Previously on Proven Innocent...
- We're dating? - Well, you know,
we're out on a date, so, yeah.
So, you want to create a new law for victims' rights?
I want the world to remember the name Rosemary Lynch.
- What do you want, Bodie? - Dinner. Foreplay.
- Aah! - What's for dinner?
- So, what do you want? - Besides the pleasure of your company?
- Are we flirting? - Is it working?
Hello, Madeline. Just couldn't pass up
a chance to dance with you again.
Should be fun. I'll lead.
Excuse... excuse me. Out of the way, please.
- Baby killer! - Baby killer!
Sarah Bukhari received a violent response
from protesters on the first day of her trial for murdering
her unborn child.
To this day, I still can't believe
the judge made her sit in court like that.
He did everything he could
to show the jury his disdain for her.
Why do you want us to take over her appeal for you?
The only reason they tried her
for both murder and feticide was because she was Muslim.
It's been seven years, and the hatred
for our people has only gotten worse.
I believe you will do much better
with this judge than I ever did.
The key piece of evidence against her
was the Mexican abortion pills she bought online.
She never took those. There-there was no trace
- of mifepristone in her system. - Just because
you can't detect the parent drug doesn't mean it wasn't taken.
Even if she did take them...
25 years for a late-term abortion? It's draconian.
And if she didn't, her whole life has been ruined
over a miscarriage.
Let's not forget,
she left a fetus in a construction site trash bin.
That's why she was convicted.
Why did she do it?
Because she was ashamed.
Shame is a cancer.
It eats away at us from the inside.
It is the sworn enemy of the truth,
which may be its only cure.
On this week's episode of Until Proven Innocent,
we'll follow the story of Sarah Bukhari,
who was sentenced to 25 years in prison
for trying to hide her shame.
I knew I was pregnant,
but I didn't know how far along.
So...
when I delivered,
I was in shock.
The baby wasn't alive,
but there was so much blood, I...
I ju... I... I panicked,
and I tried to hide what happened.
How did you not know you were five months' pregnant?
I was scared that if
I went to a doctor, my parents would find out.
They are very religious.
And an unwed pregnancy would bring great shame.
One of the most damning pieces of evidence in your trial
was the abortion pills you bought online.
I didn't take them.
I changed my mind and threw them away.
Jury didn't buy it.
I know how it looks, but it's not what happened.
Sarah, even if you did take the abortion...
- But I didn't take... - Even if you did,
the severity of your sentence was to make an example of you.
It was to scare other women from seeking abortions.
Maybe I...
deserved this.
Hey, Big Time,
why don't you just kill yourself?
We're all sick of looking at your mopey-ass face.
Screw you, bitch.
Maybe I should end the appeal
and accept this as my fate.
No, you accept nothing.
Your baby was stillborn, and you panicked.
You don't deserve to lose the rest of your life
for one mistake.
Let them fight for you, Sarah.
I already got them permission to try this case in Indiana.
I'm scared to go through this again.
So was I.
But Easy believed in me, and now we believe in you.
No, I don't want to touch this.
Hey, I know you're pro-life,
but at its core this is a religious bias case.
A white woman never would have been charged with this.
Leaving a fetus in a trash can sadly happens a lot,
but when the mother is located, she is always charged
with unlawful disposal of a fetus.
Never murder. Ever.
They also charged her for feticide.
That just shows how badly they wanted to railroad her.
Feticide laws are designed
to protect pregnant women from attackers.
They're never used against the woman
for ending her own pregnancy. Ever.
That shows you how ugly this case is.
They threw everything they could at her, and the jury bit.
Would you have a problem
taking this case if you were pro-choice?
I can separate my personal feelings from the law.
Can you? Because I see a Muslim woman who got a 25-year sentence
as a pro-life statement, and I'm not gonna stand for it.
And I see a woman who threw her baby in a trash bin.
- I'd rather work on other cases. - Fine.
I'm taking this case.
I'll do it alone.
I canceled my mani-pedi, so this better be good.
I would never ask to meet with the greatest legal journalist
- of our times... - Keep kissing.
My ass loves it.
And most attractive, I might add.
Yes, you might.
As you know, I'm trying to get Rosemary's Law passed
to keep convicted criminals from getting back on the streets.
Which the state senate will never pass.
Thurston Black will never go for it.
Well, what do you think of our chances
if Madeline Scott decided to take on the Sarah Bukhari case?
- No, she didn't. - Yeah, she did.
This morning.
First, you come up with this genius law
that puts a clock on a defendant's right to appeal,
for the sole purpose of kneecapping that hack.
Then she takes on the perfect case
to prove exactly why we need the law.
Just trying to serve the greater good.
You get Rosemary's Law passed,
it'll gut her firm and silence your greatest critic.
Gore... that's hot.
Are the rumors true?
About your marriage?
What rumors are those?
- Maybe we should slow down... - Yeah.
No, wait, really, I just... I need a minute.
Okay. Listen, we don't have to do this if you don't want to.
- I do. - Yeah?
- Just... it's just been a while. - Mmm.
I just don't want you to be disappointed if it's awkward.
I'm flattered, but don't worry, all right?
You know what's worse than awkward sex?
- Not having sex? - Not having sex.
Oh.
You had a good night last night, didn't you?
What?
Oh, my gosh, you're glowing.
You got some, didn't you?
- I did not. - Uh-huh.
Okay, maybe I did.
Yes!
Dude, yes! As a gentleman, I shall not ask,
but as a pervert, I got to know all the details.
- You got to tell me. - Okay, moving right along.
Our first hearing is today. What do you got for me?
I got nothing. I still can't find an expert
in the state of Indiana that will touch this case.
- I can look out of state. - No, it's got to be Indiana.
Judge Bryant will view any out-of-state expert
- as a Yankee carpetbagger. - That's true.
Bryant's definitely your biggest obstacle in this case.
He's the most conservative
of all the Christian conservative judges,
and I should know. I got all their trading cards.
Seriously, though, if you ask me,
I don't think he's ever gonna grant you a new trial.
Well, it's good I didn't ask you.
Find me an expert, Bodie.
Your Honor, the feticide law was passed to validate the rights
of pregnant women who are crime victims, not to prosecute them.
The prosecution of my client under the law runs contrary
to the intention of the legislature.
It is this court's obligation
to interpret the law as written.
And it's my opinion that, even though
this may be a unique application of the statute,
the original prosecution was lawful.
In that case,
since you interpret the law strictly as written,
I move to dismiss on grounds of legal impossibility.
My client was charged and convicted with feticide
and murder. It's impossible to be guilty
of both killing an unborn baby
and killing a baby who was born alive,
as the two scenarios cannot coexist.
Yes. I have to agree with you on that.
I'll dismiss the feticide charge.
Your Honor, we request an evidentiary hearing
on our motion for a new trial solely on the murder charge.
Our client was prejudiced where the jury's deliberations
were confuscated by these two opposing charges.
I see what you did there.
Thank you, Your Honor. I've been practicing all morning.
I'll hear arguments on the motion
for a new trial next week.
Yes, Your Honor.
Fancy meeting you here.
Just here to lend you moral support.
Thank you.
Got her down to a murder charge.
Yay! Murder!
70% of female wrongful convictions
occur in cases where there was no crime to begin with.
This causes a problem in terms of their exoneration,
since there's no chance
the "real killer" will ever be caught.
The prosecution's entire murder case is based
on the hydrostatic test,
commonly known as "the float test."
At autopsy, the lungs are placed in water,
and if they float, that shows they had air in them,
which means the baby was able to take a breath outside the womb.
And therefore was born alive,
so the trash bin wasn't disposal of a dead fetus,
but murder of a live baby.
Which sounds completely convincing
until you actually look at the fact that...
- Did you forget to take your meds? - Yes.
But that's not why I'm pretending
to be a witch.
All right. Animal, vegetable or mineral?
It's your defense.
It's witchcraft.
She was basically convicted on 17th century science.
Exactly the point I was about to make.
It's junk science.
But I don't just need a broomstick.
I need an expert who will demolish it.
Oh, that's great, because I found you one.
Unfortunately, I don't think Judge Bryant's gonna like him.
- Why? - Why?
It's judicial helter-skelter, man!
We're talking 1693 Salem here.
Our investigator made the exact same point
- while riding a broomstick. - Oh, that's wild.
Sh-Should I do that in court?
- No. - No.
Do you have any 21st century arguments
for why the float test is junk science?
Only about a dozen.
Put me in the game, man. Let's tear it all up.
I can't tell you how thrilled we are
that you're willing to testify. Thank you.
There's just...
well, I think there's just one other thing
that we need to ask of you, if you don't mind.
Anything to tear down these fascists.
Would you be willing to get a haircut?
And trim your beard?
Wha...
Hi, Maddie.
Hi.
It's great to see you again.
I'm sorry that it took me so long to reach out, Mr. Lynch.
No, no, no, no, no. It's okay.
It's okay, I'm glad you did.
And, you know, I've been following you.
You have been just tearing it up.
And-and you look great.
So?
I'm so sorry about your marriage.
Oh.
Well... thank you.
Rosemary's death destroyed so much there.
But, then...
you know that as well as anyone.
- I think about her all the time. - I do, too.
Every day.
It's, uh...
it's actually why I'm here.
I'm trying to find out who really did it.
No, Maddie, I...
I've been down this road before.
I hired a private investigator,
and he didn't come up with anything.
I think we should keep trying.
I can't go down that road again. I'm sorry, I can't.
It's, um...
it's just too hard.
But...
it was great seeing you.
And, uh, I hope to see you again soon,
but I ha... I have work to do.
- You take care of yourself. - Okay.
Hey, ladies.
Hey, how much you make?
Or should I ask...
how much you want to make?
$300.
- Go get that money, girl. Yeah. - Okay.
That's right.
Your prices have skyrocketed.
Worth every penny.
You gonna say it?
You're under arrest, sugar.
Yes.
What should I do if my jaw is still numb in an hour?
Oh, I don't know, call a doctor.
Or a shrink.
With you, I'm gonna need both.
Hey, wait. Wait, wait, where you...
where you going? It's the middle of the night. Just...
- just crash here. - I'm a cop, Bodie.
I bailed halfway through my shift.
I got to put a few more hours in.
How about, uh, how about tomorrow night?
Why don't we go to The Publican together?
I'll wear my good shirt. It's got buttons.
- Bodie. - What?
We talked about this.
Yeah, I know, but...
Aren't you tired of hiding our relationship?
Come on, it's not like your cop pals actually care
- that we're dating. - Yeah, no, not at all.
They... they love the Jihadist Baby Killer.
They got all her albums.
You are so demented.
You're more demented than me, which is why
we should be more open about our relationship.
I could introduce you to my friends.
You'd make me seem normal in comparison.
Look, Bodie, look, we don't got to keep doing this
if you're gonna be all wound up about it.
This is all it is for me.
Okay.
Yeah, no. I mean, I love the sex-only thing,
because... I love the sex.
Only. So...
Yeah, we're good. No stress.
Yeah, I'll see you, Bodie, all right?
Uh, I'll see you.
Think of a trial as a show,
except in this case we have an audience of one.
Okay, I-I'll wear the suit, but... that's it.
Dr. Winkler, this is my friend Chaz,
who is one of the top stylists in Chicago.
Oh, my God, Vi, he's adorable.
Why didn't you tell me how cute he was?
Hey, man, how you doing?
Oh, better now that I met you.
We just need to trim a little bit of that shag away,
so your beautiful eyes can take center stage.
I don't know, you know?
Like, my hair is my spiritual identity.
It-It's who I am, you know?
You're so much more than your hair.
Trust me. You're gonna look great.
- Okay, if-if I do this... - Mm-hmm.
how much you gonna cut?
Oh. Just a touch.
Oh, my God, you look amazing.
Really?
Yas, queen.
And now...
the final touch.
Oh, wild, man.
And please don't say "man" in court.
In your expert opinion,
is the so-called "float test" reliable?
No. The opposite.
The float test has been proven to be extremely unreliable.
So many factors can cause the test to give a false positive.
There's a consensus among forensic pathology practitioners
the test lacks scientific validity.
How could the test
give an inaccurate result?
Decomposition could produce, uh, postmortem gases.
If there was any attempt at resuscitation,
that could expand the lungs,
which would, like, cause them to float.
So a lung could test negative and, even then, still float?
Absolutely, man... Uh...
Heuristically speaking,
it's not only possible, it's likely.
The test is so flawed,
it's been outlawed in several states.
Thank you.
Thank you, Dr. Winkler. That was...
very informative.
Let me ask you a few questions.
Is it possible the baby still took a breath?
It's highly unlikely.
But...
is it possible?
It's possible, Your Honor,
but the float test isn't accurate enough to prove it.
So, if it's possible,
it's also possible the baby was born alive
and died from neglect.
Your witness.
No more questions, Your Honor.
Why would she?
You've asked them all for her.
I'm just trying to get to the truth, Ms. Scott.
Of course you are, Your Honor.
I'm really torn up about this case.
I hate the facts of it...
but the... the hearings are so unfair.
The judge can't look past his own bias.
He's human.
What she did was so abhorrent to him,
he can only see what he sees.
She grew up with ultra-religious parents,
which made her panic when she got pregnant.
When the baby was stillborn, she panicked again.
So, Easy, why are you so reluctant
to get involved this time?
- I'm pro-life. - Mm.
Sarah bought abortion pills she may have taken,
and I can't say for certain she didn't.
And if she had,
do you think she still deserves that long sentence?
I don't.
So you feel trapped between your beliefs
and your sense of justice?
Very much so.
Jesus taught...
kindness, compassion and mercy.
Do you feel compassion for her?
I do.
And I also think she deserves our mercy.
So all that's left is kindness,
and you are the kindest soul that I know.
I'm really glad you called, Mr. Lynch.
Do you mind if I ask what changed your mind?
Well, I just thought that...
if Rosemary ever came to your father for help,
that maybe I'd want him to help her find some peace.
Oh, my God.
I got this for her.
- Rosemary was on Adderall? - What?
No. No, she wasn't.
There's a... pill bottle right here with her name on it.
Says it was prescribed by Dr. Dupinski.
That's Heather's dad. Was he even her doctor?
No, Larry was my podiatrist.
I mean, that doesn't even make any sense.
Unless, of course, Rosemary asked his daughter
for the pills.
No.
I heard that your judge became your prosecutor.
Molina can't even get a word in.
I've never seen anything like it.
Well, it's not really surprising from someone
- who believes in a float test. - So, what's our next move?
Mens rea.
We need to establish Sarah's state of mind.
Get Bryant inside her head,
so he can understand what she was going through.
Then maybe he'll stop judging her...
pun intended...
and finally listen to the facts.
That mean you want to join us?
I came in all dramatic, saying "mens rea," didn't I?
Why the change of heart?
My heart hasn't changed. I just want to help.
If you still want it.
You had me at "mens rea."
All right, so what's up with Sarah's parents?
Yeah, that's a long shot.
They didn't even come to the original trial.
Well, maybe having their daughter spend seven years
in prison softened them up.
It is very difficult
being a Muslim in this country.
There is much hatred,
and she has made that hatred much worse.
She's devastated by what happened, but...
we both strongly feel she doesn't deserve to be in prison.
Have you ever thought about visiting her?
We have not.
When she was pregnant, what was her state of mind,
best you could tell?
We had stopped communicating with her
before she became pregnant.
Your defense for hiding the pregnancy
was you had brought great shame
to your parents, but you weren't talking to them
when you became pregnant,
which means you weren't telling the truth.
We had stopped talking right before it all happened.
Why?
Because he was the father of the child,
and he wasn't Muslim.
He was Catholic and white.
We started dating in college.
And your parents forbade all of it.
Dating outside your religion, sex.
Did he know you were pregnant?
Yes.
But I wasn't myself.
I was angry all the time, I was very emotional,
and I broke up with him right before I lost the baby.
What was his name?
Ben Bollinger.
I had kept it a secret
because I didn't want anything bad to happen to him.
I have ruined so many lives.
I didn't want to ruin his, too.
Sarah, we're gonna need him as a witness.
He could be the key to your freedom.
No.
No, if he gets hurt, I will never forgive myself.
I don't want anyone
to ever get hurt again because of me.
All right, so, about right here,
and you aim and... fire.
Why don't we move the target a little closer?
No! No, no, no. I-I want to learn.
It's for the safety of my family, so...
I hear you. There's nothing more important
than keeping loved ones safe.
Hey, ain't that the truth?
- What? - You know, I got this friend
who's in prison right now, Sarah Bukhari.
I would do anything to make her safe.
What?
I'm on her legal team.
We want you to testify on her behalf.
See that pretty lady?
We just got engaged.
See, no one knows I was with Sarah.
Because she was a Muslim?
She didn't want anyone to know, either.
Okay, well, why weren't you at the first trial?
She didn't want me there.
Told me never to talk to her again.
She thought I'd make the case worse.
Mm, she could have just been trying to protect you, bro.
You know that she's basically facing a life sentence
because of her religion.
And to make some antiabortion statement.
She didn't have an abortion.
I threw the pills away.
Wait. You threw the pills away?
Yeah. I told her I loved her
and I wanted to keep the kid, and so did she.
So she gave me the pills, and I flushed them down the toilet.
You got to testify, man.
You're the only one who can show the judge
- that she wanted to have that baby. - No, no, no, sh...
If I do, it'll end my engagement.
It would completely destroy my life.
Right. And if you don't,
it will literally end Sarah's life.
I'm sorry, I can't help you.
No, I'm sorry.
Because if you don't testify,
I'm gonna go get a court order for a DNA comparison
between you and the fetal tissue.
And then I'm gonna leak those results to the press.
Guess what, buddy, it's going public either way.
Now, you can either be the hero
who tries to do something about it,
or you can be the villain who does nothing.
Was Sarah afraid of her parents' response to her pregnancy?
She was terrified.
Scared of being disowned.
Um, they weren't talking to her because she was dating me,
so she thought she'd lose them forever.
Did your parents approve of Sarah?
I never told them.
They're very biased against Muslims.
But you're not?
I never really thought about it much.
I guess maybe a little.
Until I met Sarah.
What made you change your mind?
Thought she was hot.
Nothing like being hot to overcome
a millennium of religious intolerance.
Once I got to know her, I fell for her really fast.
When Sarah told you she was pregnant,
what did she say she wanted to do?
She didn't know. She'd gotten these pills online
and was torn whether to take 'em.
Told her I'd support her decision either way.
Did she ask you what you wanted?
Yeah.
I told her I loved her
and I wanted to have the baby.
She said she loved me, too,
and wanted to have it, and so we decided
we were gonna do it.
What happened to the pills?
I flushed them down the toilet.
So her mental state
was that she wanted to have the baby?
Yes.
Why didn't you testify at the first trial?
She didn't want me to.
And I was scared of the consequences if I did.
My fiancée ended our engagement
when she found out that I was testifying today.
But I'm glad I did.
I am deeply ashamed
that I didn't come forward sooner.
I'm so sorry, Sarah.
No further questions.
- So... - I have a question first.
Do you know
if the defendant bought more of the abortion pills online?
She told me to throw 'em away,
so I don't know why she would've bought more.
But you don't know for certain?
No, I don't.
Fine.
Witness is dismissed. Court is adjourned.
I told you I didn't want him to testify.
We needed him. He's our most crucial witness.
I don't care.
I didn't want to bring him into this.
I never want to hurt anyone.
This case is over.
You're-you're fired.
With crime skyrocketing,
we need now more than ever
a law to protect the rights of victims.
Rosemary's Law, named after poor Rosemary Lynch,
is the perfect law for these imperfect times.
Let's take a look.
You dragged me up two flights of stairs
to watch this wretched woman push your crap bill?
I disagree, Senator.
Chicago is getting pummeled in the national media
for excessive violence.
And your self-serving law does nothing to curb it.
Look, we all know you're trying to neutralize
Madeline Scott's attacks on you.
Who, at this very moment, is trying to free
the Jihadist Baby Killer from prison.
I agree it's not a great look.
But neither is having this famous victim here
to try to sway me.
And if you don't vote for Rosemary's Law,
I'll come after you in the press for being soft on crime.
As a famous victim, I bet there's plenty of voters
interested in what I think about this subject.
Her anger and her disappointment
might just force Isabel to...
run against you in the primary.
Hispanic. Beautiful.
Intelligent.
Seems like an excellent time
to primary an old white guy.
Since they're dropping like flies in every primary
- in the country. - All right, all right.
I'll take another look at it.
I won't forget this one.
Rosemary Lynch is never gonna go away.
We have to use her to your advantage,
or she's gonna hang over your entire campaign.
All I ever did was try to get justice for that poor girl.
And her parents.
Now she's gonna haunt me to my grave.
Hey, will you undo me, please?
Hey, what's up? You, uh...
You seemed distracted.
- I did, huh? - Mm-hmm.
I'm not distracted, I just...
We've been working on this case, right?
And there's this couple, and they...
Well, they come from different religions,
so they keep their whole relationship
a secret from everyone.
And they love each other, but,
keeping their relationship a secret destroys it.
Come on, Bodie.
You knew what this was when we started.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
Let me ask you.
Would you feel differently about us
if my job wasn't getting innocent people out of prison?
Are they innocent?
Is the Chicago PD never wrong? They never make a mistake?
- They're just all a bunch of saints? - Well, some of us are.
We're not the ones getting killers,
rapists, drug dealers set free.
People we risked our lives
to put behind bars in the first place.
No, I'm protecting the innocent. Okay?
Unlike some cops, which, honestly,
I think have a hard time telling the difference.
I'm out. We're done.
Really?
Yeah, really.
God, you know...
Whatever. I can't believe I was so wound up on you.
Yeah, right back at you.
You were wound up about me?
I'm so sorry, Sarah.
I know how much you didn't want him there.
But we desperately needed his testimony.
I have ruined his life once,
and now I've done it again.
All I do is hurt people.
My parents. My community.
My baby.
I deserve this.
I deserve everything that has happened to me.
Since you're not gonna kill yourself,
why don't you figure out how to get out of here?
What are you talking about?
Of course you don't.
All you did is what hundreds of millions of women
have done for centuries.
You got pregnant.
You felt trapped and ashamed,
and so you kept it a secret.
What happened to you was a tragedy.
You don't deserve any of this.
Sarah.
We're both people of faith.
We love God, and we want to follow His way.
He is punishing me for what I did.
Or-or was He testing you?
Maybe He wants you to represent your religion to a country
that discriminates against it.
Maybe He wants you to be a symbol of freedom
by fighting for your own.
You really think so?
I do.
We have a saying in my religion.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways."
We say "Allahu A'lam."
Which means "Allah knoweth."
Let us keep fighting.
We're gonna get you out of here, or we're gonna die trying.
Okay.
Let's keep fighting.
I started to bleed.
I was terrified because I...
I didn't know what was happening.
I went to the bathroom, and the next thing I knew,
I had delivered.
I was shocked. I...
I checked to see if the baby was breathing, and it...
it wasn't. It...
Was the baby alive when you delivered?
No. It wasn't.
Why did you dispose of the fetus the way you did?
I was so, so scared.
I didn't know what else to do.
And I bet your baby was scared, too.
Terrified from the pain.
Janice.
This is crazy.
I know, but that's Bryant.
How about we cut a deal?
All right? She pleads guilty to unlawful disposal of a fetus
and gets out for time served.
Come on. I know you want her out.
If I do it, Bryant will hate me till the end of time.
And you'll go back to Cook County,
and I'll still have to deal with him.
I can't help you.
You sure this belt doesn't look stupid?
No, it looks hot.
Thought all the ex-con bars were
on the other side of town.
Yeah, but I heard this is a great place to score Adderall.
You know where I can get some?
- What? - What was your father
doing prescribing Adderall to Rosemary?
I don't know anything about this.
He didn't even know Rosemary.
Now, why don't you just leave us the hell alone?
You know, nothing would make me happier,
but your wife keeps popping back into my life.
And right when I started investigating Rosemary's murder.
Why do you think that is?
I'll tell you exactly how you can find Rosemary's killer.
How?
Just look in the mirror.
Come on, Brian.
It's not the belt that's stupid.
License and registration.
What are you stopping me for, Officer?
For being a very bad boy.
Well, maybe I need to be spanked.
I'll let you off with a warning.
And if you want to keep getting off,
you should come to my apartment... right now.
Of course, Officer.
I always follow the law.
Somebody missed me.
Keep back.
Shame by itself is not a crime.
But shame is the issue here.
The shame of a young woman, barely past her teen years,
who felt she had to hide her pregnancy.
The shame of deciding whether to keep a baby she might not want.
The shame of hiding the identity
of that baby's father to protect him.
Sarah Bukhari made mistakes.
And for those mistakes, she had her whole life taken from her.
She's being used as a tool for political advocates
to punish women for having an abortion.
When the sad irony is she didn't even have one.
If protecting life is the goal of the State,
why aren't we protecting a woman's life as well?
Denying Sarah her freedom
would not only be a lost opportunity
at righting a great wrong.
It would place the greatest shame upon us all.
Ms. Scott...
...that was a moving closing argument,
but I have a different view,
and that is all life is precious.
Terminated pregnancies are seen as murder
to tens of millions of people in this country.
Murder of a life that has no means of defending itself.
When a woman gets pregnant,
she becomes God's partner in creation.
Whether your client had an abortion
or simply failed to see a doctor...
which she admits she did not...
she did not protect that life.
Maybe she was filled with shame.
But a greater shame is
her unborn child never even stood a fair chance.
Therefore I am denying your motion for a new trial.
Your Honor, the State has agreed to allow the petitioner
to plead guilty to unlawful disposal of a fetus,
and requests she be released immediately for time served.
Now, you listen to me, little lady...
The petitioner's evidentiary showing
throughout these proceedings has led the State
to believe the defendant has served her time.
And if the State rejects this plea offer,
I'll appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court.
I'll never go away, Your Honor.
That I don't find hard to believe.
And in the future, I would appreciate
if the court referred to me as Deputy Prosecutor Molina
or just Deputy Prosecutor.
That's fine, Deputy Prosecutor,
and I look forward to seeing you again in my court.
As do I, Your Honor.
Defendant is released based on the plea deal and time served.
May the Lord save her soul.
So, I'm really free?
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
You hold your head up.
The worst part about shame
is how it eats away at our souls.
It convinces us that we are the worst version of ourselves
and destroys our hope
that we'll ever find true peace.
Wow.
You look good.
I'm sorry I haven't been here in a while.
It's cool. If I were you, I wouldn't come back here either.
I missed you.
I think about you a lot.
Is that why you came back? To see me?
Mm-hmm.
And I feel ashamed
that I haven't visited you in so long.
Ah, I just figured you were seeing someone new.
There's a guy.
A guy?
I'm not surprised.
You like him?
I do.
So, what do you want... my permission?
You don't me owe anything.
You know, we had a thing, but it's cool.
Uh, it was more than a thing.
You were the first love of my life.
It was all right.
You love him?
No.
It's way too early for all that.
Mainly, I just feel stupid around him all the time.
What do you mean?
I don't know. I'm always a...
afraid I'm gonna say the wrong thing,
laugh at the wrong time.
I don't know how to be myself around him.
Never did this before.
Just relax. Don't think about it too much.
He's a guy. He probably doesn't notice anyway.
It was never awkward with us.
We spent a long time together.
Those were the best years of my life.
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