1 00:00:03,699 --> 00:00:05,875 - In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:05,918 --> 00:00:07,311 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:07,355 --> 00:00:09,400 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:09,444 --> 00:00:11,750 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:11,794 --> 00:00:13,883 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:13,926 --> 00:00:15,276 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,319 --> 00:00:17,234 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:17,278 --> 00:00:20,063 These are their stories. 9 00:00:39,387 --> 00:00:42,694 - Yeah, so-- 10 00:01:14,726 --> 00:01:18,252 - And that's all you want to tell me? 11 00:01:20,602 --> 00:01:24,171 Okay. 12 00:01:24,214 --> 00:01:26,651 Then we are done here. 13 00:01:50,849 --> 00:01:53,852 - Hello, Annabeth. 14 00:01:57,813 --> 00:02:01,251 My name is Olivia Benson. 15 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,390 - This is a very simple case. 16 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,393 The defendant, Annabeth Pearl, 17 00:02:12,436 --> 00:02:14,438 hosted a dinner party with her husband, Thomas, 18 00:02:14,482 --> 00:02:16,614 at their apartment on West 26th street. 19 00:02:16,658 --> 00:02:18,660 Three people ate New York strip, 20 00:02:18,703 --> 00:02:21,402 baked potatoes, and creamed spinach. 21 00:02:21,445 --> 00:02:22,925 Three hours later, when the guests had left 22 00:02:22,968 --> 00:02:25,449 and the dishes were loaded into the dishwasher, 23 00:02:25,493 --> 00:02:28,452 Annabeth put on her nightie... 24 00:02:28,496 --> 00:02:30,672 walked into the den... 25 00:02:30,715 --> 00:02:32,804 picked up the gun that was sitting on the coffee table, 26 00:02:32,848 --> 00:02:35,981 and shot her husband, Thomas, three times 27 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:39,246 while he was watching TV. 28 00:02:39,289 --> 00:02:40,986 The detectives assigned to this case 29 00:02:41,030 --> 00:02:42,640 will tell you how they arrested Annabeth 30 00:02:42,684 --> 00:02:44,468 less than an hour later at a local eatery 31 00:02:44,512 --> 00:02:47,819 with the murder weapon still in her possession. 32 00:02:47,863 --> 00:02:50,431 They'll tell you how, without provocation, 33 00:02:50,474 --> 00:02:53,390 she confessed to the murder. 34 00:02:53,434 --> 00:02:56,959 Now, the defense will play on your emotions. 35 00:02:57,002 --> 00:02:59,309 They'll tell you about a bad marriage, 36 00:02:59,353 --> 00:03:01,268 an abused wife. 37 00:03:01,311 --> 00:03:02,486 But what they can't tell you 38 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:04,488 is that Thomas ever hit Annabeth 39 00:03:04,532 --> 00:03:06,229 or that she was ever in imminent fear 40 00:03:06,273 --> 00:03:08,275 of physical harm. 41 00:03:08,318 --> 00:03:11,974 This is a very simple case. 42 00:03:12,888 --> 00:03:16,761 Annabeth Pearl is guilty of murder in the second degree. 43 00:03:32,081 --> 00:03:33,517 - How's it going? - Ah, great. 44 00:03:33,561 --> 00:03:35,911 Oof. - Oh, Jesus. 45 00:03:37,260 --> 00:03:38,566 - Hey, I wouldn't drink that 46 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:40,481 unless your tongue is made of asbestos. 47 00:03:40,524 --> 00:03:42,047 - You--you could have told me that 48 00:03:42,091 --> 00:03:43,832 before I burned my fingers. 49 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:45,877 - Sorry. 50 00:03:45,921 --> 00:03:47,401 - Rollins, SVU. 51 00:03:47,444 --> 00:03:49,185 - Yeah. Bucci, 2-8. 52 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:50,317 Whatcha got? 53 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,276 - Uh, husband and wife thing. 54 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,670 - Yeah. Robbery at a bodega. 55 00:03:55,713 --> 00:03:57,585 Teenage girl ripped off a case of tampons 56 00:03:57,628 --> 00:03:59,239 while her boyfriend emptied the register. 57 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:02,285 - Hmm. 58 00:04:04,418 --> 00:04:07,247 I hate this. Waiting. 59 00:04:07,290 --> 00:04:08,509 - Not me. 60 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:10,902 I get to sit here, read the paper. 61 00:04:10,946 --> 00:04:14,079 Nobody's calling me an SOB, nobody's shooting at me. 62 00:04:14,123 --> 00:04:15,907 Life could be worse. 63 00:04:15,951 --> 00:04:18,258 - Detective Bucci. 64 00:04:18,301 --> 00:04:19,520 - Yeah? You're on. 65 00:04:19,563 --> 00:04:22,523 Part 21. - All right. 66 00:04:33,621 --> 00:04:36,101 - You alone? - Yep. 67 00:04:36,145 --> 00:04:37,320 What you got? 68 00:04:37,364 --> 00:04:39,540 - All right. 69 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:41,324 Anything but the jellies. 70 00:04:41,368 --> 00:04:43,500 - Ooh, thank you. 71 00:04:43,544 --> 00:04:45,459 - No sign of Liv? 72 00:04:45,502 --> 00:04:47,287 - No, I was hoping you heard something. 73 00:04:48,636 --> 00:04:51,639 Scruples are a hard thing to live with. 74 00:04:51,682 --> 00:04:53,336 - What if she doesn't show? 75 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:56,600 - Then she doesn't show. 76 00:04:56,644 --> 00:05:00,387 - Her testimony will be the nails in Annabeth's coffin. 77 00:05:00,430 --> 00:05:03,346 Without it, Stone-- 78 00:05:03,390 --> 00:05:05,653 - Oh. 79 00:05:05,696 --> 00:05:08,612 - Will be hot as that cup of coffee. 80 00:05:08,656 --> 00:05:10,962 - What Mr. Stone didn't tell you 81 00:05:11,006 --> 00:05:15,010 was that Thomas took one bite of his New York strip, 82 00:05:15,053 --> 00:05:16,446 spit it out, 83 00:05:16,490 --> 00:05:18,013 and then told Annabeth he was going 84 00:05:18,056 --> 00:05:21,103 to give the rest to the neighbor's beagle. 85 00:05:21,146 --> 00:05:22,931 What Mr. Stone didn't tell you 86 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:26,630 was that that dinner was the culmination 87 00:05:26,674 --> 00:05:30,155 of six years of continuous psychological abuse. 88 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:33,420 The straw that crippled the camel, if you will. 89 00:05:33,463 --> 00:05:36,074 Criticism, insults, blame-- 90 00:05:36,118 --> 00:05:38,338 all of which served 91 00:05:38,381 --> 00:05:40,644 to diminish Annabeth's dignity, 92 00:05:40,688 --> 00:05:42,820 destroy her self-worth, 93 00:05:42,864 --> 00:05:45,649 and erase her self-confidence. 94 00:05:45,693 --> 00:05:48,043 Now, Mr. Stone may call 95 00:05:48,086 --> 00:05:50,480 what Annabeth did "murder," 96 00:05:50,524 --> 00:05:53,657 But I call it self-preservation. 97 00:05:55,746 --> 00:05:58,749 I'm sure you will, too. 98 00:06:02,927 --> 00:06:05,277 - This room gives me the willies. 99 00:06:05,321 --> 00:06:06,627 - The belly of the beast. 100 00:06:06,670 --> 00:06:08,193 - Yeah, well, my belly feels like 101 00:06:08,237 --> 00:06:09,934 the professor's about to hand out the final exam. 102 00:06:09,978 --> 00:06:11,849 - It's Annabeth that should be nervous, not you. 103 00:06:11,893 --> 00:06:13,416 - This is wrong. 104 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:16,419 - Don't go all Liv on us, all right? 105 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:17,681 The woman shot her husband 106 00:06:17,725 --> 00:06:19,117 because he didn't like her dinner. 107 00:06:19,161 --> 00:06:20,597 - Life should be so easy. 108 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:23,034 - Come on, not you, too. 109 00:06:23,078 --> 00:06:24,384 - I don't judge. 110 00:06:24,427 --> 00:06:25,515 Is it hot in here? 111 00:06:25,559 --> 00:06:27,256 - Hell always is. 112 00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:28,692 - Yeah, he is. 113 00:06:28,736 --> 00:06:31,434 He's going full Liv. - Somebody has to. 114 00:06:31,478 --> 00:06:32,870 - Yeah, that's right. 115 00:06:32,914 --> 00:06:34,306 And that "somebody" interrogated Annabeth. 116 00:06:34,350 --> 00:06:35,525 I wonder who that could be? 117 00:06:35,569 --> 00:06:36,918 - What if she doesn't show? 118 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:38,876 - Look, man, we can only do our job. 119 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,878 - What, that's all this is to you? 120 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:42,140 - Yeah. 121 00:06:42,184 --> 00:06:43,751 I get up in the morning and I get dressed. 122 00:06:43,794 --> 00:06:45,492 I come to the office. After that, I go home. 123 00:06:45,535 --> 00:06:48,016 At the end of the week, I get a check and the check clears. 124 00:06:48,059 --> 00:06:49,713 That's called a job. - Okay, you know what? 125 00:06:49,757 --> 00:06:51,411 It's not all on us, though, Carisi. 126 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:52,890 We do our part, 127 00:06:52,934 --> 00:06:54,762 but the rest is up to a judge and jury. 128 00:06:54,805 --> 00:06:55,980 - All right, so what happens upstairs, 129 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:57,895 that doesn't concern you at all? 130 00:06:57,939 --> 00:06:59,810 - The short and sweet is fine with me. 131 00:06:59,854 --> 00:07:01,246 - Oh, please, give me a break. 132 00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:02,813 This from the guy who flew to Cuba 133 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:05,642 on his own nickel to catch a fugitive rapist. 134 00:07:05,686 --> 00:07:07,035 And you, with that Labott girl-- 135 00:07:07,078 --> 00:07:10,081 - Enough. 136 00:07:10,125 --> 00:07:12,301 - Carisi, have a donut. 137 00:07:12,344 --> 00:07:13,563 - Are you telling me 138 00:07:13,607 --> 00:07:14,912 that you never even think about this? 139 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:16,610 I mean, the-- the responsibility? 140 00:07:16,653 --> 00:07:19,221 The--the power that we have? 141 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:21,179 I mean, I could get up on that stand and I could lie. 142 00:07:21,223 --> 00:07:22,964 I could say, "Yeah, Annabeth told me 143 00:07:23,007 --> 00:07:24,748 she planned on killing Thomas for the past six months." 144 00:07:24,792 --> 00:07:26,576 Now, I do that, she is done. 145 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:29,840 No question. 146 00:07:29,884 --> 00:07:31,538 Or I could say I don't recall. 147 00:07:31,581 --> 00:07:34,062 "I don't recall" to anything that Stone asks me. 148 00:07:34,105 --> 00:07:37,587 And maybe she gets to live a nice, peaceful, safe life 149 00:07:37,631 --> 00:07:38,588 in a Chelsea apartment. 150 00:07:38,632 --> 00:07:41,417 - Or door number three... 151 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,505 you tell the truth. 152 00:07:42,549 --> 00:07:45,377 - All I'm saying is... 153 00:07:45,421 --> 00:07:48,206 It's a lot of power. 154 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,472 And who the hell are we? 155 00:07:52,515 --> 00:07:53,734 - Detective Tutuola. 156 00:07:53,777 --> 00:07:55,518 - Yo. - Part 33. 157 00:07:55,562 --> 00:07:57,564 - Carisi, chill out. 158 00:07:57,607 --> 00:07:59,609 Have some donuts. 159 00:08:04,614 --> 00:08:05,833 Jerry Griffin. 160 00:08:05,876 --> 00:08:07,791 He's the bartender at the Tatum. 161 00:08:07,835 --> 00:08:09,663 He met me outside in the front. 162 00:08:09,706 --> 00:08:12,970 He told me Annabeth Pearl was inside with a gun. 163 00:08:13,014 --> 00:08:14,711 - Mr. Griffin knew her personally? 164 00:08:14,755 --> 00:08:17,322 - Ms. Pearl and her husband lived across the street. 165 00:08:17,366 --> 00:08:18,585 It was their local joint. 166 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:20,369 - What, if anything, did you do then? 167 00:08:20,412 --> 00:08:21,544 - I went inside. 168 00:08:21,588 --> 00:08:24,068 I saw Ms. Pearl sitting alone 169 00:08:24,112 --> 00:08:25,809 covered in blood 170 00:08:25,853 --> 00:08:28,899 with the gun sitting in front of her on the table. 171 00:08:28,943 --> 00:08:30,727 - Was there anything else on the table? 172 00:08:30,771 --> 00:08:34,252 - Yeah, what looked like a wedding ring. 173 00:08:34,296 --> 00:08:35,732 - Huh. 174 00:08:35,776 --> 00:08:38,648 Thank you, Sergeant. 175 00:08:39,693 --> 00:08:41,999 - I knew Tommy, you know? 176 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:44,045 - Who? - Thomas Pearl. 177 00:08:44,088 --> 00:08:45,350 The deceased. 178 00:08:45,394 --> 00:08:46,961 I knew him in the Academy. 179 00:08:47,004 --> 00:08:48,615 Once a prick, always a prick. 180 00:08:48,658 --> 00:08:50,355 - That explains a lot. 181 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:52,749 - And the son of a bitch was in this world for himself. 182 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:54,838 - Not anymore, he's not. 183 00:08:54,882 --> 00:08:57,537 - This guy, he--he never picked up a tab in his life. 184 00:08:57,580 --> 00:08:59,016 He never paid off his bets. 185 00:08:59,060 --> 00:09:00,888 He was this-- this macho piece of crap 186 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:02,106 who was always bragging about 187 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:04,761 how he cheated on his girlfriend. 188 00:09:04,805 --> 00:09:06,850 Thought a woman's place was behind a desk. 189 00:09:06,894 --> 00:09:08,591 - Yeah, him and how many other cops? 190 00:09:08,635 --> 00:09:09,679 - Come on, it's not like that anymore. 191 00:09:09,723 --> 00:09:10,680 - Oh, yeah? It's not? 192 00:09:10,724 --> 00:09:12,552 Good to know. 193 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:14,118 - Wait, somebody's been screwing with you? 194 00:09:14,162 --> 00:09:15,859 - Oh, forget it, Carisi. 195 00:09:15,903 --> 00:09:17,469 Look, the guy may have been a dick, 196 00:09:17,513 --> 00:09:19,036 but if he's gonna take a bullet it deserves to be 197 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,908 from some-- some yahoo hocking heroin 198 00:09:20,951 --> 00:09:22,562 or robbing a bank or something. 199 00:09:22,605 --> 00:09:23,998 Not from his wife. - Why? 200 00:09:24,041 --> 00:09:26,348 Because she promised to honor, cherish, and obey him? 201 00:09:26,391 --> 00:09:29,003 - Because he's a cop. 202 00:09:31,092 --> 00:09:32,572 Hey. 203 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:34,486 Just--come on, loosen up. 204 00:09:34,530 --> 00:09:37,446 - All right, all right. - Right? 205 00:09:37,489 --> 00:09:40,797 - Where the hell is Lieu? 206 00:09:40,841 --> 00:09:42,364 - You should be happy. 207 00:09:42,407 --> 00:09:45,846 If she doesn't show up, Annabeth will probably walk. 208 00:10:59,833 --> 00:11:01,269 - Hey, Lieu. 209 00:11:01,312 --> 00:11:03,097 I, uh, wasn't sure you were gonna show up. 210 00:11:03,140 --> 00:11:05,142 - Well, neither was I. - Yeah. 211 00:11:05,186 --> 00:11:07,667 So, uh, listen, on-- on this one, 212 00:11:07,710 --> 00:11:09,451 there's--there's ways that you can 213 00:11:09,494 --> 00:11:10,800 maybe color your testimony. 214 00:11:10,844 --> 00:11:12,323 I mean, not out and out lie, 215 00:11:12,367 --> 00:11:14,891 but just maybe you emphasize certain parts. 216 00:11:14,935 --> 00:11:16,719 What--what Annabeth told you. 217 00:11:16,763 --> 00:11:18,329 Other parts, not so much. 218 00:11:18,373 --> 00:11:19,853 - Really, Carisi? 219 00:11:19,896 --> 00:11:22,072 - Well, you're the one that interrogated Annabeth, 220 00:11:22,116 --> 00:11:23,552 so people are gonna be pretty interested 221 00:11:23,595 --> 00:11:24,814 in what you have to say. 222 00:11:24,858 --> 00:11:26,816 - Well, if I say. - Lieu, I'm sorry. 223 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:28,383 I'm not feeling okay about this case, okay? 224 00:11:28,426 --> 00:11:30,428 Maybe I feel like SOBs like Tommy Pearl 225 00:11:30,472 --> 00:11:31,995 get exactly what they deserve. 226 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:33,301 - When a cop gets killed, it's an itch I can't scratch. 227 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:35,129 - He's a cop who abused his wife! 228 00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:36,826 - With his words. Annabeth didn't have to listen. 229 00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:39,829 - Look, guys, stop. Stop. 230 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:45,748 And law without empathy... 231 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:48,272 doesn't help anyone, Rollins. 232 00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:50,710 - I... 233 00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,886 I'm all about empathy. 234 00:11:52,929 --> 00:11:55,802 Come on, it's-- it's coming out of my ears. 235 00:11:55,845 --> 00:11:57,673 For eight years I'm drowning in it. 236 00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:00,328 - What about Tommy's gun, huh? He just puts it on the table-- 237 00:12:00,371 --> 00:12:02,286 - Yeah, he left it out. Did he ever point it at her? 238 00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:03,548 - Amanda. - Did he threaten her? 239 00:12:03,592 --> 00:12:04,898 This is not freshman English. 240 00:12:04,941 --> 00:12:06,551 We don't have to read between the lines. 241 00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:09,032 It's not our job. - Maybe it is. 242 00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:10,817 Maybe we shouldn't ignore the fact 243 00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:12,993 that Annabeth was a victim. 244 00:12:13,036 --> 00:12:14,559 - Well, that kind of doesn't work 245 00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:17,824 because it's her husband who's the one in the casket. 246 00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:21,392 He was a cop. 247 00:12:21,436 --> 00:12:24,744 Liv, he wore the same shield as we do. 248 00:12:25,657 --> 00:12:29,444 - My lieutenant was convinced there was domestic abuse. 249 00:12:29,487 --> 00:12:32,360 - Was there? 250 00:12:32,403 --> 00:12:34,014 - Well, her husband never hit her, 251 00:12:34,057 --> 00:12:35,929 if that's what you mean. 252 00:12:35,972 --> 00:12:38,322 - Is that the only kind of abuse contemplated 253 00:12:38,366 --> 00:12:39,584 by the statute? 254 00:12:39,628 --> 00:12:42,500 - Objection, the witness is not an attorney. 255 00:12:42,544 --> 00:12:44,981 - Withdrawn. 256 00:12:45,025 --> 00:12:48,506 How many times was Mr. Pearl shot, Sergeant? 257 00:12:48,550 --> 00:12:49,594 - Three. 258 00:12:49,638 --> 00:12:51,509 - And where were the wounds? 259 00:12:51,553 --> 00:12:55,426 - Two in the chest and one in the crotch. 260 00:12:58,473 --> 00:13:00,997 - Interesting. 261 00:13:03,347 --> 00:13:05,959 Nothing further. 262 00:13:06,002 --> 00:13:08,483 - Redirect. 263 00:13:10,485 --> 00:13:13,444 Sergeant, did the defendant, Annabeth Pearl, 264 00:13:13,488 --> 00:13:17,013 ever claim that she was raped by her husband? 265 00:13:17,057 --> 00:13:18,885 - Not that I'm aware of. 266 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:21,409 - Thank you. 267 00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,243 - Listen, my man, is--is there anything you can do 268 00:13:29,286 --> 00:13:30,635 about this heat? 269 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,159 - I'll tell Wally, but I doubt it's gonna change. 270 00:13:32,202 --> 00:13:33,725 One thermostat for the whole floor. 271 00:13:33,769 --> 00:13:35,162 Judge Finkel likes it this way. 272 00:13:35,205 --> 00:13:36,598 - Well, why don't you see what you can do, okay? 273 00:13:36,641 --> 00:13:37,991 Thank you. - Sure will. 274 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:39,731 Well... 275 00:13:39,775 --> 00:13:42,473 You guys have a nice day. 276 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:44,824 - You, too. 277 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,136 - Sometimes I wish I had a job like that guy. 278 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:55,965 - Oh, so you could listen to cops bitch all day long? 279 00:13:56,009 --> 00:13:57,880 - Something without consequence. 280 00:13:57,924 --> 00:13:59,926 - Think what you mean to say is that you wish 281 00:13:59,969 --> 00:14:02,842 that you weren't cursed with a conscience. 282 00:14:02,885 --> 00:14:04,495 - Well, it's definitely a burden. 283 00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,977 - It also makes us human. 284 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:09,849 - Unless you're a sociopath. - Oh, come on. 285 00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:12,460 You--you actually think that Annabeth is a sociopath? 286 00:14:12,503 --> 00:14:14,157 - I think she knew what she was doing, 287 00:14:14,201 --> 00:14:15,419 and I think she didn't care. 288 00:14:15,463 --> 00:14:17,900 - Or she didn't see another way out. 289 00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:19,336 - Yeah, there we go. 290 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:20,860 - Well, luckily we don't have to read her mind. 291 00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,339 - But we do, Rollins. 292 00:14:22,383 --> 00:14:24,037 Eighty grand a year and we get to determine 293 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,429 who's spending the rest of their life in a cage 294 00:14:25,473 --> 00:14:27,170 and who's gonna eat dinner at Del Frisco's. 295 00:14:27,214 --> 00:14:29,825 - Worrying about it is way above our pay grade. 296 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:32,393 - We do worry about it. 297 00:14:32,436 --> 00:14:33,960 At least-- at least we usually do. 298 00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:35,309 - Yeah? You never wanted to put 299 00:14:35,352 --> 00:14:38,312 a couple of pops between some guy's eyes? 300 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:40,923 I mean... 301 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:42,794 you know, 'cause I've wanted to, and I-- 302 00:14:42,838 --> 00:14:44,448 I would have really enjoyed it. 303 00:14:44,492 --> 00:14:45,580 But I didn't. 304 00:14:45,623 --> 00:14:47,277 - Because you knew that it was wrong. 305 00:14:47,321 --> 00:14:49,018 - Because I knew the consequences 306 00:14:49,062 --> 00:14:50,411 and I chose not to. 307 00:14:50,454 --> 00:14:51,760 - And maybe she didn't have that luxury. 308 00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:53,370 - Annabeth chose it. 309 00:14:53,414 --> 00:14:55,764 She chose to end that man's life. 310 00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:57,679 She chose to take someone's life. 311 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:59,855 To break the law. 312 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,205 It's free will. 313 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:03,685 I mean, come on, we all learn about it 314 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:05,208 in Sunday school. 315 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:06,862 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're--we're free, all right. 316 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:08,516 We're free to believe in the guy upstairs or not. 317 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:09,734 It's like a perjury trap. 318 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:12,085 - Okay, all we have to do 319 00:15:12,128 --> 00:15:15,131 is go up on the stand and say what happened! 320 00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:16,350 There's no choices! 321 00:15:16,393 --> 00:15:18,439 There's no consequences to you! 322 00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:21,050 - They put a crown of thorns on Jesus, 323 00:15:21,094 --> 00:15:22,747 but that did not make him king. 324 00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:25,141 - What is he talking about? 325 00:15:25,185 --> 00:15:26,621 - And neither does our shield. 326 00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:28,971 - But what we say in that courtroom, Lieutenant, 327 00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:32,235 how we say it, this--this game could be over before it starts. 328 00:15:32,279 --> 00:15:34,063 - You know what, if you want to commit perjury 329 00:15:34,107 --> 00:15:36,065 because Tommy hurt Annabeth's feelings-- 330 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:37,240 - Damn it, Rollins, it is more complicated 331 00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:38,676 than that and you know it. 332 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,156 - Okay. - "Perjury." 333 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,549 I'm talking about the truth here, 334 00:15:41,592 --> 00:15:43,072 and I'm gonna make sure the jury sees it. 335 00:15:43,116 --> 00:15:44,595 - Yeah? 336 00:15:44,639 --> 00:15:45,945 And Liv's testimony is gonna turn them the other way. 337 00:15:45,988 --> 00:15:48,251 - If... 338 00:15:48,295 --> 00:15:51,776 I tell them exactly, verbatim... 339 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,430 what Annabeth told me. 340 00:15:53,474 --> 00:15:54,823 - Lieutenant... 341 00:15:54,866 --> 00:15:56,564 I know the law better than anybody in this room, 342 00:15:56,607 --> 00:16:00,437 but I also know my moral responsibility. 343 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:04,050 Killing Tommy was Annabeth's only option. 344 00:16:04,093 --> 00:16:06,313 Now, the law says that that's wrong. 345 00:16:06,356 --> 00:16:08,271 But morally... - You're not a priest, Carisi. 346 00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:11,187 - Morally, the result is just. 347 00:16:11,231 --> 00:16:14,277 - You know what, I've got one question for you: 348 00:16:14,321 --> 00:16:16,018 Why didn't she walk out the door? 349 00:16:16,062 --> 00:16:17,715 Why didn't she leave the damn bastard? 350 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:19,456 - Are you kidding me, Amanda? - No! 351 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:22,416 For it to be a justifiable homicide, 352 00:16:22,459 --> 00:16:24,548 there had to be an imminent threat 353 00:16:24,592 --> 00:16:28,117 of death or--or serious physical harm, right? 354 00:16:28,161 --> 00:16:30,119 And was Tommy about to beat Annabeth? 355 00:16:30,163 --> 00:16:32,382 No. Was he about to rape her? 356 00:16:32,426 --> 00:16:33,818 No! 357 00:16:33,862 --> 00:16:35,124 You know how I know that? 358 00:16:35,168 --> 00:16:38,736 Because that's what she told you. 359 00:16:43,350 --> 00:16:45,526 - When I was in the bag, 360 00:16:45,569 --> 00:16:48,616 I took a domestic disturbance call. 361 00:16:48,659 --> 00:16:49,878 All right? 362 00:16:49,921 --> 00:16:51,575 Craig and Ellen Carter. 363 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:53,403 Their neighbor was complaining because they were screaming 364 00:16:53,447 --> 00:16:55,144 at each other all night. They were cursing. 365 00:16:55,188 --> 00:16:57,016 So I show up. 366 00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:58,408 I calm everybody down 367 00:16:58,452 --> 00:17:00,149 and do, you know, what we're supposed to do. 368 00:17:00,193 --> 00:17:03,848 And I'm looking at this guy and I can just see in his eyes. 369 00:17:03,892 --> 00:17:06,764 And he's got that smirk, you know? 370 00:17:06,808 --> 00:17:10,420 So I take Ellen outside, and I say, "Listen. 371 00:17:10,464 --> 00:17:13,684 Listen, you've gotta stand up for yourself." 372 00:17:15,164 --> 00:17:18,733 I told her that she needed to leave this guy. 373 00:17:19,864 --> 00:17:21,388 But there's no signs of physical violence 374 00:17:21,431 --> 00:17:23,042 so that's--that's all I can do. 375 00:17:23,085 --> 00:17:26,132 A month later... 376 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:28,047 I get another call. 377 00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:31,615 The same house, same complaint. 378 00:17:31,659 --> 00:17:33,530 Only this time... 379 00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:35,141 Craig is taking her head and bashing it 380 00:17:35,184 --> 00:17:36,490 against the wall, and she's dead. 381 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:38,231 So don't you stand there and say 382 00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:41,669 that all she had to do was walk out the damn door! 383 00:17:41,712 --> 00:17:43,149 - Detective Carisi. 384 00:17:43,192 --> 00:17:45,064 - That's me. 385 00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:47,588 - Part 33. 386 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:05,127 - Mr. Griffin, the bartender at the restaurant, 387 00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:06,781 told me that Annabeth lived across the street. 388 00:18:06,824 --> 00:18:08,348 So based on the way that she was dressed, 389 00:18:08,391 --> 00:18:09,523 I assumed that she'd just come from home. 390 00:18:09,566 --> 00:18:11,177 So I went over there. 391 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:12,961 - And what did you do once you arrived at her apartment? 392 00:18:13,004 --> 00:18:14,789 - I rang the bell, I knocked. There was no answer. 393 00:18:14,832 --> 00:18:16,530 So I tried the door, which was unlocked. 394 00:18:16,573 --> 00:18:19,489 I went inside. - Were there signs of a fight? 395 00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:22,362 - Well, it's impossible to tell. 396 00:18:22,405 --> 00:18:24,407 - Excuse me? 397 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:26,801 - It's impossible to tell. 398 00:18:26,844 --> 00:18:28,672 The defendant could have easily straightened up 399 00:18:28,716 --> 00:18:30,021 before she left the apartment, 400 00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:31,545 or even before she shot her husband. 401 00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:32,894 - That's not what I asked, Detective. 402 00:18:32,937 --> 00:18:36,158 Uh, once you were inside the apartment, 403 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:38,595 were there signs of a fight? 404 00:18:40,858 --> 00:18:42,947 - No. 405 00:18:42,991 --> 00:18:45,167 - Okay. 406 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:51,130 - You know, Liv, I love you... 407 00:18:51,173 --> 00:18:52,261 Okay? 408 00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:55,482 And I respect you... 409 00:18:55,525 --> 00:18:58,528 more than anyone I've ever met in my life. 410 00:18:58,572 --> 00:19:01,488 Don't take this the wrong way... 411 00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:04,317 but sometimes... 412 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:06,232 you see victims 413 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:08,799 where there aren't any. 414 00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:12,325 - Annabeth Pearl was abused by her husband. 415 00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:13,543 - Her friends disagree. 416 00:19:13,587 --> 00:19:15,676 - Nobody knows what goes on 417 00:19:15,719 --> 00:19:17,156 behind closed doors in a marriage. 418 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:18,244 - Including you. 419 00:19:18,287 --> 00:19:21,072 All you have is Annabeth's word. 420 00:19:24,511 --> 00:19:26,513 - Amanda, I'm sorry about what your father did 421 00:19:26,556 --> 00:19:29,124 to your mother. 422 00:19:30,081 --> 00:19:31,518 - See? 423 00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:33,302 I mean, that's exactly 424 00:19:33,346 --> 00:19:35,652 what I'm talking about. 425 00:19:35,696 --> 00:19:37,872 My mother didn't have to be a victim. 426 00:19:37,915 --> 00:19:41,049 - I'm not talking about your mother. 427 00:19:41,092 --> 00:19:43,443 I'm talking about you. 428 00:19:43,486 --> 00:19:45,967 Do you really think that your father 429 00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:48,143 beating the hell out of your mother 430 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:51,015 in front of you... 431 00:19:51,059 --> 00:19:53,757 didn't... 432 00:19:53,801 --> 00:19:57,413 color your whole universe? 433 00:19:58,849 --> 00:20:00,851 - Sure it did. 434 00:20:00,895 --> 00:20:03,027 But not in the way you think. 435 00:20:03,071 --> 00:20:06,248 'Cause I remember sitting in my room 436 00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:08,555 staring out the window... 437 00:20:08,598 --> 00:20:11,993 after one of their knock-down drag-outs, 438 00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:13,473 and I remember looking out the window 439 00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:15,736 and there was a--a streetlamp, and it was-- 440 00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:17,216 the closest one was on the corner, 441 00:20:17,259 --> 00:20:18,652 so it was--it was dark, eerie. 442 00:20:18,695 --> 00:20:20,567 And I sat there... 443 00:20:20,610 --> 00:20:23,918 looking out, watching and waiting... 444 00:20:23,961 --> 00:20:26,573 and praying for my daddy to come back. 445 00:20:26,616 --> 00:20:27,791 Uh, and the son of a bitch 446 00:20:27,835 --> 00:20:30,403 just beat the snot out of my mother, 447 00:20:30,446 --> 00:20:32,187 but I wanted him back home. 448 00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:33,710 - Of course you did, 449 00:20:33,754 --> 00:20:37,105 'cause all children want their parents together 450 00:20:37,148 --> 00:20:38,541 no matter what, Amanda. 451 00:20:38,585 --> 00:20:40,413 Good, bad, indifferent-- 452 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:41,936 - She could have called the sheriff. 453 00:20:41,979 --> 00:20:44,373 I mean, Christ, we had a gun locker in the house. 454 00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:46,636 But she had to be a martyr. 455 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,072 I mean, I don't think she'd know what to do 456 00:20:48,116 --> 00:20:50,466 with herself if she wasn't suffering or cowering. 457 00:20:50,510 --> 00:20:53,034 - Yes, because he made her like that. 458 00:20:53,077 --> 00:20:55,819 - You don't know! 459 00:20:55,863 --> 00:20:59,127 There was a weakness in her! 460 00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:00,433 There was a weakness, 461 00:21:00,476 --> 00:21:02,609 and it was there before they ever even met. 462 00:21:02,652 --> 00:21:04,132 - How do you know that? 463 00:21:04,175 --> 00:21:07,309 - Because this is this. 464 00:21:07,353 --> 00:21:10,443 It's not that. 465 00:21:10,486 --> 00:21:13,620 But you know, I--I know. 466 00:21:13,663 --> 00:21:15,012 Believe me, I know, 467 00:21:15,056 --> 00:21:17,319 because I was the one staring out that window 468 00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:18,886 waiting for my daddy's shadow 469 00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:20,496 to come out of that street lamp. 470 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:22,368 Come up the sidewalk, up the front walk, 471 00:21:22,411 --> 00:21:23,543 and back into our house. 472 00:21:23,586 --> 00:21:25,980 I was the one that was petrified 473 00:21:26,023 --> 00:21:28,243 that I would end up weak like my mom 474 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,332 if he didn't come back! 475 00:21:30,376 --> 00:21:33,074 - Amanda, that's not a reason 476 00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:35,990 to hate your mother. 477 00:21:45,565 --> 00:21:48,742 - Maybe it's time... 478 00:21:48,785 --> 00:21:52,615 for you to come out from under that shadow. 479 00:22:02,712 --> 00:22:04,497 - There was an EMS team on the scene. 480 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,368 They determined that she sustained 481 00:22:06,412 --> 00:22:07,717 no physical injuries. 482 00:22:07,761 --> 00:22:09,371 They also said that she was in shock. 483 00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:12,592 - Did the paramedic indicate how long she was in shock? 484 00:22:12,635 --> 00:22:14,420 - They didn't say anything about that, 485 00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:16,291 but it's--it's possible that she was in shock 486 00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:17,510 before she fired that weapon. 487 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:19,076 - Before? - Yeah, it's not unusual-- 488 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,382 - Objection. 489 00:22:20,426 --> 00:22:22,123 - It's your witness, Counselor. 490 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:24,647 Overruled. 491 00:22:26,432 --> 00:22:27,650 - It's not uncommon 492 00:22:27,694 --> 00:22:29,739 for a victim to go into survival mode 493 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:31,219 once they've been threatened. 494 00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:34,309 She may not have known what she was doing. 495 00:22:38,879 --> 00:22:41,795 - One more thing, Detective. 496 00:22:41,838 --> 00:22:45,407 This isn't exactly what the room looked like 497 00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:47,235 when you went into it, is it? 498 00:22:47,278 --> 00:22:48,410 - Uh, no. 499 00:22:48,454 --> 00:22:50,934 The television was on. 500 00:22:50,978 --> 00:22:53,937 - I'm confused. The apartment's not that big. 501 00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:56,157 If the TV was on when you walked in the front door, 502 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,811 I think you would have heard it. 503 00:22:57,854 --> 00:23:00,161 - Well, the TV was on but the volume was muted. 504 00:23:00,204 --> 00:23:04,121 - Almost as if Tommy and Annabeth spoke 505 00:23:04,165 --> 00:23:07,560 before she shot him. 506 00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:08,735 - I wouldn't know about that. 507 00:23:08,778 --> 00:23:10,780 - But they might have, right? 508 00:23:10,824 --> 00:23:14,480 In fact, it is possible that Tommy said, 509 00:23:14,523 --> 00:23:15,742 "I love you, sweetie." 510 00:23:15,785 --> 00:23:17,613 - Yeah, it's possible. 511 00:23:17,657 --> 00:23:20,442 It's also possible he said, "You ruined my dinner, bitch. 512 00:23:20,486 --> 00:23:21,574 Now I'm gonna kill you." 513 00:23:21,617 --> 00:23:24,794 - Your Honor! 514 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:30,365 - Nothing further. 515 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:34,108 - Well, on that, we're gonna break for lunch. 516 00:23:38,591 --> 00:23:42,421 - You look like your witness just committed treason, Peter. 517 00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:52,909 - Liv. 518 00:23:52,953 --> 00:23:54,476 What the hell's going on down there? 519 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:55,869 - Excuse me? 520 00:23:55,912 --> 00:23:57,305 - When I walked into that courtroom this morning, 521 00:23:57,348 --> 00:23:58,306 I had a no-lose case. 522 00:23:58,349 --> 00:23:59,612 Now, two witnesses later, 523 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,091 I am treading water and gasping for air. 524 00:24:01,135 --> 00:24:03,485 - So Carisi got creative. - He "got creative"? 525 00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:05,008 He's a cop! 526 00:24:05,052 --> 00:24:06,488 He's supposed to get on that stand 527 00:24:06,532 --> 00:24:07,576 and tell the truth. 528 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:08,621 That's it. - Did he lie? 529 00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:10,318 - Liv, come on. 530 00:24:10,361 --> 00:24:12,581 You and I both know the truth comes in many colors. 531 00:24:12,625 --> 00:24:14,583 - So maybe Carisi picked the one 532 00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:17,325 that he could live with. 533 00:24:17,368 --> 00:24:18,979 - I knew it. 534 00:24:19,022 --> 00:24:20,894 I knew you were behind this. 535 00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:23,287 You wanna do me a favor? 536 00:24:23,331 --> 00:24:27,204 You keep your bleeding heart out of my courtroom. 537 00:24:40,261 --> 00:24:42,916 - So what is your dilemma? Just do what Carisi said. 538 00:24:42,959 --> 00:24:45,222 Just fudge it. Generalize, minimize. 539 00:24:45,266 --> 00:24:47,921 - And what if I'm wrong? 540 00:24:49,096 --> 00:24:50,532 - Annabeth told me 541 00:24:50,576 --> 00:24:52,447 that she didn't regret killing him for a minute. 542 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:53,970 - Lack of remorse is not an element of a crime. 543 00:24:54,014 --> 00:24:55,798 - You think a jury gives a damn? 544 00:24:55,842 --> 00:24:58,105 If I testify truthfully, 545 00:24:58,148 --> 00:25:00,150 then this becomes a revenge killing 546 00:25:00,194 --> 00:25:01,674 that is never justified. 547 00:25:01,717 --> 00:25:03,284 This woman goes to prison 548 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:05,765 for a very long time. 549 00:25:05,808 --> 00:25:06,940 - Truth's a bitch. 550 00:25:06,983 --> 00:25:09,551 - I know in my gut... 551 00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:12,032 that she was powerless to leave her husband. 552 00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:13,555 I know that. 553 00:25:13,599 --> 00:25:15,470 - But she was strong enough to pull the trigger. 554 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:18,473 - That's naive, Amanda, and you know it. 555 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:23,565 What about the gun? 556 00:25:23,609 --> 00:25:25,524 - What about it? 557 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:28,962 - Well, he didn't leave it out just for show. 558 00:25:29,005 --> 00:25:32,487 - Okay, did Annabeth ever say that he threatened her with it? 559 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:35,621 - No, she didn't have to because he left it out. 560 00:25:35,664 --> 00:25:36,970 She saw it. 561 00:25:37,013 --> 00:25:38,537 She saw it when she woke up in the morning. 562 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:40,451 She saw it when she made dinner. 563 00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:41,714 She saw it. 564 00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:43,193 She saw it last thing before she went to bed. 565 00:25:43,237 --> 00:25:44,630 - And she read between the lines. 566 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,590 Amanda. 567 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:50,592 Come on. 568 00:25:50,636 --> 00:25:52,333 You and I both know 569 00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:55,162 what he was telling her with that gun. 570 00:25:55,205 --> 00:25:56,598 He was telling her 571 00:25:56,642 --> 00:25:58,600 that I could kill you at any minute, 572 00:25:58,644 --> 00:26:00,515 and I would probably get away with it. 573 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:01,908 - Tommy is the one that ended up 574 00:26:01,951 --> 00:26:03,083 with the bullets in him, though. 575 00:26:03,126 --> 00:26:05,607 - And where was he shot? 576 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:09,089 Two in the heart and one in the groin. 577 00:26:09,132 --> 00:26:10,264 And believe you me, 578 00:26:10,307 --> 00:26:11,744 that last one was not a mistake. 579 00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:13,659 That was not a miss. - Did she say that to you? 580 00:26:13,702 --> 00:26:16,313 - She didn't have to. 581 00:26:20,753 --> 00:26:23,320 You have no idea... 582 00:26:23,364 --> 00:26:26,323 what utter terror is. 583 00:26:28,108 --> 00:26:30,632 What pure... 584 00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:33,766 and utter terror is. 585 00:26:46,648 --> 00:26:48,650 You know, they say that your heart beats faster, 586 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:49,651 but that's not true. 587 00:26:49,695 --> 00:26:50,565 It doesn't. 588 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,263 It stops. Everything stops. 589 00:26:53,307 --> 00:26:57,050 You don't breathe because... 590 00:26:57,093 --> 00:27:01,141 you're scared that it might upset him. 591 00:27:01,184 --> 00:27:03,491 And if you get a cramp in your foot, 592 00:27:03,534 --> 00:27:07,103 you tell yourself, "Just let it throb." 593 00:27:07,147 --> 00:27:10,672 Because you'll live through that pain. 594 00:27:10,716 --> 00:27:12,674 And that's a hell of a lot better than what-- 595 00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:15,546 what he'll do to you. 596 00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:21,509 And the pain is--is so complete 597 00:27:21,552 --> 00:27:25,121 and it's so-- it's so overwhelming. 598 00:27:27,297 --> 00:27:30,518 You can go without food for... 599 00:27:31,824 --> 00:27:34,435 For three days... 600 00:27:34,478 --> 00:27:38,352 and you don't close your eyes because you-- 601 00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:41,224 because you're scared that... 602 00:27:41,268 --> 00:27:44,314 you'll never open them again. 603 00:27:47,796 --> 00:27:49,798 You pray. 604 00:27:49,842 --> 00:27:52,061 You pray... 605 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:54,629 "Please, God... 606 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:56,457 "don't let him 607 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,721 climb on top of me again." 608 00:28:01,201 --> 00:28:03,682 - Okay, Liv. 609 00:28:04,857 --> 00:28:07,468 I am so sorry. 610 00:28:09,078 --> 00:28:12,212 - Nobody should have to live like that. 611 00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:14,823 Nobody. 612 00:28:18,566 --> 00:28:22,309 - Tommy Pearl is not William Lewis. 613 00:28:22,352 --> 00:28:25,791 Annabeth was not held hostage. 614 00:28:25,834 --> 00:28:28,489 - Wasn't she? 615 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,275 She lived with that fear 616 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,844 every day for six years. 617 00:28:39,674 --> 00:28:41,807 But maybe we're all victims. 618 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:44,331 Maybe... 619 00:28:44,374 --> 00:28:46,246 maybe we're-- 620 00:28:46,289 --> 00:28:49,858 we're just all victims of our past. 621 00:28:51,555 --> 00:28:55,168 But the good news is that I am just 622 00:28:55,211 --> 00:28:56,473 a rebuttal witness, 623 00:28:56,517 --> 00:29:00,303 which means I'm only used if needed. 624 00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:02,436 - What are you gonna do if Stone needs you? 625 00:29:02,479 --> 00:29:04,351 - I don't know. 626 00:29:04,394 --> 00:29:07,354 But somebody has to stand up for Annabeth, 627 00:29:07,397 --> 00:29:08,572 and somebody has to tell her-- 628 00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:10,357 has to tell her that she survived 629 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,011 and she's gonna be okay. 630 00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:15,014 - Detective Rollins. 631 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:17,146 Part 33. 632 00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:19,453 - I haven't finished my apple pie yet. 633 00:29:19,496 --> 00:29:21,890 - I don't know. They just told me-- 634 00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:24,284 - I'm pulling your leg, guy. 635 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:30,290 Go. 636 00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:37,166 - You don't want those to, uh, go to waste. 637 00:29:37,210 --> 00:29:39,081 The donuts. 638 00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:40,387 - Oh, I'm sorry. 639 00:29:40,430 --> 00:29:41,736 Yes, of course. Please. 640 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:42,955 - Charlie. 641 00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:45,609 I've had a sweet tooth since I was a kid. 642 00:29:45,653 --> 00:29:48,787 You mind if I, uh, take home a cruller to my wife? 643 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:50,876 She loves crullers. 644 00:29:50,919 --> 00:29:52,573 How long you been married? 645 00:29:52,616 --> 00:29:55,576 - 34 years next Tuesday. 646 00:29:55,619 --> 00:29:57,404 - You're a good husband, Charlie. 647 00:29:57,447 --> 00:29:59,058 - Ah, it's easy. 648 00:29:59,101 --> 00:30:02,409 All it takes is a little love. 649 00:30:09,242 --> 00:30:11,418 - I took the defendant's initial statement 650 00:30:11,461 --> 00:30:12,506 when she came in to the squad. 651 00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:13,855 - And what did she say to you? 652 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:15,117 - She said she'd killed her husband. 653 00:30:15,161 --> 00:30:16,597 - What did you do after that? 654 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,468 - I asked her if she wanted a lawyer present, 655 00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:20,731 and she said, "I did it. 656 00:30:20,775 --> 00:30:23,604 Why would I need a lawyer?" 657 00:30:26,128 --> 00:30:27,434 - Did she tell you why 658 00:30:27,477 --> 00:30:30,480 she killed her husband of six years? 659 00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:31,830 - She did. 660 00:30:31,873 --> 00:30:35,094 She said he didn't like her dinner. 661 00:30:36,486 --> 00:30:39,141 - Thank you, Detective Rollins. 662 00:30:57,899 --> 00:31:00,859 - Do you recognize this, Annabeth? 663 00:31:01,772 --> 00:31:03,470 - Looks like Tommy's gun. 664 00:31:03,513 --> 00:31:05,211 - That's right. 665 00:31:05,254 --> 00:31:07,126 You've seen it before? 666 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:10,956 Every night when he came home from work, 667 00:31:10,999 --> 00:31:12,914 he took it out and he cleaned it. 668 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,830 - And then he put it away in a gun locker. 669 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,832 - No. 670 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,922 He kept it out where he could always get to it. 671 00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:23,838 I asked him I don't know how many times 672 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,406 to put the gun away... 673 00:31:26,449 --> 00:31:28,974 but he refused. 674 00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:32,194 - Did he say why? 675 00:31:32,238 --> 00:31:34,501 - He said he was a cop. 676 00:31:34,544 --> 00:31:37,634 It was part of him. 677 00:31:37,678 --> 00:31:40,115 He said seeing it... 678 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:43,466 knowing it was there made him feel strong. 679 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:44,685 - Like a man? 680 00:31:44,728 --> 00:31:47,688 - That's what he said. 681 00:31:57,698 --> 00:31:59,395 - Objection. Your Honor. 682 00:31:59,439 --> 00:32:02,181 - What's a trial without some good old fashioned histrionics? 683 00:32:02,224 --> 00:32:05,271 You've made your point, Counselor. 684 00:32:05,314 --> 00:32:08,927 - How did the gun make you feel, Annabeth? 685 00:32:10,406 --> 00:32:13,018 - Weak. 686 00:32:13,061 --> 00:32:14,149 Scared. 687 00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:16,978 It was always where I could see it. 688 00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:20,677 It was like a lion showing its teeth to a zebra. 689 00:32:20,721 --> 00:32:22,723 "I'm the king. 690 00:32:22,766 --> 00:32:24,420 You're less than." 691 00:32:24,464 --> 00:32:27,554 - You are not less than. 692 00:32:27,597 --> 00:32:29,251 - That's a joke. 693 00:32:29,295 --> 00:32:33,038 My heart pounds when I shop for food. 694 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:36,563 Will Tommy like this, or will he dump it on the floor 695 00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:38,869 for me to clean up? 696 00:32:38,913 --> 00:32:42,264 My hand, it shakes when I answer the phone. 697 00:32:42,308 --> 00:32:44,919 It'll be Tommy telling me his friend saw me flirting 698 00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:47,313 with someone at the cleaner's. 699 00:32:47,356 --> 00:32:50,838 I used to take business classes at Hunter College. 700 00:32:50,881 --> 00:32:54,146 Tommy told me to quit. Said I was too stupid. 701 00:32:54,189 --> 00:32:56,583 It was a waste of money. 702 00:32:56,626 --> 00:33:00,848 - Did you ever tell your family about how he was treating you? 703 00:33:03,329 --> 00:33:05,984 How about a friend? 704 00:33:07,811 --> 00:33:10,466 - I used to have friends. 705 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:13,208 Lots of them. 706 00:33:13,252 --> 00:33:16,777 Tommy said they weren't good enough for us. 707 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:19,867 Now all we have are his friends. 708 00:33:27,483 --> 00:33:30,660 - Thank you, Annabeth. 709 00:33:43,847 --> 00:33:47,242 - Did your husband ever hit you, Mrs. Pearl? 710 00:33:49,505 --> 00:33:51,812 Did Tommy ever hit you? 711 00:33:53,205 --> 00:33:55,250 - No. 712 00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:01,343 - Did he ever rape you? 713 00:34:03,998 --> 00:34:07,088 - We had sex lots of times when I didn't want to. 714 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:12,485 - Did you tell him that? 715 00:34:12,528 --> 00:34:14,269 - No. 716 00:34:14,313 --> 00:34:16,880 I was too scared. 717 00:34:16,924 --> 00:34:20,493 - So in six years of marriage, you never once said... 718 00:34:20,536 --> 00:34:21,798 "I'm not in the mood." 719 00:34:21,842 --> 00:34:22,973 "I'm too tired," "I have a headache," 720 00:34:23,017 --> 00:34:26,368 or "I--I just don't want to"? 721 00:34:26,412 --> 00:34:28,327 - No. 722 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,767 - I'm sorry, Mrs. Pearl... 723 00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:35,160 but that's not rape. 724 00:34:35,203 --> 00:34:38,337 - Objection! - You know better, Mr. Stone. 725 00:34:38,380 --> 00:34:40,165 - That man was raping me 726 00:34:40,208 --> 00:34:43,342 from the moment I said "I do"! 727 00:35:03,057 --> 00:35:05,494 Come on, who ate my jellies? 728 00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:09,107 You okay? 729 00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:10,673 Liv. - Yeah, I'm fine. 730 00:35:10,717 --> 00:35:12,675 I... 731 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,590 what's happening upstairs? 732 00:35:14,634 --> 00:35:16,331 - Bloodbath. 733 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:17,724 - Whose blood? 734 00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:20,205 - Well, you know how they say you only die once? 735 00:35:20,248 --> 00:35:23,904 Well, that's a lie-- at least for Tommy Pearl. 736 00:35:24,731 --> 00:35:26,733 - So Stone is gonna call me. 737 00:35:26,776 --> 00:35:30,302 - If he wants any shot at winning this case, yeah. 738 00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:36,786 - Fin, what am I gonna do? 739 00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:40,529 - Running's not an option? 740 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:42,792 I didn't think so. 741 00:35:42,836 --> 00:35:44,098 I mean, as far as I can see, 742 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,013 this is just another case to me. 743 00:35:46,056 --> 00:35:49,016 - Listen, your BS doesn't fly with me. 744 00:35:49,059 --> 00:35:50,757 - I should know that by now. 745 00:35:53,412 --> 00:35:55,675 Fin, I'm... 746 00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:58,417 I'm asking you... 747 00:36:00,245 --> 00:36:04,336 Do you think Annabeth belongs in prison? 748 00:36:05,554 --> 00:36:08,557 - Liv, half the guys I grew up with are in prison. 749 00:36:08,601 --> 00:36:10,603 Do they belong there? 750 00:36:10,646 --> 00:36:11,995 They don't think so. 751 00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:13,693 - But you do? 752 00:36:13,736 --> 00:36:15,085 - It's not my place to judge. 753 00:36:15,129 --> 00:36:16,522 - Oh, my God. 754 00:36:16,565 --> 00:36:18,959 Again with your BS. 755 00:36:19,002 --> 00:36:21,179 - Look, last Sunday I went fishing 756 00:36:21,222 --> 00:36:23,877 off of Sheepshead Bay. 757 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,227 Four hours passed, not a nibble. 758 00:36:26,271 --> 00:36:28,098 Then right when I'm ready to pack it up, 759 00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:29,361 my rod starts jerking. 760 00:36:29,404 --> 00:36:31,711 So I start reeling. I'm reeling. 761 00:36:31,754 --> 00:36:35,018 I swear, I've never had a perp fight that hard. 762 00:36:35,062 --> 00:36:36,585 And then there it was, 763 00:36:36,629 --> 00:36:38,587 flopping around on the deck of the boat, 764 00:36:38,631 --> 00:36:40,241 a35-pound bluefish. 765 00:36:40,285 --> 00:36:42,939 The most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life. 766 00:36:42,983 --> 00:36:46,465 - That's--that's great, Fin. 767 00:36:47,248 --> 00:36:49,032 - I threw it back in the bay. 768 00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:54,255 - Anything that's willing 769 00:36:54,299 --> 00:36:56,866 to fight that hard to stay alive 770 00:36:56,910 --> 00:36:59,695 deserves to live. 771 00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:07,529 - Like Annabeth. 772 00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:09,879 - Just saying. 773 00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:12,708 - So you're telling me... 774 00:37:12,752 --> 00:37:14,710 to lie. 775 00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:15,972 - I'm just saying, 776 00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:18,888 that blue's not gonna get hooked again. 777 00:37:18,932 --> 00:37:21,239 But that's just me. 778 00:37:24,894 --> 00:37:26,548 - So I guess you didn't come here 779 00:37:26,592 --> 00:37:29,682 to get some donuts. 780 00:37:31,597 --> 00:37:34,339 - Lieutenant Benson. 781 00:37:35,992 --> 00:37:38,952 - Part 33. 782 00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:08,764 - Lieutenant Olivia Benson? 783 00:38:10,418 --> 00:38:12,594 - Yes. 784 00:38:30,438 --> 00:38:32,005 - Do you swear to tell the truth, 785 00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:34,834 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? 786 00:38:36,575 --> 00:38:38,838 - I do. 787 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:47,847 - Please state your name for the record. 788 00:38:47,890 --> 00:38:50,763 - Lieutenant Olivia Benson. 789 00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:55,158 - Did you have the opportunity to interrogate the defendant 790 00:38:55,202 --> 00:38:58,510 after she confessed to killing her husband? 791 00:39:00,425 --> 00:39:02,383 - I did. 792 00:39:02,427 --> 00:39:06,082 - Did she express remorse for what she did? 793 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:09,259 - You have to understand, under the circumstances-- 794 00:39:09,303 --> 00:39:12,437 - Please answer the question. 795 00:39:14,743 --> 00:39:17,267 Taken out of context, 796 00:39:17,311 --> 00:39:19,705 her words can be misconstrued. 797 00:39:19,748 --> 00:39:21,054 - Lieutenant. 798 00:39:21,097 --> 00:39:24,187 You just reached out and put your hand on the Bible 799 00:39:24,231 --> 00:39:28,278 and swore to tell us the truth. 800 00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:35,242 Did the defendant, Ms. Annabeth Pearl, 801 00:39:35,285 --> 00:39:38,724 express remorse... 802 00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:42,205 for what she did? 803 00:39:59,875 --> 00:40:02,356 - No. 804 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:11,321 - What, if anything, did she say in that regard? 805 00:40:14,803 --> 00:40:17,284 - She said that... 806 00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:19,417 she said that she was glad 807 00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:22,768 that her husband was dead... 808 00:40:23,725 --> 00:40:27,294 And that she'd prayed about it for years.