1 00:00:03,003 --> 00:00:05,013 ♪ 2 00:00:27,723 --> 00:00:29,813 ♪ 3 00:00:44,131 --> 00:00:46,611 AUTOMATED FEMALE VOICE: Your car is... 17 minutes away. 4 00:00:46,655 --> 00:00:48,785 [doorknob rattling] 5 00:00:52,835 --> 00:00:54,965 [keys jingling, lock clicking] 6 00:00:58,232 --> 00:01:01,932 MAN: Guess what I did today. 7 00:01:01,974 --> 00:01:04,894 I played hooky. 8 00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:07,944 Had my teaching assistant cover my two classes. 9 00:01:07,980 --> 00:01:10,160 And I went to a pub, sat by myself 10 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,070 and read something that I did not have to read. 11 00:01:16,859 --> 00:01:20,039 What the hell are you doing over there? 12 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,080 Huh? 13 00:01:26,216 --> 00:01:28,126 Where are you going? 14 00:01:28,175 --> 00:01:30,045 [Southern accent]: Not going anywhere. 15 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,750 I just thought this thing takes up so much room in the closet. 16 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:35,829 Might make more sense keeping it... 17 00:01:35,878 --> 00:01:38,838 under the bed, but... doesn't fit. 18 00:01:38,881 --> 00:01:40,881 Really? 19 00:01:43,277 --> 00:01:45,277 [zipper opens] 20 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:48,798 Not going anywhere, huh? 21 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:53,851 Who do you think you're messing with... huh? 22 00:01:53,896 --> 00:01:55,066 Haven't we... 23 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,155 already been through this? 24 00:01:57,204 --> 00:01:59,734 I wasn't... I needed to get away for a bit 25 00:01:59,771 --> 00:02:01,991 just to... to write and to think. 26 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:04,084 Oh, that's a bunch of crap, Kate. 27 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:07,174 That is a bunch of crap! 28 00:02:07,214 --> 00:02:08,354 [panting] 29 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:10,129 We both know that you don't write. 30 00:02:10,173 --> 00:02:12,093 Okay, buying garbage on the Internet 31 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:15,182 that you don't need is not writing. 32 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:19,492 Reading articles that other people wrote is not writing. 33 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,970 I'm sorry. 34 00:02:22,011 --> 00:02:24,271 I should have... I should have told you, 35 00:02:24,318 --> 00:02:26,968 not surprised you. 36 00:02:27,016 --> 00:02:30,366 I just... I knew you'd be upset. 37 00:02:31,890 --> 00:02:34,020 You have any idea 38 00:02:34,066 --> 00:02:37,286 how stupid that accent makes you sound? 39 00:02:38,201 --> 00:02:40,771 [grunts] Say it again. 40 00:02:40,812 --> 00:02:42,772 [panting] 41 00:02:42,814 --> 00:02:45,384 Say "I'm sorry," and say it without the accent. 42 00:02:46,383 --> 00:02:47,953 [groans softly] 43 00:02:47,993 --> 00:02:49,523 [without accent]: I'm... sorry. 44 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,520 Oh. 45 00:02:51,562 --> 00:02:53,612 I'm so s-sorry. 46 00:02:53,651 --> 00:02:55,481 [whimpers] 47 00:02:55,523 --> 00:02:57,483 Okay. 48 00:02:57,525 --> 00:03:00,175 You can do it. 49 00:03:00,223 --> 00:03:02,053 Let's see what else you can do. 50 00:03:05,141 --> 00:03:07,011 [phone rings, vibrates] 51 00:03:15,369 --> 00:03:18,369 Uh... no. 52 00:03:18,415 --> 00:03:21,025 No, this is Kate Martin's husband. Who's this? 53 00:03:21,070 --> 00:03:24,160 I'm sorry. 54 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:26,084 Yeah, she changed her mind. 55 00:03:26,118 --> 00:03:28,248 Yeah, Kate Martin isn't going anywhere today. 56 00:03:28,295 --> 00:03:30,035 [panting] 57 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:34,295 [phone smashes] 58 00:03:34,344 --> 00:03:36,004 [whimpers] 59 00:03:36,041 --> 00:03:38,351 Katie, what are you doing? 60 00:03:39,393 --> 00:03:42,483 Doesn't matter where you go. 61 00:03:42,526 --> 00:03:44,876 I'm gonna find you... 62 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,180 and I'll bring you back here. 63 00:03:50,099 --> 00:03:52,099 I did it before. 64 00:03:54,059 --> 00:03:56,189 I'll do it again. 65 00:04:02,154 --> 00:04:04,984 [zipper opens] 66 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:11,292 [clock ticking] 67 00:04:49,332 --> 00:04:51,382 [gunshot] 68 00:05:01,823 --> 00:05:03,743 [crickets chirping] 69 00:05:06,131 --> 00:05:08,091 Mm. 70 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,093 Hey, where's Benny? 71 00:05:10,135 --> 00:05:11,745 Downstairs, I think. 72 00:05:11,789 --> 00:05:13,179 All right. 73 00:05:13,225 --> 00:05:14,395 DANNY: Oh, and that's... 74 00:05:14,444 --> 00:05:15,974 that's an amazing gift. 75 00:05:16,011 --> 00:05:17,621 Well, she's an amazing girl. 76 00:05:17,665 --> 00:05:19,005 BULL: Benny? 77 00:05:19,057 --> 00:05:21,017 Your sister called me three times last night. 78 00:05:21,059 --> 00:05:22,539 Hung up before I could answer. 79 00:05:22,583 --> 00:05:24,113 Something I should know about? 80 00:05:24,149 --> 00:05:28,019 You got me, but if she called you, you should call her. 81 00:05:28,066 --> 00:05:31,936 I did. I left a couple of voicemails; she never returned. 82 00:05:31,983 --> 00:05:34,123 Can't be an alimony thing. 83 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:36,029 I mean, it's not an alimony thing, right? 84 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:38,164 I have no idea, but you know Izzy. 85 00:05:38,207 --> 00:05:39,897 She's not shy. 86 00:05:39,948 --> 00:05:42,038 If she has something important to tell you... 87 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,820 Point taken. Yeah. Mm. 88 00:05:48,173 --> 00:05:50,183 Ah. 89 00:05:50,219 --> 00:05:52,219 Good morning to you, too. 90 00:05:52,264 --> 00:05:54,574 Sorry. I just have a bad feeling about something. 91 00:05:54,615 --> 00:05:56,135 Well, I want to warn you. 92 00:05:56,181 --> 00:05:57,921 I-I just put Dr. Grint in your office. 93 00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,616 Dr. Grint from the Survivors' Justice Project? 94 00:05:59,663 --> 00:06:00,973 Is she looking for money? 95 00:06:01,012 --> 00:06:03,412 I have no idea.Oh. 'Cause now is not the time. 96 00:06:03,450 --> 00:06:05,970 Izzy's been calling me, and I... I just have a sense 97 00:06:06,017 --> 00:06:07,447 something's up, and it's gonna cost me. 98 00:06:07,497 --> 00:06:10,107 All I know is she said it was important. 99 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:12,152 Hmm. Okay. 100 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:16,417 Dr. Grint. Marian. 101 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,903 For the millionth time-- Marian. 102 00:06:18,943 --> 00:06:21,993 What can I do for you... Marian? 103 00:06:22,033 --> 00:06:25,253 Dr. Bull, you once told me if I ever needed a favor... 104 00:06:25,297 --> 00:06:26,997 I've been seeing her on and off for two years, 105 00:06:27,038 --> 00:06:28,338 urging her to get out. 106 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,298 And of course she didn't.Of course she didn't. 107 00:06:30,346 --> 00:06:32,036 Now she's being charged with murder. 108 00:06:32,087 --> 00:06:34,087 Well, that's what happens when you kill someone. 109 00:06:34,132 --> 00:06:36,222 She's been appointed a public defender. 110 00:06:36,265 --> 00:06:37,475 Sounds about right. 111 00:06:37,527 --> 00:06:39,957 And I was hoping you might whisper in his ear 112 00:06:40,008 --> 00:06:41,788 about juries and who to look for 113 00:06:41,836 --> 00:06:44,266 and all that good stuff that you're so wonderful at.[laughs] 114 00:06:44,316 --> 00:06:46,096 Happy to do it, but the truth is, 115 00:06:46,144 --> 00:06:48,234 I'm sure whoever they've given your client is more 116 00:06:48,277 --> 00:06:50,537 than up to the task, and I don't need to tell you, 117 00:06:50,584 --> 00:06:52,984 the courts see a lot of these kinds of cases. 118 00:06:53,021 --> 00:06:56,111 And there's nothing unusual or exotic about it. 119 00:06:56,154 --> 00:06:57,984 She shot him in the back. 120 00:06:58,026 --> 00:06:59,766 [inhales sharply] 121 00:06:59,810 --> 00:07:01,940 Okay. That makes it a touch more complicated, 122 00:07:01,986 --> 00:07:04,206 but presumably, it was self-defense, so... 123 00:07:04,249 --> 00:07:06,249 While he was fast asleep. 124 00:07:08,123 --> 00:07:10,133 That's a tough one. 125 00:07:13,084 --> 00:07:14,784 What have we here? 126 00:07:14,825 --> 00:07:18,125 Dr. Jason Bull, this is Mark Burns. 127 00:07:18,176 --> 00:07:20,916 Mark has been appointed Kate's public defender. 128 00:07:20,962 --> 00:07:22,962 Mark, Dr. Jason Bull. 129 00:07:23,007 --> 00:07:25,747 I'm, uh, just here to help. It's your show. 130 00:07:25,793 --> 00:07:28,193 Well, it's pretty cut and dried. It's not rocket science. 131 00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:30,010 It's one of those stories I can pretty much 132 00:07:30,058 --> 00:07:31,968 tell you the ending of right now, but I'm happy 133 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:33,406 to listen to anything you have to say. 134 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,193 Is she with us? 135 00:07:35,237 --> 00:07:37,537 That's the enemy. 136 00:07:37,587 --> 00:07:39,717 That's A.D.A. Amy Lake. She's a tough one. 137 00:07:39,763 --> 00:07:41,293 But I've been talking to her, 138 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:43,110 seeing if we can't find some common ground. 139 00:07:43,158 --> 00:07:45,068 What's she doing here? 140 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:46,936 BURNS: Same thing I'm doing, waiting for the judge. 141 00:07:46,988 --> 00:07:48,558 The girl's banged up pretty good. 142 00:07:48,598 --> 00:07:50,598 She's got a couple of broken ribs and a punctured lung. 143 00:07:50,644 --> 00:07:52,344 They're still doing some tests, but... 144 00:07:52,384 --> 00:07:55,344 they want to do the arraignment here in the hospital. 145 00:07:55,387 --> 00:07:56,867 Uh-huh. 146 00:07:56,911 --> 00:07:59,171 You think I can have a few minutes with her? 147 00:07:59,217 --> 00:08:00,607 The accused, I mean? 148 00:08:00,654 --> 00:08:02,094 Of course. 149 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:12,099 GRINT: Sorry. 150 00:08:12,143 --> 00:08:15,713 I should have warned you. 151 00:08:15,756 --> 00:08:18,016 They do look somewhat alike, don't they? 152 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:21,589 She and her husband 153 00:08:21,631 --> 00:08:23,331 have been married almost four years. 154 00:08:23,372 --> 00:08:25,112 He taught writing at Hudson. 155 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:27,986 Apparently, he's one of their most popular teachers. 156 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:31,730 It didn't help that he was smart. 157 00:08:31,772 --> 00:08:34,512 He only hit her in places that clothing covered... 158 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:36,247 until now. 159 00:08:36,298 --> 00:08:40,778 And she was the kind of wife... never went to the police. 160 00:08:42,130 --> 00:08:45,700 She went to the emergency room once last year. 161 00:08:45,742 --> 00:08:48,272 Paid cash, gave a false name. 162 00:08:48,310 --> 00:08:50,530 Still. 163 00:08:50,573 --> 00:08:52,663 He was sleeping. 164 00:08:52,706 --> 00:08:54,706 It's really gonna be a tough sell. 165 00:08:56,623 --> 00:08:58,633 Why now? 166 00:09:00,191 --> 00:09:02,451 You her family? 167 00:09:02,498 --> 00:09:04,978 If she wakes up, tell her we just got the test back. 168 00:09:05,022 --> 00:09:07,022 The baby's fine. 169 00:09:13,335 --> 00:09:16,335 Aren't we being a little dramatic? 170 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:18,601 You got something against hospital cafeterias? 171 00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:21,425 They serve coffee. They have... walls. 172 00:09:22,474 --> 00:09:24,434 Did you know she was pregnant? 173 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:26,126 Nine weeks. 174 00:09:26,174 --> 00:09:28,184 Doesn't change anything. 175 00:09:28,219 --> 00:09:30,659 She shot him in the back while he lay sleeping. 176 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:32,480 That's all the jury's gonna hear. 177 00:09:32,528 --> 00:09:34,568 You ever heard of "battered woman syndrome"? 178 00:09:34,617 --> 00:09:36,267 They have a syndrome now? 179 00:09:36,314 --> 00:09:39,364 My older sister was married to a gym teacher. 180 00:09:39,404 --> 00:09:41,974 Ran the youth ministry at church. 181 00:09:42,016 --> 00:09:43,706 Chaired the big school carnival 182 00:09:43,757 --> 00:09:45,977 to raise money for cancer research. 183 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:47,500 And when they'd fight-- 184 00:09:47,543 --> 00:09:50,633 which apparently was more than anybody realized-- 185 00:09:50,677 --> 00:09:53,717 he'd get her on the ground and... kick her. 186 00:09:53,767 --> 00:09:55,857 He weighed 215. 187 00:09:55,899 --> 00:09:57,509 She weighed 122. 188 00:09:57,553 --> 00:10:00,383 And one day, he kicked her too hard. 189 00:10:00,425 --> 00:10:02,425 Ruptured her spleen. 190 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:06,740 And six hours later, she was gone. 191 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:08,560 I'm sorry. 192 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:11,128 But I know that you know that has nothing to do with this. 193 00:10:11,175 --> 00:10:13,085 I'm telling you, I have this handled. 194 00:10:13,134 --> 00:10:15,094 I've been huddling with the A.D.A. Oh. 195 00:10:15,136 --> 00:10:16,656 They're gonna try her for first-degree murder... 196 00:10:16,703 --> 00:10:18,623 Is that your applause line? 197 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:21,621 ...reducible to second degree manslaughter, which means 198 00:10:21,664 --> 00:10:23,884 that all we have to do is create some kind of doubt, 199 00:10:23,927 --> 00:10:26,797 and then we've got a 90% chance that the jury's gonna convict 200 00:10:26,843 --> 00:10:27,983 on the lesser plea, and she's looking 201 00:10:28,018 --> 00:10:29,498 at seven to eight years instead of life. 202 00:10:29,541 --> 00:10:31,541 You've given up on her already. 203 00:10:31,587 --> 00:10:34,367 Her being found innocent isn't even on your menu. 204 00:10:34,416 --> 00:10:36,506 She isn't innocent. She shot him in the back 205 00:10:36,548 --> 00:10:37,938 while he was sleeping. 206 00:10:37,985 --> 00:10:39,065 Have you spoken with her? 207 00:10:39,116 --> 00:10:40,636 Have you conferred with your client? 208 00:10:40,683 --> 00:10:42,123 No. She's been sedated, but what is it 209 00:10:42,163 --> 00:10:43,383 that you think she would say? 210 00:10:43,425 --> 00:10:45,905 You're fired. 211 00:10:45,949 --> 00:10:47,999 Excuse me? 212 00:10:48,038 --> 00:10:49,998 [laughs] Okay. Two things. 213 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,650 One: I didn't ask for this job, 214 00:10:51,694 --> 00:10:53,004 and two: you're not the one who hired me. 215 00:10:53,043 --> 00:10:56,003 Trust me. By the time you get downstairs, 216 00:10:56,046 --> 00:10:58,176 I'll make sure you're fired, 217 00:10:58,222 --> 00:11:00,402 unless you go to the judge and you demand 218 00:11:00,442 --> 00:11:02,972 that she be tried on first- degree murder charges, 219 00:11:03,010 --> 00:11:04,930 onlyfirst-degree. 220 00:11:04,968 --> 00:11:07,488 It's all or nothing. 221 00:11:07,536 --> 00:11:09,316 You're out of your mind. 222 00:11:09,364 --> 00:11:11,894 And you're out of your depth. 223 00:11:11,932 --> 00:11:13,022 And you're fired. 224 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:15,500 Fine by me. 225 00:11:17,024 --> 00:11:18,814 I'm sure it is. 226 00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:22,120 [line ringing][sighs] 227 00:11:24,248 --> 00:11:26,118 Benjamin Colón. 228 00:11:26,163 --> 00:11:28,863 It's time to go to work. 229 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:30,905 ♪ 230 00:11:38,393 --> 00:11:41,183 MARISSA: This happy couple is Kate and Brian Martin. 231 00:11:41,222 --> 00:11:42,702 He was a writing professor at Hudson College. 232 00:11:42,745 --> 00:11:46,175 She had her master's and was working on her first novel. 233 00:11:46,227 --> 00:11:48,317 In addition to being a serial adulterer, 234 00:11:48,359 --> 00:11:51,669 Kate claims he physically and psychologically abused her 235 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,711 for at least the past three years. 236 00:11:53,756 --> 00:11:56,186 Last week, while eight weeks pregnant 237 00:11:56,237 --> 00:12:00,197 with their first child, she shot him in the back while he slept. 238 00:12:01,677 --> 00:12:04,677 Then she went to sleep while he bled out next to her. 239 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:05,774 CABLE: God. 240 00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:07,162 Sounds horrible. 241 00:12:07,204 --> 00:12:09,644 I gather she's our client?Yes, she is. 242 00:12:09,685 --> 00:12:11,245 And it ishorrible. 243 00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:13,375 It's also daunting from a legal perspective. 244 00:12:13,428 --> 00:12:16,388 I mean, how do you prove that shooting someone 245 00:12:16,431 --> 00:12:18,781 while they slept is, in fact, self-defense? 246 00:12:18,825 --> 00:12:21,255 Between you and me, I don't think you can. 247 00:12:21,305 --> 00:12:24,735 Your opinion notwithstanding, Bull believes she's innocent. 248 00:12:24,787 --> 00:12:26,437 In fact, he believes it so strongly 249 00:12:26,484 --> 00:12:29,274 that he and I argued in front of a judge yesterday 250 00:12:29,313 --> 00:12:32,233 that the only charge that the jury should consider 251 00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:34,233 is first-degree murder. 252 00:12:34,275 --> 00:12:36,315 No lesser charges, 253 00:12:36,364 --> 00:12:38,714 no manslaughter, no assault with a deadly weapon-- 254 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,368 it's all or nothing. 255 00:12:40,411 --> 00:12:43,721 Life in prison or no jail time at all. 256 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,293 Right now there is precious little evidence to offer 257 00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,460 with regard to Brian's propensity for violence. 258 00:12:48,506 --> 00:12:51,286 Kate didn't talk about it with anyone. 259 00:12:51,335 --> 00:12:53,635 So I need the two of you to drill down 260 00:12:53,685 --> 00:12:55,505 on Brian's romantic life 261 00:12:55,557 --> 00:12:58,207 and find some other victims-- 262 00:12:58,255 --> 00:13:01,255 victims willing to testify on Kate's behalf. 263 00:13:01,302 --> 00:13:04,092 Finding exes online? That's my area. 264 00:13:04,131 --> 00:13:06,831 Can I ask a highly inappropriate question? 265 00:13:06,873 --> 00:13:09,753 How much of this has to do with Bull's sister? 266 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:13,359 Uh, how did you know about Bull's sister? 267 00:13:13,401 --> 00:13:14,791 I came here from the FBI. 268 00:13:14,837 --> 00:13:16,447 I wasn't about to change jobs 269 00:13:16,491 --> 00:13:19,151 without knowing everything I could about my employer. 270 00:13:19,189 --> 00:13:20,359 Wait a minute. 271 00:13:20,408 --> 00:13:23,238 What do you guys know that I don't know? 272 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,370 I got to go. I'm meeting Bull. 273 00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:28,294 And I have a jury pool list 274 00:13:28,329 --> 00:13:31,289 I need to pick up from the county clerk. 275 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:33,377 Danny? 276 00:13:34,422 --> 00:13:36,342 You have a keyboard. Use it. 277 00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:38,991 CHUNK: Professor Jameson. 278 00:13:39,993 --> 00:13:42,133 Professor Jameson. 279 00:13:43,126 --> 00:13:44,166 You failed me. 280 00:13:44,214 --> 00:13:46,354 I did nothing of the kind, Mr. Palmer. 281 00:13:46,390 --> 00:13:48,610 You failed yourself. All I did was record 282 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:51,353 and aggregate an average of your grades in my class. 283 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:52,695 Grades that you gave me. 284 00:13:52,744 --> 00:13:54,184 Grades that I'm convinced reflect your biases 285 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,404 far more than they reflect my work. 286 00:13:56,444 --> 00:13:58,274 You're entitled to your opinion, Mr. Palmer. 287 00:13:58,315 --> 00:13:59,355 It's not myopinion. 288 00:13:59,403 --> 00:14:01,193 I got A's in my other two courses. 289 00:14:01,231 --> 00:14:03,761 Well, I can't speak to your work in other courses, 290 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:05,409 but in mine, your work was deficient, 291 00:14:05,453 --> 00:14:06,723 and your grade reflects that. 292 00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:08,668 And by the way, I don't take kindly 293 00:14:08,717 --> 00:14:10,367 to being shanghaied in the hallway. 294 00:14:10,414 --> 00:14:12,724 Well, I tried for a week to get an appointment with your office, 295 00:14:12,764 --> 00:14:13,854 but no one returned my calls. 296 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:16,066 I can't imagine why. 297 00:14:16,116 --> 00:14:18,726 Is it just that I work for a trial scientist? 298 00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:20,420 Or is there more? 299 00:14:20,468 --> 00:14:21,688 What does it matter? 300 00:14:21,730 --> 00:14:23,430 I'll almost certainly never see you again, 301 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:25,171 and you'll almost certainly never see me. 302 00:14:25,212 --> 00:14:27,782 I prefer to focus on the positive. 303 00:14:27,823 --> 00:14:31,043 I prefer to focus on that. 304 00:14:31,087 --> 00:14:33,087 Good day, Mr. Palmer. 305 00:14:34,264 --> 00:14:36,614 GRINT: She told me she left once before. 306 00:14:36,658 --> 00:14:38,048 Headed down to Florida. 307 00:14:38,094 --> 00:14:40,314 Within a week, he found her, begged her to return, 308 00:14:40,357 --> 00:14:42,927 said that it would be different, that he had changed. 309 00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:46,229 Apparently, on their whole car trip back to New York, 310 00:14:46,276 --> 00:14:48,576 he was wonderful-- funny, charming, loving. 311 00:14:48,626 --> 00:14:50,406 And then as soon as they got back 312 00:14:50,454 --> 00:14:52,944 in the apartment, he broke her collarbone. 313 00:14:52,979 --> 00:14:55,199 Boy, I'd love to get somebody to testify to that-- 314 00:14:55,242 --> 00:14:56,942 a doctor or insurance adjustor... 315 00:14:56,983 --> 00:14:58,463 They don't exist. 316 00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:00,806 He covered his tracks very well. 317 00:15:00,856 --> 00:15:03,726 And because she loved him, she helped. 318 00:15:03,772 --> 00:15:06,642 And having fled once, she realized... 319 00:15:06,688 --> 00:15:08,778 running wouldn't solve anything. 320 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:10,950 That no matter where she went, 321 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:13,517 he'd find her and keep hurting her, 322 00:15:13,564 --> 00:15:16,004 and, by extension, hurt the baby. 323 00:15:16,045 --> 00:15:17,475 BENNY: So... [sighs] 324 00:15:17,525 --> 00:15:19,605 no witnesses, no hospital records. 325 00:15:19,657 --> 00:15:21,697 How do we get the jury to understand 326 00:15:21,746 --> 00:15:23,226 what her life was like? 327 00:15:23,270 --> 00:15:25,400 For that matter, what kind of jurors are we looking for? 328 00:15:25,446 --> 00:15:27,186 It's actually easier for me to tell you 329 00:15:27,230 --> 00:15:28,800 who we're notlooking for. 330 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,710 We're not looking for people who are rigid and rule-bound. 331 00:15:31,756 --> 00:15:33,186 They're just gonna follow the law 332 00:15:33,236 --> 00:15:35,236 and send our lady to prison for life. 333 00:15:35,282 --> 00:15:38,242 Forgive me, but how do you find something like that out? 334 00:15:38,285 --> 00:15:40,975 How do you see if a person is rigid or rule-bound? 335 00:15:41,027 --> 00:15:43,157 It's all about the questions. 336 00:15:43,203 --> 00:15:45,993 It's Christmas morning, and your kids are opening up presents. 337 00:15:46,032 --> 00:15:48,212 Lots of toys to put together. 338 00:15:48,251 --> 00:15:50,731 Anybody here actually look at the instructions? 339 00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:55,778 Your Honor, we'd like to thank and excuse this juror. 340 00:15:55,824 --> 00:15:57,834 Once we weed out the rule-bound, 341 00:15:57,869 --> 00:16:01,129 we need to identify folks with strong survival instincts, 342 00:16:01,177 --> 00:16:03,397 people who listen to their intuition 343 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,700 when it comes to dangerous situations 344 00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:08,397 and act on it without fear of the consequences. 345 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:11,005 You're on the street, and you see an older man 346 00:16:11,057 --> 00:16:13,407 with a child who seems frightened and is pulling away. 347 00:16:13,450 --> 00:16:14,710 What do you do? 348 00:16:14,756 --> 00:16:16,056 What do you mean? 349 00:16:16,105 --> 00:16:18,235 How do you know it's not the kid's father? 350 00:16:18,281 --> 00:16:19,671 Maybe the kid's being difficult? 351 00:16:19,717 --> 00:16:21,847 I'm not sure there's anything todo. 352 00:16:21,893 --> 00:16:24,073 Your Honor, we move to strike this juror. 353 00:16:24,113 --> 00:16:26,203 We're looking for people who, 354 00:16:26,246 --> 00:16:28,806 when confronted with a potentially dangerous situation, 355 00:16:28,857 --> 00:16:31,557 don't hesitate, don't ask if it's the right move-- 356 00:16:31,599 --> 00:16:34,249 they just act, like Kate did. 357 00:16:34,297 --> 00:16:36,037 And you, sir, what do you do? 358 00:16:36,082 --> 00:16:38,132 If I'm reading it as a dangerous situation, 359 00:16:38,171 --> 00:16:40,091 maybe I pretend to be the kid's dad. 360 00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:43,389 Get him away from the guy so I can find the real parents. 361 00:16:43,437 --> 00:16:46,787 This juror's acceptable to the defense, Your Honor. 362 00:16:51,706 --> 00:16:53,836 BULL: Nice to see you again, Kate. 363 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:55,282 You're looking better. 364 00:16:55,318 --> 00:16:57,758 I'm guessing they're weaning you off the sedatives? 365 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:00,279 I was never on a lot to begin with 366 00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:01,543 because of the baby. 367 00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:05,629 Kate, remember... 368 00:17:05,676 --> 00:17:09,026 you did what you had to do. 369 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:11,071 You can't let go of that. 370 00:17:19,908 --> 00:17:21,868 A.D.A. Lake. 371 00:17:21,910 --> 00:17:24,260 Dr. Bull. 372 00:17:24,304 --> 00:17:27,394 I have been staring at you from across the courtroom, 373 00:17:27,437 --> 00:17:29,217 and last night I finally got the chance 374 00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:32,175 to do a little homework and find out something about you. 375 00:17:32,225 --> 00:17:33,915 A.D.A. Lake, 376 00:17:33,965 --> 00:17:36,315 you've been assigned to the Domestic Violence unit 377 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,099 for the past 15 years. 378 00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:41,284 You've made a career out of putting abusers away, 379 00:17:41,321 --> 00:17:43,281 protecting people like my client. 380 00:17:43,323 --> 00:17:45,283 What's wrong with this picture? 381 00:17:45,325 --> 00:17:47,845 Nothing's wrong with this picture, Dr. Bull. 382 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,718 Sometimes it's harder than you might think 383 00:17:50,765 --> 00:17:53,635 to tell the abused from the abuser. 384 00:18:12,221 --> 00:18:13,831 KATE [whispering]: My God. 385 00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:15,305 His whole family is here. 386 00:18:15,355 --> 00:18:16,695 Maybe I made a mistake. 387 00:18:16,747 --> 00:18:19,097 Maybe I should have let you call my family. 388 00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:21,796 Oh, it's okay. 389 00:18:21,839 --> 00:18:23,749 We'll make some calls after court. 390 00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:29,024 LAKE: It's been said 391 00:18:29,064 --> 00:18:32,424 that every marriage is its own secret society, 392 00:18:32,459 --> 00:18:35,719 with its own rules and customs and understandings. 393 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:38,766 Was abuse part of the Martin marriage? 394 00:18:38,813 --> 00:18:40,643 Yes, it was... 395 00:18:40,684 --> 00:18:42,734 on bothsides. 396 00:18:42,773 --> 00:18:44,693 That's not what happened at all. 397 00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:46,782 Were there infidelities? 398 00:18:46,821 --> 00:18:50,741 Yes, as we will prove, on bothsides. 399 00:18:50,781 --> 00:18:53,831 That woman certainly can spin a yarn, can't she? 400 00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:55,871 LAKE: Officer Levy, 401 00:18:55,917 --> 00:18:57,657 can you please tell us about your visit 402 00:18:57,701 --> 00:18:59,921 to the Martins' home some two years ago 403 00:18:59,964 --> 00:19:01,714 on April 8, 2016? 404 00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:04,009 A noise complaint was called into the station. 405 00:19:04,055 --> 00:19:05,535 I responded. 406 00:19:05,579 --> 00:19:07,099 And what did you find? 407 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,446 I arrived on scene, where the defendant and her husband 408 00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:10,926 had clearly been fighting. 409 00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:13,845 Broken pictures, knickknacks on the floor, 410 00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:16,161 laptop computer looked like it'd been thrown against the wall. 411 00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:19,678 They had apparently calmed down prior to my arrival. 412 00:19:19,723 --> 00:19:22,033 And both assured me everything was okay. 413 00:19:22,073 --> 00:19:25,253 While I didn't see any evidence of physical abuse, 414 00:19:25,294 --> 00:19:28,734 I followed protocol, separated the defendant and her husband, 415 00:19:28,776 --> 00:19:31,256 urged Mrs. Martin to speak candidly to me. 416 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:34,430 It's a tiny apartment-- Brian could hear everything. 417 00:19:34,477 --> 00:19:35,997 LAKE: And what did she say? 418 00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:37,444 She appeared calm. 419 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Said it was a misunderstanding. 420 00:19:39,526 --> 00:19:41,266 And what happened the next day? 421 00:19:41,310 --> 00:19:43,970 Mr. Martin reached out to me at the station. 422 00:19:44,008 --> 00:19:46,318 He was interested in filing a restraining order 423 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,539 against Mrs. Martin. 424 00:19:48,578 --> 00:19:50,838 [gallery murmuring] 425 00:19:50,885 --> 00:19:53,095 MARISSA: I thought it couldn't get any worse, 426 00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:54,848 but it actually has. 427 00:19:55,846 --> 00:19:58,586 What restraining order is he talking about? 428 00:19:58,632 --> 00:19:59,632 I-I have no idea. 429 00:19:59,676 --> 00:20:01,026 Danny here. 430 00:20:01,069 --> 00:20:02,979 Look, no restraining order was ever actually issued. 431 00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:06,287 And no official report was filed with the station house. 432 00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:08,415 LAKE: So are you saying 433 00:20:08,468 --> 00:20:10,428 that the victim was afraid of his wife, 434 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,520 that he felt the need to protect himself? 435 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:13,729 BENNY: Objection, Your Honor. 436 00:20:13,777 --> 00:20:16,037 There is no restraining order, 437 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:17,834 not that we've been able to determine, 438 00:20:17,868 --> 00:20:21,218 and not that the prosecution offered in discovery. 439 00:20:21,263 --> 00:20:22,313 Can I answer? 440 00:20:22,351 --> 00:20:24,271 Go ahead. 441 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:26,790 I never said Mr. Martin actually filed the order. 442 00:20:26,834 --> 00:20:29,274 I only said that he inquired about the process. 443 00:20:29,315 --> 00:20:31,525 I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about that. 444 00:20:31,578 --> 00:20:33,058 MARISSA: Bearer of bad news here. 445 00:20:33,101 --> 00:20:34,841 The jurors find Officer Levy credible, 446 00:20:34,885 --> 00:20:36,575 and they're buying into the idea 447 00:20:36,626 --> 00:20:38,796 that Brian could have been afraid of Kate. 448 00:20:38,846 --> 00:20:41,276 It's all feeding into the prosecution's story. 449 00:20:41,327 --> 00:20:43,237 BENNY: Officer Levy, 450 00:20:43,285 --> 00:20:45,635 isn't it true that sometimes people seek out 451 00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:48,509 restraining orders for duplicitous reasons? 452 00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:52,731 People can and do abuse the system, sure. 453 00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:55,783 And isn't it true that sometimes abusive partners 454 00:20:55,819 --> 00:20:59,349 will go through the motions of taking out a restraining order 455 00:20:59,388 --> 00:21:03,608 against their victims to... create a false narrative 456 00:21:03,653 --> 00:21:05,533 or to neutralize a situation 457 00:21:05,568 --> 00:21:06,868 should they ever be taken to court? 458 00:21:06,917 --> 00:21:07,787 Objection. 459 00:21:07,831 --> 00:21:09,751 That is not a question. 460 00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:11,180 [quietly]: Jury heard it, though. 461 00:21:11,226 --> 00:21:13,226 Ask a question, Mr. Colón. 462 00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:17,752 Are restraining orders ever sought as a preemptive defense? 463 00:21:17,798 --> 00:21:20,148 So, in case the abuser 464 00:21:20,191 --> 00:21:21,761 ever got caught, they could point 465 00:21:21,802 --> 00:21:24,722 to the order and say that they were defending themselves. 466 00:21:24,761 --> 00:21:26,371 Sure. 467 00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:28,675 I've heard of that happening. 468 00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:30,202 Not a lot, but... 469 00:21:30,245 --> 00:21:31,675 But you are aware of it, aren't you? 470 00:21:33,204 --> 00:21:34,954 I am. 471 00:21:34,989 --> 00:21:36,559 Thank you, Officer Levy. 472 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:38,169 No further questions. 473 00:21:38,209 --> 00:21:40,519 ♪ 474 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:41,690 Good job, Benny. 475 00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:43,735 We finally picked up a juror. 476 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:46,310 [sighs]: One down, 11 to go. 477 00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:54,616 A girl's first day in court-- a memory I'll always cherish. 478 00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:57,321 And by the way, I was never unfaithful 479 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,749 to my husband, and I never struck him. 480 00:22:00,797 --> 00:22:04,577 It's easy to get discouraged. 481 00:22:04,627 --> 00:22:07,667 Just remember, nobody's heard our side yet. 482 00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:09,937 Okay? 483 00:22:16,726 --> 00:22:18,726 [door closes] 484 00:22:18,772 --> 00:22:22,172 So, you and Izzy connect yet? 485 00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:25,740 Nope. I left her three messages. 486 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:28,829 I guess whatever the reason for her call was, 487 00:22:28,869 --> 00:22:31,869 she decided it wasn't so important after all. 488 00:22:31,915 --> 00:22:34,825 Well, no matter what, I'm your guy. 489 00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:37,305 Okay. 490 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,916 I don't remember asking for a loyalty oath, 491 00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:42,797 but I appreciate the gesture. 492 00:22:42,839 --> 00:22:44,749 You know... 493 00:22:44,798 --> 00:22:47,188 I've never felt less prepared to do my job 494 00:22:47,235 --> 00:22:49,055 than I did today. 495 00:22:49,106 --> 00:22:51,406 We know precious little about this woman. 496 00:22:51,457 --> 00:22:52,807 Now wait a second. 497 00:22:52,849 --> 00:22:54,459 Dr. Grint-- Marian-- 498 00:22:54,503 --> 00:22:56,163 from the Survivors' Justice Project, she... 499 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,770 Marian is not a lawyer. She's not a detective. 500 00:22:58,812 --> 00:23:02,342 She is a doctor of social work. 501 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,691 She knows what Kate tells her. 502 00:23:04,731 --> 00:23:07,041 I know you trust her. 503 00:23:07,081 --> 00:23:10,611 I know she did everything she could to help your sister. 504 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,700 I don't know. 505 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:15,789 Two and a half years and all these supposed beatings, 506 00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:19,089 not a-a single doctor to testify for us? 507 00:23:19,136 --> 00:23:21,656 Not a single hospital bill? Not a single friend? 508 00:23:21,704 --> 00:23:23,714 Everybody's working. Everybody's trying. 509 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:25,670 I know. I know. 510 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:29,798 Like I said, I'm your guy. 511 00:23:29,843 --> 00:23:31,453 But I need you to know 512 00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:34,197 that I don't have a lot to work with. 513 00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:36,888 And I just don't want to let you down. 514 00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:47,731 DANNY: I just went through the witness statement 515 00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:50,434 for Alyssa Bell, Brian's current teaching assistant 516 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:52,692 and the woman he was having an affair with when Kate shot him. 517 00:23:52,735 --> 00:23:55,515 According to her, he wasn't violent, 518 00:23:55,564 --> 00:23:58,184 he never struck her, barely even raised his voice. 519 00:23:58,219 --> 00:23:59,569 Not to pile on, 520 00:23:59,612 --> 00:24:01,482 but I've gone through all of his social media 521 00:24:01,527 --> 00:24:02,617 and even hacked his e-mail. 522 00:24:02,658 --> 00:24:04,268 The guy was clearly a dog. 523 00:24:04,312 --> 00:24:06,582 I mean, every semester, he would get a new T.A., 524 00:24:06,619 --> 00:24:09,879 and by "get," I'm pretty sure you guys know what I mean. 525 00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:14,187 But I guess I'd be lying if I said there was even a hint 526 00:24:14,235 --> 00:24:15,715 that anyone was afraid of him 527 00:24:15,758 --> 00:24:17,538 or concerned for their physical safety. 528 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:20,416 CHUNK: I was able to get a set of medical files 529 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,549 from the walk-in clinic that she told us she went to 530 00:24:22,591 --> 00:24:24,551 in the fall for her collarbone injury. 531 00:24:24,593 --> 00:24:27,553 The problem is, is the patient name she used 532 00:24:27,596 --> 00:24:29,686 when she checked in is Jane Doe, 533 00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:33,039 and the doctor who attended to her no longer works there. 534 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,040 [sighs] 535 00:24:35,082 --> 00:24:38,562 Any other discouraging news on the investigative front? 536 00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:43,175 Excellent. 537 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:44,870 We need to talk strategy for tomorrow. 538 00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:48,138 The A.D.A. is gonna call Brian's sister to the stand. 539 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,532 Surprise, surprise.We need to get ahead of it. 540 00:24:50,576 --> 00:24:53,266 Counteract what we know is gonna be emotional testimony 541 00:24:53,317 --> 00:24:55,887 without making it look like we are attacking a woman 542 00:24:55,929 --> 00:24:57,319 who just lost her brother. 543 00:24:57,365 --> 00:25:00,455 You think she knew about Brian's abuse? 544 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,589 Judging from the way she and everyone else in her family 545 00:25:02,631 --> 00:25:04,631 are glaring at Kate... 546 00:25:04,677 --> 00:25:06,717 I don't think she had a clue. 547 00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:08,286 Can't we use that in our favor? 548 00:25:08,332 --> 00:25:09,552 How do you mean? 549 00:25:09,595 --> 00:25:11,065 She's just like the jurors. 550 00:25:11,118 --> 00:25:13,208 In her mind, there's no abuse. 551 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:16,560 There's no possible justification for what Kate did. 552 00:25:16,602 --> 00:25:18,602 But if we can educate her, 553 00:25:18,647 --> 00:25:20,737 show her while she's on the stand 554 00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:23,090 what she didn't know about her brother, 555 00:25:23,130 --> 00:25:25,180 make her see the truth, 556 00:25:25,219 --> 00:25:27,179 the jurors are gonna see it, too. 557 00:25:27,221 --> 00:25:28,831 That's a nice plan, Chunk. 558 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:30,785 Unfortunately, we have no evidence 559 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:32,793 to support any of Kate's assertions. 560 00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:35,494 Can't just say things to the woman 561 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:36,804 without being able to back them up. 562 00:25:38,145 --> 00:25:40,575 Well, I'll get to work on this list of exes. 563 00:25:40,626 --> 00:25:42,576 Yeah, I'll keep hacking away. 564 00:25:42,628 --> 00:25:44,798 Maybe one of the T.A.s texted a friend 565 00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:46,887 or their mother-- something we can use. 566 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,909 You gonna be okay? 567 00:26:02,952 --> 00:26:04,952 No. 568 00:26:07,130 --> 00:26:09,350 They're all correct, you know. 569 00:26:11,352 --> 00:26:13,702 I've done a stupid thing. 570 00:26:13,746 --> 00:26:16,916 Relied on a faulty piece of calculus. 571 00:26:16,966 --> 00:26:19,486 Helping this woman will not change the fact 572 00:26:19,534 --> 00:26:22,974 that I did nothing to help my own sister. 573 00:26:23,016 --> 00:26:26,666 It's true. You failed at being God. 574 00:26:26,715 --> 00:26:29,365 You are responsible for everyone and everything. 575 00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:30,633 Just indulge me. 576 00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:32,546 Let me wallow in my own self pity. 577 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,111 You know what, Jason? 578 00:26:34,157 --> 00:26:35,987 Your sister was an adult. 579 00:26:36,029 --> 00:26:37,599 She made her own decisions, 580 00:26:37,639 --> 00:26:40,209 her own choices about who to be with. 581 00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:43,380 And nothing you could have done would have changed that. 582 00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:45,037 You loved her. 583 00:26:45,081 --> 00:26:47,651 And that is really your only obligation 584 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:50,003 as a brother. 585 00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:52,653 As for our client, you can only do what you can do. 586 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:55,178 She's giving you very little to work with. 587 00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:59,355 Get some sleep. 588 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,100 Tomorrow is gonna come 589 00:27:01,141 --> 00:27:03,491 whether we're ready for it or not. 590 00:27:05,449 --> 00:27:07,929 And as a brilliant trial scientist 591 00:27:07,974 --> 00:27:11,894 once said to me, if anyone tells you they know 592 00:27:11,934 --> 00:27:14,154 how a criminal proceeding is gonna end, 593 00:27:14,197 --> 00:27:16,067 they've never been to more than one. 594 00:27:17,548 --> 00:27:19,588 See you in the morning. 595 00:27:23,903 --> 00:27:26,303 My brother had a really good heart. 596 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:27,860 He loved his wife. 597 00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:29,997 He always spoke so highly of her. 598 00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:33,389 It was like he was constantly selling her to us. 599 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,044 I was like, "We already bought her. 600 00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:36,698 We love her." 601 00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:39,182 I just... 602 00:27:41,181 --> 00:27:43,921 I don't understand. 603 00:27:45,620 --> 00:27:47,580 Objection, Your Honor. 604 00:27:47,622 --> 00:27:49,062 Relevance? 605 00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:50,492 Take your seat, Mr. Colón. 606 00:27:50,538 --> 00:27:52,238 You may continue. 607 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:54,719 What do you mean? 608 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,110 What don't you understand? 609 00:27:56,152 --> 00:27:57,592 All of it. 610 00:27:57,632 --> 00:28:00,772 How you can say you love a man and then kill him. 611 00:28:00,809 --> 00:28:02,769 Can't say you love him 612 00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:05,991 knowing you watched him bleed out on your bed. 613 00:28:06,032 --> 00:28:09,862 BENNY: Now, [sighs] Kate and Brian 614 00:28:09,905 --> 00:28:12,075 were married almost four years. 615 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:13,645 In all that time, 616 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,132 how often would you say you visited their apartment? 617 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:19,872 Actually, uh, I've never been to their apartment. 618 00:28:19,915 --> 00:28:21,125 Really? 619 00:28:21,177 --> 00:28:24,747 I find that surprising. He was your brother. 620 00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:26,660 Well, they lived in Brooklyn. 621 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,915 It's hard to get to from where we are. 622 00:28:28,968 --> 00:28:31,448 But they invited you, right? 623 00:28:31,492 --> 00:28:32,972 Tried to get you over? 624 00:28:33,015 --> 00:28:35,235 Actually, I'm not sure that they did. 625 00:28:35,278 --> 00:28:37,448 I mean, he was always talking about 626 00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:39,108 how small the apartment was, 627 00:28:39,152 --> 00:28:41,812 and-and I'm not sure that they felt comfortable 628 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,070 entertaining there. 629 00:28:43,112 --> 00:28:44,202 We had a house. 630 00:28:44,244 --> 00:28:46,944 But they visited you. Am I correct? 631 00:28:46,986 --> 00:28:48,726 All the time. 632 00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,030 Brian loves-- 633 00:28:51,077 --> 00:28:54,467 loved my daughters, his nieces. 634 00:28:54,515 --> 00:28:57,255 He and Kate would play with them for hours. 635 00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:59,040 I always thought when the time was right, 636 00:28:59,085 --> 00:29:02,175 they would have a beautiful family of their own. 637 00:29:02,218 --> 00:29:03,788 She really had no idea. 638 00:29:03,829 --> 00:29:05,269 No. 639 00:29:05,308 --> 00:29:07,748 What about vacations? Did you all vacation together? 640 00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:11,139 We'd try, but Brian's schedule was so unpredictable. 641 00:29:11,184 --> 00:29:13,014 Something was always coming up. 642 00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:16,225 What about the Hawaii vacation last summer? 643 00:29:17,886 --> 00:29:21,496 They had to cancel. Um, something at the university. 644 00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:23,762 What if I told you Brian canceled 645 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:27,195 because he didn't want anyone seeing Kate in a bathing suit 646 00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:30,333 with all her various bruises and injuries on display? 647 00:29:30,377 --> 00:29:32,507 Objection. No foundation. 648 00:29:32,553 --> 00:29:34,513 Your Honor, I have a good faith basis 649 00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:36,815 for asking the question. 650 00:29:38,167 --> 00:29:40,337 Answer the question, please. 651 00:29:40,387 --> 00:29:42,427 Well, that's just not true. 652 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:44,736 I-I don't, I don't understand what you're saying. 653 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:48,183 He-he had a meeting come up, a lecture, something. 654 00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:51,961 What about the hiking trip last fall? 655 00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:55,317 What if I told you that Brian fractured Kate's clavicle 656 00:29:55,358 --> 00:29:56,928 just two days before the trip? 657 00:29:56,969 --> 00:29:58,839 Objection. Facts not in evidence. 658 00:29:58,884 --> 00:30:00,714 Your Honor, I'd like to submit 659 00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:05,015 the following Chelsea West Walk-In Clinic records 660 00:30:05,064 --> 00:30:07,464 under the name Jane Doe, 661 00:30:07,501 --> 00:30:11,031 which our client was just able to provide us with this morning. 662 00:30:11,070 --> 00:30:14,460 I've got medical records, X-rays. 663 00:30:14,508 --> 00:30:16,118 May I please show the witness? 664 00:30:16,162 --> 00:30:19,122 I'll allow it, subject to future verification. 665 00:30:26,128 --> 00:30:27,998 Well, that's fine. I... 666 00:30:28,043 --> 00:30:30,183 But I don't know what I'm looking at here. 667 00:30:30,219 --> 00:30:31,959 It's what your brother did to his wife. 668 00:30:32,004 --> 00:30:35,224 Objection. No one has authenticated those images. 669 00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:37,968 My apologies, Your Honor. I'm getting ahead of myself. 670 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:42,060 Now, let's just talk about... the long sleeves in the summer. 671 00:30:42,101 --> 00:30:44,411 The fact that you never met Kate's family. 672 00:30:44,451 --> 00:30:46,281 The fact that Kate never spoke 673 00:30:46,322 --> 00:30:48,632 for herself when Brian was there-- 674 00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:50,942 and he was always there. 675 00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:54,029 Perhaps 'cause he was afraid of what she might say. 676 00:30:54,069 --> 00:30:55,899 What she'd tell you. 677 00:30:55,941 --> 00:30:58,031 What she'd show you. 678 00:30:58,073 --> 00:30:59,553 Objection, Your Honor. 679 00:30:59,596 --> 00:31:02,896 They were a beautiful couple. He adored her. 680 00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:04,908 Your Honor, those are not questions. 681 00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:08,260 Counselor, ask the witness a question 682 00:31:08,301 --> 00:31:10,171 and give her a chance to answer. 683 00:31:10,216 --> 00:31:13,086 Actually, I have no further questions, Your Honor. 684 00:31:13,132 --> 00:31:16,482 Wow, Bull. You and Benny just doubled our green jurors. 685 00:31:16,526 --> 00:31:18,876 Meaning we have two jurors out of 12. 686 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,140 We're like a runaway train. 687 00:31:21,183 --> 00:31:22,713 So, in all your time together, 688 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:25,490 you never saw a propensity to violence? 689 00:31:25,535 --> 00:31:29,095 He never lost his temper? Um, never made you feel afraid? 690 00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:32,460 Okay. Well, um, I appreciate 691 00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:34,459 you taking the time to speak with me. 692 00:31:34,501 --> 00:31:37,371 Enjoy your new home. Enjoy Florida. 693 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:40,287 I found one more, and she's local. 694 00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:41,943 Hailee Sparks. 695 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,287 She dropped out of the grad program a couple years ago, 696 00:31:44,337 --> 00:31:45,987 transferred to a different school. 697 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:47,994 Hmm. Cross your fingers. 698 00:31:48,036 --> 00:31:50,076 Maybe he scared her away. 699 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,040 We made some progress today. 700 00:31:54,086 --> 00:31:56,516 KATE: I know. I felt it. 701 00:31:56,566 --> 00:31:59,696 What's our next move? 702 00:31:59,743 --> 00:32:01,793 You're our next move. 703 00:32:03,791 --> 00:32:05,971 It's time for us to tell our story, 704 00:32:06,011 --> 00:32:08,271 and we have no one to tell it but you. 705 00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:10,797 But isn't that a risky thing to do? 706 00:32:10,841 --> 00:32:12,581 I've always read that you try 707 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,106 to never put an accused murderer on the stand. 708 00:32:15,150 --> 00:32:16,280 That's true. 709 00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:17,845 But we really have no choice. 710 00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:19,242 My best guess is 711 00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:21,155 we have two jurors on our side. 712 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,330 If no one in the jury room 713 00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:27,466 is able to-to sway them during deliberations... 714 00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:30,210 best case is you're looking at a hung jury and a mistrial. 715 00:32:30,252 --> 00:32:32,432 With ten jurors ready to convict, 716 00:32:32,472 --> 00:32:34,342 the district attorney's office is 717 00:32:34,387 --> 00:32:36,647 definitely going to move to retry, 718 00:32:36,693 --> 00:32:40,313 which means you spend a year in prison... pregnant... 719 00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,659 having watched your baby 720 00:32:42,699 --> 00:32:44,919 taken from you and put into foster care. 721 00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,362 You testifying is the best chance we have 722 00:32:50,403 --> 00:32:52,413 to change some minds. 723 00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:54,708 I think we have to take it. 724 00:33:03,068 --> 00:33:06,638 Did you know your husband Brian was having an affair? 725 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,770 I assumed he was having an affair. 726 00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:12,433 I realized shortly after our first anniversary 727 00:33:12,468 --> 00:33:15,038 that he was always having affairs. 728 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,390 Affairs were his oxygen. 729 00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:20,170 I think they made him feel better 730 00:33:20,215 --> 00:33:22,085 about just being the most popular professor, 731 00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:23,910 instead of the acclaimed novelist, 732 00:33:23,958 --> 00:33:26,048 which is really what he always wanted to be. 733 00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:28,481 In her opening statement, the A.D.A. mentioned 734 00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:32,748 that you were also having extramarital affairs. 735 00:33:32,793 --> 00:33:34,533 Is that true? 736 00:33:34,577 --> 00:33:37,707 Not only have I never cheated on my husband, 737 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:41,154 my husband is actually the only man I've ever been with. 738 00:33:41,193 --> 00:33:45,763 I met him when I was 19, and I was instantly besotted. 739 00:33:45,806 --> 00:33:48,066 I love that word. 740 00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:50,123 Brian taught me that word. 741 00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:52,418 BENNY: So let me ask you the million-dollar question. 742 00:33:52,465 --> 00:33:55,635 If you knew your husband was having an affair, 743 00:33:55,685 --> 00:34:00,165 if he beat you, as you claim, why not leave? 744 00:34:00,212 --> 00:34:03,522 Because I loved him. 745 00:34:03,563 --> 00:34:06,703 And... maybe I... 746 00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:09,870 I hated me a little bit. 747 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:13,567 And also, because he'd always sense when it was too much, 748 00:34:13,616 --> 00:34:15,576 and he'd tell me he was sorry, 749 00:34:15,618 --> 00:34:18,228 that he was putting a stop to it, and I believed him. 750 00:34:19,535 --> 00:34:20,925 MARISSA: Our ten to two just 751 00:34:20,971 --> 00:34:22,931 became nine to three. 752 00:34:22,973 --> 00:34:25,193 But isn't it true that you tried to leave once before? 753 00:34:25,237 --> 00:34:28,677 Yes. I left once. 754 00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:31,548 Why? What happened between you 755 00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:33,641 that finally made you willing to leave? 756 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,340 He was drunk. He came home. 757 00:34:37,466 --> 00:34:40,026 Told me I was boring. 758 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:43,728 He told me I was a boring person, 759 00:34:43,777 --> 00:34:46,257 a boring woman, 760 00:34:46,301 --> 00:34:48,911 and most of all... 761 00:34:48,956 --> 00:34:51,176 a boring writer. 762 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:54,439 And that was the straw that broke the camel's back? 763 00:34:56,311 --> 00:34:58,271 No. 764 00:34:58,313 --> 00:35:00,883 He, uh... punched me in the vagina. 765 00:35:00,924 --> 00:35:03,194 [gallery murmuring]LAKE: Objection. 766 00:35:03,231 --> 00:35:05,151 Your Honor, this woman, this murderer 767 00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:07,020 is telling stories about a dead man 768 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:09,111 that no one can corroborate. 769 00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:10,590 Sit down, please. 770 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:12,070 You'll have your chance to cross-examine. 771 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,810 Continue, Mr. Colón. 772 00:35:14,851 --> 00:35:17,461 What happened? 773 00:35:17,506 --> 00:35:20,936 Um... he... found me, 774 00:35:20,988 --> 00:35:23,818 drove me home, promised to change. 775 00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:25,860 Broke my collarbone. 776 00:35:25,906 --> 00:35:28,516 BENNY: Can you tell the jury 777 00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,691 what compelled you to leave this last time? 778 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,700 Uh, a hundred things. 779 00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:39,493 A million things. 780 00:35:39,528 --> 00:35:43,658 And then I... I found out that I was eight weeks pregnant. 781 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:47,674 No further questions, Your Honor. 782 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:51,020 I'm staring at eight red and four green. 783 00:35:51,061 --> 00:35:53,021 [sighs] 784 00:35:53,063 --> 00:35:54,803 It's not good enough. 785 00:35:54,848 --> 00:35:58,028 I know you feel I sent you out there half-naked, 786 00:35:58,068 --> 00:36:00,848 but for what it's worth, you acquitted yourself beautifully. 787 00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:02,547 [elevator bell dings] 788 00:36:02,595 --> 00:36:03,935 Sheacquitted herself beautifully. 789 00:36:03,987 --> 00:36:05,897 I only wish it were enough. 790 00:36:05,946 --> 00:36:07,426 Yeah, I know what you mean. 791 00:36:07,469 --> 00:36:09,299 If only there were one other person, 792 00:36:09,341 --> 00:36:10,601 someone who would testify 793 00:36:10,646 --> 00:36:12,426 that this guy was genuinely dangerous. 794 00:36:12,474 --> 00:36:15,264 Actually, there is. 795 00:36:15,303 --> 00:36:18,223 Two years ago, I T.A.'d his class. 796 00:36:18,263 --> 00:36:21,483 Helped with lectures, small groups, that sort of thing. 797 00:36:21,527 --> 00:36:26,097 He was charming, flirty-- aggressively so. 798 00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:29,710 I knew he was married, I knew it was wrong, 799 00:36:29,752 --> 00:36:32,542 but I started sleeping with him anyway. 800 00:36:32,581 --> 00:36:34,411 I told myself 801 00:36:34,453 --> 00:36:36,243 I didn't really have a choice. 802 00:36:36,281 --> 00:36:39,111 He was on the faculty board in charge of my scholarship, 803 00:36:39,153 --> 00:36:40,633 grading my thesis. 804 00:36:40,676 --> 00:36:42,456 It was easier to just 805 00:36:42,504 --> 00:36:44,464 go along with it. 806 00:36:44,506 --> 00:36:47,416 I wish I had been smarter, stronger. 807 00:36:47,466 --> 00:36:49,466 Objection. Relevance? 808 00:36:49,511 --> 00:36:52,251 Overruled. Continue, please. 809 00:36:52,297 --> 00:36:55,597 Did you ever have occasion to meet with Mrs. Martin 810 00:36:55,648 --> 00:36:57,608 during your relationship with her husband? 811 00:36:57,650 --> 00:37:00,310 I did. Sort of. 812 00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:03,438 There was this one night. It was winter. 813 00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:06,272 I went back to the office late, which I never did. 814 00:37:06,311 --> 00:37:08,361 I had left my laptop there. 815 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,100 Anyway, there's an outer office 816 00:37:11,141 --> 00:37:14,451 where I worked and an inner office where Brian worked. 817 00:37:14,493 --> 00:37:18,503 And as I unlocked the front door, I could hear him in there. 818 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:20,720 And I could hear a woman's voice, as well. 819 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,940 So, anyway, I didn't flip on the light, 820 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:25,420 didn't do anything. 821 00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:28,070 Just stood there in the doorway. 822 00:37:28,115 --> 00:37:31,895 They were yelling, fighting. 823 00:37:31,945 --> 00:37:35,685 Brian had this tone. I had never heard it before. 824 00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:39,041 It was... it was so vicious. 825 00:37:39,082 --> 00:37:40,912 He was calling her names, 826 00:37:40,954 --> 00:37:45,444 calling her "stupid," calling her his "bitch wife." 827 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,140 And then the woman was crying, 828 00:37:48,178 --> 00:37:50,918 telling him she was going to go to the police. 829 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:53,624 And then he laughed, and then... 830 00:37:53,662 --> 00:37:56,012 there was this sound. 831 00:37:56,056 --> 00:37:59,186 I didn't know if he punched her or if he kicked her, 832 00:37:59,233 --> 00:38:01,583 but you could hear him make contact, 833 00:38:01,627 --> 00:38:03,147 and you could hear her moan. 834 00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:05,203 And then I heard him 835 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,239 tell her that if she ever went to the police, he'd kill her. 836 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:09,716 And what did you do? 837 00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:12,375 God. 838 00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:14,510 I did nothing. 839 00:38:14,553 --> 00:38:16,383 I was just kind of frozen. 840 00:38:16,424 --> 00:38:18,254 And then, like, a second later, 841 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,386 the inner door office opens, and it's Brian, 842 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:22,208 and he sees me standing there, 843 00:38:22,256 --> 00:38:24,776 and I must have just had this look on my face. 844 00:38:24,824 --> 00:38:26,394 Why? What did he do? 845 00:38:26,434 --> 00:38:30,664 He just blew by me, just disappeared, 846 00:38:30,699 --> 00:38:33,349 through the door, down the hall, just left the building. 847 00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:36,228 And what did you do? 848 00:38:36,270 --> 00:38:40,710 Once I knew he was gone, I called out. 849 00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:43,583 I didn't leave the doorway, but I called out. 850 00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:47,015 I asked if whoever was in there was all right, 851 00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:49,503 and she said she was, 852 00:38:49,544 --> 00:38:52,204 so I grabbed my laptop and I left. 853 00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:55,462 Next morning, I withdrew from school. 854 00:38:55,507 --> 00:38:57,677 Never saw Brian again. 855 00:38:57,726 --> 00:39:01,206 And I'm so, so sorry. 856 00:39:03,602 --> 00:39:05,602 [mouthing] 857 00:39:05,647 --> 00:39:08,557 [sighs] 858 00:39:12,654 --> 00:39:15,354 What you feeling, boss? 859 00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:17,746 Nine days. 860 00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:21,880 We certainly know they thought about it, struggled with it. 861 00:39:24,013 --> 00:39:25,893 That's all we know. 862 00:39:25,928 --> 00:39:27,928 Why did I plead with that judge 863 00:39:27,974 --> 00:39:30,674 to disallow manslaughter or any other lesser charge? 864 00:39:30,716 --> 00:39:33,456 What possessed me to go for all or nothing? 865 00:39:33,501 --> 00:39:36,461 I should have left those jurors a door to walk through. 866 00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:40,423 Okay. 867 00:39:40,465 --> 00:39:43,205 But I think you need to pull yourself together, Bull. 868 00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:46,560 That girl is depending on you. 869 00:39:46,601 --> 00:39:48,691 I know. 870 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:51,004 I know you know. 871 00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:55,782 Good afternoon, Dr. Bull, Mr. Colón, 872 00:39:55,828 --> 00:39:56,828 Dr. Grint. 873 00:39:56,872 --> 00:39:59,572 [sighs] 874 00:39:59,614 --> 00:40:02,884 I'm sorry. I... I can't stop shaking. 875 00:40:02,922 --> 00:40:05,272 Here. 876 00:40:05,315 --> 00:40:07,575 [sighs] 877 00:40:07,622 --> 00:40:11,062 Hold on to me. 878 00:40:11,104 --> 00:40:13,064 [chuckles][sniffles] 879 00:40:13,106 --> 00:40:14,716 That's better, isn't it? 880 00:40:17,066 --> 00:40:19,456 Now you just hang on and don't let go, 'cause I'm here. 881 00:40:19,504 --> 00:40:22,554 This thing's gonna go one of two ways. 882 00:40:22,594 --> 00:40:24,684 [sighs] 883 00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:26,506 Either it's all been one big bad dream 884 00:40:26,554 --> 00:40:28,604 and you're about to become a free woman, 885 00:40:28,643 --> 00:40:32,043 in which case I'm gonna take you for a walk, 886 00:40:32,081 --> 00:40:36,171 because walking is very good for pregnant women, you know. 887 00:40:36,216 --> 00:40:38,646 My sister told me that. 888 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,180 Or... 889 00:40:43,223 --> 00:40:48,363 if, for some reason, things don't... go our way in there... 890 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,670 ...well, you're not rid of me, 'cause... 891 00:40:52,711 --> 00:40:55,021 we're just gonna appeal the living daylights 892 00:40:55,061 --> 00:40:56,451 out of this thing. 893 00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:58,587 I mean, you are gonna be so sick of me. 894 00:40:58,630 --> 00:41:01,500 Not possible. 895 00:41:01,546 --> 00:41:03,496 You'll see. 896 00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:05,508 I'm very unusual. 897 00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:08,380 I'm actually an acquired dislike. 898 00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:11,952 [chuckles softly] 899 00:41:13,079 --> 00:41:14,859 [sniffles] 900 00:41:24,525 --> 00:41:27,745 We the jury find the defendant, 901 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:30,529 Kate Martin... 902 00:41:30,575 --> 00:41:33,485 not guilty of murder in the first degree. 903 00:41:33,534 --> 00:41:35,494 [gallery murmuring] 904 00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:39,886 [grunts softly] 905 00:41:39,932 --> 00:41:41,542 JUDGE: Thank you for your service. 906 00:41:41,586 --> 00:41:43,936 This court is adjourned.[gavel bangs] 907 00:42:00,605 --> 00:42:02,865 BENNY: Good call on 908 00:42:02,911 --> 00:42:04,481 the all-or-nothing strategy. 909 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:08,262 Hey, when you've been doing this as long as I have... 910 00:42:10,615 --> 00:42:12,785 BULL: And you should reach out to your family. 911 00:42:12,834 --> 00:42:17,494 You're gonna need them, now more than ever. 912 00:42:26,587 --> 00:42:29,547 It's okay. Let him go. 913 00:42:29,590 --> 00:42:31,550 ♪ 914 00:42:40,514 --> 00:42:42,524 Captioning sponsored by CBS 915 00:42:43,517 --> 00:42:45,517 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org