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00:00:01Your Honor, members of the jury, I am Alexander Hale, delivering my 283rd closing argument.
00:00:09My client Ryan Colby is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Senator Barrington three months ago.
00:00:17The prosecution cannot prove premeditation or that my client had the capacity to commit murder.
00:00:27All rise.
00:00:30The jury finds Ryan Colby not guilty.
00:00:33He is released and ordered to undergo one year of mandatory psychological treatment.
00:00:47Mr. Hale, you just defended a murderer. His widow says you're defiling the law. What do you say?
00:00:53I'm not the one defiling the law, miss.
00:00:55But your client did kill someone. Aren't you helping him escape justice?
00:01:00The law is not perfect.
00:01:04Mr. Hale, Ryan Colby's psych evaluation was done by Dr. Whitman at your request, but he seems perfectly normal.
00:01:13Sarah, you've been with me three months. You know the rules.
00:01:17But if he's not insane, this was premeditated murder. Aren't we helping a killer escape?
00:01:26But this is the evidence we have.
00:01:31What's next on the schedule?
00:01:33Charles Blackwood, CEO of Blackwood Properties, has requested you three times for an urgent case.
00:01:39Charles Blackwood, the richest man in New York?
00:01:41Yes. His son, son Victor, is charged with rape, and the prosecution's evidence is solid.
00:01:47Is that so?
00:01:52You can't even screw around without ending up in court? What's in that empty head of yours?
00:01:58Dad, it was an accident. That woman-
00:02:00Shut up!
00:02:02You raped a woman on your yacht and left evidence. Do you think the media will let it slide?
00:02:08She's trying to extort her-
00:02:09Shut up!
00:02:15I've hired Hale. If he takes it, you walk free.
00:02:19It cause trouble, and you'll rot.
00:02:22Fine. But is this Hale really that good?
00:02:2625 years, 283 wins, zero losses. They call him the Grim Reaper because he never misses.
00:02:32So I can countersue that bitch? Put her in jail?
00:02:35As long as you stay put.
00:02:38Don't leave this house before the trial this afternoon.
00:02:46Did you hear me?
00:02:47Yeah, yeah!
00:03:04Sir, Hale's here.
00:03:11Mr. Hale! Finally! Come in, please. Have a seat.
00:03:14You're too kind, Mr. Blackwood. That limited edition Groff bracelet you sent, I haven't thanked you yet.
00:03:19It's nothing. Having you here is already an honor.
00:03:30Mr. Hale, I'll be direct.
00:03:32My son, Victor, has been set up.
00:03:34Framed for rape.
00:03:36But I assure you, he is innocent.
00:03:37Legal fees, $5 million.
00:03:40Cash.
00:03:40You can take half today. Generous, but...
00:03:43I take cases for the challenge, not the money.
00:03:46Your son's case is... interesting.
00:03:50I'll take it.
00:03:53Excellent!
00:03:53When is the trial?
00:03:55Two hours.
00:03:56The files have already been sent to your email.
00:04:01I'll go prepare.
00:04:02We're counting on you.
00:04:04Anything you need, just ask.
00:04:13Clara?
00:04:15What's wrong, sweetheart?
00:04:16Dad!
00:04:17They're beating Daniel to death!
00:04:18We're in big trouble!
00:04:20What?
00:04:21Where are you?
00:04:22Send me the address!
00:04:23I'm coming right now!
00:04:26Daniel and Clara are gentle.
00:04:28How'd they get into this mess?
00:04:30Wait for me here.
00:04:31I'll be right back.
00:04:32But the trial starts in just over an hour!
00:04:34I gave Charles my word, and I'll keep it.
00:04:36But my daughter is now in danger.
00:04:38I'll be back as soon as I can.
00:04:47Yeah, Dad?
00:04:48Listen, I met with Hale.
00:04:50He's agreed to take your case.
00:04:52Really?
00:04:53That grim reaper lawyer you talked about?
00:04:55So I won't have to go to jail?
00:04:56As long as Hale takes the case, he'll win.
00:04:59But remember this.
00:05:00Hale is tough and ruthless.
00:05:03Don't cross him, or we'll both pay for it.
00:05:07Yeah, yeah, I got it.
00:05:08Gotta go.
00:05:09I'm heading to eat.
00:05:12Victor, your dad really got that Hale guy?
00:05:15Damn right.
00:05:17One word from me and that bitch who accused me goes to jail.
00:05:21That's our Victor.
00:05:22Victor.
00:05:22She came willingly and now blames you.
00:05:25Ungrateful bitch.
00:05:27You sure know how to talk.
00:05:29Alright, enough of that depressing stuff.
00:05:30Let's go eat.
00:05:37Daniel, thank you for bringing me here.
00:05:39And this bracelet, it's gorgeous.
00:05:41You've been working so hard lately, you deserve a break.
00:05:44This bracelet isn't from me.
00:05:45Dad asked me to give it to you.
00:05:48Dad?
00:05:53Daniel, give this bracelet to Clara for me.
00:05:59This is...
00:06:01Graf's limited edition?
00:06:02A gift from a client.
00:06:05A gift from a client.
00:06:05Only one in the world.
00:06:06Knew it'd suit her the second I saw it.
00:06:09Claire will be thrilled.
00:06:12Take good care of her, Daniel.
00:06:14She means everything to me.
00:06:16Oh my God.
00:06:18Dad's always like this.
00:06:19He never says it, but he spoils me rotten.
00:06:22Because you deserve it.
00:06:24A toast to our one year anniversary.
00:06:28Cheers.
00:06:33Clear out the best table for me.
00:06:35Mr. Blackheart, welcome your reservations.
00:06:38The best table.
00:06:39Now!
00:06:44That table is already occupied.
00:06:47That one?
00:06:48Get them out.
00:06:53Hey.
00:06:54I want this table.
00:06:55Pack up and get lost.
00:06:56Excuse me, we're dining here and we arrived first.
00:06:58You?
00:06:59This whole place is on my father's property.
00:07:01I own this entire block.
00:07:03I sit wherever I damn please.
00:07:05Let's just go.
00:07:05I don't want any trouble.
00:07:07This chick is gorgeous.
00:07:10And...
00:07:11She looks pregnant?
00:07:12Victor's got good taste.
00:07:14A pregnant one?
00:07:15Way more exciting than those models on the yacht.
00:07:18Shame she's stuck with such a loser.
00:07:20Excuse me.
00:07:21Don't go.
00:07:22Since we crossed paths, must be fate.
00:07:25Want to grab a drink?
00:07:26No thanks.
00:07:27She's my wife.
00:07:28Show some respect.
00:07:38Don't look at him.
00:07:39Just eat.
00:07:43Marcus, how much do you think that pregnant chick over there would go for one night?
00:07:46Victor, piece like that, $50,000 a night minimum.
00:07:49$50,000?
00:07:50Too low.
00:07:51$200,000 I'd pay that for one night.
00:07:55Watch your mouth!
00:08:04Teach him how to talk.
00:08:20Teach him how to talk.
00:08:22Beat him!
00:08:24Beat him!
00:08:39Dad!
00:08:41We're at Prime & Co.
00:08:44Who are you calling?
00:08:46Daddy?
00:08:47Daddy?
00:08:48Daddy can't help you now.
00:08:52You smell good.
00:08:54Beautiful.
00:08:56And pregnant.
00:08:57I love pregnant women.
00:09:01That grave eternal?
00:09:03Only one in the world.
00:09:04My dad bought it.
00:09:05How does she have it?
00:09:06She knows Hale?
00:09:07Hale is tough and ruthless.
00:09:10Don't cross him.
00:09:13Fakes are everywhere these days.
00:09:14Who knows if it's real?
00:09:21A pregnant one.
00:09:23Never had one before.
00:09:25Today I'll make you my first.
00:09:31You idiot!
00:09:33Let her go!
00:09:35You bitch!
00:09:36You dare bite me?
00:09:40Clara!
00:09:43Hold her down!
00:09:58You animal!
00:09:59I'll kill you!
00:10:00I'll tear you apart!
00:10:03Look at her bloody face.
00:10:05How many teeth do you think she'd have left after one more punch?
00:10:08You don't touch her!
00:10:09Please, take it out on me!
00:10:11Put your right hand on that griddle.
00:10:13Hold it for 10 seconds and you walk.
00:10:16No!
00:10:17Your hand will be ruined!
00:10:30Does it hurt?
00:10:36No!
00:10:37No!
00:10:37No!
00:10:37Please don't hurt him!
00:10:42Hold him up!
00:10:44Put his hand on the griddle!
00:10:51Clara's phone is still not going through.
00:10:53GPS shows she's still at the restaurant.
00:11:09Look at me.
00:11:12I told you to look at me.
00:11:14I told you to look at me.
00:11:14Your husband's right hand is done for.
00:11:16Let's play something else.
00:11:20He fell asleep, but I'm not done playing yet.
00:11:36How about I help wake him up?
00:11:38No!
00:11:39Please!
00:11:40Look at what's become of him!
00:11:44Open his hand.
00:11:47Three...
00:11:48Two...
00:11:49No!
00:11:49No!
00:11:55Stay still, bitch.
00:11:57Tear her clothes off.
00:12:01No!
00:12:02Don't!
00:12:02No!
00:12:16Don't move!
00:12:19No!
00:12:27No!
00:12:32Please, don't.
00:12:34Don't?
00:12:37I'll take good care of you.
00:12:39Hold her steady.
00:12:46Scream.
00:12:47You can't scream now, can you?
00:12:52Hear that?
00:12:54That's the sound of a pregnant woman moaning.
00:12:56Beautiful, isn't it?
00:13:04Wake that woman up.
00:13:05No fun if she's asleep.
00:13:18Cold.
00:13:19So cold.
00:13:20My stomach.
00:13:22Awake?
00:13:22Good.
00:13:23Let's continue.
00:13:25You know the best part?
00:13:26That thing inside you?
00:13:27Must be terrified.
00:13:29Please, spare my baby.
00:13:31I'll do anything you want.
00:13:33Anything?
00:13:36Good.
00:13:38Then crawl over here like a worm and say,
00:13:41Please, sir, have mercy on me.
00:13:53Please.
00:13:57Please.
00:13:58Louder, I can't hear you.
00:14:00Please.
00:14:01Please.
00:14:04Good.
00:14:05Very good.
00:14:07Did you get that?
00:14:09Got it.
00:14:09HD.
00:14:12We can savor it later.
00:14:21Does it hurt here?
00:14:26Hear that?
00:14:29Hear that?
00:14:30Hear that?
00:14:40Sì, sì, sì.
00:14:50Sì, sì, sì.
00:15:18No, no, no, no.
00:15:23No.
00:15:36What did you do to her?
00:15:40Another one looking to die.
00:15:47Daddy's here.
00:15:48You're safe now.
00:15:49Dad.
00:15:51Daniel.
00:15:52Daniel.
00:15:59Do you know what you've done?
00:16:01This is assault, torture.
00:16:03You'll rot in prison.
00:16:05The law?
00:16:06Old man, he's the Blackwood heir.
00:16:08And you're talking law?
00:16:09Blackwood.
00:16:10The case I just took.
00:16:12Hear that?
00:16:14I am the law here.
00:16:15But then again, hand over some cash and maybe I'll let you drag a Cripper out of here.
00:16:21It's half a million.
00:16:23Pins on the back.
00:16:24Let him go.
00:16:25Half a million?
00:16:26My dad gives me more pocket money just for one day.
00:16:29Besides, your pretty pregnant daughter.
00:16:30I'll care for her after you.
00:16:32You dare touch her again?
00:16:33Beat him!
00:16:42Old bastard.
00:16:44You dare hit me?
00:16:45Dad!
00:16:46No!
00:16:47Please don't hit him!
00:16:55Look carefully.
00:16:57Alexander Hale, attorney at law.
00:16:59What?
00:17:01I'm the defense attorney your father hired.
00:17:09Hale.
00:17:17Victor, this looks real.
00:17:19You dare try to fool me with a fake ID?
00:17:27Alexander Hale?
00:17:29The Grim Reaper?
00:17:30You a sweaty, haggit old man?
00:17:32Don't make me laugh.
00:17:34You're making a catastrophic mistake.
00:17:38Beat him!
00:17:40Beat him!
00:17:53You think you can fool me with a fake ID?
00:17:58Fine.
00:17:59I'll call my dad right now and expose you!
00:18:04Dad?
00:18:05Victor!
00:18:06Where the hell are you?
00:18:08I'm having dinner with the guys.
00:18:11Hey, Dad.
00:18:12Has that Hale guy shown up at the courthouse yet?
00:18:20He's here.
00:18:22His assistant is right outside.
00:18:23Trial starts soon.
00:18:25Get here now.
00:18:25If you're late, you're done.
00:18:27Yeah, yeah.
00:18:27I got it.
00:18:32Great acting.
00:18:34Stop it!
00:18:35He really is Hale!
00:18:37Victor, what if he really is?
00:18:39My dad just said, Hale is at the courthouse!
00:18:44You'll regret this.
00:18:46Regret it?
00:18:47Keep beating him!
00:18:56Old man, just kneel down and say you're not Hale, and I'll let you go.
00:19:05I am Alexander Hale.
00:19:12Keep hitting!
00:19:16Victor, we're running out of time.
00:19:20Cut the crap.
00:19:21I don't have time for this.
00:19:22I'm heading to the courthouse.
00:19:29I need two ambulances.
00:19:31Address, Prime & Co., 45 East 52nd Street.
00:19:34Critical injuries.
00:19:35Send them immediately.
00:19:37I'm sorry.
00:19:39This is all Daddy's fault.
00:19:43Mr. Hale?
00:19:44Your son-in-law.
00:19:47How is he?
00:19:48Right hand may need amputation.
00:19:50Left palm treated.
00:19:51Ribs fractured.
00:19:52Brain bleeding.
00:19:53Neurosurgery evaluating.
00:19:56And my daughter?
00:19:57Three cracked ribs.
00:19:58Mild concussion.
00:19:59We couldn't save the baby.
00:20:01Facial trauma may require reconstructive restrictive surgery later.
00:20:04Thank you.
00:20:04Please get the best doctors.
00:20:06Money's not a concern.
00:20:09Mr. Miller is stable.
00:20:11But his right hand, we did everything we could.
00:20:14Miss Hale is awake.
00:20:15She's asking for you.
00:20:20Dad.
00:20:22Daniel.
00:20:23My baby.
00:20:27Sweetheart, Daniel is alive.
00:20:30But the baby.
00:20:32Dad, I'm sorry.
00:20:35No.
00:20:36Sweetheart, no.
00:20:37Don't apologize.
00:20:38None of this is your fault.
00:20:42That scumbag.
00:20:45I'll make him pay.
00:20:46I swear it.
00:20:50Charles Blackwood.
00:20:52Victor Blackwood.
00:20:54You think money puts you above the law.
00:20:57You're wrong.
00:21:04Mrs. Cruz, can you recall what happened?
00:21:06Don't touch me!
00:21:08Stay away from me!
00:21:09Don't film my daughter!
00:21:12Baby.
00:21:13Mommy's here.
00:21:14Mommy's here.
00:21:19Mr. Blackwood, the victim insists on charging you with rape.
00:21:22What's your response?
00:21:23Rape?
00:21:24Ridiculous.
00:21:25I'm innocent.
00:21:26She hit on me.
00:21:27Tried shaking me down.
00:21:28You're lying!
00:21:29You raped my daughter!
00:21:31My lawyer will prove me innocent.
00:21:34I'll find you later with my friends and we'll have fun.
00:21:38You animal!
00:21:40Stay away from my daughter!
00:21:42Animal?
00:21:42The law will prove my innocence!
00:21:45After all, the Grim Reaper is defending me!
00:21:49Ha ha ha!
00:21:51Ha ha ha!
00:21:52Ha ha ha!
00:21:53Ha ha ha!
00:21:54Ha ha ha!
00:21:56Ha ha ha!
00:21:58They say the law only favors the rich.
00:22:01But today, I'm going to see who the law truly stands with.
00:22:06Victor's records for the last three years.
00:22:08Seven female complaints, all settled with Blackwood's money.
00:22:14Let's go.
00:22:15Prepare for trial.
00:22:22I was very gentle that night, Miss Cruz.
00:22:25How come you don't remember?
00:22:27You monster!
00:22:28You know what you did to my daughter?
00:22:30You'll rot in hell!
00:22:33Say that again?
00:22:35Victor!
00:22:36Sit down!
00:22:37You want to be found guilty right here?
00:22:39Sit!
00:22:42Bitch.
00:22:43Once we leave, your family's finished.
00:22:48My lawyer's on his way.
00:22:50You're doomed.
00:22:51Ha ha ha.
00:23:06Prosecuting attorney Alexander Hale, now present.
00:23:12Prosecuting attorney Alexander Hale, now present.
00:23:16Mr. Hale, your face.
00:23:18What happened?
00:23:19Who did this?
00:23:19Tell me and I'll make them pay.
00:23:20You did it, Mr. Blackwood.
00:23:23What do you mean?
00:23:24What are you talking about?
00:23:25What you did to me today was no kindness.
00:23:28I'm dropping your case.
00:23:30Take your check back.
00:23:31Mr. Hale, whatever's happened, it's all a misunderstanding.
00:23:33Name your price.
00:23:34Ten, twenty, fifty million.
00:23:36Keep your hands off me.
00:23:38From now on, I only defend justice.
00:23:48Where did you go at noon today?
00:23:52I just went out for lunch.
00:23:55Ran into some trouble.
00:23:58What kind of trouble?
00:23:59A woman had the bracelet you bought.
00:24:01I beat her until she miscarried it, beat her husband, and I hit Hale.
00:24:07You idiot!
00:24:09You touched someone you shouldn't have!
00:24:13Order.
00:24:17Defense counsel absent.
00:24:19Final question.
00:24:20Any other legal representation?
00:24:22No.
00:24:22Your Honor, the counsel just encountered a temporary issue.
00:24:26Given the defendant has no counsel, we'll appoint a federal public defender.
00:24:30Until then...
00:24:32Your Honor, wait, please.
00:24:35You are?
00:24:37Your Honor, I am Ethan Reynolds, counsel for the defendant, Victor Blackwood.
00:24:42Mr. Reynolds, do you know who the prosecuting attorney is in this case?
00:24:46Of course.
00:24:47Alexander Hale, my mentor.
00:24:51You're not my student.
00:24:53My students don't defend rapists.
00:24:57Everyone deserves a defense.
00:24:59Isn't that what you taught me?
00:25:02Since defense counsel is now present, this court will proceed.
00:25:11Sarah, heard Hale's trouble.
00:25:13He'll need the old files for reference, right?
00:25:18Mr. Hale has his own plans.
00:25:20I'm not at liberty to say.
00:25:21Sarah, he never goes unprepared.
00:25:23Give me the files.
00:25:24I'll help him build a counter-strategy.
00:25:28These are all the materials for Victor's case.
00:25:30But promise, only for reference.
00:25:32Sarah, he never goes unprepared.
00:25:34Give me the files.
00:25:34I'll help him build a counter-strategy.
00:25:36I promise.
00:25:41Mr. Hale, you're old.
00:25:42This courtroom is no place for an old relic like you.
00:25:46Is that so?
00:25:47You think you've learned all my tricks?
00:25:49No.
00:25:50I'm better than you.
00:25:55Both present.
00:25:56With new prosecution, both may give new openings.
00:25:59Prosecution first.
00:26:02Your Honor, members of the jury, the defendant, Victor Blackwood, is charged with first-degree
00:26:06rape, false imprisonment, and assault.
00:26:09Three months ago, the victim, Isabella Cruz, was sexually assaulted aboard his yacht.
00:26:14Objection.
00:26:15State your grounds.
00:26:16Sexual assault is prejudicial.
00:26:19Until proven, my client is only accused.
00:26:21Please remind them.
00:26:23Objection sustained.
00:26:24Prosecution, mind your language.
00:26:34Members of the jury, the prosecution painted a terrifying picture.
00:26:38A powerful man rapes an innocent girl.
00:26:41Yet they have no proof.
00:26:43No third-party witnesses.
00:26:45Only her word.
00:26:46I suspect a false accusation.
00:26:55I learned that my mentor had withdrew from your defense, so here is my gesture of goodwill.
00:27:03Mr. Reynolds, you've given me something to think about.
00:27:07That money was well spent.
00:27:08Of course, Mr. Blackwood.
00:27:10I'll have your son acquitted.
00:27:13You outsmarted Hale.
00:27:14He thought he was the hunter, but he got out-hunted in his own den.
00:27:17I've waited long enough.
00:27:19Hale thought he was above me?
00:27:20In this city, money rules.
00:27:22He turned.
00:27:23I'll deal with him.
00:27:25The prosecution calls its first witness, Isabella Cruz.
00:27:35Mrs. Cruz, please tell the jury what happened that night on the yacht.
00:27:40Victor grabbed my arm and pulled me inside despite my refusal.
00:27:44And then?
00:27:46He locked me in, pushed me on the bed, and wouldn't stop despite my pleas.
00:27:57Order.
00:27:59Mrs. Cruz, I understand this is difficult, but I have a few questions.
00:28:03Please answer truthfully.
00:28:07How much did you drink at the party that night?
00:28:10I... I don't remember.
00:28:12Maybe two or three.
00:28:13Two or three?
00:28:14The steward said you had at least six.
00:28:16Is memory reliable after six drinks?
00:28:20Objection.
00:28:21Defense counsel is leading the witness, confusing alcohol with unreliable memory.
00:28:26Objection sustained.
00:28:27Defense counsel, watch your questioning style.
00:28:29Let me rephrase.
00:28:31After drinking, did you voluntarily walk into the inner area?
00:28:34No.
00:28:35He pulled me in.
00:28:36Whether he pulled you or you followed, no one can verify that except you.
00:28:40Correct?
00:28:41He's lying.
00:28:42I'm not saying anyone lied.
00:28:43I'm stating there is no third-party witness.
00:28:46That's a fact.
00:28:50Miss Cruz, you said no one saw him pull you in.
00:28:53Was anyone else in that room?
00:28:55No.
00:28:56Just the two of us.
00:28:58So Victor chose a place with no one around, where no one could hear you scream.
00:29:02That's not a coincidence, is it?
00:29:07Mrs. Cruz, please answer my final question.
00:29:10Did Victor Blackwood sleep with you against your will?
00:29:13Yes.
00:29:15He raped me.
00:29:17I begged him to stop, but he didn't.
00:29:21Your Honor, I have no further questions.
00:29:29My daughter.
00:29:31How terrified she must have been.
00:29:42Mr. Lane, you were working on the yacht that night, correct?
00:29:48Yes.
00:29:49Please tell the jury, did you see Isabella Cruz and Victor Blackwood together?
00:29:53I saw them.
00:29:54They were chatting on the deck.
00:29:56She seemed...
00:29:57happy.
00:29:59Kept laughing.
00:30:04Did she drink?
00:30:05Yes.
00:30:06She asked me for several cocktails, at least five or six.
00:30:10Then what happened?
00:30:12Then, they walked into the cabin hand in hand.
00:30:15It looked...
00:30:16consensual.
00:30:20He's lying!
00:30:22I didn't hold his hand!
00:30:25Order!
00:30:27Mr. Lane, who do you work for?
00:30:30Blackwood Yacht Club, who pays your salary?
00:30:34The Blackwood family.
00:30:36How long have you worked for the Blackwood family?
00:30:42Two years.
00:30:44Two years on Blackwood's payroll.
00:30:46Your testimony can keep Victor free.
00:30:49Wouldn't you hate to let your boss down?
00:30:53Objection!
00:30:55The prosecution is attacking the witness credibility.
00:30:57I'm asking a reasonable question.
00:30:58Could his testimony be influenced by his employer?
00:31:02Objection overruled witness.
00:31:04Please answer.
00:31:07I...
00:31:07I'm just saying what I saw.
00:31:09You said they walked in hand in hand.
00:31:11Did you see any bruises on her arm?
00:31:13Did you see the fear on her face?
00:31:14Did you hear her crying for help inside?
00:31:17I...
00:31:17I didn't look closely.
00:31:19You didn't look closely, yet you're sure they were hand in hand.
00:31:21Your eyesight is very selective.
00:31:25Mr. Lane, did you lie to keep your job?
00:31:27I...
00:31:28I swear I'm telling the truth.
00:31:30Sure you swear.
00:31:31But your paycheck's worth more than your conscience, isn't it?
00:31:36I have no further questions.
00:31:43Your Honor, members of the jury.
00:31:45After today's proceedings, I ask you to reflect on what we've heard.
00:31:49No third-party witnesses, no physical evidence.
00:31:52Just a Blackwood employee the prosecutor can point to.
00:31:54But any direct proof?
00:31:56No DNA.
00:31:57No medical report.
00:31:58No evidence.
00:32:00Just a drunk story.
00:32:07Your Honor, members of the jury, my opponent is right.
00:32:10So far, I have no direct proof of rape.
00:32:13But I remind you, this trial is not over.
00:32:16And remember, in a courtroom, the only constant is change.
00:32:22Given the time we'll proceed, prosecution continue.
00:32:31Your Honor, I submit this sexual assault exam report as Exhibit 1.
00:32:40From the hospital.
00:32:42The chain of custody is complete.
00:32:43With police supervision and signatures, you may verify it.
00:32:48The chain appears complete.
00:32:51Admitted.
00:32:51Prosecation proceed.
00:32:59DNA testing confirms Victor Seaman was found on the victim.
00:33:03This is irrefutable proof.
00:33:05Not mere suspicion.
00:33:11Objection!
00:33:12This sample may not be within the golden window.
00:33:14She went within four hours, within the 72-hour window.
00:33:18Valid.
00:33:20Objection overruled.
00:33:22Defense note.
00:33:23Unless you have substantial rebuttal.
00:33:30What now?
00:33:31You said we'd win.
00:33:33Let me think.
00:33:34This DNA evidence eliminates all reasonable doubt.
00:33:37But I'm not done.
00:33:39Next evidence that Victor Blackwell is a habitual offenders.
00:33:42NYPD records.
00:33:44Seven complaints in three years, all settled by Blackwood's money.
00:33:52Objection.
00:33:54These are unsubstantiated complaints pattern evidence under Rule 404b.
00:33:59Proves behavior, not direct conviction.
00:34:01Objection overruled.
00:34:03Prosecution proceed.
00:34:05Not his first time.
00:34:08Cruz is one of many victims.
00:34:09It's habit, not impulse.
00:34:12Choice, not accident.
00:34:15Your Honor, final evidence.
00:34:18Yacht hallway surveillance.
00:34:24No.
00:34:26Impossible.
00:34:29Admit it.
00:34:30Play it.
00:34:41Look at his pocket.
00:34:42GHB, the date-rape's drug.
00:34:44He carries date-rape drugs.
00:34:47Cruz wasn't drunk.
00:34:48She was drugged.
00:34:57His M.O. drugged them, then claim it was consensual.
00:35:00I request the enlarged screenshots and GH forensic documentations be admitted as physical evidence.
00:35:08Granted.
00:35:10Say something!
00:35:11Refute him!
00:35:12You said you knew all his strategies!
00:35:14Please, let me think, let me think.
00:35:18Recall defense's earlier claims.
00:35:20Cruz drank six drinks, memory underliable, no witness, no physical evidence.
00:35:26Now you've seen the drug, the drag, her limp body.
00:35:30This is evidence, not memory.
00:35:33Overwhelming.
00:35:38Your Honor, final exhibit, medical records for my daughter Clara and son-in-law Daniel.
00:35:42My pregnant daughter was beaten until she miscarried.
00:35:45Daniel's right hand was burned.
00:35:47His left palm was pierced by a fork.
00:35:52Victor Blackhood brutally abused them at the restaurant.
00:35:55He thought his money put him above the law, but he was wrong.
00:35:58But the law treats everyone equally, rich or poor.
00:36:02He drugged and raped Isabel, brutalized my family, and preys on women repeatedly.
00:36:06If he walks free, our laws mean nothing.
00:36:09Make the right choice.
00:36:10For every potential victim, for those who still trust the law, find him guilty.
00:36:23Order! Order!
00:36:26I request the enlarged screenshots and GHB documentation be admitted.
00:36:32Granted.
00:36:36Members of the jury, my client made mistakes.
00:36:41What he did in the restaurant is unforgivable.
00:36:44But what happened in the restaurant, and the rape charge, the DNA, the drug...
00:36:51I ask you, when it comes to sentencing, to leave some room...
00:36:56Closing of permanence concluded.
00:36:58Jury, retire for deliberation.
00:37:00Base your decision on evidence beyond reasonable doubt.
00:37:12That evidence...
00:37:13When did you get it?
00:37:14Ethan, in a courtroom, the only constant is change.
00:37:18You thought you knew me, but you only saw what I wanted.
00:37:22So you let me think I'd won, then struck the fatal blow.
00:37:25No, no.
00:37:26The law convicted him.
00:37:28I just let the evidence speak at the right time.
00:37:36Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
00:37:42Yes, Your Honor.
00:37:45Please read the verdict.
00:37:48On the charge of first-degree rape, we, the jury, find the defendant guilty.
00:38:03No.
00:38:05Impossible.
00:38:11Guilty on all charges.
00:38:13Victor Blackwood, you are taken into custody.
00:38:16Valus removed.
00:38:16No.
00:38:17My dad has money.
00:38:19He can fix anything.
00:38:20You can't do this.
00:38:22You think you won?
00:38:24My dad won't let you get away with this.
00:38:26Tell your dad to book an appointment.
00:38:28I'll defend everyone who's hurt.
00:38:31Please.
00:38:39You had his files.
00:38:41Promised me it was foolproof.
00:38:43Took my money.
00:38:44And this is how you, my son, to prison?
00:38:46Mr. Blackwood, the evidence Hale had wasn't in those files.
00:38:50He never let me know.
00:38:52I didn't hire you for excuses.
00:38:55You and he staged this.
00:38:56His evidence, your files.
00:38:58You conspired to send my son to prison.
00:39:01Mr. Blackwood, I didn't work with Hale.
00:39:03I betrayed him.
00:39:05I took your money.
00:39:06I just...
00:39:06Just not smart enough?
00:39:08Not good enough?
00:39:10Not as good as your mentor?
00:39:14Listen, you get nothing.
00:39:16I'll make sure every firm knows you're a useless lawyer who took money and still lost.
00:39:29Mr. Hale, I lost.
00:39:32I accept it completely.
00:39:33You didn't lose to the court.
00:39:35You lost to yourself.
00:39:36You abandoned your principles for money.
00:39:39Five years, Ethan.
00:39:40You learned my techniques but forgot the most important lesson.
00:39:43A lawyer's duty isn't to win.
00:39:45It's to bring truth to light.
00:39:52Dad, you're here.
00:39:55Sweetheart, how are you feeling?
00:39:59Much better.
00:40:00It's just, the baby's gone.
00:40:04Mr. Hale, in court, what happened?
00:40:08Victor Blackhole was found guilty on all four charges.
00:40:13Really?
00:40:15He's really in prison?
00:40:18Yes, sweetheart.
00:40:20He'll never have the chance to hurt anyone again.
00:40:24Mr. Hale, Miss Cruz and her mother insisted on thanking you in person.
00:40:28Mr. Hale, I had nightmares for months, thought he'd never be punished.
00:40:32You made me believe the law protects us.
00:40:34Thank you.
00:40:38Thank your own courage.
00:40:39Your testimony was more powerful than my evidence.
00:40:42Mr. Hale, I don't know how to repay you.
00:40:45The best re-impostment is to help your daughter live a normal life.
00:40:49Take her away from New York.
00:40:50Somewhere his name will never be heard.
00:40:59Alexander Hale, that's me.
00:41:03FBI, we've received complaints.
00:41:06Bribery, witness threats, evidence fabrication.
00:41:09These are interesting.
00:41:10Who filed them?
00:41:12Charles Blackwood, and your student, Ethan Reynolds.
00:41:15Cole, that's a rapist father and a losing lawyer.
00:41:18Venge-tive and sore.
00:41:20That's your basis?
00:41:21This is a federal subpoena for you to appear next Wednesday for questioning.
00:41:28I'll be there.
00:41:29Passport held, firm search, record seized.
00:41:37Charles, do you think this will take me down?
00:41:48Well, well, if it isn't my mentor, how does it feel to be subpoenaed?
00:41:54Ethan, your revenge is slower than I expected.
00:41:57I figured I'd give you a minute to brace yourself.
00:41:59After all, going from a lead attorney to a suspect, that kind of crash isn't easy for
00:42:04most people to swallow.
00:42:08Ethan, you know why you can never beat me?
00:42:11I can't beat you?
00:42:13Hale, did you get something wrong?
00:42:15You're the one being subpoenaed, not me.
00:42:17Oh, really?
00:42:18You think you've already won?
00:42:20Still stubborn at a time like this.
00:42:22You think you can really protect those two women?
00:42:25Against power like Blackwood's?
00:42:27You're nothing.
00:42:28All of you.
00:42:35I'll remember that.
00:42:43Ethan, you have the nerve to show up here?
00:42:46Sarah, I'm just here to cooperate.
00:42:47And while I'm at it, I thought I'd see if my mentor needs some consolation.
00:42:52You're despicable.
00:42:54You stole Mr. Hale's files to help that rapist, and now you're turning around and framing him?
00:42:59Framing him?
00:43:00Those files were legally obtained.
00:43:03And the subpoena, that's the FBI's decision.
00:43:06What does that have to do with me?
00:43:08Sarah, don't waste your breath on him.
00:43:10Ethan, you just said that, in the face of power, I am nothing.
00:43:14Then let's just see who ends up being nothing.
00:43:23Mr. Blackwood, there's still room for appeal.
00:43:27Appeal?
00:43:28My son's facing 20 years behind bars!
00:43:31Do you have any idea what prison's like?
00:43:33Mr. Blackwood, please listen.
00:43:35We lost the case, but we can get this verdict overturned.
00:43:38What do you mean?
00:43:40If Hale's bar license gets rezeeked, every case he's worked will be retried, your sons included.
00:43:44We've got a solid shot at reversing the conviction.
00:43:47Go on.
00:43:48I've already filed complaints with the FBI.
00:43:50Hale took bribes, threatened witnesses, fabricated evidence.
00:43:54Once he's convicted and disbarred, every case he's ever won will be overturned.
00:43:57So, you had me pay you not to win the case, but to help you take down Hale?
00:44:03Mr. Blackwood, this is a win-win.
00:44:05Ethan, listen to me carefully.
00:44:07If my son can't get out because of Hale's case, I'll make sure you never work in this country again.
00:44:13I promise, I'll get your son's case overturned.
00:44:23Dad, did they do anything to you?
00:44:26I'm fine.
00:44:27They're treating me well here.
00:44:29After all, we're all familiar faces.
00:44:34They cuffed you.
00:44:36It's just procedure.
00:44:37Besides, I've been here two days and actually gained a pound.
00:44:41The food here is better than my own cooking.
00:44:43Mr. Hale, I've contacted over a dozen firms.
00:44:47No one's willing to take this case.
00:44:49Expected.
00:44:50Charles Blackwood holds too much sway over this city.
00:44:53No one wants to cross him for my sake.
00:44:55But you did all that for those victims.
00:44:57It shouldn't be like this.
00:44:59Those lawyers all said, they said you deserve this.
00:45:02It's completely unfair.
00:45:04Dad only stood up for those victims.
00:45:05And now he's being targeted as payback.
00:45:07How dare they say you deserve this?
00:45:14Sweetheart, this world was never fair.
00:45:16After defending the rich for so many years, I should have known this day would come.
00:45:23No!
00:45:24Mr. Hale, you're not that kind of person.
00:45:26You've helped so many people.
00:45:28You don't deserve to be treated like this.
00:45:31Sarah, listen to me.
00:45:32You and Clara leave New York tonight.
00:45:34Go to the West Coast, somewhere the Blackwood family can't reach.
00:45:37No, I won't leave.
00:45:38Clara, you just lost your baby.
00:45:41Daniel's still in the hospital.
00:45:42What you need is safety, not to be dragged down with me.
00:45:46Dad, why'd you have to take all of this on alone?
00:45:50I won't leave.
00:45:52Mr. Hale, I'm your assistant.
00:45:54If I walk out on you too, they'll have won for good.
00:45:57If I gave up on you now, I never would have picked this profession from the start.
00:46:04Sarah, this path is hard.
00:46:06I'm not afraid.
00:46:08Mr. Hale, the first thing you ever taught me was a lawyer isn't here to win.
00:46:11A lawyer is here to make the truth heard.
00:46:14If I walked away now, I wouldn't deserve to be your assistant.
00:46:19Good.
00:46:20Then let's see exactly what they're capable of.
00:46:26Mr. Hale, what's your response to the bribery charges?
00:46:29Do you admit threatening witnesses?
00:46:33Alexander Hale, you devil!
00:46:36You remember me!
00:46:38This is my son, Patrick Doyle.
00:46:40He died 20 years ago because of you!
00:46:44My son was innocent.
00:46:46He was about to win.
00:46:47It was you.
00:46:48You drove him to his death.
00:46:51Ladies and gentlemen, I was once Hale's student.
00:46:55Today I must step forward to expose him.
00:46:57This man would sacrifice anyone for his own gain.
00:46:59and Ms. Margaret's son, Patrick, is the perfect proof.
00:47:05Lock him up!
00:47:06A lawyer like that doesn't deserve to live!
00:47:11Shut up!
00:47:12You know nothing!
00:47:14My dad only ended up like this because he was helping others.
00:47:17Helping?
00:47:18Clara, your father only helped himself.
00:47:25Trust me.
00:47:29Mr. Hale, please.
00:47:32Help me.
00:47:34I can't win this case.
00:47:38Patrick, what are you saying?
00:47:41You're the plaintiff.
00:47:42You're about to win.
00:47:43The evidence is all on your side.
00:47:45The jury is leaning toward you.
00:47:47Your chances are great.
00:47:48No!
00:47:49I can't win!
00:47:51Those people.
00:47:52The gang behind the defendant.
00:47:54They know where I live.
00:47:55They know which school my sister goes to.
00:47:58If I win, I'm done for.
00:47:59They'll kill my whole family.
00:48:05Do you know what you're asking for?
00:48:07You're my opponent.
00:48:08I'm the defendant's opponent.
00:48:10I never planned to win this case.
00:48:12But now you want me to help you.
00:48:14Help the defendant win?
00:48:16Please, let me lose.
00:48:18I'll plead guilty.
00:48:20I'll take any charge.
00:48:21Just keep them safe.
00:48:27Counsel for the defendant?
00:48:34Sarah, where are you?
00:48:36Defense counsel is not present.
00:48:39This court will wait five more minutes.
00:48:41If counsel fails to appear by then...
00:48:45Time is up.
00:48:47Given that defense counsel has failed to appear...
00:48:50Your Honor, please wait a little longer.
00:48:53Ma'am, please sit down.
00:48:58Looks like your assistant has abandoned you, too.
00:49:01Truly, beautiful.
00:49:02This court hereby declares...
00:49:09Your Honor, wait.
00:49:16What is the meaning of this?
00:49:17Your Honor, I am Harold Vance, former federal prosecutor.
00:49:21I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant, Alexander Hale.
00:49:26Your Honor, I am Diana Foster, former New York State Supreme Court Justice.
00:49:30I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant, Alexander Hale.
00:49:35Your Honor, I am Marcus O'Brien, criminal defense attorney.
00:49:39I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant, Alexander Hale.
00:49:42Your Honor, I am Elena Rodriguez, civil rights attorney.
00:49:46I apply to serve as counsel for the defendant, Alexander Hale.
00:49:54Your Honor, this is ridiculous.
00:49:56One defendant doesn't need this many lawyers.
00:49:59Mr. Reynolds, it's true one defendant doesn't need this many lawyers.
00:50:04But when the entire legal community believes someone has been wronged,
00:50:08every one of us has a duty to step forward.
00:50:12Mr. Hale, I meant to appear alone, but...
00:50:15They heard about what happened to you, and they all volunteered to come.
00:50:18They all want to defend you.
00:50:22Your Honor,
00:50:24a total of 99 attorneys have applied to serve as counsel for the defendant.
00:50:3099?
00:50:31How many lawyers are there in New York in total?
00:50:34150.
00:50:35That's the total number.
00:50:36Racklar of registered practicing attorneys in New York.
00:50:40Your Honor, I'm not here to apply to be Hale's attorney.
00:50:42I'm here to tell everyone a story from 20 years ago.
00:50:4720 years ago, there was a young man named Tommy Reilly.
00:50:50He was charged with second-degree murder.
00:50:52All the evidence pointed to him.
00:50:53Mr. Hale wasn't famous back then, but he insisted on defending him.
00:50:57Tommy had a sister named Lily, just 16.
00:51:00Lily had leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant.
00:51:04Tommy's parents were already dead.
00:51:06He worked three jobs and still couldn't scrape together the money for the surgery.
00:51:10In the end, Tommy borrowed $30,000 from loan sharks.
00:51:13He had no idea it was gang money.
00:51:14The surgery was successful and Lily survived, but the interest snowballed.
00:51:19In just three months, the debt swelled to $150,000.
00:51:22That night, two collectors wamed to his door.
00:51:24They pinned his sister to the sofa right in front of Tommy and raped her.
00:51:27Then they beat Tommy relentlessly, with steel pipes, kicking him, beating him within an inch of his life.
00:51:36Tommy was cornered.
00:51:38He saw his sister covered in blood.
00:51:39He saw the collector raise that steel pipe to smash Lily's head, so he grabbed a fruit knife from the
00:51:44table and stabbed.
00:51:46The collector died on the spot.
00:51:47The prosecutor charged Tommy with second-degree murder.
00:51:50All the evidence was against him.
00:51:52He had indeed killed a man, with a knife.
00:51:54The prosecution argued it was premeditated.
00:51:56Tommy's chances of being convicted were over 90%.
00:51:59Hale spent three months investigating.
00:52:02He found other families who had been victimized by those collectors.
00:52:05He found evidence that had been destroyed.
00:52:08In court, he laid it all out before the jury, piece by piece.
00:52:13Hale said, this wasn't murder.
00:52:16This was a brother protecting his sister.
00:52:19He took a case that was virtually guaranteed to end in conviction,
00:52:22and he argued it all the way to an acquittal.
00:52:28One case proves nothing.
00:52:30People change.
00:52:31So what if he did that back then?
00:52:33He's still guilty now.
00:52:35Guilty of taking bribes.
00:52:36Guilty of driving innocent people to their deaths.
00:52:40Young man, do you know what happened to Tommy afterward?
00:52:45The gang didn't forget about him.
00:52:48Three months later, they found Tommy and beat him to death in an alley.
00:52:51Lily heard the news in the hospital.
00:52:54Her illness relized.
00:52:55Three months later, she was gone too.
00:52:59And Hale.
00:53:01The gang believed Hale had crossed their line.
00:53:04They hunted him for ten years.
00:53:06Ten years.
00:53:07He couldn't stay in any city for more than six months.
00:53:09He couldn't take any major cases.
00:53:11He couldn't let anyone know where he was.
00:53:13It took him ten years to rebuild himself.
00:53:15And in those ten years, he remembered Tommy and Lily every single day.
00:53:23This is the man who was willing to destroy his own career for justice.
00:53:28This is the man who was hunted for ten years and never gave up his beliefs.
00:53:32And now, you accuse him of taking bribes and threatening witnesses?
00:53:37Your Honor, members of the jury, I've stood in courtrooms for 50 years.
00:53:42I've seen all kinds of lawyers.
00:53:44But in all my years, I've only ever seen one true lawyer.
00:53:48It's him.
00:53:55Your Honor, I am Elena Rodriguez.
00:53:57I wish to submit a document to the court.
00:54:00Mr. Hale's financial records from the past 15 years.
00:54:04These records show that every penny Mr. Hale earned from wealthy clients
00:54:08was donated to a charitable organization called the Hale Justice Foundation.
00:54:12This foundation provides legal aid to victims who cannot afford attorneys.
00:54:17These records show that every penny
00:54:19Mr. Hale earned from wealthy clients was donated to a charitable organization called the Hale Justice Foundation.
00:54:26This foundation provides legal aid to victims who cannot afford attorneys.
00:54:34Over the past 15 years, Mr. Hale has funded more than 3,000 cases through this foundation.
00:54:403,000 people received fair trials because of him.
00:54:483,000 cases.
00:54:51He donated all his money?
00:54:53Would a man who takes bribes donate every cent to charity?
00:54:57So what?
00:54:58Maybe he donated money to ease his guilt.
00:55:01And what about the case where he drove a plaintiff to his death?
00:55:05Miss Margaret's son, Patrick Doyle.
00:55:07He was covered in injuries after meeting with Hale and ended up being sentenced to death.
00:55:11That's a fact!
00:55:12That's a fact!
00:55:16Margaret, I always wanted to tell you the truth.
00:55:21But I made a promise.
00:55:23Tell me, just tell me, what really happened to my son?
00:55:30Patrick's injuries were not because of me.
00:55:35Margaret, do you remember the time before Patrick's incident?
00:55:37Did he ever mention to you that someone was threatening him?
00:55:41He said, he said some people were following him, but he never told me why.
00:55:46Patrick was your son, Margaret.
00:55:47But back then, he was my opponent.
00:55:49I was the defendant's lawyer.
00:55:50He was the plaintiff.
00:55:51The defendant in that case was a gang boss, just as powerful as Blackwood is today.
00:55:54Patrick was about to win.
00:55:55The evidence was all on his side.
00:55:57The jury clearly favored him.
00:55:58I had no chance of winning.
00:55:59Those people, they knew that.
00:56:01They followed Patrick.
00:56:02They threatened him.
00:56:03They even beat him in front of his sister.
00:56:05Patrick came to me.
00:56:06He knelt before me, face covered in tears, and begged me to help him lose.
00:56:10He said that if he won the case, his family would be destroyed.
00:56:13They already knew where you live, knew which school his sister attended.
00:56:16So he begged me.
00:56:17He voluntarily gave up everything.
00:56:19He pled guilty, just to keep you safe.
00:56:22No.
00:56:24Impossible.
00:56:25Patrick wouldn't.
00:56:26He was so brave.
00:56:27He was.
00:56:29Margaret, your son was one of the bravest young men I've ever known.
00:56:32He was willing to sacrifice everything to protect me.
00:56:35Shh.
00:56:37Ahhhh!
00:56:39Margaret, I never told you the truth because I promised Patrick I would protect you.
00:56:44If those people knew you'd discovered the truth, you'd be in danger too.
00:56:50A story isn't evidence.
00:56:52Hale, you say Patrick voluntarily gave up and asked you to help the defendant win.
00:56:55Where's the proof?
00:56:56Who can verify you didn't just make this up?
00:56:59See?
00:56:59He can't produce it!
00:57:01He has no evidence at all!
00:57:06I can prove it.
00:57:13Frank!
00:57:14Your Honor, my name is Frank O'Malley.
00:57:17I'm Patrick Doyle's father.
00:57:19Twenty years ago, the night Patrick went to see Mr. Hale, I followed him secretly.
00:57:24I hid outside the door.
00:57:26I heard their conversation.
00:57:28I secretly recorded it.
00:57:31You...
00:57:32Why didn't you say anything back then?
00:57:34Do you know how I've suffered these twenty years?
00:57:36Because Patrick begged me.
00:57:39He said if those people knew we'd found out the truth, they'd kill our whole family.
00:57:45Margaret, I thought hiding was how I could protect you.
00:57:49I hid for twenty years.
00:57:50I didn't dare contact you and returned to New York.
00:57:53Delent Didich and Brited met home all along.
00:57:55When I heard Mr. Hale had been accused, I knew.
00:57:58I couldn't hide anymore.
00:58:00If Patrick were still here, he would never want Mr. Hale to destroy his life protecting us.
00:58:05Margaret, I'm sorry.
00:58:07The two greatest regrets of my life.
00:58:11Failing to protect our son, and failing to step forward soon.
00:58:16Mr. Hale, please.
00:58:18Help me.
00:58:18I can't win this case.
00:58:20Patrick, what are you saying?
00:58:22You're about to win.
00:58:23They'll kill my family.
00:58:27Those people, they know where I live.
00:58:30They know which school my sister goes to.
00:58:33If I win, they'll come after us.
00:58:35You know what you're asking for?
00:58:37You're asking to avoid my own reputation.
00:58:40Let them bear justice.
00:58:42Please.
00:58:43I'm willing.
00:58:45Just keep them safe.
00:58:47It's impossible.
00:58:49It's impossible.
00:58:52It's impossible.
00:58:53The injuries on my son, they were from those people threatening him.
00:58:57They came for him, before I agreed to help him lose.
00:59:01They beat him, threatened him, leaving him too scared.
00:59:04He had no choice but to turn to me.
00:59:11You, you destroyed yourself to protect us.
00:59:17Patrick was a brave young man.
00:59:19I, I just did what I had to do.
00:59:24I'm sorry.
00:59:25I didn't know.
00:59:26I truly didn't know.
00:59:28No need to apologize.
00:59:30Protecting you was my promise to Patrick.
00:59:36Even if the Patrick case is true, what about all these years?
00:59:39Hale must have done other terrible things.
00:59:42He works for rich people.
00:59:43He can't be clean.
00:59:44Ethan Reynolds, you say Hale has done evil.
00:59:47What about you?
00:59:50This is the FBI's preliminary forensic report.
00:59:53The recording you submitted was AI generated.
00:59:56Hank records upon tracing were forged documents from an offshore shell company.
01:00:01Your Honor, on behalf of the defendant, I countersue Ethan Reynolds for fabricating evidence,
01:00:05false accusations and obstruction of justice.
01:00:08No.
01:00:09Impossible.
01:00:12Order, Ethan Reynolds.
01:00:13Given that the evidence you submitted has been proven fabricated,
01:00:16this court now enters judgment.
01:00:20All four charges against Ander Hale are dismissed.
01:00:24Alexander Hale, you're acquitted.
01:00:28Dad.
01:00:30Dad.
01:00:34Ethan Reynolds, for fabricating evidence, false accusation and obstruction of Jodas,
01:00:38you are hereby disbarred and sentenced to three years in prison.
01:00:42Bailiffs, take him away.
01:00:44No!
01:00:45I was fighting for justice!
01:00:47I only wanted to...
01:00:49God!
01:00:52Hale.
01:00:54Why?
01:00:55Why do you always win?
01:00:57Ethan, I never beat you.
01:01:00You lost to yourself.
01:01:17Mr. Hale.
01:01:19I owe you a thank you and an apology.
01:01:22Margaret, you owe me nothing. Your son was a hero.
01:01:28Mr. Hale.
01:01:31I owe you a thank you and an apology.
01:01:33Back to the firm.
01:01:35There are still many cases waiting for us.
01:01:39Dad.
01:01:41I'm proud of you.
01:01:48Justice was never one man's fight.
01:01:5425 years.
01:01:56I spent 25 years building this empire.
01:02:00And I couldn't even protect my own son.
01:02:03Sir.
01:02:04About Victor.
01:02:06He...
01:02:06Enough!
01:02:09Hale.
01:02:11He won't stop.
01:02:12A lawyer who doesn't even care about his own life.
01:02:16He'll keep digging.
01:02:18Notice all department heads.
01:02:19Starting today, everyone covers their tracks.
01:02:22If anyone leaves Hale any dirt, I'll feed him to the Hudson.
01:02:26Yes, sir.
01:02:28Hale, you think you've won?
01:02:30The game has only just begun.
01:02:34To Mr. Hale.
01:02:40To Dad.
01:02:43Dad, I'm proud of you.
01:02:45To all of you.
01:02:46Without you, I wouldn't have made it.
01:02:52Dad.
01:02:55I'm sorry.
01:02:57I failed to protect Clara back then.
01:03:00Daniel.
01:03:00You protected Clara.
01:03:03In front of that monster, you didn't back down.
01:03:05That's enough.
01:03:12Mr. Hale.
01:03:13Do we have any cases coming up?
01:03:19Rest for a week.
01:03:21Rest for a week.
01:03:21And then...
01:03:27Then...
01:03:28We dig deep into the Blackwood family.
01:03:33I knew you wouldn't let it go.
01:03:37That's...
01:03:37That's Alexander Hale.
01:03:41Shhh.
01:03:48Hey!
01:03:49Hey!
01:03:50You can't come in here!
01:03:51Get out!
01:03:53Mr. Hale.
01:03:55Please.
01:03:56Just give us five minutes.
01:04:02It's alright.
01:04:03Let them speak.
01:04:05Mr. Hale.
01:04:07We know who you are.
01:04:08We all know.
01:04:11You're the lawyer who put Blackwood's son in prison.
01:04:17We...
01:04:18We want to ask you to take a case for us.
01:04:21Who do you want to sue?
01:04:30Charles Blackhill.
01:04:35Go on.
01:04:3620 years ago,
01:04:38he sent his men
01:04:39to take our homes by force.
01:04:41To build a golf course.
01:04:44That land was our home.
01:04:51Joseph...
01:04:53They beat our parents, our neighbors, to death.
01:04:59Mr. Hale.
01:05:00Mr. Hale, please.
01:05:00It's been 20...
01:05:02We've been 20 years.
01:05:04We've appealed so many times,
01:05:06but no lawyer's willing to take our case.
01:05:19Get up.
01:05:21You don't kneel.
01:05:25Do you have evidence?
01:05:29Yes.
01:05:30Not much.
01:05:32But we have.
01:05:50Tomorrow morning, 9 o'clock.
01:05:53Come to my office.
01:05:58You...
01:05:59You'll take our case?
01:06:02I never take easy cases.
01:06:15Dad...
01:06:16Why'd you call us to the study?
01:06:22Why'd you call us to the study?
01:06:23You two are leaving New York tomorrow morning.
01:06:26Go to Boston.
01:06:27To your Aunt Margaret's.
01:06:29I've already booked your tickets.
01:06:38Sweetheart,
01:06:38I can't fight while worrying about your safety.
01:06:41So you have to leave.
01:06:44Don't come back until I've resolved this case.
01:06:47Dad...
01:06:49I don't want to leave you alone.
01:06:54Clara, listen to me.
01:06:55You're the child I'm most proud of.
01:07:01As long as you and Daniel are safe,
01:07:04I can fight with a clear head.
01:07:06You understand?
01:07:08I promise.
01:07:13Here are the tickets and the address.
01:07:16Leave at 5 tomorrow morning.
01:07:17Don't tell anyone.
01:07:22I swear.
01:07:23I'll protect Clara with my life.
01:07:26Go.
01:07:27Don't leave the house until tomorrow morning.
01:07:35Joseph, start from the beginning.
01:07:38Don't leave out any details.
01:07:4120 years ago, I was 12.
01:07:43My family lived at the foot of the Cat Hogs.
01:07:46A little town called Willow Creek.
01:07:48Only about 30 families lived there, but we did fine on our own.
01:07:52I was 8.
01:07:54My parents ran a little grocery store there.
01:07:58Every day when I came home from school, Mom would bake apple...
01:08:01My dad was the town's traveling pastor.
01:08:03He officiated everyone's weddings for free.
01:08:06He said when I grew up, he'd officiate mine.
01:08:10But then...
01:08:11Blackwood's people came.
01:08:12Continue.
01:08:14In the spring of 1998, Blackwood Group sent people.
01:08:17They said they were going to build a golf course at the foot of the mountain.
01:08:20And we had to move.
01:08:21The offer was insultingly low.
01:08:23Daylight robbery.
01:08:25Most of us refused to sell.
01:08:27Didn't the government step in?
01:08:29The government?
01:08:31Blackwood had already signed a deal with the county.
01:08:34They had money and connections.
01:08:39That summer. Late one night.
01:08:44A group of masked men drove into town in pickup trucks.
01:08:47They set the grocery store on fire.
01:08:49Then they went door to door, smashing their way in.
01:08:53My dad grabbed his shotgun and went out.
01:08:56They pinned him on the porch.
01:08:58Beat him to death with baseball bars.
01:09:01They dragged my mom into the house.
01:09:07They killed my parents!
01:09:09Then they set the house on fire!
01:09:12I hid in the basement, listening to their hoops upstairs.
01:09:20What happened next?
01:09:23The next day, the county police came.
01:09:26They ruled it an accidental fire.
01:09:29Blackwood's men gave each family $5,000 as condolence money,
01:09:32and that was the end of it.
01:09:34Over 20 of us survived.
01:09:36For 20 years, we've gone to countless lawyers.
01:09:38No one dared take the case.
01:09:40Blackwood holds far too much power.
01:09:41We would never have turned to you if we hadn't been utterly desperate.
01:09:4920 years ago, the cat was Willow Creek.
01:09:53I'll help you get justice.
01:09:55And help you get your home back.
01:10:0220 years.
01:10:03That land still brings me 20 million a year.
01:10:07I suppose the effort wasn't wasted.
01:10:11Sir, there's trouble.
01:10:15Speak.
01:10:16Hale.
01:10:17Hale's taken on a case.
01:10:20What case?
01:10:23The Willow Creek case.
01:10:25He's going to investigate what happened back then.
01:10:34He's asking for it.
01:10:39Mr. Hale, I've checked.
01:10:41The fire report from Willow Creek back then is definitely questionable.
01:10:44The county fire department's records list the cause as undetermined.
01:10:48No follow-up investigation.
01:10:50And...
01:10:51The county sheriff back then is now Blackwood Group's security consultant.
01:10:56Predictable.
01:10:58Mr. Hale, there's one more thing.
01:11:02What happened back then, it wasn't Blackwood himself who did it.
01:11:06He had a whole team.
01:11:07Those masked men, they were from a security company.
01:11:09One that specialized in handling Blackwood's problems.
01:11:14Do you have their names?
01:11:18We never gave up all these years.
01:11:21This is every name we've recorded.
01:11:23Including the 12 men who took part in the operation.
01:11:2912.
01:11:30Sarah, look up these 12.
01:11:32Every single one.
01:11:33Where they are now, what they're doing, any criminal records.
01:11:36Already on it.
01:11:42Charles Blackwood.
01:11:44You can keep buried it deep enough.
01:11:46But no one can hide forever.
01:11:48Hale's already investigating.
01:11:50Are your people...
01:11:52Clean?
01:11:52Sir, everyone involved signed confidentiality agreements.
01:11:56They won't talk.
01:11:57Confidentiality agreements?
01:11:58In front of Hale, what good is a piece of paper?
01:12:04Listen.
01:12:05The moment Hale finds anything, tell me.
01:12:11And if you find something substantial,
01:12:14you know what to do.
01:12:15Understood.
01:12:24It's me.
01:12:25The contingency plan.
01:12:27If Hale gets that far,
01:12:29we strike first.
01:12:33Mr. Hale, I found it.
01:12:35The security company from back then, Ironclade Security.
01:12:38Founded in 1997, dissolved in 2001.
01:12:40But here's the key.
01:12:41Of the three are already dead.
01:12:42Two accidental car crashes, one suicide.
01:12:44Of the remaining nine, four are still working for Blackwood.
01:12:46The other five, they're scattered across different states.
01:12:48But every year, at the same time,
01:12:51each of their accounts receives an anonymous transfer from Blackwood Group.
01:12:57Hush money.
01:12:58Exactly.
01:12:59And there's something even more.
01:13:02The mayor of Willow Creek back then, Thomas Griffin,
01:13:04three months after the fire, he drowned in his own swimming pool.
01:13:06But his wife, Margaret Griffin, she's still alive, living in Florida.
01:13:09Contact her. I want to talk to her.
01:13:12Mr. Hale, long time no see.
01:13:15Mr. Blackwood, showing up uninvited, that's not very polite.
01:13:20I heard you're looking into some old matters.
01:13:24You sure have good sources.
01:13:26Hale, you're a smart man.
01:13:27And a smart man knows some things are better left alone.
01:13:31I heard something too.
01:13:33What?
01:13:33Your son isn't doing well in prison.
01:13:35I hear he cries every day.
01:13:37You think you can win?
01:13:39You think you're the embodiment of justice?
01:13:40I will make you regret this.
01:13:43You and everyone around you.
01:13:45Threatening me? Here?
01:13:48Sarah, call the police.
01:13:50Report an illegal trespass and threat to my personal safety.
01:13:55Very well. Very well.
01:13:58Hale, remember, you started this.
01:14:00But when it ends, that's up to me.
01:14:03Mr. Hale, he...
01:14:05He's already started.
01:14:09Sir, Hale's already found out about Ironclad security.
01:14:13And Margaret Griffin too.
01:14:14If he contacts her...
01:14:15You won't have the chance.
01:14:16Activate the insurance.
01:14:18Sir, are you sure that's the last resort?
01:14:20We shouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary...
01:14:22I said activate it.
01:14:29Excuse me, are you Mr. Hale?
01:14:31Yes, who are you?
01:14:33Someone told me to give you this.
01:14:40Mr. Hale, good morning.
01:14:42Charles, what do you want?
01:14:47Charles...
01:14:47You're pretty smart, moving your daughter and son-in-law out of New York.
01:14:51But this city, I call the shots here.
01:14:59Goddammit!
01:15:03Good girl, hold on.
01:15:06Daddy will win this.
01:15:15The plaintiff's counsel is Alexander Hale, now present.
01:15:21I'm here.
01:15:22Today, we finish this case.
01:15:27And son-in-law are still in my hands.
01:15:30And you dare show up?
01:15:32Your Honor, before this trial begins, I need to report something to the court.
01:15:35What is it?
01:15:35Fifty minutes ago, right outside the courthouse, Charles Blackwood had someone deliver this phone to me.
01:15:38An-in-law is now a chair inside a warehouse, blood on their faces.
01:15:41He threatened to kill them if I didn't drop the case.
01:15:42Mr. Blackwood, is what Mr. Hale's saying true?
01:15:45This... this is completely what I'm doing.
01:15:46Mr. Hale, you're doing if your daughter and son-in-law really are in Blackwood's hands?
01:15:49But during that call, my daughter's the eyes of someone who fights for justice just like me.
01:15:51I believe she wants me to go on.
01:15:53He's lying!
01:15:56Order!
01:15:57I stand here not because I don't care about my family, but if I back down now,
01:16:00Charles Blackwood walks out a free man and goes on to destroy more lives.
01:16:03Twenty years ago, seventeen people were burned alive in Willow Creek.
01:16:05For twenty years, no one dared speak for them.
01:16:06This man waited twenty years.
01:16:08Twenty years sleeping under bridges, digging through trash for food, chased off like a stray dog,
01:16:11her childhood burned to ashes she waited, gave and lost twenty years just for one day,
01:16:14for one voice to speak justice for her.
01:16:20Given these developments, this court needs to confirm.
01:16:23Mr. Hale, are you certain you want to proceed?
01:16:26I am certain.
01:16:27Then let the trial...
01:16:28Members of the jury...
01:16:29Twenty years ago, in the little town of Willow Creek at the foot of the Cat Hills,
01:16:32thirty faint found, seventeen lives were lost.
01:16:33This man lost his parents at twelve.
01:16:35This woman had her entire childhood burned away at eight.
01:16:38And the one responsible is Charles Blackwood sitting right over there.
01:16:41You have no evidence! You have nothing!
01:16:43No evidence?
01:16:43Your Honor, this is the dissolution document for Ironcliffe security.
01:16:46We're to kill and burn for Charles Blackwood.
01:16:48That was for normal security services!
01:16:49This is the testimony of one of the twelve William Hart.
01:16:54He... he's lying! He took money from Hale!
01:16:57He's dead.
01:16:58Three years ago, accidentally drowned in his own bathtub.
01:17:02Ladies and gentlemen, this is not coincidence of the twelve.
01:17:04Three died in accidents, four still work for Blackwood Black,
01:17:06and the other five receive anonymous money every year.
01:17:08This simply cannot be a coincidence.
01:17:10You think you've won? You think you control everything?
01:17:11You forgot one thing. Your son's still in prison.
01:17:14And you, you'll be joining him soon.
01:17:15Daniel. Daniel, wake up. Please look at me.
01:17:18Claire, I'm sorry. I couldn't protect you, or I...
01:17:20Don't say sorry! We're getting out of here! Dad will come for us!
01:17:24Sam O'Connell.
01:17:25Shhh.
01:17:30Don't be afraid! We're here to help you!
01:17:32Your dad, Mr. Hale, he's fighting for us in court.
01:17:34You... we owe him.
01:17:35You're my dad's...
01:17:35Yes! He's risking everything for us.
01:17:37We couldn't let him lose the ones he loves because of us!
01:17:39Oh my God!
01:17:40Go! Move!
01:17:42Quick! Give me a hand! Help him up!
01:17:55Your honor, members of the jury, I have one final piece of evidence.
01:17:59This is the call log from the only public pay phone in Willow Creek,
01:18:01Early morning, July 14, 1998.
01:18:032.17 a.m.
01:18:04Someone called a number.
01:18:05Charles Blackwood's personal phone number.
01:18:08That... that's fabricated!
01:18:09This is the original record pulled from the telecom company's archive.
01:18:13Plaintiff, have you concluded your statement?
01:18:15Yes, your honor.
01:18:17Your honor, we... we request a recessed.
01:18:20Request denied.
01:18:21This court has given you ample time.
01:18:23Jury, are you prepared to deliver your verdict?
01:18:25Yes, your honor.
01:18:26We, the jury, find the defendant, Charles Blackwood, guilty of first-degree murder, arson, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice.
01:18:34Guilty on all counts.
01:18:36Charles Blackwood, due to the extreme cruelty and severity of your crimes, you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without
01:18:42the possibility of parole.
01:18:44No, this is impossible! I am Charles Blackhead!
01:18:45Hale, you're insane! You sacrificed your own daughter for strangers!
01:18:48I have never abandoned her.
01:18:51That is exactly why I fought until the end.
01:18:5820 years. It's finally over after 20 years.
01:19:01Please stand up, Joseph. This is long-awaited justice.
01:19:04But I need to find my daughter right now.
01:19:09Dad!
01:19:13Dad, I'm sorry. I almost made you bow to them.
01:19:18No.
01:19:19I'm the one who's sorry.
01:19:21I couldn't protect you.
01:19:23Dad.
01:19:24You did the right thing.
01:19:25You didn't give up.
01:19:26Not on Joseph.
01:19:27Not on Elena.
01:19:28Not on anyone who needed you.
01:19:29You're the bravest person I've ever known.
01:19:31Not because you're not afraid, but because even when you're scared, you still choose justice.
01:19:34Sam.
01:19:35Thank you.
01:19:36You helped us first.
01:19:37We were just repaying a debt.
01:19:39Yes.
01:19:40We won.
01:19:41We won.
01:19:45Mr. Hale, Ruby and Tom have already taken those bastards to the police station.
01:19:49The 20 of us, we finally got this day.
01:19:51Sam, Joseph, and Marcus helped me in court.
01:19:53You, Tom, and Ruby saved my family in that warehouse.
01:19:55All 20 of you.
01:19:56I won't forget a single one.
01:19:57You helped us first.
01:19:58We just did what we had to do.
01:20:00Mr. Hale, when the trial started, I was terrified for Clara and Daniel.
01:20:04I was scared too.
01:20:05I've never been more scared in my life.
01:20:07But in that moment, I remembered 20 years ago.
01:20:09Patrick kneeling before me, begging me to protect his family.
01:20:11I remembered Tommy really willing to sacrifice himself to protect his sister.
01:20:14If I had backed down those people, Charles, Ethan, everyone who thinks power is above the law, they would have
01:20:20won.
01:20:21I couldn't let Clara and Daniel live in a world without justice.
01:20:31Mr. Hale, what are your plans going forward?
01:20:35But in this world, there are countless Charles Blackwoods.
01:20:39Countless ordinary people crushed by power.
01:20:43I'm 65.
01:20:46One day, I'll leave this battlefield.
01:20:49Sarah, let me finish.
01:20:50Sarah, you're the best young lawyer I've ever seen.
01:20:52You have a sense of justice, courage, and brains.
01:20:54From today on Hale and Loci, it becomes Hale Mitchell.
01:20:56You-
01:20:56Mr. Hale, I don't deserve this.
01:20:58You do.
01:20:58You deserve it more than anyone.
01:20:59Dad, are you planning to retire?
01:21:01Retire? No.
01:21:02I'm just switching battlefields.
01:21:03From now on, I'll focus on nurturing the next generation.
01:21:05And you, you will continue the fight.
01:21:07Dad, growing up, I never understood you.
01:21:10I never got why you were always so busy, why you couldn't stay with me more.
01:21:12You always had to help complete strangers.
01:21:14Now I understand.
01:21:14You weren't helping strangers.
01:21:15You were helping everyone who might be swallowed by the darkness, including me.
01:21:18Clara, you and Daniel, stay safe.
01:21:20That's my greatest wish.
01:21:21Dad, from now on, we'll walk this path together.
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