1 00:00:00,957 --> 00:00:02,948 In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:03,026 --> 00:00:06,689 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,763 --> 00:00:08,663 The police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:08,732 --> 00:00:11,462 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,534 --> 00:00:13,229 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,138 --> 00:00:16,400 I'm home! 7 00:00:19,943 --> 00:00:21,376 Sean, honey. 8 00:00:22,246 --> 00:00:23,406 Maureen. 9 00:00:24,548 --> 00:00:27,517 Frank. Somebody help me with these groceries. 10 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:38,119 Sean, turn that music down. 11 00:00:38,963 --> 00:00:40,988 It's not gonna help me memorize the periodic table. 12 00:00:41,065 --> 00:00:44,557 You always do fine. Stop worrying. Where's your sister? 13 00:00:45,736 --> 00:00:47,260 Oh, not again! 14 00:00:49,006 --> 00:00:50,906 Where'd your father go? 15 00:00:50,975 --> 00:00:53,409 B- line tenants said there's no hot water. 16 00:00:54,312 --> 00:00:58,043 He's fixing the boiler, I think. I think he's in the shop. 17 00:00:58,616 --> 00:01:00,914 I wish they'd buy a new boiler. 18 00:01:07,191 --> 00:01:08,351 Frank? 19 00:01:24,809 --> 00:01:26,003 Frank? 20 00:01:41,325 --> 00:01:42,587 Oh, my God. 21 00:01:44,195 --> 00:01:45,321 Frank? 22 00:01:47,865 --> 00:01:51,029 Oh, God. Oh, God, Frank. 23 00:01:51,203 --> 00:01:53,603 Oh, God. Oh, God, Frank. 24 00:01:53,772 --> 00:01:56,570 Oh, God. Oh, God, oh, God. 25 00:01:56,675 --> 00:01:59,109 Hey, it goes with the job these days. 26 00:01:59,177 --> 00:02:02,669 The Super stops a break-in, he gets his head bashed in. 27 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:07,647 Looks like he's been moved. Who touched the body? 28 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:11,150 When we showed up, the wife was holding him like a baby. 29 00:02:11,223 --> 00:02:13,691 She won't let go. I think she was in shock. 30 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:17,286 McKinnon, Frank, 44. Heard a noise, came out with a hammer. 31 00:02:18,363 --> 00:02:20,593 Everybody's got to be a hero. 32 00:02:21,133 --> 00:02:24,227 Broke the window trying to get the security bar. 33 00:02:24,569 --> 00:02:28,005 Every piece of glass, even slivers. Everything goes into Forensics. 34 00:02:28,073 --> 00:02:29,438 Did anybody get inside? 35 00:02:29,508 --> 00:02:32,636 Doesn't look like it. He was in the boiler room. When he came out... 36 00:02:32,711 --> 00:02:34,406 they were probably still working the door. 37 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:36,777 He should've gone back in. His tool kit had a knife in it. 38 00:02:36,848 --> 00:02:38,372 At least he'd have a chance. 39 00:02:38,450 --> 00:02:41,317 Should've gone back in and called 911. 40 00:02:41,753 --> 00:02:45,280 Why'd he go out by himself? I mean, why didn't he call me? 41 00:02:45,857 --> 00:02:47,916 This is Detective Briscoe. 42 00:02:47,993 --> 00:02:50,655 Mr. McKinnon's son, Sean. Hi, Sean. 43 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:55,327 You know, if I'd worked on the boiler like he wanted, I mean... 44 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,868 none of this would have happened. I could have... 45 00:02:57,936 --> 00:03:01,030 Sean, why don't you take care of your mom. Okay? 46 00:03:04,443 --> 00:03:07,503 ME says one blow did the job. Crackhead? 47 00:03:08,213 --> 00:03:10,738 Makes you mad, makes you strong. Tell you one thing... 48 00:03:10,816 --> 00:03:13,376 if we don't get good prints, goes to the three-day and dies. 49 00:03:13,452 --> 00:03:15,818 Sean! Excuse me, please. Sean! 50 00:03:16,521 --> 00:03:19,251 Hey, that's my sister. Let her in. What's going on? 51 00:03:19,324 --> 00:03:20,553 What the hell is this? 52 00:03:20,626 --> 00:03:24,221 Oh, honey. Uncle Ned, why are you here? What is this? 53 00:03:24,297 --> 00:03:26,595 There was a break-in and your father tried to stop them. 54 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:28,429 So, where is he? Is he okay? 55 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:30,332 Oh, my God! Oh, no! 56 00:03:30,403 --> 00:03:32,132 No. Please! 57 00:04:22,622 --> 00:04:24,556 There's only been two robberies in, I don't know... 58 00:04:24,624 --> 00:04:25,648 a couple of years. 59 00:04:25,725 --> 00:04:27,852 Okay, so as far as you know, he was well-liked... 60 00:04:27,927 --> 00:04:29,519 no problems with anybody in the neighborhood. 61 00:04:29,595 --> 00:04:32,325 I never heard any. I mean, the building was crazy about him. 62 00:04:32,398 --> 00:04:34,423 Just this morning he was here fixing the sink. 63 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:36,968 I mean, most Supers, you have to open your wallet first. 64 00:04:37,036 --> 00:04:38,162 Frank wouldn't take a dime. 65 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:40,569 Nancy, it's Frank McKinnon. 66 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,165 Some burglars beat him up. He's dead. 67 00:04:43,242 --> 00:04:44,641 Oh, my God! 68 00:04:44,710 --> 00:04:47,144 It was around 9:30. Were you home? 69 00:04:47,213 --> 00:04:49,273 Did you hear any noise, maybe shouting? 70 00:04:49,349 --> 00:04:51,283 Who listens? The whole city shouts. 71 00:04:51,351 --> 00:04:52,750 Wait, 9:30... 72 00:04:52,819 --> 00:04:55,652 Yeah, I was coming from the video store. I did hear an argument. 73 00:04:55,722 --> 00:04:57,246 I thought it was 2A, the Horowitzes. 74 00:04:57,324 --> 00:04:59,224 Him and his brother-in-law again. 75 00:04:59,293 --> 00:05:02,057 Nancy, darling, they went to the country on Wednesday. 76 00:05:02,129 --> 00:05:05,223 Oh, you're right. Okay, but you heard two men yelling, right? 77 00:05:05,299 --> 00:05:09,030 Yeah, but I thought it was Nat Horowitz. I didn't even look. 78 00:05:09,269 --> 00:05:12,932 No prints on the door, unusable partials on the hammer. 79 00:05:13,207 --> 00:05:15,038 Similar M. O. In the neighborhood? 80 00:05:15,108 --> 00:05:17,474 Fire escapes, windows, but no basements. 81 00:05:17,544 --> 00:05:19,239 Break-in at 9:30. 82 00:05:19,446 --> 00:05:21,107 That's not a pro. 83 00:05:21,381 --> 00:05:23,542 Crackheads or kids. 84 00:05:23,951 --> 00:05:26,545 Gets hit with his own hammer. Now... 85 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:30,488 if I was the kind of kid who broke into buildings, I'd probably be armed. 86 00:05:30,557 --> 00:05:32,821 I got to admit, the same thing occurred to me. 87 00:05:32,893 --> 00:05:34,520 A gun, at least a knife. 88 00:05:34,595 --> 00:05:37,723 Hey, you want to look for holes, I got one as big as my kitchen. 89 00:05:37,798 --> 00:05:40,289 Noisy boiler room, the guy's hammering... 90 00:05:40,367 --> 00:05:42,892 and he hears glass break in the hall? 91 00:05:43,937 --> 00:05:47,805 Talk to Forensics. I'll run a family, see if anything pops. 92 00:05:49,509 --> 00:05:51,875 Suppose this guy broke into his own building? 93 00:05:51,945 --> 00:05:55,312 Oh, sure. He forgot the key. Blood on the broken glass. 94 00:05:55,382 --> 00:05:57,612 The ME also sent over a sample of the victim. 95 00:05:57,684 --> 00:05:59,515 How close? It's perfect. 96 00:05:59,586 --> 00:06:01,713 It's the same blood. What? 97 00:06:02,122 --> 00:06:03,350 Well... 98 00:06:04,057 --> 00:06:05,888 maybe it's one of our guys did it... 99 00:06:05,959 --> 00:06:08,553 got the victim's blood on his gloves before he picked up the glass? 100 00:06:08,629 --> 00:06:10,358 Maybe. 101 00:06:14,234 --> 00:06:15,394 Medill. 102 00:06:17,604 --> 00:06:19,197 Your Lieutenant calls. 103 00:06:21,342 --> 00:06:22,741 Yeah, Logan. 104 00:06:25,246 --> 00:06:26,543 For what? 105 00:06:28,883 --> 00:06:31,909 Frank McKinnon's daughter's got a juvenile record. 106 00:06:31,986 --> 00:06:34,250 Criminal Possession Four. Okay. 107 00:06:34,322 --> 00:06:35,448 She got a counselor? 108 00:06:38,826 --> 00:06:40,521 Maureen had a big coat. 109 00:06:40,595 --> 00:06:42,586 Went through Macy's, filled it with gold... 110 00:06:42,664 --> 00:06:45,224 lipsticks, and enough clothes for an army. 111 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:49,566 I had an uncle who had a coat like that. He used to load up the pockets with ashtrays. 112 00:06:49,637 --> 00:06:53,164 The boy Maureen hangs with, ashtrays aren't on his list. 113 00:06:55,643 --> 00:07:00,137 Mitchell Lewis, 16, truant, runaway, possession three, juvenile assault. 114 00:07:00,848 --> 00:07:02,941 Just the kind of kid I'd like for my daughter. 115 00:07:03,017 --> 00:07:04,382 Not a lovely boy. 116 00:07:04,452 --> 00:07:07,444 Maureen's okay, just takes her anger out on herself. 117 00:07:07,689 --> 00:07:09,054 Who doesn't? 118 00:07:09,123 --> 00:07:10,954 Says her brother's smart. 119 00:07:11,025 --> 00:07:13,186 One genius in a family is enough. 120 00:07:13,661 --> 00:07:16,221 And there was a problem at home. 121 00:07:16,297 --> 00:07:18,060 Something about her father. 122 00:07:18,132 --> 00:07:19,224 Is that a problem? 123 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:21,768 Half the kids in America don't get along with their parents. 124 00:07:21,836 --> 00:07:25,135 Not like this. Maureen's run away a couple of times. 125 00:07:25,206 --> 00:07:28,232 She won't tell me. She might have told Mitchell. 126 00:07:28,309 --> 00:07:32,336 What am I hearing? Daddy was a little too close to the daughter? 127 00:07:32,447 --> 00:07:35,473 Could make her run away, look for protection. 128 00:07:35,616 --> 00:07:38,915 Mitchell had a scream-out with Dad. Dad called the cops. 129 00:07:38,986 --> 00:07:41,580 Myself, I needed help, I wouldn't pick Mitchell. 130 00:07:41,656 --> 00:07:43,954 No, we'll pick him. For today, at least. 131 00:07:44,025 --> 00:07:45,458 Where can we find him? 132 00:07:45,927 --> 00:07:48,123 They don't need me at home. 133 00:07:49,698 --> 00:07:52,064 Your dad was killed last night. 134 00:07:52,501 --> 00:07:54,401 I don't have to be home to cry. 135 00:07:54,470 --> 00:07:58,099 She don't need you for nothing. She needs you, though, Mitch. 136 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,608 Just so she can get busted again. 137 00:08:00,676 --> 00:08:03,406 Where were you last night? With me. 138 00:08:03,479 --> 00:08:06,414 Till I got home. You taking me in? 139 00:08:06,615 --> 00:08:10,676 'Cause we're going back to the crib, and you ain't invited. Later. 140 00:08:16,291 --> 00:08:19,089 I'm sorry, I don't know what this is about. 141 00:08:19,161 --> 00:08:22,130 We understand that Mitch didn't get along with your husband. 142 00:08:22,197 --> 00:08:24,222 No, Frank didn't like him. 143 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,830 We never thought he was right for Maureen. 144 00:08:26,902 --> 00:08:29,166 Look, is all this necessary? 145 00:08:29,238 --> 00:08:30,796 My sister really needs her rest. 146 00:08:30,873 --> 00:08:34,172 We happen to know that Maureen ran away a few times. 147 00:08:35,310 --> 00:08:39,007 So if there's anything you want to tell us, I think now is the time. 148 00:08:39,314 --> 00:08:42,283 Wait. You think Mitch killed Frank? 149 00:08:42,851 --> 00:08:45,183 I mean, they argued a couple of times, but... 150 00:08:45,254 --> 00:08:46,312 What about? 151 00:08:46,388 --> 00:08:50,347 I told you. Frank wanted Maureen to stop seeing him. 152 00:08:50,459 --> 00:08:53,394 All right, now. Your daughter says he was with her last night. 153 00:08:53,462 --> 00:08:55,862 Could there be a reason that she'd protect him? 154 00:08:55,931 --> 00:08:58,263 Good Lord, she thinks she loves the kid. 155 00:08:58,333 --> 00:09:00,233 Even if he killed her father? 156 00:09:05,140 --> 00:09:06,732 I don't know. 157 00:09:11,013 --> 00:09:14,710 I can't talk about this. I just don't know what she'd do. 158 00:09:15,017 --> 00:09:16,746 Gentlemen, please. 159 00:09:18,054 --> 00:09:19,783 Is your son around? 160 00:09:21,224 --> 00:09:23,954 With a friend. Sandy Resnick. 161 00:09:24,661 --> 00:09:28,188 She lives over on Central Park West, 341. 162 00:09:30,667 --> 00:09:34,501 You should leave Sean alone. He has an important chem test tomorrow. 163 00:09:34,571 --> 00:09:36,163 He's studying? 164 00:09:36,406 --> 00:09:40,274 His father was just murdered. His father wanted him to study. 165 00:09:40,643 --> 00:09:42,543 He has early admission at Princeton. 166 00:09:42,612 --> 00:09:45,445 He fails chem, they might withdraw the acceptance. 167 00:09:45,748 --> 00:09:49,184 Hey, my mom just called. What's this about my sister? 168 00:09:49,352 --> 00:09:51,320 You know her boyfriend? 169 00:09:52,121 --> 00:09:53,452 Mitch. 170 00:09:53,556 --> 00:09:55,217 Well, yeah, I met him. 171 00:09:55,291 --> 00:09:57,088 Yeah, you see him last night? 172 00:09:59,529 --> 00:10:01,793 Oh, no. I know what you guys are thinking, 173 00:10:01,865 --> 00:10:03,355 but that kid? I mean, he... 174 00:10:03,433 --> 00:10:06,800 He couldn't have done it. We heard he was angry at your dad. 175 00:10:07,637 --> 00:10:09,127 Yeah, but... 176 00:10:09,205 --> 00:10:10,934 No, I don't think so. 177 00:10:11,007 --> 00:10:12,474 Sean, let me ask you something. 178 00:10:12,542 --> 00:10:14,567 You were in your room studying. 179 00:10:14,644 --> 00:10:16,373 Your father's outside having a fight... 180 00:10:16,446 --> 00:10:18,880 but your window's right on the alley... 181 00:10:18,948 --> 00:10:20,848 and you didn't hear anything? 182 00:10:21,351 --> 00:10:23,979 Look, I don't know why you guys are doing this, but... 183 00:10:24,053 --> 00:10:26,886 I was in the kitchen awhile and the radio was on. 184 00:10:28,024 --> 00:10:30,492 I'd have gone out if I'd heard something. 185 00:10:32,495 --> 00:10:34,759 Yeah. Good luck on that test. 186 00:10:38,735 --> 00:10:41,033 Holes just keep getting bigger. 187 00:10:41,104 --> 00:10:43,800 The mother says maybe the daughter's boyfriend did it... 188 00:10:43,873 --> 00:10:45,465 but she won't give you enough to move. 189 00:10:45,542 --> 00:10:48,376 Yeah, and admit her husband's doing their daughter? 190 00:10:48,445 --> 00:10:51,676 We gave her a chance. She'll dance on his grave before she tells us. 191 00:10:51,749 --> 00:10:53,944 Hell, she'll jump in it before she tells us. 192 00:10:54,018 --> 00:10:57,920 Something here doesn't play. Loved by his tenants. Sweetest guy on earth. 193 00:10:57,988 --> 00:11:00,582 Is that the picture of a guy who molests his child? 194 00:11:00,658 --> 00:11:03,252 None of this plays. McKinnon's Mr. Clean... 195 00:11:03,327 --> 00:11:06,262 he doesn't take tips, lives in a basement apartment. 196 00:11:06,330 --> 00:11:09,356 How's he afford to pay prep school tuition for the kid? 197 00:11:09,433 --> 00:11:13,233 We don't know enough about this man. Let's ask somebody who might. 198 00:11:17,074 --> 00:11:20,976 I own that building 16 years. Frank McKinnon's been with me 11. 199 00:11:22,012 --> 00:11:24,446 Anybody that honest, you got to wonder. 200 00:11:24,515 --> 00:11:26,483 That's a lovely view of human nature. 201 00:11:26,550 --> 00:11:29,519 Calling a Super crooked is like calling the sky blue. 202 00:11:29,887 --> 00:11:30,979 McKinnon? 203 00:11:31,055 --> 00:11:32,852 He wouldn't steal cheese from a rat. 204 00:11:32,923 --> 00:11:35,448 Sounds like he's practically a friend of the Tooth Fairy's. 205 00:11:35,526 --> 00:11:37,255 He was soft on the tenants. 206 00:11:37,328 --> 00:11:39,660 He fixes things they should have paid for. 207 00:11:39,730 --> 00:11:41,322 The only thing I worried about... 208 00:11:41,398 --> 00:11:43,195 liability insurance. I wondered. 209 00:11:43,267 --> 00:11:44,859 Maybe he drank a little bit. 210 00:11:44,935 --> 00:11:47,369 So did I, but it didn't make me a bad insurance risk. 211 00:11:47,438 --> 00:11:49,599 Bet you didn't break as many bones as he did. 212 00:11:49,673 --> 00:11:51,504 What? Accidents. 213 00:11:51,942 --> 00:11:53,466 Four, five times in the hospital. 214 00:11:53,544 --> 00:11:55,705 I mean, it's got to be the bottle, right? 215 00:11:55,779 --> 00:11:57,303 Which hospital? 216 00:11:57,648 --> 00:12:00,947 February, cracked collarbone. He slipped on the ice. 217 00:12:01,018 --> 00:12:04,818 April, steam from the boiler. First degree burns on his back. 218 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:07,450 Who stands backwards at a boiler that long? 219 00:12:07,524 --> 00:12:09,583 The admitting nurse wanted to know, too. 220 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:12,925 Cooked that bad, he'd have to be against a hot pipe a good minute. 221 00:12:12,997 --> 00:12:16,399 July, he's in again. Cracked ribs. Fell off a ladder. 222 00:12:16,468 --> 00:12:17,799 I admitted him. 223 00:12:17,869 --> 00:12:21,930 If that man fell off a ladder, then I got hit by a truck and stubbed my toe. 224 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:23,668 Well, people do fall off of ladders. 225 00:12:23,742 --> 00:12:25,642 I mean, I might crack a couple of ribs. 226 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:29,271 Mr. McKinnon had no bruises. No scratches. Just the ribs. 227 00:12:29,347 --> 00:12:33,010 I asked him, "Somebody hurting you?" He was polite enough. 228 00:12:33,084 --> 00:12:35,348 But he said I should mind my own business. 229 00:12:35,420 --> 00:12:39,015 Four times in 18 months. Nobody is that accident-prone. 230 00:12:43,828 --> 00:12:47,889 All I know is somebody killed my husband and you can't tell me who did it. 231 00:12:48,967 --> 00:12:51,299 All right, did your husband have any friends... 232 00:12:51,369 --> 00:12:54,566 or business associates who had a reason to put him in the hospital? 233 00:12:54,639 --> 00:12:56,231 You calling my father some sort of criminal? 234 00:12:56,307 --> 00:12:57,296 Sean. 235 00:12:58,009 --> 00:12:59,943 My husband worked hard. 236 00:13:00,378 --> 00:13:03,176 5:00 in the morning till 10:00,11:00 at night. 237 00:13:03,248 --> 00:13:04,909 He was tired, he had accidents. 238 00:13:04,983 --> 00:13:08,384 But you think your daughter's boyfriend had a grudge against your husband, right? 239 00:13:08,453 --> 00:13:10,478 I didn't say that. You did. 240 00:13:13,391 --> 00:13:15,450 Do you have any more questions? 241 00:13:15,527 --> 00:13:18,621 We have to make arrangements for my husband's funeral. 242 00:13:24,169 --> 00:13:26,569 You know, all we got is a bunch of hunches... 243 00:13:26,638 --> 00:13:28,606 and an accident-prone dead guy. 244 00:13:28,673 --> 00:13:31,107 Yeah, I think we got the wrong hunch. 245 00:13:31,176 --> 00:13:34,805 Maureen's boyfriend had one lousy fight with her father. 246 00:13:34,879 --> 00:13:36,972 That's a long way from killing him. 247 00:13:37,048 --> 00:13:40,040 Yeah, two days ago, the mother steers us toward the boyfriend. 248 00:13:40,118 --> 00:13:41,312 Two minutes ago, she backs off. 249 00:13:41,386 --> 00:13:43,251 Sure, she goes along with anything we say. 250 00:13:43,321 --> 00:13:45,313 She doesn't want us to get anywhere. 251 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:48,417 You know what else bothers me? Both kids. 252 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:51,322 Their father gets his skull crushed. Where are they? 253 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:53,297 She's off with Mr. Juvenile Record. 254 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:55,526 He's at his girlfriend's, studying. 255 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:59,435 Who in hell studies for a test the day after your father is killed? 256 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:01,803 You got trouble with this kid? What? 257 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:03,205 I mean, you're both Irish. 258 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:04,606 You made it as far as detective... 259 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,508 he's making it all the way to the Ivy League. 260 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,410 Hey, the trouble I have with this kid is... 261 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:10,073 he was the only one home when it happened. 262 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:11,582 Let's work this through. 263 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,813 They say somebody broke in. We say maybe nobody broke in. 264 00:14:15,888 --> 00:14:17,685 You see the problem? 265 00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:24,790 Nat Horowitz fights with his brother-in-law all the time. 266 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:26,388 I don't know, I just assumed. 267 00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:29,025 But it was definitely two voices. Men's voices. 268 00:14:29,101 --> 00:14:32,036 Well, I really wasn't paying attention. I think it was two. 269 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:33,765 One was shouting really loud. 270 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:36,273 Mrs. Kroll, are you sure you didn't hear any words clearly? 271 00:14:36,342 --> 00:14:39,903 No, just shouting. Later, they were throwing things at each other. 272 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:43,176 Elaine Horowitz told me last year Nat threw a lamp. 273 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:45,217 This time, it sounded like glass. 274 00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:48,617 Wait a minute. Now, you didn't say anything about glass breaking. 275 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:51,315 Well, it was about half an hour later. 276 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,984 I was on the fire stairs in the back hallway. 277 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,425 My husband won't let me smoke in the apartment. 278 00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:59,362 Mrs. Kroll, I'm gonna run this by you one more time. 279 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:03,663 You heard shouting. Then a half-hour later, you heard glass breaking? 280 00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:06,237 Yes. I thought it was Horowitz. 281 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,271 Is the woman reliable? 282 00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:12,868 Unless she was smoking dope on those back steps instead of cigarettes. 283 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:15,540 Yeah, I don't think she lost track of half an hour. 284 00:15:15,615 --> 00:15:18,743 And I don't think anybody beat him up and then broke in. 285 00:15:18,819 --> 00:15:21,287 Well, fellas, I'll buy no burglars. 286 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:22,987 In fact... 287 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:26,123 I'll buy there was no one there at all. 288 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:31,597 Somebody stop me before the train crashes. 289 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:35,823 We're about to say Frank McKinnon was killed by his own son. 290 00:15:35,902 --> 00:15:37,267 I won't stop you. 291 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:40,135 I just want to know who smashed the window. 292 00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:42,371 No question. 293 00:15:42,843 --> 00:15:45,368 This glass was knocked out. From the inside. 294 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:49,211 You just discovered this? I'm not Columbus. I wasn't looking. 295 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,648 Ask me sooner, I find it sooner. 296 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:53,514 Glass is tensile. 297 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,785 You want to know which side it was hit from... 298 00:15:55,856 --> 00:15:58,290 match a piece on the ground with one left in the frame... 299 00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:00,019 check for radial fractures. 300 00:16:00,093 --> 00:16:02,755 So, the kid broke the window, realized he screwed up... 301 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:04,729 and then moved the glass back inside. 302 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:07,130 And, got some of his father's blood on it. 303 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,227 Kills his old man, cleans it up and waits for Mom to come home. 304 00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:12,928 That is cold. 305 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,673 Yeah, but Dad was in the boiler room. Now... 306 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:20,577 why would he go outside to stop a break-in that didn't happen? 307 00:16:20,881 --> 00:16:23,782 What's the basement floor made of? Cement. 308 00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:26,815 Get us a guy with Luminol. We're gonna spray. 309 00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:30,818 Well... 310 00:16:30,891 --> 00:16:32,984 I guess that's not cranberry juice. 311 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,526 Straight line. 312 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:36,892 He was dragged the whole way. 313 00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:42,162 Dead end, fellas. 314 00:16:43,571 --> 00:16:45,266 Spray the pipe. 315 00:16:47,975 --> 00:16:49,203 Right. 316 00:16:51,812 --> 00:16:52,972 Well... 317 00:16:54,081 --> 00:16:56,481 he hits him here, drags him out. 318 00:16:57,852 --> 00:16:59,786 You think the mother knows? 319 00:17:00,454 --> 00:17:01,853 I don't know. 320 00:17:01,923 --> 00:17:05,324 But did you notice the daughter the last time we were in the building? 321 00:17:05,393 --> 00:17:07,884 Unhappy. And scared. 322 00:17:11,499 --> 00:17:15,128 You keep coming after me. I was with my boyfriend. I don't know anything. 323 00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:18,137 Okay, look, all we want to know is what happened to your father. 324 00:17:18,205 --> 00:17:21,265 We don't think you or your boyfriend had anything to do with it. 325 00:17:21,342 --> 00:17:23,833 I'm gonna ask you a question, okay? 326 00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:26,771 Did your brother get along with your father? 327 00:17:27,248 --> 00:17:29,478 Did they ever fight sometimes? 328 00:17:30,084 --> 00:17:31,881 I don't know what you mean. 329 00:17:32,253 --> 00:17:36,155 Well, he was there that night. But he says he didn't hear anything. 330 00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:38,453 He said he was in the kitchen. 331 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,887 Maybe he wasn't telling the truth. 332 00:17:43,631 --> 00:17:45,428 What do you think happened? 333 00:17:47,535 --> 00:17:50,129 I don't- You know what I think? 334 00:17:50,938 --> 00:17:53,202 I think you don't believe him either. 335 00:17:53,908 --> 00:17:55,876 Look, it doesn't matter. 336 00:17:55,943 --> 00:17:58,571 My father is dead, so just leave us alone. 337 00:18:06,921 --> 00:18:09,822 This has been very hard for my sister and the kids. 338 00:18:10,391 --> 00:18:12,485 Oh, please, sit down. 339 00:18:15,897 --> 00:18:17,831 I'm sure that Catherine... 340 00:18:17,899 --> 00:18:19,890 you know, told you everything she knows. 341 00:18:19,968 --> 00:18:23,028 All due respect to you, we don't think that's the case. 342 00:18:24,606 --> 00:18:26,665 What are you suggesting? 343 00:18:26,842 --> 00:18:31,336 I'm suggesting that Mr. McKinnon was in the hospital four times last year. 344 00:18:32,681 --> 00:18:35,411 Was your sister's husband a violent man? 345 00:18:35,484 --> 00:18:36,542 No. 346 00:18:37,519 --> 00:18:39,111 How about Sean? 347 00:18:39,821 --> 00:18:41,448 He ever hit his father? 348 00:18:43,225 --> 00:18:46,160 Well, I mean, you know, once in a while... 349 00:18:46,962 --> 00:18:49,931 You know how families are. Tempers flare, you know. 350 00:18:49,998 --> 00:18:53,161 Where I come from, it was the father who used the strap. 351 00:19:06,648 --> 00:19:09,947 There was this reception, the Princeton Club. 352 00:19:11,086 --> 00:19:13,850 It was for applicants and their parents. 353 00:19:14,956 --> 00:19:17,447 I went in Frank's place. 354 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:21,094 Catherine said I'd make a good impression... 355 00:19:21,163 --> 00:19:22,960 because I'm an accountant. 356 00:19:24,866 --> 00:19:26,834 When we got home that night... 357 00:19:27,302 --> 00:19:29,770 Frank was upset. 358 00:19:31,039 --> 00:19:33,735 He said, "I'm a Super and proud of it." 359 00:19:34,876 --> 00:19:38,334 And Sean said, "Oh, a Super. That would really help me get in." 360 00:19:39,081 --> 00:19:40,810 Frank was shouting. 361 00:19:42,718 --> 00:19:44,743 Sean told him to shut up. 362 00:19:47,323 --> 00:19:50,292 And then, Frank went right over to the boy... 363 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,895 right in his face and he said, "Go ahead... 364 00:19:54,197 --> 00:19:57,394 "do it in front of your uncle. Take a pop at me. 365 00:19:58,534 --> 00:20:01,230 "Let him see what this family is really about." 366 00:20:03,239 --> 00:20:05,434 Sean was gonna hit him. 367 00:20:08,244 --> 00:20:10,212 I had to separate them. 368 00:20:10,646 --> 00:20:13,444 I thought you said your sister told us the truth. 369 00:20:18,121 --> 00:20:20,954 Yeah, well, maybe I'm not as sure as I used to be. 370 00:20:26,262 --> 00:20:29,095 Broken collarbone, cracked ribs. 371 00:20:29,499 --> 00:20:32,161 You were beating him up pretty regular, weren't you? 372 00:20:32,235 --> 00:20:34,726 Let's give the kid a chance, Lennie. 373 00:20:35,571 --> 00:20:37,766 Maybe you can explain this, Sean. 374 00:20:38,908 --> 00:20:40,569 You think I hit my own father? 375 00:20:40,643 --> 00:20:42,975 We heard you almost hit him in front of your uncle. 376 00:20:43,045 --> 00:20:45,912 What he do this time, huh? Something must have made you mad. 377 00:20:45,982 --> 00:20:49,349 I don't know what you're talking about. Somebody broke in. 378 00:20:49,418 --> 00:20:51,045 No, actually, Sean, nobody did. 379 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,747 You see, what happened was this. 380 00:20:52,822 --> 00:20:56,758 Somebody dragged his body out from the boiler room outside. 381 00:20:57,126 --> 00:20:59,117 You didn't like your old man, did you? 382 00:20:59,195 --> 00:21:01,527 Why? 'Cause he was a Super? 'Cause he didn't go to Princeton? 383 00:21:01,597 --> 00:21:02,723 I loved my father. 384 00:21:02,798 --> 00:21:05,028 Well, maybe you can tell us about the broken window 385 00:21:05,101 --> 00:21:06,432 'cause it turns out... 386 00:21:06,502 --> 00:21:08,834 somebody knocked it out from the inside. 387 00:21:08,905 --> 00:21:12,000 That doesn't sound like a burglary to me. You know what I mean? 388 00:21:12,075 --> 00:21:13,474 Pretty smart move, Sean. 389 00:21:13,544 --> 00:21:16,342 But you didn't know we could prove that, did you? 390 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,513 Gentlemen... 391 00:21:19,349 --> 00:21:21,579 Roger Easton, Sean's lawyer. 392 00:21:21,652 --> 00:21:22,880 What's he doing here? 393 00:21:22,953 --> 00:21:25,444 Well, for openers, we think he killed his father. 394 00:21:25,522 --> 00:21:26,716 Under pressure here? 395 00:21:26,790 --> 00:21:30,157 You can't find the street scum who did it, so you go after this boy? 396 00:21:30,227 --> 00:21:31,785 I want him out of here, now. 397 00:21:31,862 --> 00:21:35,229 Take a break, Counselor. Maybe, we'll give you a ride to central booking. 398 00:21:35,299 --> 00:21:36,459 Mike. 399 00:21:41,205 --> 00:21:44,231 Parents beating their kids is pretty common. But the other way around? 400 00:21:44,308 --> 00:21:47,209 How often does that happen? So this kid's the exception to the rule. 401 00:21:47,277 --> 00:21:51,077 He's ashamed of his father? As a motive, it sounds like sidewalk psychology to me. 402 00:21:51,148 --> 00:21:53,616 Look, I don't care what it sounds like. You don't buy the motive? 403 00:21:53,684 --> 00:21:56,118 Go with the physical evidence. Who broke that window? 404 00:21:56,186 --> 00:21:58,677 Who the hell dragged McKinnon's body down that hall? 405 00:21:58,755 --> 00:22:01,690 The physical evidence makes me ready to believe the motive. 406 00:22:01,758 --> 00:22:04,625 Even if I am ready to believe it, I don't know if a jury is. 407 00:22:04,695 --> 00:22:06,686 We have enough to indict. 408 00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,396 Okay. Go ahead. 409 00:22:17,874 --> 00:22:19,205 Sean McKinnon... 410 00:22:19,276 --> 00:22:22,404 you're under arrest for the murder of Frank McKinnon. Excuse me. 411 00:22:22,479 --> 00:22:24,140 You have the right to remain silent. 412 00:22:24,214 --> 00:22:25,977 Anything you do, say, can and will be... 413 00:22:26,049 --> 00:22:28,210 used against you in a court of law. 414 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:33,617 "Docket number 680641... 415 00:22:34,224 --> 00:22:37,421 "People of the State of New York v. Sean McKinnon. 416 00:22:37,494 --> 00:22:39,962 "Charge is murder in the second degree." 417 00:22:40,765 --> 00:22:42,665 How does the defendant plead? 418 00:22:43,801 --> 00:22:45,428 Not guilty, sir. 419 00:22:46,104 --> 00:22:47,332 All right. 420 00:22:47,405 --> 00:22:50,272 Young man, nobody calls me sir anymore. 421 00:22:50,341 --> 00:22:51,365 Ms. Kincaid? 422 00:22:51,442 --> 00:22:53,376 The People request reasonable bail. 423 00:22:53,444 --> 00:22:56,311 While there's no risk of flight - There's also no record. 424 00:22:56,381 --> 00:22:59,873 Bail is to secure appearance at trial, Ms. Kincaid, not to punish. 425 00:22:59,951 --> 00:23:01,145 Mr. Easton? 426 00:23:01,219 --> 00:23:04,120 Your Honor, the McKinnon family have limited means. 427 00:23:04,188 --> 00:23:06,554 High bail would be a terrible hardship. 428 00:23:06,624 --> 00:23:09,457 Death was a terrible hardship for the victim. 429 00:23:09,527 --> 00:23:12,223 Meanwhile, your client looks quite respectable. 430 00:23:12,297 --> 00:23:15,926 You'll get a bond. $50,000, short date. Next? 431 00:23:16,467 --> 00:23:19,402 You're making a mistake. The boy's a victim. 432 00:23:20,371 --> 00:23:24,432 Sir, he's walking around and his father is six feet under. 433 00:23:25,043 --> 00:23:28,706 Mrs. McKinnon is prepared to admit that her son killed her husband. 434 00:23:34,352 --> 00:23:36,320 I tried to stop him. 435 00:23:38,690 --> 00:23:40,590 It's a couple of years now. 436 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:44,928 Sean was only defending himself. 437 00:23:45,730 --> 00:23:48,858 Your husband was abusing your son? He hit him. 438 00:23:50,368 --> 00:23:52,336 He hit me, sometimes... 439 00:23:53,137 --> 00:23:54,570 my daughter. 440 00:23:56,274 --> 00:23:59,038 My husband was a very angry man. 441 00:24:02,714 --> 00:24:04,181 Sean says... 442 00:24:05,316 --> 00:24:06,749 He told me... 443 00:24:06,884 --> 00:24:08,647 he was studying... 444 00:24:10,656 --> 00:24:13,591 and his father was in one of those moods. 445 00:24:15,494 --> 00:24:17,121 He came after him. 446 00:24:17,196 --> 00:24:20,256 Mrs. McKinnon, when did your son tell you this? 447 00:24:20,499 --> 00:24:23,900 Ben, this is not the time to look for an accessory charge. 448 00:24:23,969 --> 00:24:26,665 I couldn't believe Sean had done it. 449 00:24:28,073 --> 00:24:30,268 When he told me, I knew... 450 00:24:31,610 --> 00:24:33,373 that I was at fault. 451 00:24:35,781 --> 00:24:37,908 I should have stopped Frank. 452 00:24:38,851 --> 00:24:41,012 He picked on Sean so much. 453 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,981 Her husband was abusive. 454 00:24:43,188 --> 00:24:45,782 Mr. McKinnon was in the hospital several times. 455 00:24:45,858 --> 00:24:47,985 For God's sake, so was Sean. 456 00:24:51,930 --> 00:24:53,557 He broke his arm. 457 00:24:53,732 --> 00:24:55,529 His father broke his arm. 458 00:24:57,002 --> 00:25:00,995 We told the doctor it was a bike accident. He fell off his bike. 459 00:25:02,141 --> 00:25:04,336 Sean was supposed to go to Europe... 460 00:25:04,410 --> 00:25:06,742 he sang with a group at school. 461 00:25:07,045 --> 00:25:08,637 His father beat him... 462 00:25:09,214 --> 00:25:10,909 he was black and blue... 463 00:25:11,183 --> 00:25:12,582 he couldn't go. 464 00:25:12,651 --> 00:25:14,414 He gave him a black eye. 465 00:25:15,687 --> 00:25:17,587 We lied and said... 466 00:25:18,357 --> 00:25:20,587 it was an accident. Basketball. 467 00:25:25,397 --> 00:25:27,194 Pity the poor child. 468 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:30,767 It's a good defense, and it works. 469 00:25:31,336 --> 00:25:34,362 There is the possibility that she's telling the truth. 470 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,873 You didn't even want an arrest. 471 00:25:35,941 --> 00:25:37,909 I hadn't met Catherine McKinnon. 472 00:25:37,976 --> 00:25:39,842 It was weird. When you went out with Easton... 473 00:25:39,979 --> 00:25:42,174 she kept saying how sad it was for her son. 474 00:25:42,248 --> 00:25:43,772 But she never mentioned her husband. 475 00:25:43,850 --> 00:25:45,750 Not even to complain about him. 476 00:25:45,819 --> 00:25:48,481 I don't believe her. She's not on trial. 477 00:25:48,555 --> 00:25:50,523 And if she's lying, they trumped us. 478 00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:54,117 But if she's not lying, I don't want to prosecute an abused child. 479 00:25:54,194 --> 00:25:56,059 Now, why didn't she go for help? 480 00:25:56,129 --> 00:25:59,098 An abusive father, he can hold an entire family hostage... 481 00:25:59,165 --> 00:26:01,998 but an abusive son? No, she'd have called somebody. 482 00:26:02,068 --> 00:26:04,093 Sean McKinnon almost hit his father... 483 00:26:04,170 --> 00:26:07,139 in front of his uncle. Now, that wasn't self-defense. 484 00:26:07,807 --> 00:26:09,206 What do you think? 485 00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:12,077 You want a deal? 486 00:26:12,145 --> 00:26:15,308 You tell Easton, the kid has to see Olivet. 487 00:26:15,648 --> 00:26:17,377 Are you so convinced he's guilty? 488 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:19,441 Check the mother's story. 489 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:22,113 And see if that kid was also in the hospital. 490 00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:30,054 I never thought I'd hit him back. 491 00:26:30,597 --> 00:26:32,428 How do you feel now? 492 00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:37,432 I don't know. I mean... 493 00:26:37,871 --> 00:26:39,964 what do you want me to say? 494 00:26:40,406 --> 00:26:41,737 I feel bad? 495 00:26:43,343 --> 00:26:45,868 Okay, I mean, I feel bad. 496 00:26:47,013 --> 00:26:48,480 He was my father. 497 00:26:49,249 --> 00:26:50,876 I'm sorry. 498 00:26:52,852 --> 00:26:54,752 I didn't want this to happen. 499 00:26:55,288 --> 00:26:56,585 I know. 500 00:27:04,197 --> 00:27:05,858 When he beat me... 501 00:27:07,534 --> 00:27:09,230 he was shouting... 502 00:27:11,005 --> 00:27:12,267 about... 503 00:27:14,742 --> 00:27:17,108 how I didn't respect him. And about... 504 00:27:20,314 --> 00:27:23,909 About how I never brought friends home 'cause he was only a Super. 505 00:27:24,885 --> 00:27:26,682 He didn't understand. 506 00:27:28,322 --> 00:27:31,189 The way he let those tenants treat him. I mean... 507 00:27:31,492 --> 00:27:35,451 he lived in the basement, as if that was all you should have. 508 00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:39,630 Do you think he was ashamed of himself? 509 00:27:40,401 --> 00:27:41,993 He thought I was ashamed, but... 510 00:27:42,069 --> 00:27:44,629 he was projecting. I didn't care. I just... 511 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,401 I just wanted him to be proud of me. 512 00:27:49,343 --> 00:27:50,708 Well, was he? 513 00:27:52,913 --> 00:27:54,380 No, he wasn't. 514 00:27:54,448 --> 00:27:56,609 It didn't matter how hard I worked. I mean, I... 515 00:27:56,684 --> 00:28:00,586 I got into Princeton and everybody else was happy, except him. 516 00:28:01,855 --> 00:28:04,153 He was depressed. He was angry. 517 00:28:04,858 --> 00:28:06,325 Why was that? 518 00:28:08,529 --> 00:28:09,621 He said... 519 00:28:09,964 --> 00:28:12,364 I thought I was better than him. 520 00:28:15,703 --> 00:28:17,398 And then a week after... 521 00:28:17,972 --> 00:28:21,203 he showed up at school in work clothes. I mean... 522 00:28:21,976 --> 00:28:23,876 you don't do that at Deardon. 523 00:28:26,447 --> 00:28:28,039 Did that matter to you? 524 00:28:31,852 --> 00:28:32,841 No. 525 00:28:34,221 --> 00:28:35,813 Oh, no. I just... 526 00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:38,415 I wanted to be different, you know. 527 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,551 I just wanted a different life. 528 00:28:42,697 --> 00:28:43,959 I wanted more. 529 00:28:45,133 --> 00:28:47,897 It's a great act, but he's a sociopath. 530 00:28:48,036 --> 00:28:50,527 An ounce of doubt, I wouldn't testify. 531 00:28:50,605 --> 00:28:54,132 Liz, the son beats the father up and the mother does nothing? 532 00:28:54,209 --> 00:28:55,904 The woman is probably paralyzed. 533 00:28:55,977 --> 00:28:59,378 If she admits how bad it is, she has to admit she raised a monster. 534 00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:01,540 Then maybe we should be prosecuting her. 535 00:29:01,616 --> 00:29:04,050 She's in denial. She wants to keep her family together. 536 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:05,609 Like with alcoholics. 537 00:29:05,687 --> 00:29:08,815 Daddy passes out over dinner, we pretend he's just tired. 538 00:29:09,324 --> 00:29:13,317 The cops were right. The McKinnons had a secret. They just got the wrong one. 539 00:29:13,395 --> 00:29:15,158 I wish I could be as sure as you are. 540 00:29:15,230 --> 00:29:17,357 Why don't you want it to be true? 541 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:20,892 Am I the patient here? 542 00:29:21,002 --> 00:29:22,492 Ben, you're not alone. 543 00:29:22,570 --> 00:29:25,801 None of us want to believe that kids beat up their parents. 544 00:29:27,642 --> 00:29:30,304 Do you think that the father ever hit the kid? 545 00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:33,140 It would make it easier to deal with, wouldn't it? 546 00:29:33,214 --> 00:29:35,375 I think this kid doesn't want to be who he is... 547 00:29:35,450 --> 00:29:37,941 and every time he looks at his father, he's reminded. 548 00:29:38,019 --> 00:29:41,921 Maybe Mom sent him a message, the father's no good. So, he takes over. 549 00:29:41,990 --> 00:29:44,754 Do you know what he told me? He pays the bills. 550 00:29:44,926 --> 00:29:48,885 How many 17-year-olds do you know who take care of their family finances? 551 00:29:48,997 --> 00:29:50,259 I don't know. 552 00:29:50,498 --> 00:29:51,726 Is it that important? 553 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,597 It's a textbook sign. 554 00:29:54,803 --> 00:29:57,101 Journal of Family Dysfunction. 555 00:29:58,673 --> 00:30:03,337 "In most cases, the adolescent is ashamed of a parent's lack of social status. 556 00:30:03,445 --> 00:30:06,005 "The child commonly takes over parental functions... 557 00:30:06,081 --> 00:30:08,880 "determining how money is spent and paying bills. 558 00:30:08,951 --> 00:30:11,681 "The parents, fearing the child, acquiesce." 559 00:30:12,621 --> 00:30:15,317 A million cases a year of parent abuse. 560 00:30:15,524 --> 00:30:17,992 I can't tell you why it happened in this family. 561 00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:22,258 But I do know that Sean McKinnon has enough anger to blow this office apart. 562 00:30:28,938 --> 00:30:31,771 The McKinnons are playing the press. Guess what? 563 00:30:31,841 --> 00:30:33,399 The father's the villain. 564 00:30:33,476 --> 00:30:35,068 That's what they'll do in court. 565 00:30:35,144 --> 00:30:37,578 Sean McKinnon will make his own best witness. 566 00:30:37,646 --> 00:30:40,046 The hospital only has X-rays of Sean's broken arm. 567 00:30:40,116 --> 00:30:42,710 They don't prove how it happened. And the black eye? 568 00:30:42,785 --> 00:30:44,446 Two stitches, they sent him home. 569 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,818 She told us that her husband hit the kid, right? 570 00:30:46,889 --> 00:30:49,790 She told the hospital that it was a basketball game. 571 00:30:50,126 --> 00:30:53,220 So, let's find out who he plays ball with, okay? 572 00:30:53,763 --> 00:30:55,492 If we'd known Sean's dad was beating him... 573 00:30:55,564 --> 00:30:57,122 I mean, maybe we could have helped him. 574 00:30:57,199 --> 00:30:58,564 We all feel really bad about it. 575 00:30:58,634 --> 00:31:00,192 Oh, he never told you? 576 00:31:00,903 --> 00:31:03,269 No. Sean never talked about his father. 577 00:31:03,539 --> 00:31:05,404 I guess now we know why. 578 00:31:05,474 --> 00:31:07,305 Why are you asking me about this? 579 00:31:07,376 --> 00:31:09,708 I mean, my coach said something about me hitting him? 580 00:31:09,779 --> 00:31:12,577 Last June, when he got a black eye? 581 00:31:15,151 --> 00:31:17,278 That was an accident. 582 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:19,417 We were playing one-on-one. 583 00:31:20,055 --> 00:31:23,081 His mother claims that his dad gave him the black eye. 584 00:31:24,093 --> 00:31:25,082 No. 585 00:31:25,261 --> 00:31:28,424 No, it was me. I mean, I was sorry, but I did it. 586 00:31:30,266 --> 00:31:33,565 It swelled up. He went to the emergency room at St. Mary's. 587 00:31:33,636 --> 00:31:35,571 Did Sean say it didn't happen? 588 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:37,800 Catherine McKinnon lied. 589 00:31:37,874 --> 00:31:42,106 Yeah, she'll testify that she was confused. It was another black eye. 590 00:31:42,412 --> 00:31:44,243 This whole story plays both ways. 591 00:31:44,314 --> 00:31:46,646 The father had accidents... 592 00:31:46,716 --> 00:31:49,514 the son was abused. Or the other way around. 593 00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:52,817 But the father's not here to defend himself. So a jury... 594 00:31:52,889 --> 00:31:56,052 could give this kid a college going-away party. 595 00:31:56,126 --> 00:31:58,617 He kills his father, mother defends him. 596 00:31:58,695 --> 00:32:00,890 Doesn't the sister have a stake in this? 597 00:32:00,964 --> 00:32:03,797 Well, we scheduled her for a statement, she didn't come in. 598 00:32:03,867 --> 00:32:06,563 She's staying at her uncle's. Should I try again? 599 00:32:06,636 --> 00:32:07,967 Why? She never did anything before. 600 00:32:08,038 --> 00:32:10,006 Why should she start now? 601 00:32:10,373 --> 00:32:13,433 Before her father was just bruised. Now he's buried. 602 00:32:14,411 --> 00:32:16,675 She wouldn't be comfortable at home right now. 603 00:32:16,746 --> 00:32:17,735 I see. 604 00:32:17,848 --> 00:32:19,782 She's having nightmares. 605 00:32:21,351 --> 00:32:22,909 I don't want to talk to you. 606 00:32:22,986 --> 00:32:27,355 Maureen, your mom says Sean had to protect you from your father. 607 00:32:27,424 --> 00:32:29,016 Now is that true? 608 00:32:30,927 --> 00:32:33,725 Your mom says your father hit all of you. 609 00:32:34,431 --> 00:32:36,365 Mom wouldn't say that about Dad. 610 00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:38,765 Honey, why would she make that up? 611 00:32:40,070 --> 00:32:43,597 What did you let her in here for? Did your father ever hit you? 612 00:32:46,676 --> 00:32:49,509 I wish I could tell you, but I wasn't there. 613 00:32:50,847 --> 00:32:52,678 Yeah, why weren't you there? 614 00:32:53,383 --> 00:32:55,146 Why wasn't somebody there? 615 00:32:55,552 --> 00:32:57,918 I'm sorry, Maureen. I should have been. 616 00:32:58,722 --> 00:33:00,087 Maureen... 617 00:33:00,457 --> 00:33:03,119 your mother and your brother say your father beat you. 618 00:33:03,193 --> 00:33:05,662 No! And that's why you got into trouble. 619 00:33:05,963 --> 00:33:07,760 It was your father's fault. 620 00:33:08,132 --> 00:33:10,430 No. It's not true. 621 00:33:10,501 --> 00:33:14,164 My dad never hit me. He never hit anybody. It's not true. 622 00:33:14,238 --> 00:33:15,330 Okay, okay. 623 00:33:23,047 --> 00:33:25,015 My daughter's been in trouble. 624 00:33:25,082 --> 00:33:28,142 She has a lot of problems. Your brother believes her. 625 00:33:28,719 --> 00:33:31,051 He wasn't there when she was arrested. 626 00:33:31,355 --> 00:33:33,380 He wasn't at the police station. 627 00:33:34,225 --> 00:33:36,318 He didn't have to face the neighbors. 628 00:33:36,394 --> 00:33:40,296 Mrs. McKinnon, maybe what the neighbors think isn't the issue here. 629 00:33:40,398 --> 00:33:44,300 Please, don't do this to her. I mean, I know why she does this. 630 00:33:44,936 --> 00:33:48,064 It's out of her control. She invented the whole story? 631 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,665 She wasn't doing so great at school. 632 00:33:51,742 --> 00:33:53,232 So I help her out. 633 00:33:53,811 --> 00:33:57,144 I help her out all the time, and she resents me for it. 634 00:33:57,315 --> 00:33:58,805 Even my dad said to her... 635 00:33:58,883 --> 00:34:02,114 getting mad at me wouldn't make up for the things that she's done wrong. 636 00:34:02,186 --> 00:34:03,813 You let her send her brother to jail... 637 00:34:03,888 --> 00:34:05,753 she'll live with it for the rest of her life. 638 00:34:05,823 --> 00:34:09,122 Think what you're doing to her. What are you doing to her? 639 00:34:10,594 --> 00:34:11,993 Catherine? 640 00:34:13,998 --> 00:34:16,023 All Sean's hard work. 641 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,192 You're destroying him. 642 00:34:18,936 --> 00:34:21,404 You don't think he played a part in that? 643 00:34:34,052 --> 00:34:35,679 You're going to trial? 644 00:34:36,655 --> 00:34:40,113 Who does a jury believe? A girl with a felony record... 645 00:34:40,192 --> 00:34:42,888 or a young man brutalized by his father? 646 00:34:50,902 --> 00:34:54,497 When he was admitted, Mr. McKinnon didn't say anything right away. 647 00:34:54,940 --> 00:34:58,205 I was ready to call the police. And did you call them? 648 00:34:58,310 --> 00:35:01,279 His wife told me not to. That I was wrong. 649 00:35:02,014 --> 00:35:03,675 That it was an accident. 650 00:35:03,749 --> 00:35:05,410 And how did you respond to that? 651 00:35:05,484 --> 00:35:08,920 I said, "Believe what you want. Somebody hit this man." 652 00:35:09,354 --> 00:35:10,514 Thank you. 653 00:35:11,590 --> 00:35:13,080 Your witness. 654 00:35:15,327 --> 00:35:17,386 Tell us, Dr. Henderson... 655 00:35:17,896 --> 00:35:20,421 are you an expert in forensic medicine? 656 00:35:20,499 --> 00:35:24,401 The man wasn't having accidents. Not in February, not in April. 657 00:35:24,469 --> 00:35:27,267 Please, Doctor. Just answer the question. 658 00:35:28,573 --> 00:35:30,131 I'm not an expert. 659 00:35:30,375 --> 00:35:34,004 Oh. So, Mr. McKinnon could have had these accidents... 660 00:35:34,079 --> 00:35:36,775 the kind that any building superintendent might have. 661 00:35:36,848 --> 00:35:38,281 Isn't that possible? 662 00:35:39,651 --> 00:35:41,414 Yes, it's possible. 663 00:35:42,287 --> 00:35:44,812 Thank you. No further questions. 664 00:35:45,824 --> 00:35:49,521 Catherine left a message on my machine and Maureen returned the call. 665 00:35:49,594 --> 00:35:51,255 Her mother's putting a lot of pressure on her. 666 00:35:51,329 --> 00:35:53,422 Did she go home? I don't think so. 667 00:35:54,032 --> 00:35:56,626 I argued with her and she ran out of the apartment. 668 00:35:56,701 --> 00:35:58,498 All this time, I knew something was wrong. 669 00:35:58,570 --> 00:36:00,333 She's due to testify on Monday. 670 00:36:00,405 --> 00:36:02,669 I tried. I told her I'd always be there. 671 00:36:02,741 --> 00:36:05,006 That she could live in my apartment. 672 00:36:05,078 --> 00:36:08,309 Well, she's been in trouble before. Where'd she go then? 673 00:36:09,482 --> 00:36:11,916 I'm not gonna do it. Did your mother call you? 674 00:36:11,984 --> 00:36:13,645 Her brother, too. Mitch. 675 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,380 Here's the headline, Counselor. 676 00:36:15,455 --> 00:36:16,945 If she goes against her brother... 677 00:36:17,023 --> 00:36:18,991 her mother says she can't come home. 678 00:36:19,058 --> 00:36:20,286 I won't have anybody. 679 00:36:20,359 --> 00:36:22,554 What, are you kicking me to the curb? 680 00:36:22,728 --> 00:36:24,093 I can't live with you. 681 00:36:24,163 --> 00:36:25,858 You gonna live with your brother? 682 00:36:25,932 --> 00:36:29,993 He offed your old man. If you don't do this, he gets away clean. 683 00:36:30,269 --> 00:36:33,932 Hey, Maureen, you know what your brother says about your father. 684 00:36:34,173 --> 00:36:37,040 And that's what people are always going to believe. 685 00:36:43,783 --> 00:36:45,876 He hit him all the time. 686 00:36:46,119 --> 00:36:48,849 Whenever my dad talked back, Sean would hit him. 687 00:36:49,055 --> 00:36:52,286 Did you tell anyone? My dad said it would stop. 688 00:36:53,192 --> 00:36:54,489 My mom... 689 00:36:55,361 --> 00:36:59,195 she said it was my dad's fault. He picked on Sean. 690 00:37:00,266 --> 00:37:01,756 Was that true? 691 00:37:02,602 --> 00:37:05,730 Dad would do anything Sean wanted. Anything! 692 00:37:06,439 --> 00:37:10,671 Maureen, we've heard testimony that last February your father... 693 00:37:10,743 --> 00:37:12,574 broke his collarbone. 694 00:37:13,646 --> 00:37:15,841 Could you tell us how that happened? 695 00:37:16,849 --> 00:37:18,077 Sean... 696 00:37:18,151 --> 00:37:21,882 took $200 from my mom to buy clothes. 697 00:37:23,823 --> 00:37:25,723 My dad said it was too much... 698 00:37:27,059 --> 00:37:28,458 so Sean hit him. 699 00:37:28,861 --> 00:37:30,294 With a tire iron. 700 00:37:31,330 --> 00:37:35,631 And last April, we heard that your father was taken to the hospital... 701 00:37:35,702 --> 00:37:38,603 with a burn on his back. How did that happen? 702 00:37:39,473 --> 00:37:41,634 There was a vacant apartment... 703 00:37:42,142 --> 00:37:43,473 upstairs. 704 00:37:44,144 --> 00:37:47,045 And Sean wanted my dad to ask the landlord for it... 705 00:37:48,382 --> 00:37:50,942 so we wouldn't live in the basement. 706 00:37:51,885 --> 00:37:53,546 My dad said no. 707 00:37:55,622 --> 00:37:57,385 Sean called him a coward. 708 00:37:58,992 --> 00:38:01,927 He followed him to the boiler room... 709 00:38:04,064 --> 00:38:06,225 and he pushed him against a pipe. 710 00:38:09,436 --> 00:38:11,336 And I tried to stop him. 711 00:38:12,472 --> 00:38:14,667 My dad was just screaming... 712 00:38:16,343 --> 00:38:18,243 and Sean just held him there. 713 00:38:19,580 --> 00:38:23,573 Maureen, even then, you didn't ask anyone for help. Why? 714 00:38:26,286 --> 00:38:27,776 I was afraid. 715 00:38:28,288 --> 00:38:29,585 Afraid of what? 716 00:38:30,357 --> 00:38:31,722 I don't know. 717 00:38:34,294 --> 00:38:38,287 That Sean would be taken away. My mom and dad would break up. 718 00:38:43,103 --> 00:38:45,128 I didn't know what would happen. 719 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,803 Maureen, thank you. 720 00:38:50,677 --> 00:38:52,201 Your witness. 721 00:38:58,619 --> 00:39:01,713 Maureen, do you get along with your brother? 722 00:39:03,191 --> 00:39:04,180 No. 723 00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:06,193 Isn't it true you resent your brother? 724 00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:09,321 That you feel he got everything from your parents and you got nothing? 725 00:39:09,397 --> 00:39:12,025 No. So you're not envious of him? 726 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,397 That's hard to understand. 727 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:19,463 Did you run away from home several times? 728 00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:21,708 I couldn't stand being there. 729 00:39:22,644 --> 00:39:25,670 I couldn't stand - Your brother being so successful. 730 00:39:27,882 --> 00:39:29,611 How much do you hate him? 731 00:39:30,051 --> 00:39:33,077 Enough to invent things that aren't true? 732 00:39:33,187 --> 00:39:35,087 Enough to make up these stories? 733 00:39:35,156 --> 00:39:37,249 Objection. Enough to lie to this court? 734 00:39:37,325 --> 00:39:39,520 Your Honor, he's quietly badgering the witness. 735 00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:40,925 Sustained. 736 00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:46,331 If your brother goes to jail, Maureen... 737 00:39:46,668 --> 00:39:49,603 then you get all the attention that you want, isn't that right? 738 00:39:49,671 --> 00:39:51,639 Your Honor. Withdrawn. 739 00:39:53,508 --> 00:39:55,066 No further questions. 740 00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:02,213 I've always said my husband was a good man. 741 00:40:02,917 --> 00:40:06,819 When your husband was violent, did you consider professional help? 742 00:40:06,888 --> 00:40:08,583 A psychiatrist, perhaps? 743 00:40:09,891 --> 00:40:11,518 We wouldn't do that. 744 00:40:11,592 --> 00:40:15,426 Sick people go to them. My husband wasn't sick. 745 00:40:17,432 --> 00:40:20,663 Did your son ever hit your husband? 746 00:40:21,102 --> 00:40:23,570 Sean never defended himself. 747 00:40:24,272 --> 00:40:25,671 Only this... 748 00:40:27,141 --> 00:40:28,608 This time. 749 00:40:29,477 --> 00:40:31,207 Thank you, Mrs. McKinnon. 750 00:40:32,147 --> 00:40:33,478 Your witness. 751 00:40:33,682 --> 00:40:37,709 Mrs. McKinnon, a doctor testified... 752 00:40:37,786 --> 00:40:42,120 that your husband's injuries were caused by assault and not by accident. 753 00:40:42,725 --> 00:40:44,090 Is she lying? 754 00:40:44,827 --> 00:40:46,488 Yes, she is lying. 755 00:40:47,296 --> 00:40:51,255 Your daughter said that your son repeatedly attacked his father. 756 00:40:53,635 --> 00:40:55,432 Is your own daughter lying? 757 00:40:58,741 --> 00:41:00,470 Yes, she is lying. 758 00:41:02,344 --> 00:41:06,246 Mrs. McKinnon, isn't it true that your son took control of your family... 759 00:41:06,315 --> 00:41:08,044 and you couldn't stop him? 760 00:41:10,486 --> 00:41:13,353 And can you give us one reason to believe... 761 00:41:13,422 --> 00:41:16,880 that these witnesses are lying and you are telling the truth? 762 00:41:20,195 --> 00:41:21,560 Because... 763 00:41:23,932 --> 00:41:25,866 Because I am his mother. 764 00:41:25,934 --> 00:41:27,765 But isn't that all the more reason... 765 00:41:27,836 --> 00:41:30,464 for you to say anything at all to protect him? 766 00:41:38,113 --> 00:41:39,512 Thank you. 767 00:41:40,349 --> 00:41:41,873 No further questions. 768 00:41:44,286 --> 00:41:45,878 It wasn't easy. 769 00:41:47,723 --> 00:41:49,281 I still loved my dad. 770 00:41:50,459 --> 00:41:52,484 Even though he beat you? 771 00:41:55,497 --> 00:41:57,465 I didn't blame him for it. 772 00:41:58,567 --> 00:42:00,034 He had a hard life. 773 00:42:00,637 --> 00:42:02,366 He worked hard for us. 774 00:42:03,540 --> 00:42:05,269 Tell us about that night. 775 00:42:06,342 --> 00:42:08,810 He asked me to help him fix the boiler... 776 00:42:09,679 --> 00:42:11,544 and I liked doing it. 777 00:42:12,081 --> 00:42:13,446 It made me... 778 00:42:14,250 --> 00:42:16,309 feel useful to him. 779 00:42:18,188 --> 00:42:20,213 And I had this pair of pliers... 780 00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:22,720 and... 781 00:42:24,928 --> 00:42:27,658 I dropped them and he lost his temper... 782 00:42:28,231 --> 00:42:30,028 like usual, out of nowhere. 783 00:42:32,869 --> 00:42:34,336 And he swung at me. 784 00:42:35,305 --> 00:42:38,866 He hit me in the arm and I fell down and then he hit me again. 785 00:42:41,478 --> 00:42:43,776 I don't know what happened then. I... 786 00:42:45,081 --> 00:42:47,242 I guess all those times he beat me. 787 00:42:50,553 --> 00:42:54,887 I think I grabbed the hammer, and I must have hit him. 788 00:43:00,864 --> 00:43:02,354 I don't remember it. 789 00:43:05,502 --> 00:43:07,663 All I remember is the blood. 790 00:43:11,875 --> 00:43:14,708 Thank you, Sean. No further questions. 791 00:43:19,082 --> 00:43:20,640 Mr. McKinnon... 792 00:43:21,885 --> 00:43:24,547 how did you feel after you killed your father? 793 00:43:26,456 --> 00:43:28,083 I don't remember. 794 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,485 How did you feel when you dragged his body... 795 00:43:32,563 --> 00:43:34,929 36 feet to the service alley? 796 00:43:37,234 --> 00:43:41,466 How did you feel when you cleaned his blood off the hall... 797 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,638 and when you broke the window to make it look like a burglary? 798 00:43:45,709 --> 00:43:46,937 I don't remember any of it. 799 00:43:47,011 --> 00:43:49,878 Do you remember shoving him up against a steam pipe? 800 00:43:49,947 --> 00:43:51,005 No! 801 00:43:51,081 --> 00:43:52,878 Do you remember hitting him with a tire iron? 802 00:43:52,950 --> 00:43:53,939 No! 803 00:43:56,453 --> 00:43:58,512 Would you please tell the court... 804 00:43:58,589 --> 00:44:00,022 what you wrote... 805 00:44:00,157 --> 00:44:04,025 on your college financial aid application, under the heading... 806 00:44:04,495 --> 00:44:06,122 of father's occupation? 807 00:44:07,197 --> 00:44:09,859 Didn't you write Building Manager? 808 00:44:10,768 --> 00:44:13,202 Why didn't you write Superintendent? 809 00:44:13,837 --> 00:44:17,034 I wanted to get the scholarship. It sounded better than Super. 810 00:44:17,107 --> 00:44:19,575 But you said you were not ashamed of your father... 811 00:44:19,643 --> 00:44:21,941 and that he was jealous of you, right? 812 00:44:22,346 --> 00:44:25,713 Yes, it wasn't my fault. It was something I had to live with. 813 00:44:25,883 --> 00:44:30,217 Did you have to live with the fact that he paid for your prep school tuition? 814 00:44:30,287 --> 00:44:32,585 And that he worked 12 hours a day... 815 00:44:32,656 --> 00:44:34,783 to put expensive clothes on your back? 816 00:44:34,858 --> 00:44:36,985 Hey, I worked hard, too. Did you? 817 00:44:37,361 --> 00:44:39,420 I helped with the building. 818 00:44:39,797 --> 00:44:43,494 I helped my sister out. I got into Princeton... 819 00:44:44,435 --> 00:44:45,766 in spite of... 820 00:44:50,941 --> 00:44:52,272 In spite of what? 821 00:44:53,110 --> 00:44:54,372 Of what he was? 822 00:44:54,445 --> 00:44:56,037 No, I didn't say that. 823 00:44:56,981 --> 00:45:00,349 You claim that you loved your father. I did love him. 824 00:45:00,819 --> 00:45:02,514 How do you show your love? 825 00:45:02,587 --> 00:45:05,078 By hiding your father from your friends? 826 00:45:05,156 --> 00:45:07,920 And by telling him that he's not worth anything? 827 00:45:09,961 --> 00:45:11,588 You may call that love. 828 00:45:12,297 --> 00:45:14,094 Most of us call that shame. 829 00:45:21,740 --> 00:45:23,173 No further questions. 830 00:45:26,811 --> 00:45:28,506 Has the jury reached a verdict? 831 00:45:28,580 --> 00:45:30,013 We have, Your Honor. 832 00:45:30,081 --> 00:45:31,378 On the sole count... 833 00:45:31,449 --> 00:45:35,351 of the indictment, murder in the second degree, how does the jury find? 834 00:45:36,154 --> 00:45:37,951 We find the defendant guilty. 835 00:46:02,113 --> 00:46:04,047 Two more months, he'd have gone to college. 836 00:46:04,115 --> 00:46:05,776 Everything would have been fine. 837 00:46:05,850 --> 00:46:07,044 It's scary. 838 00:46:07,318 --> 00:46:09,718 No, what's scary is that if it hadn't been his father... 839 00:46:09,788 --> 00:46:11,779 it would have been somebody else. 840 00:46:11,856 --> 00:46:15,724 That much anger doesn't go away with a B. A. Not even from Princeton.