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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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We re-tarred the roof in '80,
re-fitted the boilers in '85.
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And how long ago did you re-paint?
Vernon?
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We did the hallways
two months ago.
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All this in two months?
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Who you all got living
here, Jackson Pollock?
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These people aren't going
to be your headache.
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That's why we got
management companies.
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(LOUD MUSIC PLAYING) I didn't count
on becoming a New York slumlord.
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What slum?
Vernon, the music.
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Mr. McCurdy, you're three
blocks from Times Square.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Disney's buying up
everything that isn't nailed down.
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You think Mickey Mouse
is going to live in a slum?
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Look, I'll have to let you know, my plane
back to Richmond leaves in an hour.
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Mr. Coyle.
In a minute.
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You better come
look right away.
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(LOUD MUSIC CONTINUES)
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It's Charley Monroe.
I think he's dead.
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I should be getting to the airport.
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I hook a buyer for this dump
and he had to see this.
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And what did "this" do for a living?
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Charley was a freshman
at Manhattan University.
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He's only been
here for six weeks.
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I guess he can forget about
his security deposit.
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Hey, I'd take a
building full like him.
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You can see, he fixed
up the place nice.
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For anyone in particular?
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Yeah, a real piece of work.
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I saw her tearing him a new one
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in front of
the building last Tuesday.
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Yeah? What did
she look like?
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Young, black,
Whoopi Goldberg hair.
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I don't know, I didn't
really get a good look.
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Okay, either one of you remembers
anything else, you call me. All right?
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The guy down the hall
says he heard an argument
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from Monroe's place
about 5:00.
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Monroe and some female.
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You see a pattern?
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What have you got?
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No forcible entry.
Gold chain's still around his neck,
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$23 on the desk.
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I found a puncture wound
under his rib cage
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and a slashing cut
on his left forearm.
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Looks like he blocked one shot.
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What kind of weapon?
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A single-edge,
serrated.
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There's a steak knife missing
from the set in the kitchen.
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That what I think it is?
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Fluids. His, maybe hers.
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There's two empty
wine glasses in the sink.
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There's two empty condom
wrappers over there.
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The near perfect Sunday afternoon.
Yeah.
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Yeah, I'd almost
trade places with him.
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Pi�a Colada wine coolers.
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Whatever happened to a cold beer?
Anything else in his system?
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The tox report won't be
ready for a couple hours.
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What about his playmate?
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Latent got prints
off a wine glass
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but nothing popped
up on the computer.
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Nobody saw her coming or going?
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No one who was there
to talk to us.
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Next door neighbor
works a night shift,
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guy across the hall
wasn't home.
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Well, that might not be a coincidence.
Was this kid into anything?
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No. No drugs, no weapons.
Not much cash.
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He's got a sealed
juvenile record
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from six years ago,
but that's about it.
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(PHONE RINGING)
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Van Buren. Okay,
put them in interview.
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The victim's parents.
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Rey, you chase down
those missing neighbors.
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Lennie.
Oh, goody.
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MR. MONROE: We buried
his cousin last fall.
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He was shot walking
on the street.
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We thought if Charley got out
of the Bronx, he'd be safe.
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He worked two summer jobs to
make his rent and tuition.
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He didn't deserve this.
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When did you last speak to him?
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Yesterday morning,
before church.
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He called me.
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Did he say anything
about meeting somebody?
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Maybe a girlfriend?
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(STAMMERS) No.
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He said he had
a lot of studying.
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What's this about a woman?
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There's evidence there was a
young lady in his apartment.
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And he was seen arguing with a
young woman earlier in the week.
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She wore dreadlocks.
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You know this girl?
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It may be Arlene Williams.
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But he stopped seeing her
a couple of months ago.
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Well, where can we find her?
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She works in a dance club
on Fordham Road.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Um, Lennie?
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According to our files, Charley
got into trouble six years ago.
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The judge said
there'd be no record.
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Computers don't
always get the message.
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What happened?
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He was 12.
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Some older boys he was with
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surrounded a girl at the Y and
they pulled at her bathing suit.
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Charley was just
in the wrong place.
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Legal Aid said to plead to a
misdemeanor and take probation.
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I don't see what that
has to do with this.
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Probably nothing.
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I mean it straightened him out.
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His grades went up.
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He stayed out of trouble.
He was making something of himself. He...
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(BREATHING DEEPLY)
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What? Charley's dead? He can't be.
I just saw him last week.
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Yeah, we heard.
So did half the neighborhood.
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What was that all about?
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I mean, he pissed me off and I
let him know it, that's all.
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So, what? Sunday, you
guys kissed and made up?
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I don't know what
you're talking about.
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Come on, Arlene, he took
advantage of your giving nature.
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So you went off on him.
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Look, I was nowhere
near his crib on Sunday.
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I was patching cables for
some party in Claremont Park.
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Why don't you check it out?
Oh, we will.
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I loved Charley.
I'd never hurt him.
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Sure.
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You know, you can clear this
whole thing up right now.
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Why don't you come down
to the station with us,
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let us take your fingerprints?
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No. No, no, no, no, no.
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You're not going to
run a Fuhrman on me.
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A Fuhrman?
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Right, have it your way.
We'll get back to you.
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The party kicked in around 2:00.
We was done by 7:00.
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Arlene was there
the whole time?
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It was a party, all right?
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She came in, rolled out her
cable, rolled it back in.
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What she did in
between was her business.
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So you're saying she could've
slipped away for awhile?
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I'm saying she was
there when I needed her.
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In other words, Mr. Bell, you'll confirm
whatever half-assed alibi she gave us?
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Look, what do you need? The names of
the 200 people I know seen her there?
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(SCOFFS)
Sure, start with the A's.
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(CHUCKLES) All right.
She was through with Charley, all right?
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She knew that he didn't run
with the home girls no more.
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He was down with
the college type.
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And Arlene told you
all this? Why?
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Because you're
a Jerry Springer?
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No, because she's
hooked up with me now.
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Excuse me.
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Messages from his mother
and his grandmother.
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His last page was Sunday
night, from his parents.
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Well, who'd you expect to beep him?
The killer knows he's dead.
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Well, no little
black book in there.
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Bingo. Anna, with
a phone number.
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You think Charley was striking
out with the college crowd?
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Well, Sunday,
he hit a home run.
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(EXHALES)
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I beg your pardon?
I'm sorry, Sister, it's a wrong number.
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Saint Anna's Convent.
Some girl gave him a bum steer.
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Well, it happens
to the best of us.
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Never happened to me.
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Hey, Lennie, look at this.
Mycenaean Amphorae, 1400-1375 BC.
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Yeah. I'm expecting my copy from
the Book-of-the-Month Club.
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This one's from the Manhattan
University library.
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He checked it out on Sunday.
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BRISCOE: He might've been
with a young woman.
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Look, I only worked
three hours Sunday morning.
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Maybe somebody else saw him.
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Well, is there any way of knowing
what time this potboiler checked out?
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(SIGHS) We scan the book's
registration card and the student ID.
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Depending where it is in the
sequence, you'd have a general idea.
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Would you mind taking a look?
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(SIGHS)
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You know my wife
went to college here,
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when she was still
living with her parents.
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You see that statue over there?
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That's where we used to meet
when we first started dating.
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Why? The computer
room was booked?
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No. We'd go make
out in the stacks.
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Here we go. It was checked out
Sunday afternoon by Gina Tucci.
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She's a student at Saint
Mary's College in Queens.
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We have a reciprocal
agreement with Saint Mary's.
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Wait. Are we talking
about the right book?
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Mycenaean Amphorae?
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We only have one copy.
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It wasn't checked out
by a Charley Monroe?
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Not unless he looks like this.
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I can't even pronounce the title.
Believe me, it's not my book.
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But it is your student ID?
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(SIGHS) You're here
about a library book?
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We're here about
a homicide, Ms. Tucci.
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Were you at the library on Sunday?
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Yeah.
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With my friend, Danielle.
What's her last name?
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Danielle Mason.
She goes to Saint Mary's with me.
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We spent the whole
day at the library.
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You know anybody
named Charley Monroe?
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Should I?
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Well, your book
was in his apartment.
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Look, I said it's not my book.
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You know what I think happened?
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No, why don't you tell us?
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The library screwed up.
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At 6:00, it's a zoo over there,
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with everybody checking
out books at the same time.
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So my card must've got mixed
up with someone else's book.
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You left at 6:00?
GINA: Yeah.
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What book did you check out?
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Some psych book.
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I don't remember the name.
I left it at school.
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Take a good look, Ms. Tucci.
You're sure you've never seen him before?
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No. Never.
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But I see why you have
a hard time believing
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he'd take a book
out of a library.
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CURTIS: You volunteer
here every day?
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Three times a week.
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What about last Sunday,
Ms. Mason?
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No. I was at the library in the
city, at Manhattan University.
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Oh? By yourself?
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No. I went with
my friend Gina.
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We worked in the stacks until
closing and then we left.
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So she was with
you the whole day?
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Yes. Why, is
she in trouble?
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Well, it's probably
some kind of a mix-up.
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You ever see her with this guy?
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No. Look,
I'm really sorry.
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I can't talk anymore.
I have to get these people ready for lunch.
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Twenty years, they still make
the best calzone in Queens.
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Hey, you remember what I said about my
wife and me in the stacks at the library?
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You trying to
spoil my appetite?
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Gina said they were in
the library until 6:00.
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Her friend said they worked
in the stacks until closing.
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I'm with you so far.
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Yeah, I'm still on hold.
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Okay. Thanks.
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It's what I remembered.
On Sundays, the stacks still close at 5:00.
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Oops.
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I swear, she was
with me the whole time.
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So you worked in the
stacks until you left?
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00:10:58,587 --> 00:11:00,782
Right.
5:00 until the stacks closed?
243
00:11:00,856 --> 00:11:02,084
(CHUCKLES) I didn't
notice the time.
244
00:11:02,157 --> 00:11:04,421
Well, Gina did.
She said you left at 6:00.
245
00:11:04,493 --> 00:11:05,858
You see the problem?
246
00:11:06,295 --> 00:11:08,195
Well, after they
closed the stacks,
247
00:11:08,263 --> 00:11:11,699
we moved to the reading room to
look at magazines, then we left.
248
00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:13,200
And that's the story
you want to go with?
249
00:11:13,268 --> 00:11:14,326
It's the truth.
250
00:11:14,403 --> 00:11:17,497
It's putting yourself on the hook
for something your friend did.
251
00:11:17,573 --> 00:11:21,032
Look, anytime you want to set the
record straight, you have our number.
252
00:11:22,145 --> 00:11:23,203
(SCOFFS)
253
00:11:25,281 --> 00:11:26,976
With friends like
her to cover for me,
254
00:11:27,050 --> 00:11:28,677
I'd still be playing
around on my first wife.
255
00:11:28,752 --> 00:11:32,188
Well, Gina had a good alibi.
You think this girl's just as smart?
256
00:11:35,892 --> 00:11:38,918
Actually, we're trying to keep your
daughter out of trouble, Mrs. Mason.
257
00:11:38,995 --> 00:11:40,895
You talked to her
at the rest home.
258
00:11:40,964 --> 00:11:43,399
She told you, she didn't know
anything about this dead person.
259
00:11:43,467 --> 00:11:46,061
That's right.
She told us the same story as Gina.
260
00:11:46,137 --> 00:11:47,263
Well, almost.
261
00:11:47,338 --> 00:11:48,430
You think she's lying?
262
00:11:48,506 --> 00:11:49,996
Yes, we do.
263
00:11:50,541 --> 00:11:52,975
Well, if she is,
Gina put her up to it.
264
00:11:53,044 --> 00:11:55,069
They've been friends
since grade school.
265
00:11:55,146 --> 00:11:56,579
Do you know where
she was on Sunday?
266
00:11:56,647 --> 00:11:58,911
Yeah. She was at
Manhattan University library.
267
00:11:58,983 --> 00:12:00,348
I even gave her
money for lunch.
268
00:12:00,418 --> 00:12:02,283
What? Gina picked her up?
No.
269
00:12:02,353 --> 00:12:03,718
I didn't even know
they were there together
270
00:12:03,788 --> 00:12:05,757
until Danielle
told me that evening.
271
00:12:05,824 --> 00:12:08,657
But why Manhattan?
No libraries in Queens?
272
00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:12,094
(SCOFFS) She was researching
a term paper on Greek art.
273
00:12:12,164 --> 00:12:13,961
Her professor told
her Manhattan University
274
00:12:14,032 --> 00:12:16,159
has the best collection
of books on the subject.
275
00:12:16,234 --> 00:12:19,101
You mean, like,
Mycenaean pottery?
276
00:12:19,171 --> 00:12:22,436
Mycenaean. Yeah.
That's what she was studying.
277
00:12:23,675 --> 00:12:26,007
We've got Gina's book
in Charley's apartment
278
00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:28,343
on a subject
Danielle was studying.
279
00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:30,746
I saw this problem
on an aptitude test.
280
00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:32,182
So who's watching whose back?
281
00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:36,085
Well, figure one or both of these
girls was at Charley's place.
282
00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:38,350
I say we pull their
driver's license photos
283
00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:40,585
and show them
around the neighborhood.
284
00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:44,118
I didn't see them but, hey, if
they want to make some jack,
285
00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:45,960
tell them Fast
Eddie's interested.
286
00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:47,522
No. Not these
girls, Eddie.
287
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,764
(LAUGHING) God ain't made
the woman I can't turn out.
288
00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:52,863
I'll remember that.
Thanks.
289
00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:57,871
It was Sunday afternoon.
They might've been with a young black man.
290
00:12:57,945 --> 00:13:00,345
Well, the blonde one
doesn't look familiar.
291
00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:05,081
But this one, she came in just before 6:00.
Are you sure?
292
00:13:05,152 --> 00:13:07,780
Oh, yeah. She was
out of it, you know.
293
00:13:07,855 --> 00:13:10,585
She was upset. She wanted to
know where all the cabbies were.
294
00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:14,389
Usually on a day like today, a lot of
cabbies come in for coffee, you know?
295
00:13:14,896 --> 00:13:17,490
But on Sunday, they must've
all went to Jones Beach.
296
00:13:17,565 --> 00:13:19,658
What else did she say?
Nothing.
297
00:13:19,734 --> 00:13:21,702
She just started
crying and ran out.
298
00:13:22,837 --> 00:13:26,432
The witness puts her half a block
from Charley Monroe's on Sunday.
299
00:13:26,508 --> 00:13:28,066
That pretty much
shoots down your story.
300
00:13:28,143 --> 00:13:29,633
Your witness made a mistake.
301
00:13:29,711 --> 00:13:32,646
Forget it, Rey.
Let's click her for conspiracy.
302
00:13:32,714 --> 00:13:34,113
We'll let the D.A.
Sort it out.
303
00:13:34,182 --> 00:13:35,207
You can't arrest me.
304
00:13:35,284 --> 00:13:36,911
What do you think
these badges are for?
305
00:13:36,986 --> 00:13:38,954
There a problem there, Gina?
306
00:13:39,021 --> 00:13:40,955
No, it's okay, Uncle Joey.
307
00:13:44,493 --> 00:13:46,427
Look, Danielle
called me on Sunday night.
308
00:13:46,495 --> 00:13:48,690
She said if anyone asks, to say
we were at the library together.
309
00:13:48,764 --> 00:13:50,356
Did she say why she
wanted you to lie?
310
00:13:50,432 --> 00:13:51,524
No.
311
00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,192
I thought she got jammed
up with her parents,
312
00:13:53,269 --> 00:13:54,395
she's done the same for me.
313
00:13:54,470 --> 00:13:56,404
How come your student ID
ended up at the library?
314
00:13:56,472 --> 00:13:58,065
We swapped cards.
315
00:13:58,141 --> 00:14:00,439
She's 18, I'm 17.
I needed her ID
316
00:14:00,510 --> 00:14:02,341
to get into the arena
on Saturday night.
317
00:14:02,412 --> 00:14:04,346
And she needed my
card for the library.
318
00:14:04,414 --> 00:14:07,076
For what? She going to look up
Charley under Social Science?
319
00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:08,310
She doesn't know him.
320
00:14:08,385 --> 00:14:09,875
She wouldn't be caught dead
with a guy like that.
321
00:14:09,953 --> 00:14:12,387
Like what? A tall guy?
322
00:14:12,455 --> 00:14:15,356
You know what I mean.
A guy from outside the neighborhood.
323
00:14:17,127 --> 00:14:18,822
She was on
Charley Monroe's street.
324
00:14:18,895 --> 00:14:20,124
Her book was in his apartment.
325
00:14:20,198 --> 00:14:22,098
Is there some reason you
haven't picked her up?
326
00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:23,690
We can't put her
in the apartment.
327
00:14:23,768 --> 00:14:25,668
What about the prints
on the wine glasses?
328
00:14:25,736 --> 00:14:29,035
Well, unfortunately,
Danielle's never been printed.
329
00:14:29,106 --> 00:14:30,664
Well, there's always
a first time.
330
00:14:30,741 --> 00:14:32,106
I'll call Judge
Boehm for an order.
331
00:14:32,176 --> 00:14:33,438
You bring her in.
332
00:14:35,580 --> 00:14:37,275
I don't give a damn
who signed the order.
333
00:14:37,348 --> 00:14:39,646
I want my lawyer to look at
this before you do anything.
334
00:14:39,717 --> 00:14:43,449
Hey, you can laminate it for all we care.
We're getting her prints now.
335
00:14:43,522 --> 00:14:44,580
I won't allow it.
336
00:14:44,656 --> 00:14:46,624
You get in the way,
Mr. Mason, you're next.
337
00:14:47,759 --> 00:14:49,989
Okay, now, just relax.
338
00:14:58,971 --> 00:15:01,906
It's a 10-point match on the
thumb print from the wine glass,
339
00:15:01,974 --> 00:15:04,000
six-point on
the index finger.
340
00:15:04,077 --> 00:15:07,069
I've got her on the desk
and on the inside doorknob.
341
00:15:07,146 --> 00:15:08,545
Is that enough?
342
00:15:09,515 --> 00:15:10,812
(CHATTERING)
343
00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:12,813
Are we through here?
No.
344
00:15:12,886 --> 00:15:15,252
Danielle, I have to
advise you of your rights.
345
00:15:15,321 --> 00:15:18,620
Listen carefully.
You have the right to remain silent.
346
00:15:18,691 --> 00:15:21,285
Anything you say can
and will be used against you.
347
00:15:21,361 --> 00:15:22,726
Do you understand?
348
00:15:22,795 --> 00:15:25,525
Yes. You have the right
to consult an attorney.
349
00:15:25,598 --> 00:15:29,558
If you can't afford one, one will
be provided to you at no cost.
350
00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:31,537
Do you understand that?
351
00:15:32,473 --> 00:15:35,135
Yes. Are you willing
to answer questions?
352
00:15:35,209 --> 00:15:38,770
All right. I just talked to our lawyer.
He's in court.
353
00:15:38,846 --> 00:15:40,905
He said we just sit
tight until he gets here.
354
00:15:40,981 --> 00:15:42,972
They're arresting her.
What?
355
00:15:43,050 --> 00:15:45,109
Her fingerprints were in
the victim's apartment.
356
00:15:45,185 --> 00:15:46,379
That's impossible.
357
00:15:46,453 --> 00:15:48,319
Danielle, do you have
anything to say to us?
358
00:15:48,390 --> 00:15:50,017
Yes. MR. MASON: Now, wait.
Wait, sweetheart.
359
00:15:50,091 --> 00:15:51,752
Don't say anything.
360
00:15:52,260 --> 00:15:54,421
Now, her lawyer is on his way.
361
00:15:54,496 --> 00:15:55,895
So you can't
talk to her anymore.
362
00:15:55,964 --> 00:15:58,091
I just heard her waive her
right to remain silent.
363
00:15:58,166 --> 00:16:02,102
I don't care what she just said because
I'm saying she talks to her lawyer first.
364
00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:05,697
She's 18. If she wants to make
a statement, that's her right.
365
00:16:05,774 --> 00:16:07,469
I want to get this over with.
366
00:16:08,777 --> 00:16:11,372
Just sign this waiver.
Then we can talk.
367
00:16:11,447 --> 00:16:14,382
Sweetheart, please, just wait
until the lawyer gets here.
368
00:16:14,450 --> 00:16:16,884
No. I want to explain
what happened.
369
00:16:22,758 --> 00:16:24,555
I was at the library.
370
00:16:25,761 --> 00:16:28,491
This boy came and he
sat down next to me.
371
00:16:29,131 --> 00:16:33,569
He saw what I was reading.
He said his name was Charley
372
00:16:33,637 --> 00:16:37,801
and that he was studying Art
History at Manhattan University.
373
00:16:38,775 --> 00:16:41,073
He seemed nice.
He was funny.
374
00:16:42,713 --> 00:16:44,544
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
375
00:16:45,248 --> 00:16:49,685
We went outside to get something
to eat from the vendors.
376
00:16:51,588 --> 00:16:55,491
He said he had
some good art books
377
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,028
at his place, just a
couple of blocks away.
378
00:16:58,096 --> 00:16:59,563
Oh, God!
379
00:16:59,630 --> 00:17:02,098
DANIELLE: I was only going
to stay for a few minutes.
380
00:17:02,934 --> 00:17:04,731
He got me a wine cooler.
381
00:17:06,371 --> 00:17:11,707
Right away, I started
to feel tired and dizzy.
382
00:17:11,776 --> 00:17:13,141
From the alcohol?
383
00:17:13,211 --> 00:17:16,578
No. It felt different.
384
00:17:18,083 --> 00:17:21,382
I tried to get up,
385
00:17:22,621 --> 00:17:24,555
but I fell down on the bed.
386
00:17:25,791 --> 00:17:27,156
I couldn't move.
387
00:17:28,861 --> 00:17:32,888
He started taking
my clothes off.
388
00:17:33,599 --> 00:17:35,328
Did you fight back?
389
00:17:36,301 --> 00:17:39,168
I couldn't even lift my arms.
390
00:17:39,238 --> 00:17:43,335
I was just lying there
391
00:17:45,945 --> 00:17:49,813
and he raped me.
And then I passed out.
392
00:17:50,784 --> 00:17:52,046
For how long?
393
00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,350
DANIELLE: It was getting
dark when I woke up.
394
00:17:57,390 --> 00:18:01,019
I put on my dress,
395
00:18:03,230 --> 00:18:05,596
then he came out
of the bathroom
396
00:18:05,666 --> 00:18:09,534
and he wanted to
do it to me again.
397
00:18:09,870 --> 00:18:14,330
So I tried to run
and he grabbed me.
398
00:18:14,809 --> 00:18:18,540
So I picked up the knife
off the table and...
399
00:18:20,915 --> 00:18:24,716
I didn't even
know that I hurt him.
400
00:18:25,287 --> 00:18:27,118
What did you do with the knife?
401
00:18:28,657 --> 00:18:33,185
I don't know.
I was so scared that I just ran out.
402
00:18:33,895 --> 00:18:35,658
I didn't even know where I was.
403
00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:38,665
Did you go to a doctor
or to a hospital?
404
00:18:38,733 --> 00:18:39,961
Why are you...
405
00:18:42,671 --> 00:18:45,970
Danielle, did you see a doctor?
406
00:18:47,844 --> 00:18:50,779
No. Did you tell
anybody about this?
407
00:18:51,414 --> 00:18:52,506
No.
408
00:18:53,850 --> 00:18:55,147
(SOBBING) I couldn't.
409
00:18:56,018 --> 00:19:00,717
I felt so stupid.
I felt like it was my fault.
410
00:19:02,925 --> 00:19:05,416
Mom.
MRS. MASON: Come here.
411
00:19:14,838 --> 00:19:18,296
She was dizzy,
disoriented, paralyzed.
412
00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:20,434
Sounds like Charley slipped
Rohypnol into her drink.
413
00:19:20,511 --> 00:19:21,808
It's colorless, tasteless.
414
00:19:21,879 --> 00:19:24,905
Yeah. And the biggest thing
on campus since keg parties.
415
00:19:24,982 --> 00:19:26,279
Roofies pack a big punch.
416
00:19:26,350 --> 00:19:28,375
Most of the time, girls don't
even remember they got raped.
417
00:19:28,452 --> 00:19:30,477
That's right,
they don't remember.
418
00:19:31,356 --> 00:19:32,482
You don't believe her?
419
00:19:32,557 --> 00:19:35,355
Not until I see one piece
of corroborating evidence.
420
00:19:35,426 --> 00:19:38,486
Come on, she's a naive kid who
got hustled by some creep.
421
00:19:38,563 --> 00:19:41,396
She disposed of the murder
weapon, lied to the police,
422
00:19:41,466 --> 00:19:44,367
fabricated an alibi.
She didn't get here on a turnip truck.
423
00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:46,403
Well, then I did
because I believe her.
424
00:19:46,471 --> 00:19:47,699
She could've kept
her mouth shut
425
00:19:47,772 --> 00:19:49,535
and let the lawyer do the
talking, but she didn't.
426
00:19:49,607 --> 00:19:51,768
I doubt he cries
as well as she does.
427
00:19:51,843 --> 00:19:55,473
LT, take a look.
Does she look like a stone killer?
428
00:19:55,548 --> 00:19:58,676
Um, what am I supposed
to be looking at, Rey?
429
00:20:00,152 --> 00:20:02,382
Okay. So, what do
we do with her?
430
00:20:02,454 --> 00:20:05,617
What we usually do with
people who kill people.
431
00:20:10,296 --> 00:20:12,161
BRISCOE: Danielle, would
you please stand up?
432
00:20:12,231 --> 00:20:13,357
MR. MASON: Why?
433
00:20:14,133 --> 00:20:15,624
What's going on?
Danielle Mason,
434
00:20:15,702 --> 00:20:18,671
you're under arrest for the
murder of Charles Monroe.
435
00:20:23,109 --> 00:20:27,637
"Case number 072196
People v. Danielle Mason,
436
00:20:27,714 --> 00:20:30,114
"one count Murder in
the Second Degree."
437
00:20:31,084 --> 00:20:32,881
Your plea, Ms. Mason?
438
00:20:35,422 --> 00:20:36,446
Not guilty.
439
00:20:36,523 --> 00:20:38,355
The People request
$500,000 bail.
440
00:20:38,426 --> 00:20:41,327
Your Honor, she defended herself
against a rapist. She's 18.
441
00:20:41,395 --> 00:20:43,556
She lives with her parents.
We ask for R.O.R.
442
00:20:43,631 --> 00:20:46,293
She had sex with the victim,
there's no evidence she was raped.
443
00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:49,564
Look, she voluntarily gave a full
and candid statement to the police.
444
00:20:49,637 --> 00:20:51,434
After a week of
lies and deception.
445
00:20:51,505 --> 00:20:54,065
Why don't you both save it
for the trial judge?
446
00:20:54,141 --> 00:20:57,076
$250,000, cash or bond.
447
00:20:57,578 --> 00:20:58,636
REPORTER: Danielle?
448
00:20:58,713 --> 00:21:01,148
(REPORTERS CLAMORING) It is a
disgrace that a decent, young woman
449
00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:03,013
cannot spend an afternoon in our city
450
00:21:03,085 --> 00:21:05,246
without becoming prey
to a common street hustler.
451
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,220
Thank God Danielle Mason fought back.
Thank God.
452
00:21:07,289 --> 00:21:08,483
(ALL CLAMORING)
Mr. Archer...
453
00:21:08,557 --> 00:21:12,015
Do you expect the District Attorney to
dismiss the charges against your client?
454
00:21:12,094 --> 00:21:15,655
Should they? Yes. Will they?
You should ask Ms. Ross that question.
455
00:21:15,731 --> 00:21:16,925
REPORTER 1: Ms. Ross.
REPORTER 2:Ms. Ross!
456
00:21:16,999 --> 00:21:20,867
Ms. Ross, if Danielle Mason was raped,
will you dismiss the charges?
457
00:21:20,936 --> 00:21:22,403
Let's first find
out if she was raped.
458
00:21:22,472 --> 00:21:23,803
You have evidence she's lying?
459
00:21:23,873 --> 00:21:24,931
Look at her track record.
460
00:21:25,008 --> 00:21:27,533
Does that mean you'll present the case
to the grand jury for indictment?
461
00:21:27,610 --> 00:21:30,807
It means facts, not prejudice,
will dictate how we proceed.
462
00:21:31,014 --> 00:21:33,505
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
463
00:21:34,450 --> 00:21:38,045
"Facts not prejudice."
Well, do we have any facts?
464
00:21:39,022 --> 00:21:41,490
There was no Rohypnol residue
found in the wine glasses
465
00:21:41,557 --> 00:21:43,787
and the police didn't find any
other pills in the apartment
466
00:21:43,860 --> 00:21:46,091
or the foil wrap
they're packaged in.
467
00:21:46,964 --> 00:21:48,864
The glasses were rinsed out.
468
00:21:48,932 --> 00:21:53,198
Charley used his last pill on Danielle
and he flushed the packaging.
469
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:54,760
Case over.
470
00:21:54,838 --> 00:21:56,897
So we take her word for it,
she was drugged and raped?
471
00:21:56,974 --> 00:21:59,374
A jury will without
evidence to the contrary.
472
00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:02,139
Not to mention, her story
pushes all the hot buttons,
473
00:22:02,212 --> 00:22:05,045
black on white crime,
date rape, Rohypnol.
474
00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:06,207
Did I forget anything?
475
00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:07,342
Yes.
476
00:22:07,419 --> 00:22:08,943
Common sense.
477
00:22:09,688 --> 00:22:11,849
She went to bed
with him willingly,
478
00:22:11,923 --> 00:22:14,892
why kill him?
Buyer's remorse?
479
00:22:15,727 --> 00:22:19,060
Well, until you come up with a
better motive than self-defense,
480
00:22:20,065 --> 00:22:22,295
stay away from the grand jury.
481
00:22:26,104 --> 00:22:29,130
Adam's right. Who knows, she
might even be telling the truth.
482
00:22:29,207 --> 00:22:31,870
Look at this. She told the police
she came out of Charley's apartment
483
00:22:31,944 --> 00:22:33,172
and she didn't
know where she was.
484
00:22:33,245 --> 00:22:34,337
Right.
485
00:22:34,413 --> 00:22:36,005
Her first time in
his neighborhood.
486
00:22:36,082 --> 00:22:39,279
This witness says she came into
his store looking for a cab.
487
00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,651
The place was known
as a hangout for cabbies.
488
00:22:44,824 --> 00:22:46,849
She had been there before.
489
00:22:48,394 --> 00:22:51,124
She just asked me to say we were at the
library, she didn't have to say why.
490
00:22:51,197 --> 00:22:53,359
She's my friend and
that's reason enough.
491
00:22:53,433 --> 00:22:55,230
You don't think she would've
told you if she'd been raped?
492
00:22:55,302 --> 00:22:57,167
She was ashamed.
Come on, Gina.
493
00:22:57,237 --> 00:22:59,535
She knew his neighborhood.
You're her best friend.
494
00:22:59,606 --> 00:23:01,267
She must've told you
something about him.
495
00:23:01,341 --> 00:23:03,901
Why is it so hard for you
people to believe her?
496
00:23:03,977 --> 00:23:05,308
You know, I know a lot of guys
497
00:23:05,379 --> 00:23:06,437
who don't go out
on Saturday night
498
00:23:06,513 --> 00:23:07,946
without a rubber and a roofie.
499
00:23:08,014 --> 00:23:09,538
Has it happened to you?
500
00:23:09,616 --> 00:23:11,675
Is that where Danielle got her story?
501
00:23:11,752 --> 00:23:15,348
You know what? The hell with you.
You ask any of our friends.
502
00:23:15,423 --> 00:23:18,551
Those niggers are always trying to scam white girls.
They all want a piece of this.
503
00:23:18,626 --> 00:23:21,094
And if they have to rape
you to get it, they will.
504
00:23:23,931 --> 00:23:28,061
There's no record of calls from Charley
to Danielle's house or the rest home.
505
00:23:28,136 --> 00:23:30,502
Well, ditto for calls
from Danielle to Charley.
506
00:23:30,571 --> 00:23:32,562
But she did call
his pager service.
507
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,005
There's got to be
like 50 calls here
508
00:23:34,075 --> 00:23:35,372
over the last couple of months.
509
00:23:35,443 --> 00:23:36,809
A service?
Cut-rate.
510
00:23:36,879 --> 00:23:38,471
You dial the number,
then punch in a code
511
00:23:38,547 --> 00:23:40,014
and it routes the call
to the right pager.
512
00:23:40,082 --> 00:23:43,074
So she was calling him, or one
of 100,000 other subscribers.
513
00:23:43,152 --> 00:23:46,485
Her calls to the service stopped
the same day he was killed.
514
00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:49,422
She was too upset after her
brutal rape to call anyone.
515
00:23:50,025 --> 00:23:51,390
Seven acquittals, huh?
516
00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,052
Eight if she was my client.
517
00:23:53,128 --> 00:23:55,187
Well, we talked to
Charley's friends.
518
00:23:55,264 --> 00:23:57,789
He never even told them
he was seeing this girl.
519
00:23:57,900 --> 00:24:01,098
And what are all these calls here
from Charley to A.S.M. Incorporated?
520
00:24:01,171 --> 00:24:04,629
A.S.M. Charley had a stack
of paychecks from them.
521
00:24:04,707 --> 00:24:06,868
A.S.M. It's one of
his summer jobs.
522
00:24:07,577 --> 00:24:11,172
A.S.M. Is in Queens.
So is Danielle.
523
00:24:12,515 --> 00:24:16,884
Charley was one of my top producers.
Funny kid. Goes to show.
524
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:18,719
What's that?
525
00:24:18,788 --> 00:24:20,415
BOXER: He just didn't
look the type.
526
00:24:21,592 --> 00:24:22,684
What about the girl?
527
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,887
She ever stop by to visit him?
No.
528
00:24:24,962 --> 00:24:27,726
Charley worked outside the
office ringing door bells.
529
00:24:27,798 --> 00:24:31,199
Selling magazines.
Was Harper Street on his route?
530
00:24:32,303 --> 00:24:33,565
(SIGHS)
531
00:24:35,573 --> 00:24:36,597
Yeah.
532
00:24:36,674 --> 00:24:39,108
Any sales to the Mason
family at 325 Harper?
533
00:24:39,176 --> 00:24:44,012
No, he got a sale from
McDermott's at 306, Bergin, 343.
534
00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:46,979
Nothing, 325.
535
00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:48,952
But he would've
rung their bell?
536
00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,079
That's the general idea.
537
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:53,750
He sold magazines to the left
of her and to the right of her,
538
00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:56,794
but there's no evidence she was even
home when he rang her door bell.
539
00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:59,888
You're 18, you're seeing
somebody for two months,
540
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,599
and you don't tell anyone?
541
00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:04,595
Not all men brag.
542
00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:07,639
And I never met a woman
who could keep a secret.
543
00:25:10,476 --> 00:25:12,501
Danielle's friends aren't
burning any crosses yet,
544
00:25:12,578 --> 00:25:15,069
but I can see why she wouldn't
want them to know about Charley.
545
00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:16,876
There's nobody she talks to?
546
00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:20,085
No coach?
No guidance counselor?
547
00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:22,120
Nobody like that in her file.
548
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:23,780
The papers have been playing up
549
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:25,790
her volunteer work
at a rest home.
550
00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:28,494
Danielle is a very sweet girl.
551
00:25:28,562 --> 00:25:31,053
We, right away,
took a liking to each other.
552
00:25:31,131 --> 00:25:33,429
You see, she doesn't
have a grandmother.
553
00:25:34,201 --> 00:25:36,999
I told my grandmother things
I wouldn't tell my parents.
554
00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:38,560
Mmm-hmm.
555
00:25:38,639 --> 00:25:39,901
Did you say you were a lawyer?
556
00:25:39,973 --> 00:25:43,033
Yes. An Assistant
District Attorney.
557
00:25:43,610 --> 00:25:45,635
I heard Danielle
was in trouble.
558
00:25:46,246 --> 00:25:48,646
We're trying to
find out what happened.
559
00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:51,082
Did she tell you
about a boyfriend?
560
00:25:51,152 --> 00:25:53,416
She said she met somebody.
561
00:25:53,488 --> 00:25:54,682
What did she say about him?
562
00:25:58,526 --> 00:26:01,017
This is just between
us, Mrs. Rainey.
563
00:26:01,095 --> 00:26:04,997
Well, she told me
she kissed him.
564
00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:06,464
(CHUCKLES)
565
00:26:06,534 --> 00:26:08,024
Did she tell you his name?
566
00:26:08,102 --> 00:26:09,228
I'm not sure.
567
00:26:09,304 --> 00:26:11,169
Did she say if he was black?
568
00:26:11,239 --> 00:26:12,332
She didn't say.
569
00:26:12,408 --> 00:26:14,933
Do you think she'd keep it a secret?
Oh, no.
570
00:26:15,010 --> 00:26:17,774
She dated this boy on the
football team in high school.
571
00:26:17,846 --> 00:26:20,144
She was a cheerleader.
He's black.
572
00:26:20,215 --> 00:26:24,242
She made no bones about it, she
even brought him home to dinner.
573
00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:26,047
(LAUGHS)
574
00:26:26,188 --> 00:26:29,487
You know young people,
they run hot and cold.
575
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,154
So what happened?
576
00:26:32,227 --> 00:26:36,221
Well, Danielle broke her
arm falling off her bike,
577
00:26:37,233 --> 00:26:39,701
she stopped
being a cheerleader,
578
00:26:39,769 --> 00:26:42,329
and she said the boy
met another girl.
579
00:26:43,039 --> 00:26:45,132
Danielle never
talked about him again.
580
00:26:46,042 --> 00:26:50,706
One kiss from a mystery lover,
that's some revelation.
581
00:26:50,780 --> 00:26:52,509
Want me to go back
with a rubber hose?
582
00:26:52,582 --> 00:26:54,277
I wouldn't dare suggest it.
583
00:26:54,351 --> 00:26:56,786
In the meantime, all we have are
maybe's, could be's and coincidences.
584
00:26:56,854 --> 00:26:57,878
(PHONE RINGING)
585
00:26:57,955 --> 00:27:01,049
Doesn't add up to a
relationship or a motive. Yeah?
586
00:27:03,861 --> 00:27:07,319
Charley Monroe's parents are downstairs.
With their attorney.
587
00:27:09,734 --> 00:27:11,395
It's been over
a month, Mr. McCoy.
588
00:27:11,469 --> 00:27:15,269
You haven't presented one witness to
the grand jury or issued one subpoena.
589
00:27:15,339 --> 00:27:18,103
I'm sure you explained
to your clients, Mr. Baylor,
590
00:27:18,175 --> 00:27:19,507
there's no rush to indict.
591
00:27:19,578 --> 00:27:21,443
You have a signed confession.
592
00:27:21,513 --> 00:27:22,775
We have a statement,
593
00:27:23,515 --> 00:27:26,951
which came with a defense that
we can't at this time rebut.
594
00:27:27,019 --> 00:27:29,044
Can't or won't?
595
00:27:29,121 --> 00:27:31,589
Don't be shy.
Put your cards on the table.
596
00:27:31,657 --> 00:27:34,854
This white girl's lawyers are
on the news every other day,
597
00:27:34,926 --> 00:27:37,895
mocking us, calling their
son a street hustler...
598
00:27:37,963 --> 00:27:40,158
I'm not trying this
case in the media.
599
00:27:40,232 --> 00:27:42,394
You're not trying
this case anywhere.
600
00:27:43,002 --> 00:27:45,800
You're saying that the
killers of young, black men
601
00:27:45,872 --> 00:27:47,965
have nothing to fear
from the District Attorney.
602
00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:49,633
I understand you're frustrated.
603
00:27:49,709 --> 00:27:52,075
But if we go to trial
now, we'll lose.
604
00:27:52,145 --> 00:27:53,669
Simple as that.
605
00:27:53,746 --> 00:27:57,842
It doesn't make sense.
She can't prove Charley raped her.
606
00:27:57,917 --> 00:27:59,612
It's enough that
she says he did.
607
00:27:59,686 --> 00:28:02,086
We have to prove he didn't
beyond a reasonable doubt.
608
00:28:02,155 --> 00:28:05,284
This is just like the last time.
I can't go through it again.
609
00:28:06,493 --> 00:28:07,755
What last time?
610
00:28:07,828 --> 00:28:10,228
A girl accused
Charley of touching her.
611
00:28:10,297 --> 00:28:12,231
He has a criminal record?
612
00:28:12,299 --> 00:28:15,359
He was a kid.
We told Lieutenant Van Buren.
613
00:28:15,436 --> 00:28:19,031
It's of no consequence, he
was 12 years old. Jane, Ed.
614
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,207
We're putting you
on notice, Mr. McCoy.
615
00:28:21,275 --> 00:28:24,073
Either you move this case
forward, or we start shoving.
616
00:28:26,815 --> 00:28:29,306
The record was sealed.
It should've been expunged.
617
00:28:29,384 --> 00:28:31,284
It wasn't even supposed
to be on the system.
618
00:28:31,352 --> 00:28:34,116
Hardly the point.
You knew about it.
619
00:28:34,222 --> 00:28:35,280
You should've told us.
620
00:28:35,356 --> 00:28:37,381
It was a six-year-old
misdemeanor.
621
00:28:37,459 --> 00:28:38,653
It's a sexual assault.
622
00:28:38,727 --> 00:28:40,456
He was a minor participant.
623
00:28:40,528 --> 00:28:43,656
No drugs were involved,
no weapons, no rape.
624
00:28:43,732 --> 00:28:44,892
I made a judgment call.
625
00:28:44,966 --> 00:28:48,232
This is my case, Lieutenant.
I decide what's relevant.
626
00:28:49,238 --> 00:28:50,933
This is a disaster.
627
00:28:51,006 --> 00:28:53,201
Not only does it make
Charley Monroe look bad,
628
00:28:53,275 --> 00:28:56,142
it makes us look worse
for withholding evidence.
629
00:28:56,212 --> 00:28:57,941
Well, if anyone was
looking for an excuse
630
00:28:58,013 --> 00:29:00,243
to drop the case,
now they have one.
631
00:29:02,952 --> 00:29:05,147
It's not exculpatory evidence.
632
00:29:05,221 --> 00:29:06,711
Under Brady, we're
under no obligation
633
00:29:06,789 --> 00:29:08,256
to turn it over to the defense.
634
00:29:08,324 --> 00:29:12,022
They can argue it's evidence he had
a reputation for sexual violence.
635
00:29:12,095 --> 00:29:13,722
Which is relevant
only if she knew
636
00:29:13,797 --> 00:29:15,355
his reputation
before she killed him.
637
00:29:15,432 --> 00:29:17,992
She can't say she did and
claim she didn't know him.
638
00:29:18,068 --> 00:29:20,195
Do you expect a jury to give a damn?
639
00:29:20,270 --> 00:29:24,331
I don't want this to come back and bite
us in the ass in the middle of the trial.
640
00:29:24,975 --> 00:29:26,135
Notify the defense.
641
00:29:26,209 --> 00:29:29,269
Mr. McCoy?
This is for you.
642
00:29:33,618 --> 00:29:35,916
It's from
the Monroes' attorney.
643
00:29:35,987 --> 00:29:39,445
They filed a writ of mandamus
to force us to indict.
644
00:29:40,224 --> 00:29:41,816
I'd call that a shove.
645
00:29:45,062 --> 00:29:47,690
Under C.P.L.R.
Section 7803,
646
00:29:47,765 --> 00:29:50,996
this court can compel Mr.
McCoy to perform his duty.
647
00:29:51,068 --> 00:29:53,969
The decision to prosecute, let
alone seek an indictment,
648
00:29:54,038 --> 00:29:56,007
is solely within my discretion.
649
00:29:56,074 --> 00:29:59,339
His refusal to indict Danielle Mason
is an abuse of that discretion.
650
00:29:59,411 --> 00:30:02,346
Prosecutorial
discretion is absolute.
651
00:30:02,414 --> 00:30:04,382
By definition,
it can't be abused.
652
00:30:04,449 --> 00:30:07,043
There are no absolutes
in the law, Mr. McCoy.
653
00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:09,349
You have a confession,
what's the problem?
654
00:30:09,421 --> 00:30:11,184
The defendant made
a claim of self-defense.
655
00:30:11,256 --> 00:30:13,690
Well, let a trial jury
decide if she's credible.
656
00:30:13,759 --> 00:30:17,058
Mr. McCoy can make his prima
facie case for murder.
657
00:30:17,129 --> 00:30:19,792
I can only see one reason why
he hasn't sought an indictment.
658
00:30:19,866 --> 00:30:22,664
I want a murder
conviction as much as you.
659
00:30:23,169 --> 00:30:24,431
Calling me a racist...
660
00:30:24,504 --> 00:30:26,233
Address yourself
to me, Mr. McCoy.
661
00:30:26,306 --> 00:30:30,640
Your Honor, it's up to you to give the
victim's family a chance at getting justice.
662
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:31,904
With all due respect,
Your Honor,
663
00:30:31,978 --> 00:30:36,210
you don't have the authority to force
this case before a grand jury.
664
00:30:36,282 --> 00:30:38,250
I cite Hammond v. Leonard,
Murphy v. Kelley...
665
00:30:38,318 --> 00:30:41,254
I don't really care about
precedence, Mr. McCoy.
666
00:30:42,256 --> 00:30:45,657
I'm granting
the petitioner's request,
667
00:30:45,726 --> 00:30:47,660
and I'm ordering you
to seek an indictment.
668
00:30:47,728 --> 00:30:50,094
Your Honor...
We're done, Mr. McCoy.
669
00:30:50,531 --> 00:30:52,192
Either you comply,
670
00:30:52,266 --> 00:30:55,258
or I'll have you removed from the
case and cited for contempt.
671
00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:02,904
She overstepped her authority and thumbed
her nose at 100 years of precedence.
672
00:31:02,978 --> 00:31:05,071
The appellate division
will reverse the order.
673
00:31:05,146 --> 00:31:08,343
Yeah, well,
you're not filing appeal.
674
00:31:08,416 --> 00:31:11,442
The Monroes didn't have standing to
even bring the suit in the first place.
675
00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:12,850
It's moot.
676
00:31:13,255 --> 00:31:16,452
I don't want anyone to think that we don't
care what the victim's family wants.
677
00:31:16,524 --> 00:31:19,982
The judge was mugging
for the cameras, Adam.
678
00:31:20,061 --> 00:31:22,086
Her decision's
completely political.
679
00:31:22,163 --> 00:31:23,994
The case is political.
680
00:31:25,134 --> 00:31:28,934
If you think that being called a
racist by one hothead is bad,
681
00:31:29,005 --> 00:31:31,235
you appeal, then you
see what happens.
682
00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:33,673
We haven't been sitting on our thumbs,
we're still gathering evidence.
683
00:31:33,743 --> 00:31:36,678
It's not enough to be busy,
you've got to look busy.
684
00:31:36,746 --> 00:31:38,907
Get an indictment. Go to trial.
Give them what they want.
685
00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:40,744
I have to convince a jury that
686
00:31:40,816 --> 00:31:43,284
Charley Monroe didn't
rape Danielle Mason.
687
00:31:43,352 --> 00:31:45,252
We're 20 minutes
from Howard Beach.
688
00:31:45,321 --> 00:31:47,847
A young, black man can't
talk to a white girl
689
00:31:47,925 --> 00:31:50,086
without getting his brains
kicked in by thugs.
690
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,597
Means, motive, opportunity.
Two out of three ain't bad.
691
00:31:57,768 --> 00:31:59,759
She was familiar
with his neighborhood.
692
00:31:59,836 --> 00:32:02,270
And her calls to
his pager service
693
00:32:02,339 --> 00:32:03,966
stopped the day
he was murdered.
694
00:32:04,041 --> 00:32:07,477
What conclusion, if any, did
you draw from this evidence?
695
00:32:07,544 --> 00:32:08,944
That she knew the victim
696
00:32:09,013 --> 00:32:12,505
and that she had been to his
apartment before that Sunday.
697
00:32:15,753 --> 00:32:17,448
Detective, you don't
have any direct evidence
698
00:32:17,522 --> 00:32:18,784
to support your
conclusion, do you?
699
00:32:18,856 --> 00:32:20,483
You don't have any eyewitnesses
who saw them together,
700
00:32:20,558 --> 00:32:22,617
no photographs, no letters?
701
00:32:22,694 --> 00:32:24,059
No, nothing like that.
702
00:32:24,128 --> 00:32:27,325
Now, who secured the order
to fingerprint my client?
703
00:32:27,398 --> 00:32:29,025
BRISCOE:
Lieutenant Van Buren.
704
00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:31,763
This is your
African-American superior?
705
00:32:31,837 --> 00:32:33,702
She's my boss, yes.
706
00:32:33,772 --> 00:32:36,707
And didn't she also run the interrogation?
BRISCOE: Yes.
707
00:32:37,109 --> 00:32:38,872
Uh-huh. Does she always
get this involved
708
00:32:38,944 --> 00:32:41,139
or only when white people are
suspected of killing blacks?
709
00:32:41,213 --> 00:32:43,147
Objection!
Withdrawn.
710
00:32:43,215 --> 00:32:45,911
Now your partner testified
711
00:32:45,985 --> 00:32:48,283
that Mr. Monroe had
a sealed criminal record.
712
00:32:48,354 --> 00:32:49,446
Do you know what it was for?
713
00:32:49,521 --> 00:32:52,217
It was a misdemeanor
sexual assault.
714
00:32:52,291 --> 00:32:55,159
Did you know this before
you arrested my client?
715
00:32:55,228 --> 00:32:56,695
No.
ARCHER: To your knowledge,
716
00:32:56,763 --> 00:32:58,287
did anyone in the office?
717
00:33:00,734 --> 00:33:01,962
Lieutenant Van Buren.
718
00:33:02,035 --> 00:33:03,468
Oh. Her again.
719
00:33:03,536 --> 00:33:06,596
Well, now that you know this,
as a professional investigator,
720
00:33:06,673 --> 00:33:11,167
are you more likely to suspect that Mr.
Monroe raped my client or less likely?
721
00:33:13,847 --> 00:33:15,748
I'd have to say more likely.
722
00:33:16,517 --> 00:33:18,417
In my opinion,
it wasn't relevant.
723
00:33:18,486 --> 00:33:21,751
No more than a rape victim's
sexual history would be.
724
00:33:23,124 --> 00:33:25,115
Permission to treat as hostile.
725
00:33:25,192 --> 00:33:26,318
Go ahead.
726
00:33:26,394 --> 00:33:27,861
You took a personal
interest in this case
727
00:33:27,928 --> 00:33:29,259
right from the
beginning, didn't you?
728
00:33:29,330 --> 00:33:31,355
I'm paid to take a personal
interest in every case.
729
00:33:31,432 --> 00:33:34,492
Oh, in every case, you
routinely secure court orders?
730
00:33:34,568 --> 00:33:36,035
VAN BUREN: No.
Not routinely.
731
00:33:36,103 --> 00:33:38,265
You routinely conduct
interrogations in your precinct?
732
00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:40,137
No.
ARCHER: Then why this time?
733
00:33:40,208 --> 00:33:42,369
In my experience,
a female suspect
734
00:33:42,444 --> 00:33:44,969
is more comfortable talking
to a female detective.
735
00:33:45,047 --> 00:33:47,914
So you were concerned with
my client's comfort level.
736
00:33:47,983 --> 00:33:52,215
Lieutenant, isn't it true that you
hijacked this case from your detectives?
737
00:33:52,287 --> 00:33:53,754
No. That left to
their own devices
738
00:33:53,822 --> 00:33:55,312
and with the information
that you withheld,
739
00:33:55,390 --> 00:33:57,051
they would never have booked
my client for murder?
740
00:33:57,125 --> 00:33:58,888
No. In fact, the only
reason that we're here
741
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,191
is because you and the
entire black community
742
00:34:01,264 --> 00:34:03,061
bullied the District Attorney
into getting an indictment.
743
00:34:03,132 --> 00:34:04,326
Objection.
The District Attorney himself
744
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,662
(GAVEL POUNDING) Doesn't
even believe in this case.
745
00:34:05,735 --> 00:34:07,896
Mr. Archer, you
are out of order.
746
00:34:08,604 --> 00:34:11,368
The jury will disregard
counsel's outburst.
747
00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:13,635
I'm very sorry, Your Honor.
748
00:34:14,811 --> 00:34:16,142
No more questions.
749
00:34:18,448 --> 00:34:20,109
Van Buren wasn't intimidated.
750
00:34:20,183 --> 00:34:21,480
She held her ground.
751
00:34:21,551 --> 00:34:23,019
A strong black woman.
752
00:34:23,087 --> 00:34:25,317
Just what that
jury wants to see.
753
00:34:25,389 --> 00:34:29,985
Archer's making history.
He's the first lawyer to claim
754
00:34:30,060 --> 00:34:34,360
a white defendant is being persecuted
by the black power structure.
755
00:34:34,431 --> 00:34:35,796
(PHONE RINGING)
756
00:34:37,768 --> 00:34:38,826
Hello?
757
00:34:40,304 --> 00:34:41,703
We'll be right there.
758
00:34:45,777 --> 00:34:51,238
I received this letter late this afternoon.
It's unsigned.
759
00:34:51,316 --> 00:34:56,253
The author claims to be a
co-worker of juror number six,
760
00:34:56,321 --> 00:34:58,653
who he says is a racist.
761
00:34:59,190 --> 00:35:01,624
Number six.
The tool-and-die-maker.
762
00:35:02,193 --> 00:35:04,184
The white tool-and-die-maker.
763
00:35:04,729 --> 00:35:06,663
The letter reads in part,
764
00:35:06,931 --> 00:35:08,991
"I heard him say on
several occasions
765
00:35:09,068 --> 00:35:11,969
"how he can't stand
taking the subway anymore
766
00:35:12,037 --> 00:35:15,200
"because he has to
ride with the blacks.
767
00:35:15,274 --> 00:35:19,074
"He wishes they had a special car
for them at the end of the train."
768
00:35:19,145 --> 00:35:21,613
Have you spoken to the juror?
Yes.
769
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,580
Of course he denies
the allegations,
770
00:35:23,649 --> 00:35:26,709
but I'm inclined
to dismiss him.
771
00:35:26,785 --> 00:35:28,047
What a coincidence.
Your Honor,
772
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,146
the first alternate juror
is a young black woman.
773
00:35:30,223 --> 00:35:33,420
This letter is a blatant attempt to hang
the jury by altering its racial makeup.
774
00:35:33,493 --> 00:35:35,757
It's tampering.
Unless it's true.
775
00:35:37,097 --> 00:35:39,861
My husband is waiting
for me in the Hamptons.
776
00:35:39,933 --> 00:35:41,992
I'll hear arguments on Monday.
777
00:35:44,204 --> 00:35:46,399
Maybe today's the day
to buy a lottery ticket.
778
00:35:46,473 --> 00:35:47,770
I'm not so sure.
779
00:35:47,841 --> 00:35:50,401
Call Briscoe and Curtis.
Have them look into this.
780
00:35:51,511 --> 00:35:55,380
This is a serious accusation.
I hope the judge does the right thing.
781
00:35:55,950 --> 00:35:58,680
It's so serious, I had
the police check into it.
782
00:35:58,753 --> 00:36:02,189
Workers at the juror's tool-and-die
factory said a heavy-set white man
783
00:36:02,256 --> 00:36:05,191
driving a red Ford tried to
question them about the juror.
784
00:36:05,259 --> 00:36:08,353
Doesn't your investigator
drive a red Ford, Mr. Baylor?
785
00:36:08,429 --> 00:36:09,760
You're saying
I wrote this letter?
786
00:36:09,830 --> 00:36:12,697
You're accusing me of jury tampering?
You better back it up.
787
00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:15,134
This isn't the way to
get justice for your son.
788
00:36:15,204 --> 00:36:17,331
We don't know anything
about this letter.
789
00:36:17,839 --> 00:36:20,273
But from where we sit,
your way isn't working.
790
00:36:20,342 --> 00:36:23,368
Our way was to get all our ducks in a
row before going to the grand jury.
791
00:36:23,445 --> 00:36:25,572
Right, it's our fault.
792
00:36:26,315 --> 00:36:28,943
Charley was stupid to get
mixed up with a white girl,
793
00:36:29,017 --> 00:36:31,315
and we're naive to
expect a fair trial.
794
00:36:31,386 --> 00:36:33,854
Stunts like this
letter don't help.
795
00:36:33,922 --> 00:36:37,086
They're dragging my son's
good name through the mud.
796
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,560
What're you doing to stop it?
797
00:36:40,430 --> 00:36:44,457
You tell Adam Schiff that if this
racist isn't thrown off the jury,
798
00:36:44,534 --> 00:36:46,832
I'm releasing the
letter to the media.
799
00:36:50,106 --> 00:36:51,471
Thanks for meeting with us.
800
00:36:51,541 --> 00:36:54,032
I think that you'll agree
that our proposal is fair.
801
00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:57,541
It's up to Judge Stein if she
wants to dismiss a juror.
802
00:36:57,614 --> 00:37:00,015
Well, she can't
decide on caf v. Decaf.
803
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:03,952
We can agree to skip the first
alternate and seat the second.
804
00:37:04,021 --> 00:37:06,546
A white male instead
of a black woman.
805
00:37:06,624 --> 00:37:09,184
It maintains the racial
make-up we started with.
806
00:37:09,994 --> 00:37:11,086
I'll let you know.
807
00:37:11,161 --> 00:37:14,221
Ooh, Stein wants to hear
from us in an hour.
808
00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:16,694
Then you'll know in an hour.
809
00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:18,199
(INHALES DEEPLY)
810
00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:19,827
All right. Let's go.
811
00:37:20,671 --> 00:37:25,109
Hey, don't you see what's going on?
That letter is a fake.
812
00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:29,235
I mean, these people
are trying to rig the jury.
813
00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:31,578
They are incapable of
playing by the rules.
814
00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:32,708
Dad.
815
00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:36,416
It's just a game
to them, Mr. McCoy.
816
00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:40,022
They have no respect for our system.
817
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:42,719
And one of their
boys raped my daughter,
818
00:37:42,794 --> 00:37:44,763
and now they're using
you to do it again.
819
00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,424
All right, Henry, that's enough.
That's enough. Come on.
820
00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:48,831
In an hour.
821
00:37:57,076 --> 00:37:58,703
Racial make-up, my ass.
822
00:37:58,778 --> 00:38:00,905
Archer's afraid a black woman
would vote to convict.
823
00:38:00,980 --> 00:38:03,175
What makes you
so sure she would?
824
00:38:04,717 --> 00:38:08,848
I'm telling the judge we'll go
along with Archer's proposal.
825
00:38:08,922 --> 00:38:11,322
I don't like being manipulated
by phony letters.
826
00:38:11,391 --> 00:38:15,327
You like losing better?
We don't know for a fact the letter's bogus.
827
00:38:15,395 --> 00:38:17,693
Seating a black woman would
get us closer to a hung jury.
828
00:38:17,764 --> 00:38:21,165
And to prosecutorial misconduct.
I don't want to do it.
829
00:38:21,234 --> 00:38:23,566
You heard Danielle's father.
That's who wins here.
830
00:38:23,637 --> 00:38:26,162
A bunch of bigots.
Because your ethics might get ruffled.
831
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,233
You took the same oath I did.
They're your ethics now.
832
00:38:33,581 --> 00:38:36,846
Well, they won't help when
Danielle takes the stand tomorrow.
833
00:38:36,918 --> 00:38:38,317
It will be one hell of a show.
834
00:38:38,386 --> 00:38:44,086
A sweet kid telling a very
appealing well-rehearsed lie.
835
00:38:45,226 --> 00:38:46,989
I'm glad I don't have
to cross-examine her.
836
00:38:47,061 --> 00:38:48,255
Thanks.
837
00:38:48,329 --> 00:38:50,525
I'm open to suggestions.
838
00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:51,861
If you want to rattle her cage,
839
00:38:51,934 --> 00:38:53,925
try asking her
about her father.
840
00:38:54,002 --> 00:38:57,096
You see how she reacted when
he went off on that rant?
841
00:38:59,641 --> 00:39:02,508
When Danielle was seeing that black
football player in high school,
842
00:39:02,578 --> 00:39:04,068
you said she had an accident?
843
00:39:04,146 --> 00:39:06,478
Yes. I was told she fell off
her bike and broke her arm.
844
00:39:06,548 --> 00:39:07,947
And then they split up.
845
00:39:10,486 --> 00:39:13,115
I'd love to see
that medical report.
846
00:39:13,189 --> 00:39:15,589
Well, it's not quite ethical,
847
00:39:16,593 --> 00:39:19,926
but I still have some sources
at medical insurance companies.
848
00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:26,324
Now it's your
ethics being ruffled.
849
00:39:27,937 --> 00:39:29,905
Get me that report.
850
00:39:32,375 --> 00:39:33,467
(DOOR CLOSING)
851
00:39:35,780 --> 00:39:38,010
So, what is it that can't wait?
852
00:39:40,751 --> 00:39:42,218
Ms. Mason,
853
00:39:44,955 --> 00:39:48,789
do you remember dating a black
football player at your high school?
854
00:39:48,859 --> 00:39:50,451
Wait, don't answer that.
You'll get your chance
855
00:39:50,528 --> 00:39:51,688
to ask her all
the questions you want
856
00:39:51,762 --> 00:39:53,252
when she gets on
the stand this morning.
857
00:39:53,330 --> 00:39:55,457
Then she can sit and listen.
858
00:40:01,740 --> 00:40:04,470
You stopped seeing him
after he met your parents.
859
00:40:05,410 --> 00:40:07,401
After you broke your arm.
860
00:40:07,479 --> 00:40:08,605
ARCHER: We don't have to
listen to this crap.
861
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:12,707
This is a copy of her medical
report from her accident.
862
00:40:12,784 --> 00:40:16,481
It states that she had a spiral
fracture of the forearm.
863
00:40:17,989 --> 00:40:19,617
Where'd you get this?
864
00:40:19,692 --> 00:40:20,954
That's not important.
865
00:40:22,195 --> 00:40:23,924
I've read enough
child abuse reports
866
00:40:23,996 --> 00:40:26,988
to know spiral fractures
are caused by
867
00:40:27,066 --> 00:40:29,500
someone twisting your
arm until it breaks.
868
00:40:31,037 --> 00:40:32,766
Someone like your father.
869
00:40:32,839 --> 00:40:34,966
That's why you stopped
seeing that football player.
870
00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:36,235
Now wait a minute...
871
00:40:36,309 --> 00:40:39,403
That's why you kept
Charley Monroe a secret
872
00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:41,311
because you were
afraid of your father.
873
00:40:41,381 --> 00:40:45,044
Stop right there. First off, this
never gets in front of a jury.
874
00:40:45,118 --> 00:40:47,279
I don't need this report.
I have a good faith basis
875
00:40:47,354 --> 00:40:48,753
to question her
about her injury.
876
00:40:48,822 --> 00:40:50,585
You don't have the report,
you can't ask the question.
877
00:40:50,657 --> 00:40:52,716
Tell that to the Appeals Court.
878
00:40:56,363 --> 00:40:59,161
I'm going to cross
examine you about this.
879
00:40:59,233 --> 00:41:01,895
You can lie or refuse to
answer but it'll be out there
880
00:41:03,103 --> 00:41:04,662
for everyone to see.
881
00:41:04,739 --> 00:41:06,639
He can't do this, can he?
882
00:41:06,708 --> 00:41:08,573
I certainly can, Mr. Mason.
883
00:41:11,646 --> 00:41:13,409
That's all I had to say.
884
00:41:24,359 --> 00:41:27,818
Mr. Archer, are you ready
to call your next witness?
885
00:41:29,865 --> 00:41:32,299
At this time, Your Honor,
the defense rests.
886
00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:37,402
I heard the jury put in
their order for dinner.
887
00:41:37,473 --> 00:41:39,498
And for breakfast tomorrow.
WOMAN: Ms. Ross?
888
00:41:39,575 --> 00:41:43,341
Four days deliberations.
What're they doing, electing a Pope?
889
00:41:43,412 --> 00:41:45,539
Probably still wondering why
she never took the stand.
890
00:41:45,614 --> 00:41:48,311
By the way, terrific bluff.
891
00:41:49,019 --> 00:41:52,079
It was 50-50 whether Judge Stein
would disallow the questions.
892
00:41:52,155 --> 00:41:53,747
That was Stein's clerk.
893
00:41:53,823 --> 00:41:56,621
The jury wants part of Van
Buren's testimony read back.
894
00:41:59,095 --> 00:42:01,723
Question. " Lieutenant,
how many rape cases
895
00:42:01,798 --> 00:42:04,358
"have you investigated
during your career?"
896
00:42:04,434 --> 00:42:07,267
Answer. "45 to 50."
897
00:42:07,337 --> 00:42:09,134
Question. " In your opinion,
898
00:42:09,205 --> 00:42:10,833
"was this defendant's
behavior consistent
899
00:42:10,908 --> 00:42:12,466
"with these other
rape victims?"
900
00:42:12,543 --> 00:42:15,842
Answer. " No.
They didn't lie about being raped.
901
00:42:15,913 --> 00:42:17,642
"They told a friend
or family member
902
00:42:17,715 --> 00:42:19,410
"and they didn't
make up alibis."
903
00:42:19,483 --> 00:42:21,713
That concludes
the read-back.
904
00:42:22,053 --> 00:42:25,955
Now the jury has
a question as follows.
905
00:42:26,023 --> 00:42:28,617
"If we find the witness
was less than truthful
906
00:42:28,693 --> 00:42:30,786
"in one aspect
of her testimony,
907
00:42:30,861 --> 00:42:34,798
"can we still believe other
aspects of her testimony?"
908
00:42:34,866 --> 00:42:39,303
You may believe a witness'
testimony in whole or in part.
909
00:42:39,371 --> 00:42:43,432
How much is up to your
common sense as a jury.
910
00:42:43,508 --> 00:42:46,238
You may resume your
deliberations now.
911
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,314
It's going our way. They're giving
Van Buren the benefit of the doubt.
912
00:42:52,384 --> 00:42:54,818
McCoy, your office
in 10 minutes.
913
00:42:58,591 --> 00:43:00,616
I've advised Danielle
to take a plea.
914
00:43:01,728 --> 00:43:06,028
We're thinking man two, with
a sentence recommendation.
915
00:43:07,567 --> 00:43:09,592
I'm thinking
916
00:43:10,637 --> 00:43:15,131
the jury is voting to convict
on murder two as we speak.
917
00:43:15,241 --> 00:43:16,503
(GRUNTS)
918
00:43:17,210 --> 00:43:20,146
Man one.
She does 15 years.
919
00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:32,090
Tell us what happened,
Ms. Mason.
920
00:43:37,865 --> 00:43:40,061
We spent the afternoon
making love.
921
00:43:42,370 --> 00:43:43,894
I had to go home.
922
00:43:45,273 --> 00:43:47,138
He wanted me to stay the night.
923
00:43:48,043 --> 00:43:51,774
He knew that wasn't possible.
My father would've gone crazy.
924
00:43:52,747 --> 00:43:54,578
What did Charley do?
925
00:43:56,651 --> 00:43:59,415
He started taking the
pictures of me off his desk.
926
00:44:01,723 --> 00:44:03,919
He said if I didn't want them,
927
00:44:05,327 --> 00:44:06,794
he was going to
throw them away.
928
00:44:06,862 --> 00:44:09,558
He said he never
wanted to see me again.
929
00:44:09,632 --> 00:44:11,395
Did he tell you why?
930
00:44:14,770 --> 00:44:18,763
He said I acted like being
with him was something dirty.
931
00:44:20,910 --> 00:44:26,008
That he was tired of
being my black buck
932
00:44:26,083 --> 00:44:28,313
and hiding in the cellar.
933
00:44:30,721 --> 00:44:32,382
He just didn't understand.
934
00:44:34,124 --> 00:44:37,685
If people in my neighborhood had seen
us together, they would've killed us.
935
00:44:38,128 --> 00:44:39,720
JACK: What happened
after that?
936
00:44:41,231 --> 00:44:42,721
He told me to leave.
937
00:44:46,537 --> 00:44:47,868
I wouldn't.
938
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,201
He started dragging
me toward the door.
939
00:44:52,043 --> 00:44:55,479
But I couldn't believe that
he was doing this to me.
940
00:44:56,514 --> 00:44:58,448
I begged him to stop.
941
00:44:59,617 --> 00:45:00,811
I hit him.
942
00:45:06,591 --> 00:45:08,559
He said that he didn't love me.
943
00:45:09,361 --> 00:45:11,022
(SOBBING)
944
00:45:11,697 --> 00:45:14,825
So I hit him again
and he wouldn't let go.
945
00:45:16,902 --> 00:45:19,370
You killed him
because he rejected you?
946
00:45:19,438 --> 00:45:22,407
No. I needed him.
947
00:45:23,408 --> 00:45:26,935
He was the most important
thing in my life.
948
00:45:35,588 --> 00:45:38,557
I understand perfectly how she felt.
949
00:45:38,625 --> 00:45:40,650
She risked everything to be with him.
950
00:45:42,796 --> 00:45:44,627
You're talking about obsession.
951
00:45:45,532 --> 00:45:46,521
No.
952
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:50,092
I just remember what it was
like to be in love at that age.
953
00:45:50,170 --> 00:45:51,262
(LAUGHS)
954
00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:54,468
Did I say something funny?
955
00:45:56,510 --> 00:45:59,502
I almost forgot what
started this circus,
956
00:46:00,781 --> 00:46:02,180
two kids in love.
957
00:46:04,451 --> 00:46:05,748
What could be simpler?
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