Harry's Law (2011–2012): Season 2, Episode 8 - Insanity - full transcript

Previously on "Harry's Law"...

My father and I really
appreciate your efforts.

I adore you.

Don't get me wrong, I do.

But I want to be able to see and feel

a future in a relationship.

- Take it outside?
- Wait.

Are you two sleeping together?

- He'd like to.
- No, I wouldn't.

- Yes, you would.
- No, I wouldn't.

He's gonna be joining.



Ollie Richard is joining this firm?

Take it outside?

- Thrilled?
- Beyond.

(line ringing, gunshots, crowd screaming)

MAN: 911. What's your emergency?

WOMAN: I'm calling from Ogilvie.

There's a man with a gun

and he's shooting people!

MAN: Okay. Is anyone hurt?

WOMAN: Oh, God. Oh, God! Oh, God!

MAN: Ma'am, I need you to calm down.

WOMAN: Oh, my God, he's killing everyone!

We're all gonna die!

(crowd screaming)



The video doesn't lie.

The defendant, Matthew Gayles,
is a cold-blooded killer.

When Matthew Gayles walked onto
the campus of Ogilvie University

and killed Adrian Shaw,
Patrick Wills and Emerson Casey,

and left Janice Carroll
choking on her own blood,

he knew it was wrong;
he just didn't care.

He wasn't suffering from
any mental disease or defect,

he simply wanted revenge.

But don't believe me.

Believe the defendant.

In his own words... and I quote...
"I'm not crazy."

"They all deserved to die."

Okay.

Let's be clear.

If your verdict is based
solely on the emotion

evoked by this case,
Matthew Gayles will either

die by lethal injection or spend
the rest of his life in prison.

There's no way around it,
he pulled the trigger.

He killed three people,
he wounded a fourth.

But the law is equally clear.

If, at the time he committed this act,

he was suffering from a mental defect

that prevented him from knowing

it was wrong,
we cannot hold him accountable.

Now, Ms. Kepler, as is her prerogative,

neglected a few details.

First, at the time of the shooting,

Matthew had undiagnosed schizophrenia.

And second, he doesn't remember

any of that day because he was
in what psychiatrists will call

a floridly psychotic state
brought on by this.

This is Brian Gayles,
Matthew's older brother.

After a drunk driver
killed their parents,

the boys were sent
to separate foster homes.

When Brian was old enough,
he adopted Matthew.

See, Brian was more than
an older brother,

he was Matthew's mother,
his father, his entire world.

Until he was hazed to death
by Adrian Shaw, Patrick Wills

and Emerson Casey,
the victims in this case.

As part of joining a fraternity,
he was forced to drink,

he was subject to
waterboarding with alcohol.

He died of alcohol poisoning.

Now, please understand,
we are not blaming the victims

as strategy.

What we're saying is that
because of his sickness,

Matthew Gayles is not guilty.

And the way his brother died
exacerbated that sickness.

I do not envy you
sitting in those 12 seats.

This is a difficult case.

But the question before you is simple.

When Matthew Gayles pulled
that trigger, was he a complete,

sane, functioning, aware human being

or a sick young man?

How did the openings go?

Um, fine.

- Excuse me?
- Excuse me?

What was the "um" about?

Do you have a problem or...?

I said "fine."

Qualified with "um." I heard you.

If you have a note,
would love to hear it.

I aim to better myself.

Okay.

It left me a little cold.

My concern is it'll leave the jury cold.

Yeah, my opening didn't leave you cold,

you walked into the room cold,
as you walk through life.

Ollie, that was unnecessary.

She just pissed all over
my opening. You heard her.

- She said "um."
- It was a calculated "um,"

- and you know it.
- Maybe you can take her outside.

- Okay, you know what?
- Ollie.

I'm in the middle of a trial here.

I don't need his bull,

and I especially don't need hers.

- You're second chair.
- I said "um."

- Ollie, could you come in my office, please?
- No!

You just want to handle me.

Consider it done.

I'm handled.

Let's go.

We're due back in, um, court.

Look, I know I've asked this before,

but are you sure you two
aren't sleeping together?

I think I'd remember.

Maybe not.

Well, whatever your differences,

I don't want them affecting this trial.

If he can't be an adult,
then the job falls to you.

Harry's Law 2x08 - Insanity
Original air date November 17, 2011

ADAM: It's called eminent domain.

It's a legal action.

The government can take land to...

for public welfare.

They can just throw us out?

They have to give you just compensation.

Here, they're taking

four buildings for economic development.

They're deeming the neighborhood
a blighted area.

This is part of the whole

gentrification scheme.

You can see what's happened
on this block.

But our business is doing fine.

Let me look into it, okay?

It's tough to fight these
things, I'll be honest,

but... let me look into it.

WOMAN: It's indecent.

Tell us what you find
indecent, Ms. Harrington.

Well, as I said, my mother was
a very active environmentalist,

as am I.

I drive an electric car, I
eat all organic, as did she.

When she passed, I went to

Mr. Miller's green mortuary

to give her a green burial,
which is what she wanted.

Okay, and, for the record,
tell us exactly

what you understand
this "green burial" to mean.

It means no casket, no
headstone, no embalming.

The body is returned to the earth as is...

dust to dust.

It's very green, very natural.

And did my client provide

this green burial to your satisfaction?

Yes, he did.

And you're suing him
just the same for fun?

I'm not suing for the burial,
I'm suing for the vegetables.

- Ah.
- I eat all organic

tomatoes every day, which
I buy at a local market.

Turns out, his market, his vegetables,

fertilized with human remains.

Which I did not know.

Nobody knew.

Basically, for the last year,

I've been eating tomatoes
fertilized with my mother.

WOMAN: I don't remember hearing shots

or feeling pain.

Actually, I remember this warm
sensation rush through me.

The next thing I felt
was my head hitting the ground.

And somehow I knew.

What did you know, Janice?

I knew that I'd never walk down
the aisle at my wedding.

I knew that I'd never have children.

I didn't know if I was dying,

but in that moment,
I knew my life was over.

When did you realize you were shot?

A minute or so later,

during the chaos, I saw the
defendant walking toward me.

He had a gun.

I thought he was going to finish me off.

KEPLER: But he didn't?

JANICE: No.

He knelt down beside me
with this eerie calm

in his eyes, and he said,

"I'm sorry."

"It wasn't you I was after."

And he walked away.

First of all, my sympathy
for both this terrible tragedy

and for having to relive it somewhat now.

Thank you.

Have you ever met my client?

Yes.

Would you mind telling us how?

Well, I certainly didn't know him

during the time of the shooting,

but I was having some trouble
moving forward

with life.

My therapist thought it would be

a good idea for me to confront
the person responsible,

so, I did.

And you reached out to him?

Yes.

To... well, to find out why he shot me.

I guess I needed to know.

OLLIE: And what did he say?

JANICE: Well, he conveyed his contrition.

And he said he didn't remember
the shooting

or apologizing to me.

Did you believe him?

Yes.

I did.

Did he strike you as genuine?

Yes.

Thank you.

If you don't mind,

I'd like you to take a look
at this on the monitor.

REPORTER: Matthew, why'd you do it?

Are you crazy?

I'm not crazy.

They all deserved to die.

Does he strike you
as being genuine there?

Yes.

He does.

(elevator bell dings)

How did it go?

All in all, pretty well, I thought.

Okay.

Okay, what?

Okay, it went well.

Oliver, what exactly went well?

Her testimony was riveting.

She was also sympathetic
toward our client.

Did you just not hear that?

She admitted that he seemed contrite.

That's not necessarily sympathetic.

In fact, she testified that

with clarity of mind,

he admitted his guilt.

That doesn't exactly help us.

Okay.

You're off this case.

- I want her off.
- Ollie!

Clearly she thinks our client is guilty;

she has from the start.

Oliver, he is guilty.

And if he's to have any chance at all,

he'll need a lawyer who can see...

I want her off this case
and gone from this firm.

- What?!
- I'm a partner, you're an associate.

You're out. Pack up. You're gone.

That's enough.

Both of you in my office right now.

OLLIE: Harry, she's not helping.

I certainly don't want the jury sensing

- her belief that our client is guilty.
- Oh, please.

- You're not being supportive.
- That's bull and you know it.

Oh, hey, I've had it with you two!

- She never agrees with anything I say.
- Not true.

- She doesn't respect me as a lawyer.
- I agree with that.

You just think you're the most
clever person on earth,

- don't you?
- No, just more clever than some.

- Take it outside?
- Cassie!

Harry, he thinks he can just walk

into a room, the jury will
swoon, and he'll win the case,

and it doesn't work like that.
We're arguing insanity

when the kid's actions were
well thought out, premeditated.

We have experts to testify...

- Hired guns with the credibility...
- I want her off!

Shut up! Both of you.

All right.

She can't be taken off now,

or else the jury will pick up on that.

But, Cassie,

you need to be supportive of his case.

He's first chair, he's a partner.

And whether you believe
that our client should be

acquitted or not, we've been
hired to achieve that result.

And we're professionals.

And if you can't be a professional,

maybe you should go back

to the D.A.'s office. And you.

If your own second chair
can't support your defense,

instead of simply condemning her,

it might behoove you to find out why.

The burials were green.

The vegetables were organic. I just...

Neglected to tell the community

that your two businesses
were so intimately connected.

First of all, that was
never actually concealed.

It just wasn't advertised.

And second, everyone, including
the plaintiff, was told

the remains would be used to help promote

plant life, including vegetables.

I see. And were your
produce customers told

how the vegetables were nourished?

No.

- Aren't human remains toxic to plant life?
- At first,

but over time, they become
extraordinary fertilizers.

So after decomposition,

we'd transfer the dirt to our garden.

It was as extremely safe
as it was eco-friendly.

Tell me, Mr. Miller,
if you're so proud of this,

why did you conceal it?

I certainly knew people
might have a conceptual problem

buying produce that was mulched
with human remains.

But again, everything was safe, organic

and in full compliance with the law.

Come on, can you not imagine the horror

of knowing you ate a tomato
fertilized with a loved one?

That's not at all foreseeable to you...

that this could cause
a relative some distress?

I wish the news were better.

It isn't.

There are certain requirements
a government must meet

to satisfy eminent domain.

In this case, they've met them.

(speaking Chinese)

It's his whole life.

I know.

Their trump card here is the economy.

All the government has to say is,

"More jobs, jobs, jobs," and they win.

Don't waste your money on legal fees.

Just negotiate

the best deal you can,

move on to a new location
and start again.

They killed my brother.

So I decided I would kill them.

So that's what I did.

You want to arrest me, fine, go ahead.

But all I did was get
the justice you refused to.

You had read the defendant

his Miranda rights
before he made that statement?

We started to. He stopped us.

Said very calmly that he neither needed

nor wanted an attorney.

He just wanted people to know the truth.

And what truth was this, detective?

Well, that his brother was murdered.

And his death needed to be avenged.

It was an eye for an eye.

KEPLER:
And did he seem crazy or psychologically...

Objection. The witness lacks foundation

to testify as to my client's mental state.

Lay opinion, Your Honor.

I'm not interested in his opinion.

He can testify as to what he observed.

Detective?

I observed an individual of sound mind.

- Objection. The witness...
- Sustained.

What was the defendant's
demeanor, detective,

as he made these statements?

He was calm. His voice was deliberate.

He seemed composed

and very sure of himself.

And he said his brother's death
needed to be avenged.

Yes. He said "eye for an eye"
several times.

Thank you, sir.

Do you have any psychological
or medical training, sir?

- No.
- Thank you.

Do you have any clinical
experience or qualifications

that would enable you
to diagnose a psychotic state?

No, but from what I observed ..

Thank you. Do you have any training...

clinical or academic...
with regards to psychosis?

- No, I do not.
- Thank you.

And is it your testimony
today that if someone

appeared calm and composed,
it would be impossible

for them to be suffering
from schizophrenia?

- That is not my testimony.
- Thank you.

Wasn't the purpose of this
for us to talk?

Yeah. I thought we might start
with an apology.

Okay.

From you.

(chuckles)

That's not the same.

Ollie, I know you're a good lawyer.

I just think, here...

you seem a little blinded.

- That's all.
- You sure it's me?

The Eric Sanders trial...
that case was impossible,

but you were the one who remained positive.

Here, you just seem entrenched, like...

I don't know... it's almost personal.

Is it?

Cassie?

Is it?

Look, the experts are going to be a wash.

We put up ours, they put up theirs.

When the dust settles,
three kids are still dead.

The only way we win this

is if Matthew himself testifies,

and I certainly don't have

to tell you how dangerous that is.

Okay. What else?

What do you mean, what else?

Why is this case so personal to you?

I'm a Columbine kid.

Not the Columbine.

It's a tag they now give to kids

who've lived through school shootings.

A week before my summer break,
sophomore year,

a man came into our cafeteria with an Uzi

and just started...

My best friend, Sara,
pulled me under a table.

People I'd been eating with
seconds before...

When he was done, he'd killed nine people,

including himself and Sara.

She was just shy of 16.

12 years, thousands of dollars in therapy,

I still get the shakes
when I walk on a campus.

When I look at our client,

a part of me still sees a guy with an Uzi.

I'm a little curious why you

didn't bring this to our attention.

It's nothing I can't handle.

Cassie, if you look at the client

and see a man with an Uzi,

that's not exactly handling it.

You had an obligation
to make us aware of this.

Can you continue?

Yes.

Can you close?

Wh... what?

The fact that you lived this,

the fact that you know what it's like...

CASSIE: No.

You can't make me do that.

You can't.

I won't make you do it.

It's totally your call.

You may be in the best
position to help this kid.

Assuming you want to.

300.000.

That's their bottom line.

Norman.

Clearly, you kept
this little secret under wraps

because you knew it
would freak people out.

If you ever saw what the inside
of a slaughterhouse

looked like, you'd never eat beef.

If you saw what the inside

of farmed salmon look like before they

feed them little pellets
to dye the meat red...

This isn't about cows

or farmed salmon.

This is about people.

The most beloved people of all...
the dead ones.

We need to settle.

The thing is, Tommy...

there's a slew of potential plaintiffs

waiting in line to see
how this case turns out.

If I offer money, they'll all sue.

And I'll be out of business.

Look, I'll give it
the good fight if you want,

but summary judgments usually go

in favor of the plaintiff as it is.

We're not likely to win here.

And should we lose,

we'll need to think about settling.

OLLIE: Dr. Bonner, could you briefly

describe your relationship with my client?

I've examined or tested Matthew

more than 30 times
over the last 16 months.

And what conclusions, if any,
have you drawn, Doctor?

Simply put, that leading up
to this shooting spree,

he almost certainly
was suffering from psychosis,

most likely schizophrenia
and some depression,

exacerbated by the death of his brother.

Could you break that down

- a little bit for us?
- Okay.

Symptoms of depression likely began

with the death of his parents.

The schizophrenia...
basically, it's as follows.

After his parents died,

he sort of lived by a simple rule:

"What would Brian do?"

- Brian was his older brother.
- Yes.

Even when they were separated,
that was kind of his guide.

"What would Brian do?
What would Brian think?"

"What would Brian say?"

After Brian died, it crossed a line.

He started hearing what Brian would say.

Brian would tell him what
to do, what to think.

It was Brian who instructed him

to avenge his death.

That falls under either

delusional disorder or schizophrenia.

You only treated him
after he shot these people.

- That's correct.
- To your knowledge,

had he ever told anyone
before the shooting

that he heard the voice of
his deceased older brother?

No, but that's not uncommon.

People suffering from this disorder

often don't share their delusions

with others.

So he knew they were delusions.

That the voices weren't real.

That's not what I said.

He likely knew that others would
perceive them as unreal.

Ah. And he has some acuity

as to how others might
perceive things, does he?

Seems kind of convenient.

He's got these voices
to lay a triple murder on.

If your suggestion is that I've
been duped, I can tell you...

Did his older brother,
Brian, tell him how to

carry out this murder plot
with such efficient precision?

Seems Brian sure knew what
he was talking about, didn't he?

- Objection.
- Withdrawn. This kid was methodical,

he was organized.

Are you telling me all those premeditated

executive decisions
were made by dead Brian,

and Matthew was simply following orders?

It's not as simple as that
and you know it.

No, it seems complicated.

And you say Matthew was controlled

by his brother's voice,

and that's why he did what he did.

When right after he did
it, he went and apologized

to Janice Carroll for shooting her.

Doesn't that kind of remorse show

that he knew what he did was wrong?

Or did Brian whisper in his ear,

- Objection!
- "Go say sorry"?

That only shows he didn't
desire to shoot Janice.

He shows no appreciation
of the wrongfulness of

- shooting the three boys.
- Can you look those parents

in the eye and say
the killer of their children

should be set free?

I can say that Matthew is ill.

He needs treatment, not prison.

I bet your doctors will say that, too.

TOMMY: There is no evidence to suggest

that the plaintiff consumed any produce

actually fertilized
with her mother's remains.

But just the possibility
that she might have,

that's enough to cause
emotional distress.

TOMMY: Oh, please, our court dockets

are logjammed as it is,

that's with actual cases,

which take anywhere from three
to six years to get litigated.

Now, you want to open them
up to include "could haves,"

"might haves," cases where,
gee, "maybe there are grounds."

- I don't think so.
- She has an actual case now

if she has reason to suspect
her mother was used

- to feed the tomatoes.
TOMMY: - Oh, please.

He at least had a duty to disclose it.

My client made all disclosures
as required by law.

Are you suggesting he go beyond
that which the law requires?

If so, you'd be the
first idiot to say that.

The indignity of eating food
grown with human remains...

As opposed to cow crap, pig dung?

All right, counsel. I have to admit

I find this whole thing a bit disgusting.

- Why?
- Why?

Judge, before you heap contempt
on my client,

consider that at least he is doing
something to save this planet,

perhaps for your grandchildren, for mine.

What's truly vile are cemeteries.

Give me a break.

It takes an entire

full-grown tree to make one casket.

We fill corpses with embalming fluids,

noxious carcinogenic chemicals
that pollute the groundwater

in the time it takes a body to decay.

Millions of acres are lost to
cemeteries, trees mowed down,

land that can never be developed
into anything

productive, and they require
a lot of maintenance,

and that means using
fertilizers, herbicides,

insecticides, chemicals which leach

into water supplies, and why?

- To honor dead people?
- All right.

And cremation is just as bad.

Judge, it burns fossil fuels

and releases pollutants into the air.

Mr. Jefferson, this is not a referendum

on cremation or cemeteries.

Well, perhaps it should be.

They're horrible to the environment,

potentially life-threatening to us all,

and yet who's on trial here? My guy.

My guy, who's doing what he can;

he's growing pesticide-free
produce in a way

that saves the planet, preserves
land, protects ecosystems,

but hell, let's just sue him anyway

just because this woman may have

eaten a tomato that may have been

fertilized by her decomposed
mother, and she feels icky.

How dare you trivialize this?

I don't trivialize death, Ms. Harrington,

not your mother's, not anybody's.

But cemeteries cause death, they're toxic,

they kill people, they kill
the planet, and this is

not the guy whose ass should
be dragged into court.

All right! Perhaps in furtherance

of a toxic-free environment, you might

stop talking, Mr. Jefferson.

I'll take all of this under advisement.

(bangs gavel) We're adjourned.

I gave it my best shot, Norman.

Thanks, Tommy.

You are a disgrace of a human
being, you know that?

A disgrace.

Hey.

Hey.

Adam, I just came to say thanks

for this case, and last week.

Thank you.

I sort of lost them both.

You tried.

Look, I'll continue
to tweak the settlement,

squeeze as much as I can.

In the meantime, any idea what you'll do?

My father got work at another dry cleaners,

- Oh.
- which is good.

I'll find something.

Again, Adam, thank you.

Chunhua,

listen, we're looking to hire somebody,

both as an assistant and
to help manage the shoe store.

I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Why not?

You have experience running
a small business,

which is what we're looking for.
I mean, I know we...

But I mean, that shouldn't be
an issue, right?

Well, are you sure you'd be okay with it?

It could be weird.

We're both adults.

I'll be... fine, I think.

I mean, if you...

We're both adults.

We need to put him up there.

- It's so dangerous.
- Can you see any other way?

Oliver, we don't really know
what he's gonna say.

The way I figure, he either
comes off as sympathetic,

which is good, or crazy, even better.

You give any thought to closing?

You really think it's gonna help?

Actually, I do.

Okay.

In which case, you should
probably take Matthew

so you have at least some relationship

with the jury when you get up to close.

I don't even feel I know this kid.

None of us really do.

All we know for certain
is that he needs help.

It doesn't have to be long,

just enough for the jury
to get a sense of him.

Okay.

Look at me.

If you can't do it, just say so.

I can do it.

Are you out of your mind!?

Harry, we need administrative help,

especially in accounting,

- Chunhua has...
- She's your old girlfriend.

And old news. It's not gonna be a factor.

Of course it's gonna be a
factor... you slept with her.

Once you sleep with somebody,

he or she's a factor for life!

You can't unsleep with a
person, trust me, I've tried.

People can still be friends after...

Oh, balls, that never happens.

- Will you listen to me?
- No!

She's not working here.

You just tell her you made a mistake.

You were thinking with Mr. Dickie.

Now she'll just have
to look someplace else.

I can't unhire her.

Of course you can.
You just tell her you were

a dope and now you're over being a dope.

She's not working here.

Hey, Harry!

Chunhua.

I just want to thank you.

People aren't hiring
in this economy at all.

I was sure I...

I know that the generosity of
this firm starts at the top.

So... thank you.

I am so grateful.

Yes.

It's good to have you here.

Now if you'll excuse me,

I'm gonna go pass a kidney stone.

Okay, the first thing I'm gonna ask...

since we're arguing insanity...

some people here
might wonder whether you know

what's going on. Do you?

Yes.

What's going on, Matthew?

I'm on trial for shooting those kids.

And do you know what you're on trial for?

Murder.

And you never denied
shooting them, right?

But I deny it's murder.

Murder is when it's unjustified.

They killed my brother.

You loved your brother very much.

You loved your brother very much,

didn't you, Matthew?

I don't want to talk about my brother.

He's dead.

Okay, let's go back a bit.

Let's talk about your parents.

I don't want to talk about my parents.

Well, that makes my job a little
difficult, I have to admit.

'Cause what I'm trying to do here

is get the jury to know
a little bit more about you.

And from what I know, your brother meant

everything to you,
except for maybe your parents.

I... I don't want to talk about my brother.

My... my brother's dead.

Those kids killed him.

That's why I shot them.

That must have been
a very hard thing for you to do.

Can you tell us

what it felt like to shoot them?

Do you remember shooting them, Matthew?

Matthew,

do you remember shooting

those three boys and Janice Carroll?

No.

But I...

I know I did.

(sighs) I know I did.

Okay. Can you tell us...?

(shouting): I don't want to
talk about my brother, okay?

He's dead! He's... he's dead,
and he... he doesn't want...

He doesn't want what?

Is he speaking to you right
now, Matthew? Matthew...?

Shut up.

You're... you're not to be trusted.

Can I be trusted, Matthew?

Does Brian trust me?

I'd like to go home now.

Please. It...

it's time to go home.

Your Honor, I think
we're going to stop here.

Thank you, Matthew.

Just a few questions, Matthew.

In fact, I'll make these yes or no,

since I can see this is difficult.

After your brother's death,

you met with police officers

and detectives

to discuss the potential
criminal prosecutions

for the boys you deemed responsible.

Right?

Yes.

And you were very
disappointed, then upset,

that the boys were not going
to be criminally charged.

And about three weeks
after this disappointment,

you applied for a gun
permit, which you did not get

because you were only 17.

True?

Yes.

Then you procured a gun
from an acquaintance.

Then, through social networking

and, I guess, your computer skills,

you ascertained the class schedules

of these boys?

- Yes?
- Yes.

You further ascertained

that they routinely congregated
at 11:15 on Wednesdays

in front of one
of the school's frat houses.

True?

Yes.

And you formulated a plan
where you would go to that spot

at the designated time... and shoot them.

Which plan you carried out.

True?

Yes.

That's all I have.

The irony of this case doesn't escape me.

The amount of poison
that we ingest on a daily basis,

and here we have a person
making a healthy,

natural product, good for
us, good for the planet,

and he is being sued.

You see, we as a society

have a, uh, beloved relationship
with the dead.

The reason half of us go to funerals is

to pay our respects to people

that we couldn't be bothered
with while they were living.

Yeah, we like our dead.

We'd kill for our dead.
In fact, it seems we do.

Just in this country alone,
every year, we bury 30 million

board-feet of hardwoods.

Over a 100,000 tons

of bronze, steel, copper,

over a million tons

of concrete, over a million
gallons of formaldehyde.

Every year, we are
burying this in our soil.

Not to mention that we cut down trees

on over two million acres to
make our cemeteries, and then,

we blitz all of that
with poisonous pesticides.

We kill the planet, we kill each other

to honor our dead.

But what we do not do...

is sprinkle our dead on tomatoes.

Now, Ms. Harrington,

if this case goes before a jury,

chances are they're going
to hammer the defendant,

which is why I'm not going
to let it go to a jury.

Now, from what I've heard

about your mother, I think she,

she might feel honored

to be giving back to the earth,

and since she's not
here, I'm going to say

something to you that she might:

get over it.

This case is dismissed.

(sighs)
Okay, how much do we love this judge?

(sighs)
You saved my business is what you just did.

Thank you, thank you.

He didn't snap.

He was methodical

in planning, in preparation, execution.

This was meticulous, careful,
premeditated behavior

carried out by the defendant
to accomplish a revenge murder.

He woke up that morning,
checked his computer,

made himself breakfast, got
dressed, drove to the school,

obeyed all the traffic laws
on the way over.

Then, after mission accomplished,

he's telling doctors
that he hears dead people.

Insanity.

I don't doubt

that the defendant suffered
a terrible tragedy

and a lot of pain here.

Many do.

That does not make it okay to take the law

into your own hands,

go buy a gun, take some target practice,

and then exact eye-for-an-eye justice.

That is not who we are,

whether you claim you hear voices or not.

Matthew is a killer, but that
does not make him a murderer.

We think of insanity
as more of a flash thing.

"He lost his mind."

"He snapped."

"He just went off the deep end,"

"started speaking in tongues."

Much harder for us to see it
as something chronic,

something even methodical,

but that's exactly what happened here.

First, his parents were killed,

and then when his brother died...

Matthew became delusional.

It triggered a psychosis,
and ultimately he slipped

into a floridly psychotic state,

and you saw what happened.

This young man threw his life away.

That's not high-level executive functioning.

That's crazy.

He was on a rampage.

That's not efficient,
precision-like behavior.

That's nuts.

You saw him in that video.

You witnessed him in that chair.

He was incapable of acting
in his own best interests

while testifying.

He seemed a bit of a madman, didn't he?

'Cause that's what he is.

I certainly understand the desire

or need to see him jailed.

When I was in high school...

...a man came onto our campus
and opened fire,

killing nine people,
including my best friend,

who was sitting next to me.

I still see her face.

And I...

I still see his.

I know firsthand

how difficult it is for us

to look beyond our need
for retribution, to...

Matthew Gayles is sick.

I don't want to see him walk the
streets any more than you do,

but he's ill.

You want to lock him up, okay.

Just put him in a place
where he can get help.

Basically, you'll go up and down as needed.

- Okay.
- I would suggest you concentrate

on the shoe store first.

We've had some administrative bumps.

There might be some issues with staffing

that need working out.

We can talk about that
once you get settled.

Okay, you've been officially welcomed.

Not many rules...
the hours are 8:00 to 6:00.

You'll split 'em between up here
and down at the shoe store.

As for dress code, you'll look
neat and presentable,

as you usually do.

Whatever I say, do, and above all,

stay away from Adam's penis.

You got that?

TOMMY: Harry, I've been thinking.

Oh, never a good idea.

I think everybody in
this office should commit

to having a green burial
to save the planet.

Oh, forget it.

I don't want to be stuck in the ground.

When I go, I want
to be dropped in the ocean.

At least I can feed something.

The ocean, like Osama bin Laden?

It's my way of giving back.

Let the sharks have their way with me.

- How was she?
- She was great.

- Really?
- Couldn't have been better.

She didn't ask the jury to like him,

to forgive him, just see that he was ill.

Harry, I didn't appreciate
that comment about my penis.

Oh, relax, you should be glad

somebody is finally talking about it.

Ollie, the D.A. wants to meet.

He pleads to murder, I'll go
20 to life for each killing.

- Simultaneous.
- Consecutive.

- 60 years?
- He gets to live,

- which is no guarantee right now.
- Voluntary manslaughter...

we'll agree to five years
in a treatment facility.

- Come on, Kathryn.
- Ten years

per count, simultaneous.

Yeah, even if I could sell that to Hosanna,

I could never to the public.

I'll give you ten on each, consecutive.

That's my line in the sand.

No!

Matthew, I know 30 years
seems like a long time.

I'm not going to prison
for 30 years; I'd rather die.

That just might be the alternative.

If you're convicted, you very well

could be facing lethal injection.

My brother would say "fight this."

Which you did.

Your brother would also say
"save your life."

Maybe we should get a guardian appointed.

No, if he was deemed
competent to stand trial,

we won't get a guardian. It's his call.

(phone chimes) I'm not taking 30 years.

Let's just see what the jury says.

Well, they're saying it now.

Jury's back.

JUDGE: Mr. Foreman,

has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

In the matter of The State of Ohio

v. Matthew Jamison Gayles,

on three counts of aggravated murder

and one count of attempted murder,

we the jury find the defendant

Matthew Gayles

guilty.

(gasping and murmuring)

(gavel bangs)

JUDGE: Okay, the defendant will
be taken back into custody.

Sentencing is scheduled
for next Tuesday at 3:00.

- Let's go.
- Members of the jury, this concludes

your service. You're dismissed
with the thanks of the court.

We're adjourned.

(reporters clamoring)

Aggravated?

All three counts.

Sentencing's next week.

- What are you thinking?
- Good chance... lethal.

Three basically innocent college kids

just mowed down on video.

Look, I, uh...

First, my condolences.

Second, should he be sentenced to death,

you think the kid might consider,

you know, a green burial?

It's a chance for redemption.

Not the time, Tommy.

How's she doing?

Okay, I think.

(siren wailing in distance)

How are you doing?

Okay.

It was nothing we didn't expect, Ollie.

Let's just focus
on the sentencing and, uh,

at least try to save his life.

For what it's worth, I
think you did a great job.

Yeah, well, in the end,
it wasn't worth much, was it?

Listen, Cassie, I'm no shrink.

Thank God for that.

It just seems to me like you're bottling

a lot of stuff up on this one.

This isn't a wave.

You can't just ride it out.

I'm fine.

No, you're not.

Yes, I am.

You had a lousy couple of weeks.

Yes, I have.

This job really, really sucks,

and I wish I'd never left
the prosecutor's office.

If there's anything you need,
you let me know.

Thanks.

Ollie?

Maybe a beer.

(sighs)