IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED
BY TWO SEPARATE YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS:
THE POLICE, WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
OH, GREAT. ANOTHER CITIZEN WITH HALLUCINATIONS.
WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS GUY DOING
DOWN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
PROBABLY LOOKING FOR A $10 HAND WAX.
HERE?
LET'S GO.
HEY!
HEY! HEY!
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THERE?
WATCH THEM.
KELLY!
IT'S A KID.
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Man: YOU GOT ONE THROUGH AND THROUGH.
.38 OR HEAVIER.
THE BODY'S INTO RIGOR MORTIS
BUT THE EYES ARE MOIST.
I'D SAY 12 TO 18 HOURS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S ROLL HIM OVER.
SLOW.
HOLD HIM.
STUDENT I.D.
BISHOP'S ACADEMY.
ROBBIE FENWICK.
15 YEARS OLD.
DETECTIVE.
Man: IT'S A .357 MAGNUM.
PROBABLY TRIED TO CHUCK IT IN THE RIVER
AND CAME UP SHORT.
OKAY. BAG IT AND WORK IT UP.
WE'RE HOLDING THE KIDS FOR QUESTIONING.
YOU WANT ANYTHING NOW?
IS THAT THEM?
YEAH. COOPERATIVE LITTLE NOSE WIPES.
OKAY, WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO TELL US
ABOUT THAT DEAD BOY?
NOTHING TO TELL.
YOU KNOW HIM?
Cerreta: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
WE HEARD THERE WAS A BODY.
WE JUST CAME TO SEE.
YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?
JACKSON TOWERS.
YOU CAME HERE 'CAUSE YOU HEARD
THERE WAS A BODY?
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?
SLUG IS A FIVE WITH A RIGHT TWIST.
IT'S A WADCUTTER SERIES TWO.
IT'S A PROBABLE MATCH TO THE WEAPON.
I'VE ONLY SEEN WADCUTTERS USED IN TARGET PRACTICE.
UH-HUH. WEAPON'S A RUGER SECURITY SIX .357
CUSTOM PACHMAYR GRIP, MODIFIED HAMMER AND TRIGGER.
IT'S NOT A TOY.
THE OWNER TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT.
NO LIVE ROUNDS IN THE CYLINDER.
THERE'S ONLY THE ONE SPENT CASING.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
YOU RUN IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM?
A GUN SO LOVED
IT HAD TO HAVE ITS VERY OWN LICENSE.
AND IT'S... IAN MASER, 557 WEST 77th STREET.
DO YOU OWN A RUGER SECURITY SIX .357 MAGNUM PISTOL?
I DO.
IT HAS BEEN FOUND AT THE SCENE OF A HOMICIDE
AND DETERMINED THE MURDER WEAPON.
I KEEP THAT GUN LOCKED IN MY BEDSIDE TABLE.
THIS IT?
YES, IT IS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS GUN?
THERE'S THE MAID.
ARE YOU MARRIED?
DIVORCED.
DOES ANYONE LIVE WITH YOU?
THERE'S MY SON.
WHERE DOES HE GO TO SCHOOL?
BISHOP'S ACADEMY.
HE'S NOT THERE.
HE'S UP IN HIS ROOM.
HE'S NOT FEELING WELL.
DO YOU MIND
IF WE TALK WITH HIM?
JAMIE.
JAMIE, CAN WE ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS?
IF YOU WANTED TO SHOW ROBBIE THE GUN
WHY DID YOU GO TO THE WAREHOUSE?
THAT WAS HIS IDEA.
HE WANTED TO SHOOT IT.
THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
ROBBIE HAD THE GUN.
HE WAS AIMING IT AROUND.
THEN I HAD IT, AND I WAS HOLDING IT.
SHOW US HOW YOU WERE HOLDING IT.
ABOUT HERE-- LIKE WAIST HEIGHT.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
Cerreta: WHERE WAS ROBBIE?
HE WAS STANDING LIKE ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE.
THAT CLOSE?
UH-HUH.
HE WANTED ME TO GIVE HIM BACK THE GUN.
HE REACHED OVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS...
IT WENT OFF.
DID YOU SEE IF HE WAS ALIVE?
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
HE LOOKED DEAD.
I FREAKED.
I JUST JAMMED OUT OF THERE.
I DIDN'T MEAN IT, YOU KNOW.
I REALLY DIDN'T.
I SWEAR.
IT JUST WENT OFF.
IT JUST DID.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCARED 15-YEAR-OLD.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE GOT TO CHARGE HIM.
Cragen: WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST--
SENDING HIM HOME WITH A LOLLIPOP?
WE GOT TO CHARGE THIS KID
WITH SOMETHING.
Robinette: THERE'S ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A CHARGE
OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
EVEN SECOND DEGREE'S A STRETCH.
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.
WE COULD ALWAYS UPGRADE IF NECESSARY.
( phone ringing )
YEAH?
MM-HMM.
THE DESK HAS ROBBIE FENWICK'S PARENTS ON THE LINE.
I'LL TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO WRAPPING UP?
WE JUST GOT THE CRIME SCENE REPORT THIS MORNING.
WE JUST HAVE TO WALK IT THROUGH.
MAYBE A DAY OR SO.
ROBBIE IS STANDING RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
AND THAT MEANS JAMIE'S ABOUT HERE WITH THE GUN.
ENTRY WOUND IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE, OUT THE BACK LEFT.
ROBBIE TURNED HIS HEAD AWAY.
WE HAVE A WOUND ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS ASKING FOR THE GUN.
IF HE WAS REACHING
HE WOULD HAVE TO BE CLOSER TO JAMIE
AND THERE WOULD BE POWDER BURNS ON THE RIGHT HAND.
BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY.
SO THE GUN HAS TO BE
AT LEAST A COUPLE FEET AWAY.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT HIM ABOUT...
HERE.
ALL RIGHT, HIS HAND HAS TO BE HERE.
HOW DID HE GET THE HAND HIT?
UNLESS HE'S LIKE THIS.
HIS HANDS ARE UP HERE
BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
AND IF JAMIE WAS CRADLING THE GUN DOWN HERE
WELL, HE'D HAVE GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON HIS SHIRT.
THE TESTS WERE NEGATIVE.
WE'D GET A HIGHER BULLET HIT.
WE SUPPOSED TO BE
SURPRISED EVERY TIME SOMEBODY LIES TO US?
Cerreta: WE TOOK WHAT YOU TOLD US
AND PUT IT ALONGSIDE THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
AND IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH.
FOR STARTERS, YOU WEREN'T STANDING NEXT TO ROBBIE
WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF
RIGHT?
AND YOU WEREN'T HOLDING THE GUN THE WAY YOU SAID YOU WERE.
ALSO RIGHT?
Cerreta: IF THERE'S
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TELL US
THIS IS THE TIME.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
WE WERE PLAYING A GAME.
WHAT KIND OF GAME?
TRUST.
SEE, YOU AIM THE GUN AT THE OTHER GUY
LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT HIM
UNTIL HE TELLS YOU TO STOP, UNTIL HE GIVES.
WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS GAME?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
ALL YOU WANT TO DO
IS LET THE OTHER GUY GIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT HIM.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
WELL, I WAS AIMING AT ROBBIE...
AND I WAS SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER REAL SLOW.
Cerreta: DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO YOU
THAT THIS GUN MIGHT GO OFF?
THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS GOING TO GO OFF.
I DIDN'T COCK THE HAMMER BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGER.
YOU HAVE TO COCK THE HAMMER
WITH YOUR THUMB.
WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT?
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY WE ALWAYS DID IT
WHEN WE WENT TO THE RANGE.
I SWEAR, THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS GOING TO GO OFF.
YOU EVER FIRE ONE OF THESE?
NEVER.
STRICTLY FOR COMPETITION SHOOTERS.
Cerreta: YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY COCK THE HAMMER.
Shrier: NOW IT'S READY.
( gun clicks )
NOW, I KNOW YOU'VE FIRED ONE OF THESE
.357 DOUBLE-ACTION REVOLVER.
THE GUN DOES IT ALL FOR YOU.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THE KID MADE A LEGITIMATE MISTAKE.
POSSIBLE, SURE.
I DON'T KNOW.
THE KID TAKES AIM
SQUEEZES THE TRIGGER SLOWLY, LIKE HE SAYS.
HE'S LOOKING DOWN THE SIGHT.
Shrier: IF HE WAS TRAINED TO SHOOT
HE WAS TRAINED TO LOOK DOWN THE SIGHTS.
YOU CAN'T TELL ME HE DIDN'T NOTICE
THAT HAMMER COCKING BACK.
HE KNEW THAT GUN WAS GOING TO FIRE.
HOW LONG HAS JAMIE BEEN AT BISHOP ACADEMY?
HE CAME HERE THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.
LATE TRANSFERS ARE NEVER EASY.
JAMIE NEVER GOT OVER THE HUMP.
Cerreta: IN HIS STUDIES?
HE WAS A FAIR STUDENT.
THE PROBLEM IS, HE NEVER LATCHED ONTO ANY PEER GROUP.
Logan: EXCEPT FOR ROBBIE.
ROBBIE WAS A BIT OF AN OUTCAST.
NOT TOTALLY.
I HAD HOPED HE'D HELP JAMIE ASSIMILATE.
NEVER HAPPENED.
YOU EVER TALK TO JAMIE'S FATHER?
INITIAL INTERVIEW
AND ONCE TO ASK ABOUT JAMIE'S MEDICATION.
WHAT KIND OF MEDICATION?
WELL, HIS FILE SAYS IT'S A PSYCHIATRIC PRESCRIPTION.
MR. MASER DOWNPLAYED THE WHOLE THING.
DIDN'T GO INTO DETAILS.
DID HE HAVE MOOD SWINGS OR OUTBURSTS?
NOT THAT THE TEACHERS OBSERVED.
BUT AS I SAID, HE'S A VERY QUIET YOUNG MAN.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW WELL HIS CLASSMATES KNOW HIM.
I GOT THIS WEIRD VIBE FROM HIM.
SOMETIMES HE HAD THIS LOOK, THIS STARE--
YOU JUST KNEW THE GEARS WERE, LIKE, MASHING UP IN HIS HEAD.
DID HE TRY TO MAKE FRIENDS?
YEAH, AT FIRST.
YOU KNOW, NEW KID AT MID-TERM--
BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER FOR YEARS.
NOBODY HAD TIME FOR HIM.
EXCEPT ROBBIE.
NOW, THAT GUY WAS TWISTED.
TWISTED? HOW?
HE WAS ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT GUNS AND, LIKE, SHOOTING AND GETTING HIGH.
DID YOU EVER HEAR JAMIE TALK ABOUT GUNS?
NO. THAT WAS ROBBIE.
HE WAS MAXED OUT ON WAR STUFF.
WHEN BUSH DID HIS THING IN IRAQ, ROBBIE WAS TOTALLY INTO IT.
HE KNEW EVERY WEAPON THEY HAD.
WE CALLED HIM DEUCE-DEUCE.
WHY IS THAT?
LAST YEAR, HE SHOWED UP WITH THIS .22.
I THINK HIS OLD MAN ENDED UP TAKING IT OFF HIM.
CLAIRE FOUND IT IN HIS DRESSER.
I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER
AS TO WHERE HE GOT IT.
( sighs )
THE BOYS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN HERE?
JAMIE'D BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES.
HE WAS ALWAYS POLITE.
HE DIDN'T TALK MUCH.
ROBBIE LOVED GUNS.
HE WAS FASCINATED
WITH THE FACT
THAT JAMIE'S FATHER WAS A COMPETITION SHOOTER.
NEITHER OF US KNOW WHY, OR WHERE IT CAME FROM
BUT HE JUST... HE SEEMED TO, UH...
FEED OFF OF IT.
FIRST FEW MONTHS, NOTHING.
WOULDN'T TALK TO ME ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL.
WHEN HE FIRST HOOKED UP WITH ROBBIE
I WAS HAPPY HE'D MADE A FRIEND.
HE HAS TROUBLE MAKING FRIENDS?
JAMIE WOULDN'T WIN ANY POPULARITY CONTESTS.
HE'S... SELF-RELIANT.
DID SOMETHING CHANGE YOUR MIND
ABOUT ROBBIE?
A FEW MONTHS AGO, JAMIE ASKED ME
IF HE AND ROBBIE COULD COME TO THE FIRING RANGE WITH ME.
I GOT THE IMPRESSION IT WAS ROBBIE'S IDEA.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE MEDICATION?
WHAT ABOUT IT?
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT'S FOR?
WHEN DID JAMIE START TAKING IT?
I'D BE HAPPY TO
IF I DIDN'T THINK I'D GO TO JAIL.
WHAT?
IT'S TERMS OF MY DIVORCE.
IT'S PARTLY WHY JAMIE'S ON MEDICATION.
WOULD YOU TELL US YOUR EX-WIFE'S ADDRESS.
305 WEST 21st STREET.
BUT IT WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD.
SHE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT EITHER.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE ACADEMY
THE ONLY GUN I EVER SHOT WAS A BB GUN.
MY DAD LET ME SHOOT A STACK OF NEWSPAPERS
IN THE BASEMENT.
ONE DAY, I WING A PIGEON, RIGHT?
HE FLIPS OUT, THROWS THE GUN AWAY
MAKES ME BRING THE DAMN BIRD TO THE VET
IN A SHOE BOX ON THE BUS.
TO THIS DAY, I HATE PIGEONS.
THEY'RE RATS WITH WINGS.
WHEN YOU GIVE A BOY A GUN
HE MAY GO AFTER BIGGER GAME.
THAT WAS MY MOTHER'S ARGUMENT.
THAT'S EVERY MOTHER'S ARGUMENT.
"YOU'LL PUT YOUR EYE OUT."
"YOU'LL GET HURT."
I BET JAMIE'S MOTHER'S NO DIFFERENT.
I CAN'T.
JAMIE'S THERAPY IS... TIED TO THE DIVORCE.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE REASON WE SPLIT.
YOU DIVORCED BECAUSE JAMIE'S IN THERAPY?
NO. THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE THERAPY.
YOU CAN'T PUSH ME ON THIS.
IT'S BEEN SEALED.
PART OF THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
WAS THAT IAN AND I HONOR THAT SEAL.
MRS. MASER, A BOY IS DEAD.
ALL OF OUR INSTINCTS TELL US
THERE'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD KNOW HERE.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO JAMIE LATELY?
IT'S NOT MY TIME TO SEE HIM.
TERMS OF THE DIVORCE.
EVEN UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES?
HIS FATHER IS VERY ABSOLUTE
ABOUT THINGS.
MY SON AND I
ARE JUST GETTING BACK ON TRACK, DETECTIVE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
HE DOESN'T REALLY TALK TO ME THAT MUCH.
SHE SAID SEALED.
THAT CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING: HE WAS IN TROUBLE.
OH, NO, NO, WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU TELLING ME THE KID'S JUVENILE RECORD IS SEALED
AND FORBIDS THEM TO TALK ABOUT IT?
WHAT KIND OF A SETTLEMENT IS THAT?
IF WHAT HAPPENED
WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO SPLIT THE FAMILY
IT COULD BE ARGUED BOTH ARE IN HIS BEST INTEREST.
GREAT. SOMETHING'S THERE, AND WE CAN'T LOOK AT IT.
TO GET A COURT ORDER
TO OPEN THE RECORD, I MUST SHOW RELEVANCE, WHICH MEANS
KNOWING WHAT'S IN THE RECORD.
WHAT A SYSTEM.
WITH A PROSECUTOR'S JUDGE
MAYBE WE GET LUCKY
BUT JAMIE'S A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.
AND THEN WE'VE SHOWN OUR HAND.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
SCREW THE RECORD.
SOME COP HAD TO WRITE IT UP.
THEY USED TO LIVE IN CHELSEA.
THE REPORT MUST BE IN THE PRECINCT.
THE SEAL APPLIES TO POLICE FILES
AS WELL AS TO REPORTS AND NOTES
OF THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER.
YOU THINK IT APPLIES TO WHAT THE OFFICER
MIGHT SAY A FEW YEARS LATER?
HAPPENED OVER NEAR EAST RIVER PARK.
SOMETHING I NEVER LIKED ABOUT THAT CASE.
WHAT ARE TWO KIDS DOING THERE WITH A GUN, HUH?
THE ONLY THING THERE IS JUNKIES AND SQUATTERS.
AND THE OTHER KID ENDS UP DEAD.
AN ACCIDENT. RIGHT.
AN ACCIDENT ASKING TO HAPPEN IS WHAT I SAY.
RAY...
DID YOU KEEP YOUR OWN NOTES?
OFF THE RECORD.
NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THEM, RIGHT?
IT HAPPENED WHEN JAMIE WAS 13.
THE OTHER KID, GRAHAM CAMPBELL, WAS 12.
IT WAS THE SAME THING-- ONE TO THE HEAD.
THE GUN WAS A COLT PYTHON REGISTERED TO IAN MASER.
RULED AN ACCIDENT.
HE TOLD THE DETECTIVE
HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIS FRIEND HOW THE GUN WORKED.
JAMIE'S 13, WHITE, MIDDLE CLASS, NO PRIORS.
Cerreta: HERE'S THE KICKER.
HE THOUGHT YOU HAD TO COCK THE HAMMER BY HAND
BEFORE YOU COULD FIRE IT.
SAME EXCUSE AS NOW.
WORKED THE FIRST TIME.
WHY CHANGE IT?
ANYTHING ELSE?
THE TWO SHOOTINGS
ARE IDENTICAL.
MASER CLAIMS JAMIE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE GUN.
HE'S LYING.
WE GET A STATEMENT; HE PERJURES HIMSELF.
IT GOES DEEPER.
WE KNOW HE WANTED TO SCARE ROBBIE.
WE MUST PROVE HE WANTED TO KILL HIM.
HE'D POINTED A GUN AT SOMEBODY BEFORE.
HE HAD PULLED THE TRIGGER BEFORE.
HE KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PROVE INTENT?
LEGALLY, WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO USE THE FIRST SHOOTING.
YOU WANT TO GO DOWN
TO MAN TWO?
I WANT HIM AT MURDER TWO.
DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE.
NO NEED TO PROVE INTENT.
AND WE TRY HIM AS AN ADULT.
JAMIE.
COME HERE A MINUTE.
WHAT? UH...
COME ON, GET IN.
WHA..?
COME ON, GET IN.
WHY? WHAT FOR?
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. WHAT?
YOU SAID EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE.
TAKE IT EASY.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?
GET AWAY FROM ME!
DO US A FAVOR, AND GET IN THE CAR.
READ HIM HIS FREAKING RIGHTS, WILL YOU.
Barnett: YOUR HONOR, IT'S MORE THAN OUTRAGEOUS.
THEY PRACTICALLY DRAGGED THE CHILD
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
SPARE US THE HYPERBOLE, COUNSELOR.
THE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED
THAT THE OFFICERS WERE OUTSIDE SCHOOL GROUNDS.
TEN FEET?
Barnett: GIVEN THE DEFENDANT'S AGE
AND THE STRONG-ARM INTENTIONS OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE
WE INTEND TO ASK FOR REMOVAL OF THESE PROCEEDINGS
TO FAMILY COURT.
YOUR HONOR
THE PEOPLE FEEL...
I'M AWARE OF THE DEFENDANT'S AGE
MR. BARNETT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION, FEEL FREE
BUT I SEE NOTHING HERE TO INDICATE
WHY HE SHOULDN'T BE TRIED AS AN ADULT.
SUPREME CRIMINAL TO RETAIN JURISDICTION.
DEFENDANT REMANDED TO CUSTODY OF HIS FATHER.
OUR CLAIM OF DIMINISHED CAPACITY IS BASED ON THE FACT
THAT AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING
JAMIE WAS INVOLUNTARILY INTOXICATED.
HE WAS LEGALLY TAKING A PRESCRIBED MEDICATION
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED PSYCHIATRIST.
TRACON IS KNOWN TO HAVE ADVERSE REACTIONS
IN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT IT AFFECTED HIS ABILITY
TO APPRECIATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS.
HE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO LIE TO THE OFFICERS
AND TO HIDE THE FACT THAT
HE WAS INVOLVED IN A PRIOR SHOOTING.
THE PRIOR INCIDENT IS NOT RELEVANT.
I'M SURE A JURY WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING
THAT MY YOUNG CLIENT
WAS FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED.
HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF A POWERFUL PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG.
TRACON DID THE SHOOTING?
I HAVE THE PRECEDENTS TO BACK IT UP--
GRUNDBERG, PETTY.
CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST A WOMAN
WHO SHOT HER MOTHER
AND AN ACQUITTAL ON A GUY WHO STABBED HIS EX-WIFE?
NEITHER CASE INVOLVED TRACON.
THE DEFENDANTS DID NOT HAVE A PREVIOUS HISTORY
OF RECKLESS OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
COME ON, FELLOWS.
YOU'RE BLOWING SMOKE.
NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE AND NO TIME.
I WON'T PLEA THIS DOWN TO A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET A JURY DECIDE.
JAMIE?
HAVE A NICE DAY.
NOBODY'S RESPONSIBLE ANYMORE.
YOU KILL SOMEBODY, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU'RE ADDICTED TO SUGAR
OR THE WRONG MEDICATION
AND SOMEONE SHOULD PAY YOU A MILLION DOLLARS
FOR YOUR SUFFERING.
WHO'S DOING JAMIE'S EVALUATION?
I'LL CALL OLIVET.
Woman: YOU EVER HAD ANY BLACKOUTS?
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST TIME
THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY YOU WANTED--
HOW DID YOU HANDLE IT?
DID YOU GET MAD?
DID YOU YELL?
DID YOU TRASH YOUR ROOM?
I JUST GOT OVER IT.
HOW ABOUT YOUR DAD?
WHEN HE GETS ANGRY, DOES HE LET YOU KNOW IT?
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
WHAT ABOUT WITH ROBBIE?
WHEN YOU WERE POINTING THE GUN AT HIM
WHAT WERE YOU FEELING?
I WASN'T FEELING ANYTHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ROBBIE WAS FEELING?
SCARED.
HE FELT SCARED.
AND GRAHAM CAMPBELL-- HOW ABOUT HIM?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT?
I THINK YOU DO.
YOU WANT TO TELL ME
ABOUT IT?
NOTHING TO TELL.
I HEAR YOU SAY THAT, BUT I'M SEEING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
( sighs )
LET'S TRY SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
OKAY.
I WANT YOU TO MAKE UP A STORY
BASED ON THE PICTURES I'LL SHOW YOU.
TELL ME THE CHARACTERS, WHAT THEY'RE THINKING
WHAT LED UP TO THE SCENE IN THE PICTURE.
OKAY?
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS PICTURE, JAMIE?
I DON'T KNOW.
YES, YOU DO.
( sighs )
HE'S TRYING TO LEARN THE VIOLIN.
WHAT ELSE?
HE'S PRETTY LAME WITH IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE LOOK ON HIS FACE?
WHAT ABOUT IT?
DO YOU THINK HE'LL PICK IT UP?
THINK HE'LL TRY IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
THINK HE WANTS TO?
THINK HE'S GOT TO.
WHY'S THAT?
'CAUSE IF HE DOESN'T
HIS OLD MAN WILL PROBABLY BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM.
PROBABLY SERVES HIM RIGHT.
WHY DOES IT SERVE HIM RIGHT?
HE'S GOT TO LEARN IT, RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW. DOES HE?
What's the point otherwise?
Of what?
Of taking the stupid lessons
if he's not going to learn how to play it?
HE'S A PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED KID
WITH AN INCREDIBLY EXACTING FATHER.
CONFIRMS WHAT CERRETA AND LOGAN
PICKED UP FROM THE MOTHER.
ABUSED KIDS FOLLOW ONE OF TWO TRACKS--
THEY PLACE THEMSELVES WHERE THEY WILL BE VICTIMIZED
OR THEY IDENTIFY WITH THE AGGRESSOR--
INTERNALIZE HIS QUALITIES
HIS POWER, HIS STRENGTH.
Stone: AND HE BECAME THE AGGRESSOR.
WHAT EFFECT DID TRACON HAVE ON HIS BEHAVIOR?
IT'S AN ANTI-ANXIETY DRUG.
IT CAN AFFECT MOOD, MEMORY, ANY NUMBER OF VARIABLES.
I THINK JAMIE'S BEHAVIOR
PREDATES ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUG.
JAMIE EXHIBITS REPETITION COMPULSION--
A NEED TO ACT OUT HIS SUBCONSCIOUS CONFLICT.
HE WANTS TO FEEL POWERFUL.
HE ENJOYS THE FEAR HE CREATES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS GAME WITH THE FENWICK KID
WAS ALL ABOUT.
DRUG OR NO DRUG
HE'LL PLAY IT AGAIN THE FIRST CHANCE HE GETS.
THE FIRST SHOOTING-- THAT WAS PART OF THE GAME?
Olivet: HE BECAME PRETTY AGITATED WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP.
HE WAS PROBABLY TRAUMATIZED BY THE INCIDENT.
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STAY AWAY
FROM GUNS.
BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS PLEA IT OUT.
MAKE RESIDENTIAL PSYCHIATRIC CARE A CONDITION.
Stone: SIX MONTHS OF DAY CARE?
HE HAD TWO YEARS OF THERAPY.
HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PULL THE TRIGGER.
HE DIDN'T CARE.
YOU CANNOT MAKE THE CASE
WITHOUT ENTERING THE FIRST SHOOTING IN EVIDENCE.
YOU GOT A SEALED RECORD.
YOU GOT A JUVENILE OFFENDER.
ANY JURY WOULD CONVICT THIS BOY
ON THE SECOND SHOOTING SOLELY ON THE EVIDENCE FROM THE FIRST.
JAMIE SAID HE SHOT ROBBIE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DOUBLE-ACTION
AND SINGLE-ACTION HANDGUN.
THE CAMPBELL SHOOTING DEMONSTRATES
HE'D LEARNED THAT LESSON TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN HE CLAIMED
TO HAVE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE.
TAKE A RUN AT JUDGE MARKMAN.
JAMIE MASER SHOOTING GRAHAM CAMPBELL AT AGE 13
HAD TO HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INCIDENT
IN THE BOY'S LIFE TO DATE.
IF THAT IS NOT ADMITTED, IT ALLOWS
A DEFENSE CLAIM THAT'S CLEARLY FRAUDULENT.
YOUR HONOR
IT'S IRRELEVANT.
OUR DEFENSE ISN'T BASED ON A CLAIM OF MISTAKE.
Robinette: BUT HE DID MAKE THE STATEMENTS.
THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS WILL TESTIFY
JAMIE TOLD THEM HE WAS CONFUSED ON THE GUN.
THE PRIOR SHOOTING SHOULD BE ADMITTED
TO SHOW THAT TO BE A LIE.
UNDER A TECHNICAL APPLICATION OF MOLINEAUX, YOU'RE RIGHT
BUT I HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE IMPACT THIS PRIOR SHOOTING WILL HAVE ON THE JURY
AS I'M SURE YOU DID.
IN MY OPINION
IT WAS SO INFLAMMATORY, SO PREJUDICIAL
IT WILL OUTWEIGH ITS VALUE AS EVIDENCE.
SO I CAN'T ALLOW IT TO BE INTRODUCED.
Jamie: EVERYTHING WAS IN SLOW MOTION.
IT WAS WEIRD.
I FELT LIKE I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY BODY...
AND WATCHING.
I MEAN, I COULD SEE ME... AND, AND ROBBIE.
LIKE IN A MOVIE.
AND I WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR THE TRIGGER WOULD GO.
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT ROBBIE WOULD DO.
DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?
I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS IN A BUBBLE.
I COULDN'T HEAR.
I JU... I JUST KEPT PULLING THE TRIGGER, AND...
THERE WAS THIS FLASH.
Barnett: WHEN THE GUN
WENT OFF?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
I...
THERE WAS ROBBIE JUST LAYING THERE...
BLEEDING...
IT WAS LIKE THE MOVIE WAS STILL GOING ON.
I COULDN'T FEEL.
I HEARD THIS ROARING SOUND IN MY EARS.
I JUST COULDN'T STOP WATCHING...
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
MR. STONE.
NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, YOUR HONOR.
SUBJECT TO RECALL.
SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION
TRACON HAS HAD A FAVORABLE SUCCESS RATE
BUT IT HAS ALSO GENERATED
TEN TIMES MORE ADVERSE REACTION REPORTS THAN SIMILAR DRUGS.
WHAT KIND OF ADVERSE REACTIONS, DOCTOR?
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISTURBANCES--
REBOUND ANXIETY
AMNESIA, HOSTILITY, DELUSIONS.
IT'S MY OPINION TRACON CAN IGNITE REPRESSED ANGER.
CAN YOU OFFER AN OPINION ABOUT HIS EMOTIONAL STATE
AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING?
Doctor: BASED ON HIS BEHAVIOR SINCE BEING PRESCRIBED TRACON
IT'S MY OPINION JAMIE WAS SUFFERING
FROM TRACON INTOXICATION SYNDROME.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
DOCTOR, COULD YOU DESCRIBE DISSOCIATIVE PHENOMENA?
Doctor: IT'S A FEELING OF STANDING OUTSIDE ONESELF--
OF BEING A WITNESS TO SOMETHING HAPPENING TO YOU.
Stone: THAT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR
TO A SYMPTOM OF TRACON INTOXICATION.
YES.
ISN'T IT TRUE
THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
OR PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
ALSO SUFFER FROM DISSOCIATIVE PHENOMENA?
YES, THAT'S TRUE.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF REPETITION COMPULSION?
YES.
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT.
IT'S THE NEED TO REPEATEDLY ACT OUT AN INNER CONFLICT.
Stone: AN INNER CONFLICT THAT MAY STEM
FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE?
YES, POSSIBLY, BUT...
SUBJECT MAY BE
FEEDING OFF A SURROGATE FIGURE'S FEAR
ENCOURAGING HIM TO REENACT A SITUATION
HE FOUND PLEASING ONCE BEFORE?
YOUR HONOR, THE PROSECUTION'S QUESTIONS
SEEM DESIGNED TO ELICIT INFORMATION
THAT IS NOT ADMISSIBLE HERE.
WATCH YOUR STEP, MR. STONE.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.
Stone: HOW OLD WERE YOU, JAMIE
WHEN YOU FIRST LEARNED TO SHOOT A HANDGUN?
I WAS 11.
MY, UH, FATHER TAUGHT ME
HOW TO SHOOT HIS TARGET PISTOL.
IS THIS YOUR FATHER'S TARGET PISTOL?
Jamie: YEAH.
HOW DO YOU FIRE IT?
DO YOU JUST PULL THE TRIGGER?
NO. YOU HAVE TO COCK THE HAMMER FIRST.
WOULD YOU SHOW ME.
YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION.
OVERRULED.
GO ON, JAMIE.
OKAY, WELL...
YOU COCK THE HAMMER FIRST WITH YOUR THUMB.
THEN YOU JUST PULL THE TRIGGER.
IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THIS GUN--
THE ONE YOU SHOT ROBBIE WITH?
YEAH.
HOW'S IT DIFFERENT?
THAT ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COCK THE HAMMER FIRST.
YOU JUST PULL THE TRIGGER.
WOULD YOU SHOW ME.
WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HOLD THE GUN LIKE THAT?
MY DAD.
SO HOW DID IT FEEL
POINTING A GUN AT YOUR FRIEND?
IT WAS A GAME. OH, IT'S FUN?
SO IT WAS A GAME
POINTING A GUN AT YOUR FRIEND.
WAS SQUEEZING THE TRIGGER PART OF THE GAME?
YEAH.
COULD YOU SHOW ME?
UM...
PLEASE?
YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER VERY SLOWLY
AND THE HAMMER CAME BACK, RIGHT?
DID YOU SEE IT MOVING?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
ROBBIE SEE IT MOVING? I DON'T KNOW.
DID HE SAY ANYTHING AT ALL?
NO.
SO YOU KEPT PULLING THE TRIGGER, RIGHT?
YEAH.
YOU HELD IT ON HIM THE WHOLE TIME?
YEAH.
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
I DON'T KNOW.
HOW DID ROBBIE FEEL? WAS HE AFRAID?
I DON'T KNOW. ( hammer clicks )
IT... THIS ISN'T FAIR.
IT WAS JUST A GAME.
IT WASN'T LIKE THIS.
WE... WE DIDN'T KNOW.
IT'S... IT'S MY MEDICINE.
SEE...
MOVE TO STRIKE, YOUR HONOR.
IT MAKES ME CONFUSED.
Judge: JURY WILL DISREGARD.
MADAM FOREMAN
HAS THE JURY REACHED THE UNANIMOUS DECISION?
YES, WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
HOW DID YOU FIND?
ON THE SOLE COUNT OF THE INDICTMENT--
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE--
WE FIND THE DEFENDANT, JAMIE MASER, NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF MENTAL DEFECT.
GOOD BOY.
GOOD JOB.
WAY TO GO.
THANK YOU.
PULL EVERYTHING YOU CAN ON THE FIRST SHOOTING.
GET THE RECORD UNSEALED.
WE'LL REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION.
IT'S A TWO-YEAR-OLD CASE, BEN.
THERE'S NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON MURDER.
THE KID LIVES ON FEAR.
CONVICTING HIM ON THE FIRST SHOOTING
WILL BE TWICE AS HARD AS THE LAST ONE--
A TWO-YEAR-OLD CASE, LESS EVIDENCE TO WORK WITH
AND YOU CAN'T USE THE FACT IT MATCHES THE FENWICK SHOOTING
BECAUSE THAT SHOOTING
HAS NOT EVEN TAKEN PLACE.
I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.
NOTHING OUT OF THE PARENTS?
THEY'RE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THE DIVORCE.
WE KNOW THE FATHER LIED ABOUT JAMIE'S
KNOWLEDGE OF GUNS.
TWO BOYS DEAD.
NOT AN OUNCE OF GUILT.
WE'LL FIND SOMETHING.
WITH THE CASE SEALED?
CERRETA AND LOGAN HAVE NOTES
FROM THE FIRST DETECTIVE.
YOU BETTER WALK THROUGH IT THEN.
GRAHAM CAMPBELL WAS FOUND RIGHT HERE.
THE POSITION OF THE BODY INDICATES HE WAS KNEELING
WHEN HE WAS SHOT.
JAMIE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
THERE WEREN'T ANY POWDER BURNS ON GRAHAM EITHER, SO...
Cerreta: THAT WAS DISCOUNTED.
GULLIKSON SAID IT RAINED
THE DAY THEY FOUND THE BODY.
BUT ASSUMING THERE WAS NO RESIDUE
TO BEGIN WITH...
THAT WOULD PUT JAMIE FAR ENOUGH AWAY
TO MAKE AN ACCIDENT VERY UNLIKELY.
SAME GAME, SAME EXCUSE.
ONE SHOT TO THE HEAD
BOTH TIMES FIRED FROM SIX FEET AWAY.
ANY TAKERS ON COINCIDENCE?
YOU TAUGHT JAMIE TO FIRE A SINGLE-ACTION HANDGUN
WHEN HE WAS 12.
YES, AT A FIRING RANGE.
AND THE DOUBLE-ACTION HANDGUN HE USED TWO YEARS AGO--
YOU TAUGHT HIM TO SHOOT THAT TOO?
NO. I TOLD YOU BEFORE
I ONLY WANTED HIM INTERESTED IN TARGET SHOOTING.
WHAT IS THIS, NET FISHING?
IT'S ABOUT YOUR CLIENT LYING
TO PROTECT HIS SON.
HE LIED ABOUT JAMIE'S KNOWLEDGE OF GUNS
IN THE FENWICK SHOOTING.
HE MAY HAVE TOLD THE SAME LIE
IN THE CAMPBELL SHOOTING.
AND?
PERJURY IS A FELONY.
IT CARRIES SOME TIME.
I DON'T RESPOND TO THREATS, MR. STONE.
TWO BOYS ARE DEAD
AND I HOLD YOU GREATLY RESPONSIBLE--
IF NOT LEGALLY, ETHICALLY-- FOR BOTH THOSE DEATHS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THIS COUNTRY.
YOU CAN BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU WANT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN AN "E" FELONY
TO LEVERAGE ANYTHING OUT OF HIM.
FIND OUT WHERE HE DID HIS SHOOTING
TWO YEARS AGO
AND GET US IN TO SEE PAMELA MASER
AND HER LAWYER.
HERE HE IS.
IAN MASER WAS A MEMBER TILL TWO YEARS AGO.
THINK HE MOVED.
HIS CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS SHOW
HE HAD BEEN COMING HERE FOR SIX YEARS.
HIS KID WAS A MEMBER TOO.
YOU GIVE MEMBERSHIPS TO KIDS?
IT'S A PROMOTIONAL THING.
KIDS LIKE HAVING THEIR OWN MEMBERSHIP CARDS.
THEY CAN'T SHOOT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS.
MASER BRING HIS SON IN OFTEN?
I DON'T RECALL HOW OFTEN.
MASER KEPT A TARGET PISTOL HERE.
I REMEMBER HIM
TEACHING THE KID HOW TO DO IT.
I USED TO HEAR HIM
HOLLER AT HIM ALL THE TIME.
MASER EVER FIRE OTHER GUNS?
I SEE WHERE HE STARTED BUYING .357 AMMO
BEFORE HE MOVED...
OH, YEAH...
AND THEN HE GOT HIMSELF A COLT PYTHON.
IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY FOR A WHILE.
WHAT WAS?
THE COLT IS A BIG GUN.
SEEING THAT YOUNG KID
TRYING TO KEEP A BEAD ON THE TARGET.
I NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GUNS.
THAT WAS BETWEEN IAN AND JAMIE.
JAMIE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT?
HE'D TELL ME IF HE'D PLEASED HIS FATHER
BUT SPECIFICALLY, NO.
YOUR HUSBAND NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT?
THE GUNS WERE MALE BUSINESS.
IAN ASSUMED I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHICH WASN'T TRUE
OR THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW
WHICH WAS TRUE.
Stone: YOU SEPARATED NOT LONG AFTER
THE FIRST SHOOTING INCIDENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE GUNS?
OR THE SHOOTING?
OR THE WAY YOUR HUSBAND TREATS JAMIE?
SHAKY GROUND, MR. STONE.
YOU KNOW THAT INFORMATION IS SEALED.
WHAT I KNOW, SEALED OR NOT, IS THAT TWO BOYS ARE DEAD
AND YOUR SON MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN IRREPARABLY DAMAGED
BY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER.
I THINK YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO
THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE SETTLEMENT
OR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
IT CAN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR WORTH IT.
Mrs. Maser: IAN WASN'T AN EASY MAN TO LIVE WITH.
THINGS WERE HIS WAY OR NO WAY
AND IF THEY WEREN'T HIS WAY, JAMIE OR I PAID FOR IT.
AFTER GRAHAM CAMPBELL WAS SHOT
THINGS GOT WAY OUT OF HAND.
OUT OF HAND?
ANYTHING WOULD SET IAN OFF.
ANYTHING.
JAMIE WAS OUT OF CONTROL.
IAN AND I SEPARATED AND JAMIE CAME TO LIVE WITH ME.
HE STARTED TAKING THINGS OUT ON ME--
ACTING LIKE HIS FATHER.
IN WHAT WAY?
HE THREATENED ME.
WITH WHAT?
A GUN.
Stone: AND DID YOU KEEP A GUN IN THE APARTMENT?
NO. IT WAS ONE OF IAN'S.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LOADED OR NOT.
HE POINTED IT AT ME.
I MUST HAVE LOOKED BLANK OR SOMETHING.
HE SAID...
"YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'D DO IT, DO YOU?
GRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE ME EITHER."
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AFRAID OF YOUR OWN SON.
"YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'D DO IT"
AND "GRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER."
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT JAMIE MEAN BY THAT?
GRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE JAMIE WOULD SHOOT HIM.
DID YOU BELIEVE HE'D SHOOT YOU?
I DID.
UNDER THE TERMS OF YOUR DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
YOU HAVE BEEN FORBIDDEN TO MAKE ANY MENTION
OF THE GRAHAM CAMPBELL INCIDENT
IS THAT TRUE?
YES.
YET HERE YOU ARE TESTIFYING.
WHY IS THAT?
I GAVE UP EVERYTHING.
I GAVE UP CUSTODY OF MY SON
AND NOW I'M FORFEITING ANY FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT
BY TESTIFYING.
THE ONLY CONDITION I PUT ON THE DIVORCE
WAS THAT JAMIE RECEIVE THERAPY
TO HELP HIM DEAL WITH THE SHOOTING
AND HIS SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIOR.
OBVIOUSLY THAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.
A SECOND BOY IS DEAD
AND I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I LET THAT GO BY
AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES
OF YOUR TESTIFYING TODAY?
I KNOW THAT JAMIE COULD GO TO SPOFFORD JUVENILE HALL
AND AFTER THAT, MAYBE PRISON.
I JUST...
LEAVING HIM WITH HIS FATHER JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT NOW.
JAMIE NEVER FIRED THAT GUN.
EARLIER WE HEARD TESTIMONY
FROM THE OWNER OF THE FIRING RANGE
THAT HE SAW YOU
TEACH JAMIE TO SHOOT A COLT PYTHON .357.
WHY WOULD HE FABRICATE A STORY LIKE THAT?
I WAS IN THE BOOTH WITH MY SON.
I KNOW WHICH GUN HE USED.
THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS NOTHING TO GAIN
FROM LYING ABOUT SEEING YOUR SON SHOOT A .357.
WHY WOULD HE CONCOCT A MEMORY ABOUT A SMALL BOY FIRING A GUN
TOO BIG FOR HIM TO SHOOT?
I CAN'T ADDRESS THIN MOTIVES.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN?
OBJECTION.
SUSTAINED.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
I KNOW MY SON WOULD NOT WILLFULLY KILL THAT BOY.
I TAUGHT HIM RIGHT FROM WRONG.
I AM HIS FATHER.
EVERYTHING HE LEARNED
EVERYTHING HE IS...
Judge: MR. MASER.
YOU MAY STEP DOWN.
ON THE SOLE COUNT OF THE INDICTMENT--
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE-- HOW DOES THE JURY FIND?
WE FIND THE DEFENDANT
JAMIE MASER-- GUILTY.
JAMIE...
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES.
I'M SURE PAMELA MASER IS TURNING HERSELF AROUND
WITH THAT SAME THOUGHT.
SHE'S TOUGH.
MAYBE...
OR MAYBE SHE JUST GAVE IN.
DID THE INEVITABLE.
THINK YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT?
GIVE UP MY CHILD?
NOT WITHOUT RIPPING MYSELF IN HALF, I COULDN'T.
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