The Practice (1997–2004): Season 1, Episode 6 - Part VI - full transcript

Previously on The Practice.

I shot him, and
I watched his neck explode.
And it was joyous.

If I had a daughter
and somebody killed her,
I'd want him dead.

You think the jury
will think like that?
I do.

My advice--
temporary insanity.

Your daughter was murdered.
The pressure of the trial
topped off with an acquittal.

- You snapped.
- I knew what I was doing.
I won't pretend otherwise.

Gerald--
No!

If Gerald Braun came
to you before and said,
"Oh, by the way,

I'm going to kill Ronald
Martin," I hardly think you'd
give him your moral blessing.

Well, you would be wrong,
Mr. Goode,



because Dr. Braun
did come to me,
and I did give him my blessing.

You encouraged Dr. Braun
to commit a homicide.

This is not an appropriate thing
rabbis should do
with their congregants.

Mr. Warner?
Yes?

Detective Belle, Boston Police.
Would you place your hands
behind your back please, sir?

Don't you think you gave him
the righteousness he needed
to see it through?

Let's not kid ourselves.

Ronald Martin is dead
in large part because of you.

Notice of appearance
of a new D.A.
in the Braun trial.

Asher Silverman?
What? You know this guy?

Asher Silverman is a legend.
He has never lost
a murder trial.

That was the sanest moment
of my life. I'll get
right on that stand and say so.

Say it like that
and wave bye-bye
to your wife and world.

-Who the hell's side are you on?
-This D.A. isn't good.
He is great!



And if he can convince
those jurors to ignore
the cheering and the sympathy,

you both go away!

Commonwealth versus
David Piper.
Sexual intercourse with a minor.

Eugene Young for the defendant.
We'll waive reading,
plead not guilty.

As for personal recognizance,
no priors.

- You askin' bail?
- No.

[ Judge Zisk ]
How old is the girl?
Thirteen, Your Honor.

Trial date, June the 20th.
See Probation.

[ Gavel Raps ]

So where's Mr. Donnell?
He's in trial this week.

Can you come by the office?
This report is a little sketchy,
and I need more information.

What's gonna happen to me?
Well, I won't say
nothin', David.

A 13-year-old girl.
I mean--

She's 14 now,
and she consented.

That doesn't matter
when it's statutory rape.

Statutory rape.

She was 13.
That sink in at all with you?

I fell in love with her, man.
And what?

Did she report you?
Was it her parents?
I think it was her doctor.

Her doctor?
Did she get hurt?

No, man.
She got pregnant.

[ Line Ringing ]

[ Cell Door Opens, Closes ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

Mr. Berluti,
what can you tell us?

- We expect to show
he didn't do it.
- But he said he did it.

He only admitted to
shooting the guy in the head,
causing his death forthwith.

That isn't necessarily murder
when there are
mitigating circumstances.

[ Voices Overlapping ]
Like what?

The guy had it comin'!
No comment. Good-bye.

Were you talkin' to them?

Sound bites.
Nothing of substance.
[ Man ] Rabbi?

- [ Woman ] Rabbi Silverman,
what is your position?
- There.

Rabbi Silverman,
what is your position?

He looks like a corpse.

The judge gonna
let him wear the little cap?

Jury nullification
basically means...

telling the jury to acquit
even though
the defendant is guilty.

Lawyers aren't technically
allowed to make this argument,

but they invariably
find a way to do it anyway.

Watch it. And Bobby Donnell
is expected to do it here.
He'll be saying,

"Hey, whatever the law says,
you can't put
Gerald Braun in jail."

It can be effective
with sympathetic defendants,
and the prosecution knows this.

That's why they brought in
Asher Silverman.

If the defense takes
a holier-than-thou position,

you can bet Rabbi Silverman will
have something to say about it.

How old are you, David?
I'm 19.

Nineteen. Okay.

And the victim, Melanie White--
Are you two still on good terms?

Yeah.

What about her parents?
Any chance they don't hate you?

She's only got her mother,
and I don't think
she's too happy.

But she ain't threatening
to kill me or nothin'.

Is there any chance
that Melanie or her mother
would speak on your behalf?

Hey, this is all gonna
come down to sentencing,
so whatever help we can get--

I don't know about Mrs. White,
but I know Melanie would come.
She's with me now.

What?
Yeah, she's out there
waiting.

Well, she can come in.

Come on in, baby.

Mr. Young, this is Melanie.
Melanie, Mr. Young.

Hi.
Hi.

So, you two
are on good terms?

Didn't you tell him?

Look, Mr. Young,
we love each other, all right?

And we both wanna
have this baby.

[ Electronic Humming ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Woman ] Let's get
some seats in the back.
[ Man ] All right.

[ Sighs ]
Last chance.

We'll still take manslaughter--
voluntary.

I think not.

He could walk.
I think not.

- It's an honor
to be up against you.
- Jimmy.

- But we're not afraid.
- [ Man ]
All rise.

The State of Massachusetts
versus Gerald Braun.

Our sources say the prosecution
will first be putting up...

an eyewitness by the name
of Chris Varley,

who was out walking his dog
that day and saw Dr. Braun
shoot Mr. Martin.

The medical examiner
is scheduled to follow.
You believe this?

Every station is covering it.
This will definitely
put us on the map.

Yeah.
Nice map.

[ Varley ]
He just walked up real calm,
raised the gun and shot him.

What did you do, sir?

Well, I just kind of
froze up.

There was blood coming out
of the guy's neck.

And then, uh,
he took, like, two steps,

pointed the gun again...

and shot him in the head,
and that was it.

Did you have opportunity
to observe the demeanor
of the defendant, sir?

He seemed as calm
as he could be.
Hmm.

What happened after
the shooting, Mr. Varley?

Well, he looked up,
said to me,

"I suggest
you notify the police."

Just like that.
Real calm.

"I suggest you notify
the police,"

like it wasn't even
a 911.

The first shot
wasn't fatal.
You can see...

it only nicked
the carotid sinus
at the bifurcation.

What about the second shot?
Your Honor, I renew
my objections to these photos.

- Overruled.
- Any probative value
they might have--

- Mr. Donnell--
- We'll stipulate the injuries
were both bloody and fatal.

Mr. Donnell,
the court advises you
to take your seat. Now!

Thank you.

Mr. Silverman,
you may proceed.
What about the second shot?

[ Woman ]
The bullet entered the temporal
lobe just above the eye socket,

causing a pressure explosion
of the upper brain and skull.

Do you have a medical opinion
as to how long it took
Ronald Martin to die?

[ Woman ] From the time
of the first wound, probably
about 30 to 40 seconds.

Do you have an opinion as to
whether the victim suffered?

For 20 seconds or so,
he was drowning
in his own blood.

I would consider that suffering.

I thought it went very well.
[ Braun ]
"Well"?

- That was well?
- Dr. Braun, you gotta expect--

The prosecution's gonna try
to make you look like
Charles Manson or something.

I think so far,
you're comin' off
a normal killer.

- And now, we put on our case.
- Which is just the three of us?

No.

It'll just be you.

I thought I was first?

If I put you on that stand,
Mrs. Braun,

they can get it out on cross
how calm Gerald seemed
before he left.

Your being in the courtroom
is enough. I think
it shows you support him.

- What about me?
- Too dangerous.

[ Danny ] But the whole point
is to show Gerald had
some moral empowerment.

If I don't take the stand--

If I put you in that chair,
Asher Silverman
can blast away...

at our moral justification
theory with no risk
to alienating the jury.

With Jerry, he has to tiptoe.
The jury feels sorry for Jerry.

- He's a victim. You're not.
- Even so, I can support
Gerald's state of mind.

I don't want our case
depending on the jury...

liking or accepting you,
because they won't.

Why don't we just argue
temporary insanity?

No!
They'll let you go.

I wasn't insane. I won't
say that I was, damn it.

Are you ready
with your testimony?

Yeah.
I'm ready.

Mr. Donnell, you may call
your first witness.

Thank you, Your Honor.

The defense calls
Dr. Gerald Braun.

[ Spectators Murmuring ]

I'll remind the gallery
to stay silent.

Raise your right hand,
please.

Do you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help you God?

So help me God.

No comment.
This was not new
information they put on.

I can't respond.
We all know Dr. Braun
pulled the trigger.

So what's the point
of the eyewitness?
No comment at this time. Sorry.

And it's no secret that
the guy's head and neck
kind of exploded.

This was all stipulated to.
They were just trying to be
inflammatory with those photos.

How many times
do I gotta say "no comment"?

- Mr. Donnell,
what is your comment?
- Sound bites, nothing more.

Mr. Donnell,
what is your comment?
We need to find out--

The defense wants to prove
heat of passion, but this
is where it gets tricky.

Normally, heat of passion
means a flash of rage,

or that the defendant
somehow lost control.

But here, we have
eyewitness accounts
as to how calm Dr. Braun was.

The defense is basically arguing
that the passion here
is moral passion--

that Dr. Braun was compelled
by an overwhelming moral force
that made him pull the trigger.

A stretch? Maybe.
But remember,

if the defense can prove
heat of any passion,

Dr. Braun will walk
completely free,

because manslaughter is not
an option for the jury here.

The prosecution is gambling,
and they are going
all or nothing.

[ TV Shuts Off ]
Wow.

Why did you want off
this case? Any lawyer
would want in on this.

Heat of passion?
Please.

I'm all for representing
a client zealously,

but arguing the morality
of murder really isn't my niche.

A defense is a defense, Ellenor.

If memory serves me correctly,
you had a client who said
the devil made him do it.

- You had no problem
arguing that.
- What's your point?

My point is, I think
you're taking offense here...

as a Jew
and not as a lawyer.

And I'm not allowed to do that?

Well, there is that
"separation of church
and state" thing, remember?

Yeah, but what I do as a lawyer
isn't state action, Lindsay.

Oh, please.
[ Rebecca ]
Whoa.

I think we should
change the subject.

Exactly why did you go
to Rabbi Warner that night?

Well, because I was
in tremendous,

I guess, rage,

and because...

I could think only
of killing Ronald Martin.

Did you expect
to change your mind?

No. No, uh,
it's not what it was about.

[ Bobby ]
What was it about?

I wanted to know if
I was evil for wanting
to kill Ronald Martin.

I-I wanted to know
if God would understand.

And how did
Rabbi Warner respond?

He said that God
would understand.

[ Bobby ]
Did he say anything else?

[ Braun ]
He said that between
Ronald Martin going free...

and Ronald Martin being dead,

it was more moral
for him to be dead.

Mrs. White,
thanks for coming.
What's this all about?

Uh, this is gonna sound
a little bit out there,
but just the same, we, uh--

You know, David and Melanie,
maybe it would be best
for you two...

to wait outside
at first.

And I'll call you back in
later, okay?

Okay.

It's gonna hit the fan
in there now.
Yeah, I know.

How are you feeling?
Oh, I'm good.

Long as I sleep on my side
and he doesn't start
kicking at night--

I hate the heartburn.
Some people say that means
he's gonna be born with hair.

Oh.
[ David ]
You hope it's just hair.

We should have done
that amnio thing.

So do you have kids?

No.

I got out of the car.

I started walking toward him
with the gun in my hand.

- So you went there to kill him?
- Yeah.

And I hoped I would.

But, uh, I also knew
the reality of
going through with it.

And, um,
as I approached him,

I became less and less sure
that I would.

Less sure?
How?

I kept expecting
this impulse...

to, um, suddenly, uh--

to suddenly tell me that
I was about to do evil.

I-I-I half expected
something in my brain...

to say,
"Stop. This is wrong."

Did that impulse come?

No.

And as I got to him,

the sensation that I felt
was that, um,

this was right.

Ronald Martin
should be dead.

And as I raised the gun
and-and-and pointed it,

I knew it more.

My-My hand didn't shake.

It was steady.

When I pulled the trigger,

I saw the blood shoot out
from his neck.

I, um--

I aimed for his head,
but I shot him in the neck--

in the throat.

And, um,
I heard him choking,

and, uh,
I remember thinking...

this is godly,

because, um,

this man had strangled
my daughter.

How fitting that, um,
he should choke.

That seemed to be...

the most godly thing
in all of this.

And, um,

then I pulled
the trigger again.

I fired the gun,
and he was gone.

Do you regret killing
Ronald Martin?

I, um--

I regret the pain
I brought his family.

I know their pain.

But...

I believe it is just
for him to be dead.

I-- I do.
I--

I believe I owed it
to my daughter to kill him.

And, um, I pray to God...

that she knows.

Did you actually expect me
to go along with this?

Mrs. White, I don't know you,
and I have no
expectations whatsoever.

I'm just saying that
they say they love each other.

They say they plan
to be married one day.
I'm saying...

he has a better chance
of staying out of jail
if they get married now.

Do you even see
how despicable this is?

This may be
in your daughter's
best interest.

I've spoken to a social worker,
and all I ask is that
you meet with her--

Oh!
so that we can--

Mrs. White!

I have a son
who's a few years younger
than your daughter.

I know. Now,
meet with the social worker.

If you're still against it,
I'll respect that
and back off.

But your daughter wants
to keep her baby,

and this is more complicated
than you know.

I just ask you to meet
with the social worker.

Please?

You did great.
But now is where it gets tough.

Let me tell you a few things
about Silverman. He stays still,
almost motionless sometimes.

He'll slowly move towards you.
He won't shout
or thump his chest.

He just moves in very slowly,
trying to intimidate you.

They call him the picker-off,
'cause he stands still,
then he strikes.

You just speak
from what's in there.

Don't fall for word games.

Don't try to make the jury
think you're smarter than him.

You don't have
to be careful here.

Everybody knows what you did,
and we're not hiding anything.

[ Knocking ]
We're back.

- All right.
- Thanks, Bobby.

[ Danny ]
Let's go.

I don't mean to be harsh
with you, Danny.
Understand.

I got a defense here--
I understand you perfectly.

She'll be here any second.
I just called
their office again.

Okay.
Thank you.
Ooh!

There he goes again.
Feel.

He's a little rascal,
isn't he?

Yeah.
[ Groans ]

That one kind of hurt.
Mama?

I really wanna keep my baby.

I know that
I can take care of him.
I know I can.

We've talked about this
before, Melanie.
You're 14 years old.

You have school
and you have your life
ahead of you.

Mommy, this is my baby.

[ Knocking ]

Hi. Uh, are you Melanie?

[ Judge Vinocour ]
Mr. Silverman, you can begin.

You were aware of
what you were doing
when you killed Ronald Martin?

Acutely.

And you felt God would
understand your doing this?

I wasn't sure.
That's why I went
to my rabbi.

Is it your thinking
that one may commit
a premeditated murder...

so long as he gets
a note from his rabbi?

The jury heard my thinking,
Mr. Silverman.

Is it your belief,

sitting here today
in this courtroom,

that God would embrace
your bloodletting?

It is.

Would you care to offer
authority for this position?

Exodus:

"He who fatally
strikes a man
shall be put to death."

Genesis:
"Whoever sheds the blood
of a man,

by man shall his blood
be shed."

Then according
to Exodus and Genesis,

should you now be put to death?

I didn't take
an innocent life.
According to the Torah,

Ronald Martin had forfeited
his right to live...

by murdering
an innocent person.

- I had a Jewish right
to do what I did.
- Jewish right?

A Jewish right.

I'll assume you're aware
of the Talmud's view
on capital punishment?

I'll assume you're aware that
when Eichmann directed the
murder of six million people,

we kidnapped him,
brought him to Jerusalem
and hanged him.

- And then we cheered.
- Eichmann was responsible
for mass murder.

Are you comparing
Ronald Martin to Eichmann?

I'm suggesting that sometimes,
vengeance is right.

And I won't let you
stand up there as a rabbi--

- Move to strike.
- This is my day in court,
Rabbi, not yours!

[ Gavel Banging ]
[ Judge Vinocour ]
All right! Silence!

Be quiet.
The witness may finish.

You come into this room
wearing your yarmulke...

to send a message to that jury
that you condemn me as a Jew.

No, Dr. Braun.

I condemn you as a murderer.

But, Rabbi,
you're in here as a Jew.

And you're testifying
as a Jew...

that you had the right
to commit a religious murder?

- Because to forgive a murderer
is not the Jewish way.
- You mean, it's not your way.

When God confronted Cain
after the murder of Abel,
he didn't forgive him.

He shouted out to him,
"Your brother's blood cries out
to me from the ground."

- God shouted that!
- And God shouted out to you?

No! My daughter did!

Her blood cried out to me!

Her blood!

And that's the real truth,
isn't it, Dr. Braun?

When you raised that gun,

you didn't hear
Exodus or Genesis.

You didn't hear
the Talmud or the Torah.
You didn't see God.

You only saw
your daughter's blood.

And that's the real truth.

[ Woman ]
This isn't just changing diapers
or taking care of a baby.

This is raising a child.
Do you think you really know
what that entails?

Probably not,
but, um, we're ready to learn.

Forget the
"takes a village" crap.
The village is out of order.

The child needs parents.

Look, we'll do
whatever we have to.

How long have you two
been together?

Will they arrest me again
if I tell?

No.

Almost two years.

[ Woman ] Do you have
a place of dwelling?
Yes.

I have a two-bedroom
in Brighton. We plan to turn
the extra room into a nursery.

- [ Sighs ]
How much money do you make?
- 660 a week.

But I'm supposed
to be promoted to foreman
in October,

which takes me to 725.

- Plus, I get insurance
for Melanie and the baby.
- And I'm not covered right now.

Hmm.

Uh, do you work, ma'am?

I work for a courier service.

And how much do you make?
490 a week.

Danny.

It's 10:30.

Couldn't sleep.

- Closing arguments?
- Yeah.

Look, Bobby, I--

You and I go back
to high school together.

I understand Gerald
doing what he did.

But you, I--

Say what you have to say.

You know Gerald Braun
like you know me.

You had to know
he was considering to go out
and shoot Ronald Martin.

You may not have thought
he was going to, but you knew
there was a possibility, Danny.

You think I wanted him
to execute Ronald Martin?

I think that
you could have stopped him,
and you didn't.

Guilty by
commission or omission,
it doesn't matter.

But invoking God
to excuse you, Danny?

It just-- It--
It makes me ill.

This from a man
who routinely
defends murderers.

We both chose our professions.
I'm a criminal defense attorney.

They see me coming.
You're a rabbi.

When Donna Braun was murdered,

Jerry--

Jerry, he-he became lost.

And so did you.

There's an ancient custom
in Jewish law.

[ Speaks Hebrew ]

Translated, it means
if a Jew is found murdered,

let him be buried
in his bloody clothes.

We bury him
as we found him...

to provoke in people fury
and the desire to avenge.

Donna Braun was buried...

in the clothes
she was strangled in.

Does this make
vengeance right?
Of course not.

But it does help explain
the mind-set of Gerald Braun.

Filled with the rage
over his daughter's murder,

instilled with
the religious doctrine...

that anyone who takes
an innocent life...

must forfeit his life,

it becomes easy to see
why Gerald Braun...

was so impassioned
to believe he was right.

He went to his own rabbi,

who compounded
this passion...

by saying it was more moral
for Ronald Martin
to be dead than free.

In the mixture of this
religious influence...

and his own rage
and religious pain,

he marched toward
Ronald Martin with
a loaded gun in his hand.

And with each step,
as he got closer
and closer to the man...

who choked the life
out of his only daughter,

he waited for the impulse
to tell him, "Stop!"

Instead,

he saw Donna's face.

He heard the passages...

from Exodus and Leviticus.

"Eye for an eye."
"He who sheds the blood of man."

"Vengeance is mine."
God said that.

"Vengeance is mine!"

And suddenly that night,
vengeance was Gerald Braun's.

In the heat of moral
and religious passion,

in the heat of horrible grief,

vengeance became his.

Was he right?

No.

Does this man
belong in prison?

Of course not.

For whatever reason,
Gerald Braun felt...

he was in God's hands
that night.

But there's no doubt,
ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

today...

he's now in yours.

I ask not that you abandon
your compassion for this man.

I ask simply that
you not be blinded by it.

We could pass a law
permitting parents...

to avenge the deaths
of their murdered children.

We choose not to.

We could pass a law
permitting religion...

to be an excuse
for certain types
of homicides.

We choose not to.

We could live in a society...

that considers revenge murder
to be moral.

We choose not to.

Now, this man
by his own admission...

knowingly and reflectively
executed another human being.

You heard that defendant
accuse me...

of being here both as a rabbi
and a district attorney.

In truth,
I am here threefold--

a lawyer, a rabbi
and a man.

And when he suggests
to this jury...

that you ignore
the clear intent of law,

he offends my sensibilities
as a district attorney.

And when he champions...

revenge murder as being
in keeping with Judaism,

he offends me as a rabbi!

And when he claims that...

what he did was moral,

he offends morality itself.

And I take it personally
as a man!

It will be a great insult
to human nature...

not to understand
why he did this,

but it is an even
greater outrage to mankind
to tolerate it.

Any and every trial...

ultimately...

becomes about...

the truth.

And the truth...

which each and
every one of you swore to...

was to uphold the law.

You are proposing instead
of Mr. Piper going to jail
for statutory rape,

he should be allowed to go free
so he can marry the victim?

Uh, Your Honor,
I would ask you
to consider the following--

I won't consider anything
that escapes your mouth,
counselor.

You're here representing him.
I'm more concerned about her.

She's 14 years old,
for God's sake.

Which is why
I've brought Cindy McGuire
from Child Welfare.

[ Sighs ]
You're recommending this?

The idea makes me nauseous,

but my concern is for
the girl and for the baby.

- And?
- This man seems able
to provide a home.

If he goes to jail, we're
likely looking at a foster home
for the child. Plus--

- What about the grandmother?
- Well, then we're
looking at welfare.

She can't afford
to take care of a baby.

With all due respect
to my bias, Your Honor,
this isn't unprecedented.

These kinds of marriages
have been recommended
before with minors...

when the sex is consensual,
both partners
are committed to marriage,

and the father is the only
real means of financial support.

That's what we've got here.

That doesn't make it
any less putrid.

What the hell kind of message
does this send?

You can commit statutory rape
so long as you marry
the child after?

Okay, look.
There are a hundred reasons
to condemn the idea.

But the fact is,
I'm not here to send
a message to society.

I've got a pregnant
14-year-old girl.

I'm trying to figure out
what's best for her,

what's best for
this one particular baby.

My recommendation is that
you give them a chance.

Mrs. White?

My daughter wants to, uh,
raise her child, Your Honor.

She wants her baby
to have a father.

And they love each other.

So-- I'm not a judge.

I-- I don't know.

Something tells me I'm gonna
wake up tomorrow morning
feeling sick about this,

but for now,
I'm going to accept
Miss McGuire's recommendation...

conditioned on
marriage counseling
to begin immediately.

[ Groans ]

You may not like it,
young lady,
but believe it or not,

14-year-olds
still have things to learn.

I'm not groaning about that,
Your Honor.
[ Groans ]

Oh! I think
my water just broke.
What?

Adjourned. Go!
Go, go, go!
Somebody call 911!

It's gonna be okay.
Bailiff?

The jury has come back
with a question.

They want to know
if manslaughter is an option,

which means that
they don't want to find him
guilty of murder.

But nor do they want
to see him walk free.

Now, which prospect
they dislike more,
that's anybody's guess.

So who's gonna blink?

I would be open to
a plea bargain for manslaughter.

No.

If they come back guilty,
you are going away
for a long time, Jerry.

Manslaughter, I can get
most of all of it suspended.

If Silverman's offering it,
he probably thinks he's losing.

[ Sighs ]
Dr. Braun, listen to me.

There's no possible way
to tell on this.

I think that
you should take it.

No.

Gerald, please.
I said no.

Damn it!
This isn't just about you.

What am I going to do
if you go away?

I don't know how we're gonna
get through any of this.

But if we're not together,
we don't have a chance.

Damn it. Jerry--

I could survive
being found guilty.

I could survive
being exonerated.

But in-between--

I don't think
I could survive that.

Yes.

I know that's hard
to understand,

but I can't
accept manslaughter.

[ Woman On P.A. ]
Dr. Robalar,
call Labor and Delivery,

extension 216.

Dr. Robalar,
pick up extension 216.
Hey.

Hey.
Fully dilated.

Any minute.
All right.

How'd it go in court?

Great. Judge
is gonna let them marry.

What the hell
am I doin', Beck?

She's 14.
I'm askin' a judge--
What the hell am I doing?

She's trying to keep
her family together.

She's 14.
What does she know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I got pregnant
when I was 15.

And?

Mm-hmm.

For me,
it was the right decision.

I mean, I was 15.
What was I gonna do with a baby?

But not a day goes by
that I don't think about it.

Yeah, Beck.

But she's 14,
having a baby...

and planning
to get married.

Yeah, but she's a girl...

who's listening
to some voice inside...

telling her what
she thinks is right.

And I don't know, Eugene.
Maybe she is right.

I hope she is.

[ Sighs ]

Will the defendant
please rise?

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?

- We have.
- Please proceed.

On the charge of murder
in the first degree,

we find the defendant,
Gerald Braun, not guilty.

On the charge of murder
in the second degree,

we find the defendant,
Gerald Braun, not guilty.

- [ Spectators Murmuring ]
- Yes!

[ Judge Vinocour ]
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, you are dismissed.

- Thank you.
- [ Reporters
Shouting Questions ]

Danny.

[ Man ]
We want to ask you
a few questions.

[ Jimmy ]
There's no cause to celebrate
a situation like this. Please.

It's a great, great day.
One at a time.
Counselor, what do you do--

You did it.

Uh, actually,
you did it, Danny.

Credit should go to you.

We went with your theory,
and-- and the jury agreed.

The execution was moral.

The accessory charge
against me--
It still stands?

That-- That'd be tough
to make now.
I wouldn't worry about it.

I was, um--

I was thinking about
maybe getting another lawyer
to handle it.

I figured you gotta
be fried now.

Maybe somebody else
should handle it.

That--
That's probably best.

Well, again,
great job.

Thanks.

Danny?

Go with God.

Yeah.

You too.

Wow.

Isn't he beautiful?

Hmm.
Oh, yeah.

So much hair.

How about that, huh?
[ Cooing ]

Yeah.
How about that?

[ Cooing Continues ]

[ Woman ]
You stinker!