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NARRATOR:
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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I thought you
said you had a room?
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I said I had a place.
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Seriously, I've got just enough
for you and then cab fare.
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No watch, no jewelry, nothing.
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You think I wanna rob you?
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I know I'm not
going near that bridge.
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Then here.
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Come on.
It's freezing out.
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I'll get you warm.
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Like I said, half and half.
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(UNZIPPING)
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(SIGHS) Mmm.
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Oh, God! That's all right, baby.
That's okay.
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No, it's not.
(GASPS)
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MARTINEZ: Says he was partying at some
club nearby. Took a wrong turn home.
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I'd find that more convincing
if his fly was zipped.
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So what's his story?
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Well, I don't want to touch
him until the M.E. Shows up,
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but there's some blood
on the picnic table.
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Looks like he bopped his head.
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His head bump is the least of his troubles.
This guy's got lead poisoning.
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Any of the neighbors hear shots?
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We just started
knocking on doors.
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All right. Tape off
the area and start
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a canvass for the murder weapon.
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You got it.
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ED: Hey, Lennie.
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Whoa! High roller, huh?
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Separated by denomination.
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Looks like somebody just
knocked off a street dealer.
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Yeah, what a shame.
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The vic was Scott Giddins.
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That's supposed
to mean something?
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BCI had his prints on file.
Five arrests
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in three years.
All narcotics related.
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He could have won
gold for skating.
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Not a drop of time.
Any witnesses?
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One woman heard two shots.
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Well, I, for one, admire
the shooter's restraint.
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VAN BUREN: How's that?
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It's pretty hard to get worked
up over a dead drug dealer.
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How many times do
I have to remind you,
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Detective Briscoe?
All life is sacred.
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Not when it peddles the kind of
crap our Mr. Giddins peddled.
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Giddins lived around the
corner from where he was shot.
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Maybe we should
check out his place.
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Lennie, you wanna take
a walk through the projects?
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GINA: I said go away.
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Ed, I think we've got a problem.
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Yeah, I need a bus.
Breathing's shallow.
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Possible overdose.
Tell them it's a rush.
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Look, I'm not a crack whore, if
that's what you're thinking.
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BRISCOE: How old are you?
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Old enough to
party with who I want.
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Like Scott Giddins?
That's right.
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Hey, I don't care
one way or the other.
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He probably doesn't either,
being as how he's dead.
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Look, I don't know
what's going down here.
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A few days ago, my friend Ron
introduced me to this guy.
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And you shacked up with him?
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I needed a fix.
He was dealing.
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But the problem is, Gina,
when we knocked
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on your door,
you told us to go away.
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Which tells me you thought
you knew who was knocking.
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ED: What you wasting
your time for, Lennie?
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Just book her on
possession and move on.
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GINA: Okay.
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A guy came around. Maybe a couple of
days ago. He kept banging on the door.
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You get a look at this guy?
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Through the peephole.
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He was Puerto Rican
or something.
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He had this thing
on his face. Like a blotch.
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What do you mean, blotch?
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On his skin. There was
this big, red thing.
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He kept saying
he was owed money.
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These were found in
your boyfriend's apartment.
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The E.R. Doctor didn't know
what they were. Do you?
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Only he told me if I touched
them, he'd break my legs.
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It's Nazi speed,
also known as Ya Ba.
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Oh, like the Sisterhood.
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That's Ya-Ya. "Ya Ba" is
Thai for "crazy medicine."
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You ask me, you gotta be crazy to take it.
One bad dose and...
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(EXCLAIMS) You're
flatlined for sure.
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Hey, you seen this guy
on any of your lists?
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Scottie! What happened?
He must have
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moved up in the world. Ya Ba's not
the easiest to lay your hands on.
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BRISCOE: So, there's probably
a short list of suppliers?
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Yeah, and I'll be damned
if I know who they are.
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Well, actually, you'll
be damned if you don't.
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I heard a rumor
about some people scoring
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some at a club on
the Lower East Side.
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Other than that, I don't
know how to help you.
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Well, it's a good thing
you're not Narcotics.
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Oh! Wait a minute,
you are Narcotics!
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Hey, don't blame me,
all right? Blame the Mayor.
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Blame Osama. Half my
unit's been redeployed.
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Anyway, this spot on
the Lower East Side,
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is that off
the Williamsburg Bridge?
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Yeah, in a place
called Gammaville.
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Smack in the middle
of the Latin Playboy turf.
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They have a thriving
protection business.
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Gang unit should have
a file on these guys.
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A red blotch on the face, that
ain't no gang ID I ever seen.
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Good thing you don't
stick out in a crowd, Juan.
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Might've taken us more than
ten minutes to find you.
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Find me for what?
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Murder of a dealer
named Scott Giddins.
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Sorry. Never met the guy.
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We have an eyewitness who says
you been banging on his door.
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I doubt you were collecting
for the March of Dimes, Juan.
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Giddins owed you money for
dealing on Playboy turf,
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then he ends up dead. Now, if you don't
want to connect the dots, we will.
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I'm not saying nothing.
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Suit yourself, bro.
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No, come on. No. Why you gotta
move so fast? Okay, okay.
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Look, G was stalling me.
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But nobody from my house
laid a finger on the guy.
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He paid up.
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Why would we pop G over rent? The dude
was a seller. He printed money, man.
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The only reason why G got popped
is because he's a pendejo.
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Didn't always think.
Pissed people off.
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What people?
Local yokels.
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This guy with a lead pipe
chases him for three blocks.
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He sold some bad stuff to his
kid, and the kid OD'd. Kicked.
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ED: This guy with the pipe
have a name?
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Yeah, something Parker. Dives
a Greyhound or something.
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Hey! Where you
guys going?
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You gonna give me a lift
back to my place, right?
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Takes 900 calls,
and finally you show up!
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Excuse me?
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Those kids across
the street. Can't sleep.
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That damn boom box
playing day and night.
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What do I have to pay taxes for?
I'm sorry, ma'am.
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We're not patrolmen.
We're looking
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for Bill Parker.
We heard he lives here.
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Sure, drag off the good guys.
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Your tax dollars at work.
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I'm sorry about the mess.
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Hey, I've been there. So
when's your little girl due?
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In May. How did you
know it was a girl?
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Our nursery had candy stripes.
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This used to be
my son's room, but...
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I know. You lost him
about a year ago.
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Are you here about David?
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No, this man was shot a few
blocks away from here.
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Do you recognize him?
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Could be anybody.
Any reason why I should?
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Take a closer look,
Mr. Parker.
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I hope to God he's dead.
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BRISCOE: Sometimes the Big
Guy answers your prayers.
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You think I had
something to do with this?
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In a perfect world,
I'd hold him down
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while you smacked him with
that pipe you chased him with.
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In a perfect world,
Davie wouldn't be dead.
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In a perfect world, the police
would have arrested that bastard
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and locked him up forever.
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I may have lost my temper once,
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but I didn't have
anything to do with this.
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Well, just for the record, where
were you on Wednesday night?
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At our weekly meeting down the block. St.
Weston's. The Neighborhood Watch.
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Unfortunately, people
don't join the Watch
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until after they've
been affected personally.
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It took Davie's death
to get Bill involved.
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So, what, you guys just roam
the streets with weapons?
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Flashlights. We're
prophylactic, not punitive.
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So what do you discuss at these meetings,
what kind of batteries to use?
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Scheduling,
who's available when.
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Bill Parker was
at the last meeting?
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He brought the soft drinks.
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Good old Bill.
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Do you know what kind of
hell he's gone through?
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His son died,
and the man who killed him
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was still out on the corner,
selling poison.
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Well, maybe instead of carrying
flashlights, you should carry cell phones.
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Uh-huh, and call who? You?
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We've tried that, thank you.
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You people seem to
have raised the white flag
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on that war on drugs. Well, we can't.
We live on the battlefield.
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Do you remember what time this
meeting broke up on Wednesday?
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Um... Around 11:00.
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I mean, why?
What's this about?
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Well, let's just say that when
the prophylactic doesn't work,
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we're the punitive.
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ED: How long do you
think it's gonna take
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before Father Hogan
calls Bill Parker?
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Isn't that his job?
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To cover up a murder?
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No. To offer consolation.
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Consolation or congratulations?
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I mean, I got the feeling
this guy didn't mind
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if his parishioners ignored
the Fifth Commandment.
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Well, I'm just wondering
if Moses would have
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had the great good sense
to turn the other cheek
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in a case of somebody
like Mr. Giddins.
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Thou shalt not kill,
except drug dealers?
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Ones who sell to kids, yeah.
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Well, that rewrite
might be okay to Moses,
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but it ain't to Pataki.
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We should go see
if Bill Parker owned a piece.
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Why don't you go ahead? I've got a
couple of calls I want to make.
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All right, man. Don't forget,
Moses don't sign your paycheck.
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What is this? Get me drunk, I'll
confess to something I didn't do.
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I just thought we'd be
more comfortable here.
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I got a problem, Bill. I mean, the
cards are stacking up against you.
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Now, my partner wants to bring
you in for questioning, but...
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You're looking out for me.
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Well, the thing is, maybe I
understand the situation
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a little better than he does.
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Maybe you know wallpaper,
but you don't
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know anything
about my situation.
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I know the world's
a better place,
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now that Scott Giddins
isn't in it.
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And where were you
before Davie died?
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Where was anybody after?
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Knowing and proving it in court
are two different things.
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She was 24. A guy
like Giddins killed her.
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Did he go to jail?
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Yeah.
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The thing is, I get up every
morning, I brush my teeth, I shave,
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and I kick myself for not
putting a.38 between his eyes.
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Maybe then...
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Do not say "closure."
No such thing.
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This is great. My kid dies,
and no one lifts a finger.
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Somebody kills this creep, here you
are with a thousand questions.
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Not a thousand, Bill.
Just one.
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I'm telling you,
this guy wants to confess.
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He wants to call
a press conference
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and shout, "I killed the
bastard." I almost had him.
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Yeah, and if you did, it would send
our case directly down the crapper.
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Come on, we were just
two guys sitting at a bar.
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Yeah, but when one of those guys is
a detective investigating a murder,
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the other guy gets to have
his rights read to him.
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Unless...
Unless what, Ed?
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You think I tried to dump
the case against Parker?
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I wasn't going to
say that, Lennie,
241
00:12:16,033 --> 00:12:17,660
but since we're
on the topic, a bar?
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A first-year legal aid
can get that confession
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00:12:20,037 --> 00:12:22,767
tossed out for I can think of at least
ten reasons off the top of my head.
244
00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,967
Well, then I guess
I'm lucky he didn't confess.
245
00:12:25,042 --> 00:12:26,943
Do you want this guy to walk?
246
00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:28,775
No. But I can't blame him
for taking care
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of the scum we didn't do
anything about for a year.
248
00:12:32,384 --> 00:12:35,148
Well, why do you suppose
Parker waited so long?
249
00:12:35,220 --> 00:12:38,018
Hey, he tried the good citizen route.
It didn't work.
250
00:12:39,124 --> 00:12:40,318
You know,
maybe something happened
251
00:12:40,392 --> 00:12:42,952
at that Neighborhood Watch
meeting that set him off.
252
00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:49,459
It was pretty routine.
253
00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:53,835
Talked about patrol shifts, scraping
together money for a set of Nextels,
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some gang tags spotted over
at Jefferson Middle School.
255
00:12:57,476 --> 00:12:59,501
Nothing that would
make Bill blow a gasket.
256
00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:02,605
Jefferson Middle School, isn't
that where David Parker went?
257
00:13:02,883 --> 00:13:04,680
Our boys played hoops together.
258
00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:06,776
Davie had a hell
of an outside shot.
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00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:09,620
Look, I know
where you're headed,
260
00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:13,216
but there's nothing there. No way Bill
could have killed that lowlife dealer.
261
00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,461
And you're so positive because
you're tight with him?
262
00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:20,524
I'm positive because after the meeting
broke up, I walked Bill home.
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00:13:21,702 --> 00:13:23,192
Funny, he didn't mention that.
264
00:13:23,271 --> 00:13:25,603
Yeah, well,
maybe you didn't ask.
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00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,402
If this guy did his job
as bad as he lies,
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00:13:29,477 --> 00:13:31,570
he wouldn't be able
to pick his nose.
267
00:13:31,646 --> 00:13:33,086
Anyway, I'm thinking
that the mention
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of Davie's old school might
have stirred up some memories.
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00:13:35,650 --> 00:13:37,812
A couple of weeks ago, I'm sitting
in this joint on the east side
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having a hamburger.
271
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A guy sits down at the table next
to me, and I blurt out, "Ron."
272
00:13:43,025 --> 00:13:44,905
Who you talking about?
Lichtenstein from the 16?
273
00:13:44,927 --> 00:13:47,987
Ron Darling from the '86 Mets.
274
00:13:48,063 --> 00:13:50,998
Do you know what my first thought was?
I've gotta call Cathy.
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She always had a thing for him.
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She's been gone six years.
I don't know.
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You lose a kid,
everything stirs up memories.
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00:13:59,809 --> 00:14:02,573
So, if we find one person
from that meeting
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00:14:02,645 --> 00:14:04,476
who contradicts
Mr. Locksmith,
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00:14:04,547 --> 00:14:07,072
we can threaten him with
obstruction, force him to flip.
281
00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,879
Yeah, but he probably
speed dialed every member
282
00:14:08,952 --> 00:14:10,476
of the Watch before
we even hit the street.
283
00:14:10,553 --> 00:14:13,421
Meaning 25 more versions
of the same damn story.
284
00:14:13,491 --> 00:14:16,255
So, we find one non-member
who saw Parker come home.
285
00:14:16,327 --> 00:14:19,888
Between 11:00 and midnight? Most
people are watching Leno or asleep.
286
00:14:19,964 --> 00:14:23,127
Not with that damn boom box
going day and night.
287
00:14:24,502 --> 00:14:26,493
Why would we remember what
happened last Wednesday?
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00:14:26,570 --> 00:14:30,564
Because some old lady couldn't
sleep on account of this boom box.
289
00:14:31,042 --> 00:14:32,202
Now, being public servants,
290
00:14:32,277 --> 00:14:35,474
we can confiscate this thing
as a public nuisance.
291
00:14:36,047 --> 00:14:37,275
What time we talking
about Wednesday?
292
00:14:37,349 --> 00:14:39,544
ED: It was between
11:00 and 11:30.
293
00:14:39,618 --> 00:14:40,880
Can't help you.
294
00:14:40,986 --> 00:14:42,977
All right, Ed,
read the box its rights.
295
00:14:43,054 --> 00:14:46,023
Whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on!
Wait a minute. What he means is,
296
00:14:46,091 --> 00:14:48,993
we can't help you because, you
know, we went to get some eats.
297
00:14:49,061 --> 00:14:51,586
Didn't get back till
around, like, midnight.
298
00:14:51,664 --> 00:14:54,360
Davie's dad, he's a bus
driver or something, right?
299
00:14:54,433 --> 00:14:55,627
Yeah.
300
00:14:55,701 --> 00:14:57,328
We saw him when
we got back from the bodega.
301
00:14:57,403 --> 00:14:58,495
At midnight?
302
00:14:58,571 --> 00:15:00,835
Yeah, midnight.
That's why I remember.
303
00:15:00,907 --> 00:15:03,137
I saw him walking
some priest out.
304
00:15:05,012 --> 00:15:06,274
All right.
305
00:15:08,115 --> 00:15:10,982
That's funny, Father Hogan never
mentioned a midnight house call.
306
00:15:11,251 --> 00:15:13,549
Confessions 'R Us.
We deliver.
307
00:15:13,921 --> 00:15:16,219
I'm sure you know I'm
not at liberty to discuss
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00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,520
conversations I have
with my parishioners.
309
00:15:18,592 --> 00:15:20,321
Does that include
lying about whether
310
00:15:20,394 --> 00:15:21,953
the conversations
ever took place?
311
00:15:23,665 --> 00:15:27,465
You asked me when Bill
left, not whether
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00:15:27,535 --> 00:15:28,900
I had seen him
later that evening.
313
00:15:28,970 --> 00:15:31,450
You sure you want to be splitting
hairs with the police, Father?
314
00:15:31,472 --> 00:15:33,906
Oh, no, I respect
the law, Detective.
315
00:15:34,776 --> 00:15:37,404
But until the Vatican
tells me otherwise,
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00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:39,504
any conversation
I have with a congregant
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00:15:39,582 --> 00:15:42,517
remains between them,
me, and God.
318
00:15:43,185 --> 00:15:47,519
All right. Well, if God happens to
tell you how Bill Parker got a gun,
319
00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:49,217
would you please give us a call?
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00:15:49,291 --> 00:15:52,658
'Cause however he got it, it wasn't legal.
Thank you, Father.
321
00:15:54,196 --> 00:15:56,596
The other day,
I took a cab to the squad.
322
00:15:56,665 --> 00:15:58,258
What's that,
40 bucks from your place?
323
00:15:58,335 --> 00:15:59,927
I didn't say I was at my place.
324
00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:02,938
Anyway, the point is,
the driver had a piece
325
00:16:03,006 --> 00:16:05,270
right out in the open,
on the seat next to him.
326
00:16:05,342 --> 00:16:07,276
And you're thinking bus
drivers do the same thing?
327
00:16:07,344 --> 00:16:09,005
Hey, what country
do you live in?
328
00:16:12,649 --> 00:16:14,709
Port Authority policy
prohibits drivers
329
00:16:14,785 --> 00:16:16,810
from carrying
firearms of any kind.
330
00:16:16,887 --> 00:16:19,185
So what would you do if you
found a driver was packing?
331
00:16:19,523 --> 00:16:20,581
I wouldn't.
332
00:16:20,658 --> 00:16:24,617
Well, what about passengers? Is
it like boarding an airplane?
333
00:16:25,930 --> 00:16:27,955
Some bus companies search
passengers at random.
334
00:16:28,032 --> 00:16:29,829
Guy sees that happening,
he ditches the gun
335
00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:31,663
in the men's room,
in the garbage, whatever.
336
00:16:32,271 --> 00:16:33,738
You know, you could
take on all of al-Qaeda
337
00:16:33,805 --> 00:16:35,165
with the crap
these companies find.
338
00:16:35,207 --> 00:16:37,047
What do you do with the
weapons they confiscate?
339
00:16:37,109 --> 00:16:38,440
Evidence locker.
340
00:16:38,510 --> 00:16:41,274
Suppose I'm a driver,
could I get into that locker?
341
00:16:42,347 --> 00:16:45,646
Only way in is if you had one of
these special-issue, non repro keys.
342
00:16:46,752 --> 00:16:48,242
Or a friend who
could pick a lock.
343
00:16:49,689 --> 00:16:53,750
The fact is, we had a hiccup last week.
A.44 was misplaced.
344
00:16:55,528 --> 00:16:57,052
Sounds like
probable cause to me.
345
00:17:00,566 --> 00:17:02,193
You get out of my boy's room.
346
00:17:02,268 --> 00:17:04,463
I'm sorry, Mr. Parker, this
search warrant authorizes us
347
00:17:04,537 --> 00:17:05,834
to search the entire apartment.
348
00:17:05,905 --> 00:17:07,806
What could you possibly think
that you'll find in here?
349
00:17:07,875 --> 00:17:09,206
A revolver?
350
00:17:09,276 --> 00:17:12,143
Do you really think that I would
hide a gun in David's room?
351
00:17:12,479 --> 00:17:16,176
Hey, Ed, remember what this
looked like two days ago?
352
00:17:16,617 --> 00:17:18,050
Ours took a week to finish.
353
00:17:18,118 --> 00:17:19,449
(HOLLOW SOUND)
354
00:17:20,254 --> 00:17:22,882
Officer, we're gonna need to
break through this sheet rock.
355
00:17:33,735 --> 00:17:35,168
More insulation...
356
00:17:36,538 --> 00:17:37,903
(EXCLAIMS)
357
00:17:44,447 --> 00:17:46,244
The.44 caliber kind.
358
00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:48,843
William Parker,
you're under arrest
359
00:17:48,884 --> 00:17:50,283
for the murder of Scott Giddins.
360
00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:52,447
You have the right
to remain silent.
361
00:17:52,521 --> 00:17:55,422
Anything you say can be used
against you in a court of law.
362
00:17:58,761 --> 00:18:03,495
I understand why you lied to me before,
Bill. Nobody wants to go to jail.
363
00:18:05,068 --> 00:18:06,660
Not with a little girl
on the way.
364
00:18:09,639 --> 00:18:14,167
But you gotta know, if the slug that
we took from that dealer's body
365
00:18:14,244 --> 00:18:15,609
came from that gun,
366
00:18:18,182 --> 00:18:20,878
you're gonna miss your
little girl's first steps,
367
00:18:20,952 --> 00:18:24,251
her first communion,
her confirmation.
368
00:18:26,991 --> 00:18:28,583
If I was you,
I'd try to help myself.
369
00:18:33,931 --> 00:18:35,490
He killed Davie.
370
00:18:35,567 --> 00:18:37,296
That's right, he did,
371
00:18:38,971 --> 00:18:43,499
but guys like him, they don't
stop with just one death.
372
00:18:46,044 --> 00:18:49,980
Guys like Giddins, they've been
known to get violent, get physical.
373
00:18:50,816 --> 00:18:53,479
Been known to
threaten innocent citizens.
374
00:18:56,122 --> 00:18:57,248
Judges know that.
375
00:18:58,858 --> 00:19:01,019
So do juries and D.A.'s.
376
00:19:02,996 --> 00:19:06,864
Hell, Bill, people get let off on
self-defense every day of the week.
377
00:19:09,402 --> 00:19:11,837
You can take the cop
out of the father, but...
378
00:19:11,906 --> 00:19:14,431
The problem is, Giddins wasn't
armed when we found him.
379
00:19:14,508 --> 00:19:15,805
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
380
00:19:16,243 --> 00:19:17,801
Lieutenant,
there's some priest here
381
00:19:17,878 --> 00:19:20,438
named Hogan. Says he's got
information on the Giddins homicide.
382
00:19:21,282 --> 00:19:22,282
Send him in.
383
00:19:25,653 --> 00:19:27,177
ED: Father.
Yeah.
384
00:19:27,756 --> 00:19:29,621
You have the wrong
suspect in custody.
385
00:19:30,392 --> 00:19:34,055
All due respect, Father, it's not
looking that way. My detectives found
386
00:19:34,129 --> 00:19:36,029
the murder weapon
in his apartment.
387
00:19:36,731 --> 00:19:37,891
I can explain that.
388
00:19:37,966 --> 00:19:39,126
ED: Be careful, Father Hogan.
389
00:19:39,167 --> 00:19:40,600
We have witnesses
that put you with
390
00:19:40,669 --> 00:19:42,068
the Parkers on
the night of the murder.
391
00:19:42,137 --> 00:19:43,229
So, if he confessed to you
392
00:19:43,305 --> 00:19:45,433
and you're lying to protect
him, that's obstruction.
393
00:19:45,508 --> 00:19:48,671
I'm not lying. Bill Parker
didn't confess to me.
394
00:19:50,012 --> 00:19:53,743
I confessed to him.
I killed Scott Giddins.
395
00:20:00,356 --> 00:20:05,192
Bill Parker was a sculptor.
Did you know that? Metalwork.
396
00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:11,601
He would take these pieces of
industrial steel, this junk really,
397
00:20:12,302 --> 00:20:14,429
and turn them into
works of great beauty.
398
00:20:15,372 --> 00:20:17,670
When David died, he stopped.
399
00:20:17,741 --> 00:20:21,178
It was as if Scott Giddins
had ripped out his soul
400
00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:23,174
and stomped on it.
401
00:20:24,148 --> 00:20:26,173
I understand
why he'd seek vengeance.
402
00:20:26,584 --> 00:20:29,781
I reminded him that he still had
a wife and a baby on the way,
403
00:20:29,854 --> 00:20:32,482
but still he felt
that if he did nothing,
404
00:20:32,557 --> 00:20:34,525
he would be
tortured in this life.
405
00:20:34,592 --> 00:20:37,960
And if he acted, he would
be damned in the next.
406
00:20:39,231 --> 00:20:40,698
That's why I told him to
give me the gun.
407
00:20:40,766 --> 00:20:42,097
Hold on, Richard.
No.
408
00:20:44,336 --> 00:20:48,067
I appreciate your help, Jim.
This is something I have to do.
409
00:20:49,141 --> 00:20:51,507
Bill Parker gave me his gun.
410
00:20:51,577 --> 00:20:52,839
This conversation is over.
411
00:20:52,912 --> 00:20:57,316
A week later, I used it
to kill Mr. Giddins.
412
00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,747
Where did it happen, Father?
413
00:21:01,821 --> 00:21:04,756
North of the Williamsburg
Bridge underpass.
414
00:21:05,058 --> 00:21:06,992
Do you recall what Mr.
Giddins was wearing?
415
00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:09,688
A leather jacket.
Brown. Blue jeans.
416
00:21:09,763 --> 00:21:12,459
A gray shirt.
I shot him in the stomach.
417
00:21:12,532 --> 00:21:13,693
The police showed him photos.
418
00:21:13,734 --> 00:21:16,464
This man was
a plague on the earth,
419
00:21:17,104 --> 00:21:20,471
a drug pusher whose
poison killed children.
420
00:21:20,975 --> 00:21:24,604
The police could arrest him,
but nobody could convict him.
421
00:21:26,647 --> 00:21:28,547
Why did you return
the gun to the Parkers?
422
00:21:28,616 --> 00:21:32,383
I went to the Parkers to tell
them justice had been done.
423
00:21:32,888 --> 00:21:34,583
He hid the gun to protect me.
424
00:21:34,656 --> 00:21:36,123
You stop. That's enough.
425
00:21:36,191 --> 00:21:39,092
Now, you and Parker may think you're
being clever, but I'm not gonna sit
426
00:21:39,161 --> 00:21:40,924
in the front row
while you commit suicide.
427
00:21:41,763 --> 00:21:45,597
I'm still his counsel, and I'm
ending this interview right now.
428
00:21:46,835 --> 00:21:48,394
Father Hogan is
looking for martyrdom,
429
00:21:48,471 --> 00:21:50,530
or sainthood, or whatever
other ridiculous thing
430
00:21:50,607 --> 00:21:53,075
you get these days
for being entirely selfless.
431
00:21:53,142 --> 00:21:55,133
In the secular world
I believe they call
432
00:21:55,211 --> 00:21:57,179
what he's looking for
"reasonable doubt."
433
00:21:57,246 --> 00:21:58,941
And this bogus confession raises
434
00:21:59,015 --> 00:22:01,006
more than enough
for an acquittal.
435
00:22:01,618 --> 00:22:04,109
Unless we don't
charge Bill Parker.
436
00:22:05,254 --> 00:22:06,847
You want to indict Father Hogan?
437
00:22:07,057 --> 00:22:08,422
Why not?
438
00:22:08,892 --> 00:22:10,519
He did confess.
439
00:22:10,594 --> 00:22:11,788
Oh, come on, Jack.
Whatever problems
440
00:22:11,862 --> 00:22:13,582
you might personally
have with the Church...
441
00:22:13,631 --> 00:22:14,791
Have nothing to do with this.
442
00:22:14,865 --> 00:22:16,992
I'm just proposing
that if the two of you
443
00:22:17,067 --> 00:22:20,161
are right and this is all a
scheme to confuse a jury,
444
00:22:20,237 --> 00:22:23,366
let's do an end run of our own.
One confession. One defendant.
445
00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:24,669
No doubt.
446
00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:29,476
He's got a point. My guess, by
confessing to something he didn't do,
447
00:22:29,547 --> 00:22:31,674
the Padre's already
scored enough points
448
00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:33,843
to impress the pants
off Saint Peter.
449
00:22:33,918 --> 00:22:35,818
And what if he doesn't
feel the same way?
450
00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:39,186
We've got about 20 hours before we
have to charge them or let them go.
451
00:22:39,257 --> 00:22:42,955
Now, if you want to come up
with another plan, be my guest.
452
00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:45,961
If you think I'm gonna turn
on my husband, you're crazy.
453
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,659
That's not why I'm here.
454
00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:51,126
Actually,
I'm here for Father Hogan.
455
00:22:52,772 --> 00:22:54,706
He sent you?
456
00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:57,902
In a way.
He confessed to the crime.
457
00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:01,777
So, why is Bill still in jail?
458
00:23:01,848 --> 00:23:05,875
Because it's obvious to us that
Father Hogan is lying to protect him.
459
00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:12,950
Did Bill say he killed Giddins?
460
00:23:13,093 --> 00:23:15,186
He's scared.
He hasn't said anything.
461
00:23:16,164 --> 00:23:17,995
But he didn't say
Father Hogan did it.
462
00:23:19,567 --> 00:23:20,693
No.
463
00:23:22,303 --> 00:23:24,567
So I can't do
anything then, can I?
464
00:23:24,839 --> 00:23:26,500
You can help me to
convince Father Hogan
465
00:23:26,574 --> 00:23:28,337
that there is a better way
to help your husband
466
00:23:28,409 --> 00:23:29,899
than by throwing
his own life away.
467
00:23:32,113 --> 00:23:34,981
I'm sure you don't want the
wrong man to be convicted.
468
00:23:35,050 --> 00:23:36,347
I'm not asking you
to incriminate
469
00:23:36,418 --> 00:23:38,579
your husband, but if you
could just tell me anything.
470
00:23:39,221 --> 00:23:41,849
You bastards! Bastards!
471
00:23:41,924 --> 00:23:44,722
If only you did your job, a good
man like that wouldn't have to...
472
00:23:50,299 --> 00:23:54,669
He did it for us, you know. He
did it so Bill wouldn't have to.
473
00:23:56,439 --> 00:23:57,633
Wait a minute.
Are you saying
474
00:23:57,707 --> 00:24:00,267
that Father Hogan
did kill Scott Giddins?
475
00:24:06,716 --> 00:24:08,810
You'll be happy to know that
we released Bill Parker.
476
00:24:08,886 --> 00:24:10,376
(EXCLAIMS) Thank God!
477
00:24:10,454 --> 00:24:13,287
Come on, Jack. I'm not
going to fall for that.
478
00:24:13,357 --> 00:24:15,985
None of us here
wants a trial, Father.
479
00:24:16,093 --> 00:24:18,374
We're prepared to accept your
confession and offer you a...
480
00:24:18,395 --> 00:24:20,226
I will not accept a deal.
481
00:24:20,297 --> 00:24:21,696
Richard, please.
Just go ahead and tell them
482
00:24:21,766 --> 00:24:23,233
how you made up the whole thing.
483
00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:25,291
I don't think
he can do that, Jim.
484
00:24:27,105 --> 00:24:29,630
We found this jacket in the
Father's closet at the rectory.
485
00:24:30,308 --> 00:24:32,708
So he has bad taste in clothes?
That's not a crime.
486
00:24:32,778 --> 00:24:34,178
The people in
the Neighborhood Watch
487
00:24:34,179 --> 00:24:35,579
wear them when
they go out at night.
488
00:24:38,183 --> 00:24:41,152
The sleeve tested positive
for gunshot residue.
489
00:24:44,090 --> 00:24:46,524
I can offer you
ten years, Father.
490
00:24:50,096 --> 00:24:51,996
WHEELER: Give us a minute.
That won't be necessary.
491
00:24:52,064 --> 00:24:53,793
JACK: You should listen
to your lawyer, sir.
492
00:24:53,866 --> 00:24:57,029
With the coat and the confession, you
don't stand a chance with a jury.
493
00:24:57,103 --> 00:24:59,128
I will not pled guilty.
494
00:24:59,205 --> 00:25:01,606
Then you're looking
at 25-years-to-life.
495
00:25:01,675 --> 00:25:02,972
I confessed to
killing Scott Giddins.
496
00:25:03,043 --> 00:25:05,170
I did not confess to
committing a crime.
497
00:25:06,113 --> 00:25:09,139
Killing is not a crime,
when it's God's will.
498
00:25:14,888 --> 00:25:16,014
BRANCH: Is he serious?
499
00:25:16,089 --> 00:25:19,116
Here's Wheeler's Notice of
Affirmative Defense to prove it.
500
00:25:19,194 --> 00:25:20,627
Justification?
501
00:25:20,695 --> 00:25:22,993
"Yes, I killed.
But God told me to."
502
00:25:24,132 --> 00:25:26,259
Well, you gotta admit,
it's a lot more creative
503
00:25:26,334 --> 00:25:28,427
than "The Devil
made me do it."
504
00:25:28,503 --> 00:25:30,528
Next up, virgin sacrifice.
505
00:25:31,239 --> 00:25:33,833
The fact is,
this country could use
506
00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:36,434
a double dose of whatever
God's got on special today.
507
00:25:37,546 --> 00:25:39,537
Perhaps.
But not in a courtroom.
508
00:25:39,615 --> 00:25:40,615
Why not?
509
00:25:40,683 --> 00:25:42,514
Aren't we "One
nation under God"?
510
00:25:42,985 --> 00:25:46,512
Don't tell me you believe Father
Hogan's "orders from above" defense?
511
00:25:47,523 --> 00:25:51,084
On the contrary, it goes against
everything I do believe.
512
00:25:55,165 --> 00:25:58,100
The law recognizes situations
where killing is justified.
513
00:25:58,168 --> 00:26:01,695
Self-defense, defense of
others, the death penalty...
514
00:26:01,771 --> 00:26:04,296
And in all of those instances,
the use of deadly force
515
00:26:04,374 --> 00:26:07,707
must be in response to an imminent
threat and be reasonable.
516
00:26:07,777 --> 00:26:10,803
Here comes the part where he tells
you belief in God isn't reasonable.
517
00:26:10,881 --> 00:26:13,680
A priest claiming he heard God?
518
00:26:13,751 --> 00:26:15,651
How does a jury
determine credibility?
519
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,883
We ask juries to dive into deeper
deductive waters all the time.
520
00:26:18,956 --> 00:26:22,915
We don't ask them to ponder
the existence of God.
521
00:26:22,994 --> 00:26:26,361
But we don't have to. The court
already acknowledges His existence.
522
00:26:26,430 --> 00:26:27,727
"In God we trust."
523
00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:29,994
That's the building,
not the law.
524
00:26:30,068 --> 00:26:32,161
My point is,
how can both the court
525
00:26:32,237 --> 00:26:35,206
and the legislature acknowledge
the existence of God,
526
00:26:35,274 --> 00:26:38,266
yet deny a defense
premised on that existence?
527
00:26:38,343 --> 00:26:42,006
If a layperson tried to assert
a "God told me to" defense,
528
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,243
the court would render him
incompetent to stand trial.
529
00:26:45,317 --> 00:26:47,878
So if you talk to God,
you're pious,
530
00:26:47,954 --> 00:26:50,354
and if he talks back,
you're crazy?
531
00:26:50,423 --> 00:26:51,754
You said it, I didn't.
532
00:26:51,824 --> 00:26:54,258
Well, then let's give Father
Hogan an Article 730 exam
533
00:26:54,327 --> 00:26:56,124
and see if he's
competent to stand trial.
534
00:26:57,697 --> 00:26:59,028
God bless.
535
00:27:02,835 --> 00:27:04,667
Do you believe in God,
Dr. Olivet?
536
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,673
Yes.
537
00:27:07,741 --> 00:27:09,538
And yet, you question
whether I'm crazy
538
00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:11,840
for claiming
I received His guidance.
539
00:27:12,346 --> 00:27:14,314
I'm simply doing my job.
540
00:27:16,016 --> 00:27:18,280
I'm sure the Roman
soldiers said that, too,
541
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,588
when nailing Jesus to the cross.
542
00:27:24,526 --> 00:27:26,118
Do you think of
yourself as Jesus?
543
00:27:26,695 --> 00:27:28,094
(LAUGHS) No.
544
00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:29,530
No, no.
545
00:27:30,031 --> 00:27:32,329
I'm just noting a parallel.
546
00:27:33,101 --> 00:27:36,901
Jesus could return tomorrow
547
00:27:37,772 --> 00:27:41,937
and people would write him off as an
illusionist, the next David Blaine.
548
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:44,773
Society has a habit
of explaining away miracles,
549
00:27:44,847 --> 00:27:49,147
and then saying God must not exist
because there are no miracles.
550
00:27:50,486 --> 00:27:52,852
And you're going
to prove them wrong?
551
00:27:52,922 --> 00:27:55,584
I'm not on a crusade,
Dr. Olivet.
552
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,896
A man was destroying my community,
poisoning my neighbors.
553
00:28:01,765 --> 00:28:06,498
I prayed for guidance, and the guidance
I received was that I should kill him.
554
00:28:12,109 --> 00:28:16,342
At the time, did you know that
it's wrong to kill someone?
555
00:28:17,081 --> 00:28:19,811
I knew that
killing is usually wrong.
556
00:28:19,884 --> 00:28:24,287
I knew that my actions were
against the laws of man. And I...
557
00:28:27,592 --> 00:28:32,462
I knew that they were against
every instinct I have
558
00:28:32,865 --> 00:28:34,389
as a human being.
559
00:28:34,733 --> 00:28:36,291
Then why did you do it?
560
00:28:37,136 --> 00:28:41,334
Because that's
what God asked of me.
561
00:28:42,608 --> 00:28:45,441
And you had no choice but
to follow His instructions?
562
00:28:45,511 --> 00:28:47,240
We all have a choice.
563
00:28:47,312 --> 00:28:48,677
We all know
what God expects of us.
564
00:28:48,747 --> 00:28:51,945
The question is,
are we strong enough
565
00:28:53,853 --> 00:28:55,115
to do it?
566
00:28:57,657 --> 00:28:59,352
He understands
the charges against him
567
00:28:59,426 --> 00:29:01,621
and is capable of
aiding in his defense.
568
00:29:01,694 --> 00:29:03,059
But he doesn't
seem to understand
569
00:29:03,129 --> 00:29:04,790
the difference
between right and wrong.
570
00:29:05,498 --> 00:29:08,297
On the contrary,
he understands perfectly.
571
00:29:08,903 --> 00:29:11,064
It can't be wrong if God
told him to do it.
572
00:29:11,138 --> 00:29:12,628
SERENA: And that's not crazy?
573
00:29:12,706 --> 00:29:16,142
Father Hogan believes he gains
enlightenment through prayer.
574
00:29:16,210 --> 00:29:19,702
If that's crazy, then half the
world should be committed.
575
00:29:19,780 --> 00:29:21,975
One man's delusion is
another man's faith.
576
00:29:22,049 --> 00:29:23,641
And we're supposed to
convince a bunch ofjurors
577
00:29:23,717 --> 00:29:26,687
that they were delusional all those
Sundays that they went to church?
578
00:29:27,456 --> 00:29:31,449
No. You need to convince Father
Hogan to look reality in the eye.
579
00:29:32,694 --> 00:29:35,629
I understand your
predicament, Mr. McCoy.
580
00:29:35,831 --> 00:29:37,128
Do you understand mine?
581
00:29:37,265 --> 00:29:38,562
Actually, I do.
582
00:29:39,468 --> 00:29:42,597
I'd think it would include
willingness to accept punishment.
583
00:29:42,672 --> 00:29:44,401
I'm willing to be punished,
584
00:29:44,474 --> 00:29:47,409
but what I'm not willing
to do is to plead guilty.
585
00:29:47,477 --> 00:29:49,570
Are you sure
you want to do this, Father?
586
00:29:49,645 --> 00:29:51,510
Do you really want to
put religion on trial?
587
00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:53,572
Religion is already on trial.
588
00:29:53,649 --> 00:29:56,584
Islam is being
tainted by fanatics,
589
00:29:56,953 --> 00:29:59,080
Judaism is being threatened
by the recent rise
590
00:29:59,156 --> 00:30:02,592
in anti-Semitism, the Catholic
Church is crippled by a sex scandal.
591
00:30:02,659 --> 00:30:04,559
For the first time in
the world's history,
592
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:07,358
three major faiths
are in crisis.
593
00:30:08,398 --> 00:30:12,061
Then perhaps that makes this the worst time
in history to challenge their validity.
594
00:30:12,136 --> 00:30:15,867
No, on the contrary,
maybe now more than ever
595
00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:19,103
God wants us to
reexamine our faith.
596
00:30:19,177 --> 00:30:22,078
And if those are the
consequences of my defense...
597
00:30:23,047 --> 00:30:24,071
Amen.
598
00:30:24,249 --> 00:30:25,614
And if you lose?
599
00:30:27,585 --> 00:30:30,554
Where did your faith go,
Ms. Southerlyn?
600
00:30:39,632 --> 00:30:41,259
You contact Bishop Durning?
601
00:30:41,333 --> 00:30:43,267
He'll be more than
happy to testify.
602
00:30:43,702 --> 00:30:47,138
Of course he will. He can't have
murder added to the mounting list
603
00:30:47,206 --> 00:30:48,673
of priestly iniquities.
604
00:30:48,741 --> 00:30:50,675
You're really enjoying this,
aren't you?
605
00:30:50,743 --> 00:30:52,064
There's nothing
quite like walking
606
00:30:52,078 --> 00:30:54,706
into a trial with
an uncontested confession.
607
00:30:55,282 --> 00:30:57,011
Yeah, that's what I thought.
608
00:30:57,083 --> 00:30:59,881
Smile, Serena.
This is our Inherit the Wind.
609
00:30:59,953 --> 00:31:03,184
This is where we get to
prove in a court of law
610
00:31:03,256 --> 00:31:04,985
that there is
no big guy up there
611
00:31:05,058 --> 00:31:07,026
with a white beard,
pulling invisible strings.
612
00:31:08,161 --> 00:31:09,823
So what did
those nuns do to you?
613
00:31:10,331 --> 00:31:11,992
That's irrelevant.
614
00:31:12,667 --> 00:31:16,125
Anybody who knows that
he knows gets my hair up.
615
00:31:16,604 --> 00:31:19,573
If you want my advice, Jack, I think
you should just let Father Hogan's
616
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,574
confession speak for itself.
617
00:31:21,642 --> 00:31:24,167
No good can come out
of debating religion.
618
00:31:24,645 --> 00:31:27,171
Maybe I should have
told that to the nuns.
619
00:31:31,286 --> 00:31:35,518
I thought he just took my gun to
stop me from doing something stupid.
620
00:31:37,693 --> 00:31:40,856
I had no idea that he would take
matters into his own hands.
621
00:31:41,863 --> 00:31:44,526
So, he didn't tell you
beforehand what his plans were?
622
00:31:44,701 --> 00:31:45,701
No.
623
00:31:47,403 --> 00:31:48,597
I never would have let him.
624
00:31:49,272 --> 00:31:52,969
Because even through your grief, you
realized that killing is wrong.
625
00:31:53,042 --> 00:31:55,909
I lost a child, Mr. McCoy.
626
00:31:57,981 --> 00:32:00,711
Do you have any idea
how much that hurts?
627
00:32:01,284 --> 00:32:04,550
It's like a knife in your
heart that won't go away.
628
00:32:07,057 --> 00:32:08,922
I'm sorry, Mr. Parker,
but I have to.
629
00:32:09,727 --> 00:32:10,785
I know.
630
00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:15,623
Please, tell us about the night
Scott Giddins was murdered.
631
00:32:15,699 --> 00:32:18,691
It was late. Father Hogan
came to my apartment.
632
00:32:18,769 --> 00:32:21,034
That's when I noticed
633
00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:23,040
there were specks of blood
on his fingers.
634
00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:25,532
JACK: Did he tell you
where the blood came from?
635
00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:29,478
No. He didn't have to.
I knew.
636
00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:38,084
Did Father Hogan tell you
why he killed Scott Giddins?
637
00:32:38,758 --> 00:32:43,957
He said that God wanted him
to do what man refused to do.
638
00:32:44,697 --> 00:32:46,617
That God wanted that child
killer off the streets.
639
00:32:46,666 --> 00:32:49,430
That he wanted to keep
our neighborhood safe.
640
00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:55,540
He wanted to ease the grief that
Scott Giddins caused my wife and me.
641
00:32:57,277 --> 00:32:58,710
WHEELER:
And you believed him?
642
00:32:58,779 --> 00:33:00,747
Do I believe in God,
Mr. Wheeler?
643
00:33:02,949 --> 00:33:05,110
Yes, I do.
644
00:33:05,652 --> 00:33:07,313
That's not what I asked,
Mr. Parker.
645
00:33:07,387 --> 00:33:09,514
What I want to know is,
if you actually believe
646
00:33:09,589 --> 00:33:12,684
God put the gun
in Father Hogan's hand
647
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,625
and told him to shoot.
648
00:33:15,663 --> 00:33:19,360
Nobody can prove to me
that He didn't.
649
00:33:27,442 --> 00:33:29,877
Although the Church
doesn't condone violence,
650
00:33:29,945 --> 00:33:33,176
God has historically been
used to justify murder,
651
00:33:33,248 --> 00:33:35,682
from the Crusades to 9 l 11,
652
00:33:35,751 --> 00:33:38,413
by men who believed they were
instruments of His will.
653
00:33:38,487 --> 00:33:41,945
But this belief is usually a
product of either mental illness,
654
00:33:42,024 --> 00:33:45,255
geopolitical ambition,
or misinterpretation.
655
00:33:46,695 --> 00:33:50,359
Did you hear Dr. Olivet testify
that Father Hogan was sane?
656
00:33:50,834 --> 00:33:51,834
Yes.
657
00:33:51,901 --> 00:33:53,960
Do you have any
evidence to the contrary?
658
00:33:54,037 --> 00:33:55,163
No.
659
00:33:55,238 --> 00:33:57,468
Any evidence that
he's a political zealot?
660
00:33:57,540 --> 00:33:59,474
No. He's a good man.
661
00:34:00,310 --> 00:34:02,107
So, under your paradigm,
662
00:34:02,178 --> 00:34:04,373
if Father Hogan
received a message
663
00:34:04,481 --> 00:34:06,712
from the Almighty,
he misinterpreted it.
664
00:34:07,651 --> 00:34:10,176
That's correct.
The Almighty teaches us
665
00:34:10,254 --> 00:34:12,722
to save the sinner,
not kill him.
666
00:34:13,424 --> 00:34:16,416
JACK: He also teaches you
to pray for His guidance.
667
00:34:16,494 --> 00:34:18,291
Yes, but if that guidance calls
668
00:34:18,362 --> 00:34:22,389
for an act like murder,
we should be skeptical.
669
00:34:23,368 --> 00:34:24,995
I should hope so.
670
00:34:25,871 --> 00:34:27,591
But that's what
confuses me, Bishop Durning.
671
00:34:27,606 --> 00:34:29,164
When it comes to
something as important
672
00:34:29,241 --> 00:34:30,731
as murder, don't you think that
673
00:34:30,809 --> 00:34:34,336
God would be as specific
as he could possibly be
674
00:34:34,413 --> 00:34:36,142
to eliminate
any margin for error?
675
00:34:41,254 --> 00:34:44,985
Of course He would. Otherwise,
what kind of God would he be?
676
00:34:46,058 --> 00:34:47,582
JUDGE: Mr. Wheeler?
677
00:34:50,563 --> 00:34:52,326
Nothing, Your Honor.
678
00:34:56,169 --> 00:34:59,003
It looks to me like the
Bishop just made our case.
679
00:34:59,072 --> 00:35:00,369
Really? Then
why do you suppose
680
00:35:00,441 --> 00:35:01,533
Wheeler didn't
cross-examine him?
681
00:35:01,608 --> 00:35:03,542
What could he possibly ask?
682
00:35:03,610 --> 00:35:04,975
The top gun in the local church
683
00:35:05,045 --> 00:35:07,036
just said Father Hogan
made a mistake.
684
00:35:07,114 --> 00:35:09,082
Yeah, that's one explanation.
The other is
685
00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:11,674
that he realized your tactics
were turning off the jury.
686
00:35:12,453 --> 00:35:13,750
Why? How?
687
00:35:13,821 --> 00:35:16,313
Because an imperfect God
is no God at all.
688
00:35:16,391 --> 00:35:18,018
Did it ever cross your mind
689
00:35:18,092 --> 00:35:19,821
that the triers of fact
in a murder case
690
00:35:19,894 --> 00:35:22,385
might not want to hear you air
your disrespect of their faith?
691
00:35:22,964 --> 00:35:24,556
That's not
what I was doing at all.
692
00:35:24,632 --> 00:35:28,090
I can't beat this sanctimonious
defense by tiptoeing around.
693
00:35:28,970 --> 00:35:30,961
Besides, how do you know
they wouldn't like it?
694
00:35:31,039 --> 00:35:34,476
If nobody's watching, they can cheat
on their wives, cheat on their taxes,
695
00:35:34,543 --> 00:35:35,669
impose the death penalty,
696
00:35:35,744 --> 00:35:38,611
all without remorse, all without
worrying about redemption.
697
00:35:38,681 --> 00:35:40,478
Most people want comfort, hope.
698
00:35:40,549 --> 00:35:43,109
They want to believe in something
bigger than themselves.
699
00:35:44,286 --> 00:35:46,254
You know what I believe?
700
00:35:46,655 --> 00:35:49,283
I believe that Father
Hogan's pious platitudes
701
00:35:49,358 --> 00:35:51,953
and calm certainties
ain't necessarily so.
702
00:35:52,896 --> 00:35:56,957
I believe that anyone who wraps
themselves in the flag or in the cloth
703
00:35:57,033 --> 00:35:58,432
to excuse themselves
from the rules
704
00:35:58,502 --> 00:36:00,402
the rest of us mortals
have to obey
705
00:36:01,037 --> 00:36:06,065
is pulling a fast one. It pisses me
off no end. "I know what God wants."
706
00:36:07,177 --> 00:36:11,308
Come on, Serena. It's ego
or hubris or narcissism.
707
00:36:12,149 --> 00:36:13,776
So, "God's dead"?
708
00:36:15,553 --> 00:36:17,646
I'm proud to say I don't know.
709
00:36:17,722 --> 00:36:19,587
But I do know this,
that Father Hogan's
710
00:36:19,657 --> 00:36:22,421
right to his convictions stopped
at Scott Giddins' nose.
711
00:36:27,733 --> 00:36:30,634
The first shot missed.
My hand was shaking.
712
00:36:31,703 --> 00:36:33,830
I never held a gun before.
713
00:36:33,906 --> 00:36:36,272
But you managed to hit Mr.
Giddins with the second shot?
714
00:36:36,341 --> 00:36:38,775
When I saw him fall back,
715
00:36:38,844 --> 00:36:43,248
I couldn't help but think,
"God steadied my hand."
716
00:36:43,683 --> 00:36:45,446
WHEELER: God steadied it?
717
00:36:45,518 --> 00:36:48,146
God gave me the strength
to follow His guidance.
718
00:36:48,221 --> 00:36:50,587
But He wasn't the one who
pulled the trigger, was He?
719
00:36:50,657 --> 00:36:51,749
No.
720
00:36:51,824 --> 00:36:54,349
Scott Giddins was a drug dealer
who terrorized a neighborhood
721
00:36:54,427 --> 00:36:56,361
for no other reason
than his own greed.
722
00:36:56,429 --> 00:36:57,589
He was a sinner.
723
00:36:57,664 --> 00:36:59,723
What happened to the Fifth
Commandment, Father?
724
00:36:59,799 --> 00:37:02,792
Scott Giddins caused
the death of a young boy.
725
00:37:04,004 --> 00:37:06,564
Exodus 20:13 may say,
"Thou shalt not kill,"
726
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,074
but Exodus 21:12 says,
727
00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:13,773
"He that smiteth a man so that he
die shall surely be put to death."
728
00:37:21,189 --> 00:37:24,647
Just to be clear,
you killed Scott Giddins?
729
00:37:24,726 --> 00:37:25,954
Yes.
730
00:37:26,027 --> 00:37:30,225
So under oath you're admitting
you're guilty of breaking the law?
731
00:37:30,799 --> 00:37:32,960
Man's law, not God's.
732
00:37:34,202 --> 00:37:37,934
And you believe that the law of
God should trump the law of man?
733
00:37:38,007 --> 00:37:39,668
That's how I live my life.
734
00:37:39,742 --> 00:37:41,869
That's why I couldn't
ignore His wishes.
735
00:37:42,511 --> 00:37:44,172
You heard his voice, did you?
736
00:37:44,246 --> 00:37:47,306
It wasn't a person to
person call, Mr. McCoy.
737
00:37:48,150 --> 00:37:51,051
I acted upon the enlightenment
that I received through prayer.
738
00:37:51,387 --> 00:37:54,084
That's all? No burning bush,
no pillar of fire?
739
00:37:54,157 --> 00:37:57,024
If you're asking for proof,
I can't give you any.
740
00:37:57,094 --> 00:37:59,688
That's the very essence
of faith, Mr. McCoy.
741
00:37:59,763 --> 00:38:02,926
Belief,
despite absence of proof.
742
00:38:04,001 --> 00:38:07,493
And God wanted
Scott Giddins killed?
743
00:38:07,738 --> 00:38:10,332
Mr. Giddins caused
a lot of suffering.
744
00:38:10,407 --> 00:38:12,808
You thought he should be
punished for his sins, did you?
745
00:38:12,877 --> 00:38:14,003
Yes.
746
00:38:14,078 --> 00:38:15,102
Well, that's
certainly convenient,
747
00:38:15,179 --> 00:38:17,409
your desires
matching those of God!
748
00:38:17,482 --> 00:38:19,780
Objection. I'm just wondering
who spoke to whom.
749
00:38:20,151 --> 00:38:21,914
Enough, Counselor.
750
00:38:22,654 --> 00:38:24,417
After you received
your marching orders,
751
00:38:24,489 --> 00:38:26,650
did you think about
getting a second opinion?
752
00:38:26,724 --> 00:38:31,059
I mean, you know, check with
your superiors at the Church?
753
00:38:31,797 --> 00:38:35,198
To doubt God?
That would be hubris.
754
00:38:35,701 --> 00:38:37,931
On the other hand, some might
think it hubris not to.
755
00:38:38,003 --> 00:38:40,301
WHEELER: Objection.
Counsel is testifying.
756
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,200
Withdrawn.
757
00:38:44,009 --> 00:38:47,969
Did your lawyer tell you that an
insanity defense was available to you?
758
00:38:48,048 --> 00:38:49,606
He told me a lot of things,
but I know
759
00:38:49,683 --> 00:38:51,173
in my heart that
I am not guilty.
760
00:38:51,251 --> 00:38:54,550
I also know in my heart
that a jury will believe me.
761
00:38:55,355 --> 00:38:57,516
Then why did you
hide the murder weapon?
762
00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:02,919
Mr. Parker said...
JACK: Oh, I see.
763
00:39:02,996 --> 00:39:06,125
Seeking the advice of man is wrong
when it comes to committing a crime,
764
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,225
but it's okay when it
comes to covering one up?
765
00:39:09,370 --> 00:39:14,501
Is there any chance you simply
wanted to avoid man's punishment
766
00:39:15,609 --> 00:39:17,474
for breaking his laws?
767
00:39:20,681 --> 00:39:23,651
Maybe we can come back to that.
Tell me this, Father Hogan,
768
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,119
this suffering
you said Scott Giddins
769
00:39:26,188 --> 00:39:28,179
caused the people
in your neighborhood,
770
00:39:28,256 --> 00:39:30,224
specifically, you're
talking about the Parkers?
771
00:39:30,292 --> 00:39:31,316
That's correct.
772
00:39:31,393 --> 00:39:34,988
And in your mind murdering Scott
Giddins would ease the pain
773
00:39:35,063 --> 00:39:36,860
of losing their only son?
774
00:39:37,265 --> 00:39:39,257
In God's mind.
775
00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:40,700
Now, that's interesting.
776
00:39:40,770 --> 00:39:43,102
Because if I remember correctly,
777
00:39:43,639 --> 00:39:46,836
Mr. Parker testified
that losing his son
778
00:39:46,909 --> 00:39:50,902
was like a knife through his
heart which would not go away!
779
00:39:53,816 --> 00:39:56,615
A knife through the heart
hurts, Father Hogan.
780
00:39:56,687 --> 00:39:57,847
Your Honor...
781
00:39:57,921 --> 00:40:01,584
So, if God wanted to ease the Parkers' pain,
he really screwed the pooch on this one.
782
00:40:01,658 --> 00:40:02,898
JUDGE: All right.
That's enough.
783
00:40:02,926 --> 00:40:04,587
JACK: Tell me, Father Hogan,
784
00:40:04,661 --> 00:40:07,755
isn't it your job to
comfort your parishioners?
785
00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:11,860
Yes.
786
00:40:12,002 --> 00:40:13,162
But you couldn't
do it, could you?
787
00:40:13,237 --> 00:40:15,604
You were impotent to
ease the Parkers' pain.
788
00:40:19,744 --> 00:40:22,838
Maybe it wasn't God who screwed
the pooch, Father Hogan.
789
00:40:24,916 --> 00:40:26,543
Maybe it was you.
790
00:40:39,598 --> 00:40:41,998
JACK: It's your meeting,
Mr. Parker.
791
00:40:43,002 --> 00:40:45,163
We have to be in court, sir.
792
00:40:45,304 --> 00:40:47,499
No. Call it off.
793
00:40:48,575 --> 00:40:49,837
It's a little late for that.
794
00:40:49,910 --> 00:40:51,309
But I did it.
795
00:40:52,512 --> 00:40:55,106
Father Hogan didn't do anything.
He shouldn't be punished.
796
00:40:55,649 --> 00:40:57,844
This is very noble of you,
Mr. Parker, but...
797
00:40:57,918 --> 00:41:00,398
He confessed and you believed him.
Now why won't you believe me?
798
00:41:02,222 --> 00:41:04,156
The gun was in my house!
799
00:41:05,392 --> 00:41:07,623
Excuse me,
this is a private meeting.
800
00:41:08,529 --> 00:41:10,497
This is stupid, Bill.
801
00:41:10,565 --> 00:41:12,726
I will not let you take
responsibility for what I did.
802
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,267
Don't listen to him.
I am ready to go to jail.
803
00:41:14,335 --> 00:41:15,461
Bill!
804
00:41:15,536 --> 00:41:17,367
BILL: Don't you see
what he is doing to you?
805
00:41:17,438 --> 00:41:20,168
He is mocking everything
that you believe.
806
00:41:20,241 --> 00:41:21,833
Now, if the jury...
They won't.
807
00:41:23,277 --> 00:41:25,041
If they lose faith...
808
00:41:25,113 --> 00:41:28,310
Then, we still have ours.
809
00:41:29,918 --> 00:41:32,250
What if that's not good enough?
810
00:41:33,755 --> 00:41:35,313
I prayed for the strength...
811
00:41:35,390 --> 00:41:38,257
And your prayer was
answered through me, Bill.
812
00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:48,867
Well, this certainly
makes things interesting.
813
00:41:49,906 --> 00:41:52,340
Hey, you don't
really believe him?
814
00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:56,135
It's not my call.
It's up to a jury.
815
00:41:56,813 --> 00:41:58,405
Eight-and-a-third-to-25.
816
00:41:58,481 --> 00:41:59,813
WHEELER: Richard, don't.
817
00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:02,182
This gives us reasonable doubt.
818
00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:07,187
I can't let this man put
himself in harm's way for me.
819
00:42:10,961 --> 00:42:12,826
Going, going...
820
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:17,366
Fine. I accept.
821
00:42:38,291 --> 00:42:39,883
Are you staying?
822
00:42:45,298 --> 00:42:47,266
Can I ask you something?
823
00:42:49,068 --> 00:42:50,535
Tommy Suiter.
824
00:42:52,306 --> 00:42:54,934
He lived two doors down
from us on Damon Avenue.
825
00:42:55,008 --> 00:42:57,306
He was a couple of years
older than me, and
826
00:42:58,512 --> 00:43:02,573
as far back as I can remember, I
followed him around like a puppy.
827
00:43:05,052 --> 00:43:08,488
A VA hospital in 1968
was no place for a puppy.
828
00:43:10,325 --> 00:43:13,123
It was pretty grizzly
and it smelled bad.
829
00:43:13,594 --> 00:43:17,223
The boy in the bed beside Tommy's
had already passed away.
830
00:43:17,665 --> 00:43:20,759
Tommy's right leg was
somewhere in the basement.
831
00:43:21,269 --> 00:43:23,999
What was left of his face
was tar paper.
832
00:43:26,942 --> 00:43:29,206
I squeeze in beside
a priest who's urging Tommy
833
00:43:29,278 --> 00:43:31,906
to make a deathbed
recantation of his sins.
834
00:43:35,317 --> 00:43:39,378
Tommy smiles with the part of his
mouth that still works and says,
835
00:43:42,524 --> 00:43:44,925
"What difference
would it make?"
836
00:43:48,865 --> 00:43:52,301
The Priest moves on to the next bed.
Tommy says to me,
837
00:43:54,904 --> 00:43:57,134
"God forgive me if I'm wrong."
838
00:44:03,848 --> 00:44:06,749
I think that's
the last thing he ever said.
839
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,385
It took a lot of guts.
840
00:44:20,332 --> 00:44:22,232
I thought it was right.
841
00:44:29,541 --> 00:44:32,738
Me? I'm still
tagging along after Tommy.