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- In the criminal justice
system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate,
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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[rock music playing
on headphones]
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♪
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[suspenseful music]
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- Hey.
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[metallic clang]
[grunts]
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[eagle cries]
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[indistinct chatter]
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- DOA was James Pell, 25.
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He was a law student at Hudson.
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- Time of death?
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- Based on body temp,
I'd give it a two-hour window
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between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m.
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- Cause of death?
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- Best guess is, he was
struck with a blunt object.
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Techs haven't found the murder
weapon, but take your pick.
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- Get a dive crew down here.
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Have them search
around the docks.
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- Who's got his cell phone?
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- He didn't have one on him.
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- Well, this had to be
connected to something.
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It could be that the killer
tried to take his phone.
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- DOA puts up a fight,
ends up a floater.
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Who found the guy?
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- Maintenance worker.
Name's Larry Brand.
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- I showed up to do repairs
on the dock at 7:30.
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Dead guy was floating
right next to it.
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I called 911 right away.
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- You recognize him?
- Nope.
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All these Hudson kids
look the same to me.
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- Did you see anything unusual
when you got here?
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- Yeah.
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A dead guy.
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Nothing else.
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- Yeah, well, if you remember
anything else, give us a call.
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Had a lot going for him--
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handsome, athletic, the best
law school in the country.
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Who would want
to kill a guy like that?
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- Today? Pretty much anybody.
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- Well, the boathouse cams
were useless.
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Paint crew moved them
during repairs.
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- Dive crew struck out too.
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Didn't come up with a phone
or a murder weapon.
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- Did you reach the parents
in Ohio?
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- Yeah, I just spoke with them.
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Told me how proud they were
their son had made it
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all the way to Hudson.
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It was his ambition
since high school.
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- Did they know if anything
unusual had been going on?
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- They said they didn't speak
with him much.
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Said he was super focused,
dropped ties with everyone
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from his hometown
once he started law school.
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- Tale as old as time.
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- Someone just turned on
Pell's phone.
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I've got a location.
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- I'll get a warrant.
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[knocking]
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- Hello, ma'am.
We're investigating a homicide.
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We have a warrant
to search this apartment
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for the victim's cell phone.
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- Do I look like I killed
someone and took their phone?
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- No, ma'am.
But we still need to come in.
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- Sebastian, you know anything
about a missing cell phone?
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[tense music]
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♪
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- Police!
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Clear.
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NYPD!
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- Police!
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Hey, Sebastian.
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I know you're in here.
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Let's do this
the easy way, huh?
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♪
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[rustling, panting]
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- [grunts]
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- Stay down.
Give me your hands.
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- I see you chose the easy way.
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- Like I keep saying,
I didn't do anything wrong.
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- Then why'd you run?
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- I was scared.
- Of what?
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- The police.
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- You're scared of the police?
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- You know what it's like.
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- And you don't think
it had anything to do
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with all those
stolen cell phones you had?
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- To be honest, we don't
care about the phones.
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We care about murders.
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We're homicide detectives.
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- What are you talking about?
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- One of the phones we
recovered from your backpack
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belongs to a guy we found
floating in the river
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up by Hudson University.
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- I got nothing
to do with that.
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- Where were you this morning
between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m.?
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- At home sleeping.
You can ask my grandma.
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- You're gonna have to do
a lot better than that, bro.
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- I had a girl with me--Denise.
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She lives on the sixth floor.
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- Okay, well, I'm gonna need
Denise's full name,
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her phone number,
and for your sake,
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she better have been there.
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Write.
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- Where'd you get all
those stolen phones?
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You steal them?
- No.
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I buy them off some dude
over at Hudson.
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Works at the boathouse
down the river.
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[suspenseful music]
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- This the guy?
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- Yeah.
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His name is Larry.
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♪
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.
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- Looks like the kid
was telling the truth.
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His girlfriend, Denise,
backed his alibi.
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- What about Larry Brand?
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We check his alibi?
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- Yeah, he was on the BX19 bus,
got off at 7:30.
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Video confirms that.
- Okay.
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So he's not the killer,
but he just
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steals stuff from dead guys.
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Hey, any luck on getting info
off of Pell's phone?
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- He really cares
about security.
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There are multiple firewalls.
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- Well, that's odd.
I mean, for a law student.
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- Anything else?
- Yeah.
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I just got access
to the keycard records
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at the boathouse.
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Pell swiped in at 5:00, but he
wasn't the first one there.
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This is Jordan Tyler.
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He swiped in 20 minutes
before Pell.
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- Looks like a choirboy.
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- He is, literally.
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- I didn't see James
this morning.
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I was on the water
before he got there,
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and I left before he came back.
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- You seem pretty sure
about that.
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- It's not a coincidence.
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He rode at the same time
every morning,
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and I did my best to avoid him.
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- Why's that?
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- I don't like
to speak ill of the dead,
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but James wasn't someone
I wanted to associate with.
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- How come?
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- We used to train together,
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but there was something off
about him.
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- Off? Off how?
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- The first sign was,
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he'd put all his rowing times
on social media.
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And for some reason,
he felt the need to lie
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and make them better
than they were.
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One day he showed me
some photos.
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They were intimate pictures
of a woman
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who had broken up with him.
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He said he was going
to post them online.
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- Revenge porn.
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- Do you know
this woman's name?
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- April.
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I don't know her last name,
but she works at the bar.
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- Excuse me. April Parks?
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We'd like to talk to you
about James Pell.
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- I've got nothing to say.
- Wait. Hold on a second.
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I just want to ask
a few questions.
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- I told you,
I've got nothing to say.
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- Which means
you got a lot to say.
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- You're right. I do.
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I hate that son of a bitch.
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- Is that why you, uh,
you broke into his apartment
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the other night?
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We read the police report.
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- There a problem here?
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- Yeah.
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You margaritas are too sweet.
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- You're right.
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I tried to break
into his apartment.
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Like I told the cops
who arrested me,
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he had naked photos
of me on his laptop.
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I--I wanted to delete them.
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- Can you tell us what you
were doing this morning?
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- Why?
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What's this all about?
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- James is dead.
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Someone killed him.
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- Where were you this morning
around 6:00?
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- Sleeping.
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You can ask my roommates.
- Yeah, we will.
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How long were you
and James together?
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- Two months.
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- During that time,
did you hear about anybody else
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who might hate James
as much as you did?
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- April Park says that
you got into a little scuffle
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with James Pell a month ago.
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- By which you mean
I tried to shove his face
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through a plate glass window?
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Well, now that he's dead,
can't press charges, right?
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- Wow, that's cold-blooded--
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cracking jokes
about a dead guy.
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- It's karma, man.
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- Why don't you have a seat
and tell us why
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you tried to shove Pell's head
through a window?
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- Because he was
named editor-in-chief
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of the "Law Review."
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- And that made you angry?
- Yeah.
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'Cause he didn't deserve it.
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- Says who?
- Says me.
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He stole that vote.
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He manipulated
the outgoing editors.
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Pell was an average student.
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I mean, he shouldn't even
have been in the mix.
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But this professor--
Ezra Nichols.
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He's like a legend around here.
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He went to bat for him.
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He convinced the editors
they needed to pick Pell.
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- And why do you think
Ezra Nichols
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would do something like that
for someone like Pell?
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- Well, there's
obviously something
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going on between them.
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- Do you think they were
having an affair?
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- It seemed that way.
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- Do you have any proof
other than this editor thing?
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- Yeah, I saw them walk into
Nichols's office a few times.
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- So?
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- Nichols shut the door
both times
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the second they walked inside.
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No professor does that
these days.
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[suspenseful music]
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- So Pell is messing around
with his professor.
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Things go south.
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He threatens to go public
with the scandal,
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and the professor kills him
to keep things quiet.
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- I mean, it's possible, but--
- But what?
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- Ezra is married to a woman
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and has
an impeccable reputation.
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- I got some bad news
for you, James.
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Sometimes people lie,
even law professors
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with wives
and impeccable reputations.
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- Yeah, well, thanks
for the life lesson, Frank.
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But this is not
just some professor.
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This is Ezra Nichols.
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He's the reason
I became a lawyer.
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He argued against the voter
suppression laws in Arizona,
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got all the way
to the Supreme Court.
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And before that, he's out
there fighting for gay rights,
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minority rights, the disabled.
- I get it. He's a saint.
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Doesn't mean he didn't
kill James Pell.
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- James was truly talented
and a good person.
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- We've talked to a few other
people who feel differently.
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- I can't speak to that.
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- How well did you two
know each other?
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00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:37,871
- He was in two of my classes.
258
00:11:37,914 --> 00:11:39,655
And he worked as a
research assistant
259
00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,396
on one of my most recent books,
260
00:11:41,439 --> 00:11:43,311
so we knew each other
reasonably well.
261
00:11:43,354 --> 00:11:47,054
- How would you describe the
nature of your relationship?
262
00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:49,099
- I'm not sure
I know what you mean.
263
00:11:49,143 --> 00:11:50,405
- Were you two cordial?
264
00:11:50,448 --> 00:11:52,842
Were you pleasant
with one another?
265
00:11:52,886 --> 00:11:54,496
- I suppose.
266
00:11:54,539 --> 00:11:57,368
- Anything else between you two
you'd like to share with us?
267
00:11:57,412 --> 00:11:58,630
- Excuse me?
268
00:12:00,545 --> 00:12:02,330
- Were you two
romantically involved?
269
00:12:02,373 --> 00:12:03,766
- No.
270
00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:06,073
Of course not.
[stammers]
271
00:12:06,116 --> 00:12:08,162
Why on Earth would
you think that?
272
00:12:08,205 --> 00:12:12,035
- We just keep hearing
how fond you were of James.
273
00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:13,907
Everybody we spoke to
at the "Law Review" board
274
00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:15,560
said that you
strongly advocated
275
00:12:15,604 --> 00:12:17,388
for him to be editor-in-chief?
- I did.
276
00:12:17,432 --> 00:12:18,650
He was an exceptional student.
277
00:12:18,694 --> 00:12:21,262
- Who was ranked 83 out of 230?
278
00:12:21,305 --> 00:12:23,046
[suspenseful music]
279
00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:25,657
- Numbers don't tell
the whole story.
280
00:12:25,701 --> 00:12:29,487
- I agree,
but I still find this odd.
281
00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:35,145
Out of all the students
you have here,
282
00:12:35,189 --> 00:12:39,497
out of all the gifted, diverse
men and women at this school,
283
00:12:39,541 --> 00:12:41,804
you still pushed
for a white kid
284
00:12:41,848 --> 00:12:44,981
in the bottom 2/3 of the class.
285
00:12:49,681 --> 00:12:51,031
Make it make sense.
286
00:12:54,991 --> 00:12:56,950
- I think we're done here,
fellas.
287
00:12:56,993 --> 00:13:00,475
- Where were you yesterday
morning between 5:00 a.m.--
288
00:13:00,518 --> 00:13:02,042
- I told you we're done here.
289
00:13:02,085 --> 00:13:03,826
I'm no longer willing
to answer questions
290
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:06,220
without a lawyer present.
291
00:13:09,223 --> 00:13:11,225
I can assure you, Detective,
I know my rights.
292
00:13:11,268 --> 00:13:14,576
So, please, direct
your gaze elsewhere.
293
00:13:14,619 --> 00:13:21,670
♪
294
00:13:30,374 --> 00:13:32,333
- I found security footage
of Nichols and Pell
295
00:13:32,376 --> 00:13:35,858
walking out of Nichols' office
last week around 11:00 p.m.
296
00:13:35,902 --> 00:13:37,512
- So they were
having an affair.
297
00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:39,079
- No. I don't think so.
298
00:13:39,122 --> 00:13:40,384
I've gone through
Pell's laptop,
299
00:13:40,428 --> 00:13:42,169
looked at every communication
between them,
300
00:13:42,212 --> 00:13:43,866
and there's nothing
the least bit affectionate.
301
00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:45,259
- I hate to break it
to you, Vi,
302
00:13:45,302 --> 00:13:47,348
but not all men
are good at intimacy.
303
00:13:47,391 --> 00:13:48,653
- Really?
304
00:13:48,697 --> 00:13:50,003
Never noticed.
305
00:13:50,046 --> 00:13:51,918
But that's not
what's going on here.
306
00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:54,616
This wasn't about two
closed-off dudes hooking up.
307
00:13:54,659 --> 00:13:55,922
- What do you mean?
308
00:13:55,965 --> 00:13:57,619
- Pell's emails were
increasingly aggressive
309
00:13:57,662 --> 00:13:59,099
and demanding.
310
00:13:59,142 --> 00:14:00,752
"I'd hate to see
your reputation tarnished."
311
00:14:00,796 --> 00:14:02,363
"I'm done asking.
312
00:14:02,406 --> 00:14:03,451
It's time for you to deliver."
313
00:14:03,494 --> 00:14:05,279
- So Pell was threatening him.
314
00:14:05,322 --> 00:14:08,325
- Which means sex or no sex,
he had leverage over him.
315
00:14:08,369 --> 00:14:11,372
- I think I know
what it was too.
316
00:14:11,415 --> 00:14:13,722
Pell sent this clip
to Nichols ten months ago
317
00:14:13,765 --> 00:14:15,550
when the threats started.
318
00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:16,594
It's from a dinner
at the law school
319
00:14:16,638 --> 00:14:18,205
honoring Malcolm Sanders--
320
00:14:18,248 --> 00:14:19,684
the first gay person
to be nominated
321
00:14:19,728 --> 00:14:23,036
to the Supreme Court.
322
00:14:23,079 --> 00:14:24,776
- I guess even I'm not
diverse enough to be
323
00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:26,735
on the Supreme Court
these days.
324
00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:31,609
Not enough to be Black,
gotta be a f--
325
00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:34,830
- Need I say more?
326
00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:39,008
♪
327
00:14:42,577 --> 00:14:42,751
.
328
00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:45,188
- Too.
- Shh.
329
00:14:45,232 --> 00:14:47,669
- Turn it off now.
330
00:14:47,712 --> 00:14:49,062
- But I only played 12 seconds.
331
00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:50,150
- I know what I said.
332
00:14:50,193 --> 00:14:52,195
- And we know who heard it--
333
00:14:52,239 --> 00:14:54,894
James Pell.
334
00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:56,591
He was working there
that night.
335
00:14:56,634 --> 00:14:58,375
He was coordinating the event.
336
00:14:58,419 --> 00:15:01,030
- Which explains how he caught
your comment on video.
337
00:15:01,074 --> 00:15:03,424
And then he wanted you
to know about it, didn't he?
338
00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:06,122
Which is why he sent you
the clip ten months ago.
339
00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:09,125
- That's when you started
helping him out, right?
340
00:15:10,779 --> 00:15:13,825
Look, Professor,
we know plenty of good men
341
00:15:13,869 --> 00:15:15,915
have lost their reputations,
their careers,
342
00:15:15,958 --> 00:15:19,483
for saying stupid things--
things they didn't mean,
343
00:15:19,527 --> 00:15:21,311
things they used to say
on the playground
344
00:15:21,355 --> 00:15:22,747
when they were ten years old.
345
00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:24,053
- And we understand
the type of stress
346
00:15:24,097 --> 00:15:25,968
that something
like that can cause.
347
00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:28,057
I mean, you probably woke up
every single morning
348
00:15:28,101 --> 00:15:29,929
wondering if today was
the day this poor guy
349
00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:32,583
sold you out,
leaked it on Twitter,
350
00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:34,194
called "The New York Times."
351
00:15:34,237 --> 00:15:36,936
- And that kind of pressure
can cause really smart people
352
00:15:36,979 --> 00:15:39,416
to make really stupid choices.
353
00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:41,027
[suspenseful music]
354
00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:43,855
- I appreciate your concern,
Detective,
355
00:15:43,899 --> 00:15:46,206
but I'll cut to the chase.
356
00:15:46,249 --> 00:15:48,730
I didn't kill James Pell.
357
00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:50,775
- But if you did,
we'd understand.
358
00:15:50,819 --> 00:15:53,256
- Gentlemen,
I presume Professor Nichols
359
00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:55,998
is not under arrest?
360
00:15:56,042 --> 00:15:57,347
- Correct.
361
00:15:57,391 --> 00:16:01,569
- Then please, get the hell out
of my office.
362
00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:08,750
♪
363
00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:20,022
- I gotta be honest.
364
00:16:20,066 --> 00:16:21,589
This is a little
surreal for me.
365
00:16:21,632 --> 00:16:22,982
- Why's that?
366
00:16:23,025 --> 00:16:24,374
- Ezra Nichols--
367
00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:25,854
always a big inspiration
for me.
368
00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:28,248
I just--he's the guy
that made me want to be
369
00:16:28,291 --> 00:16:29,597
a lawyer in the first place.
370
00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:30,946
I just can't believe
he's mixed up in all this.
371
00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,078
- Right now, he's just a guy
372
00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,644
who used a word
he wasn't supposed to.
373
00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:35,559
- Which is depressing enough.
374
00:16:35,603 --> 00:16:37,605
- Yeah, a bad word, no doubt,
but--
375
00:16:37,648 --> 00:16:39,476
- But what?
376
00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,957
- Nobody's above
having a bad day.
377
00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,742
The only difference between you
and him and anybody else is,
378
00:16:44,786 --> 00:16:46,657
he got caught on camera.
379
00:16:46,701 --> 00:16:49,443
- We found something
in the doormat.
380
00:16:49,486 --> 00:16:50,748
- What? Dirt?
381
00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:53,882
- Dried mud, and there's
cattail fluff in it.
382
00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:55,753
Those grow by the riverbank.
383
00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:57,364
- That would put him
by the boathouse.
384
00:16:57,407 --> 00:16:59,235
- He came in through the
back entrance, which means
385
00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:00,367
he didn't want to be seen.
386
00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:02,064
- Maybe he had blood
on his clothes.
387
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:03,848
Do we know where
the laundry room is?
388
00:17:03,892 --> 00:17:06,416
- Already checked it. Nada.
389
00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:07,461
- So if he didn't
wash his clothes,
390
00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:08,853
maybe he threw them away.
391
00:17:08,897 --> 00:17:11,117
So where does he
keep the trash bags?
392
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:12,640
- Over here.
393
00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:17,993
- Check it for blood.
394
00:17:23,085 --> 00:17:23,868
- Nothing.
395
00:17:23,912 --> 00:17:25,696
- Check the inside flap.
396
00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,531
- Bingo.
We've got some blood here.
397
00:17:34,575 --> 00:17:36,055
- Get that to the lab.
398
00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:41,060
- Hey, the lab says
the blood is Pell's.
399
00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:43,192
And the mud on the doormat
matches the riverbank
400
00:17:43,236 --> 00:17:45,194
at the boathouse.
- Hell of a start.
401
00:17:45,238 --> 00:17:46,935
- But we still can't place him
near the crime scene
402
00:17:46,978 --> 00:17:48,371
or even prove that he left
his house that morning.
403
00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:49,720
- He's right.
404
00:17:49,764 --> 00:17:50,895
I've scrubbed all the video
I could find.
405
00:17:50,939 --> 00:17:52,723
- But we still
got the dead guy's blood
406
00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,377
at the Nichols' house.
407
00:17:54,421 --> 00:17:55,900
They can't walk that back.
408
00:17:55,944 --> 00:17:57,641
- It's not impossible.
409
00:17:57,685 --> 00:17:58,947
Let's keep digging.
410
00:18:03,517 --> 00:18:05,127
They got kids, right?
- Mm-hmm.
411
00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:07,042
- A 14-year-old
and a 5-year-old?
412
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,739
- Yeah.
- And both parents work?
413
00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:10,132
- Yeah.
- That means--
414
00:18:10,176 --> 00:18:11,742
- They have a nanny.
- Yeah.
415
00:18:11,786 --> 00:18:13,527
Let's track her down.
416
00:18:13,570 --> 00:18:14,963
Find out what she knows.
417
00:18:16,878 --> 00:18:18,575
- I can't get involved.
418
00:18:18,619 --> 00:18:19,924
I'm applying
for a visa right now,
419
00:18:19,968 --> 00:18:22,231
but I'm a little behind
on the paperwork.
420
00:18:22,275 --> 00:18:25,104
- We're not ICE, Magda.
We're not gonna report you.
421
00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:26,670
- We just need to know
if you were working
422
00:18:26,714 --> 00:18:28,759
at the Nichols' house
that morning.
423
00:18:28,803 --> 00:18:31,545
- Yes. I got there at 5:30.
424
00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:33,112
Michelle called me.
425
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:35,114
Said she needed me
to watch their youngest.
426
00:18:35,157 --> 00:18:38,029
- And when you got there,
was Ezra home?
427
00:18:38,073 --> 00:18:40,684
- Yes. He was asleep upstairs.
428
00:18:40,728 --> 00:18:42,251
- You sure?
429
00:18:42,295 --> 00:18:43,426
- Yeah.
430
00:18:43,470 --> 00:18:45,428
He came down around 7:00.
431
00:18:45,472 --> 00:18:46,995
I made him breakfast.
432
00:18:47,038 --> 00:18:49,302
- And Ezra didn't leave
the house before that?
433
00:18:49,345 --> 00:18:52,392
- No.
Like I said, he was sleeping.
434
00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:57,832
- Where was Michelle?
435
00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:03,272
- If I say anything that
gets the Nichols in trouble,
436
00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:04,752
I could lose my job.
437
00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:09,539
- Magda, this is
a murder investigation.
438
00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:10,714
Understand?
439
00:19:12,977 --> 00:19:15,197
We need to know what you know.
440
00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:22,248
♪
441
00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:25,164
[indistinct chatter]
442
00:19:26,382 --> 00:19:28,645
- Michelle Nichols.
- What is this?
443
00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:31,170
- You're under arrest
for the murder of James Pell.
444
00:19:31,213 --> 00:19:32,258
- What? Babe--
445
00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:33,346
- Going to take care
of this, baby.
446
00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:35,174
You'll be home in no time.
447
00:19:35,217 --> 00:19:36,610
Promise you.
448
00:19:36,653 --> 00:19:39,221
Don't say a word.
Understand me?
449
00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:41,658
Tell them you want a lawyer.
Now! Say it out loud!
450
00:19:41,702 --> 00:19:42,790
- I want a lawyer.
451
00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:44,487
- Watch your head, ma'am.
452
00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:51,451
♪
453
00:19:55,977 --> 00:19:56,195
.
454
00:19:56,238 --> 00:19:57,892
- Calling docket ending
in 8733,
455
00:19:57,935 --> 00:19:59,285
People v. Michelle Nichols,
456
00:19:59,328 --> 00:20:01,548
charging murder
in the second degree.
457
00:20:03,637 --> 00:20:05,160
- How does the defendant plead?
458
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,509
- Not guilty, Your Honor.
459
00:20:06,553 --> 00:20:08,859
- People on bail?
- People request remand.
460
00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:12,211
We have evidence that proves
the defendant was aware
461
00:20:12,254 --> 00:20:14,822
the victim, James Pell,
was blackmailing her husband
462
00:20:14,865 --> 00:20:16,867
and that she murdered him
to stop it.
463
00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:20,044
- Your Honor, Mrs. Nichols
is anything but a flight risk.
464
00:20:20,088 --> 00:20:23,091
She serves on the boards
of the Children's Defense Fund,
465
00:20:23,134 --> 00:20:26,225
America Reads, and the
Riverdale Country School.
466
00:20:26,268 --> 00:20:28,314
She's never had so much
as a speeding ticket.
467
00:20:28,357 --> 00:20:30,794
- Given her significant
financial resources
468
00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:33,536
and extensive
international connections,
469
00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:35,669
she may be accumulating funds
in order to flee the country.
470
00:20:35,712 --> 00:20:36,887
- Okay. Enough.
471
00:20:36,931 --> 00:20:39,325
Bail is set at $500,000,
and Mrs. Nichols
472
00:20:39,368 --> 00:20:41,109
is to surrender her passport.
473
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:45,244
- Motion to exclude.
474
00:20:51,337 --> 00:20:53,077
- The video clip of
my client's husband
475
00:20:53,121 --> 00:20:55,036
expressing his displeasure
to her
476
00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:56,733
is protected by
marital privilege.
477
00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,735
The jury shouldn't
be allowed to see it.
478
00:20:58,779 --> 00:21:00,476
- Privilege doesn't apply
in this situation.
479
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,349
Professor and Mrs. Nichols
were in a public setting,
480
00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:04,698
which means there was no
reasonable expectation
481
00:21:04,741 --> 00:21:06,090
of confidentiality.
482
00:21:06,134 --> 00:21:07,744
Ezra Nichols was sitting
in front
483
00:21:07,788 --> 00:21:09,311
of a microphone,
for God's sake.
484
00:21:09,355 --> 00:21:11,574
- The comment was made after
the speeches were finished.
485
00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:14,751
The microphone was disconnected
from the public address system.
486
00:21:14,795 --> 00:21:17,363
He was completely unaware
he was being recorded.
487
00:21:17,406 --> 00:21:19,800
- Michelle Nichols
literally shushed him.
488
00:21:19,843 --> 00:21:21,845
That proves that--
- That proves nothing.
489
00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:24,283
My husband shushes me
in my living room,
490
00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:26,110
the doctor's office.
491
00:21:26,154 --> 00:21:28,417
Based on the facts,
it's clear that
492
00:21:28,461 --> 00:21:32,421
this was meant to be a personal
and private conversation.
493
00:21:32,465 --> 00:21:33,770
Motion granted.
494
00:21:36,164 --> 00:21:39,646
- We need some sort of evidence
to establish motive,
495
00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:41,561
something to make
the jury understand
496
00:21:41,604 --> 00:21:45,086
why Pell was blackmailing
Nichols in the first place.
497
00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:46,957
- Yeah, that's what
I've been working on.
498
00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:49,395
I think I might have
found something too.
499
00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:54,051
- See Ezra Nichols' wine glass?
- Yes.
500
00:21:54,095 --> 00:21:55,401
- When Ezra moves the glass,
501
00:21:55,444 --> 00:21:57,577
he's motioning to a waiter
for a refill.
502
00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,709
- Play it one more time.
503
00:21:59,753 --> 00:22:01,407
- If the waiter
was close enough to pour,
504
00:22:01,450 --> 00:22:03,452
they would have been
close enough to hear
505
00:22:03,496 --> 00:22:04,845
what Nichols said to his wife.
506
00:22:10,285 --> 00:22:12,069
- Can you tell
us where you last saw
507
00:22:12,113 --> 00:22:14,071
Ezra and Michelle Nichols?
508
00:22:14,115 --> 00:22:17,161
- I was a server at their table
at a law school dinner.
509
00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:19,338
- And can you please
repeat the comment
510
00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:23,167
that you heard Ezra Nichols
make to his wife
511
00:22:23,211 --> 00:22:25,344
about Supreme Court Justice
Malcolm Sanders?
512
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:26,997
- Objection--hearsay.
513
00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:28,390
- It's not being offered
for the truth
514
00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:30,827
of the matter asserted.
- Overruled.
515
00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:32,568
- Then it's protected
by marital privilege.
516
00:22:32,612 --> 00:22:35,223
- Privilege doesn't apply when
there's a third party present.
517
00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:36,311
- I agree.
518
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,531
- Mr. Price,
ask your question again.
519
00:22:38,574 --> 00:22:40,576
- Ms. Zinkow,
what did you hear
520
00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:42,970
Ezra Nichols say to his wife?
521
00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:45,625
- He was talking
about Justice Sanders,
522
00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:48,715
and he used an offensive word.
523
00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:50,369
- What word?
524
00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:54,938
- It starts with F,
and it refers to gay people.
525
00:22:54,982 --> 00:22:56,679
Do I have to say it?
526
00:22:56,723 --> 00:23:00,030
- No. No.
I think we get the idea.
527
00:23:00,074 --> 00:23:02,946
Did you tell anybody
what you heard?
528
00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:05,514
- Yes, I told one
of the student coordinators,
529
00:23:05,558 --> 00:23:06,863
James Pell.
530
00:23:06,907 --> 00:23:08,822
- How did Mr. Pell respond?
531
00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:11,085
- He thanked me
for telling him this.
532
00:23:11,128 --> 00:23:13,435
Then he took the video card
out of the camera
533
00:23:13,479 --> 00:23:16,438
that was recording
the speakers' table.
534
00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:19,441
- Thank you.
I have nothing further.
535
00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:22,836
- Are you familiar
with who Ezra Nichols is--
536
00:23:22,879 --> 00:23:26,187
of all he's done
for the LGBTQ community?
537
00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:27,884
- Not really.
- Ah.
538
00:23:27,928 --> 00:23:30,191
Then let me educate you.
539
00:23:30,234 --> 00:23:32,411
He is one of the most--
- Objection.
540
00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:35,631
Professor Nichols' résumé
in this regard is irrelevant.
541
00:23:35,675 --> 00:23:38,112
- Sustained.
Move on, Mr. Seaver.
542
00:23:40,593 --> 00:23:42,769
- The room was filled
with people, correct?
543
00:23:42,812 --> 00:23:45,206
- Yes, there were about
80 people there.
544
00:23:45,249 --> 00:23:46,555
- So there was lots of noise.
545
00:23:46,599 --> 00:23:48,688
People were eating, drinking.
546
00:23:48,731 --> 00:23:50,080
- Yes.
547
00:23:50,124 --> 00:23:53,040
- So it was obviously
hard to hear.
548
00:23:53,083 --> 00:23:54,389
- I suppose.
549
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,740
- So you can't be sure
what Mr. Nichols
550
00:23:57,784 --> 00:23:59,873
said or didn't say, correct?
551
00:23:59,916 --> 00:24:01,483
- No. That's not true.
552
00:24:01,527 --> 00:24:03,703
[chuckles]
I heard him use that word.
553
00:24:03,746 --> 00:24:05,139
I'm positive.
554
00:24:08,795 --> 00:24:10,840
- Nothing further.
555
00:24:10,884 --> 00:24:12,102
- Mr. Price?
556
00:24:12,146 --> 00:24:13,147
- Nothing further, Your Honor.
557
00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:15,149
- Witness is excused.
558
00:24:18,021 --> 00:24:20,415
- The people call
Magda Chezlak.
559
00:24:24,158 --> 00:24:26,769
- Is Ms. Chezlak here?
560
00:24:26,813 --> 00:24:29,729
[suspenseful music]
561
00:24:29,772 --> 00:24:31,992
♪
562
00:24:32,035 --> 00:24:33,907
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
563
00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:35,561
We talked to her last night.
564
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,044
- The Nichols' nanny
skipped town?
565
00:24:41,088 --> 00:24:43,133
- Her roomie thinks
she flew back to Poland.
566
00:24:43,177 --> 00:24:45,266
- Can you confirm that?
- No.
567
00:24:45,309 --> 00:24:46,485
We checked all the flight logs.
568
00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:48,008
There's no record of her
on any of them,
569
00:24:48,051 --> 00:24:50,010
and she's not answering calls
or texts, either.
570
00:24:50,053 --> 00:24:52,534
- So she's in the wind?
- Sure looks that way.
571
00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:54,057
- Well, the woman
was terrified and thought
572
00:24:54,101 --> 00:24:55,537
ICE was gonna grab her up.
573
00:24:55,581 --> 00:24:58,279
- Or Seaver convinced her
that was the case
574
00:24:58,322 --> 00:25:00,455
and arranged for her
to get out of town.
575
00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,023
- Which is obviously
witness tampering.
576
00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:06,069
- It sure is, but good luck
finding a paper trail.
577
00:25:06,113 --> 00:25:07,375
- So now what?
578
00:25:07,418 --> 00:25:09,420
And the nanny was
the only witness
579
00:25:09,464 --> 00:25:11,205
who could establish
Michelle was at home
580
00:25:11,248 --> 00:25:12,380
the morning of the murder.
581
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:13,773
- No.
582
00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:16,384
That's not true.
We have another witness.
583
00:25:16,427 --> 00:25:17,559
- Good.
584
00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:19,518
Just make sure
that this one shows up.
585
00:25:24,305 --> 00:25:26,612
- Detective Cosgrove, in the
course of your investigation,
586
00:25:26,655 --> 00:25:29,310
did you meet Magda Chezlak,
587
00:25:29,353 --> 00:25:31,355
the Nichols' nanny?
- Yes.
588
00:25:31,399 --> 00:25:33,793
- Did Ms. Chezlak tell you
that Michelle Nichols
589
00:25:33,836 --> 00:25:36,665
left the house the morning
of James Pell's murder?
590
00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:38,101
- Objection, hearsay.
591
00:25:38,145 --> 00:25:40,016
- Ms. Chezlak's statement
falls under an exception
592
00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:41,409
to the hearsay rule.
593
00:25:41,452 --> 00:25:43,542
It's a declaration
against pecuniary interest.
594
00:25:43,585 --> 00:25:46,849
- What exactly is Ms. Chezlak's
pecuniary interest?
595
00:25:46,893 --> 00:25:48,198
- Her job.
596
00:25:48,242 --> 00:25:49,635
She told Detective Cosgrove
she was afraid
597
00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:51,201
she'd be fired if she
said anything that
598
00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:52,551
got the Nichols in trouble.
599
00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:55,728
- Objection overruled.
600
00:25:55,771 --> 00:25:58,034
- Yes, Magda Chezlak told me
601
00:25:58,078 --> 00:26:00,384
that she saw the defendant
602
00:26:00,428 --> 00:26:02,952
leave the house
at 5:30 that morning.
603
00:26:02,996 --> 00:26:05,215
- And what time
was James Pell killed?
604
00:26:05,259 --> 00:26:07,609
- The medical examiner
determined that
605
00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:09,785
it was between 5:00 and 7:00
in the morning.
606
00:26:09,829 --> 00:26:11,613
- Did Ms. Chezlak
say anything else
607
00:26:11,657 --> 00:26:14,616
about the defendant
leaving home so early that day?
608
00:26:14,660 --> 00:26:16,575
- Yes, she said that
was highly unusual.
609
00:26:16,618 --> 00:26:18,968
She seemed in a hurry
and extremely upset.
610
00:26:19,012 --> 00:26:19,926
- Thank you,
Detective Cosgrove.
611
00:26:19,969 --> 00:26:21,405
I have no further questions.
612
00:26:23,451 --> 00:26:25,453
- How many years have you been
613
00:26:25,496 --> 00:26:27,977
with the New York City
Police Department, Detective?
614
00:26:28,021 --> 00:26:29,239
- 23.
615
00:26:29,283 --> 00:26:30,719
- And in those years,
how many times
616
00:26:30,763 --> 00:26:32,982
have you been called as a
witness in a criminal case?
617
00:26:33,026 --> 00:26:34,549
- I--I wouldn't know
the exact number.
618
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,725
- Public records show
that you were called
619
00:26:36,769 --> 00:26:39,946
to testify in 208 cases.
620
00:26:39,989 --> 00:26:41,251
- Really? That many?
621
00:26:41,295 --> 00:26:43,732
- In how many of those cases
was the defendant
622
00:26:43,776 --> 00:26:45,255
African American?
623
00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:47,431
- Objection, relevance.
- It goes to bias.
624
00:26:47,475 --> 00:26:50,260
- Overruled, but be careful,
Mr. Seaver.
625
00:26:50,304 --> 00:26:51,740
[suspenseful music]
626
00:26:51,784 --> 00:26:53,046
- I don't keep track.
627
00:26:53,089 --> 00:26:54,569
- Maybe you should--
628
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,266
over half,
629
00:26:56,310 --> 00:27:00,967
and 85% of those cases
resulted in convictions.
630
00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:04,100
That is well above
the statistical average.
631
00:27:04,144 --> 00:27:05,493
Did you know that?
632
00:27:05,536 --> 00:27:08,104
- Like I said, I don't know
the exact numbers.
633
00:27:08,148 --> 00:27:10,367
- You should.
It's in the public record.
634
00:27:10,411 --> 00:27:12,848
It seems whenever a person
of color is on trial,
635
00:27:12,892 --> 00:27:15,721
you always seem to bring in
some extra evidence
636
00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:17,026
to the equation.
637
00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:19,072
- Are you trying to say
I make things up?
638
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:20,551
Because that's not
how it works.
639
00:27:20,595 --> 00:27:23,293
- Quite the contrary--
it's simple math.
640
00:27:23,337 --> 00:27:24,947
And it adds up to you having
641
00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:27,036
a racially-motivated axe
to grind.
642
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,908
There's no other way
to explain it.
643
00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:32,781
- I'm pretty sure there is,
but I'm not a sociologist.
644
00:27:32,825 --> 00:27:34,348
I'm a homicide detective.
645
00:27:34,391 --> 00:27:36,959
I follow the evidence,
and I arrest bad guys
646
00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:38,787
regardless of their race.
647
00:27:38,831 --> 00:27:40,528
That's what I do.
648
00:27:40,571 --> 00:27:43,183
And in this case, the evidence
points at Michelle Nichols.
649
00:27:43,226 --> 00:27:44,793
- A Black woman.
650
00:27:44,837 --> 00:27:47,361
- No. A murderer.
651
00:27:47,404 --> 00:27:50,190
- Says the man who only
arrests Black people.
652
00:27:50,233 --> 00:27:51,713
- Objection.
The defense is out of line.
653
00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:52,671
- Sustained.
654
00:27:54,847 --> 00:27:56,675
- No further questions.
655
00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,502
- Witness is excused.
656
00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:04,987
♪
657
00:28:05,031 --> 00:28:07,511
- Mr. Price?
658
00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:09,992
- The People rest, Your Honor.
659
00:28:10,036 --> 00:28:12,081
- Mr. Seaver,
call your first witness.
660
00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:14,518
- Defense calls Ezra Nichols.
661
00:28:19,045 --> 00:28:22,178
- Where were you on the morning
of James Pell's murder?
662
00:28:22,222 --> 00:28:24,485
- I got up early and went
to the Hudson boathouse.
663
00:28:24,528 --> 00:28:26,356
- Why did you go
to the boathouse?
664
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,141
- Because I knew James
would be there.
665
00:28:28,184 --> 00:28:30,404
- And what did you do
when you found him there?
666
00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,409
- I killed him.
667
00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:37,019
- Request to meet in chambers,
Your Honor.
668
00:28:37,063 --> 00:28:43,765
♪
669
00:28:47,116 --> 00:28:47,334
.
670
00:28:47,377 --> 00:28:49,858
- We've already
established that Ezra Nicholas
671
00:28:49,902 --> 00:28:51,207
was at home asleep
when James Pell was killed.
672
00:28:51,251 --> 00:28:53,035
The defense is clearly
using his testimony
673
00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:54,297
to create a false narrative.
674
00:28:54,341 --> 00:28:56,560
- The People have
no legal basis
675
00:28:56,604 --> 00:28:58,040
to exclude his testimony.
676
00:28:58,084 --> 00:29:00,216
- Ezra Nichols' so-called
confession is an act
677
00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:03,567
of perjury designed
to create confusion
678
00:29:03,611 --> 00:29:05,178
in the minds of the jurors.
679
00:29:05,221 --> 00:29:07,920
- Creating confusion is what
defense lawyers do, Mr. Price.
680
00:29:07,963 --> 00:29:10,574
That's not a basis
to exclude a witness.
681
00:29:10,618 --> 00:29:12,402
- No, but creating a mockery
682
00:29:12,446 --> 00:29:14,056
of the criminal justice system
is,
683
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:16,406
or at least it used to be.
684
00:29:16,450 --> 00:29:19,235
- Watch yourself, sir.
685
00:29:21,977 --> 00:29:24,414
Ezra Nichols
is free to testify.
686
00:29:24,458 --> 00:29:27,591
And you, Mr. Price, are free
to accept his confession
687
00:29:27,635 --> 00:29:29,855
if you so choose.
688
00:29:31,552 --> 00:29:33,510
Court is adjourned for today.
689
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,038
- Is there a chance
Ezra Nichols
690
00:29:39,081 --> 00:29:40,953
actually committed the murder?
691
00:29:40,996 --> 00:29:43,172
- Sure. It's possible.
692
00:29:43,216 --> 00:29:44,870
Just like it's possible someone
693
00:29:44,913 --> 00:29:47,829
not named Lee Harvey Oswald
killed Kennedy.
694
00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:49,526
- What does the evidence say?
695
00:29:49,570 --> 00:29:52,834
- That Mr. Nichols
was at home sleeping
696
00:29:52,878 --> 00:29:54,618
when the murder was committed.
697
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:56,882
I don't--maybe we should
just accept his confession,
698
00:29:56,925 --> 00:29:58,274
charge him with murder.
699
00:29:58,318 --> 00:29:59,275
At least somebody will go
to prison for this.
700
00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:01,887
- I assume you're just venting.
701
00:30:01,930 --> 00:30:04,933
- [scoffs] I am.
- Then let's move on.
702
00:30:04,977 --> 00:30:07,936
Let's view this confession
for what it is,
703
00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:10,896
a stunt designed
to distract the jury
704
00:30:10,939 --> 00:30:14,073
and create reasonable doubt,
nothing more.
705
00:30:14,116 --> 00:30:17,293
So let Nichols spin his tale...
706
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,822
Then bury him on the cross
and expose his lies.
707
00:30:29,436 --> 00:30:32,221
- Pell started out by asking me
for a few thousand dollars.
708
00:30:32,265 --> 00:30:34,310
Then he wanted me to make sure
he was named
709
00:30:34,354 --> 00:30:36,095
editor-in-chief
of the "Law Review."
710
00:30:36,138 --> 00:30:38,837
- He was using your reputation
and influence
711
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,795
to bolster his own résumé.
712
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,231
- Yes.
713
00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:44,059
And I succumbed to his demands.
714
00:30:44,103 --> 00:30:45,582
- Why is that?
715
00:30:45,626 --> 00:30:48,672
- Because I'm ashamed
of what I said, deeply.
716
00:30:48,716 --> 00:30:50,849
It's not who I am.
717
00:30:50,892 --> 00:30:52,198
If I'd heard another man
say that,
718
00:30:52,241 --> 00:30:54,678
I'd be the first person
to speak up,
719
00:30:54,722 --> 00:30:57,464
denounce his homophobia.
720
00:30:57,507 --> 00:31:00,162
So I was terrified.
721
00:31:00,206 --> 00:31:01,903
I knew the significance
of the tape
722
00:31:01,947 --> 00:31:05,211
and the greed and ambition
of the man in possession of it.
723
00:31:05,254 --> 00:31:07,909
- Can you elaborate on that?
724
00:31:07,953 --> 00:31:10,390
Tell us why
you were so terrified?
725
00:31:10,433 --> 00:31:12,348
- Because we live
in a society where people--
726
00:31:12,392 --> 00:31:16,048
the press--want to crucify
public figures
727
00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:18,702
for making a mistake.
728
00:31:18,746 --> 00:31:21,227
There are no second chances.
729
00:31:21,270 --> 00:31:24,534
One bad moment, one wrong word,
and your career is over,
730
00:31:24,578 --> 00:31:26,754
no matter who you are
or what you've accomplished.
731
00:31:26,797 --> 00:31:30,801
It's become a sport, a game.
732
00:31:30,845 --> 00:31:32,760
Who can we cancel next?
733
00:31:32,803 --> 00:31:35,894
So I gave James Pell
everything he asked for
734
00:31:35,937 --> 00:31:37,939
to protect myself
and my family.
735
00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:40,550
- Were there any other demands?
736
00:31:40,594 --> 00:31:42,988
- Yes.
737
00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:45,642
He wanted to clerk
for the Supreme Court.
738
00:31:45,686 --> 00:31:46,992
That's where I drew the line.
739
00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:48,254
- How come?
740
00:31:48,297 --> 00:31:51,170
- Those clerks go on
to be professors,
741
00:31:51,213 --> 00:31:53,563
judges, politicians.
742
00:31:53,607 --> 00:31:55,522
They become thought leaders
for the next generation.
743
00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,916
I wasn't giving James Pell
that kind of access.
744
00:31:57,959 --> 00:32:03,182
- And how did Mr. Pell react
when you told him that?
745
00:32:03,225 --> 00:32:04,966
- He said he'd release
the video.
746
00:32:05,010 --> 00:32:06,402
- And what did you do?
747
00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:10,406
- I told Pell we needed
to talk in person.
748
00:32:10,450 --> 00:32:13,409
So I met him down
at the boathouse that morning.
749
00:32:13,453 --> 00:32:15,411
I told him he needed to stop
what he was doing,
750
00:32:15,455 --> 00:32:18,284
that I was done
with his demands, his threats.
751
00:32:18,327 --> 00:32:19,981
- And how did he react?
752
00:32:20,025 --> 00:32:23,724
- He laughed in my face,
said he owned me.
753
00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:29,251
That's when I lost
my composure.
754
00:32:29,295 --> 00:32:31,645
I picked up a pipe,
and I swung it at his head.
755
00:32:33,473 --> 00:32:36,302
- Where was your wife
at this time?
756
00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:38,869
- She was home
with our children.
757
00:32:38,913 --> 00:32:41,742
She had nothing
to do with this.
758
00:32:41,785 --> 00:32:44,658
- Thank you, Professor Nichols.
759
00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:45,964
No further questions.
760
00:32:46,007 --> 00:32:48,923
[tense music]
761
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:54,146
♪
762
00:32:54,189 --> 00:32:55,625
- Mr. Nichols...
763
00:32:58,063 --> 00:33:03,938
When you allegedly
killed James Pell,
764
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:05,374
where did you strike him?
765
00:33:05,418 --> 00:33:09,639
- On the side of his head
above his right ear.
766
00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:11,946
- Do you recall what Mr. Pell
was wearing that morning?
767
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:15,254
- A light blue athletic shirt
with dark blue markings
768
00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:16,820
on the sleeves.
769
00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:23,305
♪
770
00:33:23,349 --> 00:33:25,090
- Side of head,
above right ear,
771
00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:27,092
light blue athletic shirt,
772
00:33:27,135 --> 00:33:28,789
dark blue markings
on the sleeves.
773
00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:31,052
Professor Nichols, have you
read the crime scene report
774
00:33:31,096 --> 00:33:32,488
for James Pell's murder?
775
00:33:32,532 --> 00:33:33,489
- No. I have not.
776
00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:35,491
- Yet, your so-called memories
777
00:33:35,535 --> 00:33:38,059
are word for word identical
to what is written here.
778
00:33:38,103 --> 00:33:40,366
- Objection.
- Sustained.
779
00:33:43,717 --> 00:33:45,458
- Professor Nichols,
do you love your wife?
780
00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:46,807
- Of course.
781
00:33:46,850 --> 00:33:49,027
- And you would do almost
anything to protect her,
782
00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:51,072
including lying about a murder
783
00:33:51,116 --> 00:33:52,378
to stop her
from going to prison.
784
00:33:52,421 --> 00:33:54,206
- Objection!
- Sustained.
785
00:33:54,249 --> 00:33:56,860
- You now claim
you killed James Pell,
786
00:33:56,904 --> 00:34:00,038
even though you were at home
the morning of the murder.
787
00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:01,300
- That's not true.
788
00:34:01,343 --> 00:34:02,431
- But no one else can verify
789
00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:04,042
your account
of events, correct?
790
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:05,521
- That'snot true.
791
00:34:05,565 --> 00:34:07,349
My wife and two children
were home having breakfast
792
00:34:07,393 --> 00:34:09,699
when I returned
from the boathouse.
793
00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:12,093
- They saw you return home
that morning?
794
00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:13,660
- Yes.
795
00:34:13,703 --> 00:34:14,791
- And what time was this?
796
00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:18,534
- Approximately 6:45 a.m.
797
00:34:18,578 --> 00:34:20,232
- They saw you--
798
00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:27,456
♪
799
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:28,675
Thank you.
800
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:30,329
No further questions
at this time.
801
00:34:32,331 --> 00:34:35,203
- You're excused.
802
00:34:35,247 --> 00:34:36,987
- Subpoena the son.
803
00:34:37,031 --> 00:34:40,817
The kid already told the police
he left home at 6:45 a.m.
804
00:34:40,861 --> 00:34:42,645
He said he didn't see
his parents that morning,
805
00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:44,952
didn't even know
if they were home.
806
00:34:44,995 --> 00:34:48,390
- Which means one
of them is lying.
807
00:34:48,434 --> 00:34:50,914
- I know which one
my money is on.
808
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:55,832
♪
809
00:34:59,271 --> 00:34:59,445
.
810
00:34:59,488 --> 00:35:02,143
- Your Honor,
given that this witness
811
00:35:02,187 --> 00:35:03,927
is the defendant's son, I'd ask
that you declare him hostile,
812
00:35:03,971 --> 00:35:05,320
allow me to ask
leading questions.
813
00:35:05,364 --> 00:35:06,278
- Granted.
814
00:35:07,888 --> 00:35:10,717
- Where were you the morning
of James Pell's murder?
815
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,371
- I was home.
816
00:35:12,414 --> 00:35:15,461
I left home for water polo
practice at 6:45 a.m.
817
00:35:15,504 --> 00:35:19,029
- And did you see
your mother or father?
818
00:35:19,073 --> 00:35:20,074
- I saw my mother.
819
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,424
She made me breakfast.
820
00:35:22,468 --> 00:35:26,080
And I saw my father,
too, briefly.
821
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,517
He came home at 6:30,
right before I left home
822
00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:30,215
for water polo practice.
823
00:35:30,258 --> 00:35:32,913
- Really?
You saw him come home?
824
00:35:32,956 --> 00:35:34,958
- That's correct.
825
00:35:35,002 --> 00:35:37,831
- But you originally
told the police
826
00:35:37,874 --> 00:35:40,877
that you didn't see either
of them that day, correct?
827
00:35:40,921 --> 00:35:43,967
- Yes. I--I was confused.
828
00:35:44,011 --> 00:35:45,534
- But you're not confused now?
829
00:35:45,578 --> 00:35:47,406
- Correct.
830
00:35:47,449 --> 00:35:53,455
- So your father wasn't in his
bedroom sleeping that morning?
831
00:35:53,499 --> 00:35:54,761
- That's right.
832
00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:56,937
[suspenseful music]
833
00:35:56,980 --> 00:36:00,114
- Well, that morning when you
saw your mother, when she--
834
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,507
she made breakfast for you?
835
00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:02,421
How did she appear?
836
00:36:02,464 --> 00:36:05,815
Was she rattled, disoriented?
837
00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:08,862
Was she acting in a way
that seemed abnormal?
838
00:36:08,905 --> 00:36:10,864
- Um...
839
00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:15,912
no, she seemed very normal.
840
00:36:15,956 --> 00:36:19,133
- What about your nanny, Magda?
See her at home that morning?
841
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:22,441
- I--I don't recall.
842
00:36:22,484 --> 00:36:25,618
- Your father told you what
to say today, didn't he?
843
00:36:25,661 --> 00:36:26,880
- No.
844
00:36:26,923 --> 00:36:29,099
- He told you to lie
about seeing him at home
845
00:36:29,143 --> 00:36:31,276
that morning
in order to perpetuate
846
00:36:31,319 --> 00:36:34,104
the lie that he killed Pell.
- Objection!
847
00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:35,410
- Sustained.
848
00:36:35,454 --> 00:36:37,369
- Nothing further at this time.
849
00:36:40,459 --> 00:36:43,244
We need to poke holes
in this kid's testimony.
850
00:36:43,288 --> 00:36:45,725
Check with the coach.
Pull phone, internet data.
851
00:36:45,768 --> 00:36:47,814
If we can prove he was
telling the truth then--
852
00:36:47,857 --> 00:36:50,425
- We can prove he's lying now.
853
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,950
- I dug up everything
I could on Cyrus Nichols.
854
00:36:53,994 --> 00:36:55,517
He seems like
a really good kid--
855
00:36:55,561 --> 00:36:58,607
straight-A student, debate
team, varsity water polo,
856
00:36:58,651 --> 00:37:01,480
literally feeds the homeless
on Sundays.
857
00:37:01,523 --> 00:37:03,395
- Does his story track
the day of the murder?
858
00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:05,092
- I talked to his
water polo coach.
859
00:37:05,135 --> 00:37:07,790
Confirms Cyrus was
at practice at 7:15 a.m.
860
00:37:07,834 --> 00:37:10,663
And I found video of him a
block from the school at 7:12.
861
00:37:10,706 --> 00:37:12,273
Doesn't really prove
that he saw or didn't see
862
00:37:12,317 --> 00:37:13,579
his father that morning,
863
00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:15,233
just means he went
to water polo practice.
864
00:37:15,276 --> 00:37:16,669
- [sighs]
I know.
865
00:37:16,712 --> 00:37:19,280
We're looking for a needle
in a haystack.
866
00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:20,847
- I might have one.
867
00:37:20,890 --> 00:37:22,675
- What do you mean?
868
00:37:22,718 --> 00:37:25,025
- Cyrus used his cell phone
to call his parents' landline
869
00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:27,332
that morning at 5:49 a.m.
870
00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:29,551
- What?
Why would he--
871
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,686
Get a ping order right away.
872
00:37:33,729 --> 00:37:34,643
- On it.
873
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,911
- What the hell's going on?
What was so important?
874
00:37:41,955 --> 00:37:45,698
- We looked into your son's
version of events.
875
00:37:45,741 --> 00:37:50,442
And we learned that
he called your landline
876
00:37:50,485 --> 00:37:54,315
the morning of the murder
at 5:49 a.m.
877
00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:57,405
So we pinged his cell.
878
00:37:57,449 --> 00:38:01,279
- And we eventually
discovered this.
879
00:38:03,106 --> 00:38:07,720
This is Cyrus at 5:09 a.m.
on the morning of the murder
880
00:38:07,763 --> 00:38:11,854
walking down 122nd Street,
two blocks from the boathouse
881
00:38:11,898 --> 00:38:14,335
where Pell was killed.
882
00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:20,167
And this is Cyrus at 5:44 a.m.,
883
00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:23,301
throwing away the pipe
used to kill James Pell.
884
00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:30,438
♪
885
00:38:32,788 --> 00:38:39,229
- If you tell us everything
that happened...
886
00:38:39,273 --> 00:38:41,971
we will do the best
we can for your son.
887
00:38:42,015 --> 00:38:43,712
- Whatever they say,
888
00:38:43,756 --> 00:38:45,758
it can't be used
against the child.
889
00:38:45,801 --> 00:38:46,802
- Agreed.
890
00:38:50,937 --> 00:38:52,634
- [sighs]
891
00:38:55,202 --> 00:38:57,683
Cyrus knew the pressure
I was under--
892
00:38:57,726 --> 00:39:00,033
that we were under.
893
00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:05,778
He overheard us arguing the
night before about James Pell
894
00:39:05,821 --> 00:39:09,956
and how he was threatening
to destroy our lives.
895
00:39:09,999 --> 00:39:13,351
- He knew the agony
that this was causing.
896
00:39:15,265 --> 00:39:18,399
And Cyrus is a sensitive boy.
897
00:39:18,443 --> 00:39:20,967
He carries the weight
of the world on his shoulders.
898
00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:23,361
He always has.
899
00:39:23,404 --> 00:39:26,189
- I told him we would
take care of everything,
900
00:39:26,233 --> 00:39:28,278
that this was not his problem.
901
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,847
But he--
902
00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:35,068
- He killed James Pell.
903
00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:37,810
- It wasn't his fault.
904
00:39:37,853 --> 00:39:39,464
He was afraid.
905
00:39:39,507 --> 00:39:41,683
He was just trying to help.
906
00:39:41,727 --> 00:39:48,647
♪
907
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:52,955
- Your Honor,
the People have agreed
908
00:39:52,999 --> 00:39:55,741
to drop the murder charges
against Michelle Nichols.
909
00:39:55,784 --> 00:39:57,917
We have also agreed
not to charge
910
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,485
Ezra Nichols with perjury.
911
00:40:00,528 --> 00:40:01,790
- The Nichols family
understands
912
00:40:01,834 --> 00:40:03,618
that it is in the best
interests of the child
913
00:40:03,662 --> 00:40:06,360
to plead guilty
in family court,
914
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:09,145
and the record will be sealed.
915
00:40:09,189 --> 00:40:10,364
- Cyrus...
916
00:40:14,499 --> 00:40:16,805
Do you understand
what this means?
917
00:40:19,068 --> 00:40:23,508
A judge in family court will be
sentencing you for murder.
918
00:40:25,074 --> 00:40:26,772
- Yes, ma'am.
919
00:40:26,815 --> 00:40:28,687
I understand.
920
00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:31,951
- The case against
Michelle Nichols is dismissed.
921
00:40:31,994 --> 00:40:36,042
Court Officer, please take
Cyrus Nichols into custody.
922
00:40:36,085 --> 00:40:37,391
- He's just a boy.
923
00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:40,873
For God's sake, he's barely 14.
924
00:40:44,093 --> 00:40:46,748
[sobbing]
925
00:40:49,490 --> 00:40:50,970
- You okay?
926
00:40:51,013 --> 00:40:54,669
- A man is dead
and a family's been destroyed,
927
00:40:54,713 --> 00:40:58,978
all because a good man blurted
out a stupid, hateful word.
928
00:40:59,021 --> 00:41:05,941
♪
929
00:41:09,423 --> 00:41:12,339
[dramatic music]
930
00:41:12,382 --> 00:41:19,477
♪
931
00:41:39,322 --> 00:41:42,500
[wolf howling]
932
00:41:42,550 --> 00:41:47,100
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