Previously on Your Honor. 19
I know your car was stolen the day after you killed my son. 20
Carlo! 21
He's about to be arrested for the murder of Kofi Jones. 22
I can make sure that he walks out a free man. 23
Stay away from the hotel. Get away from the hotel! 24
Carlo Baxter, you're under arrest. 25
For what? 26
You have the right to remain silent. 27
They're saying that he killed someone. 28
What? 29
I didn't know who else to come to, and I-- 30
No, no, no. It's-it's okay. I've got you. 31
The wrong brother died. 32
Is he seeing anyone? 33
Did he tell you that he has a girlfriend? 34
It's not really appropriate for me to-- 35
Oh, I'm sorry. You're right. 36
Look, I hate it that we have to lie. 37
There's no choice. 38
Doesn't sound like love to me, Frannie. 39
I asked Molly to give you the Carlo Baxter arraignment. 40
You need me. You can't do this without me. 41
I didn't get it, did I? 42
Sarah LeBlanc will be trying Carlo Baxter. 43
You been drinking? 44
Fuck you. Fuck the both of you. 45
Hands on the fucking wheel. 46
Jimmy. 47
If you don't come through for Carlo, 48
it would be the easiest thing in the world to cut your heart out 49
and feed it to the river. 50
It was a setup. I know it. 51
I'm sorry, Sarah. 52
Did you see anyone at the bar? 53
White cops stop black person driving, get lucky. 54
It happens. 55
Funny part is, I was on my way to your surprise party. 56
I was speeding so that I'd get there ahead of you. 57
Did you talk to your professional responsibility lawyer? 58
Rehab in exchange for charges dropped and arrest record expunged. 59
What do you think? 60
I think I don't have a drinking problem, 61
and I don't want to lose the Baxter trial. 62
This is your career, Sarah. 63
An arrest is bad. 64
A felony conviction-- that's your judgeship. 65
They want me off this trial, Michael. 66
- "They"? - Oh, come on. Don't-don't do that. 67
Don't do what? 68
You think this city isn't capable of connecting up all the dots? 69
Cops in bed with crime families 70
in bed with politics in bed with cops. 71
It's an unvirtuous circle. 72
You lose your job, you're off the case anyway. 73
Sarah, please, you've got to be smart now. 74
I don't think that D.A.'s got the balls 75
to actually prosecute a sitting judge. 76
So you haven't seen it, then. 77
Seen what? 78
I'm gonna need you to take a field sobriety test, ma'am. 79
You want me to do the alphabet backwards? 80
Z, Y, X, W, go fuck yourself. How's that? 81
- Come on. Turn around. - You have got to be fucking crazy. 82
Do I look like I'm crazy? 83
Hands behind your back. 84
It's gone viral. 85
Rehab. 86
Well, could be worse. 87
You know why I don't want to lose the Baxter trial? 88
- Yes. - You do? 89
Cops, crime families, politicians. 90
You left out one group-- judges. 91
The judges in this building cannot be trusted. Am I right? 92
Save one. 93
Stubborn bastard in court 14 94
who insists on putting justice above everything. 95
No justice, no peace! 96
No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace! 97
No justice, no peace! 98
No justice, no peace! 99
There is an existential threat heading our way. 100
It wants in. 101
It wants to contaminate us. 102
And it is my job to protect 103
this courtroom and everyone in it the best I can. 104
So, lawyers, court staff 105
and family members of the accused and the victim 106
are all allowed in the court. 107
Nobody else without express permission. 108
We are having this courtroom deep-cleaned every evening, 109
and I'm putting a man on the door 110
so outsiders don't get in. 111
I do this with a heavy heart, 112
because excluding the press and the public 113
goes against every principle that I hold dear-- 114
transparency, open justice, accountability. 116
This is going to be upsetting. 117
I'm sorry I have to show it to you. 118
I really wish I did not. 119
This trial is about... 120
what happened in a prison cell 121
in the four minutes between 9:11 and 9:15 on October 13 122
to turn this child... 123
...into this. 124
First rule in the rule book of how to be a trial lawyer-- 125
don't get emotionally involved, 126
maintain a professional distance. 127
Bullshit. 128
I am 100% emotionally involved 129
in getting this brute of a human being convicted of this murder. 130
Why? 131
Because I know he did it. 132
I have proof of Carlo Baxter's violent, racist nature. 133
I can prove that he had a clear motive 134
for killing Kofi Jones 135
and that he orchestrated his one-night stay in Orleans Parish Prison, 136
allowing himself the opportunity 137
to employ that violent nature and act on that motive. 138
Nature, motive, opportunity. 139
Can you stand up, Carlo? 140
Objection. She can't do that. 141
Whatever. Stand, don't stand, doesn't matter. 142
Pretty soon, you guys are gonna get a good look at Carlo Baxter, 143
whose defense is asking you to believe that 144
he killed five-foot-seven, 40 pounds lighter, 145
unarmed Kofi Jones, 146
because he feared for his safety. 147
Okay, how do I know this? 148
Because he can't say he wasn't there, 149
and he can't say it wasn't him, 150
because the evidence supporting presence 151
and identity is incontrovertible. 152
So what else can he say 153
about how Kofi Jones ended up dead on a mortuary slab 154
after four minutes in a cell with him? 155
Self-defense is all he's got. 156
Surprise, surprise, that's what he's going with. 157
Call me a cynic. 158
Who is Carlo Baxter? 159
He's his father's son. 160
Who's his father? 161
Don't go to the hotel. Stay away from the hotel. 162
No, no. No, no, no. 163
Get away from the hotel! 164
- Objection. - Turn that off, please. 165
Go! 166
Both of you, up here. 167
Are you kidding me? 168
You don't like it when your puppet master does the talking? 169
It's irrelevant, Your Honor. What does this evidence tell us? 170
That the accused's father knew he was about to get arrested 171
and tried to stop it from happening. 172
And how does that help the jury? 173
By making them ask a second question. 174
- Which is? - How? 175
How did he know? Is he a police officer? No. 176
How would Jimmy know? Who told him? 177
- And how is this relevant? - Yeah. 178
Because if you kill someone while defending yourself, 179
most people-- most innocent people-- come forward 180
and say, "I'm really sorry I killed someone." 181
Is there an argument in there somewhere? 182
"I had to do it or they would have killed me first." 183
Not Carlo. Not Carlo and his daddy. 184
Are we going to see evidence to support this? 185
I'm asking the jury to use their common sense. 186
Just lay it out for me, please. 187
Jimmy Baxter is a gangster. 188
That's what she wants. They are not gangsters. 189
The Baxter family are gangsters. 190
They were tipped off to Carlo's imminent arrest. 191
Tipped off by whom? 192
We don't know... yet. 193
Maybe Johnny here can tell you. 194
Okay, I'm not gonna take that shit from her. 195
All right. Enough. Enough. 196
This is getting way too personal. 197
I will not have this in my courtroom. 198
Now, both of you, go sit down. 199
Ladies and gentlemen, 200
what you just heard-- the voice mail message-- 201
you didn't. 202
I want you to un-hear it. 203
When I tell you to disregard something, take it from me, 204
there's good reason, and very often it's not what you think. 205
So please don't speculate 206
because you'll probably be wrong. 207
Let me do the work on what should be the evidence. 208
Trust me, and we'll be fine. 209
Home. 210
That's a hell of a word. 211
Shakespeare... 212
called it the most powerful word in the English language. 213
It's a word I'm going to... 214
I'm going to ask you to think very, very carefully about 215
during this trial. 216
Ten... by six. 217
That's it. 218
Inside OPP, a man has ten feet by six feet that he can call home. 219
Carlo Baxter was in his home on the night of October 13th. 220
Home was his cell at Orleans Parish Prison. 221
- Objection. - Jesus. 222
I'm sorry, Your Honor. I can't let this go. 223
This is my opening, Your Honor. 224
He knows there's case law specifically excluding 225
prison and jail cells from the definition of "home" 226
in self-defense cases. 227
I'm not using the term in a technical legal sense. 228
I'm appealing to their common sense, Your Honor. 229
It's misleading in law. 230
But not in English. So, continue, Mr. Zander. 231
Thank you. 232
A killer walked into his home. 233
Lawyers have to be very careful about every word we use in court. 234
So when I say "killer," 235
I mean... 236
"killer." 237
And we know this, 238
because, only days before, he pleaded guilty 239
to causing the death of Carlo's younger brother, 240
his baby brother, Rocco... 241
...by hitting him with a car 242
and leaving him to die by the side of the road. 243
What would you think if you were Carlo? 244
You just arrived at OPP, 245
sat all alone in your cell, minding your own business, 246
and suddenly, 247
out of nowhere-- 248
without a guard in sight, mind you-- 249
there's the killer of your baby brother 250
just standing there, looking right at you. 251
That's all you need. 252
Right there. 253
Who's the aggressor here? 254
Kofi Jones walked 300 yards from his own cell block 255
and bribed a guard to get to Carlo. 256
You know, every person has a right to be safe in their home. 257
Everyone. 258
I'd like you to think about that tonight as you go to bed. 259
And God forbid you ever wake up to a known killer 260
standing in the room you sleep in. 261
But if you do, 262
if you do, 263
I promise you this: 264
you won't need a law book to spell out your rights. 265
We'll take five minutes. 266
- Here you go. - Thank you. 267
Note from the jury. 268
Who wrote this? 269
I found it in this envelope lying on the table in the jury room. 270
So it could have been from any one of the 12? 271
Tell them I'll answer it at the end of evidence. 273
It's a done deal. 274
Carlo's going down. 275
All right. 276
Lieutenant Cusack. 277
What about him? 278
Interviewed Kofi right after Nash and Maxwell 279
did what they did to him. 280
They've been busy. 281
"They"? 282
Cusack's crew. 283
Nash and Maxwell run with Cusack? 284
Cusack's Baxter-owned. 285
Are you saying that Jimmy Baxter had LeBlanc removed? 286
Well, Judge LeBlanc hates the Baxter family. 287
I mean, she's never tried to hide it. 288
I mean, there's no judge 289
that they would want less presiding over their case. 290
In the middle of the trial? 291
But how would it look if something happened to me? 292
I mean, uh, they-they-they wouldn't do that. 293
Ask Judge LeBlanc if she agrees. 294
Well, what evidence have you got? 295
Lieutenant Cusack. 296
- His crew... - Leutenant Cusack is a prosecution witness. 297
He's going to be testifying against Carlo Baxter. So... 298
what you're saying about him, 299
it just doesn't make any sense. 300
Nancy... 301
...there's no public scrutiny of what is going on in there. 302
So it's very important that we don't stoop to speculation. 303
I mean, we've got to be rigorous. 304
We've-we've got to be tough on ourselves, right? 305
Evidence, evidence, evidence. 306
Right? 307
Yeah. 308
Have you... been to Fiona McKee with this? 309
No. 310
Okay. 311
Place your left hand on the Bible. 312
Raise your right hand. 313
Do you swear to tell the truth, 314
the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 315
I do. 316
You may be seated. 317
It's easier for me to stand. 318
That's fine. 319
You know this man? 320
Yeah. 321
He, uh, jumped me on the street. 322
January, three years ago. 323
Why'd he do that? 324
For being there and being Black. 325
He broke my spine. 326
Jesus. 327
They fused it, but, uh... it didn't take. 328
At least not all the way. 329
That's why I got no balance left. 330
That's why this. 331
Anything else he do to you? 332
He curb-checked me. 333
Can you explain to the jury what that means? 334
He made me, uh... 335
Sorry, I can't. 336
It's okay. You don't have to. 337
Your Honor has the agreed definition? 338
Yes. 339
Yes. 340
"A form of assault in which the victim's mouth-- 341
jaw wide open-- 342
is forcefully placed on a curb and the victim's head..." 343
"...is stomped from behind, 344
causing severe injury or death." 345
How did that affect you? 346
I wake up screaming in the middle of the night. 347
I go to bed getting ready to wake up screaming. 348
Thank you, Justin. 349
we'll take five minutes before cross. 350
Mr. James, thank you for your testimony. 351
I don't want to keep you on the stand any longer than is necessary, 352
and I'm sure Mr. Zander feels exactly the same way. 353
I can't imagine what it must be like for you 354
to relive your experience. 355
Jesus. This judge. Talk about pro-prosecution. 356
I do have a question. 357
You have... scarring from the attack. Is that true? 358
Yes. 359
And from the surgeries? 360
Yes. 361
And they're on your back? Is that right? 362
Yeah. 363
And the scar on the side of your neck-- 364
Is-is that also from the attack or the surgeries? 365
No, it's a... 366
It's a tattoo. 367
Sorry. I couldn't make it out from here. 368
My apologies. 369
Mr. Zander, are you ready? 370
Yes, Your Honor. 371
May I? 372
The letter "D." 373
Are you a member of a gang? 374
Objection. Justin James is not the one on trial here. 375
I will allow this question. 376
"D" For...? 377
Desire. 378
Desire. 379
Your Honor, may I have the witness turn toward the jury 380
so they can see the tattoo? 381
Objection. 382
I think, under the circumstance, it is a legitimate request. 383
I'll grant it. 384
Desire. 385
Is that the same gang that Kofi Jones was a member of? 386
Yeah. 387
I'm guessing that Carlo Baxter's not very popular 388
with the Desire crew that you run with and are loyal to. 389
Right? 390
No further questions, Your Honor. 391
Redirect, Your Honor. 392
Carlo Baxter went to jail for this vicious assault on you. Right? 393
Yes, ma'am. 394
Did he plead guilty? 395
No. 396
There was a trial. 397
Who represented him? 398
That guy. 399
Did you take the stand? 400
Yes. 401
Did Carlo take the stand? 402
Yes. 403
What did he say? 404
He said that I attacked him 405
and that he was defending himself. 406
Did he call any other witnesses? 407
Yeah. 408
His mother. 409
He was convicted of the assault, correct? 410
Yes. 411
By a jury? 412
Yes. 413
So they believed you? 414
Yeah. They did. 415
So it follows that Carlo and his mother were lying under oath. 416
Objection. Speculation about what was in the mind of the jury. 417
Mr. Baxter, you are a racist, a liar and a thug. 418
Objection! 419
Ms. McKee. 420
Her Honor Judge LeBlanc's words on sentencing Carlo Baxter. 421
Objection overruled. 422
Thank you, Mr. James. 423
Did you forget where you parked? 424
No. 425
That's what I thought. 426
- Who are you? - Detective Costello. 427
C-o-s-t-e-l-l-o. 428
C-u-s-a-c-k. Cusack. 429
What was Kofi Jones arrested for on the night of October 10th? 430
Possession of a stolen vehicle. 431
And were those charges later upgraded? 432
They were. 433
Vehicular homicide for the hit-and-run death of Rocco Baxter. 434
Carlo's brother. 435
That's right. 436
Thank you, Lieutenant. 437
You saw Kofi Jones on the day of his arrest? 438
At the station house, yeah. 439
Describe his demeanor. 440
Objection. It calls for speculation. 441
He's a police officer. Don't you read people for a living? 442
Facial expressions, body language and so forth? 443
Every cop does. It's a crucial part of the job. 444
Overruled. 445
I'm asking you what you remember of Kofi Jones 446
on the day of his arrest. 447
We know he'd just run over a 17-year-old boy, 448
causing-catastrophic brain injury. 449
We-we don't need to hear the detail. 450
What, so we get chapter and verse on the curb stomp, 451
and you don't allow this? 452
Will you please get to your point? 453
Did he seem torn up about it? 454
I'm not up here to speak ill of the dead. 455
You're up there to tell the truth. 456
Okay. You really want to know? 457
He looked like nothing had happened, 458
like it was just another Tuesday. 459
I mean, when I saw him, 460
he'd just finished eating a bacon sandwich. 461
You'd think, you just killed a man, then... 462
No further questions. 463
I am so... so sorry what's happening in there. It's not right. 464
All that they're saying about him ain't true. 465
I can drive you home. 466
For what? So you can bullshit me some more on the way? 467
I-I could offer you a place to stay. 468
- I mean, just-just until-- - I don't need that. 469
I don't need you. I'm staying with Little Mo. 470
He making you feel like a man? 471
Like you have something? 472
He got my back. 473
You know, I used to plead out corner boys all the time. 474
That was my job. 475
And every time they'd sing the same song: 476
"My crew's got my back." 477
Then I'd tell them how many years they were gonna do, 478
and I'd see it land. 479
Then they'd come back at me and say, 480
"I'm a good soldier. I'm gonna take the years." 481
For what? 482
For feeling like a man? 483
You got something better for me? 484
I know the system. 485
I can navigate it for you. With you. 486
Little Mo hand me cash every week. 487
Every week. 488
And you want to hand me the system? 489
Fuck you! 490
Fuck me? 491
Fuck me? Really? 492
What, fuck me up the ass? Is that you? 493
Are you the same as him? 494
Or are you better than that, Eugene? 495
One thing before you go home for the night. 496
When you are outside of this courtroom, 497
you do not talk to anyone about this trial 498
or any testimony you hear during it. 499
You do not watch, read or listen to any coverage on this case. 500
I want you clean. 501
I want you free of outside interference. 502
And let me be clear. 503
Anyone breaking these rules is committing a criminal offense, 504
and I will hold you in contempt of court if you do it. 505
Why am I being so fierce about this? 506
The answer is beside you. 507
Now... 508
I didn't put the Constitution up on the wall. 509
It was there when I got here. 510
And it'll be here long after I'm gone. 511
You know, sometimes I come in early in the morning, 512
and I reread the words... 513
and remind myself of the simple beauty of our system of justice. 514
The accused has the right to be tried by a jury of his peers. 515
Now, notice it-it doesn't say anything about judges... or lawyers. 516
Our Founding Fathers knew where to put their trust. 517
Now, I will tell you what the law is. 518
But as for the facts-- 519
who's telling the truth, who isn't-- 520
it's all yours. 521
So despite me being up here in... all my...Dumbledore gear, 522
I am far less important than you. 523
Because of this virus, we're alone in here. 524
Nobody is watching you. 525
The responsibility and the power is yours. 526
Not me. Not God. 527
You, the people. 528
* I can't live on the kind of love that you give... * 529
D-Don't do that with the stitching. 530
Why? What's it worth? 531
What's the story with that? Where did Kofi get it? 532
What's it worth? 533
He didn't tell you where he got it? 534
Nah. He didn't get the chance. 535
When was the last time you saw him? 536
Last time I saw him was 537
the night before the cops came and got him. 538
Guess he didn't have it then-- the baseball. 539
Yeah, I guess not. 540
Sell it for me? 541
- Sure. - Best closer in the history of the game right there. 543
Adam, do you have a minute? 544
Yeah. 545
It's the first picture you showed me 546
after your mom died. 547
You should have it. 548
I, um... I gave my notice this morning. 549
What? 550
I'm gonna teach out the rest of the semester, 551
and then I'm gone. 552
- I-I'm sorry. - Why? 553
There are a hundred high schools 554
within an hour of the NYU campus. 555
High schools? 556
I've put out some feelers already. 557
Wait. Uh, are you...? 558
Adam, you'll be 18. 559
We won't have to hide from anybody 560
or explain ourselves to anyone, you know? 561
We can just... we can just be. 562
I didn't get in. 563
NYU. They said no. 564
Hey, buddy. 565
Oh, boy. Oh, boy. 566
Look at this. 567
Adam? 568
All right. 569
Look at that. 571
You don't care. 573
Charlie, cancel whatever plans you've got for tonight. 574
We are celebrating. 575
Elizabeth? 576
Listen, uh... 577
The Desiato men would love to see you tonight. 578
I didn't know. 579
It's not a big deal. 580
Kind of suits you. 581
* Before I go to sleep * 582
* I listen long to the bustling streets * 583
You know, Rocco never had a girlfriend. 584
I mean, nobody he was all in on. 585
Sometimes I feel like I'm living two lives, 586
his and mine. 587
So, um, I hope you don't mind 588
having an annoying, smiley, dead brother 589
hanging out with us all the time. 590
* They raised me up on brick and bread * 591
Are you okay? 592
- Are you sure? - Yeah. 593
* How long * 594
* I'm gonna settle * 595
Yeah, I want to show you something. 596
So, my mom used to give people pictures of themselves 597
they didn't know she'd taken. 598
I mean, all over the city, 599
there are people with Polaroid pictures of themselves taken by Mom. 600
And, you know, people would get pissed sometimes, 601
and so Mom would talk to them 602
or sometimes even go for coffee with them 603
to try to persuade them 604
she wasn't after their souls. 605
And, I mean, they would open up to her. 606
And I'd be there listening. 607
It was how I learned everything 608
that I know and love about this city. 609
I mean, obviously back then I hated it. 610
Thought she was, like, embarrassing or... 611
And she knew that, so, um, one day she explained it to me. 612
"Go deep, not wide." 613
She said people make that mistake too often, 614
thinking that going deep is going wide. 615
"Stay where you are, 616
stand still, 617
dig." 618
- Good? - Perfect. 619
How much would you pay for this? 620
- Where'd you get that? - Eugene. 621
Wants me to sell it for him. 622
So, he's talking to you now, huh? 623
It's a process, but yes. 624
That's good. That's good. 625
- So, make me an offer. - All right. 626
I'll make you an offer. 627
Here. 628
- Desiato. We're early. - Come this way, please. 629
Thank you. 630
- Am I allowed to say something? - Sure. 631
You're the judge, right? 632
- Yeah. - The Baxter boy. 633
So guilty. Tell me I'm wrong. 634
Well, I'm the last person you should talk to about this. 635
- You can ask me. - So, am I right? 636
We'll be leaving you a very big tip. 637
Thank you, Mrs. Desiato. 638
Mrs. Desiato. 639
Right this way. 640
Here, Lee. 641
Well, I should wash up. 642
- I'll be right back. - Okay. 643
Justin James. 644
Justin fucking James. 645
You didn't have to allow that. 646
You could have told her she couldn't call him. 647
But now my boy's a racist. 648
She's tearing him apart in there. 649
You don't know what you're talking about. 650
And you're letting it fucking happen! 651
I'm watching my son 652
- heading for death row. - Do you have any idea 653
- what a jury is looking for in a judge on a case like this? - Don't! 654
- Do you have any idea? - Don't-don't-don't fuck with me. 655
They want me to be their dad. 656
I am giving them that. 657
I am Gregory fucking Peck in there. 658
They watch me 659
stand up to Johnny Zander's showboating, 660
and they trust me more. 661
They watch me allow in evidence that they really want to hear, 662
and they love me for that. 663
And all the while, 664
I am making them feel secure. 665
I'm making them feel safe 666
by telling them that I love them 667
and that I am not frightened by anyone. 668
I get them to look up to me, 669
to take their cues from me. 670
And then later-- not now, not yet, but when it matters-- 671
I tell them what to think. 672
They won't know what's happening. 673
They won't ever see it happening. 674
But it will happen. 675
Twelve of our peers 676
will do exactly what I want them to do. 677
Tomorrow or the next day, I am making a move. 678
Now, are we done here? 679
Only number in here is mine. 680
I want to know what you've done and when you've done it, 681
and I want it by 10 A.M. The day after tomorrow. 682
Let's call that a deadline. 683
And let's give that word its literal meaning. 684
Thank you. 685
And then she grabbed my head, 686
and she said... 687
She said, "It's in your heart." 688
- Hello. - Hey! There she is! 689
- How are you? - Hello, hello, hello. 690
The woman of my dreams. 691
And the man of mine. 692
Hey, baby. 693
- How you doing? - Good. 694
- Here you are. - Thank you. Thank you. 695
- Sorry I'm a bit late. - That's all right. 696
So, what's going on? 697
I mean, is there something I don't know? 698
Maybe. 699
Here. 700
Open this. 701
You're going to NYU. 702
- He got in? - He got in. 703
Six hundred applicants 704
for only five places. 705
Like mother, like son. 706
New York. New life, huh? 707
Your mom would've been so proud. 708
To New York and Adam. 709
To New York and Adam. 710
- Here, here. - To Adam. 711
I-I don't know. 712
Don't know what? 713
I'm just... not sure. 714
About? 715
Actually, I've been... 716
thinking about taking a gap year. 717
Really? 718
Okay. 719
S-so, you have a plan? 720
You're gonna travel abroad or...? 721
I think that I should stay here. 722
And-and do... do what? 723
What do you mean? 724
I think I should stay in New Orleans. 725
Like Mom used to say, 726
go deep, not wide. 727
Adam, want a ride home in a real car? 728
Yeah. 729
They, they were here. 730
Who? 731
Jimmy Baxter and his Celtic goon. 732
When? 733
As I arrived. 734
Well... 735
It was a coincidence. 736
Really? How do you know that? 737
This is what happens, Elizabeth. 738
Paranoia sets in. 739
Irrational fear takes hold. 740
We can't have that. 741
That's the fight. 742
We have to stay normal. We have to stay strong. 743
Okay? 744
- Yeah. - Come on. 745
I love your father, 746
and I love you. 747
I'd do anything to protect you. 748
So that's why I-I don't like it 749
when I see something or someone come between the two of you. 750
Girlfriend leaning on you to stay, Adam? Is that it? 751
Girlfriend? 752
I'm your godfather, not your father. 753
Well, godfathers get to talk about girlfriends. 754
- Okay. - Come on. 755
Ms. Latimer? 756
Frannie? 757
- Hi. - Oh, Judge Desiato. 758
- Hi. - Yeah, hi. 759
I'm sorry to sneak up on you, 760
but I-I did want to catch you before school started. 761
It's about Adam. 762
Oh, yeah? Is he okay? 763
Yes. Yeah, he's... Well, he's... 764
He's waffling on NYU. 765
Waffling? 766
Yeah, he's saying that he might not want to go. 767
But he-he got the letter and everything? 768
Oh, yeah. Yeah, and the T-shirt, too. 769
Did he confide in you? Did he say anything at all? 770
No. No. 771
Well, I know he trusts you, doesn't he? 772
And you're not his parent, 773
so maybe you can get through to him. 774
I mean, it's like you said, he's got something. 775
I mean, he's only 17, but he should know better. 776
And I'm worried that he's gonna throw it all away. 777
I hate to ask, but... 778
would you talk to him? 779
Please? 780
- Sure. - Yeah? 781
- Yeah. - I... Thank you. 782
- Okay. - Thank you. 783
- I should, um-- - Yeah. Yeah. 784
- Have a good day. - Okay. 785
Massive trauma 786
causing multiple brain contusions, 787
the result of blood entering the brain tissue. 788
Can you tell the jury what that looks like? 789
Okay. 790
The deceased was, um-- 791
You can call him Kofi. 792
Ms. McKee, please. 793
He's Kofi his whole life, and then he gets killed 794
and suddenly he's "The deceased"? 795
How did Kofi die? 796
Kofi's skull couldn't expand, 797
so his brain swelled up. 798
The pressure inside his skull reached an intolerable level. 799
That pressure wasn't relieved. 800
It's a terrible way to go. 801
Exhibit B. 802
Now, Counselor, we don't need to go here. 803
I just have a few more photographs. 804
I think the jury has seen all that they need to see. 805
May I approach? 806
Your Honor. 807
Right. Please turn this off. 808
I appreciate your concern for the jury's feelings. 809
You've seen the photos? 810
Look, they're easy for us to look at 811
because we're used to them. 812
But a jury? It's harrowing. 813
And we don't know how sensitive they might be to these. 814
Do these injuries look like 815
they were caused by someone defending themself? 816
I mean, even if the jury buys that Carlo wasn't the aggressor, 817
they still have to decide 818
if the force he used to defend himself was proportionate. 819
These pictures go directly to the heart of that question. 820
They need to see them to do their job. 821
- Come on, Fiona. It's overkill. - Shut up. 822
And I need to protect my jury. 823
Let's continue. 824
Okay. We don't have any pictures of what happened to Kofi's brain. 825
So we're going to have to use words. 826
His head was bashed repeatedly against the wall. 827
How do you know? 828
Small particles I picked out of the wound, 829
some of which were embedded in Kofi's skull-- 830
they match the wall material in the cell. 831
Stone from the wall was in his skull? 832
That's right. 833
Well, a skull is hard, right? 834
- Very. - So it would have required... 835
A tremendous amount of force to do what was done here. 836
How many bashings? 837
Six. 838
And what can you tell us about the force that was used? 839
Well, the, wall of the cell is flat. 840
There are no significant bumps or ridges. 841
So, in order for particles from the wall 842
to be embedded in Kofi's skull, 843
the force must have been enough to... 844
to loosen the material of the cell wall. 845
Which was? 846
Concrete. 847
He almost certainly had him by the hair 848
- when he was-- - So, wait. Like... like that? 849
Like this? Like this? 850
Yes. 851
I found Carlo Baxter's skin 852
under his fingernails. 853
What does that tell you? 854
Kofi fought for his life and lost. 855
Thank you, Doctor. 856
Mr. Zander? 857
No questions, Your Honor. 858
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, 859
and we'll see you in the morning. 862
No. No way. 863
Who reported me? 864
That's confidential. 865
I'm not allowed to know who accused me? 866
That's a habeas corpus suit right there. 867
Was it juror eight? 868
I need to see your phone. 869
This is ridiculous. 870
Let's clear it up. 871
Fine. 872
Here you go. 874
Oh, my God. 875
That... that-that wasn't me. 876
Somebody did this to me. 877
Why would they do that? 878
Ms. Long, I don't doubt that you had good intentions, 879
but I gave very clear instructions. 880
You're not listening. 881
I didn't do this. 882
Someone did this to me. 883
What are you gonna do? 884
Replace you with an alternate. 885
This isn't right. 886
I could go out that door right now 887
and tell the press what happened here. 888
Sit down. 889
The trial would collapse if you did that. 890
We'd have to start over with a new jury. 891
Justin James would have to come back 892
and relive the horror of being curb-stomped all over again. 893
I think we both know what's going on here. 894
I won't be intimidated by anyone. 895
Do you have children? 896
A daughter. 897
And you love her more than anything in the world? 898
What-what does she have to do with--? 899
Nothing is more precious than her. 900
Not principle, not courage, not conscience. 901
My guess is that you were leaning toward convicting the accused. 902
Let me tell you something. 903
I have sat through hundreds and hundreds of jury trials, 904
and I can always call them by the end of day one. 905
I'm never wrong. 906
Justice won't miss you, Ms. Long. 907
You can walk away, and I would bet my life 908
that we will still get the result you want. 909
Carlo Baxter is going down. 910
Go home. Be with your daughter. 911
Pretend this never happened.