1 00:00:01,135 --> 00:00:02,803 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:02,836 --> 00:00:05,339 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:05,373 --> 00:00:07,108 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:07,141 --> 00:00:08,776 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:08,809 --> 00:00:11,779 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,547 These are their stories. 7 00:00:15,483 --> 00:00:18,452 (Jason) Ms. K? Ms. K? 8 00:00:18,486 --> 00:00:20,288 Hey, Jason. 9 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:22,123 Hey, uh, can I talk to you a sec? 10 00:00:22,156 --> 00:00:23,657 Yeah, I've got a few minutes. 11 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:25,393 In private. 12 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:29,130 Why don't we go into the music room? 13 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:32,100 Is this about your Faulkner essay? 14 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:35,369 Uh, I scored two tickets to see Spamalot. 15 00:00:35,403 --> 00:00:38,306 I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go with me. 16 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:40,374 You mean just the two of us? 17 00:00:40,408 --> 00:00:42,676 Yeah, fourth row orchestra. 18 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:44,778 Jason, you're my student. I can't date my students. 19 00:00:44,812 --> 00:00:46,414 What, you mean age? You're probably 20 00:00:46,447 --> 00:00:47,715 only a couple years older than me. 21 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:52,853 Jason, this conversation is over. Okay? 22 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:55,156 Oh, my God. 23 00:00:59,193 --> 00:01:01,295 Alex Garcia, 18. Strangled. 24 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:02,530 Any witnesses? 25 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:04,532 No. A teacher and another student found him here 26 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,767 about 30 minutes ago already DOA. 27 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,369 Music teacher? English Lit. 28 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:09,703 Did you know this kid? 29 00:01:09,737 --> 00:01:12,573 Seem him around school. Good kid. 30 00:01:12,606 --> 00:01:13,741 Well, it looks like there was a struggle. 31 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:14,775 Did anybody hear anything? 32 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:17,111 Music room? Soundproof. 33 00:01:17,145 --> 00:01:18,078 (Fontana) Thank you. 34 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,416 Hey, man. What you got? 35 00:01:22,450 --> 00:01:24,318 Ligature strangulation. 36 00:01:24,352 --> 00:01:26,154 I also found defensive wounds on his arms. 37 00:01:26,187 --> 00:01:27,855 There's tissue under the fingernails. 38 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:30,358 Any idea of what he was strangled with? 39 00:01:30,391 --> 00:01:31,792 I'm thinking a cello bow. 40 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,661 Found several strands of coarse white hair 41 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:35,496 and what looks like rosin on his neck. 42 00:01:35,529 --> 00:01:37,131 Killer probably came up behind him 43 00:01:37,165 --> 00:01:38,266 and used it like a garrote. 44 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:41,802 Hey, man, check all the trash receptacles in the school. 45 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:43,271 We're looking for a busted cello bow, all right? 46 00:01:43,304 --> 00:01:45,206 Thanks. Got a time of death on this one? 47 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:47,275 1:26. 48 00:01:47,308 --> 00:01:48,809 Must've smashed it when he went down. 49 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:50,811 That's an expensive watch. 50 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,846 (CSU Tech) Looks like he could afford it. 51 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,216 Found 300 bucks on him. 52 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:57,485 Well, it's not a robbery, 53 00:01:57,518 --> 00:01:59,820 but this poor kid should've never turned his back. 54 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:52,273 We've assembled the student body 55 00:02:52,306 --> 00:02:54,375 in the auditorium and the gym. 56 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:56,344 Grief counselors are already there. 57 00:02:56,377 --> 00:02:58,546 We'll also need a list of all the students 58 00:02:58,579 --> 00:02:59,947 who went to class with him. 59 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:01,949 I'll have my assistant get on that. 60 00:03:01,982 --> 00:03:04,452 So, where's the boy's parents? 61 00:03:04,485 --> 00:03:06,487 His father is on the way in now. 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,723 Was Alex having problems with other kids here? 63 00:03:09,757 --> 00:03:12,660 Not that I know of. He was a rather quiet boy. 64 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:15,363 I got the sense he was still finding himself. 65 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:18,399 Well, we found several hundred dollars in his wallet. 66 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:20,934 Is there any chance he was selling drugs? 67 00:03:20,968 --> 00:03:23,671 Alex was as clean-cut as you get. 68 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,739 He played cello in the school orchestra. 69 00:03:25,773 --> 00:03:27,341 He got great grades. 70 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,009 In fact, he tested in with some of 71 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,878 the highest scores we've ever seen. 72 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:33,847 Tested in? You have a magnet program here? 73 00:03:33,881 --> 00:03:35,649 Math and science. 74 00:03:35,683 --> 00:03:37,718 Open admission for those who live in the catchment. 75 00:03:37,751 --> 00:03:40,388 Students from other areas have to test in. 76 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:43,357 So, where did he transfer from? 77 00:03:43,391 --> 00:03:46,394 Ignatius Junior High. 78 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:47,495 Spanish Harlem. 79 00:03:47,528 --> 00:03:49,630 Many of our best students 80 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:52,433 come from disadvantaged neighborhoods. 81 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:56,570 Calculus. Macroeconomics. Virgil. 82 00:03:56,604 --> 00:03:57,505 See what I missed? 83 00:03:57,538 --> 00:04:00,641 I should've paid more attention in school. 84 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:04,445 Hey. Left his cell phone in his jacket. 85 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:07,681 One of those new fancy ones. 86 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:10,651 No outgoing. 87 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:12,453 Got three incoming from the same guy. 88 00:04:12,486 --> 00:04:13,454 Freddy Colon. 89 00:04:13,487 --> 00:04:14,555 When was that? 90 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:15,923 They're all around 8:00 this morning. 91 00:04:15,956 --> 00:04:19,960 Excuse me, detectives. Mr. Garcia's here. 92 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:23,531 Mr. Garcia, I'm Detective Fontana. 93 00:04:23,564 --> 00:04:25,499 This is Detective Green. 94 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,935 (Green) Please accept our condolences, sir. 95 00:04:27,968 --> 00:04:30,838 Will Alex's mother be joining us this morning? 96 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:32,840 She died three years ago. 97 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:34,808 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Have a seat. 98 00:04:37,678 --> 00:04:39,447 Mr. Garcia, we want to find out 99 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:40,981 who did this to your son. 100 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:44,452 So we have to ask you some questions, okay? 101 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:46,987 Was Alex having any problems here at school? 102 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:48,856 He never mentioned anything. 103 00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:51,659 Was he involved with gangs or drugs? 104 00:04:51,692 --> 00:04:54,061 Why are you asking that? Because he was Dominicano? 105 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:55,596 (Green) No, sir. We'd have to 106 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:59,600 ask that question of any high school student. 107 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:03,103 Mr. Garcia, Alex had $300 in cash 108 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,972 and a very expensive watch on him. 109 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:06,940 That wasn't drugs. 110 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:09,677 Alex tutored other students here. 111 00:05:09,710 --> 00:05:11,679 They paid him $85 an hour. 112 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:14,982 That watch was a present to himself. 113 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:16,584 He got a couple of calls this morning 114 00:05:16,617 --> 00:05:18,986 from somebody named Freddy Colon. 115 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,588 Does that name ring a bell? 116 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:22,790 Freddy's from our neighborhood. 117 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:26,627 They both transferred here in the ninth grade. 118 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:28,496 They used to be close. 119 00:05:28,529 --> 00:05:30,931 What happened? They have a falling out or something? 120 00:05:30,964 --> 00:05:33,567 Alex said Freddy changed 121 00:05:33,601 --> 00:05:34,635 when he came to this school. 122 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:39,640 That he only wanted to hang out with the white kids. 123 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:40,708 (Freddy) That's a load. 124 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:42,376 I didn't want to just hang out with white kids. 125 00:05:42,410 --> 00:05:43,477 I made new friends. 126 00:05:43,511 --> 00:05:45,112 Alex and me just drifted apart. 127 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:46,680 Why did you call him three times this morning? 128 00:05:46,714 --> 00:05:47,515 I just wanted to talk to him. 129 00:05:47,548 --> 00:05:48,649 About what? 130 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:49,750 A couple of buddies of mine 131 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:51,084 gave him a hard time yesterday, 132 00:05:51,118 --> 00:05:52,720 and I didn't do anything to stop them. 133 00:05:52,753 --> 00:05:54,021 Define "hard time." 134 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:55,523 They were making fun of him 135 00:05:55,556 --> 00:05:56,957 because he played in the orchestra. 136 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:58,592 Calling him a nerd, stuff like that. 137 00:05:58,626 --> 00:06:00,594 Okay, we're gonna need their names. 138 00:06:00,628 --> 00:06:02,396 Okay, but they were just ribbing him. 139 00:06:02,430 --> 00:06:03,464 I mean, it was nothing. 140 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:04,565 Well, if it was nothing, 141 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:05,666 why did you call him this morning? 142 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:07,435 I felt bad. 143 00:06:07,468 --> 00:06:08,802 I wanted to say I was sorry. 144 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:10,971 Okay, so where we you between 1:00 and 2:00 today? 145 00:06:11,004 --> 00:06:13,173 Chemistry class. Why? 146 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,575 Look, maybe Alex and I 147 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:15,609 didn't hang out that much anymore, 148 00:06:15,643 --> 00:06:17,144 but I liked the guy. 149 00:06:17,177 --> 00:06:18,746 You had a funny way of showing it, kid. 150 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:20,414 Lieu wants to see us outside. 151 00:06:20,448 --> 00:06:22,916 Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back, all right? 152 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:26,720 (Green) Let me guess. Cello bow? 153 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:29,022 You got it. We just found it in the trash 154 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:30,658 wrapped up in a sweatshirt. 155 00:06:30,691 --> 00:06:32,092 Looks like dried blood. 156 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:34,628 Got some tissue particles too. 157 00:06:34,662 --> 00:06:35,896 An extra small. 158 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:38,098 Could be looking for a female. 159 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:39,500 Well, you can call me a sexist, 160 00:06:39,533 --> 00:06:40,434 but doesn't it take an awful lot 161 00:06:40,468 --> 00:06:42,870 of upper body strength to strangle someone? 162 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:44,137 You been to a gym lately? 163 00:06:44,171 --> 00:06:45,606 She could've had help. 164 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:46,807 Now look. Here's a list of the students 165 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,443 who had access to the music room. 166 00:06:49,477 --> 00:06:50,578 Start with the girls first. 167 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:51,812 Okay. 168 00:06:53,681 --> 00:06:55,483 I must've left my sweatshirt in the music room 169 00:06:55,516 --> 00:06:56,850 during free period. 170 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:58,519 What were you doing there? 171 00:06:58,552 --> 00:07:00,521 I was practicing my violin solo. 172 00:07:00,554 --> 00:07:01,655 And what time was that? 173 00:07:01,689 --> 00:07:03,957 Um, from about 12:30 to 1:00. 174 00:07:03,991 --> 00:07:05,893 Did you see Alex? 175 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:07,595 He came in as I was leaving. 176 00:07:07,628 --> 00:07:09,597 We talked for a second, then I headed off 177 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:10,798 to science lab. 178 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:12,533 And was anybody else hanging around there? 179 00:07:12,566 --> 00:07:16,670 No, just Alex. I still can't believe he's-- 180 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:18,906 Were you two friends? 181 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:21,509 We'd been in orchestra together since ninth grade. 182 00:07:21,542 --> 00:07:23,611 Did he ever talk about his personal life? 183 00:07:23,644 --> 00:07:25,045 A little. I know he thought that 184 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:27,548 some of the kids at Foster were pretty stuck-up. 185 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:30,618 Was he having problems with anyone in particular? 186 00:07:30,651 --> 00:07:32,720 I don't know if it was a problem, 187 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:34,254 but he'd been going out with this girl 188 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,657 and told me her ex-boyfriend was being a real jerk. 189 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:38,526 How so? 190 00:07:38,559 --> 00:07:41,862 He said the guy was racist. 191 00:07:41,895 --> 00:07:45,098 How long had you and Alex been seeing each other? 192 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:46,667 Little over three months. 193 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,636 Things were going pretty well? 194 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:50,037 We had this connection. 195 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:52,606 Alex was sensitive, you know? 196 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,108 He thought about more than just himself. 197 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:57,945 We heard that your old boyfriend Keith 198 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,547 was giving Alex a hard time. 199 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:00,347 Do you know what that was about? 200 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:02,015 Keith's got a chip on his shoulder. 201 00:08:02,049 --> 00:08:03,584 He was just ranting. 202 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:04,785 About what? 203 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,555 When he heard Alex got a full scholarship to Princeton, 204 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:10,190 he thought it was because of-- 205 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:11,859 You know, special treatment. 206 00:08:11,892 --> 00:08:13,561 You mean affirmative action. 207 00:08:13,594 --> 00:08:14,662 I told Keith if he scored 208 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:17,765 a 2350 on the SATs, he'd get special treatment too. 209 00:08:17,798 --> 00:08:19,767 So Keith's rant was not because he was angry 210 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,135 that you and Alex were seeing each other? 211 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:25,639 No. It was way over between me and Keith. 212 00:08:25,673 --> 00:08:28,275 I dumped him as soon as I realized what a loser he was. 213 00:08:28,308 --> 00:08:30,077 You ever see him do anything violent? 214 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:32,946 Even talk about hurting somebody? 215 00:08:36,617 --> 00:08:39,853 Alex Garcia? We didn't hang in the same crowd, 216 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:41,622 but it still sucks what happened to him. 217 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:44,024 And what does that mean, the same crowd? 218 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,894 Hey, I got nothing against minorities. 219 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:49,296 I'm just not into reverse discrimination. 220 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:52,265 (Bates) Well, let's cut to the chase here, detectives. 221 00:08:52,299 --> 00:08:54,568 Keith was with his girlfriend 222 00:08:54,602 --> 00:08:56,770 in the school darkroom from 1:00 until 2:00 PM. 223 00:08:56,804 --> 00:08:58,205 Doing what? 224 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:03,911 My client wants to be as helpful as he can. 225 00:09:03,944 --> 00:09:05,979 But before we go on, I need certain assurances. 226 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:06,980 Like what? 227 00:09:07,014 --> 00:09:09,082 Keith is 18. 228 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:10,718 The girl he was with is only 15. 229 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:14,321 They were having sex. 230 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:15,455 Oh. 231 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:18,759 So you're worried about a statutory rape charge, huh? 232 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:20,828 Look, first of all, we need to talk to the girl. 233 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:24,698 Give them her name, Keith. 234 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:26,967 Sonya Merrick. She's a freshman. 235 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,969 [knock on door] 236 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:30,370 I need to talk to you two. 237 00:09:30,403 --> 00:09:32,806 We'll be back. 238 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,210 (Van Buren) Colby did some data recovery on Garcia's cell phone. 239 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:39,680 Came up with some interesting stuff. 240 00:09:39,713 --> 00:09:41,682 Answers to a chemistry test 241 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:43,651 that was taken at Foster last month. 242 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:44,718 What? So Alex was cheating? 243 00:09:44,752 --> 00:09:46,920 He'd use his cell to shoot photos of his answers, 244 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:49,957 email them to other kids taking the same test. 245 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:52,860 If he couldn't get a photo, he'd text message the answers. 246 00:09:52,893 --> 00:09:54,261 We've come a long way from writing the answers 247 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:55,629 in the palm of our hands. 248 00:09:55,663 --> 00:09:57,264 Any idea how many kids were involved? 249 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,366 We found the names of 16 students on his buddy list. 250 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:02,803 He wasn't tutoring. He was selling grades. 251 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:08,108 The whole school cheats. 252 00:10:08,141 --> 00:10:10,277 Bad grades can, like, affect your whole life. 253 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:12,713 Hey, why didn't you tell us all this before? 254 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:14,848 I didn't want to get anyone kicked out of school. 255 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:17,084 Come on. Your boyfriend was murdered, for cryin' out loud! 256 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,219 I know that. Look, I'm sorry. 257 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:22,723 I just didn't think this had anything to do with it. 258 00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:25,759 Look at this list. Tell us who jumps out. 259 00:10:25,793 --> 00:10:28,161 Greg Loomis. 260 00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:30,731 He and Alex got into this thing a few weeks ago. 261 00:10:30,764 --> 00:10:31,965 And what was this thing they got into? 262 00:10:31,999 --> 00:10:34,367 Greg wanted the answers to a biology midterm. 263 00:10:34,401 --> 00:10:36,036 He told Alex he was short on cash. 264 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:38,138 Asked him if he could trade him his iPod instead. 265 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:40,841 How much did Alex usually charge for something like that? 266 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:44,778 Around 100 bucks a test. He also wrote term papers. 267 00:10:44,812 --> 00:10:46,714 Did he take the iPod? 268 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:49,116 It didn't work. Alex gave him back the iPod. 269 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:51,251 Told him he could study for his own tests from now on. 270 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:53,086 How did Greg react? 271 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,022 He got pretty furious over it. 272 00:10:55,055 --> 00:10:58,158 But Alex wouldn't back down. 273 00:10:58,191 --> 00:10:59,226 Any idea why Greg didn't show up today? 274 00:10:59,259 --> 00:11:01,729 His parents called. Said he wasn't feeling well. 275 00:11:01,762 --> 00:11:03,130 Can you get us his home address? 276 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:03,931 Sure. 277 00:11:03,964 --> 00:11:06,099 Has he had any behavioral problems? 278 00:11:06,133 --> 00:11:07,334 Fights? Vandalism? 279 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:08,902 No, nothing like that. 280 00:11:08,936 --> 00:11:10,938 Greg's only problem was a sense of entitlement. 281 00:11:10,971 --> 00:11:12,305 Rubs people the wrong way sometimes. 282 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,441 Couldn't get that silver spoon out of his mouth, huh? 283 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:16,243 We heard he transferred here from a private school. 284 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,344 Sinclair Hall. 285 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:19,312 Before that he was at Crestpoint. 286 00:11:19,346 --> 00:11:21,148 Here's his locker. 287 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:23,116 Those are pretty prestigious schools. 288 00:11:23,150 --> 00:11:24,785 Well, his parents said they were looking for 289 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:26,954 a more well-rounded academic education. 290 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:28,956 In other words, he got kicked out. 291 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:30,357 Basically. They live in this catchment, 292 00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:32,826 so Foster was the natural choice. 293 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,831 (Greg) Why would I cheat? 294 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:40,000 I've got a 3.7 GPA. 295 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,835 We believe that Alex Garcia deserves 296 00:11:41,869 --> 00:11:43,503 most of the credit for that average. 297 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,072 What is that supposed to mean? 298 00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,307 Alex has been selling your son Greg here 299 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:51,044 test answers and term papers since he got to Foster's. 300 00:11:51,078 --> 00:11:53,346 That's not true, Dad. I barely even knew Alex Garcia. 301 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,182 You're in all of his classes. 302 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:56,984 What does that have to do with the Garcia boy's death? 303 00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:58,118 We don't know if it has anything to do with it, 304 00:11:58,151 --> 00:11:59,352 but we're following leads. 305 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:02,856 Leads? Are you saying my son is a suspect? 306 00:12:02,890 --> 00:12:04,057 We're talking to dozens of suspects. 307 00:12:04,091 --> 00:12:06,960 Your son is one of them. 308 00:12:06,994 --> 00:12:08,295 And we're asking them all the same question. 309 00:12:08,328 --> 00:12:10,931 Where were you when Alex Garcia was killed? 310 00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:12,933 I was in P.E. 311 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:15,035 Oh, yeah? Is that how you got those scratches 312 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,837 on your face, Greg? 313 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:18,171 I was playing hockey. 314 00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:21,408 You know, if you have any further questions, 315 00:12:21,441 --> 00:12:23,844 you can contact my attorney. 316 00:12:23,877 --> 00:12:25,345 Sure we will. 317 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:31,218 Gregory Loomis was a student here last year, 318 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:32,419 that's true. 319 00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:35,055 But as for his conduct, I don't recall. 320 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,090 His records from here hint at some behavior problems. 321 00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:39,059 We were hoping to get that a little more defined. 322 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:40,360 I don't recall his behavior. 323 00:12:40,393 --> 00:12:41,528 Why did he leave? 324 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:42,896 I'd had to check my records. 325 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:44,131 Well, let's go check 'em. 326 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:45,799 They're confidential. 327 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:47,500 This isn't a hospital, Mr. Englander. 328 00:12:47,534 --> 00:12:49,102 I have an obligation to protect 329 00:12:49,136 --> 00:12:51,004 the privacy of my students. 330 00:12:51,038 --> 00:12:51,872 Listen, we just need some indication 331 00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:53,506 that we're dealing with the right kid 332 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:55,208 so we don't go wasting a whole lot of time, all right? 333 00:12:55,242 --> 00:12:56,443 Or we're gonna have a subpoena here 334 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:58,078 in two hours. There'll be ten more of us 335 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:00,814 hauling out file boxes past all the soccer mommies 336 00:13:00,848 --> 00:13:02,082 waiting to pick up the kiddies. 337 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:03,984 Yeah, so you can answer one of our questions 338 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:05,085 or 200 of theirs. 339 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,854 You'll have to get a subpoena. 340 00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:09,289 I could get fired or sued if you don't. 341 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:11,058 But I can tell you this. 342 00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:13,526 What's in Greg Loomis' records are the kinds of offenses 343 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:18,531 that money couldn't buy him out of. All right? 344 00:13:18,565 --> 00:13:20,467 I just got off the phone with Greg Loomis' gym teacher. 345 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:21,969 He was a no-show on the day of the murder. 346 00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:24,404 So he has no alibi and a history with the victim. 347 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:28,041 It's hard to believe anyone would kill over a test score. 348 00:13:28,075 --> 00:13:29,042 It gets deeper than that. 349 00:13:29,076 --> 00:13:30,443 He got kicked out of two other private schools 350 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,012 for poor academic achievement. 351 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:32,980 Foster was his last shot. 352 00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:36,116 Yeah, and I guess Alex pulled the plug on that. 353 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,618 The lab just matched Greg Loomis' thumbprint 354 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,553 to the one found on the cello bow. 355 00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:44,391 Wait. I thought you said he wasn't in the system. 356 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:46,860 We got a print off a comb from his locker. 357 00:13:46,894 --> 00:13:49,462 Go pick him up. 358 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:53,000 Greg left a little while ago with his parents. 359 00:13:53,033 --> 00:13:54,067 How long is a little while ago? 360 00:13:54,101 --> 00:13:55,402 About an hour, hour and a half. 361 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,104 They happen to say where they were going? 362 00:13:57,137 --> 00:13:58,405 Took the car. 363 00:13:58,438 --> 00:13:59,572 You know these people pretty good. 364 00:13:59,606 --> 00:14:01,241 You have any idea where they went? 365 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,076 Not really. 366 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:05,645 Mr. Loomis gave you a big Christmas bonus this year? 367 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:07,514 Yes, sir, he did. 368 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:11,384 But I still don't know where they went. 369 00:14:11,418 --> 00:14:14,121 What kind of car does he have? 370 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:16,556 Mercedes G-Class, black. 371 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:21,028 Those cars have GPS. 372 00:14:21,061 --> 00:14:26,099 (Ellen) Tom? Tom, what's going on here? 373 00:14:26,133 --> 00:14:27,634 We could ask you the same thing. 374 00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:30,203 We have a warrant for your son's arrest. 375 00:14:30,237 --> 00:14:34,207 Oh, no. No! 376 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:36,443 Sherman! 377 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:38,178 Sherman, they've come for Greg. 378 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:41,214 They want to arrest him. 379 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:42,582 I'm calling my attorney. 380 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:44,151 (Fontana) While you got him on the phone, 381 00:14:44,184 --> 00:14:46,519 have him explain the aiding and abetting laws to you. 382 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:49,056 We came out here for a long weekend. 383 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,959 Mr. and Mrs. Loomis, please. 384 00:14:51,992 --> 00:14:55,162 He's upstairs in his bedroom. 385 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:58,198 Let's go. 386 00:15:00,968 --> 00:15:02,635 Greg! 387 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:05,072 Greg! 388 00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:07,941 Son, open up. The police are here. 389 00:15:07,975 --> 00:15:09,542 Come on, open up. 390 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:11,678 Oh, God! 391 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,146 Oh, God, he's bleeding! 392 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:16,049 Stay back. Stay back! 393 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:17,985 Greg! He's my son. 394 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:19,252 (Green) Will you please clam down? 395 00:15:19,286 --> 00:15:20,253 I'm sorry, Dad. 396 00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:23,156 Greg. 397 00:15:26,326 --> 00:15:29,462 Docket number 101672. People versus Greg Loomis 398 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:31,398 on a charge of murder in the second degree. 399 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,633 How does your client plead, Counselor? 400 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,235 Not guilty, Your Honor. 401 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,369 People on bail? 402 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:37,504 (Borgia) People seek remand. 403 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:38,438 We're concerned about a flight risk. 404 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:39,739 When apprehended, 405 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:40,740 the defendant had fled the jurisdiction. 406 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,543 He was with his parents at their vacation home 407 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:45,145 in Long Island. 408 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:46,246 Kind of nippy on the island this time of year, 409 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:47,514 isn't it, Counselor? 410 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:49,582 Where he attempted suicide. 411 00:15:49,616 --> 00:15:52,619 Now, Your Honor, we have taken the liberty 412 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:53,553 of securing a room 413 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:56,289 at the Greenhaven Psychiatric Facility, 414 00:15:56,323 --> 00:15:59,526 where he could stay as a condition of recognizance. 415 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:01,061 Your Honor, it's a country club. 416 00:16:01,094 --> 00:16:02,662 Rolling lawns, minimal security. 417 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:06,033 He could be well guarded and receive counseling. 418 00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:07,400 His parents are concerned 419 00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:10,037 that there could be a second suicide attempt. 420 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:10,970 And they're willing to put up 421 00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:14,207 their $5 million penthouse as collateral. 422 00:16:14,241 --> 00:16:16,709 I'm sold. $5 million bail. 423 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:20,113 Condition of recognizance is commitment to Greenhaven. 424 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:22,149 [gavel bangs] 425 00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:25,452 Come. 426 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,722 It's nice, like you said, the place he's going? 427 00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:31,224 Well, it's not like a country club. 428 00:16:31,258 --> 00:16:32,492 I played that up. 429 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,194 But it's not jail. 430 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:35,728 No. 431 00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:38,765 Now, I met his parents at the school. 432 00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:40,400 They are wealthy people. 433 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:44,137 And that lawyer? I've seen her on Court TV. 434 00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:46,206 We don't got a shot against them. 435 00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:48,475 We absolutely do, Mr. Garcia. 436 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:52,479 Ms. Borgia, I thought I'd save a messenger fee. 437 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,647 Notification of our defense. 438 00:16:58,118 --> 00:17:00,087 Involuntary intoxication. 439 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,488 Greg Loomis was taking Centinall 440 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,123 for Attention Deficit Disorder. 441 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:04,491 Shane's claiming the drug caused him 442 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,093 to snap and kill Alex Garcia. 443 00:17:06,126 --> 00:17:08,761 A designer defense for a designer attorney. 444 00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:10,430 And a successful one. 445 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:12,732 Who's won some cases on some pretty thin ice. 446 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,268 So don't ever underestimate Rebecca Shane. 447 00:17:15,302 --> 00:17:17,104 I've heard of her, but "the pills made me do it" 448 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,738 is a hard sell even for her. 449 00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:20,473 Well, I guarantee you 450 00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:22,209 that she has bought an expert or three 451 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:23,476 to back her up. 452 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:26,179 I'll find an expert to destroy her. 453 00:17:26,213 --> 00:17:27,647 A battle between the experts 454 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,217 generally goes to the defense, Jack. 455 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:31,351 Especially when there's a kid involved. 456 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:32,819 A malingerer. 457 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:35,322 This Greg Loomis got a criminal record? 458 00:17:35,355 --> 00:17:37,257 Nothing. But he bounced around 459 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:38,591 a lot of fancy private high schools. 460 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:40,660 Records only indicate that he was asked to leave. 461 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:43,463 A kind way to avoid the word expulsion. 462 00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:45,298 He was a bad student. 463 00:17:45,332 --> 00:17:47,467 Alex Garcia was the only thing 464 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,868 keeping him in school. 465 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:52,339 He committed murder over a biology grade. 466 00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:54,141 You seem to be hell-bent against this kid, Jack. 467 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:56,576 You sure taking on a TV lawyer 468 00:17:56,609 --> 00:17:57,544 is not playing into this at all? 469 00:17:57,577 --> 00:18:00,480 It's the abdication of personal responsibility 470 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:03,316 to a medication that's got me hell-bent. 471 00:18:03,350 --> 00:18:06,419 What's next, my inhaler made me do it? 472 00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:07,420 And I've never met Rebecca Shane. 473 00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:09,522 Well, you're going to. She wants to sit down. 474 00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:11,758 Good. But unless she's willing to take murder two, 475 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:14,361 we're going to trial. 476 00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:17,630 When Gregory was put on Centinall, 477 00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:21,234 his doctor was not aware of the dangerous side effects. 478 00:18:21,268 --> 00:18:23,836 It's an FDA approved drug that's prescribed 479 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:26,506 for millions of kids every year. 480 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:27,574 Just because it's FDA approved 481 00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:29,142 doesn't mean it's safe. 482 00:18:29,176 --> 00:18:31,511 I mean, look at Vioxx, Thalidomide. 483 00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:33,480 Centinall is directly associated 484 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:36,416 with suicidal and homicidal behavior. 485 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,186 But as a coincidence or an inciting factor? 486 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:43,323 Ah. In 1997, there was a 14-year-old boy 487 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:46,393 who killed three students and wounded five others 488 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:47,860 at a high school prayer meeting. 489 00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:50,397 1998, young man in Huntsville, Alabama, 490 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,632 chopped up his parents with an ax. 491 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:54,434 Both were on Centinall. 492 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,436 Maybe they both had brown hair, too. 493 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:57,537 I didn't mean to kill Alex. 494 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:58,738 I didn't know what I was doing. 495 00:18:58,771 --> 00:19:00,673 Quiet, Gregory, please. 496 00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:03,810 We're willing to concede 497 00:19:03,843 --> 00:19:05,612 to a man two charge. 498 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,948 Ten years probation with counseling. 499 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,551 I was thinking more along the lines 500 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:12,685 of 20 to life. 501 00:19:14,287 --> 00:19:16,256 My God. 502 00:19:16,289 --> 00:19:18,791 Our psychiatrist wants to see your client 503 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:21,361 tomorrow morning at 9:00 A.M. 504 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,734 (Greg) I never liked being on the pills. 505 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:29,936 The pills themselves? 506 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:33,340 Or the idea of being on them in the first place? 507 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,841 Both, I guess. 508 00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:37,577 I never thought I was crazy. 509 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,812 How did having to take them make you feel? 510 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,649 I knew it was for the best. 511 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,751 Why? 512 00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:46,719 Well, it made my parents feel better. 513 00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:51,258 But there were times where I just...felt like hell. 514 00:19:51,291 --> 00:19:52,525 Physically, I mean. 515 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:55,395 How? 516 00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:56,529 Well, sometimes I could get really paranoid. 517 00:19:56,563 --> 00:19:59,399 You know, just thinking everyone was looking at me. 518 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:00,267 Did that ever happen 519 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,469 before you started taking the Centinall? 520 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:05,972 No. 521 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:08,541 And then other times I wouldn't sleep for days. 522 00:20:08,575 --> 00:20:12,011 You know, just walk around like a zombie. 523 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,515 Like I was actually outside my body. 524 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,450 You know, floating above myself, 525 00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:20,520 watching myself talk to people, 526 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:25,258 ride the subway, just...totally apart. 527 00:20:25,292 --> 00:20:28,027 Was there a trigger to these feelings? 528 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,563 Out of the blue. 529 00:20:30,597 --> 00:20:34,267 Did you ever tell anyone about them? 530 00:20:34,301 --> 00:20:36,603 My dad sometimes, but he didn't believe me. 531 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:40,039 He just said it was normal. 532 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:42,975 Dr. Olivet, look. 533 00:20:43,009 --> 00:20:44,577 If I'd had any clue 534 00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:47,514 that something like this was going to happen, 535 00:20:47,547 --> 00:20:49,949 I'd have stopped taking the pills. 536 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:53,620 But I did what I was told. 537 00:20:53,653 --> 00:20:56,356 Maybe I shouldn't have. 538 00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:01,294 It did sound like he'd memorized the warning label. 539 00:21:01,328 --> 00:21:02,562 He probably had more coaching 540 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:03,796 than my neighborhood Little League. 541 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,599 I also reviewed Greg's medical file. 542 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:07,734 He was taking a standard dosage 543 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:08,835 and he never reported 544 00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:10,503 any adverse reactions to his physician. 545 00:21:10,537 --> 00:21:13,573 Sounds like he clearly had the ability to form intent. 546 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,708 (Borgia) And Greg's suicide attempt, 547 00:21:15,742 --> 00:21:18,678 real or staged, indicates consciousness of guilt. 548 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:19,779 Defense's expert will say it indicates 549 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:21,481 he wasn't of sound mind. 550 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:23,616 But we'll have you to say he was. 551 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:26,052 I believe he was, yes. 552 00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,321 But the truth is, we don't really know for certain 553 00:21:28,355 --> 00:21:30,590 what effect these drugs have on developing brains. 554 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:35,728 I'd prefer that you kept that to yourself. 555 00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:41,434 (Shane) Dr. Smith, would you tell us 556 00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:44,337 a little about your field of expertise? 557 00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:45,938 I study the effects of drugs on children 558 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:48,875 8 to 20 with Attention Deficit Disorder 559 00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:52,545 and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. 560 00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,814 What does the drug Centinall do? 561 00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:57,450 It's a central nervous system stimulant 562 00:21:57,484 --> 00:22:00,019 which affects key neurotransmitters in the brain 563 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:02,489 to enhance focus and attentiveness. 564 00:22:02,522 --> 00:22:04,491 (Shane) And its effect? 565 00:22:04,524 --> 00:22:05,425 It chemically alters that part of the brain 566 00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:08,060 that controls spontaneity, impulse control, 567 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,530 and aggression. It also reduces overall blood flow 568 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:12,932 and can possibly cause shrinkage or atrophy. 569 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:15,602 (Shane) And does this lead to 570 00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:17,504 psychotic or violent behavior? 571 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,572 Those conditions have been reported, yes. 572 00:22:19,606 --> 00:22:22,008 Centinall is classified as a Schedule II drug. 573 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:24,911 In the same category as morphine, PCP, 574 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:26,613 cocaine, and methamphetamine. 575 00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:28,881 Has it been associated with homicide? 576 00:22:28,915 --> 00:22:32,552 There are dozens of documented cases worldwide. 577 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,721 Thank you. More more questions. 578 00:22:37,557 --> 00:22:42,629 How many children take psychoactive drugs 579 00:22:42,662 --> 00:22:44,897 like Centinall every year? 580 00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:47,634 The figure has exploded in recent years. 581 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,470 I believe it presently stands at around eight million. 582 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:54,541 (McCoy) But not every child that takes a psychotropic drug 583 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:57,910 commits suicide or homicide. 584 00:22:57,944 --> 00:23:00,012 Of course not. 585 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:04,884 How many do, doctor? 100,000? 586 00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:07,186 No. No. 587 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,622 10,000? 588 00:23:09,656 --> 00:23:12,559 It's hard to get accurate statistics. 589 00:23:12,592 --> 00:23:14,727 8,000? 590 00:23:14,761 --> 00:23:18,498 Perhaps 8,000. 591 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:21,067 (McCoy) Out of eight million. 592 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,002 That's 1/10 of one percent. 593 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:25,638 And is there any proof that the violence committed 594 00:23:25,672 --> 00:23:29,075 by that 1/10 of one percent 595 00:23:29,108 --> 00:23:31,177 was solely caused by Centinall alone? 596 00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:34,614 That would be impossible to determine. 597 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:35,882 Because there are co-factors. 598 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,617 There's never a single cause. 599 00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:40,820 There are biological, environmental, 600 00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:43,456 and psychological factors which have to be 601 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:44,757 considered as well. 602 00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:49,295 Thank you, doctor. That's all. 603 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:54,767 I had read about this miracle drug 604 00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:57,770 so I made an appointment with a psychiatrist. 605 00:23:57,804 --> 00:23:58,871 Why did you feel it was necessary 606 00:23:58,905 --> 00:24:01,641 to put your son on medication? 607 00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:03,843 Greg had been having some trouble at school. 608 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:06,012 And he's--he's such a smart kid. 609 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:09,215 He is so sharp. 610 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:11,884 But he was struggling. 611 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:12,819 After he started the drug, 612 00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:14,787 did you notice any change in his behavior? 613 00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:17,256 Did he ever complain about how he felt? 614 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:20,092 (Loomis) Oh, he did not like the side effects. 615 00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:24,096 And yet you continued to keep him on Centinall. 616 00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:27,133 I wanted him to go to a good college. 617 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:30,202 I wanted him to be successful. 618 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:33,840 So I forced him to stay on the medication. 619 00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:36,676 (Shane) In spite of his complaints. 620 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:39,612 (Loomis) I ignored them. Even when I could tell 621 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:42,181 that he was agitated because he was finally 622 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:45,952 doing so well in school. 623 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:48,988 It was the worst decision I have ever made. 624 00:24:57,129 --> 00:25:00,733 The rewards for success are high in your household, 625 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:01,968 aren't they, Mr. Loomis? 626 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:06,539 Well, we reward achievement. 627 00:25:06,573 --> 00:25:08,608 Your Honor, prosecution exhibits 19 through 25. 628 00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:12,979 Emails to your son that promise him a Porche 629 00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:16,015 if he gets into an Ivy League college. 630 00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:18,150 I did promise that. 631 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:21,253 And an allowance of $60,000. 632 00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:24,591 Those were merely incentives. 633 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:28,160 Big money incentives for big achievement. 634 00:25:28,194 --> 00:25:31,898 But the consequences for failure in your family 635 00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:34,734 are conversely dire. You lose your home. 636 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:37,570 Either you get into college, 637 00:25:37,604 --> 00:25:40,306 or when you turn 18 you're out of the house. 638 00:25:40,339 --> 00:25:42,241 My son was spending all of his time 639 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,344 smoking marijuana and playing video games. 640 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,346 "You will have failed me as a son 641 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,882 and failed your whole family." 642 00:25:49,916 --> 00:25:53,119 Success is about working hard. 643 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:55,588 I was just trying to motivate him. 644 00:25:55,622 --> 00:25:57,123 By withholding affection 645 00:25:57,156 --> 00:25:59,191 and threatening to kick him out. 646 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:02,995 That's an enormous amount of pressure on a child. 647 00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:04,263 Greg did not kill Alex Garcia 648 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:07,133 because of the pressure of getting into college. 649 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:08,334 That is exactly why he killed him 650 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:10,202 and why he was buying his grades. 651 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,672 Objection. Argumentative. 652 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:15,007 Sustained. 653 00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:17,744 Greg would never kill anyone. 654 00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:20,680 It was this drug. 655 00:26:20,713 --> 00:26:22,381 Or the car, the money, the apartment, 656 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,716 and your affection for him. 657 00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:27,253 He has always had my affection. 658 00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:30,623 Maybe--maybe I work too much. 659 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:33,626 Maybe I have pushed him in the wrong way, 660 00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:37,063 but he has always had my love and affection. 661 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:46,739 I remember being in the music room with Alex Garcia. 662 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:48,407 And I remember his mouth moving, 663 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,678 but it was like I couldn't hear what he was saying. 664 00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:53,279 What happened next? 665 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:56,048 Well, I see it all in these weird flashes. 666 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:59,752 He's talking to me and then-- 667 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:03,656 And then I push him. 668 00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:07,660 And then I see the cello bow in my hand. 669 00:27:07,694 --> 00:27:09,662 And then I go blank. 670 00:27:09,696 --> 00:27:12,965 (Shane) What do you remember next? 671 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:15,301 Waking up in the hospital with cuts on my wrists. 672 00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:17,804 How did you feel that day before school? 673 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:19,438 Everything was in these flashes. 674 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:23,309 And I feeling real...aggressive. 675 00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:25,444 Were you feeling aggressive 676 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:27,346 specifically against Alex Garcia? 677 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:28,748 Only after he told me 678 00:27:28,781 --> 00:27:30,983 he wouldn't give me the test answers. 679 00:27:31,017 --> 00:27:34,453 It was like that anger just went toward him. 680 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:38,157 (Shane) How did you feel about Alex Garcia in general? 681 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:42,394 (Greg) I liked Alex a lot. He was my friend. 682 00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:45,364 So, what reason would you have to do him harm? 683 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:48,200 None at all. Why would I hurt him? He was helping me. 684 00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:52,772 That's right. He was helping you. 685 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,942 Thanks, Greg. 686 00:27:58,077 --> 00:28:00,379 You raised your grade point average considerably 687 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:03,315 due to Alex Garcia's test answers, didn't you? 688 00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:06,418 And because I was studying. 689 00:28:06,452 --> 00:28:09,421 Isn't it correct that failing your biology midterm 690 00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:11,824 would've put your GPA average 691 00:28:11,858 --> 00:28:14,226 below consideration for Ivy League schools? 692 00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:15,995 Objection. Speculative. 693 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:17,329 Sustained. 694 00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:18,731 (McCoy) Prosecution exhibits 695 00:28:18,765 --> 00:28:20,833 190 through 200. 696 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:24,370 Your text message communications 697 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:25,471 with other students 698 00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:27,239 stating that you knew this fact. 699 00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:29,308 Objection. Argumentative. 700 00:28:29,341 --> 00:28:31,043 (Pongracic) Sustained. 701 00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:36,082 You've led a privileged life. 702 00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:38,350 Ever not gotten what you wanted? 703 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:41,020 I didn't hurt Alex because of grades. 704 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,522 You didn't hurt him. You killed him. 705 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,225 Over his refusal to give you what you wanted. 706 00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:48,895 I had no idea what was going on 707 00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:50,329 in the music room that day. 708 00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:51,497 (McCoy) Did you know 709 00:28:51,530 --> 00:28:53,499 what was going on on November 14th 710 00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:55,401 of last year 711 00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:59,138 in the science room of the Crestpoint school 712 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:00,940 when you ignited a class project 713 00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:03,375 with an alcohol burner 714 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:06,412 after receiving what you thought was an unfair grade? 715 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:09,415 That was a complete accident. 716 00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:11,250 And six months later in March 717 00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:13,886 in the Sinclair Hall Academy. 718 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,489 Were you aware of your actions when you stabbed holes 719 00:29:17,523 --> 00:29:20,326 in the school's supply of basketballs 720 00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:23,495 after you were cut from the junior varsity team? 721 00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:27,166 That was a prank. And it wasn't my idea. 722 00:29:27,199 --> 00:29:29,468 Two other guys were with me. 723 00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,170 There's always an excuse, isn't there? 724 00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:34,907 An accident. Someone else. The medication. 725 00:29:34,941 --> 00:29:36,909 But you're never at fault, are you? 726 00:29:36,943 --> 00:29:38,244 I didn't-- 727 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:44,951 I didn't mean to do it. 728 00:29:44,984 --> 00:29:48,520 No? 729 00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:53,860 Or is that just another excuse? 730 00:29:59,598 --> 00:30:02,368 Nothing further. 731 00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:04,403 Redirect, Your Honor. 732 00:30:06,505 --> 00:30:10,242 How did you feel about what happened to Alex Garcia? 733 00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:14,346 Awful. 734 00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:18,184 Like I want to cry all the time about it. 735 00:30:18,217 --> 00:30:21,253 If you could take back 736 00:30:21,287 --> 00:30:24,957 what happened that day, would you? 737 00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:26,392 Objection. Relevance. 738 00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,460 Overruled. 739 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,331 Would you? 740 00:30:32,364 --> 00:30:36,936 I'd do anything to take it back. 741 00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:40,372 I stayed on that medication and dealt with being a zombie 742 00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:43,042 because I wanted to make my dad proud. 743 00:30:43,075 --> 00:30:47,914 So I could be who he wanted for a son. 744 00:30:47,947 --> 00:30:50,883 But that's not why I hurt Alex. 745 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:58,557 Mr. Garcia... 746 00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:00,326 I'm sorry. 747 00:31:02,328 --> 00:31:06,432 But--but it was like someone else did it. 748 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:09,535 I don't know how to explain it any better. 749 00:31:09,568 --> 00:31:12,138 I'm so sorry. 750 00:31:23,649 --> 00:31:25,551 (McCoy) Mr. Garcia. 751 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:28,955 Greg addressing you in court was a cheap ploy. 752 00:31:28,988 --> 00:31:31,623 And no doubt Shane planned it. 753 00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,225 We gotta talk about something. 754 00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:35,561 I just a call from an old friend of my son's. 755 00:31:35,594 --> 00:31:38,364 He heard about Greg Loomis' defense for killing Alex 756 00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:40,132 and said it doesn't make sense. 757 00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:43,302 That Greg Loomis wasn't taking those pills. 758 00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:44,503 He was selling them. 759 00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:48,474 That guts his defense. 760 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,719 A month before Greg killed Alex, 761 00:32:00,752 --> 00:32:03,622 I traded him for his whole bottle of Centinall 762 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:06,358 to sell to kids to help study for midterms. 763 00:32:06,392 --> 00:32:08,060 Did he ever sell pills to you before? 764 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:10,997 Just that one time. 765 00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:12,264 How'd he approach you? 766 00:32:12,298 --> 00:32:13,432 He heard I had my teeth pulled 767 00:32:13,465 --> 00:32:15,067 and said we could make a trade. 768 00:32:15,101 --> 00:32:17,203 For your pain killers. 769 00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:19,738 And I saw him stash the pills I traded him for. 770 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,740 There's a secret hole under a floorboard 771 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:24,743 in his room. He had lots of pills bottles there. 772 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:27,479 Do you know if Greg sold pills to other kids? 773 00:32:27,513 --> 00:32:29,448 I don't know. Maybe. 774 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,753 I'll write up a search warrant for his room. 775 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,255 And talk to kids in the school. 776 00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:37,623 I want another buyer. 777 00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:40,292 Sorry. I don't know anything about Greg Loomis 778 00:32:40,326 --> 00:32:41,560 selling his Centinall. 779 00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:43,262 Do you know anyone who might? 780 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,031 Not really. 781 00:32:45,064 --> 00:32:46,332 Have you ever heard of kids selling 782 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:47,666 their prescriptions before? 783 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:48,767 Sure. 784 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,436 Can you tell me who they might be? 785 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:52,204 It's not any one person, you know. 786 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,006 Kids just go to pharming parties. 787 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,075 Pharming. Like pharmaceuticals? 788 00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:58,310 Trade their pills or their parents' pills. 789 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:00,512 So it's more like a general thing. 790 00:33:00,546 --> 00:33:02,248 Did Greg Loomis go to these parties? 791 00:33:02,281 --> 00:33:04,450 I don't know. 792 00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:07,086 Scott. 793 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:08,787 You know something you're not telling me. 794 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:11,423 I want to help. 795 00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:13,592 But I also want to go to college, okay? 796 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:15,661 I'm not looking to get you into trouble. 797 00:33:15,694 --> 00:33:18,397 That's what you say. 798 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:20,566 As opposed to whom? 799 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:23,802 There were some men here earlier 800 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,672 talking to kids. 801 00:33:26,705 --> 00:33:29,075 Shane's private investigators. 802 00:33:29,108 --> 00:33:29,775 Four of them. 803 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:31,543 Telling kids anything said 804 00:33:31,577 --> 00:33:33,079 to the DA's office about illegal activities 805 00:33:33,112 --> 00:33:35,781 would go on their transcript and we'd prosecute. 806 00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,749 A deep pocket dirty trick. 807 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,286 We could ask for a continuance. 808 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,054 Have the cops blanket the school 809 00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:44,090 for at least one more kid they didn't get to. 810 00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:45,391 You won't get the continuance. 811 00:33:45,424 --> 00:33:46,792 And besides, the well's poisoned. 812 00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:48,660 Those kids looked at me 813 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:50,496 like I was there to ruin their lives. 814 00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:52,131 (Branch) Shane spent that money well. 815 00:33:52,164 --> 00:33:54,666 How was Freddy Colon in prep? 816 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,202 Solid. 817 00:33:56,235 --> 00:33:58,270 Put him on. 818 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:05,077 (McCoy) How were you approached to make this trade? 819 00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:06,812 Greg came up to me in the lunch area. 820 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,680 He asked how bad my mouth was hurting 821 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,282 from getting my wisdom teeth pulled out. 822 00:34:10,316 --> 00:34:11,683 (McCoy) What did you say? 823 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:13,719 It didn't hurt. I was fine. 824 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:14,786 Then what did he ask? 825 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:16,755 If I knew how much I could sell Centinall for. 826 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,457 Did you? 827 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:20,526 I bought it before for seven bucks a pill. 828 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,128 (McCoy) Did you make this trade? 829 00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:24,163 The next day after school he gave me 830 00:34:24,196 --> 00:34:25,764 his bottle of pills, I gave him mine. 831 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:29,101 How many pills were in Greg's bottle of Centinall? 832 00:34:29,135 --> 00:34:30,202 30. 833 00:34:30,236 --> 00:34:31,537 Did you notice if that was 834 00:34:31,570 --> 00:34:33,739 every pill in the prescription? 835 00:34:33,772 --> 00:34:34,773 That's what it said on the bottle. 836 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:36,808 Where did this trade happen? 837 00:34:36,842 --> 00:34:38,410 In his room. 838 00:34:38,444 --> 00:34:40,512 After we made the trade, he hid what I gave him 839 00:34:40,546 --> 00:34:41,847 under a loose board in the floor. 840 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:46,352 Nothing further. 841 00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:47,886 Tell me, Mr. Colon, 842 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,456 you made this supposed trade 843 00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:52,524 on October 17th? 844 00:34:52,558 --> 00:34:55,127 Around then, yeah. In his room? 845 00:34:55,161 --> 00:34:57,863 At his apartment on East 86th Street? 846 00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:01,167 That's right. 847 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:06,338 Video surveillance tapes 848 00:35:06,372 --> 00:35:09,141 from the Loomis' apartment building. 849 00:35:09,175 --> 00:35:11,243 They contain the entire months 850 00:35:11,277 --> 00:35:15,847 of September, October, and November. 851 00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:18,750 And you don't appear in any of it. 852 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:21,553 Now, why do you think that is, Mr. Colon? 853 00:35:21,587 --> 00:35:23,355 Objection. Not yet in evidence. 854 00:35:23,389 --> 00:35:26,525 I'll allow it. De bene. Please answer. 855 00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:30,462 Uh, maybe I got the day wrong. 856 00:35:30,496 --> 00:35:34,166 Or maybe you just were never there at all. 857 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,843 I knew people were trading pills with him. 858 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,745 But not you. 859 00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:49,348 I just heard about it. 860 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:50,816 Alex used to be my best friend, 861 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:52,751 but he struggled to fit into Foster. 862 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,686 I--I just wanted to help him. 863 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,655 Mr. Garcia said that it would. 864 00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:58,857 He put you up to this? 865 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,396 [slams door] 866 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:06,698 I sit in that courtroom all day 867 00:36:06,732 --> 00:36:08,867 and watch them lie. 868 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,802 Loomis doesn't take his meds. 869 00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,371 Freddy Colon lying on the stand 870 00:36:12,404 --> 00:36:13,972 destroys our credibility with the jury. 871 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,707 But what he said was the truth. 872 00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:19,245 But he never bought drugs. That's perjury. 873 00:36:19,278 --> 00:36:21,480 And it seriously undermines our case. 874 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:25,284 Your case was a lot of words, a lot of talk. 875 00:36:25,317 --> 00:36:28,387 Maybe you don't see it, but all those displays 876 00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:29,855 Ms. Shane's got, and her clothes, 877 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:30,856 and the diamonds in her ears. 878 00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:34,660 The jury can't look away. I can't look away. 879 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,895 This was no way to get justice for your son. 880 00:36:36,928 --> 00:36:39,231 How then? 881 00:36:39,265 --> 00:36:43,369 Because I don't have the money to buy it like Loomis. 882 00:36:44,803 --> 00:36:47,906 So I assume the kid lying was a lousy break, 883 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:50,008 not intentional misconduct? 884 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:52,344 We had no idea. 885 00:36:52,378 --> 00:36:54,380 We'll see you at closings. 886 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,482 I have a proposal. 887 00:36:56,515 --> 00:36:59,618 Three years probation with counseling. 888 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:00,786 No deal. 889 00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:02,754 You'd rather an acquittal? 890 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:04,856 'Cause that's what he's gonna get. 891 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,827 Ten years in a maximum security 892 00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:09,995 psychiatric facility. 893 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:12,698 Oh! That's worse than penitentiary. 894 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,500 He deserves 20 to life. 895 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,302 But he's going to walk. 896 00:37:16,335 --> 00:37:18,570 So why offer the three? Why are we talking? 897 00:37:18,604 --> 00:37:20,939 I just had a very pragmatic moment. 898 00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:22,941 Doesn't happen very often. 899 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:25,844 How much did it cost to review 900 00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:28,480 three months of the Loomis apartment surveillance tapes? 901 00:37:28,514 --> 00:37:31,283 15,000? Yeah, about that. 902 00:37:31,317 --> 00:37:32,884 Got the truth, though, didn't it? 903 00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:34,786 Is that what you're in this for? 904 00:37:34,820 --> 00:37:38,957 Three years probation with counseling. 905 00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:41,760 Offer expires in two hours. 906 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:44,363 Consider it. 907 00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:46,698 Should we? 908 00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:01,680 That's a lot pills, isn't it? 909 00:38:01,713 --> 00:38:06,518 Precisely the amount that Gregory Loomis took 910 00:38:06,552 --> 00:38:08,920 over his two years on Centinall. 911 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:11,690 It was supposed to help him study 912 00:38:11,723 --> 00:38:14,926 and achieve his full potential. 913 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:15,994 But what he didn't know, 914 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:17,929 and what his parents didn't know, 915 00:38:17,963 --> 00:38:19,631 and what the doctor didn't know 916 00:38:19,665 --> 00:38:21,066 was that every one of these pills 917 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:25,337 could be as lethal as a bullet. 918 00:38:25,371 --> 00:38:28,807 No one knew because the manufacturing drug company 919 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,877 never told anyone about possible side effects 920 00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:33,512 of suicide 921 00:38:33,545 --> 00:38:35,814 or murder. 922 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:40,552 Tragically, one of these bullets went off 923 00:38:40,586 --> 00:38:42,888 and killed Alex Garcia. 924 00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:46,324 Now, Gregory is not a criminal. 925 00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:49,561 He didn't volunteer to take these pills. 926 00:38:49,595 --> 00:38:51,963 It was not his choice. 927 00:38:51,997 --> 00:38:54,833 He's a child. 928 00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:58,003 And he did as his parents told him. 929 00:38:58,036 --> 00:39:00,906 And his parents did what the doctor told them. 930 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:05,010 And the doctor prescribed this medication 931 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:08,046 because he had been assured by the manufacturer 932 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:09,815 that it was safe. 933 00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:12,851 Now, follow that line 934 00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:14,986 and you'll find where the blame lies. 935 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:16,722 But it does not stop 936 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:19,791 at Gregory. 937 00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:24,730 He is not responsible for this tragedy. 938 00:39:29,501 --> 00:39:33,639 (McCoy) No doubt about it. 939 00:39:33,672 --> 00:39:37,843 Rebecca Shane and her team have put on a dazzling defense. 940 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,811 To hear her tell it, you could almost think 941 00:39:39,845 --> 00:39:41,480 that no one is responsible 942 00:39:41,513 --> 00:39:44,883 for what happened to Alex Garcia. 943 00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:48,920 We're counting on your good sense to remember 944 00:39:48,954 --> 00:39:52,023 that behind the impressive display, 945 00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:54,893 the facts remain the facts. 946 00:39:54,926 --> 00:39:59,798 Greg Loomis is an uncommonly privileged young man 947 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:02,434 with a history of violent reactions 948 00:40:02,468 --> 00:40:04,202 to not getting his way. 949 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:08,206 His family's wealth has allowed him to escape 950 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,008 all the more unpleasant consequences 951 00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:11,677 of his past explosions. 952 00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:13,912 They placed him in new schools 953 00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:17,949 and gave him money to avoid hard work 954 00:40:17,983 --> 00:40:19,885 and to buy his way out of tough spots. 955 00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:23,622 So, based on past experience, 956 00:40:23,655 --> 00:40:25,991 he expects to evade responsibility 957 00:40:26,024 --> 00:40:28,059 for Alex Garcia's murder, 958 00:40:28,093 --> 00:40:30,962 and to get another free pass, 959 00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:33,131 this time from you. 960 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:35,000 Who did this? 961 00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:38,637 Centinall or Greg Loomis? 962 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:43,074 And how did Centinall give Greg Loomis 963 00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:45,877 his pattern of violent behavior, 964 00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:49,114 his motive, and the sense of entitlement 965 00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:51,783 that made him think he could wrap a garrote 966 00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:55,053 around Alex Garcia's throat and get away with it? 967 00:40:55,086 --> 00:40:59,558 How do we survive as a society 968 00:40:59,591 --> 00:41:01,927 if no one is accountable for their actions? 969 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,531 We don't. 970 00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:10,101 No one here is willing to take responsibility. 971 00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:13,104 So the task falls on you. 972 00:41:13,138 --> 00:41:17,509 The law says he must be held accountable 973 00:41:17,543 --> 00:41:19,711 for his actions. 974 00:41:19,745 --> 00:41:22,548 Uphold the law. 975 00:41:22,581 --> 00:41:26,818 There isn't an excuse for everything. 976 00:41:46,104 --> 00:41:50,008 In the matter of the People v. Gregory Loomis 977 00:41:50,041 --> 00:41:51,910 on the count of murder in the second degree, 978 00:41:51,943 --> 00:41:55,080 how do you find? 979 00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:57,683 We find the defendant, Gregory Loomis, guilty. 980 00:42:00,919 --> 00:42:03,755 (Pongracic) Jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. 981 00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:29,147 You know, it isn't very often I have the displeasure 982 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:31,617 of having to say to the opposing counsel 983 00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:33,852 congratulations. 984 00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:36,154 We're threadbare, but we get the job done. 985 00:42:36,187 --> 00:42:38,256 Impressively. 986 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:41,693 You know, our firm is thinking of expanding. 987 00:42:41,727 --> 00:42:43,929 Have you ever considered private practice? 988 00:42:43,962 --> 00:42:44,996 Considered it and dismissed it. 989 00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:48,834 A long time ago I accepted my place in the world. 990 00:42:48,867 --> 00:42:50,869 I suppose that's a virtue. 991 00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:53,104 Although I personally can't see it. 992 00:42:53,138 --> 00:42:55,106 You or the Loomis family. 993 00:42:55,140 --> 00:42:57,909 Mm. Do you think 994 00:42:57,943 --> 00:42:58,977 if there had been less parental pressure 995 00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:02,013 that Greg might have turned out to be 996 00:43:02,047 --> 00:43:05,951 a perfectly content...plumber? 997 00:43:05,984 --> 00:43:08,086 You can never find a good one. 998 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:12,023 Hmm! My limo. 999 00:43:12,057 --> 00:43:15,861 Good night, Mr. McCoy. 1000 00:43:15,894 --> 00:43:18,329 It's been a pleasure. 1001 00:43:18,363 --> 00:43:20,365 Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com