The Practice (1997–2004): Season 5, Episode 19 - Home of the Brave - full transcript

LINDSAY: Previously
on "The Practice"...

I'm on call

for my rape crisis
center today.

Is that going
to be okay?

I thought you were
just in training.

I thought you were
volunteering nights.

I finished training
this weekend,

and I am
volunteering nights.

Can I get you anything --
a blanket, maybe?

No! Aah!

She panicked.
She totally panicked.



Well, you won't
do that next time.

There's not going
to be a next time.

Maddie.

Are you Lucy?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Sure.

I'm going to see you
at the clinic, right?

I'll be there.

Harland Bassett
to see Eugene Young.

Is he available?

Um...

Eugene.

She's my niece,



so naturally,
I have a vested interest,

besides
her being innocent.

Is it a burglary?

No, no, no,
just shoplifting.

It's a false I. D.,
Eugene.

-Are you certain this is
the woman you saw?
-I am.

-Positive?
-Yes.

At this time,
I would ask

that the real Emma Luger
please stand up.

I will see counsel
in chambers.

Both of you
are in contempt.

I didn't know.

I told you I would
hold you accountable.

You're in contempt.

Who's your D. A.?

Helen Gamble.

You know, I actually
really like working with her.

Don't you have a kid
to go home to?

I do, and I'm going.
How late are you going to be?

Oh, not much longer.

Richard.

Guzman -- 18 months.

That's the same offer
you made over the phone.

I know. I came here
to make it in person.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I just think you should
take the deal on Guzman.

The drugs weren't his.
I can't recommend him --

He won't win this.

You're acting a little odd.
Why have you come down here?

I'm talking to you now
not just as a D. A., Lindsay,

but one with whom your firm
has a relationship.

Do your client
a very big favor

and convince him
to take this deal.

I'm gonna ask you
one more time.

What is going on?

I'm just here
to suggest very strongly

that he take
the 18 months.

That's all I will say.

The offer is rejected.

Linsay, please.

Tell me more
than what you're telling me.

I can't.

The offer is rejected.

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18 months doesn't sound
like a terrible offer.

He says
the drugs weren't his.

Understood, but if your defense
is the police planted them,

when he's got a prior --

Well, first of all,
I think I can beat the search.

What if you can't?
Will the deal still be there?

I don't know.

Take it.

Take it.

Take it.

Eugene?

I saw you, Eugene.
Very funny.

After the detective,
I'll call you to the stand.

You'll make the I. D.,

and then I'll ask you
to describe the rape.

Now, I'm going
to need you

to be as detailed
as possible.

Okay, Meredith?

Meredith?

Okay.

Look, I know
this is rough,

but I'll be there
with you.

I'll walk you
through this.

I don't understand why it's me
who has to go on trial.

You won't be on trial.

It's just going
to seem that way.

I'll come get you
in a few minutes.

Okay.

Your parents
didn't fly in?

I talked them
out of it.

The truth is the less people
that know me in there,

the better.

Meredith, you don't have
any shame in this.

I know, but that
defense attorney,

he is going to blame me.
You said that yourself.

I also said that
that's standard strategy

in date rape cases.

If you just go in there
and stay strong,

stick to the truth,
you're going to be fine.

Thank you for being here.

I would have never made it
this far.

Well, you have.

There's just a little
further to go.

The stuff wasn't mine.

10 grams, Manny.

You could be looking
at a lot of time.

Look, if they're offering
18 months,

that tells me the D.A.
knows this is weak.

Or maybe he knows
the drugs were planted.

I don't think he'd prosecute
if he thought that.

Look...

this D. A., he seems
to be suggesting

that something else
could be in play here.

Do you know
what that could be?

No.

Could he be bluffing,

afraid he might lose
the suppression hearing?

It's possible, but I didn't
get that feeling.

Why not just try
with the motion to suppress?

And if we lose --

My concern is

the state may pull the plea
if they win on that.

The stuff wasn't mine.

I'm not going
to cop to it.

Let's try to suppress.
We'll go from there.

Ms. Dole.

Uh, look,

I basically raised
my brother.

He never knew
his father.

Now, he's an honest kid,
and he's made mistakes,

but he owns them
when he does.

Look, what I'm trying
to say is

if he says
the drugs weren't his,

they weren't his.

I'll do my best, Hector.

Ms. Dole, look, I --
I've done okay for myself.

I have the auto shop
and all, but...

Manny -- he's good
at school, even.

He's got a chance
at college.

I'll help your brother
as best I can.

Thank you.

I developed the case.
I already settled out

with the doctor.
I just need --

For $45,000.

13-year-old girl,
liver failure?

$45,000 seems low.

They needed the money.

Plus, the drug company
is the deep pocket here.

Well, have they
offered anything?

Not yet,
but you know how this goes.

Things get settled
on the courthouse steps.

I expect an offer.

Oh, you do.

The girl got hurt bad,
Eugene, like you say,

and these big
drug companies,

they don't like
the publicity of trials.

They don't like to set
a precedent of settling, either.

Now, you said this drug comes
with a warning to doctors --

"Not proven
to be safe and effective

on children under 16."

Saying "Not proven
to be safe"

is different
from saying "Dangerous."

I'm telling you, Eugene,
there's a case here.

They'll settle this.

Okay.

And why do you need me?

Well, my track record
in product liability cases --

I don't think I exactly
put the fear of God in them.

Now, your case
where you took on the EPA --

A $30 million verdict.

It was cut down.

But you got the verdict.

If I have you guys
on board as co-counsel,

I know I can
chip the settlement up.

I'll give you
a third of my contingency.

Harland, I don't know.

Please. These are
good people, Eugene.

Yeah, but every time
I sign up with you,

I end up
getting embarrassed.

That's not going
to happen this time.

I've worked hard here.

I developed the file.

I beat their motion
to dismiss.

I got it to trial.

I got it to trial.

But you don't think
you can win at trial.

That's why you're
so desperate to settle.

I just want to be sure
they get something.

We had been to a party
and he was walking me home.

HELEN: The defendant?

Yes.

And we got
about halfway to my dorm

when...

When what, Meredith?

Well, first he just
started saying

that he was going
to come back to my room

with me so that
we could fool around.

What did you say
to that?

I think
I laughed it off.

I didn't want to be mean,

so I didn't
really answer him.

And then when we got
to my room,

we went inside.

You let him in?

Yes.

We were still talking,

and I had some soda
in my refrigerator,

so we had a drink.

And then, suddenly,
he just grabbed me,

and he tried
to kiss me.

What did you do then?

I pushed him off.

We weren't even
on a date.

He was just walking me home
from a party.

And what happened after
you tried to push him off?

I think I laughed again,

I don't know,

to make the situation
less awkward,

but I told him,
"No. It's time to go."

And he grabbed me again.

After you said no?

Yes.

He pushed me
onto the floor.

And then what, Meredith?

He pulled up my skirt

and...

he pulled my panties down.

What did you do?

I tried
to fight him off,

but he had my knees
pinned to the floor,

and I couldn't...

and then he was, um...

forcing himself
inside of me.

And did you have intercourse?

It wasn't intercourse.

At anytime did you
consent to this?

No.

He was raping me.

I was on night patrol

when I saw the defendant
run the stop sign.

I pulled him over.

What happened next?

As I approached
the defendant's vehicle,

he made a furtive gesture.

What exactly did he do?

He reached
under the seat

as if he was going
for a weapon.

And what did you do,
officer?

Fearing for my safety,

I pulled out
my service revolver

and asked him
to step out of the vehicle.

I then began
to search the vehicle

for a possible weapon.

Did you find any?

No, but under
the driver's seat

was a plastic baggie
containing what was

later determined to be
10 grams of crack cocaine.

I placed the defendant
under arrest

and advised him
of his rights.

You feared
for your safety?

That's correct.

After you got
the defendant out of his car,

what did you do next?

I searched for weapons.

Did you call
for backup?

No, I thought
I could handle it.

Did you pat frisk?

Actually, I thought
the weapon was in the vehicle.

How about handcuffs?

At that point, no.

You were alone,
and you left my client

unrestrained
and unsupervised?

Like I said,
I thought I could--

While you were
searching the vehicle,

where was
the defendant standing?

A few feet behind me,
I guess.

You turned your back
on him

while in fear
for your safety?

Only for about
30 seconds or so.

Your honor, we move to suppress
all evidence in this case.

Officer Lemay's search here

clearly does not fall
under the terry exception.

He has failed to provide
any legal basis

for a weapon search.

The fact that the defendant
made a furtive gesture

is not disputed here.

If you consider

the defendant's
suspicious behavior,

the time of night,
the neighborhood --

a reasonable
police officer

would have feared
for his safety

and searched the car.

Perhaps,
but the fact remains,

Officer Lemay failed to conduct
a simple pat frisk.

That tells me he wasn't
threatened by this defendant,

nor was he concerned
for his safety.

I am finding the search
to be illegal.

The charges are dismissed.

Thank you.
Thank you so much.

Manuel Guzman,
you're under arrest.

-Get your hands off him!
-Step back, sir.

What's going on here?

Immigration, your honor.

We're placing this man
under arrest.

On what grounds?

Violations of the Illegal
Immigration Reform

and Immigrant
Responsibility act.

What?

WOMAN: What's happening?

You're deporting him?

Don't worry, Manny.
I'll take care of this.

Don't say a word to anybody,
okay? Do not talk.

Where to?

I guess
the conference room.

What's going on?

Oh, uh, Harland Bassett.

Yes, I know.
What's going on?

Eugene and I have
a settlement conference.

Here?

Yes. Opposing counsel wanted
to have it at my office,

I think because they suspect
I don't have one.

Harland --

I can't have our office
cluttered up --

I will make it
all neat, I swear.

Eugene.

I didn't know he was going
to bring the stuff here.

What's this case,
and what's our involvement?

Product liability
against a drug company

that injured a little girl.
Harland --

This guy ponies you up
every time.

I told him I'd join him
for a settlement conference.

That's all it will be.

Why can't you ever say no
to this guy?

Very good question.

You invited my client
into your dormitory room,

didn't you, Ms. Danzer?

I didn't invite him in
to have sex.

You invited him in,
offered him a drink.

A soda.

Had you been drinking
alcohol that evening?

I had had
some alcoholic punch, yes.

And, Ms. Danzer,
when you say that my client

grabbed you and kissed you
against your will,

you admit that
you kissed him back.

Isn't that correct?

I kissed him
a little bit,

but I wasn't reciprocating.
I didn't want to --

You didn't want to what,
rebuff his advances?

I didn't want
to totally hurt his feelings,

but he knew
that I wasn't interested.

Move to strike.

Sustained. Ms. Danzer, please
don't tell us what he knew.

I told him to stop.

I pushed him off of me.

After this incident
occurred --

It wasn't an incident.
It was rape.

After it occurred,

did you then
call the police?

Eventually.

How long after this incident
did you call the police?

Three days.

Three days?

I was confused.

Confused about
whether you'd been raped?

I wasn't --

I was in shock.

I needed
to talk to someone,

so I went
to the rape crisis center

to talk to a counselor.

You met
with a rape counselor?

Yes, at the Boston
Crisis Center.

Do you remember
the counselor's name?

Yeah -- Lucy Hatcher.
She's right there.

What did you tell
Ms. Hatcher?

Objection.
Privilege.

Sustained.

Did you become clear
that you'd been raped

after talking
to this counselor?

Yes.

After meeting
with this counselor,

that's when you decided
to call the police?

Yes.

I'm an American.

You were born
in this country?

No, but --

I adopted Manny when
he was a year old.

He was my sister's boy.

She came here from Colombia
to get her green card.

She was only here
for a month

when she was killed
in a car accident.

You legally adopted him?

Yes. I have
all the court papers.

Did you file papers
with the immigration service?

Nobody advised me
I-I had to do that.

Okay.

Technically, Manny isn't
a resident of this country.

-What?
-HECTOR: Why?

You're not a U. S. citizen,
and because you have

a felony drug conviction
on your record,

the I. N. S. Has the power
to remove you.

They want to send you
back to Colombia.

Back to Colombia?

He doesn't even
know anyone in Colombia.

We have no family there.

He doesn't even
speak Spanish.

Something is going on here.
I don't know what, but --

The drug conviction
was over a year ago.

Why do they want
to deport him now?

I thought she wanted
to have sex.

She said that
she pushed you off.

Yes, one second
she was pushing me off,

the next
she was kissing me.

Did she tell you
to stop?

She said no
a couple times, but --

But what?

It wasn't "no"
like "don't."

It was more "no" like
"we shouldn't be doing this."

What was the difference
in your mind?

Well, we weren't
even on a date.

We had just met
at a party,

and I was
walking her home.

She didn't --

I felt
she wanted to have sex,

but was conflicted
about it --

about seeming
promiscuous.

Did you force yourself
on her?

No.

I definitely
took the initiative,

but I thought I was doing
something we both wanted.

Now, after you had sex,
Mr. Smith,

then what happened?

We shared a ginger ale,

we talked for a while,
and then I left.

Was she crying or...

No.

Did she seem upset?

No.

I mean, she did
have some regret, but --

What kind of regret?

Well,
she just kept saying

we really shouldn't
have done that,

and that she's not
the type of girl

who meets a man
and has sex,

but she wasn't
angry at me.

She seemed to be
more angry at herself.

HELEN: Did she rip
her own clothes?

No, I probably did that.

What about the bruise
on her left wrist?

If I did that,

I certainly never realized
I was hurting her.

So when she said no,

you figured
she didn't really mean it,

and therefore,
you took the initiative?

I guess that's right.

So you bruised her wrist,
you tore her clothes off,

she told you to stop,

but in your mind,

you figured
she really wanted it.

Yes. A lot of women,

they don't want to be
thought of as promiscuous,

so they'll resist
a little,

even though they really
want you to keep going.

I see.

I think we can end
with that answer.

Nothing further.

The witness may step down.

Your Honor, at this time,

we'd like to call
Lucy Hatcher to the stand.

Objection. This witness has
no competence or foundation --

This witness
was the turning point

is Ms. Danzer's decision

to falsely accuse
my client of rape,

and I would like
to cross-examine her.

Any communication
between Ms. Danzer

and her counselor
is privileged.

That privilege is outweighed

by the defendant's right
to a fair trial.

Only if Ms. Hatcher is aware
of exculpatory evidence.

That's not the case here.

Your Honor, that's exactly
what I'm looking to find out.

This is a criminal trial.

My client
faces serious charges.

I should be allowed
to explore this issue.

I'll see Ms. Hatcher
in chambers tomorrow morning.

Okay...

you were trying to tell me
something last night.

I can't really talk
on the record, Lindsay.

Off the record...

if you'd like
to have a seat...

Six weeks ago, an undercover
narcotics officer

was shot and killed
in the backroom
of a Lawrence bar.

Your client was there.

Was he involved?

I don't think so,

but he saw who did it.

The police believe
it was somebody

Manny used to run with
during his drug days.

Basically, your client's
a material witness

who's not talking.

So this is leverage.

Seems so.

And those drugs
were planted in his car

to get leverage.

That I don't know.
All I can say, Lindsay --

The police are on a mission
to get the killer.

Your guy
is caught in the middle.

This is extortion.

All the charges
are legitimate.

The motive for bringing them
isn't really relevant.

That's why I wanted
to settle this quickly,

before all this stuff
went into motion.

I can't really
interfere now.

What's the offer?

If he credibly
I. D. s the shooter,

Manny will get
an "S" visa.

He can stay in the country
indefinitely.

What if he doesn't know
who the shooter is?

He's got a problem.

If rape counselors
can be forced to testify,

what good will they be?

-Perhaps not as --
-Victims will be afraid
to talk to me.

I just need to know
the details

of your first conversation

so I can make a determination
as to whether --

Why?

How did you help her
decide she had been raped?

That's privilege.

I'm overriding
that privilege.

What?

I'm allowing
your testimony.

I asked you if there
was something you knew
that I didn't.

I didn't know that had
anything to do with this.

-If you saw --
-I didn't. I was there,
I didn't see anything.

Manny, this is not the time
to cover for a friend.

I'm not.

How can they
just do this?

They're the I. N. S.
With a felony conviction,

they can deport
a noncitizen, which you are.

You will be gone.

I can't prevent that.

They're offering you
a visa if you cooperate.

You saw it.

Tell me.

I can't.

Manny, you're about
to be deported

to a country where
you don't know anybody.

The only person that can
help you here is you.

This is
lawyer/client, right?

Of course.

You can't repeat nothing --
Not to anyone.

Of course not.

It was my brother.

What?

Your brother
was the shooter?

Hector's a dealer,
Miss Dole.

He runs an auto shop
as a cover.

I can't give him up.

If you want to stay
in this country...

I can't give up
my brother.

JIMMY: Why am I here?

Well, if we have
more of an army,

they'll take us
more seriously.

You can just sit there
quiet.

Look, I do have
work to do.

They're due here
any second.

The meeting should take
a half-hour, tops.

Do you have
a squeal number?

A what?

A squeal number --
A number you'll take.

Well, six figures
would be good.

Listen, Eugene,
it's probably best

if you kind of lead
the meeting.

Lead the meeting?

Just start things off.

You know, how your firm is
prepared to try this case --

My firm is not prepared
to try the case.

You are scheduled
for trial next week.

My firm
doesn't know the case,

we will not
be trying it,

and if you think
for a second --

Uh, gentlemen.
Come right in.

We're all ready
for you.

That's John Rapherson.

You know him?

Do I know him?

Mr. Bassett.

Mr. Bassett.

I did not convince Meredith
she had been raped.

She came
to the Rape Crisis Center

because she knew
she had been raped.

Have you ever tried
to convince someone

to press charges when
they hadn't been raped?

No.

According
to her testimony,

Meredith decided
to press charges

only after
talking to you.

We talked
about the legal definition,

and after
hearing the facts,

I told her she should
speak to the police.

So you gave her
the legal definition.

Yes.

Are you a lawyer?

No, sir, I'm not.

But you know enough
about the law

to advise her
to call the police?

Enough to give her
that option, yes.

Who called the police --
You or Ms. Danzer?

Actually, I did.
She was emotionally dis--

You did.

And you told the police
that she'd been raped?

No, I told them I was
a rape crisis counselor,

and that I had --

Is it your testimony,
Ms. Hatcher,

that Ms. Danzer came
to the conclusion

that she was raped

independently
of your influence?

I can't really
know that, Mr. Tager.

-Well, could she have?
-The witness has answered
she doesn't know.

Withdrawn.

When a person
is sexually assaulted,

is this something
that she gets over easily

with counseling?

Of course not.

In fact,
some of these victims

carry the trauma with them
for a long time, do they not?

Some the rest
of their lives.

Many are angry.

Would that be consistent
with your testimony?

Yes.

Have you ever been
sexually assaulted,

Ms. Hatcher?

HELEN: Objection.

Goes to bias,
your honor.

I'll allow it.

Have you ever been
sexually assaulted?

Yes.

Your dentist
molested you

while you were
under anesthesia.

Yes.

And the superintendent
at your apartment

secretly installed cameras,
and he photographed you.

Your honor, this has
no probative value.

I'm allowing it,
Ms. Gamble.

Please sit down.

Truthfully, Ms. Hatcher,

when you decided to become
a rape crisis counselor,

is it possible that
your own anger was in play?

It had nothing
to do with that.

Nothing at all?

No.

You've seen
the discovery.

The doctors have cited
Reflexin as the cause.

Look, I'm not a scientist.
None of us is here,

so it wouldn't make
much sense

for us to debate
liability.

Our client has directed us
not to settle.

I suspect your client
doesn't really want a trial.

Actually, Mr. Young,
in this case, they do.

There's nothing better
than a trial sometimes

to send the message
that you won't settle out,

and this one presents

a pretty risk-free
opportunity in their minds.

You're here.

Obviously,
you've got a number.

Well, the number,
I'm afraid, is zero.

We're here to satisfy ourselves
that it's the correct number.

We just beat the EPA
for over $30 million

on injuries that weren't
even as bad.

They beat the EPA,
Mr. Bassett.

Now, while I salute
your last-minute ingenuity

in signing them up
for shock value,

we know who opposing counsel
really is.

My firm is very prepared
to be involved here.

This is complex
product liability,

and however impressive
your talent,

there's no way you could
conceivably be ready

to try this
by next week.

Mr. Bassett will have to
lead this charge,

whether he wants to
or not.

We'll get a continuance.

He's gotten six of them.

The judge indicated
this last one was final.

We're very sorry

for the young girl's
difficulties,

but we maintain our client
did not cause them.

Thank you for agreeing
to meet with us.

The man who just walked
out of this room

is one of the top three
civil litigators in Boston.

Are you ready to try
this case against him?

How can they just remove
a person from a country?

Just because I forgot to file
some adoption papers?

They're convinced he knows
who shot this police officer.

And what did he say?

He says he didn't
see anything.

Can't you go to federal court
and try to undo this?

I'm going in this afternoon.

I've scheduled a hearing
with the judge.

But if I lose that,
they'll take him.

He'll be on a plane
to Colombia.

If he did see something,
maybe you two

can convince him
to reveal what he can.

It may be his only chance.

We'll talk to him.

I appreciate that.

I'd gone to the hospital
because I had bruising.

-From?
-Having sex.

And the doctor
who treated me,

I guess he was concerned
that maybe I'd been assaulted.

-Had you been?
-No.

I guess it was pretty rough,

but it was
totally consensual.

Did you talk
to Lucy Hatcher?

Yes.

And did you tell her
that the sex was consensual?

-Yes.
-And how did she respond?

She tried to convince me
that I'd been raped.

She wanted
to call the cops.

I kept telling her
it wasn't a rape,

but she just didn't want
to accept that.

Thank you, Cindy.

Yours.

Have you ever needed
to be hospitalized

after having
consensual sex before?

No.

You filed
a police report, didn't you?

Only because Lucy Hatcher
convinced me to.

She's the one
who pushed it.

The rape counselor,

the woman who you
voluntarily talked to

about what happened
that night...

I wasn't raped.

Yet when a doctor
asked you

if you wanted to see
a rape counselor,

you said yes,
didn't you?

Yes.

Nothing further.

JUDGE: The witness
may step down.

She was raped, Helen.

It was total date rape.

Either she's too ashamed
or she's in denial.

I never convinced her
to file a report.

All right, Lucy.

Can't you put me back
up there to impeach her?

It won't do us any good.

The movers will pick up
the files by 3:00.

Okay.

I could sure use
a second chair at the trial

if you're interested.

Harland, I don't know
that I'd do you much good.

I could get you
up to speed.

I just can't.

Sorry.

Yeah.

Uh, anyway,
I-I hope you don't mind,

I scheduled a meeting here
with the client.

I didn't know how long
we'd be tied up

trying to settle.
If I could just

borrow the conference room

for another half-hour
or so...

Sure.

Three days later
she cries rape,

after meeting
with this Lucy Hatcher,

who convinced her
to cry rape,

a rape counselor who had
been victimized herself,

who admitted herself
that she didn't know

whether she influenced

Meredith Danzer's decision
to call the police or not.

Meredith told you that
prior to her meeting

with Ms. Hatcher,
she was confused

about whether
she had been raped.

If the so-called victim
is confused,

ladies and gentlemen,

of course you have
reasonable doubt.

Meredith sought out
a rape counselor.

Lucy Hatcher
didn't go to her.

Her wrists were bruised.

Her clothes were ripped.

She said no.

She tried to push
Benjamin Smith off.

He pinned her legs
with his knees

and forced himself in her.

That is rape,
ladies and gentlemen.

It doesn't matter how many
days later it is reported.

Nonconsensual sex by force
is rape.

All these cases
involve discretion,

and it's an abuse,

Throwing this kid
out of the country

on a year-old
drug conviction.

You know we have authority
on this matter, Ms. Dole.

I'm not challenging
your authority.

He was adopted
at the age of one.

He's not from a foreign nation.
He's from here.

It doesn't quite smell right,
I grant you,

but the discretion
you speak of, Ms. Dole,

is very wide.

They're using this
to extort testimony.

You cannot leverage
deportation.

Whatever this country
is about, it can't be that.

Don't run him up the flagpole
as a model citizen.

Well, he pretty much
is a model citizen.

Then he should perform
his civic duty

and tell the government
who killed the police officer.

You don't know
that he saw anything.

He was in
a 12x20-foot room.

But that doesn't mean
that he saw any--

If you're gonna be
disingenuous, don't cry foul.

All right.

I'm not going
to deny the removal petition.

Your honor, please.

It sounds to me
like your client's fate

is in his own hands,
counsel.

Get him to accept
their offer.

Being in Colombia,

it's better
than Hector doing life.

What will you do there?

No family, no friends.
You can't even speak Spanish.

And, Manny,
understand this --

You can never come back here,
not even on a tourist visa.

Maybe I can sneak back in.

And if you're caught doing that,
you could get 20 years,

after which
they'll deport you again.

I know you love
your brother very much,

but this is too big
a sacrifice.

My advice,

tell the police
what you know.

I can't.

It would kill my mother.

Losing you will hurt
your mother more than --

You don't understand.

It would kill my mother.

What are you talking about?

Hector says if I tell,

he'll have her killed.

And he'd do it, Ms. Dole.

You don't know how ruthless
he can be.

Your brother would --
would kill your mother,

his mother if --

He says he would.

And from what I know
and from what I've seen...

I'm not sure he wouldn't.

JUDGE: Will the defendant
please rise?

Madame foreperson,
has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, your honor.

What say you?

Commonwealth vs. Smith
on the charge of rape,

we find the defendant
Benjamin Smith

not guilty.

JUDGE: Members of the jury,
this completes your service.

You are dismissed
with the thanks of the court.

The defendant is free to go.
We're adjourned.

(judge pounds gavel)

I'm sorry.

You did your best.

And so did you, Meredith.

You were very courageous
coming in here.

Thank you.

If there's any way
I can help you...

Thanks.

I'd better go.

I never told her to lie
or say anything --

I know you didn't.

I don't think
I steered her.

I don't think I did.

I'm sure you didn't mean to
if you did.

But if you did...

It's the toughest part
of my job, Luce,

and I make up my mind
what the right result should be,

and I'm tempted to steer
my witnesses

to accomplish that result.

It's the toughest part of my job
to resist that.

It might be a difficult thing
for you in your job, too.

Oh. May I help you?

I'm looking
for Harland Bassett.

Oh, Christine, hello.

Hi, Annie.

How'd we do?

Well, didn't get the number
I want yet.

Um, Eugene,

this is Christine
and Annie Mullin, our clients.

Hello.

Hi, Annie.
I'm Eugene Young.

Hello.

How you doing?

I'm fine.

What did we get?

Well, they didn't want
to settle at all.

What does that mean?

It means, sweetie,
we're going to go to trial.

And you're going to beat them?

Well, it'll be tough,

but, uh, you know...

We're going to try, Annie.

Harland.

That drug did this to her?

Every bit of it.

Six months ago
she was completely healthy.

Get your files
back into that room.

Yes, sir.

Annie...

you up for a fight?

Yes.

You tough enough to
take on the drug company?

I'll be as tough
as I need to be.

That's what I want to hear?

Is there any way
to reverse it?

I don't think so.
I'll keep trying.

When would he be deported?

A week, maybe two.

When my sister died,

I promised myself
I would take care of him,

that I would love him
as my own.

Well, you've certainly
done that.

I'd appreciate it
if you would keep working.

Whatever...

Okay.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Guzman.

Yeah.

Good night.

I heard.

I just came from Manny.

Thanks for everything
you did.

Sure.

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