1 00:00:00,998 --> 00:00:02,989 In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:03,067 --> 00:00:06,628 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,704 --> 00:00:08,569 The police who investigate crime... 4 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:11,403 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,475 --> 00:00:13,102 These are their stories. 6 00:00:13,944 --> 00:00:15,377 Blast him, Angel. 7 00:00:15,446 --> 00:00:17,243 No, man, he's gone down the hole. 8 00:00:17,314 --> 00:00:19,373 Well, drop down to green level. Nuke 'em. Nuke 'em. 9 00:00:19,450 --> 00:00:23,819 Yes! 827 kills. I think that's a record. 10 00:00:23,887 --> 00:00:26,379 Come on, man. I gotta go. My mom's gonna kill me. 11 00:00:26,458 --> 00:00:29,393 She can't stand it anymore. Says they're too big. 12 00:00:29,461 --> 00:00:32,692 My Joanna's always wanted to be bigger, since high school. 13 00:00:32,764 --> 00:00:36,928 She is kind of flat, dear. The boys used to call her button-boobs. 14 00:00:37,002 --> 00:00:40,665 Now, I tell her God made them that way. She still wants them bigger. 15 00:00:42,407 --> 00:00:45,808 How old's Joanna now, 34? 16 00:00:45,877 --> 00:00:48,038 Here we go again. 17 00:00:48,113 --> 00:00:50,877 She'll never find love, okay? 18 00:00:50,949 --> 00:00:53,144 I'll see you tomorrow, Ida. 19 00:00:53,218 --> 00:00:55,982 She thinks I'm talking love, Trixie. I was talking husband. 20 00:00:58,724 --> 00:01:00,021 Angel. 21 00:01:00,092 --> 00:01:01,252 Help me! 22 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:02,487 Somebody call the cops. 23 00:01:02,561 --> 00:01:03,653 Help me! 24 00:01:03,729 --> 00:01:05,287 Oh, my God. 25 00:01:05,364 --> 00:01:09,562 He knocked me down. Animals! Don't move. Don't move. 26 00:01:09,635 --> 00:01:12,832 He didn't shoot me. It's my hip. My hip hurts. 27 00:01:12,905 --> 00:01:14,338 Ida, look. 28 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:24,580 I know you're in pain, but can you tell me anything about the man who pushed you? 29 00:01:24,650 --> 00:01:25,776 How's your breathing, Mrs. Abel? 30 00:01:25,851 --> 00:01:26,875 I'm fine. 31 00:01:26,952 --> 00:01:29,786 My hip hurts. He ran right at me. He didn't see me. 32 00:01:29,856 --> 00:01:31,483 He was looking over his shoulder. 33 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:33,219 Did you get a good look at him? 34 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:37,320 I think he was Puerto Rican, but they never used to bother us. 35 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:39,365 My husband says it's worse than Beirut. 36 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:40,832 Let's get her out of here. 37 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:43,870 I wanna go with her. Officer Banks will take you. 38 00:01:44,838 --> 00:01:46,567 You'd tell me if he was selling drugs, right? 39 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,971 No way. 40 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,634 Honest, man, we were just going home. 41 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:52,736 Then, bam, bam, Angel was down. 42 00:01:52,813 --> 00:01:53,837 He didn't do nothing. 43 00:01:53,914 --> 00:01:56,781 He was talking about going to San Juan to visit his uncle. 44 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,512 Fellas, stick around. Reynolds, let them keep warm in the car. 45 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:01,885 Sure. They didn't see anybody. 46 00:02:01,956 --> 00:02:04,516 They think the shots came from across the street... 47 00:02:04,592 --> 00:02:06,457 but there's no shell casings. 48 00:02:09,097 --> 00:02:12,123 Angel Ramirez, 14 years old. 49 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:14,731 Park North Junior High. 50 00:02:15,203 --> 00:02:18,661 His friends say he was a good student. No drugs, if you believe them. 51 00:02:18,740 --> 00:02:21,834 Well, what is it? A drive-by? A hit? The latter. 52 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:24,309 Right through the neck. Hit the carotid artery. 53 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:26,539 No line, no waiting, you're gone. 54 00:02:26,614 --> 00:02:28,445 Let's get him up. Got it. 55 00:02:34,456 --> 00:02:36,117 Fourteen years old. 56 00:02:36,191 --> 00:02:39,251 Pretty soon we'll be passing out vests in kindergarten. 57 00:03:28,578 --> 00:03:31,513 No, it's not true. Not my Angel. 58 00:03:31,714 --> 00:03:34,410 Lila, he was with Alex and Leon. 59 00:03:36,153 --> 00:03:40,055 I'm calling Leon's mother now. I'm sure it's a mistake. 60 00:03:43,828 --> 00:03:46,319 I'm sorry, Mrs. Ramirez. 61 00:03:51,068 --> 00:03:52,160 I'm sorry. 62 00:04:01,512 --> 00:04:03,912 Angel, he doesn't hang with no bad kids. 63 00:04:05,649 --> 00:04:07,446 He didn't have no troubles. 64 00:04:08,353 --> 00:04:11,220 It is possible someone was out to get him. 65 00:04:12,190 --> 00:04:13,953 Was your son a member of a gang? 66 00:04:14,025 --> 00:04:16,459 Was he into drugs at all? Please, listen. 67 00:04:16,528 --> 00:04:19,224 He's Prefect of Sodality at the church. 68 00:04:19,297 --> 00:04:21,026 He gets good grades. 69 00:04:21,099 --> 00:04:25,035 They say maybe he even gets a scholarship. NYU. 70 00:04:26,304 --> 00:04:28,169 He can stay at home. 71 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:30,474 He can stay. 72 00:04:31,376 --> 00:04:34,812 He can stay. Oh, God. He can stay. 73 00:04:37,315 --> 00:04:39,408 Angel Ramirez was a saint. 74 00:04:39,485 --> 00:04:41,715 Park North says he never even got detention. 75 00:04:41,787 --> 00:04:46,588 Some saints were sinners first. A contract on a 14-year-old? 76 00:04:46,659 --> 00:04:50,095 A shot clean through the neck. That's a drive-by, an accident? 77 00:04:50,162 --> 00:04:54,656 No, I think it's more like a thunderstorm. You know, like an act of God. 78 00:04:54,734 --> 00:04:56,565 You take a walk, you get rained on... 79 00:04:56,636 --> 00:04:59,605 but you take another walk, you get a bullet through your skull. 80 00:04:59,672 --> 00:05:02,766 Kid had no record. I met his parents. I don't buy it. 81 00:05:02,842 --> 00:05:05,208 No one put a hit on this kid. 82 00:05:08,748 --> 00:05:11,182 What's with him? It was a long night. 83 00:05:11,251 --> 00:05:14,584 Aren't they all? CSU found one of the slugs. 84 00:05:14,655 --> 00:05:16,987 Nine-millimeter, but it was smashed into the concrete. 85 00:05:17,057 --> 00:05:19,048 It's untraceable. What about this witness? 86 00:05:19,126 --> 00:05:20,684 She spent the night at Saint Theresas. 87 00:05:20,761 --> 00:05:22,422 It's hard to tell what she saw. 88 00:05:22,496 --> 00:05:24,020 If she can move, get her in here. 89 00:05:24,097 --> 00:05:27,863 Show her every picture we've got. While she's looking, you pray. 90 00:05:30,037 --> 00:05:33,063 Mrs. Abel is gonna pull our man for us, aren't you? 91 00:05:33,140 --> 00:05:35,734 Can I get you some more tea? No, thank you. 92 00:05:36,043 --> 00:05:38,807 Now, my eyesight's good. It runs in the family. 93 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:41,109 But he was going very fast. 94 00:05:42,382 --> 00:05:44,510 You see anybody in there you like? 95 00:05:45,553 --> 00:05:47,783 Maybe him. 96 00:05:48,256 --> 00:05:50,486 It could be him. 97 00:05:51,759 --> 00:05:53,989 And maybe this one, too. 98 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:57,558 You go out and arrest those animals, right now. 99 00:06:00,702 --> 00:06:04,103 Hey, Navarez is dead, hit by the DEA. 100 00:06:04,305 --> 00:06:06,671 Yeah, is he still there? 101 00:06:07,108 --> 00:06:10,009 You sure? All right, next case: Domingo, Juan. 102 00:06:10,078 --> 00:06:12,672 Thanks a lot, Joey. SID 59643. 103 00:06:13,581 --> 00:06:16,176 Melendez is in Greenhaven. Murder and rape. 104 00:06:16,251 --> 00:06:18,742 Thank you very much, Mrs. Abel. 105 00:06:19,121 --> 00:06:20,110 Yeah? 106 00:06:20,923 --> 00:06:22,788 He had what? 107 00:06:25,027 --> 00:06:26,426 Right. 108 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:29,093 Right. Thank you. 109 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:31,627 Juan Domingo... 110 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:35,431 a couple of misdemeanors, marijuana, criminal possession weapon four. 111 00:06:35,504 --> 00:06:38,234 Guess what the weapon was? Colt Anaconda. 112 00:06:38,841 --> 00:06:42,242 Hey, that's a nice snake. You shoot down planes with that sucker. 113 00:06:42,311 --> 00:06:45,007 Now, guess where he lives. Seven blocks from the shooting... 114 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,778 103rd and Lex. Thank you very much, Mrs. Abel. 115 00:06:53,623 --> 00:06:56,820 Juan Domingo. Police. Open up. 116 00:07:02,899 --> 00:07:03,957 Go! Go! Go! 117 00:07:04,034 --> 00:07:05,160 Go! 118 00:07:07,604 --> 00:07:08,832 Clear! Hey, what the hell? 119 00:07:08,905 --> 00:07:10,270 Hey, hold it! Don't even breathe. 120 00:07:10,340 --> 00:07:12,672 I'm cool. Don't shoot. Mike. 121 00:07:14,778 --> 00:07:16,507 No nine-millimeter. 122 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,472 What did you do, Juan? Take down some gun dealer? 123 00:07:19,550 --> 00:07:21,711 Chill. I am a dealer. 124 00:07:21,786 --> 00:07:24,380 Let me put my hands down. I'll prove it. 125 00:07:25,156 --> 00:07:26,453 Go ahead. 126 00:07:28,092 --> 00:07:30,253 Hey, that's not a good idea. 127 00:07:37,301 --> 00:07:39,895 He's not kidding. Federal firearms license... 128 00:07:39,970 --> 00:07:43,269 State of New York, permit to possess and sell. 129 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:44,898 Good till '96. 130 00:07:45,810 --> 00:07:50,339 Hold it. It says you're from Monticello? Yeah, I got customers here. 131 00:07:50,715 --> 00:07:53,309 My FFL says I transport to sale location. 132 00:07:54,019 --> 00:07:55,748 Now, what do you want? 133 00:07:55,821 --> 00:07:59,086 Where were you yesterday afternoon? Minding my own business. 134 00:07:59,591 --> 00:08:02,025 Delivered a Mauser to a customer on 91 and Lex. 135 00:08:02,094 --> 00:08:04,892 Yeah, and then you went to the antiques show at the armory. 136 00:08:04,963 --> 00:08:09,332 Don't quit your day job, man. Look, I didn't shoot that kid on 95th. 137 00:08:11,536 --> 00:08:14,994 I was just walking up the 'ard, and, wham, kid got whacked... 138 00:08:15,073 --> 00:08:17,098 so I'm moving. Right into a little old lady. 139 00:08:17,175 --> 00:08:18,540 And, of course, you were alone. 140 00:08:18,610 --> 00:08:21,078 Look, ask the dudes with the homeboy. 141 00:08:21,513 --> 00:08:23,982 It's too bad. He was just a kid, you know? 142 00:08:24,450 --> 00:08:26,782 It's a crazy jungle out there. 143 00:08:27,286 --> 00:08:29,584 Rule number one: Scram when they jam. 144 00:08:29,655 --> 00:08:31,782 You're gonna be jamming at the precinct with us. 145 00:08:31,858 --> 00:08:34,486 Look, I'm a businessman. Yeah and your state license says... 146 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:37,859 your guns must be secured by locks at all times. Let's go. 147 00:08:37,930 --> 00:08:41,331 Get Mr. Domingo the executive suite down at central booking. 148 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,799 Come on, kid. 149 00:08:43,069 --> 00:08:44,661 No felony record, $30... 150 00:08:44,737 --> 00:08:47,535 and a social security number gets you a resale license. 151 00:08:47,607 --> 00:08:50,474 For $75, you can sell Howitzers to Qadhafi. 152 00:08:50,543 --> 00:08:53,603 How does he get a state license? Lives in Monticello? 153 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:56,274 A lot of Hispanics up there. They work the resorts. 154 00:08:56,350 --> 00:08:58,477 I'm sure Mr. Domingo looks respectable. 155 00:09:00,220 --> 00:09:03,087 Excuse me. This gun dealer, Domingo... 156 00:09:03,157 --> 00:09:06,456 Now, I don't know if this fits, all right? But I talked to the 33. 157 00:09:06,527 --> 00:09:08,495 Ten days ago there was a hit. 107 and Lex. 158 00:09:08,562 --> 00:09:10,655 Some sleaze who deals in hot guns. 159 00:09:10,731 --> 00:09:11,823 Domingo lives there. 160 00:09:11,899 --> 00:09:13,491 The shooting took place in an alley. 161 00:09:13,567 --> 00:09:15,865 There was a witness, Ricky Morales. 162 00:09:15,936 --> 00:09:17,460 Any joy for us here? 163 00:09:17,538 --> 00:09:19,904 This kid was supposed to come in and look at a police line-up. 164 00:09:19,973 --> 00:09:23,431 Then, bang, drive-by in front of his school, Saint Matthews Prep. 165 00:09:23,510 --> 00:09:25,945 Who do you think the suspect was in the hit? 166 00:09:26,014 --> 00:09:28,278 Your noted entrepreneur, Juan Domingo. 167 00:09:28,383 --> 00:09:31,318 The Morales kid is supposed to identify Domingo... 168 00:09:31,386 --> 00:09:33,820 and now he's dead? Mount Sinai. 169 00:09:33,888 --> 00:09:35,856 Bullet's gone, and so are the use of his legs. 170 00:09:35,924 --> 00:09:38,085 And, big surprise, so is his memory. 171 00:09:38,593 --> 00:09:40,390 Go. Go. 172 00:09:43,565 --> 00:09:45,396 I got nothing to say. 173 00:09:46,467 --> 00:09:49,061 Last time I talked to badges... 174 00:09:49,137 --> 00:09:50,297 look what it got me. 175 00:09:50,371 --> 00:09:53,067 Hey, slow down. We're on your side. I'm slow. 176 00:09:54,175 --> 00:09:57,167 I'm going to be slow for the rest of my life. 177 00:09:57,246 --> 00:09:59,441 Listen, we know what happened. 178 00:09:59,515 --> 00:10:02,507 You saw Juan Domingo shoot another gun dealer. 179 00:10:03,152 --> 00:10:06,178 Unfortunately, he shot you so you wouldn't tell the cops. 180 00:10:06,255 --> 00:10:08,689 And it looked like you were buying a gun from Domingo. 181 00:10:08,757 --> 00:10:12,693 We're not busting you for a hot gun, Ricky, but you can put Domingo away. 182 00:10:14,463 --> 00:10:19,332 Look, I never saw this Domingo guy. I didn't buy a gun. 183 00:10:21,470 --> 00:10:25,998 Well, did you ever hear of a kid named Angel Ramirez? 184 00:10:26,909 --> 00:10:30,869 It's the kid who got killed, right? Yeah, I saw it on TV. 185 00:10:32,115 --> 00:10:35,915 He didn't go to Saint Matthews, and I don't know him. 186 00:10:37,087 --> 00:10:39,885 Funny thing, the night Angel Ramirez got killed... 187 00:10:39,956 --> 00:10:42,618 Domingo was there, too. Right next to him. 188 00:10:42,926 --> 00:10:45,053 We thought maybe you could tell us why, huh? 189 00:10:45,128 --> 00:10:47,824 I told you, we didn't see Domingo shoot anybody. 190 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:48,989 We? 191 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:52,165 I thought you said you were the only one there. 192 00:10:52,235 --> 00:10:54,430 Look, I meant we, us, everybody on the block. 193 00:10:54,504 --> 00:10:55,596 Who's "we," Ricky? 194 00:10:55,672 --> 00:10:57,606 Who else saw Domingo shoot the other dealer? 195 00:10:57,674 --> 00:11:00,906 Look, I wanna go back to the sunroom. Nurse? 196 00:11:01,579 --> 00:11:02,603 Nurse? 197 00:11:03,347 --> 00:11:04,712 He said, "we." 198 00:11:04,782 --> 00:11:08,274 We didn't see Domingo shoot anybody. Yeah, so who's "we"? 199 00:11:08,352 --> 00:11:11,082 And how does it tie in with the kid we saw dying on the street? 200 00:11:11,155 --> 00:11:13,783 Wait a minute, Lennie. Wait a minute. 201 00:11:14,125 --> 00:11:17,151 Two weeks ago, the kid upstairs witnesses a murder. 202 00:11:17,795 --> 00:11:21,026 He had to be with somebody else. Then he gets shot. 203 00:11:21,098 --> 00:11:24,226 Yeah, then the other witness gets scared... 204 00:11:24,302 --> 00:11:26,463 because he thinks maybe he's next. Right. 205 00:11:26,537 --> 00:11:28,664 So the other witness shoots first, but he misses... 206 00:11:28,739 --> 00:11:30,570 hits the kid on the street. 207 00:11:30,941 --> 00:11:33,001 Right? Right. 208 00:11:33,612 --> 00:11:37,412 The Morales kid, upstairs. He goes to Saint Matthews. 209 00:11:37,482 --> 00:11:39,416 Let's see who his friends are. 210 00:11:42,988 --> 00:11:47,118 It's terrible about Ricky. He's a good student. Very popular. 211 00:11:47,659 --> 00:11:49,092 His father is a subway motorman. 212 00:11:49,161 --> 00:11:50,958 He works two jobs to send him here. 213 00:11:51,029 --> 00:11:52,963 Could any of Ricky's friends have guns... 214 00:11:53,031 --> 00:11:54,999 maybe even bring them to school? 215 00:11:55,067 --> 00:11:56,534 This is Saint Matthews, Detective. 216 00:12:01,707 --> 00:12:06,202 Charles, I was just telling the detectives about our security. 217 00:12:07,013 --> 00:12:09,345 Charles uses one of those metal-detector wands... 218 00:12:09,415 --> 00:12:10,905 on the boys as they come in. 219 00:12:10,983 --> 00:12:12,974 We've never found any guns, have we? 220 00:12:13,052 --> 00:12:15,350 Just that switchblade last fall. 221 00:12:15,988 --> 00:12:17,785 The boy had detention for a month... 222 00:12:17,857 --> 00:12:20,382 and we kicked him off the swim team. 223 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:22,985 Ricky's homeroom teacher says these are his friends. 224 00:12:23,062 --> 00:12:25,792 It's just not possible any of these boys could have anything to do... 225 00:12:25,865 --> 00:12:29,096 with a murder investigation. Easy gig, huh, Charles? 226 00:12:29,302 --> 00:12:33,238 We got our hands full, what with fights after school and all. 227 00:12:33,306 --> 00:12:37,539 So maybe the Monsignor here is a little bit optimistic about no guns? 228 00:12:38,045 --> 00:12:41,708 I'm not saying he's wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised at anything. 229 00:12:41,782 --> 00:12:46,481 I know our boys don't carry guns, and I know what else we'll do. 230 00:12:46,987 --> 00:12:49,148 Let's take this list of Ricky's friends... 231 00:12:49,223 --> 00:12:51,783 and check their lockers. Will that make you happy? 232 00:12:51,859 --> 00:12:55,659 It's not about being happy, Father, but since you offered. 233 00:12:57,798 --> 00:13:00,733 "Number 462, Jimmy Todd." 234 00:13:04,371 --> 00:13:06,464 Detective, be my guest. 235 00:13:06,707 --> 00:13:09,404 "Number 447, Kevin Parker." 236 00:13:13,882 --> 00:13:15,907 Detective? Nothing here. 237 00:13:16,518 --> 00:13:18,918 Nothing here, either. I told you. 238 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,418 Charles, "Number 441, Billy Wojak." 239 00:13:56,892 --> 00:14:00,828 The boy's 16. He's never been in trouble. This is trouble, Counselor. 240 00:14:00,896 --> 00:14:02,523 Four guns, four charges, Billy. 241 00:14:02,598 --> 00:14:04,190 Stop scaring him. 242 00:14:04,266 --> 00:14:06,564 Suppose he just holds guns for other kids. 243 00:14:06,635 --> 00:14:08,865 I assure you, you won't find his prints on them. 244 00:14:08,938 --> 00:14:11,236 Billy doesn't have a gun. I would know. 245 00:14:11,307 --> 00:14:12,741 Aileen. 246 00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:15,804 Bill, they don't wanna arrest you. 247 00:14:16,213 --> 00:14:18,477 Just tell them who the guns belong to. 248 00:14:20,283 --> 00:14:23,411 I don't know how they got there. I never saw them before. 249 00:14:31,461 --> 00:14:33,861 This is a nine-millimeter Glock. 250 00:14:34,698 --> 00:14:38,225 We think this is the gun used to kill a boy named Angel Ramirez. 251 00:14:39,402 --> 00:14:41,267 How do you feel about that Billy? 252 00:14:41,338 --> 00:14:43,739 Maybe somebody did put the guns in his locker. 253 00:14:43,808 --> 00:14:45,207 I don't rat on my friends. 254 00:14:45,276 --> 00:14:47,744 Explain it to your client, Counselor. 255 00:14:47,812 --> 00:14:50,576 If we find out this gun was used to commit a crime... 256 00:14:50,648 --> 00:14:52,445 you're looking at accessory to murder. 257 00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:53,711 Come on. 258 00:14:53,784 --> 00:14:56,810 Without prints, it's barely possession. 259 00:14:56,888 --> 00:14:59,220 I guess we need prints. 260 00:14:59,323 --> 00:15:02,656 Billy rides with us. You know the address. Let's go. 261 00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:07,354 He say anything after you book him? Only a lot of tears. 262 00:15:07,431 --> 00:15:10,332 He's covering. His mother's covering. Ricky's covering. 263 00:15:10,401 --> 00:15:13,029 Ballistics says the Glock was fired recently. 264 00:15:13,104 --> 00:15:14,628 They lifted prints... 265 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:17,937 but my hunch tells me they won't match with a record. 266 00:15:18,010 --> 00:15:21,173 Yeah, just to make it easier, the serial number is acid-burned. 267 00:15:21,246 --> 00:15:22,304 Oh, good. 268 00:15:22,381 --> 00:15:24,542 A gun with no home, prints we can't ID... 269 00:15:24,616 --> 00:15:26,914 and slugs we can't connect to a killing. 270 00:15:26,985 --> 00:15:29,920 Whose turn to play genius? She just said "slugs." 271 00:15:29,988 --> 00:15:32,047 CSU came back with one. 272 00:15:32,124 --> 00:15:35,890 The old ladies and the kids said two shots were fired. 273 00:15:35,961 --> 00:15:38,395 You have to find that second slug. 274 00:15:39,398 --> 00:15:42,060 I don't know. The thing is, it's so open. 275 00:15:42,134 --> 00:15:44,864 If the shooter was over there, how come nobody noticed him? 276 00:15:44,937 --> 00:15:47,998 Looks like a 45. Yeah, we're looking for nine-millimeter. 277 00:15:48,074 --> 00:15:51,168 Four hours overtime. What are we doing here, the Holy Grail? 278 00:15:51,244 --> 00:15:55,112 If it was your 14-year-old in the freezer, you'd think it was worth it. 279 00:15:56,716 --> 00:15:58,946 I got a 22, old. 280 00:15:59,252 --> 00:16:00,947 What the hell is this, a firing range? 281 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:02,419 Logan. 282 00:16:05,725 --> 00:16:07,920 Nine-millimeter. Clean. Not here long. 283 00:16:07,994 --> 00:16:10,690 Bravo. Get it over to ballistics right away. 284 00:16:10,964 --> 00:16:14,161 Lennie, where was Angel Ramirez? He was right there. 285 00:16:15,335 --> 00:16:19,432 Now, we thought the shooter was across the street in the middle of the block. 286 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:21,769 Follow the shots. 287 00:16:23,177 --> 00:16:25,111 The shooter was at the corner. 288 00:16:25,613 --> 00:16:28,241 Yeah, that's where the other old lady was, Mrs. Sugarman. 289 00:16:28,315 --> 00:16:29,782 Impossible. She's standing right there... 290 00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:32,284 and doesn't see a kid with a gun? 291 00:16:32,586 --> 00:16:37,046 No. No, she was walking away from him. She had her back to him. 292 00:16:37,858 --> 00:16:40,827 All I could think about was getting to Ida. 293 00:16:40,894 --> 00:16:43,260 Well, that was the right thing to do. 294 00:16:43,330 --> 00:16:46,925 We need to know. Did you see anyone after you heard the shooting? 295 00:16:47,001 --> 00:16:50,232 Anyone running? Everybody was running. 296 00:16:50,305 --> 00:16:53,172 All right, try this, Mrs. Sugarman. Close your eyes. 297 00:16:53,541 --> 00:16:54,599 Go ahead. 298 00:16:55,877 --> 00:16:59,335 Okay, you're walking toward Park, and you hear the shots. 299 00:16:59,981 --> 00:17:01,676 Now, what happened then? 300 00:17:02,984 --> 00:17:04,975 Well, I think about Ida. 301 00:17:06,154 --> 00:17:07,781 I turn around to... 302 00:17:09,491 --> 00:17:14,394 A boy ran into me from the parochial school, Saint Elys. 303 00:17:14,763 --> 00:17:17,231 He was wearing one of those jackets. 304 00:17:17,932 --> 00:17:20,400 He even said, "sorry," when he bumped into me. 305 00:17:20,468 --> 00:17:23,461 You saw Saint Elys on the jacket? No, it was the color. 306 00:17:23,539 --> 00:17:25,666 All the boys wear them. They're red and black. 307 00:17:25,741 --> 00:17:27,436 Okay, yeah. That's Saint Matthews. 308 00:17:27,510 --> 00:17:29,501 Do you remember what he looked like? 309 00:17:29,578 --> 00:17:33,480 He had dark hair and the jacket. 310 00:17:33,816 --> 00:17:36,284 Yeah, I'm sure he was wearing that jacket. 311 00:17:36,919 --> 00:17:38,511 Thanks, Mrs. Sugarman. 312 00:17:39,955 --> 00:17:42,048 You hear what she say? Yeah. 313 00:17:42,425 --> 00:17:47,089 One of those nice parochial school boys shot an innocent 14-year-old to death. 314 00:17:47,563 --> 00:17:50,123 It's not gonna make the Monsignor very happy. 315 00:17:51,033 --> 00:17:53,593 Let's check Ballistics on that second slug. 316 00:17:55,906 --> 00:17:57,567 What do you mean, "maybe"? 317 00:17:57,641 --> 00:17:59,973 This slug went through Angel Ramirez's neck. 318 00:18:00,043 --> 00:18:03,843 This you found in the wall, same alloy. They came from the same batch. 319 00:18:03,947 --> 00:18:06,074 This is the Glock from Saint Matthews. 320 00:18:06,149 --> 00:18:08,879 Now, the first slug is smashed. I can't match it to the gun. 321 00:18:08,952 --> 00:18:12,353 The second slug, I can match to the gun 85%... 322 00:18:12,456 --> 00:18:15,983 and the second slug looks to be the same alloy as the first one. 323 00:18:16,059 --> 00:18:19,927 Ipso facto, the slug that killed Angel Ramirez comes from that Glock. 324 00:18:19,996 --> 00:18:22,226 That's a long-distance call, but you get through. 325 00:18:22,299 --> 00:18:25,393 What about the serial number? The acid erase was done by a pro. 326 00:18:25,469 --> 00:18:26,903 I could try and raise it, but... 327 00:18:26,971 --> 00:18:30,634 Send it to Quantico by courier. On your budget? 328 00:18:32,210 --> 00:18:35,338 She said the slug that killed the Ramirez kid came from that Glock. 329 00:18:35,413 --> 00:18:38,314 I said, "probably." I didn't hear that... 330 00:18:38,382 --> 00:18:41,078 and neither did the kid with the gun in his locker. 331 00:18:41,152 --> 00:18:44,679 We have a body on the gun. But not my client's prints. 332 00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:46,451 A body on the gun. What does that mean? 333 00:18:46,524 --> 00:18:49,220 It means it was used to kill somebody. 334 00:18:49,293 --> 00:18:52,285 They're re-dusting the Glock, now. With magic powder? 335 00:18:52,363 --> 00:18:54,558 Amazing stuff, forensics. 336 00:18:54,632 --> 00:18:58,125 They find a corner of Billy's pinky finger on that gun... 337 00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:00,899 he can be brave in Dannemora. Stop it. 338 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,505 This is my son, not some delinquent from the slums. 339 00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:09,177 I don't care what they think about you at school. 340 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:11,614 You are not going to jail. 341 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:15,612 You better come up for air, Billy, or you're gonna drown. 342 00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:20,219 Tough guys do okay at school, but you're not tough enough for prison. 343 00:19:23,028 --> 00:19:24,859 I can take it. 344 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:27,594 Can you take it for five years? 345 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,464 Who belongs to that nine-millimeter? 346 00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:35,038 It was Ricky's gun. Ricky bought it. 347 00:19:35,108 --> 00:19:36,370 He bought it with somebody else... 348 00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:38,273 and then they used it later. 349 00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:40,903 Right? 350 00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:53,617 Kevin. Kevin, who? 351 00:19:57,931 --> 00:20:00,024 Parker. Kevin Parker. 352 00:20:08,876 --> 00:20:11,709 You don't have to talk if you don't want to, Kevin. 353 00:20:11,812 --> 00:20:15,111 The school called your father. He's on his way. 354 00:20:15,182 --> 00:20:16,774 Listen, Kevin. This is what we know. 355 00:20:16,851 --> 00:20:19,945 Now, you stop me if I say something that's not true, okay? 356 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:23,888 We know you used the gun. We know Ricky Morales is your best friend. 357 00:20:23,958 --> 00:20:27,189 Juan Domingo either had him shot or did it himself. 358 00:20:27,962 --> 00:20:30,988 We think you shot at Domingo and missed. The gun's not mine. 359 00:20:31,065 --> 00:20:33,626 I never shot anyone. Even if I did... 360 00:20:34,135 --> 00:20:36,035 Even if what, Kevin? 361 00:20:37,172 --> 00:20:40,232 I didn't do it. I didn't shoot anybody. I didn't do it. 362 00:20:50,819 --> 00:20:52,616 We heard you did, Kevin. 363 00:20:52,687 --> 00:20:56,179 Another tough guy. We gotta get prints. Let's book him. 364 00:20:56,258 --> 00:20:57,816 We can't lock the slug to the gun. 365 00:20:57,893 --> 00:21:00,088 Stone's gonna laugh us out of office. 366 00:21:00,161 --> 00:21:01,992 Not with motive. Let me work on him. 367 00:21:03,198 --> 00:21:05,531 The kid's father's here. You're gonna love this. 368 00:21:05,601 --> 00:21:07,967 Ex-cop. Detective in the 33. 369 00:21:08,537 --> 00:21:10,198 Ted Parker? 370 00:21:11,307 --> 00:21:12,865 Terrific. 371 00:21:13,509 --> 00:21:15,306 He's pretty scared. 372 00:21:16,145 --> 00:21:19,945 I'm sorry, but you know how it is. We had to pick him up. 373 00:21:20,016 --> 00:21:22,450 You know, you aged better than me. 374 00:21:23,653 --> 00:21:25,917 Well, you dress better than me. 375 00:21:25,988 --> 00:21:30,118 I'm in corporate security now, brokerage firm. Beats the street. 376 00:21:30,293 --> 00:21:34,195 Well, after six years, I wish we could've met under better circumstances. 377 00:21:34,363 --> 00:21:35,762 How are the girls? 378 00:21:36,566 --> 00:21:38,056 Two daughters, right? 379 00:21:39,603 --> 00:21:41,195 They're fine, thanks. 380 00:21:42,806 --> 00:21:45,604 Can we talk alone? 381 00:21:55,786 --> 00:21:57,219 What do you got? 382 00:21:57,788 --> 00:22:00,689 Maybe you want to wait for your attorney. I didn't call him. 383 00:22:00,757 --> 00:22:03,089 I was hoping we could work this out. 384 00:22:06,563 --> 00:22:08,030 I got a dead kid. 385 00:22:08,099 --> 00:22:11,830 I got two slugs, and I got a gun we can tie to Kevin. 386 00:22:12,603 --> 00:22:14,935 These slugs, definite match? 387 00:22:17,075 --> 00:22:18,474 I didn't think so. 388 00:22:20,044 --> 00:22:23,070 Now, suppose, just suppose... 389 00:22:23,147 --> 00:22:25,445 there's a kid named Ricky. 390 00:22:26,484 --> 00:22:27,849 Goes to buy a gun. 391 00:22:28,820 --> 00:22:31,254 His neighborhood is lousy and he's scared. 392 00:22:32,023 --> 00:22:34,787 Takes a friend with him. Big boy. 393 00:22:34,859 --> 00:22:36,884 Strong. Strong boy named Kevin. 394 00:22:37,729 --> 00:22:39,857 Lennie, I didn't say that. 395 00:22:40,632 --> 00:22:42,156 Now, suppose... 396 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:46,232 this Ricky... 397 00:22:46,872 --> 00:22:51,332 sees the gun dealer whack some piece of scum. 398 00:22:52,411 --> 00:22:55,346 Now, the friend didn't see the killing... 399 00:22:56,048 --> 00:23:00,985 but the gun dealer pops Ricky, and the word on the street is... 400 00:23:02,054 --> 00:23:04,147 the friend is gonna get it, too... 401 00:23:05,457 --> 00:23:08,085 so the friend decides to strike first... 402 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,359 totally out of the belief that his life was in danger. 403 00:23:12,499 --> 00:23:16,595 And if his father's an ex-cop, he tells his son to call the local precinct. 404 00:23:18,705 --> 00:23:21,469 Suppose, at this time... 405 00:23:21,541 --> 00:23:24,908 the boy's father didn't know any of this happened. 406 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:31,478 The boy's father... 407 00:23:32,852 --> 00:23:34,649 his wife split. 408 00:23:36,322 --> 00:23:39,120 He works long hours... 409 00:23:40,727 --> 00:23:43,458 so he puts his kid in a parochial school... 410 00:23:43,531 --> 00:23:45,761 so he stays out of trouble. 411 00:23:52,006 --> 00:23:55,134 You want to destroy that boy for one mistake? 412 00:23:55,209 --> 00:23:56,801 Ted... Lennie. 413 00:23:58,746 --> 00:24:01,772 There are lots of ways of looking at this. 414 00:24:02,249 --> 00:24:03,307 Right... 415 00:24:03,384 --> 00:24:05,909 and if some sleaze-bag gun dealer had taken a bullet... 416 00:24:05,986 --> 00:24:09,319 maybe I wouldn't be beating my brains out trying to put somebody away for it... 417 00:24:09,390 --> 00:24:12,518 but the problem I got is the gun dealer's still walking around... 418 00:24:12,593 --> 00:24:15,722 and some kid named Angel Ramirez took a slug in his neck. 419 00:24:17,599 --> 00:24:19,897 This is my son. 420 00:24:22,971 --> 00:24:25,633 Then, please, tell me that Domingo... 421 00:24:25,707 --> 00:24:29,199 pointed a gun someplace in the general direction of your son. 422 00:24:34,316 --> 00:24:35,943 Then I'll tell you what I gotta do. 423 00:24:36,017 --> 00:24:39,646 I got to take Kevin down, print him, put his name on a yellow sheet. 424 00:24:39,721 --> 00:24:43,487 And if the prints match, I gotta put him in a line-up for our witness. 425 00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:47,791 What if you don't book him? 426 00:24:48,731 --> 00:24:51,495 What if he does the line-up now? 427 00:24:53,002 --> 00:24:55,266 If she doesn't pick him, he goes home. 428 00:24:57,607 --> 00:24:59,131 He'll do the line-up. 429 00:25:05,648 --> 00:25:08,446 Don't rush, Mrs. Sugarman. Take your time. 430 00:25:08,518 --> 00:25:10,952 The important thing is to be sure. 431 00:25:11,654 --> 00:25:13,849 Could I see Number Two again? 432 00:25:13,923 --> 00:25:16,016 Number Two, step forward. 433 00:25:16,993 --> 00:25:19,019 They're so young. 434 00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:21,661 No, it's not him. 435 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,061 Let me try Number Three. 436 00:25:26,336 --> 00:25:29,601 Number Two, step back. Number Three, step forward. 437 00:25:34,678 --> 00:25:35,906 Oh, yes. 438 00:25:37,114 --> 00:25:38,672 Now, I'm sure. 439 00:25:39,249 --> 00:25:41,809 That's the boy that bumped into me. 440 00:25:42,619 --> 00:25:45,383 Thank you, Mrs. Sugarman. If we need you, we'll call you. 441 00:25:45,455 --> 00:25:47,252 Well, hope I was helpful. 442 00:25:50,795 --> 00:25:52,888 Mr. Parker, step forward, please. 443 00:25:52,964 --> 00:25:54,363 Kevin Parker you're under arrest... 444 00:25:54,432 --> 00:25:56,059 for the murder of Angel Ramirez. 445 00:25:56,134 --> 00:25:58,364 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say... 446 00:25:58,436 --> 00:26:00,563 can and will be used against you in a court of law. 447 00:26:00,638 --> 00:26:02,265 Do you understand that? 448 00:26:05,376 --> 00:26:08,243 "Docket number 97473. 449 00:26:08,313 --> 00:26:10,941 "The People of the State of New York v. Kevin Parker. 450 00:26:11,015 --> 00:26:13,347 "The charge is murder, second degree." 451 00:26:14,485 --> 00:26:15,884 Mr. Schell? Your Honor... 452 00:26:15,954 --> 00:26:17,546 the People have really stretched this one. 453 00:26:17,622 --> 00:26:19,146 In view of what the grand jury heard... 454 00:26:19,224 --> 00:26:21,590 Do you have this speech on tape, Gordon? 455 00:26:21,659 --> 00:26:22,991 I hear it every time I see you. 456 00:26:23,062 --> 00:26:24,996 But this case cries out for dismissal, Your Honor. 457 00:26:25,064 --> 00:26:28,295 This case cries out for taking every gun in the city... 458 00:26:28,367 --> 00:26:29,959 and melting them down. 459 00:26:30,502 --> 00:26:33,960 I'm not going to dismiss. Let's get a plea. 460 00:26:34,974 --> 00:26:37,306 Not guilty. Miss Kincaid? 461 00:26:37,376 --> 00:26:39,571 Considering the seriousness of the crime, Your Honor... 462 00:26:39,645 --> 00:26:41,636 the People request $150,000 bail. 463 00:26:41,714 --> 00:26:42,772 Granted. 464 00:26:42,848 --> 00:26:45,180 Cash or bond. Short date. Next? 465 00:26:45,351 --> 00:26:48,878 Gordon, I'm sympathetic, but no matter how I look at it... 466 00:26:48,954 --> 00:26:50,717 the reality is- Murder two... 467 00:26:50,789 --> 00:26:53,724 you call that sympathy? This was an accident. 468 00:26:53,792 --> 00:26:55,590 The gun went off by itself? 469 00:26:55,662 --> 00:26:59,223 Your client fired two shots, and it doesn't matter who he aimed it at... 470 00:26:59,299 --> 00:27:01,767 it's still murder two. He's a child. 471 00:27:01,835 --> 00:27:04,326 Come on, Ben, have some mercy here. 472 00:27:04,404 --> 00:27:06,201 Angel Ramirez was 14. 473 00:27:06,973 --> 00:27:10,909 Now, I will consider manslaughter one. It was self-defense. 474 00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:14,811 No, Mr. Parker. Self-defense is when someone aims a gun at you... 475 00:27:14,881 --> 00:27:16,041 not threatens to aim it. 476 00:27:16,116 --> 00:27:17,981 You don't know what it's like out there. 477 00:27:18,051 --> 00:27:19,484 I didn't have any choice. Kevin. 478 00:27:19,552 --> 00:27:22,885 They all got guns. He shot Ricky. He was gonna shoot me. 479 00:27:22,956 --> 00:27:24,890 Kevin. I don't get it. 480 00:27:25,292 --> 00:27:29,252 Juan Domingo was booked for murder and back on the street in six hours. 481 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:32,060 Mr. Parker, your son should've called the police. 482 00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:33,760 Oh, my fellow cops. 483 00:27:34,135 --> 00:27:36,968 They did a great job protecting Ricky Morales. 484 00:27:37,038 --> 00:27:38,835 Mr. Parker, please. 485 00:27:39,373 --> 00:27:41,807 As an ex-cop, I assume you understand what it means... 486 00:27:41,876 --> 00:27:44,777 that your son and Mr. Morales left the scene of a crime. 487 00:27:44,845 --> 00:27:46,676 Now, if they had gone to the line-up... 488 00:27:46,747 --> 00:27:49,807 maybe Mr. Morales might still be walking... 489 00:27:50,718 --> 00:27:53,881 and maybe Angel Ramirez might not be dead. 490 00:27:53,954 --> 00:27:56,479 A lot of maybes. I've got some better ones. 491 00:27:56,557 --> 00:27:58,958 Maybe you convince a jury he had a gun. 492 00:27:59,027 --> 00:28:01,461 Maybe you convince them he had a motive. 493 00:28:02,531 --> 00:28:04,795 Manslaughter two, juvenile facility. 494 00:28:04,866 --> 00:28:07,926 It's not his fault that the streets are a war zone, Ben. 495 00:28:08,537 --> 00:28:10,971 It is his fault that he joined the army. 496 00:28:13,809 --> 00:28:17,301 Maybe it's not his fault. Because he felt threatened? 497 00:28:17,379 --> 00:28:19,472 Do we know what these kids live with? 498 00:28:19,548 --> 00:28:22,881 When I was in school, they searched you for marijuana not a 45. 499 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:26,216 We have one boy dead, another paralyzed... 500 00:28:27,322 --> 00:28:29,883 and a 16-year-old who thinks he's Wyatt Earp... 501 00:28:29,959 --> 00:28:32,154 and you wanna deal him because he's a nice kid... 502 00:28:32,228 --> 00:28:34,822 and his father's a cop. It has nothing to do with that. 503 00:28:34,897 --> 00:28:36,524 I'm just not sure we convict. 504 00:28:36,599 --> 00:28:38,897 She's right, Adam. We can put Kevin Parker there. 505 00:28:38,968 --> 00:28:41,801 We just can't put a gun with the right bullets in his hand. 506 00:28:41,871 --> 00:28:44,305 Only way to get Kevin Parker is with Juan Domingo. 507 00:28:44,374 --> 00:28:46,069 He saw Parker shoot at him. 508 00:28:46,142 --> 00:28:50,340 I love cases where a homicidal gun dealer is our best witness. 509 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:52,307 If we could get his testimony. 510 00:28:52,382 --> 00:28:54,543 If he tells the truth, he puts himself away. 511 00:28:54,617 --> 00:28:56,517 Yeah, but that's not a bad idea. 512 00:28:56,586 --> 00:28:58,884 Domingo lied on his firearms application, right? 513 00:28:58,955 --> 00:29:01,151 He said he didn't do drugs, and he had a pot bust... 514 00:29:01,225 --> 00:29:04,661 and he transported firearms. He sold the Glock to Ricky Morales. 515 00:29:04,728 --> 00:29:05,888 If, God willing... 516 00:29:05,963 --> 00:29:08,158 we can raise that serial number, trace it back to him... 517 00:29:08,232 --> 00:29:11,724 Domingo does three years on federal charges, four on state... 518 00:29:11,802 --> 00:29:13,099 and I don't know why he wouldn't roll. 519 00:29:13,170 --> 00:29:15,661 We're making a deal with the wrong side. 520 00:29:16,740 --> 00:29:20,471 This gun dealer shot two people and paralyzed a kid. 521 00:29:20,544 --> 00:29:22,478 But we can't get Domingo for murder. 522 00:29:22,546 --> 00:29:24,639 Ricky Morales would have to testify against him... 523 00:29:24,715 --> 00:29:27,741 and implicate his friend Kevin Parker. He's not gonna do that. 524 00:29:27,818 --> 00:29:30,150 Let's get what we can out of Domingo. 525 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:32,120 Oh, this whole case. 526 00:29:34,058 --> 00:29:35,286 God bless the FBl. 527 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,523 That number was almost burned flat. We have the gun back? 528 00:29:38,596 --> 00:29:41,690 Tomorrow by courier. I'm taking no chances with your evidence. 529 00:29:41,766 --> 00:29:44,064 "Nine-millimeter Glock, semi-automatic. 530 00:29:44,135 --> 00:29:47,070 "Purchased from Casey Distributors, Charlotte, North Carolina. 531 00:29:47,138 --> 00:29:50,403 "Sold to Juan Domingo, Monticello, New York." 532 00:29:54,279 --> 00:29:56,247 I don't know nobody named Parker. 533 00:29:56,314 --> 00:30:00,512 Easy, Juan. Put a lid on it. What do I pay you for? 534 00:30:00,585 --> 00:30:03,884 Get me bail, man. I don't like the food here. Mush and beans. 535 00:30:04,456 --> 00:30:06,288 Please tell my client about the gun. 536 00:30:06,358 --> 00:30:09,589 Mr. Domingo, we traced the Glock you sold to Ricky Morales. 537 00:30:11,697 --> 00:30:13,358 You couldn't trace that gun to Mars. 538 00:30:13,432 --> 00:30:15,764 You bought it from a dealer in North Carolina. 539 00:30:15,835 --> 00:30:17,496 It was used to kill Angel Ramirez. 540 00:30:17,570 --> 00:30:20,368 Add it up, young man. You're looking at seven years, minimum. 541 00:30:20,439 --> 00:30:23,636 And I'd start enjoying the food because with your attitude... 542 00:30:23,709 --> 00:30:25,973 I don't think you're gonna see parole. 543 00:30:27,780 --> 00:30:30,510 What I see is two district attorneys who want something. 544 00:30:30,583 --> 00:30:32,050 Well, that's right. 545 00:30:32,218 --> 00:30:35,949 What we'd like you to do is testify... 546 00:30:36,021 --> 00:30:38,047 that Kevin Parker shot at you. 547 00:30:38,758 --> 00:30:42,216 You set up every gun dealer you ever knew for the Feds... 548 00:30:42,963 --> 00:30:46,694 and you make the Feds happy, you do four years in Ossining. 549 00:30:48,335 --> 00:30:50,895 I set up anybody, I'm lucky I survive four minutes. 550 00:30:50,971 --> 00:30:52,939 That doesn't break my heart, young man. 551 00:30:53,006 --> 00:30:56,498 I'll make sure you get solitary. You'll get out in one piece. 552 00:31:00,213 --> 00:31:03,376 All right, you want some dealers? I gotta make some calls. 553 00:31:05,051 --> 00:31:06,780 Of course, I don't like it. 554 00:31:06,853 --> 00:31:10,688 Juan Domingo shot Ricky Morales. We just handed him a gift. 555 00:31:10,758 --> 00:31:12,191 If Ricky Morales... 556 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:15,127 doesn't want to identify his shooter, I can't help him. 557 00:31:15,196 --> 00:31:19,428 Besides... Thanks. If Domingo doesn't testify... 558 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,764 Kevin Parker goes free. 559 00:31:23,371 --> 00:31:24,360 Oh, no. 560 00:31:25,239 --> 00:31:27,537 Since when do cops break into school lockers? 561 00:31:27,608 --> 00:31:29,576 No one broke in. The principal had a key. 562 00:31:29,644 --> 00:31:31,202 Don't have a stroke, Gordon. 563 00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:33,770 The Fourth Amendment doesn't always apply to school children. 564 00:31:33,848 --> 00:31:36,715 His cops didn't have a search warrant. They didn't need one. 565 00:31:36,784 --> 00:31:39,981 School security does not require strict adherence to the Fourth Amendment. 566 00:31:40,055 --> 00:31:42,023 Supreme Court New Jersey v. TLO. 567 00:31:42,090 --> 00:31:45,719 Ben, in that case, there were no cops. A principal opened the locker. 568 00:31:45,794 --> 00:31:47,557 There were no cops in this case. 569 00:31:47,629 --> 00:31:50,621 Excuse me? I seem to recall, two detectives were in the hallway. 570 00:31:50,699 --> 00:31:52,599 They didn't ask for a search. The principal... 571 00:31:52,668 --> 00:31:55,432 he searches lockers all the time. He offered to do it. 572 00:31:55,504 --> 00:31:56,869 It's also a juggling act. 573 00:31:56,939 --> 00:31:58,531 Would he have opened it without the cops? 574 00:31:58,607 --> 00:32:01,542 Unfortunately, the Supreme Court didn't address that. 575 00:32:02,210 --> 00:32:05,111 Maybe kids should have the same rights as adults. 576 00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:07,114 The law says no. 577 00:32:08,016 --> 00:32:11,417 It makes me uncomfortable, but I'm admitting the gun. 578 00:32:15,825 --> 00:32:17,520 The technique is well established. 579 00:32:17,594 --> 00:32:20,927 Matching lands and grooves on a bullet with a gun isn't difficult. 580 00:32:20,997 --> 00:32:24,262 I understand, Miss Schrier, but how closely... 581 00:32:24,334 --> 00:32:26,928 do the two bullets that you're talking about... 582 00:32:27,003 --> 00:32:31,064 How closely do they match this Glock semi-automatic? 583 00:32:31,140 --> 00:32:34,303 The slug found in the wall matched with 85% certainty... 584 00:32:34,377 --> 00:32:36,174 and the slug that went through Angel Ramirez... 585 00:32:36,245 --> 00:32:39,772 was consistent with the same gun. Thank you. 586 00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:41,311 Your witness. 587 00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:47,686 "Consistent," what exactly does that mean? 588 00:32:48,158 --> 00:32:51,787 It means that there's a good probability that it was fired from the Glock. 589 00:32:51,862 --> 00:32:53,227 Oh, I see. 590 00:32:53,297 --> 00:32:56,391 So, then, we have some certainty and some probability. 591 00:32:56,467 --> 00:32:59,459 Isn't that a fairly long way from absolute certainty? 592 00:32:59,536 --> 00:33:02,061 Within the limits of ballistics - Really, Miss Schrier... 593 00:33:02,139 --> 00:33:04,369 the defendant's on trial for murder. 594 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:07,672 I mean, the degree of certainty is fairly important. 595 00:33:07,745 --> 00:33:10,407 Can you conclude absolutely... 596 00:33:10,481 --> 00:33:13,245 that bullets from the gun found in the school locker... 597 00:33:13,317 --> 00:33:15,582 were fired at Angel Ramirez? 598 00:33:15,654 --> 00:33:17,622 With absolute certainty? Yes. 599 00:33:18,256 --> 00:33:19,314 No. 600 00:33:23,294 --> 00:33:25,125 He made her look foolish. 601 00:33:25,196 --> 00:33:27,926 I understand, Mrs. Ramirez, but this is the beginning of the trial. 602 00:33:27,999 --> 00:33:30,991 There are a lot of setbacks ahead of us. You're a policeman. 603 00:33:31,069 --> 00:33:34,129 Tell your son to do right, to confess. 604 00:33:34,205 --> 00:33:36,605 My son is dead. Come on. 605 00:33:36,841 --> 00:33:41,039 I'm sorry. I wish I could change it. I wish I could go back. 606 00:33:46,117 --> 00:33:49,451 Nice try with the gun. Let's move on to your line-up witness. 607 00:33:49,522 --> 00:33:53,356 Based on new information, I'm filing a motion to exclude her testimony. 608 00:33:53,426 --> 00:33:56,589 New information from where? What's wrong with the line-up? 609 00:33:56,662 --> 00:33:58,152 See you in chambers. 610 00:33:59,665 --> 00:34:01,462 This better be good, Gordon. 611 00:34:01,534 --> 00:34:04,731 I'm sorry, Your Honor, but this afternoon my client's father... 612 00:34:04,804 --> 00:34:06,704 saw the line-up report for the first time. 613 00:34:06,772 --> 00:34:08,467 Your client's father was at the line-up. 614 00:34:08,541 --> 00:34:10,168 What the hell are you talking about? 615 00:34:10,242 --> 00:34:11,903 The police report jogged his memory. 616 00:34:11,977 --> 00:34:13,239 Jogged his memory? Yes. 617 00:34:13,312 --> 00:34:14,677 The witness told the cops... 618 00:34:14,747 --> 00:34:17,875 that a boy went past her, wearing a black and red jacket. 619 00:34:17,950 --> 00:34:21,648 Kevin wore his at the line-up. I say that that taints her ID. 620 00:34:21,722 --> 00:34:24,020 Read the reports again. All the kids wore jackets. 621 00:34:24,091 --> 00:34:25,319 All red and black. No, no. 622 00:34:25,392 --> 00:34:28,987 According to my client, all of the jackets did not have leather on the arms... 623 00:34:29,062 --> 00:34:30,927 and some of the reds were not the same. 624 00:34:30,997 --> 00:34:33,693 Ben, they shouldn't have used jackets if they weren't identical. 625 00:34:33,767 --> 00:34:36,201 Three of them were, and two of them were virtually the same. 626 00:34:36,269 --> 00:34:38,237 So, at the worst, it's a minor mistake. 627 00:34:38,305 --> 00:34:40,705 No, at the worst, it's prejudicial. 628 00:34:41,341 --> 00:34:43,400 Your witness doesn't testify. 629 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:49,242 Dumb, stupid, and idiotic. 630 00:34:50,183 --> 00:34:53,381 I think of her as generally fair. Judge Sally Norton? 631 00:34:53,454 --> 00:34:55,979 You seen the latest figures on her reversal rate, Ben? 632 00:34:56,057 --> 00:34:59,515 Shows you what reading Bar Association reports will do to your judgment. 633 00:34:59,594 --> 00:35:03,394 She gets overturned any more, she'll be walking upside-down. 634 00:35:03,464 --> 00:35:04,726 This is terrific. 635 00:35:04,799 --> 00:35:06,699 We still have the gun dealer. Yeah. 636 00:35:06,768 --> 00:35:08,759 A picture of delight and charm. 637 00:35:09,937 --> 00:35:13,065 Without our sweet old lady to back him up, good luck. 638 00:35:17,278 --> 00:35:20,338 I knew Ted Parker when he was a New York City police detective. 639 00:35:20,414 --> 00:35:23,350 Did Det. Parker ever ask to speak to you privately? 640 00:35:23,418 --> 00:35:25,181 Yes. What did he say? 641 00:35:26,088 --> 00:35:28,648 He asked if I could do something to help his son. 642 00:35:28,724 --> 00:35:33,252 I said no. Yes, but, how did you respond to that? 643 00:35:33,662 --> 00:35:35,562 Well, he asked me to think about... 644 00:35:35,631 --> 00:35:40,330 how some kid might have shot somebody when he thought that his life was in danger. 645 00:35:41,003 --> 00:35:43,403 And he asked me to think about a kid like that... 646 00:35:43,472 --> 00:35:46,202 how one mistake could ruin his whole life. 647 00:35:46,275 --> 00:35:48,106 And what did you say? 648 00:35:49,344 --> 00:35:51,608 I said, I supposed he was talking about his son. 649 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,477 Objection, Your Honor. Conclusory. 650 00:35:53,549 --> 00:35:54,744 Sustained. 651 00:35:54,818 --> 00:35:57,116 The jury will disregard the witness's answer. 652 00:35:57,187 --> 00:35:59,348 Thank you, Detective. Your witness. 653 00:35:59,422 --> 00:36:03,518 Det. Briscoe, you say Ted Parker spoke in hypotheticals. 654 00:36:03,593 --> 00:36:05,857 Did he ever, in any way... 655 00:36:06,162 --> 00:36:09,654 directly tell you that his son was involved in a crime? 656 00:36:11,701 --> 00:36:15,933 No, Mr. Parker never told me directly that his son was involved in a crime. 657 00:36:16,005 --> 00:36:18,496 Thank you. No further questions, Your Honor. 658 00:36:19,008 --> 00:36:22,375 The gun was Ricky's. Ricky Morales. 659 00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:26,308 I was holding it when he got shot. 660 00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:30,685 Kevin told me I had to keep it a while. Why was that, Mr. Wojak? 661 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:34,116 Kevin couldn't bring it home. 662 00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:37,291 He didn't want his dad to know that he had helped Ricky buy it. 663 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:41,491 But why did you have to hold the guns for the other students? 664 00:36:45,035 --> 00:36:49,199 I... I guess it kind of made me feel important, you know? 665 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:51,366 They have these, you know, searches, you know? 666 00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:55,640 They run the wand over you, and I never got checked. 667 00:36:56,046 --> 00:36:59,175 Everyone said it's 'cause I was kind of a nerd, you know? 668 00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:03,621 This weapon of Ricky Morales... 669 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:06,953 did there ever come a time when Kevin Parker... 670 00:37:07,359 --> 00:37:09,190 asked you to give it to him? 671 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,391 Yeah... 672 00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:19,801 a couple days after Ricky got shot. 673 00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:23,932 Now, did Kevin Parker ever tell you why he had to have the gun? 674 00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:28,770 Well, he said that this guy who shot Ricky was gonna shoot him, too... 675 00:37:28,847 --> 00:37:31,646 and he had to strap some power. 676 00:37:31,717 --> 00:37:35,084 A lot of my friends do, you know? You gotta carry or else. 677 00:37:35,154 --> 00:37:38,021 Did Kevin give the gun back to you? Yes. 678 00:37:38,891 --> 00:37:39,880 When? 679 00:37:43,763 --> 00:37:45,230 About a week later. 680 00:37:46,065 --> 00:37:49,728 You know, just after the kid got shot. Right. Thanks. 681 00:37:53,139 --> 00:37:56,836 It has to be substantial time. It can't be a slap on a wrist. 682 00:37:57,343 --> 00:37:58,901 Is this about public relations? 683 00:37:58,978 --> 00:38:01,345 It's about a dead 14-year-old. 684 00:38:01,415 --> 00:38:03,815 Maybe we shouldn't be here. No, Ted. 685 00:38:03,884 --> 00:38:05,511 Be reasonable, Ben. 686 00:38:05,585 --> 00:38:08,076 Any judge takes circumstances into account. 687 00:38:08,155 --> 00:38:12,057 The boy was afraid. Manslaughter one, three-to-nine. 688 00:38:19,733 --> 00:38:21,462 Listen to his story, Ben. 689 00:38:21,535 --> 00:38:23,799 Maybe you'll make a better offer. 690 00:38:31,144 --> 00:38:32,805 When Ricky was shot... 691 00:38:33,548 --> 00:38:36,415 I went to the hospital. He didn't see who did it. 692 00:38:36,484 --> 00:38:39,078 He just felt it in his back. 693 00:38:41,456 --> 00:38:43,583 I knew if we'd gone to the cops... 694 00:38:45,426 --> 00:38:46,984 We couldn't do it. 695 00:38:47,061 --> 00:38:50,428 Ricky would have to say he was with me when he bought the gun. 696 00:38:51,065 --> 00:38:52,692 If my dad found out... 697 00:38:55,837 --> 00:38:57,702 When Ricky went down... 698 00:38:57,772 --> 00:39:00,832 he heard somebody say, "I'll get your friend, too." 699 00:39:01,309 --> 00:39:04,278 I had to do something. I was scared. 700 00:39:06,849 --> 00:39:09,317 Stone. Yeah. 701 00:39:13,122 --> 00:39:14,282 Yes? 702 00:39:17,393 --> 00:39:18,417 When? 703 00:39:20,929 --> 00:39:23,762 Thank you, Sally. I'll be in the office in an hour. 704 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:27,863 The statement is over. We'll take this case to the jury. 705 00:39:27,936 --> 00:39:30,598 Your eyewitness, Mr. Domingo, was shot an hour ago... 706 00:39:30,672 --> 00:39:32,606 doing an undercover buy for the Feds. 707 00:39:32,674 --> 00:39:34,801 He died on the table at Bellevue. 708 00:39:34,877 --> 00:39:39,110 Let's go, Ted. Kevin. Hey, Gordon, wait a minute. 709 00:39:39,315 --> 00:39:41,340 We have an agreement. Oh? 710 00:39:41,751 --> 00:39:45,517 You made an offer. Did you hear us accept it? 711 00:39:48,258 --> 00:39:49,316 Oh. 712 00:39:49,392 --> 00:39:52,919 By the way, Ben, the Defense rests. 713 00:39:52,996 --> 00:39:54,964 I don't have to put on a case. 714 00:40:00,870 --> 00:40:04,033 Sometimes, tragedy brings out the best in people. 715 00:40:04,340 --> 00:40:05,432 We cope. 716 00:40:05,775 --> 00:40:09,143 We deal with our sadness somehow. We move on. 717 00:40:10,381 --> 00:40:12,576 For the prosecution, unfortunately... 718 00:40:13,117 --> 00:40:15,017 tragedy brings out the worst... 719 00:40:15,553 --> 00:40:19,421 and in the face of this senseless death of Angel Ramirez... 720 00:40:20,124 --> 00:40:22,820 Mr. Stone finds a scapegoat... 721 00:40:23,294 --> 00:40:25,125 to convince you... 722 00:40:25,196 --> 00:40:27,391 that he is going to do something... 723 00:40:27,465 --> 00:40:30,400 about the war zones in which our children are living. 724 00:40:30,468 --> 00:40:31,833 But he can't. 725 00:40:33,037 --> 00:40:36,006 He can't, so he finds... 726 00:40:36,073 --> 00:40:38,234 circumstantial connections. 727 00:40:38,709 --> 00:40:41,110 A bullet that might have come from that gun. 728 00:40:41,179 --> 00:40:43,340 A young boy who might have wanted revenge. 729 00:40:43,415 --> 00:40:47,749 But, ladies and gentlemen, did that prove beyond a reasonable doubt... 730 00:40:47,819 --> 00:40:51,482 that Kevin Parker shot Angel Ramirez? No. 731 00:40:52,524 --> 00:40:56,255 All they prove is what we already know. 732 00:40:56,962 --> 00:40:59,760 Too many children have guns. 733 00:41:01,066 --> 00:41:04,797 We allowed this to happen. All of us. 734 00:41:07,005 --> 00:41:11,305 Don't make an innocent boy pay for our mistakes. 735 00:41:13,479 --> 00:41:15,344 And, yes, Mr. Schell, you're right. 736 00:41:15,414 --> 00:41:18,577 There are too many guns in the hands of children. 737 00:41:20,319 --> 00:41:23,777 Kids in a big hurry to say, "I got the power now... 738 00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:25,619 "look what I'm packing." 739 00:41:26,225 --> 00:41:30,286 So, yes, sir, our streets have become a war zone... 740 00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:35,027 but does that mean that we must excuse anyone who picks up a gun? 741 00:41:35,434 --> 00:41:38,835 Does that mean that we have to particularly excuse him... 742 00:41:38,905 --> 00:41:40,429 if he's a good kid... 743 00:41:41,641 --> 00:41:43,666 and if he's the son of a cop... 744 00:41:44,578 --> 00:41:47,570 a kid who just tried to do the right thing? 745 00:41:47,648 --> 00:41:51,550 But what Kevin Parker did do was shoot... 746 00:41:52,152 --> 00:41:56,452 a 14-year-old who was just out for a walk with his friends. 747 00:41:57,791 --> 00:42:01,283 Now, did he mean to do it? Of course not. 748 00:42:03,797 --> 00:42:07,324 And though justice must be tempered with mercy... 749 00:42:07,401 --> 00:42:10,393 it can never lose a sense of retribution... 750 00:42:11,238 --> 00:42:13,570 or it is no longer justice. 751 00:42:15,342 --> 00:42:19,712 Kevin Parker shot and killed Angel Ramirez. 752 00:42:20,982 --> 00:42:24,975 However sad you feel for the defendant or for the accidents... 753 00:42:25,053 --> 00:42:29,513 that brought him here, you must still find him guilty. 754 00:42:36,297 --> 00:42:39,630 Nine hours. What are they debating? Not debating. 755 00:42:39,701 --> 00:42:42,397 They're worrying about how guilty they'll feel if they convict him. 756 00:42:43,605 --> 00:42:44,594 Yes? 757 00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:47,572 They're still out? Yeah. 758 00:42:50,412 --> 00:42:53,381 You know, I was thinking, how did Gordon Schell's office... 759 00:42:53,449 --> 00:42:56,111 find out Juan Domingo was shot before we did? 760 00:42:56,185 --> 00:42:58,881 What? I talked to Schell's secretary. 761 00:42:58,954 --> 00:43:01,479 The call came from the 33rd Precinct. 762 00:43:01,557 --> 00:43:04,025 They were helping the Feds set up Domingo's undercover buy. 763 00:43:04,093 --> 00:43:05,253 Oh, no. 764 00:43:05,327 --> 00:43:07,659 Domingo was shot before the Feds even got there. 765 00:43:07,730 --> 00:43:10,221 The gun dealer they were supposed to bust got away. 766 00:43:10,299 --> 00:43:12,460 Or he was never there. 767 00:43:12,534 --> 00:43:16,129 It's possible the cops from Ted Parker's old precinct did him a favor. 768 00:43:16,205 --> 00:43:17,797 Not that you'll ever prove it. 769 00:43:21,444 --> 00:43:22,468 Yes? 770 00:43:24,047 --> 00:43:25,071 Tomorrow? 771 00:43:26,616 --> 00:43:27,674 Thanks. 772 00:43:29,152 --> 00:43:31,848 The verdict? Not quite. 773 00:43:35,992 --> 00:43:38,586 Your Honor, I respectfully suggest... 774 00:43:40,563 --> 00:43:43,327 It's hopeless. We're deadlocked. 775 00:43:44,334 --> 00:43:46,461 We have a hung jury. 776 00:43:46,936 --> 00:43:48,995 We have a mistrial. 777 00:43:49,072 --> 00:43:51,803 The People will have to retry Mr. Parker. 778 00:43:52,610 --> 00:43:55,204 The court thanks the jury for its service. 779 00:43:55,279 --> 00:43:58,840 Move to continue bail, Your Honor. Granted. Court is adjourned. 780 00:44:09,226 --> 00:44:12,161 It's not worth it. We'd never get a conviction. 781 00:44:12,229 --> 00:44:13,753 So they win? 782 00:44:13,864 --> 00:44:16,492 If anyone won anything, I'm not quite sure of what it is. 783 00:44:16,567 --> 00:44:20,901 Mr. Parker, are you teaching your son what is right by getting a witness shot? 784 00:44:22,006 --> 00:44:24,771 Dad? Come on. 785 00:44:53,805 --> 00:44:54,932 Some night. 786 00:44:56,776 --> 00:44:59,540 Lucky break, that dealer getting shot. 787 00:45:02,615 --> 00:45:06,642 You sleeping all right? I'm sleeping fine. 788 00:45:08,521 --> 00:45:12,116 And your friends in the 33? They're sleeping fine, too. 789 00:45:12,658 --> 00:45:14,387 Lennie, it's over. 790 00:45:16,529 --> 00:45:18,827 What if it was one of your kids? 791 00:45:20,533 --> 00:45:21,932 I don't know... 792 00:45:22,435 --> 00:45:25,370 but there's no statute of limitations on murder. 793 00:45:27,408 --> 00:45:28,807 Sweet dreams, pal.