Outlaw s01e08 Episode Script

Hey, I know the president loves Chicago, - But I mean, really.
- I told you I can't talk about this.
Ah! 5-4.
I mean, come on, Sean Ryan? Really? A judge on America's got talent maybe, but the Supreme Court? Hey, it's a step up from the guy he's replacing.
Oh, so you are considering him.
Yeah, he's on the list not super high, but you know the president.
He likes a justice who can go to his left.
I'm not talking about Ryan's politics.
What? I was talking about his basketball.
I'm serious, Sherri.
Seriously.
Okay, look, I know this is difficult for you, but you did give up your seat.
Well, this is not about me, okay? This is about the court.
Does anybody vet anybody in this white house? I was a prosecutor in cook county when he was a judge, and everybody knew he was on the take.
Come on, the guy's a federal judge.
He's been confirmed by the senate.
Yeah, who missed the fact that back in the day, - his decisions were for sale.
- Hey.
You have proof of that? No, but, uh, Fred Chervin he does.
You should talk to him before this thing goes all Harriet Miers on you.
Okay.
Look, I'll check it out.
But you have to do me a favor.
I already did.
Another one.
I'm sorry.
I'm not free on Saturday.
It's five-all, by the way.
Mexico's refusing to extradite a man who murdered a kindergarten teacher in L.
A.
Woman's dad is making the rounds on the hill, drumming up outrage.
Well, good for him.
And the president wants you to go down there and convince them to send the sicko back.
Hey, just because my resignation gave you the court doesn't make me the house Latino.
Hey, you've been lobbying for us to get involved in Mexican judicial reform.
You've called for them to open the courts for years, plus which, now that you gave us the court, it does kind of make you the house Latino.
Oh.
I believe that's game.
I don't understand.
We have an extradition treaty with Mexico.
Oh, yeah, and it doesn't work.
Over 1,000 fugitives hiding there, more than 350 wanted for murder or violent crimes in California alone.
The victim's name was Lisa Mejia.
Lucinda, see if you can get that case file.
Eddie, I'd like to see all of the motions that were filed by the U.
S.
government and the Mexican response.
I can't believe you're calling me here.
No, I don't know what to do.
Yes, Tim, we'll talk about it, but not when I'm at work.
Okay.
Sounds like someone's cheating on the boss.
Okay, "a," I've told you a million times I would never cross that line, and "b," that was my brother, not a love interest.
Oh, please, you bitch-slap your boyfriend, not your brother.
I wouldn't be so sure.
I've met her brother.
Any chance of changing the subject? 50 bucks says that was her lover.
- I didn't think so.
- I'm in for 100.
- You guys! - Hey, it's your funeral.
At first, Lisa seemed happy.
She talked about this boy she'd met, how much fun they had together.
A few months later, Trujillo's name stopped coming up.
I didn't ask.
She's young.
She changed her mind.
But he didn't accept it.
Well, this Trujillo, this, uh, suspect in the case He's not a suspect.
The L.
A.
P.
D.
found DNA evidence proving that Julio Trujillo is responsible.
But when they went to arrest him at his apartment, he was gone, and now Mexico won't give him back.
But he is in custody.
Yes, after months of pressure from our government.
But if he's not extradited, they're gonna let him go.
Have you seen what he did to my girl? Please You get him back.
Whoa, whoa, Trujillo's family runs a drug cartel? - Mm-hmm.
- His uncle does.
We don't know if he's involved.
Mejia just thought he was a rich kid.
Okay, the the Mexican cartels slaughter people.
They leave the heads of the police officers they murder on the side of the road.
Remind me again why we're going.
Uh, Trujillo choked Lisa into unconsciousness, then raped her.
When she woke up, he broke her neck.
Reason enough for you? To be completely blunt, no.
Eddie, the cartels are tearing Mexico apart.
And their drug war is spreading across our borders.
Now, the president thinks that bringing Trujillo back will be a victory for the rule of law.
And for once, I actually agree with him.
Great.
Let him go get Trujillo, then.
According to Mexico's briefs, no one's getting him unless the A.
G.
takes the death penalty off the table.
Yeah, like Mexico can dictate to us.
They don't even hear testimony from witnesses.
Actually, Mexico is beginning to hear witnesses - and oral arguments.
- Wow.
Outstanding.
Welcome to the 19th century.
They're getting better.
More and more people are being extradited.
And although God knows Trujillo deserves it, if we can get this death penalty issue off the table, it'll be a step in the right direction.
Mereta, it's for you.
It's Tim Reed.
Hey, I know you didn't want me coming here, and I'm sorry.
I just This guy walked up to me 20 minutes ago outside my apartment and handed me this subpoena.
Don't worry.
It's just her brother.
I'm freaking out right now.
Allied pledge insurance wants your depo? Why? What'd you do? - Nothing.
- Okay.
Who are you? - Nobody.
- Well, nobody, maybe you should go.
Well, I'm not nobody.
I'm her husband.
No.
He's not my husband.
He's We're married.
Wow.
Congratulations.
I wish you, uh, many weeks of happiness.
We have a lot of work to do.
And, obviously, you two - have a lot to talk about, so - Yeah.
Privately.
Wow, husband.
I did not see that.
This means I don't have to pay.
What are you talking about? Are you kidding? - Fork it over.
- Push.
It's a push.
Four years ago-uh, stage three glioblastoma.
It's a common form of brain tumor.
So they gave me four to six months to live without surgery.
You didn't have health insurance? Well, I know it sounds irresponsible, but I was 22.
I mean, a brain tumor? Really? I'd never been sick for real in my life.
Tim was one of my best friends in college.
I mean, I couldn't just do nothing.
- He was dying.
- I assume you tried to get insurance once you were diagnosed.
Well, yeah, of course, but it was impossible.
I mean, you can't get coverage with a preexisting condition.
So we didn't know what else to do, so we just we got married.
Under my coverage, they can't refuse my husband.
She saved my life.
I wouldn't be here without her.
Look, I never really liked the missus - Okay, here we go.
- But today she went up a notch.
What you did was awesome.
And, uh, based on the complaint, Mereta, it's fraud.
Fraud? Wait, wait, what do you mean fraud? For getting married? For deceiving the insurance company.
They only cover legitimate spouses, and your primary purpose was to take money My primary purpose was to save Tim's life.
Hang on.
We can handle this.
No, you know, I'd really rather everyone not get involved, so Look, I'll just I'll figure it out.
Mereta, you're being sued for half a million dollars by a fortune 500 company, okay? Let me help.
Okay, let's move.
Flight to Monterrey is in an hour.
I set up a meeting with the judge who heard Trujillo's extradition case.
Cyrus, Mereta and I are gonna have to sit this one out.
Yeah, according to the state department travel advisory, great idea.
You know what? A lot of people love going to Mexico.
Yeah, the ones who aren't going to bring a drug kingpin to justice.
The other ones, us, we get shot at.
Mereta, you know I'm there if you need me.
Tim, good luck to you, sir.
Lucinda, Eddie.
Oh, oh, "in a grisly sign of escalating drug violence, "a mass grave containing 51 bodies was recently unearthed in Monterrey.
" Awesome.
Your honor, my client's daughter was brutally murdered, and the man who killed her is here.
I understand a young woman was murdered, and I also understand that the man that you claim to be responsible is being held in our custody.
Yes, for a crime that was committed in America.
Your honor, I'm here on behalf of the president, who is asking you to extradite him so that he can be brought to justice.
Now, that's the American way.
In the U.
S.
, the only justice is American justice.
Well, that's not what we're saying.
Oh, but you are.
Your very presence here announces it.
You came here to make me be reasonable, to teach me my mistake.
We are here with a message.
I've spoken to my contacts at the state department.
If Julio Trujillo is brought back, you have our word that he won't face the death penalty.
You're too late.
Mr.
Trujillo has already been tried for the murder of miss Mejia.
- You held a paper trial? - What the hell's a paper trial? A-a legacy of Spanish colonial rule.
The judge reads written accounts from the prosecution and the defense and makes a decision.
No witnesses, no actual testimony? Imagine that.
Nothing like your American system, and yet somehow our country still survives.
Your honor, please don't do this.
Tell your client he'll have my ruling by the end of the day.
It doesn't make sense.
I mean, there were witnesses.
People saw Trujillo leaving the scene.
- I'm sorry, Tony.
- Why would a court do this? I didn't I didn't even get notified.
They didn't even ask for a statement.
You know, Tony, most Mexican states don't even allow testimony in person.
They feel it keeps the trial about the facts and not a show by lawyers.
Unfortunately, without all the facts, they might just let Trujillo go.
Tony, whatever happens, this isn't over.
Okay? We keep fighting.
En la causa de Julio Trujillo In the matter of Julio Trujillo Imputado del asesinato de Lisa Mejia Charged with the murder of Lisa Mejia I, judge rodrigo del Rio, find the defendant - culpable - Guilty And sentence him to be incarcerated for a period of no less than "Guilty," did you say? 25 years, Tony.
So what ha-what happens now? He'll, uh, probably be transferred to prison later today.
It's over.
Hmm? Well, justice was done, and shockingly you lived to see it, even in Mexico.
Admit it.
You were peeing in your pants.
Ah.
Interesting how we always come back to my pants Ones you're never getting into.
So I held up my end of our deal.
But I heard your end met with senator Leahy.
Oh, relax.
It's just a dog and pony show to make Ryan feel good, pay off some chits.
Yeah, and here I thought a court appointment was the one job where chits don't matter.
I understand that Donald Crane is in the mix.
And not that you asked, but for a liberal elitist, he wouldn't be a horrible choice.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Tony, where are you? The plane's about to board.
Where am I? I'm watching the animal who butchered my baby enjoying happy hour.
Tony, Trujillo is in jail.
He was dropped off by the cops like they worked for him.
Just listen to me.
If he is out I'm looking at him right now.
Tony.
Tony! Tony! Tony! How many shots did you hear? Uh, four.
First report said Trujillo took two bullets.
I don't even want to know where the other two are.
Mejia got away.
Garza.
I sent you down there to smooth things over, not to create an international incident.
Yeah, what do you know? I know your client used his credit card to purchase a plane ticket to Los Angeles.
Look, the Mexican government's insisting we arrest him the minute he lands.
They say he killed Trujillo.
Yeah, well, I'll look into that, and I'll get back to you, Sherri.
I need you to stay here, see what you can find out.
Where you going? Catch the next flight to L.
A.
Well, you know, Harvard, there are more dangerous places in America.
Yeah, and I don't want to be there either.
- Did he say anything? - No, sir.
We offered him a phone call, but he wouldn't take it.
Said he had no one to call.
I don't know what to say, Tony.
I could have helped you.
And I don't know how Trujillo got out, but We we had options.
We could have asked the police the police let him go.
I saw him.
I don't I don't know what I was thinking.
No, no, no, Tony, you weren't thinking.
Okay? Not like you are now.
I walked-I walked in, and I I saw the gun, and he saw me.
Trujillo, he he laughed at me, and he called my daughter a whore.
You're being arrested, Tony.
Mexico has filed for extradition.
They want to try you for murder.
Of course they do.
Justice is dead, but, uh, irony is alive and well.
They want you sent back.
But we'll fight it.
I mean, I'll pay you.
I-I don't care what it takes.
- You can't fight it.
- I can.
I mean, I'll hire lawyers.
And now the the legal motions can work for me - to keep me in America.
- Listen.
Listen to me.
We can delay this a few months maybe, but in the end, Tony, the American government is gonna send you back.
- Why? - Because you killed a man.
12 hours ago, I was standing with a Mexican judge explaining to him that this is the way we do it in civilized countries.
But we can fight this! We can try.
But you'll lose.
The government wants Mexico to send our fugitives back.
If they don't practice what they preach, then we're back at square one.
Now we go back together, and we do everything we can to get you home again.
Your honor, as you can see, we filed a motion to dismiss this case with prejudice.
On what grounds? On the grounds that it fails to state a legitimate cause of action under the law.
Cause of action is fraud.
It's a few thousand years old and, last I checked, very legitimate.
No, not really, not here.
Your honor, this case involves my client's marriage.
The fact is there is no legal restriction against marrying for insurance.
That's ridiculous.
Your honor, look at the history.
When the law wants to restrict the right to marry, it spells out why, specifically why.
Oh, please.
This is fraud.
Your honor, it's already on the books.
We don't need a new law to punish theft - in this country, and we object - Theft? Watch it, counsel.
Maybe we should file a suit for slander.
To the defendant attempting to play the victim here.
Look, the bottom line is this was a conspiracy.
The defendants knew we wouldn't insure Tim Reed directly, so they lied and said they were married.
- They were married.
- They got a marriage license.
It's not the same thing.
We have ample evidence that says there was never any loving relationship.
Loving? Are you even halfway serious? My brother's been married for 15 years.
He and his wife can't stand each other.
Why not sue them for fraud? Mr.
Culver, what kind of damages are we talking here? Half a million dollars, your honor.
My.
Exactly.
People want to know why health care's so expensive in this country.
This is just one example Because people like this want to flout the law.
Counsel, my question is, did your clients pull a fast one or not? Let's have a trial and find out.
- Your honor, please.
- But, Mr.
Culver, I'm warning you.
This court will not walk head-on into the quicksand of what is or is not a loving marriage.
You have a high burden here.
So what happens now? You'll surrender at the district attorney's office, and then we'll go before a judge, and I'll ask for bail.
Will I get it? Well, since you didn't fight the extradition, you should get every consideration.
I'm gonna be with you the whole way, Tony.
It's okay.
Tony! It'll be okay, Tony.
Damn right.
I want the state department to lodge a complaint.
The cops just ripped him out of my arms.
Yeah, okay, fine.
Just as long as you didn't call to bitch about the story on MSNBC.
Yeah, I didn't.
Not if you found Chervin.
Yeah, but he won't talk.
Look, cy, you're gonna like how this'll end, okay? Trust me.
Sherri, you know how many times I tell my clients, "trust me," when what I'm really thinking is, "you are so screwed"? Is that what this is? No, this is me saying good night.
Sherri.
So? What do we got? The cantina employees are terrified.
Three won't speak.
I'm still hunting e down so you got nothing.
Uh, thanks to the media scrutiny, they've agreed to have witnesses and oral argument.
So? We got no argument and no witnesses.
All we got, maybe, is an insanity defense, which in this country means we're gonna have to rely on the testimony of a court-appointed shrink whom we know nothing about.
I want you to go out there and find out something about this shrink, who he is, what to expect.
Be resourceful, Eddie, now.
Yeah.
I'll be right there.
What the hell is wrong with you? He is humping it in a country that's aging him in dog years, and you're giving him a hard time? I got a lot on my plate here, if you haven't noticed.
Fine.
Just keep it there.
Lucinda I need you to reach out to someone back home See if he knows anything about, uh, Sean Ryan.
So that's what this is about.
You're in the anger stage about being replaced? Hope that doesn't last long.
I need information, not therapy.
Ryan's a bad guy.
Present company excluded, aren't they all? I mean, in citizens united, your former colleagues just ruled -"corporations are people too.
" - They're right.
You think you don't need therapy? I can't do this deposition.
Yes, Mereta, you can do this, okay? Don't volunteer any information.
Keep your answers short.
They know we weren't living together.
I can't explain that.
You don't have to explain that.
You can admit that this wasn't a traditional marriage.
-They can't win on that.
- Why not? Because, Tim, the judge made himself very clear.
People love each other in a million different ways.
And the courts aren't in the business of deciding which ways are appropriate.
Yeah, well, it still looks like we lied.
Okay, it suggests that Tim and I only got married for insurance.
I don't care what it suggests, Mereta.
Trials are about what you can prove, not about what you suggest.
Listen We're okay, okay? You're okay.
As long as you don't admit you got married for insurance, they don't have enough.
I'll be under oath, al.
If they ask me directly, I can't lie.
I'm not asking you to lie.
I'm just asking you to answer in ways that don't cost you a half million dollars Okay? Let's go.
And do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? I do.
Hey.
You okay? Yeah.
Tony, listen to me.
We need this doctor on our side.
- I can't be here.
- I know.
I know it's hard, but I need you to focus.
Now, Dr.
Fernandez is gonna be asking you some questions about how you're doing.
Nobody cared how I was doing before I shot Trujillo.
That's not true.
This doctor's here to help you.
- But you have to talk to him.
- 'Cause you think I'm crazy.
No.
Because I think what you did was the result - of a lapse in stability.
- Mr.
Garza.
Dr.
Fernandez, thank you.
- This is Mr.
Mejia.
- Pleased to meet you.
Why don't we speak privately for a while? It'll be fine, Tony.
Hey.
Trust me.
We got married at city hall.
It was sort of spontaneous.
It was just a small group of friends.
No family, no reception? It was a very happy day during a very difficult time.
Difficult because of Mr.
Reed's condition? - Yes.
- So you were well aware that Mr.
Reed had a brain tumor at the time you were married? - I was.
- Tell me, Ms.
Sprows, uh, did you and Mr.
Reed date before you agreed - to spend your lives together? - Is that relevant? Just trying to understand the history.
I mean, in my experience, most couples tend to have a date before they tie the knot.
Want to lose the sarcasm, counsel? It's a fair question.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that.
Did we date? We spent every day of the last four years of college together, going to the movies, going out to eat, laughing.
I was there when Tim's father died.
He cried in my arms for a week.
We were a team.
And after, you didn't live together? No.
- Ever visit his family? - Hang on a second.
Ever consummate this supposed marriage? Are you even sexually exclusive? Don't answer that, Mereta.
Let's cut to the chase, Ms.
Sprows, and I remind you, you're under oath.
You weren't in love with Tim Reed, were you? You married him to save him.
You heard the judge.
We aren't here to define love.
I'll rephrase.
Your intent was to gain access to money, money to pay for Mr.
Reed's surgery.
I wasn't thinking about money.
Oh, enough word play, Ms.
Sprows.
You know what I'm asking you.
Let the record reflect that Mr.
Culver is badgering my client.
Mr.
Culver's trying to stop all the nonsense and get at least one straight answer.
- Answer the question.
- She doesn't have to answer.
I object.
And if you have a problem with that, I suggest you contact judge Waxman.
- I'll do that.
- Yeah, do that.
With my motion, you'll be held in contempt - for avoiding my question.
- We're done here.
Please, let's go.
I know you're just trying to protect me.
Mereta, please.
Ask me the question again.
Isn't it true your sole purpose for marrying Tim Reed was to get him insurance he couldn't get on his own? Yes.
Waiting outside a shrink's office Glad to see you took my advice.
Very funny.
What'd you find out? Who I found is the last cantina employee.
She's willing to testify that Trujillo taunted Mejia.
And you, uh, put her somewhere safe? No.
No, I left her where Trujillo's thugs can get to her.
Don't worry.
She'll be at the courthouse.
And Chervin? Listen, I know that you're having buyer's remorse about leaving the court, but just hear me out.
I think what you're doing right now is so much cooler.
And This is your proof.
You'll like what Chervin has to say.
But it's not gonna change the fact that eventually someone is gonna replace you.
You have to make peace with that.
We'll catch up with you, Tony.
Everything go okay? Mr.
Mejia's a deeply wounded man.
Even with prolonged therapy, he may never be the same.
We can see that.
Thank you for recognizing his condition, doctor.
You may not want to thank me just yet.
I-I'm sorry.
I cannot support the insanity defense.
- But you just said - I know what I said.
Your client is in need of long-term care.
He has anger issues.
He's still grieving.
He's unable to accept what he has done.
Because he's mentally unstable.
Unstable, yes.
Insane, no.
To be insane, I would need to find he didn't understand the nature and consequences of his He snapped.
He had a mental break.
He was consumed with anger.
You know he was taunted.
We have a witness now who will testify to that.
He knew killing Trujillo was wrong.
Doctor, you know what this man has been through.
Now, please, you You're his only chance to survive this.
No, Mr.
Garza, you are.
Thank you, doctor.
Well, great, there goes our entire defense.
I'm not so sure.
I honestly believe this Dr.
Fernandez is wrong.
We just need to make the court see that too.
It's my understanding you intend to use an insanity defense.
That is correct, your honor.
The court psychiatrist has explicitly rejected that theory.
I know, but I will be asking the court to allow me to call my own expert.
Mr.
Garza cannot come down here and make up his own rules.
You know our law, Mr.
Garza.
We don't allow for a battle of the experts as you do in your country.
Well, then at least allow me to challenge - your doctor's conclusion.
- No.
The doctor's findings are flawed, and I can prove that.
You have no training in this area.
I cannot allow it.
Well, with all due respect, your honor, this is not about training.
This is about a doctor whose opinions have been bought and paid for.
That's a very serious allegation.
I can prove it, if you let me.
My colleagues and I have done the research.
All we need is the opportunity.
Well, take a guess.
10%? Mr.
Garza, the language of this court is Spanish.
Your honor, he understands.
10%? 12%? Continue, Dr.
Fernandez.
I honestly don't know.
But when was the last time? Was it this year or last year? I admit it's, uh, been several years.
How about eight years? That's the last case my team could find eight years.
That's almost 200 defendants in a row with insanity claims that you rejected.
Is that just bad luck? Protesto! Your honor, I'm not asking for a battle of the experts.
I'm asking for one expert.
Are you suggesting I appoint another court physician? No, I am requesting an impartial doctor.
There is a professor of psychiatry at the university of Monterrey.
Have you spoken to him? Her.
No, but whatever she finds, we are prepared to accept.
- Granted.
- Your honor, this is highly unusual.
This whole case is highly unusual, Mr.
Alvaro, but at this point, even I would like to hear a second opinion.
You're rejecting $350,000? Yeah.
We're owed $500,000.
Okay, you know something? My bad.
I was under the impression this was a settlement conference.
Your client admitted under oath to ripping us off.
I'm not here to offer a discount on cheating.
And we have four years' worth of documented deception.
Your clients have been filing for benefits they were never entitled to.
Now, from the very first application, it's clear this was never a legitimate marriage.
- The first application? - That's right.
And any reasonable jury's gonna look at that and know this was fraud.
You know, I-I think you're right.
And that's why I'm gonna have to adjust my offer To nothing.
Some kind of a joke? Well, actually, I do think it's a little funny.
- I'll see you in court.
- You know, that's cool.
Be happy to talk to the judge about constructive notice.
The statute of limitations on a fraud claim is three years, not from the time the fraud occurred, but from the time you should have reasonably known you were getting ripped off.
And that's some reasonable evidence you got there.
Like you said, it goes back four years, right? You're grasping, counselor.
Maybe, but I don't think so.
I think judge Waxman's gonna buy it.
Question is, do we go in there and find out, or do you want to revise your offer? The cops should be waiting for you and the cantina employee who witnessed the shooting Eddie too.
We're in the elevator now.
Judge got us halfway there, Lucinda.
Now we just hit the judges with the fact that Tony was taunted right before he fired that first shot.
She'll be ready.
Gracias por tu testimonio.
Es mi deber.
Un momento.
Where are the cops? They're not with you? No! No! Damn it.
- You have to go to the judge! - And say what? That our witness was kidnapped.
So we say.
We can't prove it.
Have a look at Lucinda's face.
Yeah, that proves nothing, except that you can kick some serious ass.
We go to a judge, what are we asking for? They took our primary witness who was gonna testify that Mejia was taunted.
What are we asking for? We're asking for a mistrial.
Yeah.
On what grounds? And don't say kidnapping, because we cannot prove it.
We can't I.
D.
who took her.
We can't tie them to the Trujillos.
We can't even prove that this girl simply didn't get cold feet.
I would have.
- Think she's gonna be okay? - I don't know.
They got no reason to hurt her.
They just didn't want her to testify.
Thanks to some corrupt cops, she's not going to.
So now what? The witness was gonna tell us about the taunting.
Now Tony's gonna have to tell us himself.
We're gonna have to get him prepped and ready.
I mean, come on, jumping on the guy's back? It was a fight, not leapfrog.
I'm gonna take that as a thank-you.
I knew Julio Trujillo.
He dated my daughter.
I didn't realize then what a monster he was.
But Lisa, she knew something was wrong.
She tried to leave him? He wouldn't let her go.
He'd show up at her classes, outside her apartment.
She got a restraining order.
She tried so hard to Tell me about the day that Lisa died.
I went to her apartment.
We were gonna have lunch together at in-n-out burger.
I remember that.
W-when I got got to her apartment, the door was open.
And that's when I found her.
H-he He he beat her, and Her her neck was broken.
S-she she was alre already gone.
And what was it like when you realized that Julio Trujillo fled to Mexico? At first, I just assumed that he would be returned.
I'm a carpenter.
I'm not a lawyer.
I was naive.
But you fought? For Lisa For some kind of justice.
And I thought, for a few hours, that we had it.
But then you saw Julio Trujillo on the street.
Please, tell the judges what went through your mind.
I-I honestly I honestly don't know.
I don't remember thinking anything.
I just felt the blood rush to my head.
What about the gun? Do you remember grabbing for the gun? Yes.
Uh, Trujillo was laughing.
He, uh h-he laughed at me.
I-I-I heard him call my daughter a-a whore.
That's that's That's all I remember.
You hated him.
Did you want to kill him? I've never been a violent man.
I hated him, yes.
But I didn't choose to kill him.
I didn't choose anything.
I just didn't want my little girl to hurt anymore.
Mr.
Garza Says that his client acted on an irresistible impulse to kill, that it wasn't his decision to act.
You know better.
He decided to walk into that bar.
He decided to grab the gun and point it at Mr.
Trujillo.
And later he decided to flee the country.
He made all those decisions.
And yet he wants you to believe that at the critical moment when he pulled the trigger, he was somehow unable to make a decision.
It's your choice now.
We cannot allow vigilante justice, no matter how much we want it.
Your verdict Must be guilty.
Antonio Mejia found his daughter dead.
He held her head.
He felt her blood on his hands.
But somehow he kept it together.
He spent almost a year seeking extradition for her killer, seeking justice, and it never came.
But somehow, he kept it together.
The paper trial, the verdict An emotional roller coaster that would snap even the strongest mind, but he kept it together Until that moment.
I don't know how you did it.
I think about what it was like, after all of that, to see Trujillo on the street, to hear him laugh at you, to mock you in that moment.
My God.
Look, I-I am not a doctor, but I know the law.
And no man may be found guilty if his actions were the result of an irresistible impulse.
And, your honors, if this case doesn't qualify, what case in the history of justice could ever qualify more? Imagine.
Imagine a rage so powerful you are physically unable to resist.
Julio Trujillo laughed.
Now, do you really believe anything real or rational or even approaching a conscious choice went through my client's mind? He reacted! All of the weeks and months behind him, all of the years of hell ahead without his daughter He reacted.
And nothing and no one could have stopped it Not even him.
Antonio Mejia needs help, not prison.
So, please Let us take him home.
I mean, this is worse than waiting to go into surgery.
No, it's not.
I remember that day.
This is It's not even close.
Look Whatever we owe, we'll figure it out, okay? I have complete confidence in us and our ability to deal.
Okay.
- $60,000.
- Oh, my God.
- Wait, each? - Total.
Oh, my God, that's great.
We can totally do that.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I thought we were gonna have to take out a loan, which we would never get, but this is What about the "total confidence" thing That was total B.
S.
I was freaking out.
Oh, my Al, thank you.
- Yeah.
- Oh, thank you so much.
Listen, guys, uh, don't celebrate quite yet, okay? I haven't given you my bill.
In the interest of clarity and since the defendant does not speak Spanish, I will deliver our ruling in English.
It may not be of much help to you now, but the heart of this court and this country goes out to you for your loss.
That said, we're here to address a grievous crime.
Mr.
Mejia was pushed to the breaking point, yes, but it is the finding of this court that Antonio Mejia was not legally insane at the time of this crime.
There's no place in our system for vigilantism, and as this was an act of revenge, this court finds Antonio Mejia guilty of voluntary manslaughter, his sentence to be 15 years incarceration.
However, as this was an act done in response to great turmoil, we have decided to stay Mr.
Mejia's sentence and avoid the considerable burden of imprisoning him.
Instead We order him to be immediately deported from our borders.
Does that does that mean that It means you're going home, Tony.
We're all going home.
At a hastily called press conference this evening, president Obama has nominated judge Don Crane Oh, I can't believe he picked Crane.
I thought Ryan was a lock.
Yeah, I guess someone must have found some skeletons in his closet.
Oh, what is your problem? - My back.
- Yeah, kid claims he went all cage match with a narco-maniac.
Shockingly, he kind of did.
I don't understand.
I mean, I thought he'd be happy with the president's choice.
Really? I mean, are you gonna be happy when Tim dumps you and gets remarried? Hey, Supreme Court did not dump him.
He dumped the court.
All right, look, it's not even about Ryan or Crane.
It's about him being an old guy.
- Oh! - What? It's about him being an old guy looking at life in the rearview mirror.
I mean, his best days are behind him, and he's wondering, "what have I got now except a big old house and a bottle of Viagra?" Justice.
- Hey, man.
How's it going? - What's up? Welcome.
So Lucinda told me what's going on and how upset you are.
Yeah, okay, look, Mereta's not really pregnant.
- What? - I had to tell him something to get him over here.
Lucinda seems to think you're depressed.
I didn't say depressed.
No, you said I was pregnant.
- Yes.
- So I get it.
This is a little, uh, intervention going on over here.
Very sweet But completely unnecessary.
Thank you.
- Denial.
- Yeah.
Well, perhaps, maybe a little bit.
Hey, hey, hey.
You make it to the big show.
You think when you're done, they're gonna retire your jersey.
You turn around, some guy throwing slow cheese is wearing your number.
Really? A sports analogy? Point is, man, we just want you to know, in our humble opinion, no one can replace you.
Three things One, Crane does not throw slow cheese.
Two, you don't have to worry about me.
And, three, there is a lot to be said for a three-hour erection.
Wow, so you heard that, huh? For an old guy, I guess I hear pretty good.