1 00:00:10,390 --> 00:00:10,557 . 2 00:00:10,598 --> 00:00:11,558 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:12,392 --> 00:00:13,685 the people are represented 4 00:00:13,727 --> 00:00:16,271 by two separate, yet equally important groups: 5 00:00:16,312 --> 00:00:18,023 the police, who investigate crime, 6 00:00:18,064 --> 00:00:21,026 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 7 00:00:21,067 --> 00:00:22,736 These are their stories. 8 00:00:26,906 --> 00:00:29,993 [rock music playing on headphones] 9 00:00:30,035 --> 00:00:37,125 * * 10 00:00:51,097 --> 00:00:53,892 [suspenseful music] 11 00:00:53,933 --> 00:00:55,060 - Hey. 12 00:00:55,101 --> 00:00:56,144 [metallic clang] [grunts] 13 00:00:56,186 --> 00:00:58,188 [eagle cries] 14 00:00:58,229 --> 00:01:01,316 [indistinct chatter] 15 00:01:03,193 --> 00:01:05,862 - DOA was James Pell, 25. 16 00:01:05,904 --> 00:01:07,697 He was a law student at Hudson. 17 00:01:07,739 --> 00:01:09,115 - Time of death? 18 00:01:09,157 --> 00:01:11,493 - Based on body temp, I'd give it a two-hour window 19 00:01:11,534 --> 00:01:13,036 between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. 20 00:01:13,078 --> 00:01:14,537 - Cause of death? 21 00:01:14,579 --> 00:01:16,664 - Best guess is, he was struck with a blunt object. 22 00:01:16,706 --> 00:01:18,708 Techs haven't found the murder weapon, but take your pick. 23 00:01:21,002 --> 00:01:22,504 - Get a dive crew down here. 24 00:01:22,545 --> 00:01:24,381 Have them search around the docks. 25 00:01:24,422 --> 00:01:25,840 - Who's got his cell phone? 26 00:01:25,882 --> 00:01:27,884 - He didn't have one on him. 27 00:01:27,926 --> 00:01:30,595 - Well, this had to be connected to something. 28 00:01:30,637 --> 00:01:32,472 It could be that the killer tried to take his phone. 29 00:01:32,514 --> 00:01:35,725 - DOA puts up a fight, ends up a floater. 30 00:01:35,767 --> 00:01:36,935 Who found the guy? 31 00:01:36,976 --> 00:01:39,479 - Maintenance worker. Name's Larry Brand. 32 00:01:41,648 --> 00:01:43,692 - I showed up to do repairs on the dock at 7:30. 33 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:45,026 Dead guy was floating right next to it. 34 00:01:45,068 --> 00:01:47,195 I called 911 right away. 35 00:01:47,237 --> 00:01:48,822 - You recognize him? - Nope. 36 00:01:48,863 --> 00:01:51,408 All these Hudson kids look the same to me. 37 00:01:51,449 --> 00:01:53,576 - Did you see anything unusual when you got here? 38 00:01:53,618 --> 00:01:54,619 - Yeah. 39 00:01:54,661 --> 00:01:55,578 A dead guy. 40 00:01:57,997 --> 00:01:59,582 Nothing else. 41 00:01:59,624 --> 00:02:02,752 - Yeah, well, if you remember anything else, give us a call. 42 00:02:05,547 --> 00:02:07,507 Had a lot going for him-- 43 00:02:07,549 --> 00:02:10,802 handsome, athletic, the best law school in the country. 44 00:02:10,844 --> 00:02:12,220 Who would want to kill a guy like that? 45 00:02:12,262 --> 00:02:13,847 - Today? Pretty much anybody. 46 00:02:16,808 --> 00:02:19,853 [dramatic music] 47 00:02:19,894 --> 00:02:26,860 * * 48 00:03:02,645 --> 00:03:04,814 - Well, the boathouse cams were useless. 49 00:03:04,856 --> 00:03:06,316 Paint crew moved them during repairs. 50 00:03:06,358 --> 00:03:08,109 - Dive crew struck out too. 51 00:03:08,151 --> 00:03:10,111 Didn't come up with a phone or a murder weapon. 52 00:03:10,153 --> 00:03:12,322 - Did you reach the parents in Ohio? 53 00:03:12,364 --> 00:03:13,698 - Yeah, I just spoke with them. 54 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:15,533 Told me how proud they were their son had made it 55 00:03:15,575 --> 00:03:16,785 all the way to Hudson. 56 00:03:16,826 --> 00:03:19,037 It was his ambition since high school. 57 00:03:19,079 --> 00:03:21,790 - Did they know if anything unusual had been going on? 58 00:03:21,831 --> 00:03:23,708 - They said they didn't speak with him much. 59 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:26,294 Said he was super focused, dropped ties with everyone 60 00:03:26,336 --> 00:03:28,380 from his hometown once he started law school. 61 00:03:28,421 --> 00:03:29,673 - Tale as old as time. 62 00:03:29,714 --> 00:03:31,257 - Someone just turned on Pell's phone. 63 00:03:31,299 --> 00:03:32,550 I've got a location. 64 00:03:32,592 --> 00:03:33,885 - I'll get a warrant. 65 00:03:37,806 --> 00:03:38,807 [knocking] 66 00:03:41,101 --> 00:03:43,561 - Hello, ma'am. We're investigating a homicide. 67 00:03:43,603 --> 00:03:45,021 We have a warrant to search this apartment 68 00:03:45,063 --> 00:03:46,356 for the victim's cell phone. 69 00:03:48,650 --> 00:03:51,736 - Do I look like I killed someone and took their phone? 70 00:03:51,778 --> 00:03:54,781 - No, ma'am. But we still need to come in. 71 00:03:54,823 --> 00:03:59,828 - Sebastian, you know anything about a missing cell phone? 72 00:03:59,869 --> 00:04:02,789 [tense music] 73 00:04:02,831 --> 00:04:09,713 * * 74 00:04:11,297 --> 00:04:12,716 - Police! 75 00:04:17,429 --> 00:04:18,805 Clear. 76 00:04:20,974 --> 00:04:22,851 NYPD! 77 00:04:22,892 --> 00:04:24,477 - Police! 78 00:04:31,901 --> 00:04:33,319 Hey, Sebastian. 79 00:04:35,488 --> 00:04:36,740 I know you're in here. 80 00:04:38,533 --> 00:04:40,285 Let's do this the easy way, huh? 81 00:04:40,326 --> 00:04:46,291 * * 82 00:04:46,332 --> 00:04:49,335 [rustling, panting] 83 00:04:55,050 --> 00:04:58,261 - [grunts] 84 00:04:58,303 --> 00:05:00,638 - Stay down. Give me your hands. 85 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,849 - I see you chose the easy way. 86 00:05:06,603 --> 00:05:08,938 - Like I keep saying, I didn't do anything wrong. 87 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:10,273 - Then why'd you run? 88 00:05:10,315 --> 00:05:12,275 - I was scared. - Of what? 89 00:05:12,317 --> 00:05:13,651 - The police. 90 00:05:15,653 --> 00:05:17,405 - You're scared of the police? 91 00:05:19,282 --> 00:05:20,533 - You know what it's like. 92 00:05:24,913 --> 00:05:26,623 - And you don't think it had anything to do 93 00:05:26,664 --> 00:05:28,166 with all those stolen cell phones you had? 94 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:30,126 - To be honest, we don't care about the phones. 95 00:05:30,168 --> 00:05:31,336 We care about murders. 96 00:05:31,378 --> 00:05:32,504 We're homicide detectives. 97 00:05:32,545 --> 00:05:34,089 - What are you talking about? 98 00:05:34,130 --> 00:05:37,008 - One of the phones we recovered from your backpack 99 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:39,177 belongs to a guy we found floating in the river 100 00:05:39,219 --> 00:05:40,512 up by Hudson University. 101 00:05:40,553 --> 00:05:42,055 - I got nothing to do with that. 102 00:05:42,097 --> 00:05:43,890 - Where were you this morning between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m.? 103 00:05:44,808 --> 00:05:47,018 - At home sleeping. You can ask my grandma. 104 00:05:47,060 --> 00:05:49,562 - You're gonna have to do a lot better than that, bro. 105 00:05:49,604 --> 00:05:51,189 - I had a girl with me--Denise. 106 00:05:51,231 --> 00:05:52,899 She lives on the sixth floor. 107 00:05:52,941 --> 00:05:55,652 - Okay, well, I'm gonna need Denise's full name, 108 00:05:55,694 --> 00:05:57,529 her phone number, and for your sake, 109 00:05:57,570 --> 00:06:00,031 she better have been there. 110 00:06:00,073 --> 00:06:01,408 Write. 111 00:06:03,201 --> 00:06:05,245 - Where'd you get all those stolen phones? 112 00:06:05,286 --> 00:06:07,539 You steal them? - No. 113 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:09,874 I buy them off some dude over at Hudson. 114 00:06:09,916 --> 00:06:11,292 Works at the boathouse down the river. 115 00:06:11,334 --> 00:06:14,254 [suspenseful music] 116 00:06:14,295 --> 00:06:16,089 * * 117 00:06:16,131 --> 00:06:17,424 - This the guy? 118 00:06:19,134 --> 00:06:20,927 - Yeah. 119 00:06:20,969 --> 00:06:22,262 His name is Larry. 120 00:06:22,303 --> 00:06:25,932 * * 121 00:06:30,812 --> 00:06:31,021 . 122 00:06:31,062 --> 00:06:32,147 - Looks like the kid was telling the truth. 123 00:06:33,273 --> 00:06:35,483 His girlfriend, Denise, backed his alibi. 124 00:06:35,525 --> 00:06:36,735 - What about Larry Brand? 125 00:06:36,776 --> 00:06:38,028 We check his alibi? 126 00:06:38,069 --> 00:06:41,031 - Yeah, he was on the BX19 bus, got off at 7:30. 127 00:06:41,072 --> 00:06:42,824 Video confirms that. - Okay. 128 00:06:42,866 --> 00:06:44,159 So he's not the killer, but he just 129 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,953 steals stuff from dead guys. 130 00:06:46,995 --> 00:06:49,873 Hey, any luck on getting info off of Pell's phone? 131 00:06:49,914 --> 00:06:51,499 - He really cares about security. 132 00:06:51,541 --> 00:06:53,043 There are multiple firewalls. 133 00:06:53,084 --> 00:06:55,837 - Well, that's odd. I mean, for a law student. 134 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:57,213 - Anything else? - Yeah. 135 00:06:57,255 --> 00:06:58,923 I just got access to the keycard records 136 00:06:58,965 --> 00:07:00,508 at the boathouse. 137 00:07:00,550 --> 00:07:02,969 Pell swiped in at 5:00, but he wasn't the first one there. 138 00:07:03,011 --> 00:07:04,220 This is Jordan Tyler. 139 00:07:04,262 --> 00:07:05,972 He swiped in 20 minutes before Pell. 140 00:07:06,014 --> 00:07:07,849 - Looks like a choirboy. 141 00:07:07,891 --> 00:07:09,851 - He is, literally. 142 00:07:12,562 --> 00:07:14,064 - I didn't see James this morning. 143 00:07:14,105 --> 00:07:15,899 I was on the water before he got there, 144 00:07:15,940 --> 00:07:17,442 and I left before he came back. 145 00:07:17,484 --> 00:07:19,069 - You seem pretty sure about that. 146 00:07:19,110 --> 00:07:20,737 - It's not a coincidence. 147 00:07:20,779 --> 00:07:22,530 He rode at the same time every morning, 148 00:07:22,572 --> 00:07:24,574 and I did my best to avoid him. 149 00:07:24,616 --> 00:07:25,784 - Why's that? 150 00:07:25,825 --> 00:07:29,245 - I don't like to speak ill of the dead, 151 00:07:29,287 --> 00:07:31,706 but James wasn't someone I wanted to associate with. 152 00:07:31,748 --> 00:07:32,916 - How come? 153 00:07:32,957 --> 00:07:34,876 - We used to train together, 154 00:07:34,918 --> 00:07:37,712 but there was something off about him. 155 00:07:37,754 --> 00:07:39,881 - Off? Off how? 156 00:07:39,923 --> 00:07:41,174 - The first sign was, 157 00:07:41,216 --> 00:07:43,259 he'd put all his rowing times on social media. 158 00:07:43,301 --> 00:07:46,012 And for some reason, he felt the need to lie 159 00:07:46,054 --> 00:07:48,098 and make them better than they were. 160 00:07:48,139 --> 00:07:51,893 One day he showed me some photos. 161 00:07:51,935 --> 00:07:54,938 They were intimate pictures of a woman 162 00:07:54,979 --> 00:07:56,272 who had broken up with him. 163 00:07:56,314 --> 00:07:58,400 He said he was going to post them online. 164 00:07:58,441 --> 00:07:59,943 - Revenge porn. 165 00:07:59,984 --> 00:08:01,611 - Do you know this woman's name? 166 00:08:01,653 --> 00:08:02,987 - April. 167 00:08:04,656 --> 00:08:07,867 I don't know her last name, but she works at the bar. 168 00:08:11,579 --> 00:08:13,289 - Excuse me. April Parks? 169 00:08:13,331 --> 00:08:15,166 We'd like to talk to you about James Pell. 170 00:08:15,208 --> 00:08:17,085 - I've got nothing to say. - Wait. Hold on a second. 171 00:08:17,127 --> 00:08:18,837 I just want to ask a few questions. 172 00:08:18,878 --> 00:08:20,839 - I told you, I've got nothing to say. 173 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,842 - Which means you got a lot to say. 174 00:08:23,883 --> 00:08:25,677 - You're right. I do. 175 00:08:25,719 --> 00:08:27,762 I hate that son of a bitch. 176 00:08:27,804 --> 00:08:30,849 - Is that why you, uh, you broke into his apartment 177 00:08:30,890 --> 00:08:32,684 the other night? 178 00:08:32,726 --> 00:08:33,977 We read the police report. 179 00:08:34,019 --> 00:08:35,311 - There a problem here? 180 00:08:35,353 --> 00:08:36,187 - Yeah. 181 00:08:36,229 --> 00:08:38,189 You margaritas are too sweet. 182 00:08:39,566 --> 00:08:40,567 - You're right. 183 00:08:40,608 --> 00:08:42,360 I tried to break into his apartment. 184 00:08:42,402 --> 00:08:44,904 Like I told the cops who arrested me, 185 00:08:44,946 --> 00:08:47,866 he had naked photos of me on his laptop. 186 00:08:47,907 --> 00:08:50,577 I--I wanted to delete them. 187 00:08:50,618 --> 00:08:52,537 - Can you tell us what you were doing this morning? 188 00:08:52,579 --> 00:08:54,664 - Why? 189 00:08:54,706 --> 00:08:56,833 What's this all about? 190 00:08:56,875 --> 00:08:58,460 - James is dead. 191 00:08:58,501 --> 00:09:00,086 Someone killed him. 192 00:09:01,588 --> 00:09:03,173 - Where were you this morning around 6:00? 193 00:09:04,466 --> 00:09:06,801 - Sleeping. 194 00:09:06,843 --> 00:09:09,804 You can ask my roommates. - Yeah, we will. 195 00:09:09,846 --> 00:09:11,848 How long were you and James together? 196 00:09:11,890 --> 00:09:13,350 - Two months. 197 00:09:13,391 --> 00:09:15,185 - During that time, did you hear about anybody else 198 00:09:15,226 --> 00:09:17,437 who might hate James as much as you did? 199 00:09:19,731 --> 00:09:24,235 - April Park says that you got into a little scuffle 200 00:09:24,277 --> 00:09:27,364 with James Pell a month ago. 201 00:09:27,405 --> 00:09:29,366 - By which you mean I tried to shove his face 202 00:09:29,407 --> 00:09:31,743 through a plate glass window? 203 00:09:31,785 --> 00:09:34,788 Well, now that he's dead, can't press charges, right? 204 00:09:34,829 --> 00:09:36,039 - Wow, that's cold-blooded-- 205 00:09:36,081 --> 00:09:37,624 cracking jokes about a dead guy. 206 00:09:37,665 --> 00:09:39,000 - It's karma, man. 207 00:09:40,502 --> 00:09:43,088 - Why don't you have a seat and tell us why 208 00:09:43,129 --> 00:09:46,091 you tried to shove Pell's head through a window? 209 00:09:46,132 --> 00:09:47,842 - Because he was named editor-in-chief 210 00:09:47,884 --> 00:09:49,094 of the "Law Review." 211 00:09:49,135 --> 00:09:51,054 - And that made you angry? - Yeah. 212 00:09:51,096 --> 00:09:52,764 'Cause he didn't deserve it. 213 00:09:52,806 --> 00:09:55,058 - Says who? - Says me. 214 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,393 He stole that vote. 215 00:09:56,434 --> 00:09:58,228 He manipulated the outgoing editors. 216 00:09:58,269 --> 00:09:59,521 Pell was an average student. 217 00:09:59,562 --> 00:10:02,065 I mean, he shouldn't even have been in the mix. 218 00:10:02,107 --> 00:10:06,069 But this professor-- Ezra Nichols. 219 00:10:06,111 --> 00:10:07,529 He's like a legend around here. 220 00:10:09,239 --> 00:10:10,740 He went to bat for him. 221 00:10:10,782 --> 00:10:13,284 He convinced the editors they needed to pick Pell. 222 00:10:13,326 --> 00:10:15,453 - And why do you think Ezra Nichols 223 00:10:15,495 --> 00:10:17,997 would do something like that for someone like Pell? 224 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:19,249 - Well, there's obviously something 225 00:10:19,290 --> 00:10:20,625 going on between them. 226 00:10:20,667 --> 00:10:22,085 - Do you think they were having an affair? 227 00:10:22,127 --> 00:10:24,587 - It seemed that way. 228 00:10:24,629 --> 00:10:27,507 - Do you have any proof other than this editor thing? 229 00:10:27,549 --> 00:10:30,468 - Yeah, I saw them walk into Nichols's office a few times. 230 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:31,594 - So? 231 00:10:31,636 --> 00:10:33,388 - Nichols shut the door both times 232 00:10:33,430 --> 00:10:35,515 the second they walked inside. 233 00:10:35,557 --> 00:10:38,184 No professor does that these days. 234 00:10:38,226 --> 00:10:42,147 [suspenseful music] 235 00:10:42,188 --> 00:10:44,649 - So Pell is messing around with his professor. 236 00:10:44,691 --> 00:10:46,067 Things go south. 237 00:10:46,109 --> 00:10:47,610 He threatens to go public with the scandal, 238 00:10:47,652 --> 00:10:49,404 and the professor kills him to keep things quiet. 239 00:10:49,446 --> 00:10:52,741 - I mean, it's possible, but-- - But what? 240 00:10:52,782 --> 00:10:55,243 - Ezra is married to a woman 241 00:10:55,285 --> 00:10:56,661 and has an impeccable reputation. 242 00:10:56,703 --> 00:10:58,079 - I got some bad news for you, James. 243 00:10:58,121 --> 00:11:00,165 Sometimes people lie, even law professors 244 00:11:00,206 --> 00:11:01,708 with wives and impeccable reputations. 245 00:11:01,750 --> 00:11:03,460 - Yeah, well, thanks for the life lesson, Frank. 246 00:11:03,501 --> 00:11:05,003 But this is not just some professor. 247 00:11:05,045 --> 00:11:07,130 This is Ezra Nichols. 248 00:11:07,172 --> 00:11:08,798 He's the reason I became a lawyer. 249 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,551 He argued against the voter suppression laws in Arizona, 250 00:11:11,593 --> 00:11:13,428 got all the way to the Supreme Court. 251 00:11:13,470 --> 00:11:16,556 And before that, he's out there fighting for gay rights, 252 00:11:16,598 --> 00:11:19,309 minority rights, the disabled. - I get it. He's a saint. 253 00:11:19,351 --> 00:11:21,770 Doesn't mean he didn't kill James Pell. 254 00:11:24,522 --> 00:11:28,526 - James was truly talented and a good person. 255 00:11:28,568 --> 00:11:32,238 - We've talked to a few other people who feel differently. 256 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,574 - I can't speak to that. 257 00:11:34,616 --> 00:11:37,786 - How well did you two know each other? 258 00:11:37,827 --> 00:11:40,497 - He was in two of my classes. 259 00:11:40,538 --> 00:11:42,248 And he worked as a research assistant 260 00:11:42,290 --> 00:11:44,000 on one of my most recent books, 261 00:11:44,042 --> 00:11:45,919 so we knew each other reasonably well. 262 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,673 - How would you describe the nature of your relationship? 263 00:11:49,714 --> 00:11:51,716 - I'm not sure I know what you mean. 264 00:11:51,758 --> 00:11:53,009 - Were you two cordial? 265 00:11:53,051 --> 00:11:55,470 Were you pleasant with one another? 266 00:11:55,512 --> 00:11:57,055 - I suppose. 267 00:11:57,097 --> 00:11:59,974 - Anything else between you two you'd like to share with us? 268 00:12:00,016 --> 00:12:01,226 - Excuse me? 269 00:12:03,144 --> 00:12:04,938 - Were you two romantically involved? 270 00:12:04,979 --> 00:12:06,356 - No. 271 00:12:06,398 --> 00:12:08,692 Of course not. [stammers] 272 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:10,777 Why on Earth would you think that? 273 00:12:10,819 --> 00:12:14,656 - We just keep hearing how fond you were of James. 274 00:12:14,698 --> 00:12:16,533 Everybody we spoke to at the "Law Review" board 275 00:12:16,574 --> 00:12:18,159 said that you strongly advocated 276 00:12:18,201 --> 00:12:19,994 for him to be editor-in-chief? - I did. 277 00:12:20,036 --> 00:12:21,246 He was an exceptional student. 278 00:12:21,287 --> 00:12:23,873 - Who was ranked 83 out of 230? 279 00:12:23,915 --> 00:12:25,667 [suspenseful music] 280 00:12:25,709 --> 00:12:28,253 - Numbers don't tell the whole story. 281 00:12:28,294 --> 00:12:32,090 - I agree, but I still find this odd. 282 00:12:35,301 --> 00:12:37,762 Out of all the students you have here, 283 00:12:37,804 --> 00:12:42,100 out of all the gifted, diverse men and women at this school, 284 00:12:42,142 --> 00:12:44,394 you still pushed for a white kid 285 00:12:44,436 --> 00:12:47,605 in the bottom 2/3 of the class. 286 00:12:52,277 --> 00:12:53,653 Make it make sense. 287 00:12:57,615 --> 00:12:59,576 - I think we're done here, fellas. 288 00:12:59,617 --> 00:13:03,079 - Where were you yesterday morning between 5:00 a.m.-- 289 00:13:03,121 --> 00:13:04,664 - I told you we're done here. 290 00:13:04,706 --> 00:13:06,458 I'm no longer willing to answer questions 291 00:13:06,499 --> 00:13:08,835 without a lawyer present. 292 00:13:11,838 --> 00:13:13,840 I can assure you, Detective, I know my rights. 293 00:13:13,882 --> 00:13:17,177 So, please, direct your gaze elsewhere. 294 00:13:17,218 --> 00:13:24,267 * * 295 00:13:32,984 --> 00:13:34,944 - I found security footage of Nichols and Pell 296 00:13:34,986 --> 00:13:38,448 walking out of Nichols' office last week around 11:00 p.m. 297 00:13:38,490 --> 00:13:40,116 - So they were having an affair. 298 00:13:40,158 --> 00:13:41,701 - No. I don't think so. 299 00:13:41,743 --> 00:13:42,952 I've gone through Pell's laptop, 300 00:13:42,994 --> 00:13:44,788 looked at every communication between them, 301 00:13:44,829 --> 00:13:46,498 and there's nothing the least bit affectionate. 302 00:13:46,539 --> 00:13:47,874 - I hate to break it to you, Vi, 303 00:13:47,916 --> 00:13:49,959 but not all men are good at intimacy. 304 00:13:50,001 --> 00:13:51,252 - Really? 305 00:13:51,294 --> 00:13:52,629 Never noticed. 306 00:13:52,670 --> 00:13:54,547 But that's not what's going on here. 307 00:13:54,589 --> 00:13:57,217 This wasn't about two closed-off dudes hooking up. 308 00:13:57,258 --> 00:13:58,551 - What do you mean? 309 00:13:58,593 --> 00:14:00,220 - Pell's emails were increasingly aggressive 310 00:14:00,261 --> 00:14:01,721 and demanding. 311 00:14:01,763 --> 00:14:03,348 "I'd hate to see your reputation tarnished." 312 00:14:03,390 --> 00:14:04,974 "I'm done asking. 313 00:14:05,016 --> 00:14:06,059 It's time for you to deliver." 314 00:14:06,101 --> 00:14:07,894 - So Pell was threatening him. 315 00:14:07,936 --> 00:14:10,939 - Which means sex or no sex, he had leverage over him. 316 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:13,983 - I think I know what it was too. 317 00:14:14,025 --> 00:14:16,319 Pell sent this clip to Nichols ten months ago 318 00:14:16,361 --> 00:14:18,154 when the threats started. 319 00:14:18,196 --> 00:14:19,197 It's from a dinner at the law school 320 00:14:19,239 --> 00:14:20,824 honoring Malcolm Sanders-- 321 00:14:20,865 --> 00:14:22,283 the first gay person to be nominated 322 00:14:22,325 --> 00:14:25,662 to the Supreme Court. 323 00:14:25,704 --> 00:14:27,372 - I guess even I'm not diverse enough to be 324 00:14:27,414 --> 00:14:29,332 on the Supreme Court these days. 325 00:14:31,793 --> 00:14:34,212 Not enough to be Black, gotta be a f-- 326 00:14:35,839 --> 00:14:37,424 - Need I say more? 327 00:14:37,465 --> 00:14:41,636 * * 328 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:46,933 . 329 00:14:46,975 --> 00:14:47,517 - Too. - Shh. 330 00:14:49,436 --> 00:14:51,855 - Turn it off now. 331 00:14:51,896 --> 00:14:53,273 - But I only played 12 seconds. 332 00:14:53,314 --> 00:14:54,357 - I know what I said. 333 00:14:54,399 --> 00:14:56,401 - And we know who heard it-- 334 00:14:56,443 --> 00:14:59,070 James Pell. 335 00:14:59,112 --> 00:15:00,780 He was working there that night. 336 00:15:00,822 --> 00:15:02,574 He was coordinating the event. 337 00:15:02,615 --> 00:15:05,243 - Which explains how he caught your comment on video. 338 00:15:05,285 --> 00:15:07,620 And then he wanted you to know about it, didn't he? 339 00:15:07,662 --> 00:15:10,331 Which is why he sent you the clip ten months ago. 340 00:15:10,373 --> 00:15:13,334 - That's when you started helping him out, right? 341 00:15:14,961 --> 00:15:18,006 Look, Professor, we know plenty of good men 342 00:15:18,048 --> 00:15:20,091 have lost their reputations, their careers, 343 00:15:20,133 --> 00:15:23,678 for saying stupid things-- things they didn't mean, 344 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,513 things they used to say on the playground 345 00:15:25,555 --> 00:15:26,931 when they were ten years old. 346 00:15:26,973 --> 00:15:28,266 - And we understand the type of stress 347 00:15:28,308 --> 00:15:30,143 that something like that can cause. 348 00:15:30,185 --> 00:15:32,270 I mean, you probably woke up every single morning 349 00:15:32,312 --> 00:15:34,105 wondering if today was the day this poor guy 350 00:15:34,147 --> 00:15:36,775 sold you out, leaked it on Twitter, 351 00:15:36,816 --> 00:15:38,318 called "The New York Times." 352 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,112 - And that kind of pressure can cause really smart people 353 00:15:41,154 --> 00:15:43,615 to make really stupid choices. 354 00:15:43,656 --> 00:15:45,241 [suspenseful music] 355 00:15:45,283 --> 00:15:48,036 - I appreciate your concern, Detective, 356 00:15:48,078 --> 00:15:50,413 but I'll cut to the chase. 357 00:15:50,455 --> 00:15:52,916 I didn't kill James Pell. 358 00:15:52,957 --> 00:15:54,959 - But if you did, we'd understand. 359 00:15:55,001 --> 00:15:57,462 - Gentlemen, I presume Professor Nichols 360 00:15:57,504 --> 00:16:00,173 is not under arrest? 361 00:16:00,215 --> 00:16:01,466 - Correct. 362 00:16:01,508 --> 00:16:05,762 - Then please, get the hell out of my office. 363 00:16:05,804 --> 00:16:12,936 * * 364 00:16:21,945 --> 00:16:24,239 - I gotta be honest. 365 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,782 This is a little surreal for me. 366 00:16:25,824 --> 00:16:27,158 - Why's that? 367 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,576 - Ezra Nichols-- 368 00:16:28,618 --> 00:16:30,036 always a big inspiration for me. 369 00:16:30,078 --> 00:16:32,455 I just--he's the guy that made me want to be 370 00:16:32,497 --> 00:16:33,748 a lawyer in the first place. 371 00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:35,125 I just can't believe he's mixed up in all this. 372 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:36,292 - Right now, he's just a guy 373 00:16:36,334 --> 00:16:37,836 who used a word he wasn't supposed to. 374 00:16:37,877 --> 00:16:39,754 - Which is depressing enough. 375 00:16:39,796 --> 00:16:41,798 - Yeah, a bad word, no doubt, but-- 376 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,675 - But what? 377 00:16:43,717 --> 00:16:46,136 - Nobody's above having a bad day. 378 00:16:46,177 --> 00:16:48,930 The only difference between you and him and anybody else is, 379 00:16:48,972 --> 00:16:50,849 he got caught on camera. 380 00:16:50,890 --> 00:16:53,643 - We found something in the doormat. 381 00:16:53,685 --> 00:16:54,936 - What? Dirt? 382 00:16:54,978 --> 00:16:58,064 - Dried mud, and there's cattail fluff in it. 383 00:16:58,106 --> 00:16:59,941 Those grow by the riverbank. 384 00:16:59,983 --> 00:17:01,568 - That would put him by the boathouse. 385 00:17:01,609 --> 00:17:03,445 - He came in through the back entrance, which means 386 00:17:03,486 --> 00:17:04,529 he didn't want to be seen. 387 00:17:04,571 --> 00:17:06,281 - Maybe he had blood on his clothes. 388 00:17:06,322 --> 00:17:08,033 Do we know where the laundry room is? 389 00:17:08,074 --> 00:17:10,618 - Already checked it. Nada. 390 00:17:10,660 --> 00:17:11,661 - So if he didn't wash his clothes, 391 00:17:11,703 --> 00:17:13,038 maybe he threw them away. 392 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,331 So where does he keep the trash bags? 393 00:17:15,373 --> 00:17:16,833 - Over here. 394 00:17:20,795 --> 00:17:22,172 - Check it for blood. 395 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:28,053 - Nothing. 396 00:17:28,094 --> 00:17:29,888 - Check the inside flap. 397 00:17:36,102 --> 00:17:38,730 - Bingo. We've got some blood here. 398 00:17:38,772 --> 00:17:40,273 - Get that to the lab. 399 00:17:42,484 --> 00:17:45,236 - Hey, the lab says the blood is Pell's. 400 00:17:45,278 --> 00:17:47,405 And the mud on the doormat matches the riverbank 401 00:17:47,447 --> 00:17:49,407 at the boathouse. - Hell of a start. 402 00:17:49,449 --> 00:17:51,117 - But we still can't place him near the crime scene 403 00:17:51,159 --> 00:17:52,577 or even prove that he left his house that morning. 404 00:17:52,619 --> 00:17:53,912 - He's right. 405 00:17:53,953 --> 00:17:55,080 I've scrubbed all the video I could find. 406 00:17:55,121 --> 00:17:56,915 - But we still got the dead guy's blood 407 00:17:56,956 --> 00:17:58,583 at the Nichols' house. 408 00:17:58,625 --> 00:18:00,085 They can't walk that back. 409 00:18:00,126 --> 00:18:01,836 - It's not impossible. 410 00:18:01,878 --> 00:18:03,129 Let's keep digging. 411 00:18:07,717 --> 00:18:09,344 They got kids, right? - Mm-hmm. 412 00:18:09,386 --> 00:18:11,221 - A 14-year-old and a 5-year-old? 413 00:18:11,262 --> 00:18:12,931 - Yeah. - And both parents work? 414 00:18:12,972 --> 00:18:14,307 - Yeah. - That means-- 415 00:18:14,349 --> 00:18:15,934 - They have a nanny. - Yeah. 416 00:18:15,975 --> 00:18:17,727 Let's track her down. 417 00:18:17,769 --> 00:18:19,145 Find out what she knows. 418 00:18:21,064 --> 00:18:22,774 - I can't get involved. 419 00:18:22,816 --> 00:18:24,109 I'm applying for a visa right now, 420 00:18:24,150 --> 00:18:26,444 but I'm a little behind on the paperwork. 421 00:18:26,486 --> 00:18:29,280 - We're not ICE, Magda. We're not gonna report you. 422 00:18:29,322 --> 00:18:30,865 - We just need to know if you were working 423 00:18:30,907 --> 00:18:32,951 at the Nichols' house that morning. 424 00:18:32,992 --> 00:18:35,745 - Yes. I got there at 5:30. 425 00:18:35,787 --> 00:18:37,288 Michelle called me. 426 00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:39,290 Said she needed me to watch their youngest. 427 00:18:39,332 --> 00:18:42,210 - And when you got there, was Ezra home? 428 00:18:42,252 --> 00:18:44,879 - Yes. He was asleep upstairs. 429 00:18:44,921 --> 00:18:46,464 - You sure? 430 00:18:46,506 --> 00:18:47,632 - Yeah. 431 00:18:47,674 --> 00:18:49,634 He came down around 7:00. 432 00:18:49,676 --> 00:18:51,177 I made him breakfast. 433 00:18:51,219 --> 00:18:53,513 - And Ezra didn't leave the house before that? 434 00:18:53,555 --> 00:18:56,599 - No. Like I said, he was sleeping. 435 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:02,022 - Where was Michelle? 436 00:19:04,399 --> 00:19:07,485 - If I say anything that gets the Nichols in trouble, 437 00:19:07,527 --> 00:19:08,945 I could lose my job. 438 00:19:08,987 --> 00:19:13,742 - Magda, this is a murder investigation. 439 00:19:13,783 --> 00:19:14,909 Understand? 440 00:19:17,162 --> 00:19:19,414 We need to know what you know. 441 00:19:19,456 --> 00:19:26,463 * * 442 00:19:26,504 --> 00:19:29,382 [indistinct chatter] 443 00:19:30,592 --> 00:19:32,844 - Michelle Nichols. - What is this? 444 00:19:32,886 --> 00:19:35,347 - You're under arrest for the murder of James Pell. 445 00:19:35,388 --> 00:19:36,389 - What? Babe-- 446 00:19:36,431 --> 00:19:37,557 - Going to take care of this, baby. 447 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:39,351 You'll be home in no time. 448 00:19:39,392 --> 00:19:40,810 Promise you. 449 00:19:40,852 --> 00:19:43,396 Don't say a word. Understand me? 450 00:19:43,438 --> 00:19:45,857 Tell them you want a lawyer. Now! Say it out loud! 451 00:19:45,899 --> 00:19:46,983 - I want a lawyer. 452 00:19:47,025 --> 00:19:48,693 - Watch your head, ma'am. 453 00:19:48,735 --> 00:19:55,658 * * 454 00:20:01,748 --> 00:20:01,956 . 455 00:20:01,998 --> 00:20:02,832 - Calling docket ending in 8733, 456 00:20:03,708 --> 00:20:05,085 People v. Michelle Nichols, 457 00:20:05,126 --> 00:20:07,337 charging murder in the second degree. 458 00:20:09,422 --> 00:20:10,924 - How does the defendant plead? 459 00:20:10,965 --> 00:20:12,300 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 460 00:20:12,342 --> 00:20:14,636 - People on bail? - People request remand. 461 00:20:14,678 --> 00:20:17,972 We have evidence that proves the defendant was aware 462 00:20:18,014 --> 00:20:20,600 the victim, James Pell, was blackmailing her husband 463 00:20:20,642 --> 00:20:22,644 and that she murdered him to stop it. 464 00:20:22,686 --> 00:20:25,814 - Your Honor, Mrs. Nichols is anything but a flight risk. 465 00:20:25,855 --> 00:20:28,858 She serves on the boards of the Children's Defense Fund, 466 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:31,986 America Reads, and the Riverdale Country School. 467 00:20:32,028 --> 00:20:34,114 She's never had so much as a speeding ticket. 468 00:20:34,155 --> 00:20:36,574 - Given her significant financial resources 469 00:20:36,616 --> 00:20:39,327 and extensive international connections, 470 00:20:39,369 --> 00:20:41,454 she may be accumulating funds in order to flee the country. 471 00:20:41,496 --> 00:20:42,664 - Okay. Enough. 472 00:20:42,706 --> 00:20:45,125 Bail is set at $500,000, and Mrs. Nichols 473 00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:46,876 is to surrender her passport. 474 00:20:49,129 --> 00:20:51,006 - Motion to exclude. 475 00:20:57,137 --> 00:20:58,847 - The video clip of my client's husband 476 00:20:58,888 --> 00:21:00,807 expressing his displeasure to her 477 00:21:00,849 --> 00:21:02,517 is protected by marital privilege. 478 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:04,519 The jury shouldn't be allowed to see it. 479 00:21:04,561 --> 00:21:06,271 - Privilege doesn't apply in this situation. 480 00:21:06,312 --> 00:21:09,149 Professor and Mrs. Nichols were in a public setting, 481 00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:10,483 which means there was no reasonable expectation 482 00:21:10,525 --> 00:21:11,860 of confidentiality. 483 00:21:11,901 --> 00:21:13,528 Ezra Nichols was sitting in front 484 00:21:13,570 --> 00:21:15,030 of a microphone, for God's sake. 485 00:21:15,071 --> 00:21:17,365 - The comment was made after the speeches were finished. 486 00:21:17,407 --> 00:21:20,535 The microphone was disconnected from the public address system. 487 00:21:20,577 --> 00:21:23,163 He was completely unaware he was being recorded. 488 00:21:23,204 --> 00:21:25,582 - Michelle Nichols literally shushed him. 489 00:21:25,623 --> 00:21:27,625 That proves that-- - That proves nothing. 490 00:21:27,667 --> 00:21:30,045 My husband shushes me in my living room, 491 00:21:30,086 --> 00:21:31,880 the doctor's office. 492 00:21:31,921 --> 00:21:34,215 Based on the facts, it's clear that 493 00:21:34,257 --> 00:21:38,219 this was meant to be a personal and private conversation. 494 00:21:38,261 --> 00:21:39,554 Motion granted. 495 00:21:41,931 --> 00:21:45,435 - We need some sort of evidence to establish motive, 496 00:21:45,477 --> 00:21:47,354 something to make the jury understand 497 00:21:47,395 --> 00:21:50,857 why Pell was blackmailing Nichols in the first place. 498 00:21:50,899 --> 00:21:52,734 - Yeah, that's what I've been working on. 499 00:21:52,776 --> 00:21:55,195 I think I might have found something too. 500 00:21:57,655 --> 00:21:59,824 - See Ezra Nichols' wine glass? - Yes. 501 00:21:59,866 --> 00:22:01,201 - When Ezra moves the glass, 502 00:22:01,242 --> 00:22:03,370 he's motioning to a waiter for a refill. 503 00:22:03,411 --> 00:22:05,497 - Play it one more time. 504 00:22:05,538 --> 00:22:07,207 - If the waiter was close enough to pour, 505 00:22:07,248 --> 00:22:09,250 they would have been close enough to hear 506 00:22:09,292 --> 00:22:10,627 what Nichols said to his wife. 507 00:22:16,049 --> 00:22:17,842 - Can you tell us where you last saw 508 00:22:17,884 --> 00:22:19,844 Ezra and Michelle Nichols? 509 00:22:19,886 --> 00:22:22,931 - I was a server at their table at a law school dinner. 510 00:22:22,972 --> 00:22:25,100 - And can you please repeat the comment 511 00:22:25,141 --> 00:22:28,937 that you heard Ezra Nichols make to his wife 512 00:22:28,978 --> 00:22:31,106 about Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Sanders? 513 00:22:31,147 --> 00:22:32,774 - Objection--hearsay. 514 00:22:32,816 --> 00:22:34,150 - It's not being offered for the truth 515 00:22:34,192 --> 00:22:36,611 of the matter asserted. - Overruled. 516 00:22:36,653 --> 00:22:38,363 - Then it's protected by marital privilege. 517 00:22:38,405 --> 00:22:40,990 - Privilege doesn't apply when there's a third party present. 518 00:22:41,032 --> 00:22:42,033 - I agree. 519 00:22:42,075 --> 00:22:44,327 - Mr. Price, ask your question again. 520 00:22:44,369 --> 00:22:46,371 - Ms. Zinkow, what did you hear 521 00:22:46,413 --> 00:22:48,748 Ezra Nichols say to his wife? 522 00:22:48,790 --> 00:22:51,418 - He was talking about Justice Sanders, 523 00:22:51,459 --> 00:22:54,504 and he used an offensive word. 524 00:22:54,546 --> 00:22:56,131 - What word? 525 00:22:56,172 --> 00:23:00,719 - It starts with F, and it refers to gay people. 526 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,470 Do I have to say it? 527 00:23:02,512 --> 00:23:05,807 - No. No. I think we get the idea. 528 00:23:05,849 --> 00:23:08,727 Did you tell anybody what you heard? 529 00:23:08,768 --> 00:23:11,312 - Yes, I told one of the student coordinators, 530 00:23:11,354 --> 00:23:12,647 James Pell. 531 00:23:12,689 --> 00:23:14,607 - How did Mr. Pell respond? 532 00:23:14,649 --> 00:23:16,860 - He thanked me for telling him this. 533 00:23:16,901 --> 00:23:19,237 Then he took the video card out of the camera 534 00:23:19,279 --> 00:23:22,198 that was recording the speakers' table. 535 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,243 - Thank you. I have nothing further. 536 00:23:25,285 --> 00:23:28,621 - Are you familiar with who Ezra Nichols is-- 537 00:23:28,663 --> 00:23:31,958 of all he's done for the LGBTQ community? 538 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,668 - Not really. - Ah. 539 00:23:33,710 --> 00:23:35,962 Then let me educate you. 540 00:23:36,004 --> 00:23:38,173 He is one of the most-- - Objection. 541 00:23:38,214 --> 00:23:41,426 Professor Nichols' résumé in this regard is irrelevant. 542 00:23:41,468 --> 00:23:43,887 - Sustained. Move on, Mr. Seaver. 543 00:23:46,389 --> 00:23:48,558 - The room was filled with people, correct? 544 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,977 - Yes, there were about 80 people there. 545 00:23:51,019 --> 00:23:52,354 - So there was lots of noise. 546 00:23:52,395 --> 00:23:54,481 People were eating, drinking. 547 00:23:54,522 --> 00:23:55,857 - Yes. 548 00:23:55,899 --> 00:23:58,818 - So it was obviously hard to hear. 549 00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:00,153 - I suppose. 550 00:24:00,195 --> 00:24:03,531 - So you can't be sure what Mr. Nichols 551 00:24:03,573 --> 00:24:05,658 said or didn't say, correct? 552 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,285 - No. That's not true. 553 00:24:07,327 --> 00:24:09,496 [chuckles] I heard him use that word. 554 00:24:09,537 --> 00:24:10,914 I'm positive. 555 00:24:14,584 --> 00:24:16,628 - Nothing further. 556 00:24:16,669 --> 00:24:17,879 - Mr. Price? 557 00:24:17,921 --> 00:24:18,922 - Nothing further, Your Honor. 558 00:24:18,963 --> 00:24:20,924 - Witness is excused. 559 00:24:23,802 --> 00:24:26,179 - The people call Magda Chezlak. 560 00:24:29,933 --> 00:24:32,560 - Is Ms. Chezlak here? 561 00:24:32,602 --> 00:24:35,522 [suspenseful music] 562 00:24:35,563 --> 00:24:37,774 * * 563 00:24:37,816 --> 00:24:39,693 - What's going on? - I don't know. 564 00:24:39,734 --> 00:24:41,361 We talked to her last night. 565 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,825 - The Nichols' nanny skipped town? 566 00:24:46,866 --> 00:24:48,910 - Her roomie thinks she flew back to Poland. 567 00:24:48,952 --> 00:24:51,037 - Can you confirm that? - No. 568 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:52,247 We checked all the flight logs. 569 00:24:52,288 --> 00:24:53,790 There's no record of her on any of them, 570 00:24:53,832 --> 00:24:55,792 and she's not answering calls or texts, either. 571 00:24:55,834 --> 00:24:58,294 - So she's in the wind? - Sure looks that way. 572 00:24:58,336 --> 00:24:59,838 - Well, the woman was terrified and thought 573 00:24:59,879 --> 00:25:01,297 ICE was gonna grab her up. 574 00:25:01,339 --> 00:25:04,050 - Or Seaver convinced her that was the case 575 00:25:04,092 --> 00:25:06,219 and arranged for her to get out of town. 576 00:25:06,261 --> 00:25:08,805 - Which is obviously witness tampering. 577 00:25:08,847 --> 00:25:11,850 - It sure is, but good luck finding a paper trail. 578 00:25:11,891 --> 00:25:13,143 - So now what? 579 00:25:13,184 --> 00:25:15,186 And the nanny was the only witness 580 00:25:15,228 --> 00:25:16,980 who could establish Michelle was at home 581 00:25:17,022 --> 00:25:18,148 the morning of the murder. 582 00:25:18,189 --> 00:25:19,566 - No. 583 00:25:19,607 --> 00:25:22,152 That's not true. We have another witness. 584 00:25:22,193 --> 00:25:23,278 - Good. 585 00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:25,321 Just make sure that this one shows up. 586 00:25:30,076 --> 00:25:32,412 - Detective Cosgrove, in the course of your investigation, 587 00:25:32,454 --> 00:25:35,081 did you meet Magda Chezlak, 588 00:25:35,123 --> 00:25:37,125 the Nichols' nanny? - Yes. 589 00:25:37,167 --> 00:25:39,586 - Did Ms. Chezlak tell you that Michelle Nichols 590 00:25:39,627 --> 00:25:42,464 left the house the morning of James Pell's murder? 591 00:25:42,505 --> 00:25:43,882 - Objection, hearsay. 592 00:25:43,923 --> 00:25:45,800 - Ms. Chezlak's statement falls under an exception 593 00:25:45,842 --> 00:25:47,177 to the hearsay rule. 594 00:25:47,218 --> 00:25:49,304 It's a declaration against pecuniary interest. 595 00:25:49,346 --> 00:25:52,640 - What exactly is Ms. Chezlak's pecuniary interest? 596 00:25:52,682 --> 00:25:53,975 - Her job. 597 00:25:54,017 --> 00:25:55,435 She told Detective Cosgrove she was afraid 598 00:25:55,477 --> 00:25:56,978 she'd be fired if she said anything that 599 00:25:57,020 --> 00:25:58,313 got the Nichols in trouble. 600 00:25:58,355 --> 00:26:01,524 - Objection overruled. 601 00:26:01,566 --> 00:26:03,818 - Yes, Magda Chezlak told me 602 00:26:03,860 --> 00:26:06,154 that she saw the defendant 603 00:26:06,196 --> 00:26:08,740 leave the house at 5:30 that morning. 604 00:26:08,782 --> 00:26:10,992 - And what time was James Pell killed? 605 00:26:11,034 --> 00:26:13,370 - The medical examiner determined that 606 00:26:13,411 --> 00:26:15,580 it was between 5:00 and 7:00 in the morning. 607 00:26:15,622 --> 00:26:17,374 - Did Ms. Chezlak say anything else 608 00:26:17,415 --> 00:26:20,377 about the defendant leaving home so early that day? 609 00:26:20,418 --> 00:26:22,337 - Yes, she said that was highly unusual. 610 00:26:22,379 --> 00:26:24,756 She seemed in a hurry and extremely upset. 611 00:26:24,798 --> 00:26:25,715 - Thank you, Detective Cosgrove. 612 00:26:25,757 --> 00:26:27,175 I have no further questions. 613 00:26:29,219 --> 00:26:31,221 - How many years have you been 614 00:26:31,262 --> 00:26:33,765 with the New York City Police Department, Detective? 615 00:26:33,807 --> 00:26:35,016 - 23. 616 00:26:35,058 --> 00:26:36,434 - And in those years, how many times 617 00:26:36,476 --> 00:26:38,770 have you been called as a witness in a criminal case? 618 00:26:38,812 --> 00:26:40,313 - I--I wouldn't know the exact number. 619 00:26:40,355 --> 00:26:42,524 - Public records show that you were called 620 00:26:42,565 --> 00:26:45,735 to testify in 208 cases. 621 00:26:45,777 --> 00:26:47,028 - Really? That many? 622 00:26:47,070 --> 00:26:49,531 - In how many of those cases was the defendant 623 00:26:49,572 --> 00:26:51,032 African American? 624 00:26:51,074 --> 00:26:53,201 - Objection, relevance. - It goes to bias. 625 00:26:53,243 --> 00:26:56,037 - Overruled, but be careful, Mr. Seaver. 626 00:26:56,079 --> 00:26:57,539 [suspenseful music] 627 00:26:57,580 --> 00:26:58,832 - I don't keep track. 628 00:26:58,873 --> 00:27:00,333 - Maybe you should-- 629 00:27:00,375 --> 00:27:02,043 over half, 630 00:27:02,085 --> 00:27:06,756 and 85% of those cases resulted in convictions. 631 00:27:06,798 --> 00:27:09,884 That is well above the statistical average. 632 00:27:09,926 --> 00:27:11,261 Did you know that? 633 00:27:11,302 --> 00:27:13,888 - Like I said, I don't know the exact numbers. 634 00:27:13,930 --> 00:27:16,141 - You should. It's in the public record. 635 00:27:16,182 --> 00:27:18,643 It seems whenever a person of color is on trial, 636 00:27:18,685 --> 00:27:21,521 you always seem to bring in some extra evidence 637 00:27:21,563 --> 00:27:22,814 to the equation. 638 00:27:22,856 --> 00:27:24,858 - Are you trying to say I make things up? 639 00:27:24,899 --> 00:27:26,317 Because that's not how it works. 640 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,070 - Quite the contrary-- it's simple math. 641 00:27:29,112 --> 00:27:30,739 And it adds up to you having 642 00:27:30,780 --> 00:27:32,824 a racially-motivated axe to grind. 643 00:27:32,866 --> 00:27:34,701 There's no other way to explain it. 644 00:27:34,743 --> 00:27:38,580 - I'm pretty sure there is, but I'm not a sociologist. 645 00:27:38,621 --> 00:27:40,123 I'm a homicide detective. 646 00:27:40,165 --> 00:27:42,751 I follow the evidence, and I arrest bad guys 647 00:27:42,792 --> 00:27:44,586 regardless of their race. 648 00:27:44,627 --> 00:27:46,296 That's what I do. 649 00:27:46,337 --> 00:27:48,965 And in this case, the evidence points at Michelle Nichols. 650 00:27:49,007 --> 00:27:50,592 - A Black woman. 651 00:27:50,633 --> 00:27:53,136 - No. A murderer. 652 00:27:53,178 --> 00:27:55,972 - Says the man who only arrests Black people. 653 00:27:56,014 --> 00:27:57,474 - Objection. The defense is out of line. 654 00:27:57,515 --> 00:27:58,475 - Sustained. 655 00:28:00,643 --> 00:28:02,437 - No further questions. 656 00:28:02,479 --> 00:28:04,272 - Witness is excused. 657 00:28:04,314 --> 00:28:10,779 * * 658 00:28:10,820 --> 00:28:13,281 - Mr. Price? 659 00:28:13,323 --> 00:28:15,784 - The People rest, Your Honor. 660 00:28:15,825 --> 00:28:17,869 - Mr. Seaver, call your first witness. 661 00:28:17,911 --> 00:28:20,288 - Defense calls Ezra Nichols. 662 00:28:24,834 --> 00:28:27,962 - Where were you on the morning of James Pell's murder? 663 00:28:28,004 --> 00:28:30,256 - I got up early and went to the Hudson boathouse. 664 00:28:30,298 --> 00:28:32,133 - Why did you go to the boathouse? 665 00:28:32,175 --> 00:28:33,927 - Because I knew James would be there. 666 00:28:33,968 --> 00:28:36,179 - And what did you do when you found him there? 667 00:28:38,098 --> 00:28:41,184 - I killed him. 668 00:28:41,226 --> 00:28:42,811 - Request to meet in chambers, Your Honor. 669 00:28:42,852 --> 00:28:49,567 * * 670 00:28:54,489 --> 00:28:54,698 . 671 00:28:54,739 --> 00:28:55,907 - We've already established that Ezra Nicholas 672 00:28:57,158 --> 00:28:58,576 was at home asleep when James Pell was killed. 673 00:28:58,618 --> 00:29:00,412 The defense is clearly using his testimony 674 00:29:00,453 --> 00:29:01,663 to create a false narrative. 675 00:29:01,705 --> 00:29:03,915 - The People have no legal basis 676 00:29:03,957 --> 00:29:05,417 to exclude his testimony. 677 00:29:05,458 --> 00:29:07,585 - Ezra Nichols' so-called confession is an act 678 00:29:07,627 --> 00:29:10,922 of perjury designed to create confusion 679 00:29:10,964 --> 00:29:12,465 in the minds of the jurors. 680 00:29:12,507 --> 00:29:15,301 - Creating confusion is what defense lawyers do, Mr. Price. 681 00:29:15,343 --> 00:29:17,929 That's not a basis to exclude a witness. 682 00:29:17,971 --> 00:29:19,764 - No, but creating a mockery 683 00:29:19,806 --> 00:29:21,433 of the criminal justice system is, 684 00:29:21,474 --> 00:29:23,768 or at least it used to be. 685 00:29:23,810 --> 00:29:26,604 - Watch yourself, sir. 686 00:29:29,357 --> 00:29:31,776 Ezra Nichols is free to testify. 687 00:29:31,818 --> 00:29:34,946 And you, Mr. Price, are free to accept his confession 688 00:29:34,988 --> 00:29:37,240 if you so choose. 689 00:29:38,908 --> 00:29:40,869 Court is adjourned for today. 690 00:29:44,122 --> 00:29:46,416 - Is there a chance Ezra Nichols 691 00:29:46,458 --> 00:29:48,334 actually committed the murder? 692 00:29:48,376 --> 00:29:50,545 - Sure. It's possible. 693 00:29:50,587 --> 00:29:52,255 Just like it's possible someone 694 00:29:52,297 --> 00:29:55,216 not named Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy. 695 00:29:55,258 --> 00:29:56,885 - What does the evidence say? 696 00:29:56,926 --> 00:30:00,221 - That Mr. Nichols was at home sleeping 697 00:30:00,263 --> 00:30:01,973 when the murder was committed. 698 00:30:02,015 --> 00:30:04,267 I don't--maybe we should just accept his confession, 699 00:30:04,309 --> 00:30:05,643 charge him with murder. 700 00:30:05,685 --> 00:30:06,644 At least somebody will go to prison for this. 701 00:30:06,686 --> 00:30:09,272 - I assume you're just venting. 702 00:30:09,314 --> 00:30:12,317 - [scoffs] I am. - Then let's move on. 703 00:30:12,359 --> 00:30:15,320 Let's view this confession for what it is, 704 00:30:15,362 --> 00:30:18,281 a stunt designed to distract the jury 705 00:30:18,323 --> 00:30:21,451 and create reasonable doubt, nothing more. 706 00:30:21,493 --> 00:30:24,662 So let Nichols spin his tale... 707 00:30:26,956 --> 00:30:31,211 Then bury him on the cross and expose his lies. 708 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,594 - Pell started out by asking me for a few thousand dollars. 709 00:30:39,636 --> 00:30:41,680 Then he wanted me to make sure he was named 710 00:30:41,721 --> 00:30:43,473 editor-in-chief of the "Law Review." 711 00:30:43,515 --> 00:30:46,184 - He was using your reputation and influence 712 00:30:46,226 --> 00:30:48,144 to bolster his own résumé. 713 00:30:48,186 --> 00:30:49,604 - Yes. 714 00:30:49,646 --> 00:30:51,439 And I succumbed to his demands. 715 00:30:51,481 --> 00:30:52,941 - Why is that? 716 00:30:52,982 --> 00:30:56,027 - Because I'm ashamed of what I said, deeply. 717 00:30:56,069 --> 00:30:58,196 It's not who I am. 718 00:30:58,238 --> 00:30:59,572 If I'd heard another man say that, 719 00:30:59,614 --> 00:31:02,033 I'd be the first person to speak up, 720 00:31:02,075 --> 00:31:04,828 denounce his homophobia. 721 00:31:04,869 --> 00:31:07,539 So I was terrified. 722 00:31:07,580 --> 00:31:09,249 I knew the significance of the tape 723 00:31:09,290 --> 00:31:12,585 and the greed and ambition of the man in possession of it. 724 00:31:12,627 --> 00:31:15,255 - Can you elaborate on that? 725 00:31:15,296 --> 00:31:17,757 Tell us why you were so terrified? 726 00:31:17,799 --> 00:31:19,718 - Because we live in a society where people-- 727 00:31:19,759 --> 00:31:23,430 the press--want to crucify public figures 728 00:31:23,471 --> 00:31:26,057 for making a mistake. 729 00:31:26,099 --> 00:31:28,601 There are no second chances. 730 00:31:28,643 --> 00:31:31,896 One bad moment, one wrong word, and your career is over, 731 00:31:31,938 --> 00:31:34,107 no matter who you are or what you've accomplished. 732 00:31:34,149 --> 00:31:38,153 It's become a sport, a game. 733 00:31:38,194 --> 00:31:40,113 Who can we cancel next? 734 00:31:40,155 --> 00:31:43,241 So I gave James Pell everything he asked for 735 00:31:43,283 --> 00:31:45,285 to protect myself and my family. 736 00:31:45,326 --> 00:31:47,912 - Were there any other demands? 737 00:31:47,954 --> 00:31:50,373 - Yes. 738 00:31:50,415 --> 00:31:53,001 He wanted to clerk for the Supreme Court. 739 00:31:53,043 --> 00:31:54,377 That's where I drew the line. 740 00:31:54,419 --> 00:31:55,628 - How come? 741 00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:58,548 - Those clerks go on to be professors, 742 00:31:58,590 --> 00:32:00,925 judges, politicians. 743 00:32:00,967 --> 00:32:02,886 They become thought leaders for the next generation. 744 00:32:02,927 --> 00:32:05,263 I wasn't giving James Pell that kind of access. 745 00:32:05,305 --> 00:32:10,560 - And how did Mr. Pell react when you told him that? 746 00:32:10,602 --> 00:32:12,354 - He said he'd release the video. 747 00:32:12,395 --> 00:32:13,772 - And what did you do? 748 00:32:13,813 --> 00:32:17,776 - I told Pell we needed to talk in person. 749 00:32:17,817 --> 00:32:20,779 So I met him down at the boathouse that morning. 750 00:32:20,820 --> 00:32:22,781 I told him he needed to stop what he was doing, 751 00:32:22,822 --> 00:32:25,658 that I was done with his demands, his threats. 752 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:27,369 - And how did he react? 753 00:32:27,410 --> 00:32:31,081 - He laughed in my face, said he owned me. 754 00:32:32,707 --> 00:32:36,628 That's when I lost my composure. 755 00:32:36,669 --> 00:32:39,005 I picked up a pipe, and I swung it at his head. 756 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,677 - Where was your wife at this time? 757 00:32:43,718 --> 00:32:46,221 - She was home with our children. 758 00:32:46,262 --> 00:32:49,099 She had nothing to do with this. 759 00:32:49,140 --> 00:32:52,018 - Thank you, Professor Nichols. 760 00:32:52,060 --> 00:32:53,311 No further questions. 761 00:32:53,353 --> 00:32:56,272 [tense music] 762 00:32:56,314 --> 00:33:01,528 * * 763 00:33:01,569 --> 00:33:02,987 - Mr. Nichols... 764 00:33:05,407 --> 00:33:11,287 When you allegedly killed James Pell, 765 00:33:11,329 --> 00:33:12,747 where did you strike him? 766 00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:17,001 - On the side of his head above his right ear. 767 00:33:17,043 --> 00:33:19,295 - Do you recall what Mr. Pell was wearing that morning? 768 00:33:19,337 --> 00:33:22,632 - A light blue athletic shirt with dark blue markings 769 00:33:22,674 --> 00:33:24,175 on the sleeves. 770 00:33:24,217 --> 00:33:30,682 * * 771 00:33:30,724 --> 00:33:32,475 - Side of head, above right ear, 772 00:33:32,517 --> 00:33:34,477 light blue athletic shirt, 773 00:33:34,519 --> 00:33:36,146 dark blue markings on the sleeves. 774 00:33:36,187 --> 00:33:38,398 Professor Nichols, have you read the crime scene report 775 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:39,858 for James Pell's murder? 776 00:33:39,899 --> 00:33:40,859 - No. I have not. 777 00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:42,861 - Yet, your so-called memories 778 00:33:42,902 --> 00:33:45,447 are word for word identical to what is written here. 779 00:33:45,488 --> 00:33:47,741 - Objection. - Sustained. 780 00:33:51,077 --> 00:33:52,829 - Professor Nichols, do you love your wife? 781 00:33:52,871 --> 00:33:54,122 - Of course. 782 00:33:54,164 --> 00:33:56,374 - And you would do almost anything to protect her, 783 00:33:56,416 --> 00:33:58,460 including lying about a murder 784 00:33:58,501 --> 00:33:59,753 to stop her from going to prison. 785 00:33:59,794 --> 00:34:01,588 - Objection! - Sustained. 786 00:34:01,629 --> 00:34:04,215 - You now claim you killed James Pell, 787 00:34:04,257 --> 00:34:07,385 even though you were at home the morning of the murder. 788 00:34:07,427 --> 00:34:08,678 - That's not true. 789 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:09,804 - But no one else can verify 790 00:34:09,846 --> 00:34:11,389 your account of events, correct? 791 00:34:11,431 --> 00:34:12,891 - That'snot true. 792 00:34:12,932 --> 00:34:14,726 My wife and two children were home having breakfast 793 00:34:14,768 --> 00:34:17,062 when I returned from the boathouse. 794 00:34:17,103 --> 00:34:19,439 - They saw you return home that morning? 795 00:34:19,481 --> 00:34:21,024 - Yes. 796 00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:22,150 - And what time was this? 797 00:34:22,192 --> 00:34:25,904 - Approximately 6:45 a.m. 798 00:34:25,945 --> 00:34:27,614 - They saw you-- 799 00:34:27,655 --> 00:34:34,829 * * 800 00:34:34,871 --> 00:34:36,039 Thank you. 801 00:34:36,081 --> 00:34:37,707 No further questions at this time. 802 00:34:39,709 --> 00:34:42,587 - You're excused. 803 00:34:42,629 --> 00:34:44,339 - Subpoena the son. 804 00:34:44,381 --> 00:34:48,176 The kid already told the police he left home at 6:45 a.m. 805 00:34:48,218 --> 00:34:50,011 He said he didn't see his parents that morning, 806 00:34:50,053 --> 00:34:52,305 didn't even know if they were home. 807 00:34:52,347 --> 00:34:55,767 - Which means one of them is lying. 808 00:34:55,809 --> 00:34:58,269 - I know which one my money is on. 809 00:34:58,311 --> 00:35:03,191 * * 810 00:35:08,238 --> 00:35:08,405 . 811 00:35:08,446 --> 00:35:09,447 - Your Honor, given that this witness 812 00:35:11,032 --> 00:35:12,867 is the defendant's son, I'd ask that you declare him hostile, 813 00:35:12,909 --> 00:35:14,285 allow me to ask leading questions. 814 00:35:14,327 --> 00:35:15,245 - Granted. 815 00:35:16,830 --> 00:35:19,666 - Where were you the morning of James Pell's murder? 816 00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:21,334 - I was home. 817 00:35:21,376 --> 00:35:24,421 I left home for water polo practice at 6:45 a.m. 818 00:35:24,462 --> 00:35:27,966 - And did you see your mother or father? 819 00:35:28,008 --> 00:35:29,009 - I saw my mother. 820 00:35:29,050 --> 00:35:31,386 She made me breakfast. 821 00:35:31,428 --> 00:35:35,015 And I saw my father, too, briefly. 822 00:35:35,056 --> 00:35:37,475 He came home at 6:30, right before I left home 823 00:35:37,517 --> 00:35:39,185 for water polo practice. 824 00:35:39,227 --> 00:35:41,855 - Really? You saw him come home? 825 00:35:41,896 --> 00:35:43,898 - That's correct. 826 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:46,776 - But you originally told the police 827 00:35:46,818 --> 00:35:49,821 that you didn't see either of them that day, correct? 828 00:35:49,863 --> 00:35:52,907 - Yes. I--I was confused. 829 00:35:52,949 --> 00:35:54,492 - But you're not confused now? 830 00:35:54,534 --> 00:35:56,369 - Correct. 831 00:35:56,411 --> 00:36:02,417 - So your father wasn't in his bedroom sleeping that morning? 832 00:36:02,459 --> 00:36:03,710 - That's right. 833 00:36:03,752 --> 00:36:05,879 [suspenseful music] 834 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,049 - Well, that morning when you saw your mother, when she-- 835 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:10,467 she made breakfast for you? 836 00:36:10,508 --> 00:36:11,343 How did she appear? 837 00:36:11,384 --> 00:36:14,763 Was she rattled, disoriented? 838 00:36:14,804 --> 00:36:17,807 Was she acting in a way that seemed abnormal? 839 00:36:17,849 --> 00:36:19,809 - Um... 840 00:36:19,851 --> 00:36:24,856 no, she seemed very normal. 841 00:36:24,898 --> 00:36:28,068 - What about your nanny, Magda? See her at home that morning? 842 00:36:28,109 --> 00:36:31,404 - I--I don't recall. 843 00:36:31,446 --> 00:36:34,574 - Your father told you what to say today, didn't he? 844 00:36:34,616 --> 00:36:35,784 - No. 845 00:36:35,825 --> 00:36:38,036 - He told you to lie about seeing him at home 846 00:36:38,078 --> 00:36:40,246 that morning in order to perpetuate 847 00:36:40,288 --> 00:36:43,041 the lie that he killed Pell. - Objection! 848 00:36:43,083 --> 00:36:44,376 - Sustained. 849 00:36:44,417 --> 00:36:46,336 - Nothing further at this time. 850 00:36:49,422 --> 00:36:52,175 We need to poke holes in this kid's testimony. 851 00:36:52,217 --> 00:36:54,678 Check with the coach. Pull phone, internet data. 852 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,763 If we can prove he was telling the truth then-- 853 00:36:56,805 --> 00:36:59,391 - We can prove he's lying now. 854 00:37:01,142 --> 00:37:02,894 - I dug up everything I could on Cyrus Nichols. 855 00:37:02,936 --> 00:37:04,479 He seems like a really good kid-- 856 00:37:04,521 --> 00:37:07,565 straight-A student, debate team, varsity water polo, 857 00:37:07,607 --> 00:37:10,443 literally feeds the homeless on Sundays. 858 00:37:10,485 --> 00:37:12,362 - Does his story track the day of the murder? 859 00:37:12,404 --> 00:37:14,030 - I talked to his water polo coach. 860 00:37:14,072 --> 00:37:16,741 Confirms Cyrus was at practice at 7:15 a.m. 861 00:37:16,783 --> 00:37:19,619 And I found video of him a block from the school at 7:12. 862 00:37:19,661 --> 00:37:21,246 Doesn't really prove that he saw or didn't see 863 00:37:21,287 --> 00:37:22,539 his father that morning, 864 00:37:22,580 --> 00:37:24,165 just means he went to water polo practice. 865 00:37:24,207 --> 00:37:25,625 - [sighs] I know. 866 00:37:25,667 --> 00:37:28,211 We're looking for a needle in a haystack. 867 00:37:28,253 --> 00:37:29,796 - I might have one. 868 00:37:29,838 --> 00:37:31,631 - What do you mean? 869 00:37:31,673 --> 00:37:33,967 - Cyrus used his cell phone to call his parents' landline 870 00:37:34,009 --> 00:37:36,302 that morning at 5:49 a.m. 871 00:37:36,344 --> 00:37:38,513 - What? Why would he-- 872 00:37:41,182 --> 00:37:42,642 Get a ping order right away. 873 00:37:42,684 --> 00:37:43,601 - On it. 874 00:37:47,522 --> 00:37:50,859 - What the hell's going on? What was so important? 875 00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:54,654 - We looked into your son's version of events. 876 00:37:54,696 --> 00:37:59,409 And we learned that he called your landline 877 00:37:59,451 --> 00:38:03,288 the morning of the murder at 5:49 a.m. 878 00:38:03,329 --> 00:38:06,374 So we pinged his cell. 879 00:38:06,416 --> 00:38:10,253 - And we eventually discovered this. 880 00:38:12,047 --> 00:38:16,676 This is Cyrus at 5:09 a.m. on the morning of the murder 881 00:38:16,718 --> 00:38:20,805 walking down 122nd Street, two blocks from the boathouse 882 00:38:20,847 --> 00:38:23,308 where Pell was killed. 883 00:38:25,894 --> 00:38:29,105 And this is Cyrus at 5:44 a.m., 884 00:38:29,147 --> 00:38:32,233 throwing away the pipe used to kill James Pell. 885 00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:39,407 * * 886 00:38:41,743 --> 00:38:48,166 - If you tell us everything that happened... 887 00:38:48,208 --> 00:38:50,919 we will do the best we can for your son. 888 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,670 - Whatever they say, 889 00:38:52,712 --> 00:38:54,714 it can't be used against the child. 890 00:38:54,756 --> 00:38:55,757 - Agreed. 891 00:38:59,886 --> 00:39:01,596 - [sighs] 892 00:39:04,140 --> 00:39:06,643 Cyrus knew the pressure I was under-- 893 00:39:06,685 --> 00:39:08,978 that we were under. 894 00:39:09,020 --> 00:39:14,734 He overheard us arguing the night before about James Pell 895 00:39:14,776 --> 00:39:18,905 and how he was threatening to destroy our lives. 896 00:39:18,947 --> 00:39:22,325 - He knew the agony that this was causing. 897 00:39:24,202 --> 00:39:27,372 And Cyrus is a sensitive boy. 898 00:39:27,414 --> 00:39:29,916 He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. 899 00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:32,293 He always has. 900 00:39:32,335 --> 00:39:35,130 - I told him we would take care of everything, 901 00:39:35,171 --> 00:39:37,215 that this was not his problem. 902 00:39:39,217 --> 00:39:40,802 But he-- 903 00:39:40,844 --> 00:39:44,014 - He killed James Pell. 904 00:39:44,055 --> 00:39:46,766 - It wasn't his fault. 905 00:39:46,808 --> 00:39:48,435 He was afraid. 906 00:39:48,476 --> 00:39:50,645 He was just trying to help. 907 00:39:50,687 --> 00:39:57,610 * * 908 00:40:00,321 --> 00:40:01,906 - Your Honor, the People have agreed 909 00:40:01,948 --> 00:40:04,701 to drop the murder charges against Michelle Nichols. 910 00:40:04,743 --> 00:40:06,870 We have also agreed not to charge 911 00:40:06,911 --> 00:40:09,456 Ezra Nichols with perjury. 912 00:40:09,497 --> 00:40:10,749 - The Nichols family understands 913 00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:12,584 that it is in the best interests of the child 914 00:40:12,625 --> 00:40:15,295 to plead guilty in family court, 915 00:40:15,336 --> 00:40:18,089 and the record will be sealed. 916 00:40:18,131 --> 00:40:19,299 - Cyrus... 917 00:40:23,470 --> 00:40:25,764 Do you understand what this means? 918 00:40:28,016 --> 00:40:32,479 A judge in family court will be sentencing you for murder. 919 00:40:34,022 --> 00:40:35,732 - Yes, ma'am. 920 00:40:35,774 --> 00:40:37,650 I understand. 921 00:40:37,692 --> 00:40:40,904 - The case against Michelle Nichols is dismissed. 922 00:40:40,945 --> 00:40:44,991 Court Officer, please take Cyrus Nichols into custody. 923 00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:46,326 - He's just a boy. 924 00:40:46,368 --> 00:40:49,829 For God's sake, he's barely 14. 925 00:40:53,041 --> 00:40:55,710 [sobbing] 926 00:40:58,421 --> 00:40:59,923 - You okay? 927 00:40:59,964 --> 00:41:03,635 - A man is dead and a family's been destroyed, 928 00:41:03,677 --> 00:41:07,931 all because a good man blurted out a stupid, hateful word. 929 00:41:07,972 --> 00:41:14,896 * * 930 00:41:18,358 --> 00:41:21,277 [dramatic music] 931 00:41:21,319 --> 00:41:28,451 * * 932 00:41:48,263 --> 00:41:51,433 [wolf howling]