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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police who
investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Quentin Tarantino and his buddies
over there were shooting a video.
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They found him.
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They were scoping the place out a
couple of hours before, around 7:00.
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They didn't notice
the deceased then.
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We've been canvassing the area.
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All right, thanks, Kelly.
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Let me know
if anything turns up.
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Lawrence Bello, 47.
Lives in Syosset.
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Not anymore.
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$33. All his credit cards.
And a wife.
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Looks like blunt-force brain surgery.
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Probably took a header
into the climbing blocks.
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CSU found some blood and
tissue on the corner there.
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What did he do,
slip on the ice?
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With a little help.
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He's got some bruises
on his neck.
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Finger marks.
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Probably got grabbed by the throat.
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Big hands, going by the spread.
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Detectives, CSU's got
something across the street.
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It's monogrammed, initials LB.
Same as your vic, right?
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Uh-huh!
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The perp leaves the wallet,
but takes the briefcase?
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What was he expecting to find?
I don't know.
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Bello didn't look like he
was carrying gold bricks.
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Long Island Railroad commuter
pass, Sporting News.
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A screwdriver.
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Might be the perp's.
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The locks look like
they were jimmied.
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Go ahead and bag it.
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New York Child Health
and Welfare Agency.
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Lawrence Bello,
case supervisor.
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A social worker.
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Yeah, the taxpayers
will be heartbroken.
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The playground, is it famous for
its after-hours recreation?
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According to the beat cops,
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the worst thing that goes on
there is some underage drinking.
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Anyway, looks like gambling was Mr.
Bello's vice of choice.
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That Sporting News
we found in his briefcase,
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he already had his picks
of the week circled.
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He could have been paying
off a bookie and come up short.
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Or some nut doesn't like
the welfare system.
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But the only prints on the
briefcase belong to Bello,
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and there's no prints
on the screwdriver.
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Tradesman All-Pro.
Expensive item.
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Professionals use these.
Plumbers, electricians.
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There's a Mrs. Bello.
Wants to see you.
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Usually, Larry takes
the 6:30 from Penn Station.
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Yesterday, he called to say
he had a late appointment.
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I assumed it was
about his kids.
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His kids?
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I mean, his foster kids.
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He took kids out of bad homes
and found families for them.
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Can you think of any reason why
he was in that park last night?
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No. He didn't like the cold.
He was always getting sick.
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Was he mugged?
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We're not sure.
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Mrs. Bello, did your husband ever
talk to you about his gambling?
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Gambling? He didn't gamble.
What makes you think that?
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Well, we know he was
interested in sports.
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No, he'd watch it on TV
and read the sports page.
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Did any of his
friends share his interest?
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Larry and I didn't socialize very much.
We had each other.
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He was here for a couple
of hours in the morning
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and then he left
to do his fieldwork.
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He was always very busy.
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How busy with his gambling?
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You know, you're not doing him any favors
by pretending you don't know about it.
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So, sometimes he liked to talk
about how many points the Jets got
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instead of how many cigarette burns
he found on a five-year-old.
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Some days, this job...
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How did he make out with the betting?
Did he lose?
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I wouldn't know.
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He always seemed
on top of things.
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You see what he had in his
briefcase before he left?
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The usual stuff.
I put his case files in for his visits.
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An appointment sheet.
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Did he check in,
in the afternoon?
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For his messages.
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Um...
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He got one from his wife, one from
our supervisor, Mr. De Simio,
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and one from the Pattersons.
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Who are they?
Foster parents.
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Mr. Bello kept playing phone tag with them.
He needed to see them.
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I didn't see their file
in his briefcase.
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Well, he didn't connect with
them until late afternoon.
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The way he was talking, I thought they
were candidates for an action memo.
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Mr. Bello seemed
pretty angry with them.
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You have an address?
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Patterson, Henry and Sharlene.
3002nd Avenue.
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Three blocks from
where he was killed.
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Sure, Mr. Bello was here.
He left just before 7:00.
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Why, he do something wrong?
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Other than getting himself killed in
your neighborhood last night, no.
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Sharlene, take the kids into
their room to play, okay?
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Are they both fosters?
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Just the little one.
Robbie is ours.
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They told us at Health and
Welfare that Bello had a beef with you.
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Because we put a deposit
on a new place.
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We should have checked
with him first.
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He said moving was going to
mess us up with the agency,
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that we might not be able
to keep all our kids.
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How many fosters you have now?
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Three.
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Anyhow, we got it
all straightened out.
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I signed some forms,
then Mr. Bello left.
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That's funny, we didn't see any forms
with your name on them in his briefcase.
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He said he was gonna come
back with some forms.
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Uh-huh.
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Where are the other
two kids, Mr. Patterson?
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My sister took them to a movie.
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On a school night?
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You know, I got
three kids myself,
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and a whole pile of winter
clothes by the front door.
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Here, I hardly see
enough for two kids.
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If I go into your kid's room, I bet
I'll find two beds, two bathrobes,
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just two of everything.
Am I right?
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Henry, what's going on?
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He was just about to tell us why
you're short two foster kids.
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Sharlene, don't say anything.
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Yeah, maybe we'd all be more comfortable
not saying anything downtown. Come on.
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I swear to God,
I didn't kill Mr. Bello.
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You know what, Henry?
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Let's forget about Bello.
We want those kids.
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I'm not saying anything else.
I want a lawyer.
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Fine with us. Maybe Mrs.
Patterson will be a little more cooperative.
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You can't talk to her
without a lawyer.
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Hey, unlike you,
she's not a suspect.
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She can leave
anytime she wants.
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Now, how about it,
Mrs. Patterson?
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You want to tell us what your
husband did with those kids?
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You know, if we find out later that
you had anything to do with it,
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they're gonna take your son away.
You know what that means?
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They're gonna
put him in foster care.
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You leave her alone.
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Hey, excuse me, you aren't talking
until your lawyer gets here, remember?
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So, shut up.
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Now, what about
those missing kids?
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There weren't any other kids.
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It was Bello's idea.
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He made them up on the computer
and we pretended to take them in.
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And the state shoots you a check 800
bucks a head every month, right?
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We only kept half.
We gave the rest to Bello.
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He said it was okay.
He'd done it before.
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It was going fine, until we
decided to move to a nicer place.
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Bello went crazy.
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He said moving would bring a whole new
inspection by the agency down on us.
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He told us to
tear up the lease.
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Then he left, just before
7:00, like I told you.
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Virtual foster kids.
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Yeah, after virtual sex, it
was only a matter of time.
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Their story makes sense to you?
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They confess to fraud
to avoid a murder charge?
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Maybe. Or we're giving
them too much credit.
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Bello had
a gambling habit to feed.
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Chances are, these aren't the
only foster parents on his team.
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All those kickbacks.
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He'd be walking around with a
lot of cash in his briefcase.
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Somebody knew.
Another parent with virtual kids?
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Book these two for fraud.
And find out who else was working the scam.
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I could spot all the phony
kids in a half hour
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if we were directly hooked
up to birth records,
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like we're supposed to.
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They've been promising us
for two years.
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They've been promising
to fix my chair for three.
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This is gonna take days.
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Look, the first time
somebody gets a foster kid,
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they get put under
a microscope, right?
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Yeah, there's a probationary
period, weekly inspections.
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There's a whole battery
of people in the loop.
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But not the second time
they get a kid?
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Well, the foster home's
already approved.
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There's less scrutiny.
Only one caseworker is involved.
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I'll check foster homes
with multiple placements,
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cross-ref,
name Bello.
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Here we go.
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This doesn't make sense.
This file here, it's been dormant for over a year.
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Then yesterday
Bello downloaded it.
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The same day he was killed.
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Whose file is it?
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The Corbins.
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Two fosters over a period of four years.
Then nothing since a year ago.
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And the file wasn't in Bello's
desk or his briefcase.
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Alan Corbin?
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And who are you?
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The police.
Do you mind if we come in?
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Lennie Briscoe.
What are you doing here?
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I'm working a homicide, Sal.
Larry Bello. And you?
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Larry Bello from
Health and Welfare?
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You know him?
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He placed Alex with us.
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Alex being...
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Their adopted son.
He was kidnapped this morning.
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We'd just gotten to
the children's zoo.
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Alex wanted to see
the polar bears.
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I turned away for a second
and he was gone.
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He's a good-looking boy.
How long have you had him?
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Well, we signed the adoption
papers about seven months ago,
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and we had him as a foster
nine months before that.
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Alex was a crack baby.
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When he came to us,
he was so small,
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so frail, but you see,
now he's just fine.
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The ransom call came in about
an hour after the abduction.
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Now the male voice,
sounded black to me.
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How much do they want?
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Nothing specific. Said the boy was fine,
and he would call back with instructions.
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You think that the same people who killed Mr.
Bello took Alex?
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Could be a coincidence.
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We looked at everybody who ever
set foot in the Corbin's house.
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Maids, trades people, but a social worker?
Come on. That's a new one on me.
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If Bello was in on the kidnapping,
what's he doing in the morgue?
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After he gave his partners
the Corbin's address,
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maybe they got greedy,
they cut him out.
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This isn't about money.
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You got one call eight hours ago.
Didn't even name a price.
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What do you think
it's about, Rey?
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Well, when kids are adopted,
their files are sealed, right?
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To protect the
birth parents' privacy.
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And the kid's.
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If the birth parents are trying to find
Alex, Larry Bello is the man to see.
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No, the mom is a pipe head.
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That's been known to dampen
the maternal instinct.
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Yeah, but a man killed Bello.
A man made the ransom call.
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We could be
looking at the father.
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What the hell?
Wonder Boy might be right.
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I'll look into it.
No, we'll look into it.
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We caught the homicide, Sal.
That makes me and Wonder Boy the primary.
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Your deceased is not gonna go anywhere.
I've got a missing kid.
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Put them back in your pants, gentlemen.
There's enough work to go around.
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Detective Martel, talk to the Corbins, see
what they know about the birth parents.
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You two get over to Health and
Welfare, get that boy's file opened.
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You know what happens to me if I let you
guys see the file without a judge's say-so?
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You mean besides having
dinner on us at The Palm?
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00:12:26,354 --> 00:12:29,118
That will make a nice change from
standing in the unemployment line.
240
00:12:29,190 --> 00:12:32,159
We don't have time to suck
up to a family court judge.
241
00:12:32,226 --> 00:12:34,319
Now, you give us the name
of the kid's parents,
242
00:12:34,395 --> 00:12:36,863
we promise nobody will
know where it came from.
243
00:12:38,933 --> 00:12:41,629
Sorry, I can't do it.
I could get sued.
244
00:12:41,702 --> 00:12:45,035
Now, you listen to me!
If we get to that kid too late because of you,
245
00:12:45,106 --> 00:12:47,097
a lawsuit's gonna be
the least of your worries.
246
00:12:47,174 --> 00:12:49,040
Rey. Rey,
take it easy.
247
00:12:49,111 --> 00:12:51,272
Listen, we're not trying
to get you in any trouble.
248
00:12:51,346 --> 00:12:54,406
Just point us in the right
direction, you know?
249
00:12:58,153 --> 00:13:01,020
You said the mother
was a crack addict?
250
00:13:01,089 --> 00:13:03,284
When Bello put her kid in the
system, he would have referred her
251
00:13:03,358 --> 00:13:06,452
to one of six rehab clinics
we have under contract.
252
00:13:10,065 --> 00:13:12,966
A referral from Larry Bello
16 months ago?
253
00:13:13,035 --> 00:13:15,902
Even if I had time to look,
those files are in storage.
254
00:13:15,971 --> 00:13:20,204
Well, maybe this will help.
It's a photo of her son. His name is Alex.
255
00:13:20,276 --> 00:13:22,904
Oh, yes. I've seen
a baby picture of him.
256
00:13:22,979 --> 00:13:26,005
I remember because of the
raspberry birthmark on his wrist.
257
00:13:26,082 --> 00:13:28,050
You know the mother's name?
258
00:13:28,117 --> 00:13:31,314
Mays. Like Willie.
Jenny Mays.
259
00:13:31,387 --> 00:13:34,914
Attitude to spare. She said
the kid's name was Jamal.
260
00:13:34,991 --> 00:13:37,482
What about the boy's father?
She ever mention him?
261
00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:38,891
She hardly even
mentioned the boy.
262
00:13:38,961 --> 00:13:41,395
I practically had to beg her
to show me a picture of him.
263
00:13:41,464 --> 00:13:42,658
Any idea where
we could find her?
264
00:13:42,732 --> 00:13:43,756
No.
265
00:13:43,833 --> 00:13:45,960
She was in and out
of here for a few months.
266
00:13:46,035 --> 00:13:49,733
Then she came down with pneumonia.
We sent her to Mount Sinai.
267
00:13:49,807 --> 00:13:52,275
That's when the state
terminated her parental rights.
268
00:13:52,342 --> 00:13:53,969
That must have
boosted her morale.
269
00:13:54,044 --> 00:13:55,636
Standard operating procedure.
270
00:13:55,713 --> 00:13:58,648
She showed no interest in her boy.
The state had to do something.
271
00:13:58,716 --> 00:14:00,684
What about calling
her next of kin?
272
00:14:00,751 --> 00:14:03,242
She mentioned she had people
in Springfield, Massachusetts.
273
00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,447
I'm sure they tried
to contact them.
274
00:14:07,157 --> 00:14:10,615
You want to find her, try Mount Sinai.
They'll have her Medicaid records.
275
00:14:10,694 --> 00:14:11,786
Monroe.
276
00:14:11,862 --> 00:14:14,797
Jenny Mays.
Lived in 2D.
277
00:14:14,865 --> 00:14:16,196
Chipped two tiles
in the bathroom.
278
00:14:16,266 --> 00:14:18,598
I could have charged her
for it, too, but I didn't.
279
00:14:18,669 --> 00:14:22,037
She moved out five months ago.
The hospital gave you this address?
280
00:14:22,107 --> 00:14:23,665
That's right.
281
00:14:23,742 --> 00:14:25,266
Well, she didn't look sick.
282
00:14:25,343 --> 00:14:27,277
She didn't have nothing
catching, did she? No.
283
00:14:27,345 --> 00:14:29,210
Did she leave
a forwarding address?
284
00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:30,304
Uh-uh.
285
00:14:30,381 --> 00:14:32,144
Most likely living
with her boyfriend.
286
00:14:32,217 --> 00:14:34,651
He came by a couple of
times to pick up her mail.
287
00:14:34,719 --> 00:14:35,743
He got a name?
288
00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:39,347
Michael.
Nice looking boy. Big.
289
00:14:39,424 --> 00:14:40,982
Did Jenny have a job?
290
00:14:41,059 --> 00:14:43,289
Well, she used to work
a register at Loehmann's,
291
00:14:43,361 --> 00:14:44,521
but she quit that
before she moved.
292
00:14:44,596 --> 00:14:46,461
I'm told she got a better
job somewhere else.
293
00:14:46,531 --> 00:14:48,055
All right, let's try it this way.
294
00:14:48,133 --> 00:14:49,157
When she paid the rent,
295
00:14:49,234 --> 00:14:51,135
do you remember what bank
her check came from?
296
00:14:51,203 --> 00:14:54,400
Checks? I don't take checks.
Hard currency only.
297
00:14:54,473 --> 00:14:56,532
Except for one month,
I did let her pay in trade.
298
00:14:56,609 --> 00:14:58,372
What did she do, bake cookies?
299
00:14:58,444 --> 00:15:02,278
My fuse box sparked out. Her boyfriend replaced it.
Got me a new one at cost.
300
00:15:02,348 --> 00:15:03,337
He's an electrician.
301
00:15:03,415 --> 00:15:04,848
Now, where does he work?
302
00:15:04,917 --> 00:15:08,284
Well, there's a sticker on the
fuse box with a phone number on it
303
00:15:08,354 --> 00:15:10,879
in case I need service.
Come on.
304
00:15:13,058 --> 00:15:15,583
We're looking for
a Michael Walters.
305
00:15:18,798 --> 00:15:20,198
Hey, Mikey.
306
00:15:22,769 --> 00:15:24,168
What did I do, man?
What did I do?
307
00:15:24,237 --> 00:15:26,000
Nothing, until you cut out.
308
00:15:26,072 --> 00:15:28,563
Michael Walters, you are under
arrest for obstruction.
309
00:15:28,642 --> 00:15:30,837
You have the right
to remain silent.
310
00:15:30,911 --> 00:15:32,105
He's not my boy.
311
00:15:32,179 --> 00:15:33,737
But you helped Jenny
take him, right?
312
00:15:33,814 --> 00:15:36,977
No. I didn't even know
she had a kid.
313
00:15:37,050 --> 00:15:39,541
So what, you ran
just to give us a workout?
314
00:15:39,619 --> 00:15:45,057
Call it a survival reaction.
Pale faces, dark suits. Usually bad news.
315
00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:47,252
Hey, you want real bad news?
316
00:15:47,727 --> 00:15:51,357
He dropped his screwdriver next
to Larry Bello's briefcase.
317
00:15:51,432 --> 00:15:54,128
A Tradesman All-Pro, just
like the rest of his set.
318
00:15:54,202 --> 00:15:55,931
Just like a lot of tools
sold in this city.
319
00:15:56,003 --> 00:15:56,992
Well, it was enough
320
00:15:57,071 --> 00:15:59,505
to get us a search warrant
for his apartment.
321
00:15:59,574 --> 00:16:01,804
We got people
in there right now.
322
00:16:02,510 --> 00:16:05,479
Oh! Rey, I don't
think Mikey likes it.
323
00:16:05,546 --> 00:16:08,913
Help yourself out, Mr.
Walters. Tell us where the boy is.
324
00:16:08,983 --> 00:16:10,007
Michael, don't say anything.
325
00:16:10,084 --> 00:16:11,984
He's with Jenny, right?
326
00:16:12,787 --> 00:16:14,345
Where are they?
327
00:16:17,458 --> 00:16:19,585
I don't know
what you're talking about.
328
00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,028
Curtis.
329
00:16:28,403 --> 00:16:29,927
Uh-huh.
330
00:16:30,005 --> 00:16:31,495
Okay, thanks.
331
00:16:32,774 --> 00:16:35,072
That was Detective Martel.
332
00:16:35,143 --> 00:16:38,840
He just found a pair of shoes
in Mr. Walters' apartment.
333
00:16:39,514 --> 00:16:41,812
Matches the footprints
found at the playground.
334
00:16:41,884 --> 00:16:45,149
And guess what?
There was blood on the soles.
335
00:16:51,394 --> 00:16:52,827
Give us a minute.
336
00:17:00,870 --> 00:17:02,132
Thanks for the call.
337
00:17:02,205 --> 00:17:03,832
I knew it sounded
too good to be true.
338
00:17:03,907 --> 00:17:06,171
Martel did call from
Walters' apartment.
339
00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:07,573
Confirmed Jenny lived there.
340
00:17:07,644 --> 00:17:10,477
He's staying put
just in case she turns up.
341
00:17:17,587 --> 00:17:19,578
In the realm
of the "what if."
342
00:17:19,656 --> 00:17:23,184
Bello agreed to sell
Jenny Mays an address.
343
00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:26,627
She asked my client
to act as go-between.
344
00:17:26,697 --> 00:17:29,860
Then Bello upped the ante,
there was a scuffle.
345
00:17:29,934 --> 00:17:32,129
Oh! I get it.
The whole thing was an accident. Huh?
346
00:17:32,202 --> 00:17:33,931
Yes, it was.
347
00:17:34,138 --> 00:17:36,732
He pleads to man two,
minimum sentence.
348
00:17:36,807 --> 00:17:38,707
And we get Alex Corbin.
349
00:17:38,776 --> 00:17:40,971
He'll help you any way he can.
350
00:17:42,546 --> 00:17:46,778
I'll make a recommendation
to the D.A. Now he talks.
351
00:17:50,889 --> 00:17:53,119
Jenny took him to my sister's.
352
00:17:54,993 --> 00:17:56,927
Please, don't hurt her.
353
00:18:00,432 --> 00:18:01,421
Jenny Mays?
354
00:18:01,499 --> 00:18:02,557
No, I'm Darla.
Darla Walters.
355
00:18:02,634 --> 00:18:03,623
Where are they?
356
00:18:03,702 --> 00:18:05,192
Where are who?
What's going on?
357
00:18:05,270 --> 00:18:08,364
Hey, Darla, you want to join your
brother Michael down at the station?
358
00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,635
Just keep being a wiseass.
359
00:18:10,709 --> 00:18:13,940
She left about an hour ago with her boy.
She took her suitcase.
360
00:18:14,012 --> 00:18:15,411
Going where? Where?
361
00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:16,674
She called a cab.
362
00:18:16,748 --> 00:18:18,238
I heard her say Port Authority.
363
00:18:18,316 --> 00:18:19,544
She's got family
in Massachusetts.
364
00:18:19,617 --> 00:18:20,743
Keep an eye on her.
365
00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,917
We caught it just as
it left the terminal.
366
00:18:22,989 --> 00:18:25,787
We kept the passengers on board.
Not a happy bunch.
367
00:18:25,858 --> 00:18:27,086
Thanks.
368
00:18:47,346 --> 00:18:50,804
Hey, kiddo.
Are you Alex?
369
00:18:50,883 --> 00:18:52,784
His proper name is Jamal.
370
00:18:52,853 --> 00:18:53,979
And you're Jenny.
371
00:18:54,888 --> 00:18:57,049
Don't worry, Jamal, everything
is going to be all right.
372
00:18:57,124 --> 00:18:58,614
Stand up, please.
373
00:18:58,692 --> 00:19:02,651
Jenny Mays, you're under arrest for
the kidnapping of Alex Corbin,
374
00:19:02,729 --> 00:19:04,526
for the murder
of Lawrence Bello.
375
00:19:04,598 --> 00:19:06,429
You have the right
to remain silent.
376
00:19:09,569 --> 00:19:13,096
Unless they changed the rules since
I sat on your side of the table,
377
00:19:13,173 --> 00:19:14,936
felony murder
requires a felony.
378
00:19:15,008 --> 00:19:16,805
Try kidnapping, Paul.
379
00:19:16,877 --> 00:19:20,779
In the commission and furtherance
of which, Larry Bello was killed.
380
00:19:20,847 --> 00:19:22,975
Mike never told me what he did.
381
00:19:23,051 --> 00:19:25,178
I didn't find out until
I heard it on the news.
382
00:19:25,253 --> 00:19:28,518
He was your accomplice.
Share the crime, share the time.
383
00:19:28,589 --> 00:19:32,025
An accomplice to what?
She had no intention of kidnapping her son.
384
00:19:32,093 --> 00:19:33,287
She just wanted to see him.
385
00:19:33,361 --> 00:19:36,956
I was a sick junkie when
they took him away from me.
386
00:19:37,031 --> 00:19:38,623
I never got to say goodbye.
387
00:19:38,699 --> 00:19:40,758
You were saying goodbye
all the way to Springfield?
388
00:19:40,835 --> 00:19:43,702
She saw her boy on the street,
she was overcome by emotion.
389
00:19:43,771 --> 00:19:47,138
She took him.
Chalk it up to maternal instinct.
390
00:19:47,208 --> 00:19:49,733
That doesn't explain
the ransom call.
391
00:19:49,811 --> 00:19:53,077
I only wanted to let the
Corbins know Jamal was okay,
392
00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:54,877
so that they wouldn't worry.
393
00:19:54,950 --> 00:19:58,818
Look, Jack, you've got a dead,
corrupt bureaucrat and his confessed killer.
394
00:19:58,887 --> 00:20:00,411
I've got a reformed
drug addict,
395
00:20:00,489 --> 00:20:03,219
with a good job, who's only
guilty of wanting her son.
396
00:20:03,292 --> 00:20:05,260
Offer us something reasonable.
397
00:20:09,565 --> 00:20:10,998
I'll let you know.
398
00:20:11,066 --> 00:20:12,294
For the record,
399
00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:15,825
we'll take custodial interference
and a suspended sentence.
400
00:20:15,904 --> 00:20:20,102
If I don't hear from you by tomorrow,
I'll prepare my motion for dismissal.
401
00:20:20,175 --> 00:20:23,202
I imagine you already have
a draft in your briefcase.
402
00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:28,651
She just wanted to see him.
That's all it was about.
403
00:20:28,718 --> 00:20:31,050
We didn't scheme
any kidnapping.
404
00:20:31,121 --> 00:20:33,988
You told the Corbins you
were after ransom money.
405
00:20:34,057 --> 00:20:38,391
We didn't want money, she just told
me to call them, to throw them off.
406
00:20:38,461 --> 00:20:41,760
She thought of that,
and you expect us to believe
407
00:20:41,831 --> 00:20:44,959
that she didn't think of kidnapping
her son until she saw him?
408
00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:46,467
Well, if she told me
she was gonna kidnap him,
409
00:20:46,536 --> 00:20:48,333
I never would have helped her.
410
00:20:48,404 --> 00:20:50,133
I don't want kids.
She knows that.
411
00:20:50,206 --> 00:20:52,698
We are done talking,
Mr. McCoy.
412
00:20:52,776 --> 00:20:53,834
We were promised a deal.
413
00:20:53,911 --> 00:20:57,074
No deal until
he tells us the truth.
414
00:20:57,148 --> 00:21:00,640
He lied about her leaving town, and
he's lying now about her involvement.
415
00:21:00,718 --> 00:21:02,049
I didn't know
she was taking the bus.
416
00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,713
She must have
just panicked, that's all.
417
00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:10,287
Look, I told you all
everything I know.
418
00:21:11,929 --> 00:21:14,295
Me and Jenny didn't
set out to hurt nobody.
419
00:21:15,799 --> 00:21:17,699
Things just went wrong.
420
00:21:18,035 --> 00:21:20,026
She's laying the murder
on her boyfriend.
421
00:21:20,104 --> 00:21:22,869
As long as he keeps lying for her,
she might get away with it.
422
00:21:22,941 --> 00:21:24,909
This is giving me a headache.
423
00:21:24,976 --> 00:21:28,343
Drop the felony murder.
See if she'll take a plea on kidnapping.
424
00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:31,974
Paul is asking for Custodial
Interference and no jail time.
425
00:21:32,050 --> 00:21:33,745
It's not acceptable.
426
00:21:33,818 --> 00:21:35,445
Split the difference.
427
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,921
Split the difference?
Have you read the file on Jenny Mays?
428
00:21:38,990 --> 00:21:41,390
I'm sure I'm about
to get a synopsis.
429
00:21:41,459 --> 00:21:45,088
Crack addict since the age
of 17, in and out of rehab.
430
00:21:45,163 --> 00:21:48,064
Arrests for vagrancy,
petty larceny, possession.
431
00:21:48,133 --> 00:21:49,896
So far, par for the course.
432
00:21:49,968 --> 00:21:52,061
When Child Welfare was
called in 18 months ago,
433
00:21:52,137 --> 00:21:54,231
they found her son
lying in his own filth.
434
00:21:54,307 --> 00:21:57,572
He'd been crying for 10 hours straight,
while she was out buying drugs.
435
00:21:57,643 --> 00:22:00,476
He was malnourished, underweight,
covered with rashes.
436
00:22:00,546 --> 00:22:02,571
If they hadn't taken him
away from her, he'd be dead.
437
00:22:02,648 --> 00:22:04,138
And if the police
hadn't found her,
438
00:22:04,217 --> 00:22:06,412
who knows what fresh hell she
would have put him through.
439
00:22:06,485 --> 00:22:08,578
She's not charged
with being a lousy mother.
440
00:22:08,654 --> 00:22:10,713
Her story doesn't
make sense, Adam.
441
00:22:10,790 --> 00:22:13,088
I'm not giving her a walk
for lying to us.
442
00:22:13,159 --> 00:22:16,993
You think she premeditated
the kidnapping, prove it.
443
00:22:17,063 --> 00:22:20,157
Before Paul throws the
charges back in our face.
444
00:22:24,404 --> 00:22:28,807
This is her desk. The police said they'd
be by today to pick up her things.
445
00:22:28,875 --> 00:22:31,708
I never thought I'd see
her on the 6:00 news.
446
00:22:31,778 --> 00:22:33,507
She talk to you about Jamal?
447
00:22:33,580 --> 00:22:37,778
Just that she put him up for adoption
because of a medical situation.
448
00:22:37,851 --> 00:22:40,251
An addiction to crack.
Past tense.
449
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,518
Not Jenny? Well, she certainly
kept that to herself.
450
00:22:44,591 --> 00:22:46,183
She ever mention
wanting him back?
451
00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:48,285
No. I wasn't
that close to her.
452
00:22:48,362 --> 00:22:51,024
She was taking her son to
Springfield when she was arrested.
453
00:22:51,098 --> 00:22:53,363
Did you see any signs that
she was planning to leave?
454
00:22:53,434 --> 00:22:56,062
She mentioned Springfield
a couple of weeks ago,
455
00:22:56,137 --> 00:22:59,573
when I helped her change the
direct deposit on her paycheck.
456
00:22:59,641 --> 00:23:00,903
She was moving her account from
457
00:23:00,975 --> 00:23:03,205
the Credit Union to the
bank on Union Square.
458
00:23:03,278 --> 00:23:04,540
I don't get the connection.
459
00:23:04,612 --> 00:23:07,843
There's a branch in Springfield,
where her parents live.
460
00:23:07,915 --> 00:23:10,475
She said they only had
social security to live on.
461
00:23:10,551 --> 00:23:13,486
She wanted to send them money
every month to help out.
462
00:23:13,554 --> 00:23:16,352
She was in a rush
to get the paperwork done.
463
00:23:16,424 --> 00:23:18,654
She's meticulous.
She was skipping town,
464
00:23:18,726 --> 00:23:21,388
but not without making sure
she'd get her last paycheck.
465
00:23:21,462 --> 00:23:24,455
Paul will argue the bank move
was to support her parents.
466
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:26,501
Only makes her
halo shine brighter.
467
00:23:26,568 --> 00:23:29,366
The only people wearing
halos would be her parents.
468
00:23:29,438 --> 00:23:33,169
I checked with the county registrar
in Springfield. They're both dead.
469
00:23:33,242 --> 00:23:34,573
Good going, Claire.
470
00:23:34,643 --> 00:23:37,077
It's still only circumstantial
evidence of premeditation.
471
00:23:37,146 --> 00:23:38,170
We need to back it up.
472
00:23:38,247 --> 00:23:39,680
Her boyfriend.
473
00:23:39,748 --> 00:23:41,545
Unless Jenny never told him.
474
00:23:41,617 --> 00:23:43,585
It wouldn't surprise me.
475
00:23:43,652 --> 00:23:45,051
You're making this up.
476
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:46,951
Look at the date
stamped at the bottom.
477
00:23:47,022 --> 00:23:50,355
She opened the account a full
week before she kidnapped Alex.
478
00:23:52,394 --> 00:23:54,022
But she would have told me.
479
00:23:55,065 --> 00:23:59,661
Mr. Walters, all this lying
on behalf of Jenny is noble,
480
00:23:59,736 --> 00:24:02,398
but it's just putting you
in a very deep hole.
481
00:24:02,472 --> 00:24:04,406
I can't believe she didn't
tell me what she was doing.
482
00:24:04,474 --> 00:24:09,104
Okay, so she played him.
You here to rub it in?
483
00:24:09,179 --> 00:24:12,945
Actually, we were hoping that
she had said something to him.
484
00:24:15,185 --> 00:24:19,622
What about Larry Bello?
What did she tell you about him?
485
00:24:21,524 --> 00:24:23,083
She knew he might get hurt.
486
00:24:24,695 --> 00:24:29,098
He said he wanted a grand for the
address, so she scraped it together.
487
00:24:29,166 --> 00:24:32,363
An hour before the meeting,
he said he wanted two grand.
488
00:24:32,436 --> 00:24:34,097
Jenny flipped out.
489
00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:37,802
She told me she wanted that
address, whatever it took.
490
00:24:37,875 --> 00:24:39,740
Including murder?
No.
491
00:24:40,978 --> 00:24:43,776
We thought I might have to
scare him, but not kill him.
492
00:24:48,052 --> 00:24:51,613
I wouldn't be seeking a dismissal if
I thought my motion had no merit.
493
00:24:51,689 --> 00:24:53,988
I prosecuted dozens of
felony murder indictments.
494
00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:56,721
I know the requirements.
This crime doesn't meet them.
495
00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:59,992
It's textbook. It takes a felony,
in this case a kidnapping,
496
00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:02,192
and a murder during the
commission of that felony.
497
00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:05,327
The intent to kidnap wasn't
formed at the time of the murder.
498
00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:06,928
They're separate crimes.
499
00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:10,031
Referring to the moving affidavits, Your Honor, Ms.
Mays made preparations
500
00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:13,566
to leave the state with her son a
week prior to Mr. Bello's death.
501
00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:16,113
That evidence can be interpreted
any number of ways.
502
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:18,479
She spent her last dime
to get the boy's address.
503
00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:20,575
It wasn't just
to say hello and goodbye.
504
00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:23,918
Whatever plans she had, she did not
communicate them to her boyfriend.
505
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:27,153
How can his killing Bello be in furtherance
of a kidnapping he wasn't even aware of?
506
00:25:27,226 --> 00:25:30,889
His knowledge isn't important. Ms.
Mays was calling the shots.
507
00:25:30,963 --> 00:25:34,831
She told Walters to get the Corbins'
address by any means necessary,
508
00:25:34,901 --> 00:25:36,994
including the use of force.
509
00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:39,101
That's enough for me.
510
00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:42,141
Mr. Robinette,
your motion is denied.
511
00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:46,841
The charges stand.
Voir dire to begin tomorrow.
512
00:25:46,913 --> 00:25:50,314
Judge, can we go
off the record here?
513
00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:56,122
Tomorrow, I intend to move to
recuse you from this case.
514
00:25:57,458 --> 00:25:58,789
On what grounds?
515
00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:00,952
Your bias
against my client.
516
00:26:01,028 --> 00:26:02,518
Three years ago,
over dinner at Elio's
517
00:26:02,596 --> 00:26:04,894
you said all drug addicts should
be rounded up and sterilized.
518
00:26:04,965 --> 00:26:06,762
I don't remember saying
anything of the kind.
519
00:26:06,834 --> 00:26:10,770
I do. And if I subpoena
him, so will Ben Stone.
520
00:26:10,838 --> 00:26:13,898
We nearly fell off our
chairs when you said it.
521
00:26:13,974 --> 00:26:16,340
You can either
recuse yourself now,
522
00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:20,141
or after your views on forced sterilization
become a matter of public record.
523
00:26:22,216 --> 00:26:25,550
Let's do this by the book, Paul.
I want a hearing.
524
00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:27,178
Thank you, Mr. McCoy.
525
00:26:30,024 --> 00:26:31,582
For the record,
526
00:26:35,296 --> 00:26:37,764
I won't be available
to hear this case.
527
00:26:39,934 --> 00:26:43,665
I'm sending it back to
Part 40 for reassignment.
528
00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,408
Congratulations, Paul.
You just bullied a judge.
529
00:26:51,479 --> 00:26:53,140
I'm a bully?
530
00:26:53,214 --> 00:26:57,549
I don't have 500 attorneys in my
office, or a $200 million war chest,
531
00:26:57,620 --> 00:26:59,781
the power to investigate
and arrest any citizen,
532
00:26:59,855 --> 00:27:02,187
and a well-armed police
force to back it up.
533
00:27:02,258 --> 00:27:05,819
That's you, Jack.
You're the biggest badass on the block.
534
00:27:08,030 --> 00:27:13,024
Ben Stone. He's traveling in Europe.
He's not available to testify at any hearing.
535
00:27:13,669 --> 00:27:14,658
Paul knew.
536
00:27:14,737 --> 00:27:17,228
Yeah, pure poker.
537
00:27:17,306 --> 00:27:20,742
He caught a break with the new judge.
Lisa Pongracic.
538
00:27:20,809 --> 00:27:22,674
Permanent resident
of the Great Society.
539
00:27:22,745 --> 00:27:24,304
No breaks.
540
00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:27,839
I'm sure Paul checked the
roster before making his move.
541
00:27:27,918 --> 00:27:30,250
You talk to him about a plea?
542
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,118
I offered him man one.
He won't even discuss it.
543
00:27:33,189 --> 00:27:34,417
Paul knows how it works.
544
00:27:34,491 --> 00:27:36,982
If we go to trial, we'll
have to seek the maximum.
545
00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:38,789
Murder two.
546
00:27:38,862 --> 00:27:42,798
Whatever his reasons, I think a
trial is exactly what he wants.
547
00:27:47,170 --> 00:27:51,834
Jenny Mays sent her boyfriend to beat
an address out of Lawrence Bello.
548
00:27:53,009 --> 00:27:57,504
Then she followed Alex Corbin from
that address and kidnapped him.
549
00:27:59,584 --> 00:28:02,212
She says that she never
thought to kidnap him
550
00:28:02,286 --> 00:28:04,220
until the moment
she saw him on the street.
551
00:28:04,288 --> 00:28:08,691
The evidence says that, that
was her intent all along.
552
00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:14,129
Lf, after you've heard all the testimony,
you think she's telling the truth,
553
00:28:14,632 --> 00:28:17,692
you must find her
guilty of kidnapping.
554
00:28:19,236 --> 00:28:21,329
If you think she was lying,
555
00:28:22,073 --> 00:28:25,043
then you must also find
her guilty of murder.
556
00:28:27,112 --> 00:28:30,946
Mr. Robinette will ask you
to feel sorry for Jenny Mays.
557
00:28:31,016 --> 00:28:34,042
That's all right,
you can feel sorry for her.
558
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,111
But don't forget that
there is a dead man here
559
00:28:38,357 --> 00:28:40,222
and a grieving family.
560
00:28:42,027 --> 00:28:45,656
And don't forget
Alex Corbin was abducted
561
00:28:45,731 --> 00:28:50,532
by the woman who got him
addicted to crack in her womb,
562
00:28:50,602 --> 00:28:54,402
who neglected him in ways
that will turn your stomach,
563
00:28:55,375 --> 00:29:00,608
and who finally abandoned him
to the care of strangers.
564
00:29:03,316 --> 00:29:06,479
So, go ahead and feel
sorry for Jenny Mays,
565
00:29:09,288 --> 00:29:12,985
but never forget who the
real victims are here.
566
00:29:16,362 --> 00:29:20,799
The People's case rests
on one word, kidnapping.
567
00:29:21,868 --> 00:29:24,769
They use it to describe
what my client did.
568
00:29:25,706 --> 00:29:30,040
They could have used other words.
Custodial interference.
569
00:29:30,110 --> 00:29:32,806
Restitution. Justice.
570
00:29:33,981 --> 00:29:36,575
That's right, justice.
571
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:42,012
But they're stuck on kidnapping.
They say she planned it all along.
572
00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:46,349
They're right. She did.
573
00:29:47,528 --> 00:29:48,893
But it doesn't matter,
574
00:29:49,963 --> 00:29:54,366
because the real kidnapper
here is the state of New York.
575
00:29:55,503 --> 00:29:58,563
It stole Jamal Mays
from his mother,
576
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:03,339
and gave him to a white family,
to raise as a white child.
577
00:30:06,047 --> 00:30:08,174
Now, over the next few days,
578
00:30:08,249 --> 00:30:11,116
I'm going to talk to you about
racism in this country.
579
00:30:12,821 --> 00:30:17,155
About black children
lost in white America.
580
00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:21,857
I'm going to show you
how trans-racial adoption
581
00:30:21,930 --> 00:30:26,766
has become the code word for the
cultural genocide of African-Americans.
582
00:30:28,104 --> 00:30:32,666
Now, you won't hear this from them.
They don't want to talk about race.
583
00:30:33,342 --> 00:30:34,969
Because they are good,
moral people,
584
00:30:35,044 --> 00:30:39,640
they'll concede there is racism in
America, and, oh, what a shame that is.
585
00:30:39,715 --> 00:30:44,175
But they'll never concede it has any
bearing on what happens in this courtroom.
586
00:30:44,253 --> 00:30:47,017
Or in the district
attorney's office.
587
00:30:47,089 --> 00:30:51,423
I know, because I worked in
that office for seven years.
588
00:30:53,062 --> 00:30:56,362
And they won't point the finger at
the Child Health and Welfare Agency,
589
00:30:56,433 --> 00:30:59,925
because one hand
washes the other.
590
00:31:00,003 --> 00:31:03,461
Because they're all a part
of the same racist system.
591
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:08,637
I'll lay the facts
out before you.
592
00:31:08,712 --> 00:31:13,240
Then it's up to you
to right the wrong
593
00:31:13,316 --> 00:31:17,013
that was done
to Jenny and Jamal Mays.
594
00:31:23,193 --> 00:31:25,093
The zoo had just
opened for the day,
595
00:31:25,162 --> 00:31:28,724
and I stopped at the concession
stand to buy Alex some hot cocoa.
596
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,700
Just like that, he disappeared.
597
00:31:30,768 --> 00:31:32,633
And what did you do?
598
00:31:32,703 --> 00:31:34,432
Well, I went crazy
looking for him.
599
00:31:34,505 --> 00:31:37,440
The whole time he was gone, I couldn't sleep.
I couldn't eat.
600
00:31:37,508 --> 00:31:39,135
I just prayed
he'd come back to us.
601
00:31:39,210 --> 00:31:42,941
When Alex was first placed in your
home, what condition was he in?
602
00:31:43,014 --> 00:31:46,973
He was underweight.
He was always sick.
603
00:31:47,051 --> 00:31:51,647
He was difficult to feed.
He never cried.
604
00:31:51,722 --> 00:31:54,020
He didn't know more
than a couple of words.
605
00:31:54,091 --> 00:31:57,823
He was 20-months old and he
couldn't even walk without help.
606
00:31:57,896 --> 00:31:59,090
And now?
607
00:31:59,164 --> 00:32:00,995
I can hardly keep up with him.
608
00:32:01,066 --> 00:32:04,661
He knows his numbers up to 20.
He talks constantly.
609
00:32:04,736 --> 00:32:06,829
He's as normal
as our other child.
610
00:32:06,905 --> 00:32:08,497
Thank you.
611
00:32:13,111 --> 00:32:15,602
You sound like an excellent
mother, Mrs. Corbin.
612
00:32:16,982 --> 00:32:18,142
Tell me,
613
00:32:19,651 --> 00:32:21,881
why did you change
Jamal's name?
614
00:32:21,954 --> 00:32:23,785
Alex is my father's name.
615
00:32:23,856 --> 00:32:26,417
I wanted to make him feel like
he was a part of the family.
616
00:32:26,492 --> 00:32:30,155
Did you ever consider Jamal might
have been his father's name?
617
00:32:30,230 --> 00:32:33,199
No. I didn't know anything
about his parents.
618
00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:37,600
So, when he grew up and
asked you about his roots,
619
00:32:38,638 --> 00:32:40,037
what were you
going to tell him?
620
00:32:40,106 --> 00:32:43,507
I don't know.
His file was sealed.
621
00:32:43,576 --> 00:32:45,544
All they told me was his
mother was a crack addict.
622
00:32:45,612 --> 00:32:49,946
Then you didn't know his grandfather
was a cabinet maker in Springfield.
623
00:32:50,016 --> 00:32:51,347
No.
624
00:32:51,417 --> 00:32:54,147
Or that his mother's
great-great grandmother
625
00:32:54,220 --> 00:32:56,155
rolled bandages
for the Union Army.
626
00:32:56,223 --> 00:32:59,317
Or that her uncle was a surveyor
for the Union Pacific Railroad.
627
00:32:59,393 --> 00:33:00,883
You couldn't tell him
about any of those people.
628
00:33:00,961 --> 00:33:02,929
No. Because I wasn't
allowed to know.
629
00:33:02,997 --> 00:33:04,828
But you could tell him his
mother was a crack addict.
630
00:33:04,899 --> 00:33:07,868
They didn't take Alex away
from her because of me.
631
00:33:07,935 --> 00:33:10,699
She couldn't take care of herself,
let alone a defenseless baby.
632
00:33:10,771 --> 00:33:12,966
Then why didn't they take away
your daughter five years ago,
633
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,304
after you were arrested for driving
under the influence of drugs?
634
00:33:15,376 --> 00:33:16,365
Objection.
635
00:33:16,443 --> 00:33:17,967
In my chambers.
636
00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:21,309
Donna Corbin was hooked on
pain killers for three years.
637
00:33:21,382 --> 00:33:22,474
When the police
pulled her over,
638
00:33:22,549 --> 00:33:23,675
she had her two-year-old
in the back seat.
639
00:33:23,751 --> 00:33:25,048
There's a record of this?
640
00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:27,850
Well, thanks to Mrs.
Corbin's lawyers, the record was expunged.
641
00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:29,481
But Mr. McCoy
can confirm the facts,
642
00:33:29,557 --> 00:33:31,286
even though he didn't
submit them for discovery.
643
00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:34,726
It's not Rosario material.
It's irrelevant and prejudicial.
644
00:33:34,796 --> 00:33:38,232
It dramatizes the double standard
that victimizes my client.
645
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:41,463
White drug addicts go to Betty Ford
while their kids stay with nannies.
646
00:33:41,536 --> 00:33:44,096
Black addicts wait months for
a bed in a rehab clinic,
647
00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,868
while their kids are hijacked by the
Child Health and Welfare Agency.
648
00:33:46,942 --> 00:33:48,466
This is all a smoke screen.
649
00:33:48,543 --> 00:33:51,011
Your Honor, even if it were
true, it's a generalization.
650
00:33:51,079 --> 00:33:53,445
Mr. Robinette can't apply it
to the specifics of this case.
651
00:33:53,515 --> 00:33:54,573
Why not, if the shoe fits?
652
00:33:54,649 --> 00:33:56,378
You're practicing law,
not social science.
653
00:33:56,452 --> 00:33:57,476
I'm fighting for my client.
654
00:33:57,553 --> 00:34:00,021
You're playing chicken
with your client's future.
655
00:34:00,089 --> 00:34:01,522
To prove what?
Gentlemen.
656
00:34:01,590 --> 00:34:05,788
Your Honor, I want defense counsel's
last question to Mrs. Corbin stricken.
657
00:34:05,861 --> 00:34:08,625
And I want special instructions
given to the jury.
658
00:34:09,932 --> 00:34:13,129
Denied, Mr. McCoy.
You can deal with it in your closing.
659
00:34:16,839 --> 00:34:18,204
I've been
a supervisor
660
00:34:18,274 --> 00:34:21,141
in the Child Welfare Agency
for 15 years.
661
00:34:21,277 --> 00:34:23,074
I can tell you that
our agency's standards
662
00:34:23,145 --> 00:34:26,046
are the same for everyone,
regardless of race.
663
00:34:26,115 --> 00:34:30,746
Black parents whose kids are in foster
care get the same breaks as white parents.
664
00:34:30,821 --> 00:34:34,757
Normally, how long is a child in foster
care before he's put up for adoption?
665
00:34:34,825 --> 00:34:37,794
We try to hold off
for about a year,
666
00:34:37,861 --> 00:34:40,796
you know, to allow the birth
parents to get their act together.
667
00:34:40,864 --> 00:34:43,526
Well, according
to his records,
668
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,866
Jamal Mays was in foster
for only nine months.
669
00:34:48,972 --> 00:34:50,439
Why the rush?
670
00:34:50,774 --> 00:34:54,403
I really don't know, but it's not appropriate.
It's not policy.
671
00:34:54,478 --> 00:34:58,176
Is it policy to place black
children with white families?
672
00:34:58,249 --> 00:35:03,778
We encourage same race adoptions,
but that's not always an option.
673
00:35:03,855 --> 00:35:06,983
Our primary concern is finding
a home for these kids.
674
00:35:07,058 --> 00:35:08,218
Regardless of race.
675
00:35:08,292 --> 00:35:09,520
That's right.
676
00:35:10,128 --> 00:35:15,259
Then tell us, how many white children
has your agency placed in black homes?
677
00:35:15,733 --> 00:35:17,200
For adoption?
678
00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:22,631
I can't think of any.
679
00:35:30,249 --> 00:35:32,513
When your agency
went to Family Court
680
00:35:32,584 --> 00:35:35,883
to sever Ms. Mays' parental
rights, did you notify her?
681
00:35:35,954 --> 00:35:37,683
We certainly did.
682
00:35:37,756 --> 00:35:40,919
We sent her a notice by registered mail.
We have her signed receipt.
683
00:35:40,993 --> 00:35:44,451
If she wanted to oppose the
severance, what's the procedure?
684
00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:46,395
That's spelled out
in the letter.
685
00:35:46,465 --> 00:35:48,626
She could write us, call us.
686
00:35:49,101 --> 00:35:51,365
Sometimes parents
just show up in court.
687
00:35:52,504 --> 00:35:54,404
What did Jenny Mays do?
688
00:35:57,410 --> 00:36:01,278
There's no record she did anything.
We never heard from her.
689
00:36:01,347 --> 00:36:02,712
Thank you.
690
00:36:04,017 --> 00:36:07,680
Black mothers are programmed for
failure by foster agencies.
691
00:36:07,754 --> 00:36:11,053
They're less likely to get long-term
housing than white mothers,
692
00:36:11,124 --> 00:36:13,592
less likely to get
help finding a job.
693
00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:15,821
With what result,
Dr. Simmonds?
694
00:36:15,895 --> 00:36:19,456
If they can't establish stable homes,
they don't get their kids back.
695
00:36:19,532 --> 00:36:24,265
Meaning, a disproportionate number of black
children are funneled into adoption.
696
00:36:24,337 --> 00:36:25,929
And what happens there?
697
00:36:26,005 --> 00:36:29,772
Adoption agencies restrict
the pool of adoptive parents
698
00:36:29,844 --> 00:36:33,575
by setting standards which white
couples are more likely to meet.
699
00:36:33,647 --> 00:36:34,705
Why is that?
700
00:36:34,782 --> 00:36:38,343
They have the jobs, the
education, the resources.
701
00:36:38,953 --> 00:36:42,582
Sounds like an ideal environment
for a black child. Any child.
702
00:36:42,656 --> 00:36:44,453
My research
doesn't bear it out.
703
00:36:44,525 --> 00:36:48,188
I tracked a group of black
children raised by white families.
704
00:36:48,262 --> 00:36:54,258
As adults, they're typically low-achievers,
at risk for suicide and substance abuse.
705
00:36:54,335 --> 00:36:56,530
Having read Jenny Mays' file,
706
00:36:56,604 --> 00:36:59,733
is it your professional opinion that
the Child Health and Welfare Agency
707
00:36:59,808 --> 00:37:03,744
acted in Jamal Mays' best interests when
they placed him with a white family?
708
00:37:04,746 --> 00:37:06,008
No.
709
00:37:12,287 --> 00:37:15,415
Doctor, are you saying
that Jamal Mays
710
00:37:15,490 --> 00:37:20,553
will grow up to be a low achiever
if he stays with the Corbins?
711
00:37:20,629 --> 00:37:22,187
Yes, probably.
712
00:37:22,264 --> 00:37:25,927
Because he's a black child
raised in a white family?
713
00:37:26,001 --> 00:37:26,990
Yes.
714
00:37:27,068 --> 00:37:30,129
Not because he was born
addicted to crack
715
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:34,802
and then neglected and malnourished
for the first 18 months of his life?
716
00:37:34,877 --> 00:37:37,471
Well, that might
have an effect, yes.
717
00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:41,812
Paul started an avalanche.
718
00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:45,376
Black-and-white adoptions are suddenly
everybody's favorite whipping boy.
719
00:37:45,454 --> 00:37:48,514
Right along with this office.
Let's end it.
720
00:37:49,358 --> 00:37:51,258
Get in touch with Paul.
See what he'll take.
721
00:37:51,327 --> 00:37:55,263
I know what he wanted before cultural genocide
made the front page of The Post.
722
00:37:55,331 --> 00:37:56,889
I don't see why
he'd back off now.
723
00:37:56,966 --> 00:38:01,802
You won't find Paul Robinette hawking
bean pies for Louis Farrakhan.
724
00:38:01,872 --> 00:38:04,705
Maybe not, but something has changed.
725
00:38:05,442 --> 00:38:09,139
He's still a lawyer.
Make him a reasonable offer, he'll take it.
726
00:38:09,213 --> 00:38:10,703
And what should I do?
727
00:38:11,882 --> 00:38:14,476
The way Jenny Mays
lost her son was tragic.
728
00:38:14,551 --> 00:38:16,815
What she did to get him
back was criminal.
729
00:38:16,887 --> 00:38:21,881
Maybe your jury won't think that exercising
the maternal instinct is a crime.
730
00:38:22,392 --> 00:38:24,860
Read the statutes.
Check the case law.
731
00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:26,953
Find something
you can live with.
732
00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:29,591
Then somebody have
a conversation with Paul.
733
00:38:37,442 --> 00:38:39,137
Scotch and water.
734
00:38:40,612 --> 00:38:42,011
I talked to Jenny.
735
00:38:43,181 --> 00:38:45,843
We're gonna pass on the offer.
736
00:38:45,917 --> 00:38:47,282
I'm sorry to hear that.
737
00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,487
The system made her a criminal.
She doesn't belong in prison.
738
00:38:53,558 --> 00:38:56,459
That's a political position,
Paul, not a defense.
739
00:38:56,527 --> 00:39:00,487
It's using institutional racism
to justify murder and kidnapping.
740
00:39:00,566 --> 00:39:03,160
Racism doesn't exist
in a bubble, Claire.
741
00:39:03,235 --> 00:39:06,898
It forces its victims to
live in a different reality.
742
00:39:06,972 --> 00:39:11,306
Look at us. A black man and a
white woman having a drink.
743
00:39:12,278 --> 00:39:15,975
Now, how many white men in this
room have taken note of that?
744
00:39:16,048 --> 00:39:18,448
How many of them disapprove?
745
00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:19,950
And what are they
going to do about it?
746
00:39:20,019 --> 00:39:23,250
In Manhattan?
That's not something I'd worry about.
747
00:39:23,322 --> 00:39:26,052
In the Manhattan I live in,
I'd be stupid not to.
748
00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:29,584
So, thanks to the bigots, every black
criminal has a readymade excuse?
749
00:39:29,663 --> 00:39:33,793
Not an excuse.
A mitigating factor.
750
00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:38,270
And we end up with verdicts that
are about race, not justice.
751
00:39:38,338 --> 00:39:40,738
Everything is
about race, Claire.
752
00:39:41,574 --> 00:39:46,102
And all of our goodwill is not going
to make a damn bit of difference.
753
00:39:49,215 --> 00:39:51,046
It's a school night.
754
00:39:52,319 --> 00:39:53,877
Okay, Paul.
755
00:39:55,822 --> 00:39:57,915
But this conversation
is not over.
756
00:40:00,928 --> 00:40:02,054
What did you think
757
00:40:02,129 --> 00:40:05,496
when you read the notice telling
you about the adoption?
758
00:40:05,566 --> 00:40:07,864
The nurse had to read it to me.
759
00:40:08,569 --> 00:40:11,800
I was on antibiotics
for the pneumonia.
760
00:40:11,872 --> 00:40:13,737
I was running a fever.
761
00:40:15,810 --> 00:40:17,607
It just didn't seem real.
762
00:40:17,678 --> 00:40:19,669
Why didn't
you oppose the adoption?
763
00:40:19,747 --> 00:40:21,874
I didn't know
any lawyers.
764
00:40:21,949 --> 00:40:27,615
But I was sure they couldn't just take
Jamal away from me without talking to me.
765
00:40:29,391 --> 00:40:32,588
Once you got out of the
hospital, what did you do?
766
00:40:34,363 --> 00:40:39,494
I was off drugs, and I
got a job, found a home.
767
00:40:39,568 --> 00:40:42,469
And I talked to Legal Aid
about getting Jamal back.
768
00:40:43,705 --> 00:40:45,639
They told me
it could take years.
769
00:40:45,707 --> 00:40:48,870
So I called Mr. Bello.
770
00:40:48,944 --> 00:40:50,935
What did he say?
771
00:40:51,012 --> 00:40:53,674
He wouldn't tell me
where Jamal was.
772
00:40:53,749 --> 00:40:56,240
He said he wasn't even
allowed to tell me anything
773
00:40:56,318 --> 00:40:59,152
about the kind of people
he was living with.
774
00:40:59,222 --> 00:41:01,383
But he did
finally agree to tell you?
775
00:41:01,457 --> 00:41:04,051
Yes, for a lot of money.
I'm not rich.
776
00:41:04,527 --> 00:41:08,054
But I never meant for
Michael to hurt him.
777
00:41:09,098 --> 00:41:12,693
Just scare him, so he'd
give us the address.
778
00:41:13,603 --> 00:41:16,868
Tell us what happened when
you went to that address.
779
00:41:16,939 --> 00:41:20,102
I saw Jamal
with Mrs. Corbin,
780
00:41:21,344 --> 00:41:23,505
and he was beautiful.
781
00:41:23,579 --> 00:41:25,547
He'd grown up so much.
782
00:41:27,450 --> 00:41:29,885
Mrs. Corbin took
good care of him.
783
00:41:30,854 --> 00:41:34,551
But that doesn't give her any more
rights than me. I'm his mother.
784
00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:37,355
He has my blood,
and he has my skin.
785
00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:40,888
I bore him into the world,
786
00:41:40,964 --> 00:41:44,923
and I'm the one who can help
him become a proud black man.
787
00:41:46,503 --> 00:41:48,937
There is just no way
a white woman,
788
00:41:49,006 --> 00:41:52,806
no matter how smart and
rich and decent she is,
789
00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:55,675
could do that for him.
790
00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:57,908
Thank you, Jenny.
791
00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:04,717
You wanted your son back
792
00:42:04,789 --> 00:42:07,587
even before you knew where he
was living, is that right?
793
00:42:07,659 --> 00:42:09,092
Yes.
794
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,856
Even before you knew
the Corbins were white?
795
00:42:11,930 --> 00:42:12,919
Yes.
796
00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:14,157
What if the Corbins
had been black,
797
00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:16,359
would you still
have wanted Jamal back?
798
00:42:20,638 --> 00:42:21,627
Yes.
799
00:42:21,706 --> 00:42:23,970
Then this isn't
about race, is it?
800
00:42:24,042 --> 00:42:27,705
I had to get him back.
They stole him away from me.
801
00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:31,147
They took him away from you
because you were a junkie,
802
00:42:32,184 --> 00:42:35,620
who would rather smoke crack than
change his diapers, isn't that right?
803
00:42:35,688 --> 00:42:36,916
I'm not like that anymore.
804
00:42:36,989 --> 00:42:39,958
No. Now you're someone
who causes a man's death,
805
00:42:40,025 --> 00:42:41,959
who abducts a child
from the streets,
806
00:42:42,027 --> 00:42:44,154
who makes ransom calls
to his parents.
807
00:42:44,230 --> 00:42:45,322
I had no choice.
808
00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:47,228
What about Legal Aid?
809
00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:51,192
Didn't they tell you
that you had a chance
810
00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:55,138
to win custody back of
Jamal through legal means?
811
00:42:55,207 --> 00:42:57,198
That was going to take too long.
He'd be all grown up.
812
00:42:57,276 --> 00:42:58,402
By then it would be too late.
813
00:42:58,477 --> 00:42:59,740
Too late for what?
814
00:43:03,783 --> 00:43:05,944
To make up
for what I did to him.
815
00:43:06,019 --> 00:43:07,714
You felt guilty?
816
00:43:07,787 --> 00:43:08,811
Yes.
817
00:43:08,889 --> 00:43:11,983
So you tore this little boy
from a good home,
818
00:43:12,058 --> 00:43:13,582
just to make
yourself feel better?
819
00:43:13,660 --> 00:43:16,094
No, I did it for him.
I wanted to take care of him.
820
00:43:16,162 --> 00:43:17,288
How?
821
00:43:18,698 --> 00:43:21,861
You quit your job,
isn't that right?
822
00:43:21,935 --> 00:43:22,993
Yes.
823
00:43:23,069 --> 00:43:25,094
You had no home, did you?
824
00:43:26,406 --> 00:43:27,395
No.
825
00:43:27,474 --> 00:43:28,634
No means of support.
826
00:43:30,378 --> 00:43:32,539
You weren't thinking of him,
you were thinking of yourself.
827
00:43:32,613 --> 00:43:34,342
Of your needs.
That's not true.
828
00:43:34,415 --> 00:43:37,782
Just like you were thinking of your
needs whenever you lit up a crack pipe.
829
00:43:37,852 --> 00:43:39,444
You're twisting my words.
830
00:43:41,789 --> 00:43:43,416
I am his mother.
831
00:43:45,159 --> 00:43:48,526
I have a natural right
to be with him.
832
00:43:48,596 --> 00:43:49,858
Whatever it takes?
833
00:43:54,101 --> 00:43:58,037
Ms. Mays, is satisfying
your needs so important
834
00:43:58,105 --> 00:44:00,199
that it justifies
taking a man's life?
835
00:44:00,275 --> 00:44:01,299
Objection.
836
00:44:01,376 --> 00:44:03,071
Is it worth your son's future?
837
00:44:03,145 --> 00:44:05,204
Sustained. Mr. McCoy.
838
00:44:06,381 --> 00:44:08,576
I have no more questions
for this witness.
839
00:44:15,691 --> 00:44:18,626
Madam Foreperson, I understand there
has been no change in your situation.
840
00:44:18,694 --> 00:44:19,820
Is that correct?
841
00:44:19,895 --> 00:44:20,987
Yes, Your Honor.
842
00:44:21,063 --> 00:44:23,224
You've only been
deliberating for three days.
843
00:44:23,298 --> 00:44:26,267
Are you absolutely sure you
can't work past this deadlock?
844
00:44:26,335 --> 00:44:28,895
We need clarification
on the law, Your Honor.
845
00:44:28,971 --> 00:44:31,998
Can we find the defendant
guilty on the murder count
846
00:44:32,075 --> 00:44:34,839
even if we don't find her
guilty of the kidnapping?
847
00:44:34,911 --> 00:44:36,845
She's charged
with felony murder.
848
00:44:36,913 --> 00:44:40,849
You cannot convict on the murder without
convicting on the underlying felony.
849
00:44:42,251 --> 00:44:45,743
Then, Your Honor, I don't think
we'll be able to reach a verdict.
850
00:44:47,023 --> 00:44:51,016
Your Honor, I think an Allen Charge to
continue deliberations is appropriate.
851
00:44:51,094 --> 00:44:54,086
It's delaying the inevitable.
I'm declaring a mistrial.
852
00:44:54,163 --> 00:44:55,653
The jury is dismissed.
853
00:44:55,732 --> 00:44:59,793
Counsel, I want to hear from you by the
end of the week about a new trial date.
854
00:45:05,476 --> 00:45:07,774
My last offer still stands.
855
00:45:08,145 --> 00:45:09,407
Hmm.
856
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,778
Well, I'll talk to my client.
857
00:45:11,849 --> 00:45:12,838
I'll make it work.
858
00:45:12,916 --> 00:45:15,077
I didn't want it
to go this far.
859
00:45:15,152 --> 00:45:18,349
I wanted the jury to send
a message, and they did.
860
00:45:18,422 --> 00:45:20,549
They sent us both a message.
861
00:45:24,995 --> 00:45:28,431
You're a long way from the
district attorney's office.
862
00:45:29,099 --> 00:45:33,230
Ben Stone once said I'd have to decide
if I was a lawyer who is black,
863
00:45:33,304 --> 00:45:36,000
or a black man who is a lawyer.
864
00:45:36,074 --> 00:45:39,009
All those years, I thought
I was the former.
865
00:45:39,077 --> 00:45:40,840
All those years I was wrong.