minor case as district attorney. Osvaldo was a junkie who killed a crippled mentally handicapped man for his television. Clifford angrily reveals that the victim was his younger brother whom he had taken care of all his life. The two men become bitter enemies immediately. Seeing the case as unwinnable, Jimmy wants Clifford to plead temporary insanity and avoid the death penalty. When Clifford refuses claiming his actions were justified, Jimmy attempts to have Clifford declared mentally unfit to stand trial. But Clifford successfully and vocally professes his sanity. Clifford's psychotic behavior is the prosecution's best weapon as he must remain shackled at all times and flanked by guards. Even meeting with Jimmy he claws viciously at the bars separating them trying to kill Jimmy for arguing he was insane. At trial, prosecutor Miriam Grasso unleashes her mountain of evidence and calls Clifford to the stand asking him how he planned and carried out the murders, much to the objections of Jimmy. The judge allows the testimony. Clifford responds by requesting a glass of water. "This is going to take long time." Jimmy zealously defends his client by successfully arguing the police did not have a probable cause to search the van containing a dead body. Hence, all evidence against Clifford is "fruit from the poisonous tree". Miriam argues that Clifford's "street sweeping" could not have gone on indefinitely and it was only a matter of time before the police would have caught him. She further argues that he is a danger to society. The judge, known for being a strict constructionist rules that Clifford's Fourth Amendment rights to unlawful search and seizure were violated and he is free to go, upon which Clifford asks for his gun collection back. Outside the media and public are stunned as a confessed serial killer is freed. Clifford boasts how his freedom shows how corrupt the judicial system is and how his actions were justified. As the attorneys nervously drive Clifford home, their limousine is riddled with bullets by a vigilante seen earlier. Chris Docknovich is seriously wounded. Being the only witness to see the shooter's face, Clifford is brought by the police to a line-up. He recognizes the shooter but lies to the police telling them he does not. Under constant surveillance by the police, Clifford is quickly rearrested for rearming himself and stalking the limousine shooter and his brother's killer Osvaldo.