1 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,976 How you doing? 2 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:11,378 Tired, right? 3 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:13,980 Sleepy? 4 00:00:14,047 --> 00:00:15,982 That's okay. 5 00:00:16,049 --> 00:00:17,350 Just relax. 6 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:18,985 Go with it. 7 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:21,354 Close your eyes if you want. 8 00:00:21,421 --> 00:00:23,390 Lay down back there. 9 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:25,392 It's okay with me. 10 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,028 Damn. 11 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:35,168 You want to see your mommy, you don't say anything. 12 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:38,405 Just go to sleep. 13 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:42,475 License and registration, please. 14 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:46,346 What do you got back here? 15 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:49,382 My niece. Heading home from the circus. 16 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:50,350 Sorry. 17 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,352 Somebody looks tired. 18 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:54,354 Somebody wants to get home and into bed. 19 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:57,357 You've got a rear taillight that's nonfunctional. 20 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,359 I'm going to look the other way this time, 21 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:01,194 'cause it appears to me like you got some 22 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,363 urgent business in the back seat. 23 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:04,964 Thank you, Officer. 24 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:06,366 But I'm gonna need some assurance 25 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,368 you'll take care of this first thing tomorrow. 26 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:10,537 Absolutely. You have my word, Officer. 27 00:01:10,603 --> 00:01:12,338 All right. Let's get this little lady 28 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,973 back home and into bed. 29 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,409 She can barely keep her eyes open. 30 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:26,820 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,314 ♪ ♪ 32 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:16,803 Are you all right? 33 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:23,776 Do you need anything? 34 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:25,812 I'll get you some water. 35 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:28,181 No. I'm all right. 36 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:31,184 God. I hope you're not getting sick again. 37 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:34,053 Not with my mother coming to visit. 38 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:39,893 Please. One nightmare a night is plenty, thanks. 39 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:57,377 Captioning sponsored by PARAMOUNT TELEVISION 40 00:02:57,443 --> 00:03:01,381 and NBC 41 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:31,611 ( sighs ): Ham? 42 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:33,379 Ham. Hmm. 43 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,214 Okay. I know what that means. 44 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:36,449 That's your "no" voice. 45 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:38,217 Well, no. It's not "no". 46 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:41,654 I just don't think my mother is really a ham person. 47 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:43,323 More of a veal person. 48 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:44,390 A fish person, actually. 49 00:03:44,457 --> 00:03:45,892 Fish? 50 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:47,560 ALLISON: Well, I don't know what to tell you. 51 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:48,861 We don't really have veal kids. 52 00:03:48,928 --> 00:03:50,396 We don't have fish kids. 53 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:51,397 We have ham kids. 54 00:03:51,464 --> 00:03:53,066 We have chicken finger kids. 55 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:56,035 Maybe we could make some fish and some chicken fingers. 56 00:03:57,003 --> 00:03:57,971 Forget I said that. 57 00:03:58,037 --> 00:03:59,672 I will. 58 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:05,311 Honey, what are you doing? 59 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:06,946 I'm building a fort. 60 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:09,949 It's where I'm gonna sleep so Grandma can have my bed. 61 00:04:10,016 --> 00:04:11,351 What's the matter? 62 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:13,319 Couch not good enough for you anymore? 63 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:14,754 BRIDGETTE: This is better. 64 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:17,322 I don't know. 65 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:19,459 We may want to have a nice dinner in there, 66 00:04:19,524 --> 00:04:21,427 it being the dining room and all. Please? 67 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:23,529 Come on. When's the last time we used the dining room? 68 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:24,631 Yay! 69 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,669 Veal... fish... 70 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:32,305 This week is going to kill me. 71 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:34,407 Tell me about it. 72 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:35,842 You can't do that. 73 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:37,710 Sure, I can. You're my daughter-in-law. 74 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:38,978 You're married to my son. 75 00:04:39,045 --> 00:04:40,847 It's not like you're naked or anything. 76 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:42,215 Besides, we need to talk. 77 00:04:42,281 --> 00:04:43,983 No, we don't. I have to go to work. 78 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:45,318 I have to take a shower. 79 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:46,386 And you're dead. Now, go away! 80 00:04:46,452 --> 00:04:48,655 Relax. Take it from someone who's 81 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:50,256 been there before. 82 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:52,058 Take it from someone 83 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,760 who's seen their life flash before their eyes. 84 00:04:53,826 --> 00:04:55,428 There's nothing as important as family. 85 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:57,130 What are you talking about? 86 00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:59,298 You were a workaholic father who ignored his son. 87 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:01,000 You left your wife for another woman. 88 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:02,301 And the whole time you were alive, 89 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:04,303 you never once visited your grandchildren. 90 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:09,042 Yeah? So? It's never too late to change. 91 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:10,943 Oh... Out! 92 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:13,713 Out! 93 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,048 Excuse me? 94 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:18,051 You all right? 95 00:05:20,219 --> 00:05:21,154 I don't know. 96 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:22,822 I'll let you know a week from now. 97 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:25,024 MAN: I don't know how familiar 98 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:27,093 this office is with Project Defender, 99 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,462 but through the use of modern DNA examination, 100 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:30,697 and the implementation 101 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:33,099 of other cutting-edge crime assessment tools, 102 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,469 we've been responsible for the freeing of many prisoners 103 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:38,805 erroneously sentenced to long-term incarceration 104 00:05:38,871 --> 00:05:40,173 and, in some cases, even death. 105 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:41,908 I'm very familiar with your work. 106 00:05:41,974 --> 00:05:43,676 What is it that brings you to Phoenix? 107 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:45,678 Beginning last year, the project received 108 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:47,180 a series of letters from an inmate 109 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,182 at the Springville Correctional Institute 110 00:05:49,248 --> 00:05:50,750 claiming wrongful conviction. 111 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:51,918 Are you familiar with 112 00:05:51,984 --> 00:05:53,686 a Mr. Owen Butler? He's currently serving... 113 00:05:53,753 --> 00:05:56,556 A life sentence for the murder of Clancy Donovan in 1995. 114 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:59,192 I'm well aware of the case. I prosecuted it myself. 115 00:05:59,258 --> 00:06:01,394 Now, please don't misunderstand. We're not 116 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,930 necessarily alleging prosecutorial misconduct here. 117 00:06:03,996 --> 00:06:05,798 No. Of course not. 118 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:09,001 You suspect I made an honest mistake. 119 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:11,671 On the record, the Mayor's office would like you 120 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:13,306 both to know that he supports the work 121 00:06:13,372 --> 00:06:16,542 of your project, and he's happy to do anything he can to help. 122 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:19,011 Please let His Honor know that we 123 00:06:19,078 --> 00:06:21,013 appreciate that. Well, now that 124 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,715 it's clear that we're all friends... 125 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:24,484 I'm all for exonerating 126 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:27,019 the innocent, but when it comes to Owen Butler, 127 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:29,655 I'm afraid you're barking up the wrong tree. 128 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:31,257 Are we? Court transcript shows 129 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:33,259 you were never able to establish any real connection 130 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:34,727 between Mr. Butler and the victim. 131 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:36,229 I beg to differ. 132 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:38,131 Both men in question were illegal drug users. 133 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:40,733 It seemed quite clear to both the judge and the jury 134 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,569 that Mr. Butler broke into that apartment looking for drugs. 135 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:45,505 No. I beg to differ. You had no witnesses 136 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:47,039 to place him near the crime scene. 137 00:06:47,106 --> 00:06:49,308 True. But, as I recall, he couldn't account 138 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:52,145 for his whereabouts at the time of the shooting either. 139 00:06:52,211 --> 00:06:54,847 I mean, it's not as if his alibi didn't check out. 140 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:56,115 He simply had none. 141 00:06:56,182 --> 00:07:00,186 The man was so incapacitated by his drug habit 142 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,088 he had no idea where he was an hour 143 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:03,256 before being questioned, 144 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:04,757 much less at the time of the shooting. 145 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:05,892 Be that as it may, 146 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:07,260 there's still no forensic evidence 147 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:09,195 to indicate he was ever in that apartment-- 148 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,397 no fingerprints, no DNA evidence-- nothing. 149 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:13,399 Yes, I know. Nothing except 150 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,001 a .38 caliber slug that passed through 151 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:16,402 Mr. Donovan's skull 152 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:19,305 and embedded itself in the wall of his apartment-- 153 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,340 a .38 caliber slug that matched the gun 154 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:24,277 that we found in the trunk of Butler's car. 155 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:25,378 True. 156 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:27,146 It still doesn't prove he was the one 157 00:07:27,213 --> 00:07:28,214 that pulled the trigger. 158 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:29,482 I'm sorry. 159 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:31,751 I prosecuted this case almost ten years ago, 160 00:07:31,818 --> 00:07:34,187 and a jury of 12 citizens found Mr. Butler guilty. 161 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:36,355 Now, if you've uncovered some evidence 162 00:07:36,422 --> 00:07:38,057 that shows somehow we got it wrong, 163 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,692 I'm happy to hear it. 164 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:43,462 If not, I need to get on with my day. 165 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:47,166 Yes. That'll do. 166 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:48,568 Mr. District Attorney? 167 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:49,969 They're on a fishing expedition. 168 00:07:50,036 --> 00:07:51,337 Fine. Then let's let them fish. 169 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,605 Just so they don't go to the press 170 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:53,906 and claim we're stonewalling. 171 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:55,808 I mean, as long as you're completely confident 172 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:57,643 the case against Butler is going to hold up, 173 00:07:57,710 --> 00:07:58,845 this shouldn't be a problem. 174 00:07:58,911 --> 00:08:01,013 You're right. There is no problem. 175 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,815 Excellent. And I'll be sure 176 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:04,951 and share that with the Mayor. 177 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,692 DEVALOS: Butler lost his job as a landscaper back in '93, 178 00:08:12,758 --> 00:08:14,927 when he was picked up for indecent exposure. 179 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:16,829 Took to petty theft 180 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,798 to finance a worsening drug habit. 181 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:21,267 Ended up shooting a man execution-style 182 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:22,935 during a bungled robbery. 183 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,938 He's ten years into a life sentence at Springville. 184 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:27,406 Sounds pretty open and shut. 185 00:08:27,473 --> 00:08:30,309 It was. And why they're choosing to reopen 186 00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:33,946 this particular can of worms right now is beyond me, 187 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:35,881 but I need someone to interface 188 00:08:35,948 --> 00:08:37,482 between their group and ours, 189 00:08:37,549 --> 00:08:39,719 and I'm a little shorthanded. 190 00:08:39,784 --> 00:08:41,988 Wait a second. It doesn't sound like something 191 00:08:42,054 --> 00:08:43,489 I'm particularly well-suited for. 192 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:45,858 Frankly, it sounds like something for a lawyer. 193 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:49,028 I'm confused. Didn't you study to be a lawyer? 194 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:56,736 Welcome back to Phoenix, Ma. 195 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:00,172 Happy Mother's Day. 196 00:09:00,239 --> 00:09:02,441 Well, happy week leading up to Mother's Day. 197 00:09:02,508 --> 00:09:05,678 Yes. Well, happy week leading up to Mother's Day to you, too. 198 00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:06,545 For what it's worth, you're looking good. 199 00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:08,147 Oh, you're sweet to say that. 200 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:09,949 Truth is, I had a long winter, 201 00:09:10,016 --> 00:09:12,852 and I didn't get out as much as I would've liked. 202 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:15,154 Mother, what are you talking about? What about the cruise? 203 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:16,188 Oh, no. You're right. 204 00:09:16,255 --> 00:09:17,823 You're right. The cruise was nice. 205 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,892 I mean, if you like that sort of thing. 206 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:21,928 You don't like that sort of thing? 207 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:24,463 No, no. I liked it. 208 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:26,299 It was nice. 209 00:09:26,365 --> 00:09:27,733 You get on a big boat. 210 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,602 You sail around. Right. 211 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:31,237 You come back to the place where you started. 212 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:33,105 I don't know. 213 00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:37,109 In retrospect, I'm not sure I accomplished all that much. 214 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:43,649 So, is Ariel 215 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:44,717 any taller? 216 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:46,385 Does Marie talk yet? 217 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:48,220 Has Bridgette learned to brush her own hair? 218 00:09:48,287 --> 00:09:49,922 You got way too many questions, Ma. 219 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:52,525 I'm gonna have to book you a later return ticket. 220 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:59,065 BUTLER: I've never seen him before. Why would I kill him? 221 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:02,134 DEVALOS: Maybe you knew he kept drugs in the apartment. 222 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:04,136 BUTLER: How would I know that? 223 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:05,137 DEVALOS: You've never done business together? 224 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:06,806 You'd never bought from him? 225 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:08,007 BUTLER: No. Never. 226 00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:09,809 DEVALOS: Mr. Butler, you can't tell me 227 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,277 where you ate lunch today, 228 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:14,447 but you're certain you've never seen this man before. 229 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:18,117 BUTLER: If I could have a taste, I'd remember a little better. 230 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:19,151 Ms. Dubois? ( gasps ) 231 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:21,420 Sorry. 232 00:10:21,487 --> 00:10:23,589 Gary Craig, Project Defender. 233 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:25,157 This is Deborah. She's a student at ASU, 234 00:10:25,224 --> 00:10:26,892 and one of the interns down at the project. 235 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:28,928 Nice to meet you both. 236 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:30,029 District Attorney Devalos 237 00:10:30,096 --> 00:10:32,431 asked me to sit in on any interviews, 238 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:34,266 and to help in any way I can. 239 00:10:34,333 --> 00:10:35,968 Much appreciated. The less adversarial 240 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,737 we can make this whole process, the better. 241 00:10:37,803 --> 00:10:39,538 I have a question, though. 242 00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:41,674 This man... Have you looked at his rap sheet? 243 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:43,776 He's no angel. Are you sure this is someone 244 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:45,678 whose innocence you want to champion? 245 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:47,480 I'm sorry. I don't see it that way. 246 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:49,682 It's not for me to judge someone's worth. 247 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:50,916 The question on the table is, 248 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:52,218 is he guilty of the crime 249 00:10:52,284 --> 00:10:54,053 for which he was tried and convicted? 250 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,989 Our purpose is to serve as an extra check and balance 251 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:58,657 to make sure that the system works 252 00:10:58,724 --> 00:11:00,626 at its most evenhanded and fair-minded. 253 00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:02,828 These are copies of all the correspondence 254 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:05,364 we received from the accused and his prior counsel. 255 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,066 Thank you. 256 00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:22,748 CRAIG: Mr. Butler. 257 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:33,993 How you doing? 258 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,800 Ew! It smells like fish in here. 259 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:42,568 It's salmon. 260 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:43,736 Marjorie, um... 261 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:45,905 how much tonic should I put in your gin? 262 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,840 Oh, just the tiniest of tiny splashes, darling. 263 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:49,608 In fact, don't even bother. 264 00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:53,012 What's this? 265 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:54,980 Napkin. 266 00:11:55,047 --> 00:11:56,115 Sorry, Mom. 267 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:57,383 I was at the store, 268 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,718 I had it on my list and everything 269 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,093 You want a chicken finger, Grandma? 270 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:09,628 Mmm! Didn't know chickens had fingers. 271 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:12,198 Bridgette, Bridgette, thank you for sharing, but... 272 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:14,300 let Grandma eat her own food. 273 00:12:14,366 --> 00:12:17,169 So, Allison, tell me about your work. 274 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:20,005 Oh, I don't know, it's part time. 275 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:21,674 I work for the District Attorney. 276 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:23,409 Sort of a paralegal thing? 277 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:26,045 Well, there's definitely some "para..." and I do believe 278 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:27,980 there's some "legal" in there, too, so... 279 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:30,483 Oh, I... I do a lot of different things. 280 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:32,184 It must be quite a balancing act 281 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:33,385 with the house and the kids. 282 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:34,420 I don't know. 283 00:12:34,487 --> 00:12:36,489 It seems to work out for the most part. 284 00:12:36,555 --> 00:12:38,057 I'm kind of on-call, so it depends 285 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:39,458 what's happening... That's so nice. 286 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:41,026 And I guess the extra income 287 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:42,628 comes in handy, too, hmm? 288 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:44,597 Maybe you can finally get some help. 289 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:46,365 What kind of help, Grandma? 290 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,600 Oh, you know, some nice lady 291 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:50,102 who could straighten up and make the beds... 292 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:52,338 make sure there's napkins. 293 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:58,611 Mom... 294 00:12:58,677 --> 00:13:00,179 What? 295 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:01,113 Would you excuse me? 296 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,223 It's not what you think. 297 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:12,658 What are you talking about? 298 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:15,094 She's a witch. She's a smiling cobra, she's... 299 00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:17,263 Lonely. 300 00:13:17,329 --> 00:13:21,901 Everything else you said, too, but mostly she's lonely. 301 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,469 She wants to move here. 302 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:25,638 She wants to live here. 303 00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:26,939 She wants to be the help. 304 00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:30,176 That's what I was trying to tell you before. 305 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:35,181 You sure? 306 00:13:35,247 --> 00:13:36,949 Yeah. 307 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:39,285 This is something you picked up from her? 308 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:43,389 No. 309 00:13:50,296 --> 00:13:53,299 Okay, look, I told you I can't handle that. 310 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:54,400 I don't know, it's just... it's... 311 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:55,801 I'm sorry. I mean, most people 312 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,837 lose their parents and they lose them. 313 00:13:58,904 --> 00:14:00,806 Okay, let's not focus on the messenger, 314 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:03,175 let's just focus on the message. 315 00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:13,385 Okay, look, she's my mother. 316 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,387 The thing is, she's not your mother. 317 00:14:15,454 --> 00:14:18,257 So how do you feel? 318 00:14:18,324 --> 00:14:22,127 Me? I was just hoping to live through Mother's Day. 319 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,363 Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. 320 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:29,168 Maybe I should have kept it to myself. 321 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:33,339 I mean, there's nothing to do until she says something, right? 322 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:34,807 True. I mean, who knows? 323 00:14:34,873 --> 00:14:36,642 Maybe my dad's off base on this. 324 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:38,644 I mean, if he was so good at reading my mother, 325 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,546 then how come they got divorced? 326 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:43,082 God, it's never boring around here. 327 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:53,158 DETECTIVE RICKEY: My partner and I 328 00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:54,360 had just knocked off. 329 00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:56,428 We were heading out to a bar to catch a game. 330 00:14:56,495 --> 00:14:58,130 I remember because Arizona was playing 331 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,265 Gonzaga for the championship. 332 00:14:59,331 --> 00:15:02,134 Anyway, a uniformed patrolman responded to 333 00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:05,738 a shots-fired call, discovered a dead body. 334 00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:08,974 Actually, um... the victim may have still been alive 335 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,276 when the uniform arrived on the scene. 336 00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:11,477 I-I don't recall. 337 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:14,647 We were nearby, so they had us take the call. 338 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:17,149 In any event, 339 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:18,984 when my partner and I arrived 340 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:21,353 the uniform showed us the apartment had been broken in 341 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:24,189 through a back window. And at that point anyway, 342 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:27,092 Mr. Donovan, the victim, was dead. 343 00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:29,261 Single gunshot wound to the head. 344 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:30,629 The bullet was from a weapon 345 00:15:30,696 --> 00:15:33,399 we later found in Mr. Butler's possession. 346 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:38,304 And how did you come to find the gun in Butler's car? 347 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:40,272 An anonymous caller phoned it in, I believe. 348 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:43,909 Said he'd overheard Butler bragging about the crime. 349 00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:46,779 We got a search warrant, went to Butler's apartment. 350 00:15:46,845 --> 00:15:49,114 Neighbor said he hadn't been home for days. 351 00:15:49,181 --> 00:15:50,649 Was that unusual? 352 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:52,117 Apparently not. 353 00:15:52,184 --> 00:15:56,488 She said he sometimes went on week-long crack binges. 354 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:59,458 When we finally caught up to Butler, 355 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:01,560 we found the gun in the trunk of his car. 356 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:04,930 Forensics matched it with the bullet that killed Donovan. 357 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:06,598 It should all be there in the record. 358 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:07,900 Detective Rickey, 359 00:16:07,966 --> 00:16:09,268 how thoroughly did you examine 360 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:11,136 that apartment for evidence? 361 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:13,539 I don't know, I think we were there a day and a half. 362 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:17,276 In all that time you didn't find one fingerprint 363 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:18,377 belonging to the accused? 364 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:19,812 I mean... 365 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:21,847 if the man was there to steal drugs, 366 00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:23,716 presumably he would've left some prints 367 00:16:23,782 --> 00:16:25,317 in and around the drugs. 368 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:26,652 Doesn't that make sense? 369 00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:30,055 He was wearing gloves. 370 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:31,557 He brought the gun. 371 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:33,726 He knew what he was going to do. 372 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:36,328 Why would he go out of his way to leave prints for us? 373 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:37,563 He didn't go out of his way 374 00:16:37,629 --> 00:16:39,264 to leave fiber evidence for you either, 375 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:40,432 according to your report. 376 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,968 He also left no eyewitnesses to place him 377 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:44,269 at the scene of the crime 378 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:46,338 and no DNA to prove he was there. 379 00:16:46,405 --> 00:16:47,806 It's a pretty well thought-out crime 380 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,141 for a crack-addicted petty thief, 381 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:50,609 wouldn't you say? 382 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:55,514 Thank you for coming in, Detective. 383 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:57,916 Next witness, 10:30. 384 00:16:57,983 --> 00:16:59,918 Why don't we take a few minutes? 385 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:01,553 Hi, honey, it's me. 386 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,489 I tried to call your mom on her cell phone 387 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:05,057 to see how she and Marie were doing. 388 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:06,724 Just went straight to voice mail. 389 00:17:06,791 --> 00:17:08,761 Anyway, I'm on break. 390 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:10,462 Give me a call. I love you. 391 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:11,797 Bye. 392 00:17:12,830 --> 00:17:13,799 Detective... 393 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,867 I thought I might see you here. 394 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:18,237 Which way to the Project Pretender fiasco? 395 00:17:18,303 --> 00:17:20,105 Be nice. Wait a second, 396 00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:22,207 I didn't know you were a part of all this. 397 00:17:22,273 --> 00:17:24,675 I don't remember seeing "Detective Lee Scanlon" 398 00:17:24,742 --> 00:17:25,877 on any of the reports. 399 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,479 Well, we're talking ten years ago. 400 00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:29,815 I was Patrolman Leland Scanlon if you please. 401 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:31,917 And I was the responding uniformed officer 402 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:34,353 the night Donovan was murdered. 403 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,722 Oh, my God, I am so glad to see you. 404 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:38,824 Why, you tired of making small talk with the bleeding hearts? 405 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,759 Well, actually, these people are presenting 406 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:42,327 a very compelling argument. 407 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:44,463 The case against Butler isn't terribly strong. 408 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:47,633 I hate to see him get out of jail because of it. 409 00:17:47,699 --> 00:17:48,734 I'd really hate to see what it would do 410 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,569 to District Attorney Devalos. 411 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:52,137 Allison... 412 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:55,574 trust me, those people will never get this guy off. 413 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:01,246 Neighbors heard the gunshot in Donovan's apartment, called 911. 414 00:18:01,313 --> 00:18:03,115 I got to the door, no one answered. 415 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:04,149 The door was locked, 416 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:07,920 so I forced it open. 417 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,354 I walked into 418 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:11,256 what I guess you would call the main room, 419 00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:13,091 the living room. \h ( sportscast playing ) 420 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:14,460 The body was on the floor... 421 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:16,895 although I was not immediately certain 422 00:18:16,962 --> 00:18:18,397 that the victim had expired. 423 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:21,967 There were drugs and paraphernalia everywhere. 424 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,469 Wasn't for all the blood, you'd have thought 425 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,270 he got high watching the game and passed out or something. 426 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:27,439 Then I looked up. 427 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:30,309 I saw some guy on the fire escape. 428 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:33,879 Couldn't tell you who he was. 429 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:35,514 He took off like a bat out of hell. 430 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:36,882 I guess he'd been up there the whole time, 431 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,918 hoping and praying I wouldn't notice him. 432 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:43,088 Soon as our eyes locked, he took off. 433 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:45,958 CRAIG: And you didn't give chase? 434 00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:49,428 I felt like the thing to do was to attempt to revive the victim. 435 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:54,600 I did mouth-to-mouth and CPR 436 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,001 for, uh, I don't know, maybe seven, eight minutes. 437 00:19:00,572 --> 00:19:04,109 CRAIG: Anything catch your eye after that point? 438 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:06,545 SCANLON: The window showed signs of forced entry. 439 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:08,881 I figured we were looking at, uh... 440 00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:10,682 a possible robbery attempt. 441 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:14,753 The truth was, I was in way over my head. 442 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,522 I realized that the victim 443 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,956 had expired, there was nothing 444 00:19:18,023 --> 00:19:19,591 for me to do except call it in, 445 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:22,427 wait for the detectives. 446 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:25,063 You getting all that? 447 00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:27,799 Oh, yeah, I got it. 448 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,176 Hey, everybody. Sorry I'm late. 449 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,612 I didn't know what everybody wanted, 450 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,881 so I picked up a couple of pizzas. 451 00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:45,484 Don't worry, Mom. I got you a salad thing. 452 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:46,552 JOE: Hey, babe. 453 00:19:46,618 --> 00:19:48,720 Look what Mom did. 454 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:49,821 Aha... 455 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:52,658 She cut up the vegetables herself. 456 00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:54,560 It's a crabmeat bisque. 457 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:58,096 Oh, boy. What a treat. 458 00:19:58,163 --> 00:20:00,999 This is so nice. 459 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:03,936 Excuse me a second. 460 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:07,339 ( sighs ): Wow! 461 00:20:07,406 --> 00:20:09,041 It's clean in here. 462 00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:14,212 Oh, my gosh. 463 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:15,881 Dinner in the dining room? 464 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:19,518 Bridge, what happened to your fort? 465 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,486 Grandma bought a magic bed. 466 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:24,222 MARJORIE: I picked up one of those inflatable beds 467 00:20:24,289 --> 00:20:25,223 that plug into the wall. 468 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,825 That way she can have her bed back, 469 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,393 and you can have your dining room back. 470 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:31,930 Oh, my gosh. Why didn't I think of that? 471 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,632 How...? 472 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:35,500 When-when did you do all this? 473 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:37,169 Well, by the time I 474 00:20:37,235 --> 00:20:38,604 got the baby down for her nap 475 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:40,272 and the girls and I got their homework 476 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:42,007 out of the way, 477 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:44,276 it just... I don't know. It just sort of worked out. 478 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:47,613 I helped Grandma polish the silver. 479 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:49,748 And she taught me how to brush my hair. 480 00:20:49,815 --> 00:20:52,985 MARJORIE: But at the table, honey. 481 00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:54,353 Is-is it okay? 482 00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:56,254 Is... it's not too hot? 483 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:06,465 It's delicious. 484 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,804 It's the noise, I think. 485 00:21:15,474 --> 00:21:17,476 That's why we take cruises 486 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:20,278 and walk through the malls 487 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:23,548 and sleep with the television on. 488 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:25,884 It's the noise. 489 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:29,688 Kids... 490 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,323 husbands... 491 00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:35,927 You get used to it. 492 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:37,963 And then one day... 493 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,998 it's gone. 494 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,771 Your daughters... ( chuckles ) 495 00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:49,074 are lovely people, you two. 496 00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,679 They make a lovely noise. 497 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:58,116 ( sighs ): Oh, dear. 498 00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:02,154 Someone's had enough wine... ( chuckles ) 499 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:08,026 Time to sleep in my magic bed. 500 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:14,900 Night, Ma. 501 00:22:14,966 --> 00:22:16,501 Sleep tight. 502 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,419 ALLISON: Did she actually say anything to you? 503 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:35,520 ( spits ) Uh, no. 504 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:37,589 But while she was cooking, I noticed 505 00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:39,725 she had the newspaper open to the Real Estate section. 506 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:44,463 Okay. I'll ask. 507 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:47,466 Would it be such a horrible thing? 508 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:52,771 Today is not the day 509 00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:55,107 to ask me that. 510 00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:56,441 Well, what do you mean? 511 00:22:57,743 --> 00:23:00,479 I don't think I'm ready to discuss that yet. 512 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:04,449 But I strongly suspect that I will always remember today 513 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:07,619 as the day where little Allison discovered 514 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:11,456 there was no Santa Claus. 515 00:23:11,523 --> 00:23:14,559 'Cause people really aren'tgood. 516 00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:17,429 And justice isn't only blind... 517 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:20,799 it's in a coma. 518 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,468 Okay. 519 00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:39,918 REPORTER: And Gonzaga is gonna have to take a time out. 520 00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:41,052 Let's kick it outside to Shelly. 521 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,522 Shelly, what's going on out there? 522 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:45,090 SHELLY: Hey, Bill, it's definitely a party out here 523 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:49,361 In front of the arena where fans have already started to gather 524 00:23:49,427 --> 00:23:51,630 in expectation of a victory celebration. 525 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:55,433 That's if their home team can hold on to its enormous lead. 526 00:24:03,408 --> 00:24:06,044 Thank you for agreeing to see me without counsel. 527 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:09,181 I'm in here forever. 528 00:24:09,247 --> 00:24:10,715 How much worse can it get? 529 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:16,755 On the night in question, are you absolutely certain 530 00:24:16,822 --> 00:24:18,323 you have no recollection of where you were? 531 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,425 Where would you like me to have been? 532 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:24,963 My public defender told me... 533 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:28,600 he said, "Owen, all we got's the truth. 534 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:31,536 "And the truth is, you don't know where you were. 535 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,805 "Make something up, and they won't even bother 536 00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:36,441 "to prove you shot this guy. 537 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:38,844 They'll just prove you're a liar." 538 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:45,884 Do you like basketball? 539 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:49,221 What do you mean? 540 00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:50,989 Like what? Playing? 541 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:54,259 No. I-I mean... watching it. 542 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,161 Do you ever go to a game, or...? 543 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,965 Maybe TV sometimes. 544 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,602 I-I don't... I don't know. 545 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:05,337 But you never actually go? 546 00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:06,972 To the arena, I mean? 547 00:25:07,038 --> 00:25:09,107 Oh, yeah. 'Course I do. 548 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:10,942 I sit up in the skybox with my pipe. 549 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,344 And I fire that bitch up 550 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:15,013 and... get so high that I can dunk from my seat. 551 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,348 What are you burning, lady? 552 00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:18,717 You know how much it costs to get in there? 553 00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:22,220 I'm sorry, I... 554 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:25,657 I did work the parking lot sometimes, though. 555 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:29,828 You get those happy white boys with their season tickets 556 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:32,898 and SUVs at the home games, tailgating it... 557 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:35,600 coming in and out of the stadium... 558 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,969 They'd be happy to give you a five 559 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,705 or ten dollars just so you won't get too close to their cars. 560 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:43,942 The parking lot? 561 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:46,678 Right outside the stadium? 562 00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:47,979 Yeah, outside. 563 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:49,981 Course, outside. 564 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,384 Thank you. 565 00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:54,552 ARIEL: Oh, no, no, Bridge was right. 566 00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:56,988 Other way... 567 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:59,257 One, two, three, four... 568 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:02,060 MARJORIE: Does that mean you get to go...? 569 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:06,197 Let me ask you a question. 570 00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:09,000 Is it completely hypocritical of me to be scared to death 571 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:11,736 of the possibility of your mother living near us... 572 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:14,039 while at the same time calling you at work to say 573 00:26:14,105 --> 00:26:16,274 do you think it would be okay if I left her 574 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:18,777 with the kids for a little while... ( giggles ) 575 00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:20,345 while I go and meet with somebody 576 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:21,680 in about a half an hour? 577 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:23,381 Yes, it's completely hypocritical, 578 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:25,050 and I think you should do it. 579 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:41,366 ALLISON: Hey. 580 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:44,235 Hey. 581 00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:49,841 It's 9:30. I'm missing The Bachelorette. 582 00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:53,044 What's so important it couldn't hold till tomorrow? 583 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,380 How far would you say the University of Arizona is 584 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,983 from Clancy Donovan's apartment? Time-wise, I mean? 585 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,919 40, 45 minutes. More on game night, I suppose. Why? 586 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:04,856 I found this videotape. 587 00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:06,858 Arizona vs. Gonzaga. 588 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:09,394 '95 playoffs, the night of May 11th. 589 00:27:10,328 --> 00:27:11,997 Okay. 590 00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:15,066 During the broadcast of the game, around 9:30 p.m., 591 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,135 they show the crowd outside the stadium. 592 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,838 Owen Butler is in that crowd. 593 00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:23,942 Lee... he couldn't have been at Clancy Donovan's apartment. 594 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,944 He couldn't have been anywhere near there. 595 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:28,813 Okay. You say so. 596 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,715 I don't know what to tell you. 597 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:32,851 I never said I could ID him on that fire escape. 598 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:34,853 I mean, it's really the gun that put him away. 599 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:36,521 I didn't have anything to do with that. 600 00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:40,658 The man is innocent, Lee. 601 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:41,926 Innocent? 602 00:27:41,993 --> 00:27:45,397 Really? 603 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:49,934 Sorry, "innocent" is the last thing Owen Butler is. 604 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:53,738 Did he kill a small-time drug dealer named Clancy Donovan? 605 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:56,274 Maybe... maybe not. 606 00:27:56,341 --> 00:28:00,345 But innocent? I beg to differ. 607 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:02,947 I know what he is. 608 00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:05,250 I know what he is capable of. 609 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:08,219 But that's not the way the system works. 610 00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:11,823 Don't lecture me. 611 00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:19,864 So, you can prove that Owen Butler 612 00:28:19,931 --> 00:28:22,667 was at the Suns game on May 11, 1995. 613 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:24,869 That's cool, Allison. 614 00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:27,772 That's great. 615 00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:29,307 Now do you think you can tell me 616 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:31,810 where Samantha Robinson might have been that night? 617 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:33,178 Whatever was left of her? 618 00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:34,879 What hole he stuck her in? 619 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:36,247 What garbage dump? 620 00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:38,716 What meat grinder he ran her through? 621 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:42,654 What tree chipper he fed her four- year-old body into? 622 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,389 Was she the little girl? 623 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,658 In the back seat of the car? 624 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:50,962 You were the cop. 625 00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:53,398 You pulled them over. 626 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:55,867 You saw her in the back seat. 627 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:59,737 SCANLON: He said they were coming home from the circus. 628 00:28:59,804 --> 00:29:03,942 I believed him... 629 00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:06,845 and I wished him a good night. 630 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:11,382 About an hour and a half later, she was reported missing. 631 00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:13,618 Her mother had gone upstairs to check on her. 632 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,153 The window was open. 633 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:19,924 I didn't know anything till the next day at roll call. 634 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:23,828 They passed around her picture. 635 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:27,432 I actually measured. 636 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:28,800 When I was leaning in his car window, 637 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:30,602 I was two and a half feet away from her. 638 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:33,805 I'm so sorry. 639 00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:35,673 I gave them the plate number. 640 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,142 Turned out the car was stolen. 641 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:39,310 We didn't even have a name on the guy. 642 00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:41,713 They put me with a sketch artist. 643 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:48,453 The whole state was on alert for days... but... 644 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:56,194 Visited her folks a couple of times. 645 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:58,596 Did what I could to keep the case alive. 646 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:00,598 But I was a patrolman, a beat cop. 647 00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:02,600 A year went by, 18 months. 648 00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:05,170 Never found the girl. Never found the body. 649 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:10,775 Then one day, I'm walking by this Laundromat... 650 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:13,845 He was trying to jimmy open a change machine 651 00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:15,013 with a screwdriver. 652 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:19,918 And I thought... 653 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:21,753 "Don't blow this. 654 00:30:21,819 --> 00:30:24,556 "Don't blow this hauling him in for petty theft. 655 00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:26,624 He'll just get out in two days, and you'll never see him again." 656 00:30:28,026 --> 00:30:29,427 And I started 657 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:31,763 following him around. 658 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:34,866 Learning everything about him. 659 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,135 Waiting for him to do something. 660 00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:39,070 Anything. 661 00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:44,609 Then, one day... 662 00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:50,014 I answered a shots-fired call. 663 00:30:50,081 --> 00:30:51,849 Guy had blown his own head off. 664 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:53,751 I was the first one there. 665 00:30:53,818 --> 00:30:57,989 It was a gift. It was Providence. 666 00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,592 So, you put the gun in his car. 667 00:31:00,658 --> 00:31:03,528 Then you made an anonymous tip, to be sure they'd find it. 668 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:08,066 And I'd do it again. 669 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:11,736 And you know what? 670 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:13,271 So would you. 671 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:15,840 Yeah. 672 00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:18,543 You're not the only mind reader in the room. 673 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:24,949 So, do whatever you have to do with your tape. 674 00:31:25,016 --> 00:31:26,985 Do what you can live with. 675 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:31,022 Me? 676 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:34,826 I'm sleeping just fine. 677 00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:24,175 Place looks decent enough. 678 00:32:24,242 --> 00:32:26,778 No thanks to you, I'm sure. 679 00:32:26,844 --> 00:32:27,712 I can't do this right now. 680 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,314 Well, you're going to have to deal 681 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:30,248 with it soon. 682 00:32:30,315 --> 00:32:33,117 You've botched this thing so badly. 683 00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:35,520 She actually thinks that you need her here. 684 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,888 Excuse me? 685 00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,156 Why? What'd you do? 686 00:32:38,222 --> 00:32:39,757 I don't smell anything. 687 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:42,894 No, I mean... what have I botched? 688 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,897 Well, let's start with everything. 689 00:32:45,963 --> 00:32:48,232 The whole reason that I gave you that heads-up 690 00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,468 was so that you could nip this thing in the bud. 691 00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:52,770 Make it clear to her that her future 692 00:32:52,837 --> 00:32:55,940 it, it's not here, picking up after you. 693 00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:58,776 It's back home in Grosse Pointe. 694 00:32:58,843 --> 00:32:59,877 That's where she belongs. 695 00:32:59,944 --> 00:33:02,313 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 696 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:06,517 You're the one who told me that she was lonely. 697 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:07,785 And she is. 698 00:33:09,887 --> 00:33:13,224 But that's because she hasn't met that clown yet. 699 00:33:14,592 --> 00:33:16,828 Wait a second. What clown? 700 00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:18,129 Merle. 701 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:21,599 He is this guy at the club. 702 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,234 Widower. 703 00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:24,268 Loaded. 704 00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:25,336 Got a terrific backhand. 705 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:29,140 I'm sorry. I'm lost. 706 00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:30,975 Who is this guy? Is he a friend of yours? 707 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:31,976 Or Marjorie's...? 708 00:33:32,043 --> 00:33:32,977 I told you. 709 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:36,013 He's just a guy. 710 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,116 He's had his eye on her for a while. 711 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:42,086 She hasn't figured it out yet... she will. 712 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:45,390 Look, deep down I'm not 713 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:46,891 all that crazy about him. 714 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:49,260 He's got some ideas about things I just... 715 00:33:49,327 --> 00:33:51,963 don't agree with. 716 00:33:52,029 --> 00:33:54,365 But... 717 00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:59,604 he's going to make her feel really great about herself... 718 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:01,038 for a while, 719 00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:04,108 and she deserves that. 720 00:34:05,843 --> 00:34:10,848 And that's something that you can see from where you are? 721 00:34:10,915 --> 00:34:14,152 There's not much that you can't see. 722 00:34:14,217 --> 00:34:16,654 ( Marjorie sighs ) Allison? 723 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,956 Oh, did you just get back? 724 00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:26,496 Who you talking to? 725 00:34:26,563 --> 00:34:29,233 Nobody. Just the TV. 726 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:30,435 Are you hungry? 727 00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:31,636 I could heat something up. 728 00:34:31,702 --> 00:34:35,172 Oh, God, I was such an ass. 729 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:41,145 No, I'm okay. 730 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:43,047 Well, then I'm going to bed. 731 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:45,783 Night. 732 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,656 Night, Mom. 733 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:52,956 Night, Mom. 734 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:56,793 Night, honey. 735 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:09,207 Whatcha lookin' at in the dark? 736 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:12,310 Oh, uh... 737 00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:14,378 ( clearing throat ) nothing. 738 00:35:16,113 --> 00:35:18,182 He said he knew I'd do the same thing 739 00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:21,219 if I was in his position. 740 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:22,253 And...? 741 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,990 And I think he's right. 742 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:30,127 It's just, I'm not in his position. 743 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:32,864 So what are you going to do? 744 00:35:32,930 --> 00:35:34,832 I already did it. 745 00:35:37,568 --> 00:35:40,605 I left the tape on Devalos's desk. 746 00:35:40,671 --> 00:35:43,341 Wait. I don't get it. 747 00:35:43,407 --> 00:35:45,009 I just left it there. 748 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:46,177 No note. 749 00:35:46,244 --> 00:35:47,545 No explanation. 750 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:53,184 I figured he doesn't need to know where it came from. 751 00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:56,254 As far as he's concerned, it just arrived there. 752 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,189 Anonymously. 753 00:35:58,256 --> 00:36:03,194 It'll exonerate Butler, but I won't implicate Scanlon. 754 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:07,365 Putting Butler out on the street is tragedy enough. 755 00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:12,303 Hurting a good man who did a bad thing 756 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:14,805 for reasons I completely understand... 757 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:18,309 I don't think I can be a part of that. 758 00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:20,845 ( whispers ): Yeah. 759 00:36:51,275 --> 00:36:55,880 We went through his W-2s, saw that he worked here. 760 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:57,248 You're sure you remember him? 761 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,150 Oh, yeah, I remember him. 762 00:36:59,216 --> 00:37:01,152 Must've been about, uh... ten years ago. 763 00:37:01,218 --> 00:37:03,187 We were in the middle of re-sodding. 764 00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:05,089 He wasn't a bad worker at first, 765 00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:07,091 but then he started showing up late, 766 00:37:07,158 --> 00:37:09,093 wired on God knows what. 767 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,728 Had to let him go eventually. 768 00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:14,765 What is she doing, anyway? 769 00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:35,886 She's right here. 770 00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:43,527 Samantha's right here. 771 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:50,067 I'm grateful for Project Defender for believing in me. 772 00:37:50,134 --> 00:37:51,969 It's been a very long road. 773 00:37:52,036 --> 00:37:54,972 So now, I just really want to get my old life back. 774 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:58,509 Any y'all need a landscaper, you know who to call. 775 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,816 Quite a day. Quite a story. 776 00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:08,486 Um, I'd like to express my gratitude to District Attorney 777 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:09,987 Devalos for his cooperation 778 00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:13,157 and his extraordinary courage in coming forward 779 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:14,592 with the new evidence which exonerated 780 00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:16,594 my client, despite the fact that he was the lead 781 00:38:16,661 --> 00:38:18,829 prosecutor who tried and convicted him 782 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:21,065 in the first place. 783 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:27,171 Thank you. 784 00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:35,012 Congratulations. 785 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:36,814 Thank you. 786 00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:38,549 Congratulations, man, I'm so happy for you. 787 00:38:38,616 --> 00:38:39,817 I appreciate that. 788 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:41,519 Congratulations on your exoneration. 789 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:43,020 Thank you for your kind words. 790 00:38:43,087 --> 00:38:44,422 You're totally welcome. 791 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:47,658 You're under arrest for the murder of Samantha Robinson. 792 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:54,899 JOE: Look at the gene pool. 793 00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:56,867 Oh, I almost forgot something. 794 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:57,968 I'll take her now. 795 00:38:58,035 --> 00:38:59,003 I almost forgot. 796 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:00,604 Oh, my gosh. 797 00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:01,772 What's this? 798 00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:02,973 Happy Mother's Day, Mom. 799 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:03,974 Oh... 800 00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:05,609 Girls, look at this big box. 801 00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,511 What's that? 802 00:39:07,578 --> 00:39:09,447 What is this? 803 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:10,648 Oh, my God. 804 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:12,817 It's a tennis racket. 805 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:14,318 Wow. Do you even play tennis? 806 00:39:14,385 --> 00:39:15,720 Oh, yeah. 807 00:39:15,786 --> 00:39:16,687 I mean, I haven't played 808 00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:18,155 since before I met your dad, 809 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:20,091 but I used to be pretty good, actually. 810 00:39:20,157 --> 00:39:21,892 Thank you, darling. 811 00:39:21,959 --> 00:39:24,228 My goodness, this is so different 812 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:25,730 than the kind I used to use. 813 00:39:25,796 --> 00:39:27,498 What made you think of that? 814 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:28,999 Are there any courts near you? 815 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:30,234 Oh, yeah, at the club. 816 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:32,136 You know, indoor, outdoor, they've got it all. 817 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:33,771 But frankly... 818 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:36,407 Frankly, I haven't 819 00:39:36,474 --> 00:39:38,609 been there in a while because you feel so conspicuous 820 00:39:38,676 --> 00:39:40,377 being there by yourself, you know. 821 00:39:40,444 --> 00:39:41,445 Well, they must have 822 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:42,747 some sort of round robin program, 823 00:39:42,813 --> 00:39:44,882 something where they partner you up with people. 824 00:39:44,949 --> 00:39:47,017 Oh, sure, I'll bet they do. 825 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:49,253 Hey, come on, let's see your serve. No, no, my serve... 826 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,721 Oh, yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! 827 00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:54,425 That's the one thing, really. 828 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:56,327 Come on. I'm not actually a very good server. 829 00:39:56,393 --> 00:39:58,729 Here, how about like this? 830 00:39:58,796 --> 00:40:00,431 That's not your serve. 831 00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:03,901 Just take the picture, or I'll show you my backhand! ( gasps) 832 00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:06,804 All right, girls, 833 00:40:06,871 --> 00:40:07,671 go get Grandma's bags. 834 00:40:07,738 --> 00:40:09,140 We're going to the airport 835 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:11,108 right after brunch. 836 00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:12,710 Thanks, Mom. 837 00:40:15,012 --> 00:40:16,747 Okay, now the coast is clear, 838 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:18,816 um, what is it you want to talk about? 839 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,556 Don't you ever miss the snow? 840 00:40:25,623 --> 00:40:27,224 Excuse me? 841 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:29,360 When are you coming to Grosse Pointe? 842 00:40:29,426 --> 00:40:32,696 I want some of this noise around my house, 843 00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:34,698 and I want some company when I go to the mall. 844 00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:36,300 I want to teach my granddaughters 845 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:37,468 how to play tennis. 846 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,703 JOE: Okay. 847 00:40:41,005 --> 00:40:42,773 Wait a second. 848 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:52,750 What? 849 00:40:52,817 --> 00:40:55,853 I don't know. You... been poring over the real estate section, 850 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,822 talking about how hard the winter was, 851 00:40:57,888 --> 00:40:59,924 how you miss having people around. 852 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:03,227 I-I got this idea in my head that you might want to... 853 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:05,329 What? 854 00:41:07,531 --> 00:41:09,033 Live out here? 855 00:41:10,534 --> 00:41:13,270 Well, you're actually very perceptive. 856 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:16,440 Okay. I flirted with the idea in my mind. 857 00:41:16,507 --> 00:41:18,909 I don't think Allison suspects, 858 00:41:18,976 --> 00:41:21,212 but the thing is, darling-- 859 00:41:21,278 --> 00:41:23,848 and don't be offended-- but... 860 00:41:23,914 --> 00:41:26,851 I like being Grandma, 861 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:28,919 but not all the time. Not yet. 862 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:30,888 And I really like being a visitor-- 863 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:33,891 at least for now. 864 00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:35,893 Are you sure? 865 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,629 Your feelings aren't hurt? 866 00:41:47,104 --> 00:41:48,239 Girls, girls. 867 00:41:48,305 --> 00:41:49,340 Come on. 868 00:41:49,406 --> 00:41:50,407 It's okay. 869 00:41:50,474 --> 00:41:51,909 Excellent service 870 00:41:51,976 --> 00:41:54,111 at the Hotel Dubois. 871 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:55,646 Okay, everybody to the car! 872 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:57,314 ARIEL: Do you really have to go, Grandma? 873 00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:58,616 BRIDGETTE: Can't you stay here with us 874 00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:01,385 and sleep on the magic bed forever and ever? 875 00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:02,853 MARJORIE: Grandma has things to do. 876 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,855 I've got to get home and get my house ready 877 00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:06,690 for when you folks come visit me. 878 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:19,036 I got it! 879 00:42:22,706 --> 00:42:24,909 Ah, you did okay. 880 00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:29,513 I'm coming! 881 00:42:29,580 --> 00:42:32,116 Captioning sponsored by PARAMOUNT TELEVISION and NBC 882 00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:53,337 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org