1 00:00:06,750 --> 00:00:09,167 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:10,667 --> 00:00:13,083 (LINE RINGING) 3 00:00:13,208 --> 00:00:14,667 (DISPATCHER SPEAKING) 4 00:00:14,750 --> 00:00:17,500 (WOMAN 1 SPEAKING) 5 00:00:18,667 --> 00:00:19,667 (DISPATCHER SPEAKING) 6 00:00:19,750 --> 00:00:21,000 (WOMAN 1 SPEAKING) 7 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:24,000 (DISPATCHER SPEAKING) 8 00:00:24,083 --> 00:00:25,333 (WOMAN 1 SPEAKING) 9 00:00:28,958 --> 00:00:31,208 (WOMAN 2 SPEAKING) 10 00:00:33,042 --> 00:00:34,083 (OFFICER SPEAKING) 11 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:36,417 (WOMAN 2 SPEAKING) 12 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:41,458 I was going there to help a friend, and it end up ruining my life. 13 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:49,167 She charged towards me and then bam, she struck me, 14 00:00:49,250 --> 00:00:51,042 she struck me with a hammer right in my face. 15 00:00:51,125 --> 00:00:53,542 I'm starting to feel like, "This is it." 16 00:00:53,625 --> 00:00:58,000 So, I fire, you know, in fear of my life. 17 00:00:58,083 --> 00:00:59,292 I fired a shot. 18 00:01:04,042 --> 00:01:05,833 EDWARD JOHNSON: One of the issues we're having with this case is 19 00:01:05,917 --> 00:01:07,125 we don't have a hammer. 20 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:08,833 We're basically doing a self-defense case 21 00:01:08,917 --> 00:01:10,542 without an attack weapon. 22 00:01:12,167 --> 00:01:14,917 JOHN BROWN: Even if the odds are against me, 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,875 I'm still going to push for my truth. 24 00:01:16,958 --> 00:01:18,250 And it's going to be heard. 25 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:20,792 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 26 00:01:34,708 --> 00:01:36,208 My name is Edward Johnson 27 00:01:36,208 --> 00:01:38,083 and I'm a criminal defense attorney in Chicago. 28 00:01:38,208 --> 00:01:39,792 I represent John Brown. 29 00:01:39,875 --> 00:01:41,500 He's charged with attempt murder, 30 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:44,958 home invasion and aggravated battery with a firearm. 31 00:01:45,042 --> 00:01:46,833 If John is convicted of these charges, 32 00:01:46,958 --> 00:01:49,250 he's looking at a minimum 31 years. 33 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:53,667 On the night in question, John Brown got a call 34 00:01:53,792 --> 00:01:56,208 from his friend because he was in an argument 35 00:01:56,292 --> 00:01:58,083 with his girlfriend, Quanesha Eason. 36 00:02:03,417 --> 00:02:06,375 According to John's friend, Quanesha was attacking him 37 00:02:06,458 --> 00:02:09,625 and also damaging the car that John lent him. 38 00:02:15,458 --> 00:02:17,792 John can hear fumbling and screaming 39 00:02:17,875 --> 00:02:19,333 and the phone cuts off. 40 00:02:19,375 --> 00:02:22,292 So he stops what he's doing and drove over there 41 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:24,833 to get his car and check on his friend. 42 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:28,750 When John arrives, he goes to the front door, 43 00:02:28,875 --> 00:02:32,750 knocks, and his friend comes to the front door. 44 00:02:32,750 --> 00:02:36,500 John says Quanesha Eason immediately felt disrespected 45 00:02:36,583 --> 00:02:38,208 that John was at the house. 46 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,583 She came in hot. 47 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,500 John claims that she comes across the living room 48 00:02:44,583 --> 00:02:47,792 and struck John with an object, we believe to be a hammer. 49 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:57,667 John's friend grabs him, holds his arms back, 50 00:02:57,792 --> 00:03:01,292 and then Quanesha starts hitting John with the hammer. 51 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:03,125 John's being hammered repeatedly. 52 00:03:03,208 --> 00:03:04,417 Hands are back. 53 00:03:04,542 --> 00:03:06,250 Fortunately enough, he had a firearm on him. 54 00:03:06,375 --> 00:03:10,500 He unholstered it, shot one shot and was able to escape. 55 00:03:24,375 --> 00:03:25,833 One of the issues we're having with this case 56 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,500 is they never recovered any weapons from Quanesha Eason's house. 57 00:03:30,583 --> 00:03:34,458 We don't have a hammer. There's witnesses that are all saying the same thing, 58 00:03:34,542 --> 00:03:37,417 that John came in the house and caused all this trouble. 59 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:38,833 That's a problem. 60 00:03:38,917 --> 00:03:41,625 The prosecution's going to say that John got angry, 61 00:03:41,708 --> 00:03:44,625 shot a defenseless woman and fled the scene. 62 00:03:44,708 --> 00:03:48,000 Juries don't like male on female violence. 63 00:03:48,042 --> 00:03:51,833 On the other hand, we will be arguing that John acted in self-defense. 64 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,708 He could have died. 65 00:03:53,875 --> 00:03:57,542 But we're basically doing a self-defense case without an attack weapon. 66 00:04:01,375 --> 00:04:04,208 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 67 00:04:09,542 --> 00:04:11,958 BROWN: Before the incident happened, my life was great. 68 00:04:14,208 --> 00:04:17,625 I had my family. I was with my wife, 69 00:04:17,708 --> 00:04:22,667 I had my business, and everything was working out. 70 00:04:22,792 --> 00:04:26,708 From that day, when the incident happened, everything changed. 71 00:04:32,375 --> 00:04:34,042 I have a profession as a truck driver, 72 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:37,750 I drive all over the world, I go pretty much every state. 73 00:04:39,208 --> 00:04:41,458 Right now I'm just doing some local work. 74 00:04:42,583 --> 00:04:44,250 Ever since this case has happened, 75 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:46,500 I've been losing work constantly. 76 00:04:48,917 --> 00:04:52,292 Lot of businesses, you know, kind of stopped doing business 77 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:54,875 only because of what they see on my background. 78 00:04:57,250 --> 00:05:01,000 On a day-to-day basis, life's been hard. 79 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:11,917 Me and her, we just kinda grew apart with time and all this stuff going on. 80 00:05:15,833 --> 00:05:20,167 For me to lose it all so fast, it really hurts. 81 00:05:20,333 --> 00:05:22,500 I wouldn't wish that on anybody. 82 00:05:27,417 --> 00:05:30,167 I think about the situation, you know. 83 00:05:30,208 --> 00:05:31,667 I was a victim. 84 00:05:31,708 --> 00:05:33,042 I was the one that was attacked. 85 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:37,917 And honestly, I might not have made it that night, 86 00:05:39,167 --> 00:05:40,667 but I didn't give up. 87 00:05:41,833 --> 00:05:43,792 And I'm not going to give up now. 88 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:51,833 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 89 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:58,417 John Brown's coming in today and he's in a lot of trouble. 90 00:05:59,792 --> 00:06:02,708 I want to hear everything he says 91 00:06:02,708 --> 00:06:03,833 because he's really jammed up right now. 92 00:06:05,125 --> 00:06:06,542 Thanks for coming. Have a seat. 93 00:06:09,583 --> 00:06:11,542 I got the indictment back from the grand jury. 94 00:06:11,542 --> 00:06:15,208 You got three different separate charges of attempt murder, 95 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:17,375 home invasion and aggravated battery. 96 00:06:17,458 --> 00:06:20,792 And those hold a minimum of 31 years. 97 00:06:23,708 --> 00:06:26,250 It's serious, John, but we're here to help you. 98 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:28,167 (EXHALES) 99 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:31,542 Why don't you just start out, tell me kinda what happened that night. 100 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:35,333 Um, okay so, that night, I was at home. 101 00:06:35,417 --> 00:06:37,500 I live on the north side of Chicago, 102 00:06:37,625 --> 00:06:41,333 and I had got a disturbing phone call. 103 00:06:41,375 --> 00:06:45,833 My friend called me. He told me that him and Quanesha, his girlfriend, 104 00:06:45,875 --> 00:06:49,875 they were fighting again. This time it was violent. 105 00:06:51,542 --> 00:06:53,667 And so what were they fighting about? 106 00:06:53,750 --> 00:06:55,667 He said they was fighting over money. 107 00:06:55,708 --> 00:06:57,708 She started, you know, fist fighting him. 108 00:06:57,792 --> 00:06:59,333 While you're on the phone with him? 109 00:06:59,417 --> 00:07:02,000 -It became physical. -While I was on the phone. 110 00:07:02,083 --> 00:07:06,250 What happened after Quanesha found out your friend was on the phone with you? 111 00:07:06,333 --> 00:07:09,167 She said, "So you're going to call John?" 112 00:07:09,208 --> 00:07:13,708 And then after that, my friend started screaming again, 113 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:15,583 and he said, "Oh, she's busting your windows." 114 00:07:15,667 --> 00:07:17,667 -And I could hear... -Wait, did you say your windows? 115 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:19,917 My windows. Because I had loaned them my car. 116 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:25,583 He said, "She's hitting your car, she's busting your windows out." 117 00:07:25,708 --> 00:07:30,083 And after that I just heard, like, a loud thump 118 00:07:30,208 --> 00:07:36,000 and it was the phone falling and then you could hear him getting bashed. 119 00:07:36,083 --> 00:07:40,458 So you drove over there. What was your purpose? 120 00:07:40,542 --> 00:07:42,667 Because I was going to get my vehicle, 121 00:07:42,750 --> 00:07:44,833 and just make sure everybody's okay. 122 00:07:44,875 --> 00:07:47,375 When I got there initially, we pulled up 123 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,792 because I did stop and have a friend come with me 124 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:52,667 'cause I was gonna get my other car back. 125 00:07:52,708 --> 00:07:57,583 So I went to look at my car. All the lights was busted all the way round the car. 126 00:07:59,750 --> 00:08:01,667 So after that, I walked to the door. 127 00:08:01,750 --> 00:08:03,708 My friend opened the door right up. 128 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:05,875 I asked him if he was okay. 129 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,208 And then he didn't say anything. And then immediately, Quanesha jumped up. 130 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:16,542 And she ran around the couch and she charged towards me and then, bam, she struck me. 131 00:08:16,625 --> 00:08:18,292 She struck me with a hammer right in my face. 132 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:22,292 I went into defense mode, so I was gonna try to fight back. 133 00:08:22,375 --> 00:08:27,833 I initiated to swing. And when I did, my friend grabbed me. 134 00:08:27,917 --> 00:08:29,958 And he pulled me back into the yard and kept screaming. 135 00:08:30,042 --> 00:08:31,042 "You wrong! You wrong!" 136 00:08:31,125 --> 00:08:33,833 And I'm like, "What are you doing? Let me go." 137 00:08:33,917 --> 00:08:36,583 And the same time, while he was pulling me, 138 00:08:36,667 --> 00:08:39,750 Quanesha was still hitting me. 139 00:08:39,875 --> 00:08:42,917 Now I'm starting to feel like I'm getting ready to go out. 140 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,042 Like, this is it. 141 00:08:44,125 --> 00:08:47,208 I always carry a weapon, I didn't want to do that 142 00:08:47,375 --> 00:08:49,333 because these are my friends. 143 00:08:49,375 --> 00:08:50,875 But she wanted to kill me. 144 00:08:52,625 --> 00:08:56,833 So. I fire, you know, in fear my life. 145 00:08:56,917 --> 00:08:58,208 I fired a shot. 146 00:08:58,292 --> 00:09:02,625 It wasn't to kill anybody. I was in fear for my life. 147 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:05,083 After you shot, what happened? 148 00:09:05,208 --> 00:09:10,500 Once the gun went off, everybody ran, and then I left, and that was it. 149 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,500 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 150 00:09:17,458 --> 00:09:19,958 So when did the police turn up at your house? 151 00:09:19,958 --> 00:09:23,958 BROWN: They turned up about six days later. 152 00:09:24,042 --> 00:09:25,833 JOHNSON: There's no secret that the prosecution 153 00:09:25,875 --> 00:09:27,750 is going to bring up that you had a firearm. 154 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:29,375 I always carry my gun. 155 00:09:29,458 --> 00:09:31,667 I had a concealed carry. 156 00:09:31,667 --> 00:09:34,167 And Chicago is not safe. 157 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:36,792 The prosecution's going to ask why you fled, 158 00:09:36,875 --> 00:09:38,417 but you were in imminent fear of your life, 159 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:39,542 so you got out of there. 160 00:09:39,625 --> 00:09:41,833 Yeah. She was trying to kill me. 161 00:09:41,917 --> 00:09:43,958 It's going to be an uphill battle from here. 162 00:09:45,208 --> 00:09:46,208 Okay. 163 00:09:47,292 --> 00:09:49,417 This isn't a slam dunk case. 164 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:51,458 The issue is that John shot a woman. 165 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:53,083 That is going to be the tough part. 166 00:09:53,167 --> 00:09:55,708 But this is self-defense all day. 167 00:09:55,792 --> 00:09:57,542 Now we just need to convince a jury. 168 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:08,833 JOHNSON: I represent John Brown. 169 00:10:08,917 --> 00:10:11,833 He's been charged with attempt murder. 170 00:10:11,917 --> 00:10:16,500 If John doesn't win this case, he's going to be in jail for at least three decades. 171 00:10:16,542 --> 00:10:18,667 We believe John is telling the truth. 172 00:10:18,708 --> 00:10:22,000 I need to see if I can find anything that's going to support our defense, 173 00:10:22,083 --> 00:10:23,708 and hopefully get John out of trouble. 174 00:10:30,208 --> 00:10:33,042 The body cam is the closest thing we can get to being there that night. 175 00:10:33,125 --> 00:10:36,250 We have cases that are made or broken on the body cam. 176 00:10:41,583 --> 00:10:43,750 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 177 00:10:58,292 --> 00:10:59,375 (OFFICER SPEAKING) 178 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:01,750 (MRS. BANKS SPEAKING) 179 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:12,083 -(MAN SIGHS DEEPLY) -Not painting the picture we want for our defense at all. 180 00:11:12,167 --> 00:11:15,125 This isn't going to help us, the state is gonna use this. 181 00:11:16,083 --> 00:11:17,375 Looks bad. 182 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,292 (SIGHS) Bad isn't the word. 183 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:31,875 (OFFICER SPEAKING) 184 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:33,167 (JOYCE BANKS SPEAKING) 185 00:11:49,917 --> 00:11:52,500 She says John was the first aggressor, 186 00:11:52,542 --> 00:11:54,375 Quanesha was defending herself. 187 00:11:54,458 --> 00:11:56,667 This is directly conflicting what John said. 188 00:11:57,417 --> 00:11:58,792 That's not good for us. 189 00:11:59,833 --> 00:12:01,083 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 190 00:12:01,208 --> 00:12:04,417 And no mention, you know, of a hammer or anything. 191 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:07,250 You know what? None of these witnesses are talking about that. 192 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:08,667 These stories are all the same. 193 00:12:08,708 --> 00:12:10,292 Everybody keeps saying the same thing, 194 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:13,083 how John reacted and the way he shot Quanesha. 195 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,333 Me and Mr. Green reviewed all the body cams 196 00:12:17,458 --> 00:12:22,792 and there's not a lot of good things in them. Seriously. 197 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:26,917 We're really concerned on whether or not this is really what happened. 198 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,125 And there's some questions that we need answered. 199 00:12:33,792 --> 00:12:36,125 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 200 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,542 -(KID EXCLAIMS) -(BROWN CHUCKLES) 201 00:12:44,708 --> 00:12:45,708 All right. You ready? 202 00:12:46,708 --> 00:12:47,833 (BROWN SIGHS) 203 00:12:52,542 --> 00:12:54,875 Set, go! 204 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:57,833 What scares me the most is losing my children. 205 00:12:57,958 --> 00:13:00,125 Separating from them 206 00:13:00,208 --> 00:13:02,875 and having to not be able to see them 207 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,875 and talk to them when I want to. 208 00:13:15,042 --> 00:13:17,625 Boom. We got this. Come on, we got this. 209 00:13:17,708 --> 00:13:19,375 This is bad for everyone. 210 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,250 It's hurting my whole family 211 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:22,750 for the last four years. 212 00:13:24,083 --> 00:13:26,042 We got this. Come on. Come on, baby. 213 00:13:27,083 --> 00:13:29,292 I want my children to be free 214 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:32,750 'cause this is shackling them as well. 215 00:13:34,125 --> 00:13:36,917 If I don't make it, what's their future? 216 00:13:39,083 --> 00:13:40,792 I can't guarantee nothing for them 217 00:13:40,792 --> 00:13:43,167 if I'm behind bars or in prison. 218 00:13:44,375 --> 00:13:46,583 Push it. Push the button, push the button. 219 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:48,458 We got it. (LAUGHS) 220 00:13:58,958 --> 00:14:00,333 JOHNSON: Part of the elements of self-defense 221 00:14:00,417 --> 00:14:03,458 is whether or not someone was in immediate harm 222 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,417 and or was suffering immediate threats. 223 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:09,917 And so any sort of injuries that John sustained that night 224 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,292 are really going to be relevant. 225 00:14:12,583 --> 00:14:14,000 We're looking for every single thing 226 00:14:14,042 --> 00:14:17,208 that's going to tip the scale in our favor. 227 00:14:17,292 --> 00:14:20,750 Today I'm bringing in John and Tracey, part of our defense team. 228 00:14:20,833 --> 00:14:23,167 We're going to discuss John Brown's injuries 229 00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:25,833 and our defense of self-defense in this matter. 230 00:14:28,708 --> 00:14:31,167 Here are some of the photos that we got. 231 00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:33,917 These show some different injuries. 232 00:14:34,542 --> 00:14:35,500 There's his arms. 233 00:14:37,167 --> 00:14:38,958 That's a close-up on the right arm. 234 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:49,833 TRACEY HARKINS: Well, right away, I'm looking at the face. 235 00:14:49,875 --> 00:14:52,667 So we've got what looks like a healing abrasion. 236 00:14:52,750 --> 00:14:54,583 But it could be a bruise. 237 00:14:54,708 --> 00:14:55,958 JOHN MIRAGLIA: That's minor. 238 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:57,667 At first look, it looks like a scratch. 239 00:14:57,750 --> 00:14:58,917 Something like that. 240 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,542 This one. This must be his left arm here. 241 00:15:02,625 --> 00:15:03,875 -Um... -MIRAGLIA: Yeah. 242 00:15:03,958 --> 00:15:05,958 -Right. -HARKINS: These scratches look like... 243 00:15:06,042 --> 00:15:08,417 -They look almost like nails. -MIRAGLIA: Like a claw. 244 00:15:09,917 --> 00:15:12,000 You know, we have some injuries to him 245 00:15:12,167 --> 00:15:13,833 that corroborate what he says happened 246 00:15:13,917 --> 00:15:15,625 about his friend holding him back. 247 00:15:15,708 --> 00:15:21,458 But unfortunately, his injuries aren't nearly severe enough. 248 00:15:21,542 --> 00:15:24,125 (SIGHS) It's going to be tough for a jury to accept 249 00:15:24,208 --> 00:15:25,833 that he's going to say that he was being hit with a hammer, 250 00:15:25,917 --> 00:15:27,250 but he doesn't have more injuries. 251 00:15:28,958 --> 00:15:31,625 JOHNSON: What would you guys want to see next? 252 00:15:31,750 --> 00:15:33,125 What do you think is missing? 253 00:15:33,125 --> 00:15:35,167 MIRAGLIA: I would like to see a witness 254 00:15:36,833 --> 00:15:40,500 that puts a hammer, a weapon, 255 00:15:40,542 --> 00:15:42,208 something that could cause these injuries, 256 00:15:42,292 --> 00:15:44,750 as well as the damage to the car in this woman's hand, 257 00:15:44,833 --> 00:15:48,750 at some point, during this brief period of time when John Brown was over at the house. 258 00:15:48,833 --> 00:15:51,292 I agree with John completely. But we have a big issue. 259 00:15:54,042 --> 00:15:56,500 Why didn't any of the witnesses that were there 260 00:15:56,542 --> 00:15:58,292 say anything to the police about a hammer? 261 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:02,625 Tracey and John made some great points 262 00:16:02,708 --> 00:16:05,333 about the injuries. They're not super severe. 263 00:16:06,375 --> 00:16:07,333 See you soon. 264 00:16:07,417 --> 00:16:09,167 Thanks so much. 265 00:16:09,292 --> 00:16:11,875 Our concern is when the jury gets everything and looks at it, 266 00:16:11,958 --> 00:16:15,500 they're not going to believe John's side of the story. 267 00:16:15,542 --> 00:16:19,708 So we need to find witnesses that put the hammer in Quanesha's hand, 268 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:30,833 Today I'm headed to see my lawyer, Edward Johnson. 269 00:16:30,917 --> 00:16:34,542 He wants to meet at the scene where the incident happened at. 270 00:16:34,667 --> 00:16:37,000 I never planned on even coming back over here 271 00:16:37,042 --> 00:16:39,833 to this area after everything happened, 272 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:41,625 but, you know, I gotta do it. 273 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:49,542 JOHNSON: It's really important to get out here. 274 00:16:49,667 --> 00:16:51,333 Photos only tell you so much. 275 00:16:55,125 --> 00:16:56,958 When you're actually standing out here, 276 00:16:57,042 --> 00:16:58,625 you get a better feel for exactly what happened. 277 00:17:00,417 --> 00:17:02,000 Hey, you made it. Thanks for coming. 278 00:17:02,083 --> 00:17:03,750 Why don't you just walk me through kinda everything 279 00:17:03,833 --> 00:17:05,292 that happened that night, okay? 280 00:17:05,375 --> 00:17:06,250 Okay. 281 00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:10,167 The first thing I did was check the car. 282 00:17:10,208 --> 00:17:12,083 JOHNSON: Yeah, the crime scene photos 283 00:17:12,167 --> 00:17:16,250 show lots of plastic vehicle damage on the driveway. 284 00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:19,125 You really gotta smash the headlights 285 00:17:19,208 --> 00:17:21,417 with something really strong, probably a hammer. 286 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,500 What happened next? 287 00:17:24,583 --> 00:17:28,000 Once I knocked on the door, my friend opened the door. 288 00:17:28,083 --> 00:17:30,583 I proceeded to ask him was he okay. 289 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:31,875 Quanesha jumped up. 290 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,500 She ran from around the couch. 291 00:17:34,542 --> 00:17:36,833 I thought she was going to hit him because, you know, 292 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:39,000 they've been fighting, you know? So I thought she was gonna hit him. 293 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:40,333 I didn't have my guard up. 294 00:17:40,542 --> 00:17:42,542 So that's how I ended up going back into the yard. 295 00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:45,000 while she was hitting me. 296 00:17:45,042 --> 00:17:46,708 JOHNSON: Where in the yard did it all happen? 297 00:17:46,792 --> 00:17:49,750 BROWN: About ten feet from the concrete step, 298 00:17:49,833 --> 00:17:51,792 almost the middle of the grass. 299 00:17:51,875 --> 00:17:52,917 What's going through your mind? 300 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,417 What's happening at that point, 301 00:17:54,542 --> 00:17:56,125 you're in the middle of the yard over here? 302 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,708 BROWN: You know, I'm being held against my will, 303 00:17:57,792 --> 00:18:01,208 and now I'm scared for my life. 304 00:18:01,292 --> 00:18:05,000 The only thing I could do was try to get her off of me. 305 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:07,167 So I fired a shot. 306 00:18:07,292 --> 00:18:09,333 (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING) 307 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:19,792 I was parked right in front of this MINI Cooper right here. 308 00:18:19,875 --> 00:18:21,500 I was driving. 309 00:18:21,625 --> 00:18:24,000 Lonny switched sides because he was going to drive the car back. 310 00:18:24,125 --> 00:18:26,042 So if Lonny is in the car, he could see everything. 311 00:18:26,125 --> 00:18:27,167 He could see everything, yeah. 312 00:18:27,250 --> 00:18:28,708 There wasn't nothing right here. 313 00:18:28,792 --> 00:18:30,375 -(MR. GREEN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) -This was wide open, yeah. 314 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,708 And I was facing this way when the incident... 315 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:35,042 Once they dragged me out, I was facing this way. 316 00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:36,667 So it was directly in his... 317 00:18:36,708 --> 00:18:38,458 -(MR. GREEN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) -Yeah, yeah. 318 00:18:39,542 --> 00:18:40,833 -We gotta go talk to Lonny. -Okay. 319 00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:43,792 Talking with John, 320 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:46,500 he said he was dropped off and the person driving him 321 00:18:46,583 --> 00:18:49,333 could have easily seen everything. 322 00:18:49,417 --> 00:18:51,833 Next step, meet with Lonny, talk with him. 323 00:18:51,917 --> 00:18:55,708 Anyone, any car out here would have saw the whole thing. 324 00:18:59,167 --> 00:19:01,625 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) 325 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:22,500 I was facing situations and problems at home. 326 00:19:22,542 --> 00:19:25,375 And you know, some of the situations couldn't be adjusted. 327 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:28,375 That's when I came here. 328 00:19:33,375 --> 00:19:37,625 I was with my wife for nine years, so it hurts. 329 00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:40,458 It don't feel good to lose somebody. 330 00:19:40,542 --> 00:19:45,250 But I know life moves on and I can't hold on 331 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:47,542 to anything that doesn't want to be held. 332 00:19:59,042 --> 00:20:01,917 I'm very proud of my son. 333 00:20:05,583 --> 00:20:08,167 He was a good student, but what I really love about him 334 00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:10,000 is he was a perfect gentleman. 335 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,583 Even as a toddler. 336 00:20:11,708 --> 00:20:13,333 I knew he was going to be a strong man 337 00:20:13,417 --> 00:20:16,542 when he got older, and he proved that as well. 338 00:20:19,417 --> 00:20:23,250 When I heard that John was being accused of this, 339 00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:24,458 it was devastating. 340 00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:27,833 But he's my son. 341 00:20:27,958 --> 00:20:31,292 Never a moment that I ever doubted that he was innocent. 342 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,458 He is hurting, 343 00:20:36,375 --> 00:20:37,708 and so I hurt with him. 344 00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:42,458 We embrace, I tell him it's going to be all right. 345 00:20:44,875 --> 00:20:46,667 You know, whatever comes, 346 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:48,208 we're ready for it. 347 00:20:48,292 --> 00:20:49,750 Just pray and keep walking. 348 00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,458 This too shall pass. 349 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:04,750 JOHNSON: When we went out to the crime scene, 350 00:21:04,875 --> 00:21:07,208 John told us, that he got a ride from his friend Lonny. 351 00:21:07,292 --> 00:21:09,417 We think that Lonny probably 352 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:11,583 had a very good line of sight of exactly what happened. 353 00:21:12,792 --> 00:21:13,833 Today is huge for us. 354 00:21:13,917 --> 00:21:15,500 If Lonny says what we think he's going to say, 355 00:21:15,583 --> 00:21:17,708 and he can put a hammer in Quanesha's hands, 356 00:21:17,792 --> 00:21:19,500 he's going to blow this case wide open. 357 00:21:28,292 --> 00:21:31,417 -Lonny. Edward Johnson. Thanks for meeting us. -(LONNY AGNEW SPEAKING) 358 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:32,625 Nice to meet you. 359 00:21:35,333 --> 00:21:37,375 Tell me a little bit about what happened that night. 360 00:21:38,042 --> 00:21:40,250 (AGNEW SPEAKING) 361 00:21:58,208 --> 00:21:59,417 -JOHNSON: With a hammer? -(AGNEW SPEAKING) 362 00:22:35,958 --> 00:22:38,458 Roughly how far do you think you were from the whole incident? 363 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,083 (AGNEW SPEAKING) 364 00:22:40,208 --> 00:22:41,917 It's a small yard. We went out there. 365 00:22:42,042 --> 00:22:42,833 (AGNEW SPEAKING) 366 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,958 We haven't been able to, you know, find a hammer yet? 367 00:22:50,042 --> 00:22:51,667 You know, John told us there was a hammer involved. 368 00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:54,417 So, we thought you were the best guy to talk to about that. 369 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,625 (AGNEW SPEAKING) 370 00:22:57,708 --> 00:23:01,375 This is gonna go to trial. Would you be able to testify for John? 371 00:23:01,375 --> 00:23:03,458 -Okay. -(AGNEW SPEAKING) 372 00:23:15,375 --> 00:23:18,125 Okay. Thanks so much, Lonny for coming in, man. Really appreciate it. 373 00:23:18,208 --> 00:23:19,333 (AGNEW SPEAKING) 374 00:23:19,417 --> 00:23:20,875 -AGNEW: Nice to meet you all. -Likewise. 375 00:23:22,625 --> 00:23:24,333 Lonny's the eyewitness. We went and talked to him, 376 00:23:24,375 --> 00:23:27,500 and he confirmed everything that John's been telling us from day one. 377 00:23:28,417 --> 00:23:30,500 He also signed an affidavit. 378 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:33,083 We'll turn it over to the state, and we'll see what they say after that. 379 00:23:33,167 --> 00:23:34,542 They might have questions. 380 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:41,417 Good day for the defense. Bad day for the prosecution. 381 00:23:41,417 --> 00:23:43,042 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 382 00:23:44,292 --> 00:23:45,750 -Hey, John. -BROWN: What's going on? 383 00:23:45,875 --> 00:23:47,375 Thanks for coming in. Let me introduce you to everybody. 384 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:56,625 Okay. So, John, we know trial's coming up. 385 00:23:56,708 --> 00:23:59,500 I wanted you to come in and talk with John and Tracey. 386 00:23:59,583 --> 00:24:02,000 We're gonna prep you a little bit for trial because you may have to testify. 387 00:24:02,125 --> 00:24:04,250 So they're not going to take it easy on you, 388 00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:05,833 just like the government's not. 389 00:24:05,958 --> 00:24:08,167 Just answer the questions truthfully, 390 00:24:08,292 --> 00:24:09,792 It's easy when the truth is on your side. 391 00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:12,250 Okay. I'm going to start. 392 00:24:12,375 --> 00:24:14,500 -You got a phone call from your best friend, right? -Yes. 393 00:24:14,542 --> 00:24:17,708 Your friend is telling you that he's being hit with a hammer, right? 394 00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:19,583 -That's a weapon, isn't it? -Yes. 395 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:22,167 -You didn't call the police at that point, did you? -No. 396 00:24:22,208 --> 00:24:25,417 You decided that you were going to take matters into your own hands, right? 397 00:24:26,208 --> 00:24:27,667 -No. -You didn't? 398 00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:30,000 You didn't decide to take matters into your own hands? 399 00:24:30,042 --> 00:24:31,625 You had a gun, didn't you? 400 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:33,500 MIRAGLIA: Why did you have a gun? 401 00:24:33,542 --> 00:24:35,333 BROWN: Because it was for my personal protection. 402 00:24:35,417 --> 00:24:38,042 Okay? It wasn't because you were upset 403 00:24:38,125 --> 00:24:42,375 that this woman is smashing your car up with a hammer? 404 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:43,583 -No. -No? 405 00:24:43,667 --> 00:24:45,500 -Didn't make you angry at all? -No. 406 00:24:45,583 --> 00:24:47,500 You said, "She was trying to kill me," right? 407 00:24:47,583 --> 00:24:48,750 -Yes. -Okay. 408 00:24:48,875 --> 00:24:51,583 When you walked away, opened the door to the car 409 00:24:51,667 --> 00:24:52,708 and got in, she was trying to kill you? 410 00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:55,917 No, actually, they ran off by then. 411 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,292 Okay, so nobody was trying to kill you 412 00:24:58,375 --> 00:25:01,667 when you decided to leave the scene, right? 413 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:04,542 -You decided just to take off. -Yes. 414 00:25:04,625 --> 00:25:07,000 You took off so quickly that you left tire tracks 415 00:25:07,083 --> 00:25:10,000 all over the grass of that home, right? 416 00:25:13,625 --> 00:25:15,333 I know that it's probably uncomfortable 417 00:25:15,417 --> 00:25:17,250 when I'm coming at you, and I can feel that 418 00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:19,750 you were getting a little bit angry at me and just think about it this way. 419 00:25:19,875 --> 00:25:22,042 I'm one of your lawyers, so if I'm able to provoke 420 00:25:22,042 --> 00:25:24,833 a little bit of anger in you when we're in this setting, 421 00:25:24,875 --> 00:25:26,667 they're going to be able to get you riled up on the stand. 422 00:25:26,750 --> 00:25:29,167 Okay? So you got to take a deep breath, 423 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:30,750 do what we're doing, we're gonna work on it more. 424 00:25:36,750 --> 00:25:39,167 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 425 00:25:41,917 --> 00:25:44,500 BROWN: I can try to keep positivity in my life, 426 00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:47,458 but I'm broken. 427 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:48,625 I'm broken. 428 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:54,833 My attorneys were very aggressive and I felt the pressure. 429 00:25:54,917 --> 00:25:56,000 I definitely felt the pressure. 430 00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:01,000 Some days, I'm okay. Some days I'm not. 431 00:26:01,083 --> 00:26:04,250 And, you know, I just have to deal with it 432 00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:07,208 because, you know, now, this is a part of my life. 433 00:26:08,042 --> 00:26:09,833 And... (EXHALES) 434 00:26:09,875 --> 00:26:12,250 When somebody mentions this moment 435 00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:15,667 it always just comes back, you know, and it hurt. 436 00:26:17,708 --> 00:26:18,792 (VOICE SHAKING) It hurts. 437 00:26:22,250 --> 00:26:23,667 (UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING) 438 00:26:42,875 --> 00:26:44,500 Photos say a thousand words, 439 00:26:44,625 --> 00:26:47,792 and these are stills, and they're super important for the jury. 440 00:26:49,167 --> 00:26:51,833 Really helps fill in a lot of holes. 441 00:26:51,875 --> 00:26:53,792 Because they weren't there, 442 00:26:53,875 --> 00:26:56,500 you're trying to reconstruct this based off of what your client's telling you, 443 00:26:56,542 --> 00:27:00,125 and see how the defense goes from there. 444 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:02,167 Some of the photos support what John's telling us 445 00:27:02,292 --> 00:27:05,208 about his vehicle being damaged at the time. 446 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,708 It looks like this one here, 447 00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:08,792 you can kind of see some of the... 448 00:27:08,875 --> 00:27:11,125 Some of the plastic's down here. It's pretty dark. 449 00:27:11,208 --> 00:27:14,167 But there's also additional testimony from body-worn cams 450 00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:16,625 that the officers acknowledge that there was damage 451 00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:18,708 and different debris left on the driveway. 452 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:25,125 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 453 00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:48,292 I think we might have found the hammer. 454 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,167 I want you guys to have a look at this? 455 00:28:02,833 --> 00:28:04,333 What am I looking at? 456 00:28:04,417 --> 00:28:06,042 JOHNSON: I think that's the hammer. 457 00:28:07,958 --> 00:28:09,917 That does look like a hammer. 458 00:28:11,042 --> 00:28:11,917 Holy Toledo. 459 00:28:12,042 --> 00:28:14,500 That's... I can't believe this. 460 00:28:14,542 --> 00:28:15,667 That's a hammer. 461 00:28:16,542 --> 00:28:18,292 And these are blood spots. 462 00:28:18,375 --> 00:28:21,917 This is where she was laying, which is in arm's reach of the hammer. 463 00:28:23,625 --> 00:28:27,167 Anyway, so after finding this in the photo, 464 00:28:27,292 --> 00:28:30,208 I went back through the body cams to kind of see 465 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:32,333 if we could find anything related to this. 466 00:28:32,375 --> 00:28:37,333 And if you see here, this witness, standing right by this coffee table 467 00:28:37,417 --> 00:28:39,958 that looks like we have the hammer underneath it... 468 00:28:40,042 --> 00:28:42,042 And there's shoes where this hammer is. 469 00:28:43,458 --> 00:28:44,958 They're covering the hammer. 470 00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:48,000 But this is huge. 471 00:28:48,083 --> 00:28:52,042 I was just amazed to see that there's actual real evidence of a hammer. 472 00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:55,500 That was always a concern of mine 473 00:28:55,583 --> 00:28:57,000 that we didn't have one, 474 00:28:57,125 --> 00:28:59,833 and it just blows my mind, honestly. 475 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:01,708 It's just... I'm just astonished. 476 00:29:01,833 --> 00:29:03,250 Yeah, we're in a good spot. 477 00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:04,250 We're in a good spot. 478 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,167 Lonny's testimony is really good, 479 00:29:13,208 --> 00:29:17,208 and after finding the hammer, our case is looking stronger. 480 00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:20,000 But there's no guarantee with the jury. 481 00:29:20,042 --> 00:29:23,333 Because we also have witnesses who were interviewed at the time 482 00:29:23,417 --> 00:29:27,500 on the body cam that completely contradict our defense. 483 00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:30,375 But I just got some really interesting information 484 00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:33,083 from the prosecutor's office, and this could really change everything. 485 00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:37,625 Sir. How are we doing? 486 00:29:37,708 --> 00:29:38,833 What do we got? 487 00:29:38,917 --> 00:29:40,792 Oh, let me read this to you. 488 00:29:40,875 --> 00:29:42,667 The state received a phone call from somebody 489 00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:44,750 who identified themselves as Dorothea Banks. 490 00:29:53,167 --> 00:29:55,750 The person indicated that she will not testify for the state, 491 00:29:55,875 --> 00:30:01,042 but will testify instead for John Brown because Quanesha provoked him. 492 00:30:02,292 --> 00:30:03,250 MIRAGLIA: Huh. 493 00:30:03,375 --> 00:30:07,333 Well, that is just a huge new development. 494 00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:10,917 JOHNSON: She met with the prosecution with Joyce and her son, 495 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000 John's friend, and she's saying 496 00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:15,250 that Quanesha Eason has a hammer, 497 00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:19,042 provoked him and was the first aggressor. 498 00:30:19,042 --> 00:30:21,917 So when Dorothea was talking with the state's attorney, 499 00:30:22,833 --> 00:30:24,875 her son, Quanesha's boyfriend, 500 00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:29,917 and Joyce, her daughter, both witnesses were present. 501 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 -Is that what you're saying? -Yeah. 502 00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:34,833 So there's nothing to indicate that either one of them were objecting to anything 503 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:36,792 that their mother was now saying. 504 00:30:36,875 --> 00:30:38,833 Nothing in here says that. 505 00:30:38,958 --> 00:30:41,708 So perhaps now, their positions 506 00:30:41,792 --> 00:30:44,375 are consistent with with their mom's. 507 00:30:44,458 --> 00:30:47,458 I mean, there are concerns about credibility. 508 00:30:48,708 --> 00:30:50,333 Whether the jury believe the story 509 00:30:50,375 --> 00:30:52,500 that they told the police the night this happened 510 00:30:52,583 --> 00:30:55,458 that were captured on body camera 511 00:30:55,542 --> 00:30:59,167 or do you believe them when they testify at trial? 512 00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:01,917 But yeah, no, that's more helpful to us. 513 00:31:02,833 --> 00:31:03,958 JOHNSON: What a game changer. 514 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:06,208 Yeah, this is huge. 515 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:12,000 -Well, thanks for coming. I appreciate you. -All right. See ya. 516 00:31:12,042 --> 00:31:13,667 JOHNSON: It doesn't get better than that. 517 00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:16,458 One of the main witnesses in this case 518 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:18,750 for the prosecution coming over to the defense side 519 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,833 and right before trial. 520 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,333 The state's case is unraveling. 521 00:31:28,042 --> 00:31:30,333 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 522 00:31:43,458 --> 00:31:45,333 JOHNSON: I've been waiting for this for about four years, 523 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:47,375 and it's really finally coming to an end. 524 00:31:48,917 --> 00:31:50,792 It's very stressful. 525 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:52,500 We don't know exactly what these witnesses 526 00:31:52,583 --> 00:31:54,500 are going to say, and we don't know exactly 527 00:31:54,625 --> 00:31:56,833 what the jury's going to do, but it's going to come down 528 00:31:56,917 --> 00:31:59,417 to whether or not they believe John or Quanesha. 529 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:15,958 I'm a little nervous. 530 00:32:16,042 --> 00:32:17,667 I don't know what to expect. 531 00:32:17,792 --> 00:32:21,042 I don't know who they're gonna call, so I'm just looking forward 532 00:32:21,125 --> 00:32:23,000 to hearing what they gotta say 533 00:32:23,083 --> 00:32:24,417 and see how everything plays out. 534 00:32:25,667 --> 00:32:27,000 It's game time. 535 00:32:27,167 --> 00:32:29,750 Time for me to go in there and prepare for the battle. 536 00:32:29,833 --> 00:32:31,292 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 537 00:32:54,125 --> 00:32:56,458 They called their first witness, which is their star witness. 538 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,667 Quanesha Eason. 539 00:32:58,708 --> 00:33:03,500 She was obviously coached by the state and delivered pretty well. 540 00:33:03,583 --> 00:33:05,875 She did get emotional, but she left out all the parts 541 00:33:05,958 --> 00:33:09,000 about her swinging a hammer and trying to kill John Brown. 542 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:11,167 And so it was, it was our job to bring that up, 543 00:33:11,292 --> 00:33:13,667 and I think it came out really well in the cross. 544 00:33:13,708 --> 00:33:15,958 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 545 00:33:25,708 --> 00:33:29,042 She handled the cross a lot better than I thought she would. 546 00:33:29,167 --> 00:33:31,292 I showed Quanesha that photograph, 547 00:33:31,375 --> 00:33:33,125 which is what we believe to be a hammer. 548 00:33:33,208 --> 00:33:35,167 You know, she did snatch the photograph out of my hand. 549 00:33:35,292 --> 00:33:36,625 She was angry. She contained it, though. 550 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,042 Dorothea Banks testified to Quanesha entering the house after being shot 551 00:33:57,125 --> 00:34:00,125 and dropping the hammer on the floor right next to her. 552 00:34:01,083 --> 00:34:02,500 She circled it on the photo. 553 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:04,625 She pointed it out to the jury. 554 00:34:04,708 --> 00:34:08,250 It's going to have a huge, huge impact on them, 555 00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:10,375 so that was fantastic. 556 00:34:15,125 --> 00:34:16,542 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 557 00:34:22,708 --> 00:34:25,667 Second day of trial, second day of state's evidence. 558 00:34:25,708 --> 00:34:27,625 Today, they're going to call the main detective in the case 559 00:34:27,708 --> 00:34:30,792 that had talked to Mrs. Banks after the incident. 560 00:34:57,250 --> 00:35:00,042 It was a brutal blow to the defense there. 561 00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:01,417 The state pretty much put a witness on 562 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:04,042 just to impeach them with their own testimony. 563 00:35:04,167 --> 00:35:05,917 Based on what Mrs. Banks said, 564 00:35:06,042 --> 00:35:07,250 on the body-worn cam, 565 00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:10,167 it wasn't great for John. 566 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:14,083 The state rested today, and it does look bad right now. 567 00:35:17,875 --> 00:35:19,333 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 568 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:29,792 What are we going to do with John Brown tomorrow? 569 00:35:29,875 --> 00:35:32,167 Are we gonna put all our eggs in one basket and call John 570 00:35:32,250 --> 00:35:37,125 or just rely on what I perceive to be the weakness of everything they've put forth so far? 571 00:35:37,208 --> 00:35:38,208 JOHNSON: Do you want to call him? 572 00:35:39,625 --> 00:35:41,000 I don't know. 573 00:35:41,042 --> 00:35:42,500 Honestly, I don't know. 574 00:35:42,625 --> 00:35:44,583 My instinct is yes. 575 00:35:44,708 --> 00:35:49,583 Just my concern is that he's going to be able to handle it. 576 00:35:49,667 --> 00:35:51,458 There's always risk putting the defendant on. 577 00:35:51,542 --> 00:35:53,458 MIRAGLIA: I mean, ultimately, this is your case. 578 00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:55,792 You know him better, you understand him. 579 00:35:57,208 --> 00:35:59,000 I defer to whatever it is you decide. 580 00:35:59,042 --> 00:36:00,708 I have concerns either way, 581 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,833 calling him or not. 582 00:36:02,958 --> 00:36:07,500 Historically, lawyers have called their clients and they've shot themselves in the foot. 583 00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:09,750 But John Brown's ready to take the stand. 584 00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:12,667 Whether or not we need him to is something we should sleep on. 585 00:36:14,208 --> 00:36:16,667 But it's ultimately John Brown's decision. 586 00:36:23,917 --> 00:36:26,292 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 587 00:36:33,875 --> 00:36:37,125 I thought about it a bit and I decided that I'm gonna take the stand. 588 00:36:37,208 --> 00:36:38,958 I don't... I have to. 589 00:36:39,042 --> 00:36:41,917 I'm really concerned because this could really determine 590 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:47,833 whether I be set completely free or I go to jail for 30 years. 591 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,792 It's time for the defense to put their case on. 592 00:36:51,875 --> 00:36:53,583 We're concerned. 593 00:36:53,667 --> 00:36:55,917 We really need John just to meet those elements for self-defense 594 00:36:56,042 --> 00:36:57,875 and tell his side of the story. 595 00:36:57,958 --> 00:36:59,792 This is the riskiest part of being a defense attorney 596 00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:02,292 because you never really know what they're going to say. 597 00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:04,167 We don't really want to tie ourselves down 598 00:37:04,250 --> 00:37:06,958 to one single approach, so we have Lonny in our back pocket. 599 00:37:12,208 --> 00:37:13,208 We told him to be here today. 600 00:37:13,333 --> 00:37:15,458 I'm going to talk to him during the break 601 00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:17,792 and see if he's ready to take the stand. 602 00:37:17,875 --> 00:37:20,667 But first things first, John needs to knock it out of the park today 603 00:37:22,750 --> 00:37:24,833 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 604 00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:35,875 BROWN: It's been four years since I've been able to tell my truth, 605 00:37:36,042 --> 00:37:38,708 and it felt good telling it. 606 00:37:38,833 --> 00:37:41,167 The prosecutors did come at me very hard, 607 00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:43,375 but I didn't lose my cool. 608 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:46,333 I just wanted my words to be direct. 609 00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:49,333 So John testified today, 610 00:37:49,417 --> 00:37:51,833 and I did the direct examination of him, 611 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:55,833 Despite preparing my client, telling them what not to do, 612 00:37:55,875 --> 00:37:59,250 there was a couple of times where he got a little bit testy, I would say, 613 00:38:00,208 --> 00:38:01,667 Honestly, I'm terrified. 614 00:38:01,792 --> 00:38:04,000 That feeling in the pit of your stomach 615 00:38:04,083 --> 00:38:06,167 that you get when you're waiting on something important, 616 00:38:06,292 --> 00:38:07,583 it's there and it's gonna be there 617 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:09,625 until the verdict is read, one way or another. 618 00:38:30,583 --> 00:38:31,792 JOHNSON: He said he was gonna be here at 1:00. 619 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:34,042 Then it was was 1:15, 1:30, 2:00... 620 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:36,917 Lonny never showed up. 621 00:38:39,042 --> 00:38:40,958 We thought he was gonna be here. 622 00:38:40,958 --> 00:38:44,125 It's just another, you know, chess piece we had that we weren't able to play. 623 00:38:44,208 --> 00:38:45,833 Yeah. 624 00:38:45,917 --> 00:38:47,625 If we lose this case and John goes to jail, 625 00:38:47,708 --> 00:38:49,958 I think Lonny is a big factor to do with that. 626 00:38:51,625 --> 00:38:52,833 Now the defense case is over, 627 00:38:52,917 --> 00:38:54,667 and we're doing closing statements tomorrow. 628 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,292 We could be in trouble. 629 00:39:10,042 --> 00:39:12,833 The jury could end my life today for the next 30 years. 630 00:39:14,375 --> 00:39:17,625 I just have to, you know, keep my hope up, 631 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:20,000 keep faith that everything is gonna work out for me. 632 00:39:25,208 --> 00:39:27,250 JOHNSON: It's been four years, been waiting to do this. 633 00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:29,792 Three days of testimony, today's closing arguments, 634 00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:31,458 and then it's up to the jury at this point, 635 00:39:46,125 --> 00:39:48,750 JOHNSON: That's it. All right. It's a wrap. 636 00:39:48,833 --> 00:39:51,083 Hopefully, we did everything we could for John. 637 00:39:53,875 --> 00:39:55,542 BROWN: Right now, I really don't know 638 00:39:55,625 --> 00:39:58,000 what's going to happen, and we just got to sit here 639 00:39:58,083 --> 00:40:01,875 and see what they come up with and wait for the decision. 640 00:40:01,958 --> 00:40:05,208 This could be the last time that I get to spend in my life, 641 00:40:05,292 --> 00:40:06,542 you know, being free. 642 00:40:06,625 --> 00:40:08,958 So I'm enjoying this moment that I get, 643 00:40:09,042 --> 00:40:11,750 but I'm still nervous and scared at the same time. 644 00:40:12,875 --> 00:40:15,208 (BROWN SPEAKING) 645 00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:16,833 (DEBRAH SPEAKING) 646 00:40:16,917 --> 00:40:18,458 (BROWN SPEAKING) 647 00:40:29,042 --> 00:40:30,083 All right, I just got a call. 648 00:40:30,167 --> 00:40:31,500 They got a verdict. 649 00:40:31,542 --> 00:40:32,667 Let's go in there. 650 00:40:35,708 --> 00:40:37,792 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 651 00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:24,042 Yeah, baby. Whoo! 652 00:41:24,167 --> 00:41:27,542 Man, I appreciate y'all so much. For real. Thank you. 653 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:32,000 -Man! Feel good though, all the weight off my back. -JOHNSON: Phew! 654 00:41:33,250 --> 00:41:35,167 That is the real deal right there, 655 00:41:35,250 --> 00:41:37,000 watching the jury judge somebody 656 00:41:37,083 --> 00:41:39,792 after a week of testimony and get a not guilty. 657 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:42,042 Yes! 658 00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:45,042 We've been working on this case for four years, 659 00:41:45,125 --> 00:41:48,083 and now to get this not guilty, is just vindication for him, 660 00:41:48,792 --> 00:41:50,167 and me. 661 00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:52,000 He gets to go back to his family. We did that. 662 00:41:53,875 --> 00:41:55,667 This is exactly why you do defense work. 663 00:41:58,042 --> 00:42:01,375 BROWN: We've been waiting for about three, almost four hours, 664 00:42:01,458 --> 00:42:03,083 and I finally got the decision, and I'm free. 665 00:42:03,208 --> 00:42:07,250 So, I'm getting ready to leave and go home. (LAUGHS) 666 00:42:07,375 --> 00:42:11,042 That's it. I'm getting ready to go home and enjoy my life. 667 00:42:11,125 --> 00:42:14,292 I won't ever forget this situation. 668 00:42:14,375 --> 00:42:17,958 I've moved past it, but I won't ever forget it. 669 00:42:18,042 --> 00:42:21,708 I've maintained my innocence through every situation 670 00:42:21,792 --> 00:42:24,458 that I've been through in the last four and a half years 671 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,792 and time has finally prevailed. 672 00:42:26,875 --> 00:42:27,708 I'm happy. 673 00:42:27,792 --> 00:42:29,750 Like, this is it. I'm done. 674 00:42:29,875 --> 00:42:31,083 I can go back to work. 675 00:42:31,167 --> 00:42:32,542 I can get my contracts back. 676 00:42:32,625 --> 00:42:34,500 I'm can start a life. 677 00:42:34,542 --> 00:42:35,625 I'm able to move forward. 678 00:42:37,875 --> 00:42:40,125 I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go. 679 00:42:40,125 --> 00:42:42,792 -I'm happy now. -DEBRAH: And I'm grateful for that.