1 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:08,926 Jamal! 2 00:00:09,885 --> 00:00:11,595 We got a riot in the gym. 3 00:00:11,595 --> 00:00:13,639 Shut the gate! 4 00:00:13,639 --> 00:00:16,558 Three prisoners dead, another 36 seriously injured. 5 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:18,101 You're a novice, Ms. Masry. 6 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:20,729 Cyrus will be taking over until your hearing's concluded. 7 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:22,481 We might be able to use it to our advantage. 8 00:00:22,481 --> 00:00:24,691 It looks just awful for Safiya Masry, 9 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:26,526 and it's got to roll downhill to her wife. 10 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:29,404 That girl who OD'd at the club. Lexi Richardson. 11 00:00:29,404 --> 00:00:32,032 She's not just another witness. She's the reason it started. 12 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:33,617 And her father just so happens to be 13 00:00:33,617 --> 00:00:36,078 one of Maskins' biggest donors. 14 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:46,922 If I could have everyone's attention, please. 15 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:49,925 If I had to choose one word 16 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:54,221 to describe my friend Glen Maskins, 17 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,181 it would be "devoted." 18 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:57,975 He's devoted to his family. 19 00:00:57,975 --> 00:01:01,395 He's devoted to the principles he lives by. 20 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:03,939 He's devoted to truth and justice. 21 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:05,691 What does that mean? 22 00:01:05,691 --> 00:01:08,110 It means he fights. 23 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:10,529 As a Marine, he fought for his country in Kuwait. 24 00:01:10,529 --> 00:01:12,906 As District Attorney here in the Bronx, 25 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:16,410 he fought to keep our streets safe. 26 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,662 He fought for victims, 27 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:22,040 and he fought for their families. 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,376 And as the next Attorney General, 29 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:27,379 he'll fight to ensure that New York has the most ethical, 30 00:01:27,379 --> 00:01:30,257 intelligent, and nimble system of criminal justice 31 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:31,466 in the nation. 32 00:01:31,466 --> 00:01:35,470 To do all that in a complicated world, 33 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:39,224 you need someone with values, with great judgment, 34 00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:42,603 and most of all, with integrity. 35 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:46,106 Anyone who knows Glen knows he has all those things. 36 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,859 If you're innocent, you'll be given a fair shake. 37 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:54,197 But if you're guilty, 38 00:01:54,197 --> 00:01:57,117 well, then get ready for the fight of your life. 39 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:59,202 Mm? 40 00:02:02,497 --> 00:02:03,999 You hear anything about Jamal? 41 00:02:03,999 --> 00:02:07,002 The body count hasn't changed. That's all I got. 42 00:02:07,002 --> 00:02:09,129 What happened to all his stuff? 43 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:11,923 Anyone who went to the hole got their cell tossed. 44 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:19,222 No. 45 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:22,893 I found that thing you used to keep under your chair. 46 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:25,270 Got rid of it. 47 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,734 Am I gonna get my stuff back? 48 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,527 Warden says no. 49 00:02:32,527 --> 00:02:35,280 I'm entitled to anything pertaining to my defense. 50 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,158 They took my file at intake. 51 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:39,534 It's a part of the lockdown. 52 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:40,911 I'm arguing for my retrial. 53 00:02:40,911 --> 00:02:42,579 He can't just take my things like that. 54 00:02:42,579 --> 00:02:44,498 You got the right to prep your witnesses 55 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:45,707 if they can get up here. 56 00:02:45,707 --> 00:02:47,167 That's an order from the judge. 57 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,044 And you got the right to go to court, 58 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:50,962 but the prison's on lockdown for at least a week. 59 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:54,424 No visitors, no phone calls. 60 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:56,051 Can I get a pen and paper? 61 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:59,554 Pen's a sharp instrument. 62 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,390 Close Cell Four! 63 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:10,565 Lexi, I hear everything's going so well at the foundation. 64 00:03:10,565 --> 00:03:12,609 I can't go anywhere without hearing your name. 65 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:15,696 Early education and college scholarships may be one thing, 66 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:17,489 but you know what we really need? 67 00:03:17,489 --> 00:03:19,282 Lawyers. 68 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,118 If I lose, maybe I'll come knocking. 69 00:03:21,118 --> 00:03:23,286 I'm sure my dad could give you a good reference. 70 00:03:23,286 --> 00:03:24,871 Spencer, I can't tell you 71 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:27,040 how much I appreciate you hosting again. 72 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,167 Polling average has you up two points. Mm‐hmm. 73 00:03:29,167 --> 00:03:31,753 Margin of error's three. Some say five. 74 00:03:31,753 --> 00:03:33,505 The Attorney General's gonna be pounding the pavement for us 75 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:34,548 the next few days. 76 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:35,966 You know how effective he is. 77 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:38,301 He told me he could be of help with Wallace. 78 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:40,053 Suggest you hear him out. 79 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:41,263 We've got that under control. 80 00:03:41,263 --> 00:03:43,807 I don't think you do, Glen. 81 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:45,976 Hear him out. 82 00:03:45,976 --> 00:03:48,228 We can't have Wallace spouting off to the press. 83 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:50,230 That's the main thing the next three days. 84 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,232 I've already worked that out with security at the courthouse. 85 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,234 And the judge is Sorensen? 86 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,610 She may be our biggest problem. 87 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:57,863 Alright, let me see what I can do about that. 88 00:03:57,863 --> 00:03:59,698 If you can pull that off... 89 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:01,199 Let me show you something. 90 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:05,287 That's Wallace assaulting Dawkins. 91 00:04:05,287 --> 00:04:07,289 Courtesy of Cyrus Hunt. 92 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:08,999 Reach out to him. 93 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:10,542 Aaron Wallace was the prison rep 94 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:12,752 who helped drive him out of Bellmore to begin with. 95 00:04:16,465 --> 00:04:18,341 Let's keep it very simple. 96 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:20,802 The police showed you a photo of me, only me, 97 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:22,763 and asked you if I sold you drugs. 98 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:24,890 And I felt pressure to say what they wanted 99 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:26,433 because they found a bag on me. 100 00:04:28,185 --> 00:04:29,978 What's with the audio? I‐I keep getting these glitches. 101 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:32,189 It's new equipment. I know it's new equipment. 102 00:04:32,189 --> 00:04:33,273 I'm the one who had it installed. 103 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,900 Just get me more volume somehow. 104 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:36,359 You know, they keep calling me, 105 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:38,570 telling me if I say something different than last time, 106 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:40,071 it can be considered perjury. 107 00:04:40,071 --> 00:04:42,240 No. These are different questions I'm asking you, 108 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,533 and you're telling the truth. 109 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:44,618 So don't listen to them. 110 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:46,787 Oh, I'm not, but I thought you should know 111 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:49,873 in case they're doing this to your other witnesses. 112 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:52,667 Yeah, can't say I'm surprised. 113 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,252 But we're good here. 114 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:55,962 Go get some rest for tomorrow. 115 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,005 And thank you. 116 00:04:59,049 --> 00:05:00,008 Bring in the next one, please. 117 00:05:04,429 --> 00:05:05,680 Ms. McDonald. 118 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:06,890 Thank you for coming all the way up here. 119 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:08,266 I really appreciate it. 120 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:10,602 Well, your wife really made it sound important. 121 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:12,813 And I've been following your story. 122 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:14,940 I've seen that website your daughter made for you. Mm‐hmm. 123 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,399 I believe you're innocent. 124 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:19,069 Thank you. I don't get to hear that much. 125 00:05:19,069 --> 00:05:21,613 Just never occurred to me that there was something wrong 126 00:05:21,613 --> 00:05:22,823 with the District Attorney 127 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:24,616 coming to the hospital that night. 128 00:05:24,616 --> 00:05:26,368 Well, it's because of what happened afterwards, 129 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:28,453 his relationship with the girl's father. 130 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:31,957 Now, remember, I'm calling you as a surprise rebuttal witness, 131 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:34,084 so you can't tell anyone you're doing this. 132 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:43,927 You have a deposition I took in a civil case a few months ago 133 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:47,931 in which a former Bronx ADA admitted that 134 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:58,191 Hey, new protocol. Let's check in over here. 135 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:09,160 Just give me five minutes. 136 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,121 Come on, Joey. Five minutes. 137 00:06:11,121 --> 00:06:12,622 Ma'am. 138 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:13,832 Hey, Aaron. 139 00:06:13,832 --> 00:06:15,917 Did you arrange all this? Meeting me down here? 140 00:06:15,917 --> 00:06:18,545 No, but I heard this was gonna be drop‐off today. 141 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:20,630 Somebody doesn't want me talking to the press. 142 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:22,924 Listen, you need to know 143 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:26,303 Cassius Dawkins thought you were a rat and put a hit on you. 144 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:28,138 Jamal convinced him he would do it. 145 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:29,764 That's how he got the shiv. 146 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,144 And then he turned it on Cassius 147 00:06:34,144 --> 00:06:36,563 trying to protect me. 148 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:39,649 I know Hunt has the prison on lockdown, 149 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:40,859 but when that's over, 150 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:43,403 if Dawkins' crew spreads that you're the rat, 151 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,571 you're not gonna have any friends in there. 152 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,656 You need to put in for a transfer now. 153 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:47,741 Hunt can never sign off on that. 154 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,784 Just put the paperwork in. 155 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:51,536 And let me talk to the Board. 156 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:57,667 It was you who got me out to go to court. 157 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:03,256 Why are you doing all this for me? 158 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:04,966 Just do it now. 159 00:07:04,966 --> 00:07:06,885 Okay? 160 00:07:06,885 --> 00:07:09,804 Even with my help, it could take some time. 161 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:25,862 Everything alright? 162 00:07:25,862 --> 00:07:26,863 Yeah. 163 00:07:26,863 --> 00:07:28,073 Fine. 164 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:29,991 No Darius today? No. 165 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:31,409 He wanted to be here Day One, 166 00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:33,662 but he didn't want to be a distraction to you. 167 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:35,705 When this is over, he's got some things 168 00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:37,165 he wants to talk to you about. 169 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:40,377 You switched judges? 170 00:07:40,377 --> 00:07:42,212 Brought in someone who's gunning for me? 171 00:07:42,212 --> 00:07:43,588 Come on. That's got nothing to do with us. 172 00:07:43,588 --> 00:07:45,131 Governor makes judicial appointments. 173 00:07:45,131 --> 00:07:46,675 You don't like it, move for an adjournment. 174 00:07:46,675 --> 00:07:49,344 All rise! Court is now in session! 175 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:52,514 The Honorable Judge Reginald Cummings presiding. 176 00:07:56,559 --> 00:07:58,144 Counselors. 177 00:08:00,397 --> 00:08:02,482 You may be aware that the Governor 178 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:05,110 has elevated Judge Sorensen to the Appellate Division. 179 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:06,820 I'll be presiding over all further proceedings 180 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,113 in this matter. 181 00:08:08,113 --> 00:08:10,031 I've already reviewed your briefs 182 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:11,783 and transcripts of the opening statements, 183 00:08:11,783 --> 00:08:13,702 so let's get to it. 184 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:15,120 Mr. Wallace? 185 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:25,213 You have a deposition I took in a civil case a few months ago 186 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:28,883 in which Mr. Adam Yamada, a former Bronx ADA, 187 00:08:28,883 --> 00:08:31,511 admitted that that office knowingly prosecuted cases 188 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:33,388 in which the NYPD used illegal 189 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:35,682 and unconstitutional identification procedures. 190 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:37,308 Objection, Your Honor. 191 00:08:37,308 --> 00:08:39,686 Mr. Yamada admitted to one administrative oversight 192 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:40,812 in one case. 193 00:08:40,812 --> 00:08:43,440 I have multiple witnesses who will testify 194 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,150 that they were shown only a single photo ID of me. 195 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,526 There's a pattern of 196 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:49,654 There is absolutely no reason to call these witnesses. 197 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:51,573 Now, if Mr. Wallace had read People v. Zayas, 198 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:52,907 he'd understand I read that case, 199 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:54,367 and this has nothing to do with that situation. 200 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,161 One photo, confirmatory ID. 201 00:08:56,161 --> 00:08:58,079 If the complainant and the defendant know each other 202 00:08:58,079 --> 00:08:59,539 Or if there are exigencies. 203 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:00,832 Police and the DEA, 204 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:03,001 under the directive of the District Attorney's office, 205 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:04,669 were staking out my club for months 206 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:06,796 before they start pulling people over and searching them. 207 00:09:06,796 --> 00:09:08,965 Stop and frisk becomes find a dime bag 208 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:11,217 becomes finger me off a single photo ID. 209 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,719 If you ask someone who's been arrested 210 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:14,345 with a bag of coke in their pocket, 211 00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:16,306 scared out of their minds, if "This is the guy?", 212 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:17,432 of course they're gonna say "Yes." 213 00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:19,017 There was no exigency, 214 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:20,894 no reason they couldn't have pulled me in for a lineup. 215 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,729 And tip off they were onto you? 216 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:24,272 They could've used a six‐pack. 217 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:26,483 Instead, what they did was juice the process. 218 00:09:26,483 --> 00:09:29,903 Mr. O'Reilly, are you conceding that the NYPD 219 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:32,781 did use a single photo to identify Mr. Wallace? 220 00:09:35,366 --> 00:09:37,952 In certain instances, yes. 221 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:44,793 Call your witnesses, Mr. Wallace. 222 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,669 Let's hear the specifics. 223 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:48,088 Thank you, Your Honor. 224 00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:54,636 I'm sure Wallace has put in for the transfer by now. 225 00:09:54,636 --> 00:09:56,304 So what do you want me to do? Call Hunt? 226 00:09:56,304 --> 00:09:58,348 Yes, Jerry, and pressure him to sign it. 227 00:09:58,348 --> 00:10:01,142 It's not like I say "Jump" and the wardens all say "How high?" 228 00:10:01,142 --> 00:10:02,519 Oh, don't sell yourself short. 229 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:04,187 You can be very persuasive when you want to be. 230 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:05,939 Let me know when it's done. 231 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:08,066 Safiya. Hmm? 232 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:10,193 I take it you haven't seen this. 233 00:10:10,193 --> 00:10:13,530 "It's particularly controversial because of Wallace's ties 234 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:16,866 to former Bellmore warden Safiya Masry and her wife." 235 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:18,576 Where's Anya? Has she seen this yet? 236 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:19,828 She's on her way. 237 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:21,704 And she's not happy. 238 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:27,210 Someone released a video of you fighting in the riot. 239 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:29,629 Press is tying you to Masry and Anya Harrison. 240 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,381 It's a double‐dip for Maskins. 241 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:33,216 How can they even do that? 242 00:10:33,216 --> 00:10:35,009 Isn't it video evidence or something? 243 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:36,845 Is it even legal to leak something like that? 244 00:10:36,845 --> 00:10:39,055 They don't play fair. 245 00:10:39,055 --> 00:10:40,557 But we already knew that, right? 246 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:43,184 There's something else. 247 00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:46,396 We lost the nurse. 248 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:49,274 She called me last night to say she was too scared. 249 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:51,985 They got to her, Aaron. Like we know they do. 250 00:10:53,945 --> 00:10:56,364 Cyrus Hunt. Mm. 251 00:10:56,364 --> 00:10:57,949 He fed them the intel. 252 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:00,201 Released the video, too. 253 00:11:00,201 --> 00:11:01,995 It's surveillance from the prison. 254 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,289 I‐I wasn't expecting it And And knowing that it existed, 255 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:06,499 you still went and advocated for Wallace at the Prison Board. 256 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:07,959 Well, that that's never gonna come out. 257 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:09,252 I'm glad you're so confident. 258 00:11:09,252 --> 00:11:10,545 You You need to know 259 00:11:10,545 --> 00:11:12,881 that I went to see him yesterday at Bronx Supreme. 260 00:11:12,881 --> 00:11:14,966 I arranged it with the guards. 261 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:16,926 Nobody saw us, but I wanted you to know. Oh, my God. What are you doing?! 262 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:19,220 He was in danger. I needed to warn him. 263 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:20,430 You had to do it personally? 264 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:22,849 I am responsible, Anya! 265 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:25,185 They sent Cassius Dawkins to Bellmore to get at me. 266 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,103 That's why he's in this situation. 267 00:11:27,103 --> 00:11:28,771 And I'm in this situation because 268 00:11:28,771 --> 00:11:30,732 you're more worried about him than you are your own family. No. 269 00:11:30,732 --> 00:11:32,984 This man is fighting for his life, 270 00:11:32,984 --> 00:11:34,569 and you're talking about your PR? 271 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:37,864 Mom? Y‐You're supposed to start your speech now. 272 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:39,574 Thank you, honey. 273 00:11:39,574 --> 00:11:41,451 Okay. 274 00:11:41,451 --> 00:11:46,039 Please welcome Brooklyn DA Anya Harrison! 275 00:11:47,582 --> 00:11:49,626 Who is Aaron Wallace? 276 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:53,838 Who is Aaron Wallace? 277 00:11:57,258 --> 00:12:00,470 Aaron Wallace is a drug kingpin 278 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:06,100 whose actions hurt young people and tore apart a community. 279 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:07,936 Make no mistake. 280 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:12,106 It's impressive that he managed to become a lawyer. 281 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:14,901 But when he uses that power 282 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:19,989 to mislead his fellow inmates and manipulate the system, 283 00:12:19,989 --> 00:12:21,741 then we have a problem, 284 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:25,536 one made worse by the fact that my opponent's wife, 285 00:12:25,536 --> 00:12:28,122 the former warden of his prison, 286 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:30,833 has allowed his shenanigans to continue. 287 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:31,918 That's right. 288 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,795 Anya Harrison's wife, 289 00:12:33,795 --> 00:12:37,882 the woman who wrote a manifesto about closing prisons, 290 00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:42,428 has cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars 291 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,847 letting this drug dealer go back and forth to court. 292 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:46,683 I can't believe he's doing this. 293 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:49,477 He's worked his whole life to get to this moment. 294 00:12:49,477 --> 00:12:50,853 To play the race card? 295 00:12:50,853 --> 00:12:52,855 You've seen the video. 296 00:12:52,855 --> 00:12:55,316 Aaron Wallace is not the peaceful intellectual 297 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,901 the press portrays. 298 00:12:56,901 --> 00:12:59,153 He is a hardened criminal. 299 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:02,782 All the way from Oakland? 300 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,617 Come on. What'd you think? I wouldn't come? 301 00:13:05,827 --> 00:13:07,161 Thank you. Good to see you. 302 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:08,204 Thank you. 303 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:11,332 Looking good, my friend. 304 00:13:11,332 --> 00:13:12,917 Wore the same suit. For good luck. 305 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:16,254 You came, too. 306 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:17,922 Of course. 307 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:19,424 We're here to support you. 308 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,343 I've already demonstrated 309 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:24,512 how the police coerced and manipulated witnesses 310 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:27,181 by only showing a single photo ID of me 311 00:13:27,181 --> 00:13:29,517 and how the prosecution failed to disclose 312 00:13:29,517 --> 00:13:32,145 that my club promoter was a criminal informant. 313 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,314 My question is, why? 314 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:38,067 Why was their approach toward me so aggressive? 315 00:13:38,067 --> 00:13:41,362 My answer? I was targeted. 316 00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:43,239 It's my contention that Mr. Maskins 317 00:13:43,239 --> 00:13:44,991 has a history of rushing to judgment, 318 00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:47,285 then hiding evidence and committing Brady violations 319 00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:49,787 to ensure nothing interferes with his theories of guilt. 320 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,123 And you want to argue that this so‐called rush to judgment 321 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:53,583 is due to racial bias. 322 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:55,084 Well, if you look at his overcharging patterns, 323 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:57,045 his sentencing, plea deals 324 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:58,755 I have two witnesses who 325 00:13:58,755 --> 00:14:00,423 Objection, Your Honor. 326 00:14:00,423 --> 00:14:03,301 Mr. Maskins has had a career spanning 26 years. 327 00:14:03,301 --> 00:14:05,136 I don't see how he can cherry‐pick three cases 328 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:06,345 and attempt to prove a pattern. 329 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,056 I can compare his record to DAs 330 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:09,390 in other boroughs, other counties. 331 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:11,851 The Bronx is almost 90% people of color. 332 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,478 He can't possibly make a fair comparison. 333 00:14:13,478 --> 00:14:15,104 Easley Barton was tried in Long Island. 334 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,523 Mr. O'Reilly is correct. 335 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:20,193 This is a conversation you can go have with the voters, 336 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:21,944 not an argument for my courtroom. 337 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,446 If you would just let me call them, 338 00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:24,822 hear what they have to say. 339 00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:27,700 My position on this is clear, Counselor. 340 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:31,412 Mr. Barton, Mr. Rodriguez, you may go. 341 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:35,833 Your testimony will not be required by the court. 342 00:14:43,508 --> 00:14:45,343 This judge. 343 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:49,263 Now, Mr. Wallace, assuming I accept your representations 344 00:14:49,263 --> 00:14:51,724 and review the documents you've uncovered, 345 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,644 will this be the sum total of your arguments? 346 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:03,611 No, Your Honor. 347 00:15:03,611 --> 00:15:05,822 Not without the evidence of a pattern. 348 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:08,074 I need to call one more witness. 349 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:10,701 And who would that be? 350 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:12,495 Her name is Lexi Richardson. 351 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:23,548 I don't see why Cyrus Hunt would even want Wallace at Bellmore. 352 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:25,633 I don't know, Safiya. He probably wants to torment the guy. 353 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,468 Given their history. 354 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:29,387 Well, given ours, I was expecting you to be more effective here. 355 00:15:29,387 --> 00:15:31,305 I had some traction with the rest of the Board 356 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:32,598 till that video came out. 357 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:35,268 Now nobody's gonna bend over backwards 358 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,728 to put Wallace into a "safer" facility. 359 00:15:37,728 --> 00:15:39,814 Hell, I had to fend off half of 'em 360 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,858 just to keep Wallace going to court. 361 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:45,611 This is a copy of the letter Jamal Bishop left 362 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,989 on Wallace's bed right before the riot. 363 00:15:47,989 --> 00:15:51,200 And it proves that Wallace had no idea what Bishop was planning 364 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,870 and only went to the gym to stop the violence. 365 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,288 You kept a copy of this? 366 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:57,665 You think the Board has issues now? 367 00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:00,960 But how will it look if he gets killed at Bellmore 368 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,086 a week after the riot? 369 00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:33,534 Is that Jamal? 370 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:40,583 Hey. Hold up there. 371 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:43,044 Hey! Hold up. 372 00:16:43,044 --> 00:16:45,171 Let's give him a second. 373 00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:52,094 If they're letting you back in here, that means you're gonna be alright. 374 00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:56,849 Now, listen to me. 375 00:16:56,849 --> 00:17:00,478 The second you can talk, OSI's gonna be comin' at ya. 376 00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:02,730 They're gonna try and charge you for the hit on Cassius. 377 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:04,190 Now, all you got to say 378 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,567 is that you went after him to protect me. 379 00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:07,818 You hear me? 380 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:10,071 Okay, we can build a defense around that. 381 00:17:10,071 --> 00:17:13,449 Masry's out. Cyrus Hunt is back in here. 382 00:17:13,449 --> 00:17:16,369 So I put in for a transfer. For both of us. 383 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,871 Now, this whole place is on lockdown. 384 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,790 I'm not gonna see you for a while. 385 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:22,041 This is it. 386 00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:25,086 We got our plan, right? 387 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:28,339 Alright. 388 00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:44,105 Thank you. 389 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:49,610 Now, Ms. Richardson... 390 00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:53,114 is it true you used to frequent my club? 391 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:59,495 And is it also true that you bought drugs there? 392 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,086 Why'd you buy those drugs in my club? 393 00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:12,466 Why? 394 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:15,636 You can't stop this? 395 00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,013 I talked to Glen, 396 00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:19,181 and he's gonna personally oversee your testimony, 397 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:20,683 and this is gonna backfire on Wallace. 398 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:22,893 Well, I'm gonna have to talk about everything that happened. 399 00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:25,187 What happened was this 400 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:27,898 that man had a responsibility to you, 401 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:30,234 to all our sisters, all our daughters. 402 00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:32,278 He was a member of the community, 403 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:34,322 and he was supposed to protect you. 404 00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:38,284 Instead, he and his punks turned you on to drugs. 405 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:42,997 Do you know how close you were to dying that night? 406 00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:45,625 For that, he should spend every day of his life 407 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,043 behind bars. 408 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:49,587 But what about my reputation? 409 00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:50,963 And yours? 410 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,840 And everything we're trying to build here? 411 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,425 You were a kid. 412 00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:57,178 You made some mistakes. 413 00:18:57,178 --> 00:18:58,929 But that was a long time ago, 414 00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:01,015 and you're an incredible woman now. 415 00:19:01,015 --> 00:19:03,809 Someone who's making a difference. 416 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,770 That's what people know about you, 417 00:19:05,770 --> 00:19:09,148 and nothing Wallace can say or do will change that. 418 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,736 We've gone through worse than this. 419 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,659 Who are you here for? 420 00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,118 Jasmine Wallace. 421 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:25,539 She said it'll be about 10 minutes. 422 00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:26,791 What are you doing? 423 00:19:26,791 --> 00:19:29,669 We're looking at Lexi Richardson's social media. 424 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:31,504 If Dad's gonna question this girl, 425 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:34,173 there has to be something we can find out about her. 426 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,716 Like what? 427 00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:39,011 If she was going to the club back then, at 18, doing drugs, 428 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:40,930 she must have been into other kinds of trouble. 429 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:43,265 It's for Dad. 430 00:19:47,103 --> 00:19:48,354 So, this is an affidavit 431 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,106 from someone who went to school with Lexi? 432 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:53,984 Social media's the new PI, but it was Jazz and Ronnie. 433 00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:55,486 It's rough. 434 00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:57,530 This is how it all started. 435 00:19:57,530 --> 00:20:00,324 You can't back down now. 436 00:20:00,324 --> 00:20:01,784 Do what you got to do. 437 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:06,831 Yeah. 438 00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:39,989 Wallace? 439 00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:42,116 I need to talk to him. 440 00:20:42,116 --> 00:20:43,576 You know I can't do that. 441 00:20:45,286 --> 00:20:47,538 Can we get a word? 442 00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:52,585 What's he doing? 443 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:53,794 I don't know. 444 00:20:59,467 --> 00:21:01,677 Listen, I don't want to have to call your daughter. 445 00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:04,388 Then don't, if you have any self‐respect. 446 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:06,557 All I want is a second chance to prove my innocence, 447 00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:08,517 and they're doing everything within their power 448 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:10,311 to make sure I don't get a fair shake. 449 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:11,771 If you've been following this, you'd know that. 450 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,398 So now you have no choice but to bully and humiliate her? 451 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,073 This is an affidavit 452 00:21:23,073 --> 00:21:25,576 from one of your daughter's high school friends. 453 00:21:25,576 --> 00:21:27,119 According to her, 454 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,121 Lexi's been doing drugs since the 10th grade. 455 00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:33,459 Now, she says Lexi always felt bad 456 00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:34,627 because you told the DA 457 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,670 to go after the people who corrupted her. 458 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,089 But Lexi told you it was my people that got her hooked. 459 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:40,341 What does that have to do with anything? 460 00:21:40,341 --> 00:21:42,718 Now, maybe Maskins went in too hard. 461 00:21:42,718 --> 00:21:45,721 Maybe he saw how angry you were and smelled an opportunity. 462 00:21:45,721 --> 00:21:47,056 What do you want? 463 00:21:47,056 --> 00:21:48,974 Maybe it's time to admit 464 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,768 that you don't really know the whole story. 465 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:54,772 You want me to testify. 466 00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:55,731 I want you to tell the truth. 467 00:21:57,817 --> 00:21:59,276 About what went down that night. 468 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:03,739 Otherwise, I'm gonna have to make Lexi go through all that. 469 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,169 So, a year before my arrest, 470 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,921 your daughter used to frequent my club? 471 00:22:18,921 --> 00:22:20,506 Yes. 472 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,550 She used to buy drugs there. 473 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,427 From Michael Miller, a former employee of mine? 474 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:27,263 That's hearsay. I can object. 475 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:29,139 There's no point. He's cooperating. 476 00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:30,683 Yes. 477 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,560 From Michael Miller. 478 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,230 And on the night of February 12th, what happened? 479 00:22:38,232 --> 00:22:40,484 She had an overdose. 480 00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:45,281 Your employees didn't want to risk calling an ambulance, 481 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:49,702 so they dumped her at St. Jude's. 482 00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:51,537 You must have been very upset. 483 00:22:52,746 --> 00:22:54,874 You could say that. 484 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,458 So what did you do? 485 00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:58,168 I called a friend with connections 486 00:22:58,168 --> 00:23:00,170 to the District Attorney's office. 487 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:03,549 An hour later, Glen Maskins showed up. 488 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,553 And he was only an Assistant District Attorney at the time. 489 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,221 That's right. 490 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,891 And were you surprised when Mr. Maskins came so quickly? 491 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,517 No. 492 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,895 I'm used to having people respond that way. 493 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:18,731 Because you're a man of power, money, 494 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:20,733 standing in the community. 495 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,735 That's right. 496 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:25,029 So, when Mr. Maskins came to the hospital, 497 00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,405 what did you tell him? 498 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:28,824 I told him I believed the people at the Trinity Club 499 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:30,784 were responsible for this. 500 00:23:30,784 --> 00:23:33,621 He assured me he'd make them pay. 501 00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:35,664 And was that the response you were looking for? 502 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:36,999 It was. 503 00:23:36,999 --> 00:23:39,168 And did he deliver on that promise? 504 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:42,171 I believe he did. 505 00:23:42,171 --> 00:23:45,466 And when Glen Maskins ran for District Attorney, 506 00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:47,843 the office he holds now, 507 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:49,261 did you contribute to that campaign? 508 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,721 I did. 509 00:23:50,721 --> 00:23:51,889 A great deal. 510 00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:54,892 Did you help bundle contributions 511 00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:56,435 from wealthy donors in the community? 512 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:57,978 I did. 513 00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,438 Throw fundraisers? 514 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:00,731 Yes. 515 00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:03,150 And in his current run for Attorney General? 516 00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:04,944 I can't. 517 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:13,577 He has continued to receive my full support. 518 00:24:15,996 --> 00:24:17,873 Now, is it your belief 519 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:21,627 that when Glen Maskins came to the hospital on that night 520 00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:25,923 that he targeted me to gain access to you? 521 00:24:25,923 --> 00:24:27,675 Your money and your friends? 522 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:36,475 I don't know. 523 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,937 You'd have to ask him. 524 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,732 I think it's safe to say, Your Honor, 525 00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:48,404 that if there was quid pro quo, even if it was implied, 526 00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:50,906 that that constitutes an abuse of power. 527 00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:53,993 Thank you. 528 00:25:00,749 --> 00:25:03,460 Mr. O'Reilly, Mr. Maskins, cross‐examination? 529 00:25:05,796 --> 00:25:07,673 Mr. O'Reilly? 530 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:08,674 Okay. 531 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:10,509 Yes, Your Honor. 532 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,762 The people would like to call Mr. Glen Maskins to the stand. 533 00:25:16,807 --> 00:25:18,809 In my chambers. 534 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:20,227 All of you. 535 00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:21,395 Now. 536 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:24,690 I understand there's an election happening tomorrow 537 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,525 and you're worried about the media, 538 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,610 but I am not going to allow this collateral matter 539 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:30,320 to make a circus out of my courtroom. 540 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,197 My apologies, Your Honor, 541 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,992 but the entire idea that I sold out justice 542 00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:37,411 to ingratiate myself to a wealthy man 543 00:25:37,411 --> 00:25:40,414 is offensive and completely inaccurate. 544 00:25:40,414 --> 00:25:42,958 I believe I should have been given a chance to directly rebut. 545 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,877 You can rebut now. Here. Where it matters. 546 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,211 Fine. 547 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,505 The simple truth is, I went after Mr. Wallace 548 00:25:48,505 --> 00:25:52,384 because Lexi Richardson OD'd on drugs she got at his club. 549 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,344 The police investigated. We prosecuted. 550 00:25:54,344 --> 00:25:56,388 He was tried by a jury of his peers, 551 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,849 and they spent less than two days deliberating 552 00:25:58,849 --> 00:26:01,769 because it was a slam dunk and he was guilty. 553 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:04,521 I did my job, and I did it well. 554 00:26:04,521 --> 00:26:07,149 And for that, Mr. Richardson decided to support me, 555 00:26:07,149 --> 00:26:08,901 as is his right. 556 00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:11,945 Now, I don't know about you, Your Honor, but I found 557 00:26:11,945 --> 00:26:13,781 Mr. Wallace's leveraging of his daughter against him 558 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,324 to be disgusting. 559 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,826 More than what happened to Easley Barton? 560 00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:20,037 Or Jose Rodriguez? 561 00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:22,414 Men who were innocent that were put away for years 562 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:23,624 under your direction 563 00:26:23,624 --> 00:26:26,335 26 years I've been doing this job. 564 00:26:26,335 --> 00:26:29,004 I've tried hundreds of cases, overseen thousands. 565 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:30,672 So for you to handpick two 566 00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,883 and present those as evidence of what I'm about 567 00:26:32,883 --> 00:26:34,676 You are not on trial here, Mr. Maskins. 568 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:37,304 Oh, but I am now. 569 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:39,723 With the entire premise of this motion. 570 00:26:39,723 --> 00:26:41,308 This idea 571 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:43,018 of a pattern of corruption. 572 00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:45,646 You want to talk about my witness, 573 00:26:45,646 --> 00:26:48,190 the nurse who suddenly got cold feet 574 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:50,067 after your people coerced her? 575 00:26:50,067 --> 00:26:51,819 Is there evidence of that? 576 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:55,781 Of course not. 577 00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:57,741 Because all he has are insinuations. 578 00:26:57,741 --> 00:26:59,409 He throws crap against the wall 579 00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:01,411 and hopes for something to stick. 580 00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:04,456 My witnesses have a habit of disappearing on me 581 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:06,500 the day they're supposed to be called, Your Honor. 582 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,584 That's what I would have presented 583 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:09,461 had I been able to talk about Jose Rodriguez. 584 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,547 That's what happened to that criminal informant 585 00:27:11,547 --> 00:27:12,589 Angelo Torres. 586 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:13,882 Mr. Maskins? 587 00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:17,219 Here it is, Your Honor. 588 00:27:17,219 --> 00:27:21,348 This man has spent the last four months 589 00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:22,933 doing everything he can to make this 590 00:27:22,933 --> 00:27:24,393 about me and my record 591 00:27:24,393 --> 00:27:27,437 and not about the facts in his own case. 592 00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:30,148 He has looked for inflammatory cold cases. 593 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:32,317 He has preened before the press. 594 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,862 He has used his position in prison 595 00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:38,699 to find vulnerable inmates and twisted their cases around 596 00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:41,535 in an effort to malign me and my record. 597 00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,955 At school, my son has been called a racist 598 00:27:44,955 --> 00:27:47,583 because of the bile Mr. Wallace has been trying to unleash. 599 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:50,127 Are you really gonna stand here and talk about your family 600 00:27:50,127 --> 00:27:51,587 after what you've done to mine?! 601 00:27:51,587 --> 00:27:53,297 And you honestly think you have a leg to stand 602 00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:55,340 Gentlemen, I'm going to stop this now. 603 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,801 I have what I need to make a judgment. 604 00:27:57,801 --> 00:28:01,638 I'll need a day or so to review the documentation and briefs. 605 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,181 You'll have my decision then. 606 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:11,982 Your Honor. 607 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:18,280 I know this has no relevance to what you have to consider now... 608 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,407 but I'm innocent. 609 00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:33,921 Even with the revelations about Spencer Richardson, 610 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:35,255 the damage from that video 611 00:28:35,255 --> 00:28:36,757 and Safiya's association with Wallace 612 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:37,716 puts us on the defensive. 613 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,176 And it gets worse. 614 00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:40,928 Safiya's proposals to close prisons 615 00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:43,722 are suddenly making their rounds on the Internet. 616 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:45,265 Oh, come on. 617 00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:46,767 You need to disavow Wallace 618 00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:48,352 and distance yourself from Safiya. 619 00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:50,646 Now? On the day of the election? 620 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:53,774 You're going to get asked about it all day today by the press. 621 00:28:53,774 --> 00:28:55,108 Here are some talking points. 622 00:29:03,158 --> 00:29:05,327 Looks like she's winning in the early count, 623 00:29:05,327 --> 00:29:08,622 but we don't know if it's from the urban vote or what. 624 00:29:08,622 --> 00:29:11,750 You saw what she said about Dad today. 625 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:15,003 I guess...she won't be of much help anyways. 626 00:29:15,003 --> 00:29:16,505 She was just being a politician. 627 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:19,299 But the worst thing for us is if Maskins wins. 628 00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:22,177 It won't even matter if Dad doesn't get his retrial. 629 00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:24,096 He'll be out of moves, right? 630 00:29:27,641 --> 00:29:29,101 He'll win. 631 00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:32,813 You believe in him again? 632 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,566 Yes. I do. 633 00:29:37,693 --> 00:29:38,819 Don't you? 634 00:29:38,819 --> 00:29:40,904 I always will. 635 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:43,699 But I've seen what these people can do. 636 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:45,033 And now 637 00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:47,869 Mom? 638 00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:49,454 What? 639 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:51,456 I think my water just broke. 640 00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:58,255 Yo, Wallace. 641 00:29:58,255 --> 00:30:00,340 Just got word. You got court tomorrow. 642 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,137 You hear anything about the election? 643 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,015 Ladies and gentlemen, I am very proud to present 644 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:10,600 the man who will follow in my footsteps 645 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,686 my protégé and friend, 646 00:30:12,686 --> 00:30:15,939 the next Attorney General of the great state of New York, 647 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:17,899 Mr. Glen Maskins! 648 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:59,066 She tried to stay up for you. 649 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,652 Promised I wouldn't move her. 650 00:31:07,157 --> 00:31:08,617 I'm sorry. 651 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:13,371 For what? 652 00:31:16,374 --> 00:31:17,834 That you lost. 653 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:26,259 I don't know how we get past this. 654 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:27,677 Do you? 655 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:54,204 Jasmine's in labor. 656 00:31:54,204 --> 00:31:56,206 Marie's with her at the hospital. 657 00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:58,500 She's five weeks early. Something wrong? 658 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,210 Marie says that's totally normal, 659 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:02,087 especially for a first pregnancy. 660 00:32:05,298 --> 00:32:07,843 S‐She wanted me to tell you, so... 661 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:11,054 Well, thanks for letting me know. 662 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:13,431 Aaron. 663 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:22,816 I'm pulling for you today. 664 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:24,359 For whatever it's worth. 665 00:32:32,742 --> 00:32:34,327 You should come. 666 00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:46,131 He's almost here. 667 00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:47,799 He's almost here. 668 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,927 Three, two, one. 669 00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:52,971 Push, push, push, push. There you go. You're doing fine. 670 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:54,681 Push, push, push, push! 671 00:32:54,681 --> 00:32:55,807 Push! Push! 672 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:05,692 All rise! Court is now in session! 673 00:33:05,692 --> 00:33:08,612 The Honorable Judge Reginald Cummings presiding. 674 00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:17,037 You can be seated. 675 00:33:24,127 --> 00:33:28,632 Unfortunately, this case has already been used by both sides 676 00:33:28,632 --> 00:33:30,550 to score political points. 677 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,677 That ends now. 678 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:36,348 Coming out of here, nothing more to the media. 679 00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:38,975 No mention of Aaron Wallace in speeches, 680 00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:41,186 no mention of a corrupt Attorney General. 681 00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:42,103 Are we clear? 682 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:45,649 Yes, Your Honor. Yes, Your Honor. 683 00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:46,608 Good. 684 00:33:46,608 --> 00:33:49,152 As for the motion for retrial, 685 00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:51,446 I am entirely unconvinced by the argument 686 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,531 that there was a rush to judgment 687 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,659 or racial animus at play here. 688 00:33:55,659 --> 00:33:57,994 When it comes to the conduct of the prosecution, 689 00:33:57,994 --> 00:34:02,374 I am troubled by the casual manipulation of eyewitnesses 690 00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:04,209 and by the disclosure issues 691 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:05,961 surrounding the criminal informant. 692 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:09,798 But those factors, while serious, 693 00:34:09,798 --> 00:34:12,133 are not enough to trigger the cost and expense 694 00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:13,843 of a lengthy retrial. 695 00:34:18,265 --> 00:34:19,599 However... 696 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:21,559 when one adds to the mix 697 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:25,230 the abundant enthusiasm and confounding specificity 698 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,941 with which the District Attorney pursued this case, 699 00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:31,236 all seemingly triggered by the overdose of Ms. Richardson, 700 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:34,531 it's clear to me not that Mr. Wallace is guilty or innocent, 701 00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:36,741 but that, as a matter of law, 702 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,328 the errors that I described cannot be said to be harmless. 703 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:43,248 As a result... 704 00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:46,668 I am compelled to find that a retrial is warranted. 705 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:48,378 Yes! 706 00:34:48,378 --> 00:34:50,797 Mr. Wallace deserves an opportunity 707 00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:54,676 to present his defense before a new and impartial jury. 708 00:34:54,676 --> 00:34:57,804 Accordingly, the previous judgment of conviction 709 00:34:57,804 --> 00:34:59,431 is set aside, 710 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:02,726 and a new trial is ordered with all deliberate speed. 711 00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:24,122 Hey! 712 00:35:29,878 --> 00:35:31,630 Meet your grandson 713 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:35,091 Aaron Wallace, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. 714 00:35:36,885 --> 00:35:38,762 I missed it. 715 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:41,806 Hey, you'll meet him soon enough. 716 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,770 I'm a grandfather. 717 00:35:46,770 --> 00:35:48,855 Wow. 718 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,482 Congratulations. 719 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,947 I took your word for it all along, 720 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:40,323 but I've read all the transcripts now. 721 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:41,533 I heard what the judge said. 722 00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:43,243 If I'd have ever known what you did 723 00:36:43,243 --> 00:36:45,453 We were aggressive where we needed to be. 724 00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:46,955 We got the job done. 725 00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:48,581 And the man is guilty. 726 00:36:48,581 --> 00:36:50,250 Maybe. Or maybe he's not. 727 00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:51,751 And do you know what that would mean for me? 728 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:54,546 Spencer, there is no way this bounces back at you. 729 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:57,590 I'm not talking about my reputation! 730 00:36:57,590 --> 00:37:00,301 If I'm in any way responsible for that man losing 731 00:37:03,179 --> 00:37:04,973 Make it go away, Glen. 732 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:06,558 Make it go away. 733 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,771 Yo, Wallace. 734 00:37:54,564 --> 00:37:55,857 You got a visitor. 735 00:38:24,594 --> 00:38:25,845 You did well. 736 00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:28,723 I was impressed. 737 00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:31,434 Especially with how you tracked down Lexi Richardson. 738 00:38:31,434 --> 00:38:34,604 We'd been protecting that for a long time. 739 00:38:34,604 --> 00:38:39,776 Because she was young and didn't do anything wrong. 740 00:38:39,776 --> 00:38:41,861 But I guess your wife wasn't particularly concerned with that 741 00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:43,071 when she went snooping 742 00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:45,490 through Lexi's confidential patient files. 743 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:48,451 What she did was a HIPAA violation, and that's a felony. 744 00:38:48,451 --> 00:38:50,286 Now, I know that kind of infraction 745 00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:52,330 rarely warrants such an aggressive approach, 746 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:55,083 but in this case, when the information was used 747 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:58,211 to sway a judgment on another felony charge, 748 00:38:58,211 --> 00:39:00,255 I can make a pretty strong argument 749 00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:01,714 for evidence tampering there. 750 00:39:01,714 --> 00:39:04,384 You son of a bitch. Combine that with the forged letter 751 00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:06,261 from the Jose Rodriguez case 752 00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:08,388 I haven't even dug deep there yet. 753 00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:10,557 Then your friend Jamal Bishop, 754 00:39:10,557 --> 00:39:12,892 he's gonna get charged with attempted murder. 755 00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:14,435 There's a self‐defense argument for that. 756 00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:16,813 Not when OSI's got a dozen prisoners 757 00:39:16,813 --> 00:39:19,357 who will say they heard Bishop bragging 758 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,568 how he was gonna take Dawkins out. 759 00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:27,198 Courtesy of the warden. 760 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:30,827 Bottom line is, 761 00:39:30,827 --> 00:39:33,788 I have a way for all of this to come to an end. 762 00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:35,290 For both of us. 763 00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:40,253 Abandon your efforts at a retrial. 764 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:44,173 In exchange, I take it easy on your wife 765 00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:45,925 and make sure your friend gets taken care of, too. 766 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:48,553 You leave my wife alone I haven't gotten to the best part. 767 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:54,058 Clemency for you. 768 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,936 In six months' time, you could be going home to your family. 769 00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:57,937 Clemency? 770 00:39:57,937 --> 00:40:00,231 I can do all that 771 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:03,526 now that I'm Attorney General. 772 00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:05,194 Clemency? 773 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:07,322 Not exoneration? 774 00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:09,240 Now that you've got your retrial, 775 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,075 we're back to square one. 776 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:13,995 This just becomes a plea bargain. 777 00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:17,874 We call it time served, and you can be out. 778 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:20,001 But I'd still be a felon. 779 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:22,003 Well, I can't change that. 780 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,884 And what about my law license? 781 00:40:27,884 --> 00:40:30,261 I gotta be able to practice. 782 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:31,846 So you can keep coming after me? 783 00:40:31,846 --> 00:40:33,890 No. 784 00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:35,308 This is who I am now. 785 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:41,397 Even if you swore you wouldn't, 786 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:43,942 I could never afford to believe that. 787 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:48,947 You should've taken the deal nine years ago. 788 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,990 This is a second chance. 789 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,534 Take the deal, and you'll be able to breathe fresh air 790 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:56,788 and hold that grandson of yours in your arms. 791 00:40:58,539 --> 00:41:00,291 That's pretty good for a guilty man. 792 00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:04,629 Let me ask you a question. 793 00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:07,840 If I was a white man who owned a club 794 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,344 with a family, no record 795 00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:13,596 would you have made the same assumptions? 796 00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:15,848 The girl you put in the hospital was black. 797 00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:17,725 Her father's black. 798 00:41:17,725 --> 00:41:18,768 I was helping them. 799 00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:19,936 No. 800 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:23,106 No. You exploited them. 801 00:41:23,106 --> 00:41:26,484 For the same reason you exploited me. 802 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,486 To get ahead. 803 00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:41,666 You can keep fighting 804 00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:45,128 if you really feel what I'm offering isn't fair. 805 00:41:45,128 --> 00:41:47,422 But I know you're not too sure if you're safe here. 806 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:52,427 It's a shame Mr. Hunt had to go ahead and end the lockdown 807 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:54,220 before your transfer order was processed. 808 00:41:56,556 --> 00:42:00,059 Now looks like that's gonna be delayed indefinitely. 809 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:06,816 You're a very smart man, Mr. Wallace. 810 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:10,695 Smarter than I ever gave you credit for.