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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Twenty-six layers of kevlar,
it'll stop any bullet
the bad guys got.
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But what if you get shot
in the leg or the head?
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Leg, he goes down.
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Head, nothing
in there to hit.
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Please, help me,
somebody!
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Hold it,
get some help!
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We've got trains
stacked up all the way
to 86th Street.
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Yeah, I'm sure
the dead woman's sorry
for the inconvenience.
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Well, the transit authority
is proud of its
on-time record, Detective.
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It's a source of pride
for all of us,
Mr. O'Connor.
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Marian Hollis, 39.
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Professor at
New York City University.
Philosophy.
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Wanna see before
we roll her out?
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Not me. Lennie?
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It's all yours, Benito.
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What've we got?
Another nut case pushing
people off the platforms?
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Don't know yet.
Maybe she fell.
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And maybe
I'm Santa Claus.
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She came down
the stairs with a man.
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Okay. What did
he look like?
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Tallish, well-dressed.
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Like how tallish?
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Like not short.
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I've gotta go pick up
my granddaughter.
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I'm under a bench
trying to catch some
sleep before I get rousted,
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this couple stops
right by my head.
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He's telling her
to forget it.
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I say, "Hey,
person's sleeping here. "
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They move on.
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What'd the guy
look like?
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Black shoes.
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His nose
was longer than that.
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Did you hear
anything they said?
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He told her
she was wrong.
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Wrong about what?
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That's all I heard.
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I kept going.
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I like to board
at the end of
the platform.
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Did you see what happened,
how she got killed?
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Sorry.
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What about the man,
where did he go?
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I don't know.
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That's him.
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Doesn't look like
any of the professors
I know.
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Couldn't have been
anyone here.
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Everybody liked her.
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What about her
personal life?
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Parents are dead.
No siblings.
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Husband? Boyfriend?
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Divorced.
Definitely not
her ex-husband.
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Any idea why
she'd be in the subway
in the middle of the day?
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No.
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Or why she'd be
off-campus?
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That time of day, lunch.
Same every day.
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A diner near
the 4th Street station.
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Awful thing,
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Professor Hollis
was a nice woman.
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Me and my staff,
we all feel terrible.
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Was she at lunch
with this man yesterday?
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She was alone.
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You know him?
No.
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He push her?
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She was with him.
Uh, what time
was she here?
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Ah.
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She left at 12:31.
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Time-stamped.
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How do you know
that's her receipt?
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I wrote her name on it.
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Why?
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She ran out
without paying.
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What? Like she saw
something outside?
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I guess.
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She went under
the train at 12:43.
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Subway station's
a block from here.
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Wouldn't take her
13 minutes to get
from there to here.
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Thanks for your help.
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What side of the street
do you want?
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The shady side.
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Yeah, this looks
like, um...
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This guy.
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He's a little old for it.
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What do you mean?
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Well, the guy's
in his 40s.
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He comes in with
a list of freshman
textbooks. NYCU.
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I say
we'll pull them for him,
it'll take about half an hour.
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He says fine, do you
have a financial section?
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I say, yes,
and he goes over there.
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Was he here
with this woman?
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Oh, man.
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This is the lady
that went under
the train, isn't it?
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Did he kill her?
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I just need to know
if they were together.
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Not by me.
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She came in maybe
30 seconds after he
went back in the stacks
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and she was looking around,
real agitated.
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I asked if
I could help her
and she said no
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and then she disappeared
back in Biology.
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This the only exit?
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No, there's another door
down at that end.
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You get his name?
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He never paid,
so I never got a name.
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You think
I can get a list of
the books he wanted?
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Is this who
pushed that woman
under the train?
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I'd say,
no more subway for me.
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I like my crazy
people up top.
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That way I know
I have a fighting chance
of getting out.
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Did you see this guy
yesterday around
12:00, 12:30?
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12:00, 12:30,
I was at lunch.
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Well, who was on duty?
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Zara.
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Is she in now?
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No. She's taking
an order.
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Sister Godiva, she buys
all her clothes from us.
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Who?
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You don't keep up
with music, huh?
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He stopped
with Bobby Darin.
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Who?
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Uh, when will
Sister Zara be back?
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When Godiva's
done with her.
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I got a place to start.
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Thank God. Thanks.
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Introduction to psychology.
Basic chemistry,
basic music theory.
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Advanced calculus,
must be an Einstein.
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What freshman are
in the calculus class?
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Hang on.
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Boy, I'd hate for
somebody to trace me
by what I read.
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You read, Lennie?
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Only three.
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I'm guessing
you want their names.
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We're hoping one of you
knows this man.
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I don't know anybody.
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I just got to New York
three days ago.
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Really?
Where you from?
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Cincinnati.
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Oh, my God.
That looks like my dad.
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It's my dad, isn't it?
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What happened?
Oh, God, he's hurt,
isn't he?
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I've never seen this woman.
I don't know anybody
in New York.
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This is our
first trip here.
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We're enrolling Susan
at New York City University.
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Has the woman
accused me
of something?
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No, you're safe there.
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You were in
Quadrangle Books
around 12:30 yesterday?
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Yes, I was picking up
textbooks for Susan.
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Why didn't you?
Why didn't I what?
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Oh, I see.
I left without
getting the books
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because I decided to
get something to eat.
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Where'd you eat?
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The pretzel stand
by the subway.
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So why didn't you
go back for the books?
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I was planning to
go back today.
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Well, we've got witnesses
who saw this man
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with a woman in
the subway station
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just before she
went under a train.
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Your daughter thinks
it looks like you.
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So do we.
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The clerk in the bookstore
says it is you,
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and that the woman
followed you
into the store.
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That's unbelievable.
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My dad didn't
do anything.
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Okay, so why
don't you come down
and do a lineup?
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The witnesses say
it isn't you,
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we give you a free
cup of coffee,
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worst on the West Side.
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Please, Dad,
can't you clear this up?
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Yeah, it won't take long.
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Are you arresting me?
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We're requesting
your cooperation.
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Okay, it's a mistake,
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in good faith,
I'm sure,
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but there are a lot of
people in prison because
of good-faith mistakes.
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Give me time
to get a lawyer.
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Eleven witnesses,
no positive ID.
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Take your time,
Mr. Sandburg.
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Third from the left.
That's him.
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That's the man you saw
with the woman who
went under the train?
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Yes.
Thank you.
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That's a positive ID,
Mr. Rothenberg.
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That guy was about 90
with glasses as
thick as my thumb.
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I want to see
my client.
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A barely competent defense
attorney could shred
Sandburg's credibility.
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And Rothenberg is right,
you don't even know
the victim was pushed.
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He didn't push her,
why does he lie every time
he opens his mouth?
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A hunch?
Instinct.
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I need more than this
to take to the grand jury.
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Where's the connection,
what's the motive?
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If we don't arrest him now,
he's on the next plane
back to Cincinnati.
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It's not Tibet.
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We can extradite him
if there's ever a case.
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Is Mr. Fallon free to go?
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As long as he stays
in the city.
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We'd like you around
while we complete
the investigation.
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I'm not planning
on leaving
until next week.
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I'm here with my family,
we're enjoying ourselves.
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We'll leave
when I want to.
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We talked to
Professor Hollis's friends.
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Nobody recognized
the picture of Fallon,
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and nobody recalled her
ever going to Cincinnati.
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What about Fallon?
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He's a financial advisor,
money manager,
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a member of the Cincinnati
Civic Association,
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on the board of directors
at the art museum.
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A pillar of
the community.
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Cincinnati PD says
he never even got
a speeding ticket.
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Well how about
further back
in the past?
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Uh, Professor Hollis
went to Brooklyn College,
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Fallon's got
a diploma hanging
on his office wall,
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a MBA from UCLA.
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Fallon's credit card charges
for the last week.
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Thanks.
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United Airlines,
T- K-T-S,
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Museum of
Modern Art bookstore,
Barneys,
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Grimaldi's Italian
restaurant.
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Grimaldi's in Brooklyn?
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You know another one?
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Charge was for 12 bucks
and some change.
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You can't feed a family
of four mice on that.
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So he was by himself.
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The guy's never been
to New York before
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and he manages to find
the best pizza
in five boroughs.
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Right. Check it out.
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Yeah, couple of days ago.
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I remember him.
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All these customers.
You sure?
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Came in and he says,
"Hey, Tony. "
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I'm figuring
I should know
this guy.
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And did you?
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Not at first
but I kept looking at him
and then I got it.
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He was a regular
in the old days.
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He thought he was
God Almighty
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and everybody should
agree with him.
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How far back
were the old days?
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Fifteen,
20 years ago.
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That's a long time,
you sure it's him?
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He's a little
thinner on top now,
but that's him.
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You remember his name?
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I never know their names.
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They come in,
they go "Hey, Tony,"
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I go, "Hey, kid. "
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I don't know
their names.
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So, 15, 20 years ago,
Mr. Fallon hung out
at Grimaldi's.
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The guy was at UCLA.
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Long way to come
even for a pie
from Grimaldi's.
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Who is this guy?
250
00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,493
Yeah, William K.,
as in "kinky".
251
00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:04,054
Yeah.
252
00:11:05,264 --> 00:11:06,663
You're sure?
253
00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:09,234
Okay, thanks.
254
00:11:10,736 --> 00:11:14,137
He got his Ohio
driver's license
in 1985,
255
00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:15,798
he bought his house
in '85.
256
00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:20,108
Oh, and no
William K. Fallon
was ever at UCLA.
257
00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:21,339
What have you got?
258
00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,712
Social security number
was issued in '85,
259
00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:26,183
he joined the Ohio
Auto Club in '85,
260
00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:28,686
opened a brokerage
account in '85.
261
00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:30,618
Can't find anything
prior to that.
262
00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:34,154
So what?
He didn't exist
before 1985?
263
00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:35,989
Not as William K. Fallon.
264
00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:39,191
If he's not Fallon,
who the hell is he?
265
00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:42,428
Well, the FBI
says he's not in the
witness protection program,
266
00:11:42,501 --> 00:11:43,900
but they might've had
their fingers crossed.
267
00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:46,164
We could haul him in,
find out who
the hell he is.
268
00:11:46,605 --> 00:11:48,937
Next time I see this guy,
I want ammunition.
269
00:11:49,408 --> 00:11:52,775
My guess is Professor Hollis
knew him before he was Fallon.
270
00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:54,005
It's the only way
it makes sense.
271
00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,378
Well, 20 years ago,
they were early 20's.
272
00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:58,974
She went to
Brooklyn college,
find out if he did, too.
273
00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,814
We don't know
what name he was using.
274
00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,783
Tony, the pizza guy,
says he hasn't
changed much.
275
00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:04,982
Let's go look
at some pictures.
276
00:12:05,491 --> 00:12:07,755
Mmm.
Thanks for the coffee.
277
00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:15,657
Down memory lane
with the hairdos.
278
00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,862
Yeah,
half disco, half punk.
279
00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:21,562
You know, I'm starting
to think that this
Fallon-whoever-he-is
280
00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:22,937
did not go
to Brooklyn College.
281
00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:23,997
Okay.
282
00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:27,277
Marian Hollis got
her undergraduate
degree in 1980.
283
00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:30,174
Then did three years
of grad school.
284
00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:31,408
Left with a PhD.
285
00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:34,751
Back then,
the alumni association
286
00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:37,254
was sending her mail
to 32 Ryder Avenue.
287
00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,725
What's that,
a sorority, a dorm?
288
00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:41,287
It's a rooming house.
289
00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,760
Lady's been renting rooms
to coeds for 30 years.
290
00:12:44,864 --> 00:12:47,230
I certainly do
remember Marian.
291
00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,758
Oh, terrible
what happened to her.
292
00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:52,100
Was she close
with anybody
back then?
293
00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,271
Uh, one of
the other boarders,
Eleanor Marcus.
294
00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:57,242
Uh, library sciences.
295
00:12:57,376 --> 00:12:58,570
They were like sisters.
296
00:12:58,644 --> 00:13:00,805
They went
everywhere together,
until Eleanor got married.
297
00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:02,943
Marian Hollis
have a boyfriend?
298
00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:04,979
Well, she dated
several young men,
299
00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:07,151
nothing serious,
far as I could tell.
300
00:13:07,219 --> 00:13:09,449
This is a recent photo,
but could you take a look,
301
00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:11,285
see if you recognize him?
302
00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:14,015
No. He doesn't
look familiar.
303
00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,953
I'm sorry.
Is he the one who...
304
00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:18,155
We're not sure.
305
00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:19,720
You think if
Marian knew him
306
00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:21,767
that, uh, Eleanor Marcus
would've known him, too?
307
00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,131
Oh, absolutely.
308
00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:26,227
I don't suppose you could
tell us where we could
find Eleanor Marcus.
309
00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,506
Well, she's
Eleanor Taska now.
310
00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:30,132
I see her every week
when I go to the library
311
00:13:30,209 --> 00:13:32,677
and return a book
and get a new one.
312
00:13:33,212 --> 00:13:35,077
Dr. Taska's
not coming in today.
313
00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:36,341
What's this about?
314
00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:37,973
We're investigating
a death.
315
00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:39,278
You know where
we can find her?
316
00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:40,784
That subway thing, right?
317
00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:43,112
That's where Eleanor is,
that woman's funeral.
318
00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:44,786
Why do you want
to talk to her?
319
00:13:44,857 --> 00:13:47,291
See if she can help us.
They used to
know each other.
320
00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:50,395
They had some kind of
falling out years ago.
321
00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:52,653
I don't think
she can help you.
322
00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:54,255
Church of
the Good Shepherd, right?
323
00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:55,391
Yes.
324
00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:58,903
Would you happen to have
a picture of Dr. Taska
that we could look at?
325
00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:04,206
Dr. Taska?
326
00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,777
We're investigating
the death of
Marian Hollis.
327
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,872
We're hoping
you might be able
to help us out.
328
00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:12,647
I hadn't seen her
for some time.
329
00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:15,346
We're looking at a man
who calls himself
William Fallon.
330
00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:18,856
You need to
imagine him younger.
331
00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,521
William Fallon, my ass.
332
00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:24,529
This is my son of a bitch
husband, Nick Taska.
333
00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:26,929
Where are my children?
334
00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:33,962
Fifteen years ago,
March, 8th, 1984.
335
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,136
He took them from school
and that's the last
I saw of them.
336
00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:38,233
Where are they?
337
00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:40,210
Dr. Taska,
we need your help.
338
00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:42,008
I want my children.
339
00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:45,249
Look, I'm devastated
about Marian,
but I can't help you.
340
00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:46,614
I don't know
anything about it.
341
00:14:46,685 --> 00:14:48,152
Well, you know
your husband,
342
00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:50,654
would he kill her
just for recognizing him?
343
00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:55,222
He'd do whatever
he had to do to keep her
from disarranging his world.
344
00:14:55,794 --> 00:14:57,056
Disarranging?
345
00:14:57,129 --> 00:14:58,687
The man has
an anxiety attack.
346
00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:00,129
If the pillows
are crooked.
347
00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:01,626
Connection and motive.
348
00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,692
I'm willing to answer
whatever questions
you want to ask me,
349
00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:07,068
but, please,
where are my children?
350
00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:10,003
Dr. Taska, the best way
to get your children back
351
00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:12,202
is to help us
put your ex-husband away.
352
00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:15,311
A better way would be
for you people to
arrest the bastard
353
00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:16,405
for kidnapping
354
00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:20,077
and enforce the custody
order the court gave me
15 years ago.
355
00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:23,280
The statute of
limitations on kidnapping
expired years ago.
356
00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:24,845
The custody order didn't.
357
00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:26,888
Where are my children?
358
00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:28,756
I want to know what
Nick's done to them.
359
00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:33,153
Well, Susan's
just enrolled in NYCU
and Alexis is...
360
00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:34,597
Alexis?
361
00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:36,965
There is no Alexis.
362
00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:39,334
My other daughter's
name is Cynthia.
363
00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,010
Twelve witnesses
in the subway.
364
00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:49,977
Not one can even say
that she was pushed,
365
00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:52,410
much less that
Mr. Fallon did it.
366
00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:56,611
Professor Hollis saw him
when she was in the diner,
367
00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:58,683
went into the bookstore
looking for him,
368
00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:01,623
caught up with him
somewhere between
there and the subway,
369
00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:03,619
and was seen with him
on the platform.
370
00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:05,664
Lot of inferences
in that sentence.
371
00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:09,334
The cops have already
established motive,
means and opportunity.
372
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,733
Fallon lies like a rug.
Hell, he's not even Fallon.
373
00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,797
Blindfolded, I could
convince a jury he killed
Marian Hollis to shut her up.
374
00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:18,476
I'd prefer evidence.
375
00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:24,442
Have you checked out
Dr. Taska's story?
376
00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,441
Yeah, bitter divorce.
377
00:16:26,518 --> 00:16:28,884
The kids were the rope
in a tug of war.
378
00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:30,615
Court awarded custody
to the mother,
379
00:16:30,689 --> 00:16:33,920
three months later the husband
took the kids out of school
and disappeared with them.
380
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,594
A lot of room
for reasonable doubt.
381
00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:39,654
Well, we'll find out.
382
00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:43,168
I had Briscoe and Curtis
arrest Mr. Fallon
an hour ago.
383
00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:46,231
Has he been arraigned?
384
00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:48,200
Not yet.
385
00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:54,710
You told the police
you never saw
Marian Hollis that day.
386
00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:55,769
Why'd you lie?
387
00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:58,578
I was afraid
this would happen.
388
00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:00,083
I didn't kill her
389
00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:02,180
and now here I am.
390
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,050
The victim of
a horrible coincidence.
391
00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:06,385
Exactly.
392
00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:10,018
Where'd you run
into each other?
393
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,790
In the bookstore.
394
00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,230
You hadn't
seen each other
for 15 years.
395
00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:16,598
What'd you talk about?
396
00:17:16,802 --> 00:17:18,064
Old times.
397
00:17:18,137 --> 00:17:21,265
Nothing about kidnapping,
putting your ex-wife
through hell?
398
00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:23,901
There was no reason
for Marian to mention it.
399
00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:25,908
She knew the kids
were better off with me.
400
00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:27,538
In what way?
401
00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,909
Well, Eleanor wasn't
cut out for motherhood.
402
00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:34,315
Her stash of pills
was more important
than the children.
403
00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:38,185
Where did you
and Professor Hollis
part company?
404
00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:41,354
The pretzel stand
by the subway entrance.
405
00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:42,889
We parted amicably.
406
00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:48,522
Clearly, Mr. Fallon
had nothing to do
with the victim's death.
407
00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:53,162
A witness places Mr. Fallon
on the subway platform
with the victim.
408
00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:56,239
Wait till
you see the witness.
Glasses an inch thick.
409
00:17:57,109 --> 00:17:59,100
I've seen the witness,
Mr. Rothenberg.
410
00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:01,138
I've had his
eyesight tested.
411
00:18:01,613 --> 00:18:02,807
When he's wearing
his glasses,
412
00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:04,109
he sees as well
as you do.
413
00:18:05,651 --> 00:18:07,778
How'd you like
being arraigned,
Mr. Fallon?
414
00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:10,249
It gets worse from here.
415
00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:13,048
You can put a stop
to this right now.
416
00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:15,952
We're not discussing a plea.
417
00:18:17,563 --> 00:18:19,758
Your bond's been posted.
You're free to go.
418
00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,690
I have enough to
present the case
to the grand jury.
419
00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,729
I didn't kill her.
420
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,874
Before you present
to grand jury,
421
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,604
you might want to talk
to our alibi witness.
422
00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:36,008
I didn't want to
have to do this.
423
00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:40,575
My daughter
was with me.
424
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,212
My daughter, Alexis.
425
00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:52,788
Dad and I went
into the bookstore,
Dad talked to the clerk.
426
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:54,332
Then we looked
at boring textbooks.
427
00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:58,231
Then that lady came in
and talked to Dad.
428
00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,470
About what?
429
00:19:00,572 --> 00:19:02,665
Stuff from the old days,
I don't know.
430
00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:05,968
Brooklyn, concerts,
just stuff.
431
00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:09,642
Were you with your father
the whole time he was
with Professor Hollis?
432
00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:10,704
Yes, sir.
433
00:19:11,049 --> 00:19:14,246
My husband likes to keep
the girls in sight.
434
00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,210
He's very protective.
435
00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:18,548
Is he planning on going
to class with Susan?
436
00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:20,083
Keep her in sight?
437
00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:22,721
Of course not.
438
00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:27,759
What did the lady
call your father,
what name?
439
00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,359
Nick.
440
00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:30,966
Did that confuse you?
441
00:19:32,204 --> 00:19:34,968
Didn't you ask
why she was calling
your father Nick?
442
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,165
Not then,
it wouldn't
have been polite.
443
00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:39,677
Dad told me later
what it was all about.
444
00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:42,242
My mother, all that.
445
00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,175
What exactly
did he tell you?
446
00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:47,647
That the lady
had known my mother.
447
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,011
That my mother
wasn't dead after all.
448
00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:52,580
Did you think she was?
449
00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,489
It's what he
always told us.
450
00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:56,318
What about you?
451
00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:57,794
Did he tell you
he was a widower?
452
00:20:00,832 --> 00:20:03,357
He always does what
he thinks is best
for the family.
453
00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:07,568
Did you know
he was a fugitive
named Nick Taska?
454
00:20:11,476 --> 00:20:15,469
We have to meet him at
the Palm Court at 4:00.
455
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:17,905
He wouldn't like us
to be late.
456
00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,109
So you're late.
457
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,411
Then what,
he starts rearranging
the teacups?
458
00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:28,256
The clerk in the bookstore
said your father was alone.
459
00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:31,319
I... I went in
a little after my dad.
460
00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,024
Alexis, do you know
what perjury means?
461
00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:35,929
I was with my dad,
462
00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:38,401
but I went to the boutique
next door while he went
into the bookstore.
463
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:40,304
Why didn't you
just tell us that?
464
00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:42,135
'Cause I wanted
to protect him.
465
00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:43,674
I... I know
he didn't hurt
that lady.
466
00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:45,834
You weren't with him
at all, were you?
467
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,806
I was, too.
I was with him
and the lady.
468
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,075
And we left her
when she went
in the subway.
469
00:20:51,149 --> 00:20:53,310
You've heard
what she has to say.
470
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,286
All we've heard is a story
that doesn't track.
471
00:20:58,790 --> 00:20:59,916
Are we free to go?
472
00:21:09,801 --> 00:21:11,792
This is the spookiest
bunch of people
I've ever met.
473
00:21:12,337 --> 00:21:13,497
That kid is terrified.
474
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,130
And lying
through her teeth.
475
00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:18,370
Whole family's afraid
of inconveniencing Dad.
476
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,769
It's Jonestown
without the Kool-Aid.
477
00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:27,352
Yeah, I remember her,
I watched her good.
478
00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:28,477
Why?
479
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,483
Because she kept
glancing back at me.
480
00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:32,921
So right away I'm thinking
five finger discount.
481
00:21:32,991 --> 00:21:35,459
I'm following her around,
she gets nervous and leaves.
482
00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,623
Did you see this woman?
483
00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:39,896
Oh, man, I knew it.
484
00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:42,062
This is that lady
who went under the train.
485
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:44,830
This is the picture
they used
in the Daily News.
486
00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:46,871
I did see her.
What's her name?
487
00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:48,662
Marian Hollis.
488
00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:49,798
Did you see her
with a girl?
489
00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:52,910
Yeah. Girl ran into her
right outside there.
490
00:21:53,512 --> 00:21:55,070
The woman stopped her.
491
00:21:57,082 --> 00:22:00,142
Marian Hollis
came up to you
outside the store.
492
00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:03,213
What did she say?
493
00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:05,219
Nobody came up to me.
494
00:22:05,290 --> 00:22:06,723
Clerk said she did.
495
00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:07,947
No.
496
00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:11,461
You were walking
with your dad,
497
00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:13,088
you saw a fab gear,
498
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,623
you wanted to go
in there instead of
the boring bookstore.
499
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:19,603
When you came
out of the shop
Marian Hollis stopped you
500
00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:21,764
and told you
about your mother.
501
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,774
I don't want to
talk to you anymore.
502
00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:26,436
Did she want to
take you to your mother,
maybe call the police?
503
00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:28,103
No.
504
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:29,978
I... I want my dad.
505
00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:33,447
Is your father mad at you
because you told us
about the clothing store?
506
00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:36,180
Your father
followed Professor Hollis
into the subway, didn't he?
507
00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:37,243
No.
508
00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:38,380
He pushed her
under the train.
509
00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:39,583
No, no, no!
510
00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:42,786
Because she
knew who he was
and what he'd done.
511
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,352
Maybe he didn't
want to hurt her.
512
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,990
Maybe he was just
trying to get away
from her.
513
00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:49,055
Was it an accident?
514
00:22:49,167 --> 00:22:52,364
Stop it, stop it!
You can't talk
about my dad anymore!
515
00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,195
That's enough.
516
00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,444
Browbeating a child.
517
00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:06,148
You should be ashamed.
518
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,318
Oh, now you're interested
in helping me?
519
00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:12,883
Yes.
520
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,721
What's the quid pro quo?
521
00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:17,818
Your daughter knows
what happened on
that subway platform.
522
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:19,592
She won't tell us.
523
00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:23,926
So you take my side
with the judge
and then what?
524
00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,628
I let you crack her open
like a walnut?
525
00:23:27,205 --> 00:23:28,638
I don't think so.
526
00:23:28,707 --> 00:23:30,607
She's living with
a horrible secret.
527
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:33,905
She watched her father
commit murder.
528
00:23:34,646 --> 00:23:37,547
She saw what the impact
did to Marian Hollis's body.
529
00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,915
Do you want her
to keep that
inside herself?
530
00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:51,828
Your Honor,
you can't give Mr. Fallon's
alibi witness
531
00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:53,387
to a woman who hates him.
532
00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,228
She'll poison the child
against him.
533
00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:56,358
I'll poison her?
534
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:58,369
Excuse me.
Mr. Fallon has had
535
00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,564
a decade and a half
to make an impression
on the child.
536
00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:03,164
My ex-wife
wasn't fit then
and isn't fit now
537
00:24:03,241 --> 00:24:05,266
to have
any responsibility
for children.
538
00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:06,867
That's enough,
Mr. Fallon.
539
00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,469
Judge,
the D.A.'s office requests
540
00:24:08,547 --> 00:24:10,538
that custody be granted
to Dr. Taska, who's been...
541
00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:12,207
I read all the briefs,
Mr. McCoy.
542
00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:13,577
I'm inclined to
agree with you.
543
00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:15,643
Your Honor,
you can't take
my daughter away
544
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,517
from the only family
she's ever known.
545
00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:19,784
Mr. Fallon took her away
from the only mother
she knew,
546
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:21,416
and he's a murder suspect.
547
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,859
I grant custody
of the minor child
to Eleanor Taska.
548
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,469
Where's my dad?
549
00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:47,983
Who are you?
550
00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:53,490
I'm your mother,
Cynthia.
551
00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,292
No, you're not.
552
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,759
This is my mother.
553
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,731
Susan, tell her.
554
00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:04,933
You can't make Alexis
go with you.
555
00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,697
It was
the judge's decision.
556
00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:08,230
It's in her
best interest.
557
00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:09,568
It's not!
558
00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:11,398
It's not.
I want my dad!
559
00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:13,539
You can't stay
with your father,
Alexis.
560
00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:17,337
Because you're gonna
put him in jail for killing
that lady, aren't you?
561
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,440
Well, he didn't kill her.
562
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,011
I did.
563
00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,982
She was calling my dad
a bastard,
564
00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:25,614
she wouldn't shut up,
she wouldn't leave,
565
00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,317
and I pushed her.
566
00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:39,161
She just kept
after my dad.
567
00:25:39,237 --> 00:25:42,536
She wouldn't shut up
about my mother
and what he'd done to her.
568
00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:44,598
She was grabbing at him
and telling him to wait,
569
00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:48,307
and I shoved her
away from him.
570
00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,014
And she fell.
571
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,576
What happened after that?
572
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:55,987
Dad took my hand
and we left
the subway station.
573
00:25:56,521 --> 00:25:58,182
The witnesses mentioned
a man and a woman,
574
00:25:58,256 --> 00:26:00,121
they didn't say anything
about a young girl.
575
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,584
I wasn't with them,
Dad sent me down first.
576
00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:07,062
He was trying to
get rid of her outside,
but she followed him down.
577
00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:08,121
Okay.
578
00:26:13,638 --> 00:26:15,503
You've met the father?
579
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:17,633
Yes.
580
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,937
This kid's hinky.
581
00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:22,374
I don't want to
rush into anything.
582
00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:25,644
I have no idea
if she's lying or
telling the truth.
583
00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:29,744
You be willing to
have her examined
by our psychiatrist?
584
00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:34,917
Kid just keeps saying
she did it, not her dad.
585
00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,017
Did she?
586
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:38,289
My opinion, no.
She's covering for him.
587
00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:39,990
Did he put her
up to it?
588
00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,827
More likely
she took it on herself.
589
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:42,958
Why?
590
00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:44,927
Fear.
591
00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:48,671
She can't imagine a world
where Fallon's not right
there directing traffic.
592
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,338
At 16, shouldn't she be
starting to go her own way?
593
00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:54,073
There is no way
but Dad's way.
594
00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:58,508
Can't prosecute her,
she didn't do it.
595
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,715
Can't prosecute him
with her saying she did.
596
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:03,985
We could lean on
Fallon some more.
597
00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:06,284
Using what for leverage?
598
00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:08,787
Uh, maybe
his daughter's suffering.
599
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:13,089
If he cared about that,
he wouldn't have spent
the last 18 years
600
00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:15,860
convincing his children
they don't exist
apart from him.
601
00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:18,794
How did he do that?
602
00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,871
Relentlessly.
603
00:27:21,606 --> 00:27:23,005
Jack, we gotta
get this bastard.
604
00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:25,466
On what charge?
605
00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:28,577
You can't indict
Mr. Fallon
for kidnapping.
606
00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:31,244
Statute of limitations
has run.
607
00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:35,183
Second degree, yes.
Kidnap one is an A1
felony, no time limits.
608
00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:37,854
Fallon wasn't asking
for ransom,
609
00:27:37,922 --> 00:27:40,652
the victims didn't die,
what's the basis?
610
00:27:42,961 --> 00:27:45,521
"A person is guilty
of kidnapping
when he abducts another
611
00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:47,827
"with intent to
terrorize him. "
612
00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:51,757
Fallon psychologically
terrorized his daughters
from that day to this.
613
00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:53,399
Says who?
614
00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:55,803
Skoda. Eleanor Taska.
615
00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:57,999
Skoda was spouting theory.
616
00:27:58,410 --> 00:27:59,434
A woman who wasn't there.
617
00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:02,043
Read the transcript
of Skoda's session
with the girl.
618
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,675
Fallon might as well
have held a gun
to his kids heads,
619
00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:06,614
he inflicted the same
level of fear.
620
00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:09,851
Hang him. Execute him.
621
00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:13,754
William Fallon is
entirely responsible
for the circumstances
622
00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:15,622
that led to
Marian Hollis's death.
623
00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,297
Is that a no?
624
00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:23,833
No.
625
00:28:27,605 --> 00:28:30,836
Your Honor, this is
a ludicrous interpretation
of the kidnapping statute.
626
00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:32,740
Mr. Fallon should never
have been arrested.
627
00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:36,406
The statute is clear,
and Mr. Fallon
clearly violated it.
628
00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:39,808
You say Mr. Fallon
assumed control
of his children
629
00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,977
in order to
terrorize them.
630
00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:44,615
You say he assumed
control over them
631
00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:46,623
to save them
from an unfit mother.
632
00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:47,680
Is that the gist?
633
00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:50,260
Penal law section
135.30...
634
00:28:50,328 --> 00:28:52,626
I'm familiar with
the statute, Counselor.
635
00:28:52,697 --> 00:28:54,665
You have a built-in
affirmative defense.
636
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,462
He did not intend
to terrorize them.
637
00:28:58,002 --> 00:29:00,994
As for you, Mr. McCoy,
this better be worth
the court's time.
638
00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,939
March 8th, 1984.
639
00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:11,578
He took them from school
and I never saw them again.
640
00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:13,210
Until a couple
of months ago.
641
00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:17,580
The authorities said
it was custodial
interference,
642
00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:19,421
not serious.
643
00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:23,492
And the private detectives
I hired never found a trace.
644
00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,024
People's seven,
Your Honor.
645
00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:33,228
This is the Judge's ruling
awarding you custody
of your children.
646
00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:36,133
Could you read
the highlighted passage?
647
00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:40,041
"Mr. Taska is clearly
more concerned
648
00:29:40,111 --> 00:29:42,238
"about losing control
of his family
649
00:29:42,313 --> 00:29:44,645
"than he is about
the welfare of
his children. "
650
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:51,316
When you were married
to the defendant,
how did he treat you?
651
00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:52,856
Like a slave.
652
00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:55,457
Everything had to be
done his way.
653
00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,729
He instructed me
how his shirts
had to be folded,
654
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:00,731
how the pantry
had to be arranged.
655
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,323
The right way
to fluff pillows.
656
00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:05,229
What if you didn't
do it the right way?
657
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,737
He instructed me
again and again
until I did it right.
658
00:30:10,108 --> 00:30:11,803
Did he treat the children
the same way?
659
00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:13,335
Yes.
660
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:14,969
He controlled
their every move,
661
00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:18,209
telling them what to do,
what to think, how to feel.
662
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:21,341
How did he do that
with very small children?
663
00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:26,655
Told them only bad girls
soiled their diapers.
664
00:30:27,058 --> 00:30:28,855
Only bad girls cried.
665
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,992
From what age?
666
00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:32,495
From birth.
667
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:34,464
Did he think
they could understand him?
668
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,129
It was a process.
669
00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:40,694
He started early
and just
ground them down.
670
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:42,501
He never let up.
671
00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:45,636
If Susan was
playing with a toy
672
00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:48,873
and didn't put it back
exactly where he told her,
673
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,239
he would break it
in front of her
674
00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:54,808
and tell her,
"Good girls
always mind Daddy. "
675
00:30:56,187 --> 00:30:57,654
How did Susan react?
676
00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:01,923
After a while,
she didn't make
any more mistakes.
677
00:31:02,093 --> 00:31:04,357
Was she afraid of him?
678
00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,021
Of course she was.
679
00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:08,492
It broke my heart.
680
00:31:12,337 --> 00:31:14,498
Did your husband
hit you or the girls?
681
00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:17,541
Did he even threaten you
with violence?
682
00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,906
That wasn't his way of...
683
00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:20,103
Yes or no.
684
00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:22,602
No.
685
00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,079
February 12th, 1984.
686
00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:29,919
Were you arrested on
a DWl charge?
687
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:33,183
I wasn't drunk,
I was on medication.
688
00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,622
Would that be medication
for chronic depression?
689
00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:37,552
You'd be depressed, too,
if you were married to...
690
00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:39,620
Was your daughter, Susan,
691
00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,527
in the car at the time
that you were pulled over?
692
00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:45,794
Yes.
693
00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:48,338
Driving erratically
while under the influence
694
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:51,000
whether of alcohol
or medication
695
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:52,938
with a three year old
in the car,
696
00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:54,842
and you want the jury
to believe that your husband
697
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:57,313
was putting the girls
in jeopardy by making them
pick up their toys?
698
00:31:58,883 --> 00:31:59,941
I...
699
00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:04,320
I have nothing further,
Your Honor.
700
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,393
My dad's pretty strict,
but he's fair, too.
701
00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:14,927
Does he control you?
702
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,300
Every family has rules.
703
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:19,902
For example, he always
taught my sister and me
to be polite,
704
00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:21,905
whether we felt
like it or not.
705
00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:23,565
I don't think
that's a bad thing.
706
00:32:25,576 --> 00:32:29,478
Did your father terrorize
you and your sister?
707
00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:31,109
No, sir.
708
00:32:33,318 --> 00:32:35,115
Are you afraid of him?
No, sir.
709
00:32:36,487 --> 00:32:37,511
We love him.
710
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,525
In your family,
711
00:32:52,036 --> 00:32:54,971
is there really only
one way to fold a towel?
712
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:58,575
Chaos in your environment
leads to chaos in your mind.
713
00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:00,573
Did your father
tell you that?
714
00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:01,703
Yes.
715
00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,340
Have you ever had
a friend your father
didn't approve of?
716
00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,175
No.
717
00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:09,844
Why not?
I just haven't.
718
00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:12,619
Have you ever read a book
or seen a movie
he didn't like?
719
00:33:12,890 --> 00:33:13,914
No.
720
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:15,648
Have you ever
had any pets?
721
00:33:15,893 --> 00:33:17,224
No, they're messy.
722
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:20,787
Does your stepmother
entertain her friends
at your father's house?
723
00:33:21,432 --> 00:33:22,626
I... I don't think so.
724
00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:25,999
Does she have any friends,
or does your father
take up all her time?
725
00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:30,032
She takes care
of our family.
726
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,742
Does she ever go
and visit her own family?
727
00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:34,400
Not that I know of.
728
00:33:34,479 --> 00:33:35,605
Where do they live?
729
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,079
Cleveland.
730
00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:39,082
Have you ever met
your stepmother's family?
731
00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:41,575
No.
732
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,588
Have you ever been
to summer camp?
733
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,585
Children who go to camp
have parents who just
want to get rid of them.
734
00:33:50,928 --> 00:33:52,156
Did you go to
slumber parties?
735
00:33:53,731 --> 00:33:54,720
No.
736
00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,731
Did your father disapprove?
737
00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:03,330
I didn't like being
away from my dad.
738
00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:06,204
When your father
is displeased with you,
739
00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:07,500
are you afraid?
740
00:34:08,579 --> 00:34:10,103
I don't like to
disappoint him.
741
00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:13,573
Is that because
you know he'll keep
at you and at you
742
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:15,482
until you understand
his way is the only way,
743
00:34:15,686 --> 00:34:17,620
and his needs
are the only needs,
744
00:34:17,688 --> 00:34:19,849
and you and your sister
only exist for him
745
00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:20,982
as long as
he can control you?
746
00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:22,456
Objection.
747
00:34:24,595 --> 00:34:26,187
Nothing further.
748
00:34:34,338 --> 00:34:35,896
Kid's like a robot.
749
00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:37,770
How'd the jury react?
750
00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:40,140
Seven were stone-faced,
three felt sorry for her,
751
00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:42,202
and two thought
you were being mean.
752
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,510
How could you
do that to Susan?
753
00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:48,443
You don't understand.
Those girls are
his whole life,
754
00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:50,111
and he's theirs.
755
00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:52,423
Where does
that put you?
756
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:54,188
Mrs. Fallon,
757
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:57,853
do you really not see
what he's done to his
daughter's and to you?
758
00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:05,831
I couldn't leave them
with Eleanor.
759
00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:07,427
She was a terrible mother.
760
00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:12,037
Could you describe
how you lived after you
took the children?
761
00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:15,270
I turned down several
good jobs so I could
work out of my house.
762
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,342
I didn't want to leave
the girls with a stranger
763
00:35:18,416 --> 00:35:20,316
after what
they'd been through.
764
00:35:20,384 --> 00:35:23,751
I was there for them
every minute of every day.
765
00:35:24,822 --> 00:35:26,847
Now, who took care
of your daughters
766
00:35:26,924 --> 00:35:28,949
when you were dating
your current wife?
767
00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:31,985
Sylvia understood that
we came as a package.
768
00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:33,155
The kids and I.
769
00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:36,961
We rarely went out,
but if we did,
we took the girls with us.
770
00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:43,504
Mr. Fallon,
did you take your daughters
from their mother
771
00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:46,570
in order to
terrorize them?
772
00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:51,003
I took them
in order to save them.
773
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,148
How much time
have your daughters
spent away from you?
774
00:35:58,523 --> 00:35:59,512
Very little.
775
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:00,579
Why is that?
776
00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,990
Well, it's a dangerous
world, Mr. McCoy,
as I'm sure you know.
777
00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:06,959
Do you choose
their friends for them?
778
00:36:07,031 --> 00:36:09,192
I don't let them run
with the wrong crowd.
779
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:11,895
What happens
when your children
disagree with you?
780
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,266
I can't remember
the last time we've
had a disagreement.
781
00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:17,135
What happens
when your wife
disagrees with you?
782
00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,407
She never has.
783
00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:22,571
Four people,
no difference of opinion.
784
00:36:23,814 --> 00:36:25,748
Is that because
they're afraid to
contradict you?
785
00:36:25,816 --> 00:36:27,579
They respect my opinion.
786
00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:29,643
They know from experience
I'm likely to be right.
787
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,687
What they know from experience
is that you don't care
about their opinions,
788
00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:33,781
isn't that right?
Objection.
789
00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:36,718
You don't care
about their feelings,
their concerns, their needs.
790
00:36:36,794 --> 00:36:38,261
That's enough, Mr. McCoy.
791
00:36:38,329 --> 00:36:41,025
I'd like to respond
to that, Your Honor.
792
00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,059
My children are
intelligent girls,
793
00:36:46,804 --> 00:36:49,534
who know how to say
"yes, sir" to an adult,
794
00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:52,834
how to organize
their time
795
00:36:53,177 --> 00:36:55,304
and tidy their
living space.
796
00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:58,108
Susan graduated second
in her class,
797
00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:01,645
has a full academic
scholarship to NYCU.
798
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,553
And Alexis brings home
straight A's
799
00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:07,352
and is captain
of her soccer team.
800
00:37:07,425 --> 00:37:09,950
And you have me
on trial for being
801
00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:12,725
a bad father,
Mr. McCoy?
802
00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:15,388
You are on trial
for kidnapping,
Mr. Fallon,
803
00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:16,797
with intent to terrorize.
804
00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:21,399
You harried your daughters
into believing
that their mother
805
00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:25,169
was evil incarnate,
not so that you could
save them from her,
806
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,939
but so that you
could control their
every thought and action.
807
00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:29,775
Have we begun
closing arguments,
Your Honor?
808
00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:33,910
I have nothing further.
809
00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:36,215
Call your next witness,
Mr. Rothenberg.
810
00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:37,811
The defense rests,
Your Honor.
811
00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:39,515
Mr. McCoy?
812
00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:42,386
The People have
a rebuttal witness,
Your Honor.
813
00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:43,757
Sylvia Fallon.
814
00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:44,920
What?
815
00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:46,621
Counsel,
approach the bench.
816
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,057
Mrs. Fallon has been
in the courtroom throughout
the trial, Your Honor.
817
00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:53,330
I didn't know
I'd be calling her.
818
00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:57,203
All right, Mr. McCoy,
819
00:37:57,308 --> 00:37:59,799
just make sure
your questions
don't touch on matters
820
00:37:59,877 --> 00:38:01,572
covered by
spousal privilege.
821
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,178
The People call
Sylvia Fallon.
822
00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,826
Raise your right hand.
823
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:20,998
Do you solemnly swear
the testimony
you're about to give
824
00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:23,033
will be the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth,
825
00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:24,465
so help you God?
826
00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:25,627
I do.
827
00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:34,539
Do you work
outside the home?
828
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,515
I know
it's old-fashioned,
829
00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:40,846
but I believe
if there are children,
830
00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:42,818
the wife should be
home for them.
831
00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:45,916
Children are
a precious gift.
832
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,418
Who handles the discipline,
you or your husband?
833
00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:51,088
He does.
834
00:38:52,229 --> 00:38:54,459
Who takes care
of the finances?
835
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:58,498
Who deals with the workman,
the electricians,
the plumbers?
836
00:38:58,703 --> 00:38:59,795
Bill.
837
00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:02,737
Over the years,
who took your children
to school?
838
00:39:03,307 --> 00:39:04,706
Mmm, he did.
839
00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:08,310
Who took them shopping
for clothes and toys?
840
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,069
Bill.
841
00:39:11,882 --> 00:39:15,113
What exactly is your function
in the family, Mrs. Fallon?
842
00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:17,949
To fold the towels?
843
00:39:19,457 --> 00:39:20,515
I...
844
00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:23,993
Your husband can't tell you
what to say right now.
845
00:39:27,431 --> 00:39:30,298
How old was Alexis
when you became
her stepmother?
846
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:31,494
Was she still in diapers?
847
00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:33,696
Yes, she was only two.
848
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,500
Did you ever hear
the defendant tell her
849
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,001
only bad girls
soil their diapers?
850
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,339
You don't understand.
851
00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:44,073
From the outside
it may look strange,
852
00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:46,878
but Bill
just worked miracles
with the girls.
853
00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:48,315
In what way?
854
00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:49,975
Well...
855
00:39:51,655 --> 00:39:53,020
Well, when Susan was four,
856
00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:56,218
she learned to
tie her shoelaces
in one afternoon.
857
00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:57,282
How many children do that?
858
00:39:57,795 --> 00:39:59,092
How was this miracle
accomplished?
859
00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:01,489
She sat there for hours,
860
00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:03,990
tying and retying
the laces
861
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,865
until her little fingers
made it work.
862
00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,730
A four year old?
863
00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:12,567
Why?
864
00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:15,210
Did Mr. Fallon tell her
865
00:40:15,279 --> 00:40:17,179
that Daddy wouldn't
love her anymore
866
00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,739
if she couldn't
do it right
by sundown?
867
00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:23,184
Both girls were intent
on pleasing their father.
868
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:24,983
I'll bet they were.
869
00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:29,286
Did the bow have to be
exactly on center?
870
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,954
Did the loops have to be
exactly equal?
871
00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:33,155
Your Honor...
872
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,460
Mr. McCoy,
let's move it along.
873
00:40:37,935 --> 00:40:40,199
Why haven't you
and your husband
ever had children?
874
00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:43,362
We discussed it
and decided against it.
875
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:44,931
It was a mutual decision?
876
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:47,569
You really don't want to
have children of your own?
877
00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:49,202
Bill thought two
was enough.
878
00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:51,142
What did you think?
879
00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:55,609
In our family we leave
the important decisions
880
00:40:55,686 --> 00:40:58,519
to the person who
is best equipped
to make them.
881
00:40:59,323 --> 00:41:00,483
I see.
882
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,598
How long has it been
since you saw your parents?
883
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,867
I don't know.
884
00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:14,093
Quite a while.
885
00:41:15,072 --> 00:41:16,937
Bill doesn't like me
to be away.
886
00:41:17,107 --> 00:41:18,472
Do you hear yourself?
887
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,407
Bill thinks,
Bill wants,
Bill needs.
888
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:23,208
Do you think this man
has ever asked himself once
889
00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:25,908
what you want,
what you need?
890
00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:30,652
There has to be
a final authority,
Mr. McCoy.
891
00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:35,856
Are you saying
that the defendant
had total control
892
00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:37,450
of his family,
Mrs. Fallon?
893
00:41:38,762 --> 00:41:41,856
Did the defendant
constantly tell his children
894
00:41:41,932 --> 00:41:44,230
they were bad,
they were stupid?
895
00:41:44,301 --> 00:41:47,896
Did he continually
terrify them
896
00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:50,163
with a threat
to withhold his love
897
00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:53,335
if they didn't meet
his insane expectations?
898
00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:57,780
Did William Fallon
terrorize his children,
899
00:41:58,215 --> 00:41:59,705
day after day,
900
00:41:59,783 --> 00:42:01,216
year after year,
901
00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:06,188
until they could
no longer tell where he
left off and they began?
902
00:42:11,161 --> 00:42:12,150
Yes.
903
00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:13,389
You stupid cow.
904
00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:14,488
Mr. Fallon.
905
00:42:14,565 --> 00:42:16,829
Your Honor, she can't
906
00:42:19,169 --> 00:42:20,397
do this.
907
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:23,900
I only married her
908
00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:29,145
so my daughters
would have a mother.
909
00:42:45,963 --> 00:42:47,760
Your client hung himself,
Mr. Rothenberg.
910
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:48,923
Twenty to life.
911
00:42:48,999 --> 00:42:50,990
Five years off the top?
Not a chance.
912
00:42:51,802 --> 00:42:54,202
Better take it.
The jury will take
20 minutes to convict.
913
00:42:55,372 --> 00:42:58,364
You don't cut me a good deal,
I'll fight Eleanor
tooth and nail for custody.
914
00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:00,176
From a jail cell?
915
00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:04,336
My parents are
standing by to contest
the custody ruling.
916
00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:05,575
They'll drag it
out for years.
917
00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:07,440
What about Alexis,
Mr. Fallon?
918
00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:09,042
Do you give a damn
what happens to her?
919
00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:12,352
What's the worst,
she ends up
in foster care?
920
00:43:14,291 --> 00:43:15,849
That'll only last
for a couple of years.
921
00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:17,754
Then she's an adult.
922
00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,955
Maybe you
don't realize it.
923
00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:23,397
You're lucky
you're not facing
a murder charge.
924
00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:28,496
You cut my sentence,
you send me to
a minimum security prison,
925
00:43:28,572 --> 00:43:31,200
I'll back off,
Eleanor can have Cynthia.
926
00:43:40,017 --> 00:43:41,211
Mr. Fallon,
927
00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,446
you have withdrawn
your not guilty plea
928
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,613
and entered a plea
of guilty to kidnapping
929
00:43:45,689 --> 00:43:47,748
in the Second Degree,
is that right?
930
00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:48,883
Yes, Your Honor.
931
00:43:49,226 --> 00:43:53,128
In exchange for this plea,
the People have agreed
to an indeterminate sentence
932
00:43:53,197 --> 00:43:56,724
of 10 to 20 years
in a minimum
security facility.
933
00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,935
Am I correct, Mr. McCoy?
934
00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,502
Yes, with the
stipulated condition.
935
00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:06,239
The defendant agrees
to relinquish
all claim to custody
936
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:10,337
of the minor child,
Alexis Fallon,
also known as Cynthia Taska.
937
00:44:11,882 --> 00:44:12,871
Yes, Your Honor.
938
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:15,009
Plea is entered,
prisoner is remanded.
939
00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:17,415
Court is adjourned.
940
00:44:18,789 --> 00:44:22,589
Daddy. Daddy.
No, No, no, no.
941
00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:26,288
Are you happy now,
you bitch?
942
00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:37,035
Those girls won't
ever be okay.
943
00:44:37,374 --> 00:44:39,399
Well, their dad's
about to find out
what it feels like
944
00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:41,910
to have your
every move controlled.
945
00:44:43,113 --> 00:44:45,104
Kind ofjustice,
I guess.