All Rise (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Trouble Man - full transcript
Previously on All Rise...
You were working
for my campaign.
It looked like you were
trying to buy votes.
- Oh.
- "Oh" is right.
Emily Lopez, working
for the biggest pro bono
- law firm in the world?
- No pressure. None.
The Southland Women's
Reentry Center.
Many women live there
with their children.
Louise and Harry Collins?
What's happening?
You must be Charlotte Collins.
Excuse me, you can't
just take them.
Please, you've got
to help me fix this.
I will, I will, I will, I will.
Ah, peekaboo.
Peekaboo. Oh, what
you got there?
What you got there?
Yeah.
Oh, what did your daddy do?
Okay.
Okay.
Yep.
Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. It's okay.
You do know that babies tend
to stop wearing diapers
before the age of four, right?
You've got enough
pampers in there
to last Bailey until
her senior prom.
Very funny.
Robin Taylor,
you have got our home looking
like a wholesale warehouse
with all these coupons.
So, would you prefer
I not pay lower
than low-low prices?
All right. Start talking.
Who's your supplier.
I get my coupons from Nancy.
Nancy Adler?
From your little
mommy social club?
Nancy's got you all hopped up?
On deals and discounts, yes.
You're welcome.
Wait a minute.
Mmm. I think I know
what's going on here.
You think I'm jealous?
Oh, no, no.
I've got to get to work.
Anything new on the
Sherri assistant drama?
Oh, Sherri kept her word.
She transferred to
Delgado's courtroom.
But I have already decided
that she ain't
going out like that.
All right. Handle
your business.
- Good day, sir.
- Okay.
Bye, Bailey. Oh, wait, wait.
I got you a value
sausage biscuit
for your car ride.
I don't want your
little discount biscuit.
- Thank you.
- Okay, well I'll eat it.
Bye!
♪ 'Cause it hurts my mind
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah
Damn, did that just happen?
Did Mark Callan just
outrun Luke Watkins? Dude.
Dude.
Did Mark Callan just refer
to us in third person?
Because Watkins
really hates that.
So, what's your excuse?
What, you got a
pebble in your shoe?
Didn't get enough sleep
last night? What's up?
Well, that and I just haven't
worked out in a while.
- How about you?
- Yeah,
I've had my share
of sleepless nights.
It's not every day you
go up against your buddy
in a murder trial.
Let's make a pact.
We keep up our
weekly jogs as usual.
No matter who wins?
No matter who loses.
Deal.
Like the saying goes,
"Bros before..."
Litigation?
Bros before litigation.
Hey, no fair, man. You're
getting a head start.
I've got a new trick,
guaranteed to knock
your Barbie socks off.
Zachary, I am not in the mood.
You know, I'm good
with the 101 tricks
you showed me over the weekend.
Oh, girl, real quick.
Now, do you have a quarter?
No? Okay, look, I
have one right here.
Okay, so what I'm going to do,
I'm going to take this quarter,
and magically put it
inside of this balloon.
When it happens, it's
going to instantaneously
turn into a bunch
of dollars, yeah?
So, you're going
to be my assistant.
You hold this. There you go.
Woah! Oh, my God.
Zachary, what the hell?
I'm so sorry.
You know, it appears
that I purchased
the confetti bomb
version by mistake.
Okay, do you have one of those
cute little vacuum things
- that we can just clean up...
- You get away.
Oh, fine, fine.
Oh, my God. What?
Where'd the quarter go?
Hey, Wilson.
All right, Kansky. This
is how it's going down.
You're coming back to my court
at least for the week
and if you want to leave
after that, then fine,
but for right now
it's you and me,
so snatch up your hot tea,
gather your little
meditation crystals,
and be at my courtroom
before they start calling
morning calendar. Got it?
Good.
Fine.
But I'm bringing
this chair with me.
What's happening today
is evidentiary hearing.
The judge is going
to rule on the motion
that I filed to throw
out the statements
- you gave to police.
- Look,
I know the strongest evidence
the DA got against
me is about DNA
so I've been reading up.
They say one to four percent
all DNA matches are false.
- Carl, listen to me...
- You need to tell the jury
about all of that.
There is this legal thing
called the presumption
of innocence.
Yeah, I know, innocent
until proven guilty.
Right, it exists in
theory, but I promise you,
from the moment that you step
in front of those jurors,
they're already pegging you
as a cold-blooded murderer
who shot a woman in the head
and dumped her body
in the trash bin.
But I can persuade them
that their preconceived
notions are wrong,
but I need you to
stop fighting me.
Do you believe I'm
innocent Mr. Watkins?
It doesn't matter what I think.
Nah, nah, nah.
I need you to
answer my question.
My job is to show how weak
the prosecution's
case is against you.
That's the only
thing that matters.
Yeah, I was going
to represent myself.
My sister said no.
She told me it'd be stupid
not to ask for a...
A public defender.
Please.
I don't want to be
one of those guys
that gets old in prison
before someone finally
proves they're innocent.
Please. Please, Mr. Watkins.
I'm putting my
life in your hands.
Today's calendar, Your Honor.
Thank you, Sherri.
This case is already
working my last nerve.
It feels like it's
been 100 years
and we haven't even
started the trial yet.
I just hate the thought
of seeing Mark and Luke
go at each other's
throats in court.
I would posit that
if the trial had gone
to someone like Lasky,
the punisher would be
eating Luke Watkins
alive right about now.
Lasky does have an appetite
for new public defenders,
that's for sure.
But I see your point.
See, that's why we
work well together.
You're the Yin to my Yang.
- Ping to my pong.
- If you say so, Your Honor.
Aw, that sneaky husband of mine.
He snuck my favorite shea
butter into my briefcase.
It's the little things.
Wait a minute.
Looks like the only
reason he got me
this hand cream is
'cause he had a coupon.
Does this man not think
I'm worth full price?
Emily?
Amy, hey.
Hi...
- what are you doing here?
- What?
I mean, not that I mind
the surprise visit.
Oh, well, that's... Okay.
Okay, so I ran
into Ness in court
and I mentioned
that there's still
no desk available for me
at Free Council Initiative.
And Ness offered
you Rachel's office
until she gets back.
Obviously without
your knowledge.
I am so sorry.
I can... I can find
someplace else, honestly...
No, absolutely not. Her
instincts are spot on.
I would've invited you myself.
I really, really appreciate it.
So, what case are
you working on?
Charlotte Collins.
Single mom in the
country on a green card.
She caught a mayhem case
and I got it reduced
to felony, false imprisonment,
so she is set up
at the reentry
center on probation,
but DCFS still
took her two kids.
When's the hearing?
In a couple days.
I dropped the ball.
Like, I should have
been in front of this.
You were focused on keeping
Charlotte out of custody
and in the country, and
you did exactly that.
And you will get
her kids back, too.
In the meantime, make
yourself at home.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
All right.
Olani Broadnax, am
I pronouncing that
- correctly?
- Yes.
You are a stenographer at
Elite Deposition Solutions,
Riverside County Superior Court.
Oh, goodness.
- Excuse me?
- It's strong.
Very, very strong.
My boss gave...
It is a little strong, isn't it?
No, dear. Your
energy is strong.
I feel it emanating
from your aura.
You see, I'm a psychic.
I'm looking for this job
as a court reporter to
supplement my income.
Oh. I sense someone well
above your pay grade
seeking your forgiveness.
- Oh.
- Someone very close to you.
Well, you are not going to
win me over that easily.
What's that, dear?
Miss Olani Broadnax.
Welcome to courtroom 802.
Of course.
Did you know that was coming?
I saw that, too.
Hi, Darius?
Hi, I... I'm Sara Castillo,
I'm the victim's advocate
assigned to this case.
Uh, right. Right. Hi...
hi, Miss Castillo.
Oh, no, please. Call me Sara.
I'll... Sorry, you'll have to
excuse me appearance.
Anyway I'm here to
offer any support I can.
I... I also want to
offer my condolences.
You know, I know
it must be tough
just sitting through this trial
and hearing all the details...
All due respect, Miss Castillo,
my mom was the victim.
Not me.
So, I'm going to
head in there now.
Oh, yeah. Yes. Please.
Did you pick up Brenda Fletcher
from the bar she worked at?
You know, maybe I...
Maybe I should get a lawyer.
I keep telling you I
didn't kill nobody.
We found your DNA
on her dead body, Carl.
It's like your signature
is all over her corpse.
Thank you, Judge.
Very well, Mr. Watkins.
I will hear you one last time
before I rule in the evidence.
Your Honor, detectives
relentlessly
interrogated Carl Brewer
for 21 continuous hours.
He was not in his
right state of mind.
Even more outrageous,
his statements were
made involuntarily.
He continuously asked the
detectives for an attorney
and they denied him.
Your Honor, the techniques
used by the detectives
during the interrogation
were not coercive,
and for Mr. Watkins
to suggest otherwise is...
Look, I'll borrow
one of his own dramatic
terms, here, "outrageous."
Mr. Brewer clearly
stated that he understood
he had a right to retain
appointed council,
and yet he never definitely
asked for an attorney.
- He waived his Miranda rights.
- He absolutely did not.
Stop.
I'm ready to rule.
Mr. Watkins, as to your motion
to suppress
Mr. Brewer's statements,
I believe detectives
had an affirmative duty
to confirm whether Mr. Brewer
was exercising his right
against self-incrimination.
With all due
respect, Your Honor,
the law says the officers
do not have to clarify...
It is good police
practice to do so.
I believe the detectives
should have asked
further questions to clarify.
I'm granting the defense's
motion to suppress.
Now, as for the
people's 402 motion,
relevance regarding
the defendant's
medical condition.
Mr. Callan, it
is your position
that the jury should not hear
Mr. Brewer's suffers from
acute myeloid leukemia,
correct? Yes, Your Honor.
It's clear that the
defense is only trying
to gain the jury's sympathy
by mentioning that...
Mr. Brewer has suffered from
leukemia his entire adult life,
he would not have
the physical ability,
nor the energy, to
commit such a murder.
Well, it doesn't take
much vim and vigor
- to pull a trigger, Your Honor.
- The victim wasn't just shot.
Her hair was ripped
out, her wrists bound,
he body dumped like
trash. That takes energy.
Energy that Mr. Brewer
does not have.
Mr. Watkins. Take a breath.
I find that the defense as
a proponent of the evidence
regarding your client's
current medical condition
has not met its burden.
Your Honor, you
cannot be serious,
the jury needs to hear...
The probative value
of your client's medical
condition is outweighed
by the risk of undue prejudice.
I agree with the people that
this evidence would elicit
more sympathy than it would tend
to disprove identity.
My client has an absolute
constitutional right
to present a...
But not with
inadmissible evidence.
I have excluded the
evidence on 352 grounds,
and do not interrupt me again.
I apologize, Your Honor.
The trial will begin
in a couple days.
Good morning, Your Honor.
I'm hoping it will be.
Tea for you, two for me.
I might need to triple
up on the caffeine.
I did so much tossing
and turning last night.
- Is it the trial?
- If the evidentiary hearing
is any indication,
it's about to get
- brutal out there.
- This must be an immense amount
of pressure for Luke, I
can't think of any new PD
who got a murder case so soon.
He has come a long way
in a short amount
of time, Your Honor.
Sherri.
How are you and I doing?
Are we making any
bit of progress here?
Your Honor, I will be returning
to Judge Delgado's
court on Monday.
I want to see my kids.
- Now!
- Ma'am, calm down.
- Don't tell me to calm down!
- Ma'am...
Charlotte, hey, I
have been looking
- all over the town for you.
- Louise is sick.
They say she's in the hospital
but they won't tell me where!
- Charlotte...
- Where is my daughter?
You need to get her out of here.
I got it. Thank you.
Charlotte, look at me.
Your daughter is fine.
No, I spoke to the doctor
after the reentry
center called me.
She is fine, she had
an ear infection.
She's okay. She's okay.
I need to see my children.
I understand, but right now
we need to get you
back to the center
- because you cannot afford to...
- Oh, God.
Officers, hi, we
had a young lady
who was distraught,
but it's fine.
- I'm her attorney.
- We need to talk to her.
Okay, look, she found
out her kid was sick
and she panicked, all right?
We are on our way out
right now, I promise.
The murder trial of
56-year-old Carl Brewer
begins in about an hour.
The forklift operator is accused
of shooting a woman to death.
This morning, the
victim's 20-year-old son,
Darius Fletcher... I join you
with someone today
who is concerned
about the dangerous effects
of under-policing
in our communities.
So many women in the
past three decades
have gone missing
or been murdered,
the cases unsolved.
So, in the spirit of
calling for justice
for my mom, and other women,
I ask that you join me
in saying their names.
Sheila James. Sheila James!
Harriet Boyd. Harriet Boyd!
Martina Sanchez.
Martina Sanchez!
I'm not saying I disagree,
I just wonder if the push
for more policing
doesn't get lost
behind the argument for
defunding the police.
Police reform can
walk the fine line
between maintaining
public safety
and decreasing police brutality.
This murder trial I'm
handling right now
has me thinking about all of it.
Clearly, black and
brown communities
are suffering the worst of it.
The problem is either
aggressive policing
or not enough policing.
Or both, you know,
it's a complex issue,
and one which probably
isn't going to be solved
over coffee and fruit
in the judge's lounge.
Oh, here we go. I'll say this.
Most police officers
in this country...
are selfless,
patriotic citizens.
No one is disputing that.
Yes, we must curtail
the authority for
police officers
to use deadly force,
but not to the extent
that their actions are frozen
when confronting violent crime.
Since you chimed in with
the pitch of the problem,
why don't you hit
us with a solution?
I'll hit you with several.
De-escalation training.
The tearing down of the
blue wall of silence
which protects abusive policing,
more effective training
for police officers
dealing with crisis
intervention.
I want to bring this back
around to the dangers
of under-policing.
Grassroots organizations
have long offered up
solutions to these issues.
Real progress would be
city and police leaders
- sitting down with them.
- Not just every other quarter.
And that's something
on which we all agree.
I'm not bad.
We should have this
chat every week.
We'll be here.
Mr. Slimms.
- Jimmy Slimms.
- That's me.
Luke Watkins, we consulted
on the Brewer case
over the phone, I was supposed
- to meet you here.
- Oh, yes. Forgive me.
Most days, I don't know
if I'm coming or going.
But right now I am going.
I'm sorry. I've got
to get to trial.
I... I just need two seconds.
Have you found
any discrepancies
on how the police
collected the evidence?
Compromised DNA?
Contamination testing issues?
I haven't spotted
any inconsistencies,
and we may not find
any, Mr. Watkins.
That's just the reality.
Trust me, I've seen
DNA specimen techniques
as messed up as a Hogan's goat.
But not here.
If you could just
take another look
at the case file I sent you.
I'll try and grab some time
- over the next couple days.
- Great.
- I will call you.
- I will call you.
There were rope burns
on the victim's wrists.
And we could see that
a lock of her hair
had been ripped from the scalp.
And where did you
apprehend the suspect?
In the backyard of his home.
He never asked why he
was being arrested,
which I found odd.
Yo, can he even say that?
You should object.
You found in the alley,
what kind of bullet was it?
The casing we found was
from a silver colored
nine-millimeter bullet,
it's a very particular
piece of ammo.
And what more did you find?
Using the automated
firearm system
we were able to find
out that Mr. Brewer
- owns a nine-millimeter.
- He's lying.
I'm telling you to object.
And I'm telling you to be cool.
From the shell casing
found at the scene, we
determine that Mr. Brewer
owns the same type of gun
used to murder the victim.
Thank you, detective Blair.
Mr. Watkins.
You led a search of
Mr. Brewer's home,
correct? Correct.
But you didn't find any firearms
in the house, correct?
As I already stated,
we knew Mr. Brewer had
the same type of gun.
- Is that a yes, or no?
- No. We didn't find a gun.
In fact, Mr. Brewer
filed a report
years ago that a
nine-millimeter gun
that he owned was stolen,
- isn't that right?
- Correct.
It's funny, I
didn't hear you tell
- the prosecution that.
- Objection.
Withdrawn.
Did you find any
of Mr. Brewer's DNA
in the alley where you believe
Mrs. Fletcher was
shot to death?
Just Mr. Brewer's
DNA on her body.
And you testified earlier
that you didn't find
any scratches, bruises
or cuts on Mr. Brewer,
correct? Correct.
Yet, you found,
or you say you found his DNA
under the victim's fingernails?
Right, again, I stated
that I personally
didn't observe any
injuries on your client.
That doesn't mean
he didn't have any.
That's all, Your Honor.
Redirect, Mr. Callan?
- No, Your Honor.
Your Honor, I'd like
to address the court.
I'd like to fire my lawyer.
Carl. Excuse me?
Bailiff, remove this
man from my courtroom.
Mr. Watkins is not following
any of my directions.
I demand new council.
Members of the jury,
we will take a break.
Disregard Mr. Brewer's
statement.
- I demand new council.
- Mr. Watkins,
you need to control your client.
- Bailiff.
- Mr. Watkins is not adequate
for my defense.
My sixth amendment right...
You showed a lack of
respect for this court,
for council, and
most significantly,
for the jury.
Any more outbursts like that
and I will have you removed
for the rest of trial.
- Am I clear?
- Yes, Your Honor.
I will say, I considered
your request for new council,
and since you did
not make this request
before trial began,
and we are already
deep into testimony, I
am denying your request
for a Marsden hearing.
I know Mr. Watkins well,
and he is an excellent attorney.
It would behoove
you to trust him
in representing you.
We will pick up again
tomorrow morning. Bailiff?
Thank you, Your Honor.
I miss my kids.
I know you do.
But you get to see
the judge tomorrow.
I'll be right there with you.
I'm a screwup.
And the judge is
going to know that.
Well, then you must
be screwup number two
because I hold the title.
Oh no.
You should have seen me
when I was a teenager.
You could not tell me anything.
I had all the answers,
I knew it all.
If there was a rule, I
just broke it, you know?
I spent time in juvey.
You were in juvey? Mm-hmm.
And then I just...
I turned things
around for myself.
Look at you now. A lawyer.
And look at you.
A fearless mom who has raised
two beautiful, amazing
kids on her own.
That doesn't look
like a screwup to me.
Can I tell you something?
Yeah.
They tried to take away my kids
before I came to the States.
Sherri?
Oh, what are we smiling at?
It looks like our new
stenographer slash psychic
has earned her keep.
She predicted that an admirer
would give me a
gift and here it is.
A gift card to Cycle City.
Someone just left it on my desk.
Sherri,
Robin actually got
me that gift card.
It must have fallen
out of my bag
and someone accidentally
placed it on your desk,
but, no, no, no, no, no,
Sherri, you... you keep it.
No, thank you. It's yours.
Come on, Sherri.
When would I even have the time?
I suggest you make
the time, Your Honor.
Mr. Watkins. I'm
sorry to disturb you.
I'm Carl's sister, Mildred.
I met you when you
first took on his case.
Yes. I... I remember.
I'm so sorry about
my brother's outburst
today in court.
That should not have happened.
Please, have a seat.
He has had challenges
his whole life.
When we were kids, Carl
got into a lot of trouble.
I've been trying my whole life
to restore him to Christ.
It may be true he's
trapped in sin,
but my brother is
not a murderer.
You said that your
grandparents raised you two?
- What happened to your parents?
- Momma, well...
she had a hard time.
- And I didn't mean to...
- No. No, it's fine.
I think about how
sick my brother was
with leukemia and everything.
I was his only caretaker
after our grandparents passed.
I've seen that
cancer come and go
and come back again,
but because of God's
grace and mercy,
my brother is still here.
I went to Howard University.
Mom helped me enroll using
some outrageous money.
She sounds like
a wonderful lady.
When I was a kid...
my mom, she got this tattoo
on her arm of her
favorite bible verse,
and I'm not such a
religious guy myself,
but I want to do
something special
to remember her by so
I actually ended up
getting the same tattoo.
"Love does not delight in evil,
but rejoices with the truth."
That's a beautiful verse
and a great tribute to your mom.
Thank you.
♪ We just got To
rise up, hoo ♪
♪ Rise up, hoo
♪ Rise up
Come on, believe in yourself!
You can do anything
you put your mind to!
If you see it, you
can achieve it.
- Let's go!
- Excuse me.
- Lola Carmichael?
- Yeah.
I'm officer Bernard. My
partner, officer Cohen.
We'd like to talk
about the gift card
you used for this class.
Would you come with us, please?
Yeah.
Tomorrow the prosecution
will call more witnesses,
including the criminalists
that worked with investigators
on your case... Let me guess,
you grew up in an
upper-middle class home,
went to one of them
highfalutin private
schools, hmm?
Probably only dated
rich white women, huh?
Your mommy and daddy spoil
you rotten, I can tell.
Look.
Carl, I get it.
I get that you had
it rough growing up.
Your sister, she
told me about your...
The troubles you faced.
It's a lot.
Your father's untimely death...
your mom leaving you
with your grandparents...
Don't talk about my
mother, you understand?
Don't ever talk about her.
It's okay, deputy.
Just give us a minute, please.
I don't know if my
sister told you...
but after our mother left,
she came back, years later,
when she found out
about my cancer.
She was a match
and she wanted to
donate her bone marrow.
Yeah, and I was so happy.
My momma came back to save me.
Then she took off again.
Right before my surgery.
I never knew why.
All I knew was my momma
had left me a second time.
She left me.
That bitch left me to die.
Thanks.
And thanks for showing up.
You think I wouldn't?
I wasn't... I'm not...
Can I ask you a question?
You ever worry about charging
the wrong guy with murder?
Just curious.
I tend to worry
about the guilty guy
getting away with it.
Look, I've been doing
this long enough to know
that restorative justice
doesn't work for everybody.
What the hell is that
supposed to mean?
I can't tell you everything,
but we are learning
new information...
New information like...
I can't tell you.
Are you planning to drop
a bombshell in trial?
This has nothing to
do with trial, Luke.
And maybe I shouldn't
have said anything,
- but I am your...
- But you sure as hell did.
I'm giving you a heads up
that there is something
coming down the pike, okay?
And there might be
more to Carl Brewer
than you think.
You know what I think, Callan?
I think this is you
trying to get into my head
and knock me off my game
because your case
is getting weaker
by the minute and
you cannot handle
the thought of losing
to a public defender
in his first murder trial.
Are you serious right now?
Your ass can't
handle it, Callan.
Wow, man. Okay.
I'll see you in court.
- Bailey's down.
- Mhm.
Thank you, husband.
You're welcome, wife.
Rough day, huh babe?
Well, at least they didn't
throw you in the clink.
You should've let me
come down to help you.
No, it was fine
once I explained
everything to the officers.
The point is I got embarrassed
in front of my entire spin class
because of your little
girlfriend, Nancy.
I can't believe that gift card
she gave you was counterfeit.
Nancy.
A wanted scammer.
I didn't see that
one coming. Yeah.
I'm as surprised as you
are, Mr. F.B.I. agent.
Guess this puts a huge dent in
me and Nancy's relationship.
It's too soon, Robin.
Too soon.
I'm sorry, baby.
I guess I've got
some making up to do.
Mhm, but this prime rib feast
is a good start.
It looks delicious.
Mm.
Wait.
Did you buy this dinner
with one of Nancy's coupons?
I plead the fifth, Your Honor.
- Appreciate you coming.
- Are you kidding?
I live with my brother
in his very crowded home.
Of course I was coming.
Congrats on the new place, Em,
- I'm happy for you.
- Oh, thank you.
I mean...
I move in a week or so,
and I... I just, I cannot wait.
I look forward to my
invitation to the housewarming.
Well, I look forward
to having you.
So, what's up with this
new adventure of yours
- they call Holistic Law?
- Yeah.
I... I told you about
the case I'm working.
Single mom trying to
get her kids back.
She's young, you know?
And she's had a
really tough life.
She... she shared
some stuff with me...
about something she experienced
that was extremely difficult.
Then you share that
with the judge,
and if the judge
is empathetic...
It's Judge Taylor.
Judge Needum Taylor?
I appeared before him
before he was transferred
over to juvenile court.
I'm not going to
lie, he was tough.
Great. Maybe think about
holding your most
compelling argument
to the very end right
before he rules.
- That worked for me.
- Duly noted.
- So, Luke Watkins...
- Mm.
What's up with this
new adventure of yours
they call public defense?
I'm not going to lie.
It's been tough.
The trial... Callan.
My client, he shared something
very painful with me
today about his mother.
I could feel...
the misery...
that he was living with.
How haunted he was, it was...
It was almost like I could
feel that misery, too.
Mr. Slimms, thanks
for getting back.
Did you have a chance to
look at the case file again?
Bottom line, the prosecution
is saying Carl Brewer's DNA,
and only his DNA,
was found on this woman's body.
A lot of it. Like,
too much to ignore.
You're going to
argue something else.
The DNA is solid.
Hey, listen, I wanted
to ask you again
about my client's, uh,
transplant from 35 years ago.
I thought you weren't allowed
to mention that in trial.
I'm not allowed to talk about
my client's current
medical condition,
but no one said I can't
refer to his medical history.
Well, you're the lawyer.
Wait a minute.
What kind of transplant did
you say your client had?
I've heard all that I'm
going to hear, Miss Lopez.
I would just like to
say one more thing
on behalf of Miss Collins.
She recently shared
with me something
that she experienced that was
very tough for her to handle
back in British Columbia,
Canada, where she's from.
There was a certain practice
called a birth alert.
It allowed social workers
to flag an expecting parent,
without their consent,
as being unfit to
care for their child.
Tell me how this
relates to the case
- before me?
- Yes, Your Honor.
These birth alerts
were often issued
without regulation,
disproportionately
against indigenous women,
but also low-income
women like Charlotte.
In fact, she received them
during both of her pregnancies.
She spent years on
the run for fear
that her children were
going to be taken from her.
Judge Taylor, please do
not add to the trauma
that Charlotte
has had to endure.
She is a loving...
a loving mother.
And she deserves to
have her children back.
Sherri, you are a lifesaver.
Very welcome, Your Honor.
It was a look.
This incredulous look
you gave me at the
Public Integrity hearing.
The same look you give
to guilty defendants
before you sentence them.
And in that moment, it hit me.
The woman that I
have come to respect.
Idolize, even.
And care for.
Would think that I would steal
half a million dollars
from her campaign.
And though I did nothing wrong
I carry tremendous guilt,
as though I had
somehow betrayed you.
And for that I am angry.
It really hurt.
Sherri.
The look I gave you
wasn't a look of scorn;
it was one of concern.
For the first time,
something nefarious
had happened in my backyard,
and while I never for one second
believed that you had
stolen that money,
someone in my camp did,
and I was worried sick about it.
So, for what seemed like
an accusatory glance
that I gave you,
I am truly sorry.
But this look?
This look right here
that I'm giving you right now
is a look of...
admiration and appreciation
and of respect.
It is a look of
love and of apology.
Thank you.
Miss Collins, you've
missed court-mandated
therapy sessions, you've
missed A.A. meetings,
you're someone who
does not obey rules.
That is a problem.
Having said all that,
I strongly believe
in a concerted effort to
strengthen the relationship
between parents involved in
the system and their children.
Miss Lopez is right,
you've been through a lot
and I'm convinced you never put
your children in harm's way.
I'm ruling that your
children be returned to you
while you serve out the
terms of your plea agreement.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We sent the blood for processing
and we found that
the genetic profile
generated from the blood
found on the victim's body
was consistent with Carl
Brewer's DNA profile.
Thank you.
Mr. Watkins.
Miss Reed.
Just to be clear,
you told this Jury
that the DNA from the victim
and the DNA from my client
matched to a certainty
of, what was it,
- one in 19 billion?
- Correct. Right.
19 billion, that's a big number.
Three times the total population
of humans on the planet.
Even with that certainty,
wouldn't you say that
there are circumstances
in which DNA can change?
Change? Uh.
It's possible, but
extraordinarily rare.
I want to show you something.
Know what this is, Miss Reed?
It's a Chimera.
A Chimera.
Comes from Greek mythology,
right? Yes.
A fire-breathing monster.
A hybrid creature made
up of three different
animal parts: A lion,
the body of a goat,
and a snake's head for a tail.
- Beautiful, actually.
- Your Honor, relevance.
Overruled, I want to
see where this is going.
But we're not talking
about Greek mythology,
are we Mrs. Reed.
Tell us how this
beautiful creature
connects to the
medical definition.
In medicine,
Chimera refers to
a hybrid human.
Someone who could be carrying
two totally different
sets of DNA inside their body.
So, let's say if someone
received a procedure
like, say, a bone
marrow transplant,
that person could
be a Chimera, yes?
They could be carrying
two distinct sets of DNA,
one of the recipient and
one of the donor, right?
Sorry, I didn't
hear you, Miss Reed.
- Human Chimerism is rare.
- Rare, yes,
but it is possible under
these circumstances.
Objection, relevance.
352 in foundation.
Overruled. Continue,
Mr. Watkins.
Miss Reed, if you
learned that Mr. Brewer
had a bone marrow transplant,
would that change your opinion
regarding the probability
of the DNA evidence.
Your Honor,
marking defense exhibit W.
Carl Brewer's medical records
from 1987 showing he received
a bone marrow transplant
from the California
Cancer Organization.
Your Honor, objection
on prior grounds.
The defense just violated the
court's rulings to prohibit
the mention of the
defendant's medical record.
The court didn't tell me
not to present evidence from
a medical procedure that my
client received 35 years ago.
You serious, Watkins?
- Bailiff, remove the jury.
I ask that the evidence be
excluded and that the jurors...
Be instructed to disregard
it. Those records include
recurrent medical records
as well as the fact that
Mr. Brewer received a
bone marrow transplant.
Watkins, are you
serious right now?
I complied with the
court's discovery rules
as well as the
court's 402 rulings.
Council, you are
both out of order.
I want to see you
in my chambers.
Now.
You were working
for my campaign.
It looked like you were
trying to buy votes.
- Oh.
- "Oh" is right.
Emily Lopez, working
for the biggest pro bono
- law firm in the world?
- No pressure. None.
The Southland Women's
Reentry Center.
Many women live there
with their children.
Louise and Harry Collins?
What's happening?
You must be Charlotte Collins.
Excuse me, you can't
just take them.
Please, you've got
to help me fix this.
I will, I will, I will, I will.
Ah, peekaboo.
Peekaboo. Oh, what
you got there?
What you got there?
Yeah.
Oh, what did your daddy do?
Okay.
Okay.
Yep.
Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. It's okay.
You do know that babies tend
to stop wearing diapers
before the age of four, right?
You've got enough
pampers in there
to last Bailey until
her senior prom.
Very funny.
Robin Taylor,
you have got our home looking
like a wholesale warehouse
with all these coupons.
So, would you prefer
I not pay lower
than low-low prices?
All right. Start talking.
Who's your supplier.
I get my coupons from Nancy.
Nancy Adler?
From your little
mommy social club?
Nancy's got you all hopped up?
On deals and discounts, yes.
You're welcome.
Wait a minute.
Mmm. I think I know
what's going on here.
You think I'm jealous?
Oh, no, no.
I've got to get to work.
Anything new on the
Sherri assistant drama?
Oh, Sherri kept her word.
She transferred to
Delgado's courtroom.
But I have already decided
that she ain't
going out like that.
All right. Handle
your business.
- Good day, sir.
- Okay.
Bye, Bailey. Oh, wait, wait.
I got you a value
sausage biscuit
for your car ride.
I don't want your
little discount biscuit.
- Thank you.
- Okay, well I'll eat it.
Bye!
♪ 'Cause it hurts my mind
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah
Damn, did that just happen?
Did Mark Callan just
outrun Luke Watkins? Dude.
Dude.
Did Mark Callan just refer
to us in third person?
Because Watkins
really hates that.
So, what's your excuse?
What, you got a
pebble in your shoe?
Didn't get enough sleep
last night? What's up?
Well, that and I just haven't
worked out in a while.
- How about you?
- Yeah,
I've had my share
of sleepless nights.
It's not every day you
go up against your buddy
in a murder trial.
Let's make a pact.
We keep up our
weekly jogs as usual.
No matter who wins?
No matter who loses.
Deal.
Like the saying goes,
"Bros before..."
Litigation?
Bros before litigation.
Hey, no fair, man. You're
getting a head start.
I've got a new trick,
guaranteed to knock
your Barbie socks off.
Zachary, I am not in the mood.
You know, I'm good
with the 101 tricks
you showed me over the weekend.
Oh, girl, real quick.
Now, do you have a quarter?
No? Okay, look, I
have one right here.
Okay, so what I'm going to do,
I'm going to take this quarter,
and magically put it
inside of this balloon.
When it happens, it's
going to instantaneously
turn into a bunch
of dollars, yeah?
So, you're going
to be my assistant.
You hold this. There you go.
Woah! Oh, my God.
Zachary, what the hell?
I'm so sorry.
You know, it appears
that I purchased
the confetti bomb
version by mistake.
Okay, do you have one of those
cute little vacuum things
- that we can just clean up...
- You get away.
Oh, fine, fine.
Oh, my God. What?
Where'd the quarter go?
Hey, Wilson.
All right, Kansky. This
is how it's going down.
You're coming back to my court
at least for the week
and if you want to leave
after that, then fine,
but for right now
it's you and me,
so snatch up your hot tea,
gather your little
meditation crystals,
and be at my courtroom
before they start calling
morning calendar. Got it?
Good.
Fine.
But I'm bringing
this chair with me.
What's happening today
is evidentiary hearing.
The judge is going
to rule on the motion
that I filed to throw
out the statements
- you gave to police.
- Look,
I know the strongest evidence
the DA got against
me is about DNA
so I've been reading up.
They say one to four percent
all DNA matches are false.
- Carl, listen to me...
- You need to tell the jury
about all of that.
There is this legal thing
called the presumption
of innocence.
Yeah, I know, innocent
until proven guilty.
Right, it exists in
theory, but I promise you,
from the moment that you step
in front of those jurors,
they're already pegging you
as a cold-blooded murderer
who shot a woman in the head
and dumped her body
in the trash bin.
But I can persuade them
that their preconceived
notions are wrong,
but I need you to
stop fighting me.
Do you believe I'm
innocent Mr. Watkins?
It doesn't matter what I think.
Nah, nah, nah.
I need you to
answer my question.
My job is to show how weak
the prosecution's
case is against you.
That's the only
thing that matters.
Yeah, I was going
to represent myself.
My sister said no.
She told me it'd be stupid
not to ask for a...
A public defender.
Please.
I don't want to be
one of those guys
that gets old in prison
before someone finally
proves they're innocent.
Please. Please, Mr. Watkins.
I'm putting my
life in your hands.
Today's calendar, Your Honor.
Thank you, Sherri.
This case is already
working my last nerve.
It feels like it's
been 100 years
and we haven't even
started the trial yet.
I just hate the thought
of seeing Mark and Luke
go at each other's
throats in court.
I would posit that
if the trial had gone
to someone like Lasky,
the punisher would be
eating Luke Watkins
alive right about now.
Lasky does have an appetite
for new public defenders,
that's for sure.
But I see your point.
See, that's why we
work well together.
You're the Yin to my Yang.
- Ping to my pong.
- If you say so, Your Honor.
Aw, that sneaky husband of mine.
He snuck my favorite shea
butter into my briefcase.
It's the little things.
Wait a minute.
Looks like the only
reason he got me
this hand cream is
'cause he had a coupon.
Does this man not think
I'm worth full price?
Emily?
Amy, hey.
Hi...
- what are you doing here?
- What?
I mean, not that I mind
the surprise visit.
Oh, well, that's... Okay.
Okay, so I ran
into Ness in court
and I mentioned
that there's still
no desk available for me
at Free Council Initiative.
And Ness offered
you Rachel's office
until she gets back.
Obviously without
your knowledge.
I am so sorry.
I can... I can find
someplace else, honestly...
No, absolutely not. Her
instincts are spot on.
I would've invited you myself.
I really, really appreciate it.
So, what case are
you working on?
Charlotte Collins.
Single mom in the
country on a green card.
She caught a mayhem case
and I got it reduced
to felony, false imprisonment,
so she is set up
at the reentry
center on probation,
but DCFS still
took her two kids.
When's the hearing?
In a couple days.
I dropped the ball.
Like, I should have
been in front of this.
You were focused on keeping
Charlotte out of custody
and in the country, and
you did exactly that.
And you will get
her kids back, too.
In the meantime, make
yourself at home.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
All right.
Olani Broadnax, am
I pronouncing that
- correctly?
- Yes.
You are a stenographer at
Elite Deposition Solutions,
Riverside County Superior Court.
Oh, goodness.
- Excuse me?
- It's strong.
Very, very strong.
My boss gave...
It is a little strong, isn't it?
No, dear. Your
energy is strong.
I feel it emanating
from your aura.
You see, I'm a psychic.
I'm looking for this job
as a court reporter to
supplement my income.
Oh. I sense someone well
above your pay grade
seeking your forgiveness.
- Oh.
- Someone very close to you.
Well, you are not going to
win me over that easily.
What's that, dear?
Miss Olani Broadnax.
Welcome to courtroom 802.
Of course.
Did you know that was coming?
I saw that, too.
Hi, Darius?
Hi, I... I'm Sara Castillo,
I'm the victim's advocate
assigned to this case.
Uh, right. Right. Hi...
hi, Miss Castillo.
Oh, no, please. Call me Sara.
I'll... Sorry, you'll have to
excuse me appearance.
Anyway I'm here to
offer any support I can.
I... I also want to
offer my condolences.
You know, I know
it must be tough
just sitting through this trial
and hearing all the details...
All due respect, Miss Castillo,
my mom was the victim.
Not me.
So, I'm going to
head in there now.
Oh, yeah. Yes. Please.
Did you pick up Brenda Fletcher
from the bar she worked at?
You know, maybe I...
Maybe I should get a lawyer.
I keep telling you I
didn't kill nobody.
We found your DNA
on her dead body, Carl.
It's like your signature
is all over her corpse.
Thank you, Judge.
Very well, Mr. Watkins.
I will hear you one last time
before I rule in the evidence.
Your Honor, detectives
relentlessly
interrogated Carl Brewer
for 21 continuous hours.
He was not in his
right state of mind.
Even more outrageous,
his statements were
made involuntarily.
He continuously asked the
detectives for an attorney
and they denied him.
Your Honor, the techniques
used by the detectives
during the interrogation
were not coercive,
and for Mr. Watkins
to suggest otherwise is...
Look, I'll borrow
one of his own dramatic
terms, here, "outrageous."
Mr. Brewer clearly
stated that he understood
he had a right to retain
appointed council,
and yet he never definitely
asked for an attorney.
- He waived his Miranda rights.
- He absolutely did not.
Stop.
I'm ready to rule.
Mr. Watkins, as to your motion
to suppress
Mr. Brewer's statements,
I believe detectives
had an affirmative duty
to confirm whether Mr. Brewer
was exercising his right
against self-incrimination.
With all due
respect, Your Honor,
the law says the officers
do not have to clarify...
It is good police
practice to do so.
I believe the detectives
should have asked
further questions to clarify.
I'm granting the defense's
motion to suppress.
Now, as for the
people's 402 motion,
relevance regarding
the defendant's
medical condition.
Mr. Callan, it
is your position
that the jury should not hear
Mr. Brewer's suffers from
acute myeloid leukemia,
correct? Yes, Your Honor.
It's clear that the
defense is only trying
to gain the jury's sympathy
by mentioning that...
Mr. Brewer has suffered from
leukemia his entire adult life,
he would not have
the physical ability,
nor the energy, to
commit such a murder.
Well, it doesn't take
much vim and vigor
- to pull a trigger, Your Honor.
- The victim wasn't just shot.
Her hair was ripped
out, her wrists bound,
he body dumped like
trash. That takes energy.
Energy that Mr. Brewer
does not have.
Mr. Watkins. Take a breath.
I find that the defense as
a proponent of the evidence
regarding your client's
current medical condition
has not met its burden.
Your Honor, you
cannot be serious,
the jury needs to hear...
The probative value
of your client's medical
condition is outweighed
by the risk of undue prejudice.
I agree with the people that
this evidence would elicit
more sympathy than it would tend
to disprove identity.
My client has an absolute
constitutional right
to present a...
But not with
inadmissible evidence.
I have excluded the
evidence on 352 grounds,
and do not interrupt me again.
I apologize, Your Honor.
The trial will begin
in a couple days.
Good morning, Your Honor.
I'm hoping it will be.
Tea for you, two for me.
I might need to triple
up on the caffeine.
I did so much tossing
and turning last night.
- Is it the trial?
- If the evidentiary hearing
is any indication,
it's about to get
- brutal out there.
- This must be an immense amount
of pressure for Luke, I
can't think of any new PD
who got a murder case so soon.
He has come a long way
in a short amount
of time, Your Honor.
Sherri.
How are you and I doing?
Are we making any
bit of progress here?
Your Honor, I will be returning
to Judge Delgado's
court on Monday.
I want to see my kids.
- Now!
- Ma'am, calm down.
- Don't tell me to calm down!
- Ma'am...
Charlotte, hey, I
have been looking
- all over the town for you.
- Louise is sick.
They say she's in the hospital
but they won't tell me where!
- Charlotte...
- Where is my daughter?
You need to get her out of here.
I got it. Thank you.
Charlotte, look at me.
Your daughter is fine.
No, I spoke to the doctor
after the reentry
center called me.
She is fine, she had
an ear infection.
She's okay. She's okay.
I need to see my children.
I understand, but right now
we need to get you
back to the center
- because you cannot afford to...
- Oh, God.
Officers, hi, we
had a young lady
who was distraught,
but it's fine.
- I'm her attorney.
- We need to talk to her.
Okay, look, she found
out her kid was sick
and she panicked, all right?
We are on our way out
right now, I promise.
The murder trial of
56-year-old Carl Brewer
begins in about an hour.
The forklift operator is accused
of shooting a woman to death.
This morning, the
victim's 20-year-old son,
Darius Fletcher... I join you
with someone today
who is concerned
about the dangerous effects
of under-policing
in our communities.
So many women in the
past three decades
have gone missing
or been murdered,
the cases unsolved.
So, in the spirit of
calling for justice
for my mom, and other women,
I ask that you join me
in saying their names.
Sheila James. Sheila James!
Harriet Boyd. Harriet Boyd!
Martina Sanchez.
Martina Sanchez!
I'm not saying I disagree,
I just wonder if the push
for more policing
doesn't get lost
behind the argument for
defunding the police.
Police reform can
walk the fine line
between maintaining
public safety
and decreasing police brutality.
This murder trial I'm
handling right now
has me thinking about all of it.
Clearly, black and
brown communities
are suffering the worst of it.
The problem is either
aggressive policing
or not enough policing.
Or both, you know,
it's a complex issue,
and one which probably
isn't going to be solved
over coffee and fruit
in the judge's lounge.
Oh, here we go. I'll say this.
Most police officers
in this country...
are selfless,
patriotic citizens.
No one is disputing that.
Yes, we must curtail
the authority for
police officers
to use deadly force,
but not to the extent
that their actions are frozen
when confronting violent crime.
Since you chimed in with
the pitch of the problem,
why don't you hit
us with a solution?
I'll hit you with several.
De-escalation training.
The tearing down of the
blue wall of silence
which protects abusive policing,
more effective training
for police officers
dealing with crisis
intervention.
I want to bring this back
around to the dangers
of under-policing.
Grassroots organizations
have long offered up
solutions to these issues.
Real progress would be
city and police leaders
- sitting down with them.
- Not just every other quarter.
And that's something
on which we all agree.
I'm not bad.
We should have this
chat every week.
We'll be here.
Mr. Slimms.
- Jimmy Slimms.
- That's me.
Luke Watkins, we consulted
on the Brewer case
over the phone, I was supposed
- to meet you here.
- Oh, yes. Forgive me.
Most days, I don't know
if I'm coming or going.
But right now I am going.
I'm sorry. I've got
to get to trial.
I... I just need two seconds.
Have you found
any discrepancies
on how the police
collected the evidence?
Compromised DNA?
Contamination testing issues?
I haven't spotted
any inconsistencies,
and we may not find
any, Mr. Watkins.
That's just the reality.
Trust me, I've seen
DNA specimen techniques
as messed up as a Hogan's goat.
But not here.
If you could just
take another look
at the case file I sent you.
I'll try and grab some time
- over the next couple days.
- Great.
- I will call you.
- I will call you.
There were rope burns
on the victim's wrists.
And we could see that
a lock of her hair
had been ripped from the scalp.
And where did you
apprehend the suspect?
In the backyard of his home.
He never asked why he
was being arrested,
which I found odd.
Yo, can he even say that?
You should object.
You found in the alley,
what kind of bullet was it?
The casing we found was
from a silver colored
nine-millimeter bullet,
it's a very particular
piece of ammo.
And what more did you find?
Using the automated
firearm system
we were able to find
out that Mr. Brewer
- owns a nine-millimeter.
- He's lying.
I'm telling you to object.
And I'm telling you to be cool.
From the shell casing
found at the scene, we
determine that Mr. Brewer
owns the same type of gun
used to murder the victim.
Thank you, detective Blair.
Mr. Watkins.
You led a search of
Mr. Brewer's home,
correct? Correct.
But you didn't find any firearms
in the house, correct?
As I already stated,
we knew Mr. Brewer had
the same type of gun.
- Is that a yes, or no?
- No. We didn't find a gun.
In fact, Mr. Brewer
filed a report
years ago that a
nine-millimeter gun
that he owned was stolen,
- isn't that right?
- Correct.
It's funny, I
didn't hear you tell
- the prosecution that.
- Objection.
Withdrawn.
Did you find any
of Mr. Brewer's DNA
in the alley where you believe
Mrs. Fletcher was
shot to death?
Just Mr. Brewer's
DNA on her body.
And you testified earlier
that you didn't find
any scratches, bruises
or cuts on Mr. Brewer,
correct? Correct.
Yet, you found,
or you say you found his DNA
under the victim's fingernails?
Right, again, I stated
that I personally
didn't observe any
injuries on your client.
That doesn't mean
he didn't have any.
That's all, Your Honor.
Redirect, Mr. Callan?
- No, Your Honor.
Your Honor, I'd like
to address the court.
I'd like to fire my lawyer.
Carl. Excuse me?
Bailiff, remove this
man from my courtroom.
Mr. Watkins is not following
any of my directions.
I demand new council.
Members of the jury,
we will take a break.
Disregard Mr. Brewer's
statement.
- I demand new council.
- Mr. Watkins,
you need to control your client.
- Bailiff.
- Mr. Watkins is not adequate
for my defense.
My sixth amendment right...
You showed a lack of
respect for this court,
for council, and
most significantly,
for the jury.
Any more outbursts like that
and I will have you removed
for the rest of trial.
- Am I clear?
- Yes, Your Honor.
I will say, I considered
your request for new council,
and since you did
not make this request
before trial began,
and we are already
deep into testimony, I
am denying your request
for a Marsden hearing.
I know Mr. Watkins well,
and he is an excellent attorney.
It would behoove
you to trust him
in representing you.
We will pick up again
tomorrow morning. Bailiff?
Thank you, Your Honor.
I miss my kids.
I know you do.
But you get to see
the judge tomorrow.
I'll be right there with you.
I'm a screwup.
And the judge is
going to know that.
Well, then you must
be screwup number two
because I hold the title.
Oh no.
You should have seen me
when I was a teenager.
You could not tell me anything.
I had all the answers,
I knew it all.
If there was a rule, I
just broke it, you know?
I spent time in juvey.
You were in juvey? Mm-hmm.
And then I just...
I turned things
around for myself.
Look at you now. A lawyer.
And look at you.
A fearless mom who has raised
two beautiful, amazing
kids on her own.
That doesn't look
like a screwup to me.
Can I tell you something?
Yeah.
They tried to take away my kids
before I came to the States.
Sherri?
Oh, what are we smiling at?
It looks like our new
stenographer slash psychic
has earned her keep.
She predicted that an admirer
would give me a
gift and here it is.
A gift card to Cycle City.
Someone just left it on my desk.
Sherri,
Robin actually got
me that gift card.
It must have fallen
out of my bag
and someone accidentally
placed it on your desk,
but, no, no, no, no, no,
Sherri, you... you keep it.
No, thank you. It's yours.
Come on, Sherri.
When would I even have the time?
I suggest you make
the time, Your Honor.
Mr. Watkins. I'm
sorry to disturb you.
I'm Carl's sister, Mildred.
I met you when you
first took on his case.
Yes. I... I remember.
I'm so sorry about
my brother's outburst
today in court.
That should not have happened.
Please, have a seat.
He has had challenges
his whole life.
When we were kids, Carl
got into a lot of trouble.
I've been trying my whole life
to restore him to Christ.
It may be true he's
trapped in sin,
but my brother is
not a murderer.
You said that your
grandparents raised you two?
- What happened to your parents?
- Momma, well...
she had a hard time.
- And I didn't mean to...
- No. No, it's fine.
I think about how
sick my brother was
with leukemia and everything.
I was his only caretaker
after our grandparents passed.
I've seen that
cancer come and go
and come back again,
but because of God's
grace and mercy,
my brother is still here.
I went to Howard University.
Mom helped me enroll using
some outrageous money.
She sounds like
a wonderful lady.
When I was a kid...
my mom, she got this tattoo
on her arm of her
favorite bible verse,
and I'm not such a
religious guy myself,
but I want to do
something special
to remember her by so
I actually ended up
getting the same tattoo.
"Love does not delight in evil,
but rejoices with the truth."
That's a beautiful verse
and a great tribute to your mom.
Thank you.
♪ We just got To
rise up, hoo ♪
♪ Rise up, hoo
♪ Rise up
Come on, believe in yourself!
You can do anything
you put your mind to!
If you see it, you
can achieve it.
- Let's go!
- Excuse me.
- Lola Carmichael?
- Yeah.
I'm officer Bernard. My
partner, officer Cohen.
We'd like to talk
about the gift card
you used for this class.
Would you come with us, please?
Yeah.
Tomorrow the prosecution
will call more witnesses,
including the criminalists
that worked with investigators
on your case... Let me guess,
you grew up in an
upper-middle class home,
went to one of them
highfalutin private
schools, hmm?
Probably only dated
rich white women, huh?
Your mommy and daddy spoil
you rotten, I can tell.
Look.
Carl, I get it.
I get that you had
it rough growing up.
Your sister, she
told me about your...
The troubles you faced.
It's a lot.
Your father's untimely death...
your mom leaving you
with your grandparents...
Don't talk about my
mother, you understand?
Don't ever talk about her.
It's okay, deputy.
Just give us a minute, please.
I don't know if my
sister told you...
but after our mother left,
she came back, years later,
when she found out
about my cancer.
She was a match
and she wanted to
donate her bone marrow.
Yeah, and I was so happy.
My momma came back to save me.
Then she took off again.
Right before my surgery.
I never knew why.
All I knew was my momma
had left me a second time.
She left me.
That bitch left me to die.
Thanks.
And thanks for showing up.
You think I wouldn't?
I wasn't... I'm not...
Can I ask you a question?
You ever worry about charging
the wrong guy with murder?
Just curious.
I tend to worry
about the guilty guy
getting away with it.
Look, I've been doing
this long enough to know
that restorative justice
doesn't work for everybody.
What the hell is that
supposed to mean?
I can't tell you everything,
but we are learning
new information...
New information like...
I can't tell you.
Are you planning to drop
a bombshell in trial?
This has nothing to
do with trial, Luke.
And maybe I shouldn't
have said anything,
- but I am your...
- But you sure as hell did.
I'm giving you a heads up
that there is something
coming down the pike, okay?
And there might be
more to Carl Brewer
than you think.
You know what I think, Callan?
I think this is you
trying to get into my head
and knock me off my game
because your case
is getting weaker
by the minute and
you cannot handle
the thought of losing
to a public defender
in his first murder trial.
Are you serious right now?
Your ass can't
handle it, Callan.
Wow, man. Okay.
I'll see you in court.
- Bailey's down.
- Mhm.
Thank you, husband.
You're welcome, wife.
Rough day, huh babe?
Well, at least they didn't
throw you in the clink.
You should've let me
come down to help you.
No, it was fine
once I explained
everything to the officers.
The point is I got embarrassed
in front of my entire spin class
because of your little
girlfriend, Nancy.
I can't believe that gift card
she gave you was counterfeit.
Nancy.
A wanted scammer.
I didn't see that
one coming. Yeah.
I'm as surprised as you
are, Mr. F.B.I. agent.
Guess this puts a huge dent in
me and Nancy's relationship.
It's too soon, Robin.
Too soon.
I'm sorry, baby.
I guess I've got
some making up to do.
Mhm, but this prime rib feast
is a good start.
It looks delicious.
Mm.
Wait.
Did you buy this dinner
with one of Nancy's coupons?
I plead the fifth, Your Honor.
- Appreciate you coming.
- Are you kidding?
I live with my brother
in his very crowded home.
Of course I was coming.
Congrats on the new place, Em,
- I'm happy for you.
- Oh, thank you.
I mean...
I move in a week or so,
and I... I just, I cannot wait.
I look forward to my
invitation to the housewarming.
Well, I look forward
to having you.
So, what's up with this
new adventure of yours
- they call Holistic Law?
- Yeah.
I... I told you about
the case I'm working.
Single mom trying to
get her kids back.
She's young, you know?
And she's had a
really tough life.
She... she shared
some stuff with me...
about something she experienced
that was extremely difficult.
Then you share that
with the judge,
and if the judge
is empathetic...
It's Judge Taylor.
Judge Needum Taylor?
I appeared before him
before he was transferred
over to juvenile court.
I'm not going to
lie, he was tough.
Great. Maybe think about
holding your most
compelling argument
to the very end right
before he rules.
- That worked for me.
- Duly noted.
- So, Luke Watkins...
- Mm.
What's up with this
new adventure of yours
they call public defense?
I'm not going to lie.
It's been tough.
The trial... Callan.
My client, he shared something
very painful with me
today about his mother.
I could feel...
the misery...
that he was living with.
How haunted he was, it was...
It was almost like I could
feel that misery, too.
Mr. Slimms, thanks
for getting back.
Did you have a chance to
look at the case file again?
Bottom line, the prosecution
is saying Carl Brewer's DNA,
and only his DNA,
was found on this woman's body.
A lot of it. Like,
too much to ignore.
You're going to
argue something else.
The DNA is solid.
Hey, listen, I wanted
to ask you again
about my client's, uh,
transplant from 35 years ago.
I thought you weren't allowed
to mention that in trial.
I'm not allowed to talk about
my client's current
medical condition,
but no one said I can't
refer to his medical history.
Well, you're the lawyer.
Wait a minute.
What kind of transplant did
you say your client had?
I've heard all that I'm
going to hear, Miss Lopez.
I would just like to
say one more thing
on behalf of Miss Collins.
She recently shared
with me something
that she experienced that was
very tough for her to handle
back in British Columbia,
Canada, where she's from.
There was a certain practice
called a birth alert.
It allowed social workers
to flag an expecting parent,
without their consent,
as being unfit to
care for their child.
Tell me how this
relates to the case
- before me?
- Yes, Your Honor.
These birth alerts
were often issued
without regulation,
disproportionately
against indigenous women,
but also low-income
women like Charlotte.
In fact, she received them
during both of her pregnancies.
She spent years on
the run for fear
that her children were
going to be taken from her.
Judge Taylor, please do
not add to the trauma
that Charlotte
has had to endure.
She is a loving...
a loving mother.
And she deserves to
have her children back.
Sherri, you are a lifesaver.
Very welcome, Your Honor.
It was a look.
This incredulous look
you gave me at the
Public Integrity hearing.
The same look you give
to guilty defendants
before you sentence them.
And in that moment, it hit me.
The woman that I
have come to respect.
Idolize, even.
And care for.
Would think that I would steal
half a million dollars
from her campaign.
And though I did nothing wrong
I carry tremendous guilt,
as though I had
somehow betrayed you.
And for that I am angry.
It really hurt.
Sherri.
The look I gave you
wasn't a look of scorn;
it was one of concern.
For the first time,
something nefarious
had happened in my backyard,
and while I never for one second
believed that you had
stolen that money,
someone in my camp did,
and I was worried sick about it.
So, for what seemed like
an accusatory glance
that I gave you,
I am truly sorry.
But this look?
This look right here
that I'm giving you right now
is a look of...
admiration and appreciation
and of respect.
It is a look of
love and of apology.
Thank you.
Miss Collins, you've
missed court-mandated
therapy sessions, you've
missed A.A. meetings,
you're someone who
does not obey rules.
That is a problem.
Having said all that,
I strongly believe
in a concerted effort to
strengthen the relationship
between parents involved in
the system and their children.
Miss Lopez is right,
you've been through a lot
and I'm convinced you never put
your children in harm's way.
I'm ruling that your
children be returned to you
while you serve out the
terms of your plea agreement.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
We sent the blood for processing
and we found that
the genetic profile
generated from the blood
found on the victim's body
was consistent with Carl
Brewer's DNA profile.
Thank you.
Mr. Watkins.
Miss Reed.
Just to be clear,
you told this Jury
that the DNA from the victim
and the DNA from my client
matched to a certainty
of, what was it,
- one in 19 billion?
- Correct. Right.
19 billion, that's a big number.
Three times the total population
of humans on the planet.
Even with that certainty,
wouldn't you say that
there are circumstances
in which DNA can change?
Change? Uh.
It's possible, but
extraordinarily rare.
I want to show you something.
Know what this is, Miss Reed?
It's a Chimera.
A Chimera.
Comes from Greek mythology,
right? Yes.
A fire-breathing monster.
A hybrid creature made
up of three different
animal parts: A lion,
the body of a goat,
and a snake's head for a tail.
- Beautiful, actually.
- Your Honor, relevance.
Overruled, I want to
see where this is going.
But we're not talking
about Greek mythology,
are we Mrs. Reed.
Tell us how this
beautiful creature
connects to the
medical definition.
In medicine,
Chimera refers to
a hybrid human.
Someone who could be carrying
two totally different
sets of DNA inside their body.
So, let's say if someone
received a procedure
like, say, a bone
marrow transplant,
that person could
be a Chimera, yes?
They could be carrying
two distinct sets of DNA,
one of the recipient and
one of the donor, right?
Sorry, I didn't
hear you, Miss Reed.
- Human Chimerism is rare.
- Rare, yes,
but it is possible under
these circumstances.
Objection, relevance.
352 in foundation.
Overruled. Continue,
Mr. Watkins.
Miss Reed, if you
learned that Mr. Brewer
had a bone marrow transplant,
would that change your opinion
regarding the probability
of the DNA evidence.
Your Honor,
marking defense exhibit W.
Carl Brewer's medical records
from 1987 showing he received
a bone marrow transplant
from the California
Cancer Organization.
Your Honor, objection
on prior grounds.
The defense just violated the
court's rulings to prohibit
the mention of the
defendant's medical record.
The court didn't tell me
not to present evidence from
a medical procedure that my
client received 35 years ago.
You serious, Watkins?
- Bailiff, remove the jury.
I ask that the evidence be
excluded and that the jurors...
Be instructed to disregard
it. Those records include
recurrent medical records
as well as the fact that
Mr. Brewer received a
bone marrow transplant.
Watkins, are you
serious right now?
I complied with the
court's discovery rules
as well as the
court's 402 rulings.
Council, you are
both out of order.
I want to see you
in my chambers.
Now.