In the criminal justice system
the people are represented
by two separate yet equally important groups:
the police, who investigate crime
and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
Your mom's paying for an A.P. prep course?
You don't need it.
I need a five.
She thinks it's the best way.
The best way is not to worry so much.
Easy for you to say.
( speaking Chinese )
What did he say?
Low faan... barbarians.
They don't want Tim hanging around white people.
Your family still doesn't want
to meet me, do they?
Why don't you take me home with you right now
and introduce me to your mother?
You handled that real well.
Kate, what are you doing?
Walking.
I'd say you're an insensitive jerk.
I'd say it was none of your business.
Both you and Tim are real mature.
( gunfire )
What was that?
Oh, my God!
No!
LOGAN: Let me get this straight.
It's the middle of the afternoon.
You got three shots, but no witnesses?
Maybe people thought it was a car backfiring.
This is a freaking echo chamber in here.
It must have sounded like the Fourth of July.
It didn't happen on the streets.
You want a guy who saw two dogs nearby?
Hey, no problem.
A dog did it.
Okay, kid still had his wallet on him.
Get this: a thousand-dollar laptop computer
in his knapsack.
He was a star physics student at Manhattan Science.
A dead end.
No way out the back.
Kid leaves his friends on the way back from school.
Why does he walk in here?
Someone was waiting, called him in.
Or he was expecting somebody.
Maybe.
So have C.S.U. check the grounds, every inch, okay?
Right.
Have you seen the Jade Squad report?
Three Chinese gang hits in two months.
We're going to take you to the precinct.
You can call your parents.
He'd still be alive if I'd just kept walking with him.
You never think something like this would happen
to people like us.
Somebody ought to tell him
bullets don't recognize your I.Q.
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They just drove by.
Tim said something in Chinese.
Then they were gone.
Here.
These boys in the car, these were Tim's friends?
She told you, she hardly saw them.
Let your daughter talk.
Tim didn't talk about his friends.
So you didn't recognize any of them.
They weren't from school.
BOY: Those leather jackets--
they looked like they were in a gang.
Tim wasn't in a gang.
He did live in Chinatown.
And what does that mean?
Mom.
You know something about the boy's family?
I do business with the Chinese.
They live in a different world.
They're from Canal Street, not Mars.
3:30 in the afternoon and nobody sees this thing?
There were six uniforms.
They didn't turn up anybody
so we canvassed and we got nothing.
It's the back of an apartment house.
Not a lot of people there.
We can't be sure if it was the Chinese kids in the car.
What can we be sure of?
If you grow up in Chinatown
you're a gang member or you have troubles.
Any indications of gangs?
C.S.U. found three shells.
Ballistics says they're .380 Tanfoglio titan.
That's an expensive weapon for an ordinary street kid.
Okay, I'll buy that.
Let's see what the family says.
Great, I can't wait.
"Sorry about your son.
Was he running any protection rackets?"
Find a more diplomatic way of putting it, Mike.
Please don't mention that in front of my mother.
My brother wasn't in a gang.
Miss Chong, we're trying to find a motive.
I would have known.
All due respect ma'am, you're older than your brother.
You don't live down here...
My mother would have known.
She paid more attention to Tim's life than her own.
All Tim wanted was to get out of here.
He was going to M.I.T.
( speaking Chinese )
Policemen, Mother.
( speaking Chinese )
Tim not in gang.
Sometimes when children are away from home...
He told her everything.
Not about his girlfriend.
CERRETA: Did Tim ever seem upset
or look like he'd been in a fight?
All the time, after every drug deal.
He spent his weekends at the library.
Your brother must have had some friends
in the neighborhood.
( speaking Chinese )
Just school friends.
Do you think we could see your brother's room?
Maybe get a picture of him?
If she didn't know about the girlfriend
maybe she didn't know about his friends
on the street.
Chairman Mao, Albert Einstein, and Patrick Ewing.
What do you think they got in common?
One 17-year-old Chinese kid.
Phil, look at this.
"Timothy Chong, winner of the NASA Science Competition."
This kid had everything.
So why is he dead?
I got a better question.
Why did he go to a plastic surgeon?
"Removal of tattoo"?
Gang insignia?
Maybe the M.E. Can tell us.
First, I want to talk to someone on that Jade Squad.
MAN: Tiger tattoo.
That's the White Tigers.
But this kid went to Manhattan Science.
That tiger on his arm wasn't a fashion statement.
He has no record.
Half the smack in the country blows through here.
You seen a lot of arrests?
Maybe they're paying you off.
Yeah, millions.
My mortgage is a front.
You got nobody on the inside?
I had one.
You got a medium, you can talk to him.
We found him in little pieces on Hester Street.
Listen, how bad do you want to break this?
I know a kid in the Tigers who will talk to you.
If there's any hint they did it, you'll know.
Tim Chong-- I seen it in the papers.
Rumor has it he was a White Tiger.
Yeah, for five seconds.
Was it a happy divorce?
We don't shoot people.
My lawyer-- he advises against it.
You always take your lawyer's advice?
Why would we want the kid dead, huh?
Tim Chong buys that American dream crap.
We didn't care.
See that kid over there?
Kid sells smack.
What some stiff at IBM makes in a year
he can make in one week.
No matter how much you make
it's hard to spend it in Attica.
We didn't do Tim Chong.
All right, listen.
A wagon
like a Jeep or a blazer.
Yellow.
Who drives it?
I don't know.
If I knew, I'd tell you.
We didn't want the kid hit.
So much for the American dream, huh?
He did everything right.
Wound up dead anyway.
Ballistics compared the slugs from Chong
to every Chinese gang killing in the past three years.
No match.
This kid is 17 years old-- how many enemies could he have?
This kid was getting bagged for having white friends.
The wind only blows in one direction?
There's going to be talk.
We ought to run at the girlfriend
without the mother.
CRAGEN: That's risky.
If she's involved
whatever she says is useless without a parent there.
When her mother's around, everything she says is useless.
Most of Timmy's friends were white.
He's American, so that wouldn't be a problem, right?
Some of my friends, they call me an egg.
White on the outside, yellow on the inside.
Calling names is one thing
but does it go beyond that?
It's not violent.
LOGAN: No fistfights?
Breaking into a locker?
The worst it gets--
somebody sprayed graffiti.
It said "slant-eyes" on the door of the 1600 Club.
It's a study group for the S.A.T.S.
1600's a perfect score.
The club's about half Chinese.
So Tim wasn't having any trouble with anybody?
I'm really not sure.
We weren't communicating very well.
Well, who would he talk to?
Maybe Mr. Steinman, our physics teacher.
He knew tim pretty well.
Tim's the best I ever taught.
How long have you been teaching?
Long enough not to exaggerate.
He won the NASA award.
This year, he was a shoo-in for the Hellmuth Competition.
Kids give him grief for screwing up the curve?
Students are sophisticated here.
They compete to get in.
What about after?
Getting in is the start of the race, not the end.
This science competition-- the Hellmuth--
do you have anybody else who might win it?
What are you getting at?
Any prize money for it?
$20,000, but it isn't the point.
It's the Nobel Prize of high school.
Who's the also-ran?
Any number of people.
Are you betting on any favorites?
Okay...
he was with Tim when he was shot.
The Borland kid.
Carl.
He and Tim were always number one and two.
Since when always?
Since freshman year.
Drove Carl's mother crazy.
I don't know how bad it was
but parent-teachers night, Carl's parents up in front
Tim's mother in back.
Boys were friends.
The parents never even said hello.
I remember that night.
Mrs. Borland couldn't even look at us.
Weren't Tim
and Carl friends?
Carl's a nice boy.
His mother is not a well woman.
What does this have to do with Tim?
Two kids are friends.
Usually the parents say hello.
She said hello when she called
and said we weren't real Americans--
why should Tim get the prizes?
Carl's older brother called, too.
You're not saying...
( speaking Chinese )
My mother wants to know
are you suggesting Tim was killed
so Chinese kid wouldn't win the scholarship?
Every parent wants his kid to be number one.
Every parent doesn't make threatening phone calls.
You talked to Chong's girlfriend twice.
Trouble like this she would have mentioned.
She was a wreck.
She probably would have told us.
We're talking about $20,000
and the biggest science prize
in the whole country.
And Marian Borland is wired about her son Carl.
Looked to me like the father was playing with a full deck.
Why don't we pay her a visit, punch a few buttons
and rule her out-- that okay with you?
That's okay with me.
We were all shocked.
Tim's murder-- it's horrible.
Maybe we should raise our children in the suburbs.
I guess it's as bad there.
So, what does this have to do with me?
Claudia Chong said you made some unpleasant phone calls.
I love my son.
Maybe sometimes... I go too far.
How far is that?
Oh, this is ridiculous.
Tim was a lovely kid
but the boys were very competitive.
It wasn't healthy.
Do you have children?
You know how hard it is.
Yes, but I don't call other parents
when their kids get better grades than mine.
I admit I was...
inconsiderate.
Did you tell the Chongs
that Chinese shouldn't win prizes?
Of course I didn't.
At 3:30 on the afternoon that Tim Chong was shot
can you tell us your whereabouts?
This is unbelievable.
The idea that I...
Mrs. Borland, look, we got to ask you.
( sighing )
It was Thursday?
My shift ends at 3:30.
Randy, my oldest boy, picks me up and takes me home.
Maybe one of the employees saw you leave.
I don't know who would have seen me.
Where can we find Randy?
Fulton Fish Market.
He works with his father.
Thank you.
This hasn't been easy on any of us.
Right.
Every Tuesday and Thursday I get her.
Anybody here when you left to pick her up?
Nobody comes till late.
Hey, guys, my mom told me what you're thinking.
Really?
We just left her 20 minutes ago.
Yeah, but she called.
Lunch hour, she's under pressure...
you coming in like that.
So you picked her up at 3:00, right?
3:30. I dropped her at home.
Look, maybe my mom said some dumb things...
You called the Chongs, too, right?
My mom wouldn't kill anybody.
What happened after you dropped her at home?
"Y", 23rd street, shot some hoops.
Regular game 4:00.
I get back, there's a note from dad.
He went to take care of Carl.
Didn't that worry you?
I was sorry about the Chinese kid
but somebody's got to run the stall.
I got to get some ice.
LOGAN: You think she called randy
to make herself feel better?
To make sure he got the time right.
Did you notice
that he wasn't exactly an aerospace engineer?
I also noticed he's not her favorite son.
Well, if she lied, he lied.
If he's lying, where did they go
after he picked her up?
She didn't go home.
He didn't shoot hoops.
You're praying at the right church.
You going to read that to us
or fan us with it?
"Borland, Ronald
"296 South Street
D.B.A. R. Borland & son, Fresh Fish."
Carry permit: .380 Tanfoglio titan.
Seems to me it's the gun I said it would be.
Let's get a warrant.
What do you mean he said no?
You want me to try Portuguese?
He said you cannot have a search warrant.
Since when is Judge Feinstein so picky?
Since he got a clerk who knows about guns.
He said a Tanfoglio is too common.
Just because Borland has one doesn't give probable cause.
Big bunch of crap.
You want some probable cause?
Try breaking some alibis.
Okay.
You think marian borland punches a time clock at work?
Randy went to the "Y."
Basketball buddies notice
when you're holding up a game.
Good, that's very good.
And next time you need a warrant
don't go to Judge Feinstein.
WOMAN: Everything is computers now.
So you don't have the records?
I'm looking, I'm looking.
Maybe I have her time card.
They come back from the service.
Sometimes I remember to save them.
Looks like you have cards from World War II.
All I hear is, "They shortchanged me.
I lost an hour. They cheated me."
No, not here.
Sorry.
I must have dumped them.
Marvin, I can't find it.
My payroll man doesn't have it either.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
She clocked out at 2:30.
He won't swear by it.
He could have entered it wrong off the card.
2:30? She said 3:30.
If she entered it wrong, she would have complained.
Missing pay, right?
She don't have the check yet.
Thanks, Marvin.
Later.
Don't tell her we were here.
You're cops.
Now if you were I.R.S., I might tell her.
Thursdays, 4:00.
It's a great time for Randy.
He works the graveyard shift.
So last week he was here at 4:00.
Always on time.
Got the court for an hour.
You know randy pretty well?
High school.
You talk to him today?
No. Why?
Well, I'm asking you questions about him
but you're not asking what it's about.
Locker room sign-in sheet.
Rand signed in at 3:51.
Like I said, we play at 4:00.
The computer at the payroll service--
not a lot of probable cause.
We got to try.
This time we try Judge Allan Berg.
Spell it with two L's and two A's
or we're never going to get a warrant.
We want the business, 296 South Street
and the apartment, which is 573 East 30th Street.
( phone ringing )
Detective Logan.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Uh, can you wait a minute?
I'm going to put you on hold.
Don't go away.
Where is it?
Where is it?!
What?
Got a tip on the Chong shooting.
Ah, come on.
Okay, somebody give me a tape recorder.
Batteries, something!
Get him back on the line.
One, two, three.
Yeah.
Here you go, Logan.
No, I'm not going to put you on hold.
Yeah, I'm listening.
Well, I'd love to know.
Uh-huh.
Well, how do I know you're on the up-and-up?
Mm-hmm.
You know what the address is?
Mm-hmm.
What kind of gun am I going to find there?
Hello? Hello! Hello!
.380, that's the same caliber.
That voice ring a bell?
Me neither.
Any bets?
Friend, maybe somebody who works at that fish market.
What do you want to do?
Address, caliber of gun--
sounds reliable and credible to me.
Probable cause?
If Judge Berg thinks it is.
I should call my dad.
If you want to do that, I think you should.
You have a key for this?
Son, I'm going to have to break into it.
Okay.
There was nothing in the kitchen.
Carl, you sure you haven't seen a gun
lying around the house?
My dad keeps it in the office.
I think I've got prints on this.
That's my mom's good china.
That's okay.
Nothing in here.
Mike.
Bingo.
( gunshot )
The Italians make nice guns.
It would be nicer if it's the right gun.
It would be nicer if it were a clean match.
R-7 twist.
I wouldn't say this is close.
I'd say exact.
Yes, mama.
Very nice.
No question-- this gun killed Tim Chong.
One set of prints on the gun.
A good match
to Ron Borland from when he got his permit.
His gun, his prints-- that's a problem?
Considering he walked in here an hour after the killing
and didn't even blink?
Why are the mother and son fixing alibis?
I thought Randy's held?
Not anymore.
Sign-in sheet from the "Y."
Infrared scan.
His pal fixed it.
Unless you believe in elves.
You think the whole Borland family killed the kid?
Nothing puts the mother and Randy at the scene
but we do have the gun.
We arrest Ron Borland
maybe something breaks.
Pick him up.
Mr. Borland...
I think you've bothered my family enough.
Ronald Borland, you're under arrest
for the murder of Timothy Chong.
Dad?
Go call your mother.
...used against you in a court of law.
I got to my store at 2:00.
I didn't leave till Carl called.
But your gun managed to kill Timothy Chong.
You fellows have, what--
three open gang shootings?
Maybe your lab got a little help
with that bullet.
I wouldn't try that
with a jury.
Why not? Juries always trust cops?
So, nobody saw you at your store?
I was there for Carl's call.
An hour after the killing.
40 minutes
the way I heard it.
Your wife and Randy join you in the shooting?
Finito, gentlemen.
If you're booking him, let's do it.
STONE: Why? I mean...
it makes no sense.
I was back barely two hours, Willis called.
He'll take man two.
We haven't even started interviewing witnesses.
Borland's prints are on the gun
but Cerreto and Logan are right--
everything else points away from him.
( phone ringing )
Yeah?
Uh-huh.
Attributed?
Thanks.
Tomorrow's Post says we're negotiating a plea.
No attribution.
Willis dragging us to the altar.
I don't like shotgun weddings.
I want to know what happened.
So put a vise around that family
and I don't care how hard you squeeze.
( bell ringing )
I'm glad I don't have your job.
I don't have to talk to you.
Did you hear them plan it, Carl?
I didn't know about it.
I mean... that's not the way it happened.
Did your mom go with your dad
or just provoke him into doing it?
My parents are good people.
They only want what's best for me.
Killing someone?
Is that how you get the best?
How did your dad know where Tim would be?
I'm not going to talk to you anymore.
Do you know what accessory to murder means, Carl?
My father didn't kill anyone.
His fingerprints were on the gun.
You don't know anything.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Even Carl knows his father didn't do it.
How do you explain the prints?
Ben, what are you trying to pull?
Why are you talking to Carl?
Leave my son alone.
He's a witness.
He's a kid!
Get a headline.
Make us look bad.
Get them to leave him alone!
If you'd like to sit down...
My son's life is at stake here.
I thought it was your husband's.
There's a lot at stake here.
WILLIS: Let's go, Marian.
Next time you want to see Carl, do me a favor-- call first.
The family is certifiable.
Unlike everybody else.
Who made that phone call?
Obviously, you don't think it was an angry employee.
What if Ron Borland made it?
Borland gets back with Carl.
He sees his wife and Randy and he knows they did it.
They're the ones faking the alibis.
Why didn't Borland throw the gun away?
Cerreta and Logan are onto them
so he does something heroic.
Randy belongs to him the way Carl belongs to his mother.
So he wipes their prints off the gun
puts his own on, takes the fall.
You want to arrest the mother and the older son
and right now you wouldn't get a conviction for bad thoughts.
I have motive and the gun.
If it's not suppressed because of a questionable warrant.
I can tell the jury about it.
You won't get a conviction.
If we don't arraign, I can't even try.
Fine. Try.
Mr. Robinette, can we have a statement?
You trying this in the press?
According to public opinion
my clients are the salt of the earth.
So was the victim.
Ginseng maybe, not salt.
You having a bad week, Leonard?
Docket #51423
the People v. Marian Borland and Randall Borland.
The charge is murder in the se...
Didn't I already see this case on my docket?
Charges against a previous defendant
were dismissed, Your Honor.
The people regret their error.
We're talking about murder.
You ought to publish an apology in the Times.
How do the defendants plead?
Not guilty.
I'll hear a few spirited words
on the subject of bail.
Leonard, it's nice to see you.
Thank you, Judge.
My clients are not a flight risk.
Any high bail would be a hardship.
Mr. Robinette?
The people request
$50,000 on each defendant.
The severity of the crime...
Go no further.
When you're right, you're right.
This is murder two.
$50,000 each defendant.
Next.
You don't even know who fired the gun.
STONE: Why don't you tell me.
Manslaughter two.
They do the minimum, two to six.
Why not 30 days with time off for good behavior?
Man one, they do the max, eight to 25.
You're hitting an elephant with a fly swatter.
You don't have a murder weapon.
Has there been a ruling?
The search warrant should never have been issued.
No jury ever hears about that gun.
Cancel the bravado.
My career's built on it.
The warrant was proper.
An anonymous phone call was probable cause?
I don't think so.
You knew Ron Borland never fired that gun.
And you know if I discuss that with you
I could be disbarred.
Manslaughter two. Last chance.
You lose on the warrant, no deal.
See you in chambers.
Man two? They put three bullets into that kid.
Willis is offering you a gift.
The judge suppresses that gun, you don't get a conviction.
A similar warrant stood in Ashton.
They killed it in Johnson.
That was two years ago.
Ashton was last year.
I don't want to be overturned on appeal.
Are you worried about
our closure rate?
I'm worried about them not serving a day.
They kill over a prize
maybe they'll get angry at the mayor.
There's no way Simon suppresses the gun.
Simon thinks that the A.C.L.U. is too conservative.
When's the hearing?
Tomorrow.
You lose on the gun, you lose the case.
WILLIS: That search warrant has no basis in probable cause.
Your Honor, the informant not only knew the caliber of the gun
he knew where to find it.
This was an anonymous phone call.
Well, let's look at the standard.
Anguilar-Spinelli calls for a specific two-pronged test:
the informant's reliability and the basis of his knowledge.
Now, Ben, how reliable was that tip? A .380?
Lots of people probably knew Borland had one.
The address you could get from the phone book.
The Supreme Court is adopting
a less rigorous standard for search warrants.
They forgot why we have the fourth amendment.
Here in New York, thank God, we have a stricter standard.
The Court of Appeals is moving with the Supreme Court.
That permit was for the Borland business.
The warrant was for the Borland home.
Any idiot can see
that the cops were relying on the phone call.
I'm not even an idiot.
I can see it.
I respectfully suggest...
you can respectfully suggest till New Year.
The warrant is ruled invalid.
The gun is suppressed.
None of it goes into evidence.
You want to go to trial, Ben, you go without the gun.
When Randy Borland called, what did he say?
He said the police thought he had something to do
with this kid's murder.
They wanted to know what time he came to play
and I said I'd say whatever he wanted me to.
What else did he ask you to do?
He said could I fix the sign-in sheet.
How do you do that?
I can get behind the desk.
I work part-time checking membership cards
and I knew some people that signed in pencil.
This is people's exhibit #11.
It's an enlargement
of the sign-in sheet for that day
subjected to infrared light.
Would you please describe it for the court?
Randy's name is signed over Larry Gordon's.
I...
I erased Larry's.
Down here, Larry's name is written over Randy's.
So you changed the names?
Yes, I did.
What effect did that have?
It makes it look like Randy got there
an hour before he did.
STONE: No further questions.
Your Honor, permission to show this to the jury?
JUDGE: You may do so.
I was given three shell casings and three bullets
removed from Timothy Chong's body.
What type of gun was used?
Based on the grooves on the bullets
and the ejector marks on the casings
I concluded it was
a .380 Tanfoglio titan semi-automatic.
During your investigation
did you determine whether Mr. Borland
was licensed to carry a firearm?
I did.
What did you find?
Mr. Borland is licensed
to carry a .380 Tanfoglio titan semi-automatic.
No further questions.
How many licenses has the state issued
for Tanfoglio titan .380?
I couldn't say exactly.
If I told you it was more than a thousand
would you find that a surprise?
I'm sure it's more than that.
If I told you the actual number
was 2,941, would that surprise you?
No, it wouldn't.
I'm glad.
In your expert opinion
could another gun
have left the kind of markings that you found?
Very unlikely.
Oh, so you are saying
it could have been another kind of gun?
Excuse me, I concluded that the gun was a Tanfoglio
before I knew Mr. Borland owned one.
That's very cavalier of you.
Thank you.
No further questions.
JUDGE: I instruct the jury
they may draw no conclusion
from the fact that a weapon
has not been entered into evidence
in this trial.
Cloudy, muddy, murky.
That jury has enough reasonable doubt
to bottle it solid.
You can hear Willis in summation--
"The defendants lied because they were scared.
Yes, they own a gun, but did they use it?"
Marian Borland-- what did she tell the cops?
"The kids were competitive.
It was unhealthy."
The only unhealthy competition was hers--
for her son's glory.
You prosecuting or preaching?
She pulled the trigger-- not physically...
Oh. Metaphysically.
She harped about the Chong kid every day.
Why did Randy kill him?
You kick a dog long enough, it bites.
You want to try that in your summation?
Won't get you a conviction.
It might get us a deal.
Ron Borland was willing to go to jail
to save his son.
Is he going
to watch Randy go now?
You want him to pressure his wife?
I make the offer
Randy does less time than his mother
he'll make his wife take the deal.
Giving the shooter a better deal--
is that what you want?
Uh-huh. I just don't know if it will work.
( phone rings )
We're trying to arrive at what's fair.
I hope your clients understand that.
The sentences-- we have a problem.
No, that's settled.
Manslaughter two for Mrs. Borland.
She does two to six.
Eight-and-a-third to 25. No playing around.
You said he'd be reasonable.
Marian...
It is unlikely Mrs. Borland
will be convicted.
Finish the trial and find out.
You said a few years.
You said parole.
Be quiet, Marian.
Mrs. Borland
if you are convicted, you will do 25 to life.
We're offering much less.
You said he wouldn't do this...
Stop it.
How long will Randy be in prison?
He pleads to man two, he does three to nine.
This isn't right.
Mom...
it's not going to help.
Why don't we just go outside...
Stop!
He's 23.
He has a chance for a life.
Sit down.
The trial isn't over.
I don't see why...
Because he's your son.
I don't believe we'll be convicted.
I won't do this.
STONE: Do you remember, Miss Chong
how many of these phone calls occurred?
Over the last six months, nine or ten.
What did Mrs. Borland say?
She said Carl and Tim shouldn't be friends
that Tim was using Carl--
using his brain.
She called my brother...
a chink.
She said, "You chinks aren't real Americans."
And, uh, what did Randy Borland say?
He said... if Tim kept trying to steal Carl's ideas...
that he'd regret it.
Thank you.
No further questions.
Now, Miss Chong, you said
that the Borlands' calls frightened you.
Did you call the police?
No.
So, uh...
how frightening were they?
In our culture, you don't call the police.
Your family's friends-- are most of them Chinese?
Objection. Relevance?
The witness mentioned her culture.
Overruled.
The witness will answer.
Our closest friends are Chinese.
Did you brother belong to a Chinese gang?
Your Honor...
I'm allowing this, Mr. Stone.
He quit.
He wasn't really...
And what was the name of the gang?
The White Tigers.
This is defense exhibit #3.
It's an article in last month's Crosstown magazine.
Would you please read the circled portion aloud?
"The White Tigers--
"the most powerful of the heroin-dealing gangs
"or tongs, are fighting a vicious turf war.
"Two members have been shot this year.
No one thinks the war is over."
Thank you.
No further questions.
You wouldn't vote to convict?
I'm not on the jury.
But if you were?
( phone buzzes )
Yes?
Mrs. Silver and her daughter are out there.
Send them in.
My daughter has something to tell you.
Please, sit down.
Go on, honey.
I didn't want to say anything.
Carl is my friend.
I like his mom and dad.
She feels guilty.
She didn't know where to put her loyalties.
Katie...
After the gunshots, we were running.
I must have looked for just a second...
I saw them.
You saw who?
Mrs. Borland...
and Randy.
You saw them on the street?
In the truck.
That truck must have been going pretty fast.
You sure it was them?
I recognized it.
It was the truck from the fish business.
LOGAN: on the stand? to put this kid
Yeah, we don't exclude evidence that convicts.
Why did she wait so long?
She and the Borland kid are friends.
She was torn apart.
She didn't hold anything back at the precinct.
Are you saying an 18-year-old kid lied?
I'm saying she reads the newspapers.
They were saying you'd need an act of god
to convict the Borlands.
You didn't see her in our office.
She's not a good actress.
She loved the kid.
They killed him.
How good does she have to be?
Without anything more specific, I have to go
with my instincts.
Where were you at the time?
Carl and me-- we went around the corner
after we heard the shots.
And what did you see?
It was sort of a flash-- this white truck
and it had two people in it.
Randy was behind the wheel
and Mrs. Borland was sitting next to him.
They were coming towards me
and I looked down and I saw the license plate.
I had seen it before
when Carl's brother had picked him up after school.
What was on the license plate?
It's one of those that you have made special.
It says "fish hook."
You've known about this ever since Tim died.
Why did you wait until now
to say anything?
I tried to forget it.
I didn't even want to believe that it happened.
I told my mom, and she said i had to tell the truth.
No further questions.
In The People v. Marian Borland
and Randall Borland
on the sole count of the indictment
murder in the second degree
how does the jury find on Randall Borland?
We find the defendant guilty.
On the sole count of the indictment
against Marian Borland
murder in the second degree
how does the jury find?
We find the defendant guilty.
Hi, Phil, Mike.
Hi. Ben.
What's up?
Um, I'd like to verify something.
The girl's testimony
as it's described here-- is this accurate?
For everything in quotes, yes.
She says she came running around the corner
and saw the license plate.
Does she have eyes in the back of her head?
CERRETA: She said the truck was coming toward her.
The only way she sees the license plate
is if she turns around, goes back to the corner
and watches the back of the truck
as it pulls away.
She saw the front plate?
That's been missing for months.
There is no front plate.
LOGAN: Borland ordered a new one.
The state never sent it.
God bless bureaucracy.
We have instincts, too, Ben.
REPORTER: It was a shocking reversal
murder case today. in the Science-Prize
Marian and Randall Borland--
Timothy Chong-- convicted of murdering
were released from custody
the district attorney's request following
for a mistrial.
STONE: You want to indict
a 17-year-old girl for perjury?
You want a new trial?
Where do you find an untainted jury?
Upstate-- I don't care
if we have to go to the Canadian border.
Next time we'll get the gun in.
inventing the story. Sources say she has admitted
in California today In a similar incident
with shooting a boy a father was charged
on a high school tennis team. who had taken his son's place
I liked it better
when the criminals were doing the killing.
The whole world has gone mad.
at the board of education today A counselor
said pressure on children
was creating an epidemic of fear.
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