"He's Capable of Killing a Baby, He Has No Empathy" | Law & Order

New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
Season 09, Episode 01, Cherished,
Briscoe and Curtis (Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt) uncover an adoptive family's secrets; McCoy (Sam Waterston) and his new partner, Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael (Angie Harmon), press for a murder conviction.
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[@otaku.assassin2993]

In the early 70s, my aunt was abandoned by her birth parents because they were told she’d only live to 4 years. My mom’s family immediately took her and did everything to care for her. They believed that nobody should be treated like an unwanted burden, and as long as someone is still alive, they deserve compassion for any amount of time they may have in this world. She ended up living into her 30s and even got married to someone who knew her time was limited. She was an absolutely incredible person who always made the people around her feel good, and she spent every year she had being unconditionally loved and cared for by her family and husband

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

What condition did she have?

[@jeffsers624]

Why was she only given four years to live?

[@kellypolfleit3942]

Every living and breathing creature on the face of this earth deserves unconditional love. It’s what makes the world go around

[@JerryOrbachFan]

@@otaku.assassin2993 That's beautiful. What a loving gesture from your mother's family. Your aunt sounds like she was a wonderful person.

[@salem2702]

My heart sank as soon as I realised the reason the kid was having such a big and violent reaction to her "not looking at him" and "not crying" was because she was dead. He knew, consciously or not, that something was wrong, and he was trying to get any sort of reaction out of her to see if she was still alive ("I wanted her to cry.") Awful. Kids with RAD (reactive attachment disorder) are not "sociopaths," they just need help to form proper and healthy attachments.

[@jessicaarmstrong5035]

Sociopath is an incorrect term for children with RAD. As you said, all they need is help to form healthy attachments. Some may end up with anywhere from PTSD to Borderline Personality Disorder but sociopathy is rare in children with RAD. However, since this episode looks like it was taped quite a long time ago, I'm going to give them a break. Most likely during that time period, that was the prevailing theory.

[@salem2702]

@ Totally agree! This was filmed 30-ish years ago so their definitions of mental disorders were definitely not as thorough or refined as ours (despite a long way to go from here still.) It’s really interesting looking at older media to see how far we’ve progressed with our understanding, and really enlightening as to why we keep learning and exploring. :)

[@Univerzion]

That's what I was thinking. A baby would've bawled being hit like that. The fact the baby wasn't bawling or responding was concerning.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@salem270230ish?! The show blurb attached in the description says the show is from 2009. That’s not even 20 years, yet. Try half of 30, 15.

[@salem2702]

@@DeathnoteBB Um… no. The episode itself came out in 1998, 25 (*26, actually, at the time of this comment) years ago. Season 9, episode 1 of Law & Order.

[@noahhall2360]

That kid is disturbed because a few years after this, he was convinced that there was a human sized cat reeking havoc in his house.

[@AnnaMorimoto]

Did said cat wear a hat? That book is quite nightmarish, to be honest.

[@leah6820-y9v]

And he worked for Santa Claus.

[@civilwildman]

His name’s Spencer Breslin.

[@HaruDoneYet]

He also developed super powers

[@parismykitty]

he also went on to impregnate several of his high school classmates 😬

[@IHeliosI]

"The child is not a defective washing machine" and yet Boris here sold her like one.

[@melissaharris3389]

This episode has to be nearly 30 years old and yet the issue of adoption agencies pedeling ill children internationally still exists.

[@ajstramaski6211]

This episode is nearly thirty years old and references locking up a child before he shoots up a school yard. The issue of white male mental instability still exists today too.

[@Suisfonia]

Not only does it exist, it's gotten worse over those years. More and more children are born every year with physical and mental problems, parents give them up to these agencies rather than taking on the RESPONSIBILITY of raising such a child. I get that some families may have financial burdens, but this is why you shouldn't have a kid until you are financially prepared. I'm 39, almost 40. My finances are not very good due to other things going on in life, I may or may not ever have a kid, but if I do I'd rather it be when I'm financially *secure.* This is what everyone should be doing.

[@zzing]

@@Suisfonia Being financially secure means different things in different situations. Having two perfectly healthy children is a lot cheaper than having one child with a ton of issues either physically or mentally. If everyone prepared for the worst, we wouldn't have any children. That is where it is going anyways.

[@ElijahCem]

​@@Suisfonia I know a woman who's hospital bill for two premie babies was over 1 million dollars. 99% of people wouldn't be able to afford that. What's fucked up is in European countries the only payment they make at the time of birth is parking.

[@rebeccaradbourne5651]

Private adoption and surrogacy is glorified human trafficking

[@georgia3043]

The actor who played the little boy is extremely good actor

[@maffieduran]

He got called "the worst child actor" in many occasions and I am sure that is why he quit acting. Shame cause he is a phenomenal performer.

[@chantalobrien-pinczuk6757]

@@maffieduranactually no, his name is Spencer Breslin. He has done several movies, tv shows and voice work as well! 😊😊

[@5gt802]

⁠@@chantalobrien-pinczuk6757 “actually no”😐Actually yes, he was awarded “worst performance by a child” and quit acting in 2016. All films were produced before

[@etcetraetcetra3173]

@@chantalobrien-pinczuk6757 I remember him as the younger version of Bruce Willis.

[@natalieruegger9047]

@@chantalobrien-pinczuk6757any relation to Abigail?

[@michaelcollins2030]

The couple with the son said this about the baby’s original adopted parents “all They had to do was tell us…we would have taken her anyway”

[@mikemesser4326]

I knew a kid like that. Only he was a bit older and his mother was always making excuses. Not quite as bad as this kid, but still very, very disturbed.

[@Jaminatakaba]

Was it my brother???? My mom always excuses his behavior by saying he has autism and BPD but won't go to therapy... I'm on the spectrum too not that she's ever let me excuse anything even for my disabling chronic illness that started in elementary school... But he was allowed to come into my room and destroy it for fun. Now he hates my partner because he thinks if it wasn't her is still live at home and spend time with him... so even tho he's long used Grindr and even prostituted himself he writes me horrible letters that are so homophobic towards me and confused.

[@depressedrocksenjoyer9472]

@@Jaminatakaba he's homophobic yet he uses Grindr? No offence but from how you described him, he sounds like a giant hypocrite

[@sashavalois7127]

​@@Jaminatakabasounds like a narcissist

[@dexine4723]

There are a few about and some are extremely dangerous. I knew one who was raised by doting grandparents, who made excuse after excuse for him when he committed increasingly serious crimes, even after he stabbed one of them. He drove them both into an early grave and is currently serving a long prison sentence. Another, more obviously disturbed, was already in secure 'care' by the age of fifteen, after committing some seriously depraved sexual crimes, and is unlikely to ever be allowed to live in the community.

[@jessicaarmstrong5035]

It's very sad when a child turns out this way. Understand that this child is different from a psychopath who is born that way. He has become a psychopath due to abuse. Essentially, he's been so abused that he cuts himself off from everyone around him and now all he feels is rage and anger. It's going to take a lot of therapy to help this child deal and most likely he won't get it because he's an orphan. No one cares what happens to orphans. They just keep shipping them from home to home with no regard of what he will become. This is how people like Ted Bundy and BTK started out.

[@bejaromero2523]

The parents got over the death of their baby way too quickly

[@seannaylor5803]

Spoilers alert: Because Maryanna Petrova wasn't insured under the Connollys, it meant that her operations and care would have to come out of their pockets which was why they they tried to find baby brokers and adoption agencies for her to be placed. Only every time they got asked about the girl's health and told them about Maryanna's spinal tumours and cancer, they got rejected - one baby broker said "she has a snowball's chance in hell until she had a new family". So the next time they visited a baby broker who told them the Waverleys were looking to adopt another child, the Connollys lied saying that Maryanna was healthy which led up to the start of this episode. Also, when Adam, Abbie and Jack argued about deals, Abbie decided that Kostov and the Connollys shouldn't have deals because they were as bad as each other. The jury found Kostov and the Connollys guilty of second degree murder

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Like Natalia Grace :(

[@OwlClovers]

Бедная Маришка(

[@Melanie-z1o]

There's really no need you've probably just ruined it for a lot of people!

[@diabeticjimmy9032]

I seent it.

[@mirandavinci4146]

So what happened in the end of the episode?

[@dietotaku]

that's disgusting the way they describe RAD as basically psychopathy. RAD children ARE capable of empathy, they just don't know how to form healthy emotional attachments to people because of the abuse they experienced early in life.

[@backinblack03]

sociopathy they say

[@fashiondiva6972]

@@backinblack03nope, “sociopathy” is antisocial personality disorder and that can’t even be diagnosed until a person is nearest to adulthood (late teens at best). While “psychopathy” and “sociopathy” share some indicators in common, the diagnoses are not interchangeable. It’s clinically inaccurate to apply a “if it’s not x then it must be y.” You’ve demonstrated the trend of armchair quarterbacking mental health conditions, despite having zero qualifications to do so (watching KZbin videos doesn’t make you a pro)🤦🏾‍♀️

[@IronShaman81]

@@fashiondiva6972 Literally all they said was 'sociopathy' they say, in reference to how the show presented things. They made zero claims about any areas of expertise. Then you decided to try and go scorched earth on them and belittle them, accusing them of armchair quarterbacking. Yet you yourself are called 'fashiondiva', and present zero qualifications. Go back under your rock.

[@AnniekinsMyshkamouse-r4j]

​@@fashiondiva6972​ The other commenter was correcting the error in the original post. The OP stated "psychopathy". But, the Doctor said "sociopath". You accused the person you responded to unfairly. There was no "armchair" anything. Just a simple correction you misinterpreted.

[@annaf3915]

I came here to say the same thing. Also the boy in this video is still young so he has a good chance to heal.

[@bluevioletandlilac]

When I was a kid, I had all these idealistic dreams of adopting children from bad situations. But I've learned in later life that you're going to be taking on so much more than you can handle. Even a professional child psychologist would be hard pressed to deal with the issues so many of these poor kids have. It's not their fault, it's what the adults around them have done to them, but still, it makes adoption infeasible.

[@jessicaarmstrong5035]

It takes an incredibly empathetic and good person to be able to deal with adopted and foster children. You also need an awful lot of training. You can love a person all you want and want to do good but if you aren't prepared to deal with what's coming to you then you will end up doing more harm than good. I always say that if you're taking on someone else's child, make sure you are well-prepared and have lots and lots of help to deal with the issues that are coming. This episode was sort of an extreme example but even if you get a kid that was taken from their parents, which is the bare minimum of what has happened to these kids, you need to be prepared that they will have a hard time trusting you. It's not bad to have idealistic dreams to help children. At least you'd be willing. But I always say make sure you know what you're getting into and have a boatload of help.

[@ursaltydog]

The boy thumping the baby's chest did not help her heart issues and probably initiated a heart attack.

[@fashiondiva6972]

She. Was. Already. Dead🤦🏾‍♀️ ALL injuries were inflicted postmortem 🙄

[@rhiannongreen2642]

she was dead thats why "she wouldn't look at him"

[@ursaltydog]

@@fashiondiva6972 ahhhh.. thank you for clearing that up for me. I thought she'd been alive, because the baby cried all the time and it unnerved the boy. But it makes sense now, because he said she wouldn't look at him.

[@ursaltydog]

@@rhiannongreen2642 I just figured that out.. thank you. Appreciate the post.

[@arashiuchiha1591]

@@ursaltydog That makes it sadder... He doesn't really understand what he's doing, or how doing what he did hurt the baby, but described his own distress as best as he could, that he was the only one who noticed something was wrong... it was WRONG for him to hit and scratch her. The only thing I don't like about these older episodes is how brutally they talk about mental health conditions.

[@nvm9040]

That’s Conrad from THAT Cat and the Hat movie

[@chickenman7222]

No wayyyy Haven't thought about that movie in a while🤣

[@courtneyleighb4]

Omg I thought I was the only one

[@moderndaymedusa]

He is Abigail Breslin’s brother, Spencer. They were two of the cutest child actors.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

I thought so

[@Devi1_Z]

I'll never forget that movie.

[@katuk8173]

I’ve got attachment disorder and I’m not a psychopath. I’m a nice person who was unloved by my parents

[@Lenasevilla-yb4ei]

😂😂😂😂

[@jessicaarmstrong5035]

This episode was taped about 30 years ago when they didn't know much about RAD and sociopathy. They are not the same thing. I hate that people get a bad rap because of sensationlized episodes like this. Thankfully, we know more about both of those conditions now than before and thus people can correct them. I'm sorry to hear that you have attachment disorder. I do too and it makes things a lot harder. Hope you're okay.

[@JerryOrbachFan]

I'm sorry you weren't loved. Parents should always love their child.

[@DennisSullivan-om3oo]

I am so sorry. I wish you well.

[@laurencampbell3320]

Yes it's unfair for a show to get so much wrong about RAD and spread stigma. I hope you're doing better now!

[@heatherbowman9450]

The kid isn,t a hopeless devil ,he has RAD meaning a trauma took away most of his feelings not All feelings and this coulda been cured by a specialist in RAD watch the story of Beth cuz she was sexually abused as a baby and at about 6 or 7 she recovered in a therapy home for kids like her and she is doing well now 9:19

[@navymusician822]

YOU are the hopeless one

[@User385lty1tly]

What the!?​@@navymusician822

[@mmtthewkatz4410]

"When's the last time we had a coffee break?" "August of 96" God, I love Law and Order

[@JerryOrbachFan]

@@mmtthewkatz4410 The only episodes worth watching are the ones with Jerry Orbach. He MADE Law & Order.

[@mmtthewkatz4410]

@JerryOrbachFan There have been pretty of great characters on Law and Order over the years, but Jerry Orbach gave a certain cynical wit to Lenny Briscoe that's never been matched.

[@Plplj164]

How many times the Russian Dr takes his glasses off and puts them back on is comedic

[@sunnyscott4876]

I love Angie Harmon's distinctive, gravelly, smoky, voice.

[@lindseymcdougall9774]

How many twists can one episode have?!

[@winsomefoster]

Someone should be held accountable

[@michaelcollins2030]

All of them were ultimately convicted of their crimes and the couple who got the baby said when hearing why the couple lied about her medical conditions “all they had to do was tell us we would have taken her anyway”

[@LoneWolgon1991]

2:46 Spencer Breslin?! I know him as Conrad from the live action cat in the hat!

[@Ironmew05]

I knew he looked familiar!!

[@Devi1_Z]

@@Ironmew05 So did I

[@rosetheis1403]

@@Ironmew05 Same here

[@cockerspanielfan56]

@@Ironmew05same. He also played in the Disney channel movie you wish as the younger brother Stevie. Stevie was a stitch 😂

[@victoriaostroumoff1119]

He’s also Curtis in The Santa Clause movies!

[@Kari2025]

Spencer Breslin was an incredible child actor.

[@cedricmaynard8796]

My favorite episode Angie Harmon was classic

[@allys744]

Spencer Breslin was frighteningly good in this episode

[@NH-tb2sm]

The actor who played the little boy is adorable.

[@rebeccaandrew6455]

He did an amazing job - but I wonder if this kind of acting at such an early age can impact his own well-being.

[@rachelmenghini6045]

@@rebeccaandrew6455I wonder about that too

[@cosmokramer179]

That’s Spencer Breslin, he played Curtis the Elf in The Santa Clause 2 and 3. And he is the older brother of Abigail Breslin

[@babybluehashyo]

one child dead and another taken into custody in the same week... I couldn't imagine the heartbreak of those parents.

[@kristenhayes8295]

So the child had issues but not actually a psycho. He hurt the baby trying to get it to "wake up" because the baby was dead from medical issues.

[@travisgoonan7667]

My very first Law & Order episode.

[@ginihall1234]

The child still should be locked up tho.. punching a small child in the face is crazy.

[@bighorn6964]

No he shouldn't. Cause that will just lead to a worse issue goofy

[@jena3071]

Agreed. Some people are born and they are just not wired right. The kid actor plays the character like a pro though, fair play to him.

[@AKHEADSHOT1]

That kids like six. (Locked up)?

[@krissyseay8338]

The kid needs help not put in a jail cell yes he did wrong but for God's sakes the poor kid has been sexually abused and had to make sure he fed himself that would really mess up your brain

[@nicatine]

Locked up in a mental rehabilitation facility you mean? Because kids under 12 years old can't legally be prosecuted as they're young due to the fact that they have another chance to redeem themselves in life with the help of education camps, medication, and counselings and not all of them aren't emotionally/mentally developed to understand prosecution.

[@horror.loverr22]

Losing both children are heartbreaking.

[@ritzmarii]

Spencer Breslin. Brother of Abigail Breslin. He was great!!

[@ashleydaniels9644]

the little boy, he played the elf Curtis in the Santa clause

[@winsomefoster]

August of 96, they had coffee 😅😅😅

[@louff4tw746]

The moment he said that the baby didn’t cry I wondered if she was already passed

[@sdaiwepm]

My goodness - what a mess.

[@krystalk8105]

That poor baby 😭

[@Melanie-z1o]

It's horrific to think there's children who act like this

[@RockandRollsince1992]

Babies don't bounce 😱 I salute to those who deal with this stuff everyday. The darkest side of humanity if you ask me.

[@earthchild03]

"When's the last time we had a coffee break?" "August of '96." As in they don't drink coffee or they hadn't had a break since?

[@deekaykaydee9590]

It was an ironic joke😫

[@cmmm-p1b]

its called a joke about being busy as hell

[@WindyPivot]

"Maybe she bounced"

[@winternow2242]

Best lines of the series are often in the first few minutes of an episode.

[@ReverendKJ]

Oh wow I forgot J.K Simmons appeared in this.

[@JerryOrbachFan]

He is a very good actor. Ever seen him in the HBO show Oz? He was a violent white supremacist. A skinhead, I believe.

[@theiran]

90's J.K. Simmons. What a hunk!

[@civilwildman]

I'm surprised this wasn't an SVU episode.

[@hannahpinski4832]

SVU hadn't aired yet

[@raea3588]

Attachment Disorder, even Reactive Attachment Disorder does not equate that a child has no conscience or no empathy and you can't diagnose a child that young as a psychopath or a sociopath. They may have poor conscience development or even brain damage and yes, sadly there are children or adults who can't be helped but it's wrong to portray children who are victims of abuse and attachment disorders as though they can not be treated. It's not an easy thing to talk about but these are not criminals. They are very sick children with injured brains and hearts. And even those who have killed, if taken into the right help young enough, have been successfully given a second chance to live without hurting or being hurt! ❤‍🩹

[@navymusician822]

Do you know this is a tv show?

[@printo316]

What a coincidence, I watched this episode yesterday.

[@HUNmerlin]

Kid has a bright future in sales.

[@Peggy-l6x]

What season and episode is this ?

[@bettysmith4641]

Season 9 episode 1. Cherished

[@firstnamelastname7990]

I'm convinced cps and any other child agency people don't actually care.

[@k8tina]

They don't. My nextdoor neighbors are a prime example of that! And their 6 year old acts just like the little boy in this episode. Drugs and severe neglect will do that to a child. Yet DCF doesn't care.

[@Grugginmihh]

CPS and private adoption agencies are very different. What makes you think they don’t care?

[@firstnamelastname7990]

@@Grugginmihh I've heard of so many many cases where cps seeing mistreatment and not reporting it or not taking the child away. And do you know how much abuse takes place in adoption agencies? The way this world works is pathetic and cruel.

[@k8tina]

@@Grugginmihh Look up the article titled "OCSO Charges FWB Couple with Five Counts of Child Neglect." DCF knew all along and did nothing for YEARS. There's your example.

[@navymusician822]

They're power tripping MAGGOTS

[@andrewbotha5673]

Teemo supremo: "bleza, cika, wopah" I know that voice anywhere.

[@barnalidas3359]

If you don't want to have kids, wanna stay childfree, do not bring the child in this world in the first place. But never destroy a life whom you didn't create. Because you are not the creator. Thus, you have no rights to destroy any.

[@l.salisbury1253]

1:58 - a lot of Law 'N' Order fans (myself included) are hoping Angle Harmon will return to the franchise. (Her character was NOT killed-off...!_

[@JerryOrbachFan]

Autopsied the wrong child?

[@corypowercat7277]

12:42 we still do those at Unofficial Saint Patty's parties.

[@brandonorgeron143]

Is this ripped from the headlines?

[@x123-o6r]

Yo that's the cat in the hat kid!

[@ChanceValentine2]

Also Bean from Even Steven❤

[@FAIRYGIRL911]

​@@ChanceValentine2nope that's a different guy

[@laufmin]

Sociopaths and psychopaths are different, not synonyms.

[@DonnaLichvarcik-r4c]

Ben also played Manny's dad Javier Delgado on modern family

[@thomasjones7006]

A kid that was capabable of being in that aweful cat in the hat movie is capable of anything

[@carolineroellinghoff377]

What is the name of the episode

[@draconiclady0610]

Is that Curtis from The Santa Clause franchise?

[@rosamariabest6069]

Yep!

[@NWJonathan]

Most definitely is.

[@denisejones480]

Yup

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

Spencer Breslin he is also the older brother of actress Abigail Breslin

[@hharwart]

so many adults failing the two children here :(((

[@catherinewilliams9680]

This is what happens when our adoptive agencies have so many reasons to disqualify parents from adoption. In most states, a misdemeanor drug charge can disqualify a couple. There are no federal regulations concerning out of country adoptions, especially 'illegal' adoptions involving children from dozens of children.

[@espressobliss5685]

A bullet can cause heart failure?

[@superbadgirl82]

What episode is this?

[@j3d1m0nk3ysp0ck]

S9 E1 Cherished (I also needed to kno lol)

[@katefevre6222]

Spencer Breslin ?

[@ivisyung3088]

So the baby already was dead when the brother assault her

[@Teachntalk123]

When was the last time Spencer Breslin act in something?

[@RabbitTeaPot]

Omg this is so silly, the idea that 1- attachment disorder equals sociopathy but 2! The fact they’re saying a VERY YOUNG child has “no empathy” and is capable of killing a baby because of this plus the video? They just bypassed the fact a child of that age can’t be diagnosed as such because children of that age are still learning those social concepts… it’s hilarious! Yes a child of that age can be showing traits of heading towards a disorder but it’s not a cut and dry “they’re a sociopath!” There’s a multitude of things it could be ESPECIALLY considering the child’s history. Fml.

[@seanbraley2772]

That’s why he added the if

[@d.n.8919]

It would most likely be classified as ODD-oppositional defiant disorder. If the kid turns 18 and still has severe symptoms, it would turn into Conduct disorder or antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy). Some kids “grow out of” ODD, but for others, the kids do have sociopathy for life.

[@LynseyObrien]

Anybody know what episode it is

[@janemacintyre9801]

How do they get to kids to act like this..??

[@michaelcollins2030]

The boy was revealed to have severely sexually abused by his uncle and was also neglected to the point he was found eating out of trash cans

[@geekfan4086]

So did Spencer Breslin kill the baby or was she already dead?

[@k8tina]

She was already dead

[@michaelcollins2030]

She was already dead she died of a otherwise livable condition where very rarley do people die from it but she also had a type of cancer that’s even healthy children rarley survive but the second adopted couple didn’t know as the first adopted couple did not reveal anything was wrong with her

[@Miss.Lioness.]

2:58 is that the kid from life action cat in the hat and Santa clause

[@leonorakristinerozalinamll9473]

What id this serie called?

[@TrackerRoo]

Law & Order, it's from the 9th season.

[@leonorakristinerozalinamll9473]

@TrackerRoo Thanks.

[@teresatwidwell4679]

What season and episode was this

[@HouMat-if5fi]

He's really good at playing a psycho.

[@JoyBaugh-j7l]

Some people might like to find out these things for themselves

[@winsomefoster]

Baby fell out of a crib 😮😮😮

[@SillyDilly505]

1:47 J.K. Simmons?

[@dakotasavage2192]

No, that’s J Jonah Jamison

[@SillyDilly505]

@dakotasavage2192 good one 😂

[@BubbaTurkey0416]

Obviously

[@DonnaLichvarcik-r4c]

Rip saluk and lumerie aka Disney legend star Jerry orbach

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

4:08 why would you arrest him in front of his parents when you clearly have an opportunity not to?😂 Maybe due to some weird American law.

[@bandonoregon]

The "American dream".......

[@marikamoreau8828]

Lol. Apparently all of us with attachment issues are sociopaths 😂😂 who wrote this episode?! Talk about using words you don't understand

[@JaemesPotter]

So quick to label. Kids that young don’t just have empathy. You teach kids empathy. No remorse? Does he even understand that the baby is dead?

[@cmmm-p1b]

actually they do. they can be gentle and kind. this poor child didnt get that chance

[@Jimmersaunt]

That’s Spencer Breslin isn’t it?

[@amandakamar252]

Why did they take the kid away?

[@Darapenaa]

To be jailed ofc 🙄

[@amandakamar252]

​@Darapenaayou can't jail a six year old!

[@residentfan1521]

@@amandakamar252 you super can if they are suspected of a crime

[@kw266988]

Why cant these people adopt American kids?

[@SY-ok2dq]

What American kids? It's a supply problem. Few babies being put up for adoption in Western countries now. Demand is far greater than domestic supply. Some turn to surrogacy because it costs a lot to source an adoption and pay for the process anyway so why not pay more for a surrogate, where you can keep close track of the mother's and fetus' health, as well as in some cases, the couple can use their own egg or sperm, or even embryo, and have a biological tie to the baby. Back in the 80s and 90s there was a supply of (usually black) babies being given up for adoption by crack and drug addicted mothers. Many babies were underweight, malnourished, and in some cases in drug withdrawal, and had some health problems so it wasn't difficult to adopt such babies. Once the crack epidemic passed, there were fewer babies being put up for adoption. Look around: lots of unwed mothers raising children or couples who've raised children but never got married. Back in the 50s and 60s, that wasn't socially accepted so mothers would put their babies up for adoption.

[@margarita9520]

so Do the parents kill or not the child

[@gregorkrause]

kid has a real life doppelganger of the #campbellssoupkid especially @ 3:45

[@Ashleyy-sm]

3:05 THATS ANDREW SCHEER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD!

[@wulfboi8808]

That ME is the hottest of all the Law & Order series. 🔥🐺❤

[@evilkyle]

Is that Vernon Schillinger?

[@karilinn4260]

THATS CURTIS! FROM THE TIM ALLEN SANTA CLAUSE MOVIES!

[@fairiejuana]

What's concerning is the "this isn't a couple of teenagers who killed their newborn because they were scared" statement. Like what? I don't think that's any less of a crime. Wtf is wrong with our justice system?

[@winter-jager]

She wasn’t implying it was less of a crime, the teens could just get more sympathy because they’re young and people expect them to be impulsive and make bad decisions. Not that the decision in this specific instance then shouldn’t be punished but because they’re young they have a higher chance of being rehabilitated. Typically in court they weigh the severity of the crime based of age and what the people did and what resources they had available to them and why they did what they did. Again not saying it would at all be justified but the teens would have more sympathy typically.

[@michaelcollins2030]

This was a refrence I think to a previous episode where a madly involve couple in their late teens did kill their baby

[@paulespinoza974]

For who? The baby or the parents and adults?

[@AlexisCrawford-v3s]

Know that they r good SW who do what's in kids best interests rather that result in kids being put in care r give parents help to try n keep families together

[@florencepierce1864]

🤔It's So Easy to sound Altruistic, Caring & Philanthropic ... Until the Financials are Exposed in Open Court! 🤷‍♂🤑

[@Casca-su3ty]

Only a doctor can make assumptions not METs

[@lynettebr]

Oh hey it's Spencer breslin