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My wife's in a coma because of what they did to her. They raped her.

I love you, Cindy.

I have to dismiss all charges against the defendant.

You can't just let him walk away.

Come on, don't shoot me, man. I had a gun in my hand and suddenly a shot from

somewhere else. I didn't kill that man. But you wanted to. Yeah. Get out! Go on,

move!

You didn't do the killing. The gun has not been used.

I've got to do something. Don't ruin your life. I don't care anymore!

Get out of my way. Move! I'm gonna kill him.

has made a motion to suppress evidence discovered in the suspect's automobile,

specifically a piece of metal pipe that was later found to have blood and hair

follicles on it.

Positively identified as belonging to the victim, Cynthia Gianelli.

When the police officers pulled Mr. Santiago and Mr. Gorman over, they

there was an outstanding warrant on Mr. Santiago for disorderly conduct.

Because of that, they arrested Mr. Santiago.

and impounded his car.

Later, at an impound inventory, the piece of metal pipe with the victim's

on it was discovered in the trunk of the car.

Unfortunately, it turned out that the disorderly conduct warrant had been

vacated the previous week.

But due to a clerical error, this information failed to turn up on the

department record.

As a result, in the eyes of the law, the police officers had no legal reason for

stopping Mr. Santiago and Mr. Gorman.

Therefore, the evidence found in Mr. Santiago's car is inadmissible.

Furthermore, the signed confessions of the defendants, which were a direct

result of the evidence, are also inadmissible.

Your Honor, that evidence and those confessions are pivotal to the

Without them, we have no case.

Oh, my God.

I understand that, Mr. Solarez.

As much as the thought of releasing these two men into society sickens me,

there's nothing I can do.

I have to dismiss all charges against the defendants.

Oh, please, wait a minute. You can't do that.

My wife's in a coma because of what they did to her. They raped her. They beat

her with a steel pipe.

She's seven months pregnant, for God's sake. You can't just let them walk away.

I'm sorry, Mr. Gianelli, but the law is very clear on this point.

There's nothing I can do.

Damn you.

Just chill out, man. You can't touch us.

I'm gonna kill you.

Don't have to get better and have the baby.

Then we'll drive out to Montauk like we did last summer. Remember that?

Maybe we'll rent that house on the beach you saw.

I miss talking to you, love.

I miss holding you.

The house is really empty.

It's really hard to go home.

I was just telling her what we're going to do when she gets better.

Did Dr. Rosenblatt talk to you?

Thought what?

The baby.

Nothing wrong with the baby.

Michael. This baby's going to be just fine.

Hey, Cindy, do I... I saw her lips move again. She was talking to me. I asked

the doctor about that.

He said it's just involuntary movement.

She hears me. She can't hear anything, Michael.

I don't believe that. But she's my sister. Don't you think I want her to

better?

This is not going to happen. But she's going to be just...

He's fine.

They just let him go.

How could they just let him go after what they did?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Well, I've got to do something.

There's nothing you can do. Look, I'm a husband, and I have to do something. You

have to talk to Dr. Rosenblatt about the baby.

Please, Michael.

I'm not going to let him hurt Cindy.

Please. No. Look, I know this hurts you, but you've got to deal with it. It's

not just going to go away.

Michael!

What are you doing with a gun?

Michael!

And I'm just so worried, Mr. McCall, because I'm afraid of what he might do.

Please, you've got to find him.

Just calm down.

First things first.

What kind of a man is your brother -in -law?

Well, Michael is the gentlest man I know.

He's just so mixed up right now. He's always been emotionally very dependent

my sister.

And her condition is irreversible.

She's being kept alive by machines.

Yes, she's brain dead.

The doctors say that she won't be able to carry her baby to term and they want

to deliver her prematurely.

But if they do, Cindy will probably die.

And he, your brother -in -law, won't give up the mission?

He keeps insisting that she's going to get better.

Yes.

What time did you see him with this gun?

It was just after four o 'clock.

He's got two hours ahead to start.

Mr. McCall, you don't think he's actually going to try and kill those two

do you?

I think any man who is frightened and angry running around the streets of New

York with a gun is capable of anything.

I'll do what I can.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Roll reports for Tony Santiago and Max Gorman, with photos and home addresses.

These guys are bad news, McCall.

This Michael Gianelli, is he good with a gun?

Well, how should I know?

That he's had a father shot in his life.

Terrific. If he tries pulling a piece on these two, they're liable to take it

away and use it on him.

So, let's hope we find him first.

Right, I'll take Santiago, you look for Gorman.

Heck of a way to spend a Friday night.

Come on, man. I didn't do nothing.

Yo, I didn't do nothing, man.

Don't shoot me, man. Come on. I don't want to die, man. I don't want to die.

Come on, man.

Call the police.

Call the police.

I have been at the police station.

I literally walked in at the door.

Michael called me.

He's so scared.

He says he didn't shoot that man.

If you know where he is, you do realize, do you not, that you have to call the

authorities? Oh, I said I wouldn't.

He is wanted for murder.

Please, Mr. McCall, will you talk to him?

I told him about you. I told him about how you wanted to help. Please.

All right, all right.

I'll pick you up. No, I'm right nearby.

It's at St. Martin's at 96 in Amsterdam. I'll meet you in about ten minutes.

Oh Lord Jesus, I need your help.

Forgive me.

Forgive them.

Please.

This is Mr. McCall.

Laura says you want to help. Why?

I don't know.

It could possibly be because she says you're innocent, are you?

I didn't kill that man.

But you wanted to, hmm?

If you want me to help you, start telling the truth.

I want no lies whatsoever.

You went out, you bought a gun. You were going to kill that man, but you didn't.

Is that correct?

Yes. Why? What happened?

I was trying to get up the courage to do what I had to do.

I caught up to him, I had the gun in my hand, and then I heard suddenly a shot

from somewhere else, and he fell down.

Did you see the man who fired the shot?

It's a man with a gun. I couldn't see his face.

He had a scar on the back of his hand.

And then the old lady screamed and I ran.

All right, if what you say is true, I want you to hand over the weapon, and

and I will go to the police station together.

Forget it. Nobody's going to believe my story.

Besides, I've got something else to do.

You're going to do something to the other man who raped your wife, is that

You're just going to get yourself killed.

It doesn't matter.

Life always matters.

Not when you've lost everything.

Mr. Gianelli, you have an unborn child.

Now, if you don't give a damn about your life, that's one thing.

But you've got to care about that life, don't you?

Maybe it's better off without me.

Oh, I see. We're going to indulge you in a little self -pity, are we?

You want that child to grow up without a father as well?

Now, come on, come on. You've got a responsibility.

Why don't you face up to it? I can't.

Hold it!

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

You called the police! I didn't call anybody.

Michael Gianelli, you're under arrest for the murder of Anthony Santiago.

Get him out of here.

And read him his rights.

We followed the lady.

What are you doing here, McCall? I was about to get him to surrender to you.

should have called us.

Yes, I was about to do that, too.

By the way, I think you've arrested the wrong man.

What? I think he's innocent.

Oh, why is that?

He didn't do the killing.

His gun has not been used.

Oh.

Well, this doesn't prove anything.

He could have killed Santiago with a different gun and thrown it away.

Yeah, well, he says that he saw the man who fired the shot. What did he look

like?

He didn't actually see his face, but he did notice that there was a scar on the

back of his hand. A scar?

Now, why don't I believe that?

Look, Robert, if I would have been in Gianelli's place, I would have done

exactly what he did.

You think I'd watch slime like Gorman and Santiago in the street?

They killed a man, and I have to arrest him.

He had the motive, he had the opportunity, and he's the only suspect

right now.

So if you've got any proof, any proof whatsoever, you bring it to me.

So an innocent man lies in jail, and his wife is in hospital with a coma.

He should have thought of that before he picked up the gun.

You never saw such slime.

I feel like I need a shower.

So, tell me about it.

The important thing is, did you find anything out?

Well, it depends on your point of view.

Everybody said the same thing. Santiago was a major league dirtbag.

But nobody hated him enough to blow him away.

Except Michael Gianelli.

If somebody else had a reason for killing this guy, I couldn't find it.

Try this for size.

Supposing the killer's motive had nothing to do with Santiago, personally.

I mean, supposing the killer didn't even know Santiago.

What? Oh, you mean like a contract killing?

Well, no, no, not exactly.

You know, all day I had this thing nagging away at me, so I went to the

library. I did a little research.

I made a list of...

All criminals murdered within the last year.

All the unsolved cases.

Must have been a few of those.

Yes, there were. There were quite a few.

I eliminated those connected with organised crime and narcotics, and then

analysed the ones that were left.

I was looking for a pattern.

A particular pattern.

And, you know, I found one.

These seven were connected in a very interesting manner.

Each one of these victims...

had a criminal record, and each was killed a few weeks after he'd been

for a violent crime.

And every single one had been released on the legal technicality.

Sounds like a vigilante.

So how come the cops haven't caught on to this guy? Well, he was quite clever

and very careful.

If you read these, you'll find that he used a different weapon for every

He's also spaced out the killing so as not to draw attention to himself.

I believe that this man killed Tony Santiago.

And if that is so, well, we've got a pretty good idea who his next victim's

going to be, haven't we?

Max Gorman.

Looks like he's got something on his mind, doesn't he?

Hey, hey, Mac.

My tank is running low, man. I need a refill.

Oh, come on.

Come on, man. Ten minutes.

Ten. Be there.

Stay up the park. We can get a better look over the park.

Going in.

DJ! Yo, thanks for coming!

You can

get

out! Get out! Go on!

education being in here.

You're the other prisoners talking.

Well, there's smart lawyers out making deals, plea bargaining.

I'm going to get it all figured out.

Well, anybody who says the system isn't working is wrong and works just fine if

you happen to be a criminal.

It'll work for you too, you'll see.

Mr. McCall, do you know how Cindy is?

Yes.

Not too well, I'm afraid.

The doctors are worried about her. I don't want to hear what the doctors have

say. They're wrong.

Mr. Giannelli, I too once lost someone deeply loved.

I had a little daughter.

She was ill for some time, and then she died.

And I can remember at the funeral thinking to myself, this is not

me.

God would not let this happen to me.

But he did.

She was dead.

I had to learn to accept that.

Just as you are going to have to learn to accept what is happening to your wife

now.

I don't know how to live without her.

You'll find a way, believe me.

She must not be your only reason for this.

Are you coming over tonight? I get so lonely.

I have to go to some stupid party with my wife.

I'll call you later.

Get some money for the cab.

Thank you.

Bye -bye. Bye.

Well, well, well, well, well.

Hello, Oscar.

And how are things in criminal data analysis?

Nicole, whatever you want, I can't help you.

I've got orders from the company.

I don't want to even listen to him talking to you.

It's a very pretty lady.

It's a good blackmail. My wife already knows.

How very modern.

I'm not the kind of person who'd want to break up a man's marriage anyway.

Mind you, I might want to sell the company.

But Michelle?

Why should they care? Well, they'd care if her name is not Michelle.

It is Teresa Curtis.

And she works for the Cubans.

But you're lying.

Am I, Oscar?

Then why don't you call my bluff and walk away now?

What do you want?

I'm looking for a man who I think has committed a series of vigilante -type

killings, starting in May.

Now, what I need from you... is a complete analysis of all police records

murders leading up to that date.

All the information I have is contained here in this envelope.

Anything else?

Yes.

I need it by six o 'clock.

Tonight. Six o 'clock?

It's already noon.

And you'd better hurry, Oscar, hadn't you?

Better hurry.

Victor Kozlo, 42 years old, 5 '11", 168, brown hair, brown eyes, currently

unemployed. You sure this is our guy?

It's all there in Oscar's report.

Right down to the scar on the right hand.

What happened to his face?

He got shot.

He used to run this place.

Been closed for a year.

We'll check upstairs.

Pretty weird.

It is more than that, Jacob.

This room is Koslow's personal hell.

Believe me.

He lives here?

Yes, he does.

Who is this?

I know all about you, Mr. Cosler.

I know all about you.

And all the people you've murdered.

I don't know what you're talking about.

No more lies, Mr. Cosler.

You think of yourself as a hero.

I know that you're a killer.

I know that you're a murderer.

No, I'm not!

Then block on your hands.

What do you want?

I want you to know that from now on, wherever you are, and whatever you

do, I will be following you.

What do you want?

I want to meet you face to face.

Now, I'm waiting at 718 West 29th.

God damn you.

I know about your family and about how they were murdered.

Two men held up your small store.

I'm sorry that I have to remind you of this and I'm sorry that I have to use

photocopier of your son.

But you have left me no option, Mr. Costler.

You have become just like the man who destroyed your family. You have become a

hardened killer and apparently only some terrible shock.

can put you in touch with the man you once were.

The killer started you on a reign of terror that has to stop.

Now, I know they were out of control on drugs. I know that.

They took the three of you into the back room.

And for no reason at all, they stood you up against the wall and shot all three

of you.

by the court for a technicality.

So you hunted them down and you killed them both.

They were animals.

They deserved to die.

Perhaps they did, but killing them wasn't enough.

You were eaten up with the need for revenge, so you began hunting for other

who had cheated the legal system. And one by one, you brutally murdered them.

The legal system? The court? I made them pay.

Why? Not because you cared so much for justice, but because you needed to kill

all...

I lost it here.

Bad news, McCall. Michael Gianelli.

They were.

Here, here, here, here, here.

Let's go. I said let's go!

Right hander says Max Gorman left ten minutes ago.

My Michael Gianelli must be somewhere around here.

It's going to be the first place to try.

I'll look around the area.

No, I'm sick, man. I am sick.

You want to stay out?

Listen to me. No, no, no. Listen.

Listen. It was Tony, man. Really. Look, I was just in the car, man. I was just

in the car.

It wasn't me. It wasn't.

Sick, man. You beg me for your life.

I'm going to kill you.

Somebody help me. Somebody call a cop.

You beg me and maybe I'll let you live. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry.

Did she beg?

Did she beg you not to rape her? I didn't do it, man.

I'm going to kill you. Go ahead and kill me. You think I care? I'm going to kill

you. What do you think I care? You're getting even madder to me, man.

You'll do me a favor. Go ahead and do it.

Kill me.

Kill me.

Don't do it, Michael.

For God's sake, don't ruin your life.

Hey, man.

Can you help me, man?

Killing him is not going to accomplish anything.

It'll give me peace.

No.

It won't give you peace.

Believe me.

I hunted down the men who murdered my family.

And I killed them.

And I kept killing them.

And I told... Listen to me.

And I told myself what I was doing was right. What was just.

And I tried to believe it.

I thought it would get easy, but it didn't.

I couldn't eat.

I couldn't sleep.

I couldn't forget.

I wanted to believe they weren't human.

But when they died, I saw the horror in their faces and the pain.

I always remember the eyes.

Cutler. Cutler, move.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Cutler.

Cutler, get out of my way. Hey, look, give me some money.

I'm going to kill him. Put his head on me. If you want to kill somebody, kill

me. Come on, get out of my way.

Hey, look, I mean this. I'm going to shoot him, man. Ow. Let him go.

Hey, don't be a jerk.

Kill me. Get away.

Cutler, move.

Look, I don't want to do this. Don't. Kill me.

Doctor says it's going to be a girl. Cindy always wanted a girl.

How do I give them permission to let her die?

Cindy loved life more than anybody I've ever known.

Well, then she'd want her child to have life too.

Wouldn't she?

I was thinking about names last night, and I thought we'll call her Sarah after

your mom.

What a scary babe.

Raising a baby all by myself.

Laura says not to worry.

She says to, uh, everything's just going to be fine.

I always said that there were two miracles in my life.

The day that I married you.

The day that you told me you were pregnant.

When Sarah grows up, she's gonna know all about you, I promise.

I love you, Sam.

I love you as well.

May the Lord bless and keep this child and all of his children.

Sarah Maria, I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the

Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Bye.