1 00:00:00,536 --> 00:00:05,183 _ 2 00:00:05,686 --> 00:00:09,232 In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses 3 00:00:09,234 --> 00:00:10,957 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:11,372 --> 00:00:13,735 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:15,423 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:15,458 --> 00:00:16,862 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:17,108 --> 00:00:19,141 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:19,210 --> 00:00:21,643 These are their stories. 9 00:00:22,146 --> 00:00:25,981 In my younger and more vulnerable years, 10 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:31,320 when I was knee-deep in my very first trial, 11 00:00:31,389 --> 00:00:36,024 opposing counsel unwittingly sabotaged his own case 12 00:00:36,093 --> 00:00:39,495 by including an inculpatory document 13 00:00:39,563 --> 00:00:42,731 in with his discovery request. 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,134 I didn't know what to do. 15 00:00:45,202 --> 00:00:51,202 So I did what any young ADA did when he was utterly lost. 16 00:00:52,276 --> 00:00:55,811 I went to Mr. Stone's cubicle 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,747 where he was writing a closing. 18 00:00:58,816 --> 00:01:00,582 Ben listened patiently. 19 00:01:00,651 --> 00:01:04,253 "I can either ignore," I said, "or..." 20 00:01:04,321 --> 00:01:07,656 And he cut me off before I could finish the sentence. 21 00:01:07,725 --> 00:01:10,058 "A man shouldn't do what he can," he said. 22 00:01:10,127 --> 00:01:13,262 "He should do what he must, without regard for consequence 23 00:01:13,330 --> 00:01:15,230 "or repercussion. 24 00:01:15,299 --> 00:01:19,668 That's what makes us moral," Ben added. 25 00:01:19,737 --> 00:01:23,572 "And God help us if we lose that." 26 00:01:23,641 --> 00:01:28,510 So, like that, the world is a sadder place. 27 00:01:28,579 --> 00:01:33,081 The noblest of hearts has cracked. 28 00:01:33,150 --> 00:01:36,351 Goodbye, Ben Stone. 29 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:42,057 And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. 30 00:01:47,498 --> 00:01:53,101 Thank you, District Attorney McCoy. 31 00:01:53,170 --> 00:01:58,574 If anyone else wishes to speak... 32 00:02:03,446 --> 00:02:06,603 _ 33 00:02:11,255 --> 00:02:13,956 Sandy? 34 00:02:16,026 --> 00:02:18,160 I can't wait to show you this dress I bought. 35 00:02:18,229 --> 00:02:20,863 I'm scared it's a little bit much. 36 00:02:22,967 --> 00:02:24,800 Sandy? 37 00:02:30,274 --> 00:02:31,907 Sandy! 38 00:02:43,721 --> 00:02:45,320 I live down the hall with my parents. 39 00:02:45,389 --> 00:02:47,956 I babysit whenever Maggie needs me to. 40 00:02:48,025 --> 00:02:50,092 I can't believe Aaron would do this. 41 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,529 Now, did... did Aaron say anything to you? 42 00:02:53,597 --> 00:02:56,431 Just that he would kill me if I screamed. 43 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:57,866 He pointed a gun at me. 44 00:02:57,935 --> 00:02:59,801 - I thought I was going to die. - Okay. 45 00:02:59,870 --> 00:03:02,104 You're gonna find Drew, right? 46 00:03:02,172 --> 00:03:06,775 We are gonna do the best we can, okay, honey? 47 00:03:06,844 --> 00:03:08,010 Typical Tuesday afternoon. 48 00:03:08,078 --> 00:03:09,778 The mom goes out to get her nails done, 49 00:03:09,847 --> 00:03:12,014 shopping, whatnot, and the dad comes home early, 50 00:03:12,082 --> 00:03:14,950 and duct tapes the sitter, shuts her in a closet, 51 00:03:15,019 --> 00:03:16,485 and then runs off with ten-month-old, uh, 52 00:03:16,554 --> 00:03:17,853 baby Drew. 53 00:03:17,922 --> 00:03:19,655 - Where's mom? - Uh, she's right here. 54 00:03:19,723 --> 00:03:20,989 Margaret Householder. 55 00:03:21,058 --> 00:03:22,858 - Her friends call her Maggie. - Okay. 56 00:03:22,927 --> 00:03:24,793 - What are you gonna do? - Ok... okay, Mrs. Householder, 57 00:03:24,862 --> 00:03:26,495 this is my boss, Lieutenant Benson. 58 00:03:26,564 --> 00:03:28,397 Okay, how about... how about we get you something to drink? 59 00:03:28,465 --> 00:03:30,399 If you're not too busy, I'd like you to find my son. 60 00:03:30,467 --> 00:03:32,501 I assure you we will do everything we can 61 00:03:32,570 --> 00:03:34,069 to find your son. 62 00:03:34,138 --> 00:03:36,638 We have been seeing a lot of... of these sorts of cases. 63 00:03:36,707 --> 00:03:38,006 Familial kidnappings. 64 00:03:38,075 --> 00:03:40,075 But the good news is, Mrs. Householder, 65 00:03:40,144 --> 00:03:42,844 that your husband will most likely not hurt your son. 66 00:03:42,913 --> 00:03:44,413 All due respect, but you don't know 67 00:03:44,481 --> 00:03:45,647 a damn thing about my son. 68 00:03:45,716 --> 00:03:46,982 It is only a matter of time 69 00:03:47,051 --> 00:03:51,253 before he cannot breathe without that thing. 70 00:03:51,322 --> 00:03:52,988 We need to find him soon. 71 00:03:53,057 --> 00:03:54,823 This is an emergency! 72 00:03:54,892 --> 00:03:58,961 He's going to die, Lieutenant. 73 00:04:41,304 --> 00:04:46,937 - sync and corrections by Zac - www.addic7ed.com 74 00:04:48,925 --> 00:04:50,959 When he was two months old, 75 00:04:50,961 --> 00:04:55,240 Aaron noticed that he was struggling to breathe. 76 00:04:55,931 --> 00:04:58,932 It's called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. 77 00:04:59,001 --> 00:05:00,467 It's a genetic thing. 78 00:05:00,535 --> 00:05:04,504 It causes muscle weakness that rapidly progresses. 79 00:05:04,573 --> 00:05:08,975 So soon Drew won't be able to breathe on his own. 80 00:05:09,044 --> 00:05:13,747 I spend more time at Mercy Hospital than I do at home. 81 00:05:13,815 --> 00:05:15,048 Uh... 82 00:05:15,117 --> 00:05:18,051 Maggie, I just have to ask you, were, um... 83 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,722 Were you and Aaron having any problems? 84 00:05:22,791 --> 00:05:26,359 Not that I knew of. 85 00:05:26,428 --> 00:05:28,628 Maggie, I know that this doesn't help, 86 00:05:28,697 --> 00:05:32,032 and I hate myself for even saying it, 87 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:33,333 but, um... 88 00:05:33,402 --> 00:05:35,635 Have a seat. 89 00:05:35,704 --> 00:05:38,838 I have actually been through this. 90 00:05:38,907 --> 00:05:40,640 My son was taken. 91 00:05:40,709 --> 00:05:42,475 - And you got him back. - I did. 92 00:05:42,544 --> 00:05:45,145 Safe and sound. 93 00:05:46,882 --> 00:05:49,783 The neighbor says he's sure he saw Mr. Householder 94 00:05:49,851 --> 00:05:51,751 and the baby get into a blue Toyota 95 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:53,453 around 12:30 yesterday. 96 00:05:53,522 --> 00:05:55,355 We don't have a car. 97 00:05:55,424 --> 00:05:57,023 I'll check the rental companies. 98 00:05:57,092 --> 00:05:59,993 Okay. 99 00:06:00,062 --> 00:06:01,461 - Aaron Householder. - He had an infant with him? 100 00:06:01,530 --> 00:06:02,996 - Like a year old. - Okay, well, thank you. 101 00:06:03,065 --> 00:06:04,731 If anyone checks in fitting that description... 102 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,267 - 2535...That's right, 212. - Okay, any luck? 103 00:06:07,336 --> 00:06:09,936 All we know is he returned a rental car to Sheepshead Bay. 104 00:06:10,005 --> 00:06:11,471 Okay, so work backwards, 105 00:06:11,540 --> 00:06:13,373 looking for any calls he made to Sheepshead Bay. 106 00:06:13,442 --> 00:06:14,874 Already done. Nothing in the past month. 107 00:06:14,943 --> 00:06:16,409 And he didn't check into any hotels or motels 108 00:06:16,478 --> 00:06:17,711 within a ten mile radius. 109 00:06:17,779 --> 00:06:19,312 At least not using his own name. 110 00:06:19,381 --> 00:06:22,115 Nothing in his office suggests that he wasn't coming back. 111 00:06:22,184 --> 00:06:23,583 Oh, here's something. 112 00:06:23,652 --> 00:06:26,286 Two weeks ago, he charged about six grand 113 00:06:26,355 --> 00:06:27,787 to a medical supply store. 114 00:06:27,856 --> 00:06:30,390 - When did he rent the car? - Two days ago. 115 00:06:30,459 --> 00:06:31,958 Okay, well, you can't just carry a ventilator 116 00:06:32,027 --> 00:06:33,360 onto a subway. 117 00:06:33,428 --> 00:06:34,828 And the store doesn't open till 10:00 a.m. 118 00:06:34,896 --> 00:06:36,413 Okay, so track down the manager. 119 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,366 _ 120 00:06:39,368 --> 00:06:40,900 Believe me, it's not a problem. 121 00:06:40,969 --> 00:06:42,902 This business, I get calls all hours. 122 00:06:42,971 --> 00:06:44,471 If there's anything wrong with the ventilator... 123 00:06:44,539 --> 00:06:45,772 No, it's nothing like that. 124 00:06:45,841 --> 00:06:46,841 That's a relief. 125 00:06:46,908 --> 00:06:48,174 What was that name again? 126 00:06:48,243 --> 00:06:51,778 - Aaron Householder. - That's right. 127 00:06:51,847 --> 00:06:54,080 All right, here we go. 128 00:06:54,149 --> 00:06:56,716 He bought the Kerry 2100. Top of the line. 129 00:06:56,785 --> 00:06:58,685 - Did you deliver that? - We did. 130 00:06:58,754 --> 00:07:00,787 201 East Sixth Street, Sheepshead Bay. 131 00:07:00,856 --> 00:07:02,805 You've been a big help, Mr. Cooke. 132 00:07:04,546 --> 00:07:08,094 _ 133 00:07:13,635 --> 00:07:15,135 - I'm Lieutenant Benson. - Okay, Lieutenant. 134 00:07:15,203 --> 00:07:17,103 Ah, yeah, he's in there. He's on the first floor. 135 00:07:17,172 --> 00:07:18,505 - And he's not coming out. - And what about the baby? 136 00:07:18,573 --> 00:07:21,041 - He says he's okay. - At least he's talking. 137 00:07:21,109 --> 00:07:22,709 It was hard to get him to even turn his cell on. 138 00:07:22,778 --> 00:07:24,577 - The back door's bolted. - Get him on the phone. 139 00:07:24,646 --> 00:07:27,781 - Yeah. - Hello? 140 00:07:27,849 --> 00:07:29,549 Yeah, Aaron, it's me, it's Amanda. 141 00:07:29,618 --> 00:07:30,884 There's so many of them. 142 00:07:30,952 --> 00:07:32,385 - I know, I know. - Tell them to back off. 143 00:07:32,454 --> 00:07:34,687 But, Aaron, you know I can't do that. 144 00:07:34,756 --> 00:07:36,990 But my... my boss Lieutenant Benson is here. 145 00:07:37,059 --> 00:07:40,226 - She wants to talk with you. - Okay. 146 00:07:40,295 --> 00:07:41,761 - Hey, Aaron. - Detective Benson. 147 00:07:41,830 --> 00:07:44,564 You know, why don't you call me Olivia? 148 00:07:44,633 --> 00:07:46,866 Uh, Olivia. 149 00:07:46,935 --> 00:07:48,835 I spoke with... with Maggie. 150 00:07:48,904 --> 00:07:50,503 - How is she? - Well... 151 00:07:50,572 --> 00:07:53,940 I gotta be honest with you, Aaron, she's not doing great. 152 00:07:54,009 --> 00:07:56,042 I didn't wanna hurt her. 153 00:07:56,111 --> 00:07:57,477 Aaron, you took her baby. 154 00:07:57,546 --> 00:07:59,479 I just wanna be alone with my son. 155 00:07:59,548 --> 00:08:02,982 Yeah, well, you know, some days that's all I wanna do too, 156 00:08:03,051 --> 00:08:04,951 but unfortunately the world just... 157 00:08:05,020 --> 00:08:06,753 It just doesn't work like that. 158 00:08:06,822 --> 00:08:08,421 - I got a shot. - Okay, no, guns down. 159 00:08:08,490 --> 00:08:10,457 That's an order. 160 00:08:10,525 --> 00:08:12,525 Aaron? 161 00:08:12,594 --> 00:08:14,160 Aaron, listen to me. 162 00:08:14,229 --> 00:08:18,198 How about you let me come in there, right? 163 00:08:18,266 --> 00:08:19,432 And you and I... 164 00:08:19,501 --> 00:08:21,401 I know that we can figure this out. 165 00:08:21,470 --> 00:08:22,735 Face to face, okay? 166 00:08:22,804 --> 00:08:24,704 The dude's got a gun. 167 00:08:24,773 --> 00:08:26,172 Aaron. 168 00:08:26,241 --> 00:08:27,974 I... 169 00:08:28,043 --> 00:08:29,476 Okay, Aaron, what do you say? 170 00:08:29,544 --> 00:08:30,544 Okay, okay. 171 00:08:30,612 --> 00:08:31,945 You can come in, just you. 172 00:08:32,013 --> 00:08:34,447 And no weapons. 173 00:08:34,516 --> 00:08:37,617 Not a problem. 174 00:08:37,686 --> 00:08:41,855 - Slowly. - Slowly. Yes, okay. 175 00:08:44,059 --> 00:08:45,558 Okay, guys. 176 00:08:45,627 --> 00:08:49,295 No, What do you think you're doing, Liv? 177 00:08:51,032 --> 00:08:54,067 No, Liv, do not go in there. 178 00:08:54,136 --> 00:08:58,338 Liv! 179 00:08:58,406 --> 00:09:02,008 Okay. 180 00:09:02,077 --> 00:09:04,944 I'm gonna take off my gloves. 181 00:09:05,013 --> 00:09:09,149 Okay? 182 00:09:28,403 --> 00:09:33,506 Aaron, I'm coming in. 183 00:09:35,177 --> 00:09:36,709 You don't look like a cop. 184 00:09:36,778 --> 00:09:41,281 Okay, well, I'll take that as a compliment. 185 00:09:41,349 --> 00:09:42,982 Can I see Drew? He's sleeping. 186 00:09:43,051 --> 00:09:45,919 I just wanna check and see if he's okay. 187 00:09:45,987 --> 00:09:49,989 All right, nice and easy? 188 00:09:50,058 --> 00:09:51,357 Okay? 189 00:09:51,426 --> 00:09:54,894 Nice and easy. 190 00:09:54,963 --> 00:09:56,129 Aww. 191 00:09:56,198 --> 00:10:00,800 He's beautiful. 192 00:10:00,869 --> 00:10:04,404 Can we sit down? 193 00:10:04,472 --> 00:10:06,639 Okay. 194 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,245 You wanna sit as well? 195 00:10:12,314 --> 00:10:15,615 You're the one with the gun. 196 00:10:18,119 --> 00:10:21,087 Much better, right? Just... 197 00:10:21,156 --> 00:10:23,890 Just two adults talking. 198 00:10:23,959 --> 00:10:28,528 What's his name, your son? 199 00:10:28,597 --> 00:10:30,630 Noah. 200 00:10:30,699 --> 00:10:32,865 He's five. 201 00:10:32,934 --> 00:10:36,236 I bet he... I bet he loves baseball. 202 00:10:36,304 --> 00:10:41,074 I bet he and his dad go to the park and play catch. 203 00:10:41,142 --> 00:10:42,942 See? 204 00:10:43,011 --> 00:10:46,579 Drew is going to love baseball. 205 00:10:46,648 --> 00:10:51,384 And we're... we're gonna go to Yankee Stadium. 206 00:10:51,453 --> 00:10:52,986 And why us? 207 00:10:53,054 --> 00:10:55,488 It's a one in 10 million chance. 208 00:10:55,557 --> 00:10:56,823 What did we do wrong? 209 00:10:56,891 --> 00:10:58,758 You don't think that I'm a good father. 210 00:10:58,827 --> 00:11:01,027 I don't... I don't know you. 211 00:11:01,096 --> 00:11:03,129 The only thing that I have to go on 212 00:11:03,198 --> 00:11:04,964 is that you ran off with Drew. 213 00:11:05,033 --> 00:11:06,566 It's not against the law. 214 00:11:06,635 --> 00:11:08,234 It is if you kept him from his mother. 215 00:11:08,303 --> 00:11:10,403 She doesn't want him. 216 00:11:10,472 --> 00:11:12,672 I talked to Maggie, Aaron. 217 00:11:12,741 --> 00:11:15,141 And she... she wants him very much. 218 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:16,376 You know, I think that we should go now. 219 00:11:16,444 --> 00:11:17,677 What do you... 220 00:11:17,746 --> 00:11:19,846 Stay where you are. 221 00:11:19,914 --> 00:11:23,416 I said... I said... stop! 222 00:11:23,485 --> 00:11:25,084 Oh, well, what are you gonna do? 223 00:11:25,153 --> 00:11:28,721 I'll shoot. 224 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:32,825 I'm a cop, Aaron. I know you're not a killer. 225 00:11:32,894 --> 00:11:36,696 And I know a paintball gun when I see it. 226 00:11:46,107 --> 00:11:49,409 You don't know what you're doing. 227 00:11:49,477 --> 00:11:54,647 She wants to kill Drew. 228 00:11:58,219 --> 00:12:01,187 Come on. 229 00:12:04,898 --> 00:12:08,401 It's not like I was going to hold a pillow over his mouth. 230 00:12:09,619 --> 00:12:12,053 The doctors have humane ways. We were waiting for a court order. 231 00:12:12,122 --> 00:12:14,622 To kill your son. 232 00:12:14,691 --> 00:12:16,224 To end his suffering. 233 00:12:16,292 --> 00:12:18,292 And you didn't think to tell us about any of this? 234 00:12:18,361 --> 00:12:19,894 I wanted you to find him. 235 00:12:19,963 --> 00:12:21,462 I feel like I'm chasing my tail. 236 00:12:21,531 --> 00:12:23,598 Mrs. Householder, try to see this from our point of view. 237 00:12:23,666 --> 00:12:25,399 You think I'm a terrible person. 238 00:12:25,468 --> 00:12:27,235 I don't know you well enough to judge. 239 00:12:27,303 --> 00:12:30,438 What kind of a mother wants her son to die? 240 00:12:30,507 --> 00:12:31,973 Tell me. 241 00:12:32,041 --> 00:12:34,909 Every day that he lives, his pain gets worse. 242 00:12:34,978 --> 00:12:36,244 And what do the doctors say? 243 00:12:36,312 --> 00:12:38,146 That there's nothing they could do. 244 00:12:38,214 --> 00:12:42,583 That we can only watch him suffer until... 245 00:12:42,652 --> 00:12:46,654 It is killing us, Mr. Barba. 246 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:48,623 You're a lawyer. 247 00:12:48,691 --> 00:12:51,425 I thought that the law was supposed to protect us. 248 00:12:51,494 --> 00:12:54,795 It's also supposed to protect Drew. 249 00:12:54,864 --> 00:12:56,664 But it's hurting him. 250 00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:59,100 Day after day. 251 00:12:59,169 --> 00:13:00,935 The law wants Drew dead. 252 00:13:01,004 --> 00:13:02,603 Nobody wants Drew dead. 253 00:13:02,672 --> 00:13:03,838 Maggie does. 254 00:13:03,907 --> 00:13:06,474 The doctors do. Just wait. 255 00:13:06,543 --> 00:13:07,808 You'll see. 256 00:13:07,877 --> 00:13:10,711 Judge Wallace P. Rosen. 257 00:13:10,780 --> 00:13:14,448 He's gonna order us... 258 00:13:14,517 --> 00:13:17,985 To pull the plug. 259 00:13:19,122 --> 00:13:23,024 Tell me, Lieutenant. 260 00:13:23,092 --> 00:13:24,692 Is there a... 261 00:13:24,761 --> 00:13:28,863 a law out there that... that entitles Drew to live? 262 00:13:28,932 --> 00:13:31,666 It would be so easy if we... 263 00:13:38,441 --> 00:13:41,709 I filed a motion in court to let me. 264 00:13:44,814 --> 00:13:50,251 Aaron opposed it, but he agreed to do whatever the judge said. 265 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,486 Appears that Aaron has changed his mind. 266 00:13:52,555 --> 00:13:54,755 What if... 267 00:13:54,824 --> 00:13:58,025 They discover something? I mean, it could happen. 268 00:13:58,094 --> 00:14:03,531 I am not a horrible person, Mr. Barba. 269 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:09,570 If it wasn't the only thing to do... 270 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:15,639 His doctors say that he has no brain activity. 271 00:14:15,979 --> 00:14:18,446 He is a lump of flesh. 272 00:14:18,514 --> 00:14:22,016 My beautiful lump of flesh, 273 00:14:22,085 --> 00:14:25,186 he should get the peace 274 00:14:25,255 --> 00:14:28,189 that we all deserve. 275 00:14:28,258 --> 00:14:31,259 He can't see. He can't hear. 276 00:14:31,327 --> 00:14:33,361 I mean, go. Go look at him. 277 00:14:33,429 --> 00:14:35,630 He is all but dead already. 278 00:14:35,698 --> 00:14:39,100 You saw him. 279 00:14:39,168 --> 00:14:43,237 You can't tell me... 280 00:14:43,306 --> 00:14:45,640 That he's nothing. 281 00:14:56,753 --> 00:14:58,719 Glad I'm not the judge. 282 00:14:58,788 --> 00:15:02,890 Maybe I'll stay a cop. 283 00:15:02,959 --> 00:15:05,393 It's not right that a guy like that goes to prison. 284 00:15:05,461 --> 00:15:06,794 Well, the law says it is. 285 00:15:06,863 --> 00:15:09,230 Sometimes the law sucks. 286 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:10,931 I concur. 287 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,400 You think we should lock him up? 288 00:15:14,504 --> 00:15:15,803 My dad always said he wasn't scared of being dead, 289 00:15:15,872 --> 00:15:17,071 he was scared of dying. 290 00:15:17,140 --> 00:15:18,472 That kid is dying every day. 291 00:15:18,541 --> 00:15:21,909 He's taking his folks with him. 292 00:15:21,978 --> 00:15:24,979 She wants to talk to him. 293 00:15:25,048 --> 00:15:28,282 Come on. 294 00:15:46,669 --> 00:15:48,769 I just... I couldn't. 295 00:15:48,838 --> 00:15:51,439 I know. 296 00:15:54,510 --> 00:15:56,610 Aaron. 297 00:16:09,659 --> 00:16:11,525 Christ. 298 00:16:11,594 --> 00:16:13,494 Nobody's forcing you to prosecute. 299 00:16:13,563 --> 00:16:16,197 If I don't, I'm telling the world 300 00:16:16,265 --> 00:16:17,898 that baby Drew has no rights. 301 00:16:17,967 --> 00:16:19,667 What about his right to die? 302 00:16:19,736 --> 00:16:22,970 Unfortunately, that's not in the Constitution. 303 00:16:23,039 --> 00:16:25,673 Okay, uh, let's find out 304 00:16:25,742 --> 00:16:28,142 if daddy's little excursion yesterday 305 00:16:28,211 --> 00:16:29,577 caused the baby any harm. 306 00:16:29,645 --> 00:16:33,881 So you can let Aaron go with a clear conscience. 307 00:16:33,950 --> 00:16:35,916 So I can prosecute, and maybe get some sleep 308 00:16:35,985 --> 00:16:39,854 in the next decade or so. 309 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:45,677 Oh, I was just coming to say hi. 310 00:16:46,347 --> 00:16:50,282 My first wife made me promise 311 00:16:50,351 --> 00:16:51,550 to never eat at my desk. 312 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:53,786 I thought it was good advice. 313 00:16:53,854 --> 00:16:55,587 Sit. 314 00:16:55,656 --> 00:16:57,723 I just wanted to thank you for your kind words yesterday. 315 00:16:57,792 --> 00:17:00,926 All of them true. All of them heartfelt. 316 00:17:00,995 --> 00:17:05,230 Sit. 317 00:17:05,299 --> 00:17:08,033 - Eat. - I'm good. 318 00:17:08,102 --> 00:17:09,535 This is still my jurisdiction 319 00:17:09,603 --> 00:17:14,339 and people do what I say or they pay the price. 320 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:16,775 It was a wonderful service. 321 00:17:16,844 --> 00:17:18,444 Although I did think it was odd 322 00:17:18,512 --> 00:17:21,647 that none of your dad's family members spoke. 323 00:17:21,715 --> 00:17:24,049 I'm the only family member left. 324 00:17:24,118 --> 00:17:28,120 Res ipsa loquitur. 325 00:17:30,124 --> 00:17:31,924 We didn't speak that much when he was alive, 326 00:17:31,992 --> 00:17:34,393 so I figured, what good will it do now? 327 00:17:34,462 --> 00:17:37,496 It must've been tough growing up with Saint Ben. 328 00:17:37,565 --> 00:17:40,999 A great man is not necessarily a good one. 329 00:17:41,068 --> 00:17:44,369 Did you know that he had everybody over to his place 330 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:45,904 the first time you pitched? 331 00:17:45,973 --> 00:17:48,040 I thought his heart stopped 332 00:17:48,108 --> 00:17:50,776 when that bastard ruined your no-hitter. 333 00:17:50,845 --> 00:17:53,345 I think he secretly became a Cubs fan. 334 00:17:55,216 --> 00:17:59,084 - That's treason. - That's what I told him. 335 00:17:59,153 --> 00:18:01,320 He had the Chicago Law Journal 336 00:18:01,388 --> 00:18:04,690 delivered to his desk every day. 337 00:18:04,758 --> 00:18:07,926 He scoured it looking for your name. 338 00:18:10,364 --> 00:18:12,965 I wish he would've said something. 339 00:18:14,435 --> 00:18:17,603 There's always a spot here for you, Peter. 340 00:18:17,671 --> 00:18:19,338 I appreciate that, but I'm only staying 341 00:18:19,406 --> 00:18:23,242 long enough to settle my dad's affairs. 342 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,210 You give Mark Jefferies my best, 343 00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:29,314 and tell him we still have better hot dogs. 344 00:18:47,568 --> 00:18:49,835 Huh. 345 00:19:24,204 --> 00:19:28,941 We don't pay you to think, we pay you to work. 346 00:19:29,009 --> 00:19:32,177 Sure, I'll have one. 347 00:19:32,246 --> 00:19:35,914 You know, I always wish the law was more like chemistry. 348 00:19:37,418 --> 00:19:40,519 You heat up water to 212 degrees, 349 00:19:40,588 --> 00:19:43,221 and the son of a bitch boils. 350 00:19:43,290 --> 00:19:45,724 Sans bias, sans judgment. 351 00:19:45,793 --> 00:19:48,193 Sans conscience. 352 00:19:48,262 --> 00:19:50,162 So what's so interesting out that window? 353 00:19:50,230 --> 00:19:54,266 My father... 354 00:19:54,335 --> 00:19:57,035 Almost seven years ago, Dad went into a diabetic coma, 355 00:19:57,104 --> 00:20:01,006 and he was on life support for six weeks. 356 00:20:01,075 --> 00:20:03,342 - Ah, I'm sorry. - No, don't be. 357 00:20:03,410 --> 00:20:05,911 He was not well-liked. By anyone. 358 00:20:05,980 --> 00:20:07,512 Especially me. 359 00:20:07,581 --> 00:20:10,882 Still, I was at the hospital every morning before work, 360 00:20:10,951 --> 00:20:13,652 and every night, until the nurses threw me out. 361 00:20:13,721 --> 00:20:16,588 The doctors said that there was nothing they could do for him. 362 00:20:16,657 --> 00:20:18,256 There was no brain activity. 363 00:20:18,325 --> 00:20:20,592 They highly recommended that we end it. 364 00:20:20,661 --> 00:20:24,496 And I said, "No." 365 00:20:24,565 --> 00:20:28,667 Where there's life, there's hope." 366 00:20:28,736 --> 00:20:31,603 I could've eased his suffering, but I didn't. 367 00:20:31,672 --> 00:20:32,938 And I told myself that it's because 368 00:20:33,007 --> 00:20:34,706 Father Mike wouldn't approve. 369 00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:39,478 - I'm sure he wouldn't. - I was selfish. 370 00:20:39,546 --> 00:20:42,648 I hated the man. 371 00:20:42,716 --> 00:20:45,717 But still, I didn't want the burden 372 00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:47,986 of being the reason that he took his last breath. 373 00:20:48,055 --> 00:20:50,122 I was selfish. 374 00:20:50,190 --> 00:20:54,626 I let him suffer. 375 00:20:54,695 --> 00:20:58,664 Prosecute Aaron Householder. 376 00:20:58,732 --> 00:21:00,766 For doing the same thing that I did to my dad? 377 00:21:00,834 --> 00:21:05,003 The law is what the statute says it is. 378 00:21:05,072 --> 00:21:06,605 It's a shame. 379 00:21:06,674 --> 00:21:11,410 No matter how hard we try, we can't legislate morality. 380 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:16,148 We're not in the compassion business, Rafael. 381 00:21:19,319 --> 00:21:21,253 Sure. 382 00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:24,389 Why not? 383 00:21:29,797 --> 00:21:31,496 Cut a deal. 384 00:21:31,565 --> 00:21:33,665 Offer him probation. 385 00:21:33,734 --> 00:21:35,233 Go to church. 386 00:21:35,302 --> 00:21:37,869 Say three Hail Marys. 387 00:21:37,938 --> 00:21:41,339 Then come back here and finish off that bottle. 388 00:21:50,651 --> 00:21:56,651 ? ? 389 00:22:01,762 --> 00:22:03,495 I thought Aaron would be here. 390 00:22:03,564 --> 00:22:07,799 Uh, he just went out for coffee. 391 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,274 I love to just look at him. 392 00:22:16,343 --> 00:22:19,177 He's beautiful. 393 00:22:19,246 --> 00:22:20,779 - Yeah. - Yeah. 394 00:22:20,848 --> 00:22:23,248 He is. 395 00:22:23,317 --> 00:22:25,317 We heard from the judge today. 396 00:22:25,385 --> 00:22:29,221 He's withholding his decision until a guardian ad litem 397 00:22:29,289 --> 00:22:31,389 can be appointed to represent Drew's interests. 398 00:22:31,458 --> 00:22:32,791 That can happen quickly. 399 00:22:32,860 --> 00:22:34,126 It won't. 400 00:22:34,194 --> 00:22:36,661 Nobody wants to make a decision. 401 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:39,231 They all just pass the buck. 402 00:22:39,299 --> 00:22:41,066 Doctors ask us, we ask the judge, 403 00:22:41,135 --> 00:22:42,601 the judge waits for the guardian, 404 00:22:42,669 --> 00:22:44,202 and then Aaron will object, 405 00:22:44,271 --> 00:22:46,538 and we'll just keep on waiting. 406 00:22:46,607 --> 00:22:51,009 Meanwhile Drew lies here with a machine keeping him alive. 407 00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:54,379 Did I tell you he needs the ventilator to breathe now? 408 00:22:54,448 --> 00:22:57,215 For the rest of his life. 409 00:22:57,284 --> 00:22:59,017 I'm sorry. 410 00:22:59,086 --> 00:23:02,754 God, if I could just... 411 00:23:02,823 --> 00:23:06,091 know what was going on in there. 412 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,594 Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I... 413 00:23:09,663 --> 00:23:14,599 I try to imagine not thinking. 414 00:23:15,903 --> 00:23:18,136 God. 415 00:23:18,205 --> 00:23:19,971 All he knows is pain. 416 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,808 So wrong, Mr. Barba. 417 00:23:25,479 --> 00:23:29,447 I'm going to offer Aaron probation. 418 00:23:38,358 --> 00:23:40,959 When I was five months pregnant, 419 00:23:41,028 --> 00:23:42,427 the doctors said that there was 420 00:23:42,496 --> 00:23:44,229 a good chance that he would be like this. 421 00:23:44,298 --> 00:23:46,598 Don't do this to yourself, Maggie. 422 00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:48,567 Aaron, um, wanted me to get an abortion, 423 00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:54,072 and I was the one who said that we should take our chances. 424 00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:56,975 Wasn't I the brave one? 425 00:23:57,044 --> 00:24:00,745 What chance did I take? 426 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,314 I did the righteous thing, 427 00:24:02,382 --> 00:24:05,650 and my baby has to do all of the suffering. 428 00:24:05,719 --> 00:24:07,252 You should not judge yourself. 429 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:09,788 Why the hell not? 430 00:24:09,857 --> 00:24:12,924 He can't breathe without a machine. 431 00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:16,394 He can't eat without tubes. 432 00:24:16,463 --> 00:24:18,663 He can't see. He can't hear. 433 00:24:18,732 --> 00:24:21,733 And I could've prevented that, 434 00:24:21,802 --> 00:24:25,237 and I chose to be righteous. 435 00:24:27,641 --> 00:24:30,208 Why? Why can't he just die? 436 00:24:30,277 --> 00:24:34,579 Why? 437 00:24:40,921 --> 00:24:44,890 He can. 438 00:25:38,378 --> 00:25:39,644 Okay, okay. 439 00:25:39,713 --> 00:25:43,882 All right, all right, okay, okay, okay. 440 00:25:43,951 --> 00:25:46,384 Oh, God. 441 00:25:48,555 --> 00:25:51,957 Maggie. Maggie, you should go. 442 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:57,529 I can't leave him. 443 00:25:57,597 --> 00:26:01,299 Maggie, go. 444 00:26:01,368 --> 00:26:04,836 Go, please. 445 00:27:11,957 --> 00:27:13,858 Rafa, what the hell? 446 00:27:14,728 --> 00:27:18,830 - Latte, right? - I don't want coffee. 447 00:27:18,898 --> 00:27:20,131 You killed the baby? 448 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,633 I expedited his passing. 449 00:27:22,702 --> 00:27:24,635 That's gonna be a tough hair to split in a courtroom. 450 00:27:24,704 --> 00:27:26,137 The courtroom's the last thing I was thinking of 451 00:27:26,206 --> 00:27:29,407 when I was in that hospital room. 452 00:27:31,611 --> 00:27:34,078 - You could go to prison. - You don't think I know that? 453 00:27:34,147 --> 00:27:36,814 Sometimes you have to act without concern for the consequences. 454 00:27:36,883 --> 00:27:38,182 Not you. 455 00:27:38,251 --> 00:27:42,586 You wear suspenders and a belt. 456 00:27:42,655 --> 00:27:45,890 I had no option. 457 00:27:48,061 --> 00:27:50,194 I gotta fix this. 458 00:27:50,263 --> 00:27:53,064 Liv. Liv! 459 00:27:53,132 --> 00:27:56,567 Liv, you can't help me. 460 00:27:59,138 --> 00:28:02,073 Mr. McCoy, hi. 461 00:28:02,141 --> 00:28:04,875 Colleagues get to call me Jack, Lieutenant. 462 00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:06,711 File the motion. 463 00:28:06,779 --> 00:28:11,882 I suppose you wanna talk to me about ADA Barba. 464 00:28:11,951 --> 00:28:15,286 He's the best ADA that I've ever worked with. 465 00:28:15,355 --> 00:28:18,255 He is honest and honorable. 466 00:28:18,324 --> 00:28:21,359 But I can't have my ADAs running around killing people. 467 00:28:21,427 --> 00:28:25,463 It's unbecoming. 468 00:28:25,531 --> 00:28:29,467 He did what he thought was right. 469 00:28:29,535 --> 00:28:32,370 I know that. 470 00:28:32,438 --> 00:28:35,639 - You know that. - Yes, I do. 471 00:28:35,708 --> 00:28:38,142 Let's hope the jury agrees with us. 472 00:28:38,211 --> 00:28:41,479 Oh, here comes my dinner date. 473 00:28:41,547 --> 00:28:42,880 Lieutenant Benson, 474 00:28:42,949 --> 00:28:45,249 say hello to Peter Stone. 475 00:28:45,318 --> 00:28:46,817 He's the hotshot out of Chicago 476 00:28:46,886 --> 00:28:50,321 who's going to be special counsel 477 00:28:50,390 --> 00:28:54,625 in the People v. Rafael Barba. 478 00:28:57,430 --> 00:29:01,766 It's a pleasure. 479 00:29:05,371 --> 00:29:08,539 I sure hope you suck. 480 00:29:18,151 --> 00:29:21,619 Hey, Jack. 481 00:29:21,687 --> 00:29:24,922 How'd you know I was gonna say yes? 482 00:29:24,991 --> 00:29:27,258 Because... 483 00:29:27,326 --> 00:29:31,495 You have more of your father in you than you know. 484 00:29:38,718 --> 00:29:40,771 _ 485 00:29:40,773 --> 00:29:42,440 I have to admit, 486 00:29:42,508 --> 00:29:44,809 I thought my surprise quotient was filled for the year 487 00:29:44,877 --> 00:29:46,677 when McAdoo benched Manning. 488 00:29:46,746 --> 00:29:48,679 But this, I gotta tell you, 489 00:29:48,748 --> 00:29:50,648 on the all-time scale is up there 490 00:29:50,716 --> 00:29:52,650 between Bucky Dent and Charlie Rose. 491 00:29:52,718 --> 00:29:54,151 If you don't wanna represent me, that's okay. 492 00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:56,854 I don't wanna represent you, I have to represent you. 493 00:29:56,923 --> 00:29:59,690 Cases like this wet my whistle, so to speak. 494 00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:02,626 So, what did the little bastard do to you? 495 00:30:02,695 --> 00:30:04,562 - This was a mistake. - Okay, okay. 496 00:30:04,630 --> 00:30:06,564 I'll skip the whole self-defense angle. 497 00:30:06,632 --> 00:30:08,132 I'm sorry I wasted your time, Mr. Dworkin. 498 00:30:08,201 --> 00:30:09,201 Randy. 499 00:30:10,103 --> 00:30:12,002 And my point is this whole thing is a sick joke. 500 00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:14,505 You killed something that nine out of ten doctors 501 00:30:14,574 --> 00:30:16,474 would say wasn't alive. 502 00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:18,642 What about the tenth doctor? 503 00:30:18,711 --> 00:30:21,212 Look, you wanna prove a point, 504 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,813 and I wanna prove a point. 505 00:30:22,882 --> 00:30:25,816 It's what my nana would call the perfect shidduch. 506 00:30:26,886 --> 00:30:28,419 What point do you wanna prove? 507 00:30:28,488 --> 00:30:31,522 That the government's power has grown too damn much. 508 00:30:31,591 --> 00:30:32,857 That the bigger the government gets, 509 00:30:32,925 --> 00:30:34,358 the smaller it leaves the individual. 510 00:30:34,427 --> 00:30:36,527 That once the government takes away our right to die, 511 00:30:36,596 --> 00:30:38,195 it takes away our right to live. 512 00:30:38,264 --> 00:30:40,297 How am I doing so far? 513 00:30:45,441 --> 00:30:47,671 _ 514 00:30:47,673 --> 00:30:49,240 When he had trouble breathing, 515 00:30:49,308 --> 00:30:51,775 our pediatrician sent us to Dr. Vacarro. 516 00:30:51,844 --> 00:30:53,377 And what did he tell you? 517 00:30:53,446 --> 00:30:55,446 He said that it was bad, but that there were 518 00:30:55,515 --> 00:30:58,182 some doctors somewhere doing experiments with stem cells. 519 00:30:58,251 --> 00:30:59,783 He said the results were promising. 520 00:30:59,852 --> 00:31:01,719 In other words, he gave you hope. 521 00:31:01,787 --> 00:31:03,120 That was enough. 522 00:31:03,189 --> 00:31:06,257 There was no hope. Drew was already dead. 523 00:31:06,325 --> 00:31:11,295 He couldn't see or hear or breathe or think. 524 00:31:11,364 --> 00:31:14,732 That is dead. 525 00:31:16,369 --> 00:31:18,602 I'm terribly sorry for your loss, Mrs. Householder. 526 00:31:18,671 --> 00:31:19,737 Then why are you doing this? 527 00:31:19,805 --> 00:31:22,072 Because the law says I must. 528 00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:24,408 Do you recognize this document, Mrs. Householder? 529 00:31:24,477 --> 00:31:26,310 Looks like a report from Dr. Mitchell. 530 00:31:26,379 --> 00:31:27,978 She was my OBGYN. 531 00:31:28,047 --> 00:31:31,282 Please read the highlighted portion. 532 00:31:33,452 --> 00:31:35,719 "The patient has been informed of both the likelihood 533 00:31:35,788 --> 00:31:37,755 "that her child might develop MDDS 534 00:31:37,823 --> 00:31:41,759 and the consequences thereof." 535 00:31:41,827 --> 00:31:45,496 Please continue reading, Mrs. Householder. 536 00:31:45,565 --> 00:31:47,264 "In spite of being so informed, 537 00:31:47,333 --> 00:31:50,100 the patient has refused to end the pregnancy." 538 00:31:53,105 --> 00:31:55,439 In other words, you knew your child would have MDDS. 539 00:31:55,508 --> 00:31:59,944 And yet you still refused to have an abortion. 540 00:32:02,582 --> 00:32:06,917 - Yes. - Why? 541 00:32:09,088 --> 00:32:11,589 I couldn't. 542 00:32:11,657 --> 00:32:14,291 Couldn't what? 543 00:32:15,995 --> 00:32:18,495 I couldn't kill my baby. 544 00:32:18,564 --> 00:32:23,667 Because that would be wrong? 545 00:32:25,071 --> 00:32:27,104 Yes. 546 00:32:27,173 --> 00:32:28,772 So it was wrong to kill Drew 547 00:32:28,841 --> 00:32:30,341 when you were five months pregnant, 548 00:32:30,409 --> 00:32:32,142 but it's okay to kill him ten months after he was born? 549 00:32:32,211 --> 00:32:37,615 Is that what you're saying? 550 00:32:41,454 --> 00:32:43,153 Lieutenant. 551 00:32:43,222 --> 00:32:45,122 Have you spoken to Rafael Barba? 552 00:32:45,191 --> 00:32:46,523 Actually, the law says I can't. 553 00:32:46,592 --> 00:32:48,125 Look, forget the law for a minute. 554 00:32:48,194 --> 00:32:51,328 Look into his eyes, talk to him. 555 00:32:51,397 --> 00:32:54,465 That man lives in a place that the men who wrote the law 556 00:32:54,533 --> 00:32:56,133 don't even think about. 557 00:32:56,202 --> 00:32:57,968 Well, down here amongst us mere mortals, 558 00:32:58,037 --> 00:32:59,403 he's a Class A felon. 559 00:32:59,472 --> 00:33:01,305 - You don't have kids, do you? - No, I don't. 560 00:33:01,374 --> 00:33:04,008 Yeah, well, their pain is your pain. 561 00:33:04,076 --> 00:33:05,342 Rafael knows that. 562 00:33:05,411 --> 00:33:07,645 Look, I know exactly why he did what he did. 563 00:33:07,713 --> 00:33:09,413 And I understand completely. 564 00:33:09,482 --> 00:33:10,681 So? 565 00:33:10,750 --> 00:33:13,083 So if we as a society ignore it, 566 00:33:13,152 --> 00:33:15,586 we are saying that murder is no longer absolutely wrong. 567 00:33:15,655 --> 00:33:17,021 Condoning it in one case 568 00:33:17,089 --> 00:33:18,155 would allow us to condone it in any case, 569 00:33:18,224 --> 00:33:19,923 and that would be capricious. 570 00:33:19,992 --> 00:33:24,395 I'm talking about a decent man who did a decent thing. 571 00:33:24,463 --> 00:33:26,997 They shoot horses, Lieutenant, not people. 572 00:33:27,066 --> 00:33:29,400 What if little Drew didn't have MDDS? 573 00:33:29,468 --> 00:33:31,001 What if he had Down Syndrome? 574 00:33:31,070 --> 00:33:32,870 Or Leukemia? Or a sore throat? 575 00:33:32,938 --> 00:33:34,038 What if he didn't have physical pain at all? 576 00:33:34,106 --> 00:33:35,372 What if he was just unhappy? 577 00:33:35,441 --> 00:33:37,074 That's the thing about you lawyers. 578 00:33:37,143 --> 00:33:41,045 You're always talking about the reasonable man. 579 00:33:41,113 --> 00:33:43,347 Let me tell you something. 580 00:33:43,416 --> 00:33:47,851 You wouldn't know a reasonable man if he fell out of the sky 581 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,221 and he landed at your feet. 582 00:33:56,994 --> 00:33:58,973 I worked in the DA's office for 21 years. 583 00:33:59,008 --> 00:34:01,774 Mr. Barba, is it fair to say that you spent 584 00:34:01,776 --> 00:34:05,481 your entire professional life practicing law? 585 00:34:05,516 --> 00:34:07,226 - Yes. - Enforcing the law? 586 00:34:07,228 --> 00:34:08,252 That's correct. 587 00:34:08,254 --> 00:34:09,984 Putting those who violate the law behind bars? 588 00:34:10,053 --> 00:34:11,252 Yes. 589 00:34:11,321 --> 00:34:15,290 Murder is against the law. Is it not? 590 00:34:15,358 --> 00:34:16,658 It is. 591 00:34:16,726 --> 00:34:19,127 So what happened here? 592 00:34:19,196 --> 00:34:21,429 I don't believe that what I did was murder. 593 00:34:21,498 --> 00:34:23,865 But when you went into Drew Householder's hospital room 594 00:34:23,934 --> 00:34:25,834 he was alive. When you came out, he was dead. 595 00:34:25,902 --> 00:34:27,435 Somebody did something. 596 00:34:27,504 --> 00:34:28,970 Yes, I killed him. 597 00:34:29,039 --> 00:34:31,406 Um, but what I did, I don't believe that it was murder. 598 00:34:31,475 --> 00:34:32,907 I'm starting to feel like 599 00:34:32,976 --> 00:34:34,576 we're walking a razor's edge here, Mr. Barba. 600 00:34:34,644 --> 00:34:36,611 It was a justifiable homicide. 601 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,116 In other words, you had to do it? 602 00:34:41,184 --> 00:34:45,653 There were these, um, flowers on the table, 603 00:34:45,722 --> 00:34:47,822 next to Drew's crib. 604 00:34:47,891 --> 00:34:48,891 Orange roses. 605 00:34:49,759 --> 00:34:53,061 He would never know how wonderful they are. 606 00:34:53,130 --> 00:34:55,997 He couldn't smell them. 607 00:34:56,166 --> 00:34:59,033 His mom was playing one of Bach's cantatas, 608 00:34:59,102 --> 00:35:01,202 from her phone. 609 00:35:01,271 --> 00:35:04,973 The eternal Bach. 610 00:35:05,041 --> 00:35:08,409 Drew couldn't hear it. 611 00:35:08,478 --> 00:35:10,311 He'd never see a cloud. 612 00:35:10,380 --> 00:35:14,015 A rainbow. Um, the sun. 613 00:35:14,084 --> 00:35:15,850 The moon. 614 00:35:15,919 --> 00:35:17,719 The bottom line is that he would never even know 615 00:35:17,787 --> 00:35:19,887 that these things existed. 616 00:35:19,956 --> 00:35:21,656 He didn't know if he was hungry or thirsty. 617 00:35:21,725 --> 00:35:23,858 He couldn't recognize the faces of his mother or his father. 618 00:35:23,927 --> 00:35:25,293 All that he did know, 619 00:35:25,362 --> 00:35:27,061 all that he would ever know, is the pain 620 00:35:27,130 --> 00:35:29,430 that was his so-called life. 621 00:35:29,499 --> 00:35:31,266 How do you know? 622 00:35:31,334 --> 00:35:35,403 The doctors say that his brain had stopped functioning. 623 00:35:35,472 --> 00:35:37,572 So he was dead already? 624 00:35:37,641 --> 00:35:39,107 So to speak. 625 00:35:39,175 --> 00:35:41,542 Surely, you, as a man of the law, 626 00:35:41,611 --> 00:35:43,511 must be able to make a distinction between who is dead 627 00:35:43,580 --> 00:35:45,046 and who's alive. 628 00:35:45,115 --> 00:35:47,081 Courts have only dealt with this issue tangentially. 629 00:35:47,150 --> 00:35:49,417 In Roe v. Wade, the court implied 630 00:35:49,486 --> 00:35:51,085 that an unborn baby was alive 631 00:35:51,154 --> 00:35:53,621 when it could survive on its own. 632 00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:55,323 Could Drew Householder survive without being 633 00:35:55,392 --> 00:35:56,658 hooked up to all those machines? 634 00:35:56,726 --> 00:35:58,159 His doctors say that he could not. 635 00:35:58,228 --> 00:36:01,829 So, in effect, the life you took from Drew Householder 636 00:36:01,898 --> 00:36:04,632 wasn't really life to begin with, was it? 637 00:36:04,701 --> 00:36:06,401 Objection. 638 00:36:06,469 --> 00:36:07,669 All I know is that when I looked in his crib, 639 00:36:07,737 --> 00:36:11,105 I saw a baby who couldn't form 640 00:36:11,174 --> 00:36:15,009 the most basic thought of his own. 641 00:36:15,078 --> 00:36:17,312 He couldn't love. 642 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:20,448 Or... or hate. Or... 643 00:36:20,517 --> 00:36:22,150 Or hope. 644 00:36:22,218 --> 00:36:25,820 And when I saw the pain... that... that... 645 00:36:25,889 --> 00:36:29,290 the unutterable suffering that his existence was causing 646 00:36:29,359 --> 00:36:32,393 the two people who loved him most, 647 00:36:32,462 --> 00:36:36,164 I had to do something... 648 00:36:36,232 --> 00:36:40,168 Whether that meant going to prison or not. 649 00:36:49,779 --> 00:36:52,180 Does Mrs. Householder have sole custody of Drew? 650 00:36:52,248 --> 00:36:53,581 Um, no. 651 00:36:53,650 --> 00:36:57,085 She, uh... she shares it with Mr. Householder. 652 00:36:57,153 --> 00:36:58,486 Did you confer with him 653 00:36:58,555 --> 00:37:03,324 before you hastened the death of his son? 654 00:37:03,393 --> 00:37:07,228 No. 655 00:37:11,835 --> 00:37:14,535 Do you feel guilty for what you've done? 656 00:37:14,604 --> 00:37:17,505 Do you feel guilty for what you're doing? 657 00:37:17,574 --> 00:37:22,276 I'll ask again, do you feel guilty for what you've done? 658 00:37:22,345 --> 00:37:24,512 I did what I thought was right. 659 00:37:24,581 --> 00:37:29,550 Mr. Barba, do you feel guilty, sir? 660 00:37:34,624 --> 00:37:37,592 I do. 661 00:38:00,349 --> 00:38:01,749 _ 662 00:38:01,751 --> 00:38:05,686 Will the defendant please rise? 663 00:38:05,755 --> 00:38:09,490 - Have you reached a verdict? - Yes, we have, your Honor. 664 00:38:14,197 --> 00:38:16,197 On the sole count of the indictment, 665 00:38:16,266 --> 00:38:18,032 murder in the second degree, 666 00:38:18,101 --> 00:38:20,701 we find the defendant, Rafael Barba... 667 00:38:23,506 --> 00:38:25,239 Not guilty. 668 00:38:25,308 --> 00:38:28,476 Members of the jury, you are excused. 669 00:38:28,545 --> 00:38:31,212 The court thanks you for your service. 670 00:38:47,163 --> 00:38:49,897 Well done. 671 00:38:56,406 --> 00:38:59,774 You do realize half my job is stopping people who work here 672 00:38:59,843 --> 00:39:01,442 from doing something stupid. 673 00:39:01,511 --> 00:39:04,245 Well, now you have one less person to worry about. 674 00:39:04,314 --> 00:39:05,913 You don't have to do this, Rafael. 675 00:39:05,982 --> 00:39:08,850 I know. 676 00:39:08,918 --> 00:39:10,418 What're you gonna do? 677 00:39:10,487 --> 00:39:12,186 Would it be unbearably corny if I said, 678 00:39:12,255 --> 00:39:14,222 "I'm going to do what I must"? 679 00:39:14,290 --> 00:39:17,825 Yes, it would. 680 00:39:19,162 --> 00:39:21,596 But I understand. 681 00:39:48,525 --> 00:39:51,158 I feel so guilty about this. 682 00:39:51,227 --> 00:39:53,828 What did you do? 683 00:39:53,897 --> 00:39:59,300 I called you about this case. 684 00:39:59,369 --> 00:40:00,835 You know, when we first started working together... 685 00:40:00,904 --> 00:40:05,206 - what was it, five years ago? - Six. 686 00:40:06,910 --> 00:40:09,577 The world was an old movie. It was all black and white. 687 00:40:09,646 --> 00:40:11,846 And it was high noon. I was Gary Cooper. 688 00:40:13,216 --> 00:40:15,716 I was absolutely sure... absolutely... 689 00:40:15,785 --> 00:40:18,119 who were the good guys, who were the bad guys. 690 00:40:18,187 --> 00:40:20,521 And then you... 691 00:40:20,590 --> 00:40:24,125 You started to 692 00:40:24,193 --> 00:40:26,360 weasel your way into my world, 693 00:40:26,429 --> 00:40:31,232 and the black and white became different shades of gray. 694 00:40:31,301 --> 00:40:32,967 Don't... 695 00:40:33,036 --> 00:40:34,302 Say it. 696 00:40:39,409 --> 00:40:41,242 Before I knew it, 697 00:40:41,311 --> 00:40:43,277 there were blues 698 00:40:43,346 --> 00:40:45,146 and greens 699 00:40:45,214 --> 00:40:49,216 and yellows and reds. 700 00:40:49,285 --> 00:40:54,322 I'm you now, Liv. 701 00:40:54,390 --> 00:40:56,857 You opened my heart. 702 00:40:56,926 --> 00:41:00,928 And I thank you for it. 703 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,068 And? 704 00:41:10,173 --> 00:41:14,375 I've got to move on. 705 00:41:39,695 --> 00:41:42,458 - sync and corrections by Zac - www.addic7ed.com