| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| [00:00] | ♪ If your lips are movin’, if your lips are movin’ ♪ | |
| [00:02] | ♪ I said you’re lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, baby ♪ | |
| [00:04] | ♪ Boy, look at me in my face, tell me that you’re not just ♪ | |
| [00:06] | ♪ About this bass, you really think I could be replaced ♪ | |
| [00:10] | – (COMPUTER CHIMES) – ♪ Nah, I come from outer space ♪ | |
| [00:11] | ♪ And I’m a classy girl, I’m-a hold it up ♪ | |
| [00:13] | ♪ You’re full of something, but it ain’t love ♪ | |
| [00:15] | ♪ And what we got, straight overdue ♪ | |
| [00:16] | – (WATER RUNNING) – ♪ Go find somebody new ♪ | |
| [00:18] | ♪ You can buy me diamond earrings ♪ | |
| [00:20] | ♪ And deny-ny-ny, ny-ny-ny ♪ | |
| [00:23] | – (TYPING) – ♪ Deny-ny ♪ | |
| [00:24] | ♪ But I smell her on your collar ♪ | |
| [00:26] | ♪ So good-bye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye ♪ | |
| [00:30] | (COMPUTER CHIMES) | |
| [00:31] | ♪ I know you’re lyin’ ♪ | |
| [00:33] | ♪ Cause your lips are movin’ ♪ ♪ Moving ♪ | |
| [00:35] | ♪ Tell me, do you think I’m dumb? ♪ | |
| [00:38] | – ♪ I might be young ♪ – ♪ Young ♪ | |
| [00:40] | – ♪ But I ain’t stupid ♪ – ♪ Stupid… ♪ | |
| [00:43] | (TRAIN HORN BLARING) | |
| [00:52] | (CAR DOOR CLOSES) | |
| [00:54] | RYAN: Hey, Jemma. | |
| [00:58] | I know. | |
| [00:59] | I know I’m a little bit older than I said. | |
| [01:02] | And the pictures… | |
| [01:04] | I was gonna tell you, I just figured it’d be better to wait | |
| [01:07] | till we met in person. | |
| [01:08] | But everything else I said is totally true. | |
| [01:12] | I mean, I’m… I’m only 16. | |
| [01:14] | And you’re even prettier than your pictures. | |
| [01:17] | And you’re smart, and you’re sophisticated. | |
| [01:21] | Thanks. | |
| [01:24] | We’ve been talking and texting for what, five months? | |
| [01:28] | Well, look, I don’t want you to do anything | |
| [01:30] | that you don’t want to do. | |
| [01:31] | So you can go back home, | |
| [01:33] | and we can pretend that this never happened. | |
| [01:36] | We don’t even have to talk anymore. | |
| [01:38] | Or… | |
| [01:40] | you could come to the city with me, like we planned. | |
| [01:43] | Are you hungry? | |
| [01:44] | You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? | |
| [01:46] | No. No? | |
| [01:48] | Let’s go have a meal, we’ll have a couple of beers, | |
| [01:51] | and, uh, we can talk things through. | |
| [01:54] | You ever rid in a sports car before? | |
| [01:56] | (LAUGHS): No. | |
| [01:57] | No? | |
| [01:59] | Well, come on. | |
| [02:00] | Maybe I’ll even let you drive. | |
| [02:05] | Yeah? | |
| [02:08] | Okay. | |
| [02:09] | Come on. | |
| [02:12] | MAYA: Thank you all for coming. | |
| [02:15] | My name is Maya Whitbeck. | |
| [02:17] | I’m Jemma’s mother. | |
| [02:20] | She’s my only child, and she’s been missing for four days. | |
| [02:23] | Please, if you have any information | |
| [02:26] | about where she might be, if you’ve seen her, | |
| [02:29] | please call 911. | |
| [02:32] | Jemma, honey, if-if you can hear me, | |
| [02:34] | everyone is looking for you. | |
| [02:36] | I love you. I miss you so much. | |
| [02:39] | I just want you home. | |
| [02:43] | Thank you. | |
| [02:44] | Help me find Jemma. | |
| [02:46] | She’s my best friend. | |
| [02:50] | CASSIE: Hey, help me find Jemma. | |
| [02:55] | _ | |
| [02:57] | RYAN: Everyone, up against the wall! | |
| [02:58] | And hands where I can see them. Now! | |
| [03:01] | (PEOPLE SCREAMING, ALARM RINGING) | |
| [03:10] | All right, let’s go! | |
| [03:11] | Let’s go, let’s go! | |
| [03:13] | OFFICER: Police! Don’t move! | |
| [03:15] | Freeze! | |
| [03:16] | Drop your weapons. Drop them! | |
| [03:18] | Hands on your head. | |
| [03:23] | (HANDCUFFS TIGHTEN) | |
| [03:31] | Don’t say a word. | |
| [03:33] | Okay? Not a word! | |
| [03:34] | (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) | |
| [03:36] | THALIA (OVER TV): My client didn’t just… | |
| [03:38] | Oh. Look who it is. | |
| [03:40] | It’s Thalia Macera. | |
| [03:43] | She was a 16-year-old child when she was ripped from her home… | |
| [03:46] | I see her on TV all the time. | |
| [03:47] | That woman loves a television lens. | |
| [03:50] | Isn’t that the victims’ rights attorney? | |
| [03:52] | BENNY: She is no attorney. | |
| [03:53] | She is a piranha with a license to practice law. | |
| [03:56] | And now she is being charged with armed robbery, | |
| [03:59] | and facing 25 years in prison. | |
| [04:03] | Talk about an injustice. | |
| [04:05] | The ADA is the one who should be in jail | |
| [04:08] | for compounding this child’s trauma. | |
| [04:12] | Thank you. | |
| [04:13] | No one in the DA’s office could stand her. | |
| [04:16] | She alienates everyone in the courtroom, | |
| [04:19] | and she’s never met a victim she couldn’t exploit. | |
| [04:21] | I don’t get it. | |
| [04:22] | Why would Bull want to work with her? | |
| [04:24] | Bull and Thalia go way back. | |
| [04:26] | When he first got out of school and started to practice | |
| [04:28] | as a forensic psychologist, | |
| [04:30] | Thalia was the first one to hire him as an expert witness. | |
| [04:33] | It was the first time he ever set foot in a courtroom. | |
| [04:35] | He says it was love at first sight. | |
| [04:38] | Uh, the courtroom, not Thalia. | |
| [04:40] | It’s gonna be a tough case to defend. | |
| [04:43] | It’s pretty clear that the girl is guilty. | |
| [04:45] | Well, I’m sure Bull has a theory, right? | |
| [04:47] | Yeah. His theory is she did it against her will. | |
| [04:49] | As to the why and the how, everything is on the table: | |
| [04:51] | brainwashing, exploitation, manipulation, fear, abuse. | |
| [04:56] | BENNY: Terrific. | |
| [04:57] | We got a guilty client, an impossible lawyer… | |
| [05:00] | (CLEARS THROAT) | |
| [05:01] | …and about a half dozen unproven theories | |
| [05:03] | with which to defend her. | |
| [05:05] | Sounds like a dream come true. | |
| [05:16] | (DOOR OPENS) | |
| [05:25] | (QUIETLY): You see that? | |
| [05:27] | How quickly Jemma reacted to Ryan’s presence? | |
| [05:30] | He’s really got a hold on her. | |
| [05:33] | It’s gonna be hard to make a case | |
| [05:34] | that she did what she did against her will | |
| [05:36] | when they’re whispering in each other’s ears | |
| [05:38] | like co-conspirators. | |
| [05:39] | You want me to go stand between them? | |
| [05:41] | – Could you, would you? – (GAVEL BANGS) | |
| [05:42] | VOLK: Let’s call the next case. | |
| [05:44] | The People v. Jemma Whitbeck and Ryan Mitchell? | |
| [05:49] | I’ll hear you on bail. | |
| [05:50] | Your Honor, Mr. Mitchell has a criminal record: | |
| [05:52] | assault, fraud, larceny. | |
| [05:54] | Given the incontrovertible facts of this case, | |
| [05:57] | the people request $250,000 cash. | |
| [06:00] | Most of those cases you cited have been dismissed, | |
| [06:02] | and my client has never defaulted. | |
| [06:04] | I would ask Your Honor | |
| [06:05] | to consider releasing my client on his own recognizance. | |
| [06:08] | I’m adopting the prosecutor’s recommendation. | |
| [06:11] | 250 cash. | |
| [06:13] | What about his friend? | |
| [06:14] | Objection to the use of the word “friend.” | |
| [06:16] | VOLK: Relax, Ms. Macera. I’ll let you know | |
| [06:18] | when it’s your turn. | |
| [06:20] | On the matter of Ms. Whitbeck, | |
| [06:21] | while she has no criminal record, | |
| [06:23] | the case against her is airtight. | |
| [06:26] | She was caught fleeing the scene of the crime | |
| [06:28] | with the gun in her hand. | |
| [06:29] | The people request bail in the amount of $100,000. | |
| [06:32] | VOLK: Your turn, Ms. Macera. | |
| [06:34] | $100,000? | |
| [06:36] | It might as well be $100 million. | |
| [06:37] | My client can’t make that. | |
| [06:38] | What are you asking for? | |
| [06:40] | I’m asking for a dismissal, and an apology | |
| [06:43] | from the prosecutor. | |
| [06:44] | My client has suffered | |
| [06:45] | unimaginable trauma. | |
| [06:47] | She didn’t willfully commit this crime, and everyone knows that. | |
| [06:51] | No, Ms. Macera. | |
| [06:52] | Everyone doesn’t know that. | |
| [06:53] | That’s what we’re here to determine. | |
| [06:54] | And for the future… this is just you and me here… | |
| [06:57] | save the theatrics for the jury. | |
| [06:59] | I’m setting the bail at $100,000. | |
| [07:02] | (GAVEL BANGS) | |
| [07:06] | Tell the judge we have a motion, | |
| [07:07] | and we need it to be heard immediately. | |
| [07:09] | Do it now. | |
| [07:11] | – VOLK: Uh, next case. – (CLEARS THROAT) | |
| [07:12] | Excuse me, Your Honor. | |
| [07:14] | I have a motion and I need to be heard. | |
| [07:16] | It’s an urgent matter, and it cannot wait, | |
| [07:18] | and my client’s constitutional right | |
| [07:19] | to due process is at stake. | |
| [07:21] | VOLK: Motion to sever? | |
| [07:23] | That’s what was so urgent? | |
| [07:24] | I got a courtroom full of people out there. | |
| [07:26] | Separate trials are essential to our case. | |
| [07:28] | There are two inconsistent defenses. | |
| [07:31] | We fully plan on pointing the finger at Mr. Mitchell. | |
| [07:34] | Your Honor, two trials will be a waste of time and resources. | |
| [07:37] | Both cases require the same witnesses, the same evidence. | |
| [07:40] | There’s no reason both cases can’t be heard together. | |
| [07:43] | I can give you a couple reasons. | |
| [07:45] | First, if Jemma and Ryan are seated at the same table, | |
| [07:47] | it will send a subliminal message to the jurors | |
| [07:50] | that they are a team. | |
| [07:51] | They are a team. | |
| [07:53] | Second, victims of abuse are more likely to speak freely | |
| [07:56] | if their abuser is removed from the equation. | |
| [07:58] | Hold on. Abuse? | |
| [08:00] | Where is that coming from? | |
| [08:01] | There’s nothing to back that up. | |
| [08:02] | There’s no witnesses, | |
| [08:04] | no medical reports of injuries… | |
| [08:05] | What grounds do you have to support a claim of abuse? | |
| [08:08] | I have 20 years of experience working with victims. | |
| [08:10] | VOLK: Yes. | |
| [08:12] | But do you have anything tangible to present? | |
| [08:16] | Not just yet, Your Honor. | |
| [08:17] | Because it doesn’t exist. | |
| [08:18] | Your Honor, the defendant was a willing participant | |
| [08:21] | in the robbery. | |
| [08:22] | Your motion to sever is denied. | |
| [08:24] | Without prejudice. You can refile | |
| [08:26] | if you develop concrete evidence of abuse. | |
| [08:28] | But until then, it’s two defendants, one trial. | |
| [08:32] | BULL: Good to have her back, huh? | |
| [08:34] | I had to drain her college fund, | |
| [08:36] | and take out a second mortgage on the house to make her bail, | |
| [08:38] | but yes, I’m relieved to finally have her back home. | |
| [08:46] | Thing is, she’s not the same kid she was when she left. | |
| [08:51] | How could she be? | |
| [08:52] | – (KNOCKING ON DOOR) – JEMMA: Come in. | |
| [08:55] | (PAPER CRUMPLING, RIPPING) | |
| [08:56] | Honey, what are you doing? | |
| [08:57] | You love those posters. | |
| [08:59] | And your animals? | |
| [09:02] | If I have to stay here, can’t I make it look the way I want? | |
| [09:04] | Of course. | |
| [09:08] | You remember Dr. Bull. | |
| [09:10] | Mm-hmm. | |
| [09:13] | Why don’t you give us a minute? | |
| [09:21] | So what is it? | |
| [09:23] | She won’t let you smoke in the house? | |
| [09:27] | Well, | |
| [09:28] | can’t be about not letting your boyfriend visit your room. | |
| [09:31] | He’s still in prison. | |
| [09:34] | Is it the hair? | |
| [09:36] | Your mom got issues with the hair? | |
| [09:40] | I’m just trying to figure out | |
| [09:42] | why you have all this anger towards her. | |
| [09:44] | All she did was… | |
| [09:47] | put together as much money as she could | |
| [09:48] | so you wouldn’t have to sleep in a cell. | |
| [09:53] | What do you want? | |
| [09:54] | I feel a sense of professional obligation. | |
| [09:57] | I want you to understand how much trouble you’re in. | |
| [10:00] | You committed armed robbery. | |
| [10:02] | You held up a jewelry store. | |
| [10:04] | You’re looking at 25 years in prison. | |
| [10:06] | Stop me if I say anything that makes you give a damn. | |
| [10:09] | What are you doing in my bedroom? | |
| [10:10] | You’re not my lawyer. | |
| [10:12] | No. I’m the guy your lawyer called | |
| [10:13] | when she realized just how difficult it was gonna be | |
| [10:16] | to dig you out of the hole you dug for yourself. | |
| [10:19] | Where’d you get the gun? | |
| [10:20] | I bought it. | |
| [10:21] | Obviously, you didn’t tell them who you were. | |
| [10:23] | The whole country’s been looking for you for the last 18 months. | |
| [10:26] | I bought a fake I.D. online. | |
| [10:28] | With what, credit card? | |
| [10:29] | Bitcoins. | |
| [10:31] | Oh, yes, because he let you use the computer | |
| [10:33] | and watch TV and read the paper. | |
| [10:37] | (DRAWER OPENS) | |
| [10:38] | Who’s the president? | |
| [10:42] | Get out of my room. | |
| [10:43] | Sorry, that was a tough one. | |
| [10:46] | Which Kardashian is pregnant? | |
| [10:51] | So, how’d it work when you were hungry? | |
| [10:54] | Did you have a special word you’d use? | |
| [10:58] | What about when you wanted water, | |
| [11:00] | or to go to the bathroom? | |
| [11:04] | How about when he wanted something? | |
| [11:06] | Did he have a special pet name he’d call you, | |
| [11:08] | or did he just come and take what he wanted? | |
| [11:13] | I’ve been doing this a long time, | |
| [11:14] | and I know how it works. | |
| [11:16] | He convinces you you can’t live without him, | |
| [11:18] | and you can’t, because he’s got you under lock and key. | |
| [11:20] | So you do the only thing you can do to make sense of it, | |
| [11:23] | the only thing you can do to survive. | |
| [11:27] | You develop feelings for him. | |
| [11:30] | But he’s gone now, Jemma, | |
| [11:32] | and the only one who can save you is you. | |
| [11:36] | You’re not being disloyal or unfaithful | |
| [11:38] | by telling the truth about what happened. | |
| [11:43] | It only feels like love ’cause you didn’t know | |
| [11:46] | what other box to put it in. | |
| [11:54] | When you’re ready to fight for your life, | |
| [11:56] | give me a call. | |
| [11:59] | But don’t wait too long. | |
| [12:01] | Justice is impatient. | |
| [12:06] | (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) | |
| [12:15] | Jemma Whitbeck grew up on Long Island, | |
| [12:17] | an only child, raised by her mom, Maya. | |
| [12:19] | Mom and dad never married, and dad was out of the picture | |
| [12:22] | before Jemma’s third birthday. | |
| [12:24] | She was a solid student. | |
| [12:26] | No hint that this kind of thing was in her future. | |
| [12:29] | What about friends? She’s alone in all these pictures. | |
| [12:31] | Does she have any friends? | |
| [12:33] | Mostly on the Web. | |
| [12:34] | Got it. I can relate. | |
| [12:37] | Wait, she was in high school and she didn’t have any friends? | |
| [12:39] | No. She did… a best friend. | |
| [12:41] | Cassie Walters. | |
| [12:43] | According to her mother, they were inseparable. | |
| [12:45] | And then, halfway through tenth grade, | |
| [12:46] | they had some kind of a falling-out. | |
| [12:48] | And then, a few months later, Jemma disappeared. | |
| [12:51] | So, what’s the plan? | |
| [12:53] | Bull is convinced that Jemma is a victim. | |
| [12:55] | He believes that she was coerced, | |
| [12:56] | – and he wants to argue duress. – BENNY: Duress? | |
| [13:00] | Well, that’s… That’s not gonna be easy. | |
| [13:03] | Duress is an affirmative defense, | |
| [13:05] | which means that once the prosecutor proves | |
| [13:09] | that she was guilty of armed robbery, | |
| [13:11] | we have to prove that she was in fear for her life… | |
| [13:13] | that the only reason that she committed this crime | |
| [13:15] | was because she was convinced that this guy Ryan | |
| [13:17] | was gonna kill her if she didn’t. | |
| [13:19] | Well, then, I guess that’s what we have to do. | |
| [13:22] | (GAVEL BANGS) | |
| [13:23] | BULL: People who are able to adapt to difficult situations | |
| [13:25] | will understand Jemma’s plight. | |
| [13:26] | They will see that what Jemma did was adapt | |
| [13:29] | to her circumstances. | |
| [13:30] | She did what she had to do in order to survive, | |
| [13:32] | including… rob a store at gunpoint. | |
| [13:35] | So, what kind of characteristics are we looking for? | |
| [13:38] | We’ll start with extroverts. Thrill seekers. | |
| [13:40] | Who here likes amusement parks? | |
| [13:43] | What’s your favorite part? The rides? | |
| [13:45] | The roller coasters. Anything that goes fast. | |
| [13:48] | Mm. | |
| [13:51] | We find this juror to be acceptable. | |
| [13:52] | – How about you? – WOMAN: The games. | |
| [13:55] | Ring toss, Skee-Ball. | |
| [13:56] | And the food. I like the food. | |
| [13:59] | Me, too. | |
| [14:02] | We’d like to thank and excuse this juror. | |
| [14:03] | How about you? | |
| [14:04] | Does Disney count? | |
| [14:05] | Are you kidding? We love Disney. | |
| [14:09] | We’d like to thank and excuse this juror. | |
| [14:11] | But not just thrill seekers. | |
| [14:13] | Agreeable thrill seekers. | |
| [14:14] | THALIA: You are in a bar, | |
| [14:16] | minding your own business, | |
| [14:17] | and someone comes up to you and insults you… | |
| [14:19] | – what do you do? – Me? | |
| [14:22] | I look the other way. | |
| [14:23] | Sticks and stones will break my bones… | |
| [14:26] | We find this juror to be acceptable. | |
| [14:28] | People who are emotionally stable. No neurotics. | |
| [14:31] | You are gonna ask your boss for a raise. | |
| [14:34] | How do you prepare? | |
| [14:35] | Just go in and ask. | |
| [14:38] | We find this juror to be acceptable. | |
| [14:42] | (ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES) | |
| [14:45] | (SIGHS) | |
| [14:53] | Hey, what are you doing here? | |
| [14:56] | It’s past 7:00. | |
| [14:57] | Finishing my report on Jemma’s online life. | |
| [15:00] | BENNY: Oh, is this the website where she met Ryan? | |
| [15:02] | CABLE: Yeah. | |
| [15:05] | This guy was patient. | |
| [15:07] | He took his time, | |
| [15:08] | got her to open up about herself, | |
| [15:10] | share intimate thoughts. | |
| [15:12] | Not your first time at this rodeo, huh? | |
| [15:15] | Well… | |
| [15:16] | I never ran away with a stranger, | |
| [15:19] | and I certainly never robbed anyone at gunpoint, | |
| [15:22] | but when I was 16, sure, | |
| [15:25] | I trusted some people I shouldn’t have. | |
| [15:27] | I fell in love with some guys I never met, | |
| [15:30] | and I had my heart broken by some men I now realize | |
| [15:34] | were probably three times my age. | |
| [15:38] | What did we do before the Internet? | |
| [15:40] | (PHONE CHIMING) | |
| [15:41] | Oh, hold on one second. | |
| [15:44] | Ah, it’s Bull. Excuse me. | |
| [15:48] | Hey, what’s up, boss? | |
| [15:52] | Oh… | |
| [15:55] | All right, I’ll hop a cab, I’ll be right there. | |
| [15:57] | (LOUD METAL MUSIC PLAYS BEHIND DOOR) | |
| [16:01] | (WHISPERING): She actually tried to visit him in prison. | |
| [16:04] | Got the call two hours ago. | |
| [16:06] | What’s most concerning to me is | |
| [16:07] | she has no idea how damning this is. | |
| [16:10] | That, all by itself, could completely sink | |
| [16:12] | any chance she has for acquittal. | |
| [16:14] | I had to go to work. | |
| [16:15] | She promised to stay home. That was our agreement. | |
| [16:18] | If we can’t get this girl under control, | |
| [16:20] | not only are you gonna lose your daughter, | |
| [16:22] | you’re gonna lose your house. | |
| [16:24] | I-I don’t know what to do. | |
| [16:27] | I do. | |
| [16:28] | (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) | |
| [16:29] | You told them to revoke my bail? | |
| [16:31] | You’re sending me to jail? | |
| [16:33] | What kind of mother are you? | |
| [16:34] | I love you, Jemma. Maya… | |
| [16:36] | JEMMA: Get your hands off me! | |
| [16:37] | It’s for her own good. | |
| [16:39] | Get off of me! | |
| [16:41] | You’re doing the right thing. | |
| [16:43] | It’s only for the duration of the trial. Okay? | |
| [16:46] | She will be released as soon as the jury acquits her. | |
| [16:49] | – (SOBBING, GASPING) – (CAR DOOR CLOSES) | |
| [16:51] | It’s okay. | |
| [16:59] | I feel like the bandleader on the Titanic. | |
| [17:01] | Our client’s totally disengaged. | |
| [17:03] | It’s like she’s watching someone else’s trial. | |
| [17:05] | MARISSA: You need to keep your eye | |
| [17:06] | on juror ten. | |
| [17:07] | How did we end up with a neurotic introvert | |
| [17:09] | who works for the post office? | |
| [17:11] | He’s the opposite of adaptive. | |
| [17:13] | BULL (QUIETLY): We were out of challenges. | |
| [17:15] | And it was either him or the lady | |
| [17:16] | whose idea of a thrill is playing Skee-Ball. | |
| [17:20] | (DOG HOWLS) | |
| [17:22] | (DOOR CREAKS) | |
| [17:28] | (DANNY SIGHS) | |
| [17:40] | I’d, uh, like to clean their stuff out of here, | |
| [17:43] | but they told me I couldn’t until the trial was over. | |
| [17:47] | You don’t know when that’s gonna be, do you? | |
| [17:49] | No, sir, we’re not with the cops. | |
| [17:50] | You have to check with them. | |
| [17:54] | DANNY: How long did they live here? | |
| [17:56] | About a year and a half. | |
| [17:58] | They were late on their rent just about every month. | |
| [18:00] | CHUNK: Did you ever see the girl? | |
| [18:01] | Did you ever see Jemma? | |
| [18:03] | Once, that I can remember. | |
| [18:05] | A couple weeks before the robbery. | |
| [18:07] | I came to get the rent. | |
| [18:08] | DANNY: Did you ever get the impression | |
| [18:10] | something was wrong? | |
| [18:11] | How do you mean? | |
| [18:12] | Well, did she look scared? | |
| [18:14] | – Did she try and signal you? – No. | |
| [18:16] | A 35-year-old man | |
| [18:18] | with a 16-year-old girl? | |
| [18:19] | That didn’t raise any red flags? | |
| [18:20] | I only saw her for a split second. | |
| [18:23] | Could’ve been his daughter or his niece. | |
| [18:25] | She had green hair. | |
| [18:27] | I didn’t know it was the girl everyone was looking for. | |
| [18:30] | If I did, I would have called the police. | |
| [18:32] | – (CAMERA CLICKS) – What do we have in here? | |
| [18:34] | (FLIES BUZZING) | |
| [18:39] | Think I found the guest room. | |
| [18:45] | Oh… | |
| [18:50] | Did the defendant, Jemma Whitbeck, | |
| [18:52] | enter the store with anyone? | |
| [18:54] | No, she came in alone. | |
| [18:55] | I was helping another customer at the counter. | |
| [18:57] | – PAPPAS: So she had to wait. – WOMAN: Yes. | |
| [19:00] | She was there for at least half an hour. | |
| [19:01] | Objection. No foundation. | |
| [19:03] | Overruled. | |
| [19:05] | Did she ever ask to use a phone? | |
| [19:07] | No. | |
| [19:08] | Did she say she needed help? | |
| [19:09] | Objection. Calls for hearsay. | |
| [19:11] | Overruled, Counselor. | |
| [19:13] | Did the defendant | |
| [19:15] | ever try to slip you a note | |
| [19:17] | or ask if there was another way out of the store? | |
| [19:19] | A back door? | |
| [19:20] | Okay, we get it. She didn’t try to escape. | |
| [19:23] | Sit down, Ms. Macera. | |
| [19:26] | BENNY: Would you stop it? | |
| [19:28] | You are pissing everyone off. | |
| [19:30] | MARISSA: It’s a sea of red, Bull. | |
| [19:32] | Not a speck of green anywhere. | |
| [19:34] | Okay, I give up. I’m going to plan B. | |
| [19:37] | Let’s find the ADA, see if we can cut a deal. | |
| [19:41] | Well, come on, the ADA has no incentive | |
| [19:43] | to cut a deal. | |
| [19:44] | Set up a meeting. | |
| [19:46] | Let’s see if we can negotiate a plea. | |
| [19:47] | Maybe we can get the 25 years down to ten. | |
| [19:50] | Ms. Macera, let me take the lead on this. | |
| [19:53] | I have a relationship with the DA’s office. | |
| [19:56] | Thank you. | |
| [19:58] | Haven’t done anything yet. | |
| [20:01] | You don’t honestly think I’m gonna dismiss the charges? | |
| [20:05] | No, but we were hoping you might discuss a plea. | |
| [20:07] | Why would I do that? | |
| [20:08] | Softballs like this don’t come across my desk | |
| [20:10] | all that often. | |
| [20:11] | Be that as it may, you don’t want to send | |
| [20:13] | an innocent woman to prison. | |
| [20:14] | You’re right, I don’t. | |
| [20:15] | But you haven’t shown me anything | |
| [20:17] | pointing to innocence. | |
| [20:18] | She was coerced. | |
| [20:20] | She was in fear for her life. | |
| [20:22] | Not according to your client. | |
| [20:23] | You two should talk, get your stories straight. | |
| [20:27] | Look, all I’m asking for is some proof. | |
| [20:30] | A scar, a threatening e-mail, | |
| [20:33] | a cry for help. | |
| [20:34] | – Something to back up your claim. – We have proof. | |
| [20:37] | We have an expert. | |
| [20:39] | Dr. Stephanie Messner. | |
| [20:41] | Who? | |
| [20:42] | She’s a shrink’s shrink. | |
| [20:44] | A world-renowned expert in the field of victimization. | |
| [20:47] | And she will explain that Jemma was not a willing participant | |
| [20:50] | in the robbery. | |
| [20:52] | I’ll take my chances with the jury. | |
| [20:54] | I’ve seen this doctor testify before. | |
| [20:57] | She’s good. | |
| [20:59] | She’ll prove you wrong, and she’ll sink both cases. | |
| [21:01] | Jemma will be acquitted, and so will Ryan. | |
| [21:04] | Ryan? That’s a stretch. | |
| [21:06] | Well, credibility is a prosecutor’s currency, | |
| [21:10] | and once the jury sees | |
| [21:12] | that you were wrong about Jemma, | |
| [21:13] | they are gonna question your case against Ryan. | |
| [21:15] | And before you know it… | |
| [21:17] | – reasonable doubt. – Look, | |
| [21:19] | we’re not asking you to dismiss the charges. Okay? | |
| [21:23] | Just show some humanity. She’s a kid. | |
| [21:29] | Will she testify against Ryan? | |
| [21:31] | I’m not doing that. I won’t do that. | |
| [21:34] | Jemma, honey, listen to Dr. Bull. | |
| [21:36] | Let me make this simple for you. | |
| [21:37] | If you don’t testify against him, | |
| [21:39] | he’s probably gonna testify against you. | |
| [21:43] | – That would never happen. – Why not? | |
| [21:45] | He doesn’t want to spend 25 years in prison | |
| [21:47] | any more than you do. | |
| [21:48] | You don’t understand. | |
| [21:49] | No, you don’t understand. | |
| [21:53] | (SIGHS) He doesn’t love you. | |
| [21:55] | He never did. | |
| [21:57] | Everything he wanted you for, | |
| [21:58] | everything he wanted to do, he’s done. | |
| [22:00] | And if he wants to use you as a bargaining chip, he will. | |
| [22:09] | I want to go back to my cell now. | |
| [22:11] | Not yet! | |
| [22:15] | You need to tell that jury | |
| [22:18] | all of the awful things that he did to you. Everything. | |
| [22:23] | And only then | |
| [22:24] | is there a chance that we can make this go away. | |
| [22:27] | But if you let him get the upper hand, | |
| [22:29] | he will continue to do what he has been doing to you. | |
| [22:32] | Only instead of treating you like an animal, | |
| [22:34] | he is gonna get you to serve his prison time! | |
| [22:37] | GUARD: This meeting’s over. | |
| [22:39] | He’s gonna trade you to the ADA | |
| [22:41] | like the thing he thinks you are. | |
| [22:45] | Why would you let him destroy your life twice? | |
| [22:48] | If you’re afraid, we will get you protection! | |
| [22:51] | Jemma, trust me! | |
| [22:52] | (LOCK BUZZES) | |
| [22:53] | (DOOR CLOSES) | |
| [22:55] | SKURNICK: Call your next witness, Mr. Pappas. | |
| [22:57] | The People call Ryan Mitchell to the stand. | |
| [23:04] | Ob-Objection. Uh, we haven’t been given proper notice. | |
| [23:07] | Counselor knows good and well | |
| [23:08] | the defendant doesn’t have to give notice | |
| [23:10] | of his intention to testify. | |
| [23:12] | Could, uh, all of the many legal teams | |
| [23:16] | come up to the bench for a sidebar. | |
| [23:26] | You made a deal, didn’t you? | |
| [23:33] | Someone want to tell me what’s going on? | |
| [23:36] | Dr. Bull and Mr. Colón came to me last night, | |
| [23:38] | asking for a deal. | |
| [23:39] | I made them an offer, which they did not respond to. | |
| [23:42] | So, this morning, I made the same offer to Mr. Mitchell. | |
| [23:45] | And my client accepted. | |
| [23:47] | So the kidnapper is going to testify against his victim? | |
| [23:50] | You two were very persuasive last night. | |
| [23:53] | I mean, you have this important expert witness coming | |
| [23:56] | who threatens to damage my credibility with the jury. | |
| [23:59] | I needed to be sure I could still secure convictions | |
| [24:01] | against both parties, | |
| [24:03] | like you said. | |
| [24:06] | What did you offer him? | |
| [24:07] | Five years off the maximum. | |
| [24:08] | So, he’s getting less time than his victim. | |
| [24:10] | She’s his co-defendant, not his victim. | |
| [24:14] | Mr. Mitchell, step up to the witness stand. | |
| [24:17] | The clerk will swear you in. | |
| [24:20] | Did you kidnap your co-defendant, Ms. Whitbeck? | |
| [24:23] | Of course not. | |
| [24:25] | Uh, she came with me willingly. | |
| [24:27] | I’ve never had to force her to do anything. | |
| [24:29] | Objection. | |
| [24:30] | She was under the age of consent. | |
| [24:32] | She’s an adult now and she’s not pressing charges. | |
| [24:34] | THALIA: Well, then I’ll press charges. | |
| [24:36] | Her mother will press charges. | |
| [24:38] | PAPPAS: You can’t, not without cooperation | |
| [24:40] | from your client. | |
| [24:41] | Counsel, enough. | |
| [24:43] | Ask him a question. | |
| [24:45] | Sir, whose idea was the robbery? | |
| [24:49] | It was Ms. Whitbeck’s. | |
| [24:50] | (GALLERY MURMURING) | |
| [24:52] | Hmm. | |
| [24:53] | MARISSA: Not to add insult to injury, | |
| [24:56] | the mirror jurors find Ryan credible and compelling. | |
| [24:59] | Well, they’re idiots. He’s lying. | |
| [25:01] | RYAN: She knew that we were low on cash. | |
| [25:03] | And she told me about an idea that she had. | |
| [25:06] | I laughed when she first put it out there, | |
| [25:08] | but she wouldn’t give it up. | |
| [25:10] | And, um… | |
| [25:11] | I told her that I just can’t handle a gun. | |
| [25:14] | I can’t carry a gun. It’s… | |
| [25:16] | I just can’t. | |
| [25:18] | You know, there are certain lines that you just don’t cross, | |
| [25:21] | and, um… but she said that that wouldn’t be a problem. | |
| [25:24] | Eventually, I-I said sure. | |
| [25:27] | This guy has no lines. He has no limits. | |
| [25:30] | Listen to him. He’s shameless. | |
| [25:32] | PAPPAS: I’m gonna change the subject. | |
| [25:33] | Some people would have us believe | |
| [25:35] | that you had your co-defendant under lock and key. | |
| [25:39] | Did you? | |
| [25:40] | Of course not. | |
| [25:41] | We were in love. | |
| [25:43] | We lived together, | |
| [25:44] | but everybody could come and go as they wished. | |
| [25:47] | But to the best of your knowledge, | |
| [25:49] | she never actually did leave. | |
| [25:52] | Well, she did. Once, she left for a whole day. | |
| [25:55] | Did she tell you where she went? | |
| [25:57] | RYAN: When she got back, I asked her. | |
| [25:59] | Objection. Hearsay. | |
| [26:02] | I’ll allow it. | |
| [26:04] | What did she say? | |
| [26:06] | She said that she went back home | |
| [26:09] | to Farmingdale. | |
| [26:10] | PAPPAS: So you’re testifying | |
| [26:11] | that she told you she left the house of her own free will | |
| [26:14] | and returned to her mother’s house. | |
| [26:17] | Did she have dinner? Did she stay overnight? | |
| [26:19] | No, she was back before dinnertime. | |
| [26:22] | She told me that she was standing across the street | |
| [26:24] | from the house with a baseball cap and sunglasses on, | |
| [26:27] | and she could see her mother through the windows, | |
| [26:29] | but just couldn’t bring herself to knock on the door. | |
| [26:31] | And she just wanted to come back… to me. | |
| [26:35] | And that’s what she did? | |
| [26:37] | That’s what she did. | |
| [26:42] | Prosecution has nothing further. | |
| [26:48] | That ADA double-crossed us. | |
| [26:51] | We went to him in good faith to cut a deal, | |
| [26:54] | and he turned it around and used it against us. | |
| [26:56] | BULL: Come on. | |
| [26:57] | It wasn’t exactly in good faith. | |
| [27:00] | You knew I was bluffing, and for all I know, so did he. | |
| [27:03] | Still, using a man who abducted a minor to convict her, | |
| [27:07] | that’s a first. | |
| [27:08] | You know what else I think might be a first? | |
| [27:11] | Every one of our mirror jurors is red. | |
| [27:13] | The whole jury, not an inkling of green. | |
| [27:18] | You don’t have a lot to say, boss. | |
| [27:20] | I was just thinking about the upside. | |
| [27:22] | The upside? | |
| [27:24] | (LAUGHS): Wow. | |
| [27:25] | Marissa, cut him off. | |
| [27:27] | Oh, no. | |
| [27:29] | Ryan’s no longer part of the case. He’s been dealt with. | |
| [27:32] | He won’t be in the courtroom anymore, | |
| [27:33] | which is what I wanted in the first place, | |
| [27:36] | for Jemma to have her own day in court. | |
| [27:39] | What, should we be lining up any new witnesses? | |
| [27:42] | Like who? | |
| [27:44] | There are no witnesses. That’s part of the problem. | |
| [27:46] | Well, what about the pictures that Danny and Chunk | |
| [27:47] | took at the shack? They’re really compelling. | |
| [27:49] | Oh, they’re nothing. | |
| [27:52] | Picture of a pillow and a bucket in a tiny closet? | |
| [27:56] | Doesn’t mean a thing | |
| [27:57] | unless Jemma gets on the stand and says, | |
| [27:59] | “That’s where I slept. That bucket was my bathroom.” | |
| [28:02] | Any chance | |
| [28:03] | she changed her mind? | |
| [28:07] | I think we’re getting close. | |
| [28:09] | But… | |
| [28:12] | she’s so mired in shame. | |
| [28:15] | Even when Ryan was talking about | |
| [28:18] | how she couldn’t bring herself to go home. | |
| [28:21] | I was watching her. You could see it. | |
| [28:23] | She… she had a story to tell, | |
| [28:25] | but she was so ashamed of that story, | |
| [28:27] | so ashamed of what she did, of what he did to her. | |
| [28:31] | And I’m sure she feels completely alone. | |
| [28:35] | And when she walks into that courtroom, | |
| [28:38] | and there’s nobody there, just her mom and us. | |
| [28:42] | BENNY: Remember all those people | |
| [28:43] | who were searching for her? | |
| [28:46] | Friends, neighbors? Where are they now? | |
| [28:51] | Benny, that’s an excellent question. | |
| [28:54] | Jemma and I always talked about coming to this school, | |
| [28:58] | being roommates freshman year. | |
| [29:00] | Best friend talk. I can relate. | |
| [29:02] | We met in first grade. Did everything together. | |
| [29:06] | Girl Scouts, Model U.N., robotics camp. | |
| [29:09] | What happened? | |
| [29:11] | I mean, when she disappeared, | |
| [29:13] | you guys hadn’t been speaking for a while. | |
| [29:16] | I don’t know. | |
| [29:18] | Yeah, she… got weird. | |
| [29:20] | – What do you mean, weird? – She was moody. | |
| [29:23] | Never wanted to do anything. | |
| [29:25] | She just, like, stayed in her room alone. | |
| [29:27] | She might have been mad at me. | |
| [29:30] | It was right around the time I joined the debate team. | |
| [29:33] | And then I got a boyfriend and… | |
| [29:36] | I guess she felt left out. | |
| [29:37] | Do you miss her? | |
| [29:38] | Of course. | |
| [29:40] | Would you be willing to do something for her? | |
| [29:44] | When Jemma went missing, | |
| [29:46] | you were the people who searched the woods. | |
| [29:50] | You put up posters, you marched in candlelight vigils. | |
| [29:53] | Well, I’m here to ask you to be there for Jemma again. | |
| [29:57] | Thank you for welcoming me to your church. | |
| [30:00] | To Maya Whitbeck’s church. | |
| [30:02] | To Jemma Whitbeck’s church. | |
| [30:04] | Now, I know that when Jemma first disappeared, | |
| [30:06] | it was you, it was this congregation, | |
| [30:10] | that organized the search parties | |
| [30:12] | and that sent her your prayers. | |
| [30:15] | Well, Jemma needs you again. | |
| [30:18] | I know you’ve all heard a lot of terrible things | |
| [30:20] | since Jemma first vanished 18 months ago. | |
| [30:23] | But just because you hear something doesn’t make it true. | |
| [30:26] | And we can’t fairly judge anyone | |
| [30:30] | if we don’t have the full story. | |
| [30:32] | The prosecution is done with his case. | |
| [30:35] | And now, it’s our turn to present a defense. | |
| [30:39] | I’m gonna be honest with you. | |
| [30:40] | Jemma, I’m having a really hard time | |
| [30:42] | figuring out what that defense could be. | |
| [30:45] | Doesn’t matter. | |
| [30:48] | BENNY: The jury, they need to know how he treated you. | |
| [30:51] | How he coerced you. | |
| [30:54] | It’s… it’s the only way we can win. | |
| [30:58] | It’s okay, let’s just be done with it. | |
| [31:00] | I’m… I’m ready to serve my time. | |
| [31:03] | There’s a part of me that’s looking forward to it. | |
| [31:05] | I believe you believe that. | |
| [31:08] | But it’s just not true. | |
| [31:11] | Come on. | |
| [31:12] | Let’s go to court. | |
| [31:14] | You ever heard of “learned helplessness”? | |
| [31:17] | It’s when people feel they have no control over their lives. | |
| [31:20] | They see no future. | |
| [31:22] | They resign themselves to just getting through the day, | |
| [31:24] | to surviving. | |
| [31:26] | Sound familiar? | |
| [31:30] | So many people care about you, Jemma. | |
| [31:32] | So many people understand the awfulness you’ve been through. | |
| [31:36] | They may not know the particulars, | |
| [31:38] | but they know how dark it must have been. | |
| [31:41] | They can’t wait to see you again. | |
| [31:44] | Show you the light. | |
| [31:46] | No, you’re wrong. | |
| [31:48] | No one cares. | |
| [31:50] | Maybe just my mom, but… | |
| [31:53] | the truth is, she’ll be better off without me. | |
| [32:07] | (GALLERY MURMURING) | |
| [32:08] | GIRL: Hey, Jemma. | |
| [32:11] | Everyone at school says hi. | |
| [32:14] | BOY: We’re glad you’re back. | |
| [32:18] | GIRL 2: Love you, Jemma. | |
| [32:19] | GIRL 3: So good to see you. | |
| [32:25] | Cassie? | |
| [32:27] | I missed you so much. | |
| [32:28] | I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you. | |
| [32:30] | You must have felt so alone. | |
| [32:32] | God, it’s so good to see you. | |
| [32:35] | It’s so good to see everybody. | |
| [32:42] | So what do you say? | |
| [32:44] | Tired of just surviving? | |
| [32:47] | Ready to put up a fight? | |
| [32:49] | I think I am. | |
| [32:54] | I think I’m ready to testify. | |
| [32:59] | When I started chatting with Ryan online, I was only 16. | |
| [33:02] | He said he was 18, and he seemed really nice. | |
| [33:05] | Were you surprised by his age when you met him in person? | |
| [33:09] | Yeah. | |
| [33:10] | So why did you go with him? | |
| [33:15] | I-I know this sounds stupid, but I felt like I knew him. | |
| [33:19] | We’d been talking for months. | |
| [33:21] | I trusted him, which I know sounds ridiculous. | |
| [33:23] | So I-I said I’d… I’d go have dinner with him. | |
| [33:26] | Just dinner, that’s it. | |
| [33:33] | W-We had dinner, | |
| [33:36] | and then, he said he was going to drive me home. | |
| [33:38] | We stopped at one point | |
| [33:40] | ’cause he said he had wanted to show me the stars. | |
| [33:42] | It was the middle of nowhere. | |
| [33:44] | We got out of the car to look, | |
| [33:45] | and that’s-that’s when he told me | |
| [33:46] | h-he wanted to have sex with me. | |
| [33:49] | I was… I was really, | |
| [33:51] | I mean, I was shocked, and… | |
| [33:52] | (SNIFFLES) | |
| [33:53] | I told him I’d never done that before. | |
| [33:56] | I was shaking, and really scared. | |
| [33:59] | And at first, he seemed okay with it, | |
| [34:01] | so I… so I calmed down for, like, a second. | |
| [34:03] | And then… | |
| [34:04] | and then, that’s when he pushed me to the ground, | |
| [34:06] | and did what he wanted. | |
| [34:09] | THALIA: (CLEARS THROAT) Did you cry? | |
| [34:12] | Yeah. | |
| [34:13] | Did you scream? | |
| [34:14] | Yeah. | |
| [34:16] | But no one heard? | |
| [34:21] | I finally… fell asleep, or passed out there on the ground, | |
| [34:24] | and when I woke up, | |
| [34:27] | he, um, had zip-tied my hands and feet. | |
| [34:32] | Then he… he covered my mouth with this thick tape. | |
| [34:38] | Carried me into the car and, um, | |
| [34:41] | then he laid me across the back seat, | |
| [34:43] | and then, it felt like | |
| [34:45] | we drove for hours. | |
| [34:51] | That’s… that’s where I lived. | |
| [34:54] | In the closet, mostly. | |
| [34:58] | He threatened me, he beat me, | |
| [35:02] | he… | |
| [35:04] | and he, and he, you know, he wanted… sex. | |
| [35:08] | All different kinds. | |
| [35:13] | THALIA: At some point, did his behavior change? | |
| [35:18] | JEMMA: Well, a few weeks in, I stopped putting up a fuss. | |
| [35:20] | I just did whatever he wanted, made him think I liked it. | |
| [35:23] | That seemed to work, because he… things got better. | |
| [35:27] | He stopped beating me, and he let me out of the closet. | |
| [35:32] | Jemma, at some point, did you develop feelings for him? | |
| [35:37] | I know this sounds crazy, but yeah. | |
| [35:40] | Um, he… he fed me, | |
| [35:43] | he, um, he bought me clothes, he… | |
| [35:47] | he was scary, but he also, he… he took care of me. | |
| [35:52] | Or it… or it felt like it. | |
| [35:56] | He would use the word “love,” but I know and I realize now, | |
| [35:59] | that for me, it was just about surviving, | |
| [36:03] | staying alive. | |
| [36:04] | Jemma, was it your idea to rob the jewelry store? | |
| [36:08] | (JEMMA CHUCKLES) | |
| [36:09] | I’ve… I’ve barely ever been in a jewelry store. | |
| [36:14] | I’ve never even had my ears pierced. | |
| [36:17] | He said he’d hurt me if I didn’t do it. | |
| [36:19] | If I didn’t buy the gun, and do what he said. | |
| [36:23] | He said he’d hurt my mom. | |
| [36:27] | He said he’d find her and do to her what he did to me, | |
| [36:28] | so I just… I just went along with it. | |
| [36:30] | I didn’t know what else to do. | |
| [36:32] | I’m-I’m… I’m sorry we scared those people, | |
| [36:36] | ’cause I know how that feels. | |
| [36:38] | Ryan said, at some point, you went home. | |
| [36:43] | Like, a month before the robbery. | |
| [36:45] | He was in the yard, and I, um… | |
| [36:49] | I just, I grabbed the car keys. | |
| [36:54] | I made it all the way home. | |
| [36:58] | But I couldn’t… couldn’t go in the house. | |
| [37:02] | Were you afraid he’d come after you? | |
| [37:04] | Yeah, that was… that was a big part of it, but… | |
| [37:09] | but it was more than that. | |
| [37:15] | I just felt… | |
| [37:18] | so, like… | |
| [37:21] | I just felt so dirty. | |
| [37:23] | I mean, I-I went with him. | |
| [37:28] | I thought it was my own fault. | |
| [37:30] | And I-I couldn’t… | |
| [37:31] | I couldn’t face my mom, I couldn’t face anyone. | |
| [37:41] | Talk to me. | |
| [37:43] | I can’t explain why, but we have a juror ten problem. | |
| [37:47] | Ten? | |
| [37:48] | Yep. You don’t get to this guy, and you are staring | |
| [37:51] | at a mistrial, in which case, Jemma stays in jail, | |
| [37:54] | and we get to do the whole thing all over again. | |
| [37:57] | You’re a real downer, you know that? | |
| [37:59] | No further questions, Your Honor. | |
| [38:01] | The defense rests. | |
| [38:03] | Can I just say one more thing? | |
| [38:10] | Go on, Ms. Whitbeck. | |
| [38:12] | I just… | |
| [38:13] | I just want to add that… | |
| [38:17] | …that I love my mom. | |
| [38:20] | And I love my friends. | |
| [38:23] | (SNIFFLES) | |
| [38:24] | And I-I love my life, and I-I’d love a second chance to live it. | |
| [38:30] | There’s only one explanation. | |
| [38:32] | That guy’s dead. I’m gonna ask Benny | |
| [38:34] | to go over there and close his eyes. | |
| [38:36] | SKURNICK: Ladies and gentlemen, let’s, uh, | |
| [38:37] | take a 20 minute recess. | |
| [38:44] | Oh, boy. Trashcan basketball. | |
| [38:45] | You’re worried about the verdict. | |
| [38:47] | Well, three days is a long time. | |
| [38:49] | We’ve waited longer. | |
| [38:51] | I got a bad feeling about juror number ten. | |
| [38:52] | – (PHONE CHIMES) – Oh. | |
| [38:54] | Well, trashcan basketball worked. | |
| [38:56] | That’s the clerk. | |
| [38:57] | The judge wants us back in the courtroom. | |
| [39:00] | You go ahead. | |
| [39:01] | Uh, I got to make a call. | |
| [39:03] | I will meet you there. | |
| [39:05] | Okay. | |
| [39:08] | Someone get me ADA Pappas on the phone! | |
| [39:17] | This doesn’t look good. | |
| [39:19] | Members of the jury, I’ve been handed a note that informs me | |
| [39:24] | that you are at an unbreakable impasse. | |
| [39:28] | Is that true? | |
| [39:30] | Yes, Your Honor. | |
| [39:31] | You’re unable to reach a unanimous verdict? | |
| [39:34] | And you believe that further deliberation will be futile? | |
| [39:38] | We tried. | |
| [39:41] | It’s 11 to one to acquit. | |
| [39:44] | SKURNICK: (SIGHS) Then I have no choice. | |
| [39:47] | I find this jury to be | |
| [39:49] | hopelessly deadlocked, and I am declaring a mistrial. | |
| [39:53] | Jurors, thank you for your time and consideration. | |
| [39:56] | You’re excused. | |
| [39:58] | All right. | |
| [40:00] | Let’s set a date for a retrial. | |
| [40:05] | N-No, I… | |
| [40:07] | I can’t go through this again. | |
| [40:13] | Your Honor… | |
| [40:16] | I got a call this morning from Dr. Bull. | |
| [40:19] | He reminded me of something counsel said | |
| [40:21] | at the outset of the case, | |
| [40:23] | that prosecutors are supposed to protect victims, | |
| [40:26] | not prosecute them. | |
| [40:28] | The jury’s verdict isn’t lost on me. | |
| [40:31] | 11 to one in favor of an acquittal. | |
| [40:32] | It’s not unanimous, but it is powerful. | |
| [40:35] | And I listened carefully to the defendant’s testimony, | |
| [40:37] | and I found it credible. | |
| [40:39] | SKURNICK: Is there a motion to dismiss | |
| [40:40] | – headed my way? – Yes. | |
| [40:42] | Your Honor, the people move to dismiss all charges | |
| [40:46] | – against Ms. Whitbeck. – (GASPS) | |
| [40:48] | PAPPAS: Dr. Bull also informed me | |
| [40:50] | that Ms. Whitbeck is willing to testify | |
| [40:52] | against Ryan Mitchell. With that in mind, | |
| [40:54] | I’ll be filing additional charges | |
| [40:55] | for sexual assault and kidnapping. | |
| [40:57] | SKURNICK: Then, this court stands adjourned. | |
| [41:00] | (GAVEL BANGS) | |
| [41:08] | (DOOR CLOSES) | |
| [41:17] | If you want to smoke, it’s okay. | |
| [41:21] | Not smoking anymore. | |
| [41:24] | I’m trying to put all that away. | |
| [41:26] | All that behind me. | |
| [41:28] | Right. | |
| [41:32] | I am so happy you are here. | |
| [41:36] | I am so happy you’re back. | |
| [41:39] | Me, too, Mom. | |
| [41:41] | Can I make you something? Can I get you something? | |
| [41:43] | Is there anything you want? | |
| [41:45] | No, I just… | |
| [41:47] | I just want to sleep. | |
| [41:49] | I just want to open my eyes and see that it’s morning | |
| [41:52] | and sunny out and that I can start all over again, | |
| [41:55] | make everything right. | |
| [42:00] | (KISSES) Mmm. | |
| [42:03] | If you need me, you know where I am. | |
| [42:11] | (CHUCKLES) | |
| [42:17] | (DOOR CLOSES) | |
| [42:27] | ♪ ♪ | |
| [42:46] | (COMPUTER CHIMES) |