[after Kevin has confessed]
It's not coercion.
You pushed Kevin into a psychotic break so I would drug him so you could coerce his confession.
I did what I had to do to save that boy.
Great. What are you gonna do next? Bash in people's skulls to make 'em talk?
You know, your way, Adam wouldn't have been found until he was starved to death.
All right, that's enough, both of you. Did the medication hurt Kevin?
No.
Then what's the harm?
Unless a court forces him to, it's Kevin's choice whether to take it. We don't have the right to make that decision for him.
Do me a favor. Stop treatin' this perp like he's your patient.
He became my patient the second I gave him that injection!
Then do me a favor. Start thinkin' about the victims here. The kid he kidnapped. The 2 people he stabbed. They're your victims, Doc! Not Kevin!
You made Kevin a victim, and I'm gonna testify on his behalf if this goes to trial, which Kevin will win since you handed the defense its case!
How'd I do that?
They're gonna make you say that he wasn't rational until he was medicated, which means he's not responsible for his actions before then. You get it now?!
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