1 00:00:02,003 --> 00:00:06,171 by two separate yet equally important groups: 2 00:00:06,173 --> 00:00:08,273 The police, who investigate crime 3 00:00:08,275 --> 00:00:10,542 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:10,544 --> 00:00:13,045 These are their stories. 5 00:00:17,018 --> 00:00:20,052 ( salsa music playing ) 6 00:00:24,492 --> 00:00:27,326 MAN: I'm gonna take all these teddy bears, man. 7 00:00:27,328 --> 00:00:30,362 You're gonna need a lot more. 8 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:32,464 Let's see. 9 00:00:32,466 --> 00:00:33,499 ( groans ) 10 00:00:33,501 --> 00:00:36,368 Uno mas, man, uno mas. 11 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:38,237 Come on, man. 12 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:39,805 How many teddy bears you need, huh? 13 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:41,924 Come on, payaso. 14 00:00:41,925 --> 00:00:44,042 Hey, let me tell you something. You play your little games. 15 00:00:44,045 --> 00:00:46,512 I want my paper. You give me my money, hear? 16 00:00:46,514 --> 00:00:48,514 Yo, Hector, chill out, man. 17 00:00:48,516 --> 00:00:51,150 Don't worry. You're gonna get paid. 18 00:00:51,152 --> 00:00:53,052 Don't worry about it. I don't want to chill. 19 00:00:53,054 --> 00:00:54,386 I want my money. 20 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:55,654 ( gun fires ) 21 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:57,523 Ahh! 22 00:00:57,525 --> 00:01:00,325 Payaso, this is fixed, man. 23 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:06,298 I was your age, I thought about two things all the time. 24 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:08,267 Women and...? 25 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:10,069 Money. 26 00:01:10,071 --> 00:01:12,404 Now what do you think about? 27 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:14,339 Money... 28 00:01:14,341 --> 00:01:16,442 and women. 29 00:01:19,447 --> 00:01:24,249 ¶ ¶ 30 00:01:25,853 --> 00:01:28,420 BINNS: I don't quit now, I'm working for half pay. 31 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:29,855 LOPEZ: How do you figure? 32 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:33,392 I got 20 years in. I retire, I get half my paycheck. 33 00:01:33,394 --> 00:01:36,395 I work-- all I'm working for is the other half. 34 00:01:36,397 --> 00:01:38,330 Retire to Hawaii. 35 00:01:38,332 --> 00:01:40,432 With my pension, I live like a king. 36 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,334 You'll still be a fat cop. 37 00:01:42,336 --> 00:01:44,169 ( gunshots ) Whoa! 38 00:01:44,171 --> 00:01:46,238 ( indistinctshouting ) 39 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,307 ( gunshots continue ) 40 00:01:48,309 --> 00:01:50,676 ( bystanders shouting in Spanish ) 41 00:01:52,313 --> 00:01:53,879 BINNS: Come on, people, move! Move! 42 00:01:53,881 --> 00:01:56,448 BYSTANDER: What's going on, man? I don't know. 43 00:02:00,588 --> 00:02:02,321 ( indistinct murmuring ) 44 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:12,231 Okay! Who saw the shooting? 45 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:13,732 You? 46 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:15,334 Nada. 47 00:02:15,336 --> 00:02:18,203 Yo, no he visto nada. 48 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:22,207 Anybody seen who shot this guy? 49 00:02:22,209 --> 00:02:23,709 MAN: Yo no lo vi. 50 00:02:25,179 --> 00:02:26,445 ( scoffs ) 51 00:02:27,748 --> 00:02:32,217 Captioning sponsored by NBC/UNIVERSAL 52 00:03:50,364 --> 00:03:53,232 ( siren wailing in distance ) ( camera shutter snapping ) 53 00:03:53,234 --> 00:03:55,968 ( garbled dispatch transmission ) 54 00:04:00,341 --> 00:04:03,308 You happened to be in front, but didn't see a thing? 55 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:05,711 It was bang, bang, bang. 56 00:04:05,713 --> 00:04:07,879 By the time I got there 57 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:10,616 it was just him on the ground. 58 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:12,751 It's very dark. 59 00:04:12,753 --> 00:04:14,786 It's very dark out here. 60 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:20,325 ( exasperated sigh ) 61 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:21,760 Excuse me. 62 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,328 Let's go play. 63 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,532 We're batting a thousand. 64 00:04:26,533 --> 00:04:28,267 All our witnesses are deaf, dumb and blind. 65 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:29,835 What did I tell you? 66 00:04:29,837 --> 00:04:31,870 The guy didn't really get shot. 67 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:34,006 Upstairs? They take a look? 68 00:04:34,008 --> 00:04:37,576 Here? A .38 going off is background music for dinner. 69 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:40,279 An imaginary killing, but a real body. 70 00:04:40,281 --> 00:04:41,980 No I.D. except this. 71 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,285 Hell, he's a dealer. No wonder no one's talking. 72 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:54,926 Damn it. Where did that come from? 73 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:58,430 Was it in his hand 74 00:04:58,432 --> 00:05:01,433 or in the waistband? STUART: I didn't see. 75 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:05,671 Terrific. 76 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:09,341 Not fired. 77 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:12,911 What do you call that? 78 00:05:14,348 --> 00:05:15,614 A lesson. 79 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,949 Pay for your drugs, or we'll kill you. 80 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:21,820 Ah, this is personal. 81 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:23,922 And this is trouble in court. 82 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,726 The waist, the hand-- what's the difference? 83 00:05:27,728 --> 00:05:29,728 He's shot in the back and in the crotch. 84 00:05:29,730 --> 00:05:31,797 Chicken or egg-- which came first? 85 00:05:31,799 --> 00:05:33,665 That's important? 86 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,869 Just wait. 87 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:39,871 Your victim? Lovely guy. 88 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:41,340 Urbano, Jose. 89 00:05:41,342 --> 00:05:44,810 Robbery, rape at 15, year in Spofford. 90 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:47,746 Assaults, two narcotics felonies, 91 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:49,748 three stops at Attica. 92 00:05:49,750 --> 00:05:51,350 What? No homicides? 93 00:05:51,352 --> 00:05:53,752 GREEVEY: Get this-- no witnesses. 94 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:55,887 40-odd interviews. Nada. 95 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:56,855 Nothing? 96 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,724 They don't want an arrest. 97 00:05:58,726 --> 00:06:01,793 The carny operator, he says a guy gave Urbano money. 98 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:03,895 About six feet tall with a moustache. 99 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:05,964 He ought to come walking in any minute. 100 00:06:05,966 --> 00:06:07,866 You sure this isn't about drugs? 101 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:10,402 Doesn't play that way. Not four in the crotch. 102 00:06:10,404 --> 00:06:11,803 That's sexual. 103 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:14,840 Okay, I give up. Why? 104 00:06:14,842 --> 00:06:16,475 ( sighs ) 105 00:06:16,477 --> 00:06:18,710 Urbano had six months more parole. 106 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:20,779 Find out who his business was. 107 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:23,081 You know, like an investigation. 108 00:06:25,953 --> 00:06:28,954 MAN: The slugs are from a Glock. 109 00:06:28,956 --> 00:06:30,856 LOGAN: Awfully expensive automatic for the barrio. 110 00:06:30,858 --> 00:06:31,990 This one... 111 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:33,859 real crisp rifling on all the slugs. 112 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:37,829 Must be almost brand new. 113 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:39,431 Run a check, anyhow, huh? 114 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:42,000 find a match. See if you can 115 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:46,772 MAN: May he rest in peace, 116 00:06:46,774 --> 00:06:48,807 but on the scale of living things 117 00:06:48,809 --> 00:06:51,410 our friend Jose is just a couple of steps up 118 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:53,011 from the snail. 119 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:55,180 What's wrong with me? 120 00:06:55,182 --> 00:06:59,851 All I see is the dark side of people. 121 00:06:59,853 --> 00:07:02,854 Was Urbano still dealing? 122 00:07:02,856 --> 00:07:04,890 The charming Jose. 123 00:07:04,892 --> 00:07:06,825 New story every week. 124 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:08,927 This job, that job. 125 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:11,129 Somehow, they never worked out. 126 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,999 He swore he was going straight. 127 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:15,967 You believe him? 128 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,502 Oh, absolutely. 129 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:21,873 All my cons have been rehabilitated by the system. 130 00:07:21,875 --> 00:07:24,009 You got an address? 131 00:07:24,011 --> 00:07:27,012 Had a sister with a kid. 132 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:29,481 Lived with her sometimes. 133 00:07:29,483 --> 00:07:31,016 Gave her money. 134 00:07:31,018 --> 00:07:33,585 He wasn't all bad. 135 00:07:33,587 --> 00:07:39,024 First time Jose went to Attica, I visited him. 136 00:07:39,026 --> 00:07:41,159 Have you ever been there? 137 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:44,930 Doesn't look as bad as on TV. 138 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:49,134 $100 a week he gave me. 139 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:51,536 For her. 140 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:55,874 Night he died, he won her a teddy bear. 141 00:07:55,876 --> 00:07:57,776 Where did he get the money? 142 00:07:57,778 --> 00:08:00,612 You were with Jose Saturday night 143 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:02,981 when he won the teddy bear? 144 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:04,950 Anita... 145 00:08:04,952 --> 00:08:07,953 he was so good to you, you don't care who whacked him? 146 00:08:07,955 --> 00:08:10,989 Look, Jose was with Hector Cartagena. 147 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:14,059 Hector and Jose had been together in Attica. 148 00:08:14,061 --> 00:08:15,060 They argued. 149 00:08:15,062 --> 00:08:16,094 I came home. 150 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:18,029 Argued? About what? 151 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:19,965 A deal. 152 00:08:19,967 --> 00:08:22,200 Hector said Jose shorted him. 153 00:08:22,202 --> 00:08:26,004 And Hector said Jose was no good to his friends. 154 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:29,074 He was mad. He wanted to kill him. 155 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:32,244 Business. 156 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:39,050 Cartagena's got narcotics, arson, larceny 157 00:08:39,052 --> 00:08:42,020 armed robbery, aggravated assault. 158 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:44,589 Hey, listen, thanks a lot, okay? 159 00:08:44,591 --> 00:08:46,892 Paroled from Attica two months ago. 160 00:08:46,894 --> 00:08:49,060 Lives on 108th Street. Let's go get a warrant. 161 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:51,930 I don't want to see this guy without back-up. 162 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:55,200 Backup? I don't want to see him without nuclear weapons. 163 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:58,203 ( babycrying ) 164 00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:04,142 This isn't going to give easy. 165 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,982 HECTOR: Yeah. Who is it? 166 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:12,217 Con Ed-- gas leak. 167 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:13,852 Police! 168 00:09:13,854 --> 00:09:16,221 Get over there! Get your hands up. 169 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:18,123 HECTOR: I'm cool. All right. 170 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:20,692 You're under arrest for the murder of Jose Urbano. 171 00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:22,327 I don't kill nobody. 172 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:23,961 You have the right to remain silent and refuse 173 00:09:23,964 --> 00:09:26,264 to answer any questions. Do you understand that? 174 00:09:28,001 --> 00:09:31,169 Anita says you wanted to kill Jose. 175 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,575 You believe that...? 176 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,977 Look, use your head. 177 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:41,079 Why would I do it, huh? 178 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:45,116 I kill him, I don't get the paper he owe me. 179 00:09:45,118 --> 00:09:47,085 All right? Mucho dinero, okay? 180 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:49,321 You visit anyone besides Jose last night? 181 00:09:49,323 --> 00:09:50,956 That's right, Hector. Come up with an alibi. 182 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:53,258 That's what you're supposed to do now. 183 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:55,160 I went home. 184 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,261 Solo. 185 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:57,729 You understand? 186 00:09:57,731 --> 00:10:00,999 Yeah. Did you lose the Glock on the way? 187 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:04,135 Look, no my style, okay? 188 00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:06,605 Never like automatic weapons. 189 00:10:06,607 --> 00:10:08,607 Can openers. 190 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:11,643 Jamming on you all the time, you know? 191 00:10:11,645 --> 00:10:15,080 You better hope we don't find that can opener on the street. 192 00:10:15,082 --> 00:10:16,748 Oh, yeah? 193 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:20,018 And what you going to do? 194 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:23,622 You and your compadre, huh, yougoing to prove it's mine? 195 00:10:23,624 --> 00:10:25,624 Come on. You're wasting my time. 196 00:10:25,626 --> 00:10:27,258 Can I go now, all right? 197 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:28,393 You can go home, sure. 198 00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:30,028 Right back to Attica. 199 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:32,697 Attica, my ass, man. 200 00:10:32,699 --> 00:10:36,067 Your ass is grass, hombre. 201 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:37,302 You're on parole. 202 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:39,304 You can't hang with felons. 203 00:10:39,306 --> 00:10:41,306 Even dead ones. 204 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:43,041 Yeah, right. 205 00:10:43,043 --> 00:10:45,143 Get this-- 206 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:47,244 good old Hector swears we didn't Mirandize him. 207 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:49,247 Not so dumb, this Hector, huh? 208 00:10:49,249 --> 00:10:52,283 Smart enough to know we couldn't tie him to the gun, but stupid enough 209 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:55,286 to say he was gonna waste Jose in front of Jose's sister? 210 00:10:57,324 --> 00:11:01,993 He crawled out of the same sewer as the late Jose. 211 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,729 No way the neighborhood's going to protect him. 212 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,097 He didn't do it. 213 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:07,198 No. 214 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,100 You got the file? 215 00:11:09,102 --> 00:11:11,102 The carny operator-- 216 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:13,672 what's his name, Harmon? The one that described Hector... 217 00:11:13,674 --> 00:11:18,076 Let's walk him down memory lane again. 218 00:11:18,078 --> 00:11:20,712 What do you want from me, huh? I'm watching the till. 219 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:23,348 The drug dealer's done shooting, I'm on to the next. 220 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:25,717 Oh! How do you know he's a drug dealer? 221 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:28,053 2,000 bucks in clothes on his back, 222 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:29,354 a couple gold rings. 223 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:32,090 You really care who killed this guy? 224 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,125 I mean, come on, he's scum. 225 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:36,127 Wait a minute. You think he's scum, I think he's scum 226 00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:38,730 but he had a sister who needed him 227 00:11:38,732 --> 00:11:41,099 and a six-year-old niece who thinks he's Mister Rogers. 228 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:44,169 This probably has nothing to do with it, 229 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:47,439 but the kid from the church, the girl... 230 00:11:47,441 --> 00:11:49,074 Which girl is this? 231 00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:52,110 The one I paid my fee to. Pretty kid-- Alicia. 232 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:56,114 She comes by, checks, makes sure everything's okay 233 00:11:56,116 --> 00:11:58,817 then she's talking to the drug dealer. 234 00:11:58,819 --> 00:12:00,452 What's his name-- Jose? 235 00:12:00,454 --> 00:12:02,120 About what? 236 00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,122 You think I listened? 237 00:12:04,124 --> 00:12:06,057 She was hanging on the guy 238 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:09,194 like she was trying to pick him up. 239 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:16,868 GREEVEY: says you talked to Urbanor 240 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:18,303 at the fair. 241 00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:21,239 At a fair, I talk to a lot of people. 242 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:24,209 Way we heard it is you dragged him off into the crowd 243 00:12:24,211 --> 00:12:26,778 and he never came back. You know, just like a Roach Motel-- 244 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:28,880 he checked in, but he didn't check out. 245 00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:30,215 And it's a good thing. 246 00:12:30,217 --> 00:12:32,150 Cockroaches should be dead. 247 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:35,420 Innocent people get hurt, you don't come up here so quick. 248 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:37,088 Innocent people? 249 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,157 What was Urbano guilty of? 250 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:40,792 Look, enough. 251 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,293 I've heard of Urbano. 252 00:12:42,295 --> 00:12:43,294 Drug dealer. 253 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:45,296 They kill each other, fine. 254 00:12:45,298 --> 00:12:46,765 We're better off. 255 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:49,200 Strange thing for a priest to say. 256 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:52,403 Strange times to be a priest. 257 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:54,305 Send in a couple of Puerto Rican cops. 258 00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:56,174 Maybe they can open this up. 259 00:12:56,176 --> 00:12:57,909 You been reading a different duty roster, Max? 260 00:12:57,911 --> 00:13:01,146 I got Puerto Rican detectives I haven't noticed? 261 00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:04,415 The priest-- he knows where Alicia was. 262 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:05,784 Rivers, Alicia. 263 00:13:05,786 --> 00:13:08,086 One misdemeanor-- smoking weed. 264 00:13:08,088 --> 00:13:09,788 You know, when I was a kid 265 00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:11,422 I put a baseball through a windshield. 266 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:15,093 I was shakingbefore they started asking me questions. 267 00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:18,797 This chick, she did Urbano? I'd like to know what she takes for her nerves. 268 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:21,149 A kid with no record. 269 00:13:21,150 --> 00:13:23,500 She didn't get a ..9mm and shoot a drug dealer, that's for sure. 270 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:25,236 ( phone rings ) 271 00:13:25,238 --> 00:13:27,138 Cragen. 272 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:28,807 Uh-huh. 273 00:13:28,809 --> 00:13:31,209 Thank you. 274 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:32,477 Hurley in Ballistics. 275 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:33,878 Your Glock? 276 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,381 Not used in any other shooting. 277 00:13:36,383 --> 00:13:38,483 Hey, I went back a year. 278 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,485 You want to go back two, three, all right? 279 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:42,954 I'd love the overtime, but who's going to pay? 280 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:45,824 Listen, go back two years and while you're at it, 281 00:13:45,826 --> 00:13:47,492 see if you can access the license division files 282 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:48,960 on your computer. 283 00:13:48,962 --> 00:13:50,228 Why? 284 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:52,080 Why? 285 00:13:52,081 --> 00:13:53,931 Because let's see if anybody connected to this thing 286 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,433 has a gun license, okay? 287 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,902 Right, then we'll check lottery winners. 288 00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:00,138 Well, I'm just a cockeyed optimist. 289 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:01,606 ( chuckles ) 290 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,241 Max? Hmm? 291 00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:04,475 Torres, the priest-- what's his first name? 292 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:05,610 A priest? 293 00:14:05,612 --> 00:14:06,945 Uh-huh. 294 00:14:06,947 --> 00:14:08,413 Roberto. 295 00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:15,186 Nope. 296 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:20,208 Put up Rivers. 297 00:14:20,209 --> 00:14:23,260 See if you got one within 20 blocks of East 113th Street. 298 00:14:33,273 --> 00:14:34,539 Rivers, Anna. 299 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:36,174 55 years old. 300 00:14:36,176 --> 00:14:38,610 642 East 117th Street. 301 00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:42,413 Registered owner of a .9mm Glock semi-automatic. 302 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,249 Yes! 303 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:50,021 ( salsa music playing ) 304 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:02,667 My gun? 305 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:04,235 They stole it. 306 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,337 Is that right? When? 307 00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:10,108 Couple of weeks ago. They broke in. 308 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:13,211 Law says, if a gun is stolen, you have to report it. 309 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,612 Did you? 310 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:16,314 Why bother? 311 00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:18,583 Would you have investigated 312 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:21,119 or written a piece of paper on it? 313 00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:23,655 Look, the gun was licensed, and it was stolen. 314 00:15:23,657 --> 00:15:26,090 You want me to prove it wasn't? 315 00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:28,660 She goes to all the trouble of getting a license 316 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:30,995 but when her gun's stolen, she doesn't replace it. 317 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,330 I don't understand it. 318 00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:35,199 Next time she goes to the bank deposit 319 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:37,201 what's she going to do? 320 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:40,672 Look, somebody killed a man with a .9mm Glock 321 00:15:40,674 --> 00:15:42,607 just like yours. 322 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,342 We find out it was the same gun 323 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:47,011 we're gonna wonder why you didn't report a burglary. 324 00:15:47,013 --> 00:15:50,048 Your granddaughter, Alicia-- 325 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:52,717 was she here the night of the burglary? 326 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:55,620 The night your gun got stolen? 327 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:02,226 No, she wasn't. 328 00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:07,165 ( knocking at door ) 329 00:16:07,167 --> 00:16:10,168 ( footsteps ) 330 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,703 Hey, hey, folks. 331 00:16:11,705 --> 00:16:14,172 Folks, you know the Rivers family? 332 00:16:14,174 --> 00:16:15,707 Nope. 333 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:17,408 Seen Alicia tonight? 334 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:19,010 Now you come? 335 00:16:19,012 --> 00:16:20,144 Three days later 336 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:22,413 you want to know where she is? 337 00:16:22,415 --> 00:16:24,415 She's at Central Harlem Hospital. 338 00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:26,150 What? Alicia's hurt? 339 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:27,685 No, not Alicia, her sister. 340 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,154 What are you guys doing here? 341 00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:31,689 Hey, we're looking for Alicia. 342 00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,659 Lucy got beat up, not Alicia. 343 00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,396 Six gunshots, four stabbings, 344 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:41,632 baby who almost starved to death-- slow night. 345 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,202 You got a patient named Rivers? 346 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:45,370 Lucy Rivers? 347 00:16:45,372 --> 00:16:47,672 What the hell's the matter with you cops? 348 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:49,640 Just 'cause she couldn't talk the first night 349 00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,476 you never come back? 350 00:16:51,478 --> 00:16:54,746 Somebody turned that girl into mashed potatoes. 351 00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:56,481 Was she raped? 352 00:16:56,483 --> 00:16:58,649 She said she was mugged. 353 00:16:58,651 --> 00:17:00,218 Family honor. 354 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:01,753 You didn't administer a rape kit? 355 00:17:01,755 --> 00:17:04,689 I told you, she said she wasn't raped. 356 00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:07,658 I told the grandmother, the boyfriend. 357 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,660 I told the damn priest. 358 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,697 The girl's gonna need help to get over this. 359 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:15,700 They say patch her up and get her home. 360 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:20,104 The priest who was with her-- his name Torres? 361 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:22,807 Is this nursery school? I took roll call? 362 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:25,109 612. The boyfriend's there. 363 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,377 You fight with him. 364 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:30,148 Lucy can't remember anything. 365 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:33,184 That's why we told the cops not to come back. 366 00:17:33,186 --> 00:17:36,054 We're sorry about your girlfriend, 367 00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:39,524 but we have to talk to her sister, Alicia. 368 00:17:39,526 --> 00:17:41,459 Alicia? Why? 369 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:44,262 She around, Nicky? Yeah, she's, um... 370 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:46,264 She's downstairs. 371 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:47,799 She's coming back. 372 00:17:47,801 --> 00:17:50,068 You go to the church fair on Saturday night? 373 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,736 No, no. 374 00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:56,507 I was here all night with Lucy. 375 00:17:56,509 --> 00:17:58,743 You're a little late to help my sister. 376 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,545 You didn't mention that she was hurt. 377 00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:03,247 You were worried about a drug dealer. 378 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:05,249 the nurses if you So, Nicky, we ask 379 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,418 were around Saturday night, they're gonna say yes, right? 380 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,821 He came to the fair for an hour. 381 00:18:09,823 --> 00:18:11,823 No, I was going to go. I stayed here. 382 00:18:11,825 --> 00:18:15,560 You never heard of Jose Urbano, right? 383 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:18,529 Somebody shot him-- that's all I've heard. 384 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:20,531 All I've heard is that you have been 385 00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:23,301 in two places at the same time Saturday night. 386 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:26,471 Come on, Nicky. Let's sit with Lucy. 387 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:31,375 your beeper. Dr. Wise, please check WOMAN ( over P.A. ): 388 00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:35,379 Dr. Wise, please check your beeper. 389 00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:36,781 You know what we have here? 390 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,749 Exactly what we had two weeks ago-- squat. 391 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:39,817 It's like the Bible. 392 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,419 Oh? The Gospels. 393 00:18:41,421 --> 00:18:44,188 Four guys that are all telling the same story, 394 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:45,990 except each one of them's different. 395 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:47,791 Nicky was at the church; no, he was at the hospital. 396 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,327 The gun was stolen; no, it wasn't. 397 00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:51,462 The sister was raped; no, she was just beat up. 398 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,765 Alicia lured Urbano away; Alicia didn't kill Urbano. 399 00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:58,436 The only thing that makes sense is that Urbano raped Lucy 400 00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:00,338 and Guzman shot him-- pure revenge. 401 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,539 Guzman, Nicky. 402 00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:03,441 Couple of juveniles, shoplifting. 403 00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,844 No guns, no felonies. 404 00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:08,246 GREEVEY: Even if the kid did it, we got a hole here the size of Tulsa. 405 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:11,182 Like why did Urbano rape Nicky's girlfriend? 406 00:19:11,184 --> 00:19:13,484 What, a guy like Urbano needs a motive for rape? 407 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:15,786 What about the vic? You talk to her yet? 408 00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,455 Hard to get her alone. 409 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:20,925 Go after visiting hours. 410 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:26,564 Can you tell us what happened? 411 00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:28,332 A man... 412 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,567 he took my purse. 413 00:19:29,569 --> 00:19:31,502 I didn't see him. 414 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:33,604 Where did this happen, Lucy? 415 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,641 109th Street and Lexington. 416 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:38,576 That's a bright corner. 417 00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:41,579 You didn't get a look at his face? 418 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:44,582 No. 419 00:19:44,584 --> 00:19:46,651 Lucy, do you know 420 00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:48,920 who Jose Urbano was? 421 00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:54,392 He's from around the neighborhood, I guess. 422 00:19:54,394 --> 00:19:57,595 Was it Jose Urbano who attacked you? 423 00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:06,237 ( whispers ): No. 424 00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:08,239 When Mr. Urbano takes a purse 425 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:10,241 he does a lot of damage. 426 00:20:10,243 --> 00:20:13,477 You find anybody who heard what was going on? 427 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:14,946 Mm-hmm. Julie Reyes. 428 00:20:14,948 --> 00:20:17,582 She was born here, but she knows the language. 429 00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:19,483 Julia, honey, in case you don't 430 00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:21,485 recognize these suits, these men are cops. 431 00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:24,222 Sergeant Greevey, Detective Logan. 432 00:20:24,224 --> 00:20:27,592 You were on duty when Lucy Rivers was brought in? 433 00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:29,594 That night, the next day. 434 00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:31,562 What was all the yelling about? 435 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:34,232 I didn't hear all of it. 436 00:20:34,234 --> 00:20:37,902 The sister and the boyfriend-- they were so upset. 437 00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:41,539 The boyfriend kept yelling, "How could he do it?" 438 00:20:41,541 --> 00:20:44,508 What about the priest, Torres? 439 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:46,611 You know him? 440 00:20:48,514 --> 00:20:49,914 Yeah, well, we, uh... 441 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:52,583 we pray at his church sometimes. 442 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,552 Down at the soda machine 443 00:20:54,554 --> 00:20:57,321 he took the boyfriend aside. 444 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:59,590 He was yelling at him, 445 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:02,593 saying God would not forgive them. 446 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:05,029 TORRES: This isn't Nazi Germany. 447 00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:07,498 You can't act like storm troopers 448 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,900 terrorizing my parishioners, accusing them of crimes! 449 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,637 You're not playing it straight with us, Father. 450 00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:14,372 A nurse overheard your conversation with Nicky. 451 00:21:14,374 --> 00:21:15,740 Knowing the streets the way you do, 452 00:21:15,742 --> 00:21:18,309 Father, you probably know the law, right? 453 00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:19,610 Cover up a crime? 454 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,479 That's a crime, too. 455 00:21:21,481 --> 00:21:23,614 Oh, you care so much about crime? They left a body 456 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:25,683 in my church last year, dead on the altar! 457 00:21:25,685 --> 00:21:27,351 They do that in your church? 458 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:30,288 In my church two kids don't plan a murder 459 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,390 in front of their priest. 460 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:35,660 The law considers that accessory and conspiracy. 461 00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:38,029 You have something to tell us? 462 00:21:38,031 --> 00:21:40,498 They say confession's good 463 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:42,633 for the soul. 464 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:45,503 Look, why don't you just forget about this? 465 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:48,673 How many murders do you have never get solved? 466 00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:50,941 Why don't you just let this be one of them? 467 00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:52,743 I'm waiting for offers. 468 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:57,014 Two weeks, all expenses paid in downtown Altoona. 469 00:21:57,016 --> 00:21:59,016 What do you got? The Glock? Mrs. Rivers? 470 00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:02,053 18 months ago, in a fight in her club 471 00:22:02,055 --> 00:22:03,654 she winged a guy. 472 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:06,557 And it matches the slugs in Urbano. 473 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,459 Ha! 474 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:10,061 A lot of maybes. 475 00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:12,530 You got motive, the gun, the priest 476 00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:15,633 the girl leading Urbano out of the church. 477 00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:17,101 What did Torres say? 478 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:20,438 Loosely translated? Go to hell. 479 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,557 Tough to sell. 480 00:22:22,558 --> 00:22:24,675 CRAGEN: You don't arrest somebody now then kiss it good-bye. 481 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:27,445 The memory lapses these guys are getting, 482 00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:29,680 two weeks-- nobody's gonna remember Urbano's name. 483 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:31,082 And the Guzman kid? 484 00:22:31,084 --> 00:22:34,685 He's got my vote, but enough for an arrest? No. 485 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,420 The girl's an adult. 486 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:38,489 Get her a legal aid lawyer. 487 00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:40,658 Scare the hell out of her. She'll roll. 488 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:44,362 Pick her up. 489 00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:49,066 ( knocking ) 490 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,068 Are you here to apologize this time? 491 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,003 Alicia Rivers, you're under arrest 492 00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:54,839 for the murder of Jose Urbano. What?! 493 00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:57,141 You have the right to remain silent and refuse 494 00:22:57,143 --> 00:22:59,076 to answer questions... This is ridiculous. This is wrong! 495 00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:02,012 Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. 496 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:04,448 Do you understand? You're entitled to an attorney... 497 00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:08,719 The charges are murder in the second degree 498 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:12,757 and conspiracy in the first degree. 499 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:15,659 Are the defendants ready to enter a plea? 500 00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:17,795 Not guilty. 501 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:20,798 Your Honor, the district attorney has outdone himself. 502 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,400 We respectfully submit 503 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:24,769 that the charges are so inflated... 504 00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:26,404 I get the message, Ms. Greene. 505 00:23:26,406 --> 00:23:28,806 Do you want to address the bail issues? 506 00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:30,007 They're simple. 507 00:23:30,009 --> 00:23:32,910 No record, no resources, no risk of flight. 508 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:36,680 Ms. Green. Thank you. We don't get much alliteration, 509 00:23:36,682 --> 00:23:39,050 Mr. Robinette? 510 00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:41,419 Your Honor, the murder charged here is particularly vicious. 511 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:42,787 In addition, the defendant has relatives 512 00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:44,922 in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 513 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:47,658 And the risk of flight is not negligible. 514 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,895 The people request substantial bail. 515 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,830 Your Honor, you know what bail means. 516 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,699 It means Alicia Rivers stays in jail because she is poor. 517 00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:56,867 If you don't see... 518 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:59,337 Please, Ms. Green, 519 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:01,806 Society dinner speech. I have heard your Legal Aid 520 00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:03,507 I'm sympathetic. 521 00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:06,944 in a homicide? I'm sorry. But one's own recognizance 522 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:10,781 Bail is set for the defendant at $100,000. 523 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:14,084 A three-legged table would stand up better in court than your case. 524 00:24:14,086 --> 00:24:16,854 Not to mention the fact that if she lived on Park Avenue 525 00:24:16,856 --> 00:24:18,272 you wouldn't have filed. 526 00:24:18,273 --> 00:24:19,689 Wait a minute. What do minorities complain about? 527 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:21,592 They kill whites, they get prosecuted. 528 00:24:21,594 --> 00:24:24,462 They kill each other, the system doesn't care. 529 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:25,563 I never realized 530 00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:27,097 that passions about minorities 531 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:28,899 ran so high in this office. 532 00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:30,868 Next time you care so much 533 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:32,736 pick a case you can win. 534 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:35,840 We always care when we have a criminal conspiracy. 535 00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:38,576 Who said that when the links rattle 536 00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:40,511 they're probably in a chain? 537 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:43,848 Ah! The light dawns. 538 00:24:43,850 --> 00:24:46,016 You're after the boy. 539 00:24:46,018 --> 00:24:48,819 You're looking for a deal. 540 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,821 You put a young girl 541 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,857 through the indignity of jail for no other reason 542 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:54,859 but to force her to talk? 543 00:24:54,861 --> 00:24:57,995 If she's protecting somebody, it is not in her interest to refuse. 544 00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:00,865 How could I refuse when you didn't offer? 545 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,132 But don't bother. 546 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:04,001 The way I read the penal law 547 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:05,135 conspiracy means 548 00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:07,872 people have to agree to commit a crime. 549 00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:10,241 You can't prove 550 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:12,609 that Nicky and Alicia agreed on the time of day. 551 00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:14,979 This case is about revenge. and the last time I looked, 552 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:16,747 that is not a valid criminal defense. 553 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:18,616 We have evidence that will prove 554 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:21,619 that your client conspired to commit murder. 555 00:25:21,621 --> 00:25:22,820 Really? 556 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:25,890 You have so much evidence, you're accusing her 557 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:29,760 of conspiring with someone who isn't even charged. 558 00:25:29,762 --> 00:25:31,762 Want some advice on this one gentlemen? 559 00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:32,897 Cut your losses. 560 00:25:32,899 --> 00:25:35,933 You're going to end up feasting on crow. 561 00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:37,902 Ms. Green has a point. 562 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,036 No, Alicia walked him out. 563 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,137 The grandmother's gun killed Urbano. 564 00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:43,140 If I had to win on conspiracy, I would 565 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:45,543 but I want the Guzman kid for murder. 566 00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:47,611 You moved on the girl too soon. 567 00:25:47,613 --> 00:25:48,879 Would you like to ramrod this case? 568 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,916 Your ability to forget people's skin color 569 00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:53,968 is admirable. 570 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,019 Unfortunately, if we lose, white people think 571 00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:58,923 that Puerto Ricans get away with murder 572 00:25:58,925 --> 00:26:01,559 and if you don't get the Guzman boy 573 00:26:01,561 --> 00:26:03,928 it looks like selective prosecution. 574 00:26:03,930 --> 00:26:05,496 And if we drop it 575 00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:07,063 we have a clear-cut case of revenge 576 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,966 and there's daily obstruction. 577 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:11,735 The girl raped, her sister on trial. 578 00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:13,203 Shambala Green with a jury. 579 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:15,205 She'll milk them till they moo. 580 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,807 You see a winner? 581 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:20,778 The girl's tied to the victim and the gun. 582 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:22,913 If Judge Markham doesn't dismiss. 583 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,149 The whole thing is circumstantial. 584 00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:27,151 The girl works for a priest, no less. 585 00:26:27,153 --> 00:26:30,054 To a jury, she's practically got a halo. 586 00:26:30,056 --> 00:26:32,022 Do you have any helpful suggestions? 587 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,859 Get the priest to talk. 588 00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:37,995 And try the grandmother, too. 589 00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:39,129 Thank you. 590 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:41,832 Cops-- a lot of good they do us 591 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:43,667 in this neighborhood. 592 00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:46,670 Is that why you didn't call them 593 00:26:46,672 --> 00:26:48,939 when your gun was stolen? 594 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:54,044 Your gun, your granddaughter, and no report of a break-in. 595 00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:55,946 Ms. Rivers, 596 00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:59,817 do you know what women's prisons are like? 597 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:01,719 It's not going to happen. 598 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,020 Everybody says so. 599 00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:03,988 Everybody? 600 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:05,823 You mean Father Torres? 601 00:27:05,825 --> 00:27:07,925 I talked to Shambala, the lawyer. 602 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:08,926 Ms. Green 603 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:10,694 is a legal aid lawyer. 604 00:27:10,696 --> 00:27:13,097 Legal aid loses two-thirds of its cases. 605 00:27:13,099 --> 00:27:16,967 The district attorney wins two-thirds. 606 00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:19,103 Do you want to gamble with Ms. Green? 607 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:22,806 Your granddaughter, Lucy, is in the hospital. 608 00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:24,074 Alicia is in jail. 609 00:27:24,076 --> 00:27:27,945 Witnesses will place Alicia with the victim. 610 00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:32,216 Ballistics experts will testify your gun was used. 611 00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:35,085 A nurse will testify she heard 612 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:37,921 Father Torres warning Alicia and Nicky. 613 00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:41,191 15 or 20 years from now, when Alicia gets out of jail 614 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:43,961 I hope Father Torres and Ms. Green 615 00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:45,129 are waiting for her. 616 00:27:45,131 --> 00:27:47,865 Look, you're trying to push me around. 617 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:52,903 No. I'm trying to help you, and your granddaughter. 618 00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:57,041 And she doesn't go to prison? 619 00:27:57,043 --> 00:27:58,308 I can't promise that. 620 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,112 But if there is any time, it will be minimal. 621 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:08,052 Time for the truth 622 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,186 to come out. 623 00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:12,256 You got a car? 624 00:28:12,258 --> 00:28:16,794 GREEN: Anna, you have to listen to me. 625 00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:18,228 I told you about this. 626 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:20,964 They will try any trick in the book. 627 00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:23,000 This is my trick. 628 00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:26,870 GUARD: Green for Alicia Rivers. 629 00:28:30,910 --> 00:28:32,209 Alicia, how are you? 630 00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:33,611 I'm all right. 631 00:28:33,612 --> 00:28:35,012 Your grandmother wants me to tell them. 632 00:28:35,014 --> 00:28:35,979 Shut up, you! 633 00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:37,548 What is this? 634 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,116 Grandma, no! ( indistinct shouting ) 635 00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:41,218 NICKY: Alicia, you want me to tell? 636 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:45,322 Are you going to let her die in jail? 637 00:28:46,726 --> 00:28:48,726 Urbano raped Lucy. 638 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:49,993 Nicky killed him. 639 00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:54,264 BAILIFF: in the second degree. 640 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:57,868 Your Honor, may we approach? 641 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:04,942 Now what's the problem? 642 00:29:04,944 --> 00:29:06,777 We haven't even gotten to bail yet. 643 00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:08,045 Ms. Green represents the defendant 644 00:29:08,047 --> 00:29:11,014 to be tried jointly with Mr. Guzman. 645 00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:12,583 Clear conflict of interest. 646 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:14,151 Hmm, now I get why this was assigned to me. 647 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:17,087 It's the same case as the girl. Yes, it is, Your Honor, 648 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:18,188 but I don't see any conflict... 649 00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:19,690 Please. 650 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,191 Ms. Green, of course there's conflict. 651 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:25,329 If he wants to roll the girl against Mr. Guzman here 652 00:29:25,331 --> 00:29:27,898 you can't defend both of them. 653 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:32,002 My clerk read the grand jury minutes. 654 00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:34,171 I was going to do the girl's trial 655 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:37,274 but I was considering dismissal sua sponte. 656 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:40,010 We feel there's a case. 657 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:41,662 It's a judgment call, Mr. Robinette. 658 00:29:41,663 --> 00:29:43,313 If you want to go back to the grand jury 659 00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:46,350 and get better evidence, I'll let you re-present. 660 00:29:46,352 --> 00:29:49,052 In the interest of justice, I'm dismissing on the girl. 661 00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:51,021 I'll let her represent the boy. 662 00:29:51,023 --> 00:29:54,091 Now, let's see if we can get some bail here. 663 00:29:54,093 --> 00:29:55,959 About bail, Your Honor... 664 00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,478 Please, 665 00:29:57,479 --> 00:29:58,996 Ms. Green, spare me your usual sanctimonies. 666 00:29:58,998 --> 00:30:01,131 I'm not in the mood. Okay? 667 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,910 to enter a plea? Uh, now, does the defendant wish 668 00:30:12,912 --> 00:30:15,813 Not guilty, Your Honor. 669 00:30:15,815 --> 00:30:17,414 Bail $200,000. 670 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:19,983 Short date. 671 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:22,419 I'm going for temporary insanity. 672 00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:24,288 Yours or your client's? 673 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:26,290 Murder two. 674 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:29,059 He was not going to kill the guy. 675 00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:30,427 He just wanted to talk. 676 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:31,929 Seven shots from a semiautomatic? 677 00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:33,397 What language is that? 678 00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:35,299 I'll interpret for the jury. He was enraged. 679 00:30:35,301 --> 00:30:37,835 He didn't know what the hell he was doing. 680 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:39,203 The sister was in the hospital on Wednesday. 681 00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:41,138 The shooting happened on Saturday. 682 00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:43,140 He was insane for three whole days? 683 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:47,077 In a moment of normal, excusable, and acceptable rage 684 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:49,046 after his fiance was raped. 685 00:30:49,048 --> 00:30:52,316 This is a nice-looking kid, very appealing. 686 00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:55,419 I believe the jury will identify with him 687 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:58,055 and the press will crucify you. 688 00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:00,958 Let's discuss reckless endangerment. 689 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,993 Oh, please. 690 00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:05,027 He endangered a man's life with seven shots? 691 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:08,432 My dictionary calls that more than endangering. 692 00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:10,000 Manslaughter one. 693 00:31:10,002 --> 00:31:12,186 He does three years. 694 00:31:12,187 --> 00:31:14,371 Manslaughter two-- he does a year on the farm. He sees a shrink. 695 00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,341 No deal. You're really gonna push this, aren't you? 696 00:31:17,343 --> 00:31:18,442 All the way. 697 00:31:18,444 --> 00:31:20,177 This is a good kid! 698 00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:21,979 A role model for minority youth. 699 00:31:21,981 --> 00:31:24,147 You got a problem, put seven shots into him. 700 00:31:24,149 --> 00:31:26,183 A drug dealer and a rapist? 701 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:28,118 What are you telling me? 702 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,154 The proper compensation for a human life is one year? 703 00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:33,073 What's next? 704 00:31:33,074 --> 00:31:34,991 A retarded petty thief-- you do a year and a half. 705 00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,159 Unarmed burglar-- two years. 706 00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:38,128 A white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant-- 25 to life. 707 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:41,031 The commandment says "thou shalt not kill." 708 00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:42,099 It does not say 709 00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:44,134 "thou shalt not kill nice people." 710 00:31:44,136 --> 00:31:47,004 The boy's girlfriend raped, beaten to a pulp. 711 00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:51,141 You won't find 12 people who will convict him 712 00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:53,543 of criminal possession of a weapon. 713 00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:56,113 Fine, you take the plea and the press conference, too. 714 00:31:56,115 --> 00:31:59,016 You got a suit of armor and a white charger waiting outside? 715 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,550 The boy is not a cold-blooded killer. 716 00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,286 That's fine, but where does it stop? 717 00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:04,288 Do we write a revenge exception in the penal law? 718 00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:06,156 Now listen, why don't you...? First Green, now you. 719 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:08,158 I must be way behind the curve of judicial thinking. 720 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,093 I'm not saying let him go. 721 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:11,094 Plead him. 722 00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,230 Have him do a couple of years. 723 00:32:13,232 --> 00:32:16,233 And let's get it off our plate. 724 00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:23,140 We take a plea. 725 00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:24,274 It's an order. 726 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:25,275 Forget it. What? 727 00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,277 I was just coming to tell you. 728 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:30,347 We're getting visitors from another planet. 729 00:32:30,349 --> 00:32:31,581 Green resigned. There's a new counsel. 730 00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:33,483 Resigned? In favor of who? 731 00:32:33,485 --> 00:32:35,953 A showboat from Dallas-- Chet Burton. 732 00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:37,587 Flew in this morning. He's taking it, no fee. 733 00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:39,189 And, yes, I checked-- 734 00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:41,291 he's admitted to the New York Bar. 735 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:43,026 You're a fine lawyer, Mr. Stone. 736 00:32:43,028 --> 00:32:45,128 I've heard a whole lot about you. 737 00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:47,130 Thanks, sir. I've read a great deal about you. 738 00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:50,033 I'm afraid you severely misunderstand this case. 739 00:32:50,035 --> 00:32:51,201 How so? 740 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:53,036 According to his culture 741 00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:55,138 Nicky Guzman did the right thing. 742 00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:58,141 See, most first-generation immigrant neighborhoods 743 00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:01,211 somebody rapes your woman, you go get a gun. 744 00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:05,215 Up here in New York, you go get a warrant for arrest. 745 00:33:05,217 --> 00:33:08,318 I'd like to remind you that we have a witness 746 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,021 who heard the boy plan the murder. 747 00:33:11,023 --> 00:33:12,622 My motion, Mr. Stone. 748 00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:16,460 Start with People v. Gates, New York Court of Appeals 749 00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:18,595 on priest-penitent privilege. 750 00:33:18,597 --> 00:33:20,464 I don't think Father Torres 751 00:33:20,466 --> 00:33:23,133 will ever spend any time on the witness stand. 752 00:33:23,135 --> 00:33:24,201 You know 753 00:33:24,203 --> 00:33:26,636 my whole life as a lawyer-- 754 00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:29,339 27 years in court-- 755 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:32,542 you know how many criminal cases I've lost? 756 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:37,247 Zero. Zip. Not a one. 757 00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:39,216 Oh, really? 758 00:33:41,053 --> 00:33:44,154 Well, this is not Texas, sir. 759 00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:47,357 If I were you, I wouldn't be too sure of that. 760 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:54,064 BURTON: Howdy, Mr. Stone. 761 00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:57,567 A new day, a new voice-- what will tomorrow bring? 762 00:33:57,569 --> 00:34:00,103 Oh, I get up some mornings I just naturally hear 763 00:34:00,105 --> 00:34:02,039 my pappy's twang in my head. 764 00:34:02,041 --> 00:34:03,573 What are you dressed for, a rodeo? 765 00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:04,574 Yup. 766 00:34:04,576 --> 00:34:06,109 Legal bull riding. 767 00:34:06,111 --> 00:34:07,811 Excuse me, one question. 768 00:34:07,813 --> 00:34:10,147 Shoot. How did you find out about this case? 769 00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:13,050 It was only on page seven in the New York papers. 770 00:34:13,052 --> 00:34:14,618 I hadn't heard a word about it 771 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:17,354 until Nicky's lawyer called me-- a Ms. Green. 772 00:34:17,356 --> 00:34:18,455 Oh, I see. 773 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:21,792 Said you needed to be taught a lesson. 774 00:34:21,794 --> 00:34:24,061 What's in it for you? 775 00:34:24,063 --> 00:34:26,463 Well, I have saved many rich folks 776 00:34:26,465 --> 00:34:28,065 from unjust incarceration. 777 00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:30,067 As much as I'm able 778 00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:34,571 I plan to give the poor the same consideration. 779 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,207 STONE: Mrs. Rivers, you told police 780 00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:40,444 that your gun was stolen in a burglary. 781 00:34:40,446 --> 00:34:41,545 Is that true? 782 00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:43,447 No. 783 00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:47,684 When did you first notice the gun was missing? 784 00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:49,486 On Saturday night. 785 00:34:49,488 --> 00:34:51,721 The night Mr. Urbano was killed. 786 00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:53,590 Yes. 787 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:56,560 Was Nicky Guzman at your club that night? 788 00:35:00,699 --> 00:35:02,632 Yes. 789 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:06,103 Had you ever shown him where you kept your gun? 790 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:08,572 He knew it was in the cash drawer 791 00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:10,240 under the register. 792 00:35:10,242 --> 00:35:11,508 Thank you. 793 00:35:11,510 --> 00:35:13,610 No further questions. 794 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,745 Nicky said he wanted to fight Urbano, 795 00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:17,514 to teach him a lesson. 796 00:35:17,516 --> 00:35:20,117 Did he show you the gun he was carrying? 797 00:35:20,119 --> 00:35:21,251 Yes. 798 00:35:21,253 --> 00:35:23,687 But he said he only wanted a fist fight. 799 00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:24,688 Objection. 800 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:26,156 Asked and answered. 801 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:27,224 Sustained. 802 00:35:27,226 --> 00:35:28,859 Your witness. 803 00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:40,270 Miss Rivers, on the morning after Mr. Urbano was shot 804 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:43,773 did you go to church with Nicky Guzman? 805 00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:45,575 Yes. 806 00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:48,678 And did Mr. Guzman take confession that morning? 807 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,147 Yes. 808 00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:52,883 Now about this cocaine dealer who was shot... 809 00:35:52,885 --> 00:35:53,884 Objection. 810 00:35:53,886 --> 00:35:55,552 Characterization. 811 00:35:55,554 --> 00:35:56,553 Sustained. 812 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,188 Miss Rivers, 813 00:35:58,189 --> 00:35:59,822 did you have a personal relationship 814 00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:00,824 with Jose Urbano? 815 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:01,925 Objection. Relevance. 816 00:36:01,927 --> 00:36:03,760 Overruled. 817 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:05,594 I'll let it go, Mr. Burton, but watch your step. 818 00:36:05,597 --> 00:36:07,564 The witness will answer. 819 00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:09,533 Jose tried to sell me crack. 820 00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:10,534 Objection. 821 00:36:10,536 --> 00:36:12,536 The victim is not on trial here. 822 00:36:12,538 --> 00:36:13,637 Sustained. 823 00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:15,572 The jury will disregard the answer. 824 00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:17,841 Mr. Burton, you will confine yourself to events. 825 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:20,544 Miss Rivers, were you aware 826 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:25,715 that Jose Urbano was known to carry a gun at all times? 827 00:36:25,717 --> 00:36:26,917 STONE: Your Honor? 828 00:36:26,919 --> 00:36:29,886 You are straining my good will, Mr. Burton. 829 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:34,591 Since I cannot ask any questions about the sainted Señor Urbano 830 00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:37,861 I have no further questions of this witness. 831 00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:39,496 Manslaughter two. 832 00:36:39,498 --> 00:36:43,533 In this state, Mr. Stone, what can you get for that? 833 00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,937 Mr. Guzman does two years. 834 00:36:46,939 --> 00:36:48,738 He doesn't do two seconds. 835 00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:50,807 Criminally negligent homicide. 836 00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:54,611 And you put him in a program where he gets his head candled. 837 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:57,681 It was an accident. The gun went off by itself seven times? 838 00:36:57,683 --> 00:36:59,282 You know what a "bubba" is? 839 00:36:59,284 --> 00:37:01,818 Up here, you call them "rednecks." 840 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:03,620 Where I come from 841 00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:06,356 all the men got shotguns in their pickups 842 00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:08,892 and a can of beer in their hand. 843 00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:13,363 My shotgun stays in the house, and I drink California cabernet 844 00:37:13,365 --> 00:37:15,865 but in my heart, I'm still a bubba. 845 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:20,237 That's why there's no plea unless the boy does no time. 846 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,773 The "boy" put seven holes in somebody. 847 00:37:23,775 --> 00:37:24,774 Somebody. 848 00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:26,810 Drug-dealing rapist scum. 849 00:37:26,812 --> 00:37:30,714 Most towns in Texas, the kid would get a medal. 850 00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:35,552 You may not like my style, Mr. Stone, but this I believe-- 851 00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:40,657 you don't put people in prison for defending their loved ones. 852 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:42,726 Defending or avenging? 853 00:37:42,728 --> 00:37:46,730 I'll let the jury split that hair. 854 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:52,302 You're due in chambers at 2:00. 855 00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:54,904 Markham wants to talk about the priest. 856 00:37:54,906 --> 00:37:57,574 BURTON: You can't allow it! 857 00:37:57,576 --> 00:37:58,942 If he testifies, 858 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:00,877 you destroy the sanctity 859 00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:02,045 of the priest/penitent relationship. 860 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:04,681 If he's not acting as his spiritual advisor, 861 00:38:04,683 --> 00:38:06,683 if it's not confession there's no privilege. 862 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:09,586 For God's sake, he was at the hospital as a priest. 863 00:38:09,588 --> 00:38:11,655 Did he wear a collar? Yes. 864 00:38:11,657 --> 00:38:13,690 Did he minister to his flock? Yes. 865 00:38:13,692 --> 00:38:16,760 Unfortunately, Alicia Rivers called the priest, 866 00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:18,862 not your client. 867 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,963 Personally, I have a very hard time believing 868 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:23,767 that he fell to his knees in the I.C.U. 869 00:38:23,769 --> 00:38:26,369 and mistook it for a confessional. 870 00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:29,939 I have made a decision. 871 00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:31,808 Torres will testify. 872 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:33,843 And while I'm about it 873 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:39,649 it will do you good to remember this is New York, not Texas. 874 00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:43,086 Permission to treat this witness as hostile, Your Honor. 875 00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:44,688 Granted. 876 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:47,757 Did Lucy Rivers tell you that she had been raped? 877 00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:49,392 Counselor? 878 00:38:49,394 --> 00:38:52,862 I have no problem with the question, Your Honor. 879 00:38:52,864 --> 00:38:55,832 Yes, she told me she had been raped. 880 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:58,668 Did she tell you she had been raped 881 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:00,003 by Jose Urbano? 882 00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:01,705 Yes. 883 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:03,740 And did the defendant tell you 884 00:39:03,742 --> 00:39:05,975 that he was planning on killing Jose Urbano 885 00:39:05,977 --> 00:39:07,877 because he had raped Lucy Rivers? 886 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:10,046 He said he was going to get a gun. 887 00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:12,682 When you left the hospital with Nicky that night, 888 00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,784 what did he do on the way out? 889 00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:18,021 He put his fist through a plate glass window-- 890 00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:19,356 a phone booth. 891 00:39:19,358 --> 00:39:21,057 But he was very angry. 892 00:39:21,059 --> 00:39:24,027 Thank you. No further questions, Your Honor. 893 00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:30,767 Father Torres, 894 00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:34,037 please tell the court about your relationship 895 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:36,873 with Nicky Guzman and Lucy Rivers. 896 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:39,142 They're engaged to be married, 897 00:39:39,144 --> 00:39:41,878 and they're in my counseling class for new couples. 898 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:46,683 Now, in your experience with members of your parish 899 00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:49,753 how serious is the crime of rape? 900 00:39:49,755 --> 00:39:52,722 There's a sense of... 901 00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:54,758 terrible shame. 902 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:59,429 It's like, you're a lawyer and your son is a thief. 903 00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:04,501 The woman is shamed, the husband is shamed, 904 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:06,503 the whole family. 905 00:40:06,505 --> 00:40:09,739 In a way, they've taken more than her own life. 906 00:40:13,812 --> 00:40:15,545 Let's get back to the window. 907 00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:19,182 You ever put your fist through a plate glass window? 908 00:40:19,184 --> 00:40:21,050 Objection, Your Honor. Relevance. 909 00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:22,519 We're talking about plate glass windows. 910 00:40:22,521 --> 00:40:24,821 I'd like to know a little more on the subject. 911 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:25,822 I'll allow it. 912 00:40:25,824 --> 00:40:27,724 You may answer the question. 913 00:40:27,726 --> 00:40:30,560 When I was in the Marines, before I became a priest, 914 00:40:30,562 --> 00:40:32,128 I got drunk on leave 915 00:40:32,130 --> 00:40:34,998 and I busted a couple of windows, yes. 916 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,166 Ever kill anybody? 917 00:40:36,168 --> 00:40:37,767 Your Honor? Mr. Burton... 918 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,436 No, I haven't. 919 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,104 You think most people that break plate glass windows 920 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:42,205 end up killing someone, Father? 921 00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:43,807 Objection. 922 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:45,425 Sustained. Mr. Burton, 923 00:40:45,426 --> 00:40:47,042 you will not ask for conclusions in this court room. 924 00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:49,879 The jury will disregard that last remark. 925 00:40:49,881 --> 00:40:53,817 And you will play by the rules here, or you'll be in trouble. 926 00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:57,987 The gun was on the ground, not near his hand? 927 00:40:57,989 --> 00:40:59,489 That's correct. 928 00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:01,224 It was directly under his waist. 929 00:41:01,226 --> 00:41:02,592 It probably fell... 930 00:41:02,594 --> 00:41:04,027 Objection. 931 00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:05,461 The detective is supposin' and concludin'. 932 00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:06,463 Sustained. 933 00:41:06,465 --> 00:41:07,764 Had the gun 934 00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:08,531 been fired? 935 00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:09,532 No. 936 00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,568 Was there any evidence 937 00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:13,903 that the victim attempted to fire the gun? 938 00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:16,139 None. 939 00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:17,607 Your witness. 940 00:41:22,013 --> 00:41:23,847 This gun, Detective-- 941 00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:27,150 were Mr. Urbano's fingerprints on it? 942 00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:28,518 It was his gun, so... 943 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,620 Any other prints on it? 944 00:41:30,622 --> 00:41:32,021 No. 945 00:41:32,023 --> 00:41:34,958 So this gun was not in his pants. 946 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,593 It was out. Is that correct? 947 00:41:36,595 --> 00:41:38,895 Yes. 948 00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:41,196 So Mr. Urbano could have drawn his weapon and been shot 949 00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:43,533 by somebody defending himself, isn't that possible? 950 00:41:43,535 --> 00:41:44,934 Objection. 951 00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:46,035 That's ridiculous. 952 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,036 Sustained. 953 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:48,872 But isn't it possible? 954 00:41:48,874 --> 00:41:49,873 Mr. Burton! 955 00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:51,541 Excuse me, Your Honor. 956 00:41:51,543 --> 00:41:54,143 No more questions. 957 00:41:54,145 --> 00:41:57,013 ROBINETTE: Seed of doubt. 958 00:41:57,015 --> 00:41:58,882 Sounds like self-defense. 959 00:41:58,884 --> 00:42:00,617 Mr. Stone, the Spanish loverboy shooting, 960 00:42:00,619 --> 00:42:01,918 detective named Greevey called. 961 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,020 He wants to see you at Rikers. 962 00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:05,588 GREEVEY: Nuñez, Ramon, 21. 963 00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:08,925 Picked up in a sweep. 964 00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:11,661 College student and a crack addict. 965 00:42:11,663 --> 00:42:13,062 D.A. to see Nuñez. 966 00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:16,199 Had crack on him when they picked him up. 967 00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:18,635 Asked to see a homicide detective. 968 00:42:18,637 --> 00:42:21,638 DEFENDER: No information without a deal. 969 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,541 I have to get out of this. I have a conviction. 970 00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:26,576 I'll lose my scholarship. 971 00:42:26,578 --> 00:42:31,581 If he has something we can use, criminal possession five. 972 00:42:31,583 --> 00:42:32,949 Six. I want a misdemeanor. 973 00:42:32,951 --> 00:42:34,851 Depends on what he has to say. 974 00:42:34,853 --> 00:42:38,154 Nicky Guzman sold me crack. 975 00:42:38,156 --> 00:42:40,557 Nicky's a dealer? 976 00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:43,226 I haven't seen him for four, five months 977 00:42:43,228 --> 00:42:44,694 but I bought from him 978 00:42:44,696 --> 00:42:47,130 all the time last spring. 979 00:42:47,132 --> 00:42:48,665 Urbano's his supplier. 980 00:42:48,667 --> 00:42:51,000 He came with him to school one day. 981 00:42:51,002 --> 00:42:53,036 We have a deal, Stone? 982 00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:56,639 Yeah. 983 00:42:56,641 --> 00:43:00,877 Urbano and Nicky being drug dealers 984 00:43:00,879 --> 00:43:01,978 explains everything. 985 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:03,112 Bull! 986 00:43:03,114 --> 00:43:05,949 Nicky hadn't seen Urbano in four months. 987 00:43:05,951 --> 00:43:08,985 He stopped having anything to do with drugs 988 00:43:08,987 --> 00:43:10,587 when he got engaged. Now, Your Honor, 989 00:43:10,589 --> 00:43:13,623 even arguing that this was intentional murder-- 990 00:43:13,625 --> 00:43:15,224 and I'm not saying it was-- 991 00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:16,659 it's about revenge. 992 00:43:16,661 --> 00:43:18,661 Call that boy a drug dealer 993 00:43:18,663 --> 00:43:21,030 they'll convict him on that alone. 994 00:43:21,032 --> 00:43:22,599 Doesn't prove anything, Ben. 995 00:43:22,601 --> 00:43:24,233 Even I find it prejudicial. 996 00:43:24,235 --> 00:43:25,335 I don't see why. 997 00:43:25,337 --> 00:43:27,270 It's relevant as to motive. 998 00:43:27,272 --> 00:43:29,005 People v. Malino. Urbano raped Lucy Rivers 999 00:43:29,007 --> 00:43:32,008 because her boyfriend quit working for him. 1000 00:43:32,010 --> 00:43:33,242 This is ridiculous. 1001 00:43:33,244 --> 00:43:34,611 It's like pimps with their prostitutes. 1002 00:43:34,613 --> 00:43:36,045 It's not a job they allow 1003 00:43:36,047 --> 00:43:38,147 the street dealers to walk away from. 1004 00:43:38,149 --> 00:43:40,316 Drug dealing is the underlying cause of this murder. 1005 00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:41,951 That's your opinion, Ben. 1006 00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,020 The defendant has no record 1007 00:43:44,022 --> 00:43:45,154 of drug offense. 1008 00:43:45,156 --> 00:43:47,290 Plus, your witness is suspect. 1009 00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:48,958 You made a deal for his testimony. 1010 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,360 Let the jury decide. 1011 00:43:50,362 --> 00:43:52,729 Allow the testimony, then instruct them to disregard? 1012 00:43:52,731 --> 00:43:54,330 Now you know as well as I do... 1013 00:43:54,332 --> 00:43:56,733 Put some ice on it, Mr. Burton. 1014 00:43:56,735 --> 00:43:58,167 I don't like you. 1015 00:43:58,169 --> 00:44:01,638 I don't like your theatrics in my courtroom. 1016 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,673 I may be old-fashioned, 1017 00:44:03,675 --> 00:44:05,008 but I find them 1018 00:44:05,010 --> 00:44:08,411 undignified and maybe unethical. 1019 00:44:08,413 --> 00:44:10,313 Remember the Watson murder? 1020 00:44:10,315 --> 00:44:11,681 Killed his wife? 1021 00:44:12,651 --> 00:44:14,651 I let some D.A. sweet-talk me 1022 00:44:14,653 --> 00:44:17,353 into allowing some improper testimony. 1023 00:44:17,355 --> 00:44:19,422 The court of appeals reversed it 1024 00:44:19,424 --> 00:44:22,325 and Mr. Watson is walking the streets. 1025 00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:25,662 Now, if I allow this and your boy gets convicted 1026 00:44:25,664 --> 00:44:28,364 Mr. Burton here will be in appellate court 1027 00:44:28,366 --> 00:44:30,199 before I hit the bed. 1028 00:44:32,037 --> 00:44:33,970 Ben, Burton's junked his list. 1029 00:44:33,972 --> 00:44:35,038 His only witness 1030 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,173 is the dealer who was with Urbano 1031 00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:38,975 just before he was killed. 1032 00:44:38,977 --> 00:44:39,976 Cartagena? 1033 00:44:39,978 --> 00:44:41,344 He wasn't even there. 1034 00:44:41,346 --> 00:44:42,345 I know. 1035 00:44:42,347 --> 00:44:44,347 Now, you told police 1036 00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:48,251 you left the church before the shooting. 1037 00:44:48,253 --> 00:44:49,786 Why did you lie? 1038 00:44:49,788 --> 00:44:52,606 I had to. 1039 00:44:52,607 --> 00:44:55,425 You know, being on parole, being with a guy like Jose, 1040 00:44:55,427 --> 00:44:58,761 him being a dealer and all, bad for me. 1041 00:44:58,763 --> 00:45:03,066 When Mr. Urbano left with the girl, did you follow? 1042 00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:04,067 No. 1043 00:45:04,069 --> 00:45:05,768 I told him not to go, 1044 00:45:05,770 --> 00:45:08,237 but he put his hand on his pistol 1045 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,741 and he said he could take care of himself. 1046 00:45:11,743 --> 00:45:15,712 Was Mr. Urbano a violent man? 1047 00:45:15,714 --> 00:45:17,847 Objection. Calls for a conclusion. 1048 00:45:17,849 --> 00:45:19,082 Sustained. 1049 00:45:19,084 --> 00:45:21,284 I'll rephrase. 1050 00:45:21,286 --> 00:45:24,454 Did you ever personally see Jose Urbano 1051 00:45:24,456 --> 00:45:27,356 fire his gun at anybody? 1052 00:45:27,358 --> 00:45:31,094 New Year's Eve, 1989. 1053 00:45:31,096 --> 00:45:33,763 He shot a dealer. 1054 00:45:33,765 --> 00:45:35,798 Jesus Costelo. 1055 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,867 Thank you. 1056 00:45:45,343 --> 00:45:48,044 Three days. 1057 00:45:48,045 --> 00:45:50,746 The verdict should have been in yesterday at the latest. 1058 00:45:50,749 --> 00:45:53,816 I hope you're not here to say you warned me. 1059 00:45:53,818 --> 00:45:56,052 You did what you had to do. 1060 00:45:56,054 --> 00:45:57,887 You wish I hadn't. 1061 00:45:57,889 --> 00:46:00,356 The jury just asked for the statutes 1062 00:46:00,358 --> 00:46:02,525 on justification for deadly force. 1063 00:46:02,527 --> 00:46:04,260 Not gonna say it. 1064 00:46:04,262 --> 00:46:05,828 What? 1065 00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:08,765 He told me so. 1066 00:46:08,767 --> 00:46:11,868 Has the jury reached a verdict? 1067 00:46:12,837 --> 00:46:14,203 We have, Your Honor. 1068 00:46:14,205 --> 00:46:16,539 On the sole count of the indictment 1069 00:46:16,541 --> 00:46:18,074 the charge of murder 1070 00:46:18,076 --> 00:46:19,308 in the second degree, 1071 00:46:19,310 --> 00:46:20,910 how does the jury find? 1072 00:46:20,912 --> 00:46:23,312 Not guilty. 1073 00:46:23,314 --> 00:46:24,847 ( gasps ) 1074 00:46:32,791 --> 00:46:36,459 We felt he was a good kid, putting himself through school. 1075 00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:39,328 Uh... maybe he meant to kill Urbano, but... 1076 00:46:39,330 --> 00:46:42,799 How many times have you given me the "you don't win every time" speech? 1077 00:46:42,801 --> 00:46:44,500 I don't mind losing, Paul. Could've fooled me. 1078 00:46:44,502 --> 00:46:47,203 What I do mind is that 12 honest citizens 1079 00:46:47,205 --> 00:46:49,806 knew he was guilty and acquitted him. 1080 00:46:49,808 --> 00:46:52,508 They were flimflammed on the self-defense. 1081 00:46:52,510 --> 00:46:54,544 They knew they were being flimflammed 1082 00:46:54,546 --> 00:46:56,579 and they still acquitted him. 1083 00:46:56,581 --> 00:46:56,612 And that's frightening.