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(Male announcer) 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.

Good use of negative space.

Nice composition.

Karina has real talent.

You pay for her class, mrs. Audrey,

she find her happiness.

Gracias.

Karina will have a great portfolio

when she applies for art school.

Oh! Oh!

Oh, oh...

Oh, gilda!

Oh, I am so sorry.

I'll pay for 'em.

It'll be karina's first sale.

Okay.

I see you tomorrow, mrs. Audrey.

(Man) You can really notice.

The doctor said the scars would be invisible.

Next time you're thinking about cosmetic surgery,

just ask me first.

[Loud bangs and pops]

Unh! Oh!

Chris! Oh, my god!

[Groaning] Oh!

[Loud bangs and pops]

We've got a pedestrian with a skull fracture.

The door was wide open when my guys got up here.

Then they found her.

Her name's audrey lortell, 42.

This is a work number for the husband.

Okay, we're gonna need a canvass

of all the surrounding buildings.

Anybody that has a view onto this terrace.

Her head feels like a bag of broken china.

Looks like they started throwing rocks at her

over there.

Cornered her back here.

One direct hit would've put her down.

Any one of these tools would have done the job

a whole lot quicker.

Not to mention the ten-story drop.

Maybe quick wasn't the point.

I count over 30 major contusions

on her head, face, and upper torso.

Most were inflicted postmortem.

Overkill.

Someone was venting.

Or practicing their fastball.

I've never seen this m.O. Before.

(Lupo) I have.

In pakistan, in the tribal areas.

The man I saw killed was an opium addict.

Dopehead stoned to death.

Those mullahs have a sense of humor.

I seem to remember some stonings in the bible too.

Thanks.

Her husband, what's his story?

He was at his office downtown when we notified him.

He was appropriately upset.

His coworkers confirm that he was there all afternoon.

Well, what about his religious background?

(Matthew) We don't really have a religion.

We haven't been to church in years.

Sundays were for being with our kids.

Do you have any neighbors or friends

with strong religious views?

I don't really see your point.

Audrey was very accepting of all people.

You waiting for something? My son.

He's driving down from oneonta.

He goes to college there.

Mrs. Lortell have any enemies?

No.

Audrey was a wonderful mother, a great wife.

She owned an art gallery.

Doesn't really make any sense.

We understand, mr. Lortell.

When was the last time you spoke to her?

This morning, around, uh...11:00.

How did she sound? A little stressed.

There was some crisis at the gallery.

Your housekeeper said that your wife came here at 12:00.

That doesn't sound like audrey.

It was all I could do to tear her away from the place.

I'm ready, dad.

How long before we can move back in?

It'll be a couple days. We'll give you a call.

Jason!

Oh, god. Mom's dead.

We are so glad you're here.

It seemed like a big crisis yesterday.

But now i--

i can't believe audrey, just like that.

Okay, let's just deal with yesterday.

Maybe you noticed there's no art

in the art gallery.

If you say so.

We were going to open konstandin vassinsky's

new show tomorrow night.

Yesterday morning, before audrey came in,

konstandin came and tore down all his paintings.

What was his beef?

He kept saying she was a child

playing with dynamite.

The dynamite... Is that him?

He is albanian, and an artist.

Handle with care.

She called him when she came in.

They got into it. I think he hung up on her.

Then she told me the show was cancelled,

and she was going home.

"Fatima's jihad."

He's an albanian muslim, yeah?

(Woman) I think so.

Religious dynamite.

(Vassinsky) I liked audrey. She was nice lady.

I took my paintings away

because I decide they are no good.

Well, I think they're pretty good.

Look, you told audrey she was a child

playing with dynamite.

My partner thinks you're the dynamite,

but I think it might be your paintings.

Like this one, fatima's jihad.

The prophet's daughter and her struggle.

It's against the oppression of women

in some muslim countries.

It's not the religion, it's men.

It's an ignorant man who twists religion

to keep woman down.

Didn't some artist in europe get killed

for saying the same thing?

So? This is america.

I can say anything, right?

You know how she was killed?

Rocks.

Lots of 'em.

Somebody didn't want her showing your paintings, right?

I warned her.

But she say if we cancel the show,

the brutes win.

She was so american.

What brutes are we talking about?

They own an albanian bakery in the bronx.

They say cancel the show or they cancel me.

You've been lied to, my friends.

I don't threaten anyone.

That's not what your local precinct said,

mr. Vasic.

They're looking at you for the strip club arson

four blocks away.

Good riddance.

My family had to pass that dump every week

on our way to the mosque.

Listen, we need to know where you and your men were

3:00 in the afternoon yesterday.

We've been here.

All of us... Baking.

What size shoes do you wear?

What are you doing? Nothing.

[Snaps picture] Just taking some pictures.

We can match that against the footprints

we found in soho yesterday.

Hold still, fella.

[Snaps picture] This is bull!

Riza.

This is my nephew riza.

Summa cum laude from brooklyn law.

Any questions you have for my uncle

you can put in writing for my review.

Otherwise we'll consider this visit

part of a pattern of harassment.

And you may be called upon to testify in our civil suit

against the nypd.

Hey, uh, we'll let you know how those pictures turn out.

Gangsters masquerading as good muslims.

I was raised by gangsters masquerading as good catholics.

[Chuckles] What are you talking about, the mob?

No, the nuns in my parochial school.

[Laughs]

They could carve out your liver

with a 12-inch ruler.

What is that?

It says "look across the street."

The bureau's had vasic and his bakery

under surveillance for the past six months.

Why are you talking to vasic?

We're investigating threats against an artist

whose paintings might be considered offensive

to muslims.

What, those threats are credible?

Yeah, we think so.

We got a dead art gallery owner.

We're looking at vasic

for interstate weapons trafficking.

Hmm.

You've been doing surveillance 24/7?

Yeah.

You got a 302 for yesterday?

Yeah.

What's the name

of your murder victim?

(Green) Audrey lortell.

L-o-r-t-e double "l."

Well, our bakery crew's present and accounted for.

Their alibi holds up for now.

Lortell, audrey, on green street?

What are all mm-those entries?

These are wiretap logs and email surveillance

on audrey lortell.

You have wiretap warrants for her?

We don't need warrants.

We've got a national security letter out on her.

How do--how do you figure she's a security threat?

Your murder victim, ms. Lortell,

is suspected of giving material support

to a terrorist organization.

The nsa automatically monitors calls

to and from the u.s.

The system sends up a flare

whenever certain keywords are used.

A national security letter is issued,

the callers are put on a watch list,

and all their communications get recorded.

Can we hear the call that landed audrey lortell

on the watch list?

Uh-huh. It was two months ago,

from her cell phone to a number in germany.

(Audrey's voice) It's a work in progress, but fatima's jihad

will make people take notice.

(German man's voice) I trust your judgment, audrey--

"jihad"--is that the keyword that sent the flare up?

That's how the program is designed to work.

Fatima jihad is the name of a painting

done by an artist who is represented

by mrs. Lortell.

But we also have her using the words "suicide bomber"

in another conversation.

That's the name of another painting

by the same artist.

Mind if I listen to this?

Yeah, it's "read only." No copy.

The guy in germany,

he's probably an art collector.

Y-Yeah, well,

obviously somebody goofed.

Uh, if we'd known the context of the call--

[cell phone rings]

I gotta take this. Excuse me.

[Cell phone rings]

"Somebody goofed"?

No wonder they call it a secret program.

It's not a total waste. Check this out.

A call to konstandin five days before she died.

(Audrey) You can't charm me anymore, konstandin.

I used to be weak, but now--

(konstandin) I don't make you weak right now?

(Audrey) Shh! Matthew's in the next room!

I'll see you tomorrow at the gallery.

Well, it doesn't take a genius

to figure out the context of that.

The question is, did the husband figure it out?

At that point of her life,

audrey needed the attention of a younger man.

(Lupo) I'm not sure I could be that forgiving.

22 years of marriage, a lot happens.

And it keeps happening, right?

How could you ever trust her again?

I did.

I did trust her.

Look, I know what you're trying to do,

but I did not murder my wife.

Those last couple of months we had together were good.

We felt like a family.

A happy family.

(Man) Jason's not here.

He moved out, like, a month ago.

I don't know where to.

These are his books?

Yeah.

He just took his clothes,

left the rest of his stuff.

Even gave me his ipod.

Sweet, huh?

They've hardly been cracked.

So what's he been doing, partying?

Maybe.

The guy was here six weeks, but I never saw him

go to a class or study.

Dude was weird.

Hey, man, you know this girl brenda on this menu?

Uh, she's a townie.

She works at that pizza place

next to savingsmart.

I saw jason hitting on her once.

College guys always hit on me.

Maybe they get extra credit for doing a townie.

I don't know.

Look, this is jason.

He had your cell phone number.

You sure you didn't give it to him?

I don't know him.

I gotta get home, please.

She talks to everybody.

She might've talked to this guy.

We need brenda's address.

She lives with her parents.

I get that they're not the type of folks

who let her have guys sleeping over.

(Lupo) Did you know her friends?

Maybe jason's crashing with them.

I don't know 'em.

But there's an address we been makin'

a lot of deliveries to the past couple weeks.

Brenda pays for the pies herself.

All right, we'll take that.

[Knock on door]

Police. Nobody move.

Dude!

Easy, cowboy.

Listen up, we're looking for a kid named jason lortell.

He's from the college.

[Door shuts]

Whoa, whoa! Don't move!

Jason, down on the ground!

Down on the ground, now!

I meant like this.

Care to comment?

React?

Maybe shed a tear for your poor mother?

Look, whoever did this couldn't help

but step in the blood.

We're gonna find that on your shoes, aren't we?

(Lupo) What happened?

You came home...

What, maybe you didn't expect your mother to be there.

You were looking for dope money, right?

That's why you dropped out.

I'm not a druggie.

Come on, jason.

We found you living with a bunch of tweakers.

You wouldn't understand.

Try us.

Still nothing to say about your mother?

She committed adultery.

She destroyed herself.

What, you're saying she had it coming?

We all have it coming.

Evil thoughts come from the heart.

But not from my heart.

Jason...

Did you kill your mother?

I didn't need to.

[Door opens]

This is jason's counsel, mr. Hensley.

He'd like a moment with his client.

That kid was just about to give it up.

Well, maybe this'll nudge him in the right direction.

Blood on his shoes, "o" positive.

The same as his mother.

Rage and drugs, bad combination.

I don't know.

He said his mother destroyed herself.

He said evil thoughts come from the heart.

He's talking scripture, old and new testament.

Sounds like god, not drugs.

Hey, did hensley say he was jason's lawyer?

Check this out.

Are you his attorney, mr. Hensley?

I already told you, I'm his counsel.

Are you a lawyer, sir?

Any kind of lawyer?

I'm jason's pastor.

Step out of the room, sir.

Jason, stand up.

Jason lortell, you're under arrest for murder.

Evil will slay the wicked.

The foes of the righteous will be condemned.

Get him out of here.

You have the right to remain silent...

Remember, jason, they can't lay a hand

on those anointed by the lord.

(Van buren) ...In a court of law.

You have a right to an attorney.

Docket number 21255: People v. Jason lortell.

Murder in the second degree.

Who's your counsel, mr. Lortell?

Jesus christ is my counsel.

Who's your local counsel?

Mike jeffers for the defense, your honor.

We enter a plea of not guilty.

(Jeffers) Additionally, I move for a 730.30 competency hearing.

I have serious reservations about my client's competency

to stand trial.

You don't say.

So ordered.

People on bail?

People request remand.

My client's father is willing to ensure

his appearance in court.

Jason was found living

in a drug den.

If that's an example of mr. Lortell's

parental supervision--

point taken, ms. Rubirosa.

Defendant is remanded

for psychiatric evaluation.

[Gavel bangs]

(Jason) I know about your judges and your lawyers.

But they don't know what's best for me.

You were living with drug addicts.

Do you think that's what was best for you?

I was ministering to them.

Doing the work that god has revealed to me.

Revealed how?

It's not voices.

But these revelations just become present

inside of me.

Pastor hensley helped me do this.

He helped me realize how special I am to god's plan.

How do you know for sure

that these revelations come from god?

I know it as clearly as I know

that I'm sitting here talking to you.

Was it god's plan to kill your mother?

My mother's flesh was sacrificed

to cleanse her of her sin.

My mother died in a state of grace.

Because god is merciful.

Isn't it beautiful?

God, in his infinite mercy...

Spared her soul.

He's oriented as to time, place, and identity.

And he understands the role of judges and lawyers,

though he doesn't recognize their authority over him.

Well, he wouldn't.

Not if he's trying to get off

on a claim of insanity.

I didn't sense

that he was trying anything.

Except that a revelation told him to stone his mom

because she cheated on his dad.

Whatever these revelations are,

he sincerely believes they're coming from god.

So what's your diagnosis?

Labeling religious fanatics as mentally ill

is extremely controversial.

The manual doesn't recognize religion as a delusional

personality disorder.

He's not hallucinatory. He doesn't hear voices.

Great.

Is he competent to stand trial?

In my opinion, yes.

Take a look at this.

Jeffers has filed a motion to do some kind of mri scan

on jason's brain-- an fmri scan?

A functional mri scan.

Measures blood oxygenation in the brain.

Beats me what it has to do

with jason's competency.

(Man) This is a scan of jason lortell's brain

during what he described as a divine revelation.

Now, as you can see,

the activity in his prefrontal cortex

is extremely vibrant and indicated in red.

I recorded 19 such episodes over a 48-hour period.

Your honor, we again object to this testimony.

This science is experimental.

And again your objection is overruled.

Doctor, were all 19 episodes

during what jason described as divine revelation?

Yes, that area is referred to as the god spot.

A study of carmelite nuns showed similar activities

during what the nuns described as

periods of religious ecstasy.

(Jeffers) And what impact, if any,

does this brain activity have on rational thought?

The subject's capacity for rational thought

is highly compromised.

Given the frequency of his episodes,

in my opinion,

jason lortell would be unable

to rationally assist with his defense.

(Jeffers) Nothing further. Thank you, doctor.

So according to you, doctor,

every religious zealot who claims his god spot

has been lit up by a mystical experience

should be found not competent to stand trial.

I'm here to testify about jason lortell.

But that's the implication of your testimony, isn't it?

You would excuse any terrorist

who claims he's inspired by visions of martyrdom

or paradise--

objection! Argumentative.

(Judge ambrosius) Sustained.

And unless you have something pertinent

to add, mr. Cutter,

I'm ready to rule on the motion.

In light of the compelling evidence presented

by the defense,

I find jason lortell not competent

to stand trial at this time.

[Gavel bangs]

She doesn't realize what she's done.

She just created a new legal status

for religious mystics.

I'll start preparing the appeal.

Didn't jason tell olivet he'd always had revelations?

Yeah, he just wasn't aware of them.

Let's find out if he started being incompetent

before or after he killed his mother.

Revelations. [Chuckles]

He had nosebleeds when he was nine.

Fainting spells.

Doctor said it was normal for his age.

And when he left for college,

did you talk to him often?

A little.

He was homesick at first.

Then a few weeks before audrey died,

he stopped calling.

Stopped answering his phone.

The court psychiatrist said that he was ministering

to a group of drug addicts.

Ministering?

Yeah, he was actually living with them.

He was always a caring kid.

He must've had some kind of impact on them.

Why do you say that?

One of them's been calling at home for him.

A rough-sounding girl.

Her name was, uh, brenda.

Caller I.d. said it was an oneonta number.

Someplace called...

Angelgrove camp.

(Man's voice on walkie-talkie) We have brenda in the truck.

We're on our way.

Won't be long now.

You run this place?

Yeah, for christian kids.

Do you have a lot of drug-addicted kids

staying here?

Brenda's not a drug addict.

She actually ministers to them, like jason.

Does she have revelations too?

(Hensley) No.

Jason's a very special young man.

I've been praying for him.

[Children chanting emphatically in distance]

(Green) What is that?

What are they saying?

(Hensley) Just children playing.

[Car approaching]

Hi, brenda, I'm connie

with the new york d.a.'s office.

We have a material witness order

to take you back to new york city.

Don't be afraid, brenda.

Here, I'll take this for you.

No, that's gonna go with her, thank you.

[Children chanting]

Looks like you and connie have been doing all the talking.

We had better luck with brenda's camera.

Here's how jason spent the last four weeks

before he killed his mother.

(Hensley) You hold the key

to the second coming of our lord and savior...

A day in the life of christian warriors.

(Hensley) ...For jesus christ.

Let's pray for our christian leader.

Let's tell him that we are one nation...

(Children in unison) Under god!

(Hensley) One nation...

(Children) Under god!

How many of you

would be willing to die for jesus?

[Emphatic responses]

All right.

Now, how many of you are phony martyrs?

How many of you claim to be members of god's army

when you're in here,

but are hypocrites in your daily life?

There's no room for hypocrites

in god's army.

Hypocrites are deniers of christ.

[Fast forwarding]

What do we say to the muslim infidels

who murder christians?

(Children in unison) This means war!

What do we say to blasphemers

who pollute the kingdom of god?

This means war!

(Hensley) What do we say?

(Children) This means war!

What do we say? This means war!

My god, it's a school for fanatics.

And one that isn't in the middle east.

(Children) This means war!

(Hensley) What do we say to the muslim infidels

who kill christians?

(Children) This means war!

(Hensley) If you're a denier, come clean.

Call out your hypocrisy!

Hypocrites are deniers of christ.

Here's what we thought was interesting.

[Fast forward]

Okay, you guys are playing real nicely.

Paul, that was a great shot down there.

I really like what you're doing.

Keep passing. It's great.

It's just like we did in practice.

Billy, I want you to take the top of the key and hold it.

And no hitting, okay?

This was recorded the day before the murder.

This other video of him conducting a prayer group

working in the camp kitchen...

He appears competent, rational.

Exactly.

I'll prepare a report.

Thanks, liz.

(Jeffers) The issue is not whether jason was competent

when the video was shot,

but whether he's competent now.

Presumably he experienced

at least one of his frequent divine revelations

while the video was shot.

With no noticeable effect on his behavior.

I agree. He seems entirely coherent.

In view of this new evidence

and dr. Olivet's report,

I'm reversing my previous ruling.

Jason lortell is competent to stand trial.

Thank you, your honor.

Mr. Cutter, in good conscience,

i cannot let this kid go to trial.

He truly believes that he is doing god's will.

What do you suggest?

Just hear what he has to say.

Off the record.

I saved my mother.

I saved her soul.

That's not how the state of new york sees it.

Well, if it serves god's purpose

for me to go to jail,

then he'll allow it to happen.

You knew for months

your mother was having an affair.

Why did you wait so long to save her soul?

Because I didn't know yet what god wanted me to do.

When did you find out what he wanted you to do?

After pastor hensley taught me

how to listen to my revelations.

Let's stick to why

you went to see your mother that day.

I realized that I was a hypocrite.

I'd turned a blind eye to the sin in my own house.

That I was a phony and denier of christ.

This is something that came from god

or from pastor hensley?

Sometimes god speaks to me through pastor hensley.

Was it through pastor hensley that god told you

to go visit your mother?

I just knew that I had to save her.

What did you do?

How did you get to the city?

We drove down in brenda's car.

(Rubirosa) We?

You and brenda? No.

Brenda was working that day.

It was me, noah, and billy.

We drove down after a prayer meeting at angelgrove.

Who did the driving?

Well, me.

Noah's 10 and billy's 12.

My son's a god-fearing christian.

Your son may have taken part in a murder,

mr. Boone.

It's okay, dad.

They're just persecuting us

like they were persecuting jason.

Hey, jason admitted to killing his mother.

He said you and noah were with him.

Billy, is this true?

She was a jezebel.

She was trapped in the filth of her sin.

Did pastor hensley tell you that?

He told us that her sin was a stain on god's prophet.

God's prophet?

You talking about jason?

He speaks the word of the lord.

He was chosen by god.

The day of judgment is coming.

Save your souls by...

This one of god's warriors?

All 80 pounds of him.

(Rubirosa) Sure, when it was just jason and his god spot--

but three kids hear hensley,

and then they all go stone a woman to death?

It's time to take the horse out of the barn

and saddle up, jack.

You want to charge hensley as an accomplice

in audrey lortell's murder?

Who are your witnesses, this kid? No.

I offered jason 15 to life-- he took it.

He's honest and guileless.

If I put him on the stand

and ask the right questions,

I think he'll tell the truth about hensley.

Still a three-legged dog of a case.

Repent, repent and join us, or die with the infidels

and burn in the fires of hell for all eternity.

Go with god. (Billy) Repent! Repent and be saved.

Repent! Repent and be saved!

[Door shuts]

(Girl) Pastor!

Pray, children. Pray for me.

Most of all, pray for jason.

(Children chanting) This means war!

This means war! This means war!

This means war! This means war!

This means war! This means war!

This means war! This means war!

I talked with pastor hensley about my mother's adultery.

He counseled me to pray that an answer would come.

Did an answer come?

Yes. From god.

He told me to go to my mother's house.

That god would put the tools in my hands

to cast out her sin and save her soul.

(Cutter) What tools, jason?

The stones I used to sacrifice her flesh.

And did this answer come directly from god,

or did he speak through someone else?

Sometimes god speaks to me through other people.

He could even speak to me through you.

We are all god's servants.

Your honor, permission to treat the witness as hostile.

Objection.

Just because he isn't getting the answer he wants--

overruled.

Go ahead, mr. Cutter.

Jason,

did god's answer come to you

through pastor hensley?

Yes.

What did pastor hensley say?

He said that we are engaged in a great battle

with muslim infidels.

God told him that the time would come

when I will be a general in christ's army.

God bless the prophet!

God bless you, jason!

[Gavel bangs] (Judge) Order!

Officer, get her out of here.

You'll burn in hell for this.

Go on, jason.

What else did pastor hensley say?

He said that before I could face the blasphemers

and the suicide killers on the battlefield,

i had to set order in my own house.

(Cutter) Did he mean your mother's infidelity?

(Jason) Yes.

He said that I was facing a great test.

That I had to be strong before god.

And was it pastor hensley's idea

to send the two boys, billy boone and noah fielding,

with you to your mother's?

Yes.

He said the innocents should witness

the rising up of their general.

Praise the lord! Praise jesus. Amen!

[Judge bangs gavel] Enough!

Quiet, or i'll clear the room.

Nothing further.

Jason...

Did pastor hensley tell you to kill your mother?

To end her life?

No, he didn't say that.

Did you tell him what you were planning to do

to your mother?

Just that I was going to help her cast out her sin.

God did the rest.

Ja I encouraged him to help his mother

find her way back to god.

Did you ever suggest

he stone her to death or harm her in any way?

No.

That was god's will.

(Hensley) Jason had the purity of heart to listen

when god spoke to him.

He put his love of god ahead of his love

for his own mother.

I can't even imagine how difficult

that must have been for him.

Thank you, pastor.

I take it you approve of what jason did, correct?

I accept it as a manifestation

of god's will.

You think audrey lortell's punishment was just?

Well, I don't call it punishment,

but it was just.

Because she was unfaithful?

Or because she had a muslim lover?

Either one put her christian soul in peril.

And that's why you told jason

he had to set his house in order.

Yes.

You told him he was being tested,

that he had to be strong, correct?

Yes.

Strong in his faith.

I didn't advocate violence. No?

Then what are you advocating?

A non-violent war?

You're taking that out of context.

We saw the context on the video, pastor.

Weren't you exhorting children to die for christ?

Sacrifice for christ.

Isn't that what you tell these children

to aspire to?

(Hensley) You're trying to make it sound like

I'm one of those mullahs,

who fills their boys with visions of dancing virgins

so they'll drive bombs into buildings.

If only you offered such enticements.

Instead, you use humiliation. Isn't that right?

You berate your warriors in front of their friends.

You call them phony martyrs, hypocrites.

You force them to make public confessions--

it cleanses their soul.

It breaks their will.

It makes them strong!

In case you haven't noticed, we are at war.

A war of religions.

Our enemies understand that.

They use their religious schools--their madrassas--

to churn out hundreds of suicide murderers every day.

And what do we do?

We raise spoiled, weak kids

who turn away from god.

We can't wait for another wave of terror

to roll over us.

We must raise up a christian army

just as extreme in its faith as our jihadist enemy!

Then you do advocate violence.

They force violence on us!

An eye for an eye. So says the bible.

And stones for adulterers.

The bible says that too.

Death for women who have sex

with muslims.

Yes.

She let herself be defiled by his blasphemous seed!

That's their plan.

They want to take over the world and install a new caliphate.

Their plan, you mean, to sleep with christian women?

Yes.

And if they can't seduce them, they'll rape them.

That is how they wage war.

Look at darfur.

That's why you told jason, your star pupil,

he had to sacrifice the sinful flesh.

My pupil?

You've got it backwards, mr. Cutter.

If anything, I'm jason's pupil.

Jason...

Has been called by god, like joan of arc before him,

to lead a great army of christ!

Jason is a saint. Even science says so.

Jason lortell will end up saving us all.

Saving our christian civilization.

Jason lortell marches to the beat

of a different drummer.

We have the mris of his brain to prove it.

He hears what he wants to hear,

whether the message comes from god or pastor hensley,

mr. Cutter, or that painting on the wall.

But you heard what my client told jason.

Pastor hensley told him to make peace

with his mother's sin.

To minister to her as jesus ministered

to mary magdalene.

No rational person could take that as a call to murder.

Now, you may not like some of the things

that pastor hensley said in that video,

but he has an absolute, first amendment right

to say it.

The law is clear.

Unless he intentionally solicited

or encouraged jason to kill his mother,

there's only one verdict here.

Not guilty.

(Hensley on tape) And there's no room for hypocrites

in god's army.

Hypocrites are deniers of christ.

If you're a denier, come clean.

Call out your hypocrisy.

[Softly crying]

Jason.

[Weeps]

They say confession's good for the soul.

But these-- these public confessions

serve another purpose.

Brain washing.

Breaking down a person's dignity

and individuality in an environment of fear.

That's what pastor hensley does

to these vulnerable children.

He replaces their free will with a theology of violence.

He twists their capacity for love

into a thirst for vengeance.

He whips up their childish exuberance

and exhorts them to prove themselves as warriors.

And then he commands them to clean house.

An eye for an eye.

He puts all that in the hands of a hurt and lost boy.

A boy he's filled with delusions

of being the leader of a great army.

The next joan of arc.

And then he sends him on the road

with two other boys.

All charged up with raw anger,

eager to be strong and worthy

in the eyes of their beloved pastor.

And then he pronounces himself surprised

at the results?

No rational person could have expected

any other result.

And now the good pastor hides

behind the first amendment.

Freedom of religion.

But this is not about god.

This is about the power of an adult

over adolescent minds,

and the abuse of that power.

(Hensley) And what do we say to the blasphemers

who pollute god's kingdom?

(Children) This means war!

(Hensley) What do we say?

(Children) This means war!

(Hensley) What do we say?

This means war!

(Cutter) War.

War on blasphemers.

That's the mission he gave jason

when he put him on the road to his mother's house.

Erasing already?

Making room to plan our response

to hensley's appeal.

A little early to count your chickens.

The jury's been out two days.

The jury's probably split

between murder two, depraved indifference,

and man two.

They'd probably all agree on criminal solicitation two.

I didn't think you charged that.

I didn't. (Rubirosa) That's my point.

Exactly.

Pessimist.

The judge wants to see us.

A court officer found a bible in the jury room.

Somebody was consulting it during deliberations.

Looks like one of your chickens just got run over.

(Man) I was reading it for guidance, sir.

But you understand your deliberations

were to be guided

by my instructions and by the laws of new york state.

Yes, sir, I do.

This is a hard case.

I wanted to do the right thing.

Very well. You're excused.

I'll order that this juror be dismissed,

and that an alternate take his place.

Your honor,

the people move for a mistrial.

We don't know how many jurors

consulted that bible.

And yet witnesses are sworn in on the bible.

"In god we trust" is emblazoned

across the courtroom wall.

It's hypocritical to expect jurors

to check their religious beliefs

at the jury room door.

But that's precisely what they swore an oath to do--

to apply the laws of men, not the law of god,

to this case.

The jury's deliberations have been tainted.

I don't agree.

Even if consulting the bible during deliberations

can be deemed juror misconduct,

I'm satisfied it had no substantial

and injurious effect or influence.

I'm not granting a mistrial, mr. Cutter.

(Judge) On the first count of the indictment,

murder in the second degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant not guilty.

[Alarmed murmurs]

(Judge) On the second count,

manslaughter in the second degree,

how do you find?

(Foreman) We find the defendant not guilty.

[Concerned murmurs]

We just didn't prove our case.

Or the jury didn't care.

They liked hensley's message.

I'd prefer to think

we didn't prove our case.

Optimist.

Small comfort--

hensley will have to wait 15 years

for jason to come out of jail

to lead his troops.

Then our fanatics can fight their fanatics.

Let's hope the war's over by then.

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