Reasonable Doubt

00:24:51,756 --> 00:24:56,092 and impact wounds with grease and motor oil in them. 329 00:24:57,528 --> 00:24:59,996 Now the defense I'm sure is gonna argue that-- 330 00:25:00,965 --> 00:25:02,932 <i>those wounds indicate</i> 331 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:05,535 <i>that a car ran over</i> <i>Cecil Ackerman</i> 332 00:25:05,537 --> 00:25:07,971 as per the defendant's testimony 333 00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:10,507 and that the rest is just... 334 00:25:11,775 --> 00:25:14,644 a misinterpretation of the evidence. 335 00:25:16,146 --> 00:25:18,548 No more questions, your honor. 336 00:25:25,589 --> 00:25:27,123 <i>911, what's your emergency?</i> 337 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:29,259 <i>I need an ambulance.</i> 338 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:32,295 - <i>A guy's been hit by a car.</i> - <i>What's the location, sir?</i> 339 00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:34,264 <i>Uh, Keeler.</i> <i>Keeler and 26th.</i> 340 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:35,999 <i>What's your name, sir?</i> 341 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:37,734 <i>Please just hurry.</i> 342 00:25:37,736 --> 00:25:39,969 - <i>Hurry, he's hurt real bad.</i> <i>- Sir.</i> 343 00:25:41,605 --> 00:25:44,240 It's your witness, Mr. Brockden. 344 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:55,251 Doctor, the jury will be unfamiliar with your field of expertise, 345 00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:58,321 so I'll ask quite a simple question. 346 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:01,758 Just how accurate is forensic linguistics? 347 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,294 - Extremely. - But it's not perfect? 348 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:06,696 Perfection doesn't happen in science. 349 00:26:06,698 --> 00:26:10,800 Okay. On a sliding scale of one to 10 then-- 350 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:13,636 you may want to object, counselor. 351 00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:15,872 <i>The witness's field</i> <i>is not on trial here.</i> 352 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,340 I'll withdraw the question, your honor. 353 00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:21,010 <i>You stated earlier</i> <i>that you believe</i> 354 00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:23,680 the caller to be genuine? 355 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:26,883 By this I assume you mean 356 00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:28,885 he was reporting a real accident. 357 00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:30,019 Correct. 358 00:26:31,188 --> 00:26:33,323 And you can tell this just by... 359 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,691 hearing his voice? 360 00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:38,194 It's more complicated than that, but yes. 361 00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:41,130 What else can you tell us about the caller? 362 00:26:42,666 --> 00:26:44,000 Hard to be certain 363 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,368 from the quality of the tape. 364 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:49,005 Sounded like a white male-- possibly in his 30s-- 365 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,840 from the South of Chicago, 366 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:52,809 but he's tried hard to soften the accent, 367 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,677 not unlike yourself, counselor. 368 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:56,145 Now you're from where, Riverdale? 369 00:26:56,147 --> 00:26:57,914 When you say it's hard to tell for certain... 370 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:00,917 that the tape is unclear, 371 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:03,353 that it <i>seems</i> to be a white male-- 372 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:05,922 <i>The underlying ethnicity</i> 373 00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,725 is hard to fully hide from trained ears. 374 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:16,699 - Yes, it's a good recording. - Uh-huh. 375 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:21,638 - Okay, thank you. - Thank you too. 376 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:29,345 - Hey. - Staff meeting starts in five. 377 00:27:29,347 --> 00:27:32,081 Someone named Jimmy called, wouldn't leave a last name. 378 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:34,717 Said to tell you he's out and wants to see you. 379 00:27:34,719 --> 00:27:36,919 Left a contact number. Do you want me to get him on the phone for you? 380 00:27:36,921 --> 00:27:38,755 No no no, thank you. 381 00:27:41,859 --> 00:27:44,894 Smell that? 382 00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:47,363 That's the smell of freedom. 383 00:27:53,137 --> 00:27:55,738 Hey, so I called your house the other day, 384 00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:57,340 you know, looking for ya. 385 00:27:59,710 --> 00:28:01,177 Your wife... 386 00:28:02,413 --> 00:28:04,714 she doesn't know who I am, does she? 387 00:28:05,983 --> 00:28:07,784 You've been gone a long time, Jimmy. 388 00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:09,752 How do you not tell her about your own fucking brother? 389 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:10,687 Step-brother. 390 00:28:12,122 --> 00:28:14,123 And let's face it, legally not even that. 391 00:28:16,393 --> 00:28:19,729 - You wanna play like that. - Don't be fucking cute with me, Jimmy. 392 00:28:20,431 --> 00:28:22,765 I was working at that warehouse 393 00:28:22,767 --> 00:28:25,401 to pay my way through law school when you fucking hit it! 394 00:28:26,804 --