All language subtitles for Law and order S18E13 - Angelgrove

(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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