Outlaw s01e05 Episode Script

Start the engine! Get us out of here! Go! Go! Go! Look out, look out.
Hold! He's getting away.
To the right.
Stop.
Drop your weapon! Stop! Ah, ah, I say he throws a two- seamer.
What, a sinker? Please, man.
The last thing he wants to do is bounce it in.
I say a four- seamer all the way.
You know baseball is just a game.
And the grand canyon is just a hole, but not all holes or games are created equal.
Prayer wouldn't save me.
I'd be so nervous I couldn't breathe, let alone throw.
Like yogi says, 90% of the game is half mental.
Garza's.
Uh, no, he's in a meeting.
Can I take it? Tell me exactly what part of "he's in a meeting" did you not understand.
Okay, here goes the money.
High cheese.
Give him the high cheese.
Come on, be a strike, be a strike, be a strike.
Oh! Dude painted it black.
It's official.
He's a God.
- Yeah.
- He's a God.
You would not believe how well he did.
Oh, whoo- hoo.
Man hugs all around.
What none of you are gonna believe is who needs our help.
Senator Vidalin, the guy who's been having you followed? Yeah, his daughter's in some kind of trouble.
With a daddy like that, I'm not surprised.
I have known Sidney for, like, 29 years.
You know that he's holding up funding for Celeste's clinic? Believe it or not, for 28 of those, he was a good friend and a mentor.
Well, your mentor won't fork over for the only free clinic in the district until he gets $56 million earmarked for, and I kid you not, Cyrus, beaver management on the Delaware river.
You know there was over 9,000 earmarks in the last spending bill? He's just looking out for his state.
Beaver management? Okay, "a," I haven't committed us to anything, partner, "b," I'm sure if we help him, he'll fork over something for your wife's clinic, and, "c," we're not driving here for Vidalin.
I've known Tracy her whole life.
Whatever you might think of her father, Tracy's a great girl.
Hey, did you hear what I said? Tracy? I didn't kill anyone.
Honey, we can't help you unless you tell us what happened.
I can't believe he did this to me.
Tracy, who? Who did this to you? Lonnie.
Your boyfriend? When I saw him with the gun gun? What gun? Tracy, you got to tell us what happened from the beginning.
Okay? We were parked, figuring out where to get dinner, when he said he had a surprise for me.
Come on, Lonnie, what is it? If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise.
Well, it's not even my birthday.
What's it for? It's for being cute, okay? Just stay here.
And that's what I did.
For how long? 10, 20 minutes.
And then what? And then the alarm went off in the apartment building, and he came racing out, yelling at me to drive.
And he had a gun.
He didn't have a gun before then? No.
Oh, my God, no.
No, he's I thought he was this totally great guy.
- Go on.
- He, uh He told me to drive, and then there were, like, ten cop cars behind us.
And I panicked and turned, and I crashed.
It's the last thing I can remember.
The Detective told me that Lonnie ran from the car, killed a policeman, and that I'm responsible for that.
How is that possible when I wasn't even there? Will your boyfriend confirm all of this? Is he okay? We, uh, don't know.
He's still in the hospital.
I can't believe this is happening.
Last time I saw you was at my mom's birthday.
Tracy, did you say anything to the cops? The Detective in charge said he questioned you for 21 hours.
I wanted to talk to my dad.
I knew he'd have somebody to help, but, um I'm really glad he called you.
I know you won't let anything happen to me.
They're gonna charge her with killing a cop.
This has to be a mistake.
the police are saying that, uh, they were responding to a burglary in progress, they ran Lonnie Daws from the building to a car that Tracy was driving.
In the chase that followed, uh, Daws shot a patrol officer.
Daws did.
If Tracy knew about the burglary, if she was an accomplice, they can charge her with murder too.
But she didn't know.
She couldn't have.
- Lois, can I, uh, talk to Sydney just for a second? - Yeah.
You know, given where we're at, uh, I don't think my doing this is a good idea.
This isn't about politics.
I can take her through the arraignment process, Sidney, and then - No, no.
I need you, Cyrus.
You are the smartest lawyer I know.
Tracy is our baby.
Nothing else matters.
If I were to do this, you would have to do it my way.
You'd have to listen to what I say, which we both know is not your strong suit.
I will do whatever you say.
Please.
All I care about is my daughter.
That makes two of us.
We'll do everything we can.
I'm not going.
well, the justice asked us to get a statement from the boyfriend.
Great.
Send me a postcard.
Uh, no rap sheet on Daws.
Just a GPA south of the Mendoza line, a suspension for having pot in school, and a wickedly thick stack of detention notices.
My kind of guy.
She won't come to the hospital.
No, I won't help a senator who hates our boss.
We wouldn't have a boss without Vidalin.
He got Garza's nomination through judiciary 10 to 9.
He's an incredibly effective senator whose daughter clearly found herself wrapped up with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Well, since you've got it all figured out, Harvard, we definitely don't need a road trip to Delaware.
Who said anything about Delaware? She did.
And I'm not going.
You do know picking locks is illegal.
Oh, right, my bad.
Why do I bother? No questions right now, thanks.
Excuse me.
Mr.
Garza.
Mr.
Garza.
Hey.
Anything from Eddie and Mereta? Cops won't let them see Daws.
I sent them to get a conditional examination order signed.
All right, well, I'll, uh, I'll try stalling, but as soon as you get a statement from them, - you bring it in.
- Got it.
Is the state ready to file charges? We are.
The people charge Tracy your honor, the facts of this case don't support any charges.
Correct me if I'm wrong, justice Garza, but isn't it customary to hear what the charges are before objecting to them? Your honor, I have colleagues that are presently taking a statement from the real assailant, a statement that I believe will exonerate my client.
A statement from her codefendant? that's hardly persuasive.
at least hear it before you dismiss it.
When exactly will you have this statement? That will be shortly, your honor.
Then shortly I'll consider it.
The people charge Tracy Vidalin with two counts: Felony burglary and felony murder.
did you get the statement? not yet.
We just got the order signed and we're walking into the hospital right now.
I have a court order permitting me to speak to Lonnie Daws.
- He's in room 242.
- Thank you very much.
Miss Vidalin, you are facing two counts in this complaint.
How do you plead? Um, not guilty.
Mereta, what the hell is going on? Hold on, Al.
That's Lonnie Daws? Mereta! Yeah, Al, I I don't think there's gonna be a statement.
My client has no prior record.
She's not a flight risk, your honor.
Her father's a united states senator.
And she killed a cop.
We ask for no bail.
Please feel free to share.
Has your statement arrived? No, your honor, the, uh, codefendant, Mr.
Lonnie Daws, uh, has just passed away.
There won't be a statement.
Then given the gravity of the charges, the defendant is denied bail and will be remanded to the county jail, pending trial.
Next matter.
This way, ma'am.
Tracy cannot spend another night in jail.
She doesn't even like spending the night at friends' houses.
I know this is hard, uh, but I need you to focus.
Now Tracy says that Daws was responsible, and I thought that he'd be able to confirm that, but, uh Now I need to know more about him.
All I know is that, since she started seeing him a few months ago, her grades have suffered, and she's become distant.
He was obviously a bad influence.
It's not that obvious.
He didn't have a record.
- He would have if - If if what? A couple months ago, Tracy came to me.
She was very upset.
Lonnie had been caught breaking into his uncle's liquor store.
The uncle wanted to press charges, so I made a call.
From now on, no more calls.
These people work for the a.
G.
Which is why a call from him isn't appropriate.
It just pisses people off.
My way, remember? - Right.
Okay, the d.
A.
Has to prove that Tracy knew what Daws was up to.
And so far, I don't see any way they can do that.
Now just try and hang in there.
It's gonna be okay.
Inman.
What the hell's going on? Oh, what's going on, looks like you and Vidalin are lovers, which kind of bums me out, because I used to have this huge crush on you.
Come on, the guy's child is being accused of a murder - she didn't commit.
- Not according to her.
What are you talking about? Look, I know I shouldn't be doing this, but like I said, I always found you kind of dreamy.
- Here.
- What is this? Well, it's not a mix tape, if that's what you're thinking.
It's her confession.
Oh, she told me she didn't say a thing.
well, here's a shock.
she lied to you.
Detective Hank Darby interviewing the suspect, Tracy Vidalin, who has been read her rights.
So Your boyfriend shot a cop.
Want to tell me something about it? You were there! Let me give you a tip.
The less you say, the more I think you have to hide.
Owen had ten years on the job.
A wife.
Three kids.
Look at him.
Look at what you did.
You went to that apartment to rob it.
You knew Daws had a gun.
You drove the getaway car.
That's what happened, isn't it? Isn't it? Rise and shine, my man.
Anything through hour ten? Nothing.
It's like watching bars and tone.
Bars, tone, national anthem.
Dude, you are old.
Will you let a young dog in there? Give me.
Chips.
Pull every supreme court case on Miranda.
If the next ten hours are anything like these last ten, we may have grounds to dismiss.
Ooh! Whoo, sorry.
- Al said that you were up here.
- It's okay.
Tell me what you gotta tell me.
Right, yes, I wanted to tell you that Tracy's possessions that were in the truck, we got a copy of them from the d.
A.
- And? - A couple of hair clips, two packs of sugarless gum, a pen from the hay- Adams, and three college applications, one to Penn, Stanford, and Bucknell.
Her college essay was amazing.
All about not having any heroes 'cause they always let you down.
Amazingly dark anyway.
Yeah, well, I just wrote about my horse.
What was your essay about, Harvard? I didn't write an essay.
I wrote a legal brief arguing for admission.
Of course you did.
- Anything? - Not through hour 13.
I didn't know a person could go that long without saying a word.
Especially someone who had so much to say.
She wrote six short stories for her school magazine, and this journal reads like a Russian novel.
Well, yeah, it definitely feels like crime and punishment when you get to daddy's affair.
Vidalin had an affair? He campaigns on family values.
Of course he had an affair.
This is one angry girl.
She's a teenager.
She's supposed to be angry.
Al's daughter is.
But it's only with you, big guy.
But really, I mean, why should we care? I mean, how does this affair really affect our case? Well, it shouldn't.
Any kid would be upset that their parent's having an affair.
Especially someone like Tracy, who loved her father so much.
It'd be totally devastating.
A fact that the d.
A.
'S gonna use to show she was full of rage.
Which we can't really combat unless we know all the details.
Cyrus, like it or not, you're gonna have to dig through some of the senator's dirty laundry.
Your appointment was a happy day.
It never would have happened without you.
Back then, I had clout.
After this, who knows? They take you down quick in this town.
We need to have a conversation about Paula munger.
I know I am hardly the, uh, poster child for a virtuous personal life, and, uh, truly none of my business damn right, it's not.
But the prosecution has turned over Tracy's journal.
She was writing about your affair.
- Go on.
- She's angry, Sidney.
And the d.
A.
'S gonna say she was angry enough to act out.
She did act out, dating a boy Lois and I disapproved of.
He's responsible for this.
The d.
A.
Said Tracy confessed.
The d.
A.
Wants my job.
He'll say anything to get it.
If Tracy did confess, which I doubt, it's because she was locked up for 21 hours.
By then, she'd say anything.
All of us would.
Well, you know how much I care about Tracy, how much I want to help her, but I can't do that unless I know the truth.
Are you still seeing Paula? I called things off six months ago.
Far as I know, she living in Boca with her pilates instructor.
Then why would Tracy write in her journal that she saw you and Paula together two weeks ago? I need to talk to her.
Will this come out in trial? Probably.
Lois doesn't know.
I need Paula Munger's number, Sid.
No wonder I didn't go to college.
Stanford is $39,000 a year, plus you got to tell them "the special things you want us to know about you.
" I can think of one.
You won't go to Delaware.
That's an essay topic for you "the terrible things I did in Delaware: Why I'm wanted in Dover.
" Yeah, how about "how I plagiarized my legal brief essay and had to do a fifth year at Hotchkiss to make up for it"? Allegedly plagiarized.
Those charges were dropped.
They were dropped.
Hey, uh, what's that on your arm? I've noticed it before.
So Vidalin's mistress said that she was in town two weeks ago.
Guess where she stayed.
Hay- Adams.
Well, it looks like daddy brought her a souvenir pen.
Or maybe she followed him there, found out he was still cheating on her mom, and she freaked out.
And what? Robbed a building? Where's the connection? There isn't one.
Tracy's gonna be fine.
I'm more concerned about the senator whose life is gonna fall apart at trial.
The mistress also said two months ago she was getting crank calls, so see if we can pull those phone records, see where those calls came from.
Finally got to the confession.
how bad? you tell me.
Do you believe in God? God.
You believe in him or not? It's a yes or no question.
Nice.
Nod works.
Now tell me, you pray to him? Good.
It's a fine thing.
You think you're gonna ask God to forgive you for Owen's death? Three kids are gonna grow up without a dad, Tracy.
That something you should ask forgiveness for? Yeah.
- That's it.
- That's it? That one word in 21 hours and 43 minutes? One word that could mean anything? I mean, she could be asking forgiveness for I don't know, dating Daws, being in the car with him.
We can interpret it however we want, but she was mirandized, so they can use it.
Maybe not.
Even if you were given your Miranda rights, if your confession wasn't knowing and voluntary, it's inadmissible.
You think she really intended to remain silent? She didn't say a word for 21 hours.
I think her intent is pretty clear.
The statement was coerced.
I'm gonna file a motion to suppress.
Maybe it was coerced, but she was asking for forgiveness for something.
Yeah.
Maybe for something she did in Delaware.
Would you like to make a statement, sir? Not right now, thank you.
Justice Garza, has this changed your relationship with How does it feel defending a cop- killer, sir? The defendant was driving the getaway vehicle.
And officers from Dover p.
D.
Pursued that vehicle for over five blocks before it finally crashed.
Where was Lonnie Daws during that time? He was also inside, and during the chase, he was leaning out a side window, firing at the officers in pursuit.
And the defendant kept driving? Yes.
Before she crashed, she was clocked at over 60 miles an hour.
She knew what she was doing.
After the crash, Detective, did you have an opportunity to question the defendant? I did.
I interviewed miss Vidalin at the precinct.
The defendant was given her Miranda warnings prior to that interview? Absolutely.
We did everything by the book.
Your honor, with your permission, I'd like to play a portion of that interview for the court.
Go ahead.
Do you believe in God? God.
You believe in him or not? It's a yes or no question.
Nice.
Nod works.
Now tell me, you pray to him? Good.
It's a fine thing.
You think you're gonna ask God to forgive you for Owen's death? Three kids are gonna grow up without a dad, Tracy.
Is that something you should ask forgiveness for? Yeah.
No more questions.
One word.
Your entire case comes down to that one word.
Objection.
Argumentative.
Sustained.
Your burden, Detective.
You need to prove that my client knew that that building was being burglarized.
She also fled the scene because she knew she was guilty.
She fled the scene because her crazy boyfriend was in the middle of a shootout with the police.
Then why did she confess? All right, let's talk about that.
How long did you interrogate Tracy Vidalin? I don't know exactly.
21 hours, 43 minutes exactly.
And in that time, Detective, how many questions did you ask her? I don't- 2,012.
So? So Tracy Vidalin had the right to remain silent.
You don't think, after 2,000 questions and 21 hours of silence, she was intending to use that right? Objection.
The court can decide that question, not this witness.
Well, then, I am done with this witness.
And let's get to the point.
Your honor, it's too long.
My client was clearly invoking her right to remain silent.
She never said she wanted to remain silent.
She didn't have to.
Her actions were evidence of her intent.
There are no magic words.
Yes, there are.
If she wanted to stay quiet, she had to say so.
Your honor, that makes no sense.
You can't force a defendant to speak in order to say she doesn't want to speak.
Let me get this straight.
You are the same Cyrus Garza that sat on the most conservative Supreme court in history, aren't you? Only if by conservative you mean interpreting the constitution correctly.
The same court that's done more to limit Miranda protections than any court in history? That's right.
And I am standing here, making this argument, and that should say something to you.
Your honor, in all of our decisions on Miranda from the very beginning, we made it clear that a statement can only be admitted if it was made knowingly and voluntarily.
And this one wasn't? Not even close.
There was nothing voluntary about it.
My client was clearly being worn down by a zealous Detective.
That's ridiculous.
It was an interrogation.
That's what we do.
We wear people down.
For 2 hours, 4 hours, 10, 15 even.
But this was a young girl who said absolutely nothing for almost a day.
I realize that, Mr.
Garza, but you're asking this court to hold that a constitutional right can be invoked by doing absolutely nothing.
That's right, your honor.
I see your point, counselor, but you should have made that law before you left the Supreme court.
The statement is in.
The witness may step down.
Okay, Tracy, that was a setback, okay, but whether the confession is admissible or not doesn't prove that you're guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Tracy, the prosecution still has the burden to prove that you knew the robbery was going to occur.
Okay? I don't think that a one- word confession is gonna convince them of that.
I didn't sneak around the back or Jack open a door or shoot anyone.
I just stayed in that car.
And we're gonna do all we can to prove that at trial.
What happened in there? What do you mean, the court? We lost.
I felt like you pulled your punches.
What are you talking about? I think our history together is keeping you from doing your best work.
Our history has nothing to do with the work I'm doing.
But you not listening to me does.
I told you not to call the a.
G.
Lois didn't want to hire you.
I insisted because I was stupid enough to think you had something to prove.
Me? You're the one who had me followed, ransacked my place, sent a goon after one of my team.
Al still can't even believe I took this case.
And my team thinks that I'm in bed with the devil.
So if anyone's got something to prove, I don't see it being me.
Just because you keep accusing me of that doesn't make it true.
I swear on my mother's grave.
I had nothing to do with that.
A lot of people want you dead for leaving the court.
I just want you lightly grilled.
And for that, I got enemies, so thank you for nothing.
Can you believe him? Maybe.
- Man loved his mother.
- Huh.
You believe her? Yeah, I clocked you seeing how she said Daws jacked a door open to get into the building.
How could she have known that if she was waiting in the car? Maybe it was Darby.
Or Daws.
When? When she's hauling ass from the cops? You saw the interrogation.
Darby never mentioned it.
So does Tracy have any connection with that building? Has she ever been there before? No, no idea.
Well, we need to call Eddie then, tell him to go over there and find out.
You know, Cyrus, I know why you can't see this, man.
All I see is you not being able to get past the sins of the father.
Well, guilty as charged, but my blind spot was with him, not with her.
Al, I- I've watched her grow up.
- I know her.
- You know her? Okay.
You know, a few months ago, I found Willa's journal.
She left it in the kitchen, so fair game, right? Can't believe how she was talking about herself.
It was like I didn't even know my own daughter.
So trust me when I tell you that parents don't always know their children.
She did not do this.
I don't know if she did or not, but what I do know is this.
There's no possible way you could ever know what she's capable of.
39,10, 11, 40.
75, 31, 43, and 88.
I I don't know.
Maybe it's a, a combination.
Maybe it's a code.
You think Lucinda's in the CIA? Or the KGB.
Maybe she's a sleeper agent waiting to be activated.
Oh, so she can be even more destructive than she already is? That's terrifying.
Are you doing that guy thing where you're totally lost and you won't admit it? No, the apartment Daws broke into is right up here.
- Somewhere.
- Uh- h.
Look, you're the navigator.
What's the address again? Um, 2450 Mendota ave.
Wait.
Figure it out? I think Lucinda's numbers are map coordinates.
Antarctica? That's if it's 39 degrees south, 75 degrees east.
But if it's 39 degrees south and 75 degrees west You get the middle of the Pacific ocean.
I'm starting to think it's not coordinates.
I'm starting to think it's maybe, like like a Swiss bank account.
Hang on.
There's one more option.
If you do 39 degrees north and 75 degrees west, you get Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, what? My dog.
I had to put her down.
What's her name? Comet.
Georgia.
You guys went to Harvard and Yale? Get your money back.
Okay, how do we counter this confession? Well, not with the crank calls, that's for sure.
63 over a ten- day period.
Yeah, check the dates against Tracy's journal entries.
Coincide with her finding out about the affair.
Can't blame her.
According to the records, the calls come from a cell phone owned by a Grant Dinges.
Yeah, another classmate/loser/lover like Daws.
We need to find him, see what he has to say.
Got it.
Went to the apartment complex, knocked on every door.
Nobody knew Tracy or Daws.
We just received this tenant list.
Yeah, we're cross- checking all the names against Daws, Tracy, any of the Vidalins.
So far, there's nothing that's come up that's connected Tracy to the building.
Without that, I don't see how they prove intent.
What? The dog's name is Georgia.
We called it comet for short.
Does the prosecution have this list? I don't know.
Because we got the same name in both places, Paula munger.
Munger, the woman who had the affair with Vidalin.
Whoa, Vidalin's mistress lived in that building? She bought an apartment there three months ago according to this.
She was subletting it.
So much for Tracy not having a connection or an intent.
Yeah, it looks like little miss Perfect's been lying to us.
I didn't lie to you.
You want us to believe that Daws just picked that building by accident? I have no idea.
I told him about Paula.
Where she lived.
How I felt about her.
And how was that? I hated her, okay? She was breaking up my parents' marriage.
But that doesn't prove that I broke into her apartment.
In fact, I didn't know she lived there until she just now.
Tracy, the prosecution may already know.
They have the journal.
If they find the tenant list, they'll make the same connection.
I want to testify.
What would you like to say? That I had no idea what was going on that night.
I can't put you on the stand if I know you're going to lie.
But I'm not going to.
Tracy, you still expect us to believe this was Daws' idea? Yes.
Because it was.
I'm telling you, it's the truth.
Lucinda talked to crank call boy.
And? And you're gonna want to hear this.
Inman's got the, uh, journal and the tenant list too.
You think he made a connection? We're about to find out.
Mr.
Garza, the floor is yours.
Thank you, your honor.
The defense calls Tracy Vidalin.
It was my mistake.
I, I thought I loved Lonnie.
I thought I knew what kind of person he was.
My parents tried to warn me.
So you had no idea that Lonnie intended to break into that building? None.
You have to believe me.
Lonnie never said anything about a break- in.
He just stopped the car and said that he had a surprise for me.
And what happened then? And then, all of a sudden, I heard someone shooting, and Lonnie was running at the car screaming at me to drive.
So you did.
I had no idea what was happening.
I didn't even realize at first that Lonnie was the one with the gun.
And then we were driving, and he was shooting, and I was so scared.
That's- that's why I crashed.
Tracy, uh, this is important.
Did you and Lonnie have a plan to break into that building? No.
Listen, I know I was wrong to be with Lonnie.
I know that, but What he did, what What happened to that police officer he shot, I'm so sorry.
I didn't know.
But the police say you confessed.
I didn't.
I was I was in the crash, and they wouldn't let me go to the hospital.
- Objection.
- Overruled.
Go on.
I was in the police car when Lonnie did what he did.
And then, um, they took me to the precinct and kept me in that room for so long.
I couldn't eat or sleep.
But you asked for forgiveness, Tracy.
Yes.
- Why? - Because I wanted it.
I wanted God to forgive me for being in that car, for being with Lonnie.
And I was praying for the officer's family.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
I read your journal, Tracy.
You knew Lonnie Daws was a criminal.
In fact, you admit that's partly why you liked him.
I was stupid.
I thought it was cool to be with a bad boy.
You weren't just with him, Tracy.
You helped him.
We talked to some classmates.
You admitted to standing lookout for him.
He stole some tools from a hardware store.
That's not the same.
He doesn't know about Paula munger.
He missed it.
You were partners.
That's what you said.
You don't understand.
I thought I loved Lonnie at first, I did, but Then he started to scare me.
And then he started to hurt me.
Excuse me? I never told anyone this.
We were in my, my parents' house, and, um Lonnie was going through my dad's drawers and Looking for money, and I told him to stop.
And he got angry.
And he hit me.
He threw me to the ground.
And I tried to fight him off, but He raped me.
You're making that up now, aren't you, Tracy? After that, he said if I ever tried to get away from him, that he would hurt me or my family.
So Daws raped you.
You didn't think that was something that we should know? I didn't think we'd need it.
So did you say it because we needed it or because that's what happened? Is that what this is about? You'll say whatever it takes to win this? Somebody has to.
All right.
Enough.
Your name, for the record? Grant Dinges.
Tell about Tracy Vidalin and Paula munger.
Man, Tracy hated that woman more than anything in the world.
If she hated her, why did you make the threatening calls? It wasn't me.
She used my phone.
She wanted to threaten her and worse.
Worse how? Well, she wanted me to break into her apart - he's lying.
- The things she talked about doing, it was like she lost her mind.
- He's.
- Shut up.
When Dinges wouldn't go along with what you wanted, he says you dumped him and started dating Daws.
He's jealous.
He'll say anything.
You found someone who would go the extra mile, didn't you? - Someone who'd get a gun? - That is not what happened.
I'll tell you exactly what happened, Tracy.
Did you get the gun? What? Could we just stay here? Listen, if you're not gonna do it, I can find someone else who will.
Go on.
When you get back, I'll have a surprise for you.
So the d.
A.
'S offered a deal.
That's because they saw the same thing out there that you did.
I had that jury in tears when I was done.
Five years for voluntary manslaughter, Tracy.
Nah.
Pasadena.
You think you've got this whole thing locked up? Tracy, you don't.
I've seen enough trials.
You never know what a jury's thinking.
One minute, you think you've got them.
And the next, you're doing life.
Without parole.
Well, I'll take my chances.
After all, I've got a supreme court justice for my lawyer.
This trial is over.
We're down to closing arguments.
Then, um, I don't know what you're doing in here with me.
I did my job.
Go do yours.
Done.
The law is clear.
If two people commit a felony in this case, a burglary- and an innocent man in this case, a police officer is killed, both criminals are guilty of felony murder.
That's the law.
Tracy Vidalin didn't have to pull that trigger.
If you get into business with a man like Lonnie Daws, if you help him commit a felony, the law says you take your chances.
Tracy didn't have to agree to kill anyone.
She didn't have to agree to shoot at the police.
All she had to do was intend to break into that building with Daws, and she's guilty.
And she is guilty.
She knew Lonnie Daws was a criminal.
She wrote it in her journal.
She participated in some of his crimes.
But now she wants you to believe that she has no idea why she was at that building that night, sitting alone in a running car, waiting for the love of her life, who just happened to be breaking into a building.
Now she wants you to believe that she was afraid of Daws, that he raped her.
Members of the jury, I take that allegation very seriously.
But I think we all know that it came from a young girl who would say anything to gain your sympathy.
Detective Darby wore the defendant down.
We admit that.
That's what police work requires.
And when all was said and done, he finally got her to admit the truth.
She knew.
She'd prayed for forgiveness.
Now maybe some day God will forgive her, but here today, a slain officer cries out first for justice.
And I know you'll deliver.
Mr.
Inman hasn't shown you one shred of proof that Tracy Vidalin and Lonnie Daws agreed to commit a burglary.
No proof that Tracy even knew that Daws had a gun.
Tracy was up on this stand.
She told you that she didn't know.
And Mr.
Inman could say, "oh, come on," and "oh, please, " but his words are not evidence, and his pleas are not proof.
Yes, Tracy was driving that car.
She told you she was terrified.
She heard gunshots.
And this man, who had abused her, threatened her, ordered her to drive.
And so she did.
Maybe it was wrong.
But it is not reason to convict her of a murder.
Now, look, my life has been the law.
And in all my years, I don't think that I've ever seen a confession quite like this one.
One word.
21 hours.
Thousands of questions.
I'm sorry.
It's wrong.
It's wrong that a Detective would push for it, and, frankly, it is wrong that a prosecutor would rely on it so heavily that a young woman could conceivably spend the rest of her life in prison.
Yes, Tracy Vidalin asked for forgiveness.
For trusting Lonnie Daws.
For being part of a terrible night that ended in tragedy.
But she did not suddenly admit to some murder that she didn't even see happen.
I can assure you she is smarter than that.
She was praying to God.
And if you all follow the law, you'll set her free.
And her prayers will be answered.
No.
More.
Done.
Don't wander off.
Wow.
Really? Absolutely really.
This glass is a metaphor of me.
When I took this case, I was full.
Full of righteousness and conviction.
A young girl falsely accused.
A confession coerced.
A fundamental right abridged by a broken system that I was determined to fix.
But now Empty.
I should have written that one down.
Remind me why I left the court, Al.
Something about fighting for justice.
I believe your exact words were, "in California, there's gay marriage.
"In, uh, Montana, there's euthanasia.
In Connecticut, affirmative action.
" - Delaware? - You did not mention Delaware.
- You know why? - No.
'Cause, in Delaware, there is no justice.
You know, maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
The coordinates point to Delaware, where Lucinda won't go.
Don't tell me you're not curious to find out why.
No, I am curious.
I'm just- I'm not this curious.
You're sure you got the coordinates right? I'm not sure of anything, except that we should leave.
- Come on.
- Eddie.
- Come on.
- Eddie.
No.
What exactly are we looking for? I don't know- the guy she killed, the ten guys she killed, I don't know.
We didn't find anything, so let's just go back to the car.
Eddie.
Eddie, I'm serious.
This is me going back to the car.
Oh! Oh, Eddie.
Eddie? - Eddie! - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Did you find something? Yeah.
I just don't know what.
O fathers let's go down Come on down, come on down, O fathers let's go down Down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord show me the way ! O mothers let's go down Come on down, don't you want to go down Come on mothers let's go down Down in the river to pray.
As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good old way Daddy! # and crown.
Good Lord, # It's over, sweetheart.
You're coming home.
Justice Garza, I don't know what to say.
I was so scared, and you saved me.
You got them to see my Tracy for who she really is.
Well, she certainly is an extraordinary girl.
You did your job, Cyrus.
Thank you.