time and effort

in making a very
difficult decision.

Judge Denham wants our
sentencing memorandum
by Tuesday.

Letters from Rosa's neighbors.

Minimum's 15-to-life.
If there's anybody
that can handle it.

That supposed to make
these people feel better?

We put a child
murderer away, Jack.

I'm not sure
who we put away.