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Nothing on my friends, they've got another story

About another girl who got away

Maybe you missed this at law

school, but when a guilty verdict comes in, you are supposed to celebrate.

There's just a few issues I need to prep in case of an appeal. Which will happen

in about two years. Come on, join Christina and me for dinner. Oh.

Tempting to be your third wheel, Edge, but can I take a rain check?

Please promise me that you will be leaving soon. I'm right behind you.

I am.

Drink.

Good night.

Night.

Hi, it's Catherine.

P .O.

Yeah, a small pepperoni with extra cheese?

No problem. I'll be here for a while.

Police,

open up.

Hey. Someone here called 911 about a break -in.

Yeah. What makes you think someone broke in?

Nothing.

1528 to Central. I got two down. I need an ambulance to my location.

He looks like he's waiting for a bus.

Is he in shock?

More like a stone -cold killer.

Flood on his clothes, gunshot residue on his hands.

Just give me a couple hours with him. You think he can get a confession?

He's 16. If he's guilty, he'll break.

He's 16, so tape it. All of it. Miranda interrogation works.

Taping's not required.

No, but it's so nice to have.

Protects you, protects the case.

Go set up the camera.

Call me when you're close.

Got it.

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

He said he had to speak to you.

Someone broke into my parents' house last night and shot them.

I guess he does.

My brother Anthony called me, but my girlfriend's phone was off.

I just got the message.

They took my brother Anthony. The police.

They want me to see him. Hold it. Took him where?

This is the 27th precinct.

Look, he's just 16.

I don't know what to do. I do.

How long do we have to do this? We can stop right now if you want to go to jail

for the rest of your life.

If you help me, I can help you. But I didn't do anything.

I know, Anthony. I believe you. It's just this lady prosecutor's hunting

You got to clear yourself.

Moses, you can't part the Red Seas for me?

No miracles today, huh? Here you go.

Thanks.

I gotta give it up, Anthony, or nobody can help you.

I'm so... tired.

I've been in here all night.

You owe it to them.

You owe it to yourself.

Where is he?

He's all yours, counselor.

And, uh, by the way, he just confessed.

That's cute, Ty.

Where is he? He's all yours, counselor.

And, uh, by the way, he just confessed.

Please tell me that that is not another plant on her desk.

Margaret from intake retired. Left Catherine her orchid. Hmm.

That's the over -under on the death watch.

Wednesday noon?

Put me down for $1 ,500.

Welcome, gentlemen.

All right, we have charged Anthony Esposito with murder and attempted

His mother's dead, his father's critical, still in surgery.

We have gunshot residue on the hands, blood on the clothes. Plus, there was no

one else in the house. Plus, he confessed.

Oh, he did it.

There's no question about that, but juries aren't crazy about sending

away for life. We need witnesses. We need motive. We need to make the jury

understand how a teenager could do this. But he confessed.

Army Golden?

He has recanted his confession.

After hiring the legendary Jimmy Brogan, who, of course, will argue coercion and

anything else he can think of to keep it out of evidence, so the rest of the

case has to be bulletproof.

He has a brother. Who won't talk to us. I'm trying to locate...

Paul and Mina Bagdasarian, who had dinner at the Esposito's last night,

Go to Anthony's school, talk to the teachers, his friends, see if there's

anything there. I'm going to look at the crime scene.

How did you cast this case?

Robinson was on the chart last night.

Detective Rizzi called me.

I think he has a little crush.

No, he doesn't.

Have you talked to any of the neighbors yet?

Howdy to you, too.

Yes, nobody's home.

The lock's broken.

Kid probably jimmied it to make it look like somebody broke in.

But you're still sure no one else was in the house last night, right? Anybody

who was would have seen Anthony Esposito shoot his parents.

We pulled his print off one of the shell casings.

Paramedics got here first. His father was already headed to the hospital when

CSU arrived.

Nothing else has been touched.

Nothing like a little crime scene irony, huh?

Where's Anthony's room?

Oh, you mean the den of the cave bear.

What ever happened to Playboy's centerfolds?

Check out his comic books.

Anthony drew them himself.

Really?

They're pretty good for the third Menendez brother.

Does this look like his parents?

Well, they still had all their body parts.

Your boyfriend's here.

Him again.

He's everywhere.

When he gets in here, don't let him out of your sight.

Per se, back to town.

The city is filled with exquisite...

And you, you want to go here.

What's wrong with Bill's falafel? Where do I begin?

Prime seems to make me crave salt.

Okay, Anthony's school.

His counselor told me she couldn't say anything about Anthony without his

parents' permission.

I pointed out the problem there.

She gave it up.

Okay, below average student, bad attitude, pick the fight, and...

Drumroll, please. Last week, the Espositos agreed to transfer Anthony to

military school for, and I quote, structure and discipline he clearly

Good, huh?

Not bad.

Victor Esposito will be out of surgery any minute. I need you there to talk to

him before anyone from Brogan's office. Sure, I'm just going to grab a quick

cloth.

Maybe not.

I'm getting another shawarma.

Really? And a baklava.

I'm living it up. Military school equals motive.

Quitting time.

Go home, Tina. I'm a big girl.

Fine. It's your life.

Or lack thereof.

How did you get past security?

You dating the guard's sister again?

Katie, the only person who sees me as a threat here is you.

Dessert? Thoughtful. What are we celebrating?

We're celebrating the end of a bogus prosecution. What's with the hole? There

a big fat hole in the middle of Anthony Esposito's confession.

My motion for a Huntley hearing to suppress my client's statement.

There's a little gap in the tape at a very interesting moment, and you might

want to water that plan.

Anthony asked for an attorney!

Get him out of here! He just confessed.

Anthony, the police have a confession.

Signed by you.

The detective said that I was the only possible suspect.

That my prints were all over the gun. That my dad said I did it. He said

He said the only chance I had to get out of jail before I died was to lie.

And say I did it.

He's the one who's lying.

I mean, half that stuff isn't true.

Your father hasn't woken up from his coma.

I didn't kill my parents.

I should probably start with you telling me what happened last night.

My dad's partner came over for dinner with his wife.

Paul and Mina Bagdasarian? Yeah.

Paul and my dad own a bunch of dry cleaning stores.

Do you eat with them?

Mina and mom talking about shoes. Paul and dad arguing about money.

Bath. Do they fight a lot?

Lately?

Non -stop.

So, I went up to my room. I was blasting tunes, drawing.

Around ten.

I smelled something like firecrackers. I went downstairs and found them.

We saw Anthony before we sat down to dinner.

Everything was fine.

He and Mark are like our own sons.

That's why I'm paying your fee for Anthony's to pass.

Back to Zarian. Can you think of anyone who might have done this?

Last year, Victor fired an employee, Mr. Vasquez, who came back and robbed one

of our stores.

Jose had a cousin who threatened Victor to keep him from testifying.

We'll check that out.

Mark.

How are things at home?

Okay. I mean, your mom and Anthony would go at it sometimes. Susan was a good

mother, but she could be tough on the boys. We got Mark into Columbia.

Where did he get Anthony?

Look, he acts tough, but he's scared, okay?

I'm his big brother. I'm supposed to be taking care of him.

But now you need to do that, Mr. Brogan.

Please.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Check that guy out. Anthony said he and his father have been fighting about

money. They were partners. Maybe there's life insurance.

Yeah, go get him, eh?

Oh, yeah, that cop was a huge help to Anthony.

You get through the whole thing?

Three times.

They did a real number on him for 11 hours.

The law says they can lie to him.

Well, it often says we can try like hell to get that confession tossed.

And if we don't, let's see what a jury says about cops working over a boy who

just saw his parents doing the backstroke in their own blood.

How's the police report?

The functory token canvas of the neighborhood.

Right. Why investigate when you got a pasty?

They did find Anthony's prints at the scene and on the shell case. Hello.

He lives there.

Anthony told me his dad used to let him load a shotgun they kept downstairs.

Then he used to hit the hospital. As soon as Victor Esposito is out of

I want a statement exonerating Anthony. We'll get a copy of Anthony's hard

drive. Goth chat room cruising could help with the TikTok.

Alejo will eyeball the crime scene first.

You know, this kid's life is on the line.

If we screw up, well, we can't screw up.

All right,

thanks.

So the guy who threatened Victor Esposito is Miguel Vasquez. The police

him in, but they couldn't make a case.

Yeah, they're too busy railroading confused teenagers with the help of

Field.

I figured you for more of a Wonder Woman fan.

You're going to love these, Jimmy. Your clients are real artistes.

Try not to steal any towels this time.

Of

all the

hospitals in all the world, hey,

just because we're on opposite sides of the case doesn't mean we can't be

pleasant.

You get between me and Victor Esposito when he wakes up, and you'll be glad

you're in a hospital.

No help from Anthony's computer.

Wasn't on at the time of the murder, but Victor Esposito's home office, there

were internet downloads of partners suing partners over embezzled funds.

So Mr.

Esposito thought his partner Paul was embezzling. Looked like.

Love it.

And the night of the murder, Paul was at the Espositos for dinner.

Roast beef, mashed potatoes, bang -bang for dessert.

But if Paul shot Victor, why hire us to get Anthony off?

You don't say.

What about that guy, uh, Mikel Vasquez, who threatened Esposito? I tracked him

down at Rikers. Turns out he's serving time on an unrelated assault charge, but

he wasn't picked up for that until the day after the Espositos were shot.

Sometimes I want to kiss you, Mr. Salazar.

You might want to clear that with my husband.

Make it a perfect trifecta. Tell me Victor woke up and said Anthony was

saying his prayers when the shooting started.

Victor Esposito died 30 minutes ago in ICU.

He never regained consciousness.

Do it, Anthony.

You know what you've got to do. Okay.

Every damn time.

I need another drink.

Full soda bottle.

Detective Razek, you've been a naughty boy.

It's okay, Mark. It's not.

Sorry to break up the party, guys.

Anthony, right before you confessed, you went to the bathroom.

And when you sat back down to finish your soda, tell me exactly what that

detective said.

He said that it was my dad who ID'd me as the one who shot him and my mom.

He told me that.

Think.

What else did he say?

Okay, how is he supposed to remember that? He has to remember that.

He... just held up an envelope and said my dad's little...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What envelope?

No envelope.

He said my dad's statement was inside.

Yahtzee, baby!

What?

The police are allowed to lie, my friend. They're not allowed to fabricate

evidence.

How did you get past security?

You dating the guard's sister again?

Katie, the only person who sees me as a threat here is you.

Dessert? Thoughtful. What are we celebrating?

We're celebrating the end of a bogus prosecution.

What's with the hole? There's a big fat hole in the middle of Anthony Esposito's

confession. My motion for a Huntley hearing to suppress my client's

There's a little gap in the tape at a very interesting moment, and you might

want to water that plan.

Specifically asked you to record the entire interrogation to avoid this exact

scenario. The battery went dead. I sent a uniform to get an extension cord. And

you didn't say a word until he got back, right?

There's a rhythm to an interrogation. You stop, you may never get back to

you were. And then at that moment, you pull out an envelope with this mystery

statement. You know fabricating evidence is grounds for getting the confession

talked. What evidence? That envelope was empty.

That kid butchered his parents, and I got a confession.

I did my job.

Now you do yours.

Once the judge sees the gap in that tape, the confession... No, it's not

the gap. Don't say gap, don't think gap. It's about what happened during the G

work. Inducing a confession based on fabricated physical evidence is crossing

the line. But the envelope is empty. The detective told Anthony that there was a

statement inside it. But he never showed Anthony the statement. He's allowed to

lie. The envelope was a fake.

There's no fake evidence. It wasn't a fake. It was a fake fake.

There was nothing inside it. And that's your position.

A fake's no good, but a fake fake's okay.

Because a fake fake's not a fake.

What judge did we draw? The gods have smiled upon us. Amy Shapiro, pro

Amy Shapiro, bleeding heart pack.

The interrogating detective never directly indicated that the envelope

a statement from the father.

But he did brandish it while discussing the statement? Yes, that led to a 16

-year -old boy to believe that his father on his deathbed labeled him a

murderer. Detective Razick is a decorated officer of the New York City

Department. He knows enough to turn off the camera when he's breaking the law.

An empty envelope is not evidence. This motion has no merit whatsoever.

If it was that simple, Ms. Peel, then we wouldn't need me, would we?

I'll rule on the motion to exclude the confession tomorrow morning. Thank you.

Have you ever considered that your client confessed because he's guilty?

Have you ever considered that coercing a confession from the defense of the teen

is not your finest hour? You know, when the hearing's over, you can stop making

speeches.

I have an offer.

Uh -huh. Your client pleads two counts of manslaughter.

Concurrent sentences?

Yes. A gift from me to you.

Make it man two?

Now, that's discreetly.

Offer expires tomorrow morning when the judge rules.

Did you hear from Brogan? Not a peep.

Explain to me something. How did you catch this case?

Because Razek didn't call you.

So shall we add psychic to the list of your many talents?

A police scanner?

Okay, I know, it's kind of... Pathetic.

Well, no, I prefer vigilant.

There are 580 A's in Manhattan, of which you are probably in the top 10. You

want to take over the caseload of the other 490?

That's not what I meant. Then what did you mean?

Exactly.

When this case is over, you.

Vacation.

Why?

If you have to ask.

If you take the offer, you could be out in 12 years.

Maybe less.

Young enough to have a life.

And if you don't, you could go to prison forever.

I wish my dad were here.

Look, I don't know what your dad would say, but...

If you didn't do it, Anthony, I don't think you

should say you did.

The offer is declined.

By you or your client?

Doesn't matter. It's off the table.

Regarding the motion to exclude Mr. Esposito's confession, this court finds

conduct of the NYPD in this matter to be highly questionable, but it does not

rise to the level of fabrication of evidence.

The defense can still challenge the credibility of the confession at trial,

your motion is denied, Mr. Brogan.

The confession stands.

I gave you a chance.

I could have guaranteed he was out before he was 30, but I had to roll the

That judge could have ruled either way.

You can still discredit the confession at trial.

Yeah, you know what? I will. By the time I'm done, that jury will think Anthony

Esposito was waterboarded. Then Anthony and I will share a cab ride home, right?

We'll spring for a limo.

Anthony's brother Mark called. He wants you to meet him at the carousel in

Central Park.

I need to talk to you guys.

Here? Yeah, I didn't really want to see this.

I think we're okay.

Look, my brother's not going to go to jail, I see.

We're doing everything we can to make sure that it doesn't happen.

Yeah, I know, I know you are, but he's a good kid, okay? I know he draws weird

stuff and he spends too much time in his room.

He's not a killer.

What did you need to talk to us about?

What I just said.

Are you listening to me?

Forget it, okay?

What is the point?

Where was he when his parents were shot?

Exactly.

What do you got?

All right.

I found one of Anthony's friends who will testify.

Against his friend?

I told him the trial would be like the Council of Justice in Everquist.

I know how to relate to the team.

Where would you want to go on your next vacation?

Depends. How much do I want to impress the girl? Not that kind of vacation. If

you wanted to, you know, de -stress, unwind.

Depends. How much do I want to impress the girl? Never mind.

So you and Anthony are friends, correct?

Yeah.

Do you recognize this drawing?

It was Anthony's.

He liked to draw.

It's actually the...

One thing he's really good at.

And the man and the woman being murdered in the drawing, do they resemble

Anthony's parents?

Maybe a little.

Maybe a lot.

Do you ever see Anthony fight with his parents?

Yeah.

This one time about a military school thing.

He said he'd kill himself before he'd let them send him.

You're sure he said kill himself?

Kill somebody.

Eric, can you describe what's happening in this drawing by Anthony?

Yeah, some dude's getting his throat slashed. And who does that dude look

Me.

It is me. Did Anthony ever slash your throat?

No.

I still got it.

Was the defendant confession voluntary, detective?

Absolutely. During the questioning, did you tell him anything that wasn't true?

I told him his father had identified him as the shooter, which wasn't true.

That's a common interrogation technique. It's been approved by the Supreme

Court. And how did you justify using this technique against the defendant?

Because he had blood on his clothes, gunshot residue on his hands, and he was

the only other person in the house when the shooting occurred.

So you believe Anthony's confession?

Of course.

And you think he said what he said because it's true?

Not because...

You'd been lying to him, keeping him awake, psychologically manipulating him

night long.

All that did was get him to tell the truth.

Including this?

I asked God.

I walked into the living room. My mom looked up from her book.

That's all part of the truth?

Yes.

Really? Let's take a look at an earlier part of your interrogation.

Sure you do.

You walk into that room. Your dad was sitting there. Your mom looked up from

book.

Sounds like you told Anthony about his mom reading a book before Anthony told

you about it. The book was lying next to her body. It doesn't take a genius to

figure out what happened. So you found the book next to his mother's body and

assumed she was reading. The defendant confirmed that in his confession.

Or was he just parroting back what you had said to him?

He said it because it was true.

Were you aware that Mrs. Esposito couldn't read without her glasses?

and that her glasses were found after the murders in her bedroom, that she did

not have them with her in the living room?

This is Esposito's optometrist report and the crime scene unit's inventory of

the Esposito's brownstone.

Were you aware of those facts, Detective Razick? No, I wasn't. So you leapt to

an incorrect conclusion.

You told it to Anthony like it was a fact.

Then he said those same words back to you even though they were not true. He

shot his parents.

He said so. Maybe.

Maybe.

But you said it first.

I respected Razek enough to leave him alone.

Look where I've got me.

Archaeological digging took minutes, Dan.

You said take a vacation.

Dig in the foothills of the Kopeck Bag Mountains.

Sight of an ancient plague of locusts.

I don't know. I think I'm more along the lines of Bob Bados.

I don't like sand.

Jimmy's witness list.

Forensic expert, then Victor Esposito's partner, and then some scuzzball from

Brooklyn. Alternate suspect.

Throwing crap against the wall, hoping something will stick.

Archaeological dig in Turkmenistan.

Good times.

Anthony apparently had gunshot residue on his hands the night his parents died.

How exactly did you test for that?

With a UV light wand, like this.

Please.

You haven't shot anyone today.

Well, excellent demonstration, sir. Let me congratulate you. Thank you.

Actually, would you mind texting me again?

Objection.

We just saw it.

Bear with me, Your Honor.

Wait a minute. What just happened?

I was at the gun range this morning. You see, gunshot residue is transferable.

So Anthony's hand could have been contaminated by clothing, furniture,

officers at the Fiend?

That's right.

Mr. Radel.

Do you believe that the officers who found the defendant standing over his

parents' bloodied bodies would have had any reason to shake his hand and

congratulate him?

Um, no.

Thank you.

I've known Anthony for years.

He may have some issues, but I'm sure he would never hurt his family.

You were his father's business partner, is that correct? Yes.

What did you and Victor Esposito argue about the night that he was murdered?

I thought I was here to talk about Anthony, but... You did argue with

that night, did you not?

We had a discussion.

And during that discussion, did he accuse you of embezzling funds from the

company's business?

Why would you think that? Did you know that we found Internet downloads in his

home office about partners stealing partners over embezzled funds, cases,

-to guidelines?

From the Internet.

Victor barely knew how to use a computer.

Oh. Then you tell us, please, what were you and Victor Esposito arguing about

two hours before he was shot? This is crazy.

You're accusing me of killing Victor and Suzanne?

This guy's paying us, right?

Call Ron to talk to Cash's latest check now.

Mr. Vasquez, where do you currently reside?

Rikers Island.

I'm doing six months on a salt beef.

But I didn't do it.

On July 18th, did you march into a dry cleaning store and tell Victor Esposito

that you were going to kill him?

No.

Would you like me to play the video from the store's security camera?

I was just trying to scare him, eh?

And no doubt you did, but did you kill Victor Esposito and his wife, Susan? No

way.

No further questions.

Is he talking to himself?

Okay, the brother Mark, his girlfriend, the one he said he was with the night of

the murders, no one can find her.

This could get ugly.

It's all in there.

No way Anthony did this.

No way.

We heard your mom was pretty hard on him, is that true?

Well, yeah, you know, I mean, she was kind of strict, but it was her nature.

So she was kind of strict with you too?

Yeah, you know, I guess you could say so. So, Mark, I'm holding in my hands

appointment slips from Dr. Hines of the Columbia Student Mental Health Center.

Were you ever treated... No!

Anthony, sit down. Mr. Brogan! Anthony! Don't! Control your client!

A brief recess, Your Honor? Go!

Anthony, your brother has been treated for erratic and violent behavior.

He didn't kill my parents. I don't care whether he did or not. All I care about

is making that jury doubt that you did. Not like this.

Anthony. No.

He does have problems, okay?

You accuse him of murder in front of everybody. How's that going to be for

How much worse?

This is your life we are talking about.

Fine. And I'm telling you, leave my brother alone.

I appreciate the support, but if we don't turn him into a human being, we

I'm not answering that. It's a simple question.

Did you hate your mother?

No. No?

Your brother said she gave you a hard time. Your best friend said she gave you

hard time. I didn't hate her. She was on your case 24 -7. She and your dad

signed on to send you to military school.

You had one friend, barely. You spent all day in your room drawing weird

cartoons. Shooting your parents?

That was your version of a good idea, wasn't it?

Wasn't it? Get out of my face!

Bitch!

Okay.

Let's just try it again.

When you came downstairs, what did you see?

I wasn't sure. Something on the floor.

And then I realized it was my mom, my dad.

I froze.

And then I called 911.

Did you kill your parents, Anthony?

No.

Then why did you say you did?

The detective wouldn't let me go home. He wouldn't let me sleep. He kept asking

me things that didn't make sense.

I would have said anything.

I would do anything to have my parents back.

Well, because that would mean you wouldn't be on trial for murder, right?

That's not what I meant.

Well, what does this mean, Anthony?

Nothing. It's just a comic.

A comic of your parents being shot.

It's a fantasy. You never heard of fantasy? Yes, I have.

I really want to go to the chocolate factory.

How often did you fantasize about blowing your parents away?

Never.

Sometimes. I don't know. You don't know?

You don't know how often you fantasized about killing your parents? You don't

know why you confessed to the murder? There seems to be an awful lot. You

know. Objection.

Sustained. When you told Detective Frasick you shot your parents, you were

telling the truth, weren't you? No. You hated them for trying to make you

change. They were going to force you out of your fantasy world and into the real

world and you were afraid you would not be able to make it there. Isn't that the

truth?

Isn't that why your parents had to be stopped?

Isn't that why you got your father's shotgun and executed your parents? Isn't

that the truth, Anthony?

Isn't it?

I didn't do it.

I didn't do it.

There's nothing complicated about this case.

Anthony Esposito was alone in the house with his parents when they were killed.

Clear physical evidence links him to the crime.

Because he had blood on his clothes, gunshot residue on his hands. Anybody

have walked into the house that night.

You're accusing me of killing Victor and Suzanne?

He was an angry, moody teenager who was about to be sent to military school. He

said he'd kill himself before he'd let them send him. At least two other people

that we know of had reason to want Mr.

Esposito dead.

Oh, he was just trying to scare him, eh?

And Anthony Esposito confessed.

I did it.

I killed him.

after an unscrupulous detective kept him awake all night and messed with his

head in every way imaginable?

That's a common interrogation technique.

Even if you were deprived of a few hours sleep and somebody asked you a couple

of trick questions, would you ever, ever confess to a murder you didn't commit?

The question isn't whether you would confess to a murder you didn't commit.

It's whether a 16 -year -old boy...

reeling from discovering his parents' bloody bodies, subjected to a deceptive

all -night interrogation, would.

Will the defendant please rise?

Has the jury reached a verdict?

Yes, we have, Your Honor.

We find the defendant, Anthony Esposito, guilty.

You satisfied?

I'm always satisfied when guilty people are convicted.

Still, it's tough to watch a 16 -year -old's life go down the tubes.

I know.

But it's his fault, Jimmy, not yours.

Leisure time?

You?

I hear Costa Rica's very nice.

Rainforest, good surf, best mojitos on the planet.

You say the word, I'll meet you there.

First round is on me.

Yeah, I was thinking the Hamptons next July.

Something like that.

Baby steps.

Can I buy you a chicken parm?

Let's see on me.

I think I see about something.

If there's anything I can do... Check on my brother once in a while?

Sure.

You know that stuff your father downloaded from the internet about

pursuing partners that we found after you told me your father had been

with Paul?

I got it.

Paul told me your father didn't use a computer.

So after your little crying show, I checked to see when he downloaded that

stuff. It was the night he died.

After he was shot.

You did it, Anthony.

After you shot him.

Before you called 911, you decided you better try to frame someone else.

My mother was a bitch. My father was a pussy.

You should have seen their face.

Does this mean you won't handle my appeal?