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Reasonable Doubt Page #2
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- 2014
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- He should be.
He's staring down 20 to life
for this one alone.
This one?
I ran some keywords
through the database.
It flagged a string
of unsolved homicides.
You think this guy's
a serial killer?
You don't even know
that he killed this guy.
Tell your boss we'll send him
everything we got.
- Mitch.
- I have a request, sir.
Thanks. Hey.
Mitch Brockden, D.A.'s office.
Terry Roberts, public
defender's office.
There you go.
Mr. Davis, we're going
to ask you a few questions
about the night of the 4th.
If you can answer
as accurately as possible...
You're gonna be my prosecutor?
Uh, if this goes to trial,
then yes, I am.
I didn't do anything. I'm innocent.
Then you've got nothing
to worry about.
Okay, Mr. Davis,
let's start with you
telling us where you were
earlier that evening.
Left work, went to group,
went for a drive.
Group?
Yeah, I help out at
some support groups.
- And the drive?
- Just something I do.
It's not against the law, right?
I mean, don't you ever go out
Due respect, I think
that's beside the point.
I don't like to spend
too much time at home.
It brings back memories...
My wife and child.
Uh, yes.
I heard what happened
to your family.
I'm... I'm sorry.
Emanuel fryer.
Gunned down the next night
attacking someone else's family.
What do we know about the victim?
Cecil Ackerman...
registered sex offender;
abuse; Did two years inside;
was only out
So a real loss to society.
So far there's no connection
between him and Davis.
- What about the murder weapon?
- Weapons.
The coroner couldn't be exact,
but he suggested these
wounds could be consistent
with the type of tools
and machine parts
found in the back of Davis's van.
- Could be?
- Well, they also found
significant amounts of oil
and grit in the wounds,
which corroborates Davis's
hit-and-run story.
True, but the Vic's
D.N.A. And blood were
all over Davis's clothes,
inside his van.
Which could've got there when he
lifted Ackerman into his van.
Yeah, or when he murdered him.
Davis has two counts
- of aggravated assault.
- At a time when his family
had just been murdered
in a home invasion.
He hasn't had so much
What's bothering you, Mitch?
I don't see motive.
Just got this audio file.
Here's the transcript.
It was a 911 call.
Somebody called in an accident
20 minutes
By the time the ambulance
arrived at the location,
there was no one there.
Okay, thank you.
Is there any way
we can find the caller?
- No, he used a payphone.
- How do you know that?
If he used his cell, it would
have his name, phone records.
Okay, 911 call's
potentially damaging,
but it's not conclusive.
And if we can't find the caller,
defense probably can't either.
Could be anyone in Chicago.
Mitch, where were you that evening?
- No, Mitch couldn't
string a sentence together
that night, right, Mitch?
- Yeah, thanks, Stu.
- If it was a hit-and-run,
all it takes is
for the guy who hit him
to come forward and confess,
and we're dead in the water.
What's the likelihood
Bottom line:
Do we haveenough for a conviction?
Davis was found with a
dead man in his van.
We have a ton of physical evidence.
No alibi, a documented
history of violence
and his public defender's
still in diapers.
Mitch will eat him for breakfast.
Charge him, murder one.
You examined the body, doctor.
In your professional... opinion,
what was the cause of death?
Blunt force trauma to the skull.
And what caused that trauma?
The back of the skull
was badly crushed,
so it's hard to narrow
it down to any one item,
but some of the marks
seemed consistent
with a hammer found
in the suspect's van.
And the interior was covered
so any type of violent
struggle in that environment
could've also caused those wounds
and left that trace evidence.
You said, "seemed consistent. "
That's correct.
Your report talks of abrasions
and motor oil in them.
Now the defense I'm sure
those wounds indicate
that a car ran over Cecil Ackerman
as per the defendant's testimony
and that the rest is just...
a misinterpretation
of the evidence.
No more questions, your honor.
911, what's your emergency?
I need an ambulance.
- A guy's been hit by a car.
- What's the location, sir?
Uh, Keeler. Keeler and 26th.
What's your name, sir?
Please just hurry.
- Hurry, he's hurt real bad.
- Sir.
It's your witness, Mr. Brockden.
Doctor, the jury will be unfamiliar
with your field of expertise,
so I'll ask
quite a simple question.
Just how accurate
is forensic linguistics?
- Extremely.
- But it's not perfect?
Perfection doesn't happen
in science.
Okay. On a sliding scale
of one to 10 then...
you may want to object, counselor.
The witness's field
is not on trial here.
I'll withdraw
the question, your honor.
You stated earlier that you believe
the caller to be genuine?
By this I assume you mean
he was reporting a real accident.
Correct.
And you can tell this just by...
hearing his voice?
It's more complicated
than that, but yes.
What else can you tell
us about the caller?
Hard to be certain
from the quality of the tape.
Sounded like a white male...
possibly in his 30s...
from the South of Chicago,
but he's tried hard
to soften the accent,
not unlike yourself, counselor.
Now you're from where, Riverdale?
When you say it's hard
to tell for certain...
that the tape is unclear,
that it seems to be
a white male...
The underlying ethnicity
is hard to fully hide
from trained ears.
- Yes, it's a good recording.
- Uh-huh.
- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you too.
- Hey.
- Staff meeting starts in five.
wouldn't leave a last name.
Said to tell you he's out
and wants to see you.
Left a contact number. Do you want
me to get him on the phone for you?
No no no, thank you.
Smell that?
That's the smell of freedom.
Hey, so I called
you know, looking for ya.
Your wife...
she doesn't know
who I am, does she?
You've been gone a
long time, Jimmy.
How do you not tell her about
your own f***ing brother?
Step-brother.
And let's face it,
legally not even that.
- You wanna play like that.
- Don't be f***ing cute with me, Jimmy.
I was working at that warehouse
to pay my way through law
school when you f***ing hit it!
I could've been done as
a f***ing accessory. Huh?
- Bye-bye, career.
- Yeah, I know. I was f***ing stupid.
F***, Mitch.
I mean, Jesus, I was doing
a lot of drugs back then.
I was selfish.
I've had a lot of f***ing time
think about who I was.
Okay?
Now I let you down.
But I will not let you down again.
Look...
I met Rachel when I was graduating.
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