"Capture:" "FRM@FadeOut Sync:" "FRM@LePetitPrince" "Car handles nice." "Yeah, I've actually never driven 90 miles an hour on Coldwater Canyon before." "You told me to step on it." "Luckily, I have a fresh pair of boxers in the trunk." "Hi, Are you Garland?" "Yes." "What have we got?" "Janet Butler, 28." "Motorist spotted her in the middle of the road." "Could it be our guy?" "Somebody did a number on her." "Ritualized knife wounds." "Very twisted, but since we've never found a body..." "Can she ID her attacker?" "(sighs) She's in pretty bad shape." "You know, maybe it's better if we wait." "Five missing women in a five-mile radius in the past three months." "Waiting is not an option." "Janet..." "My name is Sebastian Stark." "I'm with the District Attorney's office." "I don't want to talk." "I understand." "But the thing is," "I need your help." "And if you can remember what happened, it might help someone else." "Female victim snatched outside her home in broad daylight." "She was supposed to be number six." "Any luck retracing her path?" "S.I.D.'s doing what they can." "It appears she escaped on foot, so the suspect may live nearby." "Keep this officer posted by her bedside, 24/7." "What, you think he'll come after her?" "I doubt it." "This guy hasn't made a mistake yet-- no bodies, no clues." "Well, letting her live is a pretty big screwup." "Maybe he's throwing us a bone." "You think he let her go on purpose?" "I don't know." "But if he wants to get caught, let's not disappoint him." "We may not get another shot." "?" "?" "=?" "cameras clicking) It's my sad duty to report that Janet Butler died from her wounds early this morning." "Is she the sixth victim?" "I'll have the LAPD handle the specifics of the case." "MAN:" "As you just heard, the Mayor and the District Attorney have just announced the death of Janet Butler, believed to be the sixth victim of the elusive predator currently terrorizing the Southland." "You're a pretty good liar, Manny." "Ever consider running for office?" "You better be right?" "It's a smart move-- if this bastard thinks he finished the job, he's less likely to go into hiding." "You said he wanted to get caught." "I said maybe." "And I'm hoping Janet Butler can lead us to him." "But if not, least he didn't disappear." "Yeah, but if he disappears, he stops killing people." "STARK:" "For now." "But in six months, a year, starts all over again." "So nail him, fast." "You know, eventually, the press is gonna realize she's still alive." "Hopefully, not before we find this freak." "You have everything you need?" "LAPD, SWAT-- everybody's in place." "Just waiting for Janet Butler to lead the way." "I want to help you, really." "But I'm really tired." "When you woke up in this guy's house, you were lying on a table?" "It looked like... some kind of work room." "I was... tied down." "Did this guy talk to you?" "He never stopped talking." "The stuff he said is... weird, it was like... he knew me." "But you'd never seen him before?" "He said stuff about my father-- things that there's no way he could know, things that... nobody knows." "How did you get away?" "I must have passed out." "When I woke up, I was... untied." "And he was across the room." "He had some kind of knife in his hand." "And there was a... pipe on the floor." "I grabbed it." "And when he came over," "I pretended that I was still unconscious." "And I just took and hit him with the pipe as hard as I could." "I ran." "And you told the police you saw a red Saab parked outside his house?" "There was a..." ""P" on the license plate." "I could hardly see." "I was just trying to get away." "You've been a great help, Janet." "We're gonna catch this guy." "I won't have to testify, right?" "Hopefully, it won't come to that." "Good." "Because this guy was like..." "He was in my head." "I don't ever want to see him again." "Anything on the car?" "There are 28 red Saabs with the letter "P"" "registered in the Hollywood Hills area." "Anyone jump out?" "ISAAC:" "Wayne Calison." "Cops interviewed him a month ago." "His car was spotted in the vicinity when the third victim was snatched." "What's the story?" "43, single." "Teaches creative writing at Santa Monica State College." "Where does he live?" "Three quarters of a mile from where they found Janet Butler." "Yahtzee." "Get a search warrant." "Nice work." "?" "ISAAC:" "Police." "Open up." "May I help you gentlemen?" "Mr. Calison, my name is..." "WAYNE:" "Sebastian Stark." "It's an honor." "Did the police tell you I'd be stopping by?" "No, no, but I was hoping you would." "Why is that?" "Well, I've followed your career for years." "I'm a big fan." "Watch a lot of Court TV, do you?" "I'm addicted." "And now you're a prosecutor." "High-profile crimes." "You know, when the detectives started asking me about these poor women who have gone missing," "I thought I might get a chance to meet you." "So, Mr. Calison..." "Wayne." "You teach fiction writing..." "Wayne?" "Yeah." "It's probably why I love watching trials on TV." "You know?" "Each one's a miniature morality play." "Good versus evil, heroes and villains." "Which one are you, Wayne?" "Just kidding." "You mention these women that have gone missing." "Oh, yeah, it's all over TV." "It's awful." "You know, we found the last one just a few blocks from your house." "I was shocked." "Was she able to tell you anything before she... died?" "No." "She was pretty far gone." "We're dealing with a real psychopath, Wayne." "You know the type?" "Twisted, vicious, no conscience." "Yeah." "It's hard to believe that those kind of people actually exist in the world, isn't it?" "We searched every inch of Wayne Calison's home." "There's no blood evidence, no weapons." "There's some sand in the hallway, but otherwise nothing." "I say we hold him for awhile, see what we come up with." "No, we'll get more out of this guy if we keep him on the street." "Follow him." "If he jaywalks I want to know about it." "That's our guy." "Tell me there's a good reason I'm in Hermosa Beach." "S.I.D. analyzed the sand from Wayne Calison's house." "Basaltic rock and algae forms specific to the South Bay." "Who am I, Jacques Cousteau?" "Tommy Calison." "Wayne's younger brother and only living relative." "I figure that sand came from right around here." "Well, let's find out." "He wouldn't talk to the police." "He'll talk to me." "Thomas Calison?" "Got nothing to say." "That's too bad." "We're from the City Planning Commission." "Had a shot to make some big bucks." "Wait." "Y-you weren't gonna ask me about Wayne?" "Wayne who?" "You know, the city's considering putting the blue line through here." "You are aware of that, right?" "Come on." "Yeah, anybody who owns property on this side of the street stands to make big money if they sell." "Are you serious?" "Mind if we check out the property?" "Uh, I don't get much time to clean up." "Good thing we're not with the Health Department." "How long have you lived here?" "Uh, almost seven years." "Nice patio." "Yeah." "Yeah." "It must have set you back a few bucks." "Oh, my brother, Wayne, paid for it." "He wanted me to have someplace nice to hang out." "Wayne sounds like a great guy." "Yeah." "Uh, he's always looking out for me." "Killer patio." "STARK:" "This is a matter of public safety, Your Honor." "It's a matter of the fourth amendment, Mr. Stark." "The city will pay to restore" "Tommy Calison's property." "That's hardly the point." "You expect me to give you a warrant to dig up this man's property simply because he built a new deck?" "No, sir, I expect you to do it because his brother's a serial killer." "Then dig up his brother's house." "Oh, wait." "You already did that." "And you came up with nothing." "Your Honor..." "I'm sorry." "Until you can bring me more," "I can't help you." "Let's try another judge." "Waste of time." "No one's gonna give us a warrant based on what we have." "So what, we're gonna give up?" "Am I waving a white flag?" "Two words:" "mineral rights." "Mineral rights?" "Property law 101:" ""Unless mineral rights"are specifically granted, the land under one's home..."" ""...belongs to the government."" "In other words, there's more than one way to dig a hole." "You guys don't mess around." "Make sure they don't break the surface of that yard." "If they do, we lose anything we find." "Garland." "MAN:" "Yeah, we're under the deck now." "There's a, uh, crawlspace.?" "We found a body." "Give me a hand with this." "I think I see some more." "Check that." "We have several bodies." "Female, various stages of decomposition." "Take him." "Pick up the brother, too." "We're gonna have to find him first." "I told Isaac to keep an eye on him." "Thing is..." "Isaac sent a text message." "Calison filed a harassment complaint this afternoon." "Isaac had to suspend surveillance." "And you were planning on telling me this exactly when?" "Look, I'm sorry, but it's not like this whole excavation happened by itself." "Damn it." "I'll put out an A.P.B. Yeah." "Great." "He's probably halfway across the country by now." "?" "My dad should be home pretty soon." "You know, I'll never forget the course he taught at USC." "Really inspired me." "Sounds like you were his best student." "Well, like I was saying, he and your mom were going through the divorce at the time and he was pretty broken up, but... whenever he talked about you, he had such... such love in his eyes." "Really?" "'Cause I mean, he wasn't around that much." "What's it like?" "Having such a brilliant dad?" "Good." "You know, it's none of my business, but no one gets along with their parents all the time." "WellI know he's really trying." "Sometimes it's... hard for parents to let their kids grow up." "Especially a kid as great as you." "Thanks." "Do you have children?" "Mm." "No." "No." "I guess I, um, haven't found the right woman yet." "Julie." "Go upstairs." "Oh, hey, Sebastian." "What's wrong?" "Now." "This is Sebastian Stark." "I want a patrol car at my house right away." "I have Wayne Calison here." "It's a beautiful house." "You deserve it." "We found the bodies." "It's over." "Must be great having everything you ever wanted." "Why did you do it, Wayne?" "Why'd you make a fortune letting guilty people go free?" "I'm a lawyer." "Exactly." "We were all born to do something." "And I'm gonna make sure you die for what you did." "(siren blares) With Janet Butler as your star witness." "Yeah, that was clever saying she was dead-- I expected nothing less of you." "Except the ME's office didn't do an autopsy." "You slipped up there," "Sebastian." "?" "?" "?" "I'll see you in court, Sebastian." "County of Los Angeles v. Wayne Robert Calison." "Five counts of murder in the first degree, one count attempted murder in the first degree." "How does the defendant plead?" "Not guilty, Your Honor." "Are the People ready to proceed?" "We are, Your Honor." "Any further motions?" "Yes, Your Honor." "Mr. Calison, please address the court through your attorney." "That's exactly the point, Your Honor." "I'd like to represent myself in this trial." "The People strenuously object." "Mr. Calison, the charges against you are quite serious." "Competent counsel is critical to your defense." "I understand." "I've prepared a Faretta waiver." "Your Honor, the point is, this is a high profile case." "Allowing the defendant to act as his own counsel would make a mockery of these proceedings." "Well, this waiver looks to be well prepared and in good order." "Did you execute this document yourself," "Mr. Calison?" "I did." "Just because he can click a mouse and download a form from the internet, doesn't mean he can handle a complex capital murder case." "That may be true, Mr. Stark, but unless you can supply some proof of his mental incapacity," "Mr. Calison's motion is granted." "Calison defending himself sounds like good news to me." "Which is why I drive a Mercedes, and you take the bus." "Judges and juries root for the underdog." "Every time I pound on this guy in court," "I look like a bully and he looks like a victim." "He's a serial killer." "He's also smart, manipulative and has zero conscience." "The difference is, I don't have five dead bodies buried under my deck." "Janet Butler said that she really nailed Calison with that pipe, yet there is no record of him seeking medical assistance." "Now, the cops found a bruise on his ribs when they booked him." "Said he fell off a stepladder." "So find an expert who will testify that the injury is consistent with blunt trauma from a pipe." "Already done." "So why are we interviewing his brother again?" "I mean, Isaac said that the time cards from his jobs alibi him out for all five murders." "Right, but he doesn't know that." "You can have an attorney present." "I got nothing to hide." "You and your brother think a lot alike, Tommy." "Family that kills together..." "I didn't kill anybody." "You got five corpses buried under your Barcalounger, sport." "You helped Wayne do the killing, or you helped him stash the bodies, or both." "Any way you slice it, you're toast." "I didn't do anything wrong." "We want to believe you, but you're going to have to help us out." "Tommy?" "You were ten years old when your father died." "How did Wayne handle that?" "It's none of your damn business." "Trust me, Tommy..." "It's his business." "Play ball..." "Which is it?" "Wayne took it real hard when Dad died." "He take it out on you?" "He took it out on everybody." "Before you go, I made you something to eat." "What's the occasion?" "Let's see." "It's Thursday." "You kept me from getting hacked apart by a lunatic." "The usual." "You were incredibly lucky." "I know." "I should never have let him in the door." "You think?" "You know what I do for a living-- the kinds of people I deal with." "But the way he talked about you..." "It was almost like he was an old friend." "I can't believe that guy actually killed people." "Trust me, he did." "He just seemed so normal." "If I hadn't come in when I did..." "But you did come home." "Heard you got Tommy Calison to rollover on his brother." "Well, nothing solid on the murders but, evidently, Wayne tortured him for years when they were kids." "By the time Tommy's done testifying," "Wayne's going to make Charlie Manson look like a model citizen." "CCU ran Wayne's hard drive." "Did you know this guy has a 184 IQ?" "The smarter they are, the freakier they are." "He's also done tons of legal research over the past few months." "He may be nuts, but he's not stupid." "He got BA from USF, Master's from Irvine." "Even spent a little time in Mensa." "So you've done your research." "Know thy enemy." "Apparently, great minds think alike." "Tech guys found a file called "Stark."" "Transcripts of every case you've tried in the past ten years, press clippings and personal information." "What can I say?" "Guy's got good taste." "The point is, everything this guy knows, he's learned it from you." "Finally, a worthy adversary." "?" "between Wayne Calison and Janet Butler?" "Talk to me." "Janet took a writing course at the Learning Center in Westwood six months ago." "But Calison teaches fiction at Santa Monica State College." "He also teaches night courses at the Learning Center." "That place is great-- I took an Art History class there a couple years ago." "Excuse me?" "I was dating this girl..." "Art History?" "I hope she was hot." "Smoking." "(phone ringing) But if Jane took a class from Calison, then she would have recognized him." "Exactly." "Calison wasn't her teacher, but they were there at the same time." "He could have targeted Janet as a victim." "I'd take an Art History class for you right now." "?" ".Okay." "Okay, okay..." "Try to calm down." "We'll be right there." "We got a problem." "You lied to me." "Try to calm down, Janet." "That bastard called me on the phone." "Said I have to talk to him because my name is on the DA's Witness list." "You have every right to be upset." "He, he said I'm gonna have to face him in court." "We're doing everything that we can to keep you off the stand." "Do you have any idea what it was like hearing his voice?" "Thinking about what he did to me." "Calison is in jail, Janet." "He can't hurt you." "I don't care." "I want my name off the list." "MADELEINE:" "He's just trying to scare you, he's desperate." "Well, he sure didn't sound like it." "He talked about what he did to me." "What he wanted to do." "Did he threaten you?" "He talked about my father again." "About the day he died." "I am a good person." "Why is he doing this to me?" "That stuff about her father had to come from somewhere." "Yeah and we have no basis to search his cell." "Oh, ye of little faith." "Sebastian." "Come to offer me a plea deal?" "Last rites actually." "Open the door.?" "You seem upset." "You been talking to Janet?" "You're a sadistic son of a bitch." "You guys put her on the witness list." "You like to study my moves, Wayne?" "Check this one out." "Place this man under arrest." "You're being charged with witness tampering, Wayne." "You threatened Janet Butler, that's a major no-no." "You're arresting a jailed capital murder suspect for a misdemeanor?" "Which gives us the right to search his cell for evidence." "Pack up those documents, take the laptop." "These materials are privileged." "Where'd you get that, Wayne?" "Black's law for psychos?" "You harassed a witness." "Say adios to work product privilege, pal." "Copy of a notebook from the Learning Center." "It's got Janet Butler's name on it." ""Writing From Memory." "The Art of Personal Biography."" "You read Janet's journal, Wayne." "That's not very nice, is it?" "You ever stop to think that maybe she deserved to be punished?" "No." "But you do, Wayne." "And I'm just the guy to do it." "?" "Mr. Calison, your the defendant's brother." "Is that correct?" "Yeah." "Did you two have a happy childhood?" "Not really." "Why is that?" "Uh... well, our dad, he... he didn't treat us very good." "Now, your father died when you were ten." "And your brother was 12?" "Yeah." "After your dad died, did you brother begin to abuse you, physically?" "Tommy?" "Did you brother abuse you?" "No." "No, Wayne and I..." "got along fine." "In your statement, you describe chronic mental and physical abuse." "Is that a lie?" "Yeah." "I just...told you what I thought you wanted to hear." "Permission to treat the witness as hostile." "Granted." "Objection." "Mr. Stark made a deal for my brother's testimony, should he not accept the testimony given?" "Overruled." "Isn't it true that your brother terrorized you and your mother?" "No." "You said, he threatened you with knives." "It never happened." "You said, he killed and dismembered animals in the backyard?" "Those were lies." "They were all lies." "Wayne's my brother, he... he'd never do that." "JUDGE:" "You haven any further questions for this witness?" "No." "Cross, Mr. Calison." "Okay, Tommy?" "Yeah." "Answer a few questions?" "Sure." "Where'd they find the bodies of those five women they claim I killed." "Underneath the patio in my backyard." "You see me put them there?" "No." "You ever hear me speak of any bodies?" "Never." "WAYNE:" "And when Mr. Stark dug under your house and he found those women, who did he have the police place under arrest?" "Me." "WAYNE:" "Did he say why?" "Yeah." "It was, uh, suspicion of murder." "He's trying to pin this on his brother." "Thanks for the update." "You know, when Mr. Stark was asking us about growing up together, it got me thinking." "Do you remember Lydia Franklin?" "Relevance, Your Honor?" "Mr. Calison, your questions must pertain directly to the issues at hand." "If Mr. Stark will be patient," "I assure the court this is relevant." "I'll give you some latitude, but let's get to the point." "Thank you." "So, Tommy," "Lydia Franklin." "I don't want to talk about that, Wayne." "She lived next-door to us for 12 years." "Did she not accuse you of raping her when she was 15?" "Your Honor!" "Sit down, Mr. Stark." "The witness will answer the question." "Y-You said that she liked me, Wayne." "WAYNE:" "But I never told you to force yourself on her." "But that was a mistake." "I-I never meant to hurt her." "(softly):" "It's okay, Tommy." "Everyone makes mistakes." "No further questions.?" "MADELEINE:" "Isaac's bringing her over." "This is wrong." "You got any better suggestions?" "'Cause without Janet Butler's testimony, all our case is, is a circumstantial house of cards." "His brother screwed us" "Janet's our only shot at a conviction." "Not if Calison destroys her on the stand." "Thank you." "What, you're going soft now?" "It's like a pit bull quoting Gandhi." "STARK:" "When you were lying bound and gagged like an animal in Wayne Calison's house, did he speak to you?" "Yes." "Now, your private journal was found in his possession." "Did he discuss with you material from that journal?" "Yes, he... talked about my father." "STARK:" "Was there a specific incident from your past that he referred to?" "I... wrote about the day my father died." "What in particular about that day?" "Before my... father died, he, um... he apologized to me." "For what?" "I..." "I'm sorry, I just..." "Yes, Janet." "Yes, sweet... yes." "(sighs)" "We're almost done." "(quietly):" "Okay." "Why did your father apologize to you?" "When I was, um... a little girl... my father used to... come into my room at night." "So your father sexually abused you?" "Yes." "And Wayne Calison used this painful, horrible memory to torture and degrade you?" "He said that I was a... a dirty little girl, and... he was... gonna punish me for what I, uh... for what I did." "(exhales) Okay." "You did great." "(exhales) Just great." "Now, when Calison cross-examines you," "I want you to be calm." "It's gonna be very hard." "Okay." "And, um... he can ask me anything?" "Within the parameters of the case, yes." "Please... please, don't make me do this." "I'm sorry... but you have to." "Because if you don't testify, Janet..." "Wayne Calison could go free... and he needs to pay for what he did to you." "And I need to stop him from doing it to anybody else." "Miss Butler, you testified that the man who attacked you repeatedly ran his hands through your hair." "?" "Objection." "Miss Butler identified Mr. Calison as her attacker." "She should be allowed to address him as such." "Sustained." "Very well." "You, you stated" "I ran my hands through your hair." "Yes." "You also said that I whispered in your ear." "What did I say?" "Objection." "We've been over this." "JUDGE:" "Overruled." "You keep, you kept saying... bad..." "little girls... deserve to be... punished." "WAYNE:" "Did I say why?" "I... can't remember." "And then what did I do, Janet?" "You took out a knife and s-s-started cutting me." "Go on." "I begged you to stop it." "Y-you were touching my, my face." "People request a recess." "Granted.We're adjourned until tomorrow morning." "You take care of her, okay?" "We need to talk." "Janet's burying you." "Ironic, under the circumstances." "I think I'm doing quite well... given the competition." "The hero worship rap's getting old, Wayne." "You and I both know you killed those women." "So let's just end it right now." "But Janet and I still have so much to talk about." "Why don't you just admit you abducted Janet?" "You're pretty." "I'll bet you were Daddy's little girl, weren't you?" "Go to hell." "Whoever killed these women," "I bet he'd have a field day with you." "Yeah." "Okay, so." "Five counts of manslaughter." "I'll drop attempted murder" "Permanent commitment to a state mental hospital." "How's your daughter, Sebastian?" "Take the deal, Wayne." "Such a beautiful girl." "But she seems troubled." "Let's leave her out of this, shall we?" "I'm sure you did the best you could, but I think she still has daddy issues." "I'm warning you, Wayne." "I could help her work through her pain." "I could show her what real pain feels like." "I'd do that for you sometime." "Come on, come on." "All right!" "Physically attacking opposing counsel at a plea conference." "That's a brand new move, Sebastian." "You should do something about your temper." "?" "?" "?" "JUDGE:" "Your behavior is completely unacceptable, Mr. Stark." "I, I apologize, Your Honor." "Does the district attorney wish to weigh in on this?" "Mr. Stark's attack on the defendant was outrageous" "I have disciplined him and I would be more than happy to remove him from the case." "Under the circumstances, a mistrial seems warranted with a new trial to commence immediately." "WAYNE:" "Your Honor, I don't want Sebastian removed from the case." "That's not your decision, Mr. Calison." "Well, the jury should know," "I got these scratches through no fault of my own." "and I think Mr. Stark should be in the courtroom when I tell them." "It's the least I can do." "Mr. Stark's hands were around my, my throat and I could barely breathe." "I'm just a schoolteacher." "I'm not ashamed to admit I was, I was scared." "Mr. Stark." "Sometimes, in the heat of trial, emotions boil over." "I apologize to Mr. Calison, to the jury and to this court." "I do, however, have a few questions." "Why do you think I attacked you?" "I don't know." "Clearly you have anger issues." "That may be true." "but do you recall what you said during our plea conference?" "Oh, Your Honor, I believe that, uh... the specifics of a plea conference are inadmissible." "But Mr. Calison opened the door to these facts by testifying about my attack on him" "I should be allowed to put that event into context." "I'll allow it." "Oh, wait." "This is not, that's not...." "You may proceed," "Mr. Stark." "This is a recording of the plea conference in question." "and with the court's permission," "I'd like to play it for the jury." "No." "Your Honor..." "You forgot to say "Objection."" "Well, this is entrapment." "I mean, I-I was unaware I was being recorded." "That's irrelevant, Your Honor." "He's right, Mr. Calison." "Well, the law allows me a reasonable expectation of privacy." "Actually, not when you're interacting with the District Attorney's office." "It's called the "adversarial system"for a reason." "You learn this stuff in law school." "Enough, Mr. Stark." "Just play the tape." "WAYNE:" "How's your daughter, Sebastian?" "STARK:" "Take the deal, Wayne." "Such a beautiful girl, but she seems troubled." "Let's leave her out of this, shall we?" "I'm sure you did the best you could, but I think she still has daddy issues." "I'm warning you, Wayne." "I could help her work through her pain." "I could show her what real pain feels like." "I'd do that for you, Sebastian." "For a guy who abhors violence, you're kinda scary, Wayne." "Did you check out the jury when they heard Calison threaten Julie?" "Yeah." "That on top of Janet Butler's testimony-- we're golden." "Wayne intends to recall Janet to the stand to finish his cross." "Let him." "After that tape, beating up Janet will make him look like a bigger bastard." "Martin would've gotten off on this." "Really?" "He loved it when you pulled out the shark moves." "He seemed such a straight arrow." "Yeah, he was." "But he also liked to nail the bad guys." "Well, then, this one's for Martin." "We're gonna be late for court." "Janet?" "Janet, it's Raina Troy." "Are you here?" "Wait here." "Janet?" "!" "Janet, it's Isaac Wright." "Are you okay?" "Oh, ?" "The medical examiners ruled Miss Butler's death a suicide." "My investigator checked her phone records." "Before she killed herself," "Janet received a phone call-- from Men's Central Jail." "Merely confirming facts with Miss Butler." "Harassment, Your Honor." "Pure and simple, he verbally abused this poor girl until she took her own life." "And I suppose you have that on tape, too." "(chuckles):" "He knows we can't record his conversations from jail as long as he's representing himself." "It's part of this ridiculous scam." "This is a tragedy, but there is no compelling evidence that Mr. Calison caused Miss Butler's death." "Well, fine." "Let's just get on with it." "WAYNE:" "Excuse me." "I never had the chance to finish questioning Miss Butler." "So?" "So, it is my constitutional right to fully examine the witness." "I'm hoping this this a morbid attempt at gallows humor." "Which I think means that Miss Butler's testimony must be stricken from the record?" "STARK:" "Your Honor, that would be the most appalling..." "Mr. Stark." "Mr. Calison's cross-examination was suspended at your request." "?" "Janet Butler's entire testimony is hereby excluded." "It was a strong closing." "Circumstantial house of cards." "Well, you used what you had." "Without the victim's testimony..." "Janet Butler." "Her name is Janet Butler." "You had to put her on the stand." "She told me she couldn't handle it." "I just wouldn't listen." "The stakes were too high." "You had no choice." "I put her in harm's way." "I let Calison finish the job." "We needed her testimony." "But we didn't get it, did we?" "Now she's dead." "The jury's back." "JUDGE:" "Will the defendant please rise?" "Has the jury reached a decision?" "We have, Your Honor." "In the matter of County of Los Angeles v. Wayne Robert Calison, five counts of felony murder" "we find the defendant not guilty." "JUDGE:" "The court thanks the jurors for their service." "Mr. Calison, pending Sheriff Department paperwork, you are free to go." "WAYNE:" "No hard feelings?" "I understand." "You're disappointed." "You don't lose... often." "You're sick, Wayne." "You need help." "The Lord helps those who help themselves." "See you around, Sebastian." "You can't blame yourself, Dad." "I had him." "I let him get away." "That poor girl killed herself." "You had no control over that." "(sighs):" "If this guy kills anybody else..." "Then they'll catch him, and next time you'll put him in jail." "Dad?" "Dad." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm, I'm so sorry." "I-I'm so sorry, I thought you were..." "Could you put his drinks on my tab, please?" "?"