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In the criminal justice system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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( garbled radio transmission )
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This damn
Indian winter, man.
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That's summer, genius.
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No such thing
as Indian winter.
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When it's this cold
this late in the year,
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it is definitely
somebody's fault.
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Oh, so blame it
on the Native Americans?
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You got somebody
better to blame?
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The problem with the world--
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crap doesn't just happen.
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It's got to be
someone's fault.
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Yeah, well, it keeps us
in business.
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It makes a lot
of lawyers rich.
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Early morning jog?
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Five to two
they did something.
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Well, it's too cold
to find out exactly what.
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RADIO DISPATCHER:
Holding suspect
at 496 Broadway.
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Are you...
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Look at this.
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Bobby, it's freezing
outside, man.
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What harm could it do?
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There's smoke.
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Maybe there's fire.
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Could be a medal of honor
in this.
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Hey, you coming?
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In and out.
In and out.
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to finish my coffee?
How am I supposed
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I'm coming back as a C.P.A.
Next lifetime
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No outdoor work.
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a damn trash fire.
Bobby, it's
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Trash my ass.
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That's a body.
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MAN:
So far not a whole lot.
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Flame burned evenly.
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Hardly touched the skin.
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Multiple bruises, fractures--
all from a blunt object.
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Still, your clothes are on fire
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you're going to be doing
a rain dance.
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This guy was probably dead
before they torched him.
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We've also got
a mess of footprints.
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See if you
can size it.
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You caught it?
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We saw the flames
from the car.
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You got any witnesses?
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None standing on line
to be interviewed.
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He's beaten, then burned.
He had to scream.
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Somebody had to hear it.
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I don't know
if this means anything,
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but right before
we found the body,
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we saw four or five black kids
run by, heading uptown.
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Could you pick them out?
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The victim's name
is Ezra Shore.
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He lives over
on Columbus Avenue.
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I thought this only
happened in Brooklyn.
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Come again?
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You didn't tell him?
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The dead guy was wearing
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one of those Jewish
beanie things.
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Son, that's called
a yarmulkah.
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Captioning sponsored by
NBC/Universal
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He wasn't just beaten;
he was brutalized.
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The smoke clears on this,
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it will be
Crown Heights revisited.
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There is no evidence
that this is a hate crime, Mike.
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Did you look
at these photographs?
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Two uniforms on the scene
said some black kids...
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Run across
the street.
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You've seen this played out
before.
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We jump to conclusions.
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The press follows our lead.
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The waters get so muddy
that we never see the bottom.
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Should we treat it
like a mugging?
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No. I want to treat it
like a homicide.
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We play
the usuals.
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Family, friends, business...
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We're just spinning our wheels
we go that way.
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Maybe not;
Ezra was brutalized.
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That means there should
be blood all over,
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but C.S.U. didn't find
near the scene.anywhere
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So they killed him someplace
in the alley.ed him
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But hate crimes
are crimes of fear.
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The bodies usually
don't get moved.
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And the fire?
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Destroying evidence.
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Or sending a message.
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You know what
might be helpful?
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If we could find out something
about the departed Mr. Shore.
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WOMAN:
that killed him,re
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it was the beating.
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Blood oxygen analysis,
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he was dead
before they torched him.
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You think there were
more than one?
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Angle of blows to the head,
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chest, broken vertebrae
in the spine...
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yeah, I'd say so.
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Yeah. That
or a mack truck.
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Did he put up a fight?
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Well, he didn't go gentle.
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Defensive wounds
on the hands and arms.
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Fingernail scrapings.
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We got some dried blood.
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Enough to tell a story?
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Not enough to DNA.
Sorry.
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But one was type-AB.
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Hey, that narrows it down.
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Well, this is just
a preliminary, Mike.
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Ezra called me from the store.
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It must have been around 6:00.
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That was the last time
you talked to him?
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He said he would be
working late with Isaac.
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"Go ahead," he said.
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Eat without him.
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Isaac?
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His brother.
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What business is
your husband in, Mrs. Shore?
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Jewels.
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Diamonds mostly.
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He has his own store
on West 47th Street.
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Was business good?
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I don't understand.
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Well, sometimes if there's
a problem with cash flow,
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one might be induced
to borrow money
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from the wrong people.
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My husband did very well,
Detective.
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One shouldn't be saying
yizkor for a man of 45.
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It's the prayer
for the dead.
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Do you have any idea who...?
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Well, there was something.
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Every now and then
they hassled me and Ben
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on the way back from school--
these black kids.
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It's no big deal.
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The police should know
everything, Caleb.
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Now they do.
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Is there a possibility
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that your husband was carrying
the jewelry on him when...?
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Anything that would relate
to the business,
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you would have to ask Isaac.
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He's probably at the shop
closing up right now.
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Father died 15 years ago.
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Ezra never missed a beat.
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He took over the business?
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I was independent.
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I thought
I didn't need the family.
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I learned the hard way.
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Six years ago Ezra took me in.
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Rachel said you were here
with him last night.
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We went over inventories
till maybe about 8:00.
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And then?
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I left.
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If I knew it was going
to be the last time...
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we had words...
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had a disagreement
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over purchase orders.
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Did he ever carry
the stones on him?
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Oh, sure.
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He signed out lot 492,
six stones.
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Worth probably ten, 12,000.
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I'm sure he had
a late sales meeting.
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He often visited clients
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after store hours.
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He'd walk around with that much
in his pocket?
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In a briefcase.
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It's the way
we do business.
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Mind if I look?
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Please.
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The meeting.
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Do you know
where it was or with whom?
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Ezra lived for his work.
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He often visited four
or five clients in an evening.
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Did your brother
use this car service?
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Yes. Miracle Limo.
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They're over on Tenth.
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...used to be I flip
through a couple of pages,
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takes two seconds.
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Now you got to boot
the damn machine--
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whatever the hell that is.
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Here you go--
Shore Diamonds.
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Yesterday, pickup 9:15 p.m.,
26 West 47th.
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And you dropped him?
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21St and Seventh.
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That's a lot
of real estate.
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You got anything
more specific?
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You're lucky
I got the machine turned on.
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Yeah, we're lucky.
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Ezra got here
at the earliest at 8:30.
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So it has to be somebody
who works late.
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Let's see what we got.
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Interior design firm,
temp employment agency...
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There's a lot of doctors.
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Bringing ten G's worth
of diamonds to a checkup?
I don't think so.
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An accountant?
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Flanagan.
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Here we go. Nah.
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Summers Estate Sales,
seventh floor.
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CERRETA:
Top floor, Near East Gems,
Joe Tashjian, President.
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Oh, my God.
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He was a nice man.
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I should call
on the family.
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Yesterday, Mr. Tashjian
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did you have a meeting
with Ezra Shore?
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A meeting? No.
A battle, yes.
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You don't talk
to Ezra Shore.
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You butt heads.
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He showed up
quarter to 10:00.
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Haggled for maybe two hours.
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So you bought
his diamonds?
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I'm an importer.
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I buy abroad;
I sell domestic.
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Ezra bought sapphires
and rubies from me.
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Bargained me down
to 15 G's.
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And he left here with them?
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Sure.
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You want a copy?
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Maybe.
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Did Ezra say
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where he was heading
when he left?
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Tried his car service,
but he couldn't get through.
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Said he'd hail a cab.
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The jewels--
they weren't on the body?
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I don't want
to be crude or anything,
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but the sapphires
and the rubies--
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they weren't paid for yet.
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$10,000 in diamonds
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another 15
in sapphires and rubies
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and this guy
travels unprotected?
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Would you prefer
he carry a piece?
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I'd prefer he travel
by armored car.
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Wouldn't have mattered.
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You rob someone,
you take the money and run.
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You don't hang out
for a beating and a barbecue.
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My call is they
were after Ezra.
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The diamonds were gravy.
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Whatever.
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They took the jewels.
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We find the jewels,
we find our guys.
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Got some lines out
on the local pawns.
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13 wedding rings,
half a dozen watches,
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some gold earrings.
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No sapphires, no rubies,
no unmounted diamonds.
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Did Ezra Shore have a kid
named Caleb?
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Yeah. Why?
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He's in holding.
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Seems he did a number
on some homeboy's face.
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LOGAN:
It says here you went after
one Reginald Beggs.
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Black, 15 years old.
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What happened, Caleb, hmm?
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Was this one of the kids
who bothered you before?
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Yeah, sure.
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Problem is, two witnesses say
you were all over him.
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No provocation, nothing.
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Caleb,
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all you have to do is
tell us the truth
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and we can help you out.
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It's as simple
as that.
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You can't beat
on every black kid in the city.
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What do you want?
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The guy killed Dad.
264
00:13:03,550 --> 00:13:04,516
He told you this?
265
00:13:04,518 --> 00:13:06,785
It's all over
the neighborhood.
266
00:13:06,787 --> 00:13:10,288
Those guys laughed
about Dad dying in an alley.
267
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,390
Laughing doesn't mean
he killed him.
268
00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,993
The son of a bitch said
he liked burning him.
269
00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:16,394
He said I was next.
270
00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:18,329
What do you want me to do?
271
00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:26,504
You hassling me
272
00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:28,840
and it's my face
that's busted.
273
00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:30,108
You're an angel.
274
00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:31,543
You got that.
Caleb Shore says
275
00:13:31,545 --> 00:13:34,212
you did the number
on his old man.
276
00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:36,214
So I must be lying?
277
00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:39,517
The guy's going to pop you
for no reason?
278
00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:42,020
You look at them guys?
279
00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:43,288
They look normal to you?
280
00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:46,224
Like I said,
I was just hanging,
281
00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:48,526
then my head's
being smashed in.
282
00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:51,362
Tuesday morning--
who were you with?
283
00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:54,532
I was here with my sister,
studying.
284
00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:57,535
I'm going to be a lawyer.
285
00:13:57,537 --> 00:14:00,104
Some picture, Reg.
286
00:14:00,106 --> 00:14:02,207
You had a nice smile.
287
00:14:02,209 --> 00:14:05,210
Yeah, before
he busted up my face.
288
00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:06,411
Do you mind?
289
00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,479
I got a choice?
290
00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:13,351
OFFICER:
Used to be to stay alive,
291
00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,353
you stayed below 86th Street.
292
00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:19,324
Nowadays, somebody's just
looking to step into something.
293
00:14:19,326 --> 00:14:22,227
This one of the kids
you saw that day?
294
00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:26,898
We weren't really looking.
295
00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,066
What about clothes?
296
00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:29,067
Anything?
297
00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,168
They were running.
298
00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:31,269
Sorry.
299
00:14:31,271 --> 00:14:33,271
on 93rd...
That deli
300
00:14:33,273 --> 00:14:35,540
guys like to hang there.
301
00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:38,142
They don't bother me,
my customers.
302
00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:39,177
I let them hang.
303
00:14:39,179 --> 00:14:40,178
Mm-hmm.
304
00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:41,546
Is this one of them?
305
00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:42,881
Two packs a day.
306
00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:45,183
Tries to get me
to sell him beer.
307
00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:46,417
The day of the murder?
308
00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:47,452
Couldn't say.
309
00:14:47,454 --> 00:14:49,187
You believe
that stuff?
310
00:14:49,189 --> 00:14:50,321
We can be convinced.
311
00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:51,422
It's talk.
312
00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:54,158
All these kids
are looking for juice.
313
00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,427
Did you hear Reggie
admit to it?
314
00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:58,563
Yeah, that
and 25 other things.
315
00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:00,265
Thanks a lot.
316
00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:07,238
Well, it corroborates
Caleb's story.
317
00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,107
It might just be talk.
318
00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:12,343
At least we know Reggie
hangs in the neighborhood.
319
00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:15,480
We got nothing to put him
in that alleyway.
320
00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:16,614
Maybe we do.
321
00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:19,617
What size shoe
do you think Reggie wears?
322
00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:22,186
Let's talk to the man
about a warrant.
323
00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:23,621
You can't be serious, man.
324
00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:26,357
Yo, you can't take
my Michaels, man.
325
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:27,959
Just the left one.
326
00:15:27,961 --> 00:15:29,360
I got rights, man.
327
00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:31,362
And we got a warrant.
328
00:15:31,364 --> 00:15:33,364
So, give us
the shoe now,
329
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:34,632
or you come downtown,
330
00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:36,968
we run it through
some tests,
331
00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:38,703
and you're out of there.
332
00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:40,505
With my shoe?
333
00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:41,940
Depends what we find.
334
00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:43,408
You see this here?
335
00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:47,178
It's kind of blurry,
lighter than over here.
336
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:49,647
Whoever wears this shoe
337
00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:51,683
over-pronates
when he walks.
338
00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:53,685
It's worn away, uneven.
339
00:15:53,687 --> 00:15:55,553
Similar wear patterns here.
340
00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:58,256
Unfortunately,
they're not fingerprints.
341
00:15:58,258 --> 00:16:00,258
What's this?
342
00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:03,995
Running shoes tend to pick up
more pebbles, glass, et cetera.
343
00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:05,964
Now, is it possible
344
00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:09,968
these two prints are
from the same shoe? Yes.
345
00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:12,236
Is it probable?
I'm not sure.
346
00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:14,405
Which means I wouldn't be
a very good witness.
347
00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:16,474
Reggie doesn't know that.
348
00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,543
Can I borrow these two?
349
00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:22,347
Y'all only doing this
because I'm black, man.
350
00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:26,250
This one was lifted
out of the alley
351
00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:29,020
the day that Ezra Shore
was murdered, Reggie.
352
00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:31,356
So, what you want me to do?
353
00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:33,224
To look at this one.
354
00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:35,360
It's from your shoe.
355
00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:38,763
They're the same.
356
00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:41,199
It proves you were
in the alley
357
00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:43,301
at the time
of the murder.
358
00:16:43,303 --> 00:16:45,403
Man, go 'head with that.
359
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:48,673
We have two people who swear
you were bragging about it.
360
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,309
So? That don't prove nothing.
361
00:16:51,311 --> 00:16:53,311
It proves
you stepped in something
362
00:16:53,313 --> 00:16:54,445
and it stinks
363
00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:56,447
and it's not going away.
364
00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:58,783
You killed him for the jewels?
365
00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:00,051
Or 'cause he was Jewish?
366
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:02,420
I ain't do anything, man.
367
00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:04,222
You know what, Reggie?
368
00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:06,524
I personally
don't believe you.
369
00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,526
Yo, talk to the deli guy.
370
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,029
I was in there
buying cigarettes.
371
00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:13,631
I ain't know
what was going down.
372
00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:20,071
Who was it, Reggie?
373
00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:24,609
I am talking to you.
374
00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:30,248
Fontaine, man.
375
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,750
Yo... crazy, man.
376
00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:35,353
And Cyrus and Harley.
377
00:17:35,355 --> 00:17:39,690
I came out the store,
they was lighting him on fire.
378
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:42,326
And beating the living crap
out of him?
379
00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:46,764
What was it,
baseball bats?
380
00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:49,267
Bricks?
381
00:17:49,269 --> 00:17:50,668
How did it feel
382
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:51,803
to crush his skull?
383
00:17:51,805 --> 00:17:53,771
Yo, that's bull, man.
384
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:56,474
The hell with this punk.
385
00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,709
25 Years
is too short for him.
386
00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:01,512
All right, yo, look... yeah
387
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,648
but I just watched, man.
388
00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:06,784
I swear, I didn't have nothing
against that dude.
389
00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:08,386
And Fontaine did?
390
00:18:11,391 --> 00:18:12,757
Yeah.
391
00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:17,095
Says they should go back
where they came from.
392
00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:18,796
CRAGEN:
Wait a minute here.
393
00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:21,566
He says his buddies
did the number on Ezra
394
00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,435
and we already know
there's no blood there?
395
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:27,338
His story may not get 100%
on the stink test
396
00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:29,507
but it's a start.
397
00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:31,675
I've had month-old flounder
that smelled better.
398
00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:34,412
He knew the M.O.,
The beating, the fire.
399
00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,414
Maybe he reads
the newspapers.
400
00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:38,716
Granted, his facts
are a little off,
401
00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:42,386
but the bottom line is,
he says he saw it go down.
402
00:18:42,388 --> 00:18:45,490
Two uniforms saw four kids
running from the scene.
403
00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:46,858
Reggie named three names.
404
00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:49,660
If he's innocent,
he keeps his mouth shut.
405
00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:51,896
Sure, sitting
in an interrogation room
406
00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:53,397
without his shoes.
407
00:18:53,399 --> 00:18:55,399
You check out these homeboys?
408
00:18:55,401 --> 00:18:57,168
Yeah, they're clean.
409
00:18:57,170 --> 00:18:58,469
What about the diamonds?
410
00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,505
He never saw
the briefcase.
411
00:19:00,507 --> 00:19:01,706
That could be his buddies.
412
00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:03,774
( phone ringing )
413
00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:05,576
Cragen.
414
00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:07,512
Yeah.
415
00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:09,380
Mm-hmm.
416
00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:10,848
All right.
417
00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:11,916
3:00.
418
00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:13,651
Okay.
419
00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:18,189
Everybody wants
to join the party now.
420
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:22,393
got a witness,
Yes, we've
421
00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:25,696
only his facts don't jive
with our forensics report.
422
00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,398
How far off base
is he?
423
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,866
With the beating
that Ezra took,
424
00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:31,802
there should have been
blood splattered somewhere
425
00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:33,571
and we found nothing.
426
00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:35,840
Which means he wasn't
killed in the alley.
427
00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:36,941
Except Mr. Beggs said
428
00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:38,910
he saw the guys
do the job there.
429
00:19:38,912 --> 00:19:43,814
Suppose the blood was on garbage
that was destroyed in the fire.
430
00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:46,484
He could be telling the truth.
431
00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:48,753
Well, we've applied
for warrants.
432
00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:52,523
Maybe we'll find the briefcase
or the jewels.
433
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,626
Look, this is not
the only dance on my card.
434
00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:57,895
Typical case, your office
wouldn't even be involved yet.
435
00:19:57,897 --> 00:20:00,431
It's not a typical case.
436
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:04,468
Ben, I want you to present this
to a grand jury.
437
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,571
There's no way we convict.
438
00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:07,838
Even a mediocre lawyer
gets this tossed.
439
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,941
I'm not talking
about a conviction.
440
00:20:09,943 --> 00:20:11,909
I'm talking about an indictment.
441
00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,211
We get a bill...
442
00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:15,646
it looks like
we're doing something.
443
00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,482
Politics controlling
the grand jury process?
444
00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:19,984
This is a political office.
445
00:20:19,986 --> 00:20:21,919
Kid says he's an eyewitness.
446
00:20:21,921 --> 00:20:23,888
We can put him at the scene.
447
00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:25,923
This isn't the first time
we indict
448
00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:28,459
and then develop
our case for trial.
449
00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,928
You got the names
of these other kids?
450
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:32,663
Yeah.
451
00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:35,266
Read them their rights.
452
00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,610
What's up?
453
00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:46,877
Fontaine Robinson,
454
00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:48,813
Cyrus Tanner,
Harley Monks,
455
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:51,916
you're under arrest
for the murder of Ezra Shore.
456
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,484
That's harassment!
457
00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:55,720
You have the right
to an attorney.
458
00:20:55,722 --> 00:20:59,557
If you cannot afford one,
one will be provided for you.
459
00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:01,892
You have the right
to remain silent.
460
00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:04,895
Anything you do say
can be used against you
in a court of law.
461
00:21:04,897 --> 00:21:06,030
Take them away.
462
00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,469
COURT CLERK:
Docket number 776761--
463
00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:15,773
People v. Fontaine Robinson,
Cyrus Tanner, and Harley Monks.
464
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:19,377
One count each,
murder in the second degree
465
00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:23,347
and one count each,
robbery in the first degree.
466
00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:24,782
JUDGE:
Is legal aid
467
00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:27,585
representing these defendants
just for arraignment?
468
00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:29,754
I'm in it
for the long haul.
469
00:21:29,756 --> 00:21:31,589
Well, give me a plea.
470
00:21:31,591 --> 00:21:32,790
Not guilty.
471
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:35,660
The people are serving
grand jury notice
472
00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:36,727
upon the defense
473
00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:38,863
and filing the same
with the court.
474
00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:41,666
What do I hear on bail?
475
00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:43,734
100,000 on each defendant.
476
00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:45,636
They're teenagers.
477
00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:46,871
It's excessive.
478
00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:48,839
Would it make a difference
479
00:21:48,841 --> 00:21:51,842
if the state asked for $50,000,
Miss Langstrom?
480
00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:55,012
Bail set at $100,000.
481
00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:56,847
Next.
482
00:21:56,849 --> 00:22:00,017
Only thing this proves
is Reggie Beggs and his Hi-Tops
483
00:22:00,019 --> 00:22:02,787
were in the alley
at some point.
484
00:22:02,789 --> 00:22:04,889
Reggie put your boys
with him.
485
00:22:04,891 --> 00:22:07,024
That makes him an accomplice--
486
00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:09,694
meaning you're short
on corroboration.
487
00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:12,430
The blood under
the victim's fingernail
488
00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:13,798
matches Harley Monks.
489
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,567
It matches me and a million
others in Manhattan.
490
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,769
You searched
my clients' homes.
491
00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:21,639
You ran their clothing
through the lab.
492
00:22:21,641 --> 00:22:24,442
No baseball bats,
no blood tracks...
493
00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:26,544
all show and no tell.
494
00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:28,646
The grand jury will indict.
495
00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:29,780
And I'll have it dismissed
496
00:22:29,782 --> 00:22:31,649
before your head
hits the pillow.
497
00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:32,750
With an eyewitness?
I doubt it.
498
00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,752
Reggie Beggs went bragging
499
00:22:34,754 --> 00:22:37,655
that your clients
killed Ezra Shore.
500
00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:39,890
And posturing
constitutes evidence?
501
00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:43,060
You think I don't know
what you're up to?
502
00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:46,831
You and Schiff can put on
your happy faces for the press.
503
00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,432
But I'm telling you now,
504
00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:50,434
you go the distance
on this
505
00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,703
you can expect
a civil rights suit
506
00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,438
against the city.
507
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,707
Do you get the feeling
508
00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:59,744
we're scrambling
to catch a train here?
509
00:22:59,746 --> 00:23:02,513
( phone ringing )
510
00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:03,881
Hello?
511
00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:05,883
Uh-huh.
512
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,818
What's up?
513
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,854
( sighs )
514
00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:11,722
All right.
515
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,724
Isaac Shore and his lawyer.
516
00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:16,994
They want to meet with us
before the grand jury.
517
00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:19,830
Now you come to us?
The grand jury starts
in 15 minutes.
518
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:22,733
Ezra was my brother.
Believe me, I want to help,
519
00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,802
but I have to visit my rabbi
before I do anything.
520
00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:26,804
It's a matter
of Talmudic law.
521
00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:28,572
There may be
a prohibition
522
00:23:28,574 --> 00:23:30,875
against incriminating
family members.
523
00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:33,110
Isaac, we've got three teenagers
524
00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,713
suspected
of killing your brother.
525
00:23:35,715 --> 00:23:37,815
How in the world
do you expect...?
526
00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:40,618
They were also charged
with robbery.
527
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,853
You're going to ask
Isaac about the diamonds
528
00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,755
Ezra was carrying?
529
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:47,491
Of course, but what does that
have to do
530
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:49,493
with your client's family?
531
00:23:49,495 --> 00:23:51,729
If all required duties
weren't paid
532
00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:54,098
when those diamonds
entered the country,
533
00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,634
Mr. Shore's heirs
could be liable
534
00:23:56,636 --> 00:23:58,035
for substantial fines.
535
00:23:58,037 --> 00:24:00,504
Give me a couple of days.
536
00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:02,573
We'll check with the rabbi.
537
00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:03,874
It's probably much ado.
538
00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:05,576
He's scheduled
a second witness.
539
00:24:05,578 --> 00:24:07,545
He's been subpoenaed
and if he doesn't testify,
540
00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:10,514
you know I can hold him
for contempt.
541
00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:13,717
I also know you're not going
to do that, Ben.
542
00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:16,687
ROBINETTE:
We could grant the family
543
00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,088
transactional immunity.
544
00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,925
That's possible, but...
545
00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:22,693
Whatever you say
on the stand,
546
00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:25,029
no matter how much
you incriminate them,
547
00:24:25,031 --> 00:24:26,897
they can't be charged.
548
00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:29,900
So even if the Talmud
prohibits it...
549
00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:32,770
You're perfectly
in the clear.
550
00:24:32,772 --> 00:24:35,706
Only tell me, Ben,
are you going
551
00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:37,808
to put Caleb
on the stand?
552
00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,777
All right, fine.
553
00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:41,812
They both have immunity.
554
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:45,783
TASHJIAN:
It was two hours before
we settled on a price: $15,000.
555
00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:48,085
How many stones
were there exactly?
556
00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:50,821
TASHJIAN:
Three sapphires, one carat each.
557
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:54,558
The rubies were small,
half carat, maybe four stones.
558
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,794
What did Mr. Shore do with them?
559
00:24:56,796 --> 00:24:58,896
He put them in his briefcase.
560
00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:00,831
And then what did he do?
561
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,733
He left.
562
00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:05,803
I assume he was going home
to his family.
563
00:25:05,805 --> 00:25:07,805
ISAAC:
I know from the ledger
564
00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:10,107
Ezra signed out lot 492.
565
00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:14,745
What was the value
of the diamonds in lot 492?
566
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:17,848
Retail, maybe $10,000.
567
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,151
Did your brother often take
diamonds from the store?
568
00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:26,090
If he had business that evening
or early the next morning, yes.
569
00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:28,826
Mr. Shore, do you have any idea
570
00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:31,629
who might have killed
your brother?
571
00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:35,165
Well, I know he...
572
00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:38,802
Ezra had problems
in the neighborhood.
573
00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:42,773
Thank you.
574
00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:44,875
It was Dad, Benny, and me.
575
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:47,011
We got to the park on 100th.
576
00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:48,979
We used to cut through,
577
00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:51,849
but since the black kids
started hassling us,
578
00:25:51,851 --> 00:25:53,684
we go around.
579
00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:56,720
What happened
on that particular day?
580
00:25:56,722 --> 00:26:00,724
Four guys were hanging there,
the same guys as before.
581
00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:03,027
They called us names--
yid, kike.
582
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:05,029
STONE:
Then what happened?
583
00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:07,865
CALEB:
Dad yelled at them and he said
584
00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:11,135
that he'd kick their butts
if they didn't lay off.
585
00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:13,837
BEGGS:
I was on Amsterdam near 93rd.
586
00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:16,974
I went to this deli
to buy a pack of cigarettes.
587
00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:19,209
Then what did you do, Mr. Beggs?
588
00:26:19,211 --> 00:26:21,845
I went outside
to look for my friends.
589
00:26:21,847 --> 00:26:23,681
What were they doing?
590
00:26:23,683 --> 00:26:25,249
They was
in the alley.
591
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:27,885
They was standing
over Mr. Shore.
592
00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:30,154
Cyrus threw garbage on him.
593
00:26:30,156 --> 00:26:32,723
Fontaine lit him on fire.
594
00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,024
Let's back up a step.
595
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,759
You left the deli.
596
00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:37,194
You went to the alley.
597
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:39,897
What was the first thing
you saw?
598
00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:43,901
Like I told you,
they lit him on fire.
599
00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:48,272
Mr. Beggs, you testified
under oath to the police
600
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:52,710
that you saw your friends
beat Mr. Shore
601
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:55,012
and then set him on fire.
602
00:26:55,014 --> 00:26:56,814
I was scared, man.
603
00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:58,782
I didn't know what to do.
604
00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:01,885
Young man,
are you now telling me
605
00:27:01,887 --> 00:27:03,887
that that was a lie?
606
00:27:03,889 --> 00:27:09,326
Look, I had to tell them
something.
607
00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:11,328
I seen Fontaine
start the fire.
608
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,063
That's it.
609
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:16,800
That man was already dead
when I got there.
610
00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,770
But you also told Caleb Shore
611
00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:23,073
that your friends
killed his father.
612
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,776
That was just air, man.
613
00:27:25,778 --> 00:27:27,745
You just made this up?
614
00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:29,747
It's like...
615
00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,782
I was just trying...
616
00:27:31,784 --> 00:27:34,151
It's about getting juice.
617
00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:37,021
Like people think
you wasted a man,
618
00:27:37,023 --> 00:27:39,289
they step aside
when you walk by.
619
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:42,326
Do you know what perjury is,
Mr. Beggs?
620
00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:45,062
I'm sorry we lit him up.
621
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,064
I'm sorry I lied.
622
00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:50,968
You don't believe me,
that's up to you.
623
00:27:50,970 --> 00:27:54,004
Our witness changes his story
on the stand.
624
00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:56,240
I had to withdraw
the murder case.
625
00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:59,877
You hit a bad lie,
you don't walk off the course.
626
00:27:59,879 --> 00:28:01,879
There's no way the grand jury
would indict
627
00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:03,781
even if I finished presenting,
they'd no bill the kid.
628
00:28:03,783 --> 00:28:05,315
Then what?
629
00:28:05,317 --> 00:28:08,786
Then we wouldn't have
some op-ed wannabe
630
00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:11,121
write that we're
choosing sides.
631
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,257
Oh, great. Two weeks ago,
632
00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:15,192
we were patsies
to the Jewish lobby.
633
00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:16,994
Now it's the black caucus.
634
00:28:16,996 --> 00:28:18,295
30 years ago, blacks and Jews
635
00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:19,930
were marching together
in Selma, Alabama.
636
00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:22,199
Now it's every man
for himself.
637
00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:26,136
You're named as respondent in
this Writ of Mandamus petition.
638
00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:28,872
Forced us to re-present
the case to the grand jury.
639
00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:30,774
Who filed it?
Isaac Shore.
640
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:33,010
He wants us to release
the grand jury transcripts.
641
00:28:33,012 --> 00:28:34,945
He's angry. He wants justice.
642
00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:36,413
Talk him out of it.
643
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:38,348
There was no conspiracy,
no gentlemen's agreement.
644
00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:39,917
The case simply fell through.
645
00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:42,086
My brother
was beaten and burned.
646
00:28:42,088 --> 00:28:44,288
The police have the boys
that did it.
647
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:46,824
You let them go.
What should I think?
648
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:48,225
That we didn't have
enough evidence.
649
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,027
That we relied
on the wrong witness.
650
00:28:50,029 --> 00:28:51,895
Then Ezra was
the wrong victim.
651
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:54,832
it's obviously a whitewash.
Come on, Ben,
652
00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:57,801
Their leaders screamed louder
than ours.
653
00:28:57,803 --> 00:28:59,269
The case mysteriously
disappears.
654
00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:01,905
If and when we get new evidence,
655
00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:04,341
we will resubmit
to the grand jury.
656
00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:06,376
Two days later, you withdraw.
657
00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:08,879
STONE:
What's your implication?
658
00:29:08,881 --> 00:29:10,180
It's no implication, Ben.
659
00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:11,882
It's an assertion.
660
00:29:11,884 --> 00:29:15,219
If you wanted an indictment,
you could have gotten one.
661
00:29:15,221 --> 00:29:16,854
That's nonsense.
662
00:29:16,856 --> 00:29:19,123
Then turn over
those transcripts.
663
00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,258
Grand jury proceedings
are secret.
664
00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:24,428
Then we'll proceed
with the Writ of Mandamus.
665
00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:28,298
The decision to resubmit is
entirely within my discretion.
666
00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:31,869
There's statutory prohibition
against releasing transcripts.
667
00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:34,872
Not if I can prove to the judge
668
00:29:34,874 --> 00:29:37,841
there was
prosecutorial misconduct.
669
00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:39,877
ISAAC:
These boys
killed my brother.
670
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:45,015
I will not turn the other cheek,
Mr. Stone.
671
00:29:45,017 --> 00:29:49,153
Well, I'll make
the transcripts available.
672
00:29:49,155 --> 00:29:51,155
Thank you.
673
00:29:51,157 --> 00:29:54,224
I'll send over a messenger.
674
00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:56,927
You'll see them
in my office, Mr. Shore.
675
00:29:56,929 --> 00:29:59,863
TOBIS:
Mr. Shore has
two families to feed.
676
00:29:59,865 --> 00:30:02,499
We're talking almost
a day's worth of reading.
677
00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:04,368
Who's it going to hurt?
678
00:30:04,370 --> 00:30:07,905
I'll bend the rules
for your client, Mr. Tobis.
679
00:30:07,907 --> 00:30:09,273
I won't break them.
680
00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,408
You want to read
those transcripts,
681
00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:13,410
come to 1 Hogan Place.
682
00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:16,246
ROBINETTE:
If the case is withdrawn
from the grand jury,
683
00:30:16,248 --> 00:30:18,515
Isaac's got
a legitimate gripe.
684
00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:21,285
Reading the transcripts
is the only way
685
00:30:21,287 --> 00:30:24,288
to convince himself
nothing funny went down.
686
00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:27,891
Exactly, so it shouldn't matter
where he reads them.
687
00:30:27,893 --> 00:30:29,426
Unless someone else
688
00:30:29,428 --> 00:30:31,929
wants to see
the transcripts.
689
00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:33,163
The real killers.
690
00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:34,531
Could be this case
has nothing to do with race.
691
00:30:34,533 --> 00:30:36,266
Diamonds, money.
692
00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:38,902
Greed is always
a good place to start.
693
00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,971
Let's take a look
at the grieving brother.
694
00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:43,407
The past three months,
cash flow reports
695
00:30:43,409 --> 00:30:45,142
show the Shore Jewelry
696
00:30:45,144 --> 00:30:47,477
bought over $3 million
worth of diamonds.
697
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,479
Not bad in a recession.
698
00:30:49,481 --> 00:30:52,115
Only during the same period,
699
00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:54,117
they only carried
2.2 million in insurance.
700
00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:56,520
What's that have
to do with Isaac?
701
00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:58,922
What, they bought more diamonds
than they insured?
702
00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:00,557
$900,000 more.
703
00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,559
Who prepared
the insurance lists?
704
00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:04,294
Isaac.
705
00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:06,280
He did the books.
706
00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:08,265
Could be Isaac skimmed
from the business,
707
00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:10,434
buying jewels
for his own account.
708
00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:12,102
And Ezra found out...
709
00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:14,171
Isaac killing his own brother...
710
00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:16,039
I don't know if I buy that.
711
00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:18,442
Maybe he's not in this alone.
712
00:31:18,444 --> 00:31:20,944
Hmm, could be.
713
00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:23,080
The discrepancies are too big
to be overlooked.
714
00:31:23,082 --> 00:31:26,183
ISAAC:
The diamond market
is very complicated.
715
00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:28,452
Inventory is tied
to real market value.
716
00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:31,355
ROBINETTE:
You undervalued your inventory
717
00:31:31,357 --> 00:31:33,590
for the purposes of insurance?
718
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:36,426
If that's what
he says he did.
719
00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:39,196
I think he stole money
from his brother.
720
00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:41,598
You think Isaac
killed his brother?
721
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,600
ROBINETTE:
He had motive and opportunity.
722
00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,435
We can make a case.
723
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,604
STONE:
All the evidence points to you.
724
00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:49,573
You didn't do it alone.
725
00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:53,577
So speak up and maybe
we can work something out.
726
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,579
Nice try.
727
00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:58,615
Come on, Isaac.
728
00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,584
Mike, wait.
729
00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:07,357
I'd like to talk
to my attorney in private.
730
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:28,312
Almost 20 minutes.
731
00:32:28,314 --> 00:32:31,181
You think Tobis
will let him talk or what?
732
00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:33,050
25 Years in Attica...
733
00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:35,585
I think
he'll cough up a name.
734
00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:39,256
His lawyer is just
plugging up the loopholes.
735
00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:48,465
I want to say this
for the record.
736
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:52,669
My client still has immunity
deriving from his appearance
737
00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:55,138
before the grand jury.
738
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:58,241
Whatever he says,
you can't touch him.
739
00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:03,613
I'm the one, Mr. Stone.
740
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,515
I killed Ezra.
741
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:07,284
I did it alone.
742
00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:09,653
Uh, Mr. Shore,
this is a mistake.
743
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,155
You're protecting someone.
744
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:13,523
Why?
745
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:16,560
Believe whatever you want.
746
00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:19,096
That's what happened.
747
00:33:24,770 --> 00:33:27,337
We gave him immunity because
he didn't want to testify
about the business.
748
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:29,484
We never mentioned
murder.
749
00:33:29,485 --> 00:33:31,630
The statute covers
everything he talks
about on the stand.
750
00:33:31,631 --> 00:33:33,776
We gave him immunity as quid pro
quo for his testimony; he lied.
751
00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:35,345
That breaks the deal--
common sense.
752
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:38,348
Common sense has nothing
to do with it.
753
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,650
Man waives
his Fifth Amendment rights
754
00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:41,718
by testifying.
755
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,454
Whether he tells the truth
or not.
756
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:46,289
It doesn't matter.
He's entitled to immunity.
757
00:33:46,291 --> 00:33:48,258
You think
he killed his brother?
758
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:50,360
No, I think
he's protecting someone.
759
00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,329
Uh-huh.
760
00:33:52,331 --> 00:33:54,664
Then we threaten him
with perjury.
761
00:33:54,666 --> 00:33:57,267
The idea of four years in Attica
762
00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:59,770
should scare the hell out
of him. He'll talk.
763
00:33:59,772 --> 00:34:03,273
The alternative
might scare him more.
764
00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:04,775
The man's scared.
765
00:34:04,777 --> 00:34:07,444
He saw what happened
to his brother.
766
00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:11,248
Man is desperate enough
to steal from his own family.
767
00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:13,316
Subpoena his personal records
768
00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:15,786
and find out
who he owes money to.
769
00:34:15,788 --> 00:34:18,155
Banks kill
with a thousand cuts
770
00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:19,389
not with a whack.
771
00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,425
Some lenders
are in a bigger hurry.
772
00:34:21,427 --> 00:34:24,094
Ezra dies,
Isaac gets the business.
773
00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:26,730
It's a good way
to insure prompt payment.
774
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,240
His bank statements look clean.
775
00:34:37,242 --> 00:34:40,243
No evidence of regular payments
to anyone.
776
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:41,745
No withdrawals.
777
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,246
Sure it's not about money?
778
00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,781
I didn't say that.
779
00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,716
Remember those diamonds
Isaac bought but never insured?
780
00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:49,219
They're all purchased
from Joseph Tashjian.
781
00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:51,121
$300,000 worth
of sapphires
782
00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:53,290
and rubies each month.
783
00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:54,291
A month later,
784
00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:56,827
they were sold back to Tashjian
785
00:34:56,829 --> 00:34:59,029
at a $10,000 mark-up.
786
00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:01,230
And you don't think Tashjian
is stupid about money?
787
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:03,333
I don't think
the diamonds exist.
788
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:04,868
It's smoke and mirrors
789
00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:07,571
with real money
shuffling back and forth.
790
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:08,805
So it's a laundry.
791
00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:10,774
Dirty money in.
Clean money out.
792
00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:14,144
With phoney receipts to make it
all look kosher.
793
00:35:14,146 --> 00:35:16,546
They're laundering
over $4 million a year.
794
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:19,449
The Shore brothers get $10,000
off every resale?
795
00:35:19,451 --> 00:35:22,219
Their fee for laundering
Tashjian's money.
796
00:35:22,221 --> 00:35:24,421
Tashjian's was the last place
Ezra went.
797
00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:26,256
I'll get a warrant.
798
00:35:28,861 --> 00:35:32,329
Half an hour, my lawyer
will have your butts out.
799
00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:34,764
Your butt's going to be
in a patrol car
800
00:35:34,766 --> 00:35:36,399
if you don't shut up!
801
00:35:36,401 --> 00:35:38,869
Phil...
802
00:35:38,871 --> 00:35:40,570
you want a Rolex?
803
00:35:40,572 --> 00:35:42,873
Maybe a Cartier
for the missus?
804
00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:45,575
Looks like, feels like,
sounds like.
805
00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:48,178
A warehouse
full of felonies.
806
00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:49,479
( speaking Armenian )
807
00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,618
Mr. Tashjian produced
counterfeit goods
808
00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:56,520
without the benefit
of a license
809
00:35:56,522 --> 00:35:57,921
from the copyright holder.
810
00:35:57,923 --> 00:35:59,322
He smuggled them
into the country.
811
00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:01,491
It has nothing to do
with my client.
812
00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:02,492
It does
813
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,194
under federal
conspiracy laws.
814
00:36:04,196 --> 00:36:07,364
Laundering profits
from an illegal enterprise.
815
00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:08,398
That's tax fraud
and racketeering.
816
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,367
You gave me immunity.
817
00:36:10,369 --> 00:36:11,801
State, not federal.
818
00:36:11,803 --> 00:36:14,237
You don't have a patch of ground
819
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:15,572
to stand on,
Mr. Shore.
820
00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:17,440
We know
Joseph Tashjian
821
00:36:17,442 --> 00:36:19,442
killed your brother.
822
00:36:19,444 --> 00:36:21,378
You don't realize my family...
823
00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:22,512
Mr. Shore,
824
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,281
what you don't realize
825
00:36:24,283 --> 00:36:27,350
is, we are talking
about racketeering charges.
826
00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:29,452
You will forfeit
all the proceeds
827
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,454
from your illegal activities.
That's everything, sir.
828
00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:34,391
Cars, homes, cash...
829
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:36,426
Ben, you'll never be able
to prove
830
00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:38,862
which assets were bought
with bad money.
831
00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:41,598
The burden of proof
is on your client.
832
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,901
We will strip your family bare.
833
00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:58,648
Ezra took me into the business.
834
00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:01,418
He paid me as much as he could.
835
00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:02,652
I don't blame him.
836
00:37:02,654 --> 00:37:06,289
But it wasn't enough
for my family.
837
00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:08,425
So when Joseph Tashjian
838
00:37:08,427 --> 00:37:10,560
asked me to help him
with his money,
839
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:11,928
I thought,
840
00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,664
"Who could get hurt?"
841
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:17,000
So your brother Ezra had no idea
842
00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:19,336
the business
was laundering money.
843
00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:22,872
Not for a whole year.
844
00:37:22,874 --> 00:37:25,575
He rarely looked at the books.
845
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,344
He trusted me.
846
00:37:27,346 --> 00:37:29,312
STONE:
And what did he do
when he found out?
847
00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:31,448
SHORE:
He was furious that I would risk
848
00:37:31,450 --> 00:37:34,317
everything my father
had worked for.
849
00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:37,954
He demanded I stop
immediately.
850
00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:40,590
He just didn't understand.
851
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:43,026
What didn't he understand?
852
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:46,663
He didn't understand
I wanted to stop as well,
853
00:37:46,665 --> 00:37:49,332
but Tashjian
wouldn't let me out--
854
00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:54,304
that he had partners,
dangerous men.
855
00:37:54,306 --> 00:37:56,740
Ezra didn't care.
856
00:37:56,742 --> 00:37:59,409
He wanted to talk
to Tashjian himself.
857
00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,411
Well, I told him, "Please."
858
00:38:01,413 --> 00:38:03,980
I begged him.
859
00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:07,684
Around 9:00, he got a car
860
00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:10,654
and went over
to Tashjian's office anyway.
861
00:38:10,656 --> 00:38:13,623
STONE:
And what did you do?
862
00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:18,428
I followed him.
863
00:38:19,965 --> 00:38:22,399
Please tell the court
what happened
864
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:24,034
at Joseph Tashjian's.
865
00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:30,307
Everything got out of hand.
866
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:33,977
I tried to calm Joe down,
but he was...
867
00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:37,347
he was ranting like a crazy man.
868
00:38:37,349 --> 00:38:39,382
He blamed me.
869
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:43,987
Said we were trying
to run him out of his business.
870
00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:50,493
Tashjian took a cane...
871
00:38:52,431 --> 00:38:54,964
He was acting like an animal,
872
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:56,966
like a savage,
873
00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:59,602
again and again...
874
00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:01,604
bashing Ezra's head...
875
00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:06,409
his body.
876
00:39:06,411 --> 00:39:08,712
There was so much blood.
877
00:39:08,714 --> 00:39:12,515
And he just kept beating
and beating.
878
00:39:16,588 --> 00:39:18,655
And I just watched.
879
00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:25,628
He killed my brother
and I just watched.
880
00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:35,438
Mr. Shore, why didn't you
tell the police?
881
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:36,706
I was scared.
882
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,408
So scared
883
00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:40,610
you would have let
three innocent boys
884
00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:42,112
go to jail?
885
00:39:42,114 --> 00:39:46,416
I thought after a while
the charges would be dropped.
886
00:39:46,418 --> 00:39:48,451
STONE:
And when they were,
887
00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:50,587
then you confessed. Why?
888
00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:52,088
Because
889
00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:54,557
he said
he would hurt the family.
890
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:57,460
He would kill my children,
Ezra's children.
891
00:39:57,462 --> 00:40:01,398
Mr. Stone,
892
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,667
my family-- that's all I have.
893
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,543
No more questions.
894
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,750
Who owns Shore's Jewelry?
895
00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:22,419
Ezra.
896
00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:24,187
My father gave him the business.
897
00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:27,157
And how much did Ezra pay you?
898
00:40:27,159 --> 00:40:29,626
$60,000 a year.
899
00:40:29,628 --> 00:40:32,162
And how much did you earn
last year
900
00:40:32,164 --> 00:40:35,665
from Mr. Tashjian's
money-laundering operation?
901
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:38,067
About 140,000.
902
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,637
And your brother wanted
to take that away, huh?
903
00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:44,707
Must have made you mad.
904
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:48,645
Mad enough to kill?
905
00:40:48,647 --> 00:40:49,846
Objection.
906
00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:51,181
Withdrawn.
907
00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:56,920
Mr. Shore,
you admitted
908
00:40:56,922 --> 00:40:58,755
lying to the police, right?
909
00:40:58,757 --> 00:41:00,190
Yeah.
910
00:41:00,192 --> 00:41:01,558
And to your attorney?
911
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,092
Yes.
912
00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:04,127
To the district attorney?
913
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:04,794
Yes.
914
00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:05,795
And you lied
915
00:41:05,797 --> 00:41:07,797
to the grand jury.
916
00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:10,533
To protect my family.
917
00:41:10,535 --> 00:41:13,937
What did you
expect me to do?
918
00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:17,106
Do you at all
919
00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:19,242
feel responsible
for your brother's death?
920
00:41:19,244 --> 00:41:23,813
It's possible.
921
00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,682
You confessed to his murder,
didn't you?
922
00:41:28,487 --> 00:41:31,921
If it weren't for you,
your brother would be alive.
923
00:41:31,923 --> 00:41:34,190
Isn't that correct, Mr. Shore?
924
00:41:35,594 --> 00:41:37,193
Yes!
925
00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:48,505
He was very compelling.
What more could they want?
926
00:41:48,507 --> 00:41:50,640
If the jury doesn't believe
your eyewitness,
927
00:41:50,642 --> 00:41:52,208
it's all worthless.
928
00:41:52,210 --> 00:41:55,512
They will understand
Isaac's motive for lying.
929
00:41:55,514 --> 00:41:58,615
They'll see he was scared.
Empathy goes a long way.
930
00:41:58,617 --> 00:42:00,884
And they'll also see
931
00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,152
he neatly avoided forfeiting
all his assets under Rico
932
00:42:03,154 --> 00:42:04,521
by testifying.
933
00:42:04,523 --> 00:42:06,189
You don't believe
I can win.
934
00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:09,292
I believe you got
a hell of a mountain to climb
935
00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:10,760
in your summation.
936
00:42:10,762 --> 00:42:12,629
Isaac's lack of credibility
937
00:42:12,631 --> 00:42:14,797
translates
into reasonable doubt.
938
00:42:14,799 --> 00:42:18,167
The jury could find Tashjian
technically not guilty.
939
00:42:18,169 --> 00:42:21,971
We all know he killed
Ezra Shore.
940
00:42:21,973 --> 00:42:25,241
Our knowledge is a long way
from proof.
941
00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:34,250
One witness--
that's all they have.
942
00:42:34,252 --> 00:42:37,020
The victim's brother.
943
00:42:37,022 --> 00:42:39,889
If you fully believe Isaac Shore
944
00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:42,592
is telling the truth,
convict him.
945
00:42:42,594 --> 00:42:44,260
Why not?
946
00:42:44,262 --> 00:42:47,263
Isaac Shore lied
to the grand jury,
947
00:42:47,265 --> 00:42:48,731
to his family.
948
00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:52,035
He lied to the police,
to the prosecutors.
949
00:42:52,037 --> 00:42:58,308
At one point, he confessed
to having killed him.
950
00:42:58,310 --> 00:43:02,845
Of course, he could be
telling the truth now.
951
00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:04,581
Sure, it's possible
952
00:43:04,583 --> 00:43:07,584
Joseph Tashjian
murdered Ezra Shore.
953
00:43:07,586 --> 00:43:10,053
You may even think it's
probable,
954
00:43:10,055 --> 00:43:11,721
but in that case,
955
00:43:11,723 --> 00:43:15,258
there's only one thing
you can do.
956
00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:16,926
Your duty is clear.
957
00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:19,262
You must return a verdict
958
00:43:19,264 --> 00:43:22,248
of not guilty
959
00:43:22,249 --> 00:43:25,233
because in this system,
"probably" is not good enough.
960
00:43:25,236 --> 00:43:27,337
You must be convinced
961
00:43:27,339 --> 00:43:31,674
beyond a reasonable doubt.
962
00:43:31,676 --> 00:43:34,711
Isaac Shore
has told so many lies
963
00:43:34,713 --> 00:43:39,983
that it would be unreasonable
not to doubt his testimony.
964
00:43:39,985 --> 00:43:42,685
Yes, Isaac Shore
should have come forward
965
00:43:42,687 --> 00:43:46,789
and said that, "Joseph Tashjian
savagely murdered my brother."
966
00:43:46,791 --> 00:43:50,093
And he should have stood up
in the grand jury and said,
967
00:43:50,095 --> 00:43:52,328
"Those three boys are innocent.
968
00:43:52,330 --> 00:43:54,297
Joseph Tashjian's the killer."
969
00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:55,965
But he didn't do that.
970
00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:58,635
Was he immoral?
971
00:43:58,637 --> 00:44:00,670
Was he evil?
972
00:44:00,672 --> 00:44:03,373
Isaac Shore was terrified.
973
00:44:03,375 --> 00:44:07,977
He'd eyewitnessed
an unspeakable horror--
974
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:11,314
the brutalization
of a family member.
975
00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:16,886
And it was his greatest fear
to ever see that happen again.
976
00:44:16,888 --> 00:44:21,324
So why would Isaac Shore
concoct a story like this?
977
00:44:24,396 --> 00:44:26,396
The fears of Isaac Shore--
978
00:44:26,398 --> 00:44:29,999
they don't make his testimony
any the less credible
979
00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:33,102
and they certainly
don't make Joseph Tashjian
980
00:44:33,104 --> 00:44:34,871
any the less guilty.
981
00:44:34,873 --> 00:44:39,342
Joseph Tashjian is guilty
of murder in the second degree.
982
00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:52,422
On the sole count
of the indictment,
983
00:44:52,424 --> 00:44:54,857
murder in the second degree,
984
00:44:54,859 --> 00:44:56,993
how does the jury find?
985
00:44:59,097 --> 00:45:01,998
We find the defendant
not guilty.
986
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,935
( yelling )
987
00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:13,776
Quiet in the court.
988
00:45:13,778 --> 00:45:15,478
( yelling continues )
989
00:45:30,061 --> 00:45:34,731
My father is convinced
everyone is motivated by fear.
990
00:45:34,733 --> 00:45:36,032
Mine thinks it's greed.
991
00:45:36,034 --> 00:45:37,734
What do you think?
992
00:45:37,736 --> 00:45:39,736
That Isaac fell victim
to both.
993
00:45:39,738 --> 00:45:41,104
( gunshot )
994
00:45:41,106 --> 00:45:42,872
( woman screams )
995
00:45:42,874 --> 00:45:44,173
WOMAN:
Oh, my God.
996
00:45:53,818 --> 00:45:57,820
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997
00:45:57,822 --> 00:46:01,891
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998
00:46:48,873 --> 00:46:51,941
( wolf howls )