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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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STUDENT 1: You think
she had diseases?
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STUDENT 2:
What do I care, man?
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Duh. I don't know. Maybe 'cause if
you were with her, you'll catch one?
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Hey, this is Mitchy Mitch.
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I don't catch anythin' I don't
wanna catch, all right?
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Yeah, why's that?
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Hey, because, nitwit, I know
what I'm doin', all right?
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Hey, are you okay?
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Yeah. Too loose to break.
I'm fine.
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All right, let's go.
Come on.
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I wonder who left this open?
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Look, I don't know, man, but I
don't think we should be here.
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Well, I'm gonna check it out.
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Dude, you're gonna get
eaten by a freakin' rat.
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He's out of his mind.
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Hey, we're leavin'!
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Oh, my God.
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CSU OFFICER: Two gunshots, one to the
shoulder, one to the back of the head.
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He had a wallet on him,
$240 cash.
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The name's Saul Caplan.
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Becker & Caplan.
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Anything missing
from the store?
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Register's empty,
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looks like there might be some
merchandise missing as well.
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Forced entry?
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We found a broken padlock
by the cellar doors.
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There's an alarm
but it wasn't set.
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Yeah, I guess he wouldn't
activate it until he left.
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If you're through,
we'll send him to the M.E.
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He was in the office, he heard
somethin', he grabbed a bat.
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Yeah. Looks like
the pitcher blew one by him.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING
ON RADIO)
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A man builds a business
brick by brick,
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creates something
out of nothing.
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For this he's
gunned down like a dog.
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Had you been robbed
before, Mr. Becker?
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Couple of years ago
we had a break-in.
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Before that some junkie
came in to hold us up.
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Between Saul and me
and Ronnie in the stockroom,
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he's lucky he's still walking.
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So, Saul just happened
to be here last night?
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He was going over
the inventory lists.
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He does it every Thursday.
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Excuse me, one of the
ones who found the body
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said he needs to
call his parents.
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Tell him we'll be right there.
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Is it possible to do this
another time?
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I need to go be with
Saul's wife.
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Sure.
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Okay, what were you guys doing at
Orchard Street at 4:00 in the morning?
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Goin' back to the dorm.
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ED: From where?
This bar.
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What bar?
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The Bowery Bar.
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Orchard Street's not between
the bar and your dorm, fellas.
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We were coming from
a hooker's apartment.
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Oh, God!
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ED: Where?
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Orchard near Delancey.
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I'm the only one who went
through with it, though.
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Is it possible our parents
not be made aware of this?
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Uh, my father
just had a by-pass.
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Oh, sure. I'd hate
to see you get in trouble,
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seein' as how you didn't even
get your hat knocked off.
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Look, look, we found the body,
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we called 911,
we stuck around...
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What more do you want from us?
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ED: What'd the hooker
look like?
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You see anybody else last night
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who looked like they might
have done a robbery?
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Nuh-uh.
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Come on. We know you
were workin' last night.
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I didn't say I wasn't
workin' last night.
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But you didn't see anybody?
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What kind of robbery?
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A leather coat store.
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Oh, I don't know
nothin' about that.
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Okay. We find out
you're holdin' back,
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you're gonna take
a collar a week for a year.
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I ain't been doin nothin
but what I'm doin'.
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Don't be takin' your
frustration out on me
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just 'cause you guys
got nobody else.
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Fine. Just remember
what I told you.
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You guys know a tall drag queen
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blonde hair, used to work
the trucks, named Toreador?
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Toreador got herself a new
leather jacket last night.
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And the reason I know
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is it wasn't the same skanky
old thing she used to wear.
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I said somethin'. She was like,
"Oh, I can't be bothered."
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Go check her sorry ass
out, why don't you?
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Where can we find her?
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Toreador.
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Can you give a girl
some privacy, please?
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You know, they've had indoor
plumbing for 2,000 years.
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Officers, I am so sorry.
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Is it not permitted to relieve
one's self out of doors?
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What kind of jacket is that,
Dolce & Gabbana?
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Oh, my. Aren't we something
of a fashionista.
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How much did you pay for it?
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It was on sale. Drastically
reduced, don't you know.
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Is that what you call
murdering the storekeeper?
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Pardon?
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You wanna have this
conversation here
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or you wanna have it
down at the station?
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All rights, all rights.
I found it.
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Where?
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By a dumpster.
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You mind takin' it off so
we can take a look at it?
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Not at all.
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Ooh. Chilly morning, though,
not quite unpleasant.
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The pills are female
hormone supplements
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which are not,
I don't believe, illegal.
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Becker & Caplan tag.
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Where'd you get it?
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There's only two possibilities
worth considering.
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One has you committing
murder and robbery,
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the other one has you
receiving stolen property.
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I certainly did not
murder anyone.
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Then where did you get it?
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Where were you
last night, Ronnie?
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Home.
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Do you have anybody
that can confirm that?
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My wife. My kids.
My neighbor.
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Your wife know about
your friend, Jeffrey?
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I don't know anybody
named Jeffrey.
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Jeffrey who likes to dress up in women's
clothes and calls himself Toreador?
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So... So,
what do you wanna know?
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When did you take
the coat you gave her?
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Last week.
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You're sure
it wasn't last night?
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Saul was like a second
father to me, all right?
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I mean, I took a coat, yeah.
I took a coat.
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But I don't kill this man.
I love this man, okay?
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His alibi checks out. He might've
been stealin', but he's not our guy.
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Street Crime Unit
come up with anything?
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Nothin'.
What about CSU?
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No usable prints.
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M.E.'s report
confirms two shots,
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one from about eight feet,
hit him in the shoulder.
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The other from
two to three feet,
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hit him in the back
of the head.
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Perp was probably standing
like right above him.
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(PHONE RINGING)
Mmm. An execution.
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He died somewhere
between 11:00 and midnight.
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Van Buren. Okay, thanks.
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Forensics has somethin
they want to show you.
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This is the lock that was
found near the cellar doors.
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BRISCOE: And?
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The lock appears to have
been chiseled, like this.
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I know, it looks like
a lot of damage,
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but this kind of lock
doesn't open that way.
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You're sure?
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We tried to replicate
the damage.
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Remember that commercial where they
shoot a bullet through the lock?
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Hmm.
Truth in advertising, huh?
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The only way to break
one of these things
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is to sever the shackle inside.
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Otherwise, it's not gonna open.
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So, whoever damaged the
lock already had it open.
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This isn't a good time
to be doing this.
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BRISCOE: We apologize.
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Uh, there's just a couple of
things we need to ask you.
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Well, we're sitting Shiva here
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because Saul's wife is in no
condition to do it by her.
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BRISCOE:
That's very nice of you.
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It wasn't even a question.
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There's some indication
that this is an inside job.
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I don't believe it.
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ED: Whoever accessed
the basement had a key.
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It's possible the key
got lifted, no?
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We know something?
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Nothing.
Uh, this is my wife.
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How do you do?
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You okay here?
Fine.
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Would, uh,
would they like something?
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ED: No, nothing.
Thank you.
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If you could provide us with
a list of your employees,
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that would give us
a starting point.
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What, they think it was
someone from the store?
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They don't think anything. They're
investigating, that's all.
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Yeah, the bookkeeper was busted
for marijuana possession.
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How long ago?
1974.
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Hmm. Well, here s somethin
a little bit more promising.
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Sal Bonafiglio,
arrested five times,
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three times for burglary.
Did a pound at Dannemora.
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So, you're sayin' you like him
better than the bookkeeper?
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ED: See, Sal, whoever broke into
the store worked in the store.
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Now, you work there
in the stock room,
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and you have felonies
on your record.
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It's been three years since
my last arrest, all right?
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Mmm-hmm. Two of which
you were in jail.
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Burglary three, burglary
three, burglary two,
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and then just for variety,
there's mail fraud.
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Excuse me, but that was
reversed on appeal.
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Duly noted.
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Look, I got nothin'
to do with this, you guys.
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I never whacked
anybody in my life.
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Hey, maybe you went
to rob the place,
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and you didn't know
Saul was gonna be there.
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Now, tell me the truth,
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is this because my last
name ends in a vowel?
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Maybe you didn't mean
to rob the place.
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Maybe you went there
for legitimate reasons.
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Caplan thinks you're gonna rob
him and he comes after you,
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you defend yourself.
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Hey, maybe I get drafted by the
Giants to play linebacker.
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What is it with you guys
and the maybes?
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Where were you Thursday night
between 10:00 and 1:00?
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I was with my nephew
in Uniondale.
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Whether this guy's alibi checks
out or not, he's involved.
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Well, he never used
a gun before.
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Why does he use one this time?
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Well, maybe he didn't.
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Well, check his
incident reports.
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See who his
partners-in-crime were.
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B and E in Westchester.
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Perp had apparently
gained access to house
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by searching for keys
under doormats.
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Partner backed truck
into the garage door.
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What's the partner's name?
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Eddie Novello.
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I just saw that name. Uh...
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"Assaulted a security guard
with a crowbar"
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"when he and an accomplice were
fleeing the scene of the burglary."
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His gun must've
been in the shop.
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Hey, Lennie. There he is.
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Eddie, what's happenin', man?
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I dunno.
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We thought
you were still upstate.
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I been back a while.
Do I know you?
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You stayin' out of
trouble, Eddie?
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Yeah.
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What's in the bag?
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Nothin'.
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Mind if we take a look?
My gym bag.
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Uh, we can see it's your gym bag,
Eddie, we just want to look at it.
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Why, you don't wanna let us?
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I don't care.
244
00:10:38,579 --> 00:10:40,024
Hmm. What you doin
with this?
245
00:10:40,081 --> 00:10:41,116
Nothin'.
246
00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:42,217
Where'd you get it?
247
00:10:42,283 --> 00:10:43,387
This guy...
248
00:10:43,484 --> 00:10:44,485
Becker & Caplan.
249
00:10:44,819 --> 00:10:47,800
Get in the car. See, Eddie,
the thing about evidence is,
250
00:10:47,855 --> 00:10:49,334
you wanna get rid of it.
251
00:10:53,227 --> 00:10:57,198
Here's the thing, Eddie. We got
Sal's version, now we need yours.
252
00:10:57,598 --> 00:11:00,943
You wanna make somethin' up, start with
that coat we found in your gym bag.
253
00:11:03,404 --> 00:11:05,645
Hey, what did I tell you?
254
00:11:05,773 --> 00:11:07,775
You keep doin' that, we're
gonna put the cuffs back on.
255
00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:11,216
Eddie, maybe you don't
understand what's goin' on here.
256
00:11:11,278 --> 00:11:12,848
We don't need your confession.
257
00:11:12,913 --> 00:11:14,915
We already got enough
to put you away.
258
00:11:15,683 --> 00:11:18,289
We're just tryin' to let you help
us out so we could help you.
259
00:11:18,352 --> 00:11:20,855
You know, I killed a guy
in the ring once.
260
00:11:20,921 --> 00:11:22,662
With two punches, bang, boom!
261
00:11:23,157 --> 00:11:25,569
All right.
Time. Time, Eddie.
262
00:11:27,094 --> 00:11:29,370
See,
what I don't understand is,
263
00:11:29,430 --> 00:11:32,343
why a guy who could fight
like you needed a gun anyway?
264
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,970
You never seen me fight.
265
00:11:34,035 --> 00:11:35,742
No, but I heard
about ya, though.
266
00:11:35,803 --> 00:11:38,682
I heard you hit harder than any
middleweight since La Motta.
267
00:11:39,073 --> 00:11:40,108
Somebody said that?
268
00:11:40,174 --> 00:11:41,244
Yeah.
269
00:11:41,676 --> 00:11:43,747
See,
what I don't understand is,
270
00:11:43,811 --> 00:11:46,724
why a guy who could hit like
you would need to use a gun.
271
00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:49,994
I told Sal I don't need no gun.
272
00:11:50,651 --> 00:11:53,291
I said I could take that son
of a bitch out with my hands.
273
00:11:54,255 --> 00:11:56,394
But he said he wanted it clean
or he wouldn't pay.
274
00:11:58,025 --> 00:11:59,368
What else did Sal say?
275
00:12:01,128 --> 00:12:02,539
That I could take what I want.
276
00:12:03,497 --> 00:12:05,670
Cash in the register,
merchandise.
277
00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:08,036
Just make sure the guy's dead.
278
00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:10,572
How much did he pay you?
279
00:12:10,638 --> 00:12:12,515
Five grand.
280
00:12:12,573 --> 00:12:14,985
I bought my girlfriend
a big screen television set.
281
00:12:17,144 --> 00:12:19,556
It's over, Sal.
Eddie gave you up.
282
00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:21,584
Now, unless you tell us
your version,
283
00:12:21,649 --> 00:12:23,629
we're gonna have to
take his word for it.
284
00:12:24,051 --> 00:12:26,361
You ever get the feelin',
when you're talkin' to him,
285
00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,229
that Eddie maybe wasn't
quite right in his head?
286
00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:30,963
He said you gave him
five grand to kill Caplan.
287
00:12:31,025 --> 00:12:32,231
That's murder for hire, Sal.
288
00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:34,034
First degree whether he's
right in the head or not.
289
00:12:34,095 --> 00:12:35,506
Guy's got eyes
the size of meatballs.
290
00:12:35,563 --> 00:12:36,735
He told you
what you wanted to hear
291
00:12:36,797 --> 00:12:37,935
so he didn't have
to talk no more.
292
00:12:37,998 --> 00:12:39,306
You had access to the lock,
293
00:12:39,366 --> 00:12:41,141
plus you were arrested
with Eddie before.
294
00:12:41,736 --> 00:12:43,443
How the hell
am I gonna get five grand?
295
00:12:43,504 --> 00:12:45,074
I make eight dollars an hour.
296
00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:47,449
And how did Eddie
wind up with the coat?
297
00:12:48,743 --> 00:12:50,552
I hang out with him
at the gym sometimes.
298
00:12:50,611 --> 00:12:52,716
He knows where I work. He knows
there's stuff in the basement.
299
00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,084
Who left the lock open?
300
00:12:54,682 --> 00:12:57,128
I don't know. You're the
friggin' detective.
301
00:13:01,122 --> 00:13:05,696
I haven't been back here since
the night that Saul was killed,
302
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,762
I can't even offer you
a piece of cake.
303
00:13:07,828 --> 00:13:10,274
We're actually all right. We just need
to ask you a couple of questions,
304
00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:11,708
and we'll be out of here.
305
00:13:11,765 --> 00:13:12,835
Ask.
306
00:13:14,268 --> 00:13:17,647
When your husband worked
on the inventory at night, uh,
307
00:13:17,705 --> 00:13:19,184
was there anybody
who worked with him?
308
00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,153
Boy, are you asking
the wrong person.
309
00:13:22,943 --> 00:13:26,720
The only time that Saul would
talk about the store with me was
310
00:13:26,781 --> 00:13:30,558
if he would bring home a coat that
he thought maybe I would like.
311
00:13:30,618 --> 00:13:32,598
I was his duchess.
312
00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,960
Grandma?
313
00:13:34,321 --> 00:13:35,527
Oh, come here, tateleh.
314
00:13:35,923 --> 00:13:36,924
You all right?
315
00:13:37,291 --> 00:13:39,464
This is my grandson, David.
316
00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:40,528
Hello.
317
00:13:40,895 --> 00:13:43,466
These gentlemen are the
detectives that are investigating
318
00:13:43,531 --> 00:13:45,204
what happened with your zeyde.
319
00:13:45,466 --> 00:13:47,969
Did you ever work with
your zeyde, David? No.
320
00:13:48,035 --> 00:13:49,105
Did either of your parents?
321
00:13:49,537 --> 00:13:52,347
His father worked
in the store one summer.
322
00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:57,917
He's a very successful cardiologist
with a big practice in Los Angeles.
323
00:13:58,412 --> 00:14:01,325
He was here for the funeral,
then he had to get back.
324
00:14:02,216 --> 00:14:03,889
David interested
in the business?
325
00:14:03,951 --> 00:14:06,192
I'm leaning toward
film school right now.
326
00:14:06,654 --> 00:14:07,792
If that doesn't work out,
327
00:14:07,855 --> 00:14:11,359
I'd think seriously about maybe
taking over the business.
328
00:14:12,226 --> 00:14:14,638
He looks just like him,
this one.
329
00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:18,369
We can hold 'em both for now,
330
00:14:18,432 --> 00:14:21,072
but Sal's right about one
thing, we've got no motive.
331
00:14:21,135 --> 00:14:22,273
You believe him?
332
00:14:22,336 --> 00:14:25,249
Well, I didn't say that
but what do we have?
333
00:14:25,306 --> 00:14:28,844
The testimony of a mentally
questionable co-conspirator.
334
00:14:28,909 --> 00:14:30,047
That's it.
335
00:14:30,110 --> 00:14:31,521
Well, if Eddie's
tellin' the truth,
336
00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:33,855
Sal either had reasons of his
own to get rid of Caplan,
337
00:14:33,914 --> 00:14:35,120
what they are, we don't know,
338
00:14:35,182 --> 00:14:36,388
or he was doin' it
for somebody else.
339
00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:37,758
Who that is, we don't know.
340
00:14:38,619 --> 00:14:39,996
Yeah. What he said.
341
00:14:41,055 --> 00:14:43,001
Go talk to the parole officer.
342
00:14:46,527 --> 00:14:48,529
BELICHEK: Sal was always on
time for his appointments,
343
00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:51,406
his urine tests came back clean,
he was holdin' down a job.
344
00:14:51,832 --> 00:14:54,176
Anything to suggest
he had money problems?
345
00:14:54,335 --> 00:14:56,679
Nah. The only time
I had to sit him down was
346
00:14:56,737 --> 00:14:59,343
when I found out he was frequenting
this after-hours joint.
347
00:14:59,406 --> 00:15:01,113
I said it once,
that was the end of it.
348
00:15:01,175 --> 00:15:02,279
How'd you find out?
349
00:15:02,343 --> 00:15:03,981
This goof ball Frank
works there.
350
00:15:04,044 --> 00:15:05,250
He dropped a dime on him.
351
00:15:05,579 --> 00:15:06,990
What did you say
the name of the place was?
352
00:15:07,047 --> 00:15:09,960
Red's, I think he said. It's on
10th Street between A and B.
353
00:15:10,017 --> 00:15:11,519
BRISCOE: And it's
an after-hours place, huh?
354
00:15:11,585 --> 00:15:13,087
Yeah, doesn't open
until 2:00 in the morning.
355
00:15:13,721 --> 00:15:16,201
Better get in a nap
this afternoon, Lennie.
356
00:15:17,157 --> 00:15:18,158
(MUSIC PLAYING)
357
00:15:21,328 --> 00:15:23,171
We're lookin' for Frank.
358
00:15:23,230 --> 00:15:24,265
Got me.
359
00:15:24,398 --> 00:15:26,344
There wouldn't be
any illegal substances
360
00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,505
being passed in this
establishment, would there?
361
00:15:30,337 --> 00:15:31,441
He's in the bathroom.
362
00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,588
You must be Frank.
363
00:15:41,348 --> 00:15:42,850
You still got
a little right there.
364
00:15:43,083 --> 00:15:44,426
Come here.
365
00:15:47,388 --> 00:15:49,664
Sal Bonafiglio,
do you know him, Frank?
366
00:15:49,723 --> 00:15:51,031
Is this a shakedown?
367
00:15:51,091 --> 00:15:52,536
Listen to the question.
368
00:15:52,593 --> 00:15:54,436
Sal Bonafiglio. Right.
What about him?
369
00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:55,735
Do you know him?
Yeah.
370
00:15:55,796 --> 00:15:58,037
Good. Now what can you
tell us about him?
371
00:15:58,165 --> 00:16:01,374
Low-level coke dealer. Says
he's a wiseguy, but I doubt it.
372
00:16:01,435 --> 00:16:03,244
Any idea who his friends are?
373
00:16:04,071 --> 00:16:05,880
He was hangin' around
with this bald guy, Eli.
374
00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:07,385
Something of a coke fiend,
375
00:16:07,441 --> 00:16:12,083
comes in here periodically lookin' to
sell leather coats or somethin', just...
376
00:16:12,146 --> 00:16:13,489
Says he owns a store,
but I doubt it.
377
00:16:13,581 --> 00:16:16,585
(CHUCKLES) Most of the people in
here pretty much lie on spec.
378
00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:17,720
Well, that must be pretty tough
379
00:16:17,785 --> 00:16:19,230
on a straight arrow
like yourself.
380
00:16:19,820 --> 00:16:21,026
Thanks.
381
00:16:22,289 --> 00:16:24,360
We'd like to talk
to your son, Mrs. Becker.
382
00:16:25,426 --> 00:16:26,598
Eli.
383
00:16:31,031 --> 00:16:33,807
Uh, if you don't mind, we'd
like to speak to him privately.
384
00:16:34,601 --> 00:16:36,137
Sure. This way.
385
00:16:38,605 --> 00:16:40,312
How well do you know Sal?
386
00:16:40,774 --> 00:16:43,152
Uh, not well at all, really.
387
00:16:43,844 --> 00:16:46,791
You ever go to an after-hours
club on 10th Street called Red's?
388
00:16:47,414 --> 00:16:49,985
Yeah. I think I've been there
a couple of times. Yeah.
389
00:16:50,284 --> 00:16:52,491
BRISCOE: You ever
been there with Sal?
390
00:16:53,621 --> 00:16:55,294
Can I ask what this is about?
391
00:16:55,756 --> 00:16:58,293
Well, we think he might know
more than he's telling us.
392
00:16:58,359 --> 00:16:59,702
Well, um, like I said,
393
00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,501
I really, I don't know
the guy all that well.
394
00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:04,466
I mean, I... I just...
I couldn't really tell ya.
395
00:17:04,598 --> 00:17:06,271
Did you ever sell
coats at the bar?
396
00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:07,368
No.
397
00:17:07,434 --> 00:17:08,970
Somebody said
they thought you did that.
398
00:17:09,236 --> 00:17:11,716
Well, people say
all kinds of things.
399
00:17:12,806 --> 00:17:16,515
I mean, did I ever give some
chick a coat as a gift?
400
00:17:16,577 --> 00:17:17,578
Maybe I did.
401
00:17:18,145 --> 00:17:19,590
But, I mean,
that's my family's business.
402
00:17:19,646 --> 00:17:21,353
I'm entitled to do that, right?
403
00:17:22,516 --> 00:17:23,859
What's going on?
404
00:17:24,151 --> 00:17:26,256
We're just asking your son
a few questions.
405
00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,391
This is a house of
mourning, Detectives.
406
00:17:28,455 --> 00:17:30,128
The store will be open
for business tomorrow.
407
00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:33,330
Ask him or me or anyone else
questions there. Please.
408
00:17:38,232 --> 00:17:41,975
I have to tell you, I don't feel right
doing this without Mr. Becker here.
409
00:17:42,036 --> 00:17:43,811
This search warrant covers you.
410
00:17:43,871 --> 00:17:45,646
You can tell him
you were legally bound.
411
00:17:47,007 --> 00:17:50,181
Receipts, orders,
inventory lists.
412
00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:52,851
Any way you could've
missed any stolen money?
413
00:17:52,913 --> 00:17:56,053
Every night someone stays late to
check receipts against the register.
414
00:17:56,116 --> 00:17:57,527
What about merchandise?
415
00:17:57,584 --> 00:17:58,619
Not possible.
416
00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:02,259
At the end of the week I check the
receipts against those inventory lists.
417
00:18:02,323 --> 00:18:04,200
I would know
if anything was missing.
418
00:18:04,258 --> 00:18:05,498
Who makes the lists?
419
00:18:07,327 --> 00:18:09,034
We checked Eli's
inventory lists
420
00:18:09,096 --> 00:18:12,168
against the orders placed by Becker
& Caplan to their distributors.
421
00:18:12,232 --> 00:18:15,645
It turns out Eli was accounting
for coats that didn't exist.
422
00:18:15,703 --> 00:18:17,182
Why hadn't anyone noticed?
423
00:18:17,237 --> 00:18:19,376
Well, Eli was in charge
of orders, too.
424
00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,546
As long as nobody questioned the
accuracy of the inventory lists,
425
00:18:22,609 --> 00:18:23,644
it could have
gone on for months.
426
00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:25,213
How much money
are we talkin' about?
427
00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:26,485
Five thousand a month.
428
00:18:26,547 --> 00:18:27,890
If Caplan exposed him,
429
00:18:27,948 --> 00:18:30,588
it would have ruined his chance
to take over the business.
430
00:18:31,952 --> 00:18:33,295
Pick him up.
431
00:18:38,926 --> 00:18:41,270
BRISCOE:
Where is he, Mr. Becker?
432
00:18:41,428 --> 00:18:42,634
Where's who?
433
00:18:43,063 --> 00:18:44,337
Your son.
434
00:18:44,965 --> 00:18:46,205
He doesn't get in
until 9:00.
435
00:18:46,266 --> 00:18:47,574
The doorman in his building
436
00:18:47,634 --> 00:18:49,773
saw him leave in the middle
of the night with suitcases.
437
00:18:49,970 --> 00:18:51,574
Where is he, Mr. Becker?
438
00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,913
Somewhere you can't get him.
439
00:18:58,312 --> 00:19:00,690
The police pulled the LUD's
from Mr. Becker's apartment,
440
00:19:00,747 --> 00:19:02,954
and found a phone call
to the Hoffman Travel Agency.
441
00:19:03,016 --> 00:19:06,190
An agent confirmed Eli
was on a flight to Israel.
442
00:19:06,887 --> 00:19:08,764
Are we sure this is our guy?
443
00:19:08,822 --> 00:19:11,666
Eddie Novello says
Sal paid him to kill Caplan.
444
00:19:11,725 --> 00:19:14,934
Sal didn't have the means or the motive.
No question Eli was behind it.
445
00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:16,902
Where's Sal now?
446
00:19:16,964 --> 00:19:18,204
He's being held at Rikers.
447
00:19:18,265 --> 00:19:20,768
Once we get Eli back, we can
turn them against each other.
448
00:19:21,101 --> 00:19:23,411
Has a formal request
for extradition been made?
449
00:19:23,570 --> 00:19:25,516
Yeah. We submitted it
to the Israeli Consulate.
450
00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:27,347
Let's see what they do.
451
00:19:31,044 --> 00:19:34,719
Israeli law grants non-extradition
to a citizen of Israel
452
00:19:34,782 --> 00:19:36,659
who is also a resident there.
453
00:19:36,784 --> 00:19:39,697
How can Eli Becker be considered
a resident of Israel?
454
00:19:39,753 --> 00:19:42,461
Well, he maintains
an apartment in Tel Aviv.
455
00:19:42,589 --> 00:19:45,729
Wait a minute, Israel is violating
its reciprocity agreements
456
00:19:45,793 --> 00:19:47,033
to harbor a murderer?
457
00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:49,730
No. We intend
to cooperate fully
458
00:19:49,797 --> 00:19:52,471
with your office and
conduct atrial in Israel.
459
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,676
That's unacceptable. This is murder
for hire committed on American soil.
460
00:19:57,738 --> 00:20:00,082
The only reason
Eli Becker is in Israel
461
00:20:00,140 --> 00:20:02,620
is to avoid prosecution
in an American court.
462
00:20:04,545 --> 00:20:09,016
In 1935, the Nazis established
the Nuremburg Race Laws,
463
00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:11,892
depriving German Jews of
their rights of citizenship.
464
00:20:11,952 --> 00:20:13,989
It was the beginning
of the discrimination
465
00:20:14,054 --> 00:20:15,931
that would lead
to the Holocaust.
466
00:20:15,989 --> 00:20:17,229
Now, when Israel was founded,
467
00:20:17,291 --> 00:20:20,170
we established laws
to protect Jews
468
00:20:20,227 --> 00:20:22,503
from being judged
by non-Jews.
469
00:20:23,564 --> 00:20:26,943
Uh, given the current
political climate in Israel,
470
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,310
the tenuousness of
Barak's coalition,
471
00:20:29,369 --> 00:20:31,576
the power of
the religious parties,
472
00:20:31,638 --> 00:20:35,609
it would not be a good time to stand
accused of violating these principles.
473
00:20:36,343 --> 00:20:38,619
Even when it comes
to a murderer.
474
00:20:40,848 --> 00:20:43,192
He completely
manipulated the system.
475
00:20:43,984 --> 00:20:46,225
If we can poke holes
in his residency claim,
476
00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:48,095
maybe the Israelis
will send him back.
477
00:20:49,022 --> 00:20:50,797
Okay. Let me see what I
can get from the parents.
478
00:20:53,026 --> 00:20:56,132
What was Eli doing
in Israel back in 1995?
479
00:20:56,196 --> 00:20:58,142
Living in Tel Aviv,
same as now.
480
00:20:58,565 --> 00:20:59,635
No, what was he doing?
481
00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,907
Living, working,
what anyone does.
482
00:21:03,503 --> 00:21:04,880
Who was his employer?
483
00:21:04,938 --> 00:21:07,077
Do me a favor.
Talk to the lawyer.
484
00:21:07,641 --> 00:21:12,112
He was working for himself, um,
trying to get established.
485
00:21:12,679 --> 00:21:14,158
Established in what?
486
00:21:14,214 --> 00:21:16,490
Um, jewelry exporting, I think,
487
00:21:16,550 --> 00:21:19,997
and I think he was starting
to do some concert promotion.
488
00:21:20,053 --> 00:21:22,966
Sylvia, we don't need to
be doing her work for her.
489
00:21:23,624 --> 00:21:25,661
Can you tell me when he
applied for his travel visa?
490
00:21:25,726 --> 00:21:27,399
I can't tell you anything.
491
00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:32,140
Mr. Becker, after you purchased
Eli's plane ticket to Israel,
492
00:21:32,199 --> 00:21:34,372
you refused to tell
the police where he was.
493
00:21:34,434 --> 00:21:36,107
Now, that's obstruction
and it's a felony.
494
00:21:36,169 --> 00:21:38,615
You're trying to send
my son to jail,
495
00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:40,276
do you think
I'm going to help you?
496
00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:42,217
Even though he had
your partner murdered?
497
00:21:42,276 --> 00:21:44,051
That's what you say.
498
00:21:44,378 --> 00:21:46,085
Are you aware your son
has a drug problem?
499
00:21:46,146 --> 00:21:48,626
(SCOFFS) That was years ago.
It's over with.
500
00:21:48,782 --> 00:21:51,194
We also have proof your son
was stealing from your store.
501
00:21:51,251 --> 00:21:52,491
Now, if I have to,
502
00:21:52,552 --> 00:21:54,498
I'll come back with detectives
and a search warrant.
503
00:21:54,555 --> 00:21:57,001
I don't care if you come back
with the United States Army!
504
00:21:57,057 --> 00:21:58,434
SYLVIA: Nathan.
That's it!
505
00:22:01,962 --> 00:22:03,669
What's the matter, you people
don't have enough to do?
506
00:22:03,730 --> 00:22:05,539
Oh, no, councilman,
we have plenty to do.
507
00:22:05,599 --> 00:22:06,600
Please.
508
00:22:07,901 --> 00:22:10,780
What is so terrible if this person
is tried in the state of Israel?
509
00:22:10,938 --> 00:22:12,940
Everyone's equal
before the law.
510
00:22:13,006 --> 00:22:15,543
You can't treat one
murderer like he's special.
511
00:22:15,976 --> 00:22:19,890
I have a murder case starting next
month with a defendant who's Korean.
512
00:22:19,947 --> 00:22:21,119
Shall I send him back to Korea?
513
00:22:21,181 --> 00:22:23,957
Oh, so now I have to give a history
lesson on what it means to be a Jew?
514
00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,554
JACK: I have a guy who's looking
at a lot of years in prison.
515
00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,624
I imagine he could give you a pretty good
one about what it means to be Korean.
516
00:22:29,690 --> 00:22:31,169
You might remind
your deputy here
517
00:22:31,224 --> 00:22:33,135
this is not the Debating
Club at Dartmouth.
518
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,301
I have a great many people
living in my district
519
00:22:35,395 --> 00:22:36,669
and all through
the City of New York
520
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,937
who understand full well
what it means to be a Jew.
521
00:22:38,999 --> 00:22:41,240
And no, it is not the same as
what it means to be a Korean.
522
00:22:41,702 --> 00:22:44,046
That a Jonathan Pollard
sits in an American prison
523
00:22:44,104 --> 00:22:46,311
for tryin' to help the state
of Israel is a disgrace!
524
00:22:46,373 --> 00:22:47,977
And whoever finally
manages to free him
525
00:22:48,041 --> 00:22:51,079
will have themselves the undying
support of the Jewish people.
526
00:22:51,178 --> 00:22:52,816
What about a Samuel Sheinbein?
527
00:22:54,381 --> 00:22:55,382
What about him?
528
00:22:55,449 --> 00:22:58,157
Did allowing him to be tried
and sentenced In Israel
529
00:22:58,218 --> 00:23:01,688
when he murdered, dismembered and
burned his victim in Maryland
530
00:23:01,755 --> 00:23:04,702
earn anyone the undying
support of the Jewish people?
531
00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:09,134
His exercising his right
as a Jew to return to Israel
532
00:23:09,196 --> 00:23:10,800
hasn't prevented him
from being punished.
533
00:23:11,064 --> 00:23:13,476
As we speak,
he's in an Israeli prison.
534
00:23:13,834 --> 00:23:16,246
Well, the way I see it, as
soon as you murder someone,
535
00:23:16,303 --> 00:23:19,079
you lose your right to return
to Israel or anywhere else.
536
00:23:19,139 --> 00:23:21,676
Not according to Israeli law.
537
00:23:21,742 --> 00:23:25,019
Councilman, I uphold the law
of the State of New York.
538
00:23:25,078 --> 00:23:27,422
I want Eli Becker extradited.
539
00:23:32,986 --> 00:23:35,660
Becker, Eli.
540
00:23:36,823 --> 00:23:41,238
Father helped him apply for a
travel visa on September 12, 1995.
541
00:23:42,729 --> 00:23:46,643
What if he was working there? How long
could he stay in Israel on that visa?
542
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,270
Travel visa lasts three months.
543
00:23:48,335 --> 00:23:51,179
If he wanted to stay longer,
or if he wanted a work visa,
544
00:23:51,238 --> 00:23:52,774
he would apply in Israel.
545
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,310
Okay.
546
00:23:54,775 --> 00:23:57,119
What kind of documentation did
he show you to get this visa?
547
00:23:57,177 --> 00:23:58,554
Birth certificate.
548
00:24:01,314 --> 00:24:05,820
Born January 5, 1965.
New York Foundling Hospital.
549
00:24:08,121 --> 00:24:11,728
In 1996, Eli Becker was
granted Israeli citizenship
550
00:24:11,792 --> 00:24:15,467
based on the fact that he's Jewish.
But he was adopted.
551
00:24:15,862 --> 00:24:19,275
His birth mother was a woman by
the name of Mary Elizabeth Kelly.
552
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,811
She's as Jewish as I am.
553
00:24:22,035 --> 00:24:25,414
And given that the religion
of the mother is controlling,
554
00:24:25,472 --> 00:24:26,610
we may have an opening.
555
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,046
Did he convert?
556
00:24:28,108 --> 00:24:30,213
Well, he didn't belong
to a synagogue on his own.
557
00:24:30,277 --> 00:24:32,450
And according to the rabbi
at his parents' synagogue,
558
00:24:32,512 --> 00:24:35,356
he hasn't been seen or heard
from since his Bar Mitzvah.
559
00:24:35,482 --> 00:24:37,985
Which means maybe he didn't
satisfy the requirements
560
00:24:38,051 --> 00:24:39,587
for an orthodox conversion.
561
00:24:39,653 --> 00:24:42,964
Well, the Israeli Attorney
General wants to extradite.
562
00:24:43,957 --> 00:24:48,997
Now, if he can provide proof to the Ministry
of Religion that Becker's not a Jew,
563
00:24:49,062 --> 00:24:50,166
it may do the trick.
564
00:24:50,731 --> 00:24:52,972
So, we turn over the
information on the adoption,
565
00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,707
and if the conversion is
defective, there's his proof.
566
00:24:56,002 --> 00:24:59,609
No. Information from us won't
satisfy the religious parties.
567
00:24:59,973 --> 00:25:01,452
What, it has to come
from a rabbi?
568
00:25:01,508 --> 00:25:04,546
Exactly. There are rabbinical
courts in Brooklyn
569
00:25:04,611 --> 00:25:07,455
that settle divorces,
contract disputes...
570
00:25:07,514 --> 00:25:09,858
While the final say is with
the Ministry of Religion,
571
00:25:09,916 --> 00:25:13,693
let's give it a shot that they'll take
the word of a few rabbis in Brooklyn.
572
00:25:19,993 --> 00:25:22,667
Good morning, Rabbis.
My name is Abbie Carmichael.
573
00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:25,938
I'm here representing the District
Attorney's Office of New York County.
574
00:25:26,466 --> 00:25:29,811
Before you are copies of a birth
certificate attesting to the fact
575
00:25:29,870 --> 00:25:35,786
that Eli Becker was born to a Mary
Elizabeth Kelly, a Roman Catholic.
576
00:25:36,510 --> 00:25:40,720
He then was adopted by Nathan and Sylvia
Becker when he was six weeks old.
577
00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:42,651
That is correct,
Mr. Feldman?
578
00:25:43,617 --> 00:25:44,755
Yes, Rabbi.
579
00:25:45,051 --> 00:25:47,122
Now, it's my understanding
of Halachic Law
580
00:25:47,187 --> 00:25:50,031
that there are three
requirements for conversion.
581
00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:51,967
Circumcision, Hebrew naming,
582
00:25:52,025 --> 00:25:55,438
and a ritual bath known as a
mikvah performed by a rabbi.
583
00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:57,931
Please forgive me if I've
mispronounced anything.
584
00:25:57,998 --> 00:25:59,671
You're doing fine.
585
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,213
Having reviewed the documentation
provided by Mr. Becker's attorney,
586
00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:06,251
it's our position that a conversion
did not, in fact, take place.
587
00:26:06,373 --> 00:26:08,250
I don't know the basis
for Ms. Carmichael's
588
00:26:08,308 --> 00:26:09,981
presumed expertise
in these matters.
589
00:26:10,343 --> 00:26:12,755
All I'll say is that before you
is a physician's affidavit
590
00:26:12,813 --> 00:26:14,486
attesting to
Mr. Becker's circumcision,
591
00:26:14,547 --> 00:26:17,323
a rabbi's affidavit attesting
to his Hebrew naming.
592
00:26:17,384 --> 00:26:19,330
As for the mikvah,
we don't have documentation,
593
00:26:19,386 --> 00:26:21,764
we trust that won't be
held out as a fatal defect.
594
00:26:22,589 --> 00:26:24,535
Mr. Becker,
while not exactly frum,
595
00:26:24,591 --> 00:26:26,537
had Hebrew training
and was Bar Mitzvahed.
596
00:26:26,593 --> 00:26:30,234
Rabbis, it's our position that
Mr. Becker's seeking refuge in Israel
597
00:26:30,330 --> 00:26:32,776
is a cynical attempt
to avoid the consequences
598
00:26:32,832 --> 00:26:34,607
of the murder
of his father's partner.
599
00:26:34,668 --> 00:26:38,844
Except even a murderer is entitled
to return to Israel if he's Jewish.
600
00:26:38,905 --> 00:26:41,317
With all due deference,
Rabbi, forgive me,
601
00:26:41,374 --> 00:26:43,513
but was it ever the intention
of the Law of Return
602
00:26:43,577 --> 00:26:45,989
to allow a criminal to avoid
having to answer for his crime?
603
00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:48,752
Let him answer for his crime,
assuming he committed one,
604
00:26:48,848 --> 00:26:50,589
in Eretz Yisrael
as is his right.
605
00:26:50,717 --> 00:26:53,323
He committed this crime
in the City of New York.
606
00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:54,865
It's the obligation
of my office
607
00:26:54,921 --> 00:26:57,492
to the family of his victim
that he be tried here.
608
00:27:05,031 --> 00:27:08,410
We offer no opinion on the
sincerity of Mr. Becker's beliefs.
609
00:27:08,468 --> 00:27:11,813
Or on who's entitled to try
him where and for what.
610
00:27:11,872 --> 00:27:13,852
This is not up to us.
611
00:27:13,907 --> 00:27:19,016
All we can determine is whether the
standard for conversion has been met.
612
00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:22,686
Without proof of a mikvah,
we have to say it has not.
613
00:27:22,749 --> 00:27:26,959
Also, we see no evidence that to this
point Eli Becker has been living
614
00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,523
what we would call
a Jewish lifestyle.
615
00:27:29,956 --> 00:27:33,130
Accordingly, Eli Becker
is ruled not Jewish.
616
00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,365
A shande!
617
00:27:34,427 --> 00:27:35,997
Rabbis, Rabbis, can I be heard?
618
00:27:36,062 --> 00:27:37,336
A ruling will be
put into writing
619
00:27:37,397 --> 00:27:39,377
and made available to both
sides by the end of the day.
620
00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:42,842
I had half my family
die in the ovens!
621
00:27:42,903 --> 00:27:46,715
Who the hell are you to tell
me that my son is not Jewish?
622
00:27:47,007 --> 00:27:49,283
SYLVIA: Nathan. Sorry, Mr. Becker,
this is not up to us.
623
00:27:49,342 --> 00:27:52,482
A stinking technicality and these
monsters will hang him for it!
624
00:27:52,912 --> 00:27:55,950
The Talmud has no
technicalities, Mr. Becker.
625
00:27:56,016 --> 00:27:57,188
Only laws.
626
00:27:57,350 --> 00:27:58,693
Drop dead!
Nathan.
627
00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:08,168
Israel's sending him back. I'm willing
to make a deal if Sal agrees to testify.
628
00:28:08,862 --> 00:28:12,105
Right now all you've got on my
client is the word of Eddie Novello.
629
00:28:12,499 --> 00:28:14,479
In court that counts for zero.
630
00:28:16,236 --> 00:28:18,011
You don't have time
for games, Sal.
631
00:28:18,571 --> 00:28:21,051
You're bluffing. There's
no way you'd do all this
632
00:28:21,107 --> 00:28:22,814
to get Becker back
then not go after him.
633
00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:24,620
Then call my bluff.
634
00:28:24,778 --> 00:28:26,348
You need Sal's testimony.
635
00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:29,826
And Sal will never be in a better
position to negotiate than he is now.
636
00:28:29,883 --> 00:28:31,658
Someone's gettin' life, Sal.
637
00:28:31,851 --> 00:28:34,593
You get to choose
if it's gonna be you or Eli.
638
00:28:39,526 --> 00:28:40,834
(INAUDIBLE)
639
00:28:44,798 --> 00:28:45,936
What's your deal?
640
00:28:45,999 --> 00:28:47,979
Man one. 15-to-25.
641
00:28:48,034 --> 00:28:49,274
Not much of a deal.
642
00:28:50,570 --> 00:28:53,016
You want to take your chances
standing trial for murder?
643
00:28:55,842 --> 00:28:57,185
The answer to that would be no.
644
00:28:58,778 --> 00:29:00,416
Can you make it 10-to-20?
645
00:29:01,581 --> 00:29:05,859
He's got to testify, and that means
truthfully with nothing left out.
646
00:29:09,089 --> 00:29:10,397
You got it.
647
00:29:13,259 --> 00:29:15,933
If the case depends on the jury
believing a career criminal
648
00:29:15,995 --> 00:29:18,373
who's cut a deal,
I'd say we're in trouble.
649
00:29:18,598 --> 00:29:21,442
We have a defendant who left the
country rather than stand trial.
650
00:29:21,601 --> 00:29:22,978
Which the defense
will attribute
651
00:29:23,036 --> 00:29:25,676
to a combination of
panic and religious fervor.
652
00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:28,881
Well, we could also establish that
he was stealing from the business.
653
00:29:28,942 --> 00:29:31,320
A business
his father half-owned.
654
00:29:31,378 --> 00:29:33,619
Are you suggesting
that we offer him a deal?
655
00:29:33,813 --> 00:29:35,884
After what we went through
to get him back here?
656
00:29:35,949 --> 00:29:37,587
Not on your life.
657
00:29:40,620 --> 00:29:43,658
Did your husband ever confront
Eli about his stealing?
658
00:29:43,723 --> 00:29:47,398
He spoke to him
about it but not rough.
659
00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:50,066
That was not the way
that Saul did things.
660
00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:53,441
Just to let him know that
he wasn't fooling anybody.
661
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,036
Except for Nat.
662
00:29:55,535 --> 00:29:56,946
Eli's father didn't know?
663
00:29:57,537 --> 00:30:00,108
I'm sure Eli begged Saul
not to say anything
664
00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:05,316
and my grandfather, being the
soft touch that he was, didn't.
665
00:30:05,945 --> 00:30:08,926
He has a lot of problems,
Eli, he always has.
666
00:30:09,082 --> 00:30:10,891
Most of his problems
of his own making.
667
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:12,762
You're talking about drugs?
668
00:30:12,819 --> 00:30:16,289
Oh, not just the drugs.
Eli was adopted.
669
00:30:16,823 --> 00:30:20,669
He knew he was adopted, so he was
all the time trying to make certain
670
00:30:20,727 --> 00:30:22,968
that he wasn't being
treated different.
671
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,503
Did it seem to you that he was
being treated differently,
672
00:30:26,566 --> 00:30:28,068
or was that just
something in his mind?
673
00:30:31,137 --> 00:30:33,276
I know Eli a long time.
674
00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:35,614
Probably the less
I say the better.
675
00:30:36,276 --> 00:30:39,120
Do you think he might be responsible
for your grandfather's murder?
676
00:30:40,180 --> 00:30:41,352
I don't know.
677
00:30:41,548 --> 00:30:42,686
Do you want to know?
678
00:30:49,155 --> 00:30:52,728
Mr. Ortega, you make up
the inventory lists?
679
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,761
Yeah.
680
00:30:54,827 --> 00:30:56,306
And what do you do with them?
681
00:30:56,362 --> 00:30:57,670
I give it to Eli.
682
00:30:58,531 --> 00:31:01,171
He takes the numbers,
puts 'em in his computer,
683
00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:03,180
then he prints out a list
to give to the manager.
684
00:31:03,469 --> 00:31:06,348
Did you ever see the lists
after Eli printed them out?
685
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:07,841
Yes.
686
00:31:07,907 --> 00:31:09,045
What did you notice about them?
687
00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:10,683
They were wrong.
688
00:31:11,544 --> 00:31:13,785
We had all kinds of merchandise
that wasn't listed.
689
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:15,624
If someone were stealing,
690
00:31:15,682 --> 00:31:18,891
would keeping merchandise out of the
inventory be a way of concealing it?
691
00:31:18,952 --> 00:31:20,295
Objection. Speculative.
692
00:31:20,353 --> 00:31:21,354
JUDGE: Overruled.
693
00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:23,867
The witness can answer.
694
00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:26,801
I guess it would.
695
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,538
Did you bring this discrepancy
to anyone's attention?
696
00:31:30,330 --> 00:31:33,072
Yeah, I told Mr. Caplan.
697
00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:35,075
JACK: I have nothing further.
698
00:31:38,805 --> 00:31:40,876
You ever take any
merchandise, Mr. Ortega?
699
00:31:41,708 --> 00:31:45,212
I squared whatever I did with
Mr. Becker and Mr. Caplan.
700
00:31:46,146 --> 00:31:49,389
Let's try again. Did you
ever take any merchandise?
701
00:31:49,983 --> 00:31:50,984
Yes.
702
00:31:51,050 --> 00:31:52,120
You give it to your wife?
703
00:31:52,185 --> 00:31:53,562
Objection. Irrelevant.
704
00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:54,621
JUDGE: Sustained.
705
00:31:56,155 --> 00:31:58,999
Are you acquainted with a certain
transvestite prostitute,
706
00:31:59,058 --> 00:32:02,301
that was he or she the recipient
of any of this merchandise?
707
00:32:02,362 --> 00:32:03,773
JACK: Objection. Irrelevant.
708
00:32:04,030 --> 00:32:05,373
Sustained.
709
00:32:06,366 --> 00:32:08,744
The night Saul Caplan was
killed wasn't one of the nights
710
00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:10,110
you were stealing, was it?
711
00:32:10,803 --> 00:32:11,838
No.
712
00:32:12,605 --> 00:32:13,777
Nothing further.
713
00:32:15,074 --> 00:32:17,111
It started out,
I'd get Eli coke.
714
00:32:17,176 --> 00:32:19,122
Once in awhile
I'd set him up with a hooker
715
00:32:19,178 --> 00:32:21,522
on account of he was afraid
to approach one on his own.
716
00:32:22,048 --> 00:32:25,154
Did there come a point at which Eli
had you stealing from the store?
717
00:32:25,218 --> 00:32:28,461
Right. At first, he'd throw
me somethin as a tip kinda.
718
00:32:28,521 --> 00:32:30,330
When I told him
I could move some quantity,
719
00:32:30,423 --> 00:32:32,903
he got hip to the money there
was to be made on the side.
720
00:32:33,359 --> 00:32:34,565
How much was that?
721
00:32:34,627 --> 00:32:36,072
Like 5,000 a month.
722
00:32:36,129 --> 00:32:38,609
Would you describe the
conversation that took place
723
00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:41,407
between yourself and Eli
on October 18th?
724
00:32:41,768 --> 00:32:43,441
I saw him at the club.
725
00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:45,608
He said Caplan found out
we were stealin'.
726
00:32:45,972 --> 00:32:47,918
He asked if I knew someone
who could take him out.
727
00:32:48,441 --> 00:32:50,114
What did you take that to mean?
728
00:32:50,810 --> 00:32:52,016
Have him murdered.
729
00:32:52,078 --> 00:32:54,490
Is that when you contacted
Eddie Novello?
730
00:32:54,881 --> 00:32:58,260
Right. Eli gave me 10 grand,
I gave five to Eddie.
731
00:32:58,318 --> 00:33:02,289
I told Eli to leave the basement doors
unlocked so Eddie could get in.
732
00:33:03,189 --> 00:33:04,395
Nothing further.
733
00:33:09,295 --> 00:33:11,935
You're not new to burglary,
are you, Mr. Bonafiglio?
734
00:33:12,465 --> 00:33:13,739
Not really.
735
00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:16,472
In fact, you've been
convicted, uh, three times.
736
00:33:17,904 --> 00:33:20,885
Now, if Mr. Caplan found out
737
00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:23,181
that someone was
stealing from the store,
738
00:33:23,242 --> 00:33:24,915
doesn't it make sense
that he would accuse
739
00:33:24,978 --> 00:33:26,855
the convicted burglar
workin' for him?
740
00:33:27,513 --> 00:33:28,753
Only Eli had
a lot more to lose.
741
00:33:28,815 --> 00:33:30,726
You had access
to the basement doors,
742
00:33:30,783 --> 00:33:32,421
and being a three-time felon,
you had every reason
743
00:33:32,485 --> 00:33:33,896
to make sure Caplan
never had you arrested.
744
00:33:33,953 --> 00:33:35,557
The whole thing was Eli's idea.
745
00:33:35,622 --> 00:33:37,226
I never would've done it
except for him.
746
00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:40,499
Mr. Bonafiglio, did the D.A. offer
you a deal for your testimony?
747
00:33:43,896 --> 00:33:44,897
Yeah.
748
00:33:46,332 --> 00:33:47,675
No further questions.
749
00:33:49,702 --> 00:33:51,704
I don't know that
he killed my grandfather.
750
00:33:51,771 --> 00:33:54,081
Well, it sounded like you
suspected that he might have.
751
00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:55,380
Not really.
752
00:33:55,441 --> 00:33:57,182
Because it isn't in his nature?
753
00:33:57,243 --> 00:33:58,449
Right.
754
00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:00,884
What if he thought
your grandfather
755
00:34:00,947 --> 00:34:02,790
was about to blow
the whistle on him stealing?
756
00:34:02,849 --> 00:34:04,192
I don't know.
757
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,560
You'd rather we didn't put
you in this position.
758
00:34:06,619 --> 00:34:08,030
You're right. I'd rather
just make my little film
759
00:34:08,087 --> 00:34:09,225
and not have to think about it.
760
00:34:09,288 --> 00:34:12,030
You think maybe your grandfather
deserves better than that?
761
00:34:13,526 --> 00:34:16,234
Eli took me to clubs,
he introduced me to girls.
762
00:34:16,296 --> 00:34:19,607
I was this wide-eyed doofus
and he showed me the ropes.
763
00:34:21,034 --> 00:34:22,570
That was the old days.
764
00:34:23,035 --> 00:34:25,379
He's the next
witness up, David.
765
00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:27,247
We want you to tell us
what you know.
766
00:34:27,540 --> 00:34:29,042
Are you saying you need me to?
767
00:34:29,208 --> 00:34:30,881
We wouldn't be here
if we didn't.
768
00:34:37,083 --> 00:34:39,495
FELDMAN: What's your relationship
with Sal Bonafiglio, Eli?
769
00:34:39,852 --> 00:34:42,389
I know him from work.
That's pretty much it.
770
00:34:42,722 --> 00:34:44,531
You ever see him
outside of work?
771
00:34:44,591 --> 00:34:47,572
I ran into him at a club
called Red's one night.
772
00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:48,966
And did you talk to him?
773
00:34:49,028 --> 00:34:50,098
Yes, I did.
774
00:34:50,530 --> 00:34:52,441
Would you tell us what
you talked to him about?
775
00:34:52,832 --> 00:34:57,281
Well... (CHUCKLES) I'd had
a pretty bad day that day.
776
00:34:57,737 --> 00:35:00,149
I was stressed, frustrated.
777
00:35:00,206 --> 00:35:03,210
I had a couple of drinks.
I was lookin' to unload.
778
00:35:03,276 --> 00:35:06,086
Sal was there,
so I unloaded on him.
779
00:35:06,746 --> 00:35:07,918
What'd you say?
780
00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:10,620
Something to the effect
of how I wished that
781
00:35:10,683 --> 00:35:12,720
my father and Saul
would both retire,
782
00:35:12,785 --> 00:35:15,061
so I could run the business
the way I wanted to.
783
00:35:16,189 --> 00:35:18,692
Did you say you wanted
Saul Caplan dead?
784
00:35:18,758 --> 00:35:20,032
Absolutely not.
785
00:35:20,093 --> 00:35:22,699
Did you offer Sal Bonafiglio
money to kill him?
786
00:35:22,862 --> 00:35:24,205
Absolutely not.
787
00:35:24,263 --> 00:35:26,766
Did you pay Sal Bonafiglio
money to kill him.
788
00:35:26,933 --> 00:35:28,435
No, I did not.
789
00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:31,110
No further questions.
790
00:35:32,205 --> 00:35:35,209
We've heard testimony that
together with Mr. Bonafiglio,
791
00:35:35,274 --> 00:35:38,221
you were stealing merchandise from the
store and selling it on the side.
792
00:35:38,278 --> 00:35:39,313
Is there any truth to that?
793
00:35:39,378 --> 00:35:40,948
None whatsoever.
794
00:35:41,014 --> 00:35:44,757
So when Ronnie Ortega testified
there were discrepancies
795
00:35:44,817 --> 00:35:48,196
in the inventory attributable
to you, that was a lie.
796
00:35:48,287 --> 00:35:50,767
Oh, there might've been
discrepancies,
797
00:35:50,823 --> 00:35:52,325
that doesn't mean
I was stealing.
798
00:35:52,392 --> 00:35:55,464
Are bars and after-hours clubs
customary outlets
799
00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:58,304
for leather coats that started
out at Becker & Caplan?
800
00:35:58,364 --> 00:35:59,638
Look, sometimes,
801
00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:03,044
the merchandise in the
store doesn't move, okay?
802
00:36:03,336 --> 00:36:05,338
You order more than
you can sell,
803
00:36:05,405 --> 00:36:07,783
a new shipment's coming in,
and you got to make room.
804
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,721
We've heard testimony from half a
dozen witnesses that you sold coats
805
00:36:12,779 --> 00:36:13,883
to get money for coke.
806
00:36:14,414 --> 00:36:17,361
We've heard from the individual
who sold you the coke,
807
00:36:17,417 --> 00:36:19,397
who witnessed,
with his own eyes,
808
00:36:19,452 --> 00:36:22,433
the transaction
from which you got the money.
809
00:36:22,488 --> 00:36:25,332
Are you sure you want
to sit up here, under oath,
810
00:36:25,391 --> 00:36:27,496
and tell us you were just
making room in the store?
811
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,939
What, am I the only person in
this room who's ever used drugs?
812
00:36:31,297 --> 00:36:32,935
I've used drugs, okay?
813
00:36:33,266 --> 00:36:35,246
On occasion,
I have bought cocaine.
814
00:36:35,301 --> 00:36:36,780
I'll tell you what
I've never done.
815
00:36:36,836 --> 00:36:38,747
I never murdered
anybody because I...
816
00:36:38,805 --> 00:36:41,718
I was worried about getting caught stealing.
I mean, stealing from who?
817
00:36:41,774 --> 00:36:43,014
The store's half mine.
818
00:36:43,543 --> 00:36:46,353
Do you know the victim's
grandson, David Caplan?
819
00:36:47,447 --> 00:36:48,585
Sure, I know him.
820
00:36:48,681 --> 00:36:50,183
At some point,
did you offer to buy out
821
00:36:50,249 --> 00:36:52,525
his interest in the store
with promissory notes?
822
00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:53,787
Assume I did.
823
00:36:53,853 --> 00:36:57,357
And when he declined to sell, did you
resort to physical intimidation?
824
00:36:57,423 --> 00:36:59,994
Physical intimidation?
Come... Look...
825
00:37:00,493 --> 00:37:02,336
We're like a family, okay?
826
00:37:02,395 --> 00:37:05,604
We had a misunderstanding
and he got upset.
827
00:37:08,167 --> 00:37:11,614
I ask that this be marked
into evidence, Your Honor,
828
00:37:11,671 --> 00:37:13,651
as People's exhibit number 14,
829
00:37:13,706 --> 00:37:16,983
a police report in which David
Caplan claimed that Eli Becker
830
00:37:17,043 --> 00:37:18,545
threatened to have
his legs broken.
831
00:37:19,145 --> 00:37:20,249
So ordered.
832
00:37:20,513 --> 00:37:22,459
So what, is he
feeding you all this?
833
00:37:22,849 --> 00:37:23,850
Did you threaten him?
834
00:37:23,916 --> 00:37:26,192
No, I didn't threaten him
I mean...
835
00:37:26,252 --> 00:37:29,233
(STUTTERING) The least little
argument, this kid, he overreacts.
836
00:37:29,922 --> 00:37:32,425
You've led a very sheltered
life, tateleh, you know that?
837
00:37:33,226 --> 00:37:34,364
Hey, let me ask you something.
838
00:37:34,427 --> 00:37:35,770
Have you ever lifted a finger?
839
00:37:36,462 --> 00:37:39,443
Have you ever tried unloading a truck?
Have you ever tried selling?
840
00:37:39,498 --> 00:37:41,739
Have you ever worked
a day in your life?
841
00:37:41,834 --> 00:37:44,110
The keys to the kingdom,
this kid, he gets
842
00:37:44,170 --> 00:37:46,446
because he looks
like his grandfather.
843
00:37:46,706 --> 00:37:49,209
Did you ever think that
if you were not adopted
844
00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:51,949
that the keys to the kingdom
might have been yours?
845
00:37:55,514 --> 00:37:57,755
No, I never thought that.
846
00:37:58,184 --> 00:38:02,826
You're 35 years old, you've worked in
the store since you were a teenager.
847
00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:04,994
It never struck you
as a little odd
848
00:38:05,057 --> 00:38:07,936
that your adopted father
didn't see fit
849
00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:11,305
to reward your efforts
with a piece of the pie?
850
00:38:11,931 --> 00:38:15,538
If I'd ever asked, my father
would've given it to me.
851
00:38:15,935 --> 00:38:19,542
Except that your father
had to answer to his partner,
852
00:38:19,605 --> 00:38:21,642
and so you knew not to ask
853
00:38:21,707 --> 00:38:24,415
because to them
you were just an employee,
854
00:38:24,477 --> 00:38:27,321
like Sal Bonafiglio
or Ronnie Ortega.
855
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,951
Someone to be trusted
to an extent,
856
00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:32,963
but never given
a birthright because
857
00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:34,430
there was no birthright.
858
00:38:34,554 --> 00:38:35,624
Objection.
859
00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:37,759
Don't say "them," all right?
There was no them.
860
00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,030
If Caplan didn't want me as a
partner that was all on him.
861
00:38:40,092 --> 00:38:41,799
It had nothing to do
with my parents.
862
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:43,863
My parents would do
anything for me.
863
00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:46,001
Is that why you wanted
Mr. Caplan killed?
864
00:38:46,065 --> 00:38:48,602
I did not
want him killed. I...
865
00:38:50,136 --> 00:38:51,376
(LAUGHS)
866
00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:58,955
It was like I said before,
I was just...
867
00:39:02,682 --> 00:39:04,457
I was unloading in a bar.
868
00:39:07,854 --> 00:39:09,390
You were so adamant
he not be tried in Israel,
869
00:39:09,455 --> 00:39:11,696
what I'm tryin' to see
if I can do is
870
00:39:11,757 --> 00:39:14,966
broker an arrangement where at least
he serves his sentence in Israel.
871
00:39:15,094 --> 00:39:16,698
Well, he hasn't been
convicted yet.
872
00:39:17,096 --> 00:39:18,541
Assuming he's convicted.
873
00:39:18,698 --> 00:39:22,305
Given that his conversion
was found defective,
874
00:39:22,368 --> 00:39:24,006
why does Israel still want him?
875
00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:25,606
Well, there are those
in the state of Israel
876
00:39:25,671 --> 00:39:30,051
who would like to apply a more, uh,
expansive reading of the Law of Return.
877
00:39:30,676 --> 00:39:33,418
If Mr. Becker has spent his entire
life believing himself to be a Jew,
878
00:39:33,479 --> 00:39:37,552
and now wants to live in the
State of Israel as a Jew,
879
00:39:37,617 --> 00:39:41,292
there are those who would say it
would be a mitzvah to allow it.
880
00:39:41,354 --> 00:39:42,458
Only a mitzvah?
881
00:39:42,855 --> 00:39:44,300
What do you mean
only a mitzvah?
882
00:39:44,357 --> 00:39:46,564
I mean, there are
no elections riding on this?
883
00:39:46,792 --> 00:39:49,204
The fate of nations
isn't hanging in the balance?
884
00:39:51,130 --> 00:39:53,167
There are people
who would appreciate it.
885
00:39:54,066 --> 00:39:56,103
In Israel. And in New York.
886
00:39:56,535 --> 00:39:58,515
If that means something to you,
887
00:39:58,571 --> 00:40:00,517
maybe you can help
bring it about, and, uh,
888
00:40:00,573 --> 00:40:02,883
if it doesn't, it doesn't.
889
00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:09,520
Lev Berenson is lobbying very hard to let
Becker serve his sentence in Israel.
890
00:40:09,582 --> 00:40:12,222
And right now, it's a concession
I feel inclined to make.
891
00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:14,787
All due respect, Nora,
I think this is dead wrong.
892
00:40:15,354 --> 00:40:18,597
This is religious authority
superseding civil authority.
893
00:40:18,658 --> 00:40:19,830
We shouldn't just roll over.
894
00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:21,628
That's a bit of
an overstatement.
895
00:40:21,694 --> 00:40:23,935
Tell that to the Iranians
who had to run for their lives
896
00:40:23,996 --> 00:40:25,134
from the Ayatollah.
897
00:40:25,198 --> 00:40:28,111
Or the Afghani girls who can't
go out of their houses anymore.
898
00:40:28,334 --> 00:40:30,940
Except that Israel
is run by civil authority.
899
00:40:31,037 --> 00:40:33,483
It's the civil authority
we're responding to.
900
00:40:33,572 --> 00:40:34,642
Well...
CARMICHAEL: Excuse me.
901
00:40:35,207 --> 00:40:37,414
If Becker knows he can
do his time in Israel,
902
00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:39,456
it might serve
as an inducement to a plea.
903
00:40:40,012 --> 00:40:41,616
What does it look like
for a verdict?
904
00:40:42,882 --> 00:40:44,452
It could go either way.
905
00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:46,758
Make a deal.
906
00:40:48,054 --> 00:40:49,465
JACK: He pleads
to murder two.
907
00:40:50,356 --> 00:40:53,098
No special circumstances,
no death penalty.
908
00:40:53,726 --> 00:40:57,003
Twenty-to-life and he serves
it in an Israeli prison.
909
00:40:57,196 --> 00:40:59,267
He must be under the
impression they're winning.
910
00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:01,710
CARMICHAEL: That's a pretty
high-stakes gamble if we are.
911
00:41:01,767 --> 00:41:04,043
Twenty-to-life isn't
exactly a generous offer.
912
00:41:04,103 --> 00:41:05,707
Considering this is
a murder for hire,
913
00:41:05,771 --> 00:41:07,182
I think
it's exceedingly generous.
914
00:41:07,306 --> 00:41:10,344
It's only generous if he
committed a murder for hire,
915
00:41:10,409 --> 00:41:12,389
and I say he did not!
916
00:41:13,246 --> 00:41:14,350
What does he say?
917
00:41:14,413 --> 00:41:17,155
He doesn't say anything and he
doesn't have to say anything!
918
00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:20,155
What happens
if it goes to the jury?
919
00:41:20,219 --> 00:41:23,723
They look at the evidence, they decide
he's not guilty, and they let him go home!
920
00:41:23,789 --> 00:41:25,132
I'm asking them, Nat.
921
00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:31,402
If they find your son
guilty of murder for hire,
922
00:41:31,464 --> 00:41:33,137
they'll remand him to custody.
923
00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:35,601
The next step
is the penalty phase
924
00:41:35,668 --> 00:41:37,306
where they will try
to determine whether or not
925
00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:38,940
the death penalty is warranted.
926
00:41:40,339 --> 00:41:41,716
You want him to run that risk?
927
00:41:41,774 --> 00:41:45,017
He's innocent, Sylvia.
He knew Saul his whole life.
928
00:41:45,077 --> 00:41:47,717
You think he had him killed?
What's wrong with you?
929
00:41:50,182 --> 00:41:52,219
Does Eli want to say anything?
930
00:42:03,028 --> 00:42:06,908
Mom, Dad...
931
00:42:13,272 --> 00:42:14,717
I don't know what to do.
932
00:42:18,444 --> 00:42:22,722
If you're innocent, say
now that you're innocent,
933
00:42:22,815 --> 00:42:25,659
and we'll fight for you
as long as we have breath.
934
00:42:28,387 --> 00:42:31,698
But, Son, if you're not,
935
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,137
take their offer.
936
00:42:41,033 --> 00:42:42,205
Dad?
937
00:42:46,639 --> 00:42:47,845
(SIGHS)
938
00:42:50,076 --> 00:42:51,714
What your mother said.
939
00:43:05,558 --> 00:43:08,402
By this time tomorrow night,
he'll be on his way to Tel Aviv.
940
00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,906
The U.S. Marshal's service
asked if we had any objection
941
00:43:10,963 --> 00:43:13,569
to him being accompanied
by a rabbi on the flight.
942
00:43:13,632 --> 00:43:15,111
Did you?
No, we didn't.
943
00:43:15,901 --> 00:43:17,676
Do you still think
he's getting away with it?
944
00:43:17,737 --> 00:43:21,480
I think we treated him differently
because of political pressure
945
00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:22,712
under the guise of
religious devotion.
946
00:43:22,775 --> 00:43:24,277
Do I think he got away with it?
947
00:43:24,944 --> 00:43:27,117
I think for the first time
in his life, he didn't.
948
00:43:27,167 --> 00:43:31,717
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