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In the
criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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It's been three years.
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I haven't talked to her
since she moved.
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She is your mother, Leah.
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She could call me, too.
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You know that's not the point.
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You obviously
feel guilty about it.
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Remember, in the end, all we have
is our faith and our family.
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I'll try, I guess.
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Good.
Now we should pray.
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Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
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Oh, God, Rachel.
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Leah, what is it?
Somebody took Rachel.
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Leah, Leah, what?
What?
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She's gone! My baby!
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Priest said that
they were in confession.
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The kid was in the
carriage right outside.
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And nobody heard anything?
It's a church.
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You're supposed to keep quiet.
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This is Father Carner.
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It's unbelievable.
Nothing like this
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has ever happened here before.
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And this is where
the carriage was?
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Nobody's touched it.
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Good.
Take it down to Forensics.
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How long were you in here?
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Not long.
Maybe five minutes.
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Leah never has much to confess.
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And you didn't see
anybody else, huh?
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As far as I know,
the church was empty.
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Thanks, Father.
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Do you think
there's any chance...
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Who would do this?
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I always leave Rachel there.
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I never thought that
anything could happen.
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Was anyone else here, Leah?
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Did you find her?
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I'm sorry.
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You're going to
find her, right?
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You're not going to
let anything happen.
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Father.
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Kidnap a kid from a church?
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How many Hail Marys
does that get you?
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Somehow, I don't think
this guy was counting.
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She was wearing
her navy-blue dress,
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the one with the frills around
the collar and a white hat.
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Oh, God, it's all my fault.
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I never should
have left her alone.
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Are we gonna just sit here?
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Some pervert's got my kid.
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We've got our guys
out canvassing
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the neighborhood,
Mr. Coleman.
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Well, he could be
out of state already.
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Now, Leah, you didn't
see anybody following you?
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I don't think so.
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Where were you before church?
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We went to the playground, and
then we went to the market.
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Now, Leah,
this is important.
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When you got to the church, was there
anyone hanging around outside?
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I don't know.
I can't remember.
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Oh, wait a minute.
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When I got there, I sat
waiting for Father Carner,
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and then when
I went in to confess,
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there was someone
in the back row.
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Good. Now, did you see
what he looked like?
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He was young, maybe
20, and Puerto Rican.
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Okay, Leah, I'll tell you
what we're gonna do.
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You're gonna describe this guy
to a sketch artist, okay?
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Please find Rachel.
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How could someone
leave their kid alone?
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Hey, she was in a church.
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She actually believes in that
"Do unto others" stuff.
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She says she saw a Puerto
Rican man in the back row.
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It's not in Sluizer's report.
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Well, she just remembered.
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What, you think she's lying?
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I wouldn't turn my back
on my kid in this city.
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There is another possibility.
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Get off it.
You saw the girl.
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She was hysterical.
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You're not gonna find her baby in
a car at the bottom of some lake.
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Talk to the priest. Maybe he can
help with the man in the back row.
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Sure, we have
Puerto Rican members.
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We also have Cubans, Mexicans,
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Venezuelans,
but none of them...
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I know. They're all
good people, right?
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No. But we're
a small congregation.
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Leah knows them all.
She was very active.
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Was?
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Raising a child alone,
it takes a lot of time.
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What do you mean alone?
We just met her husband.
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She and Keith are separated.
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I've been counseling them.
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We're close to getting their
marriage back on track.
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Did their problems have anything
to do with their daughter?
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Oh, you don't suspect Keith?
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Look, Leah is a good mother.
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Keith knows that
and respects it.
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She lets him see Rachel
as often as he likes.
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They're good kids.
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They just got
married too young.
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Yeah, she's a good mother,
except she lost her baby.
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He's a good father, but he can't
stand to live with his family.
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All I know is my girls
aren't getting married
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till they graduate
from college.
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Hey, I'm too young to get
married, and I'm a grandfather.
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Before church, she went
to the market up on 88th.
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Maybe someone up there
saw something.
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Puerto Ricans?
What else is new?
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This morning, I don't
know, around 11:00,
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a young girl came in with her baby.
You remember that?
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Sure. Leah.
That baby of hers is a real cutie.
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Shame she's got to grow
up in this cesspool.
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Do you remember anybody paying
special attention to them?
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11:00 a.m.
Let's see.
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I probably sold Ricardo
his first six-pack by then.
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You got a last name?
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We're not that close.
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He didn't rape her, did he?
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This Ricardo, he's trouble?
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Show me one who's not.
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They want to break off from
the US of A, I say let them.
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Besides Roberto Clemente, what
the hell good are they, anyhow?
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Yeah, well I guess your boy, Newt's
gonna take care of them, huh?
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Damn right.
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So where can we find Ricardo?
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Around the corner. OTB.
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He's the one with
the 12 earrings.
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Thank you
for coming in, Mrs. Coleman.
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You caught the man?
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We'd like you to take a look and see
if you recognize anybody, all right?
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I don't know.
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I'm not sure.
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It was kind of dark
inside the church.
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Take your time.
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I'm sorry.
It's okay.
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Rey, why don't you see
Mrs. Coleman out?
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Well, it's been fun
as always, Lieutenant.
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I assume you have no further
use for me or my client?
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The canvass is
coming up goose eggs.
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Why don't you give the
husband another look?
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Do you think Rachel's okay?
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It's hard to say.
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I mean, she
could be dead, right?
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We shouldn't talk
like that, Leah.
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Do you have any children?
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Three girls.
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Then you do understand.
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Listen, if I were in
your position right now,
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I don't know what I'd be doing.
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Praying.
You'd be praying.
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Yeah, you're right.
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Look, Leah's not perfect, but
she was always a good mom.
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I mean, she was patient,
she never lost her temper,
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and she spent every
second with Rachel.
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Didn't leave
much time for you, huh?
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Are you trying
to say something?
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You're a young guy,
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maybe you'd rather be
out hitting the clubs
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instead of home
changing diapers, huh?
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So I take my own kid?
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Does that make sense?
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Some people would pay a lot of
money for a healthy little girl.
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You know what?
You're sick, man.
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I mean, maybe I wasn't the
best husband or father,
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but I'd never do anything
to hurt either one of them.
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The kid's pretty worked up.
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I don't think he had
anything to do with it.
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What about the mother?
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She can barely talk.
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You know, everybody says
they saw the carriage,
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but I don't remember
anybody saying
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that they saw the
baby in the carriage.
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A stranger lifts up a
sleeping eight-month-old,
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you're gonna hear some wailing.
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Not if he covers her mouth.
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So we're nowhere.
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So we start over.
Go back to the scene.
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What the hell?
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Oh, wonderful.
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I'm so glad they're
finally done with O.J.
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So, I'm begging whoever
it was who took Rachel
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to bring her back home to us.
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And I'm begging everyone
else, please pray with us.
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Please light your candles
and pray with us.
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Mrs. Coleman,
is it true the police
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are looking for
a Puerto Rican male?
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A man resembling this picture
is wanted for questioning.
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Please, I want
my daughter home.
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This isn't a good idea, Father.
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I thought
the publicity would...
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It's the last thing we want.
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I've been advised
we'll have to end now.
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Mrs.
Coleman, one more question.
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How did I look, Rey?
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Where is that?
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Got it. Thanks.
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Mass hysteria time.
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Anything worthwhile?
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Since the Coleman's town meeting,
every nutjob in the city
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who ever got a bad taco
is pointing the finger.
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Lieutenant?
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Listen, I've been thinking,
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what if I took Leah
on a walk-through
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of her morning
before the kidnapping?
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Not so confident anymore
in the grieving mother?
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Well, maybe something
will spark her memory.
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All right, Mrs. Dichter.
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Yeah, we'll get somebody
there right away.
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Now, this could be something.
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Landlady says her Hispanic
tenant suddenly became a daddy.
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No wife, no girlfriend.
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Check it out.
Take Profaci.
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Remind the girl to stay
away from the press.
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Albert's a good tenant.
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Clean, quiet, rent on time.
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Couple of cats, but I
can live with that.
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And you're sure he's single?
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Oh, Albert's definitely single.
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An artiste,
if you get my drift.
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But who am I to judge?
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And you saw the baby,
Mrs. Dichter?
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Well, I saw him
carrying a box of Pampers.
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I don't know much about those
people, but you tell me.
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Now, you're gonna tell me what a single
guy's doing with all this stuff?
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Alternative lifestyle or no.
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Do you know where
Mr. Martinez works?
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Well, what the hell
do you want us to do?
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I mean, it's the second day.
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You guys don't
even have a suspect.
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And now you may have scared
off the guy who did this.
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Oh, my God.
It was Father Carner's idea.
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He thought getting
the whole community
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working together would be good.
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Look, Leah, I have an idea.
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It could be helpful.
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Anything.
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I want you to walk me
through your morning
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before you went to the church.
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You might see something
or remember something.
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What the hell.
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I mean, I'll go nuts
just sitting here.
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No, I think it's better
if it's just me and Leah.
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She's my daughter,
too, you know.
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Well, that's why
you should stay here.
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Maybe somebody'll call.
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This is where we sat.
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My mom used to bring me here.
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00:11:58,047 --> 00:12:01,915
Was there anything out of
the ordinary here that day?
254
00:12:01,984 --> 00:12:04,475
Just the kids playing,
like always.
255
00:12:07,824 --> 00:12:10,691
I can't wait for Rachel
to grow up.
256
00:12:11,995 --> 00:12:17,126
I'm going to teach her how to ride
a bike, like my dad taught me.
257
00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,293
I just taught my oldest.
258
00:12:19,369 --> 00:12:20,836
What's her name?
259
00:12:20,904 --> 00:12:22,496
Olivia.
260
00:12:22,572 --> 00:12:24,335
That's pretty.
261
00:12:26,276 --> 00:12:28,073
Take a look.
262
00:12:28,144 --> 00:12:30,772
Oh, she's beautiful.
263
00:12:30,847 --> 00:12:33,612
Second grade spelling champ.
264
00:12:33,884 --> 00:12:35,909
You're so lucky.
265
00:12:36,053 --> 00:12:38,078
Well, she can be a handful.
266
00:12:39,457 --> 00:12:41,516
Sometimes I feel like...
267
00:12:41,592 --> 00:12:43,059
Oh, you don't mean that.
268
00:12:43,127 --> 00:12:44,560
I love her,
269
00:12:45,763 --> 00:12:49,324
but my wife's the one with all
the patience in my family.
270
00:12:52,870 --> 00:12:55,805
Next stop, the market, right?
271
00:12:55,873 --> 00:12:58,842
Right, and what time
was that, ma'am?
272
00:12:58,909 --> 00:13:00,274
Okay, thank you.
273
00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:02,313
Here, this looks iffy,
but give it a shot.
274
00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:04,109
Albert Martinez is a negative.
275
00:13:04,182 --> 00:13:05,547
It was his sister's kid.
276
00:13:05,617 --> 00:13:06,948
She won
an all-expense-paid trip
277
00:13:07,018 --> 00:13:08,315
to Atlantic City for the week.
278
00:13:08,386 --> 00:13:10,183
He's watching the kid.
You took his word for it?
279
00:13:10,255 --> 00:13:11,813
It was a boy, Lennie.
You sure?
280
00:13:11,890 --> 00:13:13,653
I walked in, he's changing the
kid right in front of me.
281
00:13:13,725 --> 00:13:15,818
I think I can
tell the difference.
282
00:13:18,296 --> 00:13:20,093
I bought some cereal.
283
00:13:21,466 --> 00:13:23,798
Mr. Cox was up front.
284
00:13:23,869 --> 00:13:26,201
Do you remember
any other customers?
285
00:13:26,271 --> 00:13:28,740
No, it was pretty empty.
286
00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:34,902
There was a black man over
there, near the dairy case.
287
00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,378
I bought some milk.
288
00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,714
I remember one time,
when I was a kid,
289
00:13:42,789 --> 00:13:44,882
I pulled everything
out of the refrigerator,
290
00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,982
and I dumped it onto the floor.
291
00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:48,083
What'd your mom do?
292
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,287
Not a lot.
293
00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:51,963
I did, however, get a smack
in the head from my dad.
294
00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:53,157
You're kidding.
295
00:13:53,232 --> 00:13:54,324
It was nothing.
296
00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,303
I always got a little smack on
the head when I was out of line.
297
00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:00,766
That's wrong, Rey.
298
00:14:00,908 --> 00:14:03,069
What your father did
is very wrong.
299
00:14:03,143 --> 00:14:06,476
"Spare the rod, spoil the child.
" That's what the Bible says.
300
00:14:08,949 --> 00:14:12,680
Besides, I know
my dad loved me,
301
00:14:12,753 --> 00:14:15,347
and I turned out
okay, didn't I?
302
00:14:16,857 --> 00:14:19,018
My baby screams,
and I never hit her.
303
00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,121
Keith never hits her.
304
00:14:22,196 --> 00:14:23,926
My parents never hit me.
305
00:14:23,998 --> 00:14:26,865
Well, we were just brought
up different, that's all.
306
00:14:29,270 --> 00:14:30,862
I should get back to Keith.
307
00:14:30,939 --> 00:14:32,497
He must be out of his mind.
308
00:14:32,574 --> 00:14:34,838
Okay. Okay,
we're almost done.
309
00:14:34,909 --> 00:14:36,706
And this is important.
310
00:14:37,178 --> 00:14:39,271
Where did you go next?
311
00:14:39,814 --> 00:14:41,941
The coffee shop up the street.
312
00:14:43,952 --> 00:14:48,389
When I was 10, my mom used to
drag me to church every Sunday.
313
00:14:48,456 --> 00:14:50,253
It's not punishment, you know.
314
00:14:50,325 --> 00:14:52,089
Hey, my buddies
were all out playing ball.
315
00:14:52,161 --> 00:14:54,220
Believe me, it was torture.
316
00:14:54,864 --> 00:14:56,297
I like the singing.
317
00:14:56,365 --> 00:14:58,128
Yeah?
318
00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,792
I got kicked off the choir.
319
00:14:59,869 --> 00:15:01,131
Couldn't carry a tune.
320
00:15:04,173 --> 00:15:08,041
The part I hated the most,
confession.
321
00:15:08,978 --> 00:15:12,141
It's the only road
to absolution.
322
00:15:13,415 --> 00:15:14,643
Yeah.
323
00:15:16,819 --> 00:15:18,811
You know, it's kind of funny.
324
00:15:18,889 --> 00:15:21,119
What I did was
I'd make up stories.
325
00:15:21,458 --> 00:15:26,361
You know, I cheated in school,
I stole money from my pops.
326
00:15:26,429 --> 00:15:28,124
Father Mike
actually fell for it.
327
00:15:28,198 --> 00:15:29,825
You lied to your confessor?
328
00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:32,630
Well, don't tell me
you never left anything out.
329
00:15:34,871 --> 00:15:37,305
No. I'd feel too guilty.
330
00:15:42,979 --> 00:15:47,349
Yeah. Yeah,
I guess I'm the same way.
331
00:15:48,786 --> 00:15:51,983
Every week, I'd go back, and I'd
tell Father Mike the truth.
332
00:15:52,056 --> 00:15:54,115
Was he mad?
333
00:15:54,191 --> 00:15:57,092
I think he was disappointed
more than anything else.
334
00:16:05,736 --> 00:16:07,465
That's where he was sitting.
335
00:16:07,538 --> 00:16:08,937
Are you sure?
336
00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,000
Can we go?
337
00:16:11,075 --> 00:16:12,633
Why don't...
338
00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:15,111
Why don't we sit down
for a minute, okay?
339
00:16:26,291 --> 00:16:27,280
Hmm.
340
00:16:29,861 --> 00:16:32,022
I like it when
it's quiet like this.
341
00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:36,066
Really helps you think better.
342
00:16:40,172 --> 00:16:42,471
I made my first communion here.
343
00:16:44,711 --> 00:16:47,339
My dad invited
the whole neighborhood.
344
00:16:51,551 --> 00:16:53,883
And I cried at
Rachel's baptism.
345
00:16:59,058 --> 00:17:01,049
Do you think
there's any chance?
346
00:17:01,127 --> 00:17:04,790
The more time that passes,
the less likely it is.
347
00:17:07,935 --> 00:17:09,732
I'm sorry.
348
00:17:10,637 --> 00:17:12,468
I don't blame you.
349
00:17:17,111 --> 00:17:18,840
Do you think she's dead?
350
00:17:22,282 --> 00:17:24,250
You know what bothers me?
351
00:17:25,519 --> 00:17:27,282
If she is, you know,
352
00:17:28,622 --> 00:17:30,522
poor Rachel, she...
353
00:17:31,392 --> 00:17:33,519
She should have
a Christian burial.
354
00:17:40,468 --> 00:17:41,992
We should pray.
355
00:17:50,478 --> 00:17:52,036
You take your time.
356
00:17:53,548 --> 00:17:55,413
I'll wait for you outside.
357
00:17:55,483 --> 00:17:57,314
Oh, no.
Please stay with me.
358
00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:19,737
My baby's in heaven.
359
00:18:24,547 --> 00:18:25,980
Tell me.
360
00:18:28,584 --> 00:18:31,452
I made sure she'd be
all right for heaven.
361
00:18:38,728 --> 00:18:40,753
How did she die?
362
00:18:40,831 --> 00:18:42,492
A pillow.
363
00:18:43,967 --> 00:18:45,628
She couldn't breathe.
364
00:18:48,438 --> 00:18:50,167
Where is she, Leah?
365
00:19:17,268 --> 00:19:19,634
Oh, my little angel.
366
00:19:20,104 --> 00:19:22,504
She deserved
the best, you know.
367
00:19:38,123 --> 00:19:42,059
Smothering your own baby
and then cremating her?
368
00:19:42,127 --> 00:19:43,924
Makes me wish
I went to art school.
369
00:19:43,996 --> 00:19:48,763
Never underestimate the
depravity of American society.
370
00:19:48,834 --> 00:19:52,362
The good news about this one is
it should be over nice and quick.
371
00:19:52,438 --> 00:19:54,497
You're not thinking
of dealing this down?
372
00:19:54,574 --> 00:19:56,667
A dead baby,
a solid confession,
373
00:19:56,843 --> 00:20:01,871
any lawyer with an ounce of lucidity
will take 25-to-life and run.
374
00:20:01,948 --> 00:20:03,609
Who do we have?
375
00:20:03,683 --> 00:20:05,674
Ross Fineman, Legal Aid.
376
00:20:06,152 --> 00:20:07,881
Never heard of him.
That's good.
377
00:20:07,954 --> 00:20:09,615
He didn't put up
much of a fight on bail.
378
00:20:09,689 --> 00:20:11,122
Good sign.
379
00:20:11,191 --> 00:20:12,954
Or else he saw the mob
outside the courthouse,
380
00:20:13,026 --> 00:20:15,119
and he figured that Coleman
would be safer in Rikers.
381
00:20:20,234 --> 00:20:22,668
Yes? Send him in.
382
00:20:25,105 --> 00:20:26,902
Five minutes, tops.
383
00:20:30,911 --> 00:20:32,572
Hello.
Hi.
384
00:20:33,414 --> 00:20:35,974
Mr. McCoy, it's an honor.
385
00:20:36,050 --> 00:20:37,745
The pleasure is mine,
Mr. Fineman.
386
00:20:37,818 --> 00:20:40,446
Ross. Two years in
misdemeanors, and now this.
387
00:20:40,521 --> 00:20:43,046
It's unbelievable.
388
00:20:43,123 --> 00:20:44,750
Hell of a way
to cut your teeth.
389
00:20:44,825 --> 00:20:48,284
I guess Bernstein figured
I couldn't screw up too bad.
390
00:20:49,598 --> 00:20:52,431
So, what do you say, Jack?
391
00:20:52,801 --> 00:20:54,928
How does man one sound?
392
00:20:55,203 --> 00:20:57,296
Not very good.
393
00:20:57,372 --> 00:21:01,240
A few more homicides, you'll find
some cases are not dealable.
394
00:21:01,309 --> 00:21:03,277
Well, I thought
I'd give it a shot.
395
00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:04,835
You know, if you're gonna lose,
396
00:21:04,913 --> 00:21:06,346
might as well be
on the front page.
397
00:21:06,414 --> 00:21:08,075
Make my mom proud.
398
00:21:10,552 --> 00:21:13,612
My motion to exclude
Leah Coleman's confession.
399
00:21:15,057 --> 00:21:16,490
You're kidding.
400
00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:19,722
Hey, I got to at least look
like I'm doing something, no?
401
00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:25,991
An affidavit from Detective
Curtis, Your Honor.
402
00:21:26,068 --> 00:21:28,434
The defendant offered her
confession of her own volition.
403
00:21:28,504 --> 00:21:30,734
Granted, this is all new to me,
404
00:21:30,806 --> 00:21:32,364
but as I understand it,
405
00:21:32,441 --> 00:21:35,535
Detective Curtis never
read my client her rights.
406
00:21:35,611 --> 00:21:37,875
I seem to remember
that failure to do so
407
00:21:37,947 --> 00:21:40,142
constitutes an
irrebuttable presumption
408
00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:41,844
that a confession
was involuntary.
409
00:21:41,918 --> 00:21:44,352
Only if it's the result
of an interrogation.
410
00:21:44,421 --> 00:21:48,323
Detective Curtis never asked the
defendant if she killed her child.
411
00:21:48,392 --> 00:21:52,556
Now, I'm no expert,
but I think in Innis,
412
00:21:52,629 --> 00:21:55,496
the Supreme Court
requires Miranda warnings
413
00:21:55,565 --> 00:21:57,965
whenever a person is subjected
to direct questions
414
00:21:58,035 --> 00:22:00,367
or its subjective equivalent.
415
00:22:00,437 --> 00:22:02,428
Blanche Gelfant down at
Brooklyn Law taught us
416
00:22:02,506 --> 00:22:06,408
that includes any words or actions
that the police should know
417
00:22:06,476 --> 00:22:09,571
are reasonably likely to elicit
an incriminating response.
418
00:22:09,647 --> 00:22:11,842
Blanche taught you well,
Mr. Fineman,
419
00:22:11,916 --> 00:22:15,352
but tell me, what did the
arresting officer here do?
420
00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:17,945
He took my client, an
extremely religious woman,
421
00:22:18,022 --> 00:22:20,183
to her church and said,
and I quote,
422
00:22:20,258 --> 00:22:23,193
"Your daughter is entitled
to a Christian burial."
423
00:22:23,261 --> 00:22:24,751
Now, that sounds to me
like it was intended
424
00:22:24,829 --> 00:22:26,296
to provoke
an incriminating response.
425
00:22:26,364 --> 00:22:29,197
Mrs. Coleman confessed
in her own church.
426
00:22:29,267 --> 00:22:30,734
No reasonable person
could think
427
00:22:30,802 --> 00:22:32,235
that she wasn't
free to walk away.
428
00:22:32,303 --> 00:22:34,567
After four hours of
continuous dialogue,
429
00:22:34,639 --> 00:22:36,767
who knows what a reasonable
person might think?
430
00:22:36,842 --> 00:22:40,471
Well, I consider myself
fairly reasonable.
431
00:22:40,546 --> 00:22:45,210
I will hear testimony on the
custody issue Thursday morning.
432
00:22:50,456 --> 00:22:52,822
He came to my apartment.
433
00:22:52,891 --> 00:22:55,519
He told me we were going
to retrace my steps.
434
00:22:55,594 --> 00:22:57,391
Was your husband there?
435
00:22:57,463 --> 00:23:01,524
Yes. But Detective Curtis
said he should stay behind.
436
00:23:02,634 --> 00:23:04,102
And did he?
437
00:23:04,170 --> 00:23:05,296
Yes.
438
00:23:06,106 --> 00:23:07,835
And then where did you go?
439
00:23:08,908 --> 00:23:10,671
First we went to the park.
440
00:23:11,911 --> 00:23:14,209
We sat on the bench and talked.
441
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,009
Did he ask you questions?
442
00:23:16,616 --> 00:23:18,049
Yes.
443
00:23:19,018 --> 00:23:22,283
Did you ever say
you wanted to go home?
444
00:23:22,355 --> 00:23:25,916
Yes, I said I should be
with Keith, my husband.
445
00:23:25,992 --> 00:23:27,755
And what did
Detective Curtis say?
446
00:23:27,827 --> 00:23:30,762
He said this was important.
447
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,065
He said that we
should go to the church.
448
00:23:35,136 --> 00:23:38,333
Now, Leah,
this is very important.
449
00:23:41,575 --> 00:23:45,102
Did you feel free to leave
Detective Curtis at any time?
450
00:23:45,179 --> 00:23:48,273
No. He was a policeman.
451
00:23:48,749 --> 00:23:51,912
He said that it was important
that I go with him.
452
00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:53,751
Thank you.
453
00:24:01,530 --> 00:24:05,193
Did Detective Curtis tell you
why he wanted you with him?
454
00:24:05,267 --> 00:24:09,101
He said that maybe I
would remember something
455
00:24:10,338 --> 00:24:11,965
to help find Rachel.
456
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,373
So you never thought
he considered you a suspect.
457
00:24:21,249 --> 00:24:22,773
I didn't think about it.
458
00:24:22,851 --> 00:24:26,379
In all the time that you
spent with Detective Curtis,
459
00:24:26,456 --> 00:24:29,254
did he ever ask you
if you killed Rachel?
460
00:24:29,325 --> 00:24:30,417
No.
461
00:24:30,493 --> 00:24:34,156
You testified that you were
with him for nearly four hours.
462
00:24:34,230 --> 00:24:36,858
In all that time,
did he ever leave you alone?
463
00:24:38,501 --> 00:24:41,197
He wanted to,
but I asked him to stay,
464
00:24:41,270 --> 00:24:44,034
so that we could pray together.
465
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,071
So had you not stopped him,
466
00:24:47,510 --> 00:24:50,001
you would have been free
to go on your way.
467
00:24:54,117 --> 00:24:55,175
Yes.
468
00:25:00,023 --> 00:25:02,287
Now, who is Ross Fineman?
469
00:25:02,659 --> 00:25:05,184
Legal Aid. This is
his first homicide case.
470
00:25:05,262 --> 00:25:08,026
Hate to be here when he actually
learns what he's doing.
471
00:25:08,098 --> 00:25:09,395
We won the motion, Adam.
472
00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:11,457
Coleman's confession
is admissible.
473
00:25:11,535 --> 00:25:14,902
Yep. Now we get to hear all
about how the girl was abused
474
00:25:14,972 --> 00:25:19,068
by some drunken lesbian who's
watching too much television.
475
00:25:19,142 --> 00:25:20,609
Mr. Fineman
hasn't indicated
476
00:25:20,677 --> 00:25:23,010
that there would be any sort of
diminished capacity testimony.
477
00:25:23,081 --> 00:25:26,050
In this case, I doubt if an
abuse excuse would fly anyway.
478
00:25:26,117 --> 00:25:28,711
Considering we got a bunch
of Einsteins on our jury.
479
00:25:28,786 --> 00:25:32,085
No. But the Oprah-fication
of America ended
480
00:25:32,156 --> 00:25:35,057
when the Menendez brothers
weren't convicted.
481
00:25:35,126 --> 00:25:36,753
The pendulum has swung, Adam.
482
00:25:36,828 --> 00:25:39,524
People don't care about why anymore,
they just care about what.
483
00:25:39,597 --> 00:25:43,727
Just get this over with before
the pendulum swings back.
484
00:25:47,605 --> 00:25:50,541
On Tuesday, October 3rd,
485
00:25:51,477 --> 00:25:56,073
Leah Coleman woke up
at about 7:30 in the morning.
486
00:25:57,349 --> 00:25:59,442
Like any other day,
she showered,
487
00:25:59,518 --> 00:26:01,952
dressed, ate a bowl of cereal.
488
00:26:02,388 --> 00:26:07,883
And just as she would on any other
day, she fed her baby, Rachel,
489
00:26:09,428 --> 00:26:14,229
put her in her carriage and went
downstairs to run her daily errands.
490
00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:18,863
But, ladies and gentlemen,
this wasn't just any other day
491
00:26:18,939 --> 00:26:23,273
because on this particular
Tuesday, in October,
492
00:26:24,544 --> 00:26:29,004
Leah Coleman went down to the
basement of her building.
493
00:26:30,817 --> 00:26:32,751
She held a pillow
494
00:26:32,819 --> 00:26:35,720
over the face of
her eight-month-old daughter
495
00:26:35,789 --> 00:26:38,451
until she could
no longer breathe.
496
00:26:41,161 --> 00:26:45,895
She opened the door to the furnace
and placed Rachel inside.
497
00:26:47,535 --> 00:26:49,366
Then she locked the door
498
00:26:51,439 --> 00:26:52,929
and went on her way.
499
00:26:55,209 --> 00:26:56,938
How do I know this?
500
00:27:00,147 --> 00:27:03,844
She told us, in her own
words, that's how.
501
00:27:11,059 --> 00:27:13,084
Your opening, Mr. Fineman?
502
00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:17,396
The Defense reserves
its opening statement
503
00:27:17,466 --> 00:27:20,196
until the State finishes its
case in chief, Your Honor.
504
00:27:20,268 --> 00:27:21,826
Objection.
It's my discretion
505
00:27:21,903 --> 00:27:24,701
to set the order
of trial, Counselor.
506
00:27:24,773 --> 00:27:27,139
You do have good cause,
Mr. Fineman?
507
00:27:27,209 --> 00:27:30,269
Well, it's a bit
embarrassing, Your Honor,
508
00:27:30,345 --> 00:27:33,143
but it seems that I'm not...
509
00:27:33,215 --> 00:27:35,149
I'm not quite prepared.
510
00:27:38,086 --> 00:27:41,113
Call your first witness,
Mr. McCoy.
511
00:27:41,190 --> 00:27:43,021
The Crime Scene Unit
found ashes
512
00:27:43,092 --> 00:27:45,253
and a baby's wool cap
in the furnace.
513
00:27:45,728 --> 00:27:46,752
It wasn't burned?
514
00:27:46,829 --> 00:27:47,818
No.
515
00:27:47,897 --> 00:27:52,163
It must have fallen off when the
baby was put into the chamber.
516
00:27:52,235 --> 00:27:53,827
What did you find in the hat?
517
00:27:53,903 --> 00:27:55,928
We found several
strands of hair.
518
00:27:56,139 --> 00:27:58,300
What did you do with
the hair, Dr. Hayashi?
519
00:27:58,374 --> 00:28:01,901
We compared them with several strands
of hair we took from her crib.
520
00:28:01,978 --> 00:28:03,809
And what did you find?
521
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,609
They were an exact match.
522
00:28:08,118 --> 00:28:09,608
Thank you.
523
00:28:09,687 --> 00:28:11,621
Cross-examination,
Mr. Fineman?
524
00:28:13,390 --> 00:28:16,621
The Defense has no questions
for this witness, Your Honor.
525
00:28:20,330 --> 00:28:25,859
She took me to the basement,
told me she smothered her baby.
526
00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:30,704
I asked her where the victim was,
she opened the furnace door.
527
00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:38,644
Did you ask her how her baby
ended up in the furnace?
528
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:39,945
I did.
529
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:43,317
She told me she put her there.
530
00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:45,787
What did you do
then, Detective?
531
00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:49,258
I informed her she was under
arrest, I read her her rights,
532
00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:50,954
and I took her back to the 27.
533
00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:54,362
Did she ever say
why she had killed her baby?
534
00:28:54,432 --> 00:28:57,424
I asked her several times,
535
00:28:57,502 --> 00:29:01,234
and all she said was that
her baby deserved the best.
536
00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:08,377
Thank you.
537
00:29:10,483 --> 00:29:12,075
Cross, Mr. Fineman?
538
00:29:14,353 --> 00:29:15,581
No, Judge.
539
00:29:17,289 --> 00:29:19,223
The People rest, Your Honor.
540
00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:22,749
Fine. We are in recess
until tomorrow morning,
541
00:29:22,828 --> 00:29:26,525
at which time I assume the
Defense will begin its case.
542
00:29:30,370 --> 00:29:32,668
Five witnesses,
no cross examination.
543
00:29:32,739 --> 00:29:34,001
Hell, he didn't even object.
544
00:29:34,074 --> 00:29:36,838
Somehow, I don't attribute
that to your fine lawyering.
545
00:29:36,910 --> 00:29:39,640
Maybe he knows
he has no case, Adam.
546
00:29:39,713 --> 00:29:41,908
Maybe he didn't want
to waste the court's time.
547
00:29:41,982 --> 00:29:44,416
A fiscally responsible
defense attorney.
548
00:29:44,551 --> 00:29:47,019
I heard Johnnie Cochran
waived his fee.
549
00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:49,214
I wouldn't put Mr.
Fineman in that league.
550
00:29:49,289 --> 00:29:50,881
He sat there scribbling
on his legal pad.
551
00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:52,481
He looked bored.
552
00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:54,823
Probably writing
his first screenplay.
553
00:29:59,066 --> 00:30:00,363
Yes.
554
00:30:00,868 --> 00:30:06,500
On Tuesday morning, October the
3rd, at approximately 10:20 a.m.,
555
00:30:07,542 --> 00:30:13,947
Leah Coleman killed and cremated
her eight-month-old baby.
556
00:30:16,217 --> 00:30:18,845
A mother killing her baby.
557
00:30:21,989 --> 00:30:23,719
It makes you wonder.
558
00:30:24,993 --> 00:30:28,224
What kind of a woman
could do such a thing?
559
00:30:28,764 --> 00:30:32,359
She's never been involved in any
sort of criminal activities before.
560
00:30:32,434 --> 00:30:34,425
I checked.
561
00:30:34,503 --> 00:30:36,903
She wasn't brought up
by abusive parents.
562
00:30:37,706 --> 00:30:39,970
I checked that, too.
563
00:30:40,342 --> 00:30:44,176
You'll hear witness
after witness tell you
564
00:30:44,246 --> 00:30:48,683
what a good person she is and
how much she loved her baby.
565
00:30:49,651 --> 00:30:52,951
She loved little Rachel
more than she loved herself.
566
00:30:53,556 --> 00:30:57,185
She has no reason whatsoever
for wanting her baby dead.
567
00:30:59,929 --> 00:31:02,193
So why did this
terrible thing happen?
568
00:31:04,634 --> 00:31:08,195
What kind of God would sit by
569
00:31:08,271 --> 00:31:10,136
and let such a horrendous thing
570
00:31:10,206 --> 00:31:12,197
happen to one of his children?
571
00:31:14,177 --> 00:31:18,615
Believe me, I've thought
about this long and hard,
572
00:31:18,682 --> 00:31:21,879
and as far as I can see,
there is only one reason.
573
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:27,953
There is one reason only why
a tragedy this outrageous
574
00:31:28,025 --> 00:31:30,858
could have happened,
ladies and gentlemen.
575
00:31:33,464 --> 00:31:35,091
God wanted it to.
576
00:31:35,165 --> 00:31:36,462
Objection.
577
00:31:36,533 --> 00:31:40,469
So I want you not to look
at what my client did,
578
00:31:40,537 --> 00:31:42,505
but at what God did.
579
00:31:42,573 --> 00:31:47,136
And remember, if you
convict Leah Coleman,
580
00:31:48,446 --> 00:31:52,143
you are questioning
the will of God.
581
00:31:52,217 --> 00:31:53,514
Your Honor.
582
00:31:53,585 --> 00:31:54,882
In my chambers.
583
00:31:56,221 --> 00:31:58,781
His opening was irrelevant,
inflammatory
584
00:31:58,857 --> 00:32:01,485
and prejudicial,
not to mention comical.
585
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:04,687
The law allows me to offer
any defense that I see fit.
586
00:32:04,763 --> 00:32:06,492
Any relevant defense.
587
00:32:06,564 --> 00:32:08,259
Oh, I see.
God isn't relevant?
588
00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:10,267
Not in a courtroom, it's not.
589
00:32:10,335 --> 00:32:11,825
Begging your pardon, but I
think you should all listen
590
00:32:11,903 --> 00:32:14,702
to the oath before a
witness takes the stand.
591
00:32:14,774 --> 00:32:16,435
Your Honor,
the canons require me
592
00:32:16,509 --> 00:32:18,136
to represent my client
with zealousness.
593
00:32:18,210 --> 00:32:20,110
Within the bounds of the law.
594
00:32:20,179 --> 00:32:22,147
You can't raise something
in opening argument
595
00:32:22,214 --> 00:32:25,183
you can't possibly prove
during your case.
596
00:32:25,251 --> 00:32:27,310
Or did you miss that day
in Blanche's class?
597
00:32:27,386 --> 00:32:29,149
Nice try, Mr. Fineman.
598
00:32:29,221 --> 00:32:31,689
Artful but inadmissible.
599
00:32:31,757 --> 00:32:33,850
I assume you'll declare a mistrial.
600
00:32:33,926 --> 00:32:35,951
I think that's
a bit extravagant.
601
00:32:36,028 --> 00:32:38,326
I will instruct
the jury to disregard
602
00:32:38,397 --> 00:32:40,866
the Defense's opening
in its entirety.
603
00:32:41,168 --> 00:32:43,534
Well, if that's the case,
604
00:32:43,603 --> 00:32:47,095
I'd like to change the plea to not
guilty by reason of mental defect.
605
00:32:47,174 --> 00:32:48,300
Out of the question.
606
00:32:48,375 --> 00:32:52,038
The statute requires 60 days
notice for an insanity plea.
607
00:32:52,813 --> 00:32:54,474
I didn't know that.
608
00:32:54,548 --> 00:32:56,914
Look, Your Honor, it's
my first homicide trial.
609
00:32:56,984 --> 00:32:58,008
I screwed up.
610
00:32:58,085 --> 00:32:59,074
You can't hold that
against my client.
611
00:32:59,152 --> 00:33:01,416
Legal incompetence
as a defense at trial?
612
00:33:01,488 --> 00:33:02,512
You're kidding.
613
00:33:02,589 --> 00:33:05,183
What can I say?
I'm out of my league.
614
00:33:05,692 --> 00:33:08,184
Look, Your Honor, if you
don't allow the change,
615
00:33:08,262 --> 00:33:11,095
my client will have an appeal
on Sixth Amendment grounds.
616
00:33:11,165 --> 00:33:13,429
She'll win, too, because
I'll sign affidavits
617
00:33:13,501 --> 00:33:16,664
enumerating the 12 grievous
errors I've already made.
618
00:33:16,738 --> 00:33:20,105
Either you are a brilliant
strategist, Mr. Fineman,
619
00:33:20,174 --> 00:33:22,506
or you are the biggest jackass
620
00:33:22,577 --> 00:33:24,875
ever to set foot
in my courtroom.
621
00:33:26,214 --> 00:33:28,045
I will allow
the change of plea,
622
00:33:28,116 --> 00:33:30,778
but, please, no more surprises.
623
00:33:31,819 --> 00:33:35,449
Don't worry, Jack, your expert
can examine the defendant
624
00:33:35,524 --> 00:33:37,515
and testify on rebuttal.
625
00:33:42,297 --> 00:33:44,822
Okay, Mr. Fineman,
the party's over.
626
00:33:49,571 --> 00:33:52,301
She's depressed.
She's suicidal.
627
00:33:52,374 --> 00:33:54,035
She should have
done us all a favor.
628
00:33:54,109 --> 00:33:56,634
Are you kidding?
That would be too cruel,
629
00:33:56,779 --> 00:33:59,304
leaving her child
without a mommy.
630
00:33:59,381 --> 00:34:00,939
She actually said that?
631
00:34:01,016 --> 00:34:03,076
Did the girl know what
she did was wrong, Liz?
632
00:34:03,153 --> 00:34:05,451
In some sort of
abstract way, yeah.
633
00:34:05,522 --> 00:34:09,322
So you'll testify that she was legally
sane at the time of the murder?
634
00:34:09,392 --> 00:34:10,484
Yes.
635
00:34:10,627 --> 00:34:11,753
But?
636
00:34:11,828 --> 00:34:14,763
You've been in front
of enough juries, Jack.
637
00:34:14,831 --> 00:34:17,527
I've got to tell you, a
mother killing her own baby
638
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,034
without any motive whatsoever,
it makes you wonder.
639
00:34:20,103 --> 00:34:22,196
Do I have to explain
the law to you, Claire?
640
00:34:22,272 --> 00:34:24,297
Crazy is not the same
as legally insane.
641
00:34:24,374 --> 00:34:25,432
Jack, I'm just saying
642
00:34:25,508 --> 00:34:28,409
that what Leah Coleman did
is incomprehensible to me.
643
00:34:28,478 --> 00:34:30,447
The jury's got to
feel the same way.
644
00:34:30,514 --> 00:34:32,778
If she isn't sick, who is?
645
00:34:32,850 --> 00:34:35,080
Then what are we doing here?
646
00:34:35,152 --> 00:34:37,052
Jack...
No, Claire,
647
00:34:37,121 --> 00:34:41,217
substitute psychology for morality,
and our jobs become obsolete.
648
00:34:41,292 --> 00:34:44,284
But, Jack, this is
an extreme case.
649
00:34:44,361 --> 00:34:47,762
A jury is going to want to
know why she did what she did.
650
00:34:47,832 --> 00:34:50,323
Maybe she was
just downright bad.
651
00:34:50,401 --> 00:34:51,993
You actually believe that?
652
00:34:52,069 --> 00:34:53,969
With all due respect
for your profession, Liz,
653
00:34:54,038 --> 00:34:56,063
I think it's been overplayed
in the courtroom.
654
00:34:56,140 --> 00:34:58,166
So people are just
good or bad, period.
655
00:34:58,243 --> 00:35:00,234
It's better than
healthy or sick.
656
00:35:00,312 --> 00:35:03,372
Deny evil,
you deny responsibility.
657
00:35:03,448 --> 00:35:04,745
Open up the jails.
658
00:35:04,816 --> 00:35:06,545
Send everyone to a shrink.
659
00:35:10,522 --> 00:35:13,787
We got married when we
finished high school,
660
00:35:13,859 --> 00:35:17,260
and we were together until
maybe four months ago.
661
00:35:17,329 --> 00:35:19,297
And what happened?
662
00:35:19,364 --> 00:35:23,357
I don't know.
Maybe we were too young.
663
00:35:23,435 --> 00:35:25,700
She spent all her time
with Rachel.
664
00:35:28,341 --> 00:35:30,536
I needed a wife.
665
00:35:30,610 --> 00:35:32,805
Was Leah
a good mother?
666
00:35:32,945 --> 00:35:35,175
She was the best.
667
00:35:35,248 --> 00:35:37,716
She quit her job to stay home.
668
00:35:37,783 --> 00:35:40,183
She'd sit up
all night with Rachel
669
00:35:40,253 --> 00:35:43,245
if she was sick,
or crying, or something.
670
00:35:43,856 --> 00:35:45,756
That's why I can't believe...
671
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,387
Thank you, Mr. Coleman.
672
00:35:54,301 --> 00:35:56,166
During the years
that you lived together,
673
00:35:56,236 --> 00:35:58,796
did Leah ever seek
psychiatric help?
674
00:35:58,872 --> 00:36:00,533
No.
675
00:36:00,674 --> 00:36:02,869
Did you ever suggest
that she should?
676
00:36:04,511 --> 00:36:05,944
I never...
677
00:36:06,013 --> 00:36:08,277
What? You never thought
she needed it?
678
00:36:09,883 --> 00:36:11,783
I'm not a doctor.
How would I know?
679
00:36:11,852 --> 00:36:14,878
When was
the last time you saw her
680
00:36:14,955 --> 00:36:17,321
before the death
of your daughter?
681
00:36:19,794 --> 00:36:21,386
The day before.
682
00:36:22,797 --> 00:36:24,662
We took Rachel to the zoo.
683
00:36:24,732 --> 00:36:26,256
And you didn't notice
anything wrong
684
00:36:26,334 --> 00:36:28,529
with your wife
at that time, did you?
685
00:36:31,973 --> 00:36:33,167
Well, maybe.
686
00:36:33,241 --> 00:36:35,209
I didn't really,
I mean, she was...
687
00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:38,734
If you thought she was sick, Mr.
Coleman,
688
00:36:38,813 --> 00:36:40,838
why would you have left her
alone with your daughter?
689
00:36:40,915 --> 00:36:43,315
She loved Rachel so much.
690
00:36:46,254 --> 00:36:47,313
Look,
691
00:36:48,324 --> 00:36:50,451
I hate her for what she did.
692
00:36:51,327 --> 00:36:53,090
She had to be crazy.
693
00:37:03,339 --> 00:37:06,502
Leah was a regular member
of our congregation.
694
00:37:06,575 --> 00:37:09,169
She attended mass every Sunday.
695
00:37:09,311 --> 00:37:11,905
She always appeared
to be a good mother.
696
00:37:11,981 --> 00:37:14,780
In recent months,
did you notice
697
00:37:14,851 --> 00:37:18,514
any strange behavior
on her part?
698
00:37:18,588 --> 00:37:20,488
In retrospect, yes.
699
00:37:20,557 --> 00:37:24,220
It was during
the Susan Smith episode.
700
00:37:24,294 --> 00:37:25,625
She overreacted.
701
00:37:25,762 --> 00:37:27,957
Broke down in tears
in my office.
702
00:37:28,898 --> 00:37:31,298
"How could
she kill her own babies?"
703
00:37:31,368 --> 00:37:33,836
And how did
you console her?
704
00:37:34,838 --> 00:37:39,571
I told her that everything
that happens is for the best,
705
00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:43,906
that Susan Smith's babies
were now in heaven with God.
706
00:37:45,283 --> 00:37:47,649
She found
enormous comfort in that.
707
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,653
You've known Leah
for how long, Father?
708
00:37:52,723 --> 00:37:55,123
Nearly 15 years.
709
00:37:55,359 --> 00:37:58,590
And would you say, basically,
that she is a good person?
710
00:37:58,663 --> 00:38:00,290
Without a doubt.
711
00:38:00,364 --> 00:38:02,491
That's why this
is all so shocking.
712
00:38:10,275 --> 00:38:14,644
"Susan Smith's babies are
now in heaven with God."
713
00:38:16,748 --> 00:38:18,716
Was that a license
to do whatever you want?
714
00:38:18,784 --> 00:38:22,185
That's not what I meant,
for the life of me.
715
00:38:22,254 --> 00:38:25,621
I was trying to rationalize
a horrendous event.
716
00:38:25,691 --> 00:38:27,249
In other words,
717
00:38:27,326 --> 00:38:29,191
you were searching
for some kind of good
718
00:38:29,261 --> 00:38:31,058
coming out of this
terrible tragedy?
719
00:38:31,129 --> 00:38:33,324
It's a bit simplistic, but yes.
720
00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:36,162
For a lot of us, it's the
only conceivable way
721
00:38:36,302 --> 00:38:39,100
to go on in the face
of such misfortune.
722
00:38:39,172 --> 00:38:43,472
The only way to reconcile
a benevolent God
723
00:38:43,543 --> 00:38:46,535
with all the evil in the world.
724
00:38:46,779 --> 00:38:48,110
Yes.
725
00:38:48,181 --> 00:38:53,244
So, what, in some way,
everything is a part of God's plan?
726
00:38:53,319 --> 00:38:55,651
We're not
that fatalistic, Mr. McCoy.
727
00:38:55,722 --> 00:38:57,246
You should know that.
728
00:38:57,357 --> 00:38:59,382
God gave man free will.
729
00:38:59,459 --> 00:39:00,858
That's right.
730
00:39:00,927 --> 00:39:04,830
Man is free to choose
between good and evil.
731
00:39:04,898 --> 00:39:07,059
That's why there's a
heaven and a hell, right?
732
00:39:07,134 --> 00:39:08,226
That's correct.
733
00:39:08,302 --> 00:39:13,296
So tell me, Father, is everyone in
hell psychologically disturbed?
734
00:39:16,944 --> 00:39:20,402
Beating up on a priest, hell
of a way to win a case.
735
00:39:20,481 --> 00:39:22,381
I was trying to make a point.
736
00:39:22,449 --> 00:39:24,849
That God is impotent,
sitting on the sidelines
737
00:39:24,918 --> 00:39:27,478
with his fingers crossed, hoping
that man will do the right thing?
738
00:39:27,554 --> 00:39:30,421
And as Leah Coleman proved,
sometimes he doesn't.
739
00:39:30,491 --> 00:39:33,052
For a reason, not because
she's innately bad.
740
00:39:33,128 --> 00:39:35,096
Evil is learned.
Look at a newborn.
741
00:39:35,163 --> 00:39:37,256
Babies are not born good,
they're born innocent.
742
00:39:37,332 --> 00:39:41,325
This is murder trial,
not a theodicy seminar.
743
00:39:41,403 --> 00:39:42,893
You got sandbagged by a rookie.
744
00:39:42,971 --> 00:39:43,960
Excuse me.
745
00:39:44,038 --> 00:39:46,233
Did you ever think
that Mr. Fineman
746
00:39:46,307 --> 00:39:48,571
had all this planned
from the start?
747
00:39:48,643 --> 00:39:51,476
His ridiculous opening,
late insanity plea...
748
00:39:51,546 --> 00:39:52,945
And after Fineman's
shenanigans,
749
00:39:53,014 --> 00:39:55,107
the jury might believe that
she's better off in a hospital.
750
00:39:55,183 --> 00:39:58,813
I believe she knew what she was
doing when she killed her daughter.
751
00:39:58,888 --> 00:40:00,947
I also believe
she knew it was wrong,
752
00:40:01,023 --> 00:40:03,014
and therefore I believe
she deserves to rot.
753
00:40:03,092 --> 00:40:05,458
Good.
Now go and prove it.
754
00:40:09,632 --> 00:40:14,763
What were you thinking
when you smothered Rachel?
755
00:40:16,105 --> 00:40:17,231
Nothing.
756
00:40:18,607 --> 00:40:20,939
I mean, I don't remember.
757
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,711
It was like I was in a trance.
758
00:40:28,051 --> 00:40:31,145
You said that
you were feeling badly
759
00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:33,849
in the weeks before the murder.
760
00:40:35,759 --> 00:40:37,784
What exactly did you mean?
761
00:40:38,895 --> 00:40:40,863
I was all by myself.
762
00:40:40,931 --> 00:40:45,095
It was just me and Rachel, and I
couldn't work or go to school.
763
00:40:45,168 --> 00:40:47,432
We didn't have much money.
764
00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:49,869
Your husband supported you,
didn't he?
765
00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:51,840
Keith worked in a tire store.
766
00:40:53,544 --> 00:40:55,705
We didn't have enough.
767
00:40:55,780 --> 00:40:57,611
This depressed you?
768
00:41:00,017 --> 00:41:02,178
I wanted the best for my baby.
769
00:41:03,488 --> 00:41:05,649
It wasn't just the money,
you know.
770
00:41:06,224 --> 00:41:08,385
What was it, Leah?
771
00:41:10,728 --> 00:41:14,357
It's just this city.
772
00:41:17,335 --> 00:41:18,734
This world.
773
00:41:22,107 --> 00:41:23,699
I look around...
774
00:41:25,911 --> 00:41:27,310
Tell us, Leah.
775
00:41:33,085 --> 00:41:37,317
I go to the store, and somebody
tries to steal my pocketbook.
776
00:41:39,525 --> 00:41:42,016
My neighbor, Mrs. Gorfitz
on the third floor,
777
00:41:42,094 --> 00:41:44,688
they killed her for her
Social Security check.
778
00:41:44,897 --> 00:41:49,665
She was 76 years old, and they
raped her, and they killed her.
779
00:41:49,736 --> 00:41:50,964
And the police caught the men,
780
00:41:51,037 --> 00:41:53,767
and they couldn't even
put them in jail.
781
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,933
I once saw a boy,
he was no more than 14,
782
00:41:56,009 --> 00:41:58,739
slash another boy's throat
for an ounce of dope.
783
00:42:00,113 --> 00:42:03,742
Terrorists are trying to blow
up the World Trade Center.
784
00:42:03,816 --> 00:42:06,046
Schools have metal detectors.
785
00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:10,385
Families are stocking their own
weapons and forming their own armies.
786
00:42:10,456 --> 00:42:13,584
What kind of a world
do we live in?
787
00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:17,722
There's so much hate
and suffering and distrust.
788
00:42:18,732 --> 00:42:20,632
It's not gonna go away.
789
00:42:24,838 --> 00:42:26,669
Is that what you meant
790
00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:29,208
when you told Detective Curtis
791
00:42:30,177 --> 00:42:32,645
that Rachel deserves the best?
792
00:42:33,380 --> 00:42:35,371
Why should she
have to see this?
793
00:42:38,319 --> 00:42:41,686
Now she's in heaven with God.
794
00:42:44,559 --> 00:42:46,618
Thank you, Leah.
795
00:43:06,081 --> 00:43:11,543
Doesn't the Bible tell us
not to kill, Mrs. Coleman?
796
00:43:11,621 --> 00:43:14,954
I am already suffering
for what I did.
797
00:43:15,024 --> 00:43:17,754
So now you know
what you did was wrong?
798
00:43:17,827 --> 00:43:19,192
Yes.
799
00:43:20,396 --> 00:43:23,297
Did you know it was wrong when
you woke up that morning?
800
00:43:23,366 --> 00:43:24,958
Yes.
801
00:43:25,034 --> 00:43:27,525
Did you know it was wrong
when you ate your cereal?
802
00:43:27,603 --> 00:43:28,592
Yes.
803
00:43:28,671 --> 00:43:29,968
He's badgering, Your Honor.
804
00:43:30,039 --> 00:43:32,269
Sit down and shut up,
Mr. Fineman.
805
00:43:32,341 --> 00:43:36,971
Overruled. And you will address
the court from now on, Mr. McCoy.
806
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:46,254
Let me ask you this,
Mrs. Coleman.
807
00:43:48,225 --> 00:43:50,557
Is God happy
about what you did?
808
00:43:50,627 --> 00:43:54,461
He has my Rachel.
That's what he wanted.
809
00:43:55,565 --> 00:43:57,089
That's what Father Carner said.
810
00:43:57,167 --> 00:43:58,657
He wanted it?
811
00:44:00,937 --> 00:44:02,131
I see.
812
00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:06,902
Mr. Fineman was right.
813
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:09,105
This was all
God's will, after all.
814
00:44:13,885 --> 00:44:16,285
I'd say that was pretty
selfish of him, wouldn't you?
815
00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:17,378
No.
816
00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:18,444
Why not?
817
00:44:18,523 --> 00:44:22,186
The God you describe sounds like
he's sitting around heaven,
818
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:27,357
he gets bored, so he arranges
for you to kill your child.
819
00:44:27,432 --> 00:44:29,866
No.
God is not like that.
820
00:44:29,934 --> 00:44:31,868
God is good and benevolent.
821
00:44:31,936 --> 00:44:35,270
Benevolent?
He makes you murder
822
00:44:35,340 --> 00:44:36,932
your eight-month-old
daughter...
823
00:44:37,009 --> 00:44:38,601
That was me!
824
00:44:40,145 --> 00:44:43,478
Rachel was screaming,
but I did it anyway.
825
00:44:51,290 --> 00:44:53,417
So you do remember
what you did.
826
00:45:00,266 --> 00:45:02,063
And you knew it was wrong.
827
00:45:05,672 --> 00:45:08,038
You know what that means,
Mrs. Coleman.
828
00:45:10,477 --> 00:45:12,536
That means
you're guilty as sin.
829
00:45:13,379 --> 00:45:14,710
Objection.
830
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:21,084
Withdrawn.
831
00:45:51,318 --> 00:45:53,843
Madam Forewoman,
have you reached a verdict?
832
00:45:53,921 --> 00:45:55,048
We have, Your Honor.
833
00:45:55,123 --> 00:45:58,854
On the sole count of the
indictment, murder in the second degree,
834
00:45:58,927 --> 00:46:00,360
how do you find?
835
00:46:04,933 --> 00:46:08,369
We find the defendant,
Leah Coleman, guilty.
836
00:46:27,790 --> 00:46:30,452
To tell you the truth, I didn't
think you'd pull that one off.
837
00:46:30,526 --> 00:46:34,690
What can I say?
Freud's out, the devil's in.
838
00:46:34,764 --> 00:46:37,790
Admit it, Jack, you were a
little tough on that priest.
839
00:46:39,235 --> 00:46:41,203
When you're raised
by the Jesuits,
840
00:46:41,270 --> 00:46:43,704
you end up obedient
or impertinent.
841
00:46:47,076 --> 00:46:48,509
I didn't order this.
842
00:46:48,578 --> 00:46:50,604
It's on the gentleman
at the bar.
843
00:46:57,254 --> 00:46:58,551
Take it back.
844
00:47:02,526 --> 00:47:03,891
Can't forgive anyone, huh?
845
00:47:03,961 --> 00:47:05,656
No, I can't.
846
00:47:06,129 --> 00:47:07,528
Besides, that was bourbon.
847
00:47:07,598 --> 00:47:09,088
I'm drinking Scotch.