1. In the criminal justice system,Copy !req
2. sexually based offensesCopy !req
3. are considered especially heinous.Copy !req
4. In New York City,
the dedicated detectivesCopy !req
5. who investigate these vicious feloniesCopy !req
6. are members of an elite squadCopy !req
7. known as the Special Victims Unit.Copy !req
8. These are their stories.Copy !req
9. Yeah, so...Copy !req
10. And that's all you want to tell me?Copy !req
11. Okay.Copy !req
12. Then we are done here.Copy !req
13. Hello, Annabeth.Copy !req
14. My name is Olivia Benson.Copy !req
15. This is a very simple case.Copy !req
16. The defendant, Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
17. hosted a dinner party
with her husband, Thomas,Copy !req
18. at their apartment on West 26th street.Copy !req
19. Three people ate New York strip,Copy !req
20. baked potatoes, and creamed spinach.Copy !req
21. Three hours later,
when the guests had leftCopy !req
22. and the dishes were loaded
into the dishwasher,Copy !req
23. Annabeth put on her nightie...Copy !req
24. walked into the den...Copy !req
25. picked up the gun that was
sitting on the coffee table,Copy !req
26. and shot her husband, Thomas,
three timesCopy !req
27. while he was watching TV.Copy !req
28. The detectives assigned to this caseCopy !req
29. will tell you how
they arrested AnnabethCopy !req
30. less than an hour later
at a local eateryCopy !req
31. with the murder weapon
still in her possession.Copy !req
32. They'll tell you how,
without provocation,Copy !req
33. she confessed to the murder.Copy !req
34. Now, the defense will play
on your emotions.Copy !req
35. They'll tell you about a bad marriage,Copy !req
36. an abused wife.Copy !req
37. But what they can't tell youCopy !req
38. is that Thomas ever hit AnnabethCopy !req
39. or that she was ever in imminent fearCopy !req
40. of physical harm.Copy !req
41. This is a very simple case.Copy !req
42. Annabeth Pearl is guilty
of murder in the second degree.Copy !req
43. - How's it going?
- Ah, great.Copy !req
44. - Oof.
- Oh, Jesus.Copy !req
45. Hey, I wouldn't drink thatCopy !req
46. unless your tongue is made of asbestos.Copy !req
47. You... you could have told me thatCopy !req
48. before I burned my fingers.Copy !req
49. Sorry.Copy !req
50. Rollins, SVU.Copy !req
51. Yeah. Bucci, 2-8.Copy !req
52. Whatcha got?Copy !req
53. Uh, husband and wife thing.Copy !req
54. Yeah. Robbery at a bodega.Copy !req
55. Teenage girl ripped off
a case of tamponsCopy !req
56. while her boyfriend
emptied the register.Copy !req
57. Hmm.Copy !req
58. I hate this. Waiting.Copy !req
59. Not me.Copy !req
60. I get to sit here, read the paper.Copy !req
61. Nobody's calling me an SOB,
nobody's shooting at me.Copy !req
62. Life could be worse.Copy !req
63. Detective Bucci.Copy !req
64. - Yeah?
- You're on.Copy !req
65. - Part 21.
- All right.Copy !req
66. - You alone?
- Yep.Copy !req
67. What you got?Copy !req
68. All right.Copy !req
69. Anything but the jellies.Copy !req
70. Ooh, thank you.Copy !req
71. No sign of Liv?Copy !req
72. No, I was hoping you heard something.Copy !req
73. Scruples are a hard thing to live with.Copy !req
74. What if she doesn't show?Copy !req
75. Then she doesn't show.Copy !req
76. Her testimony will be
the nails in Annabeth's coffin.Copy !req
77. Without it, Stone...Copy !req
78. Oh.Copy !req
79. Will be hot as that cup of coffee.Copy !req
80. What Mr. Stone didn't tell youCopy !req
81. was that Thomas took one bite
of his New York strip,Copy !req
82. spit it out,Copy !req
83. and then told Annabeth he was goingCopy !req
84. to give the rest
to the neighbor's beagle.Copy !req
85. What Mr. Stone didn't tell youCopy !req
86. was that that dinner
was the culminationCopy !req
87. of six years of continuous
psychological abuse.Copy !req
88. The straw that crippled
the camel, if you will.Copy !req
89. Criticism, insults, blame...Copy !req
90. all of which servedCopy !req
91. to diminish Annabeth's dignity,Copy !req
92. destroy her self-worth,Copy !req
93. and erase her self-confidence.Copy !req
94. Now, Mr. Stone may callCopy !req
95. what Annabeth did "murder,"Copy !req
96. But I call it self-preservation.Copy !req
97. I'm sure you will, too.Copy !req
98. This room gives me the willies.Copy !req
99. The belly of the beast.Copy !req
100. Yeah, well, my belly feels likeCopy !req
101. the professor's about
to hand out the final exam.Copy !req
102. It's Annabeth that should
be nervous, not you.Copy !req
103. This is wrong.Copy !req
104. Don't go all Liv on us, all right?Copy !req
105. The woman shot her husbandCopy !req
106. because he didn't like her dinner.Copy !req
107. Life should be so easy.Copy !req
108. Come on, not you, too.Copy !req
109. I don't judge.Copy !req
110. Is it hot in here?Copy !req
111. Hell always is.Copy !req
112. Yeah, he is.Copy !req
113. - He's going full Liv.
- Somebody has to.Copy !req
114. Yeah, that's right.Copy !req
115. And that "somebody"
interrogated Annabeth.Copy !req
116. I wonder who that could be?Copy !req
117. What if she doesn't show?Copy !req
118. Look, man, we can only do our job.Copy !req
119. - What, that's all this is to you?
- Yeah.Copy !req
120. I get up in the morning
and I get dressed.Copy !req
121. I come to the office.
After that, I go home.Copy !req
122. At the end of the week, I get
a check and the check clears.Copy !req
123. - That's called a job.
- Okay, you know what?Copy !req
124. It's not all on us, though, Carisi.Copy !req
125. We do our part,Copy !req
126. but the rest is up to a judge and jury.Copy !req
127. All right, so what happens upstairs,Copy !req
128. that doesn't concern you at all?Copy !req
129. The short and sweet is fine with me.Copy !req
130. Oh, please, give me a break.Copy !req
131. This from the guy who flew to CubaCopy !req
132. on his own nickel
to catch a fugitive rapist.Copy !req
133. And you, with that Labott girl...
Enough.Copy !req
134. Carisi, have a donut.Copy !req
135. Are you telling meCopy !req
136. that you never even think about this?Copy !req
137. I mean, the... the responsibility?Copy !req
138. The... the power that we have?Copy !req
139. I mean, I could get up
on that stand and I could lie.Copy !req
140. I could say, "Yeah, Annabeth told me"Copy !req
141. she planned on killing Thomas
for the past six months."Copy !req
142. Now, I do that, she is done.Copy !req
143. No question.Copy !req
144. Or I could say I don't recall.Copy !req
145. "I don't recall"
to anything that Stone asks me.Copy !req
146. And maybe she gets to live
a nice, peaceful, safe lifeCopy !req
147. - in a Chelsea apartment.
- Or door number three...Copy !req
148. you tell the truth.Copy !req
149. All I'm saying is...Copy !req
150. It's a lot of power.Copy !req
151. And who the hell are we?Copy !req
152. Detective Tutuola.Copy !req
153. - Yo.
- Part 33.Copy !req
154. Carisi, chill out.Copy !req
155. Have some donuts.Copy !req
156. Jerry Griffin.Copy !req
157. He's the bartender at the Tatum.Copy !req
158. He met me outside in the front.Copy !req
159. He told me Annabeth Pearl
was inside with a gun.Copy !req
160. Mr. Griffin knew her personally?Copy !req
161. Ms. Pearl and her husband
lived across the street.Copy !req
162. It was their local joint.Copy !req
163. What, if anything, did you do then?Copy !req
164. I went inside.Copy !req
165. I saw Ms. Pearl sitting aloneCopy !req
166. covered in bloodCopy !req
167. with the gun sitting
in front of her on the table.Copy !req
168. Was there anything else on the table?Copy !req
169. Yeah, what looked like a wedding ring.Copy !req
170. Huh.Copy !req
171. Thank you, Sergeant.Copy !req
172. I knew Tommy, you know?Copy !req
173. - Who?
- Thomas Pearl.Copy !req
174. The deceased.Copy !req
175. I knew him in the Academy.Copy !req
176. Once a prick, always a prick.Copy !req
177. That explains a lot.Copy !req
178. And the son of a bitch
was in this world for himself.Copy !req
179. Not anymore, he's not.Copy !req
180. This guy, he... he never
picked up a tab in his life.Copy !req
181. He never paid off his bets.Copy !req
182. He was this... this macho piece of crapCopy !req
183. who was always bragging aboutCopy !req
184. how he cheated on his girlfriend.Copy !req
185. Thought a woman's place
was behind a desk.Copy !req
186. Yeah, him and how many other cops?Copy !req
187. Come on, it's not like that anymore.Copy !req
188. Oh, yeah? It's not?Copy !req
189. Good to know.Copy !req
190. Wait, somebody's been
screwing with you?Copy !req
191. Oh, forget it, Carisi.Copy !req
192. Look, the guy may have been a dick,Copy !req
193. but if he's gonna
take a bullet it deserves to beCopy !req
194. from some... some yahoo hocking heroinCopy !req
195. or robbing a bank or something.Copy !req
196. - Not from his wife.
- Why?Copy !req
197. Because she promised to honor,
cherish, and obey him?Copy !req
198. Because he's a cop.Copy !req
199. Hey.Copy !req
200. Just... come on, loosen up.Copy !req
201. - All right, all right.
- Right?Copy !req
202. Where the hell is Lieu?Copy !req
203. You should be happy.Copy !req
204. If she doesn't show up,
Annabeth will probably walk.Copy !req
205. Hey, Lieu.Copy !req
206. I, uh, wasn't sure
you were gonna show up.Copy !req
207. - Well, neither was I.
- Yeah.Copy !req
208. So, uh, listen, on... on this one,Copy !req
209. there's... there's ways that you canCopy !req
210. maybe color your testimony.Copy !req
211. I mean, not out and out lie,Copy !req
212. but just maybe you emphasize
certain parts.Copy !req
213. What... what Annabeth told you.Copy !req
214. Other parts, not so much.Copy !req
215. Really, Carisi?Copy !req
216. Well, you're the one
that interrogated Annabeth,Copy !req
217. so people are gonna be pretty interested
in what you have to say.Copy !req
218. - Well, if I say.
- Lieu, I'm sorry.Copy !req
219. I'm not feeling okay
about this case, okay?Copy !req
220. Maybe I feel like SOBs like Tommy PearlCopy !req
221. get exactly what they deserve.Copy !req
222. When a cop gets killed,
it's an itch I can't scratch.Copy !req
223. He's a cop who abused his wife!Copy !req
224. With his words.
Annabeth didn't have to listen.Copy !req
225. Look, guys, stop. Stop.Copy !req
226. And law without empathy...Copy !req
227. doesn't help anyone, Rollins.Copy !req
228. I...Copy !req
229. I'm all about empathy.Copy !req
230. Come on, it's...
it's coming out of my ears.Copy !req
231. For eight years I'm drowning in it.Copy !req
232. What about Tommy's gun, huh?
He just puts it on the table...Copy !req
233. Yeah, he left it out.
Did he ever point it at her?Copy !req
234. - Amanda.
- Did he threaten her?Copy !req
235. This is not freshman English.Copy !req
236. We don't have to read
between the lines.Copy !req
237. - It's not our job.
- Maybe it is.Copy !req
238. Maybe we shouldn't ignore the factCopy !req
239. that Annabeth was a victim.Copy !req
240. Well, that kind of doesn't workCopy !req
241. because it's her husband
who's the one in the casket.Copy !req
242. He was a cop.Copy !req
243. Liv, he wore the same shield as we do.Copy !req
244. My lieutenant was convinced
there was domestic abuse.Copy !req
245. Was there?Copy !req
246. Well, her husband never hit her,Copy !req
247. if that's what you mean.Copy !req
248. Is that the only kind
of abuse contemplatedCopy !req
249. - by the statute?
- Objection,Copy !req
250. the witness is not an attorney.Copy !req
251. Withdrawn.Copy !req
252. How many times
was Mr. Pearl shot, Sergeant?Copy !req
253. Three.Copy !req
254. And where were the wounds?Copy !req
255. Two in the chest and one in the crotch.Copy !req
256. Interesting.Copy !req
257. Nothing further.Copy !req
258. Redirect.Copy !req
259. Sergeant, did the defendant,
Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
260. ever claim that she was raped
by her husband?Copy !req
261. Not that I'm aware of.Copy !req
262. Thank you.Copy !req
263. Listen, my man, is...Copy !req
264. is there anything you
can do about this heat?Copy !req
265. I'll tell Wally,
but I doubt it's gonna change.Copy !req
266. One thermostat for the whole floor.Copy !req
267. Judge Finkel likes it this way.Copy !req
268. Well, why don't you see
what you can do, okay?Copy !req
269. - Thank you.
- Sure will.Copy !req
270. Well...
You guys have a nice day.Copy !req
271. You, too.Copy !req
272. Sometimes I wish I had a job
like that guy.Copy !req
273. Oh, so you could listen
to cops bitch all day long?Copy !req
274. Something without consequence.Copy !req
275. Think what you mean to say
is that you wishCopy !req
276. that you weren't cursed
with a conscience.Copy !req
277. Well, it's definitely a burden.Copy !req
278. It also makes us human.Copy !req
279. - Unless you're a sociopath.
- Oh, come on.Copy !req
280. You... you actually think
that Annabeth is a sociopath?Copy !req
281. I think she knew what she was doing,Copy !req
282. and I think she didn't care.Copy !req
283. Or she didn't see another way out.Copy !req
284. Yeah, there we go.Copy !req
285. Well, luckily we don't have
to read her mind.Copy !req
286. But we do, Rollins.Copy !req
287. Eighty grand a year
and we get to determineCopy !req
288. who's spending the rest
of their life in a cageCopy !req
289. and who's gonna eat dinner
at Del Frisco's.Copy !req
290. Worrying about it
is way above our pay grade.Copy !req
291. We do worry about it.Copy !req
292. At least... at least we usually do.Copy !req
293. Yeah? You never wanted
to put a couple of popsCopy !req
294. between some guy's eyes?Copy !req
295. I mean...Copy !req
296. you know,
'cause I've wanted to, and I...Copy !req
297. I would have really enjoyed it.Copy !req
298. - But I didn't.
- Because you knewCopy !req
299. that it was wrong.Copy !req
300. Because I knew the consequencesCopy !req
301. and I chose not to.Copy !req
302. And maybe she didn't have that luxury.Copy !req
303. Annabeth chose it.Copy !req
304. She chose to end that man's life.Copy !req
305. She chose to take someone's life.Copy !req
306. To break the law.Copy !req
307. It's free will.Copy !req
308. I mean, come on, we all learn about itCopy !req
309. - in Sunday school.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.Copy !req
310. We're... we're free, all right.Copy !req
311. We're free to believe
in the guy upstairs or not.Copy !req
312. It's like a perjury trap.Copy !req
313. Okay, all we have to doCopy !req
314. is go up on the stand
and say what happened!Copy !req
315. There's no choices!Copy !req
316. There's no consequences to you!Copy !req
317. They put a crown of thorns on Jesus,Copy !req
318. but that did not make him king.Copy !req
319. What is he talking about?Copy !req
320. And neither does our shield.Copy !req
321. But what we say
in that courtroom, Lieutenant,Copy !req
322. how we say it, this... this game
could be over before it starts.Copy !req
323. You know what, if you want
to commit perjuryCopy !req
324. because Tommy hurt
Annabeth's feelings...Copy !req
325. Damn it, Rollins,
it is more complicatedCopy !req
326. than that and you know it.Copy !req
327. - Okay.
- "Perjury."Copy !req
328. I'm talking about the truth here,
and I'm gonna make sureCopy !req
329. - the jury sees it.
- Yeah?Copy !req
330. And Liv's testimony is gonna
turn them the other way.Copy !req
331. If...Copy !req
332. I tell them exactly, verbatim...Copy !req
333. what Annabeth told me.Copy !req
334. Lieutenant...Copy !req
335. I know the law better
than anybody in this room,Copy !req
336. but I also know
my moral responsibility.Copy !req
337. Killing Tommy
was Annabeth's only option.Copy !req
338. Now, the law says that that's wrong.Copy !req
339. - But morally...
- You're not a priest, Carisi.Copy !req
340. Morally, the result is just.Copy !req
341. You know what, I've got
one question for you:Copy !req
342. Why didn't she walk out the door?Copy !req
343. Why didn't she leave the damn bastard?Copy !req
344. - Are you kidding me, Amanda?
- No!Copy !req
345. For it to be a justifiable homicide,Copy !req
346. there had to be an imminent threatCopy !req
347. of death or... or serious
physical harm, right?Copy !req
348. And was Tommy about to beat Annabeth?Copy !req
349. No. Was he about to rape her?Copy !req
350. No!Copy !req
351. You know how I know that?Copy !req
352. Because that's what she told you.Copy !req
353. When I was in the bag,Copy !req
354. I took a domestic disturbance call.Copy !req
355. All right?Copy !req
356. Craig and Ellen Carter.Copy !req
357. Their neighbor was complaining
because they were screamingCopy !req
358. at each other all night.
They were cursing.Copy !req
359. So I show up.Copy !req
360. I calm everybody downCopy !req
361. and do, you know,
what we're supposed to do.Copy !req
362. And I'm looking at this guy
and I can just see in his eyes.Copy !req
363. And he's got that smirk, you know?Copy !req
364. So I take Ellen outside,
and I say, "Listen.Copy !req
365. Listen, you've gotta
stand up for yourself."Copy !req
366. I told her that she needed
to leave this guy.Copy !req
367. But there's no signs
of physical violenceCopy !req
368. so that's... that's all I can do.Copy !req
369. A month later...Copy !req
370. I get another call.Copy !req
371. The same house, same complaint.Copy !req
372. Only this time...Copy !req
373. Craig is taking her head and bashing itCopy !req
374. against the wall, and she's dead.Copy !req
375. So don't you stand there and sayCopy !req
376. that all she had to do
was walk out the damn door!Copy !req
377. Detective Carisi.Copy !req
378. That's me.Copy !req
379. Part 33.Copy !req
380. Mr. Griffin, the bartender
at the restaurant,Copy !req
381. told me that Annabeth lived
across the street.Copy !req
382. So based on the way
that she was dressed,Copy !req
383. I assumed that she'd just
come from home.Copy !req
384. So I went over there.Copy !req
385. And what did you do once
you arrived at her apartment?Copy !req
386. I rang the bell, I knocked.
There was no answer.Copy !req
387. So I tried the door,
which was unlocked.Copy !req
388. - I went inside.
- Were there signs of a fight?Copy !req
389. Well, it's impossible to tell.Copy !req
390. Excuse me?Copy !req
391. It's impossible to tell.Copy !req
392. The defendant could have
easily straightened upCopy !req
393. before she left the apartment,Copy !req
394. or even before she shot her husband.Copy !req
395. That's not what I asked, Detective.Copy !req
396. Uh, once you were inside the apartment,Copy !req
397. were there signs of a fight?Copy !req
398. No.Copy !req
399. Okay.Copy !req
400. You know, Liv, I love you...Copy !req
401. Okay?Copy !req
402. And I respect you...Copy !req
403. more than anyone
I've ever met in my life.Copy !req
404. Don't take this the wrong way...Copy !req
405. but sometimes... you see victimsCopy !req
406. where there aren't any.Copy !req
407. Annabeth Pearl
was abused by her husband.Copy !req
408. Her friends disagree.Copy !req
409. Nobody knows what goes onCopy !req
410. behind closed doors in a marriage.Copy !req
411. Including you.Copy !req
412. All you have is Annabeth's word.Copy !req
413. Amanda, I'm sorry about
what your father didCopy !req
414. to your mother.Copy !req
415. See?Copy !req
416. I mean, that's exactlyCopy !req
417. what I'm talking about.Copy !req
418. My mother didn't have to be a victim.Copy !req
419. I'm not talking about your mother.Copy !req
420. I'm talking about you.Copy !req
421. Do you really think that your fatherCopy !req
422. beating the hell out of your motherCopy !req
423. in front of you...Copy !req
424. didn't...Copy !req
425. color your whole universe?Copy !req
426. Sure it did.Copy !req
427. But not in the way you think.Copy !req
428. 'Cause I remember sitting in my roomCopy !req
429. staring out the window...Copy !req
430. after one of their
knock-down drag-outs,Copy !req
431. and I remember looking out the windowCopy !req
432. and there was a... a streetlamp,
and it was...Copy !req
433. the closest one was on the corner,Copy !req
434. so it was... it was dark, eerie.Copy !req
435. And I sat there...Copy !req
436. looking out, watching and waiting...Copy !req
437. and praying for my daddy to come back.Copy !req
438. Uh, and the son of a bitchCopy !req
439. just beat the snot out of my mother,Copy !req
440. but I wanted him back home.Copy !req
441. Of course you did,Copy !req
442. 'cause all children
want their parents togetherCopy !req
443. no matter what, Amanda.Copy !req
444. Good, bad, indifferent...Copy !req
445. She could have called the sheriff.Copy !req
446. I mean, Christ, we had
a gun locker in the house.Copy !req
447. But she had to be a martyr.Copy !req
448. I mean, I don't think
she'd know what to do with herselfCopy !req
449. if she wasn't suffering or cowering.Copy !req
450. Yes, because he made her like that.Copy !req
451. You don't know!Copy !req
452. There was a weakness in her!Copy !req
453. There was a weakness,Copy !req
454. and it was there
before they ever even met.Copy !req
455. How do you know that?Copy !req
456. Because this is this.Copy !req
457. It's not that.Copy !req
458. But you know, I... I know.Copy !req
459. Believe me, I know,Copy !req
460. because I was the one
staring out that windowCopy !req
461. waiting for my daddy's shadowCopy !req
462. to come out of that street lamp.Copy !req
463. Come up the sidewalk,
up the front walk,Copy !req
464. and back into our house.Copy !req
465. I was the one that was petrifiedCopy !req
466. that I would end up weak like my momCopy !req
467. if he didn't come back!Copy !req
468. Amanda, that's not a reasonCopy !req
469. to hate your mother.Copy !req
470. Maybe it's time...Copy !req
471. for you to come out
from under that shadow.Copy !req
472. There was an EMS team on the scene.Copy !req
473. They determined that she sustainedCopy !req
474. no physical injuries.Copy !req
475. They also said that she was in shock.Copy !req
476. Did the paramedic indicate
how long she was in shock?Copy !req
477. They didn't say anything about that,Copy !req
478. but it's... it's possible
that she was in shockCopy !req
479. before she fired that weapon.Copy !req
480. - Before?
- Yeah, it's not unusual...Copy !req
481. Objection.Copy !req
482. It's your witness, Counselor.Copy !req
483. Overruled.Copy !req
484. It's not uncommonCopy !req
485. for a victim to go into survival modeCopy !req
486. once they've been threatened.Copy !req
487. She may not have known
what she was doing.Copy !req
488. One more thing, Detective.Copy !req
489. This isn't exactly
what the room looked likeCopy !req
490. when you went into it, is it?Copy !req
491. Uh, no.Copy !req
492. The television was on.Copy !req
493. I'm confused.
The apartment's not that big.Copy !req
494. If the TV was on when
you walked in the front door,Copy !req
495. I think you would have heard it.Copy !req
496. Well, the TV was on
but the volume was muted.Copy !req
497. Almost as if Tommy and Annabeth spokeCopy !req
498. before she shot him.Copy !req
499. I wouldn't know about that.Copy !req
500. But they might have, right?Copy !req
501. In fact, it is possible
that Tommy said,Copy !req
502. "I love you, sweetie."Copy !req
503. Yeah, it's possible.Copy !req
504. It's also possible he said,
"You ruined my dinner, bitch.Copy !req
505. Now I'm gonna kill you."Copy !req
506. Your Honor!Copy !req
507. Nothing further.Copy !req
508. Well, on that, we're gonna
break for lunch.Copy !req
509. You look like your witness
just committed treason, Peter.Copy !req
510. Liv.Copy !req
511. What the hell's going on down there?Copy !req
512. Excuse me?Copy !req
513. When I walked into
that courtroom this morning,Copy !req
514. I had a no-lose case.Copy !req
515. Now, two witnesses later,Copy !req
516. I am treading water
and gasping for air.Copy !req
517. - So Carisi got creative.
- He "got creative"?Copy !req
518. He's a cop!Copy !req
519. He's supposed to get on that standCopy !req
520. and tell the truth. That's it.Copy !req
521. - Did he lie?
- Liv, come on.Copy !req
522. You and I both know the truth
comes in many colors.Copy !req
523. So maybe Carisi picked the oneCopy !req
524. that he could live with.Copy !req
525. I knew it.Copy !req
526. I knew you were behind this.Copy !req
527. You wanna do me a favor?Copy !req
528. You keep your bleeding heart
out of my courtroom.Copy !req
529. So what is your dilemma?
Just do what Carisi said.Copy !req
530. Just fudge it. Generalize, minimize.Copy !req
531. And what if I'm wrong?Copy !req
532. Annabeth told meCopy !req
533. that she didn't regret
killing him for a minute.Copy !req
534. Lack of remorse is not
an element of a crime.Copy !req
535. You think a jury gives a damn?Copy !req
536. If I testify truthfully,Copy !req
537. then this becomes a revenge killingCopy !req
538. that is never justified.Copy !req
539. This woman goes to prisonCopy !req
540. for a very long time.Copy !req
541. - Truth's a bitch.
- I know in my gut...Copy !req
542. that she was powerless
to leave her husband.Copy !req
543. I know that.Copy !req
544. But she was strong enough
to pull the trigger.Copy !req
545. That's naive, Amanda, and you know it.Copy !req
546. What about the gun?Copy !req
547. What about it?Copy !req
548. Well, he didn't leave it out
just for show.Copy !req
549. Okay, did Annabeth ever say
that he threatened her with it?Copy !req
550. No, she didn't have to
because he left it out.Copy !req
551. She saw it.Copy !req
552. She saw it when she woke up
in the morning.Copy !req
553. She saw it when she made dinner.
She saw it.Copy !req
554. She saw it last thing
before she went to bed.Copy !req
555. And she read between the lines.Copy !req
556. Amanda.Copy !req
557. Come on.Copy !req
558. You and I both knowCopy !req
559. what he was telling her with that gun.Copy !req
560. He was telling herCopy !req
561. that I could kill you at any minute,Copy !req
562. and I would probably get away with it.Copy !req
563. Tommy is the one that ended upCopy !req
564. - with the bullets in him, though.
- Yeah, and where was he shot?Copy !req
565. Two in the heart and one in the groin.Copy !req
566. And believe you me,
that last one was not a mistake.Copy !req
567. - That was not a miss.
- Did she say that to you?Copy !req
568. She didn't have to.Copy !req
569. You have no idea...Copy !req
570. what utter terror is.Copy !req
571. What pure...Copy !req
572. and utter terror is.Copy !req
573. You know, they say
that your heart beats faster,Copy !req
574. but that's not true. It doesn't.Copy !req
575. It stops. Everything stops.Copy !req
576. You don't breathe because...Copy !req
577. you're scared that it might upset him.Copy !req
578. And if you get a cramp in your foot,Copy !req
579. you tell yourself, "Just let it throb."Copy !req
580. Because you'll live through that pain.Copy !req
581. And that's a hell
of a lot better than what...Copy !req
582. what he'll do to you.Copy !req
583. And the pain is... is so completeCopy !req
584. and it's so... it's so overwhelming.Copy !req
585. You can go without food for...Copy !req
586. For three days...Copy !req
587. and you don't close your eyes
because you...Copy !req
588. because you're scared that...Copy !req
589. you'll never open them again.Copy !req
590. You pray.Copy !req
591. You pray...Copy !req
592. "Please, God...Copy !req
593. "don't let him
climb on top of me again."Copy !req
594. Okay, Liv.Copy !req
595. I am so sorry.Copy !req
596. Nobody should have to live like that.Copy !req
597. Nobody.Copy !req
598. Tommy Pearl is not William Lewis.Copy !req
599. Annabeth was not held hostage.Copy !req
600. Wasn't she?Copy !req
601. She lived with that fearCopy !req
602. every day for six years.Copy !req
603. But maybe we're all victims.Copy !req
604. Maybe...Copy !req
605. maybe we're...Copy !req
606. we're just all victims of our past.Copy !req
607. But the good news is that I am justCopy !req
608. a rebuttal witness,Copy !req
609. which means I'm only used if needed.Copy !req
610. What are you gonna do
if Stone needs you?Copy !req
611. I don't know.Copy !req
612. But somebody has to stand up
for Annabeth,Copy !req
613. and somebody has to tell her...Copy !req
614. has to tell her that she survivedCopy !req
615. and she's gonna be okay.Copy !req
616. Detective Rollins.Copy !req
617. Part 33.Copy !req
618. I haven't finished my apple pie yet.Copy !req
619. I don't know. They just told me...Copy !req
620. I'm pulling your leg, guy.Copy !req
621. Go.Copy !req
622. You don't want those
to, uh, go to waste.Copy !req
623. The donuts.Copy !req
624. Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
625. Yes, of course. Please.Copy !req
626. Charlie.Copy !req
627. I've had a sweet tooth
since I was a kid.Copy !req
628. You mind if I, uh, take home
a cruller to my wife?Copy !req
629. She loves crullers.Copy !req
630. How long you been married?Copy !req
631. 34 years next Tuesday.Copy !req
632. You're a good husband, Charlie.Copy !req
633. Ah, it's easy.Copy !req
634. All it takes is a little love.Copy !req
635. I took the defendant's
initial statementCopy !req
636. when she came in to the squad.Copy !req
637. And what did she say to you?Copy !req
638. She said she'd killed her husband.Copy !req
639. What did you do after that?Copy !req
640. I asked her if she wanted
a lawyer present,Copy !req
641. and she said, "I did it.Copy !req
642. Why would I need a lawyer?"Copy !req
643. Did she tell you whyCopy !req
644. she killed her husband of six years?Copy !req
645. She did.Copy !req
646. She said he didn't like her dinner.Copy !req
647. Thank you, Detective Rollins.Copy !req
648. Do you recognize this, Annabeth?Copy !req
649. Looks like Tommy's gun.Copy !req
650. That's right.Copy !req
651. You've seen it before?Copy !req
652. Every night when he came home
from work,Copy !req
653. he took it out and he cleaned it.Copy !req
654. And then he put it away
in a gun locker.Copy !req
655. No.Copy !req
656. He kept it out where he could
always get to it.Copy !req
657. I asked him I don't know how many timesCopy !req
658. to put the gun away...Copy !req
659. but he refused.Copy !req
660. Did he say why?Copy !req
661. He said he was a cop.Copy !req
662. It was part of him.Copy !req
663. He said seeing it...Copy !req
664. knowing it was there
made him feel strong.Copy !req
665. Like a man?Copy !req
666. That's what he said.Copy !req
667. Objection. Your Honor.Copy !req
668. What's a trial without some
good old fashioned histrionics?Copy !req
669. You've made your point, Counselor.Copy !req
670. How did the gun
make you feel, Annabeth?Copy !req
671. Weak.Copy !req
672. Scared.Copy !req
673. It was always where I could see it.Copy !req
674. It was like a lion showing
its teeth to a zebra.Copy !req
675. "I'm the king."Copy !req
676. "You're less than."Copy !req
677. You are not less than.Copy !req
678. That's a joke.Copy !req
679. My heart pounds when I shop for food.Copy !req
680. Will Tommy like this,
or will he dump it on the floorCopy !req
681. for me to clean up?Copy !req
682. My hand, it shakes
when I answer the phone.Copy !req
683. It'll be Tommy telling me
his friend saw me flirtingCopy !req
684. with someone at the cleaner's.Copy !req
685. I used to take business classes
at Hunter College.Copy !req
686. Tommy told me to quit.
Said I was too stupid.Copy !req
687. It was a waste of money.Copy !req
688. Did you ever tell your family
about how he was treating you?Copy !req
689. How about a friend?Copy !req
690. I used to have friends.Copy !req
691. Lots of them.Copy !req
692. Tommy said they weren't
good enough for us.Copy !req
693. Now all we have are his friends.Copy !req
694. Thank you, Annabeth.Copy !req
695. Did your husband
ever hit you, Mrs. Pearl?Copy !req
696. Did Tommy ever hit you?Copy !req
697. No.Copy !req
698. Did he ever rape you?Copy !req
699. We had sex lots of times
when I didn't want to.Copy !req
700. Did you tell him that?Copy !req
701. No.Copy !req
702. I was too scared.Copy !req
703. So in six years of marriage,
you never once said...Copy !req
704. "I'm not in the mood."Copy !req
705. "I'm too tired,"I have a headache,"Copy !req
706. or "I... I just don't want to"?Copy !req
707. No.Copy !req
708. I'm sorry, Mrs. Pearl...Copy !req
709. but that's not rape.Copy !req
710. - Objection!
- You know better, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
711. That man was raping meCopy !req
712. from the moment I said "I do"!Copy !req
713. Come on, who ate my jellies?Copy !req
714. You okay?Copy !req
715. - Liv.
- Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
716. I...Copy !req
717. what's happening upstairs?Copy !req
718. Bloodbath.Copy !req
719. Whose blood?Copy !req
720. Well, you know how they say
you only die once?Copy !req
721. Well, that's a lie...
at least for Tommy Pearl.Copy !req
722. So Stone is gonna call me.Copy !req
723. If he wants any shot
at winning this case, yeah.Copy !req
724. Fin, what am I gonna do?Copy !req
725. Running's not an option?Copy !req
726. I didn't think so.Copy !req
727. I mean, as far as I can see,Copy !req
728. this is just another case to me.Copy !req
729. Listen, your BS doesn't fly with me.Copy !req
730. I should know that by now.Copy !req
731. Fin, I'm...Copy !req
732. I'm asking you...Copy !req
733. Do you think Annabeth
belongs in prison?Copy !req
734. Liv, half the guys
I grew up with are in prison.Copy !req
735. Do they belong there?Copy !req
736. They don't think so.Copy !req
737. But you do?Copy !req
738. It's not my place to judge.Copy !req
739. Oh, my God.Copy !req
740. Again with your BS.Copy !req
741. Look, last Sunday I went fishingCopy !req
742. off of Sheepshead Bay.Copy !req
743. Four hours passed, not a nibble.Copy !req
744. Then right when I'm ready
to pack it up,Copy !req
745. my rod starts jerking.Copy !req
746. So I start reeling. I'm reeling.Copy !req
747. I swear, I've never had
a perp fight that hard.Copy !req
748. And then there it was,Copy !req
749. flopping around
on the deck of the boat,Copy !req
750. a 35-pound bluefish.Copy !req
751. The most beautiful thing
I've ever seen in my life.Copy !req
752. That's... that's great, Fin.Copy !req
753. I threw it back in the bay.Copy !req
754. Anything that's willingCopy !req
755. to fight that hard to stay aliveCopy !req
756. deserves to live.Copy !req
757. Like Annabeth.Copy !req
758. Just saying.Copy !req
759. So you're telling me...Copy !req
760. to lie.Copy !req
761. I'm just saying,Copy !req
762. that blue's not gonna get hooked again.Copy !req
763. But that's just me.Copy !req
764. So I guess you didn't come here to...Copy !req
765. get some donuts.Copy !req
766. Lieutenant Benson.Copy !req
767. Part 33.Copy !req
768. Lieutenant Olivia Benson?Copy !req
769. Yes.Copy !req
770. Do you swear to tell the truth,Copy !req
771. the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?Copy !req
772. I do.Copy !req
773. Please state your name for the record.Copy !req
774. Lieutenant Olivia Benson.Copy !req
775. Did you have the opportunity
to interrogate the defendantCopy !req
776. after she confessed
to killing her husband?Copy !req
777. I did.Copy !req
778. Did she express remorse
for what she did?Copy !req
779. You have to understand,
under the circumstances...Copy !req
780. Just please, answer the question.Copy !req
781. Taken out of context,Copy !req
782. her words can be misconstrued.Copy !req
783. Lieutenant.Copy !req
784. You just reached out
and put your hand on the BibleCopy !req
785. and swore to tell us the truth.Copy !req
786. Did the defendant, Ms. Annabeth Pearl,Copy !req
787. express remorse...Copy !req
788. for what she did?Copy !req
789. No.Copy !req
790. What, if anything,
did she say in that regard?Copy !req
791. She said that...Copy !req
792. she said that she was gladCopy !req
793. that her husband was dead...Copy !req
794. And that she'd prayed
about it for years.Copy !req