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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented 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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(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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(WOMEN EXCLAIMING)
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I feel very exposed here, Ira.
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Privacy in
public spaces, Paige.
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That's what
New York's all about.
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Can't we just get a hotel?
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Right now, let's
don't go anywhere.
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Let's add
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"Rowboat in Central Park" to
our life lists of sexual loci.
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Ira...
Let's do add it, Paige.
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(SCREAMS)
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(OFFICER CHATTERING ON RADIO)
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Looks like she was
beaten pretty bad.
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Excuse me, I have a pretty
shaken up lady here.
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You're the couple
in the rowboat?
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Right, that's us.
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Was she moving
when you found her?
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IRA: Paige?
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Oh, God, no.
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If we're at all close
to wrapping it up,
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I'd like to take
her away from here.
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We're going to need to take full
statements from both of you.
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We'll get through it
as quickly as we can.
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Is it possible to keep my
full identity out of this?
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Strictly speaking,
we're being naughty.
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Ira.
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Officially, she's still
married to another individual.
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Did she murder him?
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God, no.
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Oh, see, we're Homicide.
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Anything else, you have to take
up with the adultery squad.
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(SIGHS) Name?
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I don't know if they're
responsible for this here,
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but I had a couple of knuckleheads from
the parade try to mess with my rowboats.
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Can you describe them?
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Puerto Rican.
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Tall, short, fat, thin?
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I couldn't tell you.
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Did you get a look
at the dead woman?
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Yeah. Right.
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Was she with anybody
when she rented the boat?
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All by herself.
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She had a pair of shoulders on
her big enough for a linebacker.
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Thanks for the tip.
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(SIREN WAILING)
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(SIGHS)
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Detective?
What's up, Sarge?
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A group of Hispanics coming
away from the parade
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were just collared for
robbery and sexual assault.
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They're on their way
to Central Booking.
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See if you can get them
re-routed over to the house.
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I went to the parade
and that's it.
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You got collared in the park.
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I went through the park to
go to the subway to go home.
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(SIGHS) Let's see.
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The parade's on Fifth Avenue,
you live in the East Bronx.
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You got to take the Lexington
Avenue line to get home.
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So you don't go through the
park to get to the subway.
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You want to try another story?
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If you seen somebody
holding something
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that says "Sony"
in front of their faces,
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those are video cameras.
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Hey, one stinking day out of the year
to honor the Puerto Rican people,
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I got to get this
kind of harassment?
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Hold up. You ripped the girl's
shirt off out of patriotism?
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Hey, if that's the
one bitch I'm thinking of,
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I wouldn't exactly
call that no shirt, man.
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Now, would this be
the bitch in the rowboat?
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I wasn't near no rowboat.
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Where were you guys?
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Not where we should've
been, I guess.
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I had my clothes ripped off in Central
Park in the middle of the day.
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Well, nobody expected
that kind of crowd.
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If we had, there would have been a much
greater police presence in the park.
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Not too comforting to think
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unless there's police standing
there, that this is what happens.
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Is there anything you can tell
us about who attacked you?
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Teens, 20s.
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I guess Puerto Rican.
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Have a look at these.
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Tell us if you recognize
any of the faces.
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I don't know.
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Anything you could
tell us would be helpful.
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What I remember about
them wasn't their faces.
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It doesn't have to be faces.
Clothes, tattoos, jewelry...
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What I remember about them
is hands grabbing me.
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What seems like a thousand hands.
That's it.
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That's all I remember.
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ED: We have a vendor that says
you and your boys robbed him
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That's wrong, man.
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Maybe somebody paid him
and he didn't realize.
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But definitely I didn't rob nobody
knowingly with forethought.
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How about using water bottles to
spray girls with, did you do that?
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It was a hot day.
We was fooling around.
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Fair enough.
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Tell me about
the girl at the lake.
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I don't know
nothing about that.
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Well, what happened? I mean, you
were spraying her with water
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and things just
progressed from there?
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I want to talk to my lawyer.
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BRISCOE: Tell me what was
going on by the lake, Kiki.
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I wasn't near no lake.
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How sure are you that there were
no witnesses who saw you there?
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Look, the only place
I went to in the park
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was to the zoo, on account of
I had to use the bathroom.
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You know, by the clock
with the animals?
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I mean, I swear to God.
I swear to the Blessed Virgin!
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You...
I want my lawyer now
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You canvass the park?
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We're concentrating on
the ones who took a collar.
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I've got other detectives
canvassing the park, Chief.
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Where do we stand
on holding these guys?
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Arraignment's tomorrow morning
on robbery and assault.
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Yeah, well, given that we had
some members of the force
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conspicuously non-proactive
while all this was going on,
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we'd be well-advised to pursue
this investigation aggressively.
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I would also appreciate if you
go see the woman's husband.
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I got people all the way up to First
Dep pissing in my ear who he is.
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Who is he?
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Some computer billionaire.
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Downtown wants him
to feel taken care of.
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They'll let him know
they're on top of it.
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Yeah.
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ETHAN: I just can't
believe she's gone.
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We think we're pretty close
to having a suspect.
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One of the people that was in
the park doing the attacks?
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Yeah, we're leaning that way.
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I just don't understand how
people can go crazy like that.
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Or how they can be
allowed to go crazy.
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This is Seth Teitel. He's
a good friend of mine
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and vice president
of my company.
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The cops were
just standing there?
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Girls came running out of the park
who had their clothes ripped off,
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who were hysterical and the
cops just stood there?
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If they did, they were wrong.
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If they didn't, maybe
Susan would still be alive.
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But Seth, we don't
know what happened.
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We think money makes us safe.
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We have doormen, we have limos.
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Finally you get to the point where
you don't even risk taking cabs
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and then you find out
you're not safe.
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Not nearly safe.
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Susan went to take a
rowboat all by herself?
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Yeah.
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That was a totally
Susan thing to do.
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Can you think of anyone who would've
wanted to hurt her for any reason?
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You're asking the wrong guy.
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Susan and I were like
an old pair of shoes.
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I mean, we'd been
together since college,
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we were best friends.
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I can't think of anybody
that would want to hurt her.
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We've got a lot of
cops working on this.
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Hopefully we'll find
what we're looking for.
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Hey, you guys
catch the Capp homicide?
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Right.
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From where I'm standing, it looks
like a sea of perps on Sunday.
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I'm figuring they misjudged
the deployment down at 1PP,
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the guys had parade detail
got caught short-handed.
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You ever on the job?
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I was a year too old when I took the test.
Otherwise I could've...
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Anything unusual
about the woman?
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Not exactly kismet in
the marriage department,
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but other than that
she seemed normal.
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What, she and her
husband used to fight?
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To the point
where she moved out.
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She just moved back
in about a week ago.
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How do you know she wasn't
just taking a trip?
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Fellas, give me
a little credit, huh?
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She was upset,
she has some guy helping her,
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dragging out a lamp,
pillow, photo albums.
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Plus, she told me
to hold her mail
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and under no circumstances
deliver it to her husband.
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Can you describe the guy
that was helping her out?
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Male, Caucasian, approximately
60 years of age,
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possible Boston accent.
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Thanks, Kevin. You'd have
made a hell of a detective.
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Where'd you say
the girl was from?
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Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Sherlock didn't mention the guy
helping her was probably her father.
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He and his wife were supposed
to be flying down this morning.
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That's right.
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She'd say, "Five years, Dad."
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"Let Ethan go public
with the company"
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"and we'll pack up and
come back to Massachusetts."
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Can you think of anyone
she might have been seeing?
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Seeing as in carrying on? Is
that what you're suggesting?
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We're not suggesting anything, sir.
We're just asking questions.
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On the chance that whoever
killed your daughter knew her,
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we need to take a look at all of
her friends and acquaintances.
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What about her husband?
Anyone think to look at him?
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Martin, please.
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We don't think he had
anything to do with it.
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To the whole world,
including my wife,
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Ethan was this great catch.
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Way I see it,
he was the lucky one.
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He got the great catch,
not her.
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Do you think he'd do
anything to hurt her?
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Absolutely not.
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Except that he wanted
out of the marriage.
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ED: How do you know that?
Because my daughter told me.
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He met someone else.
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He wanted out of the marriage, but
she wasn't about to beg him to stay.
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Had she been to a lawyer?
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You better believe it.
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So there was enough for both of
them to walk away with a bundle?
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No question.
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Gee, now I've heard
that an angry spouse
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can sometimes think
any number is not enough.
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Yes, I've also heard
of that happening.
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So how much was Susan
looking to bleed him for?
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That might be the wrong
terminology to use
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when talking to her
matrimonial attorney.
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Go ahead, use any
terminology you want.
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Susan wanted and was entitled to, an
accurate evaluation of Ethan's company.
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Sometimes that's provided
willingly, sometimes it's not.
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Well, let's say
nothing was done willingly,
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that the divorce gets as
nasty as a divorce can get.
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What happens to
the company then?
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Worst case scenario, the company's
sold, the proceeds split.
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Was it headed that way?
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Susan had a lot of anger.
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She wasn't going to
make it easy.
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All the ones they collared at the park
pleaded out to robbery or assault.
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The most they're looking
at is 18 months.
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Well, it might be worth taking
a harder look at the husband.
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Is there anything to
put him at the park?
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Not so far.
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See, he was a little too
intent on making us think
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his marriage was in good shape.
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Turns out his wife had
gone to see a lawyer
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and she was all set to
take him to the cleaners.
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Sounds like motive to me.
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SETH: Can I help you?
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We need to talk to Ethan here.
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Is there some place we can go
that's a little more private?
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Yeah, we can do it right here.
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Seth, would you
excuse us, please?
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You and your wife were
getting a divorce?
245
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What's the relevance of that?
246
00:11:39,486 --> 00:11:41,261
I don't know, it just seems like
something you would've mentioned,
247
00:11:41,321 --> 00:11:43,995
along with the fact that you two
were like "a pair of old shoes."
248
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BRISCOE: We were
told that her demands
249
00:11:45,492 --> 00:11:47,472
might lead to your
company being broken up.
250
00:11:47,527 --> 00:11:49,802
Are you thinking that I murdered her
to prevent that from happening?
251
00:11:49,862 --> 00:11:51,967
We've seen people
murdered for a lot less.
252
00:11:53,165 --> 00:11:55,270
So you want me to provide
you with an alibi?
253
00:11:56,669 --> 00:11:58,649
Sunday morning
I was at my apartment
254
00:11:58,771 --> 00:12:01,547
on the telephone with
my people in San Jose.
255
00:12:01,607 --> 00:12:06,989
Around noon, I met a friend at
Barney's, made a couple of purchases,
256
00:12:07,046 --> 00:12:08,286
had some lunch,
257
00:12:08,347 --> 00:12:10,725
went to a Japanese
animation show,
258
00:12:10,783 --> 00:12:11,989
then went home.
259
00:12:12,051 --> 00:12:14,964
I've got credit card receipts,
you're free to look at them.
260
00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:16,590
Who's the friend
you met at Barney's?
261
00:12:18,157 --> 00:12:21,138
We're just trying to get a sense as
to whether Ethan's marital situation
262
00:12:21,193 --> 00:12:22,637
played a role
in his wife's death.
263
00:12:22,694 --> 00:12:23,900
As in, Ethan killed her?
264
00:12:23,962 --> 00:12:25,441
Well, not necessarily
Ethan himself,
265
00:12:25,496 --> 00:12:27,601
maybe somebody trying to
get in good with Ethan.
266
00:12:27,665 --> 00:12:30,703
Guys with that much money
tend to attract opportunists.
267
00:12:30,768 --> 00:12:32,839
Would you be including me
under that general heading?
268
00:12:32,937 --> 00:12:34,610
I wouldn't include
you under any heading.
269
00:12:34,672 --> 00:12:35,742
I don't know you that well.
270
00:12:35,807 --> 00:12:39,050
Yeah, you guys are famous
for not making snap judgments.
271
00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:40,316
Whatever you think of me though
272
00:12:40,378 --> 00:12:42,858
Ethan had absolutely nothing
to do with his wife's death.
273
00:12:42,914 --> 00:12:44,689
He's as gentle a soul
as I've ever known.
274
00:12:44,749 --> 00:12:48,094
So, he's not responsible for
those bruises on your neck?
275
00:12:49,153 --> 00:12:51,724
I didn't realize I was
being physically examined.
276
00:12:51,923 --> 00:12:53,731
It's another thing
we're famous for.
277
00:12:55,058 --> 00:12:57,834
Ethan didn't do this.
It was his friend, Seth.
278
00:12:58,295 --> 00:13:00,775
He attributed Ethan's
marital problems to me.
279
00:13:00,831 --> 00:13:04,404
To use his words, I had destabilized
a perfectly ordered universe.
280
00:13:04,534 --> 00:13:07,014
Did he say that to you with
his hands around your throat?
281
00:13:07,070 --> 00:13:10,074
Just before. I made
the mistake of laughing.
282
00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:12,816
That's when he put his
hands around my throat.
283
00:13:14,511 --> 00:13:17,390
Seth has to have a pretty big
stock position in the company.
284
00:13:17,447 --> 00:13:18,448
No doubt.
Which means
285
00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:21,222
if the company gets broken up
in a divorce, he loses big.
286
00:13:21,284 --> 00:13:22,490
As does Ethan's girlfriend.
287
00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:25,896
Yeah. If she really wanted to set herself
up for life, she'd cover for Ethan.
288
00:13:25,955 --> 00:13:29,334
Well, why don't we get that doorman
and see what he has to say about it.
289
00:13:29,392 --> 00:13:31,030
Yeah. Maybe we'll get lucky
and he's made an entry
290
00:13:31,093 --> 00:13:33,334
in his official
Dick Tracy notebook.
291
00:13:36,098 --> 00:13:38,738
You ever notice Ethan
with any other women?
292
00:13:38,801 --> 00:13:40,303
Oh, a guma in other words?
293
00:13:40,870 --> 00:13:42,543
Any other women.
294
00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:44,547
None that springs to mind.
295
00:13:44,974 --> 00:13:48,080
Hey, they've done away with the
Safe and Loft Squad, am I right?
296
00:13:48,144 --> 00:13:49,248
Yeah, right.
297
00:13:49,712 --> 00:13:52,056
Hey, you know anything about
Ethan going out on Sunday?
298
00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:56,055
Well, I don't recall any of the usual
limo drivers he uses showing up.
299
00:13:56,418 --> 00:13:57,761
Did he go out on foot?
300
00:13:58,053 --> 00:13:59,361
It's a possibility.
301
00:13:59,421 --> 00:14:01,492
Are you maybe liking
him for the homicide?
302
00:14:02,257 --> 00:14:05,170
Gee, Kevin, I don't know.
So far his alibi holds up.
303
00:14:05,260 --> 00:14:06,466
Why, you think
we should like him?
304
00:14:06,528 --> 00:14:09,168
Ordinarily, you got to
always like the husband.
305
00:14:09,597 --> 00:14:13,204
This one might be a little too much
of a wet noodle to pull it off.
306
00:14:13,268 --> 00:14:15,612
Briscoe, Green.
In my office.
307
00:14:16,604 --> 00:14:19,551
Well, thanks for coming in, Kevin.
We really appreciate it.
308
00:14:23,111 --> 00:14:25,785
I ask you to make this
guy feel taken care of
309
00:14:25,947 --> 00:14:27,448
and you make him a suspect?
310
00:14:27,614 --> 00:14:29,992
We're going where this
investigation takes us, Chief.
311
00:14:30,050 --> 00:14:32,792
Which is exactly what you're
supposed to be doing, Lieutenant.
312
00:14:32,886 --> 00:14:35,332
Downtown just finds
it a bit hard to fathom
313
00:14:35,389 --> 00:14:37,767
why your guys are so focused
on the victim's husband,
314
00:14:37,958 --> 00:14:39,665
when there's no history
of domestic abuse,
315
00:14:39,726 --> 00:14:41,364
no criminal record, no nothing!
316
00:14:41,428 --> 00:14:44,341
Hey, there was a nasty
divorce about to happen.
317
00:14:44,965 --> 00:14:48,640
And that makes it likely, in your mind,
for a guy like this to do a murder?
318
00:14:48,702 --> 00:14:50,807
It makes it worth
looking into, yes.
319
00:14:50,871 --> 00:14:54,148
Chief, we still have
a lot of work to do.
320
00:14:54,741 --> 00:14:55,981
Do us all a favor.
321
00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:59,017
Find out it was one of
the punks from the parade.
322
00:15:01,214 --> 00:15:03,160
So nice to have the
support of the job.
323
00:15:03,216 --> 00:15:05,355
Is Ethan the only one
you like at this point?
324
00:15:05,418 --> 00:15:07,022
Either Ethan or his friend.
What friend?
325
00:15:07,086 --> 00:15:08,121
His friend, Seth.
326
00:15:08,187 --> 00:15:10,189
He stood to lose a fortune
of his own in the divorce.
327
00:15:10,256 --> 00:15:11,929
Plus, he tried to strangle
Ethan's girlfriend.
328
00:15:11,991 --> 00:15:13,800
Plus he seems like
half a whack job.
329
00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:18,206
Hey, the doorman said that Ethan
didn't take the limo on Sunday, right?
330
00:15:18,698 --> 00:15:19,768
Maybe Seth did.
331
00:15:19,832 --> 00:15:21,709
Listen, do what you have to do.
332
00:15:21,768 --> 00:15:24,044
Not what the chief wants
us to be looking at.
333
00:15:24,303 --> 00:15:26,408
The chief's not running
this investigation.
334
00:15:30,976 --> 00:15:34,583
The dispatcher told us you drove
this guy Seth Teitel on Sunday?
335
00:15:34,746 --> 00:15:36,020
Yeah, right.
That's right.
336
00:15:36,081 --> 00:15:38,027
Do you have it in your
trip log where you went?
337
00:15:38,316 --> 00:15:40,796
He had me for the day.
I didn't keep a trip log.
338
00:15:40,852 --> 00:15:43,560
You happen to remember where
he had you drive him to?
339
00:15:43,822 --> 00:15:47,167
I picked him up at his apartment
around 79th and Columbus.
340
00:15:47,225 --> 00:15:48,898
I took him down to his office.
341
00:15:49,294 --> 00:15:51,865
I remember he wanted
to stop at a news stand.
342
00:15:52,163 --> 00:15:55,201
I remember he wanted to look
at guitars in a store window.
343
00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:58,712
He went up to Central Park and
had me drop him by the rowboats.
344
00:16:01,173 --> 00:16:02,981
BRISCOE: So you and
Ethan go way back, huh?
345
00:16:03,374 --> 00:16:05,285
We went to MIT together.
346
00:16:05,676 --> 00:16:08,088
You were with the company
from the ground up?
347
00:16:08,779 --> 00:16:10,281
Can I ask what your point is?
348
00:16:10,347 --> 00:16:16,059
My point is, if Susan caused the breakup
of the company, you had a lot to lose.
349
00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,929
And so I murdered her?
350
00:16:18,189 --> 00:16:19,668
When's the last
time you saw her?
351
00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:23,763
I don't know, month ago,
three weeks ago.
352
00:16:23,961 --> 00:16:26,100
Seth, you're a smart guy.
353
00:16:26,163 --> 00:16:29,701
Ask yourself, are they asking me questions
they already know the answer to?
354
00:16:30,167 --> 00:16:31,475
What do you mean?
355
00:16:31,969 --> 00:16:33,414
Ask yourself
356
00:16:33,837 --> 00:16:36,716
is there proof
that you saw Susan
357
00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:38,582
not a month ago
or three weeks ago
358
00:16:38,641 --> 00:16:40,018
but the very same day
she was killed?
359
00:16:40,076 --> 00:16:41,180
I did not kill her.
360
00:16:41,244 --> 00:16:43,520
Hey, man, ask yourself,
361
00:16:43,713 --> 00:16:47,627
did someone see me at the exact
same spot where Susan was killed?
362
00:16:47,684 --> 00:16:49,095
Did someone see me?
363
00:16:49,152 --> 00:16:52,565
Now ask yourself, what would
your answer be if they did?
364
00:17:00,029 --> 00:17:02,771
We arranged to
meet at the lake.
365
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,637
She rowed up to the shore,
366
00:17:06,235 --> 00:17:08,875
got out, sat on a bench.
367
00:17:10,038 --> 00:17:12,712
I told her how much the company
meant to Ethan and me.
368
00:17:13,642 --> 00:17:17,749
I tried to talk her out of destroying
something just for the sake of destroying it.
369
00:17:17,813 --> 00:17:20,123
I thought I was actually
beginning to make sense to her.
370
00:17:20,182 --> 00:17:22,958
All of a sudden these guys
started running down the hill,
371
00:17:23,151 --> 00:17:25,563
yelling, spraying
people with water.
372
00:17:25,654 --> 00:17:27,725
So Susan told me that
I should go get a cop.
373
00:17:28,190 --> 00:17:30,067
So that's what I went to do.
374
00:17:30,859 --> 00:17:32,429
But there were no cops.
375
00:17:33,529 --> 00:17:36,203
You guys were completely
absent from the park that day.
376
00:17:37,698 --> 00:17:40,269
That isn't the same story
you told us before.
377
00:17:40,735 --> 00:17:42,271
I was ashamed.
378
00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:45,713
I was afraid Ethan
would never forgive me.
379
00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,011
I was also afraid that you would
think that I'd killed her
380
00:17:49,076 --> 00:17:51,352
and that I was making
the whole thing up.
381
00:17:55,816 --> 00:17:56,817
Good call.
382
00:17:58,819 --> 00:17:59,820
(EXHALES)
383
00:18:04,692 --> 00:18:05,796
The last thing I want
384
00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:09,272
any of you to feel is that there's
people at City Hall or in Albany
385
00:18:09,329 --> 00:18:11,741
micromanaging the way
this case is handled.
386
00:18:11,798 --> 00:18:13,300
Now, why would we
think that, Donny?
387
00:18:13,366 --> 00:18:15,346
Other than the fact
that you're here.
388
00:18:15,902 --> 00:18:18,576
As you know, there was
considerable public outcry
389
00:18:18,638 --> 00:18:23,087
that the cops didn't do more by way of
responding to the wilding in the park.
390
00:18:23,510 --> 00:18:25,922
There'd been some hope
that an effective prosecution
391
00:18:25,979 --> 00:18:27,822
in this case would offset that.
392
00:18:28,181 --> 00:18:31,185
We're anticipating that there
will be an effective prosecution.
393
00:18:31,284 --> 00:18:35,289
But it's not a prosecution of one of the
individuals involved in the wilding.
394
00:18:35,355 --> 00:18:37,835
That's because we don't
have the necessary evidence
395
00:18:37,891 --> 00:18:39,995
to prosecute any
of those individuals.
396
00:18:40,059 --> 00:18:44,633
It sounds like the only evidence you've got
against Seth Teitel is circumstantial.
397
00:18:44,697 --> 00:18:46,699
That's usually
the case with homicide.
398
00:18:46,799 --> 00:18:49,678
Okay, look, I'm all
for a level playing field,
399
00:18:49,735 --> 00:18:52,511
justice being
color blind, etcetera.
400
00:18:52,738 --> 00:18:55,981
We had hoped to use this trial to punish
one or more of these Puerto Ricans
401
00:18:56,041 --> 00:18:59,352
who went nuts in the park that day.
If we can't, we can't.
402
00:18:59,845 --> 00:19:01,756
What I need to be
able to report back
403
00:19:01,814 --> 00:19:04,727
is that you're all
absolutely convinced
404
00:19:05,217 --> 00:19:06,890
that you got the right guy.
405
00:19:07,252 --> 00:19:09,789
We wouldn't be prosecuting
him if we weren't.
406
00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:16,030
Ethan and Seth were very close,
407
00:19:16,127 --> 00:19:18,129
although I think in Seth's
mind they were closer.
408
00:19:18,196 --> 00:19:21,177
Objection. She has no idea
what was in Seth's mind.
409
00:19:21,299 --> 00:19:22,642
Sustained.
410
00:19:23,534 --> 00:19:28,313
Did Seth ever personally indicate he felt
threatened by Ethan's impending divorce?
411
00:19:28,439 --> 00:19:31,045
He said that if the company
was dissolved in a divorce,
412
00:19:31,109 --> 00:19:33,214
then his stock options
would be worthless.
413
00:19:33,278 --> 00:19:35,485
What role, if any,
did he assign to you?
414
00:19:35,713 --> 00:19:38,159
He held me responsible,
along with Susan.
415
00:19:38,449 --> 00:19:39,450
How do you know that?
416
00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:46,560
One day he found me doing
something on Ethan's computer and
417
00:19:46,723 --> 00:19:47,929
he went crazy.
418
00:19:48,325 --> 00:19:50,771
He started choking me,
419
00:19:50,927 --> 00:19:54,306
saying that everything was perfect
until I set my sights on Ethan.
420
00:19:54,865 --> 00:19:58,574
He said that if it would keep the
company from going down the tubes
421
00:19:58,769 --> 00:20:02,012
and him from moving back into his
parents' house in Rockville Center,
422
00:20:02,272 --> 00:20:05,253
then he'd risk getting
sent away for murder.
423
00:20:07,244 --> 00:20:08,848
Nothing further.
424
00:20:13,550 --> 00:20:17,395
Is it possible you saw Seth
as a rival, Miss Bergman?
425
00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:19,800
And that's why you're up
here testifying against him?
426
00:20:20,222 --> 00:20:22,998
I think Ethan was pretty squarely
in the heterosexual camp,
427
00:20:23,059 --> 00:20:24,333
if that's what
you're referring to.
428
00:20:24,393 --> 00:20:26,395
Actually, I was thinking
more to the point that
429
00:20:26,462 --> 00:20:29,238
you were driving a wedge
between Ethan and his wife
430
00:20:29,298 --> 00:20:30,834
and Ethan and his friend,
431
00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:33,380
in order for you for you to claim the
power and the money you were seeking.
432
00:20:33,436 --> 00:20:35,143
Objection.
Speculative.
433
00:20:35,604 --> 00:20:37,015
Overruled.
434
00:20:38,574 --> 00:20:42,420
Did you send
this e-mail to Ethan?
435
00:20:46,815 --> 00:20:47,850
Yes.
436
00:20:47,916 --> 00:20:49,896
I ask that it be
marked into evidence.
437
00:20:50,285 --> 00:20:51,286
So ordered.
438
00:20:53,021 --> 00:20:55,262
"Hey, Snakeskin,"
439
00:20:55,457 --> 00:20:58,768
"can't wait till I'm next
to you at the controls."
440
00:20:59,194 --> 00:21:02,368
"I hope it's not too big-headed of me
to think I have something to offer."
441
00:21:02,430 --> 00:21:05,877
"Especially once you
shed some excess baggage."
442
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,105
"Don't take this to mean
I'm not happy now."
443
00:21:08,169 --> 00:21:12,015
"It isn't everyone who has their very
own boy-genius crawl into their lap"
444
00:21:12,073 --> 00:21:15,520
"to go nigh-nigh
nippy nigh-nigh."
445
00:21:15,577 --> 00:21:17,749
Stop this.
Sit down, Mr. Teitel.
446
00:21:17,811 --> 00:21:19,552
I don't want you embarrassing
my friend Ethan this way.
447
00:21:19,613 --> 00:21:21,058
Just stop what you're doing.
448
00:21:31,058 --> 00:21:32,332
Witnesses getting antsy?
449
00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:34,599
Nah, I gave them all
crayons and coloring books.
450
00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:35,867
They'll be fine.
451
00:21:35,929 --> 00:21:37,567
See you in there.
452
00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:40,540
Hey, guys. I have a witness
you might be interested in.
453
00:21:40,601 --> 00:21:42,547
Who's that?
Name's Kiki Morales.
454
00:21:42,603 --> 00:21:44,446
He was one of the wild
bunch in the park.
455
00:21:44,505 --> 00:21:46,382
Pleaded out to
assault and robbery.
456
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:47,748
He started
serving his sentence,
457
00:21:47,808 --> 00:21:50,310
saw your guy's picture in the
paper, got in touch with me.
458
00:21:50,376 --> 00:21:51,980
Said he recognized him
from the park.
459
00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:54,183
Can place him in the rowboat.
460
00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,320
How long does it take
to get him down here?
461
00:21:56,382 --> 00:21:58,658
I took the liberty,
he's here already.
462
00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:00,262
Interview him,
see what we've got.
463
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,957
Yeah, no problem.
464
00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:07,268
Where were you on the afternoon of
Sunday, June 11th, Mr. Morales?
465
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:10,702
I was at the Puerto Rican Day Parade,
then I went to Central Park.
466
00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:12,374
Where in Central Park were you?
467
00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:13,738
The lake.
468
00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:15,871
What, if anything,
did you see there?
469
00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,680
That gentleman
seated right there.
470
00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:22,578
He jumped out of a rowboat and
walked by me in a big rush.
471
00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:26,047
There were a lot of people
in Central Park that day.
472
00:22:26,111 --> 00:22:28,887
How sure are you
it was the defendant?
473
00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:31,894
There weren't any other people
jumping out of rowboats and running.
474
00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:35,527
And I saw his picture in the paper.
There's no doubt in my mind.
475
00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:37,261
That's the same guy.
476
00:22:37,722 --> 00:22:39,326
Nothing further.
477
00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:44,072
Your witness is lying I questioned
him after he was collared,
478
00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:46,837
he swore up and down he
never went past the zoo.
479
00:22:47,165 --> 00:22:48,576
Maybe he was lying then.
480
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:51,671
Maybe he was, maybe he lies whenever
it's in his interest to lie.
481
00:22:51,736 --> 00:22:53,612
What's he getting
for testifying?
482
00:22:53,737 --> 00:22:55,182
Time served.
483
00:22:55,773 --> 00:22:57,878
A full year off
his prison sentence.
484
00:22:59,977 --> 00:23:02,389
JACK: Even if he told
the truth on the stand,
485
00:23:02,446 --> 00:23:05,893
the Defense is entitled to full
disclosure of his statement to Briscoe.
486
00:23:05,950 --> 00:23:09,420
Which means his credibility
is shot along with ours.
487
00:23:09,820 --> 00:23:11,322
How did this happen?
488
00:23:11,422 --> 00:23:13,265
There was nothing in his
statement that said the zoo
489
00:23:13,324 --> 00:23:15,167
was the only place
in the park he went.
490
00:23:15,593 --> 00:23:17,266
On the face of it,
there was no contradiction.
491
00:23:17,328 --> 00:23:20,275
Obviously we were happy
to have eyewitness testimony.
492
00:23:20,731 --> 00:23:22,301
Oh, this is going to get ugly.
493
00:23:22,366 --> 00:23:23,367
Yes, it is.
494
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,471
They're going to come
after us for everything.
495
00:23:27,537 --> 00:23:30,017
Cops outside the park
who just stood there,
496
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,986
city failing to act, me not
doing my job, all of it.
497
00:23:35,245 --> 00:23:36,815
I should've talked to Briscoe.
498
00:23:37,146 --> 00:23:39,490
I shouldn't have relied solely
on the statement he gave me.
499
00:23:39,549 --> 00:23:41,961
We need to find out
where Morales really was
500
00:23:42,018 --> 00:23:44,157
and what, if anything,
he actually saw.
501
00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:45,893
How do we do that?
502
00:23:47,090 --> 00:23:49,036
Stick him in a room
with Briscoe and Green.
503
00:23:50,793 --> 00:23:53,103
That's the trouble
with lying, Kiki.
504
00:23:53,162 --> 00:23:56,404
You have to remember to tell the
same lies to the same people.
505
00:23:56,465 --> 00:23:57,944
Look, I don't do time
so good, all right?
506
00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,502
I got a sick mother,
I got asthma.
507
00:23:59,568 --> 00:24:01,377
You should think about your
sick mother and your asthma
508
00:24:01,436 --> 00:24:02,779
before you go on
your next crime spree.
509
00:24:02,838 --> 00:24:04,613
I get loaded,
I don't think about nothing.
510
00:24:04,706 --> 00:24:07,084
Yeah? Well,
think about this.
511
00:24:07,142 --> 00:24:09,850
You just added perjury
to your list of felonies.
512
00:24:09,912 --> 00:24:12,392
No, no, no, no. I didn't do no
perjury by saying I saw the guy.
513
00:24:12,447 --> 00:24:14,188
ED: By saying you
saw him by the lake.
514
00:24:14,249 --> 00:24:15,387
I did see him by the lake.
515
00:24:15,450 --> 00:24:17,760
So you perjured yourself by saying
you didn't go past the zoo.
516
00:24:17,819 --> 00:24:18,854
That wasn't on the stand.
517
00:24:18,921 --> 00:24:21,800
We're going to prove that you
lied on the stand, Kiki.
518
00:24:21,857 --> 00:24:23,165
And you know what that means?
519
00:24:23,225 --> 00:24:25,205
Five more years at Green Haven.
520
00:24:29,564 --> 00:24:31,066
What if I told you guys
the truth?
521
00:24:31,232 --> 00:24:32,540
BRISCOE: Yeah,
what if you do?
522
00:24:32,933 --> 00:24:33,934
Would it help?
523
00:24:34,035 --> 00:24:35,378
It couldn't hurt.
524
00:24:38,306 --> 00:24:41,048
All right. A bunch of us were
down at the lake, right?
525
00:24:41,108 --> 00:24:42,246
We saw the girl in the boat.
526
00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:43,653
You know, we started
throwing things at her.
527
00:24:43,711 --> 00:24:46,385
She got upset, rowed to
shore and said something.
528
00:24:46,447 --> 00:24:49,360
Then this guy, Nestor, jumped in the
boat with her and they got into it.
529
00:24:49,417 --> 00:24:53,388
Problem is, Kiki, that you're
completely useless as a witness now.
530
00:24:53,721 --> 00:24:56,827
The jury isn't going to trust you to
give them directions to the men's room.
531
00:24:57,391 --> 00:24:58,596
I think you're wrong
about that, man.
532
00:24:58,658 --> 00:25:01,002
'Cause I can be totally
sincere when I got to be.
533
00:25:01,061 --> 00:25:02,972
BRISCOE: Now, who else
saw Nestor in the boat?
534
00:25:03,563 --> 00:25:04,803
A bunch of us saw him.
535
00:25:04,998 --> 00:25:07,274
Anybody who isn't
currently doing time?
536
00:25:09,736 --> 00:25:11,374
There is one guy.
537
00:25:12,138 --> 00:25:14,584
The Puerto Rican
Day Parade in June,
538
00:25:14,641 --> 00:25:16,120
you remember
what you were doing?
539
00:25:16,176 --> 00:25:17,587
I was there.
I watched it.
540
00:25:17,644 --> 00:25:19,123
I hung out for awhile
and went home.
541
00:25:19,179 --> 00:25:20,920
Let me try to save us
some time here, David.
542
00:25:20,980 --> 00:25:23,654
Look, you're in no real strong
position to be playing cat and mouse.
543
00:25:23,717 --> 00:25:25,560
We have somebody that
has you at the park,
544
00:25:25,619 --> 00:25:28,259
by the lake, witnessing
a woman been beat to death.
545
00:25:28,321 --> 00:25:29,731
I stopped him from beating her.
546
00:25:29,788 --> 00:25:31,790
So you knew the one
on trial is innocent?
547
00:25:31,857 --> 00:25:33,734
I figured with his money,
he'd get off.
548
00:25:33,826 --> 00:25:35,396
Yeah. I'm sure
the D.A.'s office
549
00:25:35,461 --> 00:25:37,600
isn't going to connect
you up as an accessory.
550
00:25:37,663 --> 00:25:40,769
I mean, the fact that you were in the
boat and that you didn't come forward,
551
00:25:40,833 --> 00:25:42,835
none of that's going to
be a problem for you, huh?
552
00:25:42,901 --> 00:25:45,507
I've never so much as been arrested.
I have two kids.
553
00:25:45,604 --> 00:25:47,777
I have a job. What
are you doing to me?
554
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,683
Look here, man, we're ready
to send you to prison.
555
00:25:49,742 --> 00:25:52,586
The only thing you got working in your
favor is the D.A.'s in a bad spot.
556
00:25:52,645 --> 00:25:56,354
Now, they might be inclined to cut
you some slack, if they believe you.
557
00:25:56,882 --> 00:25:58,759
Any way you can
help yourself here?
558
00:26:00,619 --> 00:26:03,326
There's this woman who might
be able to ID Nestor.
559
00:26:03,621 --> 00:26:05,032
They'll believe her.
560
00:26:06,257 --> 00:26:07,895
Why are you asking me this now?
561
00:26:07,959 --> 00:26:10,940
Well, we've received some information
that leads us to believe
562
00:26:10,995 --> 00:26:13,202
that we arrested the wrong guy.
563
00:26:13,264 --> 00:26:15,335
Except now it's been a while.
564
00:26:15,399 --> 00:26:16,605
If you're not sure,
you're not sure.
565
00:26:16,668 --> 00:26:18,409
We're not trying to
talk you into anything.
566
00:26:19,036 --> 00:26:21,812
I told David I didn't want to
be doing nothing like this.
567
00:26:21,873 --> 00:26:22,943
I was pissed off,
568
00:26:23,007 --> 00:26:24,918
but I didn't want to get involved
in the whole thing like this.
569
00:26:24,976 --> 00:26:27,149
All we want you to do is
take a look at a photo array
570
00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:28,554
and tell us if you see the guy.
571
00:26:28,613 --> 00:26:30,354
If you don't, you don't.
572
00:26:39,623 --> 00:26:40,624
Him.
573
00:26:49,366 --> 00:26:50,367
Nestor.
574
00:26:52,669 --> 00:26:53,807
What do you guys want?
575
00:26:53,870 --> 00:26:56,578
We want to arrest you, we just don't want
to do it in front of all these people.
576
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,244
Arrest me for what?
Murder.
577
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,383
I stood right here in this
office and I asked you,
578
00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:09,392
"Are you certain
you have the right guy?"
579
00:27:09,485 --> 00:27:10,486
You told me you did.
580
00:27:10,553 --> 00:27:13,500
At the time, everything pointed
to Seth Teitel as the killer.
581
00:27:13,989 --> 00:27:14,990
So,
582
00:27:15,591 --> 00:27:17,195
I went to the mayor
and I told him
583
00:27:17,259 --> 00:27:20,206
that he should go to the leadership
of the Hispanic community.
584
00:27:20,329 --> 00:27:23,833
Assure them that no one from their
constituency was being targeted.
585
00:27:24,033 --> 00:27:26,035
No one has been targeted.
586
00:27:26,769 --> 00:27:28,339
He gave them his word, Nora.
587
00:27:28,471 --> 00:27:30,075
What do you want
us to do, Donny?
588
00:27:30,139 --> 00:27:33,609
Ignore evidence of this defendant's
guilt because we made a mistake?
589
00:27:33,743 --> 00:27:35,779
We could have demonstrations.
590
00:27:36,811 --> 00:27:38,017
Even worse.
591
00:27:38,413 --> 00:27:41,951
This administration had the
political high ground on this one
592
00:27:42,217 --> 00:27:44,493
and your people
just pissed it away.
593
00:27:44,619 --> 00:27:47,623
Tell the mayor I'd be happy to meet with
anybody he thinks would be beneficial.
594
00:27:47,689 --> 00:27:49,225
It's not going to be that easy.
595
00:27:49,290 --> 00:27:52,134
These are bridges we've tried to
build with the minority communities,
596
00:27:52,193 --> 00:27:53,638
they're not too sturdy.
597
00:27:54,262 --> 00:27:56,742
So it's going to be damn near
impossible to mend them now.
598
00:27:56,798 --> 00:27:59,608
What if you attack my decision
to prosecute in the press?
599
00:28:00,034 --> 00:28:01,911
That would put you back
on dry land.
600
00:28:01,970 --> 00:28:03,779
And what would
be your response?
601
00:28:04,038 --> 00:28:06,416
No response.
Turn the other cheek.
602
00:28:06,474 --> 00:28:10,216
And I assume you'll have someone
reach out to this dotcom guy?
603
00:28:10,644 --> 00:28:12,885
Express our sincere apologies?
604
00:28:12,946 --> 00:28:14,619
I did apologize.
605
00:28:15,182 --> 00:28:16,456
And it was sincere.
606
00:28:18,518 --> 00:28:21,260
No one is looking
for any scalps, Nora.
607
00:28:22,289 --> 00:28:23,290
You understand.
608
00:28:23,557 --> 00:28:24,968
I do, completely.
609
00:28:27,761 --> 00:28:29,172
Mr. McCoy.
610
00:28:31,465 --> 00:28:32,967
That was fun.
611
00:28:34,735 --> 00:28:36,681
Good to know
they're consistent.
612
00:28:37,004 --> 00:28:40,007
I'm sorry about the political
capital I just cost you.
613
00:28:40,406 --> 00:28:42,352
There's no need
to apologize to me.
614
00:28:43,609 --> 00:28:45,247
I do need a conviction.
615
00:28:46,078 --> 00:28:47,421
What are the chances of that?
616
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,825
The Defense is making
noises about this kid's IQ.
617
00:28:51,317 --> 00:28:52,318
Anything to it?
618
00:28:52,618 --> 00:28:54,029
From the video tape?
619
00:28:55,354 --> 00:28:57,766
He was smart enough
to enjoy the parade.
620
00:28:57,990 --> 00:28:59,992
Let's make sure
the jury sees it.
621
00:29:08,601 --> 00:29:10,274
JUDGE: State your
objections, Counselor.
622
00:29:10,769 --> 00:29:13,477
My objection is that the tape is
prejudicial rather than probative.
623
00:29:13,538 --> 00:29:16,178
It's inflammatory and has nothing
to do with the crime charged.
624
00:29:16,241 --> 00:29:19,017
We'd argue the tape establishes
the presence of the defendant
625
00:29:19,077 --> 00:29:20,147
in Central Park
at the time of...
626
00:29:20,212 --> 00:29:21,623
A fact already
stipulated into the record.
627
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,355
But more importantly, it establishes
a sequence of events related
628
00:29:25,417 --> 00:29:28,955
in cause and effect to the
eventual murder of Susan Capp.
629
00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:32,126
I know that's what Mr. McCoy
wants to convey to the jury,
630
00:29:32,223 --> 00:29:33,463
but I would
argue strenuously that
631
00:29:33,525 --> 00:29:35,368
the laws of evidence don't
permit him to do that.
632
00:29:35,427 --> 00:29:39,000
Well, the events on the tape are
sufficiently related to the crime charged.
633
00:29:39,164 --> 00:29:40,939
The tape comes in.
634
00:29:45,736 --> 00:29:48,649
What were you doing on Sunday,
June 11th, Mr. Stenopolis?
635
00:29:48,706 --> 00:29:51,983
I like to videotape things, events
around the city and whatnot.
636
00:29:52,476 --> 00:29:54,353
Sometimes you see
famous people like,
637
00:29:54,411 --> 00:29:58,723
like last week I videotaped Steve
Martin walking down Madison Avenue.
638
00:29:59,016 --> 00:30:02,361
And sometimes it's just pretty girls
like you see in New York every day.
639
00:30:02,619 --> 00:30:04,826
Were you in Central Park
with your video camera
640
00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:06,561
following the
Puerto Rican Day Parade?
641
00:30:06,624 --> 00:30:07,694
Yes, I was.
642
00:30:07,891 --> 00:30:11,065
Was the tape we're about to see
made in that location on that date?
643
00:30:11,128 --> 00:30:12,539
Yes, it was.
644
00:30:12,830 --> 00:30:14,308
The Defense
renews its objection
645
00:30:14,364 --> 00:30:15,604
to the showing of this
tape, Your Honor.
646
00:30:15,665 --> 00:30:16,939
Objection overruled.
647
00:30:17,867 --> 00:30:19,073
Mr. McCoy?
648
00:30:20,436 --> 00:30:22,040
(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
649
00:30:22,105 --> 00:30:23,675
(WOMEN EXCLAIMING)
650
00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:38,121
I would draw
the jury's attention
651
00:30:38,187 --> 00:30:40,997
to the individual in the
right center of the frame
652
00:30:41,057 --> 00:30:43,663
and ask that he be
identified as the defendant.
653
00:30:46,395 --> 00:30:47,635
JACK: Miss Guzman,
654
00:30:48,797 --> 00:30:51,710
what happened to you while you
were walking through the park?
655
00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,046
I was passing a group of men.
656
00:30:57,606 --> 00:30:59,279
They said something.
657
00:30:59,741 --> 00:31:01,049
I ignored them.
658
00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:03,818
Then one of them grabbed me.
659
00:31:07,082 --> 00:31:09,653
Another one splashed
me with water.
660
00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:12,197
Then they surrounded me.
661
00:31:12,754 --> 00:31:14,825
Tearing at my clothes.
662
00:31:15,257 --> 00:31:16,826
Groping me.
663
00:31:18,392 --> 00:31:19,393
Then...
664
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,531
One of them put his
hands on my breast.
665
00:31:23,798 --> 00:31:25,436
And his tongue in my ear.
666
00:31:28,035 --> 00:31:29,378
That was nice.
667
00:31:30,271 --> 00:31:31,773
What did you do?
668
00:31:31,839 --> 00:31:35,787
I tried to fight them off with my fists,
I kicked at them, whatever I could do.
669
00:31:35,943 --> 00:31:38,924
Do you see any of those
individuals in this courtroom?
670
00:31:40,414 --> 00:31:41,484
Him.
671
00:31:41,549 --> 00:31:45,827
Let the record show that the witness
identified the defendant, Nestor Salazar.
672
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:47,363
JUDGE: So ordered.
673
00:31:47,688 --> 00:31:50,224
Where were you in the park
when this attack occurred?
674
00:31:50,557 --> 00:31:52,662
Near the lake
with the rowboats.
675
00:31:55,028 --> 00:31:56,666
Nothing further.
676
00:31:59,065 --> 00:32:01,807
What specifically did Mr. Salazar
do to you, Miss Guzman?
677
00:32:02,402 --> 00:32:04,848
He was one of the group
that attacked me.
678
00:32:04,904 --> 00:32:05,905
Uh-huh.
679
00:32:06,573 --> 00:32:08,246
Listen carefully to
the question.
680
00:32:08,575 --> 00:32:12,887
What specifically did
Mr. Salazar do to you?
681
00:32:14,581 --> 00:32:16,117
He was there.
682
00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:18,656
I'm not sure what he did.
683
00:32:18,718 --> 00:32:21,789
Did you see Mr. Salazar
attack Susan Capp?
684
00:32:22,821 --> 00:32:25,563
No, but I saw him running
down to the lake.
685
00:32:25,657 --> 00:32:31,471
But did you, at anytime, see
Mr. Salazar with Susan Capp?
686
00:32:35,134 --> 00:32:37,341
No, I didn't.
687
00:32:38,604 --> 00:32:41,585
Thank you.
No further questions.
688
00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:50,055
I knew Nestor and the rest of
these guys from the projects.
689
00:32:50,582 --> 00:32:52,254
And Nestor's Brazilian.
690
00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:54,457
Sometimes I think
he tried too hard
691
00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:57,125
to prove that he was
down with the neighborhood.
692
00:32:57,889 --> 00:32:59,664
He wanted to fit in.
693
00:33:00,725 --> 00:33:04,229
When I saw him and these other guys
spraying the girls with water,
694
00:33:04,529 --> 00:33:07,772
I went over to them and tried
to chill them out a little bit.
695
00:33:07,832 --> 00:33:10,278
They showed me enough
respect that they stopped.
696
00:33:11,135 --> 00:33:13,206
Was that the last time
you saw them that day?
697
00:33:13,538 --> 00:33:16,280
I had my kids with me. I
was buying them ice cream.
698
00:33:16,841 --> 00:33:19,481
One of the guys with Nestor
came running over to me
699
00:33:19,577 --> 00:33:21,523
and said Nestor
was flipping out.
700
00:33:22,046 --> 00:33:26,118
I went over and saw him in a rowboat banging
this women's head against the side.
701
00:33:26,817 --> 00:33:28,091
JACK: What did you do?
702
00:33:28,518 --> 00:33:29,895
I ran into the lake,
703
00:33:29,953 --> 00:33:32,194
climbed on the boat
and pulled him off her.
704
00:33:33,290 --> 00:33:35,065
I didn't know
how bad she was hurt
705
00:33:35,125 --> 00:33:37,833
and I didn't know she was going
to fall in the water and drown.
706
00:33:38,028 --> 00:33:39,939
You know, I needed to
get Nestor out of there.
707
00:33:40,197 --> 00:33:42,177
I needed to look after my kids.
708
00:33:42,432 --> 00:33:44,503
With all the craziness
in the park.
709
00:33:46,002 --> 00:33:47,640
I never got back.
710
00:33:52,175 --> 00:33:53,347
Counselor.
711
00:33:54,577 --> 00:33:57,023
(EXHALES)
My client wants a deal.
712
00:33:57,079 --> 00:33:58,149
What's he offering?
713
00:33:58,214 --> 00:33:59,557
To plead to negligent homicide.
714
00:33:59,615 --> 00:34:00,787
You're dreaming.
715
00:34:00,850 --> 00:34:02,124
He's willing to do time.
716
00:34:02,184 --> 00:34:04,460
Negligent homicide won't
get him more than a year.
717
00:34:04,620 --> 00:34:06,531
And how much time do
you think he deserves?
718
00:34:06,889 --> 00:34:09,665
What? We're charging him with man two,
that ought to give you some idea.
719
00:34:10,025 --> 00:34:13,598
You guys finally got the defendant
you wanted, didn't you, huh?
720
00:34:13,696 --> 00:34:16,768
Even though the kid's not Puerto Rican,
he looks like he could be Puerto Rican.
721
00:34:16,832 --> 00:34:19,073
I mean, Brazil is still
Latin America, right?
722
00:34:19,902 --> 00:34:22,212
So, as long as he's Latino,
723
00:34:22,271 --> 00:34:24,512
you got exactly the right
kind of head on your stick.
724
00:34:24,573 --> 00:34:28,042
I don't care what kind of
head I have on a stick.
725
00:34:28,343 --> 00:34:31,051
All I care about is,
did he do the crime?
726
00:34:31,279 --> 00:34:33,281
Yeah, right.
727
00:34:35,817 --> 00:34:37,160
My brother's a follower.
728
00:34:37,218 --> 00:34:40,358
He gets together with his so-called
friends, he does what they do.
729
00:34:40,555 --> 00:34:43,001
Have you known your brother
to be violent before?
730
00:34:43,157 --> 00:34:44,693
Never.
Have you known your brother
731
00:34:44,759 --> 00:34:46,898
to be abusive or threatening
towards women before?
732
00:34:46,961 --> 00:34:50,408
My brother respected women. He grew
up in a house with strong women.
733
00:34:50,465 --> 00:34:52,172
He would not have
gotten away for a second
734
00:34:52,233 --> 00:34:54,770
if he did anything
but respect women.
735
00:34:54,836 --> 00:34:57,043
That's true for his mother,
his aunts, his cousins.
736
00:34:57,271 --> 00:35:00,445
And how about women other
than the women in his family?
737
00:35:00,774 --> 00:35:04,244
Nestor didn't start going out with
girls till he was 17 years old.
738
00:35:05,112 --> 00:35:06,716
He was real shy.
739
00:35:06,847 --> 00:35:10,294
My girlfriends would come over and he
would be too embarrassed to speak.
740
00:35:10,617 --> 00:35:12,619
Finally he started going out
with this girl and it was
741
00:35:12,686 --> 00:35:14,495
the sweetest thing
you ever saw.
742
00:35:14,555 --> 00:35:16,967
He'd open doors for her,
hold hands with her.
743
00:35:17,758 --> 00:35:19,965
I remember once coming
into the room hearing
744
00:35:20,027 --> 00:35:22,837
his friends laughing at him
because he hadn't nailed her.
745
00:35:23,430 --> 00:35:25,205
He shrugged, took the abuse.
746
00:35:26,033 --> 00:35:27,979
All he said was
they were waiting.
747
00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:33,573
I don't understand what's
happening in that courtroom.
748
00:35:33,639 --> 00:35:35,619
JACK: The Defense
is presenting its case.
749
00:35:35,708 --> 00:35:37,449
Well, I know that.
750
00:35:37,643 --> 00:35:40,283
But they seem to be making
this Hispanic kid the victim.
751
00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:42,086
Like we should all
feel sorry for him
752
00:35:42,148 --> 00:35:46,597
because maybe some of his buddies made
too much fun of him when he was young.
753
00:35:46,652 --> 00:35:50,657
It's not an unusual tactic for a defendant
to play to the sympathy of a jury.
754
00:35:50,723 --> 00:35:53,169
JACK: Especially with the
testimony of a family member.
755
00:35:53,259 --> 00:35:55,330
And what about sympathy
for our daughter?
756
00:35:56,495 --> 00:35:59,135
When do we get a chance
to tell them who she was?
757
00:36:00,166 --> 00:36:01,803
The system doesn't
work that way.
758
00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,574
Well, it damn well ought to.
759
00:36:05,637 --> 00:36:07,378
Before they write her off,
760
00:36:08,974 --> 00:36:11,045
they got to know
how special she was.
761
00:36:12,043 --> 00:36:15,490
We had to have a closed coffin.
Her face was so...
762
00:36:18,984 --> 00:36:20,930
If who our daughter was
763
00:36:21,319 --> 00:36:24,027
truly isn't relevant
in that courtroom,
764
00:36:24,089 --> 00:36:26,035
then make that jury see
765
00:36:26,091 --> 00:36:28,435
that it wasn't just Susan
who was attacked that day.
766
00:36:29,261 --> 00:36:30,831
It was their daughters, too.
767
00:36:31,463 --> 00:36:33,908
Their sisters, mothers.
768
00:36:35,366 --> 00:36:37,073
Maybe they'll care about that.
769
00:36:41,205 --> 00:36:44,652
All day these guys had been
riding me about not joinin' in.
770
00:36:44,842 --> 00:36:47,379
I hung back when they
were robbing the vendors.
771
00:36:47,478 --> 00:36:50,516
I hung back when they were getting
the girls wet with water bottles.
772
00:36:50,581 --> 00:36:53,118
If your friends were doing
these things, why weren't you?
773
00:36:53,517 --> 00:36:54,791
I didn't feel right.
774
00:36:54,852 --> 00:36:57,765
I knew my friends didn't
necessarily mean to hurt anybody,
775
00:36:57,821 --> 00:37:00,062
they were just getting
caught up in things.
776
00:37:01,358 --> 00:37:03,201
But I didn't feel right.
777
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,267
When you got to the lake,
what happened?
778
00:37:06,529 --> 00:37:09,942
Like I said, all day they
had been riding me, so
779
00:37:09,999 --> 00:37:12,172
when I saw this
girl on a rowboat,
780
00:37:12,402 --> 00:37:15,315
I figured I'd make like
a pirate and show my friends
781
00:37:16,039 --> 00:37:17,313
I could do stuff, too.
782
00:37:17,507 --> 00:37:18,577
And what did you do?
783
00:37:19,008 --> 00:37:20,646
I jumped into the rowboat.
784
00:37:20,777 --> 00:37:22,484
I tried to splash the girl
to get her wet
785
00:37:22,545 --> 00:37:24,821
like my friends did
with those other girls.
786
00:37:24,881 --> 00:37:27,794
I tried to get her wet so her body
would show through her clothes
787
00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:29,693
like my friends did
with the other girls,
788
00:37:29,752 --> 00:37:32,358
but then she stood up and
slapped me in the face.
789
00:37:32,655 --> 00:37:35,658
And she was
big and strong and...
790
00:37:35,991 --> 00:37:38,631
I didn't realize that when
I jumped into the boat
791
00:37:38,694 --> 00:37:40,367
and the next thing I knew,
792
00:37:40,495 --> 00:37:43,840
my friends were watching
me get beat up by this girl.
793
00:37:45,033 --> 00:37:46,603
So I grabbed her
794
00:37:47,202 --> 00:37:49,978
and I banged her head
back, back and back.
795
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,853
The next thing I knew, someone
was pulling me off of her
796
00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:58,056
and she jumped off
the boat into the water.
797
00:38:00,449 --> 00:38:02,622
When you went into
that boat, Nestor,
798
00:38:03,018 --> 00:38:04,520
did you mean to hurt her?
799
00:38:05,253 --> 00:38:06,254
No.
800
00:38:06,321 --> 00:38:10,359
Did there come a point on the boat when
you thought she was going to hurt you?
801
00:38:11,025 --> 00:38:12,095
Yes.
802
00:38:12,727 --> 00:38:15,765
Did it ever occur to you that what you
were doing would bring about her death?
803
00:38:15,896 --> 00:38:17,398
No. God, no.
804
00:38:21,702 --> 00:38:23,181
Your witness.
805
00:38:24,138 --> 00:38:27,950
Are you familiar with the New York
City subway system, Mr. Salazar?
806
00:38:28,075 --> 00:38:29,179
Yeah.
807
00:38:29,577 --> 00:38:34,026
Did you know how to get home
from Central Park on your own?
808
00:38:34,915 --> 00:38:35,916
Yes.
809
00:38:35,983 --> 00:38:38,087
Then I wonder why
it didn't occur to you,
810
00:38:38,184 --> 00:38:41,097
when your friends were doing
what they were doing, to leave?
811
00:38:41,354 --> 00:38:44,267
We came together,
I figured we'd leave together.
812
00:38:44,524 --> 00:38:45,525
So,
813
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,263
even though you were
uncomfortable, so you say,
814
00:38:49,729 --> 00:38:53,370
with your friends robbing
vendors and attacking women,
815
00:38:53,533 --> 00:38:55,410
you decided to stick around
816
00:38:55,468 --> 00:38:58,449
because that was less uncomfortable
for you than leaving?
817
00:38:58,505 --> 00:39:00,678
I know now that
I should've left.
818
00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:02,310
But if you'd left, you
wouldn't have been able
819
00:39:02,375 --> 00:39:04,286
to show your friends
how tough you are.
820
00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:06,346
Objection, Your Honor.
Argumentative.
821
00:39:06,412 --> 00:39:07,755
Sustained.
822
00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:11,759
How many times
823
00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:16,899
did you bang Susan Capp's head against
the side of the boat, Mr. Salazar?
824
00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:20,993
I don't know.
825
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,537
More than once?
826
00:39:24,496 --> 00:39:26,635
Yes.
More than twice?
827
00:39:26,932 --> 00:39:27,933
Yes.
828
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:29,979
More than 10 times?
829
00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:31,036
No.
830
00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:33,646
Because someone pulled you off.
831
00:39:33,806 --> 00:39:35,513
I didn't know what I was doing.
832
00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:39,612
You just knew that you wanted to
do it in front of your friends.
833
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,524
I have no further questions.
834
00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:58,436
The events following
the Puerto Rican Day Parade
835
00:39:58,496 --> 00:40:00,407
shocked and horrified us.
836
00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:05,242
We watched young men engage in
brutal and bestial behavior.
837
00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,610
And we felt, correctly,
that they must be punished.
838
00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:12,910
We in the Puerto Rican community
felt this no less than anyone else.
839
00:40:13,043 --> 00:40:15,887
We felt a particular sense
of revulsion and dread
840
00:40:16,146 --> 00:40:19,184
because we knew it would be
held against all Puerto Ricans.
841
00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:21,986
We knew that our parade
842
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:25,090
a joyful expression of
our culture and our pride,
843
00:40:25,155 --> 00:40:28,728
would forever be linked to events
that had nothing to do with it.
844
00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:31,499
Now, the Prosecution has worked
very hard to establish a link
845
00:40:31,561 --> 00:40:35,008
between those events and the crime
for which the defendant is charged.
846
00:40:35,932 --> 00:40:40,608
They would only be too happy to turn your
shock and your horror into a blind reflex
847
00:40:40,670 --> 00:40:43,207
of vengeance directed
at the defendant.
848
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,442
And I'm going to be
quite honest with you.
849
00:40:46,609 --> 00:40:48,782
That's a very
hard thing to resist.
850
00:40:49,211 --> 00:40:53,023
But it's also the very essence of your
responsibility as jurors to do so.
851
00:40:54,850 --> 00:41:00,391
There is no question that this young
man did something very wrong that day.
852
00:41:01,257 --> 00:41:05,433
This woman's death is a tragedy
and it must be answered for.
853
00:41:05,628 --> 00:41:08,108
But it was not manslaughter.
854
00:41:09,031 --> 00:41:15,107
Nestor Salazar acted foolishly
and impulsively and negligently.
855
00:41:15,571 --> 00:41:18,210
But he did not
commit manslaughter.
856
00:41:19,007 --> 00:41:22,511
And your sworn oath requires that
you find him not guilty of that.
857
00:41:30,051 --> 00:41:33,931
The Defense would like you to see Nestor
Salazar as a follower, a hanger on.
858
00:41:34,188 --> 00:41:40,036
A timid, polite boy who was compelled
to commit this horrible crime
859
00:41:40,094 --> 00:41:42,802
by the stronger personalities
of his friends.
860
00:41:42,864 --> 00:41:46,971
They were the ones robbing the vendors
and sexually assaulting the women,
861
00:41:47,035 --> 00:41:51,744
egging him on to commit an act of
violence wholly uncharacteristic of him.
862
00:41:51,805 --> 00:41:53,478
And accidental in nature.
863
00:41:53,574 --> 00:41:58,284
Well, there's no question that
what we saw in the park that day
864
00:41:58,512 --> 00:42:00,924
was the behavior of a mob.
865
00:42:00,981 --> 00:42:05,726
Not an Hispanic mob.
Not a Puerto Rican mob.
866
00:42:06,219 --> 00:42:07,721
Just a mob.
867
00:42:07,854 --> 00:42:12,132
With all the false bravado and
anonymity that it provides.
868
00:42:12,759 --> 00:42:14,761
But a mob is made up of people.
869
00:42:15,662 --> 00:42:18,165
And we hold people responsible
870
00:42:18,232 --> 00:42:21,269
for the consequences
of their actions.
871
00:42:21,567 --> 00:42:24,776
The consequence of
the defendant's action
872
00:42:24,971 --> 00:42:27,417
is that a woman is dead.
873
00:42:27,773 --> 00:42:29,616
We can dispense
with the discussion
874
00:42:29,675 --> 00:42:33,350
of who in this group was less of a
bad person or more of a bad person.
875
00:42:33,479 --> 00:42:37,120
We can focus, we must
focus, on what was done.
876
00:42:37,183 --> 00:42:38,821
On what he did.
877
00:42:40,119 --> 00:42:43,931
What happened that Sunday afternoon
in Central Park in June,
878
00:42:44,657 --> 00:42:47,137
was the suspension
of civilization.
879
00:42:48,194 --> 00:42:51,402
This is when civilization
gets restored.
880
00:42:52,063 --> 00:42:55,044
This is how it gets restored.
881
00:42:57,802 --> 00:42:59,839
Find him guilty
of manslaughter.
882
00:43:10,715 --> 00:43:12,160
Has the jury reached a verdict?
883
00:43:12,217 --> 00:43:14,219
WOMAN: We have, Your Honor.
What say you?
884
00:43:14,286 --> 00:43:17,824
We find the defendant guilty of
manslaughter in the second degree.
885
00:43:18,289 --> 00:43:19,290
(GAVEL BANGS)
886
00:43:36,407 --> 00:43:38,887
Her parents are heading
back to Boston tonight.
887
00:43:39,276 --> 00:43:42,689
I promised them we'd make arrangements
to fly them down for sentencing.
888
00:43:43,747 --> 00:43:45,784
I'm surprised they're
willing to come back.
889
00:43:46,083 --> 00:43:48,962
We started off with a white guy,
put a Brazilian behind bars
890
00:43:49,019 --> 00:43:50,794
for what happened at the
Puerto Rican Day Parade.
891
00:43:50,854 --> 00:43:53,266
New York City, the melting pot.