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In the criminal justice system,

sexually-based offenses
are considered especially heinous

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives who investigate
these vicious felonies are members

of an elite squad known
as The Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Slow down, sugar.
I got something for you.

Hey, handsome.
How you doing tonight?

I'm fine.

What's your name, honey?

- Lawrence.
- I'm Vegas.

I've never done this before.

Don't worry, baby.

Whatever happens in Vegas,
stays in Vegas.

What the hell was that?

It better not be some bitch
working my stroll!

What the hell are you doing?

Yeah, you better run!

I say who gets their pole
smoked on my block!

Rape-homicide.

Skimpy clothes all torn up.

Dumped under a grate on a lovers lane.
Probably a pross.

Who called it in?

Vegas here.
Friendly neighborhood hooker.

She didn't see the guy's face
or the plates on his SUV.

Vegas ever see the girl?

Nah, but she said there's a lot of
fresh meat working this track.

Didn't find Jane Doe's wallet
or a purse.

Any DNA?

No visible fluids, but she's got
something under her fingernails.

Fingertips are pretty torn up.
Is that blood?

Red paint.

But I don't see anything
around here that color.

Must be from where she was killed.

Got handprint bruising
on both sides of her neck.

Any idea when she was strangled?

Given the lividity,
I'd say midnight, maybe 12:30.

He wasn't dumping this girl.
He was trying to bury her.

Maybe somebody she knew?
Repeat customer?

Detectives!

Found her purse down there.

We got lipstick, perfume,
breath mints, condoms.

Working girl's overnight bag?

No driver's license.
But we got a college ID.

Hudson university.
Her name's Caroline Pereira.

Cell phone in the purse too.

- Any recent calls?
- Last one's from 11:15 this evening.

Number's blocked.
I'll run the LUDs.

But someone also used
this phone's camera.

Is that human?

Looks like a person to me.
Shot at 12:07 A.M.

Warner said the time of death
was around midnight.

Maybe Caroline got a picture
of her killer.

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Can you enhance it?

This is the best we're gonna get.

Cell phones take pictures
at a very low pixel grade.

What's that burst of light
in the corner?

Could be strobing or a reflection.
No way to tell.

Notified the parents.

They're driving down
from Lagrange to make the ID.

Man, what a cliche.

Poor kid from a small town finds a way
to make quick money in the big city.

Wouldn't be the first time a college girl
flat-backed her way to a diploma.

Hudson University Bursar's Office
Thursday, February 23

Caroline was on work/study.

She washed dishes at the cafeteria,
but she quit at the beginning of this semester.

Don't they have to keep working
to keep their financial aid?

A university job's not required
if the student's bills get paid.

Who paid them?

Caroline did. In cash.

Where did she get that kind of money?

Oh, that's none of our business.

A 20-year-old student walks in here
with 15 grand in cash,

and you don't bat an eye?

We only ask about the payments
when they don't come in.

You ask about your students
when they don't show up for class?

That's not my department.

Is there anyone else on this campus
who might know her a little better than you?

Uh, she has a roommate.
Gloria Culhane.

Caroline and I never hung out.

Who'd she hang out with?

I don't really know.
We run in different circles.

I bet. Nice ring.

Thanks.

I spent last semester in France.
Forgot to fill out the housing form.

This is what they assigned me with.

This Caroline's side of the room?

Yes.

You're her roommate.
You must know something about her.

All I really know is she went out a lot.
I wish I could tell you where.

She stay out late?

A lot of times she'd come
to class looking like hell.

Whatever she was doing,
she was raking in the dough.

- Wow!
- Gotta be a thou there.

You know anything about that?

Well, I doubt it came from her parents.
They don't have a lot of money.

College girl's got a closet full of cash,
she's either selling drugs or herself.

Caroline have a boyfriend?

No.

- Who's this?
- Oh, that's Adam.

He's not her boyfriend, though.
They just went to high school together.

You know where we can find him?

Probably in class.
He goes here too.

I can't believe it.

Kel and I have been friends
since we were kids.

She had a nice chunk
of change in a shoe box.

Any idea where it came from?

She said she had a new job.

Doing what?

She didn't tell me. Why?

We found her body
in a known prostitute area.

No way.

Kel would never do that.

How does a 20-year-old
bring down that much cash?

I told you, I don't know.

Well, maybe you can get
some ideas down at the office.

All, all right.

She was selling term papers.

I didn't know cheating
could be so dangerous.

School's really bent out of shape.

- They investigating?
- Yeah.

Whole thing's being headed up
by this English professor, Dr. Farouq.

Plagiarism is an epidemic here.

And the internet has only made it easier
for students to buy and sell academic work.

You catch anyone?

Take a look at this.

I designed a program
that scans students' work

and searches for patterns of repetition
and unoriginal material.

They e-mail me their term papers,
and I feed everything into the program.

Now look here.

Three papers are being compared.

The fourth window you see pulls out
and itemizes the content overlap.

The blue highlights show
possible similarities.

The green sections are very suspect.

And the red passages are direct matches.

- You can prove who's plagiarizing.
- Yes.

But here's the problem.

These three students cheated,
but none of them wrote the paper of origin.

How do you know two of them
didn't cheat off the third?

None of these three are capable
of writing of this caliber.

But I'll find the original paper.

And then we'll expel all the guilty parties.

Caroline Pereira.

Did her name come up
in your investigation?

No. Caroline took my class
last semester.

Excellent student.
And her work was wholly original.

She wouldn't have
any reason to cheat.

The kids who handed in these plagiarized
papers, we're gonna need their names.

Hudson University The Snack Annex
Thursday, February 23

The pepperoncini gives it
this insane bite, dude.

- It's key to the power of the sandwich.
- Mark Duffy.

I need to talk to you.

Priya? / Yeah.

Finish this sub for me.

What can I get for you?

Busy today, huh?

I'm always busy.

Too busy to keep up
with your schoolwork?

- What's this about?
- Buying term papers.

Man, I bought, like one.

From her?

Yeah.
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Dude in my English class
hooked me up with Caroline.

Whoa, is this like, uh,
some big crime now or something?

- Am I in trouble?
- Not if you cooperate.

How did you arrange the hand-off?

There was no hand-off.

How'd you get the paper, then?

You'd e-mail her the assignment.

Then you'd tell her what kind
of English paper you needed.

And she'd send you back
a couple of samples.

So you'd order, like, one from column A,
one from column B.

Something like that.
You'd only pay for the one you liked.

In cash?

Online, to a paymepronto.com account.

How much she charge?

- 200 bucks a paper.
- That's pretty steep.

I'm pre-med.

I don't have time to read
the faerie queene

and write about the imagery of virtue
for some ridiculous English requirement.

So you buy the paper off Caroline?

- Everybody wins.
- Caroline lost.

She was murdered last night.

- I gotta go.
- Wait a minute.

Why'd you just get so spooked?

Because of Brian.

- Brian who?
- Townsend.

He's in Farouq's English class too.

He bought a bunch of papers
off Caroline.

When he heard about the investigation,
he got really nervous.

What does that mean, "got nervous"?

He said he was going
to take care of the problem.

Okay, so I bought a few term papers.

That's an honor code violation,
not a crime.

Murder is.

Caroline was killed last night.

And we heard you had a problem
you were gonna take care of.

Well, I, I didn't kill her.

I was gonna bribe her.

I offered her a grand to keep quiet.

She take the money?

No, she laughed in my face.

Waved that big freaking
diamond ring around,

said it'd take more than
a grand to keep her quiet.

That's gotta be the ring
Gloria was wearing.

Gloria? Caroline's roommate?

You think I'm bad?

Gloria bought more papers
off Caroline than anyone.

She was really freaking out.

Hudson University Department
of Philosophy Lecture Hall
Thursday, February 23

Today, it's not uncommon to hear Edmund
Husserl maligned as a naive positivist.

However, this is to neglect the impact

his phenomenology had on
the canon of French thought.

Stand up.

Excuse me?

Let's go. We need to talk.

I'm not going anywhere.

Sweetheart, do you want us to arrest you
and lead you out of here in cuffs?

I didn't think so.

Sorry for interrupting.

Stay in school.

This is crazy.

I would never kill anyone,
thank you very much.

How'd you get Caroline's ring?

It was just sitting on her dresser.

Where were you last night?

A cappella rehearsal. Go check.

We will, sweetheart.
Don't worry about that.

Okay, it's no secret.
I didn't like Caroline.

But I had no reason to kill her.

She was writing all your papers.
The school was investigating.

Your ass was about to be expelled.

Hudson won't expel anyone.

Higher grades keep parents happy,
and happy parents are big donors.

Like yours.

Your family has a building
named after them.

And a couple of wings.
A hospital and a museum.

You wouldn't wanna screw up a bright future
by getting kicked out of school, would you?

Caroline's got your number.
She talks, you're done.

Do you honestly think
I could kill Caroline?

Well, I'll tell you what.

Why don't we ask your parents
and see what they think?

Got a better idea.
We call the Ledger.

"Culhane heiress
in a murder investigation."

- Sell a lot of papers.
- Look, wait.

Don't call anyone.

I'll check her alibi.

What?

Caroline bragged about ripping off
some rich, famous guy for the ring.

She said he was really pissed off.
Maybe he killed her.

Okay, so who's this guy
that she stole the ring from?

All she said was he'd wake up
the next morning and miss it real bad.

I told you my alibi would check out.

Singing the indigo girls in
five-part harmony. That's painful.

I got a feeling we're gonna
need to speak to you again.

So don't hop on any flights to France.

Cop, comedian.
Is there anything you don't do?

No. Elevator's straight ahead.

Had a hunch about that ring.

So I talked to one of my boys
who bounces at a couple of clubs.

It's a double D.

I thought rings came
in a different sizing system.

- Double D as in diamond Dov.
- Who's diamond Dov?

An Israeli dude.
He's a jeweler to the stars.

Real popular with actors,
musicians, and pro athletes.

If Caroline was turning tricks,

maybe she slipped the ring
off some drunken John's finger.

Yeah, some rich and famous John
who'd miss it real bad in the morning.

He tries to set up
a meet to get the ring back.

When she shows up empty-handed,
he loses control.

How much is that thing worth?

100 grand, give or take.

Blackmail's a strong motive.

If it's a custom job, diamond Dov
can tell us who he made it for.

You must have some big spenders
come in here for pieces this nice.

You bet your ass I do.

I use only the finest jewels.

I make art.

And celebrities around the world
are my collectors.

My work ends up in movies, on TV, in the videos
for all the rapping and the dance music.

Thanks to all my happy customers.

Okay, which one of your
happy customers bought this?

What, you take me for a fruyer?

I'm sorry, detectives, but I don't give out
personal information on my customers.

- That's why they love me.
- I know who else'll love you.

The IRS, once we get
a warrant for your files.

Okay, okay. Let's relax.

I made this ring for a football player.

Franklin. Roddy Franklin.

There.
Are we cool?

Cool.

Roddy Franklin,
wide receiver for New Jersey.

1,000 yards, nine TDs last season.

Let's go get his autograph.

Home of Roddy Franklin
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Friday, February 24

Look, I love the police, but, uh, my
business manager handles all my donations.

That's not why we're here.

Hey, guys.

Guys!

All right, look.

Why don't you go in the kitchen
with your mother, all right?

She acts all surprised
when she feeds them full of sugar

and they run around like they're insane.

- Now, what can I do for you?
- That belong to you?

Yeah. Hey, where did you,
how did you find this?

First, let's start
with where you lost it.

Man, I don't even know, dawg.
I travel a lot.

Okay, dawg.

Travel anywhere two nights ago?

Yeah, my wife and I took the kids
over to their grandmother's.

- Mind if I confirm that with your wife?
- Not at all.

- What's this about?
- Know this girl?

No, never seen her before.

Two nights ago we took the boys
over to my mother's.

You sure about that?

Yes, I am. Why?

We recovered your husband's ring
when we were investigating a homicide.

That thing.

He told me it was stolen.

I said, "of course it was."

Stupid to buy a ring that
cost more than our first home.

Your ring was found in her dorm room.

Oh, then she must have
been the one who found it.

Look, thank you
for bringing it back to me.

Uh, why don't you give me your name,
and I'll, uh, I'll send a reward.

Make it out to Caroline Pereira
in care of the afterlife.

What, she's dead?

Yeah, we found her body
two nights ago.

Oh, man, I'm, I'm sorry you had
to find it like this.

I'm sorry, it's evidence in a homicide.

You'll have to wait
until we find the killer.

Guy loses a rock worth 100 grand.
Doesn't report it.

You buying that?

His wife backed his alibi, but I got a feeling
she's used to covering for him.

What if Franklin's
Caroline's sugar daddy.

Caroline falls in love,
threatens to go to the wife.

That's one big, fancy mansion Caroline
could have brought tumbling down.

So what do we know about Franklin?

What kind of reputation does he have?

He keeps a low profile after that thing
with the stripper a few years back.

- What thing with the stripper?
- His wife caught him.

Had to buy her a diamond necklace
that cost more than an aircraft carrier.

Maybe this affair was gonna cost
him more than he could afford.

Caroline's gotta disappear.

I think they made a habit
of disappearing together.

This is Caroline's credit card statement.

It's mostly stores and restaurants
around the university.

But there are two charges
from a pharmacy in Atlantic city.

The same weekend Roddy Franklin filled up
at a gas station in little bay,

which is right outside A.C.

That's good place to take his mistress.

Famous guy doesn't turn
as many heads down there.

People are discreet.

Well, if you have time for blackjack,
stick with the $5 tables.

Hotel Del Mar
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Friday, February 24

Yes, of course. Mr. Franklin is
a frequent guest of the casino.

When was the last time he was here?

- Celebrity poker tournament.
- When was that?

Uh, the weekend of the...
seventh. Two months ago.

Same weekend as Caroline.

You ever see him with this girl?

Sure. He finally catch up with her?

Maybe. She's dead.

Any idea why?

There's something you should see.

This is one of our private games.

Upstairs room.
High rollers only.

There's Caroline and Franklin.

Mr. Franklin came here
to play after the charity match.

How'd Caroline get in the game?

She comes down every other weekend.
We comp her room and meals.

There it is.

After Caroline raises,
Franklin bets his ring to go all in.

And not hard to understand why.

He had a straight to the Jack.
Great hand.

But he got counterfeited.

Caroline had a King high straight.

And that was it. She wins.

Look, she puts on the ring.

And then really taunts him with it.

Franklin doesn't look too happy.

You're right about that.

New Jersey Civic Sports Arena
Locker Room
Saturday, February 25

I run up.

This cat takes a one-step.
Fires it.

The rock hits me in the back of the helmet
like he's a new dodge ball world champion.

Hey, Roddy.

What can I do for you?

Come with us.
We'll explain in the car.

It's all good, fellas.
Just the cops have found my double D.

That's not the only thing we found.

Your ass is gonna be astroturf
you don't start talking.

About what?

Caroline Pereira.

We have you two on tape
playing poker in Atlantic city.

Now, why'd you lie to us?

'Cause I wasn't supposed
to be there, all right?

Look, the leagues have got
me on probation for gambling.

The only reason why they let me
play in celebrity tournaments

is because the money goes to charity.

So what, is Caroline
your favorite charity now?

That's where you donate your ring?

I didn't donate it.

She fleeced me at the table.

Look...

the commissioner finds out about this,
I'm facing fines and multiple
game suspensions.

Well, right now, you're
facing murder charges, buddy.

What?

No, yo, look. You all got
the wrong one on this.

So why should we believe you?

'Cause I know who did it.

Okay, Roddy, who killed the girl?

Guy who runs an underground
poker game.

She win one of his fancy rings too?

No, no, no, man. Look...

it was like this, all right?

I tried to buy my ring back,
but she wouldn't let me.

Said I had to win it back.

You had to keep playing?

What else could I do?

Look, so I invited her
to a private game in the city.

- But this girl was a ringer.
- She kept beating you.

Me and everybody else at the club.
She became a regular,

so I figured sooner or later
I'd get back what was mine.

But instead, she got hers.

A couple nights back,
Caroline hit a streak of bad luck.

Fell into the house north of 150 grand.

Dude that runs the game
threatened her.

Said she had 24 hours
to pay back the money, or else.

- This dude got a name?
- Yeah. Riley.

He's got ice water in his veins.

Like he'd kill you
and then send out for pizza.

Where's the game?

In the garment district. 38th street.

Three blocks from where
we found Caroline's body.

Police! Stay where you are.

What the hell's going on here?

- You Riley?
- I am.

And for the hard of hearing, I repeat.
What the hell is going on here?

You're under arrest.

- For what?
- For running an illegal poker game.

Hey, where you going, sweetheart?
Your shift ain't over.

- Hey, come back here.
- You're making a big mistake.

This is a friendly social gathering.

Friends don't steal friends' life savings.

- Hey, Fin, come here.
- Put him in the car.

All right. Let's go.

What you got?

Check on the wall.

The red paint under Caroline's nails.

Riley killed her here.

I don't know anything
about a dead chick.

I sure don't know what
the hell I'm doing here.

- Get my lawyer.
- You're gonna need him, pal.

We got a paint match from that wall,
and you got a $150,000 motive.

That's pretty much a lock.

Why don't you shove
your lock up your ass?

- What'd you say to me?
- Fin, Elliot. My office.

This is Tom Cole. Secret service.

He's got some fascinating news.

- Riley's with us.
- An informant?

Agent. Name's Doug Kirsten.

He's a long-term undercover
working up a case.

What's the target?

Underground gambling clubs and their links
to organized crime, domestic and foreign.

All the gin joints in this city,
we had to walk into yours.

Agent Kirsten is not your killer.

He'll brief you,

but I've got to preserve
the integrity of our investigation.

Get him out of the cage,
without blowing his cover.

You'll be lucky if my client
doesn't press charges.

My lawyer'll be seeing
the police commissioner tomorrow.

Why don't you go solve a real crime
instead of bothering an honest businessman?

Take it easy there, tough guy.

Don't even talk to me, ass wipe.
You picked the wrong guy to mess with.

Running a casino's illegal.

Who's running a casino?
I was entertaining friends.

Atrium, 56th and 5th,
9 A.M. tomorrow.

6 East 56th Street
Sunday, February 26

If the girl was dead,
why didn't you just call it in?

Not if it meant blowing a 15-month sting.
One of my bouncers was there.

Couldn't break cover in front of him.

I couldn't have a body
turning up next to the game.

The investigation had to come first.

So you had to leave her under a grate?

I was trying to preserve the evidence.

I don't feel good about what I did.

But I had to do it.

- It's part of the job.
- What happened that night?

Right after Caroline left the club,
heard a lot of yelling from the alley.

Players got nervous,
thought we were being raided.

So I went out with one of the bouncers.

She was dead, and her killer was gone.

We know she hit the tables hard in A.C.
She play anywhere else?

Online.

Chat up the players to learn about
other underground games in the city.

Last week, Caroline tells me

she'd just been booted from her favorite
online site, pokerfastlane.com.

You only get kicked off
those sites for cheating.

- How do you cheat online?
- Same way you do in real life.

Two people sit at
two separate computers,

play in the same online room
at the same time.

Share information.

And dump hands.

Sounds like Caroline might have
had a silent partner.

Maybe he was bankrolling her.

The 150 grand she owed you was gonna
come out of her partner's pocket.

Caroline dead, and her
partner's identity is secret.

That debt goes away.

It's a hell of a motive for murder.

This is Caroline's account information
from pokerfastlane.com.

It's a record of her logon/logoff times

in the three months preceding
her account termination.

- So what does it give us?
- Every time Caroline visited the site,

so did a player with
a user ID Jack King.

Jack King?

Well, that's gotta be a code name.
Can you track him down?

He uses an untraceable e-mail address
to make wire transfers into his gambling account.

Dude's got an electronic poker face.

Yeah, but if he's a heavy gambler,
he's gotta belly up to that table.

Hungry for a score.

Let's smoke him out. Send him an e-mail.
Invite him to play poker.

Invitation's gotta come
from somebody he knows.

Otherwise, why would he answer?

He knows who ran Caroline's game.

Let's have Riley e-mail him.

Raise.

I'll see that,
and I'll raise you five.

Call.

I'm in.

Yeah?

Jack King.

- Here for the game.
- Welcome.

Ah, I'll fold.

Hi, Jack.

Adam?

Sorry, buddy.
You're not going anywhere.

I can't believe I fell for this.

You're not the only one
who knows how to bluff.

Adam Halder, you're under arrest
for the murder of Caroline Pereira.

Hey, I got it.

Thanks.

- Anything good?
- Not really.

Adam doesn't come from much.

The dad works in a warehouse,
the mom at a donut shop.

Adam doesn't even have a sheet.

That's what I thought.

Then why'd you get me in here to check?

Just wanna know who this kid is.

Usually we let the defense attorney
dig up the sob story. / No.

Look, the more I know,
the easier I can break him.

He's a murderer.

He killed Caroline Pereira
to erase his debt.

- There's more to him than that.
- So what?

- Told you I'm not thirsty.
- Drink it.

You'll feel better.

I'm never gonna feel better.

You know, Adam, I've been
doing this for a long time.

And I can tell when a good kid...

gets pulled into a bad thing.

Just talk with me, that's all.

Caroline was my best friend
since we were kids.

All we wanted to do was
get the hell out of Lagrange.

First step, same college?

But Hudson wasn't any better.

We were still just
poor kids from the boondocks.

Washing dishes and serving up meals.

Must have been tough.

Caroline couldn't take it.

She started selling term papers.

That's when I started
the poker partnership.

Okay, now...

so how'd that work?

We'd work different clubs.

And then every month, we'd switch
after trading information about the regulars.

The money rolled in.

Caroline paid her tuition off her winnings.

What'd you do with yours?

The good life.

Clubs and restaurants...

concerts.

Hanging with the rich kids.

Well, you weren't
working for them anymore.

I wasn't invisible anymore.

I wasn't on the other side.

I had a whole new life.

Then Caroline screwed it up.

I mean...

I told her to take things slow.

- Not to be so greedy.
- But she wouldn't listen to you.

I was gonna lose everything.

The call she got that night,
that was you?

Yes. / She told you
all the money was gone.

Not just gone.

She dug us into a hole so deep,
I knew we could never get out.

You had to stop her
from destroying your future.

From going back to that cafeteria and
dishing out that food to all your new friends.

Back to being invisible.

Yes.
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No one knew about your partnership.

No one knew about
your half of the debt.

So you strangled your best friend.

It was an accident.
I didn't mean to.

You need a lawyer.

Casey.

- I'm late.
- No, it'll just take a second.

I want to talk to you about Adam Halder.

What about him?

Would you consider pleading him out?

He confessed to murder.

No one's denying that.
I just think he deserves leniency.

What have they done with
the real detective Stabler?

Hey, come on, look.

I know this kid.

- You know him.
- How so?

Look, we come from the same place.

The guy works his ass off to get into Hudson,
and these rich kids treat him like crap.

You know how that feels.

Yeah! I waited tables in law school
and served my classmates.

It sucked, but it didn't
make me kill anyone.

Would you at least make sure
he gets a good legal aid attorney?

Yeah, I'll make a call.

Arraignment Part 46
Monday, February 27

Hey, Casey.

Walter. What are you doing here?

Can Adam Halder afford you?

It's nice to see you too.

I'm taking this pro bono.

Adam called me. We know each other
from the poker clubs.

Come to order.
Court is now in session.

Judge Lena Petrovsky presiding.

First case, docket ending 262.
People vs. Adam Halder.

Murder in the second degree.

- How does the defendant plead?
- Not guilty.

By reason of mental disease or defect.

What defect?

Gambling addiction.

Nifty defense, don't you think?

Are you kidding me?
It's B.S., and you know it.

It's a real problem.

2% of adults in this country
are gambling addicts.

But that doesn't make them kill.

I don't buy it as a justification for murder.
And neither will a jury.

12 people in that box,
you can be sure gambling addiction
touches one of their lives.

If we go to trial
and they hear my witnesses,

you will lose this case.

Plead him down, Casey.

Don't bet on it.

Trial Part 46
Wednesday, March 8

Is Adam Halder a member
of the campus card club?

- Not anymore.
- Why not?

He said he moved on to bigger things.

That our pots were too small for him.

How small?

Oh, 50 bucks here and there.

We know where to draw the line.

- Did Adam?
- No way.

He was out of control.

I think he was hooked.

- Did a college hook him?
- Objection.

Withdrawn. Nothing further.

You just said that Adam
was out of control. In what way?

He's raise and raise and try to
borrow from the house to raise more.

He was trying to take people
for money they didn't have.

It was crazy.

You gamble. Have you ever
gotten carried away like Adam?

No.

Have you ever lost big at the tables?

Sure, everyone has.

You ever kill someone
to get out of paying off a debt?

Objection, the witness is not on trial.

Sustained.

Nothing further.

Who funds the campus card club?

Hudson university.

We are an official student organization.

How much money do they
give you each semester?

About $2,000.

That covers our felts, chips, cards,
plus Xeroxing flyers.

So you could say Hudson university
hooked Adam on poker.

Objection.

I'll rephrase.

You stated to Ms. Novak
that Adam would raise recklessly,

and that in your opinion,
quote, "it was crazy."

- Did you mean Adam was crazy?
- Yes.

Why? / One time he lost
a bunch of hands in a row,

just went off.

He flipped over three tables.
We had to call security.

No further questions.

I'm not the kind of guy
who says I told you so.

Well, that's good,
'cause I don't like those kinda guys.

But you should have taken the plea.

I'd rather sleep at night.
I am not buying what you're selling.

This is real, Casey.

Okay, drunk drivers kill
when under the influence.

Adam wasn't gambling when he
took Caroline Pereira's life.

He was not high.
He was in full control.

You have no idea what gambling
addiction is like, do you?

Last year, I lost $30,000
in one night playing poker online.

And the next night, I chased my losses,
and I lost another 40 grand.

My wife jammed my laptop
down the garbage chute

and made me go to counseling.
I kept on playing.

You know what made me stop?

Loan sharks broke my leg.

But you didn't kill your wife
to pay the loan sharks off
with her insurance money, did you?

You never lost your mind.

Gambling addiction?

Camp's a snake oil salesman.

Well, the jury might be buying it.

Well, maybe they should.

People addicted to gambling go broke,

and they take their whole families
down the drain with them.

Gambling addiction is as hard
to kick as drugs and alcohol.

Yeah, but drugs and alcohol
affect the brain.

So does gambling.

Dopamine levels peak
when we anticipate a win.

Gambling addicts are chasing a high,
just like drunks and dopers.

You think Adam's an addict.

His behavior fits that diagnosis.

And I'm telling you this has got
nothing to do with gambling.

What's going on with you and this kid?

You know, when I was Adam's age,
I worked at my uncle's bar.

One night, I'm out back emptying the trash
when these two rich punks jumped me.

Now, I know who they were
because they'd spit in my face

earlier in the night
when I wouldn't serve them drinks.

They had no I.D.

So we're rolling around,
we're throwing punches,

and I pick up a bottle and
I bust one of them over the head with it.

Kid nearly died.

Cops come, I give them my story,
they send me home.

Next day, two detectives come to
my doorstep and they arrest me.

For defending yourself.

Well, the kid's father was a partner
in some white-shoe law firm.

He had a friend in the DA's office.

But my dad called in a favor
from an old police academy buddy,

so he made the whole thing go away.

This wasn't just about self-defense.

You were pissed.

Look, this kid spit in my face.

He treats me like I'm
a working class piece of trash?

No.

Like Adam.

Look, I'm just saying I get
why he was angry enough to do it.

That doesn't justify killing Caroline.

If I want to convict Adam,
I need the jury to focus on his guilt.

Then bring it back to his anger.

Show them that when Adam
strangled Caroline,

it wasn't about addiction,
it was about rage.

Trial Part 46
Thursday, March 9

From a blocked telephone number,
you called Caroline that night.

Yes. / Why?

To check in on her.

That was very thoughtful of you.

What do you remember her saying?

- That she needed to see me.
- How'd that make you feel?

- A little nervous.
- Nervous?

So you remember feeling nervous.

But up until that point,
your head was clear and focused.

At that point, yes.

What did she say when you got there?

She'd lost $150,000.

You remember that?

Yes.
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What else did she say?

She said she was gonna tell Riley
I was on the hook for half the debt.

It sounds like you remember
that night perfectly well.

What happened next?

We started arguing.

And all of a sudden, she pushed me.

And you pushed her back.

Yeah, against the wall.

So you have a specific memory
of pushing her against the wall.

Then what?

She fell.

She tried to stand, but I kept
pushing her back down.

And then?

She started screaming,
so I had to shut her up.

How did you do that?

I put my hands around her neck.

What was going through your mind?

Nothing. My head was spinning.

I kept squeezing her neck
tighter and tighter.

Then there was a bright flash,
and everything went white.

- I must have strangled her.
- Must have?

You don't remember?
'Cause up until a moment ago,

you had a clear head and
a steel trap memory for the night.

Yeah, but everything changed.

Everything changed
because Caroline was dead.

No, it was all a haze.

You just finished telling the court
how clear and focused you were.

No, that was before.
Please, it was an accident.

An accidental strangling?

I swear, I didn't wanna kill her.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to.

I'm sorry.

People's two, your honor.

Was Caroline wearing this ring
when you killed her?

Objection.

- Relevance?
- I'll allow it.

Yes, she was wearing it.

What's your relationship to Caroline's
roommate, Gloria Culhane?

I can repeat the question
if you didn't understand me.

Gloria's my girlfriend.

Nothing further.

I'd like to request a recess, your honor.

We'll resume tomorrow morning.

How did you know?

Well, I'll be damned.

Check out the glare in the corner.

It's from the flash
reflecting off Caroline's ring.

The same thing happened
when Caroline photographed Adam
attacking her in the alley.

That's weird.
Why would she do that?

Well, a lot of things can make sense
as a last ditch effort

to stop someone from taking your life.

This ring was on Caroline's finger
when she took the photo.

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Sure you do.

Adam's your boyfriend.

I wouldn't call him that.

- He did.
- He lied.

You're the liar.

You didn't find Caroline's
ring on her dresser.

All right, Adam gave me the ring.

So you knew he killed her.

- I did?
- Wipe that smirk off your face.

You're an accessory to murder, princess.

You've got nothing on me.

How did a poor kid like Adam
get a girl like you?

He earned it.
He bought me nice things.

He took me out.

He treated me the way I deserve.

I live a certain lifestyle.

If Adam wanted me,
he had to give me what I need.

By whatever means necessary, right?

- Whatever.
- When Caroline got him in debt,

Adam wouldn't have had
any more money to spend on you.

Did you tell him that you'd stay with him,

even though he had to
go back to washing dishes?

Or did you tell him to kill Caroline?

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

Adam isn't addicted to gambling.
He's addicted to you.

Is that so hard to imagine?

Look, Adam made his own mistakes.
He faced losing everything.

He faced losing me.

He was enraged.

How enraged?

He was out of his mind.
I'd never seen him like that before.

What happened when Adam
contacted you that night?

I was at a cappella rehearsal.

He sent me a text message
to meet him outside. I did.

He was in a state.

Gloria, please, stop!

Mr. Halder, control yourself.

Did Adam say he was going
downtown to harm Caroline?

He said he might have to.

I love you! Don't do this!

One more outburst,
and I will remove the defendant.

Adam, please.

Did Adam say anything else?

He said if she wouldn't keep her mouth shut,
that he would shut it for her.

It sounds to me like
his mind was made up.

No more questions.

On the charge of murder
in the second degree, how do you find?

We find the defendant guilty.

Thank you for your service.
This court is adjourned.

How could you do this to me?

You did this to yourself.

- That was cold.
- So?

- You had a hand in this.
- My hands are clean.

No, they're not.

That ring Adam gave you
was stolen property.

It's a class C felony.
You're looking at 15 years.

What are you talking about?
Caroline was dead.

That doesn't make the ring yours.

Adam stole it.
You knowingly possessed it.

This is insane!

They don't allow diamond rings in prison.

Think you're gonna have
to settle for silver bracelets.

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