All language subtitles for Law and order S19E02 - Challenged

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.

So, what's your
pleasure for dinner?
Your mother's asking.

Sorry, Dad.
My buddies called.

We're going to go
watch the game
at Monte's Grill.

Well, that sounds
like a good time.

Any room for the old man?

It's just you and me
tonight, honey.

I'm sorry, Mom.
Tomorrow night,
I promise.

If he hangs around
us old wrecks,

how's he ever going to meet
Mrs. Devon Number Two?

I'll see you later.

I wish
you wouldn't say that.

It makes it seem like
we're pushing him
out of the door.

Rick Devon,
home address in Brooklyn.

He's an acoustical engineer

for an outfit
in Long Island City.

He's definitely off
the reservation here.

So, you found him?

Yes, sir.
Dope slingers work
that end of the park.

It gets busy.

But when my partner and me
drove by around 9:00,
the place was empty.

Have you ever seen him
at the park before?

No, sir.

Then you know
most of the regulars?

By sight.
The slingers
and buyers.

Good to know.

Well, Mr. Devon had
60 bucks in his wallet

and a tan line where
his watch used to be,

so I'm guessing
somebody needed to
know the time real bad.

Yeah, but if Devon wanted
to get high, man,

there are places
closer to home where
he could've scored.

You hear that?

What?

It's coming from in here.

Did anybody
use this facility?

Not since we got here.

Someone forgot their key.

Probably took it off
to wash their hands.

Must have left in a hurry.

Nobody wants to be
the last guy
at a crime scene.

That was Ted.
He just picked up Matt.

They'll be right over.

I just don't understand
what Ricky was doing
in that neighborhood.

We're going to need you
to make up a list of names

of the friends that
your son was meeting.

You know, his boss
said that he had
just gotten a divorce.

How'd that go?

Well, Ricky and Cindy
were on good terms.

No kids, thank God.

Was he seeing anyone?

I don't think so.

He wasn't ready.
I could tell.

May we see his room?

He moved back
two months ago,

after they sold
their condo.

Did your son have
a problem with drugs?

No. Why?

Well, the park that
he was found at,

it's a known
drug hotspot.

Mom? Dad?

Oh, Matt! Matt...
Matt...

Ted, Ricky's gone.

I know, Dad.

These are
the detectives.

Ricky was our kid brother.

We understand.
We'll do everything we can.

Let's go.
Come on, Mom.

Well, the dope slingers
should be back on the job.

You search all you want,
Officer, we're clean.
We're law-abiding.

See, the thing is,
me and my partner
were watching you,

and you kept
putting your hands
down your pants,

so it got me
to thinking what
the guy has got

down his pants.
You mind?

Hey! Hey, man!

Feels like
Smallville in here.

What is this
behind your sack?
Where'd you get this?

Collecting empties.

Are you sure
it's the same bills?

You might want to
take a whiff.

Aw, man, come on, man,
don't do that.

Let's take a walk,
short stuff.

That was harsh.

Come here.

Sit down.

Sit down!

Let me tell you
how this is going to go.

We're going to
lean on your crew

until somebody gives
somebody up, anybody.

We don't care,

just as long as
we've got a body

to stand before
the judge. You dig?

My crew didn't
do the dude.
We heard a fight.

People yelling
and screaming,

so I sent Momo
to check it out.

Look, I saw the dude,
he was lying on the walk.

You know what I'm saying?
He wasn't moving,
so he was dead.

I went back and told
Big Chuck.

I figured
the heat was coming,
so we cleared out.

We didn't kill that dude.
We didn't go near him.

Anybody
who says different,

they're lying
out of their mouth.

They're right
for this killing
in every respect,

except for motive.

Well, what about
a difference of opinion
on a drug deal?

Not likely.
Everybody we talked to

said Devon was
a straight arrow.

Really? His tox report
back that up?

Uh, no. It's not in.
We're still waiting on it.

What we do know is
Devon had Mexican

an hour before
he got his head
slammed against a tree.

Latent found prints
on that key that was
left behind in the bathroom.

The set belongs
to a Diego Cardenas.

Back in the '90s,
he did a bit for
assault with a deadly.

He was also
a dues-paying member
of the Latin Aces.

Find out who gets
his dues nowadays.

Man, that was
another lifetime.
It's all behind me now.

No way the city would
put an active gang-banger
in charge of a group home.

Once a felon, right?
I know how it is.
That's okay.

Nobody owes me a break.

You ever go to the park
on Hutchison, Mr. Cardenas?

Sure. I've been to that park
with my residents.

When was the last time?

Matter of fact,
it was yesterday.

Yesterday?
When, precisely?

In the morning.

You use the bathroom there?

Sure. Did I forget
to put the seat down?

Don't be a smart-ass.
You recognize this?

It's mine.
I took it off when
I washed my hands.

Last night, you mean,
around 8:00.

No, I told you,
I was there in the morning.

With your residents.
We'd like to talk to them.

Sure.

Forty-eight minutes
past 10:00.

We stayed 73 minutes

and we left at
one minute after 12:00.

12:01.

Is that an official
police pen?

Yeah, I guess it is.

Here.

Did any of you guys see
Mr. Cardenas use
the bathroom in the park?

The bathroom's
on the bad side.

The bad side?

The side of the park
with the bad people.

Diego says we're not
allowed to go there.

What kind of coffee
do you have
at the police station?

The regular kind.

We only saw
one bathroom in the park.

I like coffee.

How many cups of coffee
can you have
at the police station?

Um, as much as you want,
I think.

Looks like we're going
to need a field trip.

That's the bathroom
in the bad part of the park.

See, that's
the bad guys over there.

It's better
if you don't point, okay?

So, where's the bathroom
you guys are allowed
to use?

That's it.
What do mean,
the diner?

The owner lets them
use the bathroom.

Okay, listen up, people.

Yesterday,
did any of you guys
see Mr. Cardenas

go into this bathroom
right here?

No. Uh-uh. No.

Diego didn't use
the bathroom.

Thank you.
Keep them close by.

Yeah, yeah. Come on.

Seems to me, you going
into this bathroom

is something
they would've noticed.

You can't rely
on their memory.

Oh, I don't know, Diego.
Their memory seems
pretty good to us.

Okay, look.
I came back to
the park later, by myself.

I'm gay, all right?
I wanted to hook up
with somebody.

So did you hook up?

I changed my mind.

I was here maybe 15 minutes,
walking around.

Show us
where you walked.

Like down that path.

But I got a bad vibe
from the pipe-heads.
I went back to the home.

But first
you washed your hands?

I was real nervous, okay.
But I was not here
when that man was killed.

I didn't see anything.
Can I go now?

Sure.

We got fans.

He said he was back
at the group home

an hour before
Devon was killed.

You check with
the folks at the home?

Those folks?
They have their hands full

keeping track of
their own whereabouts.

And Cardenas' story,
it just doesn't hold.

Well, maybe Devon was
cruising the bathroom, too.

Maybe Devon
was the aggressor.

His tox report
finally came in.
He's clean for drugs.

Unfortunately,
it doesn't tell us
if he was gay.

I got the dumps
from Devon's cell.

Check this out,
two weeks ago.

He called the group home.
Mmm-hmm.

Sounds like
Devon and Cardenas
had a thing going.

Right, and that thing
got broken last night.

Look, it's going
to be dark in
a couple of hours,

so before you
take another run
at Mr. Cardenas,

see if any of the regulars
can put him in the park
at the time of the murder.

Look, my girl's
waiting for me at home,

and if I don't bring her
the candy right now...

Yeah, I know how it is.
Just look at the pictures.

Lupes.

Keep looking.

Tell him what
you told me, Lewis.

Big Chuck and Momo

were looking for a witness
that saw them with that
dead body Tuesday night.

What kind of witness?

They couldn't make out
who he was.

Momo said the dude ran off.

Come here, outside.

This witness,
it has to be Diego.

He saw the dope slingers
at the body,

and maybe he even
saw them kill Devon.

That's why he's been
lying to us. He's afraid.

Big Chuck saw us
with Diego
this afternoon.

He might figure
he's turning snitch.

We got to get him
off the street.

Yeah, the group home's
on the corner of
Moffit and 156th.

We need a patrol car
to 85 that forthwith.

Stay put, all right?
We'll call you back.

That was the group home.

Diego, he took
one of the residents
on a walk two hours ago.

The resident
came back alone.

I'll call Operations.

We got a report
of shots fired.

The ID in his pocket
matches the teletype.

We're still canvassing
for witnesses,
but don't hold your breath.

It's him.
Shot in the mouth.

Subtle.

Man, I didn't do that.
I don't even know
who that is.

This is the witness
who saw you with the body
in the park Tuesday night.

Well, he ain't
much of a witness now.

And he ain't got
nothing to do with me.

We heard that you were
on the hunt for this man.

I tell you again,
I didn't kill nobody.

Not that white dude,
and not this dude.

We'll see what Momo
has to say about it.

Me and Momo,
we got one mind on things.

Well, they killed Devon
and now they've killed
the only witness. Brilliant.

Cardenas was with
one of the residents
when he was snatched?

A mentally retarded resident.

Well, you've got to go
with what you've got.
Talk to him.

I'll bring extra coffee.

Diego and me
were going to
the 99-cent store.

We took a shortcut
through the alley,
and Diego saw this big guy.

And Diego told me
to go right home.

But I didn't want to.

I wanted to go to
the 99-cent store.

But Diego said
to go home right now,

and he called me the T-word.

Tard!

What happened to Diego?

He was in the alley
with the big guy
and some other guy.

I didn't care.

He called me the T-word.

He wanted you
to leave, Freddie.
He was trying to protect you.

You tell us
if you recognize any of
these guys from the alley.

I have autism-related
face-recognition deficit.

I can't remember faces.

It's true,
he can't, he can't.

That's no good.

Do you remember
anything else
about this big guy?

Maybe the clothes
he was wearing?

No.

Did you notice
if there was a car
in the alley?

There were lots of cars
in the alley,
and on the street, too.

You want the license
plate numbers?

For which car?

All of them.

Sure. Go for it.

Hey, it says that
Diego cooked dinner
on Tuesday.

Tuesday's Chinese night.

Diego makes
the best eggrolls,
nice and big.

What time was dinner?

Dinner on Tuesday night
started at 7:03
and ended at 8:16.

Did Diego eat dinner
with you guys?

Diego always eats
dinner with us.
That's part of his job.

And then
he helps us clean up.

Devon was killed
around 8:00.

Diego couldn't
have been in the park.

Why didn't he just tell us
he was here the whole time?

Maybe because
he's protecting
who was really in the park,

the person who left
the key behind.

Mmm-hmm.

Mike.
Yeah?

Was anyone missing
from dinner on Tuesday?

Yeah. Pete.
Pete was working late.

Where's Pete now?

When he gets into
a fight at the home,
he runs here.

Something about sorting
recyclables cools him out.

Man, I hope
the poor guy's okay.

Well, we think Diego
put him somewhere
for his protection.

Maybe somebody here
took him in.

He's got a lot of
fans around here,

but, uh, no,
I would've heard about it.

Did he ever talk about
other people he knows
outside the group home?

He's never mentioned
any family.

He did say
he had a new friend.

Who was that?

Uh, young guy,
about 40, clean cut.

This him?
That's him.

He showed up here
two weeks ago,
at the end of Pete's shift.

Rick never mentioned
anyone named Pete.

Pete Harris.
He's mentally retarded.

No.

This man, Pete,
is missing, Mr. Devon,
and we need to find him.

Now, he told people
that your son
was his friend.

It really threw Rick
for a loop.

Maybe he was trying
to do some charity work,
trying to ground himself.

Maybe he told something
about it to Mrs. Devon.

Well, maybe. I'll ask her.
Right now she's taking a nap.

Parents shouldn't
outlive their kids.
It's not meant to be.

All right, you got a guy
with an IQ of 50
who witnessed a murder,

and two homies after him,
where would you stash him?

Maybe you disappear him
into the mental health system.

The LUDs from
Diego's office phone.

Tuesday night at 11:00,
he called a state hospital
in Staten Island.

Then three more
calls on Wednesday.

That's a nice
badge, Officer.

You see mine?

It means I can't
give you any information

unless you're his doctor,
his immediate family
or his legal guardian.

Look, why don't you
tell me who
Mr. Harris' family is

and we can get them
down here...

Unless you are a member
of the patient's
immediate family,

I can't give you
the name of his family.

Yeah, I get it.
Thank you.

These people...

Forget it.
That nice-looking
Filipino nurse down there

told me Pete's missing
from his room.

She said he was
upset and confused.

The garbage room
for the hospital,
where is it?

Pete?
Yeah? Yeah, that's me.

Hi, we're police officers.
Diego sent us to find you.

Diego told me to wait
for him here at the hospital.
He said it would be safe here.

Right. We know.

Are you taking me home?

Well, we have to make
a couple of stops first,

but I promise to
get you home okay.
All right?

See you, man.

Come down and help out
anytime. All right?

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

Thanks.

You're not in trouble,
all right?

We just need your help
to solve a crime.

You think you can help us?

Yeah.

Yeah? All right,
you want to sit down?
Yeah.

Okay.
All right.

All you got to do is
answer some questions
the best you can,

and tell the truth, all right?

Yeah, okay.

Pete, do you recognize this?

Uh, it's my key.

Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.

I forgot it
in the bathroom
in the park

when I washed my hands
after I did number one.

That's right.
What were you
doing in the park?

Walking with
my friend Rick.

He took me out
to a Mexican restaurant,

and we had
Mexican food. Yeah.

What happened?
Why did you run off
and forget your key?

I was scared.

I heard Rick scream,

and I went outside,
and he was bleeding...

The bad guys were there,
and I was scared.
I ran away. I ran home.

I told Diego about Rick
and the bad guys,

and he said,
"Don't tell anyone, or
the bad guys will hurt you."

I was just so scared.

It's okay,
you're safe.
I was so scared.

You're safe.
It's all right.

Pete.

Yeah?

Do you recognize
any of these men?

Hey, Pete. Look at me.
We're not going to let
the bad guys hurt you, okay?

Okay.

Take your time.

You have trouble
seeing, Pete?

No. I'm just...
I'm looking at their noses.

I saw him.

Yeah, he was there
when Rick was
on the ground.

What about these men?
Did you see
any of them, Pete?

His nose?

No, his whole face.

Pete, you did
really good, okay?
We'll be right back.

"Docket number 85632.
People v. Charles Thomas
and Daryl Main,

"one count of murder
in the second degree,

"one count of murder
in the first degree."

First degree?

Defendants murdered
a presumed witness
to the original killing.

The People are getting
a little ahead
of themselves there.

I believe they need
to prove
the first murder first.

I take it that's
a plea of not guilty?

Yes. On both counts.
Same here.

People request remand.

Both defendants have
long criminal records
with histories of violence.

I don't think that's...
Don't bother, Counselor.
I can read.

Remand. Next.

What do you say?
Bake-off?

Sure, which one you want?

One of you does
life without parole,

the other gets
the prize:

25 to life.

First squeal gets the deal.

Do I look stupid
to you, man?

We have the witness
you thought you were killing,

the one who saw you
in the park.

Yo, man, I told you,
we didn't kill
that dude in the park.

Okay, so,

let's talk about
Mr. Cardenas.

Now, we have a witness
who says you were
looking for him,

and a witness
who got your
license plate number

off your car at the scene.

It's nice of Big Chuck
to let you drive.

If Cardenas bled,
sweat or breathed
in that car,

we'll find his DNA

and you'll die in prison
in about the year 2070.

You better bring a book.

Let me talk to my client.

Take your time.

I'll go see
how my colleague is
doing with Big Chuck.

Wait.

He'll plead on Cardenas
and implicate Big Chuck.

But no deal
on Rick Devon.
What did you get?

Well, Big Chuck says
he rolls into clubs

and he rolls
at the Bowlmor,

but he don't roll
on his homeboys.

So I win.

You know,
just because you
tell them it's a contest,

doesn't mean it is one.

Then how come
you're such a sore loser?

Wait a minute,
why will he plead

on one murder
and not the other?
It's a packaged deal.

He says
they didn't kill Devon.

We're gonna
have to prove it.

I'd better go prep
our star witness.

I went inside,
and Ricky stayed out here.

Did you see the bad men
when you went
into the bathroom?

No. We were
talking about birdies.

Over there.
I feed them bread.

Pete, where exactly
was Ricky when you
went into the bathroom?

He...

Here.

His body ended up
over there.

Yeah. That's where
I saw them
when I came out.

I heard yelling.

But I had to
wash my hands
for 60 seconds,

'cause it kills the germs.

But I heard more yelling.

All right. It's okay.

So you stopped washing
and what happened?

Ricky was on the ground
with the bad man over there.

Did you see them push him,
or fight with him?

He wasn't moving.

I ran away.

And I told Diego,
and he said
it wasn't my fault.

Let's take a break, buddy.

Wasn't my fault. No.
Wasn't your fault.

Maybe they were just
stealing his watch
after he was dead.

Hey, they killed
the other dude, right?

Maybe because
he'd finger them for
a crime they didn't do.

Listen, just call me
if he remembers
anything else.

They like the white part
and the crust.

Ah.
I don't like the crust.

We're talking
about birdies.

Yeah, I always liked them,
even when I was a baby.

Really?
Yeah.

You remember way back then?

No. Ricky told me.

Ricky told you?

Yeah.
He gave me a picture.

That... See?

Look here. It's me.

Where did Ricky
get that picture from?

Uh, I don't know.

Pete remembered
something else.

Rick Devon gave him
a baby picture of himself.

Of himself?

No, of Pete.
Devon had
a baby picture of Pete.

We dug up
Pete's records.

He was turned over
to the Department
of Mental Hygiene

in 1964 by his parents,

Stanley and Ruth Devon.

But his last name
is Harris.

Yeah,
some clerk changed it.

It's just how
they did it then.

It's not the most
rational bureaucracy.

Rick Devon was
Pete's brother?

Yeah, he was born
a year after Pete was
thrown into Willowbrook,

which was a hospital
for mental defectives.

It was a hellhole.
They shut it down.

And 40 years later,
Rick Devon tracks
his brother down?

He got in contact with
the Department of Mental
Hygiene two months ago.

They were happy
to hear from him,

sent him a full
family reunification kit.

And the rest of the family
knew nothing about this?

Talk to the father again.

I want you gone,
before my wife gets here.

Mr. Devon, we need
to know about this.
Your son was murdered.

That's right.

And after that...
After that,

how is it going to
make things better

to dredge up something
that we forgot about
44 years ago?

You never had
any contact with Pete?

No. My wife...

It was the best way.

Everybody said so.
Doctors and experts.

Pete was your son,
just like Rick.

He was nothing like Rick.

He wouldn't stop crying.
He wouldn't eat his food.

One day my wife came in
and found him
bent over his kiddy car.

He couldn't get up.
He was suffocating.

Any other child on earth
would have known
how to get up.

My wife had
two other sons
to take care of,

and she was pregnant.

But a state hospital
for a 3-year-old?

Well, that's the way
people did it back then.
And, lady, you weren't there.

Could we take another look
at Rick's room, please?

What was in here?

I have no idea.
He always kept
that one locked.

The lock was forced.
Somebody broke into it.

Who's been
in this room?

I... I don't know.
Just the family.

The Department
of Mental Hygiene

sent Rick Devon
a set of these forms.

It's a family
reunification kit.

But his forms
weren't in his office
and they weren't in his room.

Someone who wanted Pete
to disappear again

cleaned them
out of that drawer.

The parents have been
ignoring Pete's existence
since 1964.

The older brother,
he probably remembers him,
but he hasn't said a word.

I mean, everybody seems
too concerned

that Mrs. Devon will explode
if someone mentions
Pete's name.

Denial gone toxic.
Could be a motive
for murder in that.

Or this.

The state has been
paying for Pete's upkeep
for the last 44 years.

This is a form
that would figure

the family's
financial contribution.

A strain
on the family budget.

Hello? Uh, okay,
just tell them to wait.

Thanks.

Pete's family
wants to see him.

The loving family
that abandoned him
40 years ago.

One of whom might
just have murdered

the only member
who gave a damn.

Better send a bodyguard.

Which one is
going to be my dad?

The old one, Pete.

What are
my brothers' names?

Matt and Ted.

How will I know
which one Ted is?

When we have a party,
we wear tags.

Don't worry about it.

You're going
to do just fine.

You ready?

Yeah.

This was taken
a little while before
you went away, Pete.

Rick must have found it
when he moved back in.

Do you remember me?
I don't remember you.

Yeah, Pete, I do.

How are they
treating you, Pete,
at the place where you live?

Nice. And the food is good.

And I have a job,

and I used to have
a girlfriend. Daryl.

I want you to know,
we're all very sorry
you were sent away.

Is that really fair?

To Mom and Dad?

You were
too young to remember.

I had a little brother,
and one day he was gone.

And maybe
that was for the best.

I don't think
this is the time.

When would be
a better time?

No, he's right.

Why don't you boys
get some refreshments
for our guests?

Rough party, huh?

You don't seem
too thrilled to have
Pete back in the family.

What's the point,
after all this time?

I mean, you saw my mother.
He was fine where he was.

Oh, damn it.

What?

Our long-lost brother
only takes his soda
out of a plastic bottle.

He won't have it
any other way.

You remember that?

No, I was a baby
when they put him away.
Ted told me.

At least we know
Ted feels something.

To remember that
after all these years.

I'm not so sure.
They didn't have plastic
soda bottles 44 years ago.

You guys okay?

The police are searching
my apartment and my office.

I thought you had
the drug freaks
that killed my brother.

Well, I thought so, too.

And now you think I did it?

Well, my colleague,
Ms. Rubirosa,
and the police

have developed a theory.

What theory?

That you heard about Pete
through your brother Rick,

because there's
no other way
you could have known

that Pete likes
plastic bottles.

I didn't say plastic bottles,
I said bottles.

Well, your brother Matt said
that you said plastic.

Wait a minute.

So, you're saying
that I killed Rick?

Not on purpose.

I'm saying you had
every reason to be upset.

This is unbelievable.

Did you get
a confession this time?

One for two.

The police find anything?

No. But we did get a call
from the group home.

Pete's upset about something.

Nothing.

He won't eat.
He won't go to his job.

It all started
right after that
visit to his family.

What was it, Pete?
Was it something
about your family?

Pete, please.

They didn't like me
when I was a baby,

and I don't want them
to be mad at me again.

Why would they get
mad at you, Pete?

I heard that voice.

What voice?

The voice that was
yelling at Ricky
when I was in the bathroom.

He was there.
Same voice.

He was where, Pete?

With my dad and mommy.

He was one of the brothers.
The one being nice to me.

Ted.

You're not welcome
here anymore.

We know what
you're trying
to do with Ted.

Look, is he here, sir?

Ted Devon,
you're under arrest.

Wait a minute.
What are you doing?
What is going on?

Put your hands
behind your back.

Stop!
It's all right.

Wait a minute. Wait!
Ma, it's all right.

We dropped the first
murder charge against
the drug dealers

and indicted Ted Devon
for second-degree murder.

Premeditated?
He intended
to kill his brother?

Well, if he didn't,
let him plead. I'm open.

You ought to be.
With your case resting

on a mentally retarded
ear-witness.

How's he going
to hold up on cross?

Maybe not so good.
His family wants Pete
to move back in with them.

After 44 years?
They want to pooch
his testimony.

We've got to
keep them away.

How? He's an adult.
He can go where he wants.

You're screwed.

You sure
about this, Pete?

You don't have to
go in there.

No, no, I want to.

No matter what,
you're still going to do
the right thing, right?

Do I look okay?

Sure. You look fine.

Okay. Bye-bye.

And how was your
brother's business
doing, Mr. Devon?

Not too well, I think.

You think?

Why did you write Ted
a check for $2,000
a few months ago?

It was a loan,
so he could pay his rent.

We all helped him out.
We're a family.

And your father helped, too?

Dad loaned him
what he could.

"What he could."

He'd have a lot less
money to help Ted

if he had to pay a bill
from the state
for Pete's upkeep,

isn't that right?

Well, I suppose.
Sure.

Thank you.

How happy
were you to learn

that your brother Pete
had been rediscovered?

I wasn't. I knew it
would be very upsetting
to my mother.

So if you'd known
what Rick was doing,

you would have
been angry with him.

I just don't think
it was necessary.

You just said that
when Ted needed help,
you loaned him $2,000.

That doesn't sound
like very much.

It was all
I could spare.

I've had some financial
troubles of my own.

So you think Rick
was wrong to dig up
your retarded brother?

And you have
financial troubles,

so you would have
suffered from a drain
on family resources.

Sounds like you had
the same motives to
fight with Rick that Ted did.

Maybe you killed him.
Objection.

Withdrawn.
No more questions.

Ricky and me,
we walked to the park.
Yeah.

And what happened
after you got there, Pete?

I... I don't know.
I mean, I don't
remember, yeah.

Pete,

do you remember
what you told
the grand jury about this,

under oath?

Yeah.

Do you remember
saying that

you went into the bathroom
and Rick stayed outside?

I guess.

And you heard someone
yelling at Rick?

Yeah, okay,
I said that.

And that you later
recognized the voice
of the person yelling?

It was your brother, Ted.

I... I don't know.

You said that
because it was true,
isn't that right?

No, that wasn't true.

Now, aren't you
saying that now because
your family told you to?

No.

It wasn't true,
'cause I was lying.
I...

Teddy didn't
hurt Ricky. I did.

Yeah, Ricky wanted me
to live with him,

and I didn't even
know him, and I...
I like where I live.

Pete...

We argumented and I pushed
him and he fell
and he hit his head.

That's the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.

Yeah, that's it.
That's it.

Okay.

I can't believe that family
is throwing Pete
to the wolves, again.

Getting him to confess
to a murder
he didn't commit.

Why not?
What's the downside?

Ted goes free,
so does Pete.

Even if you charge him
with perjury, no judge
will send him to prison.

Why perjury?
Why not murder?

Because he
obviously didn't do it.

He says he did.

We all know he's lying.

What kind of pathological
prosecutor would actually
charge him?

Call the cops.
Tell them to arrest
Pete Devon for murder.

I thought I was
supposed to be
the hard-ass.

You can't be serious
about this.

Dead serious, Mr. Devon.

It doesn't make any sense.

If they found Pete guilty,

they would just send him
back to his group home.

I promise you that's
not going to happen.

He confessed to a murder.

He'd go to prison?

That's the way it works.

Oh.

I'm not sure
why this is
so hard for you.

You've sent Pete away
once before.

Ruthie, he's just trying
to upset us.

You don't know
what things were
like back then.

The doctors tested Petey
and they said he was a moron.

That was the medical
term, moron.

So he was a victim once,
makes it easier to make
him a victim again.

All the doctors said
it was the right thing to do.

Ruthie, look, he's bluffing,
don't you see?
It doesn't make any sense.

First, he doesn't get
to say where Petey goes.

And second, he knows
that Pete can win

some kind of "not guilty
by mental deficiency."

And third...
Stop!

That was how you
counted off the reasons
40 years ago.

Seven good reasons
why we should
give Petey away.

First, he would be
a burden to me.

Second, he needed
medical care
we couldn't give him.

And on and on and on,
all those logical reasons.

And I gave away my baby.

I can't do it again.
I will not do it again.

I'm 50 years old.

But when Rick told me
he wanted to bring
Petey home,

it all came back.

The tantrums, the messes,
my mother crying.

Our whole life was a mess.

I told Rick what it would do
to our mother, to the family.

We argued and I...

I followed him
into the park.

I guess I was
curious to see Pete.

And when he went
into the bathroom,
I went up to Rick.

We argued again.
Things got out of hand.

And I shoved him, hard.

I didn't mean to kill him.

You've pleaded guilty
to manslaughter
in the second degree.

Was that plea made
of your own free will?

Yes, it was.

Very well.
I'll set an early date
for sentencing.

Meanwhile, you are remanded
to the custody of the
Department of Correction.

Forty-four years.

That's a lot
of catching up.