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In the criminal justice system
In the criminal justice system

the people are represented

by two separate
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Did you see how she
grabbed the centerpiece?

I saw.

Thinks she owns
the world.

It was the same
at the buffet.

Like it was a hotel.

It was a hotel.

But that's his side
of the family, not ours.

Are you okay?

Check the cake.

What the hell's the matter
with you?

It's a red light,
for cryin' out loud.

What's the matter?

Don't you talk English?

Hey... there's damage here!

Oh, my God!

Black female, mid-20s

multiple gunshot wounds.

Paramedics had a time
getting her out.

Alive?

There were working
on her and the baby.

Oh, God-- baby?

EMS medic said she was pregnant.

Any ID?

A purse was in the trunk
with her.

"Dena Meredith,
112 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn."

Same address
on the insurance card.

Ignition's popped.

There's some stuff in the back
seat:

shopping bags and auto parts...
BMW rims, Blaupunkt radio.

Boosters.

I take it
it wasn't those two, huh?

Sidney
and Sara Rosenberg.

They were
in the Cadillac.

Mr. and
Mrs. Rosenberg?

We're with
the police.

Can you tell us
what happened here?

I hurt my neck.

We were coming home from
our nephew's bar mitzvah.

At the Pierre.

I was stopped
at the light.

They hit us
from behind.

I got out
to see what

the damage was,
and they ran.

How's that
poor girl?

We're hoping
she'll be all right.

Can you identify them?

Two white kids.

More I didn't see.

The older one
had a cast here.

Older?

How could you tell
in the dark who was older?

The other one
looked just like

my cousin's son Stanley-- also a wild one.

Did you see
which way they went?

Oh, yeah. They ran this way,
right up the street.

Did they say anything?

They didn't
talk English.

Sounded like what?

I should know?

Thanks.

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She lost a lot of blood.
She's in a coma.

She going to make it?

50-50 at best.

What about the baby?

29 weeks.

We were able to deliver
him via C-section.

He's touch-and-go, too.

Another half hour, they both would have
been dead.

Can you tell us how long
she was lying in the trunk

after she got shot?

Well, it'd be a guess

but, given the nature
of the wounds

and the amount of blood loss,
I'd say two or three hours.

Is there anything else?

Will you
give us a call

when she regains
consciousness?

If.

Dena's a good girl.

Got a nice job at the bank.

Worked her way up, too.

She's in the loan department.

Who would do this to her?

We're trying
to figure that out, ma'am.

Shoot a pregnant
woman for a car?

I don't understand.

Mrs. Meredith,
do you have any idea

where your daughter
was last night?

She called in
the afternoon-- 4:00.

Said she was going out
to dinner in the city.

I told her she shouldn't
be running around.

Not in her condition.

She just laughed.

Said I worry
too much.

Dorothy?

Miles.

These men are detectives.

This is Miles Hawthorne,
the baby's father.

Have you found the person
who did this?

We're working on it.

We're just about to
ask your mother-in-law

if she knew where Dena went
to dinner last night.

Or who she went with.

I thought she was with you.

No.

Mrs. Meredith,
I can take you up

to see your grandson now
if you like?

Yes.

Please.

If that's okay.

Oh yeah, you go ahead.

I'll be right up.

Actually, she's not
my mother-in-law.

Dena and I were supposed to
get married in June.

Do you two live together?

Dena's pretty
independent minded.

Wanted to keep her own place
till we tied the knot.

You said she

didn't have dinner with you.

When was the last
time you saw her?

The bank closes at 1:00
on Saturday.

By the time we got done
with the paperwork

we didn't leave until 2:00.

So, you work
at the bank, too?

I'm the manager.

Uh, People's Bank of Harlem.

So, after the bank closed,
then what?

I went home.

Dena and Cheryl went shopping
for baby clothes.

Cheryl?

Cheryl Treadwell.

She works in Human Resources.

Just for the record, what did you do after
you got home?

I watched some
of the St. John's game

had something to eat.

After that, I went out.

Played some squash with friends.

And last night?

Got some takeout, rented a movie and
crashed.

So, the last time that you
and Dena spoke to each other

was when you left work?

Dena mentioned
she might have

dinner with Cheryl.

I thought that's where she was.

Layettes, baby clothes, car
seats.

There was this humongous
registry list.

We spent the whole
afternoon.

Anything unusual about her mood,
her behavior?

Um, aside from
hormones, no.

Any problems with her boyfriend? Miles?

He's a saint. Worships
the ground she walks on.

What time did you two get
done shopping?

Uh, Dena dropped me off
around 6:00.

And you were going to have
dinner together?

She bagged on that.

Said she was wiped out
from all the shopping.

And she didn't mention
any other plans?

No, she just said she was going to head
home to Brooklyn.

Fender bender happened around 11:00

and the doctor puts the shooting
at about 8:00.

Forensics indicates she was shot while she
was in the trunk.

Slugs were from a .45.
Any prints?

Nothing so far.

They did find scratch marks on the trunk
lock from the inside.

Like she was working
on it with something.

Must have been why it
popped open.

So, she was forced inside
before she was shot

then struggled to escape.

Not a pleasant thought.

All right, say she was
nabbed at 7:30.

That still leaves a one
and a half hour gap

from the time Dena dropped
Cheryl Treadwell off.

We're running down her cell phone records
and credit cards.

Dena told her boyfriend that she
was going to go

have dinner with Cheryl.

Then she told Cheryl
she changed her mind

and she was going home.

But she didn't. Why?

Ed. Line three.

Detective Green.

So, what do you have

on the boyfriend?

His alibi seems to check out.

From all indications

he's a stand-up guy.

No priors, steady employment

and Dena's mother's
his biggest fan.

Well, that says something.

Yeah, all right, thanks.

That was auto.

We got a hit on the Blaupunkt.

What's this code?

I never heard anything
about a code.

BMW radios are manufactured
with an encoded chip

which is specific to the car it's
registered to. Ah.

So, you found my radio, huh?
Great.

You happen to see a few wheels
and an engine, let me know.

My car was stolen
four months ago.

Four months ago?

Yeah, some cops raided
a chop shop

up in the Bronx

back in November.

They showed up with one
of my front doors.

Now you guys

bring me my radio.

At this rate, I figure

I ought to get the whole car
back in about seven years.

Do you remember the cop's name who brought
you the door?

Had me fill out some forms.

Um, an affidavit for the, uh,
Grand Jury.

You got a copy of it?

Yeah, the bedroom.

Yeah, in the glove
compartment.

A Grand Larceny indictment would
cause most people

to reconsider their line
of work.

Yeah, but not you,
right, Bob?

You'd just open another chop shop
someplace else.

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

Come on, we talked to the Bronx DA.

We found out you were running
the largest stolen auto parts

operation on Jerome Avenue.

Where're you running it out of
now?

My client's put
his past behind him.

He's exploring other business
opportunities now.

Oh, yeah?

You mean like
attempted murder?

What?

We found a pregnant woman in the
trunk

of a car that was boosted.

She was shot three times.

What makes you think

my client's involved?

There were stolen auto parts in
it

that matched vehicles

that were seized
in the chop shop.

But they never found your
warehouse, did they, Bob?

If my client cooperates,
what's in it for him?

If his information is good

and we talk to the DA

we turn this indictment into a
misdemeanor.

Okay.

We're looking for two guys

early 20s.

One of them had a cast
on his right arm.

Gabor.

Gabor Hartunian.

Hey.

Anybody lose a radio?

Who are you?

The car fairy.

Put your hands behind your back.

Lennie.

Gabor Hartunian,
I presume?

Be careful.

Don't hurt his hand.

Where were you Saturday night?

Home.

This was before or after
you took the Camry?

I don't know
about Camry.

And you bought
this wholesale, right?

Never see it before.

Sarkisian gave you up, Mark.

How do you think we found you?

Did you know
she was pregnant?

What woman?

No. No woman.

Just car.

Shut up, Gabor.

Yes, woman.

You shoot. HARTUNIAN: Me?

No shoot. BRISCOE: What about him?

He shoot?

Nobody shoot no one.

You should have made sure she was
dead.

Now she'll be able
to identify you.

Not to mention

the couple you rear-ended.

You're going to be as old
as they are

by the time
you get out.

No shoot no woman.

Tell the truth.

The car was in a lot
on the westside.

What lot?

12th Avenue

and 66th Street.

By the river.

Why that car?

Sarkisian need Camry parts.

You expect us to believe

you two mopes just happened
to pick a Camry that had

a half-dead
woman the trunk?

I swear on my father's grave.

How do I know your
father's dead?

No shoot no woman.

Well, what time was this?

Around 10:30.

We broke into the car,
and drive it off the lot.

That's it.

And then he hit

that other car.

We never even looked in the trunk.

You know, as much as I want to close this
case

my gut tells me we're
wasting our time.

They're just punks. Forensics turn up
anything?

Well, they found their prints inside the
car, but nowhere near the trunk.

Well, if it's not
these two guys

we're looking
at a blank wall.

Let's just get
search warrants

for both their homes
just in case.

Lieutenant, the hospital just
called.

Dena Meredith died
30 minutes ago.

Aah, that baby.

What a way to enter the world.

How'd it go?

Dumb and Dumber
came up clean

on the search
of their homes.

Not much here either.

Dena Meredith's utility bills,
address book.

Ed. Cell phone LUDS.

Log from the day of the murder

and this is
from the credit card company.

Thanks, Reina.

One minute call

to her home number at 3:27 p.m.

Probably checking
her answering machine.

Another call at 4:05,
three minutes to Jersey.

Her mother said
she called at 4:00, right?

You got her mother's
number over there?

Oh, listen to this.

Credit card charge
for $14 at Lot 61.

Saturday. 7:20 p.m.

That's about an hour
before she got shot.

You know this Lot 61?

Yeah, it's
a spot downtown.

Yeah, one last hurrah.

Yeah, I remember her.

She was wearing
some maternity thing.

Still pretty cute.

She came in
here alone?

Said she was
waiting for someone.

We were packed
so I made some room for her

at the end of the bar
and got her a snack.

A $14 snack?

You know if her date
ever showed up here?

About ten minutes
later. Two guys.

You ever seen them
in here before?

Nope.

So what happened then?

They hung out
with her

for a few minutes and left.

She left with
the two guys?

Seemed like
she knew them.

She in some kind of trouble?

Not anymore.

Did anybody else
see them leave?

Yeah. Check with Dom.

He's like
the Pope of 21st Street.

Yeah, these two brothers

rolled up in this
Champagne-colored Lexus.

Gave me a "C" note to watch it.

Kind of sticks out
in a player's mind.

Know what I mean?

You catch their names?

One of the cats
I've seen around before.

Uh... Henry.

Other dude had
a scar on his face.

I never saw him before.

This Henry have
a last name?

I'm sure he does,
but we're not exactly

on a last-name basis
around here.

Champagne Lexus.

You mean the SUV?

Oh, word to the Mother, man.

The whole package, tricked out
from top to bottom, baby.

Any idea where
he got it from?

Nah, didn't ask.

Not exactly
in a player's budget.

But he was all
up in my grill

about watching it for him.

I think he said
he had just picked it up

somewhere in Midtown.

So you say the two men went in together

and a few minutes later

they came out
with the girl?

Yeah. When
they came out

the dude with the scar

went off with the pregnant lady.

They all came out of the club
together, then they split up?

They might've been
going to the same spot.

What happened was, dude came out

then he said something to Henry
about following him.

Any idea where
they were going?

Got me there, baby.

Hey, man, thank you.

You got it.
Take care.

All right.

Take care
of yourself, papa.

You, too.

I think there's only one
Lexus dealership in Midtown.

We need to know

how many you've sold
in the past month.

Champagne only.

Oh, that's 18 units
since New Year's.

All with the full
option package?

Well, let's see.

That narrows it down to ten.

How 'bout
five-star chrome rims?

Booming system,
leather interior.

Our premium package?

Yeah.

Now we're at four.

You got a list?

Printing.

Either of you gentlemen
in the market?

It's about
a year's pay.

Yeah.

Anybody you
recognize?

Ricky, Ricky, could you sign this?

Hey, Cris,
could you sign my ball?

Yeah, sure, man.
What's up?

Cris. Come on, Cris...

Hey, hey, see you guys.

I'll see you.

See you kids.

Mr. Cody?

Oh, that's just
for the kids, fellas.

Detectives Green
and Briscoe.

We just need to ask you
a couple of questions.

Questions?
About what?

About a Champagne Lexus.

My Lexus?

I just bought it.

What happened to my ride?

Your ride may have
been involved

in an incident
Saturday night.

An incident?
What, like an accident?

You give somebody named
Henry the keys to it?

Henry Williams.

Henry was seen
driving your Lexus.

I let him drive my car

sometimes, but I still
don't understand

what this is about.

A woman was shot.

Killed with a .45.

Whoa, whoa.

Slow down, now.

You say Henry shot some lady?

Her name was
Dena Meredith.

She was pregnant.

There's no way

Henry shot her.

How do you
know that?

'Cause I know Henry.

Don't take this
the wrong way

but where were youSaturday
night around 8:00?

I was at the Excelsior.

I had a party for some friends.

Left around midnight.

Kinda late. Didn't you
have a game Sunday afternoon?

I don't need much sleep
to sit on the bench.

I've been having
some problems with my foot.

So, uh, where do we find Henry?

Bed-Stuy.

Is Henry
Williams here?

Talented girl.

You could do worse.

Yeah, Cris called me.

Say you all was bustin'

about some girl
getting' killed.

I don't know
a damn thing about it.

That's not what
we heard, Henry.

Yeah, well you heard wrong.

Oh, so you weren't at Lot 61
on Saturday night?

Me and a hundred
other people.

The other hundred didn't drive away with
Dena Meredith.

Neither did I.
I don't even know

who you're
talking about.

You know what, Henry?
We believe you

but you're going to have
to convince our lieutenant.

So come on. You want
to go with us now.

If that's what
it's going to take.

I'll follow you.

No, not
this trip, Henry.

Yeah, Detective Green,
Badge Number 3472.

We need a vehicle impounded.

Narcotics. Six arrests,
two convictions.

That's just business, man.

Ain't got nothing
to do with no murder.

Yeah, but
getting in a car

with a woman
who ends up dead

has plenty to do with it.

Look, man, I told you, I drove
off from Lot 61 by myself.

Your witness is mistaken,
all right.

You can't hold me on that.

Yeah, what about this?

Your license was
suspended two months ago.

Man, what's that
got to do with anything?

Driving without a license
is a parole violation.

Sit down, Henry.

You ain't going nowhere.

SUV's clean, but the lieutenant
thought you should see this.

What's that now?
A report card or something?

It's the loan agreement for the Lexus.

What's that got
to do with me?

It's from the People's
Bank of Harlem.

Dena Meredith was
the loan officer

but I guess you
already knew that.

I want a lawyer.

You're saying this
might be work related?

We don't know that yet.

What we do know is
that there's

a connection between
the car loan

that Dena made to Cris Cody
and a drug dealer

named Henry Williams.

Whatever Dena may have done

whatever she was involved with

she certainly got more
than she deserved.

What does he mean, "that she was
involved with"?

What's he talking about?

I tried to tell her
to be careful.

That these people were
out of her league.

But she wouldn't listen.

What people?

Cris Cody.

What about Cris Cody?

Dena was writing loans for him.

Him and his friend.

Henry Williams?

She told me she was setting up

businesses for Cody.

That he was putting money back
into the community.

It was drug money.

She started at that bank
right out of high school.

This guy was famous.

She got dragged

into the whole trip, you know?

Parties, clothes,
even the drugs.

Dena never did
any damn drugs.

Miles, she was
my best friend.

Why didn't you come
forward before?

Because I thought
what everyone thought.

That this was
just a freak thing.

You know, a carjacking
or something.

He was famous, Miles.

According to Cheryl Treadwell

Dena Meredith processed
a number of loans for Cody.

But almost all the money ended up, one way
or another

in the hands of
Henry Williams.

To finance what?

A variety
of start-up businesses

basically cashing in
on Cody's name.

Any of them legit?

Williams has a long sheet for narcotics
convictions.

I'd say legit's
a stretch.

What about the boyfriend?
The bank's manager?

He relied on her judgment.

Well, let's suppose Williams
used the money

to finance drugs.

The question is did Cris Cody
know about it.

The loans Cris made were
simply the case

of one friend lending
a helping hand to another.

You're telling me your client
was unaware

of the background
of Henry Williams?

They're friends.

Boyhood friends.

Cris wanted
to get him started.

If it hadn't been
for basketball

I might've been
just like Henry.

There are a lot
of people

who don't play basketball

who don't wind up selling drugs,
Mr. Cody.

I think the point
here is that

my client hasn't
done any wrong.

Then why lie to the police
about knowing Dena Meredith?

That was my fault.

I told Cris that he should tell
them he had no knowledge of

Miss Meredith's death.

That was
a miscommunication.

For that I take full
responsibility.

Then you did know Miss Meredith?

I met her at the bank
arranging a loan for Henry.

Cris and his business managers
did a number

of substantial transactions
through Miss Meredith.

And what was all this money for?

Honestly, I didn't pay
much attention.

I mean, Henry would
pitch some ideas.

I'd run them
by my managers.

If they were good,
I gave him the money.

I was just trying to put
something back in the community.

Just so we're clear

so there aren't any more
miscommunications

you're saying you have no
knowledge why Henry Williams

might have killed
Dena Meredith?

I'm saying I don't think
Henry did it.

Over the last two years

Cody gave Williams
over $300,000.

All that money went

through Dena Meredith
as business loans

which Cody's accountants
then wrote off.

So he has the taxpayers
footing half the bill.

It gets better.

When the bank came
to Cody to make good

on some of the loans, he claimed financial
hardship.

With his contract?

It's in its last year and
negotiations for a new one

haven't been going well.

"Stress fracture."

According to his
medical records

the doctor put a pin
in his right foot

but there's also something else in the
record.

He was in a drug program.

He rehabbed while he was out with the foot
injury.

That's how he and the team kept it from
the League.

Drug use by a star player isn't

exactly the type of P.R.
the team's looking for.

So you didn't report it?

We have to work
closely

with the Player's Association

and the rules allowing us

to demand a drug test
are very specific.

Without absolute proof

the Union won't let us
near their people.

So why did Cody agree
to a drug program

if you couldn't prove
he was using?

Well, A) if he didn't
participate it would have gone

to the League

and B) we showed him reports

about the people he was
hanging out with.

People we considered to be
less-then-savory characters.

Henry Williams.

After his foot surgery

the G.M. told him that
if he didn't rehab

he'd be a salary cap casualty
next season.

These people were throwing, uh,
late night parties

providing hookers.

Then we got word about a banger
named Marcus Cole.

When he showed up,
we really got scared.

Scared of what?

That's his sheet.

12 years for homicide.
Six for drug possession.

Currently on parole.

Certainly be my first choice for an invite
to a party.

Maybe not enough
for a conviction

but certainly enough
for a conversation.

He's in the living room.

What you watching, Marcus?

Don't get up
on our account.

Come on.

Hey, what's all this about, huh?

We're from the
Nielsen ratings.

Look, man, I don't know
nothin' about nothin'.

See we already know that.

'Cause if you did know anything
about anything

you'd know not to keep a
semiautomatic .45 caliber pistol

in a shoe box
under your bed.

My office is running

the gun through
ballistics as we speak.

Now, this is
just a wild guess

but we think that's
the gun that was used

to murder Dena Meredith.

Now, see, y'all ain't got
no probable cause

to be searching
my stuff like that.

That's poison
from the fruit tree.

Remember Sing Sing, Mr. Cole?

Specifically

the day
you got out?

That's your signature
on a release form

consenting to searches
of your person

and your residence
at the request of your

parole officer!

And guess who
me and my partner spoke to

before we dropped by?

Game's over, Mr. Cole.

And once that ballistic report

comes in,
I don't need you anymore.

It's as simple as that.

So, what you gonna do for me,
huh?

I mean, it's four letters
no matter how you look at it.

There's a difference
between life

and life with no
possibility of parole.

In another 25 years

don't you at least want
the chance to sign

a piece of paper
like that?

20.

It depends on how good
the information is.

Oh, it's good. It's real good.

According to Cole

the murder was orchestrated
by Cris Cody.

Why, in God's name?

Claims not to know.

What he will say is that

he was approached
by Henry Williams

and paid $18,000
on Cody's behalf.

Do we have any
corroboration?

There was an
$18,000 withdrawal

from one of Cody's bank accounts

two days before the murder.

Let's bring him in.

I've already telephoned

his lawyer and the team's
general counsel

to arrange a surrender.

Good.

I'd like him processed

with as little fanfare
as possible.

I just spoke
to the team's practice facility.

Cody didn't show up
this morning.

Briscoe and Green are
checking his apartment.

Notify the airlines.

They're already on it.

So much for lack of fanfare.

The morning doorman
at his building

saw him leave
around 6:30.

Police checked with the garage
where Cody keeps his cars.

He ordered his Jaguar
around the same time.

The attendant saw him get in and drive
away.

They put out his plates,
make and model.

I'm asking for your cooperation,
Mr. Garnett.

I can't vouch
for his safety

if he doesn't peaceably
surrender to authorities.

I told you I spoke with him
last night.

Now, obviously, I can't divulge
the substance of our discussions

but he seemed fine.

And you have no idea
where he'd go?

None. I'm telling you that
as an officer of the court.

Yes, I'm here. Mm-hmm.

Okay. All right, thanks.

He's at his mother's house.

At least I think so.

He picked up a girlfriend,
a Charlene Bettis

at her home in Brooklyn
around 7:30 this morning.

Where does his
mother live?

Riverdale.

Is he still inside?

Yeah. Two of my men
knocked on the door.

Saw an upstairs window curtain
move, then nothing.

A couple minutes later,
we heard a woman scream.

We were about to go
in when she came out.

Charlene?
Yeah.

What happened?

He's just...
he's freaking out.

I thought we were going

for a ride in the country
or something

but then he drove here.

The cops showed up and he...

It's okay.

Do you know where he is
in the house?

Um, in the upstairs bedroom,
I think.

Or, at least he was.

And he's got a gun.

I think he's going
to kill himself.

I really do!

Thanks.

It's going to be okay.

Has anybody tried
to contact him?

Yeah, I tried
to call him.

He didn't pick up.

Neighbor says
his mother's down south.

Look, we don't want to step on anybody's
toes here

but we know this guy.

You mind if we try
to start a conversation?

Hey, if you're
volunteering

I'm all for happy endings.

Come on. I'll take you inside.

Cris?

Cris?

It's Detectives Green
and Briscoe.

You remember us?

Don't come up here.

You all right, Cris?

Hey, Cris, we're coming up
to talk, all right?

I said don't!

Just to talk.
That's all.

Cris?

Cris?

You okay?

Stay away from me.

Easy, easy.

I never meant
for any of it to happen.

We know you didn't.

Just put the gun down, Cris,
and nobody'll get hurt.

Has anybody talked to Henry?

'Cause he can set this straight.

We can do that, man.

We can talk to Henry.

But first we've got
to take care of this.

Look, you don't understand, man!

I gotta set this straight!
I gotta!

I tried.

I tried to tell her.

Don't! Don't do that, Cris.

You got a lot of people cheering
for you every night.

You got a lot
of fans out there.

You don't want
to go out like this.

Think about those kids, Cris.

The ones who wear
your number.

All right.

It's all right, man.

My client wants to set
the record straight.

He had a chance
once before.

He knows that.

I won't promise anything.

Have you talked to Henry?

He's being produced
for arraignment.

He hasn't been
interviewed yet.

Look, this is hard, man.

Henry and me...

He owed some people money.

Money for what?

Drugs.

I don't know
their names

but they fronted
him for some coke

and I was supposed to give him the money,
only I couldn't.

Dena said the bank wouldn't give me any
more loans.

What about your cars?
Your co-op?

It's all
borrowed.

Borrowed time my mom said.

Look, anyway, Henry
didn't believe me.

He thought I was trying to back
out on the deal.

So he said he would make
Dena give him the loan.

Marcus Cole says

it was you who wanted
Dena Meredith killed.

I had no reason to kill Dena.

Unless it was
to silence her

about the drug money.

$18,000 was withdrawn
from your account

two days before
her murder.

Henry said the dealers would
wait for the rest of their money

if he could give them
the 18 grand.

So that's what I did.

But that's all I did.

You believe him?

Who knows.

The drug dealers
have no names

and Dena Meredith
certainly isn't around

to help us
figure it all out.

Briscoe and Green
talked to Williams.

He had nothing to say.

That was before his best friend
sold him down the river.

I already told you, man.

I ain't got
nothing to say.

That's too bad, because Marcus Cole and
Cris Cody have a lot to say.

Cody claims that you
killed Dena Meredith

over some
drug money.

I assume this is
all off the record?

Cris is my brother.

He rolled on you, Mr. Williams.

He said he refused

to give you money you needed to pay off a
drug buy.

That's a lie.

We also have a witness that
puts you with Cole

and Dena just hours
before her death.

You being straight with me?

Cris told you that this was
about me and some drugs?

He's letting you take the fall.

He's counting on a jury not
believing a word you say.

Cris wouldn't do that.

He already has.

Damn, Cris, he ain't got
no kind of character, man.

All he could ever do
was play ball.

If, um... if I tell you
the truth, what happens?

Twenty to life.
Same as Cole.

And Cris?

He going to be
up in there with me?

You'll be waving

good-bye to him
when you get out.

This ain't got nothing to do
with no drugs.

Cris is the father
of that girl's baby.

According to Williams

Cody didn't want to pay
child support.

Professional athlete
making millions.

In his mind,
murder was a viable option.

It's all part of the Cris Cody
entitlement program.

He's gotten by on talent
his whole life.

As long as he performed
on the court

he always had people ready

to clean up his mess.

No. I don't think
the responsibility for this

rests entirely on his shoulders.

I think that's exactly
where it belongs.

You know, the fact is a ghetto kid

turned pro sells tickets.

The "thug life" image.

That's what gets him on ESPN.

That's what gets him
his endorsements.

So?

So, we encourage it as a society

and then clobber him
when it spills off the court.

A big part of sports is
entertainment.

An athlete forgets his image
is just that -- an image--

the fault's his, not society's.

What about these loans?

Obviously for drugs.

They had nothing to do
with the murder.

We can prove
the baby's his?

Miles Hawthorne has agreed to
cooperate.

We'll confirm paternity

with a DNA test
as soon as he comes in.

Cris Cody hired me to kill her.

Why?

Cris said she was
pregnant with his baby.

See, she called Cris
up the day before.

Said she needed to talk to him about the
kid.

Guess to make
arrangements

being that her due date was near
and all.

That's why he wanted me
to kill her that night.

He said she was
going to run back

and tell the family about the baby and
whatnot, and by then

it'd be too late.

Too late for what?

He'd have to pay.

And he already had

that one kid
down in Florida.

Said he wasn't
going to pay for two.

And you agreed to kill her?

Well, at first, you know

I just kind of laughed,
you know?

'Cause it's, like, I know Cris.

Known him since
we was little kids.

Cris has never really been

the type to be down
for no real gangster stuff.

I mean, he can play

the part and all of that,
but deep down inside

I didn't think he had it in him.

But he did.

He sure did.

Nothing further.

You're a convicted drug dealer
facing a murder charge?

That's right.

And you were offered

a plea bargain in order

to secure your testimony today?

Twenty to life.

You must have had something

pretty important they wanted

huh, Henry? Say, like,
a pro basketball player.

Objection.

Sustained.

That money Cris gave you

that 18,000,
that wasn't the only money

he ever gave you, was it?

He'd given you money before
to buy drugs.

That's right.

Only this time

this last time,
he said no, didn't he?

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

Well, he cut you off,
Mr. Williams.

Only you still owed money.

Money for drugs
you'd been fronted.

Isn't that right?

You killed this woman because

my client wouldn't give you any
more money, isn't that right?

We killed her
because Cris asked me to.

You were the shooter?

Yeah, that's right.

How much were you paid?

Eighteen thousand.

How was the murder committed?

Henry set it up for her
to come to this bar downtown.

She got there.

She got in her car with me.

We followed Henry
to where we told her Cris

was going to be at.

Where was that?

This street up
in the Heights.

When we got there,
I put a gun to her head

told her get in the trunk.

Drove to this parking lot.

Opened the trunk up.

Put a cap in her.

Went to where Cris was at
and told him it was done.

Where was Cris Cody?

Party at a hotel.

What was his reaction when he was
told?

Well, he was cool with it.

Did you ever, uh,
talk with Cris Cody

about killing Dena Meredith?

I can't remember.

Well, isn't it true

that you never personally spoke
with Cris Cody?

That all your information

concerning this murder
came from Henry Williams?

The 18 grand

came from Cris.

But it was Henry
who gave it to you.

Henry's his boy.

All right, now, when you said before that,
uh

Cris was, uh, "cool" with it,
you know

with the murder-- were you
present when he said that?

Look, we was all at the party.

Henry came up to me
and told me everything was cool.

Oh.

Nothing further.

I first met Dena

a couple of years ago
at the bank.

I went in with Henry
about a loan.

And eventually, you had an
intimate relationship?

Yes.

Did you know you were the father
of her baby, Cris?

At the time?

No. I did not.

I mean, of course

I knew she
was pregnant.

But she was about
to marry another man.

So, no, I had no idea.

Well, now what about what
Henry Williams told this jury?

Henry and I
go way back.

I've always helped him out.

Which is why this is so hard--

what he's trying to do to me.

Maybe everyone was right.

Maybe if I hadn't have bailed him out all
this time.

Maybe if I had
made him take

responsibility for...

I don't know.

Did you have anything to do
with the death of Dena Meredith?

Absolutely not.

You're upset Mr. Williams
isn't taking responsibility

for you, isn't that really it?

No.

The way people have always taken
responsibility for you?

I've taken care of myself.

Have you?

In college, didn't you get
your coach to bail you out

when your grades threatened your

basketball eligibility?

That was different.
And when you went

into drug rehab,
you had your team

cover that up for you,
didn't you?

Object to the form
of the question.

"Cover up"?

Rephrase, Mr. McCoy.

You had your team
keep your drug use

out of the public eye.

Isn't that right?

They didn't want people to know
any more then I did.

And that's exactly

what you've always counted on,
isn't it?

That your athletic ability
would make people

look the other way.

I don't use people.
Didn't you use

Dena Meredith?

Didn't you use her
to give you money?

Money that you knew

would be used to buy drugs?

She was getting her bonuses.

So using her was

okay then?

Now...

if you knew
you hadn't done wrong

why did you lie
to two detectives

when you were asked

about knowing Dena Meredith?

That was a mistake.

And what you said
when you surrendered

at your mother's house--was that another
mistake?

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

You told Detective Green
that you tried to tell her.

Tried to tell her what,
Mr. Cody?

That you didn't want this baby

isn't that it?
I tried to warn her.

Warn her?

About what?

You've already testified

you didn't know
what Henry was going to do.

You knew you were the father.

And when she came to you

you did what you've done
your whole life.

You took care of yourself.

Objection.

Was there a question here

Your Honor?

Were these people using you...

or were you using them?

Mr. McCoy

can paint whatever picture
he wants of Cris Cody.

But the truth is,
he can't prove any of it.

The only evidence against Cris Cody is the
testimony--

the word--
of two convicted drug dealers--

one who admittedly had dealings
with the victim

and the other who never
personally spoke with Mr. Cody.

The simple fact is, Cris Cody

never knew he was the father
of this child.

And if he never knew...

he had no motive
for killing Dena Meredith.

This man rose from nothing

to become a respected person
in his community.

A champion for
this city.

He spent his
own money

in his old neighborhood.

Never forgotten
where he came from.

Never forgotten

who he was.

Don't you forget
him now.

Don't you let these people
trade on his celebrity

in order to steal

his liberty and
his good name.

He pulled himself up out of hell with his
own hands.

Don't you dare let them pull him
back down

with theirs.

"Pulled himself out of hell
with his own hands."

More like he stepped on others
in his climb to the top.

Listen to his
self-serving story

and ask yourselves
if it makes any sense.

He claims he didn't know
he was the father

of this child.

Says Dena Meredith
never told him.

Yet, somehow,
Henry Williams knew.

He claims he had no motive
to kill.

But he had the same motive
to kill

that he attributes to
Henry Williams:

silencing a witness

who could implicate
him in drug trafficking.

And he had a second motive
all his own:

to avoid paying

child support.

This is no champion

ladies and gentlemen.

This is no favorite son.

This is a man
who got by on his talent.

Had others willing to look
the other way because of it.

Had others willing to do
his bidding in order

to profit from it.

A child, taken
from his dying mother's womb

will have to struggle to survive
without her.

Dena Meredith's mother
will have to

make it without her daughter.

It's time to stop cheering
for this man

and for his ability
to play ball.

It's time to stop fretting over
the opportunities supposedly

lost to him, and
time to start

thinking about
the opportunities

and the lives...

stolen... by him.

Mr. Foreman, I understand the
Jury's reached a verdict?

We have.

On the first count
of the indictment charging

murder in the first degree,
we find the defendant

Cristopher Cody, guilty.

Life without parole.

He won't be able to play
his way out of that.

What do we hear about the child?

Doing fine.

The man murders
the mother of his baby

to avoid child support

and winds up paying
for the rest of his life.

A losing season
all the way around.

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