Bud White (Russell Crowe) can be very persuasive. Just ask that guy, the one with the gun in in his mouth, in L.A. Confidential (1997).
source: screenmusings.org
Arline Walton, Los Angeles, 1951
Arline Walton breaking down while being questioned at the station by police just after her arrest. Walton killed her 4 month old son, stabbing the infant multiple times with a long blade while the child slept in his bassinet.
Noir By Night 