In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the dedicated detectives
who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
We should get Out Of Africa.
Sarah, this isn't gonna work.
Okay, fine. Die Hard.
No, I can't do this anymore.
What, rent a movie?
You and me.
I told you I didn't want a serious relationship.
You knew this from the start.
You are such an incredible bastard.
Hey, don't pretend like I didn't tell you this a month ago.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God. He's shot! Help!
John. Somebody, call the cops!
Somebody, help!
I got him! I got him!
Oh, my God! Somebody, please!
My sister! Somebody, do something!
Call somebody!
Somebody! Why isn't anyone doing anything?
Dave Duethorn, boy detective.
Guess they'll give that gold shield to anyone.
Yeah. They gave one to you. At least I earned it.
Don't flatter yourself. We got a double? Could be a triple.
Bus took the six-year-old, Rebecca Kurtz, to the hospital.
Doesn't look good. She get hit out here?
Inside the store, with her older sister Missy.
Pretty shaken up. E. R.'s gonna check her out.
Is this our shooter? Bystander.
John Marcum. Walking in, took one in the chest.
Poor bastard.
Should've stayed home and watched TV.
That's the stick up kid. Name's Eric Campbell.
Three witnesses saw him come in wearing a ski mask, gun in hand.
Tells everybody to get down, "Show me the money. "
So he's standing over at the register.
The victims are both over there.
Something spooked him.
Witness says someone dropped a tape.
Probably the little girl.
He fires, hits the kid and the guy outside.
All right, who shot him?
Clerk. A kid named Joey Field.
All right. Well, where is our hero?
On the bus, being treated for shock.
Name's Dave Duethorn. I'm a detective. How're you feeling?
I guess I'm okay. Compared to him.
I can't believe I killed someone.
Well, think of it as customer service.
Where'd you get the piece?
The owner.
He keeps a loaded gun under the counter.
I just... I guess I wasn't thinking.
All right, all right, take it easy.
I wasn't... It's okay, it's okay, all right.
It's a good thing you got him before he could shoot anyone else. Understand?
Yeah. All right.
Fascitelli, take the kid home.
I got him. Come on, let's go.
That was the hospital.
Little girl's on life support.
Are you ready for this?
Gonorrhea?
Found it when they checked her out. They're doing a rape kit now.
Any chance she'll survive?
Bullet sliced an artery in her chest.
Medics resuscitated her en route, but her brain's toast.
No oxygen for 10 minutes.
Where are the parents? Waiting room.
They know about the gonorrhea?
Figured I'd leave that to the sex police.
We were renting a video.
Becca was so scared.
I kept trying to make her be quiet.
We were just renting a video.
Calm down, calm down. Take a couple of deep breaths.
It's all right. Take it easy, take it easy.
They told me that I can't see my sister,
and they won't tell me anything.
I mean, is she dead? No.
I don't believe you. I want to just...
I need to be told the truth.
Rebecca's on life support.
Are my parents here?
I really need to be with them.
They're with your sister.
You think you can handle a couple of questions before we take you upstairs?
Yeah.
Any other siblings?
No.
You and Rebecca got along really well?
My parents made me baby-sit her after school, but I didn't want to.
I just wanted to hang out with my friends.
I just wish I hadn't been such a brat about it. Becca didn't...
She didn't want a movie.
I made her come with me.
Your parents both at work today?
Mom's an accountant. Dad does this...
Some stockbroker thing at home.
Dad ever take care of Rebecca?
Usually. But today he had an appointment.
Your dad and Rebecca spend a lot of time together?
After school, he takes her to the park, to the zoo.
You know, places like that.
She's daddy's little girl.
Like you were when you were her age?
I wish.
I was more like daddy's little punching bag.
Nobody did anything?
Social workers came, took me away.
The Kurtzs adopted me when I was 12.
They're never gonna forgive me for this.
Hey.
I just spoke with Munch.
It seems that Daddy and Rebecca had a very close relationship.
They collect the swabs yet?
Doctor did a preliminary genital exam.
He's gotta do a colposcopy to confirm the rape.
Thank you.
Excuse me. Where are you going with my daughter's clothes?
I'm Detective Stabler. This is my partner, Detective Benson.
We need them for evidence.
What evidence? I thought the bastard who shot her was dead.
He is.
Well, I don't understand.
Well, honey, let the police do their jobs.
Could we have a moment with each of you?
I can't leave her.
Can't this wait?
Why don't we step outside? It'll just take a moment.
If anything changes, I'll come and get you.
The doctors say that Rebecca's brain dead.
That she'll never wake up.
I'm very sorry.
We'd given up trying to get pregnant, so we adopted Missy.
And Rebecca was our miracle.
Your husband must have been thrilled.
We all were. Missy had a little sister.
Peter just...
He stayed home, working so he could...
Oh, he couldn't get enough of them.
Why would God bless us like that and just take her away?
Look, did something happen to Missy?
Because the other detective said she was all right.
No, no, she's fine. They're actually going to bring her by soon.
Please wait. I gotta figure out how to explain to her that this wasn't her fault.
She's been through enough.
Well, then I will get her a ride home.
Is there somebody there?
Yeah, my family's coming in from upstate. She won't be alone.
Look, Detective, what aren't you telling me?
There's no easy way to say this.
Rebecca's been sexually abused.
What?
We're still investigating,
but the doctor said that she'd tested positive for gonorrhea.
Oh, God.
How could this be happening?
In these kinds of cases, it's typically somebody who knew the victim.
Well, then it must have been at school.
I mean, she's there most of the day.
I understand that you're her primary caregiver?
Yeah, I...
You're accusing me of hurting Rebecca?
Sir, we're not accusing anyone.
Yes, you are. You think I raped my daughter.
Mr. Kurtz.
It's my job to rule everyone out.
Now, you'd really help us out if you'd consent to a gonorrhea test.
You go to hell.
Rebecca's social calendar was packed.
She had ballet twice a week. She took piano lessons at home.
Taught by a 75-year-old grandmother.
We checked her and the ballet teachers. All clean.
And the school?
That's where we're off to right now.
Dad agree to the gonorrhea test?
He told me to shove it.
But under the circumstances, I might've said the same thing.
Your gut says he's clean? Yeah.
He came across as a devoted family man.
Quit his job so he could stay home with the kids.
I wish I could do that.
Yeah, but unlike pops, you got no priors.
What for? Sexual abuse.
Missy filed a complaint against Peter Kurtz 5 years ago.
Well, let's find out why.
Missy told her teacher that Peter Kurtz abused her,
and we looked into it.
What'd you find?
That she was mistaking normal affection for sexual advances.
Define normal.
Oh, a kiss on the cheek, a hug.
That's as hot and heavy as it got.
So she doesn't know the difference between a good touch and a bad touch.
Not surprising, considering the hell the girl came from.
Missy told us that her biological father beat her.
And raped her.
And if that wasn't bad enough,
crack bastard pimped her out to his friends.
I hope you spread the short eyes label through the prison yard.
Didn't have to. He died last year of AIDS.
Fortunately, Missy tested negative.
So Missy's complaint against Peter Kurtz just went away, huh?
They don't just go away, Detective.
We got her some counseling, and she recanted.
How deep did you dig on the Kurtzs?
Foster agency checked them out.
Put them through orientations,
parenting classes, surprise visits.
They jumped through hoops to adopt her.
I wish all my Missys wound up with parents like them.
Rebecca is a sweet little girl. Great student.
Everyone here is devastated.
We've had to bring in counselors to talk to the kids.
Aside from her homeroom teacher,
did Rebecca have contact with any other adults here?
Art, music, phys ed instructors. Why?
Mr. Curtis, the reason that we're here
is because Rebecca has gonorrhea.
My God.
You don't think that one of my people...
We would like to test the employees here.
I can't invade their privacy.
I'd be opening up the school to a lawsuit.
Well, not if they volunteer. It's actually a very quick procedure.
I'll call a meeting for the staff.
But if they refuse, you'll have to go through other channels.
Is there anything else?
Excuse me.
Yeah, one more thing.
Have you noticed any behavioral changes in Rebecca lately?
A few weeks ago, her teacher, Mrs. Leas, said she had trouble focusing.
And I've had to call home about incontinence.
How many times?
Twice.
But I didn't think anything of it.
It's not uncommon for first-graders.
What did the Kurtzs say?
Well, they knew about it.
Rebecca's been wetting the bed, too.
They were taking her to see the doctor.
Thank you. We'll be in touch.
That was the Captain. He wants us back. Why? What's going on?
The Kurtzs want to pull the plug on Rebecca.
They haven't done the rape exam yet.
Rebecca's parents want to donate her organs.
They wait much longer, they won't be usable.
Can't they do the exam post-mortem?
M.E. Says once there's no blood flow,
tissue deteriorates and we could lose our evidence.
She tested positive for gonorrhea.
Isn't that enough to prove our case?
Not if we want to prove that she was also raped.
We need every bit of evidence we can get.
Alex, this bastard should die in his cell.
Can you buy us some time?
I'll try.
This is inhumane.
The People's request for a temporary restraining order
only prolongs Rebecca's suffering.
A colposcopy is invasive and unnecessary.
Ms. Cabot, has a pelvic exam been performed yet?
Because of the victim's age,
a specialist is required to determine whether or not she was raped.
The Kurtzs want something good to come out of this.
Now, there's an 8-year-old boy at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
He's at the top of a transplant list for a liver.
Rebecca Kurtz is a match.
And this boy can't wait until the examination is complete?
The clock is ticking, Your Honor.
For someone in Rebecca's condition, after 24 hours,
microvascular collapse begins to occur,
causing blood clots which irreparably damage the organs.
The People certainly don't wish to exacerbate the Kurtzs tragedy, but...
Then, don't. If that little boy in Philly doesn't get Rebecca's liver,
he won't last another day.
And this additional evidence is so critical
that the People are willing to jeopardize the life of another child?
Our responsibility is to find who committed the rape
and prevent this crime from happening again.
Mr. Kurtz, my heart goes out to you and your family.
But it is my duty to see that justice is done on behalf of your daughter.
And since we can't un-pull the plug,
I'm afraid I have no other choice but to grant the restraining order.
I'm sorry.
You got your restraining order.
Why don't you leave us alone?
Mr. Kurtz, the last thing that we want to do
is inflict any more pain on your family.
We need to find out what happened to Rebecca.
Do you have children, Detectives?
I have four.
Then how can you put us through this?
If one of my children were sexually abused, I'd want to know who did it.
What do you want from us?
Test your family for gonorrhea.
You look like crap.
I didn't sleep all night. I kept checking in on my kids.
Well, you should have called me.
I didn't sleep, either.
Anybody page you?
No. Why? What's up?
Rebecca Kurtz died this morning.
They do the transplant?
Kid in Philly is in surgery right now.
Alex woke up a judge to lift the T. R. O.
As soon as they finished the colposcopy.
And? And she was raped repeatedly.
What about the gonorrhea?
Family's clean.
Well, it's a good thing we put them through hell, then.
Well, much as I hate to say this, dad could have been treated.
Test comes up negative if the doctor's given you antibiotics.
You should know better than to ask me any questions about a patient.
And you should know that you have to answer them
if you have any information about Peter Kurtz abusing his daughter.
What are you talking about?
Rebecca Kurtz had gonorrhea.
My God. I didn't know.
The school said that you saw her for wetting the bed.
You don't usually test for STDs on a six-year-old.
She didn't complain of any symptoms.
Failure to report child abuse is a crime, Doctor.
It wasn't her father. Peter didn't do it.
How do you know that?
I just did Peter's physical. His urine was clean.
Why'd you test it?
Because I wanted to make sure Peter hadn't abused Missy.
Missy has gonorrhea?
I treated her two weeks ago.
Missy, we need to talk to your parents.
Do you know who raped my sister?
We think you do.
We know you had gonorrhea.
We're trying to plan a funeral here.
Don't you people have any decency?
It's not their fault, Daddy. It's mine.
No one could ever blame you for what happened.
He raped me and he raped Rebecca, and I couldn't stop him!
Missy, what are you saying?
He just... He told me he would kill me if I ever told anyone.
Who? Who, honey? Who was it?
Missy, there's nothing he can do to hurt you anymore.
It was Joe, my boyfriend.
Missy, why didn't you tell me?
I was afraid.
Where can we find him?
He lives with his parents on Park, and he works at Movie Madness.
The clerk from the store where Rebecca was shot?
He made me bring her there.
Why?
Becca had said that she was gonna tell what he did to her.
I told Joey, I said to him,
I said that there was no way that he could ever go anywhere near her.
But he said that he would kill both of us if we didn't show up.
It was a set up?
Missy says that Joey Field and Eric Campbell were friends.
She didn't know that Campbell was the shooter until they pulled off his ski mask.
Joey orchestrates Rebecca's murder,
he burns his friend so he can't talk,
makes himself look like the hero.
But even with Missy's testimony, all we can get Joey on is rape.
He murdered three people.
And to prove it, we need physical evidence.
Joey Field has no priors,
and you can bet he's gonna have top dollar representation.
Why?
His father is Malcolm Field. Of Prescott, Field and Browne.
Deep pockets and a lot of friends in high places, including the new D. A.
Here's Eric Campbell's sheet. Two theft, three assaults.
It's not a big leap to murder.
But still, it takes a special kind of scrote
to be shooting an innocent kid.
Yeah. The kind who does it for money.
Which Joey could've got from his rich lawyer daddy.
What does your boss want to do with this?
My lieutenant says it's your call.
All right. Well, we started this mess, we'll take it from here.
Missy'd have kept her mouth shut,
it would've been the perfect crime.
You don't know there's a trampoline in the room,
you're not going to dust the ceiling for prints.
Well, the crime lab thought it was a robbery gone bad,
just like the rest of us. We tell them what happened,
maybe they'll help us prove it.
All right, call them.
You make the notification on Eric Campbell?
Yeah, to his father. He lives in a bottle over in Alphabet City.
Take Munch. Pay him a visit.
They're in for a real treat.
What do you think you're gonna find that the other cops couldn't?
So you don't mind us taking a look around then?
Whatever.
Eric talk about his friends?
I don't think he had any.
Loser like him, he's better off dead.
Yeah, well, you set a fine example.
Yeah, well, I didn't teach him to rob stores and shoot little girls.
No robbery. That little girl's shooting was a hit.
He killed that kid on purpose?
You seem surprised.
He was more of a loser than I thought.
Looks like a stereo showroom in there.
Your loser son been flashing around money lately?
He didn't flash it, but he sure knew how to spend it.
Mind if we take a look?
Knock yourself out.
This must've fell off the back of some truck.
Actually, paid cash for it last week.
TV, DVD player, answering machine.
No new messages. Old messages.
Eric, you there? Pick up. Pick up the phone.
Hey, Joe, I'm here.
Got what you need?
Yeah, I got it. What time?
3:00.
Don't worry, I'll be there.
Shooting happened right after 3:00.
That conversation, they could've been
planning to meet for a game of tiddlywinks.
I think I can prove they had something else in mind.
Witnesses put Eric Campbell at the register when he demanded the money.
He turned and fired, missed Rebecca,
and hit John Marcum outside the store.
But when he fired the second time and hit Rebecca, he was standing here.
And you know that how?
I fired the murder weapon at these pieces of oak tag
from ten, five and three feet away
to figure out where Eric was standing.
Then I compared the results to the gunshot residue on Rebecca's shirt.
So Eric was three feet away when he shot Rebecca.
He moved forward.
Because the first shot was too high.
He had to deliberately move closer and aim lower.
It's the only scenario that matches the evidence.
Hey, Joey Field. Yeah.
We're Detectives Benson and Stabler.
Is this about that little girl?
Yeah. Did she make it?
No, I'm sorry, she didn't.
Can we talk to you out here for a minute?
What for?
The Mayor's office sent us. They want to give you an award for heroism.
We just need to fill out the paperwork.
Who is it, Joey? It's the cops, Dad.
They want to give me an award. Joey, get back in here.
Joey Field, you're under arrest for the murders of John Marcum...
What are you...
...Eric Campbell and Rebecca Kurtz.
What murders? I didn't do anything.
Look, I'm an attorney. Where the hell's your arrest warrant?
Don't need one. He stepped outside.
You tricked me. Reasonable deception. Ask your dad about it.
Joseph, don't say a word! I'll be right down to get you out!
You have the right to remain silent.
If you give up that right, anything you say
can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Be nice if we could listen.
It's pretty convenient having a father who can double as your attorney.
Looks like Joey would rather have somebody else.
Malcolm Field's record is good,
but I don't think even he can get his son out of this.
Joseph had no idea Eric Campbell was going to hold up that store.
You have no case.
Excuse me?
How many more people would that bastard have killed if my son hadn't stopped him?
Your son raped a six-year-old and murdered three people to cover it up.
We have the forensics to prove it.
If Joey would like to share anything, Counselor, now would be the time.
If you're looking for a confession, you can forget it.
No, we'll take our chances with the jury.
"People v. Joseph Lee Field. Three counts murder in the First Degree,
"two counts rape in the First Degree. "
Counsel, approach.
What the hell's going on, Malcolm?
People are making a big mistake.
That may be true.
But do you think you're the best person to represent Joey?
Your Honor seems very well acquainted with the counsel and his defendant.
Relax, Ms. Cabot.
I'm sorry, Malcolm.
We can't help you out on this.
Step back.
Mr. Field, how does your client plead?
Not guilty, Your Honor.
Bail, Ms. Cabot?
Considering the ease with which the accused could flee the jurisdiction,
the People request remand.
Your Honor, you have my word as an officer of the court,
the defendant will remain under my personal supervision.
With all due respect to Mr. Field, his son is facing a capital charge.
He shouldn't be on the street.
Under the circumstances I have to agree.
Defendant is remanded without bail.
Next case.
Before Missy agrees to testify against Joey,
her parents want a guarantee that you won't prosecute her.
Prosecute her? She's a victim.
Yeah, and two weeks from now, you could charge her with rape one
for delivering her sister to the man who raped them both.
Roger, you know us better than that.
Oh, hey, I trust you.
But not your new good old boy D. A.
I mean, what's to keep Branch from throwing her in prison to make an example?
Stop blowing smoke up my ass, Roger.
I'm just defending my client.
What do you want?
Immunity.
Come on. We're giving you Joey Field on a silver platter.
Are you sure she won't be too scared to take the stand?
Not if it gets him the needle.
We'll send you the paperwork.
Good luck putting these witnesses on the stand.
They took one look at Eric in the ski mask, and they ducked for cover.
You ready for some more?
What's this?
Malcolm Field's motion to suppress the recording
on Eric's Campbell's answering machine.
On what grounds?
Authentication, illegal search.
It was Campbell's home. Field doesn't have standing.
We still have to respond.
He could bury me in paperwork for the next decade if he thinks it'll save his son.
Hey, guess who Joey Field's father is calling as a defense witness.
Oh, sure. Who better to testify that no witnesses corroborate Missy's story.
Not to mention his son's a hero.
Bastard's gonna hang me out to dry in front of the jury.
This just keeps getting better.
Well, here's more good news.
What's wrong? It's from the lab.
Copy of a tape Fin and Munch found when they searched the Fields' home.
We got a real problem.
Come on, Joey. Do it already.
Can't we just leave her and go?
No. She is knocked out. She won't feel it.
Missy, look, okay, I don't want to, okay?
No, it is not okay.
You like that?
Yeah.
Yeah? You want a little more?
Then you'll do what I say.
If Missy lied about being raped,
who do you think really planned these murders?
I'm not saying anything.
We watched the tape, Joey.
Joseph, you have to tell us the truth.
Your girlfriend set you up. She said you raped her and her sister.
She's blaming you for the murders.
You're lying. She would never do that.
She loved me.
You don't understand. You could get the death penalty.
We know she made you do this.
You don't know anything. You never have.
Missy and Rebecca both had gonorrhea.
So what?
The doctor gave you a physical when you got here,
and you tested negative.
Do you know what that means?
I don't give a damn.
Well, either you were treated, or Missy has been sleeping with someone else.
I don't believe you.
Do you really want to protect somebody who was cheating on you?
She'd never do that.
Well, then how did she and Rebecca get gonorrhea and you didn't?
She got it from somebody else, and then she gave it to her sister.
Can't you see what she's doing to you?
I met Eric at the video store,
and he introduced me to Missy.
I just... I'd never been with anybody like her.
It's like being high.
My brain just stopped working.
What did Missy do to Rebecca?
She would drug her, and then she would...
She would do things to her.
And one time, Rebecca woke up.
Said that she was going to tell.
And you had to kill Rebecca to keep her quiet.
No. No, I told Missy I didn't want to.
And she said that Eric would do anything for money.
So she paid him, and I told him what to do.
Whose idea was the robbery?
Missy's. See, I mentioned once that my boss kept a gun under the counter.
She said she'd drop some tapes to make noise,
make it look like Eric had freaked out.
And then, he would shoot... He would shoot Rebecca,
and then I would shoot him, and nobody could trace it back to us.
Tell me this isn't as bad as it seems.
Oh, it is.
And Missy's immunity is etched in stone?
We can't touch her. We're screwed.
Branch okayed the death penalty motion on Joey Field.
Great.
Alex.
Give it a rest.
She played us, Liz.
This office, the police, her own parents.
Missy used Joey to murder her own sister, and now she's killing him, too.
We dealt ourselves this hand, and it's all we've got to play.
Maybe not.
You can't reverse Missy's immunity.
A judge can.
No judge is going to give us a second chance.
Unless someone else makes the argument for us.
Mr. Field, we need your help.
What, to execute my son?
To reverse Missy Kurtz's immunity.
Well, Missy's immunity helps my case.
You can't put her on the stand because you know she'll lie,
and without her, all your physical evidence is circumstantial.
Do you really think a jury is going to care?
Look, Missy's the only one who can testify to motive.
A jury's going to want to hear that.
A jury is going to want to punish somebody
for the rape and murder of a six-year-old child.
Your son is the only person sitting at the defense table.
I did such a good job as a father, my son despises me.
He won't even let me save him.
You still can.
The D. A. Is willing to take the death penalty off the table. Work with us.
What are we doing here? My client has immunity.
I agree.
I've seen the tape, but it doesn't change anything.
The evidence turned up after immunity was imposed.
That's not our problem.
It is our problem. Your Honor.
You know I can't reverse immunity, Mr. Field.
Unless it violates my client's due process right to a fair trial.
People v. Osorio.
Osorio isn't on point.
Sure it is, Judge.
The People can't put Missy Kurtz on the stand without suborning perjury.
That means my client can't confront his accuser,
which is a violation of the Sixth Amendment.
Ms. Cabot?
The People made a mistake. We're not going to deny it.
How about you colluding with the defense to railroad my client?
You gonna deny that?
That may be the case, Mr. Kressler, but you'd have a hard time proving it.
You can't do this.
I can. And I am.
The immunity agreement between the People and Missy Kurtz is void.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Stick around, Ms. Cabot.
Aren't you going to thank me for cleaning up your mess, Alexandra?
Mr. Field made a valid legal argument.
Which you handed him.
I'm tired of you manipulating my court to suit your needs.
I'm keeping this case for trial.
When can I expect to see an indictment on Missy Kurtz?
We'll begin working on the rape immediately.
And the three murders?
Insufficient evidence, Your Honor. We're just not ready to...
You're telling me that you jeopardized my judicial record, and you're not ready?
You sure as hell better be. By tomorrow.
A search warrant for the Kurtz's home. Please, find me something.
Why? Because some judge put you in the jackpot?
Sorry. I'm not blaming anyone.
Is Missy in interrogation?
Yeah, with her lawyer.
Let me see if I can get myself out of this.
She must've really pushed Petrovsky's buttons.
Yeah, while Missy pushes everyone else's.
Including her parents.
You arrested Missy?
Mr. Kurtz, Mrs. Kurtz, why don't we go someplace where we can talk?
Why? Are you going to arrest us, too?
Excuse me. What's going on here?
You couldn't build your case against this animal, so you go after Missy?
Joey Field.
Joey Field raped Rebecca because Missy told him to.
The murders were Missy's idea.
Missy was raped by that bastard.
I'm afraid the evidence proves otherwise.
What evidence? I want to see it.
We really don't want to make this any harder than it has to be.
What could be harder?
Show them.
You like that?
Yeah.
Yeah? You want a little more?
Then you'll do what I say.
That's enough. Turn it off. Turn it off!
All right. Why?
We loved that girl from the moment she came into our home!
That bastard gave them both gonorrhea?
No, Mr. Kurtz, he didn't.
Joey never had it.
My God. Missy gave it to Rebecca?
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
How didn't we see?
Because Missy made sure that you wouldn't.
What do we do now? What now?
We need your help.
Joey says Missy paid Eric Campbell $1,000 to shoot Rebecca.
Any ideas where she could have gotten that kind of money?
Missy murdered Rebecca just as surely as if she had pulled the trigger herself.
Now, whatever you know,
you can't let her get away with this.
What she did was reprehensible.
But you've gotta understand.
We've just lost one daughter.
You can't ask us to help you take the other one.
So we here to talk a deal?
Why? Your client want to plead?
Sure. How about sexual misconduct?
On an A misdemeanor?
Your client worked in concert with Joey Field.
Then she raped her sister, then she murdered her sister and two other people.
You can't prove that she killed anybody.
We have you on tape abusing your sister.
You both had gonorrhea.
We checked your parents' phone records,
and you and Eric Campbell spent a lot of time chatting.
It's all circumstantial.
Not when Joey Field ties it together on the stand.
Joey's not going to testify against me.
He loves me.
Joey told us everything.
He knows you've been sleeping around.
He's a love-crazed teenager.
When Rebecca threatened to tell her parents,
Joey couldn't bear the thought of Missy leaving him,
so he hired Eric Campbell to murder Rebecca,
and then he murdered him to shut him up.
He did what Missy told him to do.
And after a jury hears that Missy was repeatedly raped
by her biological father and his friends,
do you think they're going to hold her responsible for any of this?
So, Missy still thinks she's got us over a barrel?
She's right. I can't mention the murders at trial,
and even her calls to Eric Campbell
don't definitively prove it was her idea.
And Kressler puts Joey Field on trial, it's he said, she said.
He's setting her up to plead not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Let's call a psychiatrist.
I'll send Huang over to Rikers to see her.
Tell me about your biological father.
You read the file.
I want to hear it from you.
My mother died when I was five.
They said that's when my father started having sex with me.
What do you remember about the abuse?
It hurt.
But as long as I cried, I didn't get hit.
How did it feel when they took you away from him?
At first, I was glad.
Then after they moved me the third time, it didn't make any difference.
The Kurtzs adopted you. That must have made a difference.
Yeah, right.
The Kurtzs wanted their own kid.
Once Rebecca was born, they didn't want me around anymore.
They just kept me out of pity.
That's not what they told us.
Yeah, well. People say they love you, but they really don't.
Joey loves you.
Joey loves sex.
He was ready to face the death penalty for you.
But he didn't, did he?
He's out for himself, just like everybody else.
Missy has flat affect, minimal insight, and no capacity for empathy.
So she's a sociopath. That doesn't make for a legit psychiatric defense.
Kressler will spin it as untreated post-traumatic stress disorder
with dissociative features.
Her early childhood was severely traumatic.
Without immediate intensive therapy,
no way she could form healthy attachments.
By the time the Kurtzs adopted her, it was too late.
So Missy's mad, not bad, and Daddy takes the rap.
Missy didn't get the therapy that she needed. That's not her fault.
Well, it doesn't excuse her behavior.
Missy knew what she was doing was wrong. She just didn't care.
It's too bad her father's dead.
I'd love to prosecute him.
Look at this.
Where have you two been?
Searching Eric Campbell's room.
Whatever Missy paid him must've burned a hole
in his pocket at the electronics store.
We know whether Missy has her own money?
Couple of hundred in her checking account, no recent withdrawals.
Same with the parents.
Missy probably never even asked them.
You're a teenager, you need some quick cash
and you can't ask your parents, what are you gonna do?
You're either gonna borrow it or steal it.
Or sell something valuable.
Or give something to the hit man in lieu of cash.
Something jog your memory?
We found a half a pawn ticket in Eric Campbell's room.
Dated two days before the murder.
Where'd you get this? A dead man.
How'd he get dead?
Somebody shot him.
You got any more questions, Al, or you gonna show us the merchandise?
Today's your lucky day.
Is it real? You kidding?
This is white gold. The chain looks the same.
Half a karat of pave diamonds.
Look at you. A connoisseur.
It's gotta be worth at least $3,000.
Dumb punk who brought it in gave it to me for a grand.
There's even an inscription on the back.
"To Missy with love, from Mom and Dad. "
What's this?
Jewelry your client gave to Eric Campbell.
Payment for his services as a hit man.
So?
We have a sworn statement ID-ing Eric as the man who pawned this pendant.
Joey stole it and gave it to Eric.
A jury is never going to believe that, Missy.
You can't prove it didn't happen that way.
Do you want to explain it to her? What can we do here?
Joey got Eric to kill Rebecca.
Joey shot Eric.
Joey's going to get the death penalty.
No. We made a deal with Joey.
Joey is going to plead guilty and go to prison after he testifies against you.
You are getting the death penalty for murdering your sister.
She wasn't my sister.
Rebecca was an innocent, six-year-old child.
You think I'm supposed to feel sad?
Scared?
I don't.
You can't kill me. I'm already dead.
Ms. Cabot.
Missy's lawyer told us the D. A.'s going for the death penalty.
I know.
Well, there's gotta be something you can do.
I'm sorry, Mr. Kurtz. It's out of my hands.
Ms. Cabot, killing her won't bring Becca back.
It is my job to speak for the victims.
Ms. Cabot, can't you see how damaged Missy is?
Yes. Yes, I can.
Well then, why can't you just put her in prison?
Because I have to follow the law.