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 --> 00:00:13,314 These are their stories. 7 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:16,250 I'm not saying it doesn't have potential. 8 00:00:16,284 --> 00:00:18,519 Potentially 20 units at 3 million each. 9 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:19,653 Still pricey. 10 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:20,754 Wake up, Gary. 11 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:22,756 My clients will entertain other offers. 12 00:00:22,790 --> 00:00:25,426 Hey, your clients and me, we have an agreement. 13 00:00:25,459 --> 00:00:27,628 A handshake, that's all. 14 00:00:27,661 --> 00:00:29,397 It's cash or walk, pal. 15 00:00:29,430 --> 00:00:32,766 This place is spectacular. Oh, God. 16 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,602 Another one. 17 00:00:34,635 --> 00:00:36,804 Sir. Sir. 18 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:40,408 You can't be here. This is private property. 19 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:41,475 Sir! 20 00:00:41,509 --> 00:00:43,144 Let's go! 21 00:00:43,177 --> 00:00:44,678 [stomps her foot] 22 00:00:44,712 --> 00:00:46,680 Oh! 23 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:48,182 Let me. 24 00:00:48,216 --> 00:00:50,284 Hey, fella. Come on, let's go. 25 00:00:50,318 --> 00:00:52,253 Come on, let's go now, huh? 26 00:00:52,286 --> 00:00:53,321 Whoa! Whoa! 27 00:00:53,354 --> 00:00:55,689 (Barbara) Oh! Geez. 28 00:00:55,723 --> 00:00:57,225 Real estate agent found the body. 29 00:00:57,258 --> 00:00:58,359 Said they've had squatters here before. 30 00:00:58,392 --> 00:00:59,827 Is anyone else living here? 31 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:02,163 Far as we can tell, the victim had the place to himself. 32 00:01:02,196 --> 00:01:04,165 Was the building locked? Supposed to be. 33 00:01:04,198 --> 00:01:05,833 I checked the fire door, it was wide open. 34 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:07,000 How about security guards or dogs? 35 00:01:07,034 --> 00:01:10,771 Nothing. They got cameras, but electricity's shut off. 36 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:11,805 Check the surrounding buildings. 37 00:01:11,839 --> 00:01:13,174 Some of those are occupied. 38 00:01:13,207 --> 00:01:15,109 Maybe somebody caught a glimpse. 39 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:18,746 This kid doesn't look 18. 40 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:21,249 Sorry, fellas. No ID, no wallet. 41 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:22,616 I found some cash in his pocket. 42 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:23,784 38 bucks. 43 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:26,587 (Fontana) Decent bankroll for a homeless kid. 44 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:28,489 The rats have been nibbling on his fingertips, 45 00:01:28,522 --> 00:01:31,125 so it's gonna be hard to pull prints. 46 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:32,826 Are those two gunshot wounds in his chest? 47 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,163 Yeah, I'm seeing only two. 48 00:01:35,196 --> 00:01:36,664 And powder burns on the shirt. 49 00:01:36,697 --> 00:01:38,332 Killed close up. 50 00:01:38,366 --> 00:01:39,867 There's blood on the floor and the wall 51 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:42,403 where he got shot. 52 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:43,471 There's not much blood here. 53 00:01:43,504 --> 00:01:44,838 He couldn't have laid here that long. 54 00:01:44,872 --> 00:01:46,640 Well, they dragged him over there. 55 00:01:46,674 --> 00:01:49,643 And they tucked him in like somebody cared for him. 56 00:01:49,677 --> 00:01:52,646 Probably the last person who ever did. 57 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:44,332 The building wasn't heated. 58 00:02:44,365 --> 00:02:46,534 Well, the cold'll slow the decomp. 59 00:02:46,567 --> 00:02:48,969 Best guess, your Johnny Doe was laying there about a week. 60 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:51,439 Did you recover the slugs? 61 00:02:51,472 --> 00:02:53,274 They appear to be from a .38. 62 00:02:53,307 --> 00:02:55,343 One in the heart, one hit the spine. 63 00:02:55,376 --> 00:02:56,810 The round to the heart was pristine. 64 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:59,213 Ballistics shouldn't have any problem with it. 65 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:00,214 But that's the good news. 66 00:03:00,248 --> 00:03:01,415 The bad news... 67 00:03:01,449 --> 00:03:03,851 You couldn't find an ID. 68 00:03:03,884 --> 00:03:06,587 Rats chewed his fingers to a pulp. 69 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:09,423 No prints of value. 70 00:03:09,457 --> 00:03:11,892 We'll run the DNA in case someone shows up to claim him. 71 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,294 It's about all we can do on this end. 72 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:14,828 We could run him through the criminal database. 73 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:16,364 See if he's got a record. 74 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:17,431 If he's a juvenile, you're out of luck. 75 00:03:17,465 --> 00:03:18,899 But what the hell, you got it. 76 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:19,900 Is there anything more you can tell us 77 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:20,901 about this kid? 78 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:22,470 Positive blood alcohol. 79 00:03:22,503 --> 00:03:23,937 Otherwise, tox was negative. 80 00:03:23,971 --> 00:03:25,806 No recent sexual activity. 81 00:03:25,839 --> 00:03:28,442 The amount of dirt, I doubt he'd seen a shower in weeks. 82 00:03:28,476 --> 00:03:30,344 (Fontana) A regular street urchin. 83 00:03:30,378 --> 00:03:33,347 Except this Oliver Twist went back for thirds. 84 00:03:33,381 --> 00:03:36,950 Died with a full meal in his stomach. 85 00:03:36,984 --> 00:03:39,620 Meatloaf, potatoes, and corn. 86 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:40,788 Cafeteria food? 87 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,291 Let's take his photo to the soup kitchens. 88 00:03:43,324 --> 00:03:44,692 Thanks a lot. 89 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:50,264 (Father Salas) His name was Daniel. 90 00:03:50,298 --> 00:03:53,434 Did Danny give a last name on his intake form? 91 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:56,570 He wouldn't tell me, and I didn't press. 92 00:03:56,604 --> 00:03:58,972 I think he was scared that I'd try to send him home. 93 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:00,608 Did he happen to mention where that was? 94 00:04:00,641 --> 00:04:02,776 No. 95 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:05,513 It's the same story. 96 00:04:05,546 --> 00:04:08,349 Bad homes. Bad parents, if any. 97 00:04:08,382 --> 00:04:11,051 When they trust me enough, they open up. 98 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:13,053 Danny wasn't here long enough. 99 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:14,622 When was this? 100 00:04:14,655 --> 00:04:16,557 Maybe a month ago. 101 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:18,726 He stayed only about four days. 102 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,761 Why'd he leave? 103 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:23,331 Danny instigated several fights with other residents. 104 00:04:23,364 --> 00:04:25,999 His choice to straighten up. 105 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:27,335 He decided to leave instead. 106 00:04:27,368 --> 00:04:29,437 Father, would you have any idea 107 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:31,705 who may have done this to Danny? 108 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:34,007 You know, when I talked to him after the last fight, 109 00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:36,744 he sounded scared. 110 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:38,346 It's strange, but I had the feeling that 111 00:04:38,379 --> 00:04:40,414 he thought he knew he was gonna die soon. 112 00:04:40,448 --> 00:04:43,083 You think maybe somebody was after him? 113 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,519 Look, a kid like Danny doesn't last long 114 00:04:45,553 --> 00:04:46,954 out there anyway. 115 00:04:46,987 --> 00:04:49,490 Drugs, AIDS, assaults. 116 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:53,327 You know how it goes. 117 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:54,828 The priest we talked to, he says that he thinks 118 00:04:54,862 --> 00:04:56,730 that somebody might have been gunning for the boy, 119 00:04:56,764 --> 00:04:58,899 but that's speculation. 120 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:01,402 $38 in his pocket. 121 00:05:01,435 --> 00:05:02,470 Was he hustling? 122 00:05:02,503 --> 00:05:03,837 He wasn't in any of the vice books. 123 00:05:03,871 --> 00:05:05,606 Well, maybe he just hadn't got caught yet. 124 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,375 Well, we're shopping his photo on the corners 125 00:05:07,408 --> 00:05:08,942 with the unis. We'll see what happens. 126 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:10,744 You know, keep working that ID. 127 00:05:10,778 --> 00:05:12,546 The list of Dannys at missing persons 128 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:13,681 can't be that long. 129 00:05:13,714 --> 00:05:15,483 Hey. 130 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:18,452 This kid's DNA popped up on the criminal database. 131 00:05:18,486 --> 00:05:19,453 He's in the system. 132 00:05:19,487 --> 00:05:21,422 No, he's not. 133 00:05:21,455 --> 00:05:23,724 But the computer came up with a very close match. 134 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:27,094 And the lab says that it's his father. 135 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:28,696 Walter Flint. 136 00:05:28,729 --> 00:05:29,963 Doing life in Attica. 137 00:05:29,997 --> 00:05:31,098 For what? 138 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:34,134 Serial rape-murders. Five women. 139 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,637 That we know of. 140 00:05:39,907 --> 00:05:41,675 (Flint) How would I know who this is? 141 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:45,413 DNA proves he's your son. 142 00:05:45,446 --> 00:05:46,780 He's not gonna be buried with my name, 143 00:05:46,814 --> 00:05:48,782 so what do I care? 144 00:05:48,816 --> 00:05:52,453 Look, all we want to do is get this kid identified 145 00:05:52,486 --> 00:05:54,955 so that he can rest in peace. 146 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:56,156 How did he die? 147 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,124 (Green) Alone. Living in the street. 148 00:05:57,157 --> 00:05:58,392 Not what I meant. 149 00:05:58,426 --> 00:06:01,595 He was shot twice in the chest. 150 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:04,565 Died quick at least. 151 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:07,435 At least. 152 00:06:07,468 --> 00:06:09,803 And in case you're wondering, his name was Danny. 153 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:12,906 (Green) Your file lists a wife, Allison, 154 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:14,508 who divorced you after you were arrested. 155 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:16,143 There were no children listed. 156 00:06:16,176 --> 00:06:17,945 And since you're a convicted serial rapist, 157 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:19,413 we're assuming... 158 00:06:19,447 --> 00:06:22,583 I killed all those girls. 159 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,685 No kids from them either, right? 160 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,587 Maybe there was another woman you victimized. 161 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,089 A woman we don't know about. A woman you didn't kill. 162 00:06:30,791 --> 00:06:33,026 I'm gonna miss my meal call. 163 00:06:38,499 --> 00:06:40,934 You know, it's amazing. 164 00:06:40,968 --> 00:06:46,006 You gave this kid a life, somebody stole it, 165 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:48,509 and you just don't give a damn. 166 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:51,044 You're as dead as he is. 167 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:01,088 He looks just like his mother, Allison. 168 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:04,157 So it was your wife. 169 00:07:04,191 --> 00:07:05,192 When we got divorced, she told me she was 170 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:07,561 four months pregnant. 171 00:07:07,595 --> 00:07:10,230 I suggested she get rid of it. 172 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,666 I guess she didn't. 173 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:20,173 The first time Danny ran away, I didn't sleep. 174 00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:23,811 Thinking about him... 175 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:26,046 The police found him in Coney Island. 176 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:27,848 He was with three other boys his age. 177 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,617 Criminals. They had records. 178 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:32,185 One was carrying a gun. 14 years old. 179 00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:35,656 (Allison) After that, Danny ran away pretty regularly. 180 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,991 To the point where we were on a first-name basis 181 00:07:38,025 --> 00:07:39,827 with the detectives who looked for him. 182 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:44,131 Kids, Mommy and Daddy need to talk to these policemen. 183 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:45,232 Go play in the next room 184 00:07:45,265 --> 00:07:48,702 until we're done, okay? 185 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:54,207 When was the last time you saw your son? 186 00:07:54,241 --> 00:07:56,710 He ran away about six months ago. 187 00:07:56,744 --> 00:07:58,145 We had an argument. 188 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:00,981 'Cause we got tough and laid down the law. 189 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,282 They say that's what you do. 190 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:05,586 When we didn't find him... 191 00:08:05,619 --> 00:08:08,088 I guess I... 192 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:10,023 I just started to think the worst. 193 00:08:10,057 --> 00:08:11,258 You know why he left? 194 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:12,626 He pushed Allison against the wall, 195 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:13,961 and I threatened to call the police. 196 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,196 It was an accident. 197 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:18,566 Stop defending him, Allison. 198 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:21,068 (Allison) Danny was four when John and I were married. 199 00:08:21,101 --> 00:08:24,271 And he seemed so happy to finally have a dad. 200 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:25,706 It could fill the void. 201 00:08:25,739 --> 00:08:29,176 He didn't know about his biological father? 202 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:31,244 I never told him about Walter. 203 00:08:31,278 --> 00:08:34,181 John was the only father he ever knew. 204 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,183 Did you ever talk to a professional 205 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:38,185 about what he was going through? 206 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:39,820 Yeah, we took him to a psychiatrist. 207 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:41,822 He prescribed medicine. 208 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:44,157 Danny wouldn't take his pills. 209 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:47,060 He wouldn't look me in the eyes most of the time. 210 00:08:47,094 --> 00:08:49,697 The shrink said Danny had a conduct disorder. 211 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:52,600 They say kids with CD grow up to be sociopaths. 212 00:08:52,633 --> 00:08:54,935 Let me tell you, he was on his way. 213 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:57,270 When he left, do you know of anybody he would have run to? 214 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:58,739 There were some kids in Brooklyn 215 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:00,340 the detectives found him with last year. 216 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,242 More hoodlums, if you didn't guess. 217 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:04,612 Do you remember the detectives' names? 218 00:09:04,645 --> 00:09:07,214 I'll get you his card. 219 00:09:10,951 --> 00:09:13,954 It was my kid, I would have cut him loose a long time ago. 220 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:16,156 Between us, whoever killed him 221 00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:17,290 saved us the trouble. 222 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:20,227 I guarantee we'd be cleaning up his mess down the road. 223 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,895 What happened with those kids from Brooklyn? 224 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:23,263 Three of 'em got pulled over in a boosted car. 225 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:25,933 One had an ounce of weed on him. 226 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:27,067 Danny got his wrist slapped 227 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,268 because he flipped on the other two. 228 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:30,337 Spreading good cheer wherever he went. 229 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:31,939 Where are they now? One's still in juvie. 230 00:09:31,972 --> 00:09:34,074 And they cut the other kid loose a few weeks ago. 231 00:09:34,107 --> 00:09:35,208 Thanks a lot. 232 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:36,877 See you guys. 233 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:42,349 Danny stole the car, not me. 234 00:09:42,382 --> 00:09:44,051 I get eight months and he get a deal 235 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,786 'cause his parents get him a fancy lawyer? 236 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:47,187 Look, you got out of juvie around the same time 237 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,822 Danny got murdered, so explain that. 238 00:09:48,856 --> 00:09:51,158 Man, I don't know nothin' about it. 239 00:09:51,191 --> 00:09:52,726 I got a job, I got a place to stay. 240 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,762 That's all I know. 241 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:56,263 Hey, you're on probation. 242 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,464 Which means you belong to us. 243 00:09:57,497 --> 00:10:00,267 You hold out on us and you can kiss this new life good-bye. 244 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,269 Man, I am not going back underground. 245 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:04,204 Damn C.H.U.D. freaks tried to cut me. 246 00:10:04,237 --> 00:10:05,338 Underground? What you talkin' about? 247 00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:06,674 You mean in the subway tunnels? 248 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,075 Riverside Park. 249 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,177 It was a bunch of us who stayed down there. 250 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:11,144 Real warm in the winter. 251 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:14,114 Did something happen with Danny down there? 252 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:15,783 Danny hooked up with this girl named Tina. 253 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:17,050 It was a stupid move. 254 00:10:17,084 --> 00:10:18,085 Tina was Shawn's girl. 255 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:19,920 So did this guy Shawn and Danny 256 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:21,655 get into it over Tina? 257 00:10:21,689 --> 00:10:23,356 Yeah, Danny and Tina took off together, 258 00:10:23,390 --> 00:10:26,159 and Shawn said they were dead if they ever came back around. 259 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:27,728 Wait a minute, you didn't happen to run into Shawn 260 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:30,030 and tell him where Danny was, did you? 261 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:32,199 I heard Danny was staying at Tina's mom's house. 262 00:10:32,232 --> 00:10:34,134 When I ran into Shawn, I might have told him. 263 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:35,368 Don't you think that might have led to him 264 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:37,304 doing something to Danny? 265 00:10:39,773 --> 00:10:41,108 All right, let's go. 266 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:42,876 You're gonna dump the garbage and you're gonna show us 267 00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:44,111 where Shawn lives. 268 00:10:53,253 --> 00:10:55,188 Nice place, don't you think? 269 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:01,862 Police. Everybody relax. 270 00:11:01,895 --> 00:11:02,963 We're just looking for Shawn. 271 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:04,231 This ain't right. 272 00:11:04,264 --> 00:11:05,733 Has anybody here seen Shawn? 273 00:11:05,766 --> 00:11:08,235 How about you, pal, you seen him? 274 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:09,369 I ain't seen him. 275 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,772 Don't touch me! Unclean sonofabitch! 276 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:14,041 No, don't touch me! No! 277 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,343 Hey, hey, hey! Police! Freeze! 278 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,911 (man) Go man, go. 279 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:22,850 Police! Freeze! 280 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:34,762 [gunshot] 281 00:11:34,795 --> 00:11:36,229 Ed! 282 00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:37,865 You all right in there, Ed? 283 00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:41,501 Hey, man, you all right? 284 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,470 Punk tried to shoot me. 285 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:45,138 You try to kill a cop?! 286 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:46,273 Y'all scared the hell out of me. 287 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:47,875 I'll give you something to be scared of! 288 00:11:47,908 --> 00:11:50,410 Hey, check it out. 289 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:52,846 A .38 special. 290 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,247 Come on. 291 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:00,921 Look, I told you. 292 00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:03,023 The gun went off by accident. 293 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:05,492 I wouldn't ever waste my lead on either of you two. 294 00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:06,326 No offense. 295 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:08,028 Attempted murder of a police officer 296 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:09,329 is what you're looking at. 297 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:11,364 Ballistics is checking into that gun of yours. 298 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,867 My guess is it's gonna tie you to Danny's murder. 299 00:12:13,901 --> 00:12:16,469 I didn't even know the dude was dead. 300 00:12:16,503 --> 00:12:18,205 I'm shocked, seriously. 301 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,107 Robert told us you knew where Danny was. 302 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:21,374 So? 303 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:23,010 I went by Tina's, but he wasn't there. 304 00:12:23,043 --> 00:12:24,845 So it's just live and let live with you, huh? 305 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,546 Right, give peace a chance, you know? 306 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:28,081 You don't strike me as the type of guy 307 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:29,850 who would just let things go. 308 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:32,452 You have two active warrants, criminal trespass and assault. 309 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,788 And Bellevue says that you escaped from their custody. 310 00:12:34,822 --> 00:12:36,990 I ain't going back to no hospital. 311 00:12:37,024 --> 00:12:37,925 They tried to kill me in there. 312 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:41,094 So you'd rather give up three squares a day 313 00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:42,529 and good medication and live like a rat. 314 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:45,365 Those people down there depend on me. 315 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,367 I bring 'em food, you know? 316 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,471 And Danny and that bitch would always be complaining. 317 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,873 He steals Tina. 318 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:56,376 Next thing, the punk pulls out a knife. 319 00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:58,145 But I got powers to that effect. 320 00:12:58,178 --> 00:13:02,349 Ain't the first knife pulled on me. 321 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:05,285 Well, what were you gonna do when you found him? 322 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:08,188 Like I said, I never did find him. 323 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:09,489 Honest. 324 00:13:15,195 --> 00:13:18,231 Do you wanna explain the suspect's condition? 325 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:19,399 I don't know. 326 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,468 It was dark in the tunnel. I guess he fell on his face. 327 00:13:21,501 --> 00:13:23,904 Please. 328 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:25,305 Lieutenant, that was me. 329 00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:26,874 The bastard took a shot at me. I'm sorry. 330 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:27,941 I'm sensitive about that. 331 00:13:29,877 --> 00:13:32,279 Ballistics on the boy's .38. 332 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:33,914 It's not the murder weapon. 333 00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:34,948 You're kidding me. 334 00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:38,952 So put him in a cell and start looking for Tina. 335 00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,056 [knocking] 336 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:44,958 Come on, open up! It's the police. 337 00:13:44,992 --> 00:13:47,294 Super said she was home. 338 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:53,100 We're looking for Tina Keith. 339 00:13:53,133 --> 00:13:55,068 I'm her mother. She's not here. 340 00:13:55,102 --> 00:13:57,170 You mind if we ask you a few questions? 341 00:13:57,204 --> 00:13:58,605 Now is not a good time. 342 00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:01,441 Come on, just open the door. It'll only take a minute. 343 00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:02,842 Come on! 344 00:14:08,548 --> 00:14:10,918 You seen this kid before, Danny Ashburn? 345 00:14:10,951 --> 00:14:12,619 He's a friend of your daughter's. 346 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:15,588 Tina said he got hit by a bus. 347 00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:18,158 I say good riddance. 348 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:23,030 She expects me to feed every stray dog she brings home. 349 00:14:23,063 --> 00:14:25,665 Ma'am, we need to talk to your daughter. 350 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:28,301 She's leaving for Miami tomorrow. 351 00:14:28,335 --> 00:14:29,236 Do you know where she is? 352 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:31,371 It's very important that we talk to her. 353 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:33,473 She went to the clinic around the corner. 354 00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:38,078 I know he was making her sell herself on the street. 355 00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:40,047 How she got knocked up. 356 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,115 Do you have a picture of your daughter we can borrow? 357 00:14:46,153 --> 00:14:47,921 Dammit, I didn't do nothing! 358 00:14:47,955 --> 00:14:49,656 We heard you were going to Miami. 359 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,091 Get your hands off me! 360 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:52,359 Girl, you better calm down! 361 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:53,961 She's a lovely girl, don't you think? 362 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:55,295 Reminds me a lot of her mother. 363 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,129 I don't got to talk to you. 364 00:14:56,163 --> 00:14:57,297 You gonna tell us everything you know 365 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,365 about Danny Ashburn. 366 00:14:58,398 --> 00:14:59,399 I don't know nobody named Danny. 367 00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:01,034 Where are you taking me? Downtown. 368 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:04,371 I didn't kill him. I loved him. 369 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:05,472 I wasn't even there. 370 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:06,306 I came back and I found him. 371 00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:08,041 Why don't you just calm down and, 372 00:15:08,075 --> 00:15:09,409 in your own words, tell us what happened? 373 00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:15,182 All right. Danny called his mom 374 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:16,583 to ask for money. 375 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:17,717 He told her where we were. 376 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,286 She showed up, like, an hour later. 377 00:15:19,319 --> 00:15:20,420 She was crying. 378 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:21,955 Did he tell her about the baby? 379 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:23,423 Yeah. 380 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:24,457 And he thought if we told her 381 00:15:24,491 --> 00:15:26,059 I was pregnant, we'd get more. 382 00:15:26,093 --> 00:15:27,527 She gave us all she had on her. 383 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,296 Like, 60 bucks, and she left. 384 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:30,563 When did you find Danny dead? 385 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,199 The next day. 386 00:15:32,232 --> 00:15:34,001 I had gone out to Clarkstown 387 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:36,169 to ask his mother for more. 388 00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:37,370 Danny didn't want to deal with her 389 00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:39,439 getting emotional, so I went alone. 390 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,440 When I got there, 391 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:41,408 she talked to me on the porch. 392 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:42,642 She didn't want his stepfather to find out 393 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:44,044 what was going on. 394 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,478 I guess he figured it out, though. 395 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:46,613 'Cause she went inside to get her checkbook, 396 00:15:46,646 --> 00:15:48,348 and I heard shouting. 397 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:49,482 Okay, so his stepfather got mad. 398 00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:51,484 What did he do? I don't know. 399 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:53,753 She wrote me a check for another 60. 400 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,488 Made me leave. 401 00:15:55,522 --> 00:15:57,324 I barely had enough change to make it back on the bus 402 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:59,559 to the city. 403 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:02,695 And when I got back, I found Danny. 404 00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:07,167 There wasn't nothing I could do. 405 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,235 The parents lied to us. 406 00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:10,003 They said Danny was out of the picture for months. 407 00:16:10,037 --> 00:16:11,438 Did the girl's story check out? 408 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:12,672 She said it took her about three hours 409 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:13,473 to get back to that warehouse. 410 00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:15,375 Now, the buses in Rockland County 411 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:16,576 were running on staggered shifts. 412 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:18,478 So the timing sounds right. 413 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:20,313 John Ashburn's EZ Pass clocks a triple 414 00:16:20,347 --> 00:16:23,283 over the George Washington Bridge that afternoon. 415 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:24,684 This is assuming the mother told the stepfather 416 00:16:24,717 --> 00:16:26,086 where Danny was living. 417 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:27,220 Well, assuming that she did, 418 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:28,388 the motive plays out. 419 00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:29,489 The mother's at the end of her rope. 420 00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:31,224 The stepfather is fed up. 421 00:16:31,258 --> 00:16:33,493 And the delinquent kid and his pregnant girlfriend 422 00:16:33,526 --> 00:16:35,295 show up at their house looking for cash. 423 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:37,764 Where'd they get the gun? 424 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:39,466 John did accounting for a family restaurant. 425 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:42,435 The owner kept a .38 registered on the premises. 426 00:16:42,469 --> 00:16:44,104 He reported it stolen a month ago. 427 00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:46,273 Now, if it's not in the East River by now... 428 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:49,542 Get a warrant, search the home. 429 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:54,547 You can't do this. 430 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:57,584 You can't just come in here and go through our things. 431 00:16:57,617 --> 00:16:59,486 Ma'am, we have a warrant to search your home. 432 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:01,254 Now, please! 433 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:05,158 John! 434 00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:06,559 Allison. 435 00:17:06,593 --> 00:17:07,694 They just barged in. 436 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,296 Glad you're here, sir. 437 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:11,264 We can make this easy. Where's the firearm, the .38? 438 00:17:11,298 --> 00:17:12,765 What are you talking about? I don't have a gun. 439 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:14,167 I told you. John. 440 00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:15,335 Hey, what are you doing? 441 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:16,569 I found it. 442 00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:18,438 It was on the top shelf in the laundry room. 443 00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:20,073 And believe it or not, there's two spent shells 444 00:17:20,107 --> 00:17:21,341 in the chamber. 445 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,775 Where did that come from? I didn't put that there! 446 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,244 John Ashburn, you're under arrest 447 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:25,345 for the murder of Danny Ashburn. 448 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,280 Allison, what the hell is going on here? No, stop. 449 00:17:27,314 --> 00:17:28,515 You have the right to remain silent. 450 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:29,649 Anything you say can be used against you 451 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:30,750 in a court of law. John! 452 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:32,785 You have the right to an attorney. 453 00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:34,221 I'll answer your question when you tell me 454 00:17:34,254 --> 00:17:35,388 what the hell this is about! 455 00:17:35,422 --> 00:17:36,489 Where's my wife? 456 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:38,191 She's being interviewed right now. 457 00:17:38,225 --> 00:17:39,659 Ballistics matched the .38 we found in your house 458 00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:41,228 to the one that killed Danny. 459 00:17:41,261 --> 00:17:43,330 The same .38 that was stolen from the Hackett's Mill 460 00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:45,198 restaurant which you happen to keep the books for. 461 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:47,200 How would I know anything about that? 462 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:48,401 You're making accusations. 463 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:50,103 Tina Keith came to your house to ask 464 00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:52,339 for money for Danny, and you got upset. 465 00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:53,640 Which you neglected to tell us about 466 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:55,842 when we notified you of your stepson's death. 467 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,744 I didn't talk to her. Allison did. 468 00:17:57,777 --> 00:17:59,346 I thought she was one of Danny's old friends 469 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,447 looking for him. 470 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,783 Danny got shot before Tina made it back into the city. 471 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:05,418 So what'd you do after she left? 472 00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:07,120 I took the kids to that penguin movie. 473 00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:07,987 You can check. 474 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,256 I went to the multiplex in Clarkstown. 475 00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:10,123 I have receipts. 476 00:18:13,393 --> 00:18:15,395 Where was your wife during all this time? 477 00:18:19,399 --> 00:18:21,768 Oh, God. 478 00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:26,339 I knew what I was going to do. 479 00:18:26,373 --> 00:18:31,444 But I'm not a bad mother, believe me. 480 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:32,679 Okay. 481 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:38,385 You found Danny in the warehouse. 482 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:40,920 We argued. 483 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:44,857 I told him that I cared for him 484 00:18:44,891 --> 00:18:48,695 and that I wanted the best for him. 485 00:18:48,728 --> 00:18:51,198 But he didn't believe me. 486 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:58,171 Things couldn't go on the way that they were. 487 00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:04,311 I fired the gun twice. 488 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,448 I put him in his sleeping bag. 489 00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:17,324 He looked so peaceful after he died. 490 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:23,430 Did Danny physically threaten you? 491 00:19:23,463 --> 00:19:25,365 No. I... 492 00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:28,201 I had the gun on him the whole time 493 00:19:28,235 --> 00:19:30,437 so that he couldn't touch me. 494 00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:38,511 Danny didn't... 495 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:42,382 love me anymore. 496 00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:47,387 He was so full of hate. 497 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,896 Do you understand? I had to do it. 498 00:19:56,929 --> 00:20:00,433 I couldn't go through that pain again. 499 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:08,575 He was becoming just like his father. 500 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:18,285 Docket number 5-8-7-2-2. 501 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:20,320 People vs. Allison Ashburn. 502 00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:22,322 Charge of murder in the second degree. 503 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:23,523 Do we have a plea? 504 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:24,691 (Booker) Not guilty, Your Honor. 505 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,326 Your Honor, the People ask for remand. 506 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,860 The defendant's charged with murdering her own son. 507 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:30,397 She's a danger to her two other children 508 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:31,398 still residing in the home. 509 00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:32,999 What? I would never hurt them. 510 00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:34,401 It's an absurd suggestion, Judge. 511 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:35,535 The victim in this case 512 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,370 had threatened my client in the past. 513 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,672 The defendant's confession made no mention of self-defense. 514 00:20:39,706 --> 00:20:41,674 (Booker) My client has no criminal record. 515 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:42,975 No history of violence. 516 00:20:43,009 --> 00:20:44,944 Her husband is prepared to post their home 517 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,413 as collateral for bail. 518 00:20:46,446 --> 00:20:47,947 Her family will do whatever it takes 519 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:49,282 to have their mother home with them 520 00:20:49,316 --> 00:20:50,550 during this difficult time. 521 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,819 Well, call me sentimental, Counselor. 522 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:54,321 I'll set bail at a million dollars. 523 00:20:54,354 --> 00:20:56,423 They can't make that. 524 00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:59,392 That's not my problem. [pounds gavel] 525 00:20:59,426 --> 00:21:02,562 I think Booker is going to argue that Allison was suffering 526 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,697 from an extreme emotional disturbance. 527 00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:06,499 And go for Man One. 528 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,501 It's the best play they can make. 529 00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:10,503 No person in her position could reasonably 530 00:21:10,537 --> 00:21:13,039 have done what she did. 531 00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:15,608 We have a strong confession, solid evidence. 532 00:21:15,642 --> 00:21:17,577 How many soccer moms have you convicted 533 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,379 on Murder Two lately? 534 00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:20,613 So she's sympathetic. 535 00:21:20,647 --> 00:21:22,949 More to the point, Danny Ashburn isn't. 536 00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:24,817 His father's a convicted serial killer. 537 00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:26,686 Judging from Danny's behavioral issues, 538 00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:28,355 the apple wasn't falling far. 539 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:29,622 The jury can sympathize. 540 00:21:29,656 --> 00:21:32,892 We still have to hold her accountable. 541 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,961 As soon as Booker files her notice of defense, 542 00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:38,531 have Olivet talk to Allison Ashburn. 543 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:46,072 I knew he wasn't right when he was 10 years old. 544 00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:47,774 I caught him. 545 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,876 In the backyard. 546 00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:54,914 I thought I heard a baby crying. 547 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:57,417 But it was the neighbor's cat. 548 00:21:57,450 --> 00:22:01,588 Danny had a pocketknife, 549 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:04,591 and he was torturing it to death. 550 00:22:06,393 --> 00:22:09,662 I thought, "This is my son." 551 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,703 I loved him, you know? 552 00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:19,739 But it wasn't enough to make him a good person. 553 00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:22,409 And John and I did everything right. 554 00:22:22,442 --> 00:22:25,545 Did Danny affect your relationship 555 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:27,146 with your husband? 556 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,983 Danny pushed him, and they fought all the time. 557 00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:37,857 I used to... 558 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:43,062 I used to pray that something would happen. 559 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:44,797 An accident... 560 00:22:44,831 --> 00:22:48,000 so that God would take Danny back. 561 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:57,009 I'd think about him hurting someone, 562 00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:59,546 and I couldn't go through that again. 563 00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:02,915 Danny had hurt someone before? 564 00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:05,652 No, his father. 565 00:23:05,685 --> 00:23:10,189 His real father... 566 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:13,460 killed women. 567 00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:15,194 And after Walter went to prison, 568 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,430 I tried to get in touch with the families, 569 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:19,999 but no one wanted to talk to me. 570 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,470 What would you have said to them? 571 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:25,838 How sorry I was. 572 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:30,810 That I hated Walter as much as they did. 573 00:23:34,481 --> 00:23:38,117 That girl, Danny's girlfriend, 574 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:43,155 when I saw her that day, she looked all beat to hell. 575 00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:48,895 And when I confronted Danny about it, 576 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:51,464 he gave me the same hateful look 577 00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:54,100 that Walter used to give me. 578 00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:59,539 That's how I knew. 579 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:05,612 I knew what was in his heart. 580 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:15,522 She feels tremendous guilt for having been Flint's wife. 581 00:24:15,555 --> 00:24:16,889 You could look at the act of Danny's murder 582 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:19,025 as a twisted attempt to undo the crimes 583 00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:20,827 Flint committed. 584 00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,763 The sins of the father visited upon the son? 585 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:26,633 A son who was violent and out of control. 586 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,969 Conduct disorder is the worst psychiatric diagnosis 587 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:31,203 in pediatrics. 588 00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:33,506 Parents say it's like living with a terrorist. 589 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:36,609 If Danny was so bad, 590 00:24:36,643 --> 00:24:39,211 maybe Allison was just sick of dealing with him. 591 00:24:39,245 --> 00:24:40,246 I don't think it's that simple. 592 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:42,281 She loved her son. 593 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:45,885 But she came to believe Danny was beyond saving. 594 00:24:45,918 --> 00:24:50,557 It still doesn't mitigate premeditated murder. 595 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:53,760 Look, people who commit violent crimes 596 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:56,629 often leave behind families who suffer as well. 597 00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:59,832 So who isn't a victim here? 598 00:24:59,866 --> 00:25:01,568 I'm skeptical about EED defenses. 599 00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:04,771 But I think this woman's clearly traumatized. 600 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,874 And Tina Keith showing up on her doorstep provoked her? 601 00:25:07,907 --> 00:25:09,942 It could have been enough. 602 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,316 (Tina) Danny had seen one of those iPod things 603 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,019 laying in the front seat of a car. 604 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:22,221 He told me to keep an eye out. 605 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,623 Then right when he busted the window, 606 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:26,292 a cop rolled around the corner and saw us. 607 00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:28,127 We took off. 608 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,696 Didn't get nothing. 609 00:25:29,729 --> 00:25:31,097 Why did he hit you? 610 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,532 Well, I should have seen the cop. 611 00:25:35,668 --> 00:25:36,869 I know it makes him sound bad, 612 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:39,338 but I know he loved me. 613 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,307 He gave me this baby. 614 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:45,311 Were there other times that Danny hit you? 615 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:46,779 Sure. 616 00:25:46,813 --> 00:25:48,848 If we missed the train 'cause I didn't 617 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,249 walk fast enough. 618 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,618 Or, you know, he thought some guy 619 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:52,484 was looking at me wrong. 620 00:25:52,518 --> 00:25:55,622 It sounds like he hit you for nothing. 621 00:25:55,655 --> 00:25:57,990 I'm not explaining it right. 622 00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:00,092 Believe me, he had a reason. 623 00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:04,196 Did Danny ever threaten your life? 624 00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:07,867 He scared me. 625 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,370 He used to promise me one day he'd kill me then himself. 626 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:14,140 He was twisted like that. 627 00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,676 It meant he loved me, you know? 628 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:20,112 Did Danny's mother know about this? 629 00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:23,916 She told me she worried about me staying with him. 630 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:26,719 I told her she should be. 631 00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:30,122 Tina, why didn't you leave Danny? 632 00:26:30,156 --> 00:26:34,226 He never would have let me leave. 633 00:26:37,396 --> 00:26:39,932 He tormented his family, he battered his girlfriend. 634 00:26:39,966 --> 00:26:41,701 Danny Ashford wasn't a victim. 635 00:26:41,734 --> 00:26:43,035 He was an argument for birth control. 636 00:26:43,069 --> 00:26:44,804 He's not the one on trial here. 637 00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:46,939 You oughta put his pregnant girlfriend on the stand. 638 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:49,408 The jury'll admire the mother for not killing him sooner. 639 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:51,310 I covered his psychiatric files. 640 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:53,012 I talked to his teachers, his neighbors. 641 00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:55,147 By all accounts, he grew up in a good home. 642 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,183 There were no allegations of child abuse. 643 00:26:57,216 --> 00:26:58,951 And their other two kids are well-adjusted. 644 00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:01,688 Danny's a bad seed. Supports her claim. 645 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,823 I'm favoring the notion she wanted him 646 00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:06,325 out of her life permanently. 647 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:08,094 The law doesn't say the act of killing 648 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:09,395 has to be reasonable. 649 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:10,863 It's the nature of the disturbance. 650 00:27:10,897 --> 00:27:12,999 Or the novelty of the excuse. 651 00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:15,067 Driving into Manhattan certainly gave her 652 00:27:15,101 --> 00:27:17,303 ample time to come to her senses. 653 00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:20,439 But will a jury send her upstate for 25 to life? 654 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:23,976 Not a chance. Offer Man One. 655 00:27:24,010 --> 00:27:25,945 Pick whatever number you can live with. 656 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:28,414 Still gonna seem like a lifetime to her kids. 657 00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:32,184 Ten years, Jack? 658 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:34,987 She'd get at least ten with a successful EED defense. 659 00:27:35,021 --> 00:27:36,989 It'll save us all the hassle of a trial. 660 00:27:37,023 --> 00:27:39,325 Well, how about three years with psychiatric counseling 661 00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,793 from here to eternity? 662 00:27:40,827 --> 00:27:42,829 She sought out her son with the sole intention 663 00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,230 of murdering him. 664 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:47,099 (Booker) She needs therapy, not hard time. 665 00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:48,300 (Mc Coy) Bedford Correctional 666 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:49,869 has excellent counselors on staff, 667 00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:51,170 free of charge to your client. 668 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:52,471 I'm firm on the number. 669 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:57,043 I told you, I'm not doing it. 670 00:27:57,076 --> 00:28:02,314 We understand how bad your son was, Mrs. Ashburn. 671 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:03,415 We're being generous. 672 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:06,052 No. 673 00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:07,787 You'll be out in time to see your kids 674 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,055 graduate from high school. 675 00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:21,300 You're looking at 25 years, Allison. 676 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:23,870 Think about this. 677 00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:26,906 Taking the gun proves intent to murder. 678 00:28:26,939 --> 00:28:30,476 Lying to the police shows consciousness of guilt. 679 00:28:30,509 --> 00:28:32,912 You freely confessed to the crime. 680 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:37,316 You'd be crazy to go to trial. 681 00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:41,387 I didn't lose control, or go crazy. 682 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:45,391 That girl and that little baby would have died. 683 00:28:45,424 --> 00:28:47,426 I'm his mother. 684 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,862 I was responsible. 685 00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:55,434 You tell them or I'll get another lawyer. 686 00:28:58,905 --> 00:29:01,240 I've advised my client that this is the wrong move, 687 00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:02,875 but she's adamant. 688 00:29:02,909 --> 00:29:04,811 I still intend to represent her. 689 00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,045 Call it plan B. 690 00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:10,482 You're going to argue justification? 691 00:29:10,516 --> 00:29:11,517 We'll prove my client was acting 692 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:14,120 in defense of others when she killed the victim. 693 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:16,122 He posed a grave and imminent threat. 694 00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:19,992 In other words, she killed her son to protect society. 695 00:29:20,026 --> 00:29:23,495 (Booker) That's exactly what we're saying. 696 00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:25,998 See you at trial, Jack. 697 00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:38,277 This defense was never intended to justify the murder 698 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:40,379 of a potentially dangerous person. 699 00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:42,448 There was nothing potential about this young man's 700 00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:44,250 capacity for violence. 701 00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:46,853 We've submitted ample evidence to that effect. 702 00:29:46,886 --> 00:29:48,354 Which is prejudicial and irrelevant. 703 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,923 No imminent threat was posed to a third party. 704 00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:54,026 No one else was present at the scene of the crime, 705 00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:56,128 except for the victim and the defendant. 706 00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:58,097 Tough hurdle to clear there, Counselor. 707 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,432 The victim's battered girlfriend 708 00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:02,168 told my client her life was being threatened. 709 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:04,036 She had time to retreat and get help. 710 00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:05,171 Call the police? 711 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:07,606 And after they stoked Danny's anger 712 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:08,875 and eventually released him, 713 00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:10,276 the threat would have remained. 714 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:13,045 Your Honor, she's twisting the legal definition... 715 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:14,480 We have submitted multiple reports 716 00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:16,582 from psychiatric experts. 717 00:30:16,615 --> 00:30:19,952 They will testify that Danny was a virtual ticking bomb, 718 00:30:19,986 --> 00:30:21,921 given his history and genetics. 719 00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:24,056 He could have lashed out at any moment. 720 00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:26,392 Justifying murder by what these experts say 721 00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,460 was in Danny's body, mind, and soul. 722 00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:30,362 You don't find that offensive? 723 00:30:30,396 --> 00:30:32,598 It would be extreme if we presented 724 00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:34,600 only genetic evidence without a pattern of behavior. 725 00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:38,437 But Danny has documented examples of violence. 726 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:40,539 Couple that with his father being 727 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:43,242 a convicted serial rapist and murderer. 728 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:45,544 I've read the briefs. 729 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,180 I'm going to grant some latitude here. 730 00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:49,949 The defense can make a claim 731 00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:52,184 of reasonable belief of imminent harm. 732 00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:53,886 Your Honor! 733 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,489 I agree, Mr. Mc Coy, it's a stretch. 734 00:30:57,523 --> 00:31:00,226 I'll cautiously indulge the defense. 735 00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:05,064 You go too far, Counselor, it's over. 736 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,401 (Dr. De Vries) Danny Ashburn suffered from 737 00:31:09,435 --> 00:31:11,904 what we call a type 2 conduct disorder. 738 00:31:11,938 --> 00:31:13,940 Type 2 is characterized by predation 739 00:31:13,973 --> 00:31:15,241 and affective aggression. 740 00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:18,610 Danny presented marked interpersonal hostility, 741 00:31:18,644 --> 00:31:20,612 angry affect and impulsiveness. 742 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:23,983 Was he violent? 743 00:31:24,016 --> 00:31:25,317 We documented numerous examples 744 00:31:25,351 --> 00:31:27,453 of physical cruelty and abuse. 745 00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:29,688 Danny told me himself during treatment 746 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,557 that he often lost control of his rage. 747 00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:35,027 What is the prognosis for a child 748 00:31:35,061 --> 00:31:37,096 with type 2 conduct disorder? 749 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:39,431 It typically progresses into adult antisocial 750 00:31:39,465 --> 00:31:41,167 personality disorder. 751 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:46,405 CD has been directly linked to rape, assault, and homicide. 752 00:31:46,438 --> 00:31:48,107 Thank you. 753 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:54,280 Did you advocate immediately locking Danny Ashburn up 754 00:31:54,313 --> 00:31:56,382 after his diagnosis? 755 00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:57,549 Of course not. 756 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:59,285 That said, in my experience, 757 00:31:59,318 --> 00:32:01,253 most teenagers with CD usually wind up 758 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:02,488 incarcerated anyway. 759 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:04,456 Usually with the worst criminal offenses. 760 00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:06,192 (Mc Coy) In other words, when the defendant 761 00:32:06,225 --> 00:32:09,028 murdered her son, she was well within 762 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:11,597 the statistical probability of killing someone 763 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:12,664 who would have been guilty of committing 764 00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:14,466 a crime eventually. 765 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,035 Objection. Argumentative. 766 00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:18,304 Sustained. 767 00:32:18,337 --> 00:32:19,705 Will we ever truly know what Danny Ashburn's 768 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:21,240 potential was? 769 00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:23,675 That's difficult to assess. 770 00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:26,045 Because the defendant murdered him first, 771 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,213 isn't that correct? 772 00:32:27,246 --> 00:32:29,615 Yes. 773 00:32:29,648 --> 00:32:33,685 (Mc Coy) Nothing further. 774 00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:36,022 I never got to meet my son. 775 00:32:36,055 --> 00:32:39,525 I was out of Allison's life before he was born. 776 00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:43,362 You're incarcerated for raping and murdering women. 777 00:32:43,395 --> 00:32:44,396 Why would you do this? 778 00:32:44,430 --> 00:32:48,067 I guess 'cause I wanted to. 779 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:50,502 Do you feel there's a compulsion towards violence 780 00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:51,703 in your family? 781 00:32:51,737 --> 00:32:56,708 I had an uncle who was killed by police during a fight. 782 00:32:56,742 --> 00:32:58,644 My own father, he was a bad one. 783 00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:02,314 He once raped my mother in front of me when I was a kid. 784 00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:05,617 I guess you'd call that a compulsion. 785 00:33:11,557 --> 00:33:15,394 You were raised by a violent father 786 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:18,330 in an environment of abuse, 787 00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:19,731 isn't that correct? 788 00:33:19,765 --> 00:33:21,467 Guess so. 789 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,235 But you had no contact with your son 790 00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:24,570 throughout his life? 791 00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:28,174 I've been incarcerated since before he was born. 792 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:29,508 Didn't know I had a kid. 793 00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:32,478 (Mc Coy) Would you characterize 794 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:35,514 everyone in the history of your family as violent? 795 00:33:35,547 --> 00:33:38,050 Probably not. 796 00:33:38,084 --> 00:33:41,520 To your knowledge, was anyone on your ex-wife's side 797 00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:42,588 of the family violent? 798 00:33:42,621 --> 00:33:45,591 No. Nobody. 799 00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:47,693 Nobody except for her. 800 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:51,029 Isn't that correct? 801 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:57,303 Nothing further. 802 00:33:57,336 --> 00:34:00,239 (Judge Karan) Court will adjourn for lunch. 803 00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:01,440 We'll reconvene at 2:00. 804 00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:08,480 Tina Keith was arrested for shoplifting in Midtown. 805 00:34:08,514 --> 00:34:11,650 We've got a problem. 806 00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:14,153 (Van Buren) You're looking at Danny Ashburn 807 00:34:14,186 --> 00:34:17,456 at an ATM on 59th and 3rd. 808 00:34:26,165 --> 00:34:28,667 It was an open homicide in the three-nine for months. 809 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:33,239 Danny Ashburn fits the description of the shooter, 810 00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:35,574 and Tina here knew all the details. 811 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:38,644 Why didn't you mention this before? 812 00:34:38,677 --> 00:34:39,778 With her priors, she'd be doing time. 813 00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:42,248 She's only talking to us to make a deal. 814 00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:44,516 I'm not gonna have my baby in jail. 815 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:45,517 Look, I wasn't even there. 816 00:34:45,551 --> 00:34:47,586 Danny told me about it. 817 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:50,622 Now, you said you'd let me go. 818 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,762 Danny pulled the trigger after he got the cash. 819 00:34:56,795 --> 00:35:01,367 Now the defense has a case. 820 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:02,634 (Booker) The victim's name is Phillip Brown. 821 00:35:02,668 --> 00:35:04,570 He left behind a wife and a daughter. 822 00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:06,705 Simply put, Your Honor, this crime proves 823 00:35:06,738 --> 00:35:08,374 my client was right. 824 00:35:08,407 --> 00:35:09,375 It isn't about being right. 825 00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:10,742 She had no knowledge of this 826 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:12,511 when she murdered Danny Ashburn. 827 00:35:12,544 --> 00:35:15,281 This evidence shows the naked truth about this kid. 828 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:16,915 She shouldn't get the benefit of hindsight. 829 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,750 She murdered the victim 830 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:21,453 out of fear of what he might do, not what he did. 831 00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:22,588 Did the defendant know that her son 832 00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:23,689 had committed this crime? 833 00:35:23,722 --> 00:35:26,758 No. I didn't know. 834 00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:28,327 People v. Miller. 835 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,629 The victim's reputation for violence is admissible 836 00:35:30,662 --> 00:35:33,565 regardless of the defendant's a priori knowledge. 837 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,667 This is a perfect example of that reputation. 838 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:39,571 Mr. Mc Coy, I do find the prior act 839 00:35:39,605 --> 00:35:41,940 troubling in its implication. 840 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:43,542 Implications and probabilities 841 00:35:43,575 --> 00:35:45,711 can't be used to justify murder. 842 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:47,446 You can question the defendant about her knowledge 843 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:48,880 of this crime. 844 00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:52,251 I'll let you establish what she knew. 845 00:35:52,284 --> 00:35:54,386 But the videotape comes in. 846 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:02,328 Mr. Ashburn. 847 00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:05,297 Our lawyer says the trial's going to continue. 848 00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:07,599 What did you expect? 849 00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:10,569 You saw the surveillance video. 850 00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:14,273 Danny had no reason to kill that man. 851 00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:15,641 I don't understand why you're still 852 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,609 going after my wife. 853 00:36:17,643 --> 00:36:20,679 She didn't have a crystal ball, Mr. Ashburn. 854 00:36:20,712 --> 00:36:23,349 She doesn't get a pass for guessing correctly. 855 00:36:23,382 --> 00:36:25,284 It should make a difference. 856 00:36:25,317 --> 00:36:27,453 Not according to the law. 857 00:36:27,486 --> 00:36:30,856 The law doesn't care my kids are losing their mother? 858 00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:32,991 I sympathize. 859 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,626 She's been punished enough. 860 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:36,228 We all have. 861 00:36:36,262 --> 00:36:37,663 He was ruining us. 862 00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,600 I think we're done talking here. 863 00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:44,703 You're gonna turn a blind eye to the facts. 864 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,538 The facts are a gun 865 00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:50,309 and a boy who was unarmed when he was shot. 866 00:36:50,342 --> 00:36:52,678 I'm sorry. 867 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:54,746 I just want my wife back. 868 00:37:07,493 --> 00:37:12,698 Allison, why did you kill your son? 869 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,667 He was dangerous. 870 00:37:15,701 --> 00:37:18,470 I knew he was going to hurt someone. 871 00:37:18,504 --> 00:37:19,605 Turns out he did. 872 00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:23,942 Why did you believe he was dangerous? 873 00:37:23,975 --> 00:37:28,547 His entire adolescence was filled with fights and assaults. 874 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:32,618 And he got older and he stole money, 875 00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:35,754 cars, guns. 876 00:37:35,787 --> 00:37:38,657 We did everything we could to change his behavior. 877 00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:42,361 But nobody could fix what was wrong with Danny. 878 00:37:42,394 --> 00:37:46,365 What happened that day you went to the warehouse? 879 00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:47,866 Danny's girlfriend Tina 880 00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:49,635 was pregnant by him. 881 00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:51,903 She came to our house. 882 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:53,705 Her lip was swollen. 883 00:37:53,739 --> 00:37:55,441 She had a bruise on her neck. 884 00:37:55,474 --> 00:37:57,543 One of the whites of her eyes was red... 885 00:37:57,576 --> 00:37:59,311 with blood, 886 00:37:59,345 --> 00:38:01,079 from Danny hitting her. 887 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:02,848 (Booker) So you asked her about the bruises. 888 00:38:02,881 --> 00:38:04,583 (Allison) Yes. 889 00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:07,386 I told her that Danny would kill her and that baby 890 00:38:07,419 --> 00:38:08,487 if she didn't get away from him. 891 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,458 And she said I was right, that he would kill her. 892 00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:15,594 What happened after that? 893 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:17,629 I couldn't stop thinking about him.... 894 00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:20,799 hurting that poor girl or their baby. 895 00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:25,771 Or some stranger, like he did at that ATM. 896 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:29,775 So I had to do something before he hurt somebody. 897 00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:38,950 You're saying you had no choice. 898 00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:41,620 Between doing nothing and letting him 899 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,723 kill that girl or somebody else? 900 00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:46,892 I was responsible for my son. 901 00:38:46,925 --> 00:38:49,828 The crime we just saw on that videotape, 902 00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:52,531 you had no knowledge of that before you killed your son. 903 00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:53,632 Is that right? 904 00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:56,134 No, I didn't know. 905 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,703 But I knew it would happen eventually. 906 00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,739 Call it mother's intuition. 907 00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:03,575 Call it 10 years of taking him to specialists. 908 00:39:03,609 --> 00:39:07,112 Of having the police visit our house. 909 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:09,381 Of apologizing to parents 910 00:39:09,415 --> 00:39:13,619 every time Danny assaulted one of their kids. 911 00:39:13,652 --> 00:39:17,623 I knew my son was violent and dangerous. 912 00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:19,391 Just like his father. 913 00:39:19,425 --> 00:39:21,793 Did you and your husband 914 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:23,995 worry about having Danny in your home? 915 00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:27,899 I didn't want him living on the street. 916 00:39:27,933 --> 00:39:30,636 What about your husband? 917 00:39:30,669 --> 00:39:34,740 John put up with a lot. 918 00:39:34,773 --> 00:39:39,044 Put up with the danger to your two other kids. 919 00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:44,716 Did John ever throw Danny out of the house? 920 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,686 He had in the past, yes. 921 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,088 Did you ever feel like you had to choose 922 00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:52,624 between your husband and your son? 923 00:39:55,461 --> 00:39:56,995 No. 924 00:39:57,028 --> 00:40:00,566 Then why did you decide to murder Danny when you did? 925 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:01,700 What provoked you? 926 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:04,736 That girl... 927 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:06,705 You knew how terrible Danny was for years. 928 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:10,709 But this time you took a gun and killed him. Why? 929 00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:20,118 You never told your husband that Danny had 930 00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:21,887 contacted you, did you? 931 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,723 Or that you'd gone to see him in the city. 932 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:28,694 Who did you truly fear, Mrs. Ashburn? 933 00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:30,762 Danny? 934 00:40:30,796 --> 00:40:32,998 Or your husband when he found out your son was back? 935 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:34,733 (Booker) Objection. 936 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:35,767 (Mc Coy) He didn't want Danny around anymore, 937 00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:37,002 did he? 938 00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:38,670 Your marriage was falling apart 939 00:40:38,704 --> 00:40:39,805 because of him, isn't that right? 940 00:40:39,838 --> 00:40:40,806 Objection! 941 00:40:40,839 --> 00:40:42,073 Sustained. 942 00:40:42,107 --> 00:40:43,775 (Mc Coy) You had no choice. 943 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:45,611 Murder a monster or lose your dreams 944 00:40:45,644 --> 00:40:47,012 of a happy family. 945 00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:48,880 Lose everything that was right in your life. 946 00:40:48,914 --> 00:40:50,081 (Booker) Your Honor! 947 00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:51,517 (Judge Karan) Mr. Mc Coy. 948 00:40:51,550 --> 00:40:52,551 Tell us what was going to happen 949 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:54,820 if Danny came home. 950 00:41:01,727 --> 00:41:06,097 John said that he would take the kids and leave. 951 00:41:09,735 --> 00:41:13,539 I didn't know what to do. 952 00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:18,844 Yes, you did. 953 00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:24,950 Like a good mother, you fixed the problem. 954 00:41:43,735 --> 00:41:47,606 (Judge Karan) In the matter of the People v. Allison Ashburn, 955 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:49,240 on the count of murder in the second degree, 956 00:41:49,274 --> 00:41:50,175 how do you find? 957 00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:54,079 We find the defendant Allison Ashburn... 958 00:41:54,112 --> 00:41:55,180 guilty. 959 00:42:25,611 --> 00:42:28,246 Allison Ashburn was wrong about the jury, 960 00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:29,848 but she was right about Danny, 961 00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:32,150 and I can't help feeling sorry for her. 962 00:42:32,183 --> 00:42:35,621 She left a good deal on the table. 963 00:42:35,654 --> 00:42:39,858 Mercy beyond the law is above my paygrade. 964 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:42,027 By the way, I spoke to Tina Keith today. 965 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,695 How is she doing? 966 00:42:43,729 --> 00:42:45,030 Better. 967 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:46,364 She connected to child services. 968 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:48,600 They got her to a doctor for a checkup. 969 00:42:48,634 --> 00:42:51,202 She's having a boy. 970 00:42:51,236 --> 00:42:53,238 Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com