1 00:00:00,862 --> 00:00:02,603 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,664 --> 00:00:06,544 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,601 --> 00:00:08,444 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,503 --> 00:00:11,313 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,372 --> 00:00:13,079 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,577 --> 00:00:18,421 Come on, Gillian. You're already a half hour late. 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,189 I don't care. I hate soccer. 8 00:00:23,551 --> 00:00:26,430 STEVE: Gillian. Gillian. 9 00:00:26,488 --> 00:00:29,196 Dad. He's all bloody. 10 00:00:30,391 --> 00:00:32,132 (GROANING) 11 00:00:32,894 --> 00:00:33,998 CURTIS: Was he a regular? 12 00:00:34,062 --> 00:00:35,097 JARELL: Wasn't dressed like one. 13 00:00:35,163 --> 00:00:36,471 The park's people couldn't ID him 14 00:00:36,531 --> 00:00:38,408 on account of his face being scrambled. 15 00:00:38,466 --> 00:00:40,070 How bad? 16 00:00:40,134 --> 00:00:42,239 Like he went 15 rounds with a gorilla. 17 00:00:42,303 --> 00:00:43,407 Thanks. Mmm. 18 00:00:43,471 --> 00:00:45,473 BRISCOE: Okay. So you came through at 8:00. 19 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:46,883 Now, did anybody see him earlier? 20 00:00:46,941 --> 00:00:48,079 MAN: No. 21 00:00:48,142 --> 00:00:50,748 Come on, folks. The tunnel's the only way down here. 22 00:00:50,812 --> 00:00:52,792 I came through a little before 8:00. 23 00:00:52,847 --> 00:00:55,623 And you didn't notice a man marinating in his own blood? 24 00:00:55,683 --> 00:00:56,753 What are you hawking us for? 25 00:00:56,818 --> 00:00:58,764 There's always someone in there marinating in something. 26 00:00:58,820 --> 00:01:00,424 Lennie. 27 00:01:00,488 --> 00:01:02,627 Guy's at St. Luke's in critical condition. 28 00:01:02,690 --> 00:01:04,169 They're not sure if he's gonna make it. 29 00:01:04,225 --> 00:01:07,104 The good citizens here will be devastated. 30 00:01:56,878 --> 00:01:58,915 GIDAMAL: Your victim's name is George Harding. 31 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:01,290 His wallet's in there with the rest of his property. 32 00:02:01,349 --> 00:02:04,125 We'll need our forensics unit to pick up his clothes. 33 00:02:04,185 --> 00:02:05,562 We know the routine, Detective. 34 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:06,724 What's the damage? 35 00:02:06,788 --> 00:02:08,324 He's lost a lot of blood. 36 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:11,802 Broken nose, three fractured ribs, severe concussion. 37 00:02:12,527 --> 00:02:13,835 This time, they were trying to kill him. 38 00:02:15,029 --> 00:02:16,201 This time? 39 00:02:16,264 --> 00:02:19,711 He sustained some bruises and lacerations earlier this week, 40 00:02:19,767 --> 00:02:21,678 I'd say two or three days ago. 41 00:02:22,870 --> 00:02:25,373 Don't talk too long. He just regained consciousness. 42 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,818 Check it out, Lennie. PD 521. 43 00:02:27,875 --> 00:02:29,047 Property clerk's receipt? 44 00:02:29,110 --> 00:02:31,488 He was arrested three days ago. 45 00:02:32,847 --> 00:02:35,123 CURTIS: You want to tell us who beat you up, Mr. Harding? 46 00:02:35,183 --> 00:02:37,857 Nobody. I fell off my bike. 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,023 This have anything to do 48 00:02:39,087 --> 00:02:40,691 with you getting arrested a few days ago? 49 00:02:40,755 --> 00:02:42,666 Leave me alone. 50 00:02:42,724 --> 00:02:44,635 Listen, if you don't cooperate with us, 51 00:02:44,692 --> 00:02:46,069 we're going to assume you have something 52 00:02:46,127 --> 00:02:47,606 you don't want us to find out about, 53 00:02:47,662 --> 00:02:49,642 and then we're gonna have to start investigating you. 54 00:02:49,931 --> 00:02:52,502 (SIGHS) 55 00:02:53,101 --> 00:02:55,479 Harding won't give you any explanation? 56 00:02:55,536 --> 00:02:57,174 He says he fell off his bike. 57 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,779 (SCOFFS) Bike must be about 10 stories tall. 58 00:03:00,842 --> 00:03:03,448 Hey, if this guy won't talk, there are real cases we can work. 59 00:03:03,511 --> 00:03:04,990 Well, what do we know about him? 60 00:03:05,613 --> 00:03:07,286 New York State driver's license, 61 00:03:07,348 --> 00:03:10,420 employee card from York Psychiatric Hospital. 62 00:03:10,485 --> 00:03:13,227 Harding was collared in the 23 on Thursday, 63 00:03:13,287 --> 00:03:15,563 assaulting a police officer. 64 00:03:16,591 --> 00:03:18,696 Somebody on our team took payback? 65 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,000 Could be why he dummied up. 66 00:03:20,061 --> 00:03:21,904 Maybe he deserved it. Yeah. Maybe he didn't. 67 00:03:21,963 --> 00:03:23,101 And maybe it wasn't a cop. 68 00:03:23,164 --> 00:03:26,941 If it was, we'll turn it over to Internal Affairs. For now, run with it. 69 00:03:28,403 --> 00:03:32,078 Thursday night, Harding comes tearing around a corner, 70 00:03:32,140 --> 00:03:33,483 sees me on the beat, 71 00:03:33,574 --> 00:03:35,417 hauls off and slugs me in the face. 72 00:03:35,977 --> 00:03:37,047 No reason. 73 00:03:37,111 --> 00:03:38,385 What'd you do? 74 00:03:38,446 --> 00:03:39,720 Cuffed him and took him in. 75 00:03:39,781 --> 00:03:40,851 Easy or hard? 76 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:43,929 Where you guys going with this? 77 00:03:43,985 --> 00:03:45,965 Last night, somebody beat the crap out of him, 78 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:47,829 left him for dead in Riverside Park. 79 00:03:47,889 --> 00:03:50,062 Well, it wasn't me. 80 00:03:50,124 --> 00:03:52,468 The doctor said he had some injuries from earlier in the week. 81 00:03:52,527 --> 00:03:54,006 Do you know anything about that? 82 00:03:54,062 --> 00:03:56,736 Like maybe he banged his head getting into your squad car? 83 00:03:56,798 --> 00:03:59,574 Look, you guys got this all wrong. 84 00:03:59,634 --> 00:04:02,877 This Harding was running away from a couple of guys. 85 00:04:02,937 --> 00:04:05,281 I figure it was either get himself arrested 86 00:04:05,339 --> 00:04:06,977 or take what they were bringing. 87 00:04:07,041 --> 00:04:08,714 Where were you last night? Home. 88 00:04:10,211 --> 00:04:11,383 Alone. 89 00:04:11,446 --> 00:04:14,256 These two guys that were chasing Harding. Could you ID them? 90 00:04:15,116 --> 00:04:16,561 It was dark. 91 00:04:16,617 --> 00:04:18,858 They bounced as soon as they saw my uniform. 92 00:04:19,554 --> 00:04:21,591 What about your partner? He get a good look at them? 93 00:04:21,656 --> 00:04:22,794 She. 94 00:04:23,324 --> 00:04:24,997 She's in there. 95 00:04:25,059 --> 00:04:26,333 BRISCOE: Thanks. 96 00:04:27,695 --> 00:04:30,539 I didn't see the two guys. I was getting coffee. 97 00:04:30,598 --> 00:04:32,202 How much coffee do you drink? 98 00:04:33,568 --> 00:04:35,070 CURTIS: What did you see? 99 00:04:35,136 --> 00:04:36,877 Loomis was hooking up the perp. 100 00:04:36,938 --> 00:04:38,508 He rough him up any? 101 00:04:38,573 --> 00:04:39,984 Define "rough." 102 00:04:40,041 --> 00:04:42,954 "Rough" is you talking to IAB instead of us. 103 00:04:43,010 --> 00:04:44,683 (SCOFFS) What's wrong with you guys? 104 00:04:44,746 --> 00:04:46,123 You want to know who pounded that jerk, 105 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:47,750 go find the two guys that were chasing him. 106 00:04:47,815 --> 00:04:50,056 Yeah, the two guys nobody saw except Loomis. 107 00:04:50,118 --> 00:04:51,290 You calling him a liar? 108 00:04:51,352 --> 00:04:54,925 Hey, take it easy. You're getting a little caffeine rush there. 109 00:04:54,989 --> 00:04:57,299 Does anybody know where Harding was coming from 110 00:04:57,358 --> 00:04:58,632 before he ran into your partner? 111 00:04:59,594 --> 00:05:01,801 I know where he said he'd been. 112 00:05:02,530 --> 00:05:04,373 I don't know nothing about nothing. 113 00:05:04,432 --> 00:05:06,036 You sound proud of it. 114 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:08,080 Sustaining ignorance is hard work. 115 00:05:08,136 --> 00:05:10,548 And were you, uh, sustaining your ignorance 116 00:05:10,605 --> 00:05:12,881 around 9:00, 9:30 last Thursday night? 117 00:05:13,541 --> 00:05:14,611 Diligently. 118 00:05:15,910 --> 00:05:18,288 Anybody here less diligent than you? 119 00:05:24,485 --> 00:05:26,465 Yes, there were two guys hassling him, 120 00:05:26,521 --> 00:05:28,432 and, yes, I'm sure it was Thursday night. 121 00:05:28,489 --> 00:05:29,900 So what were they hassling him about? 122 00:05:29,957 --> 00:05:31,493 I don't know. I was reading. 123 00:05:31,559 --> 00:05:33,664 You sure it was George Harding they were hassling? 124 00:05:33,728 --> 00:05:36,607 Yeah, I see George three, four times a week. 125 00:05:36,664 --> 00:05:38,143 BRISCOE: And the two guys? 126 00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:41,942 Them I never saw before. Two peas out of the same pod. 127 00:05:42,003 --> 00:05:44,040 Dark, hyper, Italian, 128 00:05:44,739 --> 00:05:46,082 maybe Jewish. 129 00:05:46,140 --> 00:05:48,051 Would you know them if you saw them again? 130 00:05:48,109 --> 00:05:50,385 Everything's in here. 131 00:05:51,112 --> 00:05:52,284 Except what's not. 132 00:05:54,615 --> 00:05:56,117 Russo, Joseph H. 133 00:05:56,184 --> 00:05:59,461 Our barfly says he was one of the two guys giving the victim a hard time. 134 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,022 She say what the hard time was about? 135 00:06:01,088 --> 00:06:03,591 She was reading. It's what she does. 136 00:06:03,991 --> 00:06:07,063 Convicted 03196, assault two. He's out? 137 00:06:07,128 --> 00:06:08,232 Couple weeks ago. 138 00:06:08,296 --> 00:06:10,298 Well, let's pick him up. 139 00:06:10,932 --> 00:06:12,570 What? Well, 140 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:15,807 the lab found three different blood types on the victim's clothes. 141 00:06:15,870 --> 00:06:18,214 One of them is the same as Officer Loomis'. 142 00:06:18,272 --> 00:06:20,252 Rey's hot to pull in the IAB. 143 00:06:20,308 --> 00:06:23,380 Well, let's pull in Russo, Joseph H., first. 144 00:06:27,048 --> 00:06:29,358 (CHUCKLES) I think we already wore out our welcome. 145 00:06:29,684 --> 00:06:30,958 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 146 00:06:34,922 --> 00:06:37,198 Please don't wake her up. 147 00:06:37,258 --> 00:06:38,293 Her? 148 00:06:38,359 --> 00:06:40,669 Yeah. You have no idea how crabby she gets. 149 00:06:40,728 --> 00:06:43,208 We're looking for Joseph Russo. 150 00:06:43,264 --> 00:06:45,710 He went to prison. She's the new tenant. 151 00:06:45,766 --> 00:06:47,712 Yeah. Well, Russo got out. You know where he is? 152 00:06:47,768 --> 00:06:48,803 No. 153 00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:50,008 Oh... 154 00:06:54,508 --> 00:06:57,148 When you find him, could you give him his mail? 155 00:06:57,211 --> 00:07:00,055 She just dumped it on the floor by the mailboxes. 156 00:07:00,147 --> 00:07:01,956 No problem. Thanks. Thank you. 157 00:07:03,084 --> 00:07:05,530 Bills, computer dating service. 158 00:07:05,586 --> 00:07:06,621 Look at this. 159 00:07:06,687 --> 00:07:09,634 "To Joseph Russo from York Psychiatric Hospital." 160 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:11,829 Isn't that where George Harding works? 161 00:07:11,893 --> 00:07:13,964 Somehow, I don't think we're gonna need the IAB. 162 00:07:17,632 --> 00:07:19,634 His sister is here, Leslie Russo. 163 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:22,408 Did Joe Russo have any contact with George Harding? 164 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,679 George? St. Luke's called us. Is that what this is about? 165 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:27,947 We're checking. Do they know each other? 166 00:07:28,009 --> 00:07:29,488 I really don't know. 167 00:07:29,543 --> 00:07:32,387 That's Leslie, the one in the plaid jumper. 168 00:07:32,446 --> 00:07:33,516 CURTIS: What's wrong with her? 169 00:07:34,215 --> 00:07:35,990 For that, you need to talk to her family. 170 00:07:36,050 --> 00:07:38,553 Okay. You got a current address for Joe? 171 00:07:38,619 --> 00:07:41,122 Uh, we have one for Frank. The other brother. 172 00:07:41,188 --> 00:07:44,260 They look alike? Joe and Frank? Two peas in a pod? 173 00:07:44,325 --> 00:07:46,066 There's a family resemblance. 174 00:07:46,127 --> 00:07:47,902 Are they protective of their sister? 175 00:07:47,962 --> 00:07:50,033 Frank is. He's the one I know well. 176 00:07:50,097 --> 00:07:52,600 Nice guy. Visits his sister every Sunday. 177 00:07:53,434 --> 00:07:54,936 Very gentle with her. 178 00:07:55,002 --> 00:07:57,482 I wish all our patients had such caring families. 179 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:00,619 Yeah, seems to make all the difference. 180 00:08:02,977 --> 00:08:04,012 Yeah, who is it? 181 00:08:04,078 --> 00:08:05,887 Frank Russo? Police. 182 00:08:11,652 --> 00:08:12,824 Yeah? 183 00:08:12,887 --> 00:08:13,991 Can we come in and talk to you? 184 00:08:14,055 --> 00:08:15,762 What about? You got something to hide? 185 00:08:15,823 --> 00:08:17,063 Dirty underwear. 186 00:08:17,124 --> 00:08:19,070 You got three seconds to tell me what you want. 187 00:08:19,126 --> 00:08:20,434 One... Where's your brother? 188 00:08:20,494 --> 00:08:21,598 ...two, three. 189 00:08:30,204 --> 00:08:31,945 Where's your brother? Don't know. 190 00:08:32,006 --> 00:08:33,041 What happened to your eye? 191 00:08:33,741 --> 00:08:34,845 Lennie, you smell something? 192 00:08:35,509 --> 00:08:36,647 You smoke? 193 00:08:36,911 --> 00:08:37,946 (COUGHING) Who's in there? 194 00:08:38,012 --> 00:08:40,253 Let me guess, you've got a dog with emphysema. 195 00:08:42,350 --> 00:08:44,023 FRANK: Joe, come on out, 196 00:08:44,185 --> 00:08:45,858 and don't do nothing else stupid. 197 00:08:53,494 --> 00:08:56,407 We didn't do nothing, and we want a lawyer. 198 00:08:57,732 --> 00:09:00,076 And apparently, he can't go more than 30 seconds 199 00:09:00,134 --> 00:09:02,205 without a smoke, so here they are. 200 00:09:02,269 --> 00:09:05,148 We are not answering any questions until Mr. Jamison gets here. 201 00:09:05,206 --> 00:09:06,344 VAN BUREN: Hey! 202 00:09:06,607 --> 00:09:08,712 Nobody's asking you any questions. 203 00:09:08,776 --> 00:09:10,119 And we didn't beat up anybody. 204 00:09:10,177 --> 00:09:12,179 Between them, we have 14 scraped knuckles, 205 00:09:12,246 --> 00:09:14,226 one swollen wrist, six bruises. 206 00:09:14,281 --> 00:09:16,352 The doctor's gonna tell us they were in a fistfight 207 00:09:16,417 --> 00:09:19,057 and the lab's gonna tell us their blood is on Harding's clothes. 208 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,794 CURTIS: The woman in the bar can ID them as the two mooks with Harding. 209 00:09:21,856 --> 00:09:23,597 And the beat cops will tell you they were chasing him 210 00:09:23,657 --> 00:09:25,568 a couple of nights before they finally caught up to him 211 00:09:25,626 --> 00:09:27,537 and beat the crap out of him. 212 00:09:27,595 --> 00:09:29,404 So, it's attempted murder. 213 00:09:29,463 --> 00:09:32,672 Plus aggravated assault. And assault with intent to kill. 214 00:09:32,733 --> 00:09:35,270 So, say, 25-to-life, without mitigation. 215 00:09:35,336 --> 00:09:36,906 CURTIS: They didn't offer any mitigation. 216 00:09:36,971 --> 00:09:39,042 They just beat the guy for no reason. 217 00:09:39,106 --> 00:09:40,312 I'll call the D.A. 218 00:09:41,108 --> 00:09:42,610 You want a reason? 219 00:09:42,676 --> 00:09:44,952 That bastard Harding raped our sister. 220 00:09:45,012 --> 00:09:47,253 That's right. And the hospital wouldn't do a damn thing about it. 221 00:09:47,314 --> 00:09:50,887 And that is all we're saying till our lawyer gets here. Okay? 222 00:09:55,689 --> 00:09:58,533 Her brothers told us she told them she'd been raped. 223 00:09:58,592 --> 00:09:59,627 By George Harding? 224 00:09:59,693 --> 00:10:01,138 They didn't say by whom. 225 00:10:01,195 --> 00:10:03,072 Did you believe them? 226 00:10:03,130 --> 00:10:06,339 Leslie Russo suffers from disorganized schizophrenia. 227 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,574 Her perceptions are turbulent and fragmentary. 228 00:10:11,238 --> 00:10:13,309 Simply put, she's delusional. 229 00:10:13,374 --> 00:10:15,320 The perfect victim because nobody believes her. 230 00:10:15,376 --> 00:10:19,085 Well, I'm not implying disbelief. We did investigate. 231 00:10:19,146 --> 00:10:21,752 Leslie wouldn't repeat the allegation to us. 232 00:10:21,816 --> 00:10:25,195 Our gynecologist did a pelvic exam, it was inconclusive. 233 00:10:25,252 --> 00:10:28,597 We checked the staff records to see who was on duty that night. 234 00:10:28,656 --> 00:10:31,694 Frank Russo was definite about the date. 235 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:35,707 Harding, Jimmy Baxter, and Gianni Lupo. 236 00:10:35,763 --> 00:10:38,107 Personnel can give you their addresses. 237 00:10:38,165 --> 00:10:40,975 We talked to them. But, again, everything was inconclusive. 238 00:10:41,035 --> 00:10:42,343 Why didn't you call the police? 239 00:10:42,403 --> 00:10:44,610 We had nothing. Not one shred of evidence 240 00:10:44,672 --> 00:10:46,174 that anything untoward had happened. 241 00:10:46,974 --> 00:10:48,885 You mind if we talk to her? 242 00:10:49,276 --> 00:10:54,350 Try not to be put off by the incoherence and the inappropriate affect. 243 00:10:54,949 --> 00:10:56,451 Don't worry, we won't. 244 00:10:57,118 --> 00:11:00,361 CURTIS: George Harding, Leslie, did you tell your brothers about him? 245 00:11:01,188 --> 00:11:02,758 I talk to them all the time. 246 00:11:03,157 --> 00:11:04,602 I talked to them this morning. 247 00:11:04,658 --> 00:11:05,898 You did? 248 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,635 Oh, yeah, I did. Once an hour, on the quarter hour. 249 00:11:09,697 --> 00:11:12,576 Did you tell your brothers that George Harding hurt you? 250 00:11:15,636 --> 00:11:16,944 Didn't he? 251 00:11:17,004 --> 00:11:18,711 We don't know. Did he? 252 00:11:20,174 --> 00:11:24,418 My brother Frank knows. He has the key to the blue room. 253 00:11:24,745 --> 00:11:25,780 The blue room? 254 00:11:25,846 --> 00:11:29,157 Physical therapy. Jane Fonda works out with us. 255 00:11:29,216 --> 00:11:30,388 Isn't it time to eat? 256 00:11:31,185 --> 00:11:33,187 Leslie, one more time. 257 00:11:34,321 --> 00:11:37,234 Did you tell your brothers that George Harding raped you? 258 00:11:38,459 --> 00:11:39,699 Do you want to have lunch with me? 259 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,331 I like chicken with red sauce and one vegetable. 260 00:11:42,396 --> 00:11:45,002 Leslie. Just one. Mom says that's the way to eat. 261 00:11:48,402 --> 00:11:51,144 The cops didn't have any right to push Leslie around like that. 262 00:11:51,205 --> 00:11:53,708 I mean, we ought to sue that crummy-ass hospital, Frank. 263 00:11:53,774 --> 00:11:56,015 They talked to her. They investigated your claim. 264 00:11:56,076 --> 00:11:58,215 So did the hospital. There's no evidence of a rape. 265 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:00,020 (SCOFFS) I don't see a reason 266 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,081 to reduce from attempted murder. 267 00:12:01,148 --> 00:12:02,593 JOE: What is wrong with you, lady? 268 00:12:02,650 --> 00:12:04,789 I mean, you think it's all right to rape crazy people? 269 00:12:04,852 --> 00:12:06,354 That son of a bitch did my sister, 270 00:12:06,420 --> 00:12:07,865 and nobody gives a damn but us! 271 00:12:07,922 --> 00:12:10,732 Give me something I can believe, and I'll give a damn. 272 00:12:21,502 --> 00:12:24,312 Counselor, my clients are concerned about their sister. 273 00:12:25,573 --> 00:12:28,577 They don't want to do anything to exacerbate her trauma. 274 00:12:28,642 --> 00:12:30,417 It's a risk they'll have to take. 275 00:12:38,052 --> 00:12:40,965 We went to visit. I noticed these marks on Leslie's neck. 276 00:12:41,021 --> 00:12:43,126 When I asked her about them, she got hysterical. 277 00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:44,828 She just kept saying over and over again, 278 00:12:44,892 --> 00:12:48,066 "Didn't have sex, didn't have sex, didn't have sex." 279 00:12:48,128 --> 00:12:49,801 I mean, Frankie had to calm her down. 280 00:12:49,863 --> 00:12:51,809 She said it was Harding. 281 00:12:52,566 --> 00:12:53,909 That could mean anything. 282 00:12:53,968 --> 00:12:56,039 Yeah, so I asked her, "What about Harding?" 283 00:12:56,103 --> 00:12:57,173 She said he made her do it. 284 00:12:57,238 --> 00:12:59,912 Now maybe you don't call that rape, but I sure as hell do. 285 00:13:01,909 --> 00:13:04,549 Listen, how much police time do you expect me to waste 286 00:13:04,612 --> 00:13:06,614 trying to prove the Russo boys' defense? 287 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,684 Let them prove it. I need my officers for other things. 288 00:13:09,750 --> 00:13:11,161 We've got an allegation of rape. 289 00:13:11,218 --> 00:13:12,561 That's what police time is for. 290 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:15,464 An allegation that can't ever be proved. 291 00:13:16,323 --> 00:13:19,270 Okay. We'll talk to the other guys on Harding's shift. 292 00:13:19,326 --> 00:13:22,136 If we don't get a smoking gun this time, that's it. 293 00:13:22,196 --> 00:13:24,301 In a hurry? I'm giving a deposition. 294 00:13:24,365 --> 00:13:26,072 Your lawsuit against the department? 295 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:27,305 News travels. 296 00:13:27,368 --> 00:13:28,813 Kick butt. 297 00:13:31,505 --> 00:13:34,145 Yeah, I was on duty that night, but I wasn't on the floor. 298 00:13:34,208 --> 00:13:36,518 I was downstairs doing paperwork with my supervisor. 299 00:13:36,577 --> 00:13:38,784 You know George Harding pretty well? 300 00:13:38,846 --> 00:13:40,086 Not really. 301 00:13:40,147 --> 00:13:42,127 George spends most of his time with the patients. 302 00:13:42,650 --> 00:13:45,256 They seem to like him. Yeah? Why is that? 303 00:13:45,319 --> 00:13:48,630 Well, he does stuff. Like, if he knows you like biscuits, 304 00:13:48,689 --> 00:13:50,327 he'll slip you an extra one. 305 00:13:50,391 --> 00:13:52,132 He ever slip them anything else? 306 00:13:53,427 --> 00:13:55,065 Not that I know of. 307 00:13:55,129 --> 00:13:57,075 CURTIS: Is Jimmy Baxter here today? 308 00:13:57,131 --> 00:13:59,008 He's around somewhere. 309 00:13:59,066 --> 00:14:01,637 You're the second York employee we've seen who got beat up. 310 00:14:01,702 --> 00:14:02,806 What's it to you? 311 00:14:02,870 --> 00:14:05,350 We don't like coincidences. So who did it? 312 00:14:05,406 --> 00:14:06,885 A couple of guys, okay? 313 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:09,420 A couple guys named Russo, maybe? 314 00:14:11,412 --> 00:14:13,358 If you already know, why ask? 315 00:14:13,681 --> 00:14:16,594 They put George Harding in intensive care. 316 00:14:16,650 --> 00:14:18,596 How come you got off so easy? 317 00:14:18,886 --> 00:14:20,729 I told those guys it wasn't me. 318 00:14:21,488 --> 00:14:23,229 I didn't rape their nut-job sister. 319 00:14:23,290 --> 00:14:25,361 Then why'd they think you did? 320 00:14:26,727 --> 00:14:29,901 I wonder how they got from you to George Harding. 321 00:14:30,964 --> 00:14:32,136 CURTIS: You told them, didn't you? 322 00:14:32,199 --> 00:14:33,337 What if I did? 323 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,676 They beat him into critical condition on your say-so. 324 00:14:35,736 --> 00:14:37,716 Hey, I didn't pull his name out of the air. 325 00:14:37,838 --> 00:14:39,818 If anybody did it, it was him. 326 00:14:39,873 --> 00:14:42,046 The last place he worked, somebody got raped there, too. 327 00:14:42,609 --> 00:14:44,555 Where's that? Park West. 328 00:14:44,845 --> 00:14:46,552 It's a long-term care facility. 329 00:14:46,613 --> 00:14:48,286 They had some big rape investigation. 330 00:14:48,349 --> 00:14:49,851 BRISCOE: And they put it on Harding? 331 00:14:49,917 --> 00:14:52,158 All I know is he worked there, too. 332 00:14:52,219 --> 00:14:54,722 You're the ones who don't like coincidences. 333 00:14:57,057 --> 00:14:59,469 The Russos said their sister accused Harding. 334 00:14:59,526 --> 00:15:00,596 They lied about that. 335 00:15:00,661 --> 00:15:02,698 Doesn't mean they lied about the rape. 336 00:15:05,766 --> 00:15:09,145 Wendy Singer. She's been here about two years. 337 00:15:09,203 --> 00:15:11,149 Head-on collision on the Taconic. 338 00:15:11,205 --> 00:15:12,513 Bad road. (SCOFFS) 339 00:15:12,573 --> 00:15:13,813 Her husband died on impact, 340 00:15:13,874 --> 00:15:16,218 as did the five-month-old fetus Wendy was carrying. 341 00:15:16,276 --> 00:15:17,812 Well, we'll try not to tire her out, 342 00:15:17,878 --> 00:15:19,619 but we do have some questions for her. 343 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,820 (CHUCKLES) I didn't make myself clear, I guess. 344 00:15:22,883 --> 00:15:27,127 Wendy Singer has been in an irreversible coma since the accident. 345 00:15:27,421 --> 00:15:29,401 Then who made the rape complaint? 346 00:15:29,456 --> 00:15:31,458 We didn't need one. 347 00:15:32,626 --> 00:15:37,336 Mr. and Mrs. Singer, this is Detective Briscoe, Detective Curtis. 348 00:15:37,398 --> 00:15:39,537 Didn't the police already look into this? 349 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,375 They're following up, Mrs. Singer. 350 00:15:41,435 --> 00:15:44,382 Doctor, uh, could we talk in your office? 351 00:15:45,939 --> 00:15:49,819 Mrs. Singer told us Wendy missed her period the last week of June. 352 00:15:49,877 --> 00:15:51,879 Why wasn't the pregnancy terminated? 353 00:15:51,945 --> 00:15:53,549 The Singers refused to consent. 354 00:15:53,614 --> 00:15:55,150 Religious convictions? 355 00:15:55,215 --> 00:15:56,717 Wendy is their only child 356 00:15:56,817 --> 00:15:58,990 and after the initial shock wore off, 357 00:15:59,052 --> 00:16:01,032 they realized they were going to have a grandchild after all. 358 00:16:01,088 --> 00:16:02,158 They've already chosen names. 359 00:16:04,191 --> 00:16:06,694 We'll need the names of the detectives who investigated, all right? 360 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,364 We did everything by the book. 361 00:16:08,429 --> 00:16:09,635 All our staff were questioned. 362 00:16:09,696 --> 00:16:12,233 The police made every male employee submit a blood sample. 363 00:16:12,566 --> 00:16:13,943 Including George Harding? 364 00:16:14,701 --> 00:16:16,078 Harding wasn't here then. 365 00:16:16,136 --> 00:16:18,480 He'd moved on to a new job about six weeks prior. 366 00:16:18,872 --> 00:16:20,044 Any suspects? 367 00:16:20,107 --> 00:16:23,247 The police concentrated on the two employees who refused to give blood. 368 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:25,654 One was Dean Goldberg, 369 00:16:25,712 --> 00:16:29,285 but you can cross him off your list. He died two months ago. AIDS. 370 00:16:30,050 --> 00:16:32,030 I guess I'd refuse to give blood, too. 371 00:16:32,152 --> 00:16:33,495 So who's the other one? 372 00:16:34,021 --> 00:16:36,558 I refused 'cause I'm an addict, okay? 373 00:16:36,924 --> 00:16:37,959 I'm trying to get hooked up here, 374 00:16:38,025 --> 00:16:40,335 which is not gonna happen with two cops standing around. 375 00:16:40,394 --> 00:16:42,704 Well, talk to us about George Harding and we'll fade. 376 00:16:42,763 --> 00:16:44,538 Harding wasn't there anymore. 377 00:16:44,598 --> 00:16:47,909 But you want him to be the daddy? Fine with me. 378 00:16:47,968 --> 00:16:50,141 Hold on a minute. We're still talking. 379 00:16:50,204 --> 00:16:52,775 The doctors loved Harding 'cause he sucked up. 380 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,583 The patients loved him because he'd bring them little extras if they paid him. 381 00:16:56,877 --> 00:16:58,049 You leaving now? 382 00:16:58,111 --> 00:17:00,216 Yeah. Well, we could toss you for works. 383 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,623 Then you could come along with us. 384 00:17:01,682 --> 00:17:03,958 You ever see Harding around after he quit? 385 00:17:04,017 --> 00:17:05,826 A couple of times, late at night. 386 00:17:05,886 --> 00:17:08,093 He had a thing going with one of the nurses. 387 00:17:08,155 --> 00:17:09,691 He'd take her to the PT room. 388 00:17:09,756 --> 00:17:12,134 Just so we're clear, he was having sex with a nurse 389 00:17:12,192 --> 00:17:14,001 in the physical therapy room at Park West? 390 00:17:14,061 --> 00:17:15,506 That's why he worked nights. 391 00:17:15,729 --> 00:17:17,504 He said he liked doing it on the mats. 392 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:22,408 He probably liked the mats in the blue room at York. 393 00:17:24,137 --> 00:17:26,617 Leslie, you remember the last time we were here? 394 00:17:26,673 --> 00:17:28,914 I've been taking my medication. I have. 395 00:17:28,976 --> 00:17:32,014 So you can't arrest me for that. CURTIS: That's right. 396 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:34,753 We just want to talk to you about what happened in the blue room. 397 00:17:34,815 --> 00:17:36,624 The physical therapy room. 398 00:17:37,050 --> 00:17:39,530 I told you already. I told you seven times. 399 00:17:39,586 --> 00:17:41,930 Are you some kind of sex pervert or something? 400 00:17:42,723 --> 00:17:45,465 Did anybody ever take you there for sex? 401 00:17:45,526 --> 00:17:47,335 They have these phone lines you could call, 402 00:17:47,628 --> 00:17:49,403 but they block the numbers here. 403 00:17:49,463 --> 00:17:50,942 CURTIS: Leslie. 404 00:17:50,998 --> 00:17:53,376 I'm not going to tell you who messed with me, if that's what you think. 405 00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:54,878 I'm not that kind of girl. 406 00:17:55,602 --> 00:17:57,138 But you know who it was. 407 00:17:57,971 --> 00:18:01,180 I confessed to my spiritual advisor, that's all that's required, 408 00:18:01,241 --> 00:18:02,811 I don't have to tell you. 409 00:18:03,777 --> 00:18:06,417 Now. We know it was somebody in the hospital, 410 00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:08,724 one of the orderlies. 411 00:18:13,687 --> 00:18:15,325 I'm in big trouble now. 412 00:18:15,389 --> 00:18:18,393 No, you're not. Just answer their questions. 413 00:18:20,594 --> 00:18:23,803 George Harding's kind of a nice guy, huh? 414 00:18:30,304 --> 00:18:31,840 He is nice. 415 00:18:31,905 --> 00:18:33,179 BRISCOE: Nice looking. 416 00:18:34,408 --> 00:18:35,944 I like his eyes. 417 00:18:36,643 --> 00:18:39,146 Did he ever take advantage of you a little? 418 00:18:39,213 --> 00:18:41,750 There was no advantage taken in the blue room. 419 00:18:41,815 --> 00:18:44,819 It was totally mutual and sensual. 420 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,597 (WHISPERING) I didn't tell that part to my spiritual advisor. 421 00:18:50,190 --> 00:18:53,000 CURTIS: But it was George in the blue room. 422 00:18:55,295 --> 00:18:56,501 Leslie? 423 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,572 Yeah. 424 00:19:02,269 --> 00:19:03,339 Okay? 425 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,520 Hey, now I know why patients never eat their Jell-O. 426 00:19:09,576 --> 00:19:11,783 If I ever see another bowl of that crap wobbling at me, 427 00:19:11,845 --> 00:19:14,291 I'm gonna puke. Where you're going, they serve a lot of Jell-O. 428 00:19:14,348 --> 00:19:15,952 Stand up. You're under arrest 429 00:19:16,016 --> 00:19:17,461 for the rape of Leslie Russo. 430 00:19:17,517 --> 00:19:18,825 You have the right to remain silent. 431 00:19:18,885 --> 00:19:21,491 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 432 00:19:24,625 --> 00:19:28,471 Leslie Russo's statement? This is the only evidence we have of rape? 433 00:19:28,528 --> 00:19:30,735 That, and her original accusation. 434 00:19:30,797 --> 00:19:34,040 Made to her hoodlum brothers a week after the alleged incident? 435 00:19:34,268 --> 00:19:36,748 Are we back to disbelieving the victim? 436 00:19:36,803 --> 00:19:39,010 There's nothing wrong with a little healthy skepticism 437 00:19:39,072 --> 00:19:41,518 when the victim is an institutionalized schizophrenic. 438 00:19:41,575 --> 00:19:44,522 That's just the point. She's incapable of consent. Rape one. 439 00:19:44,578 --> 00:19:45,818 What I'm talking about is 440 00:19:45,879 --> 00:19:48,758 whether the rape is a figment of her imagination. 441 00:19:48,815 --> 00:19:52,058 Who is this spiritual advisor she confided in? 442 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:53,189 I talked to her therapist. 443 00:19:53,253 --> 00:19:54,823 Apparently, he's part of her delusional system. 444 00:19:54,888 --> 00:19:58,631 I'm sorry, Jamie. This is in no shape for a grand jury. 445 00:19:58,692 --> 00:20:02,003 Harding's co-worker at Park West implicated him pretty strongly. 446 00:20:02,062 --> 00:20:04,542 Sex in the physical therapy room was Harding's signature. 447 00:20:04,598 --> 00:20:07,807 You're using a rape you can't prove Harding committed 448 00:20:07,868 --> 00:20:10,576 to bootstrap a rape you're not even sure happened. 449 00:20:10,637 --> 00:20:12,241 Two jobs, two helpless victims. 450 00:20:12,305 --> 00:20:13,648 It's not a coincidence. 451 00:20:14,207 --> 00:20:16,414 Harding wasn't even working at Park West 452 00:20:16,476 --> 00:20:18,046 when the Singer woman was raped. 453 00:20:18,111 --> 00:20:20,091 So maybe he snuck back into the facility. 454 00:20:20,147 --> 00:20:22,058 Or maybe the timeline got screwed up. 455 00:20:22,115 --> 00:20:26,860 Well, find out before we dig ourselves a hole we can't climb out of. 456 00:20:27,187 --> 00:20:28,757 Good morning! 457 00:20:29,056 --> 00:20:31,036 The HMO I'm contracted with sent me to Park West. 458 00:20:31,091 --> 00:20:33,367 My only patient there is Wendy Singer. 459 00:20:33,427 --> 00:20:35,065 ROSS: When was the last time you examined her? 460 00:20:35,128 --> 00:20:36,300 Just last week. 461 00:20:36,363 --> 00:20:40,072 It's a high-risk pregnancy, so I try to see her every 10 days or so. 462 00:20:40,133 --> 00:20:42,135 She was doing remarkably well, considering. 463 00:20:42,536 --> 00:20:44,106 Can you tell when she conceived? 464 00:20:44,171 --> 00:20:47,516 Hmm. It's difficult to pinpoint conception even in a healthy woman. 465 00:20:48,442 --> 00:20:50,922 Her mother said she missed her first cycle in June. 466 00:20:51,044 --> 00:20:52,148 Six months? 467 00:20:52,412 --> 00:20:55,256 Well, that would be consistent with my physical examination. 468 00:20:55,315 --> 00:20:56,817 Is there a way to tell for sure? 469 00:20:56,883 --> 00:21:00,194 Well, I ordered an ultrasound last time I was there. 470 00:21:00,253 --> 00:21:01,596 Can I take a look? 471 00:21:01,655 --> 00:21:03,965 Without a release from her parents? 472 00:21:04,157 --> 00:21:06,433 I can go back downtown and get a court order. 473 00:21:08,128 --> 00:21:10,608 If all you want to see is the sonogram, 474 00:21:10,664 --> 00:21:12,837 I guess the fetus won't object. 475 00:21:15,869 --> 00:21:16,973 Ah! 476 00:21:19,573 --> 00:21:22,110 There's a view of the head. Let's see. 477 00:21:23,043 --> 00:21:27,583 Biparietal diameter is about seven centimeters. 478 00:21:28,482 --> 00:21:29,790 Thirty weeks. 479 00:21:30,650 --> 00:21:32,254 Seven months. 480 00:21:36,757 --> 00:21:38,168 GRETA: You saw the sonogram? 481 00:21:38,425 --> 00:21:40,200 Your grandchild is due in two months. 482 00:21:41,461 --> 00:21:42,872 Mrs. Singer, you told the doctors 483 00:21:42,929 --> 00:21:45,034 your daughter missed her period in June. 484 00:21:45,098 --> 00:21:46,941 The police based their investigation on that. 485 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,604 Is it possible you made a mistake? 486 00:21:49,169 --> 00:21:53,584 (SIGHS) When she missed her period in May, I didn't say anything. 487 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,847 I thought it was because of her condition. 488 00:21:56,443 --> 00:21:58,252 So you kept her pregnancy a secret? 489 00:21:58,311 --> 00:22:01,224 You have to understand, Ms. Ross, I struggled with this. 490 00:22:01,281 --> 00:22:03,557 My daughter wanted a baby more than anything. 491 00:22:03,617 --> 00:22:05,255 I thought if I said something, 492 00:22:05,318 --> 00:22:07,195 they might give Wendy an abortion. 493 00:22:07,888 --> 00:22:09,925 Any idea who did this to her? 494 00:22:09,990 --> 00:22:12,971 I just assumed it was Chris Ryan. 495 00:22:13,026 --> 00:22:15,939 The one who quit rather than give his blood. 496 00:22:16,630 --> 00:22:17,802 How about George Harding? 497 00:22:17,864 --> 00:22:20,276 You ever notice him paying special attention to your daughter? 498 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,036 He took care of Wendy. 499 00:22:22,536 --> 00:22:24,777 (STAMMERING) But not what you mean. 500 00:22:24,838 --> 00:22:26,283 Think about it, Mrs. Singer. 501 00:22:26,339 --> 00:22:29,183 The police ruled him out because of the information you gave them. 502 00:22:29,242 --> 00:22:30,983 (DISMISSIVELY) It couldn't be George. 503 00:22:31,111 --> 00:22:33,216 I remember saying to him after the accident, 504 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,124 it was a blessing in disguise that Wendy miscarried. 505 00:22:36,183 --> 00:22:39,721 The doctors said that carrying a child would probably kill her. 506 00:22:40,153 --> 00:22:42,258 I just hope they're wrong. 507 00:22:45,992 --> 00:22:48,131 A crazy woman, a coma patient. 508 00:22:48,195 --> 00:22:52,701 Two defenseless victims, not one viable case between them. 509 00:22:52,766 --> 00:22:55,269 We have a circumstantial case against George Harding. 510 00:22:56,369 --> 00:22:59,543 Turns out the Singer woman misstated the date of her daughter's rape. 511 00:22:59,606 --> 00:23:01,108 Why should she do that? 512 00:23:01,174 --> 00:23:04,018 She didn't want to terminate her daughter's pregnancy so she kept it hidden. 513 00:23:04,077 --> 00:23:07,354 Yeah. This'll sell papers for weeks. 514 00:23:07,914 --> 00:23:10,724 "Rape victim has coma baby." 515 00:23:12,118 --> 00:23:13,961 The parents had a hard choice. 516 00:23:14,554 --> 00:23:16,591 Wendy Singer will never get better. 517 00:23:16,723 --> 00:23:18,794 This baby's their only link to their daughter. 518 00:23:18,859 --> 00:23:19,997 If the baby is that important to them, 519 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:22,062 they may be reluctant to cooperate. 520 00:23:22,129 --> 00:23:23,631 We don't need them. We have the sonogram 521 00:23:23,697 --> 00:23:25,768 to pinpoint the onset of pregnancy. 522 00:23:25,832 --> 00:23:27,334 The proof of rape is self-evident. 523 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,812 You can't say the same for the Russo girl. 524 00:23:29,870 --> 00:23:31,213 Tie it up in a package. 525 00:23:31,271 --> 00:23:34,650 Make Harding an offer if he'll plead to both cases. 526 00:23:35,275 --> 00:23:37,551 You'll get an indictment. You'll never get a conviction. 527 00:23:37,611 --> 00:23:39,648 Mr. Harding left a trail of helpless victims. 528 00:23:39,713 --> 00:23:41,715 I'm counting heavily on the pariah factor. 529 00:23:41,781 --> 00:23:43,818 BELL: It has shock value. That's about all. 530 00:23:43,884 --> 00:23:45,557 And 25 years worth of exposure. 531 00:23:45,952 --> 00:23:47,226 Twenty-five years? 532 00:23:47,287 --> 00:23:49,893 ROSS: Once we get a DNA sample from Wendy Singer. 533 00:23:49,956 --> 00:23:52,630 If your client wants to make a deal, now's the time. 534 00:23:53,126 --> 00:23:54,537 Two for the price of one? 535 00:23:54,594 --> 00:23:56,198 If he pleads to both. 536 00:24:03,203 --> 00:24:05,205 Break it down to sex abuse. City time. 537 00:24:05,272 --> 00:24:07,946 First-degree rape. Ten-to-20 concurrent. 538 00:24:08,675 --> 00:24:10,951 That's a nice bargaining position. What's the real offer? 539 00:24:11,344 --> 00:24:13,722 I don't haggle with rapists. 540 00:24:15,515 --> 00:24:17,495 Have a nice day, Mr. McCoy. 541 00:24:19,452 --> 00:24:22,558 Who do we present first to the grand jury? Singer or Russo? 542 00:24:22,622 --> 00:24:25,933 Russo. At least we've got a victim who can testify. 543 00:24:25,992 --> 00:24:27,733 That's a matter of interpretation. 544 00:24:27,794 --> 00:24:28,829 Skoda examined Russo. 545 00:24:28,895 --> 00:24:31,569 He thinks she can carry the ball in front of a grand jury. 546 00:24:31,631 --> 00:24:33,406 I read his report. He hedged his bets. 547 00:24:33,466 --> 00:24:34,945 (BANGS ON GATE) (DOOR BUZZER DRONING) 548 00:24:35,001 --> 00:24:37,607 So we're back to Wendy Singer and proving paternity? 549 00:24:39,472 --> 00:24:42,316 You want to wait and get DNA from her baby? 550 00:24:43,009 --> 00:24:44,989 Harding will be long gone. 551 00:24:46,112 --> 00:24:47,921 If Wendy Singer had an amniocentesis, 552 00:24:47,981 --> 00:24:50,291 there might be a DNA sample right in her file. 553 00:24:51,418 --> 00:24:53,056 You call her doctor. 554 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,292 I'll get Russo in front of the grand jury. 555 00:24:59,526 --> 00:25:00,800 JACK: Ms. Russo, 556 00:25:01,761 --> 00:25:03,866 could you tell us what happened to you 557 00:25:03,930 --> 00:25:08,276 in the physical therapy room at York Psychiatric Hospital? 558 00:25:10,537 --> 00:25:12,847 You want me to tell you about the sex thing? 559 00:25:13,573 --> 00:25:14,711 Yes. 560 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:17,946 And this is all being written down? 561 00:25:18,011 --> 00:25:20,651 The stenographer is taking down what we say, yes. 562 00:25:21,248 --> 00:25:22,784 So I can't lie. 563 00:25:22,849 --> 00:25:25,853 If I lie, all these people will be angry with me. 564 00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:28,297 You already took an oath to tell the truth. 565 00:25:29,356 --> 00:25:31,131 You said you understood what that means. 566 00:25:31,191 --> 00:25:32,534 The whole truth, so help me God, 567 00:25:32,592 --> 00:25:34,663 or it goes down on my permanent record. 568 00:25:35,829 --> 00:25:39,868 Did you have a sexual encounter in the blue room 569 00:25:40,133 --> 00:25:41,840 with George Harding? 570 00:25:43,336 --> 00:25:46,078 Roger said there was nothing wrong with doing it. 571 00:25:49,242 --> 00:25:50,585 Who is Roger? 572 00:25:50,644 --> 00:25:53,625 My sexual encounter. He's on D ward. 573 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,286 He says he can smell me from up there. 574 00:25:56,917 --> 00:25:58,191 JACK: Ms. Russo. 575 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,396 (ENUNCIATING) Did you tell the police 576 00:26:02,455 --> 00:26:05,163 that you had sexual intercourse with George Harding, 577 00:26:06,393 --> 00:26:08,873 an orderly at the hospital? 578 00:26:08,928 --> 00:26:10,965 I don't think I said that, 579 00:26:11,031 --> 00:26:14,478 but if I did say that, I didn't mean to say that. 580 00:26:14,534 --> 00:26:16,309 But is it true? 581 00:26:21,007 --> 00:26:22,111 Leslie? 582 00:26:26,613 --> 00:26:28,115 It was true, 583 00:26:28,481 --> 00:26:30,051 but now it's not. 584 00:26:31,251 --> 00:26:32,958 So you lied to the police? 585 00:26:33,019 --> 00:26:36,626 There was no Bible, or any other religious icons. 586 00:26:36,689 --> 00:26:39,636 My spiritual advisor says if you say what's in your head, 587 00:26:39,693 --> 00:26:41,536 it cleanses your brain. 588 00:26:41,594 --> 00:26:43,938 So you can't put that on my permanent record. 589 00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:50,480 Maybe I should get a good lawyer. 590 00:26:50,537 --> 00:26:52,710 MAXWELL: You won't be in any trouble, Roger. 591 00:26:53,306 --> 00:26:55,616 They just need to know the truth about you and Leslie. 592 00:26:58,511 --> 00:26:59,717 (EXHALES NERVOUSLY) 593 00:27:00,647 --> 00:27:03,992 I've been here three years. Guy like me's gonna get horny, right? 594 00:27:05,018 --> 00:27:06,793 So, you did have sex with Leslie? 595 00:27:09,022 --> 00:27:10,194 Yeah. 596 00:27:10,323 --> 00:27:11,461 Yeah. A few times. 597 00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:14,669 Where did you and Leslie go? 598 00:27:14,728 --> 00:27:18,938 PT, mostly. At night, when nobody was around. 599 00:27:19,532 --> 00:27:21,034 The blue room? 600 00:27:21,501 --> 00:27:22,844 (CHUCKLING) Yeah. 601 00:27:23,169 --> 00:27:24,648 Yeah. We call it that. 602 00:27:24,704 --> 00:27:26,012 How did you get in? 603 00:27:26,406 --> 00:27:28,408 George Harding gave me the key. 604 00:27:28,475 --> 00:27:30,921 He made me pay him 10 bucks for it. 605 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,491 Recommend to the assigned A.D.A. 606 00:27:35,548 --> 00:27:38,757 two counts of assault against the Russo brothers. 607 00:27:39,452 --> 00:27:41,329 If Harding didn't rape Leslie Russo, 608 00:27:41,387 --> 00:27:43,424 why did he want to plead to it? 609 00:27:45,625 --> 00:27:47,104 To cover the one he did commit? 610 00:27:47,594 --> 00:27:48,800 Wendy Singer? 611 00:27:49,529 --> 00:27:51,805 How'd you make out with her OB/GYN? 612 00:27:51,865 --> 00:27:53,572 She confirmed that Wendy had an amnio. 613 00:27:53,633 --> 00:27:56,204 She won't give me the records without a release from the Singers. 614 00:27:56,269 --> 00:27:57,714 Let's get one. 615 00:27:59,172 --> 00:28:01,550 ROSS: The only way we can prove our case against George Harding 616 00:28:01,608 --> 00:28:03,178 is with a DNA match. 617 00:28:03,243 --> 00:28:04,881 We need your permission to get the results 618 00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:06,548 of your daughter's amniocentesis. 619 00:28:06,613 --> 00:28:09,219 But I'm sure George isn't the one. 620 00:28:09,482 --> 00:28:11,484 Well, then the records will exonerate him. 621 00:28:12,152 --> 00:28:15,793 We'd prefer not to find out who the father is. 622 00:28:17,357 --> 00:28:19,303 You don't want to know who raped your daughter? 623 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,766 We're putting that part behind us now, Ms. Ross. 624 00:28:22,829 --> 00:28:23,899 For all we know, 625 00:28:23,963 --> 00:28:26,876 the man can put some kind of paternity claim on the baby. 626 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,239 If we don't identify this man, Mrs. Singer, 627 00:28:29,302 --> 00:28:31,839 he may assault other innocent victims. 628 00:28:31,905 --> 00:28:34,385 All we need are the records to prove our case. 629 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,579 You already saw the sonogram without our permission. 630 00:28:37,077 --> 00:28:40,615 We talked to a lawyer. He said you're invading our privacy. 631 00:28:40,713 --> 00:28:42,454 We don't have to consent. 632 00:28:48,354 --> 00:28:50,891 ROSS: The records we are requesting are critical, Your Honor. 633 00:28:50,957 --> 00:28:54,495 We've already obtained a court-ordered DNA sample from George Harding. 634 00:28:54,561 --> 00:28:58,566 Wendy Singer's test results will allow us to determine if he fathered the child. 635 00:28:58,631 --> 00:29:01,271 The Singers don't want to know who fathered the child. 636 00:29:01,334 --> 00:29:03,109 I can't understand that, Mr. Baum. 637 00:29:03,169 --> 00:29:06,343 Well, they don't care to dwell on how their daughter became pregnant. 638 00:29:06,406 --> 00:29:09,444 As far as they're concerned, it's a matter of divine intervention. 639 00:29:09,509 --> 00:29:10,783 They can believe whatever they want. 640 00:29:10,843 --> 00:29:12,914 We still have a rapist to prosecute. 641 00:29:12,979 --> 00:29:14,617 We need the DNA to prove our case. 642 00:29:14,681 --> 00:29:17,787 BAUM: That's not my clients' problem. It's a matter of privacy. 643 00:29:18,551 --> 00:29:21,532 They don't have to divulge their daughter's medical file to the State. 644 00:29:21,588 --> 00:29:24,569 Your Honor, the Singers' right to privacy is outweighed by public interest. 645 00:29:24,624 --> 00:29:26,570 There's a dangerous sex offender on the street. 646 00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:28,628 George Harding's in jail. Not for long. 647 00:29:28,695 --> 00:29:30,265 If we don't get these records immediately, 648 00:29:30,330 --> 00:29:33,573 we can't obtain a timely indictment. He'll have to be released. 649 00:29:33,633 --> 00:29:34,907 That's a point. 650 00:29:34,968 --> 00:29:37,471 I have to balance all of these facts. 651 00:29:37,537 --> 00:29:41,747 I respect the Singers' desire to keep the government out of their personal business. 652 00:29:42,475 --> 00:29:43,681 But in this case, 653 00:29:43,743 --> 00:29:45,780 the State's interest in obtaining these records 654 00:29:45,845 --> 00:29:47,756 is extremely compelling. 655 00:29:47,814 --> 00:29:53,127 I'm ordering the results of Wendy Singer's amniocentesis be disclosed. 656 00:29:53,253 --> 00:29:54,357 (BANGS GAVEL) 657 00:29:57,557 --> 00:30:00,561 The DNA results came back from Lifecodes. 658 00:30:00,627 --> 00:30:03,665 Based on the RFLP analysis, Harding's the father. 659 00:30:04,531 --> 00:30:07,375 When can I put this in the win column? 660 00:30:07,433 --> 00:30:09,674 It's set for the A.M. grand jury. 661 00:30:10,236 --> 00:30:12,807 (SIGHS) Wendy Singer had an emergency cesarean. 662 00:30:13,539 --> 00:30:16,042 She died on the operating table. 663 00:30:16,676 --> 00:30:17,882 And the baby? 664 00:30:17,944 --> 00:30:20,254 A girl. Five weeks premature. 665 00:30:20,313 --> 00:30:22,691 She was rushed to a pediatric ICU. 666 00:30:23,149 --> 00:30:25,993 Send a letter of condolence to the Singer family. 667 00:30:26,619 --> 00:30:31,034 Then amend the complaint against Harding to include a murder charge. 668 00:30:37,864 --> 00:30:39,400 Felony murder won't fly. 669 00:30:39,465 --> 00:30:42,878 Death didn't occur "in furtherance of the crime or immediate flight therefrom." 670 00:30:42,936 --> 00:30:44,313 Harding's rape got her pregnant. 671 00:30:44,370 --> 00:30:45,713 Her pregnancy caused her death. 672 00:30:45,772 --> 00:30:48,548 But how can we argue that that's what Harding intended? 673 00:30:48,608 --> 00:30:50,747 Leaves us with depraved indifference. 674 00:30:51,544 --> 00:30:55,014 No problem showing that Harding knew he ran the risk of getting her pregnant. 675 00:30:55,081 --> 00:30:56,492 After that, it's a push. 676 00:30:58,117 --> 00:31:00,757 Unless he knew the risks of a pregnancy. 677 00:31:01,788 --> 00:31:03,392 Wendy's doctor told Mrs. Singer 678 00:31:03,456 --> 00:31:06,437 that the miscarriage after the accident was a blessing in disguise. 679 00:31:06,492 --> 00:31:07,596 She said she told Harding. 680 00:31:09,229 --> 00:31:11,869 Notify Harding's lawyer we're amending the charge. 681 00:31:12,832 --> 00:31:14,812 Murder two? 682 00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:17,245 I knew you were tough. I didn't know you were vindictive. 683 00:31:17,303 --> 00:31:19,112 Is this because the Russo case fell through? 684 00:31:19,172 --> 00:31:23,518 No. When Mr. Harding raped Wendy Singer, he killed her. 685 00:31:24,611 --> 00:31:26,352 The charge is proportional to the harm. 686 00:31:26,412 --> 00:31:28,824 There is your sense of justice, Mr. McCoy, 687 00:31:28,881 --> 00:31:30,019 and then there's the law. 688 00:31:31,451 --> 00:31:34,364 The law says that if he acted with disregard to the risk, 689 00:31:34,420 --> 00:31:36,229 he can be charged with the consequences. 690 00:31:36,289 --> 00:31:38,360 Risk requires foreseeability. 691 00:31:38,424 --> 00:31:40,404 How could he possibly foresee she'd get pregnant, 692 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:42,872 go into premature labor, and die in childbirth? 693 00:31:42,929 --> 00:31:46,672 He's a trained health care professional. He raped an infirm woman. 694 00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:48,807 Your client took his chances. 695 00:31:48,868 --> 00:31:52,315 My client changes bed pans. The jury won't buy it. 696 00:31:52,605 --> 00:31:54,778 They will when they hear from Mrs. Singer. 697 00:31:54,841 --> 00:31:56,787 She told Mr. Harding how dangerous it would be 698 00:31:56,843 --> 00:31:58,914 for Wendy to carry a child to term. 699 00:31:58,978 --> 00:32:00,423 She'll testify to their conversation. 700 00:32:09,889 --> 00:32:12,927 If that's your best evidence, we'll take our chances. 701 00:32:16,162 --> 00:32:19,666 We need you to testify to what you told me during our investigation, 702 00:32:19,732 --> 00:32:23,043 that you told Harding how risky it would be for Wendy to carry a child. 703 00:32:23,870 --> 00:32:25,975 Did I say that? I really don't remember. 704 00:32:27,206 --> 00:32:28,810 It was the first time I was here. 705 00:32:28,875 --> 00:32:30,684 You told me the doctors said how fortunate it was 706 00:32:30,743 --> 00:32:33,986 that Wendy had miscarried after the accident. I recall that part. 707 00:32:34,614 --> 00:32:36,321 That it was a blessing in disguise. 708 00:32:36,382 --> 00:32:39,090 Yes, but I can't remember telling Mr. Harding. 709 00:32:39,152 --> 00:32:40,631 How can I testify? 710 00:32:43,122 --> 00:32:45,329 This is very important to our case, Mrs. Singer. 711 00:32:45,625 --> 00:32:49,232 We told you before, Ms. Ross. We're tired of all this. 712 00:32:49,529 --> 00:32:50,735 Wendy is dead. 713 00:32:51,264 --> 00:32:54,006 Just... Just leave us out of it. 714 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:06,586 Uh-oh. I know that look. 715 00:33:06,646 --> 00:33:07,954 It's the Harding case. 716 00:33:08,014 --> 00:33:10,585 I need you to dig up everything you can on his finances. 717 00:33:10,650 --> 00:33:12,186 Bank accounts, credit card bills... 718 00:33:12,251 --> 00:33:14,822 We got his blood. We got the kid's DNA. 719 00:33:14,887 --> 00:33:16,093 I thought this was a gimme. 720 00:33:16,155 --> 00:33:18,157 Just get me the records. 721 00:33:28,634 --> 00:33:30,375 Harding's financials. 722 00:33:31,804 --> 00:33:34,546 You going to challenge his right to a court-appointed lawyer? 723 00:33:34,607 --> 00:33:37,588 Mrs. Singer did a 180 on her conversation with Harding. 724 00:33:37,643 --> 00:33:41,420 Now she doesn't remember telling him about the risks of Wendy's pregnancy. 725 00:33:43,082 --> 00:33:46,029 How will Harding's bank account jog her memory? 726 00:33:46,586 --> 00:33:48,361 The week after Wendy Singer was raped, 727 00:33:48,421 --> 00:33:51,163 Harding put a down payment on a Harley-Davidson Softail. 728 00:33:51,224 --> 00:33:52,498 Nice bike. 729 00:33:52,558 --> 00:33:56,028 And a few days after Mrs. Singer reported her daughter pregnant, 730 00:33:56,095 --> 00:33:58,871 Harding bought a 46-inch projection television. 731 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:03,109 They paid him, Jack. They paid him to impregnate their daughter. 732 00:34:03,169 --> 00:34:05,046 It explains why she stonewalled me. 733 00:34:07,073 --> 00:34:09,212 And why they wouldn't release the amnio. 734 00:34:09,275 --> 00:34:11,414 She's covering for Harding. 735 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,884 He's a cooperative guy. 736 00:34:16,916 --> 00:34:18,589 Maybe he'll cooperate with us. 737 00:34:22,155 --> 00:34:24,567 The Singers lost two things in that car crash. 738 00:34:25,491 --> 00:34:27,664 They lost their daughter Wendy, 739 00:34:27,727 --> 00:34:30,503 and they also lost the child she was carrying. 740 00:34:30,563 --> 00:34:32,907 It's a sad story. What's it got to do with my client? 741 00:34:32,965 --> 00:34:35,377 It's a story Mr. Harding's heard before. 742 00:34:35,434 --> 00:34:37,380 No, I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 743 00:34:37,437 --> 00:34:39,007 Then I'll finish it for you. 744 00:34:39,572 --> 00:34:40,915 In their sorrow and desperation, 745 00:34:40,973 --> 00:34:43,453 the Singers made a deal with the devil. 746 00:34:43,509 --> 00:34:46,217 They paid Mr. Harding to father a grandchild. 747 00:34:46,412 --> 00:34:49,086 You raped Wendy Singer, you bought a motorcycle. 748 00:34:49,148 --> 00:34:51,651 When she became pregnant, you bought a television. 749 00:34:51,717 --> 00:34:53,253 That's quite a scenario. 750 00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:54,691 I think we're done here. 751 00:34:55,454 --> 00:34:56,524 Fine. 752 00:34:56,589 --> 00:34:59,126 I'll try you as a sex fiend who rapes unconscious women. 753 00:34:59,192 --> 00:35:01,763 We can splash it all over the papers. I'm not like that. 754 00:35:01,828 --> 00:35:04,604 I'm willing to entertain that possibility. 755 00:35:05,598 --> 00:35:07,202 Come on, George. 756 00:35:08,201 --> 00:35:09,441 (SIGHING) Wait. 757 00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:16,046 It was the mother's idea. 758 00:35:17,710 --> 00:35:19,246 She paid me. 759 00:35:20,713 --> 00:35:22,317 $3,000 up front, 760 00:35:23,349 --> 00:35:25,693 and $2,000 more if I did the job. 761 00:35:25,751 --> 00:35:29,198 You want him to testify to that, you'll have to drop the murder count. 762 00:35:32,125 --> 00:35:33,798 I'll think about it. 763 00:35:36,262 --> 00:35:40,142 So she paid him to be with her comatose daughter. 764 00:35:41,501 --> 00:35:42,605 To impregnate her. 765 00:35:42,668 --> 00:35:45,171 The 20th century is passing me by. 766 00:35:45,238 --> 00:35:47,980 Two parties in cahoots to make a baby 767 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,145 and a victim who's not cognizant. 768 00:35:50,209 --> 00:35:52,985 Is this a case we need to prosecute? 769 00:35:53,045 --> 00:35:55,491 Harding raped a comatose woman for profit. 770 00:35:55,548 --> 00:35:58,154 I won't make a deal with him. How about the mother? 771 00:35:58,784 --> 00:36:00,525 She sold her own daughter to a stranger. 772 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,594 She acted out of despair. Harding acted out of greed. 773 00:36:03,656 --> 00:36:05,761 Harding was just fulfilling the mother's wishes. 774 00:36:05,825 --> 00:36:06,826 Instead of protecting her daughter, 775 00:36:06,893 --> 00:36:08,463 she turned her into a baby machine. 776 00:36:08,528 --> 00:36:12,135 This can go back and forth all night. How do we make it go away? 777 00:36:12,698 --> 00:36:15,736 We've got Harding dead-to-rights on the rape charge. 778 00:36:15,801 --> 00:36:17,246 The murder is a little trickier. 779 00:36:17,303 --> 00:36:18,680 If we charge Harding with murder, 780 00:36:18,738 --> 00:36:22,413 we need Mrs. Singer to testify she told him the risks of Wendy's pregnancy. 781 00:36:22,642 --> 00:36:25,646 If we charge Mrs. Singer with murder, or even as an accomplice to the rape, 782 00:36:25,711 --> 00:36:28,055 we need Harding to testify she paid him. 783 00:36:28,314 --> 00:36:30,487 Two snakes eating each other's tails. 784 00:36:30,816 --> 00:36:32,227 Pry one of them loose. 785 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,925 No irregularities in the Singers' bank accounts or IRA. 786 00:36:39,125 --> 00:36:42,231 You think Harding lied? I'm hoping he did. 787 00:36:43,562 --> 00:36:46,907 We're gonna have to make a deal with one of them to implicate the other. 788 00:36:47,633 --> 00:36:50,307 Well, Mrs. Singer isn't inspiring too much pity on my part. 789 00:36:52,672 --> 00:36:54,583 It's the ultimate betrayal, Jack. 790 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,678 Wendy Singer was helpless. Her mother was supposed to protect her. 791 00:36:57,743 --> 00:37:02,715 And Harding? He took the money, he pushed Wendy's IV aside, 792 00:37:03,683 --> 00:37:07,495 he removed her catheter and climbed on top of her. 793 00:37:08,387 --> 00:37:10,060 That's monstrous. 794 00:37:19,231 --> 00:37:20,710 Look at this. 795 00:37:23,903 --> 00:37:26,907 An appraisal to Mr. Harry Singer from Fulton Coin and Stamp. 796 00:37:27,707 --> 00:37:29,687 US commemorative sheets, $6,200. 797 00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:33,153 And it's dated April. 798 00:37:33,212 --> 00:37:36,125 The same month Wendy Singer was impregnated. 799 00:37:36,182 --> 00:37:38,628 Mrs. Singer financed her daughter's rape 800 00:37:38,684 --> 00:37:40,857 with her husband's stamp collection. 801 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,729 I wonder if he knows. 802 00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:45,767 Why do you care about my stamps? 803 00:37:45,825 --> 00:37:47,964 You didn't deposit any of the proceeds. 804 00:37:49,228 --> 00:37:50,730 Greta used it to pay the doctor, 805 00:37:50,796 --> 00:37:53,970 the neurologist who came to look at Wendy. 806 00:37:54,033 --> 00:37:55,478 Do you remember his name? 807 00:37:56,736 --> 00:37:58,181 Dr. Ashburn. 808 00:37:59,171 --> 00:38:01,412 I didn't really want to hire the man. 809 00:38:01,474 --> 00:38:03,681 Had to pay to fly him in from Chicago. 810 00:38:04,677 --> 00:38:06,884 Greta said he worked wonders with coma patients 811 00:38:06,946 --> 00:38:08,118 at his hospital. 812 00:38:09,648 --> 00:38:11,753 Just as well have thrown the money out the window. 813 00:38:12,451 --> 00:38:15,432 Your daughter was never examined by a doctor named Ashburn. 814 00:38:16,355 --> 00:38:18,198 Well, I'm sure of the name. 815 00:38:18,257 --> 00:38:21,568 Greta kept saying Dr. Ashburn was Wendy's last chance. 816 00:38:21,627 --> 00:38:23,231 Why you asking me all these questions? 817 00:38:23,295 --> 00:38:24,831 There's no good way to say this, sir, 818 00:38:24,897 --> 00:38:28,106 but your wife used the money for another purpose. 819 00:38:29,635 --> 00:38:33,082 She paid George Harding to father Wendy's child. 820 00:38:36,976 --> 00:38:38,512 That couldn't be. 821 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:41,387 What kind of a doctor do you pay in cash? 822 00:38:45,251 --> 00:38:46,594 Is my wife in trouble? 823 00:38:46,652 --> 00:38:47,960 Yes. 824 00:38:48,588 --> 00:38:51,797 We could prosecute her together with Mr. Harding. 825 00:38:54,293 --> 00:38:55,795 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 826 00:38:56,596 --> 00:38:57,734 Tell them, Greta. 827 00:38:58,531 --> 00:39:00,374 The money was for the neurologist! 828 00:39:01,467 --> 00:39:02,878 Do you have a receipt? 829 00:39:03,502 --> 00:39:04,810 No. 830 00:39:05,304 --> 00:39:07,113 How about the doctor's phone number? 831 00:39:07,473 --> 00:39:10,010 We can call him and put this to rest right now. 832 00:39:11,777 --> 00:39:12,812 (SIGHS) 833 00:39:12,878 --> 00:39:14,983 (INCREDULOUSLY) It's like they say. 834 00:39:16,048 --> 00:39:17,425 You gave that money to Harding. 835 00:39:17,483 --> 00:39:19,258 Harry, stop. 836 00:39:20,886 --> 00:39:22,593 Tell them, Greta. 837 00:39:25,758 --> 00:39:27,829 We have our granddaughter now. 838 00:39:29,061 --> 00:39:31,405 Let's put an end to the lies. 839 00:39:32,531 --> 00:39:34,238 I want the truth, Mrs. Singer. 840 00:39:35,434 --> 00:39:37,744 You paid him to rape your daughter. 841 00:39:37,803 --> 00:39:40,807 It wasn't rape. You had no right to allow it. 842 00:39:43,976 --> 00:39:45,580 If I tell you, will I go to jail? 843 00:39:46,445 --> 00:39:47,515 No promises. 844 00:39:47,580 --> 00:39:48,923 Then I can't let her talk to you. 845 00:39:48,981 --> 00:39:51,018 If she doesn't cooperate, I'll make a deal with Harding. 846 00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:52,562 Well, then it's off the record. 847 00:39:52,618 --> 00:39:55,531 You want it under oath, it'll cost you a no-jail plea offer. 848 00:39:57,423 --> 00:39:59,334 BAUM: Go ahead, Mrs. Singer. 849 00:40:00,993 --> 00:40:03,496 You have to understand, Mr. McCoy. 850 00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:08,703 Wendy called us the day she found out she and John were expecting. 851 00:40:09,368 --> 00:40:11,905 That baby was all I could think about. 852 00:40:11,971 --> 00:40:14,508 Then one night, we got a phone call. 853 00:40:15,541 --> 00:40:17,521 John was killed. 854 00:40:18,244 --> 00:40:20,724 That was when Wendy lost the baby. 855 00:40:21,347 --> 00:40:23,953 Harry stopped going to the hospital. 856 00:40:27,019 --> 00:40:28,726 I just couldn't see her like that. 857 00:40:30,022 --> 00:40:31,592 GRETA: I cried all the time. 858 00:40:32,625 --> 00:40:35,037 I had daydreams Wendy was fine. 859 00:40:35,094 --> 00:40:36,971 We were in the park, with a stroller, 860 00:40:37,863 --> 00:40:41,675 everyone saying, "What an adorable baby." 861 00:40:43,235 --> 00:40:44,680 What about Harding? 862 00:40:51,977 --> 00:40:54,753 I used to watch him bathe Wendy, 863 00:40:55,614 --> 00:40:56,684 (SIGHS) 864 00:40:56,749 --> 00:40:59,628 and I finally got up the nerve 865 00:41:00,786 --> 00:41:01,890 to ask him. 866 00:41:02,821 --> 00:41:04,664 To ask him what? 867 00:41:07,593 --> 00:41:08,936 To... 868 00:41:10,463 --> 00:41:12,306 To make a baby with Wendy. 869 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,880 And he agreed? If I paid him. 870 00:41:17,670 --> 00:41:19,172 I wouldn't at first. 871 00:41:20,639 --> 00:41:24,280 But then he said how Wendy's life was just going to waste. 872 00:41:24,343 --> 00:41:25,822 He was right. 873 00:41:25,945 --> 00:41:26,980 (SIGHS) 874 00:41:27,046 --> 00:41:29,617 So, yes, I gave him the money. 875 00:41:32,785 --> 00:41:36,255 I know you don't believe this, but I loved my daughter. 876 00:41:37,122 --> 00:41:39,466 Then you should have taken better care of her. 877 00:41:40,493 --> 00:41:41,528 I did. 878 00:41:41,594 --> 00:41:42,595 I did! 879 00:41:42,828 --> 00:41:45,331 It was God that didn't take care of her. 880 00:41:45,397 --> 00:41:48,310 God took Wendy and John. God took our baby. 881 00:41:49,335 --> 00:41:51,815 And God owed me a grandchild, Mr. McCoy. 882 00:41:51,871 --> 00:41:52,975 God owed me! 883 00:41:56,208 --> 00:41:57,448 Greta Singer told us everything. 884 00:41:57,509 --> 00:42:00,183 We're going to make a deal with her to testify against you. 885 00:42:00,246 --> 00:42:02,624 How can you make a deal with her? The whole thing was her idea. 886 00:42:02,681 --> 00:42:04,024 You could have said no. 887 00:42:04,083 --> 00:42:05,528 This is mind-boggling. 888 00:42:05,584 --> 00:42:08,724 You want to hold my client to a higher standard than Wendy Singer's own mother. 889 00:42:09,188 --> 00:42:11,190 Your client raped a comatose woman 890 00:42:11,256 --> 00:42:13,668 for a motorcycle and a television. 891 00:42:13,726 --> 00:42:16,070 Mrs. Singer was driven by her grief and her despair. 892 00:42:16,128 --> 00:42:19,803 So make her a saint. I'm the one who did her a favor. 893 00:42:19,865 --> 00:42:21,742 She came to me, all right. All crying and everything. 894 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:26,044 I told her "Forget it," about 10 times. The lady wore me down. 895 00:42:26,805 --> 00:42:27,977 (SCOFFS) 896 00:42:28,674 --> 00:42:30,881 You were able to penetrate her daughter. 897 00:42:30,943 --> 00:42:33,355 It can't have been that repulsive to you. 898 00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:36,487 I felt sorry for her, you know? 899 00:42:37,783 --> 00:42:39,091 I mean, what was I gonna do? 900 00:42:42,288 --> 00:42:45,735 Harding is a predator. I don't buy his Good Samaritan routine for one second. 901 00:42:45,791 --> 00:42:48,237 Mrs. Singer's the one who lied to us every chance she got. 902 00:42:48,294 --> 00:42:49,637 What she did was reprehensible. 903 00:42:49,695 --> 00:42:51,697 As a prosecutor, I can't excuse it. 904 00:42:51,764 --> 00:42:53,471 As a human being, I feel pity. 905 00:42:53,532 --> 00:42:55,375 Haven't we been here before? 906 00:42:55,434 --> 00:42:57,710 There's no damn solution, Adam. 907 00:42:59,004 --> 00:43:01,575 I still can't make out murder against either one of them 908 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,551 unless I cut a deal with the other. 909 00:43:03,609 --> 00:43:06,954 Greta Singer won't testify against Harding unless she gets a walk. 910 00:43:07,012 --> 00:43:09,253 I can console myself with the vague notion 911 00:43:09,315 --> 00:43:12,524 that Mrs. Singer's conduct was excused by her grief. 912 00:43:12,584 --> 00:43:15,428 Grief? She's a narcissistic monster. 913 00:43:15,487 --> 00:43:17,467 Harding does 25-to-life. 914 00:43:18,524 --> 00:43:19,832 Fifteen. 915 00:43:19,892 --> 00:43:21,303 What if you lose? 916 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:22,930 I won't lose the rape count. 917 00:43:22,995 --> 00:43:24,599 Either way, Mrs. Singer does zero. 918 00:43:24,663 --> 00:43:26,939 She lives happily ever after with her granddaughter. 919 00:43:26,999 --> 00:43:28,740 Maybe not happily. 920 00:43:28,801 --> 00:43:30,644 ROSS: It's too high a price, Jack. 921 00:43:30,703 --> 00:43:32,808 I don't like the alternative. 922 00:43:32,871 --> 00:43:35,317 Solomon said, "Divide the child in half." 923 00:43:41,580 --> 00:43:44,527 JACK: You plead to rape one. Four-to-eight. 924 00:43:46,185 --> 00:43:49,189 How could I rape my own daughter? 925 00:43:50,356 --> 00:43:54,270 You solicited Mr. Harding and you provided access. 926 00:43:55,327 --> 00:43:56,397 You're an accomplice. 927 00:43:57,696 --> 00:43:59,505 You might just as well have held her down. 928 00:44:00,132 --> 00:44:01,941 What about Mr. Harding? 929 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,503 He's going away for rape, also. 930 00:44:05,170 --> 00:44:06,376 And the murder? 931 00:44:08,941 --> 00:44:10,614 We're dropping the murder charge 932 00:44:10,676 --> 00:44:12,747 against your client and Mr. Harding. 933 00:44:14,346 --> 00:44:16,257 It's the deal of the century. 934 00:44:17,516 --> 00:44:19,553 HARRY: With all that's happened, 935 00:44:22,755 --> 00:44:24,496 what good will this do? 936 00:44:24,556 --> 00:44:26,058 JACK: Mr. Singer. 937 00:44:29,762 --> 00:44:34,836 Your wife and Mr. Harding plunged into a moral quagmire 938 00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:38,074 that the law can only begin to address. 939 00:44:41,073 --> 00:44:43,417 Maybe they'll both drown in it. 940 00:45:00,759 --> 00:45:04,263 From Greta Singer's lawyer. She's accepting the offer. 941 00:45:06,064 --> 00:45:07,304 What's wrong, Jack? 942 00:45:08,634 --> 00:45:10,807 The Singers' granddaughter, 943 00:45:11,637 --> 00:45:15,312 Harding's parents are petitioning for custody. 944 00:45:16,175 --> 00:45:18,086 The parents of the man who raped her? 945 00:45:19,878 --> 00:45:22,825 I pity the judge who has to make that call. 946 00:45:23,015 --> 00:45:24,756 I'll save my pity for that baby, 947 00:45:25,284 --> 00:45:26,763 no matter where she ends up.