1 00:00:02,069 --> 00:00:06,238 by two separate yet equally important groups-- 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,140 the police who investigate crime 3 00:00:08,142 --> 00:00:10,609 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:10,611 --> 00:00:13,312 These are their stories. 5 00:00:13,314 --> 00:00:16,448 Upstairs neighbor complained about the smell. 6 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:19,451 Don't worry, Max. There's just three more flights. 7 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,587 ( sirens wailing ) 8 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:24,089 Didn't somebody fry the coffee yet? 9 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:25,357 Whoa! 10 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:29,261 ( indistinct voices ) 11 00:00:35,136 --> 00:00:37,069 Yo, Profaci. 12 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:42,508 Hey, Mikey. 13 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:46,078 ( indistinct voices ) 14 00:00:48,182 --> 00:00:50,382 Holland, Bobby, 26, 27. 15 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:51,583 Shot in back of the head. 16 00:00:51,585 --> 00:00:53,218 Probably two days. 17 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:56,321 Ask me, he was probably a dealer. 18 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:59,258 Weapon? 19 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:00,526 Still looking. 20 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:03,562 Who shoots in the head besides dealers? 21 00:01:03,564 --> 00:01:06,432 A robber who gets surprised? 22 00:01:06,434 --> 00:01:12,404 A burglar so surprised, he leaves behind a full wallet? 23 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:20,079 Captioning sponsored by NBC/UNIVERSAL 24 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:38,323 Needs a paint job. 25 00:02:38,325 --> 00:02:40,225 The guy's dead. 26 00:02:40,227 --> 00:02:42,561 If they had downstairs... 27 00:02:42,563 --> 00:02:44,563 I'm below him, in 2a. 28 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:46,565 You ever talk to him? 29 00:02:46,567 --> 00:02:48,400 He listened to sad music. 30 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:51,470 Piano stuff, Gershwin. 31 00:02:51,472 --> 00:02:52,571 Left early. 32 00:02:52,573 --> 00:02:54,306 Came home late. 33 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:56,308 See anybody with him Saturday night? 34 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:57,809 Saturday night about 1:30 35 00:02:57,811 --> 00:02:59,444 I'm coming back 36 00:02:59,446 --> 00:03:01,513 from Symphony Space. This guy tears past me. 37 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:03,815 Did you get a good look at him? 38 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:07,419 1:00 a.m., guy goes running down the steps in this city? 39 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:08,654 I've learned not to look. 40 00:03:10,491 --> 00:03:11,823 Brownstones? 41 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:13,825 They're invitations to get robbed. 42 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,295 How many sets of prints have you got? 43 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:18,297 We got partials from about a dozen people. 44 00:03:18,299 --> 00:03:20,299 It's what you'd expect, 45 00:03:20,301 --> 00:03:22,467 unless somebody wiped the place down. 46 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:23,702 You run them? 47 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,237 No match. 48 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:27,606 None of his friends had records. 49 00:03:27,608 --> 00:03:28,807 Neither did he. 50 00:03:28,809 --> 00:03:30,742 What'd they used to say? 51 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:34,413 Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse. 52 00:03:34,415 --> 00:03:37,616 Whoever shot this one didn't care much about beautiful. 53 00:03:37,618 --> 00:03:39,618 You should have seen the apartment. 54 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:41,587 More trashed than the victim. 55 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:43,789 Not to boil your coffee or anything 56 00:03:43,791 --> 00:03:46,391 but a guy fights with a burglar... 57 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:47,826 He gets banged up. 58 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:49,795 Not the late Mr. Holland. 59 00:03:49,797 --> 00:03:53,599 Not a bruise, not a mark, not a scratch on the body. 60 00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:56,268 Just a nice, clean .38 entrance wound. 61 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:57,269 Close range? 62 00:03:57,271 --> 00:03:59,271 A foot, maybe 18 inches. 63 00:03:59,273 --> 00:04:00,505 Powder burns... 64 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:02,774 Stippling. You check both hands? 65 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:04,643 Clean, not a trace of powder. 66 00:04:04,645 --> 00:04:06,511 The guy didn't shoot himself, that's dead certain. 67 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:15,654 WOMAN: Bobby was big. He... 68 00:04:15,656 --> 00:04:18,924 When he was born, he was over 11 pounds. 69 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:21,760 He's always been big. 70 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,663 They don't attack big people. 71 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:27,399 I read it in the Post. 72 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:33,405 Could you tell us about your son's friends-- 73 00:04:33,407 --> 00:04:35,474 places he used to hang out? 74 00:04:38,679 --> 00:04:41,647 He kept to himself a lot. 75 00:04:41,649 --> 00:04:43,715 He didn't have a lot of friends. 76 00:04:45,886 --> 00:04:49,554 I should go get his mail. 77 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:53,625 Bobby have any brothers, sisters? 78 00:04:56,430 --> 00:04:59,731 After Bobby, we didn't have any more. 79 00:05:02,770 --> 00:05:06,672 He was a very difficult birth, and I had... 80 00:05:06,674 --> 00:05:08,740 well, there were just... 81 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:11,510 there were no more children. 82 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:16,848 And now we've lost him. 83 00:05:16,850 --> 00:05:20,385 We lost him when he moved over the bridge. 84 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,628 ( moans ) 85 00:05:29,630 --> 00:05:31,463 GREEVEY: Personal possessions. 86 00:05:31,465 --> 00:05:35,667 Things they found on him when he was brought in. 87 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,470 Would you sign for them, please? 88 00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:39,871 Took the watch, huh? 89 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:41,673 An Omega. 90 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,675 Big, heavy job, steel. 91 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,677 High school graduation. 92 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:48,880 It cost me a week's pay. 93 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:50,449 The band? 94 00:05:50,451 --> 00:05:54,453 It had links, tight, steel, too. 95 00:05:54,455 --> 00:05:56,888 He wore it to work without worry. 96 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:59,691 When he first moved to the city 97 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,693 I bought him a gun. 98 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:02,894 A pistol? 99 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,896 .38. It was licensed. 100 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:08,500 I told him to keep it next to the bed. 101 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:10,569 Why didn't he defend himself? 102 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:12,804 You got a big, tough guy, big enough to toss 103 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,473 most people around like a pillow. 104 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:15,907 There's always somebody bigger. 105 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:17,542 Captain, the apartment looked like Beirut. 106 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:19,678 And our vic, not a bruise or a cut lip. 107 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,480 Now, you fight with a crackhead 108 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:23,648 you're going to get hit, something. 109 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:25,550 A bullet in the head. Isn't that something? 110 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,786 How did the perp get in? 111 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:28,920 Fire escape? 112 00:06:28,922 --> 00:06:30,555 Nope. One door, no fire escape. 113 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,791 Well, then, maybe we're talking about a friend here. 114 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:33,859 A friend with a grudge? 115 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:35,660 You got something better? 116 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:37,996 Maybe you should go out, shake up the ground 117 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:39,765 a little bit, see who he knew. 118 00:06:45,706 --> 00:06:47,672 MAN: Lock it down, tie it off! 119 00:06:47,674 --> 00:06:50,942 Whoa, whoa, whoa, right there, right there. Hold up. 120 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:54,513 I hope to God you get who did it. 121 00:06:54,515 --> 00:06:56,815 Bobby was a good man. 122 00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:58,784 Women problems? 123 00:06:58,786 --> 00:07:01,486 Bobby didn't cat around. 124 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:03,455 Gambling? 125 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:05,791 Not even a football pool. 126 00:07:05,793 --> 00:07:07,926 Did Bobby Holland hang out after work? 127 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:10,595 Didn't even come to union meetings. 128 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:12,998 Mr. Massacio, come on, he must have hung out with somebody. 129 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,900 Go ask Suarez. Angel. 130 00:07:14,902 --> 00:07:17,502 Sometimes they had lunch together. 131 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:18,837 Thanks. 132 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:25,510 Angel Suarez? 133 00:07:25,512 --> 00:07:28,013 Detective Logan, Sergeant Greevey. 134 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:34,085 I already heard about Bobby. 135 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:35,821 You a friend of his? 136 00:07:35,823 --> 00:07:37,923 I knew him. 137 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:39,891 Real broken up, huh? 138 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:41,860 If I knew who did him, I'd let you know. 139 00:07:41,862 --> 00:07:43,528 Where were you Saturday night? 140 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:47,632 In San Juan, visiting my parents. 141 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:50,068 I got back Sunday night. 142 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,638 You want to see my plane ticket? 143 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,008 We're talking murder here. 144 00:07:57,010 --> 00:07:59,678 Look, the night Bobby got it 145 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,682 he was having a drink with a friend, Lois Rivera. 146 00:08:03,684 --> 00:08:07,886 She has a gourmet sandwich cart up on Upper Westside. 147 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:11,623 If you guys find the killer and want to save the state 148 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:14,092 the price of the trial, give me a call. 149 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:20,599 Thanks. 150 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:23,001 That night before I met my sister, 151 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:25,570 I had a drink with Bobby. 152 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:28,006 We talked a while, about nothing really. 153 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:31,576 I just told him I thought he should go back to school. 154 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:33,912 City College, part-time. 155 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:36,581 Bobby was real smart. 156 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:39,951 He knew a lot about music, he read a lot of books. 157 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:42,120 Would anybody want to hurt him? 158 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,190 No. 159 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:47,559 Nobody I can think of. 160 00:08:47,561 --> 00:08:49,895 Where did he go after he left you? 161 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,933 It's Lois, right? 162 00:08:54,935 --> 00:08:56,601 Listen. 163 00:08:56,603 --> 00:09:01,873 Somebody blew your boyfriend's brains out with a .38, okay? 164 00:09:03,677 --> 00:09:06,011 He went to a bar downtown. 165 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:07,212 Paradise Lost. 166 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:15,620 Look, I really wasn't Bobby's girl-- 167 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:17,789 just a good friend. 168 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:25,697 Bobby was gay. 169 00:09:31,838 --> 00:09:33,638 You couldn't miss the guy. 170 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,940 Why not? 171 00:09:34,942 --> 00:09:37,609 The kind of crowd we get. You know, average guys. 172 00:09:37,611 --> 00:09:40,845 Construction workers, grad students from N.Y.U., easy mix. 173 00:09:40,847 --> 00:09:42,080 Neighborhood. So here's this character 174 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:43,848 dressed kind of charivari. 175 00:09:43,850 --> 00:09:45,884 Black t-shirt, gray silk jacket. 176 00:09:45,886 --> 00:09:47,218 You know the look-- 177 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:48,853 "I'm cool and you're not." 178 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:50,855 You ever seen him with Holland before? 179 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:53,892 Bobby doesn't come in a lot lately. 180 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:56,995 More like, after work for a Michelob. 181 00:09:56,997 --> 00:10:01,132 The silk jacket and Bobby were sitting over there. 182 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:02,901 Couldn't hear them. 183 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:04,703 Then they were gone. 184 00:10:04,705 --> 00:10:06,805 Silk jacket... 185 00:10:06,807 --> 00:10:08,206 want to know the truth? 186 00:10:08,208 --> 00:10:10,675 I thought he was a hustler. 187 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:12,777 Something about him. 188 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:14,813 I don't know. 189 00:10:17,017 --> 00:10:18,850 I don't know. 190 00:10:19,886 --> 00:10:22,687 LOGAN: So he was rough-trade. 191 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:24,689 So they do their thing. 192 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:26,825 Mr. Silk jacket does it all. 193 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:29,361 Sex, kills the guy 194 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,896 then trashes the place looking for something to take. 195 00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:34,232 Yeah. Any odds on finding him? 196 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:38,236 About as good as finding true love at Paradise Lost. 197 00:10:38,238 --> 00:10:40,205 I don't know. His parents, his boss, 198 00:10:40,207 --> 00:10:42,807 his co-workers, his neighbors... 199 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,010 no one knew this guy was gay. 200 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:47,112 If they're out there, I don't see them either. 201 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:49,314 Think a lot of cops are gay? 202 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,082 No way, man. 203 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:53,051 The department's got a special test. 204 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:55,320 They look you in the eye. If your left eye blinks 205 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,255 before your right eye, they know you're gay. 206 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,163 They say one in ten, max. 207 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:06,931 That's a lot. 208 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:09,067 They just fade in. 209 00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:10,835 Silk jacket? 210 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:13,738 Five to one he's not in any of these. 211 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,240 Good news and bad news. 212 00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:17,142 Let me guess. The good news is, 213 00:11:17,144 --> 00:11:19,044 somebody just walked in and confessed? 214 00:11:19,046 --> 00:11:21,246 The good news is they found the gun. 215 00:11:21,248 --> 00:11:23,214 Empty lot, six blocks away. 216 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:25,016 Bad news? Wiped clean. 217 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,184 GREEVEY: Registration? 218 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:28,019 You're going to love this. 219 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:29,888 Your vic, Bobby Holland. 220 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:32,023 Terrific. 221 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:41,733 Bobby was always popular with the girls. 222 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:44,736 He was a halfback on the football team. 223 00:11:44,738 --> 00:11:48,740 He was on the student council. He was king of the prom. 224 00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:51,409 He hid his magazines under the mattress. 225 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:53,712 Playboy. 226 00:11:53,714 --> 00:11:57,315 My son was not homosexual. 227 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:06,458 She knows. 228 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:08,293 She just can't admit it. 229 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:11,129 And you? Bobby had everything going for him. 230 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:13,198 Any girl he wanted. 231 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,734 His friends would come over, hang out in the yard, 232 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:17,302 just to be around him. 233 00:12:17,304 --> 00:12:20,338 Have him throw the football... like that. 234 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:23,908 When he dropped his high-school girlfriend... 235 00:12:25,312 --> 00:12:27,345 a beauty. 236 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:28,346 She was a beauty. 237 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:29,748 Gorgeous. 238 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:32,350 He moved to Manhattan. 239 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,452 Hmm. 240 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:37,455 I'd go to visit him in the city. 241 00:12:37,457 --> 00:12:42,460 Sometimes I'd just stare. 242 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:44,863 He looked like everybody else. 243 00:12:44,865 --> 00:12:47,132 He talked like everybody else. 244 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:48,933 Do you know if he 245 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,301 brought people home a lot? 246 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:52,537 I told him 247 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:54,772 "You don't know what kind of nuts you're meeting. 248 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:57,776 There's all kinds of loonies out there." 249 00:12:57,778 --> 00:13:00,311 That's when I bought him the gun. 250 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:01,946 What about boyfriends? 251 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:03,815 He ever tell you anything about any of them? 252 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:05,416 What do you want to hear? 253 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,418 Want to rub my nose in it? 254 00:13:12,225 --> 00:13:14,559 He mentioned one guy. 255 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:18,163 Angel. 256 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,401 Angel somebody. 257 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,239 Danny Massacio in there? 258 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:30,241 What do you think he'd say? 259 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:32,243 You told him Bobby was gay. 260 00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:33,378 Or that you are. 261 00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:34,913 He'd never believe it. 262 00:13:34,915 --> 00:13:36,181 He'd laugh. 263 00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:37,582 And that's how I want it. 264 00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:41,452 What about you and Bobby Holland? 265 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,388 I used to hate being gay. 266 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:46,157 I used to make fag jokes all the time. 267 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:49,394 You know, the way blacks call each other "nigger." 268 00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:52,897 Anyway, Bobby would never let me get away with it. 269 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:55,366 I was in love with Bobby. 270 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,903 So you take a weekend out of town 271 00:13:58,905 --> 00:14:01,406 and he picks up somebody else, huh? 272 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:04,876 Six, eight weeks ago, he started seeing somebody new. 273 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:06,411 Um... we were over. 274 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,847 Anyway, I don't know what this guy had for him 275 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:10,248 but they met at the gym. 276 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,883 You know his name? 277 00:14:11,885 --> 00:14:14,352 He lives somewhere on the Eastside. 278 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,287 Jack. 279 00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:18,256 I don't know his last name. 280 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:23,895 Gray silk jacket named Jack? 281 00:14:23,897 --> 00:14:25,029 Great. 282 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:26,497 Bullet to the head. 283 00:14:26,499 --> 00:14:29,300 This case, I heard about it before. 284 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:31,402 What are you, a psychic now? 285 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:34,305 Month ago, maybe two, same kind of killing. 286 00:14:34,307 --> 00:14:35,857 Gay bashing? 287 00:14:35,858 --> 00:14:37,408 I read about it in Time, Newsweek. 288 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:39,377 Last week or week before. 289 00:14:41,615 --> 00:14:45,383 You sure you didn't read about this in your dreams? 290 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,485 California. 291 00:14:47,487 --> 00:14:49,387 Redwoods. 292 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,356 Michelle Pfeiffer. 293 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:55,927 One of them interests you. 294 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:57,595 Earthquakes... 295 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:01,666 And murder. 296 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:08,539 GREEVEY: No prints here either. 297 00:15:10,977 --> 00:15:13,978 Gun was found in an empty lot wiped clean. 298 00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:15,947 Burglary? 299 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:19,684 Uh-huh. 300 00:15:19,686 --> 00:15:22,353 Ripped the place apart. 301 00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:25,556 A week later, another one just like it in L.A. 302 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,361 The vic's address book? 303 00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:32,497 Can you fax it? 304 00:15:32,499 --> 00:15:36,434 212-555-8342. 305 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:41,005 Yeah. All right. 306 00:15:41,007 --> 00:15:42,440 Thanks. 307 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,277 He's faxing it. 308 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:49,380 Call Sheriff's Homicide in L.A. 309 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:53,518 Lead investigator's name is Sam White. 310 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,587 They're not as friendly in Los Angeles. 311 00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:59,290 Too much sun makes them crazy. 312 00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:02,410 Am I sure it's a similar case? 313 00:16:02,411 --> 00:16:05,529 Look, I'm as sure as I can be not looking at the bodies, okay? 314 00:16:05,532 --> 00:16:06,965 Right. Uh-huh. 315 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:08,533 The victim had no address book. 316 00:16:08,535 --> 00:16:12,036 Just a lot of phone numbers on scraps of paper. 317 00:16:12,038 --> 00:16:13,404 Copies? 318 00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:15,707 Oh, an open homicide investigation? 319 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:20,144 What do you think we're doing, getting cats out of trees? 320 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:23,147 Huh? Look, we link the victims, we got a case, okay? 321 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:25,416 Now if you can just send us... 322 00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:28,152 Nobody's asking for the originals, huh? 323 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,688 Just fax us whatever you got, okay? 324 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,023 What? 325 00:16:32,025 --> 00:16:34,325 Hey, fax you, okay? 326 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:35,693 ( scoffs ) 327 00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:37,996 "In an open investigation, we do not release evidence 328 00:16:37,998 --> 00:16:40,065 under any circumstances." 329 00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:42,133 You know how some people got to give you a hard time 330 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,535 just to feel like they're alive. 331 00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:47,472 Let's give them a hard time back. 332 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:50,475 Look, do they want an arrest, or what? 333 00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:53,611 Put the fire out and I'll settle this thing. 334 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:54,746 Yes, yes, Captain. 335 00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:56,714 Mm-hmm. 336 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:59,650 Yeah, if it's their collar. 337 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:02,203 Well, of course we understand. 338 00:17:02,204 --> 00:17:04,755 Well, Detective Logan has been under a little pressure 339 00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:06,357 on this case. 340 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,759 Pressure? 341 00:17:07,761 --> 00:17:09,594 Yes. 342 00:17:09,596 --> 00:17:12,563 Yes, we would appreciate that very much. 343 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,399 A courier? 344 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:17,502 Well, the city is bankrupt 345 00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:21,205 but yes, yes, I think we could spring for a courier. 346 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,373 Uh-huh. 347 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:23,775 Yeah. 348 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,176 No, no, thank you, Captain. 349 00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:26,644 Do you believe that? 350 00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:30,148 They don't want to lose even a copy of this stuff. 351 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:31,682 What's with them? 352 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:34,102 You know, fellows, 353 00:17:34,103 --> 00:17:36,521 at what this courier is going to cost the city 354 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:37,822 I hope this works. 355 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,829 LOGAN: You can cross out Jack E. in San Francisco. 356 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:47,665 Still lives there. Hasn't left town. 357 00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:53,438 That's all the Johns, Jays, Jacks-- 358 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,141 all the last names with no first initials. 359 00:17:57,143 --> 00:18:00,478 Anybody in San Francisco, L.A. or New York. 360 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:01,679 I got San Francisco. 361 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,182 Start with Holland's address book. 362 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,684 Read me off the last four digits 363 00:18:06,686 --> 00:18:10,121 of any of the ones with telephone numbers. 364 00:18:10,123 --> 00:18:13,624 Albano, 4512. 365 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:17,161 Altman, 1763. 366 00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:20,431 Berry, 9808. 367 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,500 Curry, 4212. 368 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:23,534 Dorman, 78... 369 00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:24,669 Wait a minute. 370 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:25,870 Hold it. 371 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,640 That's Holland's J. Curry. 372 00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:41,552 San Francisco's got John C., 373 00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:46,858 who lives in New York and has the same phone number. 374 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:51,796 Yeah. 375 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:54,832 And L.A.'s got... 376 00:18:59,239 --> 00:19:03,708 J.R.C., New York... 377 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,648 Same number. 378 00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:14,519 You got the odds on three murder victims 379 00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:18,689 knowing the same guy? 380 00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:22,326 He was in San Francisco and L.A. when the others were killed. 381 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:23,261 Same days? 382 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:25,763 And one on either side. 383 00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:28,166 And all three of them had his name in their address book? 384 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:32,870 Not to mention, Bobby Holland's new boyfriend's name is Jack. 385 00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:35,339 Enough? 386 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,874 Pick him up. 387 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:43,514 Bust the door and then stand back. 388 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,183 My partner and I will go in first. 389 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:48,953 It's our collar. 390 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:51,322 ( classical music plays ) 391 00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:52,623 That's funny. 392 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:55,626 I figured Def Leppard, maybe Motley Crue. 393 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:56,627 Ready? 394 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:57,695 Go. 395 00:19:58,231 --> 00:19:59,864 Police! 396 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:02,633 Which one of you is Jack Curry? I'm Jack Curry. 397 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,936 You're under arrest for the murder of Bobby Holland. 398 00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,805 Put your hands on top of your head! Now! But I... 399 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:10,575 Check it out. 400 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,777 Get up. Get up. 401 00:20:12,779 --> 00:20:15,613 Spread your legs! 402 00:20:15,615 --> 00:20:16,914 You have the right to remain silent. 403 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:18,316 Anything you say may be used 404 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:19,650 against you in a court of law. 405 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:20,952 Hands down. Get your hands down! 406 00:20:20,954 --> 00:20:22,787 You have the right to an attorney. 407 00:20:22,789 --> 00:20:24,322 If you cannot afford an attorney 408 00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:26,624 one will be provided for you at no cost. 409 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:28,893 Let's go. 410 00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:33,798 His lawyer's already here. 411 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,233 Julia Debakey. 412 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,500 Great. 413 00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:37,868 What? Who's she? 414 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:39,303 Probably the toughest civil rights lawyer 415 00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:41,372 since William Kunstler. 416 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,408 Paul Robinette. Julia Debakey. 417 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:46,911 Your cops put my client in a holding cell 418 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:48,946 with a bunch of drug addicts. 419 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:50,982 Geez, we tried to get him a private suite. 420 00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:53,284 Eh, he looks like he survived. 421 00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:54,885 Well, it isn't my business, Counselor, 422 00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:57,321 but this case, it isn't exactly your ball game. 423 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:58,956 How wrong you are, Mr. Robinette. 424 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:03,027 We're building a whole new ball park with this one. 425 00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:05,863 I'll allow my client to answer questions, 426 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,299 but I may cut this off at any time. 427 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:09,433 Let's start with the wristwatch, Jack-- 428 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:11,969 engraved to Bobby Holland on the back? 429 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:16,807 Bobby gave it to me as a present. 430 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:18,743 Just before you blew his head off. 431 00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:20,444 To thank me 432 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:23,014 for helping him to shoot himself. 433 00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:25,549 You want to run that by us again? 434 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:29,987 Bobby wanted help to commit suicide. 435 00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,857 Look, he had AIDS. 436 00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:35,893 He wanted it to look like a robbery 437 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,529 so his mother wouldn't know. 438 00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:42,533 And when you went to visit Uncle Joe in Los Angeles? 439 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:45,403 And Aunt Millie in San Francisco? 440 00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:54,412 You know about them. 441 00:21:57,850 --> 00:22:00,051 Uh, look... 442 00:22:00,053 --> 00:22:04,355 if you commit suicide, you don't get the insurance. 443 00:22:04,357 --> 00:22:05,589 Those men... 444 00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:06,590 Forrest? 445 00:22:06,592 --> 00:22:08,359 Dodge? 446 00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:11,495 Yes. They pulled the triggers themselves. 447 00:22:11,497 --> 00:22:13,431 And you just wiped the gun clean? 448 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:17,101 My client has nothing to say about those cases. 449 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,970 What about Bobby Holland? 450 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:22,473 Do you know what AIDS looks like? 451 00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:25,076 Have you seen Kaposi's sarcoma? 452 00:22:25,078 --> 00:22:27,978 You know what pneumocystis does? 453 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:30,815 What it's like when you can't breathe? 454 00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:33,351 Dodge won a silver medal in Seoul. 455 00:22:33,353 --> 00:22:36,587 Forrest used to be a professor out at U.C.L.A. 456 00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:38,456 Ph.D. in linguistics. 457 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:42,393 The last month of his life, he forgot how to tell time. 458 00:22:42,395 --> 00:22:45,096 Did you shoot Bobby Holland? 459 00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:48,032 Bobby didn't want to waste away. 460 00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:51,035 Who pulled the trigger? 461 00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,439 I held the gun. 462 00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:58,609 Bobby wrapped his hand around mine. 463 00:22:58,611 --> 00:23:01,112 He said he wanted to die. 464 00:23:01,114 --> 00:23:04,482 I helped Bobby do what he wanted. 465 00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:09,653 I didn't... 466 00:23:09,655 --> 00:23:11,655 I didn't want to do it, 467 00:23:11,657 --> 00:23:14,091 but I wasn't considering myself. 468 00:23:14,093 --> 00:23:16,627 It's called mercy killing. 469 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:20,965 You have 48 hours to arraign him or let him go. 470 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:22,933 Ask the medical examiner if Holland did have AIDS. 471 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:24,435 You'll get answers faster than I will. 472 00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:25,903 And if Holland did? 473 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:29,540 Find out about the victims in L.A. and San Francisco. 474 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:32,043 What if they had AIDS, too? 475 00:23:32,044 --> 00:23:34,545 We'll need answers to questions we haven't even thought of. 476 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:35,880 The guy's jive, I'm telling you. 477 00:23:35,882 --> 00:23:37,615 Yeah? Well, the jury might not think so. 478 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,717 Yeah, well, what's the jury gonna think when they hear 479 00:23:39,719 --> 00:23:41,452 that Holland never even touched the gun? 480 00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:43,654 No powder residue on his hands. 481 00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:45,923 Holland had AIDS. 482 00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:48,125 So did San Francisco and L.A. 483 00:23:48,127 --> 00:23:51,095 So Curry's telling the truth. Or part of the truth. 484 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:53,597 You say it's a mercy killing, you don't do 15 to life. 485 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:56,133 Because someone has AIDS doesn't mean he can't be murdered. 486 00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:59,003 But where does that get us? He's killing these AIDS patients for kicks? 487 00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:02,206 I hated Bobby being that way. 488 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:04,141 I hated the people he hung out with. 489 00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:06,644 I hated the way he lived his life, 490 00:24:06,646 --> 00:24:10,948 but this guy Curry-- you shouldn't put him in jail. 491 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,516 He shot your son. 492 00:24:12,518 --> 00:24:15,920 You read the articles? Newspapers? 493 00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:18,489 Not an easy way to go. 494 00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:23,928 Bobby wanted to die. 495 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:26,063 You can't be sure of that. 496 00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:31,936 Yes, I can. 497 00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:36,073 Bobby asked me to shoot him first. 498 00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:42,646 I knew Bobby was gay. 499 00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:47,618 We just couldn't talk about it. 500 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:51,021 I'll never have that chance now. 501 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:55,759 That bastard Curry killed my son. 502 00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:58,662 You have to put that man in jail. 503 00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:02,266 The defense is going to make a very strong case 504 00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:05,135 that your son intended to die. 505 00:25:08,074 --> 00:25:10,808 I've been getting Bobby's mail. 506 00:25:10,810 --> 00:25:12,276 This letter-- 507 00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:15,079 "Gay Men Allied Against AIDS." 508 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:18,082 Bobby had an appointment with someone 509 00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:20,251 to talk about taking A.Z.T. 510 00:25:23,256 --> 00:25:25,623 My son wanted to live. 511 00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:31,061 JUDGE: The charges are murder in the second degree 512 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:35,599 conspiracy in the first degree, manslaughter in the first degree 513 00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:39,303 criminally negligent homicide, promoting a suicide attempt 514 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,305 and reckless endangerment in the second degree. 515 00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:44,074 Does the defendant wish to enter a plea? 516 00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:46,210 Yes, Your Honor, not guilty on all counts. 517 00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:49,580 Do the people have a bail recommendation, Mr. Stone? 518 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,933 This case is a homicide, Your Honor. 519 00:25:51,934 --> 00:25:54,285 Despite the circumstances, we feel that some bail is necessary. 520 00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,554 Personally, I'm uncomfortable 521 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,822 releasing any homicide defendant without substantial bail, 522 00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:03,827 but I do not feel this defendant is a major flight risk. 523 00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:05,596 $50,000, short date. 524 00:26:05,598 --> 00:26:07,097 ( gavel bangs ) 525 00:26:08,701 --> 00:26:11,602 Our government is killing us through neglect. 526 00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:14,104 The mayor, the governor, the president, 527 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:15,773 they have blood on their hands. 528 00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:19,310 While we're dying, they're prosecuting Jack Curry. 529 00:26:19,312 --> 00:26:22,112 Take the money from the district attorney 530 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:24,615 and give it to the health department. 531 00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:28,052 Mr. Gordon, do you think the prosecution is hostile to people with AIDS? 532 00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:31,088 GORDON: If Bobby Holland was dying of Alzheimer's and Jack Curry 533 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,823 wasn't gay, would they charge him with murder? 534 00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:35,059 ( shuts off TV ) 535 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,294 Every gay activist in the country's gonna be after us. 536 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:39,630 I understand, Adam, but gay-straight is not the issue. 537 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:42,199 Murder masquerading as assisted suicide is the issue. 538 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,168 Now, let's say we drop all the charges 539 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:46,070 and we just go for a misdemeanor. 540 00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:47,671 We're not ignoring the gay-straight question; 541 00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:49,206 we're making it the only question. 542 00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:50,841 You know what that is? 543 00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:52,176 Good politics. 544 00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:53,677 Yes, and bad law. 545 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:55,279 It is not compassion. 546 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:58,649 It's pity for gay people, and pity is one step away 547 00:26:58,651 --> 00:27:00,317 from ridicule. 548 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:03,320 Now what if Bobby Holland wanted to die? 549 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:08,125 How does anybody know what went through Bobby Holland's mind 550 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:10,327 five minutes before he died? 551 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:12,730 Or two minutes? Or 20 seconds? 552 00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:14,198 Or one second? 553 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,635 And Jack Curry, who's done this twice before, 554 00:27:17,637 --> 00:27:19,670 did he talk him into it? 555 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,739 You can't change the fact 556 00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:24,675 that Holland was gay and Curry is gay. 557 00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:26,243 What I can't change 558 00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:29,747 is that Jack Curry didn't bring pills and leave them. 559 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:32,216 He didn't bring a gun and leave it. 560 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:34,284 He pulled the trigger. 561 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:38,222 MAN: Gay Men Allied Against AIDS. 562 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:41,225 Bobby Holland didn't need an angel of death. 563 00:27:41,227 --> 00:27:43,127 He wasn't that sick yet. 564 00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:44,662 Did he want to die? 565 00:27:44,664 --> 00:27:47,131 Look, you're H.I.V.-positive. 566 00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:51,168 You think you'll hang around till you get sick. 567 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,803 You start to feel lousy, 568 00:27:52,805 --> 00:27:56,173 it's hardly unusual to think about suicide. 569 00:27:58,744 --> 00:28:00,744 Bobby wanted to kill himself. 570 00:28:00,746 --> 00:28:02,212 I told him not to. 571 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:04,782 And? 572 00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:07,251 He said he'd think about it-- 573 00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:09,453 going on A.Z.T., trying experimental drugs. 574 00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:13,223 I saw Conrad Gordon on TV. 575 00:28:13,225 --> 00:28:15,859 Anybody want to call Jack Curry a hero 576 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,828 I tell them to look at me. 577 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:19,396 I was diagnosed 578 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:23,000 with AIDS when it was still called "GRID," for God's sake. 579 00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:24,435 I'm still here. 580 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:32,409 Curry had no right to shoot Bobby Holland. 581 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:35,345 Okay, thanks. 582 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:43,287 You're saying Bobby Holland might have reconsidered? 583 00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:45,823 If he'd reconsidered, my client wouldn't be here. 584 00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:47,424 You don't know that, I don't know that. 585 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,493 And even you don't know that, Mr. Curry. 586 00:28:49,495 --> 00:28:51,428 You were involved in those cases in California. 587 00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:54,965 Do you have a stake in getting these people to die? 588 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:57,401 No, Mr. Stone, I don't. 589 00:28:57,403 --> 00:28:59,770 Did you try to talk Bobby Holland out of it? 590 00:28:59,772 --> 00:29:02,372 Several times over several hours. 591 00:29:02,374 --> 00:29:05,375 He didn't want to turn into a zombie. 592 00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:08,312 What if it were your son, Mr. Stone? 593 00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:11,482 If it were my son, I'd take him to every hospital in America 594 00:29:11,484 --> 00:29:13,383 to try to save him. 595 00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:16,353 We'll plead to promoting a suicide. 596 00:29:16,355 --> 00:29:17,788 You'll plead 597 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:19,356 to manslaughter one. 598 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:21,391 We'll drop the other charges 599 00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:24,294 and we'll make a sentencing recommendation. 600 00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,497 Bobby Holland intended to shoot himself. 601 00:29:26,499 --> 00:29:30,801 Manslaughter one is an admission my client intended to shoot him. 602 00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:33,871 He didn't shoot him full of penicillin. 603 00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:37,875 We're finished here, Jack. 604 00:29:39,779 --> 00:29:41,278 Mr. Stone... 605 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,915 I hope you never have to face these choices yourself. 606 00:29:44,917 --> 00:29:47,484 I hope you never see anybody dying 607 00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:49,820 the way I've seen people die. 608 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:53,090 But if you do, I hope you have the courage 609 00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:56,426 to do whatever has to be done. 610 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:11,575 DEBAKEY: And what is your position at the hospice, Mr. Wellman? 611 00:30:11,577 --> 00:30:13,510 WELLMAN: I counsel people with AIDS. 612 00:30:13,512 --> 00:30:15,412 Over the past year 613 00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:17,581 how many people have you counseled? 614 00:30:17,583 --> 00:30:20,384 Short-term, over 100; long-term, perhaps two dozen. 615 00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:23,453 And how long have you worked there? 616 00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:25,055 Eleven years. 617 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:27,391 Everyone you care for is dying? 618 00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:30,327 We're all dying, Ms. Debakey. 619 00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:35,399 I mean the people in the hospice are terminally ill. 620 00:30:35,401 --> 00:30:38,468 Most of those who come to us will die within a year. 621 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:41,572 Isn't it true that many cancer patients 622 00:30:41,574 --> 00:30:44,408 experience excruciating pain? 623 00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:46,343 Yes, that's common. 624 00:30:48,147 --> 00:30:51,448 You ever counseled anyone to commit suicide? 625 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:52,850 Objection, Your Honor. Relevance. 626 00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:55,319 This trial isn't about the right to die. 627 00:30:55,321 --> 00:30:57,421 It's about whether the defendant shot Bobby Holland. 628 00:30:57,423 --> 00:30:59,056 The issues surrounding right-to-die are murky 629 00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:00,591 in this state, Mr. Stone. 630 00:31:00,593 --> 00:31:03,126 The testimony seems to me relevant. 631 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:04,862 The witness will continue. 632 00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:08,932 I've counseled people on suicide, yes. 633 00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:12,569 We call it "letting yourself be snowed under." 634 00:31:12,571 --> 00:31:14,037 And what do you counsel them? 635 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:15,906 Well, we suggest that they go to England 636 00:31:15,908 --> 00:31:19,176 where doctors have the right to assist their patients in dying. 637 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:20,978 Thank you. 638 00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:25,582 Mr. Wellman, have you ever given to anyone in your hospice 639 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:28,118 lethal chemicals, a gun, any device 640 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,654 that might help them commit suicide? 641 00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:32,389 No. 642 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:33,590 Why not? 643 00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:37,928 I've been told it's against the law. 644 00:31:37,930 --> 00:31:40,497 GORDON: We've established a hot line to answer questions about AIDS. 645 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:44,601 How many of those calls have you answered personally, Mr. Gordon? 646 00:31:44,603 --> 00:31:45,636 Thousands. 647 00:31:45,638 --> 00:31:48,105 I volunteer three nights a week. 648 00:31:48,107 --> 00:31:49,940 I've been doing it for seven years. 649 00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:51,608 Do the callers ever ask you about suicide? 650 00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:54,077 Frequently. And what do you tell them? 651 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:57,581 That dying of AIDS is a difficult death 652 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:02,219 and that they have the right to take their own life 653 00:32:02,221 --> 00:32:05,555 when the pain becomes too great. 654 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,660 Your witness, Mr. Stone. 655 00:32:09,662 --> 00:32:12,195 Mr. Gordon, as a gay activist, you're familiar 656 00:32:12,197 --> 00:32:14,197 with the current state of treatment for AIDS? 657 00:32:14,199 --> 00:32:17,167 Reasonably. And you're aware that A.Z.T. and other drugs 658 00:32:17,169 --> 00:32:19,569 will prolong the life of these patients? 659 00:32:19,571 --> 00:32:21,571 Yes. 660 00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:25,575 And that people have lived with AIDS for several years? 661 00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:27,978 Yes, I know that, but I also know 662 00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:30,213 that in the end, it's a gruesome death. 663 00:32:30,215 --> 00:32:34,451 People with AIDS do not go gently into that good night. 664 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,987 But you also know that some gay men, out of embarrassment, 665 00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:39,222 might not seek treatment, and commit suicide instead. 666 00:32:39,224 --> 00:32:40,624 Are you in favor of that? 667 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:47,597 I'm in favor of gay men taking power over their lives. 668 00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:55,605 Uh, no more questions, Your Honor. 669 00:33:09,021 --> 00:33:11,221 Excuse me. Are you Ben Stone? 670 00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:12,289 Yes, sir. 671 00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:15,759 You gay-bashing son of a bitch! 672 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:19,629 Leave us alone to run our own lives and deaths. 673 00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:26,553 It could get worse. 674 00:33:26,554 --> 00:33:28,604 You think I need a police guard? You think it's a joke? 675 00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:30,640 Gay activists don't shoot people. 676 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,709 I wouldn't be so sure you're safe, Ben. 677 00:33:34,046 --> 00:33:36,480 Jack Curry has AIDS. 678 00:33:36,482 --> 00:33:39,049 Julia Debakey just released it. 679 00:33:41,587 --> 00:33:45,055 It's time to bail out of this. 680 00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:55,799 It just seems like revenge at this point. 681 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:57,501 Find us something, anything. 682 00:33:57,503 --> 00:33:59,036 Tonight? 683 00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:01,038 Go back over the evidence. 684 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:05,108 Give us a reason to drop the charges against Curry. 685 00:34:10,783 --> 00:34:14,718 Anybody got an idea what we're looking for? 686 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,253 Remeasure everything. 687 00:34:16,255 --> 00:34:18,822 Distance of the body from the bed. 688 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:21,124 Blood markings, all of it. 689 00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:23,527 And redust for prints. 690 00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:26,229 Make a map of where you get every print. 691 00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:33,670 How's the jaw? 692 00:34:33,672 --> 00:34:35,839 Only hurts when I prosecute, 693 00:34:35,841 --> 00:34:40,644 so keep me out of court until the swelling goes down. 694 00:34:40,646 --> 00:34:42,646 Two bookcases were turned over-- 695 00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:43,747 pushed from behind. 696 00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:44,848 Yeah, we redusted. 697 00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:47,818 Full palm prints on the back of both. 698 00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:51,088 Both sets of prints belong to Bobby Holland. 699 00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:53,290 Curry's prints weren't on them. 700 00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:56,460 Which means Holland trashed the place himself 701 00:34:56,462 --> 00:34:58,228 to make it look like a burglary. 702 00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:01,665 Which means he wanted to die. 703 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:04,634 Maybe to us. 704 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:06,136 Meaning? 705 00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:08,839 It's convincing emotionally, but not legally. 706 00:35:08,841 --> 00:35:11,875 The prints could have been put there a year before. 707 00:35:11,877 --> 00:35:15,112 And as to state of mind, he could have changed it 708 00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:16,847 the micro-second before Curry pulled the trigger. 709 00:35:16,849 --> 00:35:18,882 But does it convince you? 710 00:35:23,222 --> 00:35:26,723 Curry's already under a sentence of death. 711 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:30,694 That's as much payment as anyone could ask for. 712 00:35:31,663 --> 00:35:34,197 Drop it completely? 713 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:36,266 It's the right thing to do. 714 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:38,335 He pleads to promoting a suicide. 715 00:35:38,337 --> 00:35:41,171 He does no time. 716 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:43,206 ( buzzer ) 717 00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:48,311 ( buzzer ) 718 00:35:50,249 --> 00:35:51,681 Yeah. 719 00:36:00,259 --> 00:36:01,758 You got a copycat. 720 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,762 A woman from Queens just shot her retarded son. 721 00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:09,733 She says she got the idea of a mercy killing 722 00:36:09,735 --> 00:36:12,302 from the Holland case. 723 00:36:19,645 --> 00:36:21,344 Well? 724 00:36:23,749 --> 00:36:25,815 We have no choice. 725 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:32,956 We keep going. 726 00:36:32,958 --> 00:36:35,959 This morning I was just another ruthless D.A. 727 00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:38,328 Now I'm running the inquisition. 728 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:44,734 Mr. Stone, why do you want to put a dying man in jail? 729 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:47,270 Mr. Stone, if you were dying of AIDS 730 00:36:47,272 --> 00:36:48,972 would you want someone to end your misery? 731 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,740 Would you comment on that, sir? 732 00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:53,910 Mr. Gordon asks do I want to put a dying man in jail. 733 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:55,679 The answer is no, but we're asking 734 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,214 a more important question in this courthouse. 735 00:36:57,216 --> 00:36:58,982 Does Jack Curry have the right, all by himself, 736 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:01,585 to put a dying man in his grave? 737 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:05,422 DEBAKEY: You allow regular customers to charge their drinks? 738 00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:07,591 MAN: Well, not exactly charge. 739 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:09,759 You got to make a payment on your tab every once in awhile. 740 00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:12,395 Did Bobby Holland pay his bill regularly? 741 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:13,964 He ran a tab on and off 742 00:37:13,966 --> 00:37:16,666 for the last two or three years. 743 00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:18,868 Paid a little on it now and then. 744 00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:21,404 Never let it get much over 100 bucks. 745 00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:24,674 Did that change, Mr. Rowan? 746 00:37:24,676 --> 00:37:26,643 Couple... 747 00:37:26,645 --> 00:37:28,745 a couple of weeks before Bobby died 748 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:33,817 he comes in, he lays 120 on the bar 749 00:37:33,819 --> 00:37:36,786 and says this is for the bill plus a tip for me. 750 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:38,688 I said 751 00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:40,991 "Bobby, what, you hit the lottery?" 752 00:37:40,993 --> 00:37:46,663 He said, "No. I just want to pay my bill." 753 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:52,369 After that, he paid cash. 754 00:37:55,007 --> 00:37:57,274 Your own son. 755 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,778 He handed you the gun. 756 00:38:06,818 --> 00:38:08,785 What did you say? 757 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:14,924 I told him I didn't think I could go through with it. 758 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:16,760 And what did he say? 759 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:20,330 What words did he use? 760 00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:23,333 He said, "Dad... 761 00:38:23,335 --> 00:38:27,337 "if you ever wanted to do anything for me... 762 00:38:27,339 --> 00:38:28,905 do this." 763 00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:31,741 Thank you. 764 00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:34,811 No more questions. 765 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:37,781 Mr. Holland, I know this is difficult 766 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:39,416 so bear with me. 767 00:38:39,418 --> 00:38:42,419 You testified that your son wanted to shoot himself. 768 00:38:42,421 --> 00:38:44,854 He had a gun. Why didn't he? 769 00:38:52,331 --> 00:38:54,064 Were his reasons religious? 770 00:38:54,066 --> 00:38:57,400 No. 771 00:38:57,402 --> 00:39:01,504 Was he worried about the pain he'd cause other people? 772 00:39:02,474 --> 00:39:04,908 No. 773 00:39:04,910 --> 00:39:08,445 Then why do you think your son was unable to take his life? 774 00:39:10,949 --> 00:39:15,952 He said he was afraid to die. 775 00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:17,787 Thank you, sir. 776 00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:32,969 ROBINETTE: Debakey's putting Curry on the stand. 777 00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:35,839 Tough to win the hearts and minds of a jury 778 00:39:35,841 --> 00:39:38,842 by cross-examining a guy dying of AIDS. 779 00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:40,910 STONE: It's still a trial. 780 00:39:43,749 --> 00:39:46,082 DEBAKEY: And early in the disease, 781 00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:49,085 what symptoms have you personally witnessed? 782 00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:51,087 Exhaustion, dizziness. 783 00:39:51,089 --> 00:39:53,990 The inability to hold down food. 784 00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:56,960 Loss of weight is the most visible symptom. 785 00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:59,028 And later in the disease? 786 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:02,966 A friend of mine-- I'd gone to college with him-- 787 00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:04,167 he went blind 788 00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:07,504 and then he got pneumonia. 789 00:40:07,506 --> 00:40:10,173 Have you ever heard what it sounds like 790 00:40:10,175 --> 00:40:13,843 when somebody is drowning? 791 00:40:13,845 --> 00:40:16,112 That's what he sounded like 792 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:18,615 for six weeks. 793 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:22,152 You have been diagnosed with AIDS, is that correct? 794 00:40:22,154 --> 00:40:23,620 Yes. 795 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:26,189 What do you hope for? 796 00:40:26,191 --> 00:40:28,858 A cure. 797 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:32,095 And if one does not 798 00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:33,997 come along soon enough? 799 00:40:33,999 --> 00:40:36,599 Hope I'll be lucky enough 800 00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:41,538 to find someone who will help me commit suicide. 801 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,175 No more questions. 802 00:40:45,177 --> 00:40:47,577 Your witness. 803 00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:57,120 Mr. Curry, who pulled the trigger on the gun? 804 00:41:00,091 --> 00:41:03,993 Answer the question, please, Mr. Curry. 805 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,231 Me. 806 00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:11,935 Did Mr. Holland have his hand on the gun at all? 807 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:16,005 No. 808 00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:19,209 No more questions, Your Honor. 809 00:41:19,211 --> 00:41:24,581 JUDGE: You may step down, Mr. Curry. 810 00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:27,984 Your Honor, on the basis of new information 811 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,887 the defense would like to call an unscheduled witness. 812 00:41:30,889 --> 00:41:32,188 Detective Michael Logan. 813 00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:34,023 Mr. Stone? 814 00:41:34,025 --> 00:41:36,893 No objection, Your Honor. 815 00:41:41,233 --> 00:41:43,600 She has very good sources. 816 00:41:44,503 --> 00:41:47,036 I'd like to know who they are. 817 00:41:49,608 --> 00:41:52,208 Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, 818 00:41:52,210 --> 00:41:53,643 so help you God? 819 00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:54,644 I do. 820 00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:55,645 State your name. 821 00:41:55,647 --> 00:41:57,948 Michael Logan. 822 00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:00,250 Your Honor, I would like Detective Logan treated as 823 00:42:00,252 --> 00:42:02,051 a hostile witness. So noted. 824 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:08,625 Tell the jury your profession, please. 825 00:42:08,627 --> 00:42:11,661 I'm a detective with the New York City Police Department. 826 00:42:11,663 --> 00:42:16,032 Detective Logan, shortly after this trial began 827 00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:19,235 did you have a conversation with Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone 828 00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:20,937 about this case? 829 00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:26,142 Yes, I did. 830 00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:30,280 Tell us the substance of your conversation. 831 00:42:30,282 --> 00:42:33,149 Do I have to answer that, Judge? 832 00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:35,585 Yes, you do, Detective. 833 00:42:38,256 --> 00:42:40,256 JUDGE: Answer the question, Detective. 834 00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:44,260 Mr. Stone said he thought continuing the prosecution 835 00:42:44,262 --> 00:42:47,030 seemed like revenge to him. 836 00:42:47,032 --> 00:42:49,165 And what was his solution? 837 00:42:49,167 --> 00:42:53,136 Mr. Stone directed myself and Sergeant Greevey 838 00:42:53,138 --> 00:42:55,338 to find a reason for him to drop the charges 839 00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:57,106 against Jack Curry. 840 00:43:00,178 --> 00:43:02,245 ( spectators murmuring ) 841 00:43:10,755 --> 00:43:12,689 Will the defendant please rise? 842 00:43:16,661 --> 00:43:19,596 On the first count of the indictment-- 843 00:43:19,598 --> 00:43:22,599 the charge of murder in the second degree-- how does the jury find? 844 00:43:22,601 --> 00:43:24,067 Not guilty. 845 00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:26,135 ( courtroom cheering and clapping ) 846 00:43:29,774 --> 00:43:31,674 On the second count-- 847 00:43:31,676 --> 00:43:34,077 the charge of conspiracy in the first degree-- 848 00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:35,278 how does the jury find? 849 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:36,279 Not guilty. 850 00:43:36,281 --> 00:43:38,281 On the third count-- 851 00:43:38,283 --> 00:43:39,682 manslaughter in the first degree-- 852 00:43:39,684 --> 00:43:41,284 how does the jury find? 853 00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:42,819 Not guilty. 854 00:43:42,821 --> 00:43:44,387 On the fourth count, the charge 855 00:43:44,389 --> 00:43:47,090 of criminally negligent homicide-- 856 00:43:47,092 --> 00:43:48,257 how does the jury find? 857 00:43:48,259 --> 00:43:50,777 Not guilty. 858 00:43:50,778 --> 00:43:53,296 On the fifth count-- promoting a suicide attempt-- 859 00:43:53,298 --> 00:43:55,798 how does the jury find? 860 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,200 Not guilty. 861 00:43:57,202 --> 00:43:58,701 On the sixth count-- 862 00:43:58,703 --> 00:44:00,103 reckless endangerment in the second degree-- 863 00:44:00,105 --> 00:44:02,839 how does the jury find? Guilty. 864 00:44:02,841 --> 00:44:05,308 That's it?! 865 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,387 Some people aren't going to be happy. 866 00:44:17,389 --> 00:44:19,689 Depends on what you want-- 867 00:44:19,691 --> 00:44:21,157 vengeance or justice? 868 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:23,109 Stone! Excuse me. 869 00:44:23,110 --> 00:44:25,060 Did you really think that I was guilty of murder? 870 00:44:25,063 --> 00:44:27,196 We bring the charges when they should be brought 871 00:44:27,198 --> 00:44:28,398 and then let the people decide. 872 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,101 Well, I may not have a very long life left 873 00:44:32,103 --> 00:44:33,703 but it is my life. 874 00:44:33,705 --> 00:44:35,705 This wasn't a prosecution. 875 00:44:35,707 --> 00:44:38,041 This was a warning, wasn't it? 876 00:44:38,043 --> 00:44:40,843 To anybody else thinking about a mercy killing. 877 00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,279 What gave you the right to use me? 878 00:44:43,281 --> 00:44:45,281 Unfortunately, you did. 879 00:44:45,283 --> 00:44:48,184 Not once, not twice, but three times. 880 00:44:49,754 --> 00:44:51,788 Thanks, Adam. 881 00:44:54,292 --> 00:44:56,292 After all that, misdemeanor. 882 00:44:56,294 --> 00:44:58,728 Six months suspended with probation. 883 00:44:58,730 --> 00:45:01,130 No judge will put Jack Curry 884 00:45:01,132 --> 00:45:03,066 in jail. 885 00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:05,435 If you had gone only for manslaughter one 886 00:45:05,437 --> 00:45:08,871 the jury probably would have found him guilty 887 00:45:08,873 --> 00:45:10,873 and he'd have done time. 888 00:45:10,875 --> 00:45:15,078 I wonder who told a secretary in your office 889 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,781 to call me about your conversation with Logan. 890 00:45:18,783 --> 00:45:18,814 I'll have to look into that.