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In the criminal justice
system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate,
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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[tense music]
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[low tone]
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[door slams]
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[footsteps approaching]
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I'm sorry.
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[gunshot]
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That's bold,
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killing somebody
with all these windows here.
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This time of night,
this neighborhood,
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everybody's asleep
by the 10:00 news.
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Bet you anything
not a single witness.
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I'll take that bet.
What you got?
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DOA is Alexander Lockett,
owner of the house.
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911 call came in at 12:09
from a neighbor,
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who heard multiple gunshots.
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- Any witnesses?
- None so far.
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CSU found a wallet and cell
phone inside his suit jacket.
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Anything missing
from inside the house?
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Not that we could tell.
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It doesn't seem
like a robbery.
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Unless the killer was looking
for something specific.
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What do you got?
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Shot three times in the chest
at close range.
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Shell casings are here,
9-millimeter.
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Alexander Lockett,
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chief revenue officer
at Finley Madison.
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The department store.
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I was just there
buying a present for my wife.
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It's our anniversary.
- Oh, yeah?
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- Place was a ghost town.
- Yeah.
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Brick and mortar retail
is dead.
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No offense.
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[dramatic music]
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Alexander Lockett
was divorced.
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Got a grown daughter, Melinda.
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She's living in Ohio.
She's en route.
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What about the ex-wife?
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They split up a decade ago.
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She's a diplomat
posted in Australia.
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Confirmed
with the state department
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that she hasn't been back home
all year.
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The guy was a boy scout,
former colonel in the army.
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Served in Iraq.
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Moved into the private sector
ten years ago.
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Hit it big
as an executive
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at a mall brand department
store, Finley Madison.
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Neighbors all say
he was a stand-up guy.
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Lived alone, but he was
friendly and respectful.
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Well,
somebody wanted him dead.
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I mean,
a swanky place like that,
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he must have had
Fort Knox-level security.
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He's got cameras
covering the backyard,
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but the security system's log
shows the footage was deleted
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via the app on Lockett's phone
at 12:10 a.m.
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Right after his neighbors
heard shots.
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Do we have anything
on the gun?
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We're canvassing the area
for the murder weapon,
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and we're also looking
for any video we can find.
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You know, that guy
is awfully dressed up
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for a midnight smoke
under the stars.
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I wonder where he came from,
who he was with.
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Financial workup
just came in.
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Shows where Lockett's
credit card was last used.
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Alex is a regular.
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Great guy.
Really generous tipper.
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He lives--
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lived in the neighborhood.
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Do you know who he was here
with that night?
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Yeah, the woman
he's been seeing for a while.
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- What time did they leave?
- Which one?
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They left at different times.
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Different times?
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None of my business,
but something was off.
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They're usually
very lovey-dovey,
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but a place like this,
you can't help
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but notice raised voices.
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They definitely argued
until she ran out.
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And Lockett didn't go
after her?
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No, he sulked over
his whiskey and then paid.
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This girlfriend,
you got a name?
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Yeah, she's the one
that made the reservation.
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I can't believe he's dead.
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Who would do something
like that to him?
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Can I ask you
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how long you two had
been seeing each other?
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Four months,
but it felt like longer.
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We were making
life plans together.
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He was gonna introduce me
to his daughter.
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Does Melinda know?
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She's been notified.
Yes, ma'am.
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I understand
you and Alexander
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got in a fight
last night.
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We had an argument.
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Disagreement in a relationship
is normal.
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It's healthy even.
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Well, I guess that depends
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on what the argument
is about, right?
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Well, Alex had been
under a lot of stress lately,
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and last night, he was
in a particularly dark mood.
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But when I asked him what was
wrong, he refused to tell me.
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I chose to remove myself
from the situation.
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Obviously,
I regret that now.
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I know you said
that Mr. Lockett
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didn't share his feelings
with you last night,
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but do you have a theory
about what was bothering him?
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Not specifically,
but it--
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it definitely had something
to do with work.
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Employees all loved Alex.
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He was tough but fair.
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And he cared,
like, for real.
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He worked hard
to keep people employed,
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but not his fault
the company is failing.
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So you don't know anybody who
would have wanted to hurt him?
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[scoffs]
Well, I didn't say that.
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Yesterday, Sonya Chakrabarti,
the CFO, ripped him--
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had words with him.
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- What kind of words?
- Excessively harsh ones.
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It was more like
a verbal MMA fight, really.
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Here's Alex's office.
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- [whistles]
- Looks more than verbal to me.
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Before Sonya stormed out
of his office,
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she grabbed a glass paperweight
and threw it at him.
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Just missed his head.
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What do you think
she was so mad about?
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I think
they were having an affair.
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- Why do you say that?
- She kept yelling at him.
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"I'm sick of all the secrets,"
or something like that.
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This Sonya Chakrabarti,
where's her office?
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Second door on the right, but
she's working from home today.
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- Sonia Chakrabarti.
- Where are you headed?
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I have a plane to catch.
What's this all about?
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We need to ask you
some questions
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about Alexander Lockett.
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I'm not saying a word
without my lawyer.
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In that case,
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it looks like
you're missing your flight.
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I assure you,
I was not having an affair
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with Alex Lockett.
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Yeah, we saw the crater
you left in his office wall.
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You've got a good arm.
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You were tired
of being his little secret.
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You wanted to go public,
but he broke it off.
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That would make anybody angry.
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Why must men always
reduce a woman down to sex?
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My client is
the chief financial officer
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of a Fortune 500 company, Detective.
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A position
I take very seriously.
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So why the yelling match?
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Fraud.
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I discovered
that Alex had secured
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a $300 million bank loan
from the company.
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As CFO, isn't that something
you should have handled?
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Exactly.
That's why I was upset.
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He went behind my back.
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Any reason why?
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He inflated the company's
earning projections,
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wanted to make sure
the bank said yes.
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So you were upset?
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Upset enough
to throw a heavy object at him?
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That's correct.
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But I didn't kill him,
for God's sake.
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But the truth is,
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I really liked Alex.
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He was a good man.
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Just in over his head,
if you ask me.
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Meaning what?
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Meaning he wasn't cut out
for the corporate world.
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Didn't like all the politics.
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Just did what the CEO told him.
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Why on Earth
would I murder Alex?
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To cover up financial crimes
that you made him commit.
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Any exposure could lead
to an SEC investigation, fines.
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Maybe you're looking
at jail time.
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Guy like you,
you don't want.
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Except there was no crime.
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We found video of you
on Alexander's block
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less than an hour
before he ended up
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with three bullets
in his chest.
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You just couldn't be sure
he'd keep his mouth shut.
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I went there
to calm Alex down,
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assure him Sonya's hysterics
had no merit.
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You scammed $300 million
with made up numbers.
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You call that no merit?
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Projections are
made up numbers by definition.
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What we did
was perfectly legal.
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There's no law
against being optimistic.
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So why cut your CFO out
of the loop?
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Because she has
no financial imagination.
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So I told Alex to handle it.
Simple as that.
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So Alexander
had the imagination.
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No, but he followed orders.
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He was former army,
a good soldier.
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I knew I could count on him.
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Alex was alive and well
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when I left his house
a little before midnight.
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Feel free to verify
with my driver.
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Now, if you'll excuse me, gentlemen,
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I have a company to run.
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[phone buzzes]
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It's Dixon.
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We need to get back
to the crime scene.
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What's up?
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Alexander's daughter
just got there.
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She says something is missing
from his brownstone.
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I'm not the kind of person
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who can just sit around
and wallow,
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so I figured
I'd start putting together
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the outfit my father
would want to be buried in.
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That's when I discovered
it was missing.
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You're saying it was a medal.
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A Distinguished
Service Cross.
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That's one of the highest
commendations there is.
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It was in honor
of his service
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as the base commander
of Camp Victory in Iraq.
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It meant a lot to him.
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And you're sure
it was stolen?
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Yes, it was framed
on the wall right here.
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Nothing else is missing
or out of place?
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No, just that.
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Do you know of any reason
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why someone would want
to take that?
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No, it wasn't worth
a lot of money or anything.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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So if the medal was stolen
by whoever murdered Lockett,
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that must mean his death
is somehow related
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to his military career.
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Yeah,
and we think we know how.
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Yee went
through traffic cam videos
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from Lockett's neighborhood
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from around the time
of the murder.
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Now, she cross-referenced
veteran records
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with vehicle registration
records and got a hit.
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A brown and tan truck
shows up multiple times
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in the 20-minute window
before Lockett was shot.
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Just circling the block
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while the CEO is inside
with Lockett.
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It's registered
to a Shane Risner.
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36. Single.
Spotty employment records.
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Spotty because Risner
was dishonorably discharged
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from the army
back in 2008.
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And guess what?
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The court martial was signed
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by none other than U.S. Army
Colonel Alexander T. Lockett.
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So our vic DD'ed this guy?
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And that stain
follows you around for life.
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You lose your VA benefits,
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don't qualify for unemployment,
can't get a loan.
256
00:11:44,268 --> 00:11:47,837
So this Shane Risner
is just looking for revenge.
257
00:11:47,837 --> 00:11:49,099
Mm.
258
00:11:49,099 --> 00:11:50,579
Let's go find him.
259
00:11:53,364 --> 00:11:54,278
[knocks at door]
260
00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:59,196
Police.
Open up.
261
00:11:59,196 --> 00:12:00,371
What's going on?
262
00:12:00,371 --> 00:12:01,851
We'll looking
for Shane Risner.
263
00:12:01,851 --> 00:12:03,157
You're a little late.
264
00:12:03,157 --> 00:12:05,768
Why is that? He
take off somewhere?
265
00:12:05,768 --> 00:12:08,945
No, he died three days ago.
266
00:12:16,561 --> 00:12:18,433
Shane Risner died
by suicide
267
00:12:18,433 --> 00:12:19,695
a day before
Lockett was murdered.
268
00:12:19,695 --> 00:12:21,175
The system hadn't updated yet.
269
00:12:21,175 --> 00:12:22,219
That's why we didn't know.
270
00:12:22,219 --> 00:12:24,874
He OD'd on meds
and left a note.
271
00:12:24,874 --> 00:12:26,876
So who the hell is
driving around in the truck?
272
00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:28,225
Don't know.
The traffic cams
273
00:12:28,225 --> 00:12:30,750
didn't get a clear shot
of the driver's face.
274
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,708
I'm guessing it was
somebody close to Risner,
275
00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:34,623
who blamed Lockett
for the suicide.
276
00:12:34,623 --> 00:12:37,191
And took Risner's truck
to go and kill him?
277
00:12:37,191 --> 00:12:39,149
Well, how else do you
explain the coincidence?
278
00:12:39,149 --> 00:12:40,498
I've got something.
279
00:12:40,498 --> 00:12:42,109
I was able to access
the anti-theft device
280
00:12:42,109 --> 00:12:43,675
on Risner's truck.
281
00:12:43,675 --> 00:12:46,069
It's on the move, heading east
onto 80 outside Newark.
282
00:12:46,069 --> 00:12:48,071
All right, I'll contact
Jersey State Police
283
00:12:48,071 --> 00:12:51,248
and Essex County
Sheriff's Department.
284
00:12:51,248 --> 00:12:54,208
[tense music]
285
00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:59,779
♪
286
00:13:02,477 --> 00:13:03,870
Target vehicle has parked
287
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:06,786
in the Saint Teresa's
parking lot on 44th.
288
00:13:09,353 --> 00:13:10,877
Hold on.
289
00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:12,356
I know that guy.
290
00:13:12,356 --> 00:13:13,749
That's
Shane Risner's associate.
291
00:13:13,749 --> 00:13:16,230
They served together in Iraq.
292
00:13:16,230 --> 00:13:18,101
Vincent Martinez.
293
00:13:18,101 --> 00:13:21,017
It's got to be him.
294
00:13:21,017 --> 00:13:23,585
This has got to be
Risner's funeral.
295
00:13:23,585 --> 00:13:25,674
Oh, we need to grab him now.
- No. Hey, Frank.
296
00:13:25,674 --> 00:13:27,241
Frank, no, no, no.
297
00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:30,418
Look, you and I can go in there
and keep eyes on Martinez,
298
00:13:30,418 --> 00:13:32,768
and we can wait for a discreet
moment to approach after.
299
00:13:32,768 --> 00:13:33,987
- Discreet?
- Yeah.
300
00:13:33,987 --> 00:13:35,336
This guy is
murder suspect number one.
301
00:13:35,336 --> 00:13:36,772
We don't know if he's armed,
302
00:13:36,772 --> 00:13:37,860
whether he's going in there
to shoot up the place.
303
00:13:37,860 --> 00:13:38,774
He's not gonna
shoot up the place.
304
00:13:38,774 --> 00:13:40,167
It's a veteran's funeral.
305
00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:43,387
- So?
- So?
306
00:13:43,387 --> 00:13:44,954
Frank, my brother's
in the military.
307
00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:47,087
My father was.
308
00:13:47,087 --> 00:13:48,479
These funerals matter,
309
00:13:48,479 --> 00:13:52,701
so let's just try
to show them some respect, huh?
310
00:13:52,701 --> 00:13:54,834
- Discreet.
- Discreet.
311
00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:02,667
[gentle music]
312
00:14:02,667 --> 00:14:09,849
♪
313
00:14:50,063 --> 00:14:51,716
Damn it.
314
00:14:51,716 --> 00:14:53,501
NYPD! Stop!
315
00:14:53,501 --> 00:14:55,807
[tense music]
316
00:14:55,807 --> 00:15:01,944
♪
317
00:15:15,305 --> 00:15:17,220
Sergeant Martinez,
you're under arrest
318
00:15:17,220 --> 00:15:19,657
for the murder
of Alexander Lockett.
319
00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:24,314
Discreet enough for you?
320
00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,493
I'm telling you,
I had nothing to do
321
00:15:29,493 --> 00:15:30,581
with Colonel Lockett's death.
322
00:15:30,581 --> 00:15:32,409
Shane Risner's father said
323
00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:34,107
you bought Shane's truck
from him.
324
00:15:34,107 --> 00:15:35,412
The same truck
that was parked
325
00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:36,892
outside the colonel's house
326
00:15:36,892 --> 00:15:38,328
the night he was killed--
327
00:15:38,328 --> 00:15:40,026
your former commanding officer.
328
00:15:40,026 --> 00:15:42,463
Sergeant,
you're looking at murder two.
329
00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:44,900
25 to life.
330
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:47,120
I'm telling you,
it wasn't me.
331
00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,991
The night before last,
I was at a bar
332
00:15:48,991 --> 00:15:50,471
with some buddies
from the unit.
333
00:15:50,471 --> 00:15:51,951
Millie's.
334
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,865
We used to go there with Shane
335
00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:55,084
before his lungs
were so shredded
336
00:15:55,084 --> 00:15:57,652
he could barely
leave the house.
337
00:15:57,652 --> 00:16:00,394
Shane was sick?
338
00:16:00,394 --> 00:16:02,265
He was dying.
339
00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:05,312
Pulmonary fibrosis.
340
00:16:05,312 --> 00:16:08,271
Suicide was just a shortcut,
341
00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:11,013
but you can't put that
in the obit.
342
00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:18,629
You guys were in Iraq.
343
00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:21,458
Burn pits.
344
00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:25,158
Army burned
all kinds of nasty-ass stuff.
345
00:16:25,158 --> 00:16:27,421
And we'd just
breathe in the smoke,
346
00:16:27,421 --> 00:16:29,640
day in and day out.
347
00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,339
And now,
we all got problems.
348
00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:33,514
You blame Lockett for that?
349
00:16:33,514 --> 00:16:36,125
I don't blame anybody
for anything.
350
00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:38,910
And I was at the bar
till closing.
351
00:16:38,910 --> 00:16:42,131
Look, I know you guys
got a raw deal over there,
352
00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:44,655
but, Sergeant,
it was your truck.
353
00:16:44,655 --> 00:16:47,354
If you weren't driving,
who was?
354
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:51,140
I don't know anything
about that.
355
00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:56,276
CSU found blood in the truck.
356
00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:58,626
It's a DNA match.
Alexander Lockett.
357
00:16:58,626 --> 00:17:01,063
Well, that explains
why Martinez ran.
358
00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,412
No, his alibi is airtight.
359
00:17:02,412 --> 00:17:03,805
He was at that bar, Millie's,
all night.
360
00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:04,849
There's video of him.
361
00:17:04,849 --> 00:17:06,329
He couldn't have
killed Lockett.
362
00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:07,591
I bet he knows who did.
363
00:17:07,591 --> 00:17:09,158
I've been running
the prints CSU lifted
364
00:17:09,158 --> 00:17:10,812
from the interior
of the truck.
365
00:17:10,812 --> 00:17:12,422
Three latents
from the driver's side door
366
00:17:12,422 --> 00:17:14,033
belonged to a Luke Fallon.
367
00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,948
He served in the same unit
as Risner and Martinez.
368
00:17:16,948 --> 00:17:19,038
At the funeral, there was
a picture at the entrance.
369
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,126
There was three guys:
370
00:17:20,126 --> 00:17:23,433
Martinez, Risner,
and the third guy.
371
00:17:23,433 --> 00:17:25,348
That's the third guy.
372
00:17:25,348 --> 00:17:29,178
Fallon has a registered gun,
a SIG Sauer P365.
373
00:17:29,178 --> 00:17:30,179
That's a 9-mil.
374
00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:32,660
Same caliber used
to kill Lockett.
375
00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:34,314
All right.
Let's bring this guy in.
376
00:17:34,314 --> 00:17:36,664
His address is in New Jersey,
but his Metro card
377
00:17:36,664 --> 00:17:40,189
was just used 19 minutes ago to
board a Q39 bus in Sunnyside.
378
00:17:40,189 --> 00:17:42,322
Queens.
379
00:17:42,322 --> 00:17:44,193
Where's he going?
380
00:17:44,193 --> 00:17:45,455
I think I know.
381
00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:52,071
Luke Fallon, NYPD.
Show me your hands.
382
00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:56,771
Show me your hands!
383
00:17:56,771 --> 00:17:59,034
Keep them up.
384
00:17:59,034 --> 00:18:01,341
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
put that hand up.
385
00:18:01,341 --> 00:18:02,951
Put that hand up.
386
00:18:13,744 --> 00:18:15,877
What do you know?
387
00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:18,009
Lockett's medal.
388
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:29,020
I just got a call
389
00:18:29,020 --> 00:18:31,980
from the Office of
the Undersecretary of Defense
390
00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:33,895
looking for a status report
391
00:18:33,895 --> 00:18:37,681
on the case against Colonel
Alexander Lockett's killer.
392
00:18:37,681 --> 00:18:40,902
That's an impressive level
of investment.
393
00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:43,296
Lockett retired
almost a decade ago.
394
00:18:43,296 --> 00:18:44,732
Active service or not,
395
00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:48,301
the army notices
when a decorated war hero
396
00:18:48,301 --> 00:18:50,303
is brutally murdered.
397
00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,261
What did you tell them?
398
00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,872
That justice will be served.
399
00:18:54,872 --> 00:18:57,353
I assume you agree.
- I do.
400
00:18:57,353 --> 00:19:00,661
Even though you can't place
Fallon at the murder scene.
401
00:19:00,661 --> 00:19:02,706
I can come close.
402
00:19:02,706 --> 00:19:05,013
I can put him in the truck,
403
00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:07,450
where Lockett's blood was found
on the night of the murder.
404
00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:08,538
How?
405
00:19:08,538 --> 00:19:10,453
I'm gonna call
Vincent Martinez.
406
00:19:10,453 --> 00:19:13,413
I thought Martinez wasn't
interested in cooperating.
407
00:19:13,413 --> 00:19:15,023
He wasn't
408
00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:17,939
until I threatened to charge
him with accomplice to murder.
409
00:19:19,941 --> 00:19:21,986
He'll be a hostile witness.
410
00:19:26,426 --> 00:19:30,038
Mr. Martinez,
how do you know the defendant?
411
00:19:30,038 --> 00:19:32,736
We were stationed together
in Iraq.
412
00:19:32,736 --> 00:19:36,000
Camp Victory,
just outside Baghdad.
413
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,090
We served on the same unit
from 2006 to 2008.
414
00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:42,006
And did you see the defendant
on September 27,
415
00:19:42,006 --> 00:19:45,358
the day that Alexander Lockett
was murdered?
416
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,624
I don't know.
417
00:19:50,624 --> 00:19:53,627
You don't know
if you saw him or not?
418
00:19:56,282 --> 00:19:58,632
I don't know.
419
00:19:58,632 --> 00:20:02,679
Yeah,
I guess I saw him that day.
420
00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:05,247
And did Luke Fallon ask
421
00:20:05,247 --> 00:20:07,293
if he could borrow your truck
that evening?
422
00:20:13,603 --> 00:20:16,040
Mr. Martinez?
423
00:20:17,825 --> 00:20:19,653
I have nothing to say.
424
00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:22,308
Answer the question,
Mr. Martinez.
425
00:20:22,308 --> 00:20:23,439
I'm sorry, but no.
426
00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:24,788
Answer the question,
427
00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:26,312
or you'll be held
in contempt of court.
428
00:20:26,312 --> 00:20:28,052
- Mr. Martinez--
- You do what you have to do.
429
00:20:28,052 --> 00:20:29,619
- Please, Your Honor--
- I'm serious, Mr. Martinez.
430
00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:30,751
And so am I.
431
00:20:30,751 --> 00:20:32,666
Then I find you in contempt.
432
00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:34,015
Officer, take charge.
433
00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:51,685
So what exactly
are we hoping to find here?
434
00:20:51,685 --> 00:20:53,513
Anything
to salvage this case.
435
00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:54,731
Oh, just that?
436
00:20:54,731 --> 00:20:57,952
If we could find video
or a witness
437
00:20:57,952 --> 00:21:01,216
that saw Luke Fallon
in Risner's truck that night,
438
00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:03,174
then we could at least
place him at Lockett's house
439
00:21:03,174 --> 00:21:04,872
when the murder occurred.
- We tried.
440
00:21:04,872 --> 00:21:06,787
The only video
that we could recover,
441
00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:10,312
other than the traffic cam that
was near Lockett's brownstone,
442
00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:14,142
was off of an exit of Garden
State Parkway at 12:58 a.m.
443
00:21:14,142 --> 00:21:16,536
But the visor was down, so we
couldn't see who was driving.
444
00:21:16,536 --> 00:21:19,582
Well, that's less
than an hour after the murder.
445
00:21:19,582 --> 00:21:21,280
Is the exit the truck got off
446
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,890
the one closest
to Fallon's house?
447
00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:25,327
No, it's actually not.
It's four earlier.
448
00:21:25,327 --> 00:21:28,417
That means, presuming
Fallon was the one driving,
449
00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:32,856
that he didn't go directly home
after killing Lockett.
450
00:21:32,856 --> 00:21:34,423
Why?
- Our theory:
451
00:21:34,423 --> 00:21:36,207
that's when he was
ditching the murder weapon.
452
00:21:36,207 --> 00:21:38,122
It's close to the hospital
where Shane Risner
453
00:21:38,122 --> 00:21:40,342
was getting treatment
for his pulmonary fibrosis.
454
00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:43,127
His father told us
that Fallon and Martinez
455
00:21:43,127 --> 00:21:45,216
took turns taking him
to his appointments
456
00:21:45,216 --> 00:21:48,176
because he wasn't feeling well
enough to drive himself, so...
457
00:21:48,176 --> 00:21:50,309
When I was prepping
Vincent Martinez,
458
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:53,747
he told me
that sometimes after treatments
459
00:21:53,747 --> 00:21:57,011
Risner asked to go
to a park in the area.
460
00:21:59,013 --> 00:22:00,754
Branch Brook Park?
461
00:22:00,754 --> 00:22:02,886
That's it.
That's the one.
462
00:22:02,886 --> 00:22:05,889
He said Risner
had difficulty breathing,
463
00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:08,109
so he liked
to sit on a bench
464
00:22:08,109 --> 00:22:13,288
and enjoy the fresh air
coming off the lake.
465
00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:22,253
Detective, were you able
to run a ballistics test
466
00:22:22,253 --> 00:22:24,212
on the gun you recovered
from the lake?
467
00:22:24,212 --> 00:22:25,344
We were.
468
00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,649
The striations
on the bullets retrieved
469
00:22:26,649 --> 00:22:29,652
from Colonel Lockett's body
matched the rifling
470
00:22:29,652 --> 00:22:31,175
and characteristics
of that firearm.
471
00:22:31,175 --> 00:22:33,526
Confirming
that this is the gun
472
00:22:33,526 --> 00:22:36,267
that was used
to murder Alexander Lockett?
473
00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:37,530
That's correct.
474
00:22:37,530 --> 00:22:38,879
And is the gun registered?
475
00:22:38,879 --> 00:22:41,403
Yes.
476
00:22:41,403 --> 00:22:44,537
To Luke Fallon,
the defendant.
477
00:22:44,537 --> 00:22:46,539
Thank you, Detective.
478
00:22:48,671 --> 00:22:51,674
We have no questions
for this witness at this time.
479
00:22:51,674 --> 00:22:54,285
Detective Shaw,
you may step down.
480
00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,505
- Thank you, Your Honor.
- Prosecution rests.
481
00:23:02,293 --> 00:23:04,600
Your Honor, the defense
would like to inform the court
482
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,820
that we're filing a motion
to change our plea.
483
00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:08,082
To what?
484
00:23:08,082 --> 00:23:11,259
Not guilty
by reason of insanity.
485
00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:21,443
Fallon now admits
he shot Alexander Lockett,
486
00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:23,532
just claims
he wasn't in his right mind
487
00:23:23,532 --> 00:23:25,099
when it actually happened.
488
00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:27,710
They're going with
a temporary insanity defense.
489
00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:29,320
A variation thereof.
490
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,106
It turns out
Fallon has a glioblastoma,
491
00:23:32,106 --> 00:23:34,238
a brain tumor
on his frontal lobe.
492
00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:37,111
The defense is arguing it
impacted his impulse control.
493
00:23:37,111 --> 00:23:38,895
How did we not know
about this?
494
00:23:38,895 --> 00:23:41,637
It was diagnosed
only a week before the murder.
495
00:23:41,637 --> 00:23:43,378
He hadn't
received treatment yet,
496
00:23:43,378 --> 00:23:46,990
and by their account,
hadn't told anyone,
497
00:23:46,990 --> 00:23:48,949
including his attorney,
until now.
498
00:23:48,949 --> 00:23:50,864
That's strains credulity.
499
00:23:50,864 --> 00:23:52,474
Judge thought so too
500
00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:54,694
but ultimately accepted
their change of plea.
501
00:23:54,694 --> 00:23:57,087
Studies
have linked glioblastomas
502
00:23:57,087 --> 00:24:00,177
specifically to toxic exposure
from burn pits.
503
00:24:00,177 --> 00:24:02,179
So from Fallon's perspective,
504
00:24:02,179 --> 00:24:05,618
Colonel Lockett
was not only responsible
505
00:24:05,618 --> 00:24:09,012
for his best friend's suicide
but also for his own diagnosis.
506
00:24:09,012 --> 00:24:11,362
That only strengthens
his motive to kill Lockett.
507
00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:14,409
But the defense
has a neurooncologist
508
00:24:14,409 --> 00:24:17,543
who will testify that the tumor
is to blame for the murder
509
00:24:17,543 --> 00:24:21,242
and impaired Fallon's ability
to control his actions
510
00:24:21,242 --> 00:24:23,374
and distinguish
right from wrong in the moment.
511
00:24:23,374 --> 00:24:27,378
That's not true,
but it's good strategy.
512
00:24:27,378 --> 00:24:29,903
Allows them
to introduce the burn pits
513
00:24:29,903 --> 00:24:32,166
and the tragic aftermath.
514
00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:34,037
Paint the defendant
as the victim.
515
00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:36,431
In a way, he is.
516
00:24:36,431 --> 00:24:40,261
Whether Lockett knew the
burn pits were harmful or not,
517
00:24:40,261 --> 00:24:42,524
he refused to get rid of them.
518
00:24:42,524 --> 00:24:45,440
Now these guys are sick.
I mean, real sick.
519
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,747
If I'm on the jury,
I wouldn't convict
520
00:24:47,747 --> 00:24:51,751
the soldier who got a
brain tumor he didn't deserve.
521
00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:53,579
You saying
we should offer a plea?
522
00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:57,713
No, absolutely not.
This murder was premeditated.
523
00:24:57,713 --> 00:25:00,020
I agree.
524
00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:02,065
But Ms. Maroun's right.
525
00:25:02,065 --> 00:25:04,198
The jury is gonna eat this up,
526
00:25:04,198 --> 00:25:08,507
so make it clear to them
what the defense is doing,
527
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,726
using
the defendant's brain tumor
528
00:25:10,726 --> 00:25:14,817
to emotionally manipulate them
into ignoring the facts.
529
00:25:19,996 --> 00:25:21,389
Glioblastoma is one
530
00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:24,479
of the most aggressive types
of brain cancer.
531
00:25:24,479 --> 00:25:27,308
Unfortunately,
it's almost always terminal.
532
00:25:27,308 --> 00:25:30,877
And Dr. Simon, do we know
what causes glioblastoma?
533
00:25:30,877 --> 00:25:32,966
Likely
a combination of factors.
534
00:25:32,966 --> 00:25:36,665
Genetic predisposition,
exposure to carcinogens.
535
00:25:36,665 --> 00:25:39,407
Exposure like
that inflicted upon soldiers
536
00:25:39,407 --> 00:25:42,932
forced to inhale toxic smoke
from burn pits?
537
00:25:42,932 --> 00:25:46,501
Yes, studies have shown
a clear correlation.
538
00:25:46,501 --> 00:25:49,591
Glioblastoma incidence
is very low among cancer types,
539
00:25:49,591 --> 00:25:51,811
about 1 per 10,000 cases.
540
00:25:51,811 --> 00:25:54,509
But for those who spent
significant amounts of time
541
00:25:54,509 --> 00:25:57,860
around the burn pits,
it's astronomically higher.
542
00:25:57,860 --> 00:25:59,862
During your evaluation
of Luke Fallon,
543
00:25:59,862 --> 00:26:01,995
what did he tell you happened
544
00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:04,954
on the evening
of September 27?
545
00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:07,609
He reported
an upsetting conversation
546
00:26:07,609 --> 00:26:09,350
with his former base commander
547
00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:11,874
and then experiencing
a total blackout.
548
00:26:11,874 --> 00:26:14,094
When he emerged,
he had no memory
549
00:26:14,094 --> 00:26:16,313
of pulling out
or firing his weapon.
550
00:26:16,313 --> 00:26:19,316
Dr. Simon,
in your professional opinion,
551
00:26:19,316 --> 00:26:22,363
was Luke Fallon's tumor responsible
552
00:26:22,363 --> 00:26:24,234
for his shooting
Alexander Lockett?
553
00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:27,934
Yes, I believe Mr. Fallon
had no ability to control
554
00:26:27,934 --> 00:26:31,851
or understand the consequences
of his actions at the time.
555
00:26:31,851 --> 00:26:35,115
Thank you.
No further questions.
556
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:42,557
Dr. Simon,
557
00:26:42,557 --> 00:26:46,213
you testified that the
defendant's tumor was to blame
558
00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:48,998
for his losing control
in the moment.
559
00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:50,957
Is it also responsible
560
00:26:50,957 --> 00:26:54,090
for Mr. Fallon
asking Vincent Martinez
561
00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:56,484
if he could borrow his truck
on the night in question?
562
00:26:56,484 --> 00:26:58,965
No, I can't see
how it would be.
563
00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:00,531
Is it responsible
564
00:27:00,531 --> 00:27:03,883
for his driving
to Alexander Lockett's home
565
00:27:03,883 --> 00:27:06,407
with a loaded
semiautomatic pistol?
566
00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:07,887
No.
567
00:27:07,887 --> 00:27:13,414
Did it make him drive around
the block for 20 minutes,
568
00:27:13,414 --> 00:27:16,069
waiting for Lockett
to be alone,
569
00:27:16,069 --> 00:27:20,290
and sneak onto his property
with said gun?
570
00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:21,944
No.
571
00:27:23,554 --> 00:27:24,817
Thank you.
572
00:27:24,817 --> 00:27:26,645
No further questions.
573
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,741
We knew
those burn pits were deadly.
574
00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:39,875
We'd wake up in the middle
of the night unable to breathe,
575
00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:44,140
choking on this thick cloud
that smelled like...
576
00:27:48,144 --> 00:27:51,844
They were burning
medical waste,
577
00:27:51,844 --> 00:27:54,629
chemicals.
578
00:27:54,629 --> 00:27:58,459
We begged Colonel Lockett
to do something.
579
00:27:58,459 --> 00:28:01,723
I mean,
guys were coughing up blood.
580
00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:04,639
But the colonel's residence
581
00:28:04,639 --> 00:28:07,816
is on the north end
of the base,
582
00:28:07,816 --> 00:28:09,296
upwind from the smoke,
583
00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:13,604
so why should he care, right?
584
00:28:13,604 --> 00:28:18,435
What happened
on the night of September 27?
585
00:28:18,435 --> 00:28:22,613
Shane had just
killed himself.
586
00:28:22,613 --> 00:28:25,355
I was upset.
587
00:28:25,355 --> 00:28:29,316
This is Shane Risner?
588
00:28:29,316 --> 00:28:34,277
The two of you were close,
weren't you?
589
00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:37,716
Closer than brothers.
590
00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:40,109
There wasn't a day
in the last two years
591
00:28:40,109 --> 00:28:45,245
he wasn't in excruciating pain
from the pulmonary fibrosis.
592
00:28:45,245 --> 00:28:46,681
And he was wracked with guilt
593
00:28:46,681 --> 00:28:50,380
about putting his family
in debt with medical bills
594
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:53,601
because you lose
your VA benefits
595
00:28:53,601 --> 00:28:55,559
when you're
dishonorably discharged.
596
00:28:58,214 --> 00:29:02,523
His esophagus disintegrated.
597
00:29:02,523 --> 00:29:07,484
It literally hurt
for him to breathe,
598
00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:10,618
so he...
599
00:29:14,361 --> 00:29:17,016
[clears throat]
600
00:29:17,016 --> 00:29:19,801
I went over
to the colonel's house
601
00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:22,064
because I wanted him to know
602
00:29:22,064 --> 00:29:25,807
what happened because of him.
603
00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:29,550
And what did you do
when you got there?
604
00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:33,684
I confronted him.
I wanted an apology.
605
00:29:33,684 --> 00:29:36,775
I wanted him
to say he was wrong,
606
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,821
but he refused.
607
00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:43,085
He wouldn't even say
the burn pits were bad.
608
00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:49,091
I got angry,
609
00:29:49,091 --> 00:29:51,267
and the next thing I remember,
610
00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:55,794
I was standing over him
holding my gun.
611
00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:00,842
But I swear,
612
00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:04,193
I never went there
intending to hurt him.
613
00:30:04,193 --> 00:30:08,241
Then why bring your gun?
614
00:30:08,241 --> 00:30:10,896
I always have it on me.
615
00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:14,856
After so many years in the
service, it's second nature.
616
00:30:14,856 --> 00:30:18,773
But I've never fired it
outside of combat
617
00:30:18,773 --> 00:30:20,427
and never would.
618
00:30:25,562 --> 00:30:28,609
No further questions.
619
00:30:28,609 --> 00:30:30,524
Let's break here for the day.
620
00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:33,744
We'll resume in the morning
for cross-examination.
621
00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:34,833
[gavel slams]
622
00:30:43,015 --> 00:30:45,104
Excuse me, Counselors.
623
00:30:45,104 --> 00:30:49,282
Sergeant Major Bryce Crawford,
Army Office of Public Affairs.
624
00:30:49,282 --> 00:30:52,024
Do you have a moment?
625
00:30:52,024 --> 00:30:54,809
I have been tasked
with keeping tabs on this case,
626
00:30:54,809 --> 00:30:56,115
for obvious reasons.
627
00:30:56,115 --> 00:30:57,768
I can imagine.
628
00:30:57,768 --> 00:30:59,858
I have something
you need to see.
629
00:31:02,164 --> 00:31:03,339
What am I looking at?
630
00:31:03,339 --> 00:31:06,168
It's an after-incident report
from 2008
631
00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:08,605
involving Sergeant Luke Fallon.
632
00:31:08,605 --> 00:31:10,303
Involving how?
633
00:31:10,303 --> 00:31:11,478
The details of it
are in there,
634
00:31:11,478 --> 00:31:14,002
but the gist of it--
635
00:31:14,002 --> 00:31:15,656
during a routine night patrol
636
00:31:15,656 --> 00:31:17,832
in an area
just outside of Baghdad,
637
00:31:17,832 --> 00:31:19,312
Sergeant Fallon
got in an argument
638
00:31:19,312 --> 00:31:22,141
with three unarmed
Iraqi civilians.
639
00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:23,403
The fight got physical.
640
00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:26,058
Sergeant Fallon
discharged his firearm,
641
00:31:26,058 --> 00:31:28,016
killing one of the civilians.
642
00:31:28,016 --> 00:31:30,758
He's killed someone before?
643
00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:31,846
Why wasn't this report
644
00:31:31,846 --> 00:31:33,979
in Fallon's
military personnel file?
645
00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:36,633
Due to the sensitive nature
of the army's presence
646
00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:39,027
in that particular region
at that time,
647
00:31:39,027 --> 00:31:41,421
it was deemed classified.
648
00:31:41,421 --> 00:31:43,945
Was he ever formally charged
with anything?
649
00:31:43,945 --> 00:31:45,120
He was sent home.
650
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,948
His time in the army was over.
651
00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:49,298
And for reasons
of national security,
652
00:31:49,298 --> 00:31:52,171
the report was never
made public knowledge.
653
00:31:52,171 --> 00:31:54,869
But given its value
in this case,
654
00:31:54,869 --> 00:31:57,002
I've been authorized
to declassify it.
655
00:31:57,002 --> 00:31:59,004
This is helpful.
656
00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:01,745
This directly refutes his claim
he'd never fired his weapon
657
00:32:01,745 --> 00:32:03,965
outside of active combat
prior to having the tumor.
658
00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:06,185
It also conveniently
shifts the focus away
659
00:32:06,185 --> 00:32:09,188
from the army's culpability
surrounding the burn pits.
660
00:32:09,188 --> 00:32:10,798
With all due respect, ma'am,
661
00:32:10,798 --> 00:32:14,367
operational decisions are easy
to criticize with hindsight.
662
00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:15,716
At the time,
the army had been
663
00:32:15,716 --> 00:32:17,631
using burn pits
for over 100 years.
664
00:32:17,631 --> 00:32:20,068
But when the kind of waste
you were burning changed,
665
00:32:20,068 --> 00:32:22,375
your procedure for burning it
should have changed too.
666
00:32:22,375 --> 00:32:24,203
We know that now.
667
00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,640
That's why we transitioned to
using industrial incinerators.
668
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,338
What's important right now
is winning the case
669
00:32:29,338 --> 00:32:30,731
and using this document
670
00:32:30,731 --> 00:32:33,952
to prove that Fallon
isn't some noble martyr.
671
00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,518
He's a trigger happy hothead
672
00:32:35,518 --> 00:32:38,043
who responds to conflict
with violence,
673
00:32:38,043 --> 00:32:41,176
tumor or no tumor.
674
00:32:41,176 --> 00:32:43,265
We got him, Sam.
675
00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:56,452
That report details
how Luke Fallon shot
676
00:32:56,452 --> 00:32:57,888
and killed an unarmed--
677
00:32:57,888 --> 00:33:00,282
I know what it says.
678
00:33:00,282 --> 00:33:02,241
Why are you showing it to me?
679
00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:09,552
I know that you feel
a sense of duty to Luke,
680
00:33:09,552 --> 00:33:12,599
but he's a murderer
who belongs in prison.
681
00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:16,516
I'm sorry, Mr. Price,
but that,
682
00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:18,300
it's a bunch of crap.
683
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,346
I was there.
684
00:33:20,346 --> 00:33:23,001
It wasn't a routine patrol.
685
00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:26,787
Fallon was sent on a mission
to recover stolen ordnance.
686
00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:28,658
He was instructed
to use deadly force
687
00:33:28,658 --> 00:33:30,138
because
the insurgents were armed.
688
00:33:30,138 --> 00:33:31,705
But the intel was bad,
689
00:33:31,705 --> 00:33:33,794
even worse that
an innocent civilian was killed
690
00:33:33,794 --> 00:33:36,536
because they were wrong
about who took them.
691
00:33:36,536 --> 00:33:40,366
You're saying
they just wholesale lied?
692
00:33:40,366 --> 00:33:42,890
Standard procedure.
693
00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:45,632
Disavow.
694
00:33:45,632 --> 00:33:48,461
Regardless
of what that report says,
695
00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:51,333
Luke Fallon was
just following orders.
696
00:33:57,122 --> 00:33:59,689
I don't feel comfortable
using that report.
697
00:33:59,689 --> 00:34:03,389
Because one soldier called
its veracity into question?
698
00:34:03,389 --> 00:34:05,086
Because I believe him.
699
00:34:05,086 --> 00:34:07,088
For all we know,
Vincent Martinez
700
00:34:07,088 --> 00:34:08,829
could be the one lying,
701
00:34:08,829 --> 00:34:13,181
trying, yet again, to protect
his fellow unit member.
702
00:34:13,181 --> 00:34:16,315
I'm pretty good at telling
when someone is lying to me.
703
00:34:16,315 --> 00:34:18,360
Don't you think
it's a little too convenient
704
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,623
that this perfect piece
of evidence
705
00:34:20,623 --> 00:34:23,104
just fell from the sky
at exactly the right moment?
706
00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:24,671
Gift horses, Ms. Maroun.
707
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,760
The army failed
to protect Fallon back then,
708
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,023
and now they're trying
to distract from that fact
709
00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:31,112
by impeaching his character
with lies.
710
00:34:31,112 --> 00:34:32,592
And they want to use us
to do it.
711
00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:35,638
The tragedy
of his cancer diagnosis
712
00:34:35,638 --> 00:34:38,685
doesn't change the fact that
Luke Fallon committed murder.
713
00:34:38,685 --> 00:34:40,904
I agree, but getting a
guilty verdict with evidence--
714
00:34:40,904 --> 00:34:44,256
We have no proof
that the report is a lie.
715
00:34:44,256 --> 00:34:45,605
I don't trust--
716
00:34:45,605 --> 00:34:48,738
Nolan,
this conversation is over.
717
00:34:48,738 --> 00:34:51,263
If you can get the conviction
another way, be my guest.
718
00:34:51,263 --> 00:34:54,309
If not,
you're using the report.
719
00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:56,572
[chuckles]
720
00:34:56,572 --> 00:34:58,444
Are you pulling rank, Jack?
721
00:34:58,444 --> 00:35:01,969
Damn right I am!
722
00:35:01,969 --> 00:35:03,318
Understood.
723
00:35:14,416 --> 00:35:15,504
You find anything?
724
00:35:15,504 --> 00:35:16,679
Negative.
725
00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:18,116
You?
726
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,421
Maybe.
727
00:35:19,421 --> 00:35:20,683
I've been looking through
728
00:35:20,683 --> 00:35:23,164
Alexander Lockett's
military personnel file,
729
00:35:23,164 --> 00:35:24,992
and I found something odd.
730
00:35:24,992 --> 00:35:27,995
The week
before he retired from service,
731
00:35:27,995 --> 00:35:31,781
the army offered him a position
back here in New York.
732
00:35:31,781 --> 00:35:35,481
Cushy deal too.
Title bump, good pay.
733
00:35:35,481 --> 00:35:37,831
But he turned it down.
734
00:35:37,831 --> 00:35:39,615
Maybe he'd already
gotten a better offer
735
00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:41,443
in the private sector.
736
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:47,014
No, I don't think so.
737
00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:54,282
Mr. Fallon,
yesterday you testified
738
00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:58,373
that you never fired
your weapon outside of combat.
739
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:01,028
Why did you make
that distinction,
740
00:36:01,028 --> 00:36:05,032
between using a weapon
in combat versus not?
741
00:36:05,032 --> 00:36:09,819
Because in combat,
I'm operating under orders.
742
00:36:09,819 --> 00:36:13,954
So if you're ordered
to shoot someone,
743
00:36:13,954 --> 00:36:17,523
you believe it changes
your culpability
744
00:36:17,523 --> 00:36:19,002
in whatever the outcome is?
745
00:36:19,002 --> 00:36:21,353
Yes,
because I don't have a choice.
746
00:36:21,353 --> 00:36:24,138
I'm following
the chain of command.
747
00:36:24,138 --> 00:36:27,402
But you held
Alexander Lockett responsible
748
00:36:27,402 --> 00:36:29,143
for the negative impacts
of the burn pit
749
00:36:29,143 --> 00:36:31,101
suffered by you
and your fellow soldiers.
750
00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:32,320
That's different.
751
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,236
He was the one insisting
that they be used.
752
00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:37,456
He wasn't following orders.
753
00:36:37,456 --> 00:36:39,197
He was giving them.
754
00:36:43,418 --> 00:36:45,725
Your Honor, the prosecution
is entering into evidence
755
00:36:45,725 --> 00:36:47,857
People's Exhibit 27.
756
00:36:47,857 --> 00:36:52,035
This is the official paperwork
submitted by Alexander Lockett
757
00:36:52,035 --> 00:36:53,863
when he retired
from the army.
758
00:36:53,863 --> 00:36:55,735
Were you aware why he left?
759
00:36:55,735 --> 00:36:58,390
No, it happened
after my tours were over.
760
00:36:58,390 --> 00:37:01,480
He submitted
a written statement
761
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,614
detailing his reasons
for leaving.
762
00:37:05,614 --> 00:37:10,053
"It has been my honor
to serve our great nation,
763
00:37:10,053 --> 00:37:12,230
"and I have nothing
but the utmost respect
764
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:16,146
"for the brave men and women
with whom I have served.
765
00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:17,757
"It is on their behalf
766
00:37:17,757 --> 00:37:19,672
"that I must
leave the institution
767
00:37:19,672 --> 00:37:22,283
"I have dedicated my life to.
768
00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:26,287
"For four years,
I have requested
769
00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:27,419
"that my base be allowed
770
00:37:27,419 --> 00:37:29,769
"to cease
the utilization of burn pits
771
00:37:29,769 --> 00:37:32,293
"for the disposing of waste,
772
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,600
"but repeatedly,
773
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,124
"these requests
have been denied
774
00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:40,693
"and I have been ordered
775
00:37:40,693 --> 00:37:43,391
to maintain protocol."
776
00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:47,656
Can you please read this
passage aloud for the court?
777
00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:54,794
"I have been forced
778
00:37:54,794 --> 00:37:59,799
"to do something
that I believe is harmful,
779
00:37:59,799 --> 00:38:04,151
"and I can no longer
in good conscience
780
00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:05,761
"participate in a system
781
00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:11,158
that does not protect those
who so valiantly protect us."
782
00:38:21,429 --> 00:38:25,912
You claimed that
on the night of September 27th,
783
00:38:25,912 --> 00:38:29,481
you confronted Lockett,
and he refused to apologize,
784
00:38:29,481 --> 00:38:31,657
but that's
not what happened, is it?
785
00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:33,528
I didn't know.
786
00:38:33,528 --> 00:38:34,921
Objection.
787
00:38:34,921 --> 00:38:37,532
Overruled.
Sit down, Ms. Knight.
788
00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:42,363
If you had confronted him,
789
00:38:42,363 --> 00:38:45,627
he would have given you the
apology you claim you wanted...
790
00:38:48,108 --> 00:38:49,675
And explained
791
00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:55,202
that he tried to honor
his duty to protect you.
792
00:38:55,202 --> 00:38:58,205
But you didn't even give him
a chance to talk, did you?
793
00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:04,080
You just did what you went
there specifically to do.
794
00:39:05,734 --> 00:39:07,997
Murder him.
795
00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:13,568
I'm sorry.
796
00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:15,222
I thought...
797
00:39:15,222 --> 00:39:19,531
[sobbing]
798
00:39:19,531 --> 00:39:22,142
I'm so, so sorry.
799
00:39:22,142 --> 00:39:25,537
[solemn music]
800
00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:32,761
♪
801
00:39:50,475 --> 00:39:54,087
Mr. Foreman, has the jury
reached a verdict?
802
00:39:54,087 --> 00:39:57,090
We have,
Your Honor.
803
00:39:57,090 --> 00:39:59,440
On the charge of murder
in the second degree,
804
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,444
we find the defendant,
Luke Fallon, guilty.
805
00:40:03,444 --> 00:40:09,842
♪
806
00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:24,073
I can't thank you enough
for clearing my father's name.
807
00:40:24,073 --> 00:40:25,466
Well,
now that the trial is over,
808
00:40:25,466 --> 00:40:27,294
we'll make sure
his Distinguished Service Cross
809
00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:28,600
is returned to you.
810
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,340
I appreciate that.
811
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,563
If you'll excuse me.
812
00:40:35,563 --> 00:40:36,912
Of course.
813
00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:44,964
You were right.
814
00:40:44,964 --> 00:40:48,489
Alexander Lockett tried
to protect his men,
815
00:40:48,489 --> 00:40:51,492
but he chose to follow
the chain of command
816
00:40:51,492 --> 00:40:53,581
and ended up dying for it.
817
00:40:53,581 --> 00:40:56,628
He was a soldier,
and he was following orders.
818
00:40:56,628 --> 00:40:59,195
I get it.
819
00:40:59,195 --> 00:41:02,938
Still not sure
that makes it right.
820
00:41:02,938 --> 00:41:04,636
No one ever said it did.
821
00:41:04,636 --> 00:41:10,206
♪
822
00:41:22,828 --> 00:41:25,526
[dramatic music]
823
00:41:25,526 --> 00:41:32,707
♪
824
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:55,077
[wolf howls]