1 00:00:01,031 --> 00:00:02,772 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,832 --> 00:00:06,712 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,770 --> 00:00:08,613 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,672 --> 00:00:11,482 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,541 --> 00:00:13,180 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,258 Your parents hated me, right? They didn't hate you. 7 00:00:18,316 --> 00:00:19,522 Maybe not your dad, but your mom. 8 00:00:19,583 --> 00:00:20,653 She didn't hate you, she liked you. 9 00:00:20,718 --> 00:00:22,459 Did you see the way she kept checking out my hair? 10 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,521 That's just how she is. 11 00:00:23,587 --> 00:00:25,089 And could her ring be any bigger? 12 00:00:25,156 --> 00:00:26,191 What are you doing? 13 00:00:26,257 --> 00:00:27,463 They're gonna come out any second now. 14 00:00:27,525 --> 00:00:28,526 I need a cigarette. 15 00:00:28,592 --> 00:00:31,266 Then let's just go around the corner then, okay? 16 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:33,770 (GAS PS) 17 00:00:37,435 --> 00:00:39,575 CSU: Hispanic male, 30 to 35. 18 00:00:39,938 --> 00:00:42,043 Couple coming out of the restaurant found him like this. 19 00:00:42,107 --> 00:00:43,177 What do you make of it? 20 00:00:43,241 --> 00:00:45,084 Abrasions on the neck and a bruise. 21 00:00:45,143 --> 00:00:46,486 Looks like it runs down to his chest. 22 00:00:46,545 --> 00:00:47,615 Mugging? 23 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:48,851 Maybe just some kind of fight. 24 00:00:48,914 --> 00:00:50,916 Found about 250 bucks in his pocket. 25 00:00:51,049 --> 00:00:52,756 ED: Any ID? OFFICER: Nothing. 26 00:00:52,818 --> 00:00:54,855 Either they took the wallet or he didn't have one. 27 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,363 BRISCOE: How long's he been dead? 28 00:00:56,488 --> 00:00:58,024 An hour. Maybe less. 29 00:00:58,156 --> 00:00:59,396 Anybody see anything? 30 00:00:59,458 --> 00:01:01,699 Well, Unis are still canvassing the area. 31 00:01:02,728 --> 00:01:05,005 We did find some other stuff in his pockets. 32 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,138 Bus transfer. 33 00:01:08,201 --> 00:01:09,839 Stop's around the corner. 34 00:01:09,969 --> 00:01:11,949 Should've took the subway. 35 00:02:03,491 --> 00:02:05,437 Any chance we can get a rush on him? 36 00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:07,131 Soon as I rush 10 other jobs. 37 00:02:07,195 --> 00:02:08,833 Okay, how about a preliminary? 38 00:02:08,930 --> 00:02:12,036 Well, looks like he's from Mexico. Central America. 39 00:02:12,133 --> 00:02:14,272 Solid build, calluses on his hands. 40 00:02:14,436 --> 00:02:16,279 I'm guessing some kind of manual laborer. 41 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:17,975 So what did him in? 42 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:19,451 All right, see this dark area? 43 00:02:19,508 --> 00:02:20,782 That's his heart. 44 00:02:20,843 --> 00:02:22,789 He's got a widened media stinum. 45 00:02:22,845 --> 00:02:24,256 I was gonna say that. 46 00:02:24,413 --> 00:02:25,687 If he was over 50 I'd bethinking 47 00:02:25,748 --> 00:02:27,694 atherosclerosis or high blood pressure. 48 00:02:27,883 --> 00:02:29,487 And if he was 30? 49 00:02:29,552 --> 00:02:31,725 Well, it might be an aneurysm. 50 00:02:31,987 --> 00:02:33,728 I won't know until I cut him open. 51 00:02:33,789 --> 00:02:35,700 ED: What would cause that in a guy his age? 52 00:02:35,758 --> 00:02:37,635 Well, considering his other bruising, 53 00:02:37,893 --> 00:02:39,236 some kind of trauma to his chest. 54 00:02:39,361 --> 00:02:40,362 So something hit him. 55 00:02:40,429 --> 00:02:41,806 Or someone. 56 00:02:43,533 --> 00:02:48,482 MTA says the transfer indicates he boarded a Q-32 bus at 5:34 p.m. 57 00:02:48,638 --> 00:02:50,640 Q-32 originates in Jackson Heights. 58 00:02:50,707 --> 00:02:51,777 How'd you know that? 59 00:02:51,842 --> 00:02:53,344 My sister lives in Queens. 60 00:02:53,510 --> 00:02:56,889 So he's taking the bus into the city with $250 in his pocket. 61 00:02:57,013 --> 00:02:59,289 Well, we figure he was on a job somewhere, 62 00:02:59,382 --> 00:03:01,191 got paid, and then was on his way home. 63 00:03:01,251 --> 00:03:02,491 Or out on the town for the night. 64 00:03:02,552 --> 00:03:04,031 Any luck pinning down where he worked? 65 00:03:04,087 --> 00:03:06,931 None of the drivers on that route recognize him so far. 66 00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:09,471 Rodgers says he had callused hands, 67 00:03:09,527 --> 00:03:11,871 like he worked construction or something like that. 68 00:03:11,929 --> 00:03:13,670 Well, how about the inventory search? 69 00:03:13,865 --> 00:03:17,608 We got keys, we got a comb, candy wrappers. 70 00:03:17,668 --> 00:03:19,511 Oh, and this. 71 00:03:20,238 --> 00:03:22,240 A Brief History of Marionettes. 72 00:03:22,473 --> 00:03:25,511 Well, it could be a program insert from a puppet show. 73 00:03:25,576 --> 00:03:27,749 Well, we'll check the ads in the weeklies. 74 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:29,222 Club soda. 75 00:03:33,986 --> 00:03:35,659 We're an open congregation. 76 00:03:35,754 --> 00:03:37,927 Most of the people who come here are transients. 77 00:03:37,990 --> 00:03:41,597 When you say transients, you mean illegal immigrants? 78 00:03:41,827 --> 00:03:44,000 God doesn't discriminate, Detective. 79 00:03:44,062 --> 00:03:45,370 This man might have had little kids 80 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:47,034 who attended your puppet show last Sunday. 81 00:03:47,099 --> 00:03:49,340 That was coordinated through our children's service. 82 00:03:49,401 --> 00:03:50,812 Well, who runs that? 83 00:03:50,969 --> 00:03:52,175 Volunteers. 84 00:03:52,237 --> 00:03:54,012 Well, what about on Sunday? 85 00:03:54,573 --> 00:03:55,779 (SIGHS) 86 00:03:56,108 --> 00:03:59,716 I think Norma Lopez was here on Sunday. 87 00:03:59,946 --> 00:04:01,289 ED: Thank you. 88 00:04:02,348 --> 00:04:04,021 Do you know this man? 89 00:04:04,083 --> 00:04:05,187 We found his body on the street yesterday. 90 00:04:05,251 --> 00:04:07,492 We're just trying to identify him. 91 00:04:08,621 --> 00:04:11,192 Look, I don't want to get his family in trouble. 92 00:04:11,291 --> 00:04:13,669 Hey, we're not from the INS, Ms. Lopez. 93 00:04:15,195 --> 00:04:16,833 It looks like Marta's father. 94 00:04:16,896 --> 00:04:18,239 She's six. 95 00:04:18,364 --> 00:04:19,672 Does Marta have a last name? 96 00:04:20,433 --> 00:04:21,878 Santiago. 97 00:04:21,935 --> 00:04:23,745 BRISCOE: Any idea where they live? 98 00:04:24,538 --> 00:04:25,778 I'm not sure. 99 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,844 But the little girl, she's in first grade at P.S. 73. 100 00:04:29,977 --> 00:04:31,320 They should have an address. 101 00:04:31,378 --> 00:04:32,755 ED: Thank you. 102 00:04:37,551 --> 00:04:39,292 ED: Mrs. Santiago? 103 00:04:43,123 --> 00:04:45,569 She is just not feeling too good. 104 00:04:49,364 --> 00:04:50,775 And where's her husband? 105 00:04:51,533 --> 00:04:52,841 San Salvador. 106 00:04:52,901 --> 00:04:54,505 Visiting family. 107 00:04:56,438 --> 00:04:58,111 Mrs. Santiago, 108 00:05:00,709 --> 00:05:02,848 we found this man on the street. 109 00:05:03,812 --> 00:05:06,019 We just want to find out who's responsible for this. 110 00:05:06,181 --> 00:05:08,252 And when she tells you it's her husband, 111 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:11,490 the immigration people come and take her and her children away. 112 00:05:11,586 --> 00:05:14,090 No, nobody's gonna take anybody anyplace. 113 00:05:14,156 --> 00:05:15,191 I promise. 114 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:18,834 (SOBBING) 115 00:05:21,931 --> 00:05:23,308 It's Hector. 116 00:05:25,468 --> 00:05:27,038 It's Hector. 117 00:05:27,937 --> 00:05:30,213 We're very sorry, Mrs. Santiago. 118 00:05:37,346 --> 00:05:41,193 We need to ask you a couple of questions if you're up to it, okay? 119 00:05:42,586 --> 00:05:43,656 Okay. 120 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:46,027 Your husband was found on East 56th Street. 121 00:05:46,089 --> 00:05:48,194 Do you have any idea why he would be there? 122 00:05:48,392 --> 00:05:50,963 Maybe my Hector was working near there. 123 00:05:52,529 --> 00:05:55,669 Mrs. Santiago, did he get paid on Wednesdays? 124 00:05:56,066 --> 00:05:58,342 No, Hector got paid every day. 125 00:05:58,769 --> 00:05:59,804 $50. 126 00:05:59,870 --> 00:06:02,282 We found $250 in his pocket. 127 00:06:02,873 --> 00:06:04,717 $250? 128 00:06:04,776 --> 00:06:08,155 BRISCOE: Is it possible that he was doing something illegal? 129 00:06:08,212 --> 00:06:09,816 Something he didn't want you to know about? 130 00:06:09,881 --> 00:06:11,360 No. Not Hector. 131 00:06:11,616 --> 00:06:13,186 You didn't report him missing? 132 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:17,559 I was afraid to call the police. 133 00:06:20,091 --> 00:06:23,163 I kept telling myself that he was going to be okay. 134 00:06:23,828 --> 00:06:25,603 He wasn't feeling well on Tuesday. 135 00:06:25,697 --> 00:06:26,801 What was wrong? 136 00:06:26,864 --> 00:06:29,573 He said that he had hurt himself at work. 137 00:06:30,336 --> 00:06:31,815 Who's he work for? 138 00:06:33,205 --> 00:06:34,980 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 139 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:43,187 This man, Mike Anderson. 140 00:06:44,483 --> 00:06:48,124 I wanted him to rest, but our baby was sick. 141 00:06:50,856 --> 00:06:52,096 Dios mio. 142 00:06:55,595 --> 00:06:57,404 I haven't seen Hector Santiago in weeks. 143 00:06:57,697 --> 00:06:59,074 Well, where'd you think he was? 144 00:06:59,132 --> 00:07:00,634 Skiing in Switzerland? 145 00:07:00,867 --> 00:07:02,938 I just didn't need him for any jobs. 146 00:07:03,036 --> 00:07:06,040 His wife was under the impression he was still working for you. 147 00:07:06,272 --> 00:07:08,274 Maybe he didn't want her to know that he wasn't. 148 00:07:08,341 --> 00:07:11,686 Maybe you paid him off to duck a workers' comp claim. 149 00:07:12,245 --> 00:07:13,781 What are you talking about? 150 00:07:13,847 --> 00:07:15,053 Hector's dead. 151 00:07:15,115 --> 00:07:16,219 What? 152 00:07:16,282 --> 00:07:19,263 His wife said he hurt himself on the job here Tuesday. 153 00:07:19,352 --> 00:07:21,924 Tuesday? He wasn't here. You can ask these guys. 154 00:07:22,056 --> 00:07:24,161 Do you have any renovation somewhere else? 155 00:07:24,291 --> 00:07:26,897 Hey, Hector was a good worker. I had nothing against him. 156 00:07:27,161 --> 00:07:28,606 I just didn't have the work. 157 00:07:28,896 --> 00:07:31,342 Truth is, I felt really bad laying him off, if you want to know. 158 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:33,572 Bad enough to help him find another job? 159 00:07:33,634 --> 00:07:36,615 Hey, if Hector needed a job there's a corner up in Harlem 160 00:07:36,704 --> 00:07:38,547 where these guys hang out looking for day work. 161 00:07:38,873 --> 00:07:40,511 That's where I found him. 162 00:07:41,742 --> 00:07:44,313 Anybody here know a Hector Santiago? 163 00:07:44,378 --> 00:07:46,586 We're with the police, not Immigration. 164 00:07:47,349 --> 00:07:48,623 Come on, bro, help us out. 165 00:07:48,683 --> 00:07:51,254 Come on, guys. We just want to find somebody who knows him. 166 00:07:51,353 --> 00:07:53,458 I know him. What do you want? 167 00:07:53,555 --> 00:07:54,898 When was the last time you saw him? 168 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:56,970 Monday. What are you looking for him for? 169 00:07:57,125 --> 00:07:58,570 Where'd you see him on Monday? 170 00:07:58,760 --> 00:07:59,898 Here, looking for work. 171 00:07:59,961 --> 00:08:01,133 Any luck? 172 00:08:01,363 --> 00:08:03,843 Yeah. He got picked up to do some moving work. 173 00:08:03,899 --> 00:08:04,900 What's happened to him? 174 00:08:04,966 --> 00:08:06,468 Which outfit picked him up? 175 00:08:06,535 --> 00:08:08,276 It's a red truck. 176 00:08:08,437 --> 00:08:10,213 You don't know their name? 177 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,613 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 178 00:08:19,048 --> 00:08:20,049 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 179 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:25,360 Reed Moving Company. 180 00:08:25,421 --> 00:08:26,422 Reed Moving Company? 181 00:08:26,489 --> 00:08:28,935 Yeah, that's the one. Hector went with them. 182 00:08:30,026 --> 00:08:32,006 Are you sure he's not in any trouble? 183 00:08:32,195 --> 00:08:34,607 Nah, his troubles are over, believe me. 184 00:08:39,670 --> 00:08:41,809 His name's Hector Santiago. 185 00:08:41,872 --> 00:08:43,249 We got a witness who says he saw him 186 00:08:43,307 --> 00:08:45,253 get into one of your trucks on Monday. 187 00:08:45,876 --> 00:08:47,287 A lot of these guys come through. 188 00:08:47,344 --> 00:08:48,948 Yeah, well, this guy's dead. 189 00:08:50,414 --> 00:08:51,984 Otis. Yo? 190 00:08:52,049 --> 00:08:53,551 Got two. 191 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:55,696 Look, maybe he did work for me. 192 00:08:55,752 --> 00:08:57,493 I honestly don't remember. 193 00:08:57,654 --> 00:09:00,761 Well, then, maybe he worked for you Tuesday and Wednesday, too. 194 00:09:00,992 --> 00:09:04,098 I need some extra muscle, I send one of my drivers to the corner. 195 00:09:04,195 --> 00:09:06,436 I don't suppose you send 'em their W-2s. 196 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:09,938 These people would be in the street if it wasn't for me. 197 00:09:10,034 --> 00:09:12,036 Look, Mr. Reed, how many jobs did you need 198 00:09:12,103 --> 00:09:13,673 extra muscle for on Monday? 199 00:09:13,838 --> 00:09:15,647 I had two office moves Monday. 200 00:09:15,773 --> 00:09:17,616 BRISCOE: So where are those crews working now? 201 00:09:17,909 --> 00:09:18,979 One's downtown. 202 00:09:19,143 --> 00:09:20,952 One's on a job on the West Side. 203 00:09:22,013 --> 00:09:24,152 Yeah, he worked on Monday and Wednesday. 204 00:09:24,282 --> 00:09:26,889 The truth is, I started here a few weeks ago myself, 205 00:09:26,952 --> 00:09:28,124 so I got all the new fish. 206 00:09:28,187 --> 00:09:29,632 What was the job he was working on Wednesday? 207 00:09:29,688 --> 00:09:31,531 That would be a brownstone in Bensonhurst. 208 00:09:31,590 --> 00:09:33,831 And you're sure you remember him working Wednesday? 209 00:09:33,893 --> 00:09:36,874 Absolutely. It was a brownstone four-flight walk-up. 210 00:09:36,929 --> 00:09:38,704 This guy, Hector, is it? 211 00:09:39,164 --> 00:09:42,236 Well, after the first trip, he comes to me and he tells me he's hurt. 212 00:09:42,468 --> 00:09:44,778 For the rest of the day, he's practically useless. 213 00:09:44,904 --> 00:09:47,111 I had to pass all the light stuff off the truck to him. 214 00:09:47,172 --> 00:09:49,049 How did he get hurt on the job that morning? 215 00:09:49,108 --> 00:09:50,486 He wasn't hurt on this job. 216 00:09:50,544 --> 00:09:53,286 BRISCOE: Well, what, then? He said he was in a car accident. 217 00:09:57,551 --> 00:09:59,827 RODGERS: It could definitely be from an auto accident. 218 00:10:00,086 --> 00:10:02,965 Cause of death was a dissecting aneurysm of the aorta 219 00:10:03,023 --> 00:10:04,969 caused by severe blunt force trauma. 220 00:10:05,025 --> 00:10:06,868 If it was so severe, why wasn't he more beat up? 221 00:10:06,927 --> 00:10:09,100 I've seen cases with no external bruising. 222 00:10:09,162 --> 00:10:10,539 It's a deceleration injury. 223 00:10:10,597 --> 00:10:12,702 As in motor vehicle deceleration. 224 00:10:13,466 --> 00:10:14,911 As in whiplash. 225 00:10:15,670 --> 00:10:18,583 He's thrown forward, then he gets pulled back by the seat restraints. 226 00:10:18,806 --> 00:10:21,787 This extreme jerking motion can cause dramatic injury to the aorta. 227 00:10:21,876 --> 00:10:23,583 So the neck abrasions were from the seat belt. 228 00:10:23,811 --> 00:10:26,690 Well, could he walk around all day like this? 229 00:10:26,814 --> 00:10:30,591 I saw one guy live for a month before the aorta ruptured. 230 00:10:31,285 --> 00:10:34,459 Good news is, you can close the file, send it down to AIS. 231 00:10:34,589 --> 00:10:36,227 Assuming it was an accident. 232 00:10:36,657 --> 00:10:37,931 What, something I'm missing? 233 00:10:38,092 --> 00:10:41,438 Guy gets in a car crash, why doesn't he tell his wife? 234 00:10:46,201 --> 00:10:47,441 We don't own a car. 235 00:10:47,569 --> 00:10:49,014 Did any of Hector's friends have a car? 236 00:10:49,071 --> 00:10:50,311 Nobody I can think of. 237 00:10:50,372 --> 00:10:51,680 Maybe he took a taxi. 238 00:10:51,740 --> 00:10:53,014 We can hardly afford the bus. 239 00:10:53,075 --> 00:10:55,385 Well, he did have that 250 on him. (CELL PHONE RINGING) 240 00:10:55,444 --> 00:10:57,947 Hector would never have wasted money on a cab. 241 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,082 Excuse me. Yeah, Green. 242 00:11:00,482 --> 00:11:04,259 Can you think of any reason why your husband might lie about this? 243 00:11:05,420 --> 00:11:06,627 I don't know. 244 00:11:06,689 --> 00:11:08,464 Maybe he just didn't want me to worry. 245 00:11:08,591 --> 00:11:12,095 Thanks. Mrs. Santiago, do you know someone named Chad Patel? 246 00:11:12,729 --> 00:11:13,833 Patel? No. 247 00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:17,139 We had our officers pull the accident reports from Monday and Tuesday. 248 00:11:17,267 --> 00:11:19,042 One of them listed your husband as the passenger. 249 00:11:19,102 --> 00:11:20,877 Chad Patel was the driver. 250 00:11:22,972 --> 00:11:25,543 We're investigating the accident you were in on Tuesday. 251 00:11:25,608 --> 00:11:27,212 I already talked to police. 252 00:11:27,276 --> 00:11:29,347 Well, we just need to verify a couple of things. 253 00:11:29,412 --> 00:11:31,222 Yeah, the two guys that were in the car with you, 254 00:11:31,281 --> 00:11:34,285 Hector Santiago and Everold Daly. They friends of yours? 255 00:11:34,551 --> 00:11:35,859 Just friends of a friend. 256 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:37,728 What were they doing in your car? 257 00:11:38,088 --> 00:11:40,125 I run into them at this place in Queens. 258 00:11:40,190 --> 00:11:42,101 I gave them a ride back to Harlem. 259 00:11:42,393 --> 00:11:44,031 Why do you ask me these questions? 260 00:11:44,094 --> 00:11:45,266 One of them died. 261 00:11:45,362 --> 00:11:47,501 The doctor tells us it was from the accident. 262 00:11:48,098 --> 00:11:51,045 But I saw him after. He looked okay. 263 00:11:51,802 --> 00:11:53,543 How about you? You okay? 264 00:11:54,571 --> 00:11:56,552 My arm and neck hurt. 265 00:11:56,775 --> 00:11:59,255 But I got to work. You know how it is. 266 00:11:59,310 --> 00:12:01,312 ED: Yeah, you should really see a doctor though, Mr. Patel. 267 00:12:01,379 --> 00:12:03,518 The other guy died from his injuries. 268 00:12:03,682 --> 00:12:05,161 I can't afford no doctor. 269 00:12:05,216 --> 00:12:08,026 BRISCOE: When's the last time you saw Mr. Santiago? 270 00:12:08,586 --> 00:12:11,499 After the accident, the police tow my car. 271 00:12:11,556 --> 00:12:12,864 We all take the bus. 272 00:12:13,258 --> 00:12:14,794 How did this accident happen? 273 00:12:15,894 --> 00:12:18,374 Car cut me off. I hit my brakes. 274 00:12:18,630 --> 00:12:20,541 Some guy in SUV rear-ends me. 275 00:12:20,598 --> 00:12:22,101 And you called the cops? 276 00:12:23,002 --> 00:12:25,380 I tell them that the guy was tail-gating me. 277 00:12:25,838 --> 00:12:28,284 He was on his cell phone. He wasn't paying attention. 278 00:12:29,008 --> 00:12:30,885 The cops didn't do anything. 279 00:12:31,043 --> 00:12:32,488 Okay, thanks. 280 00:12:34,914 --> 00:12:37,053 Should we be looking at this SUV driver? 281 00:12:37,116 --> 00:12:38,527 Cops on the scene let it go. 282 00:12:38,617 --> 00:12:41,029 But they didn't know Hector Santiago was gonna die. 283 00:12:41,087 --> 00:12:43,533 Driving while on cell phone isn't illegal. 284 00:12:43,622 --> 00:12:44,828 Not yet. 285 00:12:45,424 --> 00:12:46,768 All right, well, I'll call the DMV. 286 00:12:46,827 --> 00:12:49,068 Find out if this guy's got a history. 287 00:12:52,332 --> 00:12:54,243 The other driver saw you on your cell phone. 288 00:12:54,301 --> 00:12:57,407 No way. I got on my cell phone after the accident. 289 00:12:57,504 --> 00:12:59,643 My eyes were on the road the whole time. 290 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,049 Who were you calling, your lawyer? 291 00:13:02,309 --> 00:13:05,756 You got two moving violations in the past year, a DWI a while back. 292 00:13:05,812 --> 00:13:07,621 Awhile back was in college. 293 00:13:07,681 --> 00:13:09,592 I was calling my wife. 294 00:13:10,217 --> 00:13:12,459 Look, the accident wasn't my fault. 295 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,397 This guy just slammed on his brakes for no reason. 296 00:13:14,455 --> 00:13:15,593 He said he was cut off. 297 00:13:15,690 --> 00:13:17,431 Bull. There was nobody in front of him. 298 00:13:18,226 --> 00:13:19,569 I tried to swerve out of the way, 299 00:13:19,627 --> 00:13:20,970 but there was this other car in the lane next to me. 300 00:13:21,028 --> 00:13:22,268 I was boxed in. 301 00:13:23,397 --> 00:13:25,399 Did you tell that to the cops at the scene? 302 00:13:25,566 --> 00:13:28,206 Gave them my insurance information. They said I could leave. 303 00:13:28,636 --> 00:13:30,513 Look, I did everything I was supposed to do. 304 00:13:30,705 --> 00:13:32,184 I even offered to take 'em to the hospital, 305 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,083 but the officer said he already called an ambulance. 306 00:13:34,142 --> 00:13:35,587 An ambulance responded? 307 00:13:35,776 --> 00:13:37,415 As I was leaving. 308 00:13:38,347 --> 00:13:41,590 Man, my insurance is gonna go through the roof now, isn't it? 309 00:13:42,951 --> 00:13:44,055 Thanks. 310 00:13:44,787 --> 00:13:45,925 Too bad. 311 00:13:46,054 --> 00:13:48,625 Guess he shouldn't have refused medical assistance. 312 00:13:48,757 --> 00:13:51,465 So what? If a guy's half-dead, you just leave him there? 313 00:13:51,593 --> 00:13:53,595 If he's RMA and we treat him, 314 00:13:53,662 --> 00:13:55,903 do you know what happens if he dies then? 315 00:13:56,131 --> 00:13:58,338 The city gets sued and I get screwed. 316 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,678 So you didn't realize how badly Santiago was injured? 317 00:14:01,738 --> 00:14:03,513 All three of 'em were ambulatory. 318 00:14:03,573 --> 00:14:05,109 No loss of consciousness. 319 00:14:05,241 --> 00:14:07,915 Even then, I advised them to get checked out at a hospital. 320 00:14:08,011 --> 00:14:09,183 What'd they say? 321 00:14:09,245 --> 00:14:10,952 They said they had their own doctors. 322 00:14:11,414 --> 00:14:13,519 Patel said he didn't have a doctor. 323 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:15,627 You got your run sheets from that day? 324 00:14:15,685 --> 00:14:17,995 Yeah. I pulled 'em when you called. 325 00:14:18,755 --> 00:14:21,292 Treat and release. They all signed off. 326 00:14:21,758 --> 00:14:24,500 Well, what's this where it says "patient complaint"? 327 00:14:24,594 --> 00:14:27,508 Somebody wrote "pain radiating from the neck." 328 00:14:27,598 --> 00:14:29,908 Yeah, I did, and that's just what they said. 329 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,743 I thought it was kinda strange, these guys all saying the word "radiate." 330 00:14:35,573 --> 00:14:36,779 Chad Patel? 331 00:14:36,841 --> 00:14:38,787 You looking for the Indian? He's gone. 332 00:14:39,677 --> 00:14:41,850 I saw him leave last night with a bag. 333 00:14:42,079 --> 00:14:43,615 Told me he was moving out. 334 00:14:43,714 --> 00:14:45,193 Did he tell you where he was moving to? 335 00:14:45,249 --> 00:14:46,284 No. 336 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:49,230 But it must be someplace he don't need a hotplate. 337 00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:50,864 Gave me his. 338 00:14:50,988 --> 00:14:52,662 Told me I could keep it. 339 00:14:52,724 --> 00:14:53,896 Thanks. 340 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,440 (SIGHS) And then there was one. 341 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:59,407 Mm-hmm. Everold Daly. 342 00:14:59,464 --> 00:15:01,375 623 East 116th. 343 00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:06,005 Where's Everold Daly? 344 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:07,141 Who? 345 00:15:07,205 --> 00:15:08,878 Yeah, right. Open the door. 346 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:14,847 Where is he? 347 00:15:14,913 --> 00:15:16,415 He's not here. 348 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:20,891 What's this? 349 00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:22,591 (SHOUTING) The bathroom. 350 00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:25,625 All right, Everold, come on out. 351 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,364 He's going out the window, Ed. 352 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:31,839 That's good, that's good. Now, radiate your ass up against the wall. 353 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,205 Come on. 354 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:38,474 The DMV says your friend Patel's been involved in two other rear-enders 355 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:41,518 in the last nine months. So if you don't start talking, Everold, 356 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:44,283 you're gonna be looking at an accessory charge to Manslaughter. 357 00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:46,049 I wasn't driving. 358 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:48,125 Insurance fraud's a felony. 359 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,353 Doesn't matter if you were driving or not. 360 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,451 Maybe you'd like a few months 361 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:53,998 in the Immigration lock-up to think about it? 362 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:55,155 No. 363 00:15:55,489 --> 00:15:57,059 No Immigration. 364 00:15:57,958 --> 00:16:00,336 So you want to help yourself here? 365 00:16:01,328 --> 00:16:04,070 Smash was too heavy-footed on the brakes. 366 00:16:04,298 --> 00:16:05,606 Smash? 367 00:16:05,766 --> 00:16:08,646 Patel. He likes to smash up the cars. 368 00:16:08,703 --> 00:16:11,274 But the other man, he no have a chance to slow down. 369 00:16:11,406 --> 00:16:12,544 The guy in the SUV? 370 00:16:12,607 --> 00:16:15,281 Patel is supposed to swing in front of him, then stop. 371 00:16:15,543 --> 00:16:17,648 There's another car in on the thing, too? 372 00:16:17,812 --> 00:16:20,816 He pulls up next to the man so he can't get out of the way. 373 00:16:20,982 --> 00:16:23,292 Then, thump, he hits us from behind. 374 00:16:23,918 --> 00:16:25,158 A swoop. 375 00:16:25,553 --> 00:16:27,396 So who was driving the other car? 376 00:16:27,455 --> 00:16:29,332 I don't know this rude boy's name. 377 00:16:29,691 --> 00:16:33,196 Look, Patel say he already crashed two cars before this one, 378 00:16:33,395 --> 00:16:35,238 and no harm come to anyone. 379 00:16:36,131 --> 00:16:37,838 What happens after the accident? 380 00:16:37,933 --> 00:16:40,709 We tell the ambulance driver what we're supposed to, 381 00:16:40,936 --> 00:16:43,109 then Patel takes me and Hector to the clinic, 382 00:16:43,172 --> 00:16:44,913 we talk to the doctor like so, 383 00:16:45,140 --> 00:16:47,017 we have sore necks. That's it. 384 00:16:47,242 --> 00:16:49,518 And how much you get paid for all this? 385 00:16:49,778 --> 00:16:51,553 $200. 386 00:16:52,448 --> 00:16:53,756 Where's Patel now? 387 00:16:53,849 --> 00:16:55,123 I don't know. 388 00:16:55,684 --> 00:16:58,325 I don't. I never even met him before the other day. 389 00:16:58,455 --> 00:16:59,627 How'd you meet him? 390 00:16:59,689 --> 00:17:01,191 The man at the moving company. 391 00:17:01,391 --> 00:17:03,928 He come up to me and Hector after work on Monday, 392 00:17:04,027 --> 00:17:05,267 he pay us for the day, 393 00:17:05,362 --> 00:17:07,968 then he say he know how we can get another $200. 394 00:17:08,198 --> 00:17:10,644 And which guy at the moving company told you this? 395 00:17:10,967 --> 00:17:12,674 The big boss, Mr. Reed. 396 00:17:13,770 --> 00:17:15,078 BRISCOE: Mr. Reed? Yeah? 397 00:17:15,138 --> 00:17:16,276 We need you to come with us. 398 00:17:16,339 --> 00:17:18,785 Why? Oh, come on. You're smarter than that. 399 00:17:20,243 --> 00:17:21,347 Okay. 400 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,521 Hey, man, we'll give you a ride. 401 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:29,027 Yeah, don't worry, my partner's an excellent driver. 402 00:17:34,225 --> 00:17:35,761 I don't know why I'm in here. 403 00:17:35,826 --> 00:17:39,706 How about hiring guys to play bumper cars on the West Side Highway? 404 00:17:40,097 --> 00:17:41,508 That ring a bell? 405 00:17:41,632 --> 00:17:43,634 I pay men to move furniture. 406 00:17:47,939 --> 00:17:49,282 Have a seat. 407 00:17:51,743 --> 00:17:55,850 A man died from an accident you arranged, Mr. Reed. 408 00:17:57,382 --> 00:18:00,261 He left behind a wife and two little children. 409 00:18:01,453 --> 00:18:03,763 You're looking at homicide charges. 410 00:18:04,022 --> 00:18:05,092 Homicide? 411 00:18:05,157 --> 00:18:07,159 Criminal fraud executed with reckless conduct 412 00:18:07,225 --> 00:18:09,762 creating a grave risk of death to another person. 413 00:18:09,828 --> 00:18:11,865 That's the definition of Murder in the Second Degree. 414 00:18:11,963 --> 00:18:14,604 And like I said, I run a moving company. 415 00:18:14,934 --> 00:18:18,711 Come on. DMV already confirmed Chad Patel's been involved 416 00:18:18,771 --> 00:18:20,944 in two other accidents in the past year. 417 00:18:21,107 --> 00:18:24,020 CARMICHAEL: Everold Daly will testify you gave him Patel's phone number. 418 00:18:24,210 --> 00:18:26,121 He was looking for work. 419 00:18:28,214 --> 00:18:31,127 I gotta figure you're the low man on this totem pole, Mr. Reed. 420 00:18:32,385 --> 00:18:35,696 But if you don't give me anyone higher up on the food chain, 421 00:18:36,289 --> 00:18:38,031 that leaves you at the top. 422 00:18:41,462 --> 00:18:44,739 Look, you're in way over your head this time. 423 00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:51,248 Yeah, well, it's my head, and I want to see a lawyer. 424 00:18:53,707 --> 00:18:54,947 Reed made bail. 425 00:18:55,008 --> 00:18:57,614 Judge set a $25,000 cash alternative. 426 00:18:57,778 --> 00:18:59,280 For Second Degree Murder? 427 00:18:59,346 --> 00:19:00,916 With Reed as our only defendant, 428 00:19:00,981 --> 00:19:02,825 doesn't give us much sizzle. 429 00:19:03,118 --> 00:19:05,462 I take it the court wasn't overly impressed 430 00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:07,959 with our depraved indifference theory? 431 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:10,161 A car accident was staged. 432 00:19:10,392 --> 00:19:12,565 That endangers the lives of everyone in those vehicles, 433 00:19:12,627 --> 00:19:14,231 not to mention the rest of us on the road. 434 00:19:14,329 --> 00:19:17,071 If that's not depraved indifference to life, what is? 435 00:19:17,232 --> 00:19:18,973 What about the second car? 436 00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:22,776 Daly doesn't know the name of the driver, and Reed's not talking. 437 00:19:23,138 --> 00:19:24,412 If these accidents were staged, 438 00:19:24,472 --> 00:19:27,316 there has to have been more than a few hundred dollars in it. 439 00:19:27,742 --> 00:19:29,086 Follow the money. 440 00:19:29,211 --> 00:19:30,747 Get our sizzle. 441 00:19:35,384 --> 00:19:39,332 Mr. Patel's second accident claim was settled for $6,500. 442 00:19:40,156 --> 00:19:41,499 What injuries did he allege? 443 00:19:41,557 --> 00:19:43,594 Soft tissue damage to the back and neck. 444 00:19:43,759 --> 00:19:45,033 Soft tissue damage? 445 00:19:45,127 --> 00:19:47,232 As opposed to a broken arm or leg. 446 00:19:47,396 --> 00:19:48,966 The lay term is whiplash. 447 00:19:49,065 --> 00:19:51,204 Hard to prove, hard to disprove. 448 00:19:51,267 --> 00:19:54,715 That's the same injury he claimed in his first accident. 449 00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:56,378 You settled both, Ms. Miller. 450 00:19:56,439 --> 00:19:58,646 To fight it we'd have to spend $700 451 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:00,813 bringing in a doctor for an opinion. 452 00:20:01,044 --> 00:20:03,217 Another couple hundred for a second X-ray. 453 00:20:03,413 --> 00:20:05,256 Maybe even an MRI. 454 00:20:05,382 --> 00:20:08,022 Add another 3,000 bringing in legal counsel 455 00:20:08,218 --> 00:20:09,458 to depose the plaintiff. 456 00:20:09,619 --> 00:20:11,064 So you settle for nuisance value. 457 00:20:11,121 --> 00:20:12,191 Exactly. 458 00:20:12,255 --> 00:20:13,325 All right, I'm going to need copies 459 00:20:13,390 --> 00:20:15,734 of all your soft tissue claims for the past 12 months. 460 00:20:15,826 --> 00:20:19,570 Exel is one of the largest auto insurers in New York, Ms. Carmichael. 461 00:20:20,331 --> 00:20:21,503 That's a pretty tall order. 462 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:23,306 If it'll help, I'll get you a subpoena. 463 00:20:23,401 --> 00:20:25,642 Last thing I need is more lawyers. 464 00:20:26,370 --> 00:20:27,974 I'll get you the copies. 465 00:20:28,639 --> 00:20:30,118 CARMICHAEL: Jack. 466 00:20:30,541 --> 00:20:32,214 I went through Miller's files. 467 00:20:32,276 --> 00:20:35,723 19 claimants listed themselves as employees of Bill Reed. 468 00:20:35,813 --> 00:20:38,293 A cottage industry. How much money are we talking about? 469 00:20:38,416 --> 00:20:40,487 Several hundred thousand dollars at least. 470 00:20:40,585 --> 00:20:41,689 And that doesn't take into account 471 00:20:41,752 --> 00:20:44,290 any other insurance companies that may have been sued. 472 00:20:44,423 --> 00:20:46,664 And there's a common thread besides Bill Reed. 473 00:20:46,792 --> 00:20:49,170 All 19 men went to the same chiropractic clinic. 474 00:20:49,228 --> 00:20:51,299 Let's get a second opinion. 475 00:20:51,930 --> 00:20:55,173 It's not my practice to second guess another doctor. 476 00:20:55,601 --> 00:20:57,512 We believe these accidents were part of a con game. 477 00:20:57,569 --> 00:20:58,604 What we're trying to figure out is 478 00:20:58,670 --> 00:21:00,843 if the injuries warranted insurance settlements. 479 00:21:01,073 --> 00:21:05,146 Well, soft tissue injuries are extremely complex to diagnose. 480 00:21:06,512 --> 00:21:11,258 And the nerve conduction tests that were ordered by Dr. Raleigh 481 00:21:11,351 --> 00:21:13,092 are notoriously unreliable. 482 00:21:13,286 --> 00:21:15,926 And the patient's X-rays and the MRI results 483 00:21:16,189 --> 00:21:17,964 are completely within the normal range. 484 00:21:18,291 --> 00:21:20,430 Then all these expensive tests really tell us nothing. 485 00:21:20,493 --> 00:21:21,836 No, not exactly. 486 00:21:22,028 --> 00:21:24,133 You'd expect that some of the 19 charts 487 00:21:24,197 --> 00:21:26,199 that you've given me would have an injury 488 00:21:26,266 --> 00:21:28,906 verifiable by an X-ray or an MRI. 489 00:21:29,335 --> 00:21:32,714 But there's not a single test that shows any problems whatsoever. 490 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:34,383 So they're faking it? 491 00:21:34,475 --> 00:21:36,955 They averaged ten visits with this chiropractor. 492 00:21:37,211 --> 00:21:41,250 I believe if you examine the no-fault coverage on those policies 493 00:21:41,315 --> 00:21:43,761 the amounts will correspond exactly 494 00:21:43,817 --> 00:21:46,593 with the number of treatments his patients received. 495 00:21:46,987 --> 00:21:50,434 I guess they were cured as soon as their coverage ran out. 496 00:21:54,461 --> 00:21:57,635 According to Patel's insurance claims, you treated him for soft tissue injury, 497 00:21:57,698 --> 00:22:00,373 allegedly resulting from three different car accidents 498 00:22:00,435 --> 00:22:02,312 within a span of less than 10 months. 499 00:22:02,370 --> 00:22:05,908 Our client can't refuse to treat a man because he's a lousy driver. 500 00:22:06,007 --> 00:22:08,510 He also treated every one of Patel's passengers. 501 00:22:08,643 --> 00:22:11,920 Nothing unusual about getting referrals from current patients. 502 00:22:11,980 --> 00:22:16,087 All of these referrals were employees of Reed Moving. 503 00:22:16,251 --> 00:22:19,494 I imagine chiropractic problems are common in the moving business. 504 00:22:19,621 --> 00:22:21,123 And so are car accidents? 505 00:22:21,189 --> 00:22:22,293 I wouldn't know. 506 00:22:22,357 --> 00:22:25,430 But you do know exactly when their no-fault coverage runs out. 507 00:22:25,561 --> 00:22:30,670 Dr. Raleigh's patients are mainly low-income individuals without insurance. 508 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,780 I don't see why he should be singled out 509 00:22:32,835 --> 00:22:35,008 for the failings of our nation's health-care system. 510 00:22:35,104 --> 00:22:38,347 How about for claiming treatment he never provided? 511 00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:41,721 Those are Mr. Patel's current work records. 512 00:22:42,144 --> 00:22:44,954 On six occasions Dr. Raleigh claimed office visits, 513 00:22:45,014 --> 00:22:47,426 Mr. Patel was actually working as a busboy. 514 00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:50,828 Well, obviously my billing department has made a clerical error. 515 00:22:50,954 --> 00:22:52,524 Six clerical errors. 516 00:22:52,756 --> 00:22:56,033 Even if that's true, at most, uh, what you're describing 517 00:22:56,093 --> 00:22:58,198 is a minor civil matter. 518 00:22:58,261 --> 00:23:01,174 I wouldn't call a pervasive pattern of insurance fraud 519 00:23:01,231 --> 00:23:04,610 that led to a man's death a civil matter, Counselor. 520 00:23:04,901 --> 00:23:07,939 I'd call it murder. Murder? That's ridiculous. 521 00:23:08,505 --> 00:23:11,782 Well, car accidents were staged that put lives at risk. 522 00:23:12,409 --> 00:23:13,980 And then the occupants 523 00:23:14,145 --> 00:23:16,853 of those vehicles were steered to this office 524 00:23:17,081 --> 00:23:18,719 to claim injuries that didn't exist. 525 00:23:18,783 --> 00:23:19,853 You can't prove that. 526 00:23:19,917 --> 00:23:21,897 We're prepared to call a board-certified orthopedist 527 00:23:21,953 --> 00:23:24,126 who will testify that none of their injuries were real. 528 00:23:24,288 --> 00:23:26,859 And we'll call five others who'll swear they were. 529 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:31,138 We've tried more medical cases than you've tried homicides. 530 00:23:31,429 --> 00:23:33,409 I'm afraid this discussion's over. 531 00:23:37,168 --> 00:23:38,238 What now? 532 00:23:38,336 --> 00:23:40,647 If they can fake it, so can we. 533 00:23:41,974 --> 00:23:45,615 All you have on my client is the testimony of an illegal immigrant 534 00:23:45,678 --> 00:23:47,521 desperate to avoid prosecution. 535 00:23:48,013 --> 00:23:49,287 Not anymore. 536 00:23:49,348 --> 00:23:50,759 We checked soft tissue claims 537 00:23:50,816 --> 00:23:53,626 from other major auto insurance companies in the city. 538 00:23:53,786 --> 00:23:56,164 Do you have any idea how many of those people worked for you 539 00:23:56,221 --> 00:23:58,462 at one time or another, Mr. Reed? 540 00:23:59,224 --> 00:24:00,328 46. 541 00:24:00,392 --> 00:24:02,133 All treated at Raleigh's clinic. 542 00:24:02,194 --> 00:24:03,264 You talked to Raleigh? 543 00:24:03,328 --> 00:24:04,774 How long do you think it'll be before we'll have 544 00:24:04,831 --> 00:24:07,038 10 witnesses willing to testify against you? 545 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,238 All I did was spread a few bucks around, that's it. Phil... 546 00:24:10,303 --> 00:24:13,375 No, why don't you go after the people who really got fat off of this? 547 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,510 And who would that be? 548 00:24:14,574 --> 00:24:16,554 THIGPEN: Before he talks, he needs a deal. 549 00:24:16,609 --> 00:24:19,556 Conspiracy to commit fraud. Five years probation. 550 00:24:19,712 --> 00:24:21,248 JACK: Try Man Two, three to nine. 551 00:24:21,414 --> 00:24:23,985 Look, I never thought anybody'd get hurt. 552 00:24:24,317 --> 00:24:26,228 These were supposed to be little rear-enders with 553 00:24:26,286 --> 00:24:28,527 everybody wearing their seatbelts. 554 00:24:28,588 --> 00:24:29,966 This is Chad Patel's car. 555 00:24:30,024 --> 00:24:32,163 That will be our first exhibit to the jury. 556 00:24:32,226 --> 00:24:35,400 That doesn't look like a little fender-bender to me. 557 00:24:36,664 --> 00:24:38,302 It was Raleigh's idea. 558 00:24:38,966 --> 00:24:41,469 I moved him into his office a couple of years ago. 559 00:24:41,535 --> 00:24:43,879 He knew I hired a lot of illegals from the corner. 560 00:24:44,338 --> 00:24:47,046 Said if any of my guys want to get in on this scam, 561 00:24:47,108 --> 00:24:48,781 he'd give me a finder's fee. 562 00:24:49,210 --> 00:24:51,588 I was supposed to pack the car with three or four guys 563 00:24:51,645 --> 00:24:54,319 and after the accident, they'd go to Raleigh's clinic. 564 00:24:54,381 --> 00:24:55,759 JACK: How much was your fee? 565 00:24:57,085 --> 00:24:58,393 500 bucks per. 566 00:24:58,553 --> 00:25:01,898 You'd pay these people $200 to risk their lives, and you'd keep three? 567 00:25:02,490 --> 00:25:05,699 Look, it's not like we were ripping off little old ladies here. 568 00:25:05,761 --> 00:25:07,502 These were the insurance companies. 569 00:25:07,696 --> 00:25:11,109 And the lawyers, Petrie and Sanders, they ran the whole thing. 570 00:25:14,102 --> 00:25:16,173 Petrie and Sanders supplied the grease. 571 00:25:16,638 --> 00:25:18,549 The law firm representing Dr. Raleigh? 572 00:25:18,707 --> 00:25:21,348 One in the same. Their firm handled all the personal injury claims 573 00:25:21,410 --> 00:25:22,980 of Raleigh's patients. 574 00:25:23,379 --> 00:25:27,555 So, Reed sends Dr. Raleigh illegal immigrants, 575 00:25:28,351 --> 00:25:30,331 and these shysters turn them into clients? 576 00:25:30,486 --> 00:25:33,126 Their contingency fees in these cases run in the millions. 577 00:25:33,289 --> 00:25:36,600 A scam using immigrants as crash test dummies. 578 00:25:37,226 --> 00:25:39,297 And these two lawyers orchestrated the whole thing. 579 00:25:39,429 --> 00:25:42,569 No wonder they wouldn't let Raleigh talk about a plea. 580 00:25:43,633 --> 00:25:46,513 All right, let's make examples of these two. 581 00:25:47,471 --> 00:25:49,417 I want murder indictments for both of them. 582 00:25:49,606 --> 00:25:51,381 Well, that's not gonna be easy. 583 00:25:51,875 --> 00:25:54,481 Petrie and Sanders never had direct contact with Reed. 584 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,851 JACK: And Dr. Raleigh was the bag man. 585 00:25:57,214 --> 00:26:00,525 And we can't flip Raleigh because they represent him. 586 00:26:01,952 --> 00:26:03,488 What about getting him shadow counsel? 587 00:26:03,554 --> 00:26:05,397 He's the one who'd have to request it. 588 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,401 Oh, how do we cut Raleigh loose from these damn lawyers? 589 00:26:11,596 --> 00:26:13,337 A motion to disqualify? 590 00:26:13,398 --> 00:26:14,968 On what grounds? 591 00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:17,513 The People plan to call both of you as witnesses. 592 00:26:17,669 --> 00:26:18,807 Here are your subpoenas. 593 00:26:18,870 --> 00:26:20,611 This is outrageous. 594 00:26:21,139 --> 00:26:24,643 Judge, we refused to play ball with Mr. McCoy on a plea bargain 595 00:26:24,709 --> 00:26:27,019 with our client. This is simply retaliation. 596 00:26:27,278 --> 00:26:28,518 What about it, Mr. McCoy? 597 00:26:28,580 --> 00:26:30,184 We need these lawyers to prove there was 598 00:26:30,248 --> 00:26:32,524 a conspiracy to defraud the insurance companies. 599 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:34,252 You have to be more specific. 600 00:26:34,419 --> 00:26:37,458 They can testify about the money the phony accident victims received. 601 00:26:37,590 --> 00:26:39,160 Even if the accidents were phony, 602 00:26:39,225 --> 00:26:42,434 we can't be compelled to testify against our own clients. 603 00:26:42,828 --> 00:26:45,069 We have attorney-client privilege with these people. 604 00:26:45,464 --> 00:26:47,102 Does seem to present a problem. 605 00:26:47,299 --> 00:26:49,905 Not if we offer blanket immunity to every one of their clients 606 00:26:49,969 --> 00:26:52,643 who might conceivably be implicated by their testimony. 607 00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:54,874 What about Dr. Raleigh? Doesn't he get immunity? 608 00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:58,285 We're not going to ask them about their conversations with Dr. Raleigh. 609 00:26:58,777 --> 00:27:01,850 Your Honor, we've spent two months preparing for this trial. 610 00:27:05,352 --> 00:27:09,164 And I'll give substitute counsel plenty of time to get up to speed. 611 00:27:10,457 --> 00:27:12,368 So what are you worried about? 612 00:27:19,766 --> 00:27:21,541 What exactly are you looking for, Mr. McCoy? 613 00:27:21,668 --> 00:27:25,013 Testimony against the law firm of Petrie and Sanders. 614 00:27:25,139 --> 00:27:26,743 That's why you disqualified them. 615 00:27:26,807 --> 00:27:28,684 You should be thanking us, Dr. Raleigh. 616 00:27:28,743 --> 00:27:30,984 Your lawyers wanted you to take the fall for this. 617 00:27:32,346 --> 00:27:33,882 What would this testimony be worth? 618 00:27:34,048 --> 00:27:35,721 Man Two, three to nine. 619 00:27:35,783 --> 00:27:37,160 That's what you gave Reed. 620 00:27:37,251 --> 00:27:39,595 I don't think your client's culpability is any less. 621 00:27:39,654 --> 00:27:42,294 Maybe not. But his information is worth more. 622 00:27:42,590 --> 00:27:46,060 Dr. Raleigh is the only one who had direct contact with these attorneys. 623 00:27:46,494 --> 00:27:47,529 What are you looking for? 624 00:27:47,595 --> 00:27:50,338 Two to six. No opposition to parole. 625 00:27:54,002 --> 00:27:55,948 Let's hear what he has to say. 626 00:27:59,608 --> 00:28:02,111 Petrie and Sanders paid me a referral fee 627 00:28:02,177 --> 00:28:04,088 for sending them accident victims. 628 00:28:04,313 --> 00:28:05,314 JACK: How much? 629 00:28:05,414 --> 00:28:07,894 $600 for every client I referred, 630 00:28:07,983 --> 00:28:10,327 plus five percent of the insurance settlement. 631 00:28:10,552 --> 00:28:12,054 And no-fault takes care of chiropractic visits 632 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:13,599 that never took place? 633 00:28:15,023 --> 00:28:18,836 Were Petrie and Sanders aware that the accidents were staged? 634 00:28:20,730 --> 00:28:24,542 They were the ones who insisted on at least three victims per accident. 635 00:28:28,905 --> 00:28:30,578 BRISCOE: Alan Petrie and Richard Sanders. 636 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,052 Hey, wait, we're in the middle of a deposition here. 637 00:28:33,109 --> 00:28:35,749 You're under arrest for the murder of Hector Santiago. 638 00:28:35,812 --> 00:28:37,723 You might want to find yourself a new Pl firm. 639 00:28:37,780 --> 00:28:38,986 And you might want to get a lawyer 640 00:28:39,048 --> 00:28:41,757 who knows something about insurance fraud. 641 00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:49,735 JACK: Petrie and Sanders told Raleigh to target new, expensive cars 642 00:28:49,793 --> 00:28:52,569 that'd be likely to have good insurance policies. 643 00:28:53,297 --> 00:28:55,174 That's how they picked the SUV 644 00:28:55,966 --> 00:28:58,446 in the accident that killed Hector Santiago. 645 00:28:58,736 --> 00:29:01,774 Has anyone approached you about a plea bargain for these creeps? 646 00:29:02,005 --> 00:29:04,508 They put out a feeler. I haven't returned the call yet. 647 00:29:04,675 --> 00:29:05,814 Raleigh is the only one 648 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:09,381 who actually puts Petrie and Sanders in the driver's seat. 649 00:29:09,848 --> 00:29:13,057 We could get Man One, restitution, if we deal. 650 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,663 These attorneys sacrificed Hector Santiago 651 00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:19,668 and men like him for nothing more than a legal fee. 652 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:23,064 For that they have to be made to pay full price. 653 00:29:26,831 --> 00:29:29,038 Reports of auto insurance fraud in New York 654 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,274 have doubled in the last five years. 655 00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:33,843 Fraud adds almost $200 656 00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:35,943 to the average family's insurance bill. 657 00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:38,210 Have you examined the reports of the accident 658 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,052 that killed Hector Santiago? 659 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,420 Yes, I did. 660 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,221 What's your expert opinion 661 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:45,785 on whether that was a real or a staged accident. 662 00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:47,887 It was a swoop and squat. 663 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,031 Two cars came up alongside the mark. 664 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,033 In this case, an SUV. 665 00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:55,464 Then the lead driver sped up, swooped in front of the mark, 666 00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:57,632 and jammed on his brakes. 667 00:29:57,931 --> 00:29:59,535 The second car stayed next to the mark 668 00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:01,044 so he couldn't veer left. 669 00:30:01,401 --> 00:30:03,108 The mark slammed on his brakes, 670 00:30:03,170 --> 00:30:05,844 but not in time to avoid hitting the lead car. 671 00:30:08,175 --> 00:30:12,521 How many accident cases did Dr. Raleigh and the defendants share? 672 00:30:12,979 --> 00:30:15,721 Based on my department's investigation, 58. 673 00:30:15,782 --> 00:30:20,197 And of those accidents, how many fit the pattern of a swoop and squat? 674 00:30:21,289 --> 00:30:23,360 Virtually every single one. 675 00:30:29,831 --> 00:30:32,744 Ms. Claire, uh, do you have any proof 676 00:30:33,568 --> 00:30:35,548 my clients participated in this fraud? 677 00:30:35,603 --> 00:30:38,812 They took their legal fees out of the settlements in these cases. 678 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,816 Isn't it possible they didn't know the accidents were faked? 679 00:30:41,976 --> 00:30:43,319 I find that unlikely. 680 00:30:43,377 --> 00:30:46,188 Why? Aren't soft tissue injuries easy to fake? 681 00:30:46,415 --> 00:30:47,894 Doctors may disagree, yes. 682 00:30:47,950 --> 00:30:50,260 So it's possible the accident victims 683 00:30:50,319 --> 00:30:53,732 were well coached by Dr. Raleigh to deceive my clients? 684 00:30:54,256 --> 00:30:57,760 When a lawyer gets 200 cases from the same chiropractor, 685 00:30:57,893 --> 00:31:00,373 and the medical reports read almost identically, 686 00:31:00,496 --> 00:31:04,967 I find it hard to believe the lawyer didn't know exactly what was going on. 687 00:31:07,135 --> 00:31:11,915 RALEIGH: Mr. Petrie came to my office three years ago on a personal injury case. 688 00:31:12,709 --> 00:31:15,485 He liked the work-up I did for his client. 689 00:31:16,813 --> 00:31:20,192 Two weeks later, he and Richard, Mr. Sanders, 690 00:31:20,517 --> 00:31:23,191 took me out to an expensive dinner as a thank you. 691 00:31:23,987 --> 00:31:25,989 They said that if I helped them generate cases, 692 00:31:26,055 --> 00:31:28,399 there'd be even bigger thank yous. 693 00:31:29,425 --> 00:31:32,167 Did they propose how to generate cases? 694 00:31:32,729 --> 00:31:35,869 They suggested we stage car accidents. 695 00:31:37,601 --> 00:31:41,413 They, uh, said they would pay me $600 for every referral, 696 00:31:42,106 --> 00:31:45,383 plus a percentage of any insurance settlement I helped to secure. 697 00:31:45,576 --> 00:31:49,353 Did there come a time when you acted on the defendants' proposal? 698 00:31:50,614 --> 00:31:54,426 Bill Reed set up a car accident using four of his workers. 699 00:31:54,885 --> 00:31:57,024 Afterwards, they came to my office for treatment, 700 00:31:57,087 --> 00:32:00,296 and I sent them to Petrie and Sanders for representation. 701 00:32:00,558 --> 00:32:02,470 Did any of these car accident victims 702 00:32:02,527 --> 00:32:04,336 require treatment, Dr. Raleigh? 703 00:32:05,497 --> 00:32:06,498 No. 704 00:32:06,565 --> 00:32:09,478 And over the years, how many of these so-called victims 705 00:32:09,534 --> 00:32:12,208 did you deliver to Petrie and Sanders? 706 00:32:14,739 --> 00:32:17,310 Including repeat customers, 212. 707 00:32:24,349 --> 00:32:27,593 You received a very cushy deal to testify against my clients today, 708 00:32:27,653 --> 00:32:28,859 did you not, Doctor? 709 00:32:29,021 --> 00:32:31,262 I wouldn't call two to six years in prison cushy. 710 00:32:31,390 --> 00:32:34,860 Not even if you're facing a 25-to-life on a murder charge? 711 00:32:35,862 --> 00:32:37,899 Dr. Raleigh, it's quite common 712 00:32:38,364 --> 00:32:40,469 for doctors and chiropractors to refer their patients 713 00:32:40,533 --> 00:32:42,979 to personal injury lawyers, is it not? 714 00:32:43,135 --> 00:32:44,170 Yes. 715 00:32:44,270 --> 00:32:45,476 Nothing wrong with that, is there? 716 00:32:45,538 --> 00:32:47,814 No. Unless money changes hands. 717 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,951 Do you have any proof that my clients ever 718 00:32:50,009 --> 00:32:52,149 put a single penny in your hand? 719 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,284 They always paid cash. 720 00:32:55,549 --> 00:32:58,359 And you billed the insurance companies directly for your services? 721 00:32:58,685 --> 00:32:59,755 Yes. 722 00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:00,890 Yes. 723 00:33:01,021 --> 00:33:03,558 Seems you took care of everything, Dr. Raleigh. 724 00:33:09,263 --> 00:33:12,767 Our law firm turns away potential clients all the time. 725 00:33:13,767 --> 00:33:16,213 If Richard and I think somebody's being dishonest, 726 00:33:16,269 --> 00:33:18,773 we don't want anything to do with them. 727 00:33:19,507 --> 00:33:22,147 But I'd rather make mistakes once in a while 728 00:33:22,210 --> 00:33:24,713 than turn away somebody who's truly deserving. 729 00:33:25,179 --> 00:33:28,092 Mr. Petrie, have you and Mr. Sanders 730 00:33:28,149 --> 00:33:30,652 ever knowingly participated in fraud? 731 00:33:30,785 --> 00:33:31,855 Absolutely not. 732 00:33:31,986 --> 00:33:33,556 Ever paid anyone to get in an accident? 733 00:33:33,621 --> 00:33:34,622 No. 734 00:33:34,689 --> 00:33:36,600 Ever paid Dr. Raleigh? Never. 735 00:33:36,724 --> 00:33:38,067 What about the testimony we heard 736 00:33:38,126 --> 00:33:40,629 from the prosecution's insurance industry expert? 737 00:33:40,695 --> 00:33:44,371 Well, people should remember that that's exactly what she is, 738 00:33:44,633 --> 00:33:46,374 a representative of the insurance companies. 739 00:33:46,435 --> 00:33:49,609 And insurance companies don't like paying insurance, 740 00:33:49,872 --> 00:33:52,352 and they especially don't like law firms that make them. 741 00:33:52,608 --> 00:33:54,747 Thank you. I have nothing further. 742 00:33:59,047 --> 00:34:00,424 Mr. Petrie, 743 00:34:02,651 --> 00:34:06,258 you visited Dr. Raleigh's office over 30 times 744 00:34:06,455 --> 00:34:08,060 during the past two years. 745 00:34:08,158 --> 00:34:09,728 It's not uncommon for a lawyer 746 00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:12,364 to attend his client's physical examinations. 747 00:34:12,562 --> 00:34:14,439 And always the same diagnosis, 748 00:34:14,497 --> 00:34:15,840 soft tissue injuries. 749 00:34:15,899 --> 00:34:19,210 It happens to be the most likely injury to occur from a rear-end collision. 750 00:34:19,335 --> 00:34:21,747 And rear-end collisions happen to be 751 00:34:22,005 --> 00:34:25,475 the most lucrative type of accident to sue on, correct? 752 00:34:27,210 --> 00:34:29,850 I think, as a general proposition, that's probably true. 753 00:34:30,046 --> 00:34:31,957 So was it luck, Mr. Petrie, 754 00:34:32,015 --> 00:34:36,055 that every client referred by Dr. Raleigh 755 00:34:36,554 --> 00:34:39,000 had been involved in a rear-end collision? 756 00:34:39,323 --> 00:34:42,065 I'm a lawyer Mr. McCoy I try the facts I'm given. 757 00:34:42,126 --> 00:34:45,300 Every accident from Dr. Raleigh's office 758 00:34:46,197 --> 00:34:48,006 a rear-end collision. 759 00:34:49,033 --> 00:34:51,206 Every claim whiplash. 760 00:34:52,069 --> 00:34:54,913 Every client an illegal alien, 761 00:34:55,373 --> 00:34:57,752 and/or an employee of Bill Reed. 762 00:34:58,510 --> 00:35:01,320 Pretty coincidental facts, Mr. Petrie. 763 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:05,556 My law firm doesn't represent Park Avenue matrons, Mr. McCoy. 764 00:35:06,051 --> 00:35:07,496 We're down in the trenches, 765 00:35:07,586 --> 00:35:09,725 fighting for the people society has forgotten. 766 00:35:09,788 --> 00:35:13,065 And you turn a nice buck doing it, don't you, Mr. Petrie? 767 00:35:13,225 --> 00:35:15,899 Yes. My law firm is successful. 768 00:35:16,061 --> 00:35:18,337 I don't make apologies for that. 769 00:35:18,430 --> 00:35:20,603 But we don't collect if our client's don't collect. 770 00:35:20,665 --> 00:35:22,201 It's as simple as that. 771 00:35:32,445 --> 00:35:34,083 Petrie's painted himself as a cross between 772 00:35:34,147 --> 00:35:36,024 Robin Hood and Cesar Chavez. 773 00:35:36,182 --> 00:35:37,957 And there's bound to be four or five blue-collar types 774 00:35:38,017 --> 00:35:39,257 who are going to be sympathetic. 775 00:35:39,318 --> 00:35:41,298 These guys have an answer for everything. 776 00:35:42,689 --> 00:35:45,568 We should make sure his performance backfires. 777 00:35:45,625 --> 00:35:47,902 Let's look through some of their more serious injury cases. 778 00:35:47,961 --> 00:35:51,602 Maybe we can find some little people who aren't so grateful. 779 00:35:54,902 --> 00:35:57,508 JACK: What happened to your husband, Mrs. Ndabe? 780 00:35:57,805 --> 00:35:59,807 Musa was in a car accident last year 781 00:35:59,873 --> 00:36:01,614 with three other men. 782 00:36:01,942 --> 00:36:05,321 A car hit them from the back and Musa ruptured his spleen. 783 00:36:06,613 --> 00:36:08,058 He died that night. 784 00:36:08,682 --> 00:36:10,286 This is highly prejudicial, Your Honor. 785 00:36:10,351 --> 00:36:13,265 You've already made your objections in chambers, Mr. Kaufer. 786 00:36:13,355 --> 00:36:14,800 Please sit down. 787 00:36:17,525 --> 00:36:20,028 Did these defendants represent you and your husband? 788 00:36:20,128 --> 00:36:23,507 Yes. After he died, they settled with the insurance company 789 00:36:23,665 --> 00:36:25,508 for $100,000. 790 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:27,169 And how much did you receive? 791 00:36:27,235 --> 00:36:29,943 Mr. Petrie and Mr. Sanders took one half. 792 00:36:30,872 --> 00:36:32,374 Not one third? 793 00:36:32,474 --> 00:36:33,748 One half. 794 00:36:33,875 --> 00:36:36,822 They also took $37,000 for expenses. 795 00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:40,151 Leaving you with $13,000 796 00:36:40,216 --> 00:36:42,423 for your husband's wrongful death? 797 00:36:42,785 --> 00:36:43,855 Yes. 798 00:36:43,919 --> 00:36:45,626 Is that why you're testifying here today? 799 00:36:45,688 --> 00:36:46,792 Because you feel cheated? 800 00:36:46,856 --> 00:36:47,891 No. 801 00:36:47,990 --> 00:36:51,767 I'm here because my husband's accident was not really an accident, 802 00:36:52,328 --> 00:36:54,103 and these men knew it. Objection. 803 00:36:54,230 --> 00:36:56,073 The jury will disregard the statement 804 00:36:56,132 --> 00:36:57,941 about the defendants' knowledge. 805 00:36:58,534 --> 00:37:01,208 Why is it you believe that the car crash 806 00:37:01,270 --> 00:37:03,444 was not an accident, Mrs. Ndabe? 807 00:37:03,673 --> 00:37:07,086 Because at the hospital Mr. Petrie was already there. 808 00:37:08,044 --> 00:37:10,684 He said that Musa was in critical condition, 809 00:37:10,914 --> 00:37:13,360 that I had to sign papers, the retainer, 810 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:17,425 in case he died, so that his firm could represent us. 811 00:37:17,621 --> 00:37:19,225 And why was that so urgent? 812 00:37:19,289 --> 00:37:23,066 Mr. Petrie told me that if a different lawyer was to take the case, 813 00:37:23,326 --> 00:37:26,830 they'll find out what really happened and I might not get any money. 814 00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:29,974 That I could even be deported for what Musa had done. 815 00:37:30,401 --> 00:37:34,008 Mrs. Ndabe, by testifying here today, aren't you afraid 816 00:37:34,071 --> 00:37:37,143 that the insurance company may realize they were defrauded 817 00:37:37,208 --> 00:37:38,949 and try to get their money back? 818 00:37:39,177 --> 00:37:41,179 I may lose the money, yes. 819 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,391 But I don't want to let my husband's killers go free. 820 00:37:59,965 --> 00:38:02,502 Mrs. Ndabe, I'm sorry for your loss. 821 00:38:03,735 --> 00:38:05,578 I know that in times of sadness, 822 00:38:05,637 --> 00:38:08,743 we often search for a reason for the pain. 823 00:38:08,807 --> 00:38:11,447 Something to explain the inexplicable. 824 00:38:11,543 --> 00:38:12,613 Objection. 825 00:38:12,678 --> 00:38:14,885 Ask a question, Counselor. 826 00:38:15,447 --> 00:38:18,087 Mrs. Ndabe, in your time of need 827 00:38:18,985 --> 00:38:22,797 who paid your husband's medical bills, his funeral bills? 828 00:38:24,657 --> 00:38:27,103 Who treated you with kindness and respect? 829 00:38:27,627 --> 00:38:29,732 It felt like kindness at the time. 830 00:38:30,129 --> 00:38:31,938 Later, it turned out to be expenses. 831 00:38:32,131 --> 00:38:33,576 So you're bitter about your part of the settlement, 832 00:38:33,633 --> 00:38:35,135 is that it, Mrs. Ndabe? 833 00:38:35,235 --> 00:38:36,976 No, I'm not bitter. 834 00:38:38,037 --> 00:38:40,540 But you waited such a long time before coming forward 835 00:38:40,607 --> 00:38:42,086 with your accusation. 836 00:38:42,275 --> 00:38:44,483 I was afraid. I wasn't legal. 837 00:38:45,079 --> 00:38:47,889 Or is it maybe because you didn't want to do anything 838 00:38:48,382 --> 00:38:50,885 until you saw how little money you were going to get? 839 00:38:51,018 --> 00:38:52,326 That's not true. 840 00:38:52,386 --> 00:38:54,059 No, no, I'm sure it's not. 841 00:38:54,121 --> 00:38:55,657 Thank you, Mrs. Ndabe. 842 00:39:04,765 --> 00:39:08,076 Hector Santiago's death is a terrible tragedy. 843 00:39:09,237 --> 00:39:10,614 By all accounts, he was a decent man 844 00:39:10,672 --> 00:39:12,447 who simply made a terrible mistake 845 00:39:13,041 --> 00:39:15,817 agreeing to participate in an insurance scam. 846 00:39:16,411 --> 00:39:19,187 A scam that ultimately cost him his life. 847 00:39:22,183 --> 00:39:25,687 But it was an agreement my clients had no knowledge of. 848 00:39:27,122 --> 00:39:29,033 An agreement they could have no knowledge of, 849 00:39:29,090 --> 00:39:33,061 unless you want lawyers to be their client's inquisitors 850 00:39:33,529 --> 00:39:35,338 rather than their advocates. 851 00:39:35,731 --> 00:39:37,540 So why are my clients on trial? 852 00:39:37,733 --> 00:39:41,943 After all, Dr. Raleigh's the one who paid Bill Reed to stage the accident. 853 00:39:42,104 --> 00:39:44,812 He's the one who dealt with the insurance companies. 854 00:39:45,942 --> 00:39:49,151 He's the one who billed for the non-existent medical treatments. 855 00:39:50,046 --> 00:39:53,926 So why put Alan Petrie and Richard Sanders on trial? 856 00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:56,023 It's because Mr. McCoy knows that people 857 00:39:56,085 --> 00:39:58,930 are willing to believe the worst about lawyers. 858 00:39:59,022 --> 00:40:01,059 Especially personal injury lawyers. 859 00:40:01,225 --> 00:40:03,068 And the more successful they are, 860 00:40:03,393 --> 00:40:07,034 the more political pressure is brought by the insurance companies 861 00:40:07,364 --> 00:40:08,570 to bring 'em down. 862 00:40:08,932 --> 00:40:12,846 So they're portrayed to you as bottom feeders, ambulance chasers. 863 00:40:13,804 --> 00:40:15,715 But these so-called ambulance chasers 864 00:40:15,772 --> 00:40:17,547 are our protectors. 865 00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:22,512 (SIGHS) Lawyers like Alan Petrie and Richard Sanders 866 00:40:22,846 --> 00:40:25,350 defend us from the corporations 867 00:40:25,416 --> 00:40:29,489 and the insurance companies, to whom the rest of us are just numbers. 868 00:40:31,222 --> 00:40:33,168 Everyone hates lawyers 869 00:40:34,892 --> 00:40:36,565 until they need one. 870 00:40:46,838 --> 00:40:48,978 Alan Petrie and Richard Sanders 871 00:40:49,041 --> 00:40:50,247 made millions of dollars 872 00:40:50,309 --> 00:40:52,755 on the backs of the Hector Santiagos of the world. 873 00:40:52,845 --> 00:40:54,950 They're not champions of the people, 874 00:40:55,214 --> 00:40:57,125 they're just corrupt lawyers 875 00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:01,663 who preyed on the most vulnerable among us 876 00:41:02,187 --> 00:41:04,531 in order to make themselves rich. 877 00:41:04,690 --> 00:41:06,727 Inducing hard-working men, 878 00:41:07,493 --> 00:41:09,734 desperate to feed their families 879 00:41:09,895 --> 00:41:12,739 to risk their lives in car accidents 880 00:41:13,465 --> 00:41:15,377 with innocent drivers. 881 00:41:17,203 --> 00:41:19,843 Their scheme endangered all of us, 882 00:41:21,508 --> 00:41:25,183 because it turned all of us into potential victims. 883 00:41:26,546 --> 00:41:29,049 30 visits to Dr. Raleigh's office 884 00:41:29,849 --> 00:41:33,126 to observe medical examinations 885 00:41:35,688 --> 00:41:37,998 that all ended with the same result, 886 00:41:39,093 --> 00:41:41,972 the same injuries, the same rear-end collisions. 887 00:41:43,798 --> 00:41:45,744 You heard Dr. Raleigh testify 888 00:41:45,933 --> 00:41:49,540 that thousands of dollars changed hands in these visits. 889 00:41:49,970 --> 00:41:52,917 But where was the big money in this scam? 890 00:41:53,674 --> 00:41:57,087 Did it go to Bill Reed, or Hector Santiago or even Dr. Raleigh? 891 00:41:57,378 --> 00:41:58,880 It went to these defendants, 892 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:00,759 these lawyers, 893 00:42:02,049 --> 00:42:06,465 who handled 212 identical cases, 894 00:42:07,622 --> 00:42:10,899 and made $2,500,000, 895 00:42:11,226 --> 00:42:13,069 plus expenses, doing it. 896 00:42:13,628 --> 00:42:18,702 Leaving the Mrs. Ndabes of the world with their 13%. 897 00:42:20,135 --> 00:42:21,773 Petrie and Sanders 898 00:42:22,370 --> 00:42:24,350 were running a fraud mill, 899 00:42:25,941 --> 00:42:27,579 and Hector Santiago 900 00:42:28,477 --> 00:42:31,687 and the men like him were simply the grist. 901 00:42:35,084 --> 00:42:36,893 The bottom line is this, 902 00:42:38,387 --> 00:42:40,333 Hector Santiago is dead 903 00:42:41,357 --> 00:42:44,895 because these men paid him $200 904 00:42:45,261 --> 00:42:48,174 to get into a cheap car and cross his fingers 905 00:42:49,232 --> 00:42:50,905 and hold on tight. 906 00:42:57,608 --> 00:42:59,519 Has the jury reached a verdict? 907 00:42:59,743 --> 00:43:00,813 WOMAN: We have. 908 00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:02,118 JUDGE: As to Alan Petrie, 909 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:05,626 on the charge of Murder in the Second Degree, how do you find? 910 00:43:06,516 --> 00:43:08,587 We find the defendant guilty. 911 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,391 JUDGE: As to Richard Sanders, 912 00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:13,435 on the charge of Murder in the Second Degree, 913 00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:14,969 how do you find? 914 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:16,969 We find the defendant guilty. 915 00:43:26,237 --> 00:43:28,615 Do we charge them with Mr. Ndabe's murder? 916 00:43:28,806 --> 00:43:30,877 We have 20 years to decide. 917 00:43:31,175 --> 00:43:33,781 Gives new meaning to the term "Jailhouse lawyers." 918 00:43:34,312 --> 00:43:36,815 What happens to all those settlements now? 919 00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:39,561 The insurance companies are moving to set them aside. 920 00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:42,220 Hector Santiago's family won't see a penny. 921 00:43:42,754 --> 00:43:44,529 He died for nothing.