1 00:00:57,420 --> 00:00:59,370 Caleb Greeves? 2 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,370 Who the hell are you? 3 00:01:03,450 --> 00:01:04,870 I represent Harvey Birkbeck. 4 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:13,230 Harve still up over at Statesville? 5 00:01:13,430 --> 00:01:15,670 Going on 27 years. 6 00:01:15,710 --> 00:01:17,410 That's a long time to serve for a murder 7 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,110 you and I both know he didn't commit. 8 00:01:27,530 --> 00:01:28,800 I have a court order 9 00:01:28,830 --> 00:01:31,240 authorizing me to collect a sample of your DNA. 10 00:01:32,870 --> 00:01:35,750 Bad idea coming here by yourself, don't you think? 11 00:01:35,770 --> 00:01:37,910 People know I'm here, Caleb. 12 00:01:38,050 --> 00:01:40,230 You take me out, there's gonna be ten more tomorrow 13 00:01:40,250 --> 00:01:41,750 and another ten the next day. 14 00:01:42,110 --> 00:01:44,410 It's the end of the road. 15 00:01:44,470 --> 00:01:45,930 Can't kill your way out of this one. 16 00:01:47,470 --> 00:01:49,260 Says you, lady. 17 00:02:15,390 --> 00:02:18,290 911. What is your emergency? 18 00:02:21,210 --> 00:02:23,510 What happens to a dog when the owner dies? 19 00:02:23,550 --> 00:02:25,450 Ma'am, is there an emergency? 20 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:28,180 Not anymore. 21 00:02:33,350 --> 00:02:37,330 - Synced & corrected by MementMori - -- www.addic7ed.com -- 22 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,730 Good morning from Chicago. 23 00:02:39,770 --> 00:02:42,140 Once again we are recording our weekly podcast 24 00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:44,570 from our offices at the Injustice Defense Group, 25 00:02:44,590 --> 00:02:46,250 a law firm solely dedicated 26 00:02:46,290 --> 00:02:48,450 to the issue of wrongful convictions. 27 00:02:48,490 --> 00:02:51,220 On this week's episode of Until Proven Innocent, 28 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:53,990 we're here with our regular guest, and my boss, 29 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,370 wrongful conviction attorney Madeline Scott. Her recent 30 00:02:57,390 --> 00:02:59,200 discovery of DNA evidence 31 00:02:59,210 --> 00:03:02,500 has gotten Harvey Birkbeck a new hearing 32 00:03:02,510 --> 00:03:04,380 after 27 years. 33 00:03:04,420 --> 00:03:07,260 Will an innocent man finally get to go home? 34 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:09,620 This is the first time you're facing off against Gore Bellows 35 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:12,130 since you became a lawyer four years ago, correct? 36 00:03:12,430 --> 00:03:14,590 - Yes, it is. - To the two people 37 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:16,560 in the entire world who don't know, 38 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,560 Gore Bellows is the very prosecutor 39 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:20,350 who wrongfully convicted Madeline 40 00:03:20,370 --> 00:03:23,230 and her brother Levi Scott of the first-degree murder 41 00:03:23,260 --> 00:03:25,020 of her best friend Rosemary Lynch. 42 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:30,270 Are you nervous going up against the man who put you away? 43 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:32,530 No. 44 00:03:32,610 --> 00:03:36,770 His approach in my case was so stunningly dishonest 45 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:38,650 that any opportunity to show the world 46 00:03:38,670 --> 00:03:40,490 that our white knight state's attorney is really 47 00:03:40,510 --> 00:03:44,490 a corrupt liar is an opportunity I'm eager to take. 48 00:03:44,590 --> 00:03:47,570 And that is your law partner Easy Boudreau, 49 00:03:47,590 --> 00:03:49,760 who I guess doesn't know we're recording. 50 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:51,690 Curious what he thinks the headsets are for. 51 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:54,490 This is Until Proven Innocent with Violet Price, 52 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:56,580 telling the stories of the wrongfully accused 53 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,220 and the lawyers who represent them. 54 00:03:58,270 --> 00:04:00,350 Was it really necessary to antagonize Bellows? 55 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:02,190 It's always necessary. And it's fun. 56 00:04:02,210 --> 00:04:03,770 "Fools give rise to their rage, 57 00:04:03,790 --> 00:04:06,790 but the wise bring calm in the end." Proverbs. 58 00:04:06,810 --> 00:04:08,070 "I'm a sinner, I'm a saint, 59 00:04:08,090 --> 00:04:09,890 I do not feel ashamed." Meredith Brooks. 60 00:04:09,930 --> 00:04:11,820 "I'm your hell, I'm your dream." 61 00:04:11,910 --> 00:04:13,470 "I'm nothing in between." 62 00:04:13,490 --> 00:04:15,550 While I hate to break up this amazing rendition 63 00:04:15,580 --> 00:04:17,660 of late '90s feminist alternative rock, 64 00:04:17,670 --> 00:04:18,680 we've got to get to court. 65 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:20,170 Yeah. 66 00:04:20,290 --> 00:04:22,960 Hey, Atticus. 67 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,540 This is Atticus. 68 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,550 What was I supposed to do? 69 00:04:29,170 --> 00:04:30,800 At least he's black. 70 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:32,850 - Exactly. - Sorry. 71 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:40,600 Keep it up, Madeline. 72 00:04:40,610 --> 00:04:42,230 How'd you find the DNA? 73 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:44,010 Great work, Madeline. 74 00:04:44,030 --> 00:04:46,670 - Set him free, Madeline. - Keep fighting the good fight, Madeline! 75 00:04:47,980 --> 00:04:49,970 You okay, Harvey? 76 00:04:57,490 --> 00:04:59,770 All rise. 77 00:04:59,810 --> 00:05:02,370 The State v. Madeline 78 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,380 and Levi Scott will now proceed. 79 00:05:08,750 --> 00:05:10,910 All rise. 80 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:16,690 The People v. Harvey Birkbeck. 81 00:05:16,810 --> 00:05:18,050 You may be seated. 82 00:05:22,140 --> 00:05:23,710 Counselor, you may proceed. 83 00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:28,910 Good morning, Your Honor. On behalf of petitioner, 84 00:05:28,930 --> 00:05:31,350 we would like to submit newly acquired DNA evidence... 85 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:33,490 Your Honor, may it please the court. 86 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,930 The State withdraws its objection 87 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:36,530 to the release of Mr. Harvey Birkbeck. 88 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,590 Now, I realize this is somewhat unusual, 89 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:43,690 but in consideration of this new DNA evidence, 90 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,540 clearly a mistake has been made. 91 00:05:45,630 --> 00:05:48,250 Contrary to what Ms. Scott would have the public believe, 92 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:50,500 we prosecutors are also human beings. 93 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,300 Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence. 94 00:05:54,590 --> 00:05:55,970 Quiet, please. 95 00:05:56,050 --> 00:05:57,930 Mr. Bellows, continue. 96 00:05:58,010 --> 00:06:00,090 An injustice has been done. 97 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:03,100 This man has spent the better part of his life 98 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:04,390 wrongfully imprisoned, 99 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:06,450 and it gives me no greater joy than to say, 100 00:06:06,490 --> 00:06:08,290 "It's time for you to go home." 101 00:06:09,290 --> 00:06:12,370 The State moves to vacate Mr. Birkbeck's conviction 102 00:06:12,430 --> 00:06:13,860 of murder in the second degree. 103 00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:20,350 Congratulations, Mr. Birkbeck, you're a free man now. 104 00:06:20,370 --> 00:06:22,490 Case is dismissed. 105 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:24,410 Defendant is discharged. 106 00:06:24,540 --> 00:06:26,580 You get to go home. 107 00:06:33,190 --> 00:06:35,890 "We, the jury, in the above entitled cause, 108 00:06:35,910 --> 00:06:37,040 "find the defendants 109 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:41,050 "Madeline Scott and Levi Scott guilty 110 00:06:41,070 --> 00:06:42,490 - "of the crime of murder... - No. 111 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,910 of Rosemary Lynch." 112 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:46,100 - No, we're innocent. - Your Honor, please. 113 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,440 - We're innocent. - Your Honor, please. 114 00:06:47,470 --> 00:06:49,230 - No. No, Your Honor! - I would never hurt... 115 00:06:50,690 --> 00:06:52,270 We're innocent. 116 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,860 Your Honor, please. No! 117 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:56,270 Well done, Maddie. 118 00:06:56,370 --> 00:06:57,750 I always wanted to tell you 119 00:06:57,770 --> 00:06:59,820 that your case was never personal for me. 120 00:06:59,910 --> 00:07:01,470 I was just doing my job 121 00:07:01,490 --> 00:07:02,890 and I honestly thought you were guilty. 122 00:07:02,930 --> 00:07:05,370 - In fact, I still do. - Mr. Bellows. 123 00:07:05,460 --> 00:07:06,580 - Mr. Bellows. - Mr. Bellows, sir. 124 00:07:06,590 --> 00:07:08,250 How about a quick comment? 125 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,540 What is that snake up to? 126 00:07:12,550 --> 00:07:15,270 Bellows wants to avoid the humiliation and be the hero. 127 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:17,250 It's pretty clever, actually. 128 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:20,220 Well, the real question is why. 129 00:07:20,350 --> 00:07:23,010 Today's Until Proven Innocent is being recorded 130 00:07:23,030 --> 00:07:25,610 at the Performing Arts Center for our first annual 131 00:07:25,630 --> 00:07:27,810 Injustice Defense Group fund-raiser. 132 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,790 Now, the whole world knows 133 00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:35,470 that Madeline got her bachelor's degree 134 00:07:35,490 --> 00:07:37,070 during her ten years in prison, 135 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:39,450 and upon her release attended Yale Law School, 136 00:07:39,470 --> 00:07:41,320 graduating top of her class. 137 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:45,290 But what most people don't realize 138 00:07:45,310 --> 00:07:48,190 is that her lawyer wasn't even a criminal defense lawyer 139 00:07:48,210 --> 00:07:50,560 when he took on her infamous case. 140 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:52,610 Nope. Reinsurance regulation. 141 00:07:52,670 --> 00:07:54,840 So what happened? 142 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,320 Uh, truth be told, 143 00:07:56,340 --> 00:07:58,890 I thought she was guilty like everyone else did. 144 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,870 Then Maddie sent me a letter. 145 00:08:03,070 --> 00:08:05,650 The letter said, "Please do not look away 146 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:07,070 without at least hearing my story." 147 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:09,930 I was so surprised, I thought perhaps 148 00:08:09,970 --> 00:08:13,270 this is the one case meant for me. 149 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:14,850 And so I decided to follow 150 00:08:14,870 --> 00:08:16,730 the Lord's guidance and not look away. 151 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:20,210 After a few months working together, I asked her about 152 00:08:20,230 --> 00:08:23,470 the number she'd written at the bottom of my special letter. 153 00:08:24,660 --> 00:08:27,490 2,736. 154 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:32,250 Turns out, that was the number 155 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:33,710 of letters she'd sent before mine. 156 00:08:33,790 --> 00:08:37,210 I realized right then that I had discovered my purpose. 157 00:08:37,270 --> 00:08:40,720 Because if 2,735 trained lawyers 158 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,690 would ignore an innocent girl whose case was famous, 159 00:08:43,950 --> 00:08:47,500 who was gonna fight for the innocent people behind bars 160 00:08:47,510 --> 00:08:49,310 who weren't famous? 161 00:08:53,810 --> 00:08:57,230 Now, Rosemary Lynch was brutally murdered 162 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,360 and yet her killer was never found. 163 00:09:03,780 --> 00:09:06,240 That's correct. 164 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:09,370 When someone goes to prison for a murder they didn't commit, 165 00:09:09,430 --> 00:09:12,510 it means the real murderer is still out there. 166 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,960 Same contribution as last year? 167 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,960 - Absolutely. - Maybe a little more? 168 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:19,710 My cover is a billionaire donor tonight. 169 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,130 That's why I bought this hat. 170 00:09:21,170 --> 00:09:22,370 It's not very believable. 171 00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:24,050 - How are you? - Good, how are you? 172 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:25,640 Dylan, hi. 173 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,300 Hey. 174 00:09:27,390 --> 00:09:29,560 - Thank you for coming. - Yeah, of course. 175 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,970 Where's Becky? Sh-She couldn't make it? 176 00:09:32,060 --> 00:09:33,140 Oh, you didn't hear. 177 00:09:33,150 --> 00:09:35,770 She, um... 178 00:09:35,860 --> 00:09:38,190 She dumped me. 179 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:40,610 - What? - Yeah. 180 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:43,290 That's crazy. You're like a rom-com character. 181 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,010 What do you mean? 182 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:46,950 Well, just, you know, you're handsome, 183 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,880 and you have a beard and a sexy reporter job. 184 00:09:49,890 --> 00:09:52,680 Uh, well, unfortunately, she did not feel that way about the job. 185 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:54,580 She hated the job. 186 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:56,710 It was just, um... 187 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,810 I don't know, it was just too much travel. 188 00:09:58,830 --> 00:10:01,690 If my boyfriend was covering the Middle East, I'd be in heaven. 189 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,850 Just... just when you start to annoy me, 190 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:05,710 you leave town. Dreamy. 191 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,840 Well, then maybe you and I should go out sometime. 192 00:10:07,970 --> 00:10:10,730 That's good. 193 00:10:10,770 --> 00:10:12,970 - You're hilarious. - Hmm. 194 00:10:14,190 --> 00:10:16,690 I'm gonna go get a... 195 00:10:16,810 --> 00:10:19,110 I'm gonna go get a drink. 196 00:10:19,190 --> 00:10:20,750 I thought you didn't drink. 197 00:10:20,770 --> 00:10:21,850 You know, I think I'm gonna start. 198 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:23,280 - Okay. - Okay. 199 00:10:30,410 --> 00:10:32,310 Don't be nervous, honey. 200 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:34,530 You're gonna crush this. 201 00:10:34,590 --> 00:10:37,470 We don't have enough of a presence in Springfield. 202 00:10:37,710 --> 00:10:39,750 The numbers are still too low downstate. 203 00:10:39,790 --> 00:10:42,690 We've got plenty of time, and when we're through, 204 00:10:42,750 --> 00:10:46,210 your opponents will be scattered into piles of ashes. 205 00:10:46,250 --> 00:10:49,550 Nobody does metaphor quite like you do, my love. 206 00:10:49,610 --> 00:10:51,720 Now... 207 00:10:51,810 --> 00:10:53,710 Big smile, dear. 208 00:10:55,870 --> 00:11:00,090 It is with great pride and great humility 209 00:11:00,190 --> 00:11:02,680 that I announce my candidacy for attorney general 210 00:11:02,710 --> 00:11:04,850 to the great state of Illinois. 211 00:11:04,910 --> 00:11:09,070 If elected, I promise to enforce law and order, 212 00:11:09,110 --> 00:11:12,780 ensure that no crime will go unpunished. 213 00:11:12,850 --> 00:11:14,350 So that's what he was up to. 214 00:11:14,390 --> 00:11:16,370 Our last two AGs became governor. 215 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:17,910 We can't let that happen. 216 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,550 Hey, if you go after him in the press, 217 00:11:19,590 --> 00:11:20,690 it'll come across like revenge. 218 00:11:20,710 --> 00:11:21,900 Not if I do it in court. 219 00:11:21,930 --> 00:11:23,710 What are you talking about? You want to sue him? 220 00:11:23,730 --> 00:11:24,840 No, expose him. 221 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,230 You know Harvey Birkbeck and I aren't the only 222 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:28,670 two innocent people he's thrown in jail. 223 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,930 And there'll be a heck of a lot more 224 00:11:29,950 --> 00:11:31,870 - if he's elected attorney general. - Exactly. 225 00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:34,230 We need to sink his AG campaign before it begins. 226 00:11:35,010 --> 00:11:37,430 Let's find another one of his wrongful convictions... 227 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,110 something really high-profile... and jam it down his throat. 228 00:11:40,140 --> 00:11:41,600 Are you sure you want to poke the bear? 229 00:11:41,630 --> 00:11:43,690 No, I want to rip his heart out. 230 00:11:43,780 --> 00:11:45,450 How many innocent lives has he destroyed? 231 00:11:45,470 --> 00:11:46,910 I don't think it's a great idea, 232 00:11:46,930 --> 00:11:48,250 but I think somebody ought to... 233 00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:52,570 This man doesn't get to be attorney general. 234 00:11:57,950 --> 00:12:00,440 Lucia, why did you set the fire? 235 00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:02,690 Because my little Angel told me to. 236 00:12:04,350 --> 00:12:06,800 He spoke to me. 237 00:12:07,290 --> 00:12:10,090 He said he was ready to go to Heaven. 238 00:12:17,350 --> 00:12:19,610 You seriously want to defend 239 00:12:19,650 --> 00:12:21,770 the Wicked Witch of West Pullman? 240 00:12:21,810 --> 00:12:24,170 The woman murdered her own child by burning down her house 241 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:26,170 - and then confessed to it. - We'd have a better chance 242 00:12:26,190 --> 00:12:28,130 exonerating the ghost of Charles Manson. 243 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,930 I know it's not a great case, 244 00:12:29,970 --> 00:12:32,090 but her PCR hearing is in less than two months. 245 00:12:32,110 --> 00:12:34,600 The timing is perfect, and it's high-profile enough 246 00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:35,640 that we'll get a ton of press. 247 00:12:35,650 --> 00:12:37,410 This is a disaster waiting to happen. 248 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,810 Everyone loved hating her. 249 00:12:38,830 --> 00:12:40,120 Just like they loved hating me. 250 00:12:40,850 --> 00:12:42,570 Lucia Rincon was convicted 251 00:12:42,610 --> 00:12:44,310 because of this image of her, right? 252 00:12:44,370 --> 00:12:47,050 - The satanic goth queen? - Correct. 253 00:12:47,990 --> 00:12:49,880 What if I told you... 254 00:12:50,010 --> 00:12:53,210 she was really a preacher's wife 255 00:12:53,450 --> 00:12:54,870 who was never into goth? 256 00:12:54,890 --> 00:12:56,710 So, then what was with all the goth makeup? 257 00:12:56,730 --> 00:12:58,100 It wasn't makeup. 258 00:12:58,180 --> 00:13:00,570 It was soot from the fire. 259 00:13:00,590 --> 00:13:02,940 They didn't clean her up before the confession. 260 00:13:03,020 --> 00:13:04,150 Eyewitness accounts have her getting 261 00:13:04,190 --> 00:13:05,630 some sort of injection on the scene. 262 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:10,430 And let me guess, her toxicology report has disappeared. 263 00:13:10,450 --> 00:13:11,710 Vanished in the wind. 264 00:13:11,810 --> 00:13:13,210 I think we found our case. 265 00:13:33,390 --> 00:13:35,210 You okay? 266 00:13:35,430 --> 00:13:36,930 Yeah. 267 00:13:39,890 --> 00:13:42,690 Best years of my life. 268 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,930 To this day, 269 00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:51,980 I don't know why my baby's dead. 270 00:13:52,110 --> 00:13:54,490 I don't know why I confessed. 271 00:13:54,570 --> 00:13:57,240 I play it over in my head. 272 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:59,400 Why did I do that? 273 00:13:59,410 --> 00:14:01,890 Since the advent of DNA evidence, 274 00:14:01,930 --> 00:14:05,080 about 2,000 inmates have been proven innocent and freed. 275 00:14:05,210 --> 00:14:09,010 More than 500 of them had been coerced 276 00:14:09,030 --> 00:14:10,230 into falsely confessing. 277 00:14:10,270 --> 00:14:11,950 So, Lucia, 278 00:14:12,010 --> 00:14:13,430 can you tell us what happened that night? 279 00:14:13,490 --> 00:14:14,950 I don't remember anything. 280 00:14:15,180 --> 00:14:18,240 I was never into... goth. 281 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:20,490 I-I-I didn't even know what that was. 282 00:14:20,550 --> 00:14:22,470 Bellows did the same thing to me. 283 00:14:22,550 --> 00:14:24,200 You know, the night Rosemary died was 284 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,600 the first night I ever got drunk. 285 00:14:25,610 --> 00:14:26,730 What? 286 00:14:27,730 --> 00:14:30,630 I thought you were some crazy party girl. 287 00:14:30,650 --> 00:14:33,510 Behind every media caricature is a real-life human being, right? 288 00:14:33,570 --> 00:14:36,050 That man is a monster. 289 00:14:36,110 --> 00:14:38,830 Lucia, you have a hearing in six weeks. 290 00:14:38,910 --> 00:14:41,910 We'd like to be your lawyers at that hearing. 291 00:14:48,950 --> 00:14:50,430 This guy's kind of cute. 292 00:14:50,450 --> 00:14:53,410 Ah, yeah. He's like Daddy Warbucks if he was a eunuch. 293 00:14:53,450 --> 00:14:55,070 Sometimes that's preferable. 294 00:14:55,130 --> 00:14:57,110 Sorry, am I interrupting? 295 00:14:57,140 --> 00:15:00,550 We're just analyzing Violet's reckless dating app behavior. 296 00:15:00,590 --> 00:15:02,810 Says our investigator holding a sword. 297 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:05,470 It's a replica of a 16th century katana. 298 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,490 What got you into this stuff? 299 00:15:07,510 --> 00:15:08,510 Kill Bill part two. 300 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,180 Oh, is that what got you into wrongful convictions? 301 00:15:10,190 --> 00:15:12,790 No. It was Kill Bill part one. 302 00:15:12,830 --> 00:15:16,070 Engine Company 93 originally investigated the fire. 303 00:15:16,110 --> 00:15:18,050 I want you to go down there. Dig around. 304 00:15:18,070 --> 00:15:19,830 See if you can find out how the fire got started. 305 00:15:19,850 --> 00:15:23,050 Perfect. I'll go undercover as a recruit. 306 00:15:23,150 --> 00:15:25,120 I don't think that's necessary. 307 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,200 It's always necessary. 308 00:15:28,330 --> 00:15:30,290 Maddie, I want to show you 309 00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:32,910 what I've been working on for the new press release. 310 00:15:32,990 --> 00:15:36,610 Our plan is to show how Bellows used the media to demonize you. 311 00:15:36,690 --> 00:15:38,590 Exactly like he's doing to Lucia. 312 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:41,470 You, I like you. 313 00:15:41,550 --> 00:15:43,180 No. 314 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:45,060 Absolutely not. 315 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,140 I don't want to make this story about me. 316 00:15:47,230 --> 00:15:48,450 Maddie. 317 00:15:48,490 --> 00:15:51,280 We have to make this about you. 318 00:15:51,290 --> 00:15:53,090 You are the living, breathing example 319 00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:54,570 of what Bellows is doing to Lucia. 320 00:15:54,590 --> 00:15:55,810 She's right. 321 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,210 - You're our best asset. - Right now 322 00:15:57,230 --> 00:15:59,330 you're our only asset. It's a terrible case. 323 00:16:05,540 --> 00:16:08,390 Oh, are you seeing anyone, Maddie? 324 00:16:10,390 --> 00:16:13,110 - You know that I'm not, Mom. - Well... 325 00:16:13,290 --> 00:16:15,090 you're not gonna be young forever. 326 00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:16,300 Burn. 327 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:18,310 You've been out of prison for seven years. 328 00:16:18,370 --> 00:16:20,530 Your whole life can't just be about your cases. 329 00:16:20,670 --> 00:16:21,900 Well, actually, there's, uh, 330 00:16:21,910 --> 00:16:23,960 one that I need to talk to you all about. 331 00:16:23,970 --> 00:16:27,850 - Who is it, honey? - Her name is Lucia Rincon. 332 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:30,430 Bellows is the prosecutor. 333 00:16:32,250 --> 00:16:33,770 And I know our case is gonna come up, 334 00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:35,410 because it's part of our defense strategy. 335 00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:37,610 Why do you want to talk about that nightmare again? 336 00:16:37,650 --> 00:16:40,090 I don't. But this woman is innocent. 337 00:16:40,170 --> 00:16:42,330 So if I have to drag my name through the mud 338 00:16:42,350 --> 00:16:44,330 to save her, that's just what I'm gonna do. 339 00:16:44,390 --> 00:16:46,690 But what about your brother? He hasn't been able 340 00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:48,350 to get a decent job because of what happened. 341 00:16:48,390 --> 00:16:49,520 Hey, I'm fine. 342 00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:52,050 Coaching kids' soccer is nice, but... 343 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:55,190 - Wow. Okay. Thanks, Mom. - I think it's great. 344 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:57,550 - Thank you. It is great. - You can't do this to us again. 345 00:16:57,610 --> 00:16:59,260 Our lives have just gotten back to normal. 346 00:16:59,270 --> 00:17:01,330 Hey, we're the ones that went to prison, okay? 347 00:17:01,350 --> 00:17:02,950 So if she wants to talk about the case, 348 00:17:03,010 --> 00:17:05,000 then she can talk about the case. 349 00:17:05,010 --> 00:17:07,280 And I want you to crush that son of a bitch for me. 350 00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:08,640 For us. 351 00:17:08,650 --> 00:17:10,020 For us. 352 00:17:10,050 --> 00:17:11,990 I'm worried about you, Maddie. 353 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:14,290 Are you sure you really want to do this? 354 00:17:15,940 --> 00:17:18,310 Ever since I saw Bellows, 355 00:17:18,390 --> 00:17:20,570 I can't stop thinking about Rosemary. 356 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,790 Seeing him triggered something in me. 357 00:17:25,830 --> 00:17:28,660 We've all spent so many years trying to forget about this. 358 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:31,250 It never goes away, does it? 359 00:17:32,670 --> 00:17:35,010 I don't think it ever will. 360 00:17:54,190 --> 00:17:56,020 _ 361 00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:57,090 I bet Tobey 362 00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:59,570 would totally hook up with you in that dress. 363 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,450 Tobey, stop. 364 00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:10,620 Come on, just one sip. 365 00:18:17,450 --> 00:18:19,250 Hey, Levi, come drink with us! 366 00:18:19,290 --> 00:18:21,430 - Ah! - Ha! Oh! 367 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,690 Now with renowned innocence attorney 368 00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:39,210 Madeline Scott at her side, Rincon is heading back to court 369 00:18:39,230 --> 00:18:41,270 for round two of her infamous 370 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,780 trial by fire. 371 00:18:42,820 --> 00:18:45,250 And the Supreme Court has also held 372 00:18:45,270 --> 00:18:47,810 that fantastic or delusional claims 373 00:18:47,850 --> 00:18:50,380 of actual innocence should be dismissed by judges 374 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,830 as frivolous and patently without... 375 00:18:52,850 --> 00:18:54,290 Hey, uh... 376 00:18:54,410 --> 00:18:56,690 what do you make of this Luciferina deal? 377 00:18:56,710 --> 00:18:58,610 Arson? Not arson? 378 00:18:58,630 --> 00:19:00,550 Those judges wouldn't know deliberate 379 00:19:00,570 --> 00:19:03,900 from an accidental combustion if you set their robes on fire. 380 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:08,340 That fire was 2004, wasn't it? 381 00:19:08,810 --> 00:19:10,450 Yes, it was, Chief. 382 00:19:10,490 --> 00:19:12,290 December 2004. 383 00:19:12,350 --> 00:19:14,930 So there you have it. 384 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:17,310 Why? What... what happened in 2004? 385 00:19:17,350 --> 00:19:19,500 Charcoal Christmas, son. 386 00:19:19,510 --> 00:19:22,150 But for this small suburb of Chicago, 387 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:24,230 the murder of Rosemary Lynch is still a hot... 388 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:25,750 All right, let's go, let's go! 389 00:19:25,770 --> 00:19:27,630 Hustle it up now! Keep your head up! There you go! 390 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:30,730 Nice shot! Hey, great save! There you go! 391 00:19:30,750 --> 00:19:33,330 Come on. Go meet up with your friends, honey. 392 00:19:33,410 --> 00:19:34,500 - Good effort, good effort. - Levi! 393 00:19:34,510 --> 00:19:36,050 - Give me some fives. There you go. - Levi! 394 00:19:36,110 --> 00:19:37,450 Why is your sister defending 395 00:19:37,490 --> 00:19:40,000 that psycho who set her kid on fire? 396 00:19:40,890 --> 00:19:42,670 You-You'll have to talk to her about that. 397 00:19:42,710 --> 00:19:45,610 She is using Rosemary. It's disgusting. 398 00:19:45,630 --> 00:19:47,370 What is wrong with you people? 399 00:19:47,380 --> 00:19:49,090 Can we not talk about this here, please? 400 00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:50,510 I-I'm-I'm trying to coach soccer. 401 00:19:50,570 --> 00:19:52,540 We are never gonna forget what you and your sister 402 00:19:52,550 --> 00:19:54,970 did to Rosemary. Ever. 403 00:19:55,050 --> 00:19:56,640 Come on, Brian. 404 00:19:58,010 --> 00:19:59,470 We'll see you next week. 405 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,520 Bye, Coach Levi! 406 00:20:04,610 --> 00:20:05,820 Hey. 407 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:09,570 Hey, Levi. 408 00:20:10,690 --> 00:20:13,650 What are you doing here? 409 00:20:13,690 --> 00:20:16,050 No one wants you here. 410 00:20:16,170 --> 00:20:17,830 We don't want you around our kids. 411 00:20:17,910 --> 00:20:19,900 You know, assault with a deadly weapon 412 00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:22,890 can get you up to ten years. 413 00:20:22,910 --> 00:20:24,750 Maybe life if you kill me. 414 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:27,630 Is that what you want, Brian? You want to sit in a cell 415 00:20:27,670 --> 00:20:30,290 for the rest of your life just dreaming 416 00:20:30,310 --> 00:20:31,800 about all the things that you missed out on, 417 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,140 like your wife, or your kids? 418 00:20:36,070 --> 00:20:39,300 Just a couple beers. 419 00:20:39,310 --> 00:20:40,640 A good steak. 420 00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:45,730 Why don't you move over and... 421 00:20:45,820 --> 00:20:48,550 we'll both just pretend this whole thing didn't happen. 422 00:20:57,910 --> 00:20:59,750 Oh, my God! Brian! 423 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:02,170 Brian! Are you okay? 424 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:04,590 Babe. 425 00:21:08,050 --> 00:21:09,170 Are you all right? 426 00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:41,080 Heather. 427 00:21:41,610 --> 00:21:43,550 Hi. 428 00:21:44,410 --> 00:21:46,040 What are you doing here? 429 00:21:46,090 --> 00:21:49,710 Your drug addict brother nearly killed me and my husband. 430 00:21:49,770 --> 00:21:52,210 I take it you're defending him? 431 00:21:52,490 --> 00:21:55,010 - He's been clean for years. - Good for him. 432 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,110 Wait, Brian Husband is your husband? 433 00:21:59,170 --> 00:22:00,470 Yeah. 434 00:22:02,050 --> 00:22:03,630 Oh, it's just... 435 00:22:03,730 --> 00:22:05,290 now your name is Heather Husband. 436 00:22:06,110 --> 00:22:08,820 I'm glad you've recovered enough from Rosemary's death 437 00:22:08,830 --> 00:22:10,590 to make everything a big joke. 438 00:22:10,670 --> 00:22:12,640 You know, most of us in town 439 00:22:12,690 --> 00:22:14,400 still think you should be in jail. 440 00:22:14,490 --> 00:22:16,410 We always will. 441 00:22:16,610 --> 00:22:20,090 Well, sometimes I miss lockup, 'cause, you know, 442 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:21,930 kind of cool to beat the hell out of a dumb bitch 443 00:22:21,950 --> 00:22:23,080 who looked at you wrong. 444 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,610 Well, you know all about being a dumb bitch, now, don't you? 445 00:22:29,650 --> 00:22:31,590 You know, I always thought that maybe you were the one 446 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,470 - that killed Rosemary. - What? 447 00:22:33,530 --> 00:22:35,330 You were definitely the queen bee back in the day, 448 00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:38,090 but you knew you were never getting out of La Grange. 449 00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,000 And you should've seen your face 450 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:42,090 the day Rosemary was accepted to Stanford. 451 00:22:43,910 --> 00:22:46,230 Well, it looks like she didn't quite make it, 452 00:22:46,310 --> 00:22:48,370 now, did she? 453 00:22:53,610 --> 00:22:56,430 See you in court, Maddie. 454 00:23:03,530 --> 00:23:05,450 Mr. Scott, where is your sister? 455 00:23:06,290 --> 00:23:08,390 She should be here soon, Your Honor. 456 00:23:08,410 --> 00:23:11,410 Madeline Scott, Your Honor, counsel for the defendant. 457 00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:13,960 Sorry, bud. 458 00:23:15,750 --> 00:23:18,030 And how do you plead? 459 00:23:18,150 --> 00:23:21,330 As always in our family, not guilty, Your Honor. 460 00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:30,600 - Hi. - Hey. 461 00:23:32,190 --> 00:23:33,450 Hi. 462 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:36,150 Can we, uh, can we talk about Rincon? 463 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,790 Oh, is that what you're doing here? 464 00:23:38,830 --> 00:23:41,770 Well, we got a lot of readers that love the Goth Killer. 465 00:23:41,790 --> 00:23:43,490 I'm metro now. 466 00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:44,870 - Oh. - So... 467 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,350 I guess your international dream guy scenario is over. 468 00:23:47,390 --> 00:23:48,980 Yeah, you're still dreamy on this continent, 469 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:50,050 but I can't discuss it. 470 00:23:50,090 --> 00:23:53,090 All right, new idea. How about this? 471 00:23:53,150 --> 00:23:54,550 How about I take you to dinner, 472 00:23:54,590 --> 00:23:56,510 and I give the story to somebody else? 473 00:23:56,710 --> 00:23:58,290 You would lose a story for a date? 474 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:00,830 I would lose a Pulitzer for a date with you. 475 00:24:00,850 --> 00:24:02,690 Are you kidding me? Come on. 476 00:24:02,730 --> 00:24:04,910 Oh, you're good. 477 00:24:04,970 --> 00:24:08,550 I can't. I... 478 00:24:08,610 --> 00:24:10,250 I, uh... 479 00:24:10,290 --> 00:24:12,090 You know what? You're not missing anything. 480 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,370 I'm terrible in bed. 481 00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:17,150 That's a true story. 482 00:24:23,390 --> 00:24:24,730 _ 483 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,610 Easy. 484 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,500 I've been looking into Lucia's missing toxicology file. 485 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:41,370 So, this is the medical examiner report 486 00:24:41,390 --> 00:24:42,680 from Lucia's case. 487 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,630 - You see that? - Yeah. It's a photocopy of a staple. 488 00:24:45,670 --> 00:24:47,130 Right. But that's the only page, 489 00:24:47,150 --> 00:24:49,510 and it says the toxicology report is attached. 490 00:24:49,550 --> 00:24:51,310 If there's a photocopy of a staple... 491 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,410 It was hidden in discovery. 492 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:54,770 And we never figured out 493 00:24:54,790 --> 00:24:56,450 what she was injected with at the crime scene. 494 00:24:56,470 --> 00:24:57,970 - Mm-hmm. - It's got to be in there, right? 495 00:24:58,010 --> 00:24:59,280 Yeah, if we can find it. 496 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,210 What about the EMT who treated her at the scene? 497 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,010 Maybe she can get it for us. 498 00:25:04,030 --> 00:25:05,550 She's listed right here on the report. 499 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,910 You got it wrong. 500 00:25:10,950 --> 00:25:13,230 I didn't inject Mrs. Rincon with anything. 501 00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:15,080 I drew her blood. It's standard procedure. 502 00:25:15,130 --> 00:25:17,810 Can you get us the complete toxicology report that says 503 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,660 - what her blood showed? - I'm sorry. 504 00:25:19,670 --> 00:25:20,950 I can't help you. 505 00:25:20,970 --> 00:25:22,830 I know it's a lot to ask, but our client 506 00:25:22,850 --> 00:25:26,290 lost her son, her husband, and her freedom. 507 00:25:26,370 --> 00:25:27,890 She lost everything. 508 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,650 Great news. 509 00:25:32,690 --> 00:25:34,730 The paramedic found her soul and gave us 510 00:25:34,770 --> 00:25:37,570 Lucia's lab report, which shows she was hallucinating 511 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,070 from carbon monoxide poisoning. 512 00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:41,290 So her entire satanic public image 513 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,010 was in reality a woman who was poisoned. 514 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:44,830 And Bellows buried the blood test that would prove it. 515 00:25:44,850 --> 00:25:47,670 We just destroyed Lucia's confession. 516 00:25:47,690 --> 00:25:48,910 Bingo. 517 00:25:48,930 --> 00:25:50,740 All right, I got good news and bad news. 518 00:25:50,830 --> 00:25:51,950 Oh, we're playing this game again. 519 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,450 Yeah, because I love it. 520 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:54,570 Which one do you want first? 521 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,610 The bad news. 522 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:57,770 I'm not gonna be a fireman 523 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:58,910 with Engine Company 93. 524 00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:00,630 - Shocking. - What's the good news? 525 00:26:00,650 --> 00:26:02,830 Firefighters know everything about arson. Who knew? 526 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,130 - I knew. - In 2005, a Jersey-based importer 527 00:26:05,150 --> 00:26:06,620 was hit with a class action suit 528 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,620 claiming their faulty Christmas tree lights 529 00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:11,450 caused more than 60 Christmas tree fires. 530 00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:13,130 They called it Charcoal Christmas. 531 00:26:13,170 --> 00:26:14,990 Looks like Lucia's fire was an accident 532 00:26:15,010 --> 00:26:16,690 caused by faulty Christmas tree lights. 533 00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:18,130 - Can we prove she owned them? - You mean, 534 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,590 did she run back into a burning house to save a box of receipts? 535 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:22,130 - Probably not. - Okay, wait, 536 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,970 but for the first time we have a logical explanation 537 00:26:25,030 --> 00:26:26,370 for how the fire started. 538 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:27,820 All right. 539 00:26:27,850 --> 00:26:29,890 I'll amend our petition to include Bellows' suppression 540 00:26:29,930 --> 00:26:32,660 of the toxicology report and make sure that I file it... 541 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:34,450 No, no, no. We can't file anything yet. 542 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:37,210 Bellows could cut a deal to keep this off the record. 543 00:26:37,270 --> 00:26:39,470 Hiding a damaging blood test is enough to show 544 00:26:39,490 --> 00:26:42,510 how corrupt his case was and blow up his AG campaign. 545 00:26:42,530 --> 00:26:43,830 I know you want to humiliate him, 546 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,880 but what matters is Lucia. 547 00:26:45,930 --> 00:26:48,150 We have enough information for him to release her. 548 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:49,930 I hate Bellows, too, 549 00:26:49,970 --> 00:26:52,810 but we have to protect our client above all else. 550 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,230 Yeah. 551 00:26:56,910 --> 00:26:58,550 Okay. 552 00:26:58,610 --> 00:27:00,970 Go to Bellows, see if he'll cut a deal. 553 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:11,870 Nice spot for a jog. 554 00:27:11,950 --> 00:27:14,110 Especially this early, 555 00:27:14,150 --> 00:27:15,550 before all the carbon monoxide 556 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:17,130 chokes the oxygen out of the air. 557 00:27:17,170 --> 00:27:19,710 Lucia Rincon's confession. 558 00:27:19,790 --> 00:27:21,930 She was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning 559 00:27:21,950 --> 00:27:23,420 when she gave it. 560 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:25,270 I have the hidden blood test to prove it. 561 00:27:26,670 --> 00:27:28,010 Look, I know you all think 562 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:30,260 I'm the villain in your story. 563 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:32,330 May I ask you a question? 564 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:34,130 You ever taken the statement of a mother 565 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,560 whose child has just been murdered? 566 00:27:37,070 --> 00:27:38,890 I have. 567 00:27:40,110 --> 00:27:42,440 At least a hundred times. 568 00:27:43,030 --> 00:27:44,820 Never forget the look in their eyes, 569 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:47,910 the look that says that their lives are now over, too. 570 00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:50,890 Only thing I can do to make sure I can still sleep at night 571 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:54,610 is punish the killer of their child. 572 00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:56,730 What about when you get it wrong? 573 00:27:59,370 --> 00:28:02,010 Madeline Scott is guilty. 574 00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:04,450 So is Rincon. 575 00:28:04,470 --> 00:28:06,050 Even if you can get her released with that report, 576 00:28:06,070 --> 00:28:07,230 she still killed her kid. 577 00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:08,670 She didn't kill him, 578 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,950 but the fact that you suppressed this report 579 00:28:11,970 --> 00:28:13,180 will certainly kill your campaign. 580 00:28:13,190 --> 00:28:15,790 So either way, you lose. 581 00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:20,270 That's a good one, Easy. 582 00:28:21,940 --> 00:28:24,050 She pleads to manslaughter, 583 00:28:24,090 --> 00:28:26,900 I'll make sure her sentence is reduced to time served. 584 00:28:26,990 --> 00:28:28,700 The report stays buried. 585 00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:30,930 She pleads to child endangerment. 586 00:28:34,030 --> 00:28:37,830 If, in your crusade, 587 00:28:37,910 --> 00:28:41,040 you manage to free someone who's actually guilty 588 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,710 and then they murder someone 589 00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:46,570 or otherwise ruin innocent lives, 590 00:28:46,590 --> 00:28:49,760 then who's the villain in your story? 591 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,340 You have a deal. 592 00:28:56,350 --> 00:28:58,330 What? 593 00:28:58,350 --> 00:29:00,490 - Really? - You're being offered what's called 594 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:01,890 the Alford plea. 595 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:04,510 If you plead guilty to child endangerment, 596 00:29:04,550 --> 00:29:06,770 you'll be released based on timed served. 597 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:10,390 But everyone will still think I'm the Goth Killer? 598 00:29:10,490 --> 00:29:12,830 What do you think I should do? 599 00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:16,110 I was offered a plea in my case. 600 00:29:17,210 --> 00:29:19,330 I turned it down. 601 00:29:19,370 --> 00:29:20,600 I would rather be in prison 602 00:29:20,610 --> 00:29:22,210 than have the world think I was a murderer. 603 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:23,830 And you won in court? 604 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,390 My conviction was overturned. 605 00:29:25,670 --> 00:29:27,520 And if this happens, 606 00:29:27,550 --> 00:29:29,290 they can't retry me 607 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,420 - because of the double jeopardy thing. - No, no, no, no. 608 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:33,790 Double jeopardy only applies if you're found innocent 609 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,210 at trial or deemed actually innocent based on appeal. 610 00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:39,750 Yeah, but Bellows cares too much about his political ambitions 611 00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:40,790 to risk another loss. 612 00:29:40,810 --> 00:29:42,890 I would be stunned if he tried you again. 613 00:29:44,170 --> 00:29:45,490 My husband left me 614 00:29:45,530 --> 00:29:48,250 because he thought I killed our baby. 615 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,990 He made a statement against me in court. 616 00:29:51,150 --> 00:29:53,400 I lost everything. 617 00:29:55,410 --> 00:29:58,740 Lucia, what do you want to do? 618 00:29:58,790 --> 00:30:00,830 I want to go to court. 619 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,790 - You take the kick. - Right. 620 00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:11,210 - Way to go, Tim. Way to go. - Yeah, there you go! 621 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:13,190 Yeah, that's the way. 622 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:14,630 All right. Pass it over. 623 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,680 Hey, Levi. 624 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,230 Hey, Coach. What's up? 625 00:30:19,290 --> 00:30:22,050 Hey, look, um, I-I hate to do this, 626 00:30:22,130 --> 00:30:23,830 but we're gonna have to let you go. 627 00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:25,190 Wh-What? Why? 628 00:30:25,230 --> 00:30:27,980 That thing with Brian Husband pushed a lot of people 629 00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:29,270 over the edge. 630 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,910 You know, I tried to fight it, but, uh, you know, 631 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,030 with the prison thing and-and the drugs... 632 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:36,950 No, no. Hey. Coach, I've been off oxy for years. 633 00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:39,090 I have, you... 634 00:30:39,110 --> 00:30:41,070 Frank, you know this is all I got. 635 00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:43,630 You know I love these kids. Don't-don't do this to me. 636 00:30:43,670 --> 00:30:45,250 I'm sorry, Levi. 637 00:30:45,350 --> 00:30:48,040 - I'm sorry. - Frank, please don't. 638 00:30:56,050 --> 00:30:58,730 Do you want to be a virgin in college? 639 00:30:58,810 --> 00:30:59,910 No. Do you? 640 00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:02,930 No. So let's get it over with. 641 00:31:08,610 --> 00:31:10,730 Hey. 642 00:31:10,820 --> 00:31:12,610 Hi. 643 00:31:12,690 --> 00:31:15,110 Um, I was thinking about 644 00:31:15,230 --> 00:31:19,390 your offer, and I... 645 00:31:19,990 --> 00:31:24,910 ... I can't promise that it won't be super awkward, 646 00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:28,310 um, but maybe... 647 00:31:28,370 --> 00:31:30,150 - ... if you want to have dinner, then... - Yes. 648 00:31:30,170 --> 00:31:32,390 I-I definitely want to. I would love to. 649 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,650 Uh, Saturday. How about Saturday night? 650 00:31:34,770 --> 00:31:36,090 - Okay. - All right. 651 00:31:36,110 --> 00:31:38,050 - I'll pick you up. - Great. 652 00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:39,550 Okay, bye. 653 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,230 I got a line on Madeline Scott. 654 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,370 I love it. Bring me something good. 655 00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:54,610 Well, you know I will. 656 00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:07,850 What's up? You okay? 657 00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:10,120 Yeah, will you look at this? 658 00:32:11,170 --> 00:32:13,590 Lucia's husband. 659 00:32:13,650 --> 00:32:16,190 All his preaching is exclusively in Spanish. 660 00:32:16,270 --> 00:32:18,870 So? The police report said that he didn't speak English. 661 00:32:18,890 --> 00:32:21,190 Yeah, but his statement is in flawless English. 662 00:32:24,570 --> 00:32:25,990 I couldn't stop thinking 663 00:32:26,020 --> 00:32:27,290 about Lucia's husband. 664 00:32:27,310 --> 00:32:29,390 Why would he give a statement that she never wanted children 665 00:32:29,420 --> 00:32:31,280 - if it wasn't true? - Right, so we looked back 666 00:32:31,300 --> 00:32:33,330 to Rincon's original statement to the police. 667 00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:35,770 - It's written in flawless English. - And? 668 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:38,330 He probably couldn't even read what he was signing. 669 00:32:38,650 --> 00:32:40,370 Translator could have written anything. 670 00:32:40,410 --> 00:32:41,910 All right, we need to confirm 671 00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:44,240 this is actually what he said, and if not, 672 00:32:44,250 --> 00:32:46,070 we need to get him on the record refuting it. 673 00:32:46,090 --> 00:32:47,350 But first we have to find him. 674 00:32:47,380 --> 00:32:49,330 Yeah, good luck with that. 675 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,610 On it. 676 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:06,570 How could you get her to reject the plea? 677 00:33:07,490 --> 00:33:09,690 You risked our client's life on a long shot appeal 678 00:33:09,710 --> 00:33:11,630 over a personal vendetta with Bellows. 679 00:33:11,710 --> 00:33:13,790 I don't see it that way. 680 00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:14,830 I'm the only one 681 00:33:14,850 --> 00:33:16,390 who's been through what Lucia's been through. 682 00:33:16,410 --> 00:33:17,680 Which does not give you the right 683 00:33:17,710 --> 00:33:20,000 to manipulate her into risking her own freedom 684 00:33:20,010 --> 00:33:22,110 so you can continue to grind your ax. 685 00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:24,590 I didn't manipulate her. I empathized with her. 686 00:33:29,790 --> 00:33:33,160 In prison, no one is spitting at Lucia. 687 00:33:33,170 --> 00:33:34,610 You want her to go back to all that? 688 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,350 Who's gonna hire a woman who murdered her own child? 689 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,290 Who will love that woman? No one. 690 00:33:42,390 --> 00:33:44,350 Because that is the world that is waiting for her 691 00:33:44,370 --> 00:33:46,980 if she accepts a plea that admits any wrongdoing. 692 00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:48,890 That's the life sentence that terrifies me. 693 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:51,600 She'll be free. 694 00:33:51,690 --> 00:33:54,400 Isn't that the entire point of this firm? 695 00:33:54,410 --> 00:33:57,110 Lucia's not fighting for her freedom, and neither am I. 696 00:33:57,140 --> 00:33:59,440 She's fighting for her innocence. 697 00:34:02,990 --> 00:34:04,780 And so are we. 698 00:34:16,270 --> 00:34:17,540 Hey, big brother. 699 00:34:17,630 --> 00:34:20,270 Hey, hey. Hey, sis. 700 00:34:20,340 --> 00:34:22,420 Levi, you promised. 701 00:34:22,510 --> 00:34:26,390 Um... promises, promises. 702 00:34:26,450 --> 00:34:28,550 Why? 703 00:34:28,590 --> 00:34:30,230 You were doing so well. 704 00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:32,590 I can't help it. 705 00:34:33,770 --> 00:34:35,440 I miss her. 706 00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:40,270 She was my best friend, too, and I'm not a drug addict. 707 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:46,520 We were more than friends. 708 00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:48,160 What? 709 00:34:48,180 --> 00:34:50,200 I never told you. 710 00:34:50,290 --> 00:34:52,610 I never told anyone. 711 00:34:53,710 --> 00:34:55,110 We were together. 712 00:34:58,710 --> 00:35:01,250 You and Rosemary? 713 00:35:02,710 --> 00:35:03,870 You swore 714 00:35:03,890 --> 00:35:05,500 - you were never together. - I know. 715 00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:06,840 - You lied to me. - I know. 716 00:35:06,930 --> 00:35:10,680 I'm sorry, sis. It was... it was our secret. 717 00:35:10,690 --> 00:35:13,150 If this gets out, 718 00:35:13,170 --> 00:35:16,020 the whole world will think we're guilty again. 719 00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:18,390 This could destroy us. 720 00:35:19,290 --> 00:35:21,710 No, it could destroy you. 721 00:35:25,830 --> 00:35:28,030 I'm already gone. 722 00:36:21,590 --> 00:36:23,210 Hey. 723 00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:25,630 Found Rincon. 724 00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:27,390 Great. Where? Where? 725 00:36:27,410 --> 00:36:29,360 He's a street preacher in Hope Park, 726 00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:30,910 preaching that the world's about to end. 727 00:36:30,950 --> 00:36:32,080 What do you want me to do? 728 00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:33,280 See if he'll swear out an affidavit 729 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:35,390 denying the statement he supposedly gave police. 730 00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:37,610 - Copy that. - Bodie, be careful. 731 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:39,670 There's armed drug crews in that park 24/7. 732 00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:41,290 That's an obstacle. 733 00:36:41,610 --> 00:36:43,730 But I got an idea. I'll call you back. 734 00:36:47,990 --> 00:36:50,150 Five-O! Five-O! 735 00:36:50,190 --> 00:36:52,190 - Five-O! - Five-O! Five-O! 736 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,990 Five-O! 737 00:37:04,270 --> 00:37:06,150 Damian Rincon. 738 00:37:06,470 --> 00:37:07,990 _ 739 00:37:08,050 --> 00:37:10,050 No speak with no policía. 740 00:37:10,150 --> 00:37:12,910 _ 741 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:17,350 _ 742 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,040 _ 743 00:37:20,070 --> 00:37:23,710 _ 744 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:25,190 Aah! 745 00:37:25,270 --> 00:37:27,570 Lucia Rincon was convicted of arson-homicide 746 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,230 using outdated, outmoded fire investigation methods. 747 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,950 I remember her trial, Ms. Scott. I presided over it. 748 00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:34,690 I've also read your brief 749 00:37:34,740 --> 00:37:37,160 detailing this spate of Christmas tree fires 750 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,690 which all took place before Mrs. Rincon's trial. 751 00:37:39,730 --> 00:37:42,000 Yes. The fires themselves took place before the trial, but... 752 00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:43,120 Statute is clear. 753 00:37:43,210 --> 00:37:45,850 Innocence claims must be based on newly-discovered evidence. 754 00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:47,470 The cause of the fires wasn't determined 755 00:37:47,490 --> 00:37:48,530 until six years later. 756 00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:50,070 That determination is our evidence. 757 00:37:50,090 --> 00:37:52,550 Nice try, Ms. Scott, but I'll stick with my interpretation. 758 00:37:52,630 --> 00:37:54,650 It's not my interpretation. It's settled precedent. 759 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,190 You say tomato. I say next issue. 760 00:37:57,270 --> 00:37:58,790 There is no next issue, Your Honor. 761 00:37:58,850 --> 00:38:00,470 Tomato, Ms. Scott. Next issue. 762 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,270 This is a one-issue case. 763 00:38:02,290 --> 00:38:05,010 If there's no arson, there's no arson-homicide. 764 00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:06,050 Clock is ticking. 765 00:38:06,060 --> 00:38:07,800 Should we keep spinning our wheels, 766 00:38:07,830 --> 00:38:09,770 or should we move on down the road? 767 00:38:15,090 --> 00:38:17,660 Happy to move on, Your Honor. 768 00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:20,370 Your Honor, if I could draw the court's attention 769 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,200 to the toxicology report submitted with our petition. 770 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:25,180 In violation of Brady v. Maryland, 771 00:38:25,190 --> 00:38:27,620 Ms. Rincon's blood test was hidden from defense counsel. 772 00:38:27,630 --> 00:38:28,970 Let's discuss how this blood test 773 00:38:28,990 --> 00:38:30,210 would have impacted the trial. 774 00:38:30,230 --> 00:38:32,460 It clearly undermines Ms. Rincon's confession, Your Honor. 775 00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:35,090 She has no memory of the fire or its aftermath. 776 00:38:35,170 --> 00:38:38,140 Among the key symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning 777 00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:41,480 is confabulation... fabrication of imaginary events 778 00:38:41,490 --> 00:38:43,550 to compensate for total memory loss. 779 00:38:43,610 --> 00:38:46,300 I.e., detectives repeated what they believed happened over 780 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,520 and over until Ms. Rincon believed it, too. 781 00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:51,000 I'm not sure that evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning 782 00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:53,690 is material enough to change the jury's verdict. 783 00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:55,510 Your Honor, they goaded Lucia 784 00:38:55,530 --> 00:38:57,330 into believing she murdered her own son. 785 00:38:57,350 --> 00:39:00,270 That, coupled with the guilt and trauma of losing a child, 786 00:39:00,290 --> 00:39:02,830 amounts to a forced, unreliable confession. 787 00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:05,230 I'll consider it, but I'm not gonna lie. 788 00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:07,310 I've heard better. What else you got? 789 00:39:07,350 --> 00:39:10,170 Wha... What else have we got? 790 00:39:10,190 --> 00:39:11,550 I'm sorry, Your Honor. 791 00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:14,170 Is there something funny about a woman serving a life sentence 792 00:39:14,190 --> 00:39:15,750 for a crime that didn't even happen? 793 00:39:15,810 --> 00:39:17,870 Excuse me? 794 00:39:20,350 --> 00:39:23,310 Your Honor, my investigator has been assaulted. 795 00:39:23,330 --> 00:39:25,110 May we ask for a recess until tomorrow? 796 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,180 My Lord, you look like hell. 797 00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:29,650 Adjourned until 9:00 a.m. 798 00:39:29,770 --> 00:39:31,730 And, Ms. Scott, I hope 799 00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:33,940 you're a bit cooler when you come back in this room, 800 00:39:34,030 --> 00:39:36,690 or I will kick you right out. 801 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:40,380 Are you okay? What happened to your face? 802 00:39:40,410 --> 00:39:42,920 Rincon's undocumented, he thought I was from immigration. 803 00:39:42,930 --> 00:39:46,310 After he realized I wasn't ICE, he finally started talking. 804 00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:47,660 And? 805 00:39:47,710 --> 00:39:49,830 And he didn't write that statement, 806 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,920 and he never turned against his wife. 807 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,950 Their entire motive is falsified on that forged statement. 808 00:39:55,970 --> 00:39:57,170 He's gonna testify? 809 00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:58,790 No, no, no, because if he shows up to court, 810 00:39:58,820 --> 00:40:01,340 he's gonna be deported, and he says if he gets deported, 811 00:40:01,350 --> 00:40:02,890 he'll be killed as soon as he gets home. 812 00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:04,680 I mean, he already disappeared. 813 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:07,490 We need to prove that translation was purposely faked. 814 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,790 Yeah. Then let's look into the translator. 815 00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:24,770 I found something. 816 00:40:24,810 --> 00:40:27,830 That translator did the same thing in Indiana. 817 00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:29,270 Did you say Indiana? 818 00:40:29,310 --> 00:40:30,510 Oh, my God. 819 00:40:30,540 --> 00:40:32,290 It's good. Yeah. 820 00:40:32,380 --> 00:40:34,420 If we can get him to testify, we might have a shot. 821 00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:36,870 As of right now, it's our only shot. 822 00:40:37,050 --> 00:40:38,670 We got to find this guy. 823 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,160 Good morning, Your Honor. 824 00:40:41,170 --> 00:40:43,510 Petitioner submits a letter 825 00:40:43,570 --> 00:40:46,290 from the attorney general of Indiana, detailing 826 00:40:46,310 --> 00:40:48,550 a plea bargain in a case where the translator, 827 00:40:48,570 --> 00:40:50,250 Thomas LeMay, improperly 828 00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:52,550 translated the testimony of a critical witness. 829 00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:56,230 Mr. LeMay was also the translator the prosecution used 830 00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:57,670 - in this case. - Your Honor, 831 00:40:57,690 --> 00:40:59,170 counsel's claim is a desperate attempt 832 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:02,230 to plant the seeds of doubt into our investigation. 833 00:41:02,250 --> 00:41:04,330 It is a personal vendetta against myself, 834 00:41:04,350 --> 00:41:07,610 and impossible to prove that this translation was falsified. 835 00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:09,450 That's because I'm not finished, Your Honor. 836 00:41:09,510 --> 00:41:11,070 Petitioner calls the translator, 837 00:41:11,110 --> 00:41:13,010 Thomas LeMay, to the stand. 838 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:23,130 Petitioner also submits an affidavit, signed by Mr. LeMay, 839 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,070 admitting to falsifying the translation in this case, 840 00:41:26,130 --> 00:41:27,790 State of Illinois v. Rincon. 841 00:41:27,830 --> 00:41:30,470 His motivation was to ensure guilty verdicts 842 00:41:30,540 --> 00:41:32,710 for people he was convinced were guilty. 843 00:41:32,730 --> 00:41:34,310 They were guilty, Your Honor. 844 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:35,990 Get him the hell out of my courtroom. 845 00:41:36,010 --> 00:41:37,470 - Your Honor, I want to say something. - Out. 846 00:41:37,490 --> 00:41:40,450 Sometimes the ends justify the means! 847 00:41:40,570 --> 00:41:42,110 Mr. Bellows? 848 00:41:44,470 --> 00:41:46,840 I'm just as shocked as everyone else in this room. 849 00:41:46,850 --> 00:41:48,770 Oh, that was good. Very convincing. 850 00:41:48,790 --> 00:41:50,600 - Your Honor. - No need to rub it in, Ms. Scott. 851 00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:51,730 Even just a little? 852 00:41:51,790 --> 00:41:54,490 How many cases have you tried using fraudulent translations? 853 00:41:54,510 --> 00:41:56,340 I am under no obligation to answer questions 854 00:41:56,350 --> 00:41:57,540 posed by opposing counsel. 855 00:41:57,610 --> 00:41:59,650 You are, however, under obligation to answer questions 856 00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:00,660 from this bench. 857 00:42:00,670 --> 00:42:02,130 You say tomato, I say to-mah-to. 858 00:42:04,650 --> 00:42:07,550 You stole my line, Ms. Scott... 859 00:42:07,590 --> 00:42:08,990 so I'll take yours. 860 00:42:11,810 --> 00:42:15,550 Mr. Bellows, how many of your prosecutions 861 00:42:15,590 --> 00:42:18,610 relied on this obviously corrupt translator? 862 00:42:20,650 --> 00:42:22,670 I have no idea, Your Honor, 863 00:42:22,740 --> 00:42:25,290 but I will personally investigate 864 00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:26,590 each and every one of them. 865 00:42:26,630 --> 00:42:29,050 In fact, I will initiate an internal review 866 00:42:29,070 --> 00:42:32,470 of all convictions won by my office over the last 20 years. 867 00:42:32,630 --> 00:42:35,120 If there is even a scintilla of corruption, 868 00:42:35,210 --> 00:42:36,870 I will root it out. 869 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,910 I've dedicated my life to serving justice. 870 00:42:39,110 --> 00:42:41,570 Your Honor, the justice currently before the court 871 00:42:41,590 --> 00:42:44,090 is the false imprisonment of Lucia Rincon. 872 00:42:44,130 --> 00:42:46,270 We've presented a forged affidavit, 873 00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:47,770 a hidden toxicology report, 874 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:51,140 and ample evidence that show the true cause of the fire. 875 00:42:51,350 --> 00:42:53,250 There was no murder, Your Honor. 876 00:42:53,310 --> 00:42:56,520 Only lies, deceit, and corruption 877 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:00,110 that have placed an innocent woman behind bars. 878 00:43:04,070 --> 00:43:05,550 Mrs. Rincon. 879 00:43:05,570 --> 00:43:07,750 Stand up. 880 00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:11,790 You must feel like you got lost in the shuffle. 881 00:43:11,890 --> 00:43:15,050 I've gotten used to it, Your Honor. 882 00:43:15,170 --> 00:43:17,040 Let's see what we can do about that. 883 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:21,650 Based on the totality of the evidence presented, 884 00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:24,350 Petitioner's motion for post-conviction relief 885 00:43:24,390 --> 00:43:26,690 is granted, and this court hereby declares 886 00:43:26,710 --> 00:43:29,270 the defendant is... actually innocent. 887 00:43:30,390 --> 00:43:32,810 Mrs. Rincon, you are free to go. 888 00:43:46,330 --> 00:43:48,060 Ms. Scott. 889 00:43:58,630 --> 00:44:00,810 Thank you. 890 00:44:01,630 --> 00:44:04,290 Lucia, how do you feel? 891 00:44:04,370 --> 00:44:07,270 I-I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but mostly, 892 00:44:07,290 --> 00:44:09,220 I just feel cold. 893 00:44:15,470 --> 00:44:17,370 Rosemary? 894 00:44:19,980 --> 00:44:21,940 Rosemary? 895 00:44:24,610 --> 00:44:28,390 Rosemary? Rosemary? 896 00:44:28,850 --> 00:44:31,550 Oh, my God, my God, please say something. 897 00:44:31,590 --> 00:44:33,410 Levi? 898 00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:35,390 Is she okay? 899 00:44:35,450 --> 00:44:36,790 I don't know, I... 900 00:44:36,910 --> 00:44:38,790 - Oh, my God. - I'm sorry. 901 00:45:05,710 --> 00:45:10,710 - Synced & corrected by MementMori - -- www.addic7ed.com --