Indictment: The McMartin Trial Page #9

Didn't you know that? (moans) Judge:

We'll recess for a late lunch. Court will resume at 2:30. Bailiff:

Let's go. Come on.

See you after lunch. Time to go. We're gonna go

through each one... Come on. Let's go. All right, easy.

Come on. Okay, dear.

Bye, Mom. See you later.

See you tomorrow, dear. I'll be here, sweetheart.

I'll be here. Bailiff:

Come on. Don't forget

to take your medicine. Come on. Let's go.

Don't push me so fast. Come on. Let's go.

Please don't go so fast. (screams)

Peggy! Peggy Ann: Mom!

Virginia:
Peggy! What are they doing?

They're not doing

anything to her! No, she's all right.

She just tripped. I saw it. I saw it. She's okay.

I don't trust you! I don't trust any of you!

She's gonna be okay. All I've heard are lies! Lies from the first day

in this courtroom! Calm down. She's fine. What's happened

to my daughter?

She just stumbled. Hey, Faye.

Hey! Can I buy you lunch?

Sure. We were just going

to that Greek place. They have pea soup today.

Okay. Uh... I can, uh... speak to you guys

off the record, right? Danny: Whammo! It's gotta be Glenn Stevens. He's the only one

in that office with enough guts. This is unbelievable. Whoa! Rubin: Are you really

naive enough to think that

a reporter would keep it off the record

that the DA's office

doubts its own case, Glenn? And you did it anonymously? Half the people

will think I did it! This thing's gonna

follow my career forever. How could you do it, Glenn? Why? Because I think

they're innocent. Don't you? Come on, Christine.

Didn't it get to you? What about what's right?

Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Where does this sanctimonious

tone come from, my friend? You don't know they're innocent.

You are a public prosecutor. Your job is to see

that justice gets served. For you to go behind

everybody's back like this is unethical

and cowardly, period! If it's any satisfaction to you,

I think you have sabotaged

this case beyond repair. Well, if it's

any satisfaction to you, I've sabotaged my career

beyond repair in order to do it. You'll have my resignation,

on your desk, in the morning. (door slams) (clamoring) Reporters:

Mr. Reiner! Mr. Reiner! I have been in conference

with my staff. We've all come

to the same conclusion. The evidence against five

in this case is so incredibly weak,

it does not go beyond

mere accusation. (reporters clamoring) Reiner on TV:

We are dropping charges against five of the defendants

in the McMartin case. Yes!

Reiner:

On the other hand, we have clear

and convincing evidence that Ray Buckey

molested children. (reporters clamoring) Reiner:

There is equally clear and equally convincing evidence that his mother, Peggy Buckey,

was also involved. Thank you.

(reporters clamoring) Well, he let five go.

That's somethin'. You gotta give him credit

for that.

Yeah, for what? Tryin' to have it both ways?

He knows he can't get a conviction with all seven,

but he can't let 'em go. He knows that Ray and Peggy

have been kept in jail all this time

without bail on his watch! He's just looking for scapegoats

to cover his ass. Reporter:

There is furious

reaction tonight against the prosecution's

latest move in the case that helped

center national attention

on the problems... I'd like Ira Reiner

to go to the 300 victims and explain why these people

who have hurt them

are allowed to go free. Look... Look, look.

I would never get involved

in any vigilante activity, but I wouldn't want to be one

of these defendants

walking the streets... Where's Wayne Satz these days,

now that some of the shoes

are on the other foot? Man:

...in our preschools

are molesting our kids! That's a good question,

you know. (knock on door)

Woman:

Come in. (phone rings) Thank you. Hello? Man on phone:

Hello. This is long distance

for Wayne Satz. Just a minute, please.

Honey! Yeah?

It's for you,

long distance. Man on phone:

Who is this? Is this Kee?

Who is it? Who's calling? Man on phone:

It's Chris Woodyard

of The Examiner. Is Wayne there?

It's Chris Woodyard

of The Examiner. Chris: Hello?

What'd you answer

the phone for? Chris:

Anybody there? Hello? Chris.

Chris:

Wayne? Hi. (dings) Hi. What's up? Man:

Been getting a little help

from "Deep Throat," Wayne? What are you talkin' about?

The "puppet lady." How long have you

been living with her? What?

Conflict of interest. F***ing the source

of a story. How long

have you been doing it? No wonder you've gotten

so many exclusives, eh? Now, I'm proud of my work

on this case. I won a Peabody and two

Golden Mic awards for it. So just maybe jealousy

might be a motive here. Huh? Please!

You're a piece of sh*t, Wayne. You're the reason

people hate the press. We are gonna nail

your ass so bad-- You try it.

But you be careful

what you put on the air. I'm not only a reporter,

I'm a lawyer, too, and there

are laws about these things. You can't just say anything

you like on TV, you know? (reporters clamoring) Danny: I don't think you

have anything to worry about.

I think it'll be fair. Just tell it like it is.

Tell the truth. Everything will be okay. I don't know why

I agreed to do this. You look nice. She looks pretty,

doesn't she? You look really nice.

Mmm-hmmm. Oh, yeah. Come on.

You look good. Announcer:

This is "60 Minutes." Well, during the time

that I was in jail, the custody of my children

was taken away from me. They were taken from the school

that we've placed them in. They were arrested. (sighs)

I don't know for what. At that time,

my son was eight. Along with everyone else, I lost every material possession

I ever had. I lost all my

teaching credentials, which I had gone six years

of college to get. In this country,

if you're accused,

you're guilty. God help you if you've

got to prove you're innocent. F***in' A, right.

That's the way we've been

treated from the first day. Know who should

be made to watch this?

Ira Reiner. I could talk all day long...

Ira Reiner should

be made to watch this. You gonna

get him on camera? Virginia McMartin,

Betty Raidor, Mary Ann Jackson, Peggy Ann Buckey,

their homes, their money,

their honor. Everything gone.

Deserved? No, of course not. So who do these people go to,

to get their money back and their life back?

The county? Your predecessor?

Children's Institute

International? That's not the sort of question

I should be getting into. Do you think you can get him

to grant bail for Peggy? God, I hope so.

She's 62 years old. They've kept her

for 18 months

without a trial. It's unbelievable.

The trial itself will take

another year and a half. They can't let this happen.

It'll be a scandal. That's all? This is it. Leave it here. I'll see what I can do. Peggy Ann:

You always used

to love to come here. No. Peggy,

I wanna go home. No. Mom, not back

to that little apartment. Not yet. Please. You haven't been outdoors

once since you got out. Please. I promise,

there's nothing

here to hurt you. Okay? Come on. We'll just take

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