Conviction Page #5

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Did you hear

what I said?

Kenny?

(WHOOPS) Yeahs

We did its We did in

My baby sister!

GUARD 1:
Muddy,

would you please sit down?

My baby sister did it!

My baby sister just passed the Bar.

Yeah, yeah. I understand,

but you have to sit down.

GUARD 2:

Waters, have a seat.

You have to take

a seat, now!

Right, okay.

I'm gonna take a seat.

Sit down. No, come on.

(KENNY WHOOPS)

Gel the hell off of me!

What the hell is wrong with you?

Sit down! Sit down.

(LAUGHS) Okay.

I'm cool.

I'm all right.

Okay, okay.

So proud of you.

I'm proud of you.

OFFICER:
Ayer police.

Hi. I'm an attorney, and I'm calling

regarding evidence from a 1983 case.

Your flame, please?

Um...

Abra Rice.

If they realize I'm one

of the Waters kids,

God knows what they'd do

to the evidence. You know?

I just don't trust them.

ABRA:
You could have

used your married name.

Yeah, but then

when I want to be me,

I won't be able to

'cause I was someone else.

I want to be me

when I need to be me.

So to solve this problem,

you decided to be me?

Just this once.

Nice. Yeah,

l love those shoes.

But from this point on...

You need me to be me.

Right.

Okay. So what did the Ayer

Police tell me, again?

They don't have the

evidence there anymore.

It's at the courthouse

where we had Kenny's trial.

That's where I need you

to call on Monday.

On Monday. Okay.

I understand

if you can't help.

I mean, I don't wanna do anything

to jeopardize your new job.

I mean, this is my cause, not yours.

It's my cause, too.

Okay. Does this make me

look like Barbara Bush?

A little.

Yeah.

I don't deserve

a friend like you.

You're damn right

you don't.

That's right.

Waters. 1983.

Okay, well, isn't it possible

that it's still In.,.

(WHISPERING) What?

What are they saying?

Do you have an actual date

when that would have happened?

(WHISPERS)

What happened?

Okay. Thank you.

What? What did they say?

What did they say?

Aura.

(SIGHS)

Berry, they destroyed n.

What?

According to

Massachusetts law,

they destroy evidence

after 10 years,

and Kenny's evidence was

destroyed in April, 1993.

(VOICE BREAKING)

That is not possible.

I did come this far,

after all this time...

I'm sorry.

No, wait

It has to be there. No. It has to be there.

it's his only chance.

Look, we're gonna

make them look for it.

Honey, there's

nothing to look for.

We're gonna make them look for it.

Sorry.

We're gonna make

them look for it.

ABRA:
I understand

what your records...

BETTY:
I know,

but I was hoping that

by some chance, the sample might

have been left at your lab.

But the woman I spoke to last

week said she would look.

Alice O'Malley.

Okay, well, is Kathleen

Higgins still working there?

She testified at

the original trial.

Linda Clarke.

And she checked every single

box in that basement?

(WHISPERS)

Ask for the supervisor.

Can I speak to your

supervisor, please?

(EXHALES)

Okay. Well,

thanks for looking.

Mrs. Halloran?

Hi, this is Abra Rice again.

I'm sure Ms. Clarke

searched thoroughly.

Yeah, if you yourself

could look.

(WHISPERS) Yeah.

What?

No, I didn't realize

you already...

Yeah. Okay, thanks.

Your mother's not

in the best mood.

Something happen?

Okay. Start eating.

Here, baby. Aura?

(SIGHING)

What's wrong, Ma?

Naming.

Come on, start eating your

food, it's gonna get cold.

So, how's your

fathers new girlfriend?

What is She, 14? 15?

You tell them.

They have a right to know.

What?

What?

It's just a setback.

Berry.

What am I gonna do, Abra? Give up?

Is that what you're saying?

It's gone.

They maxed?

Can't they look again?

They did.

Mistakes happen.

Obviously, or Kenny

wouldn't be in prison.

Berry, they destroyed n.

No.

That evidence exists Somewhere

and I'm gonna find it.

Okay. Let's say

you do find it.

What if the DNA

matches Kenny's?

Get out. Get the hell out

of my house right now!

No, you gotta hear this.

Even if you're

the most amazing fighter,

the most brilliant

lawyer in the world,

there are forces greater than

you and you may not win!

You think I haven't

thought of that?

No. You haven't.

Just go.

Sorry, boys.

(DOOR CLOSING)

It's just a setback.

Eat your food.

Come on.

Good morning.

Can I help you?

Yeah.

I'm an attorney, Abra Rice,

and I'm trying to locate evidence

from the Kenneth Waters trial.

Yeah, we spoke

on the phone.

Did you check

with the courthouse?

Yeah, and they

can't locate it.

Yeah, well, like I said, they

probably destroyed it by now.

I mean, it's been,

like, what...

Betty Anne Waters?

You know, I'm sorry,

I don't....

Lieutenant Daniels.

I knew your brother Kenny.

I was a rookie here when...

You're his sister?

But I am an attorney,

and he is my client.

DANIELS:
Holy sh*t!

My sister won't even

send me a birthday card!

I was just telling Ms.

Waters that we don't have any evidence here.

Here? From back then?

That's a lot of years.

Would you mind looking?

You're really

his lawyer, huh?

Yeah.

That's it for the old evidence.

And there's nowhere else?

That's it,

just supplies.

Working hard for your brother.

I wish I had better news for you.

How's Kenny holding up?

Not so great.

I remember that case.

Funny guy, that Kenny.

I gotta tell ya,

even with what he did...

He didn't do it.

I liked Kenny.

We all liked him.

Nancy Taylor didn't.

Yeah, well, Nancy Taylor

doesn't work here anymore.

Why new

She got herself into

a little hot water.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Groton Police Department.

Chief O'Connell's office.

No. He's not available

right now, sir.

I gave him

your message.

I understand.

I will let him know.

Why aren't you

a cop anymore?

I left the force

when I got married.

Really? You mean it had nothing to

do with you framing another cop?

I beg your pardon?

What was his name?

Oh, yeah, Stanley Randall.

He found out

that you were dirty,

so you got a waitress from the Rusty

Scupper to accuse him of rape.

(SCOFFS)

Is that what they

told you over in Ayer?

I'm sure you can imagine

what it was like

to be the only woman on

that police force. Hmm?

I wasn't dirty, and the

rape charge wasn't false.

The truth is, they never got

over me solving the Brow murder.

You didn't solve it.

You put an innocent man in prison.

I am sorry you have

wasted your life on this.

Your brother

killed that Woman.

(CLANKING)

(KIDS SHOUTING)

Hi, Don.

Hi, Betty.

Is she sleeping?

She usually is at 5:00

in the morning. (LAUGHS)

Come on in.

I'll get her up.

Thanks.

Baby, sweetheart.

Guess who?

I wish we could use this.

I mean, she framed a cop, for Chrissakes.

It still doesn't prove

she framed Kenny,

I mean,

it wouldn't be enough.

Thank you.

ABRA:
No.

it's not enough for a new trial.

God, I hate the damn legal system.

it's so f***ing inconvenient.

I'm sorry I kicked you

out of my house.

It's okay.

Your mac and cheese sucks.

You were wearing that outfit

when you said you were me?

Yeah. Too bad being you

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