-[woman] previously on all rise... -I am going into holistic law.
Ooh! I'm late for my first day in the da's office.
-Or you could just come back. -I miss you, too.
Maybe I should sue you for a wedding date.
Let me just get the firm back on its feet.
This election exposed your vulnerabilities. I look forward to illuminating them,
-ms. Carmichael. [chuckles] -judge carmichael.
[upbeat music playing]
[protestors shouting]
[reporters clamoring]
-I know this is upsetting. -Hmm.
You know what? [sighs] maybe, um,
-we should find another entrance. -No, that's okay.
[cell phone beeps]
hi, my lovelies! Do you see all those little motherpuckers
in tyler pierce's fan club?
Well, they're hating on me because I like my kink and my sex rough.
-But, hey! To tell the truth-- -your post could come back to bite you.
No, that psycho went too far. He put me in a hospital, all right?
I'm gonna sit in that courtroom every day until the world knows
-I'll have the last laugh. -Gigi, you are a witness.
So you're only allowed in the courtroom when you testify.
My client looks forward to refuting ms. Raymond's outrageous claims.
Which are a desperate grab for publicity,
more social media followers for her business,
-and financial gain. -[gigi] hey, hey. Bring your crew over here.
-[reporter] what is your side of it? -You want the truth?
I'll give you the truth. He's a lying sack of sh--
-gigi! -[man] you're a liar!
[crowd shouting]
[indistinct shouting]
you look suspiciously well-rested
with a tinge of melancholy.
What am I, a bottle of wine?
-[chuckles] -how do you do that?
You told me robin was taking bailey to visit his parents in detroit.
Oh, it's our first time apart.
When I was two, my mother went to an ashram in india for six weeks
and I had no hang-ups.
Hmm. Not a one.
Ooh! I have something to cheer you up.
We have a new, outrageously qualified stenographer...
[whispers] ...Who can't hum a tune. I checked.
These came to my chambers. No card, but I figured
more election victory flowers for lola.
[lola] they do keep coming.
I'll start a "thank you" card.
There's a card right here. [chuckles]
they're for me.
I guess we can't always assume they're for "her honor."
-flip, flip. -Oh, ho, ho!
I'm off to another "smash 'n grab" hearing.
-Mmm. -So...
-Give it up. -If you must know,
I did some volunteer work for a voter education group.
It is a lot of posies for volunteering.
I proved useful.
-Hmm. -First up, we have a trail readiness hearing for
-a hockey player, tyler-- -tyler pierce. Who could forget?
I hate celebrity cases.
You're either accused of favoritism or of punishing them for their fame.
-You can't win. -Hmm.
I've got a almond milk, half-caf macchiato for kiki rice.
-Hardly. Look alive! -Ho!
You got skills for somebody who just started.
-Trying. -You want some pointers?
I would love some.
-Lebron makes it look so easy. -That's true.
So...
-What'd you want to talk to me about? Hey! -Well,
I'm representing this, uh...
This hairdresser
-who's got this thing-- -okay.
You are so not here to talk about some hairdresser case.
You know you wanna talk about you leaving the other night
-with the bailiff. Delilah. -Ooh.
-"delia." wait, are you jealous? -Oh, delia.
-Come on. -I think you might be a little jealous.
You know what? Whatever you got going on with the hot bailiff,
that's none of my business.
Well, I worried that it bothered you.
Seriously, we're just friends.
-Start with your free throw. -Actually...
Just with us two...
For now, just friends. Okay? 'cause...
Okay.
-Okay, baller. -[laughs]
so how's it going with the whole holistic lollapalooza, huh?
Uh, I scored a meeting today with
the edith vasquez who put holistic law on the map.
And I'm gonna ask her how to start my own practice.
Up top!
Hey, listen. If there's anyone who can get clients through the system in one piece,
-it is emily lopez. -Huh.
Hey, I should, uh...
-I should go, or I'll be late. -Okay.
Thanks for the macchiato.
Hmm.
-Bye. -Bye.
[crowd shouting]
yo, callan. It is a zoo out there.
And you are looking at the zookeeper.
-You're handling the tyler pierce case? -This one hurts, man.
I mean, amy might be my fiance but hockey, hockey is--
no, it's your first love.
Since I was ten years old. Now look at me.
Going after the guy who single-handedly put the blades in the play-offs.
On top of that, amy, she's so wrapped up in the case,
she literally falls asleep cuddling a legal file.
Man, tyler pierce of all people.
Too bad I'm not with the da anymore.
-We make a killer team. -Mmm. Hmm.
-You pick a new head deputy yet? -[elevator dings]
it's not that easy, man. And on top of all that,
bravo's sending me some new guy I'm supposed to break in.
Must be the new guy.
All right, we gotta move. Give you the rundown.
Defendant traded text with the victim prior to a one-night stand
-that turned violent. -Okay. I was just heading--
the defendant has no criminal record, no violent history,
aside from, you know, playing hockey.
Defense wants to plead this down to a slap on the wrist.
You know, misdemeanor, trespass.
-Wait, are we-- -what I'm talking about is that if I were in charge,
I'd go after felony domestic violence with
a great bodily injury enhancement.
[cell phone ringing]
huh. Speak of the devil.
Yeah. Callan.
[indistinct conversation on phone]
are you sure you wanna do this?
Yeah, all right.
Wait. Amy.
Hi.
Da's willing to strike the gbi and offer a plea to the felony.
Time served, plus three years' probation.
Just tell me, would I have to sit out the season?
Tyler, wait for me outside the courtroom. Okay?
Misdemeanor, simple battery.
No, no. Felony.
Sir, there's no way I can agree to--
[indistinct chatter on phone]
yeah, well, looks like you got yourself a deal.
Well, just go in without me, I'll be right in. Just gonna hammer out some details.
Mark. I'm not your second chair.
I've been trying to tell you I was just saying hi.
Then who's bravo's new guy?
I am.
What, are you an intern?
I get that all the time. Don't worry, I'm up to speed.
I've been following right behind you the whole time.
The young have excellent hearing.
Hey, bravo, you messing with me?
Yeah, I just met doogie howser, j.D. Oh, he's a prodigy?
-Uh-huh. -I can't believe I'll be working with mark callan.
I've followed your career, convicted a deputy in people v wane mccarthy,
outfoxed the famous actress into confessing to murder?
-Speaking of show business... -I wasn't.
...I've got the only indian parents who wanted their kid to do standup.
I chose the law. My talent for getting an audience in the palm of my hand--
you know what? I forgot.
Sir, how much breaking in of this kid do you want me to do?
We've got a trial readiness hearing and it's about to start.
-Oh, uh, right. I'll go on in to the courtroom now. -Yeah.
Go in, I need to finish up with bravo.
-Thanks. -Thanks.
-Oh, one more thing. -He's, no, he's pulled out a phone. I don't know...
[camera shutter clicks]
can you please explain to me what is happening?
[indistinct chatter]
is mr. Callan stuck in an elevator, mr...
-I don't know you. -Uh, deputy district attorney tajdar biswas.
Though, I go by teddy at starbucks, your honor.
Okay, then, mr. Biswas.
Ms. Quinn. While we wait for mr. Callan to grace us with his presence--
excuse me.
Is biswas spelled the french way?
O-I-s?
Or with a w?
As in the "world?"
uh, it's b-I-s-w-a-s.
That is quite the delivery.
What delivery?
Hmm.
Where were we? Are both sides ready for trial?
Actually, your honor.
Both parties have agreed to plea of misdemeanor, simple battery.
From the preliminary hearing transcript, the charge sounds quite low.
-What's the people's reasoning? -Um...
I think we should wait for mr. Callan to clarify.
[chuckles] I really hope the lenience of the offer
is not the result of special treatment.
Everyone in my courtroom is treated the same.
Rich, poor or otherwise.
I mean, mr. Callan will enumerate the reasons for reducing the charge.
But from what I can tell, the people would have no problem
-securing a conviction. -What?
No, uh...
-Mr. Callan and I-- -are there any problems with proof?
Uh, not that I can see.
I mean, the victim is co-operative
and the hospital photos speak for themselves, your honor.
As mr. Biswas pointed out, these injuries do appear quite traumatic.
And if it's a crime here, it's much more serious than the offer.
I'm not inclined to accept the plea.
We're going to trial.
I didn't do anything wrong.
No, no, no. The people and I made a deal.
And then that little-- mr. Biswas, blew it up.
I assume driver took the u-turn, we're going to trial.
-Not that I'm complaining. -But I'm complaining.
[lola] attorneys, in my chambers now.
[crowd clamoring]
[in sing-song voice] someone's gonna lose a tooth.
Gigi raymond is a self-serving scammer who engaged in consensual sex play.
A felony charge is outrageous.
The defendant is using a few dirty texts as a cover for strangling a woman
-to unconsciousness. -And a domestic abuse charge
requires some semblance of a relationship.
The texts spanned several days, your honor.
Oh, if that's a relationship, then stop griping I'm uncommunicative.
You've been stonewalling me for weeks about the wedding date, amy.
-Counsel, we are not in your romantic comedy. -If I may...
It's routine for my generation and either of the parties involved
to engage in relationships that can last several years entirely online.
-In fact, in canada-- -okay, your honor. Must we?
Young mr. Biswas has a point, ms. Quinn.
Mr. Callan, is your co-counsel's assessment of the evidence accurate or not?
It is, your honor.
And if the court is ready to move the case to trial, the people are ready.
Good! Now, to avoid any appearance of impropriety,
the court recommends that you separate residences and cease communication
for the duration of the trial.
Not a problem. I get the house.
Are you serious right now?
Well, then the least your honor could do,
is let the people stay in her guest house.
Sorry, that's another conflict of interest.
-Find a nice hotel. I'll see you both in court. -Yeah, sure.
Wait, you all hang out together?
[indistinct conversation]
excuse me.
Hello. Uh, ms. Quinn, hi.
I hope... I mean, I hope there's not any
hard feelings about... [clears throat]
...In there, because in moot court in law school
people got really, I mean, really mad at me.
Your fly is open.
Touche.
-That was a cheap trick, quinn. -It always works on you.
-What happened? -Bad case of acne.
Never mind. We gotta get ready for trial.
You'll clerk for me and the minute you pass the bar,
-you're second chair. -Ooh, I get the test results back in a few days.
-Warm up my seat. -Okay.
[emily] so, um, joaquin told me that
you basically started the holistic law movement back in brooklyn,
and that is... Amazing.
Well, the goal was to place clients an alternative to
prison facilities like this one.
So they get actual rehabilitation.
I come out here to check on my clients as much as I can.
I never had that kind of time when I was a p.D.
So let me guess, now you're ready to do more.
Defendants deserve more.
Well, holistic law is not just about defending clients.
You represent them in landlord-tenant disputes, immigration proceedings,
child custody battles, divorce matters.
Heck, I even make sure they put food on the table.
Yeah.
That's my client, carla.
She wants to work on a garden center when she gets out.
Carla. This is emily.
She's interested in how I represent you.
Wow.
-Bite of lettuce? -Oh, no, thanks.
-Try it. -But it's got, um...
Yeah.
[blows]
[crunching]
that's actually nice.
Little dirty, but you know. Not bad.
[mark] gigi, the jurors need to see you as the victim.
Weak and vulnerable
at the hands of 200-pound, six-foot-one trained athlete.
-Okay, so you want me to be this delicate little flower? -No, that's not--
that's the only way those 12 idiots will believe me?
Like it or not, those idiots
are the only people who can put pierce behind bars.
I am not gonna change who I am. Screw all of you.
I need a smoke break.
Move.
She's gonna be a disastrous witness.
The jurors need to empathize with her, not wanna strangle her themselves.
Meanwhile, tyler pierce is mr. God damn congeniality.
Well, I think that facts should stand on their own.
Teddy, in he-said-she-said cases, who's more likeable matters.
Gigi raymond has 1.2 million insta followers.
-Someone likes her. -Let me have some time with her.
[sighs]
alone.
Go.
Is that a lot of followers?
Look, gigi, you are very brave
to be testifying and you have every right to be angry--
that sexist lawyer callan is supposed to be on my side.
Look, callan isn't sexist, he's just...
Frustrated.
[cell phone chimes]
gigi, this is your chance
to face your attacker.
Tell them what he did to you.
How this affected you.
Oh, you're my therapist, too? [chuckles]
did you ever think that some of your followers might be victims of violence?
You can speak to them,
help them.
So that their lives aren't destroyed or... [scoffs] worse,
ended.
Stop just thinking about yourself.
Okay. Okay, I hear you.
Now leave me alone to post a pic of my bichon frise.
Question.
How do I get funding to start a holistic law practice?
You're gonna need to find a powerful,
well-funded legal organization and expand their practice.
What about bar panel?
They would take over my clients when there was a conflict of interest.
No, those private attorneys are a bunch of...
Yes, but the county funds them. So they have steady cash flow
and plenty of clients that they're actually in a unique position to do this.
-[carla] hey. -Hi.
So, hey, carla, how'd you, um...
How'd you end up here?
My ruby was four months.
I was out of work and boosted some formula.
-Shoved a security guard. -She was headed to prison for robbery.
Her daughter would have gone to foster care.
But edith cut a deal for me to come here instead. I got to keep my ruby.
-Aw. -Gave me a reason to go on.
[women arguing]
[edith] no, whoa, whoa!
Whoa! Get off, get off of her! Get off!
Stop! Hey, hey! Security!
Get off of her!
-Stop! -[emily] come on!
Get off!
-[straining] -security!
-[exhales] yeah, yeah. -Whoa, whoa. Are you okay?
I can take a hit.
Whoo!
So, I guess you've had enough.
What? What, that-- I'm gonna start my own boxing gym.
I mean, no. I'm still committed to...
Thank you.
I'm still committed to holistic law.
Give bar panel a shot, but don't hold your breath.
You know, old dogs, new tricks.
[emily exhales]
[softly] oh, my god...
What happened physically between you and mr. Pierce that night?
I was working it like a badass.
In control of things.
So you and the defendant were engaged in sexual activities?
Yeah, yeah. Some spanking, some dirty talk, I'm not vanilla.
-It was fun. -Was there a point at which it stopped being fun?
Yeah, isn't that why we're all here?
Out of nowhere, tyler--
sorry, I mean, the defendant, um...
Grabbed me by the hair and kept punching me
over and over and over again.
And his face, he was like...
He was biting his lip like he wanted to get the right reaction out of me.
[somber music playing]
[smacks lips]
but I wasn't scared shitless the way he wanted, I guess.
So he grabbed me by the throat to, um,
to strangle me and just snap my neck.
I thought he was gonna kill me.
[sobbing]
I'm sorry.
[keyboard clacking]
you should really go home.
I just read over today's transcript.
Our new stenographer is flawless.
-If it weren't for-- -sounding like a movie preview.
-[sighs] -things can look really good on paper.
Well, speaking of which,
I saw tyler pierce on the drew barrymore show
making his mother's mac and cheese recipe.
If we're working here, I thought sweet, funny guys were sweet, funny guys.
-It will come down to who the jury believes he is. -[sighs]
oh! I am walking out now with a w.
As in the world.
-[laughing] good night. -Good night.
[keyboard clacking]
[sighs wearily]
-may I help you? -Sherri kansky?
We're here regarding an investigation into
alleged impropriety in the election of judge lola carmichael.
There's gotta be some mistake.
[water running]
[doorbell ringing]
[doorbell repeatedly rings]
[groans loudly]
-[doorbell ringing] -what the hell?
And I am still processing how deputies from the public integrity unit
wound up peppering me with questions in my living room.
-Really don't think there's-- -an election impropriety, seriously?
As if trying to hang on to my seat wasn't difficult enough.
Your honor, I was as shocked as you were.
Oh, no. I think I was a bit more shocked.
The first I heard about ms. Kansky's volunteer work was this morning.
It wasn't an official campaign activity, but I am sure it was above board.
Those deputies were not having it.
That community center was in the crenshaw district.
Which we both know I won
with record turn out, I guess that looks so bad someone reported it.
I did assure the deputies it was...
Purely educational in all partisan.
So many people have doubts around election integrity nowadays,
I wanted to teach them how to fill out ballots.
Explain how votes are counted.
-I never-- -never what?
-Uh... -Come on, sherri. There must've been something.
No, no! Um...
[sighs] some people were complaining...
About politicians and the bureaucracy around covid benefits.
So I told them I'd make a few calls.
Help them collect what they're owed, and help get them rental assistance.
Oh...
"oh?"
"oh" is right.
I was trying to be of service.
You were working for my campaign.
It looked like you were trying to buy votes.
You should've known better.
-How did they leave it with you? -Um...
The public integrity unit said they would determine
if the investigation would proceed to a hearing.
-You? -Same.
I cannot believe that this could escalate.
The election could be nullified.
I could lose my judgeship, or credibility.
[sherri] I need some air.
-Sherri... -[door slams]
[dramatic music playing]
[sighs]
"former governess, elizabeth dimarco of la habra heights,
married her employer, then dismembered and cooked him for dinner.
1926."
they do not make cases like they used to.
What do you think of my new spot?
It's great. If you got a thing for mold.
Let's keep looking.
So, you are never gonna believe this.
-Last night, I'm at home-- -stop, I already heard.
Sherri and the election. My buddy jerome, he's the night guard.
He let the deputies off last night.
-Does everyone know? -Relax, lo, it's just me. Okay?
But I have nagging suspicion it's gonna be traced back to corrine cuthbert,
a serious case of sour grapes.
How would she even know?
I just don't understand how sherri could make a mistake like this.
Devil's advocate. Sherri thought she could give the voters a little push,
she'd do anything for you.
No, mark, I trust sherri.
Ms. Raymond, the stunts you post,
these keep getting more outrageous
to keep the million dollars a year flowing, right?
Yeah, I kick it up a notch and I call them media spectaculars.
I see.
Was kidnapping the dog of k-pop star
goldie ku one of your media spectaculars?
Objection irrelevance.
Sustained on 352 grounds.
I have an eight page document titled "raymond pierce text exchange"
marked as defense exhibit e for identification.
-May I approach the witness? -You may.
Ms. Raymond, do you recognize these text messages you sent to the defendant
between July 17th and July 22nd of last year?
Take your time.
Mmm-hmm. I mean, uh, yeah.
Could you please read the highlighted text?
-Out loud? -Go ahead.
Um, okay.
[softly] "I'm your obedient little slut."
oh, speak up so the jury can hear you.
[indistinct chatter]
[louder] "rough me up until I'm black and blue so I know I'm yours.
I need to ache from being used by you.
I want you to choke me until I cum for you."
[amy] so you asked the defendant to rough you up,
choke you, bruise you--
-no, I never asked him to-- -no, that's right. Sometimes you begged--
-objection argumentative. -Sustained.
...Simply followed your instructions to the letter and yet here we all are.
Players in one of your super duper spectaculars.
-Objection. Your honor, this is-- -sustained.
No. I just told that piece of shit
what he wanted to hear to keep his interest, all right?
Everybody does that online. You are just a frigid bitch.
Enough, ms. Raymond.
Let's just bring the temperature down.
The court will be in recess.
[indistinct chatter]
whoa, you really tried her.
Ness, when you pass the bar, you'll have to give your clients a rigorous defense.
Okay.
After all that prep.
[mimics explosion] gigi sunk our case.
Um, kind of busy here.
Also, it's not over.
You're right. Our expert witness is up next.
It's her job to convince those jurors that their assumptions about gigi are false.
She is the victim, period.
Strong strategy. According to our demographics, jurors six, seven, nine and 11
are under 35.
Statistically they're woke, so victim blaming is out.
Hey, I'm over 35. I'm... I'm woke.
[laughter]
lunch? That's a nice surprise.
[chuckles]
oh, damn. I asked for roast beef.
Could anything go my way today?
I'm gonna say this is about more than roast beef.
-Cleared things up with emily? -Okay, why would you think that I'm talking about--
the sandwich apocalypse.
Surprise lunch.
-Sure you're not here to talk? -No. Emily and I are just friends, double confirm.
Great.
So you're open to other women.
'cause, uh, you seems like you're lady catnip.
-[laughter] -uh-uh.
I'm still proving myself at the p.D.'s office.
-Okay. -No distractions.
Suit yourself.
If you don't want them, I will take on the challenge.
Dr. Cheng, you said you've treated more than 200 victims of domestic abuse
over the course of your career.
Would you say they always come across the way we'd expect a victim would?
You mean the stereotype, frightened, weak and helpless?
-No. -But isn't that the typical response to injury, trauma?
Quite the contrary. When women are battered,
they can have atypical behavior. Anger driven outbursts.
They're often embarrassed and don't want to admit they're vulnerable.
That they let this happen to them.
So it's possible for someone to be battered and still be brash,
-abrasive, um, in your face. -Absolutely.
A false projection of strength in the face of shame is consistent
with a ptsd reaction.
Is it also possible for a domestic abuser to
come across as a nice guy, even be a role model?
You'd be shocked, who goes home and beats up the person they supposedly love.
Thank you.
[indistinct chatter]
unfortunately the nice guys can be villains strategy resonates these days.
I am a nice guy.
This is ruining me.
What I do behind closed doors shouldn't matter.
But it does. We have to show the jury that at least you're honest about what you want
unlike, what, half the married guys on your team?
Any history with women's causes?
I think I signed a hockey stick for some fundraiser for a breast thing.
Ness, find that charity.
Do you know how many make a wishes I do?
And what do I get?
People taking advantage of me.
[clears throat] okay, can I talk to you for a second?
If I bite my tongue any harder, it is going to bleed.
Now, he is the victim.
By the time we're done with him, he will be.
Okay.
And as you can see, gentlemen,
recidivism in california is at 46%.
The los angeles county court system is the largest in the country.
Defendants get utterly buried in the bureaucracy.
Look, I'm not here sprinkling fairy dust.
But I am offering holistic law services to your clients to help them
solve their problems.
Ms. Lopez, I commend your enthusiasm.
But I'm afraid the only way your holistic law could work
is by sprinkling fairy dust.
What you're suggesting is impractical. It's too far reaching.
And expensive.
L.A. County gives us funding to defend clients in criminal court.
That's our priority.
You saw my analysis.
Putting one defendant's child into the foster care system
costs the county far more than offering these services.
Caring for the whole person is the future of criminal defense.
If you're interested in social work, you might wanna consider a career change.
Or go do pro bono work.
Try free council initiative.
The lawyers there take shifts cleaning the bathrooms.
[all chuckle]
well, I should have gone there first.
Thank you, gentlemen, thank you for your time.
And I signed a hockey stick for the breast cancer foundation.
My aunt irene is a survivor.
You are a very generous man.
Do women ever take advantage of you?
You know, sometimes all they want are vacations and cartier watches.
I try not to get jaded but it gets to you.
I'm a nice guy.
No further questions.
-Mark! Mark! Mark! -What?
Let me do the cross.
-Sit down and be quiet. -Mark, I've got this.
This prodigy crap better be real.
Which way do I go?
-[man whispers] what's wrong with that guy? -[teddy clears throat]
[clears throat]
mr. Pierce, excuse me.
I-- I may not have, uh, much experience
if any in the boudoir
-and-- -move along your questioning, mr. Biswas.
-Okay, um, orgasms. -[crowd laugh]
do women usually have, uh,
one of those during sex?
-Mr. Dinsmore? -I'm so sorry.
First I have mr. Biswas saying,
"I might not have much experience or any in the boudoir."
then he says, "orgasms."
-does a woman always have-- -mr. Biswas, repeat your questioning for mr. Dinsmore
but this time, speak up, so he doesn't have to...
Can you always tell when a woman has had an orgasm?
With me, it's pretty obvious.
Did ms. Raymond have one with you?
Oh, yeah. They all do.
So ms. Raymond asked you to choke her until she had an orgasm,
you said it was perfectly clear that she had one.
Yeah, so?
And yet you kept on choking her after she had an orgasm
until she went unconscious.
Was that part of your game or do you get your kicks sending women to the hospital?
-No no, that's not-- -objection argumentative.
-Sustained. -No further questions.
You know, I'm gonna kill you, you--
-[gavel banging] -mr. Pierce, sit down.
You know me.
[indistinct chatter]
-it was an accident. -[gavel banging]
[lola] order! Bailiff, clear the courtroom.
In my chambers, now.
Chambers!
[continues indistinctly]
I will not have my courtroom turned into a three ring circus.
Your honor, mr. Biswas' gotcha grandstanding about the timing of an orgasm
doesn't prove my client intended to hurt ms. Raymond.
It was a moment of passion that went too far. An accident. Period!
One bruise is an accident, your honor. We have all seen the photos.
Okay, your honor, let's cut to the chase.
The defense asked the court to adjust the language of the jury instructions.
The jurors must be told to consider ms. Raymond's
obvious consent to this s and m game.
The people understand that she agreed to a point but that only goes so far.
By ms. Quinn's logic, if someone asks you to push them off a bridge
and you do it, you bear no responsibility.
The way the standard jury instructions for domestic violence charge is written,
is flawed. Right now it doesn't mention consent being a mitigating factor.
-Other battery laws do. -Your honor,
there are those who would say adjusting jury instructions
is how activist judges overwrite laws to influence juries
towards a desired verdict.
It happens all the time. Look at the kyle rittenhouse--
-oh! Back off, frodo. -Enough!
I am not here to override laws. I'm here to ensure
mr. Pierce receives a fair trial.
-That will be all. -Judge carmichael,
as a sworn officer of the court,
it is my moral obligation to express my belief that
tyler pierce will do this kind of thing again and again and again.
And I know.
I was bullied by guys like him.
My whole childhood.
I feel for you, mr. Biswas, and this is a serious matter.
Now I will take the defense's request to consider consent under advisement.
I will also mull over the prosecution's position
that the injuries mr. Pierce inflicted on ms. Raymond
be the only factor they consider.
Now, good afternoon.
-[sighs] -[door opens]
[door closes]
jurors, you are to consider the following instructions in your deliberation.
The defendant is charged in count one with felony domestic violence.
You must determine whether mr. Pierce, one,
willfully inflicted physical injury upon ms. Raymond.
And two, whether that injury resulted in a traumatic condition.
Have a choco bite. My go to during jury deliberations.
So, I did not grant the defense's request for
a pinpoint jury instruction.
I hope I did the right thing.
I think you did. Once you ask a jury to accept
that ms. Raymond yes to being choked and punched,
no 12 jurors will agree if pierce went too far.
But the defense makes a good point.
The jury instructions for a felony domestic violence charge
as written is problematic.
Lola, don't second guess yourself.
Who needs that with judge marshall watching over you
and the whole election fiasco on the horizon.
My buddy jerome told me.
Jerome?
[cell phone chimes]
the jury has a verdict.
That was fast.
Listen. Maybe nothing makes a difference.
That jury might see pierce as some larger than life superhero
like a tom brady or a michael jordan.
And heroes can be above the law.
Thanks for the chat.
Now you're used to hashing things out with benner
but I can be warm and friendly, too. See?
And take the cookies with you.
Those girls get gary every year.
[solemn music playing]
has the jury reached a verdict?
[foreperson] we have, your honor.
[lola] foreperson, please hand the verdict form to the bailiff.
[suspenseful music playing]
will the defendant please stand?
As to count one, in violation of penal code 273.5, subdivision a,
felony domestic violence, we the jury find the defendant...
-Not guilty. -[sighs in relief]
[crowd cheering]
-order! -[gavel banging]
order!
[indistinct shouting]
does losing always suck this hard?
Even genius lawyers lose cases.
You put up a good fight.
[crowd cheering]
[reporter] tyler pierce, what's next?
Well, my client has been exonerated by a jury of his peers
and now he can get back to doing what he loves most.
Helping the blades win a championship.
[all cheering]
I can't believe he got off.
I'm so sorry...
Please, just leave me alone!
Justice for gigi.
[all chanting] justice for gigi. Justice for gigi.
They're here for me.
I have, like, three times as many fans than tyler pierce.
Get me out of here.
Tyler, tyler, you are not guilty but can you comment on the breaking news
that the l.A. Blades are releasing you from the team
for violating the morals clause in your contract.
Nope. Let's go.
Yeah, yeah, you run, motherfucker.
I'm gonna sue your ass off in court.
[crowd chanting] justice for gigi.
[gigi] you are gonna pay for this.
I love you all.
[chanting continues]
thank you so much for the support.
Seriously.
This needs your signature.
It's verdicts like today's that make abuse victims
hesitant to come forward.
-Almost makes you lose your faith in humanity. -Hmm.
-Sherri-- -judge carmichael...
Judge carmichael.
Not even your honor?
I know I might have made a mistake during the election.
But you don't have to make me feel so small.
I am sorry, sherri.
But even you have to admit, that sometimes you can go a little overboard.
This came for you.
Public integrity unit?
It looks like they are moving forward and calling a hearing.
We will both have to testify about your conduct during the election.
Are you sure you can trust me?
I might go overboard.
Whoo. Circus has left town.
Come on. Let's go back to the office.
That was a three shower trial.
Oof.
Ness, whatever you're feeling about the verdict,
it was our job to make the prosecution prove their case.
-They couldn't get there. -Yay! American justice.
With rachel gone, I couldn't have done this without you.
I'm just sorry you couldn't have been second chair.
Oh, I'm okay with skipping this one.
By the way, any word on passing the bar?
Any second now.
Oh. Come on. Let's go.
♪ california ♪
♪ two years ago but I've always kept you ♪
♪ in the forefront of my mind ♪
♪ california ♪
♪ been burning with desire since I left you ♪
♪ these new york city streets don't protect you ♪
♪ from the vortex of your mind ♪
♪ these hills are mine, the ocean too ♪
♪ I lose myself in skies of blue ♪
♪ I come alive, breathe in your air ♪
♪ my world ain't right when I'm not there ♪
♪ long as your sun's shining on me ♪
♪ my heart is home and I am free ♪
the new kid could lose a couple of inches, but he do look cute.
[laughs]
what the--
[all cheering]
I know you are still waiting to hear
but trying to find a night that fit everyone's schedules was--
no no no. Thank you, guys, so much for everything.
Congratulations, counsellor.
Soon you will be trying your own tough cases out there.
Well, I hope I will be ready.
Of course, you will be ready.
I mean, you're already seen your boss, amy and mr. Callan
ignite a really important conversation out there.
You're next.
Mmm-hmm.
[r&b music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
so... The bar panel buy in?
[sighs]
am I, um... Am I allowed to ask for a hug?
Friends hug, right?
Strong work today, ms. Quinn.
Thanks.
[glass clinks]
you are a good man, mark callan.
I'm blessed to have you in my life.
I got you. I'll get you a beverage.
[indistinct chatter]
let's propose a toast.
-To ness! -[all cheering]