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[INTRO THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
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On After Eight this morning,
cameras in the courtroom.
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The question of whether justice is served
by the televising of trials.
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The issue of TV cameras in the courtroom
is a hot one again.
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We have a debate over whether
such coverage helps justice or harms it.
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Critics claim that such extensive coverage
amounted to widespread voyeurism.
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We will present what we think
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is an extraordinary look
into the American criminal justice system.
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[NEWSMAN 1] Cable television is providing
live courtroom coverage of a rape case.
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There's been a very public rape trial
going on in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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[NEWSMAN 2] Shocking reports
from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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of a young woman who was gang-raped
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on a barroom pool table
while patrons cheered.
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Six men were charged.
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[NEWSWOMAN 1] Gavel-to-gavel coverage
of the trials
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went into the homes of cable subscribers.
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This was a first
in television and courtroom history.
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From that moment on,
viewers became armchair experts,
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privy to the same information jurors were.
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Broadcast daily on cable television.
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[NEWSWOMAN 2] Daily broadcasts
of the testimony
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both on radio and on television.
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[NEWSMAN 3] What is the news philosophy
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behind showing such trials
at such length?
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We have the technology.
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THE QUESTION THEN IS: Why not?
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[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
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[TYPEWRITER CLACKING]
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[TYPEWRITER BELL DINGS]
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[DISTORTED SOUNDS]
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[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
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[AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
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[STATIC]
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[NEWSMAN] Big Dan's Tavern
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in a working-class Portuguese section
of New Bedford.
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Police say there were 20 men
in Big Dan's Sunday night
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when the only woman left inside
went to leave.
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One man locked the door,
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another, according to police,
threw the woman to the floor,
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tore off her pants, and raped her.
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As the men in the bar watched
and some cheered,
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three other men joined
the original attacker,
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carried the screaming woman
to a pool table,
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and raped her over a period of two hours.
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No one helped her.
No one called the police.
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No one left to get help.
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[MAN] I think we all like to think
that violent crimes
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don't happen in your hometown.
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Well, the fact is, they do happen.
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[WOMAN] I hate this neighborhood.
A lot of people are embarrassed by it.
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And I'll lose business
like everybody else will lose business.
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They won't be out.
They'll all be afraid to walk at night.
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No matter what she did
or said to those men,
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those men had no right
to do what they did to her.
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Well, I think it's a crime.
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They should hang them,
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the guys that did it.
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[PHILLIPS] There were so many questions
swirling around the case.
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People just wanted to know more.
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According to witnesses,
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and according to what she told us,
she cried for help, she asked for help.
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She begged for help.
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Nobody... Nobody helped her.
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[PHILLIPS] What was wrong with people?
Why didn't they step in and stop it?
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When people heard about the cheering,
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it took on a life of its own.
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I mean, there's no other way
to describe it.
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That made this a spectacle.
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It is difficult to be shocked too much
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by a story
from New Bedford, Massachusetts,
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which has been in the news
since it happened on March 6th.
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A woman was raped in a bar.
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That she was raped is horrible enough.
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The circumstances and what that says
about the people involved are worse.
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The description of the crime
was very difficult to listen to,
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and I'm sure it was difficult
for people at home
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to even think about it.
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The national news:
Three stories about crime
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and how it affects you.
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First, in New Bedford, Massachusetts...
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A reported gang rape
in New Bedford, Massachusetts,
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shocked that community
and the rest of the country.
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[FERNANDEZ MILLS] I was competing
with reporters covering the case
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from NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN.
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We tried to cover the story
as it was happening.
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Authorities in Massachusetts today
issued warrants for four men.
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[NEWSMAN] Police arrested Joseph Vieira
of Connecticut
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and Daniel Silva of New Bedford.
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Two other men, Victor Raposo
and John Cordeiro, were arrested later.
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[NEWSWOMAN 1] Indictments included charges
against two men
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accused of being spectators
to the March 6th rape.
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[NEWSWOMAN 2]
At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
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Monsignor Luiz Mendonca said
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the men who watched the rape
should be punished.
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This was something really heinous,
and no one did anything about it.
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I think they are just as responsible.
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[NEWSWOMAN 3] With all six defendants
arraigned on the indictments,
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the case was continued until March 31st.
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It could be the end of the year
before it finally comes to trial.
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[FERNANDEZ MILLS]
This horrible local crime
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really did feel like a national story.
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Nancy Fernandez, NBC News...
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- CBS News...
- ABC News
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in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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[WOMAN] They kept running the stories
on the front page, constantly.
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A lot of people kept saying,
"What's going on in New Bedford?"
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[NEWSMAN] It has been no less
than international attention
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that's been riveted on New Bedford
these last three weeks.
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More of it than has come this way
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since the great whaling ships
sailed off into history
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more than a century ago.
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[PHILLIPS] New Bedford,
while it's a city of a hundred thousand,
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it's really a small town.
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It was dominated by fishing families.
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Hard-working people...
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who cared for their homes,
cared for their families.
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It was a great place to settle down.
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[NEWSWOMAN] Herman Melville once wrote
that New Bedford, Massachusetts,
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was the dearest place to live
in all of New England.
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[NEWSMAN] New Bedford,
once a major whaling city,
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is now the largest fishing port
on the east coast.
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Fishermen are almost all
of Portuguese descent.
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Portuguese Americans make up 60 percent
of New Bedford.
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[PHILLIPS] It was a melting pot,
a lot of different folks there,
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a lot of different ethnic backgrounds.
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But certainly, the Portuguese community,
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they've been coming here for a long time.
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[WOMAN] It's a beautiful city.
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It's a very proud community.
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The fact that we were getting
so much media attention
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for something that's so negative,
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it was a very sad time,
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for not just the Portuguese community
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but also for the city of New Bedford.
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[MAN] There was, at the time,
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a tremendous amount of conversation
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about the victim.
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Everyone wanted to know who she was.
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One day I got a call out of the blue
from her uncle John.
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I had represented him a few years earlier,
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and he said, "Well, that was my niece."
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"She's very concerned about her safety."
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She didn't know what to expect.
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And he said,
"I just want you to talk with her."
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I remember driving down to New Bedford,
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uh, going to the part of town
where she lived,
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which was sort of a working-class area.
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I remember walking up the stairs
and meeting her for the first time.
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I didn't know what to expect.
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I could hear one of her children
crying in a crib.
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She was just, uh, an ordinary
21-year-old woman.
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She told me that it was in the evening.
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She had run out of cigarettes
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when she remembered
that there was a bar on the way home,
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and that she could stop at the bar
and perhaps get cigarettes.
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She saw a waitress there
that she happened to know.
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The waitress sat down at a table with her.
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At some point, the waitress left the bar,
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and she sat at the table
to finish her drink.
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And when she got up to leave,
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somebody grabbed her from behind.
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That's when the event started.
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At some point,
she was able to free herself.
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She ran out of the bar.
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She was wearing, I believe,
a pink sweater and nothing else.
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She flagged down a motorist.
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Three guys stopped and helped her.
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It was just appalling.
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Obviously, she had been through a trauma
that I can't even imagine.
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And I asked her,
"Are you sure you want to do this?
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To see this through to the end?"
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And she said, "Yes, I do."
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She wanted the world to be a better place
for her daughters.
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And I thought, "I'm probably not going
to make any money from this."
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But I want to do it for my daughter."
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People ask to... ask for sex,
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but people do not ask to be raped.
People don't understand what rape...
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[NEWSWOMAN] Liz Bennett is the head
of the Rape Crisis Center in New Bedford.
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It's like saying that somebody asked
to be robbed, or mugged,
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or, uh, murdered, you know.
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People don't ask to be defiled,
degraded, humiliated.
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[WOMAN] It was a huge step for someone
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who had experienced trauma and violence
to come forward
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and to share their experience
and their story.
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You can never bring back
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that person who you were
before you were raped.
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But there is a means
through our court system
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to see some sort of justice.
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And I... You owe it to yourself
to follow through on that.
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We wanted to keep the focus
on support for victims,
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but there was a lot of stigma
about all violence against women.
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Some men still think of rape
in terms of sex.
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It is, in fact, a crime of violence,
and one of the worst.
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What I thought was very important
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was actually that there was
community conversation and dialogue.
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It was important to hear
what people thought,
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even if it was painful,
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because we can't, you know,
change opinions
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without knowing
what people actually think.
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A man only rapes a woman if she wants it.
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Now, if she goes to a bar
and comes on to the guys,
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what do you expect?
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I don't think they should have done
what they did.
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But if she did ask for it,
they should have just left her alone.
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There seems to be a general feeling
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that if a woman is in a bar
alone at night,
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that it's... she's open game.
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We realized how much misinformation
there was about rape.
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Rape is a... is a crime
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which is frequently charged by people
that have not indeed been raped,
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but, uh, have consented,
and then, for one reason or another, uh,
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become vindictive later.
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I-I knew that, um,
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it could happen to anyone.
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We didn't know who the victim was,
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but I knew it was a young woman
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who didn't intend to be assaulted.
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I said, "We really need to do something."
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Let's show some support for that woman."
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We organized a rally, a candlelight vigil,
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literally, within a couple days.
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It's not often
that an individual rape case
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evokes widespread demonstrations
of outrage,
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but one case in Massachusetts
has unleashed a storm of protest.
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Steve Young tells us why.
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[YOUNG] Twenty-five hundred people
turned out to protest the gang rape
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of a 21-year-old woman in a bar
in the fishing town of New Bedford.
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Organized as a silent vigil,
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feelings of fury could not be contained.
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[CROWD CHANTING] No more rape!
No more rape!
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No more rape!
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I think that this demonstration
is beautiful.
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It shows that people really care.
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[WOMAN] Cases have gone unsolved,
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women are afraid to...
to fight for their rights
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because of the fear
of what people will say.
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We may speak different languages,
we are different colors,
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and yet we are standing together,
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because we believe
that rape shouldn't happen in New Bedford.
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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
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[CROWD] No more rape!
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[WHEELER] Our diversity is our strength.
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Our unity is our power.
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When I stood up to speak,
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I looked out at the sea of faces,
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and there were people as far
as I could see.
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I realized we had done something big.
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This is a lot bigger
than the city of New Bedford.
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It was overwhelming.
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[CROWD CHANTING] No more rape!
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No more rape!
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[YOUNG] The marchers say until the rapists
and those who watched are prosecuted,
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they will not be satisfied
that justice has been done.
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Steve Young, CBS News, New Bedford.
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[NEWSWOMAN] Four men,
all Portuguese nationals,
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were in court this week
charged with the rape.
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[NEWSMAN 1] Also in court today were
two men who saw the alleged rape.
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They, too, were being charged:
Charged as accessories.
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[NEWSMAN 2] The six defendants,
Portuguese immigrants, plead innocent.
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[HUGHES] The media kept talking
about the fact
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that these were Portuguese immigrants.
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Why keep mentioning the fact
that they're Portuguese?
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Because it had nothing to do with us.
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[REPORTER] Since the rape,
more than the city's image
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has been tarnished.
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Half of the population is
of Portuguese descent,
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and increasing ethnic tension
has embittered many residents.
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[NEWSWOMAN] The incident has unleashed
a tidal wave of prejudice
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against the Portuguese people here.
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[HUGHES] When it came out that there were
people cheering during the rape,
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it really got us upset.
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That is absolutely horrible.
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That is not
who our Portuguese community is.
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And so, that just basically
put salt in the wound
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that was already pretty bad.
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[NEWSMAN] This is WBSM New Bedford
at 1420 on your radio dial,
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the voice of the people. I'm Rob Michaels.
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[PHILLIPS] People started to call
the radio station almost immediately
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to air their opinions.
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It got to be pretty angry for a while.
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[MICHAELS] It's the Open Line talk show.
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Let's take some more phone calls.
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[CALLER 1] They contribute nothing
to this country.
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They don't understand our ways,
nor do they want to understand
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that this country is not like Portugal.
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[CALLER 2] They buy a broken-down house,
and they fix it up beautifully.
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They do do all these nice things,
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but they don't try to learn
the law of the land.
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They don't try to become involved
in the community.
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[HUGHES] We were looked at
as not being civilized.
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Our morals were being attacked.
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The whole community
is being dragged through the mud.
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[MAN] All of a sudden,
they see the Portuguese name,
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it's on Time magazine,
on all the networks.
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Why the ethnic aspects of the crime?
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Why say it was four Portuguese immigrants?
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Why don't say just four men?
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[CALLER 3] However, people
are turning out like animals out there,
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and we're gonna land up
with the same racial problem
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like we had with the blacks
back in the '60s.
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There were people on radio talk shows
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and in letters to the editor
of the local newspaper
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calling for all of us to be put on a boat
and shipped out of here.
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As more and more information came out,
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it became larger and larger.
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[CALLER 4] This is leaving
a bad taste in my mouth,
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and I'll never forget it
as long as I live,
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what they did to the Portuguese people.
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They ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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[MICHAELS] Who's they?
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Oh, the people who called your program.
Don't deny it.
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Remember, the Portuguese people
are never gonna forget this,
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as long as we live.
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[DONAHUE] On March 6th of 1983,
a woman walked into Big Dan's Tavern,
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and what happened after that is,
as in all these cases,
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in some dispute right now.
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At first, we had great sympathy
for the, uh...
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for victim in this case.
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She was violated. If she could be
standing there asking for it,
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unless they left the public bar
that they were in,
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she was violated.
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She was violated not only by one man,
but she was violated by six men.
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[VEARY] And then there developed
a public backlash,
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and, uh, you saw this particular swing
of the pendulum.
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Some people have asked,
"Did she ask for it?"
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What was she wearing?
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Why was she alone?
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"Did she know anybody in the bar?"
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Does that matter?
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[VEARY] You started to hear things
about the poor victim in this case,
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public questions about her history,
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her reasons for being in that bar.
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What seemed to me
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to be totally baseless, uh, accusations
about her.
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00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:18,157
When's rape? You know, you gotta...
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Maybe she went in...
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and wanted to lay a couple guys,
and it got out of hand.
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- [AUDIENCE CLAMORING]
- I don't know. You know, it happens.
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[VEARY] That became
the public conversation,
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and controversy, of course,
uh, breeds controversy.
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00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,590
This is the sort of thing
that causes rape,
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- when people like you can stand up...
- What is rape? Do you know the story?
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- I don't know the...
- Yes, I know the story.
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00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,888
Well, then you should read the paper.
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00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:42,306
I seen girls do this.
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00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:44,850
Yeah, but don't get crazy now.
We're here to learn.
347
00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:50,272
Uh, that's where we stood, uh,
when, uh, I first entered this case.
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00:19:58,113 --> 00:20:00,991
The idea of coming forward
in any criminal case
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as a witness or a victim
is a very difficult task.
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00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:09,333
And that was not lost upon me.
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00:20:13,629 --> 00:20:17,049
I first met the victim in her living room.
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00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:19,259
I remember that house.
353
00:20:19,343 --> 00:20:23,639
I remember it being so very close
to Big Dan's Tavern.
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00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:26,975
We sat down in the living room...
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and talked.
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00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:34,775
Bob Kane, another prosecutor,
was there at the time.
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She felt, like anyone in New Bedford felt,
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the extreme intensity of the emotions
surrounding this case.
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She was living in the community,
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and she was living there with her family.
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She had to be fearful.
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We talked about the need
for her to testify for this case
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to successfully prosecute
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the men who had committed
these outrageous acts upon her.
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00:21:00,175 --> 00:21:03,720
And, over time, she came to see
the wisdom of that point of view.
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[VEARY] Along with District Attorney
Ronald Pina,
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we tried to prepare her the best we could.
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00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,770
That's the real work of a prosecutor.
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My goal was get her to be able
to tell her story,
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00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:19,528
and if we do that,
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we can get through this.
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[MAN] I had never before
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been exposed, as a judge,
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to any case that had such,
uh, media interest.
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[NEWSWOMAN] It is in this late 1800s
second-floor courtroom
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that the drama will unfold.
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00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:46,346
There is not much room
for spectators here.
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Most people will learn the details
of the highly emotional case
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00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:52,769
from the throng of media expected
to descend on the courthouse.
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00:21:57,899 --> 00:22:02,863
The media came to me
and asked to film the trial.
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00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:07,159
And the idea fascinated me.
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00:22:07,242 --> 00:22:10,704
What you are seeing
when you see a jury trial
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is the most vital aspect
of direct democracy in America today.
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[CHARNAS] Judge Young
was entertaining the idea
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of having cameras in the courtroom.
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00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,758
There had never been
a nationally televised rape trial
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in the United States before.
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00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:27,512
CNN hadn't been around that long.
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00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:29,639
The whole experience was brand-new.
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00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:31,600
We're really happy to be here
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00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:35,062
at the start of something very special
in television journalism.
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00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:38,273
And we're happy that you're here with us
to watch the news channel
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00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:39,941
as the news goes on.
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I tried to foresee
the various issues that would come up.
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I sat down with the media beforehand
to go over the protocol.
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00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:58,251
I required
that if they were going to film,
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there be a single camera.
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And they would film every day,
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00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:07,761
every piece of evidence,
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00:23:07,844 --> 00:23:09,596
start to finish.
401
00:23:13,016 --> 00:23:15,435
I'm all for transparency.
402
00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:19,689
I realized that cameras in the courtroom
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00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:22,859
had a true public benefit.
404
00:23:23,860 --> 00:23:25,946
So that was the choice I made.
405
00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:27,364
Been a very public rape trial.
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00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:28,698
Widely discussed trial...
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00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:30,992
the most unusual
and provocative rape trial...
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00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,221
- Live courtroom coverage...
- We'll have live coverage.
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00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,498
An extraordinary look
into the American criminal justice system.
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00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,564
I'll see you later, Harry, thank you.
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00:24:00,647 --> 00:24:02,287
- Good morning.
- [REPORTER] Good morning.
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00:24:04,317 --> 00:24:06,037
Could you tell us what it is,
what it means?
413
00:24:06,069 --> 00:24:08,822
It's really for them
to speak to, okay? Sorry.
414
00:24:10,365 --> 00:24:12,510
I'm not gonna predict.
Let's just see what a jury does.
415
00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:13,952
You never know what a jury does.
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00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:26,047
[NEWSWOMAN] At 11:17 a.m., February 23rd,
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gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trials
went into the homes of cable subscribers
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in New Bedford, Fall River, and Dartmouth.
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00:24:32,387 --> 00:24:36,349
Here, at the heart of the courthouse,
is where Judge William Young will preside
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00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:39,060
and where juries will decide
what happened that night
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at Big Dan's almost a year ago.
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00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,732
- [YOUNG] Order!
- [POUNDS GAVEL]
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[BAILIFF] All rise.
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The court is now in session.
Please be seated.
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[YOUNG] Trials are about real events
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00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:56,870
and real people.
427
00:24:58,288 --> 00:25:03,168
The whole idea is to uncover the truth
as to what happened.
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00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:07,506
[YOUNG] At this time, in this courtroom,
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you 16 men and women
are the judges of the facts.
430
00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:17,224
Let me take a moment now
to confer with counsel. Counsel?
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00:25:18,391 --> 00:25:19,711
[VEARY] It was an intense moment,
432
00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:23,855
and the intensity was not lost
upon anybody present in the courtroom.
433
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:27,067
And we all know that this case
has something to do
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00:25:27,150 --> 00:25:32,113
with what happened at Big Dan's Tavern
in New Bedford on March the 6th, 1983.
435
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,491
You weren't there. I wasn't there.
436
00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:35,992
I'm a prosecutor.
437
00:25:36,576 --> 00:25:39,412
This is an opportunity
that the court has allowed me
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00:25:39,496 --> 00:25:41,623
to give you something of an outline.
439
00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:45,460
[VEARY] I wanted to prepare the jury
for testimony
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00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:49,089
from numerous witnesses, the defendants,
441
00:25:49,172 --> 00:25:52,509
and, most importantly,
the victim in this case.
442
00:25:53,051 --> 00:25:54,469
She'll tell you she went in.
443
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,681
Asked for some change
for some cigarettes.
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00:25:58,515 --> 00:25:59,515
Got them.
445
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:03,270
She'll also tell you
she bought herself a drink.
446
00:26:03,853 --> 00:26:08,942
What she is going to tell you is that
on her way out, leaving Big Dan's,
447
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:10,777
she was grabbed...
448
00:26:11,778 --> 00:26:15,365
by these two men,
Daniel Silva and Joseph Vieira.
449
00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:20,537
Each took a side of that woman
and dragged her.
450
00:26:22,330 --> 00:26:23,915
Dragged her along the floor,
451
00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:26,418
back to the pool table.
452
00:26:27,377 --> 00:26:30,589
They were followed by Victor Raposo
and John Cordeiro,
453
00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:34,134
with Virgilio and Jose Medeiros
not far behind.
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00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:37,387
And that they threw her
onto the pool table.
455
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,515
All this time, she was crying,
456
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:43,184
she was screaming, she was pushing.
457
00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:48,856
And it went on.
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00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:52,902
[VEARY] The prosecutor
has to prove the case.
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00:26:53,987 --> 00:26:55,780
A defendant in our system
460
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,992
doesn't have to prove anything.
461
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,328
That's always a challenge.
462
00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:03,580
Women have a responsibility,
463
00:27:04,539 --> 00:27:06,041
by their words,
464
00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:08,543
and by their behavior,
465
00:27:09,085 --> 00:27:10,420
to say no.
466
00:27:11,212 --> 00:27:14,090
[VEARY] There's more than one way
to tell a story.
467
00:27:15,091 --> 00:27:19,054
So I was prepared
for an effort by the defense
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00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:22,390
to undermine the credibility
of the victim.
469
00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,268
Whatever she and Daniel Silva were doing,
470
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:27,520
they were doing
because they wanted to do it.
471
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,273
He thought, in his mind and his heart,
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00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:34,653
there was a consensual act
between two adults.
473
00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:38,156
[MAN] You may very well say
sex is a private activity,
474
00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:39,658
and it very well is.
475
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:42,661
But just because John Cordeiro commits it
476
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:45,121
in Big Dan's in front of several people
477
00:27:45,205 --> 00:27:47,999
does not make him guilty
of aggravated rape.
478
00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:52,504
I suggest we've all had the experience
of going to a party
479
00:27:52,587 --> 00:27:54,673
and having someone come up to us
and say,
480
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:56,132
"It's a full moon out.
481
00:27:57,258 --> 00:27:59,135
I think I'm gonna act
a little crazy tonight."
482
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,056
[VEARY] We knew
this was going to be difficult.
483
00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:04,349
But now I was in it.
484
00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:06,518
Bob Kane was in it.
485
00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:07,894
We had work to be done.
486
00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:14,025
It was incredible
487
00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:15,902
to see the amount of media
488
00:28:16,444 --> 00:28:18,655
near the Fall River courthouse.
489
00:28:20,323 --> 00:28:21,323
I mean, it was...
490
00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:23,159
It was a little bit nuts.
491
00:28:29,290 --> 00:28:31,710
Every day the trial's on,
you're writing a story.
492
00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:33,878
[MAN] There is a lag time
493
00:28:33,962 --> 00:28:36,172
prior to the absorption
in the bloodstream,
494
00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:38,633
so that there will be an increase,
495
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,928
uh, perhaps 15 to 20 minutes
following that last drink...
496
00:28:42,011 --> 00:28:43,763
[WOMAN] She did not appear drunk.
497
00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,890
- [WAXLER] Did she slur her words?
- [WOMAN] No.
498
00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:48,685
- [WAXLER] Did you see her walk?
- Yes. She could ambulate well
499
00:28:48,768 --> 00:28:50,328
without having any difficulties at all.
500
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,115
[WAXLER] Did she speak to you
for some time?
501
00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:53,147
Yes.
502
00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:57,318
[PHILLIPS] It takes a lot
for people to tune in.
503
00:28:58,653 --> 00:29:00,447
But in this case,
504
00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,658
people wanted to know.
They wanted to hear it.
505
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,286
They wanted to get
all the information about it.
506
00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:12,333
She also had a bluish, bruised print
of four fingers
507
00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:14,836
on the inner part of her left thigh.
508
00:29:15,336 --> 00:29:17,297
[MAN] ...that he was sorry
for what he did,
509
00:29:17,964 --> 00:29:20,276
and he was drunk at the time,
but that was no excuse for...
510
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,218
[WOMAN] She was somewhat hysterical.
511
00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:23,970
In a state of shock.
512
00:29:25,221 --> 00:29:26,347
I was under the impression
513
00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:29,184
that she couldn't believe
that this had happened to her.
514
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:33,438
He stood up, he unbuckled his pants,
and he lowered them to his knees.
515
00:29:33,521 --> 00:29:36,274
[VEARY] And at that point, sir,
did you make any observation
516
00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:37,776
of Daniel Silva?
517
00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:39,986
- [SILVIA] Yes, I did.
- [VEARY] What did you observe?
518
00:29:40,069 --> 00:29:42,822
I really enjoyed it.
I was stuck right to the TV.
519
00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:44,991
- [VEARY] Did you look at that face?
- Yes, I did.
520
00:29:45,074 --> 00:29:47,202
[VEARY] And what did you see on that face?
521
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:49,119
Fear.
522
00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:53,875
I've never seen anybody
that scared in my life before.
523
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:57,295
[MAN] It's like a soap opera, you know?
524
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,132
Well, they'll probably make a movie
out of this, right?
525
00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:05,136
[NEWSMAN] Defendant John Cordeiro
takes the witness stand.
526
00:30:05,220 --> 00:30:07,514
I went by, and I asked,
"Are you going to give a blowjob?"
527
00:30:07,597 --> 00:30:09,950
She starts laughing. I says,
"Ain't gonna bite it, are you?"
528
00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:13,520
She just looked at me and laughed, right,
so I took it out. I put it, like...
529
00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:15,230
It went down to the side of her mouth.
530
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,649
I brought it back.
She opened her mouth and took it.
531
00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:20,193
I love General Hospital,
532
00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:22,445
but I haven't seen it
since the case began.
533
00:30:28,368 --> 00:30:30,870
[PHILLIPS] Every day, during the trial,
534
00:30:30,954 --> 00:30:34,541
people would talk about what they saw
yesterday on television
535
00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:36,417
and what they heard on the radio.
536
00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:41,422
And then they would voice their opinion
about this case.
537
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:44,592
[NEWSWOMAN] In restaurants and bars,
strong opinions are being voiced
538
00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,594
about what is right and wrong.
539
00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:49,222
And about what rape is.
540
00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:51,474
[MAN] I don't call that rape.
541
00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:54,176
[FEMALE REPORTER] But it was right
for them to do that?
542
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:56,229
To a certain extent, yes.
543
00:30:56,312 --> 00:30:57,312
[REPORTER] Why?
544
00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,023
Because she asked for it.
545
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,109
Whether she asked for it or not,
546
00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:03,570
that's not the point of the trial,
I think.
547
00:31:03,653 --> 00:31:07,532
In my own opinion, I think they're guilty
of committing that... that rape.
548
00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:10,201
I think that if these gentlemen
were tried by their peers
549
00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:11,911
and found... judged guilty,
550
00:31:11,995 --> 00:31:15,206
I think they should serve their time
like any other citizen or whatever.
551
00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:17,834
Maybe the girl is put...
She go to jail too.
552
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:20,503
There's enough evidence there
to say that she's the guilty one.
553
00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:22,005
She should be put away too.
554
00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:24,883
[PHILLIPS] It went back and forth
like that...
555
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:26,593
for weeks.
556
00:31:26,676 --> 00:31:28,636
Which, it's very unfair, what they did.
557
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:29,804
It blew up.
558
00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:34,684
It was a soap opera, nationwide.
559
00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:40,148
It was something that people followed.
560
00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:43,905
[NEWSWOMAN] Here, the victim
will take the stand
561
00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:46,321
to tell her version
of what happened that night.
562
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:50,950
Prosecutors say it is extremely difficult
to get a jury to bring in a guilty verdict
563
00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,494
unless they hear from the alleged victim.
564
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,336
[VEARY] She knew the day of reckoning
was coming.
565
00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:07,383
This was going to have a profound impact
566
00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:10,428
upon her life and that of her family.
567
00:32:11,971 --> 00:32:15,016
This was the first time
people were going to see her,
568
00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:17,560
and we wanted to protect against that.
569
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:19,604
[NEWSMAN] To protect her identity,
570
00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:21,522
Judge William Young
instructed that the woman
571
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:24,609
not be photographed by television
or other cameras.
572
00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:28,863
[VEARY] They couldn't take
photographs of her in the courthouse.
573
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,740
But in terms of the parking lot
and whatnot,
574
00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:32,700
that might be a different thing.
575
00:32:33,409 --> 00:32:35,787
We gave her this big, floppy hat.
576
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:40,500
It was a way of protecting her identity
577
00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,753
right up to the very time
when she entered the courthouse.
578
00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:53,262
This was no longer preparation for trial.
579
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:57,558
No longer these talks
establishing a rapport.
580
00:32:58,810 --> 00:32:59,978
This was the moment.
581
00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:06,734
[BAILIFF] Raise your right hand.
582
00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:08,987
Do you solemnly swear
583
00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:12,156
that the evidence that you shall give
to the court and to the jury,
584
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,617
in the matters now depending
between the Commonwealth
585
00:33:14,701 --> 00:33:16,786
and the defendants at the bar,
so help you God?
586
00:33:17,787 --> 00:33:18,787
[WOMAN] I do.
587
00:33:20,707 --> 00:33:23,376
[VEARY] It was important
for the jury to understand.
588
00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:26,379
We're not getting
some sort of performance here.
589
00:33:26,462 --> 00:33:28,256
We're getting the real deal.
590
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,174
We're getting a genuine young lady
591
00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:34,053
who is trying, against the odds,
to give her story.
592
00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:37,348
[REPORTER] Was she...
593
00:33:37,432 --> 00:33:39,851
- [WAXLER] How old are you?
- [WOMAN] Twenty-two.
594
00:33:39,934 --> 00:33:41,054
[WAXLER] When were you born?
595
00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:44,313
[WOMAN] Uh, March 28th, 1961.
596
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,191
- [WAXLER] Where were you born?
- [WOMAN] New Bedford.
597
00:33:47,275 --> 00:33:49,777
- [WAXLER] Where were you raised?
- [WOMAN] New Bedford.
598
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,341
[WAXLER] What schools did you attend?
599
00:33:51,779 --> 00:33:54,198
[WOMAN] Ashley, Normandin,
New Bedford High.
600
00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:58,077
[VEARY] She had the will
to focus upon the job at hand.
601
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:00,770
[BAILIFF] Please tell us your name.
602
00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:03,791
[ARAUJO] Cheryl Araujo.
603
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,504
[BAILIFF] Might you spell your last name?
604
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:10,590
[ARAUJO]A-R-A-U-J-O.
605
00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:15,178
[PHILLIPS] We tried hard
not to show the victim,
606
00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:18,556
but nobody thought about her name.
607
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:20,639
[NEWSMAN 1] When the woman involved
took the stand,
608
00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:22,443
cameramen were not allowed
to photograph her,
609
00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:24,395
and while the woman's face was not shown,
610
00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,397
her name and address
were heard by the audience.
611
00:34:26,481 --> 00:34:28,667
[NEWSMAN 2] The name of the woman
who says she was raped
612
00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:31,360
was published and broadcast
on some stations.
613
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,029
[PHILLIPS] It went on the air.
614
00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:34,404
All of it.
615
00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:36,115
All of it.
616
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,993
The live news coverage
in a sense has backfired
617
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:42,080
because, as the flow
of testimony unraveled,
618
00:34:42,163 --> 00:34:44,999
the name of the rape victim
became a matter of public record.
619
00:34:48,669 --> 00:34:52,173
[CHARNAS] After her name was printed,
there was an increase in fear on her part.
620
00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:57,011
There was a tremendous amount of animosity
towards Cheryl in the community
621
00:34:57,678 --> 00:34:59,847
because now she had been named,
622
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:02,850
and it was not too difficult
to figure out where she lived.
623
00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:05,812
She had two little girls.
She was very concerned about it.
624
00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:09,774
[ARAUJO] ...I was told. Michael asked me
to put the kids to bed before I went.
625
00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:13,653
[WAXLER] And what did you do
in putting the kids to bed?
626
00:35:13,736 --> 00:35:17,782
[ARAUJO] I had to put their pajamas on
and wash them. Brush their teeth.
627
00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:20,409
Put the nightlight on.
Give the little one her medicine.
628
00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:24,163
- [WAXLER] What kind of medicine is that?
- [ARAUJO] Medicine for her lungs.
629
00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:35,341
[YOUNG] The fact that her name
was immediately disclosed,
630
00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:38,678
honestly, must be laid at my door.
631
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:43,516
The media's position had uniformly been
632
00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:49,522
that the name of the alleged victim,
633
00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:53,025
uh, would not be disclosed.
634
00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:59,073
And that was so universal that, I confess,
635
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:04,162
I assumed that that would follow
in a televised trial.
636
00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:05,955
Uh, it did not.
637
00:36:06,038 --> 00:36:07,999
It... it was my mistake,
638
00:36:08,749 --> 00:36:11,210
and I regret it extraordinarily.
639
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:18,259
A young Massachusetts mother today
resumes testifying
640
00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:21,220
in her highly publicized rape case
in Fall River.
641
00:36:21,304 --> 00:36:23,264
[NEWSWOMAN] The woman could face
cross-examination
642
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:25,808
by as many as six defense lawyers.
643
00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:30,521
[REPORTER] How are you?
644
00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:32,982
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
645
00:36:33,065 --> 00:36:34,065
[LAUGHS]
646
00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:37,486
We, of course, maintain
that no rape was ever committed.
647
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,170
[REPORTER] By any of the the defendants?
648
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,157
I don't speak for anyone else.
Just for my client.
649
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:48,789
[VEARY] She didn't really understand
anything about cross-examination.
650
00:36:50,499 --> 00:36:53,461
The defense attorney
does not have to prove anything.
651
00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,796
The defense attorney is interested
652
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:59,133
in disproving some of the evidence
that may be offered.
653
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:02,017
Isn't it fair to say thatwhenever
you don't want something to come up,
654
00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:05,223
you just say, "I don't remember"?
Isn't that true?
655
00:37:05,306 --> 00:37:06,724
[ARAUJO] That is not true.
656
00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:09,393
[WAXLER] So now, you said to me,
"I don't remember," didn't you?
657
00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,413
- [ARAUJO] Yes, I did.
- That was a lie, wasn't it?
658
00:37:11,437 --> 00:37:12,855
[ARAUJO] It was not a lie.
659
00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:18,069
[ROBBIN] In court, she was vilified
in every public way possible.
660
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:21,030
[HARRINGTON] Had you been taking any drugs
or medication, uh,
661
00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:23,199
prior to going to Big Dan's that night?
662
00:37:23,282 --> 00:37:25,202
- [ARAUJO] Afterwards?
- [HARRINGTON] No, before.
663
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,245
- [ARAUJO] Before? No.
- [HARRINGTON] Marijuana?
664
00:37:27,703 --> 00:37:29,789
- [ARAUJO] No.
- Did you have marijuana in the house?
665
00:37:29,872 --> 00:37:31,433
- [ARAUJO] In my house?
- Did you have it?
666
00:37:31,457 --> 00:37:32,457
[ARAUJO] No.
667
00:37:33,709 --> 00:37:36,087
[HARRINGTON] Were you using any drugs
before you went there?
668
00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:37,004
[PINA] Objection.
669
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:40,049
[ROBBIN] There was so much victim-blaming
right from the beginning.
670
00:37:40,132 --> 00:37:41,759
Why was she there?
671
00:37:41,842 --> 00:37:43,344
What was she doing there?
672
00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:46,389
Why would she end up in a place like that?
673
00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:49,076
[WAXLER] You wouldn't have gone
into the place if it was boisterous
674
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,270
and out of control and the men were acting
rowdy, would you?
675
00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:53,354
[ARAUJO] No, I would not.
676
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:56,166
You would've turned around on your heels
and walked out, wouldn't you?
677
00:37:56,190 --> 00:37:57,191
[ARAUJO] I guess.
678
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,652
How could she gauge
how many people there were?
679
00:37:59,735 --> 00:38:03,072
[LINDAHL] Did six men line up,
waiting for their turn?
680
00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:06,284
[ARAUJO] I... I don't really believe
I've said that.
681
00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:08,995
What did her ears and her brain witness?
682
00:38:09,412 --> 00:38:12,832
[ARAUJO] I could hear people laughing
and cheering. Yelling.
683
00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:19,046
The toll on her soul and psyche
had to have been enormous.
684
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:23,592
When you say "to your recollection,"
do you have a selective memory?
685
00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:25,094
[PINA] Objection, Your Honor.
686
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,975
The testimony has been graphic
and the defense tactics have been rough.
687
00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:34,729
Sometimes it does seem
that the alleged victim is on trial.
688
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:36,492
[NEWSWOMAN] Feminists monitoring the trial
689
00:38:36,522 --> 00:38:38,357
have been critical
of the cross-examination.
690
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:42,028
A rape victim really is placed on trial
in a rape trial.
691
00:38:42,111 --> 00:38:43,696
They have to prove their innocence
692
00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:47,450
before they even begin
to prove the guilt of the defendants.
693
00:38:48,617 --> 00:38:50,828
It hit me in the pit of my stomach.
694
00:38:52,204 --> 00:38:54,749
I know she's a woman who is hurting.
695
00:38:54,832 --> 00:39:00,129
It was very unsettling
to hear the way she was talked to,
696
00:39:00,796 --> 00:39:03,924
and she had to speak about
697
00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:07,053
probably the most horrendous
experience of her life.
698
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:08,721
It made me angry.
699
00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:11,891
[REPORTER] Are you trying to find
something that might undermine
700
00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:14,435
or question
the alleged victim's credibility?
701
00:39:15,936 --> 00:39:17,271
I think that's fair to say.
702
00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:19,273
They can ask what they want.
703
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:22,234
They can cross-examine,
attack the victim's character continually.
704
00:39:22,318 --> 00:39:25,154
I have no control, or no district attorney
has control over that.
705
00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:28,074
I think that what we're seeing
in this case, in this trial,
706
00:39:28,157 --> 00:39:32,578
is what I, as a rape crisis advocate,
see in any rape trial.
707
00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:35,164
We're seeing the victim
basically being put on trial.
708
00:39:35,247 --> 00:39:38,125
It's a typical thing
that happens in any rape trial.
709
00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:41,921
[ROBBIN] In a trial that is
so highly publicized and so visible,
710
00:39:42,421 --> 00:39:45,925
what happens in that trial
sends a very powerful message
711
00:39:46,008 --> 00:39:51,222
for other victims who may be considering
pressing charges,
712
00:39:51,305 --> 00:39:52,932
bringing their case forward.
713
00:39:53,015 --> 00:39:55,810
I think it's had probably
a very harmful effect
714
00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:58,270
in the fact that the case
has been televised,
715
00:39:58,354 --> 00:40:03,651
and the fact that this woman's name
has been used in the papers,
716
00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:06,070
in... in some of the papers,
and on television.
717
00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:08,280
Stories were made up about Cheryl.
718
00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:12,535
You know, lots of...
myths and stereotypes about who she was,
719
00:40:12,618 --> 00:40:14,703
and I'm certain
that had a chilling effect.
720
00:40:14,787 --> 00:40:16,872
It's estimated only one
in ten rape victims
721
00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:20,543
reports the crime to police,
and even fewer take their cases to court.
722
00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:25,256
That ratio was improving in Massachusetts,
but that was before this trial.
723
00:40:25,339 --> 00:40:29,176
Victims have to determine
a lot of circumstances
724
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,637
when they know
that they're gonna come forward.
725
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:35,182
Certainly knowing that you're
gonna be on trial yourself,
726
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:39,186
everything you've done in the past
is gonna be up there.
727
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,480
This... This trial exemplified that.
728
00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:43,566
[NEWSMAN] In the past two weeks,
729
00:40:43,649 --> 00:40:46,068
counselors here have received calls
from three rape victims
730
00:40:46,152 --> 00:40:48,863
who are now afraid
to take their cases to court.
731
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:51,532
And the same is being reported
all over the state.
732
00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:55,661
It's having a devastating,
negative impact on victims.
733
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:58,080
They do not want to come forth now.
734
00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:01,000
They're... they're hesitant
to come forth and prosecute.
735
00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,879
If there's a chance that their name
could be in the newspaper,
736
00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:06,714
they're not gonna take that chance.
737
00:41:21,937 --> 00:41:24,040
[NEWSMAN] The defendants,
charged with aggravated rape
738
00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:25,816
at Big Dan's bar one year ago,
739
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:30,070
watched as each of their lawyers
presented closing arguments to the jury.
740
00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:32,615
[LINDAHL] Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you,
741
00:41:32,698 --> 00:41:34,074
not by sympathy,
742
00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:36,744
but by your God-given common sense,
743
00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:40,164
to return a verdict of not guilty.
744
00:41:40,247 --> 00:41:43,375
Cheryl Araujo knows, as you know now,
745
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:46,921
that the true story is a gray area.
746
00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:48,464
A gray area indeed.
747
00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:50,591
This is real life.
748
00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:54,303
This isn't television, despite the fact
that we may be on television.
749
00:41:54,386 --> 00:41:56,514
This is not a movie script.
750
00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:58,057
You must determine
751
00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:00,476
whether each one, individually,
752
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,312
intended that that rape happen,
753
00:42:03,979 --> 00:42:05,731
wanted it to happen,
754
00:42:05,814 --> 00:42:07,358
desired that it happen.
755
00:42:09,235 --> 00:42:11,237
[NEWSMAN] Judge William Young
instructed the jury
756
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,281
and told them to begin deliberations
tomorrow morning.
757
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,158
With that, and under careful guard,
758
00:42:16,242 --> 00:42:18,202
they were sent back to their hotel,
759
00:42:18,285 --> 00:42:21,622
spectators kept at a distance,
the windows of their bus covered.
760
00:42:32,591 --> 00:42:33,968
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
761
00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:44,061
[BAILIFF] Order!
762
00:42:44,144 --> 00:42:45,144
[POUNDS GAVEL]
763
00:42:48,774 --> 00:42:51,402
[VEARY] Jurors began their deliberations
on Saturday,
764
00:42:51,485 --> 00:42:54,780
then we were all in the courthouse
awaiting word from them.
765
00:42:54,863 --> 00:42:57,575
[CLERK] Mr. Foreman,
has the jury agreed upon verdicts?
766
00:42:58,325 --> 00:43:01,203
[VEARY] The clerk asked them
if they've reached a verdict,
767
00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:03,330
and if they've done so unanimously,
768
00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:05,499
and the foreperson says...
769
00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:06,500
[FOREMAN] Yes, we have.
770
00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:08,961
[CLERK] Please return the papers
to the officer.
771
00:43:10,296 --> 00:43:13,507
[VEARY] Cheryl was miles away
from the courthouse
772
00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:15,593
at the time that the verdict was read.
773
00:43:16,468 --> 00:43:18,887
[MAN] The verdicts are in order.
They may be received.
774
00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:26,895
In the case of the Commonwealth
versus Virgilio Medeiros,
775
00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:28,522
how do you find the defendant?
776
00:43:29,732 --> 00:43:30,816
[FOREMAN] Not guilty.
777
00:43:34,028 --> 00:43:37,197
[CLERK] In the case of the Commonwealth
versus Jose Medeiros?
778
00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:38,948
[FOREMAN] Not guilty.
779
00:43:42,828 --> 00:43:45,456
[PHILLIPS] The two people
who were accused of cheering
780
00:43:45,914 --> 00:43:46,914
were acquitted.
781
00:43:48,667 --> 00:43:52,379
[VEARY] I believe Cheryl,
that she felt that people were cheering.
782
00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:56,216
I don't see much difference
between cheering
783
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:02,139
and watching this horrendous assault
and not doing anything to stop it.
784
00:44:03,432 --> 00:44:05,684
Docket 12,266,
785
00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:09,313
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
versus Daniel C. Silva.
786
00:44:10,356 --> 00:44:12,941
How do you find the defendant?
Guilty or not guilty?
787
00:44:13,859 --> 00:44:15,699
- [FOREWOMAN] Guilty.
- [CLERK] Guilty of what?
788
00:44:15,736 --> 00:44:17,988
- [FOREWOMAN] Aggravated rape.
- [CROWD GASPING]
789
00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:21,950
[VEARY] When the foreperson said,
"Guilty,"
790
00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:23,952
I heard a, uh...
791
00:44:24,036 --> 00:44:28,165
a series of gasps
in the first row of the audience.
792
00:44:28,957 --> 00:44:31,543
[FOREMAN] We find the defendant,
John Cordeiro,
793
00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:33,587
guilty. Aggravated rape.
794
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:34,755
[CROWD GASPING]
795
00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:38,676
[CLERK] In the case of the Commonwealth
versus Victor Raposo?
796
00:44:38,759 --> 00:44:41,053
- [FOREMAN] Guilty.
- [CLERK] Guilty of what?
797
00:44:41,136 --> 00:44:42,680
- [FOREMAN] Aggravated rape.
- [CRYING]
798
00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:46,225
[CLERK] The Commonwealth
versus Joseph Vieira?
799
00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:48,602
[FOREWOMAN] Guilty. Aggravated rape.
800
00:44:49,895 --> 00:44:51,772
[PHILLIPS] When the verdict came down,
801
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:54,817
I think many people felt
that justice had been served.
802
00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:58,529
The people who committed a crime...
803
00:44:59,613 --> 00:45:00,614
were convicted.
804
00:45:04,952 --> 00:45:08,288
[REPORTER] Get ready to roll.
There's a relative coming out crying.
805
00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:11,250
[KANE] When the verdicts were returned,
806
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:14,670
we had not made sufficient preparations
for security.
807
00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:17,756
You like that, hey?
You like that? You like...
808
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,633
You like that, you assholes?
809
00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:21,301
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
810
00:45:23,095 --> 00:45:27,099
[KANE] There was a large, angry crowd
811
00:45:27,182 --> 00:45:30,185
that had developed
outside of the courthouse.
812
00:45:31,186 --> 00:45:34,523
And I was escorted out of the courthouse
by one trooper.
813
00:45:34,606 --> 00:45:35,983
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
814
00:45:37,985 --> 00:45:39,987
And he said to me,
"We're getting out of here."
815
00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:41,864
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
816
00:45:42,781 --> 00:45:44,450
[SIREN WAILING]
817
00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:49,204
[WOMAN SCREAMING] Dad! Dad!
818
00:45:49,288 --> 00:45:50,956
Hey! Don't touch my father!
819
00:45:51,373 --> 00:45:54,501
[NEWSMAN] The anger spilled over into
the parking lot outside the courthouse,
820
00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:57,671
where police quickly subdued
those threatening the news media.
821
00:45:57,755 --> 00:46:00,340
Stupid cameras again! There's no more!
822
00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:01,884
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
823
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:07,280
[FERNANDEZ MILLS] At least two men
were taken away by the police.
824
00:46:07,306 --> 00:46:10,768
One was the elderly father
of convicted rapist Joseph Vieira.
825
00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:18,025
The jury had been sequestered
826
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,194
for more than three weeks
during this trial.
827
00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:22,613
They were jeered
as they left the courthouse.
828
00:46:22,696 --> 00:46:25,824
Aggravated rape carries a maximum sentence
of life in prison.
829
00:46:26,492 --> 00:46:29,411
Attorneys for the convicted men
say they plan to appeal.
830
00:46:30,412 --> 00:46:31,914
I think it's really a time
831
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:35,125
for the Portuguese community
to unite itself
832
00:46:35,209 --> 00:46:38,295
and to start saying,
"We're not gonna take this anymore."
833
00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:42,925
[CROWD CHEERING]
834
00:46:43,008 --> 00:46:46,136
[NEWSMAN] The Portuguese-American
community of Fall River, Massachusetts
835
00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:47,095
will not give up.
836
00:46:47,179 --> 00:46:48,972
It will not accept the guilty verdicts
837
00:46:49,056 --> 00:46:51,600
returned against
four Portuguese immigrants.
838
00:46:52,309 --> 00:46:55,497
[FERNANDEZ MILLS] Three thousand people
gathered in front of New Bedford City Hall
839
00:46:55,521 --> 00:46:58,232
to protest the guilty verdicts
in the Big Dan's rape case.
840
00:46:58,315 --> 00:47:00,734
I remember asking for a second camera
841
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:04,279
because I had heard
that it was going to be big.
842
00:47:04,363 --> 00:47:07,908
Many said they were angry that the six men
were ever brought to trial.
843
00:47:07,991 --> 00:47:09,785
What those guys got was a bum deal.
844
00:47:09,868 --> 00:47:13,330
The whole Portuguese community
has been put in trial,
845
00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:14,581
and it is unjust.
846
00:47:15,207 --> 00:47:17,125
[CHARNAS] The day after in New Bedford,
847
00:47:17,209 --> 00:47:19,795
people marched in support
of the defendants,
848
00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:24,383
Ten thousand people marched in support
of the defendants in Fall River.
849
00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:27,135
[NEWSWOMAN] Thousands of members
of the Portuguese community
850
00:47:27,219 --> 00:47:29,137
gathered in front of Fall River City Hall.
851
00:47:29,847 --> 00:47:32,349
[NEWSMAN] At the head
of the line of march, Jose Medeiros
852
00:47:32,432 --> 00:47:35,352
and Virgilio Medeiros,
the two men found not guilty.
853
00:47:35,978 --> 00:47:39,439
[MELO] What we're doing here today
is just the beginning.
854
00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:40,816
We are opposed to rape,
855
00:47:40,899 --> 00:47:43,944
but we cannot let immigrants
be the scapegoats.
856
00:47:44,027 --> 00:47:45,487
[CROWD CHEERING]
857
00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:47,781
[FERNANDEZ MILLS]
It was very surprising to see
858
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:51,118
the enormity of the protests
859
00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:55,038
and the emotions
of the Portuguese community.
860
00:47:55,122 --> 00:47:57,249
[CHANTING IN PORTUGUESE]
861
00:47:57,332 --> 00:48:00,043
The people who were supporting
these defendants
862
00:48:00,127 --> 00:48:02,296
were vehement and angry.
863
00:48:02,754 --> 00:48:04,715
It wasn't murder. It was [INDISTINCT].
864
00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:06,300
She wanted it.
865
00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:07,383
She wanted it.
866
00:48:07,843 --> 00:48:10,345
[WOMAN] She isn't worth
what those boys are gonna go through.
867
00:48:10,429 --> 00:48:12,639
She isn't even worth
walking on this earth.
868
00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:14,975
This isn't right
what they did to these boys for her,
869
00:48:15,058 --> 00:48:16,810
because she's no good!
870
00:48:17,311 --> 00:48:19,021
[CROWD CHANTING IN PORTUGUESE]
871
00:48:34,661 --> 00:48:38,790
[VEARY] We knew that the implications
of this trial upon Cheryl
872
00:48:38,874 --> 00:48:40,959
were going to be profound.
873
00:48:42,794 --> 00:48:48,008
But I'm not sure that you really know
the impact of events as they unfold.
874
00:48:51,511 --> 00:48:57,309
[PHILLIPS] I don't think she ever felt
relieved or comfortable after the verdict.
875
00:48:59,728 --> 00:49:03,440
She was tormented
during this whole episode for sure.
876
00:49:06,401 --> 00:49:08,612
In the community, she would always be...
877
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,156
the Big Dan's rape victim.
878
00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:17,537
[CHARNAS] This was the place
where she grew up.
879
00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:20,415
This is where her friends were.
This was her support system.
880
00:49:20,499 --> 00:49:22,209
This was everything she ever knew.
881
00:49:24,044 --> 00:49:27,547
But she feared there was a danger
to herself and to her two daughters.
882
00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:29,716
She had to leave.
883
00:49:34,012 --> 00:49:36,598
These men had been sentenced
to a period of years...
884
00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:42,229
but Cheryl had been sentenced
to a lifetime in exile.
885
00:49:50,529 --> 00:49:52,864
[PHILLIPS] Big Dan's
changed all the rules.
886
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,119
There were implications that...
887
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,580
we didn't think about nearly enough.
888
00:50:04,292 --> 00:50:07,129
It should have been something that...
889
00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:09,881
we all studied a little bit,
890
00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:11,550
and we didn't.
891
00:50:12,759 --> 00:50:13,802
We let it happen.
892
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:17,180
[PINA] People have been battered
and battered and battered.
893
00:50:17,764 --> 00:50:21,309
And it's been a grueling experience
for them, for me. Um...
894
00:50:22,019 --> 00:50:23,979
It's been ugly. It's been really ugly.
895
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,370
The case raised a number of questions
about how far journalists,
896
00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:44,207
especially on television,
should go in covering rape trials.
897
00:50:44,833 --> 00:50:45,834
As Ann Compton reports,
898
00:50:45,917 --> 00:50:48,545
a Senate subcommittee considered
those questions today.
899
00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:51,882
[MAN] The extensive radio
and television coverage
900
00:50:51,965 --> 00:50:54,092
has been both praised and condemned.
901
00:50:54,509 --> 00:50:57,054
Those who praise it
say it gave many their first look
902
00:50:57,137 --> 00:50:59,806
at what really happens in such a trial.
903
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:04,102
Critics contend
the coverage was sensational exploitation
904
00:51:04,186 --> 00:51:06,855
of the agony of the complaining witness.
905
00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,746
The rape trial gained national attention
906
00:51:22,829 --> 00:51:25,999
in the press
and in live television broadcasts
907
00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:29,711
that brought to the surface
not only the dark side of humanity,
908
00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:33,715
but also the time-honored dark side
of rape trial proceedings.
909
00:51:34,299 --> 00:51:37,677
And you people come from the press.
What was your own feeling about that?
910
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,263
Well, I must admit
that I was a little bit...
911
00:51:40,931 --> 00:51:43,767
curious about the motives
of Cable News Network,
912
00:51:43,850 --> 00:51:45,769
given that
they were coming out of a period
913
00:51:45,852 --> 00:51:47,854
when their ratings were below projections.
914
00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:51,108
And when they started airing the trial,
the ratings went up,
915
00:51:51,191 --> 00:51:53,777
and they kept airing
more and more of the trial.
916
00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:56,238
I felt there was a lot of exploitation
going on.
917
00:51:56,321 --> 00:51:59,157
What about this... this idea that it's...
it's a circus,
918
00:51:59,241 --> 00:52:02,160
that having television cameras in there
are gonna cause a circus?
919
00:52:02,244 --> 00:52:03,620
Have there been any circuses?
920
00:52:03,703 --> 00:52:06,206
I don't think that the circus
is in the courtroom.
921
00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:09,459
The circus is the transporting
of the courtroom
922
00:52:09,543 --> 00:52:12,462
to serve the purposes
of entertainment and of ratings.
923
00:52:12,921 --> 00:52:14,965
Ms. Marks in, uh, Harrisburg.
924
00:52:15,048 --> 00:52:18,593
What is your objection
to this kind of coverage?
925
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:21,638
I think that the people who watched
that New Bedford case
926
00:52:21,721 --> 00:52:25,475
really became voyeurs
into the personal nightmare of that woman.
927
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:28,478
I saw a man who was interviewed
on the national news
928
00:52:28,562 --> 00:52:30,897
who said that he used to watch
the soaps every day,
929
00:52:30,981 --> 00:52:34,818
and during that time of the trial,
he just ended up watching that trial,
930
00:52:34,901 --> 00:52:36,820
and that's where he got his "thrills."
931
00:52:36,903 --> 00:52:40,657
And I ask, at whose expense
is he getting those thrills?
932
00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:04,389
[CHARNAS] Arrangements were made
for Cheryl to move to Florida.
933
00:53:07,642 --> 00:53:09,519
I did speak to her from time to time.
934
00:53:11,897 --> 00:53:14,482
She had gone to secretarial school.
935
00:53:16,067 --> 00:53:19,487
She was struggling
to get her life together.
936
00:53:24,618 --> 00:53:26,119
Out of the blue,
937
00:53:26,203 --> 00:53:28,997
I got a phone call from her boyfriend.
938
00:53:33,460 --> 00:53:38,548
He told me that she was driving a car
and it hit a telephone pole.
939
00:53:41,259 --> 00:53:43,261
She had been drunk.
940
00:53:46,097 --> 00:53:48,308
And he told me that she had died.
941
00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:54,439
I will never understand
942
00:53:54,522 --> 00:53:58,068
how she must have deteriorated
to get to that point.
943
00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:01,738
And that always will haunt me.
944
00:54:06,868 --> 00:54:08,119
[KANE] I was devastated.
945
00:54:10,538 --> 00:54:12,415
Why did she have to die?
946
00:54:15,669 --> 00:54:20,507
This is truly a tragedy for Cheryl Araujo
in a profound sense.
947
00:54:24,844 --> 00:54:27,347
[VEARY] Sad endings
don't make a person's life.
948
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:29,683
Nevertheless,
949
00:54:30,725 --> 00:54:35,063
one thing does lead to another,
uh, but Cheryl's life,
950
00:54:36,147 --> 00:54:39,943
you know, is so much more important
than the way she left it.
951
00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:50,120
[PHILLIPS] There's no other way
to describe this story.
952
00:54:52,247 --> 00:54:54,916
A sad chapter
953
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:59,004
that got even sadder
after the trial was over.
954
00:55:03,216 --> 00:55:05,093
This was about Cheryl Araujo.
955
00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:10,390
Wasn't easy, but she stood up.
956
00:55:12,309 --> 00:55:14,436
And, uh, in the end...
957
00:55:15,729 --> 00:55:17,147
she was forgotten.
958
00:55:22,277 --> 00:55:24,154
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