1 00:00:00,096 --> 00:00:02,054 narrator: In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:02,098 --> 00:00:03,403 the people are represented 3 00:00:03,447 --> 00:00:05,797 by two separate yet equally important groups: 4 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,712 the police, who investigate crime, 5 00:00:07,755 --> 00:00:10,584 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:10,628 --> 00:00:12,412 These are their stories. 7 00:00:13,544 --> 00:00:16,242 - I'll say this one last time. 8 00:00:16,286 --> 00:00:18,070 I'm innocent. 9 00:00:18,114 --> 00:00:20,159 - So all the allegations against you-- 10 00:00:20,203 --> 00:00:22,335 - Are false. 11 00:00:22,379 --> 00:00:27,036 Diane, I spent 3 years, 2 months, and 11 days in prison 12 00:00:27,079 --> 00:00:29,342 for a crime that I did not commit. 13 00:00:29,386 --> 00:00:31,344 Like many people of color, 14 00:00:31,388 --> 00:00:35,261 I was wrongfully charged, and wrongfully convicted. 15 00:00:36,784 --> 00:00:43,008 I have never had non-consensual sex with anyone ever. 16 00:00:43,052 --> 00:00:46,316 My mission in life is to make sure that those responsible 17 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:50,102 for this travesty of justice are held accountable. 18 00:00:50,146 --> 00:00:51,886 Then, and only then, can we begin a path 19 00:00:51,930 --> 00:00:55,586 towards a more enlightened and racially just society. 20 00:01:01,070 --> 00:01:02,201 - What do we got? 21 00:01:02,245 --> 00:01:03,768 - Young couple starts fooling around, 22 00:01:03,811 --> 00:01:05,335 walks down the stairs to have sex-- 23 00:01:05,378 --> 00:01:07,119 their words, not mine-- 24 00:01:07,163 --> 00:01:09,078 until they see the dead guy bleeding out. 25 00:01:09,121 --> 00:01:12,516 Over here. Name's Henry King. 26 00:01:12,559 --> 00:01:15,562 - The singer? - Among other things. 27 00:01:15,606 --> 00:01:18,217 Five gunshot wounds, .380 shell casings. 28 00:01:18,261 --> 00:01:20,132 Four to the chest, one to the groin. 29 00:01:20,176 --> 00:01:21,786 Doesn't look like a robbery either. 30 00:01:21,829 --> 00:01:25,311 Wallet's still in his pocket, watch is still on his wrist. 31 00:01:25,355 --> 00:01:27,618 - The over-under on this guy was nine months. 32 00:01:27,661 --> 00:01:30,142 - I get it, but... 33 00:01:30,186 --> 00:01:32,797 - But what? 34 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,191 - Every victim deserves respect... 35 00:01:36,757 --> 00:01:39,760 Even the ones that rape 40 women. 36 00:02:34,119 --> 00:02:38,602 - Henry was trying so hard to reclaim his life, his dignity. 37 00:02:38,645 --> 00:02:40,691 - Mrs. King, where were you tonight 38 00:02:40,734 --> 00:02:42,475 between the hours of 9:00 and 11:00? 39 00:02:42,519 --> 00:02:46,479 - I had dinner with a few friends at a place called Orto, 40 00:02:46,523 --> 00:02:48,089 on 86th and Columbus. 41 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:49,787 - And when did you return? 42 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:51,484 - About 10:45. 43 00:02:51,528 --> 00:02:52,877 - You know, I noticed a bunch 44 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,400 of surveillance cameras around here. 45 00:02:54,444 --> 00:02:56,446 We may need to see the video, if that's okay. 46 00:02:56,489 --> 00:02:57,751 - That's not possible. 47 00:02:57,795 --> 00:03:00,493 I haven't activated the system for years. 48 00:03:00,537 --> 00:03:02,234 - Your husband's one of the most hated men 49 00:03:02,278 --> 00:03:04,410 in America and you don't turn on the alarm? 50 00:03:04,454 --> 00:03:07,108 - I'm from Banner Elk, North Carolina. 51 00:03:07,152 --> 00:03:09,067 Barely a thousand people. 52 00:03:09,110 --> 00:03:11,722 We never even think of locking the front door. 53 00:03:11,765 --> 00:03:15,334 - With all due respect, you're a long way from Banner Elk. 54 00:03:15,378 --> 00:03:17,510 - Since your husband was released from prison, 55 00:03:17,554 --> 00:03:19,033 have there been any problems? 56 00:03:19,077 --> 00:03:21,993 Have you noticed anything unusual? 57 00:03:24,822 --> 00:03:26,693 - How about the women who accused him of rape? 58 00:03:26,737 --> 00:03:30,219 Have any of them reached out to express their... 59 00:03:30,262 --> 00:03:32,264 opinions on the recent court ruling? 60 00:03:32,308 --> 00:03:33,961 - No. 61 00:03:34,005 --> 00:03:35,833 Not that I'm aware of, anyway. 62 00:03:35,876 --> 00:03:37,878 - When was the last time you spoke with your husband? 63 00:03:37,922 --> 00:03:42,318 - About four hours ago, after he did that interview. 64 00:03:45,277 --> 00:03:46,235 - I just got off with the Chief. 65 00:03:46,278 --> 00:03:47,366 Before that, the Mayor. 66 00:03:47,410 --> 00:03:48,889 Before that, the District Attorney. 67 00:03:48,933 --> 00:03:51,283 - Oh, first time in 20 years people actually care 68 00:03:51,327 --> 00:03:52,719 about a Black man getting shot. 69 00:03:52,763 --> 00:03:54,417 - That's funny. If it was a joke. 70 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:56,245 If not, you can save your speech for someone else, 71 00:03:56,288 --> 00:03:59,117 because I am not in the mood for politics right now. 72 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,597 - Music to my ears. 73 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,729 - And why is that, Frank? 74 00:04:02,773 --> 00:04:04,383 - Excuse me? - Hey, hey, 75 00:04:04,427 --> 00:04:06,342 we have a murder to solve, 76 00:04:06,385 --> 00:04:07,691 a murder that's the lead of every news channel, 77 00:04:07,734 --> 00:04:08,909 the headline of every paper. 78 00:04:08,953 --> 00:04:10,433 So call me crazy, 79 00:04:10,476 --> 00:04:12,739 but maybe we should focus on that right now. 80 00:04:12,783 --> 00:04:15,612 - Just found a text on King's phone, sent two days ago. 81 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:17,962 It says, "It's over. I'm coming for you." 82 00:04:24,490 --> 00:04:25,709 - Damn right I sent that text, 83 00:04:25,752 --> 00:04:27,363 but I was threatening his career, 84 00:04:27,406 --> 00:04:29,321 not his life. - What do you mean? 85 00:04:29,365 --> 00:04:31,149 - I stood by Henry year after year, 86 00:04:31,192 --> 00:04:32,716 despite all the allegations. 87 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:34,587 Then he fires me, three days ago, 88 00:04:34,631 --> 00:04:37,111 just as we're about to close a $50 million deal 89 00:04:37,155 --> 00:04:39,070 with some podcast company. 90 00:04:39,113 --> 00:04:40,376 Son of a bitch 91 00:04:40,419 --> 00:04:42,421 was trying to screw me out of my commission. 92 00:04:42,465 --> 00:04:45,032 After all I did for that two-faced prick. 93 00:04:45,076 --> 00:04:47,644 I even had to beg the CEO just to meet with the guy. 94 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:49,602 - That's a $5 million commission. 95 00:04:49,646 --> 00:04:51,517 - Oh, please, I didn't shoot Henry. 96 00:04:51,561 --> 00:04:53,345 - Oh, I believe you. I mean, you're an agent. 97 00:04:53,389 --> 00:04:54,912 What's more honorable than that? 98 00:04:54,955 --> 00:04:56,870 Unfortunately, some of my colleagues aren't as trusting, 99 00:04:56,914 --> 00:04:59,612 so... - I was home in Westport. 100 00:04:59,656 --> 00:05:01,875 Had dinner with my wife. 101 00:05:01,919 --> 00:05:04,922 It was our anniversary. - Hmm. 102 00:05:04,965 --> 00:05:07,272 Can you think of anyone else that may have had 103 00:05:07,316 --> 00:05:09,666 a serious grudge against Mr. King? 104 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:12,625 - I can think of thousands, but I'm not aware 105 00:05:12,669 --> 00:05:15,149 of any specific threats or anything like that. 106 00:05:15,193 --> 00:05:16,499 - Did he owe anyone money? 107 00:05:16,542 --> 00:05:17,978 Half the city. 108 00:05:18,022 --> 00:05:20,198 Henry was the cheapest son of a bitch on earth. 109 00:05:20,241 --> 00:05:22,940 Joke was, only reason he roofied those girls 110 00:05:22,983 --> 00:05:25,116 was cause he was too cheap to pick up dinner. 111 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:29,642 - Are any of those people capable of murder? 112 00:05:29,686 --> 00:05:32,993 - Eh, he told me some gangbanger was 113 00:05:33,037 --> 00:05:36,083 shaking him down for a lot of money. 114 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:39,957 - Did he happen to name this gangbanger? 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,177 Hey, hey, how you doing? 116 00:05:43,221 --> 00:05:45,876 We're looking for a guy named Shabazz Walker, seen him? 117 00:05:45,919 --> 00:05:47,007 Yeah, a'ight-- 118 00:05:47,051 --> 00:05:48,705 - Yo, yo, I'm not done talking to you-- 119 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:51,403 - Yo, kiss my ass! - What you say to me? 120 00:05:51,447 --> 00:05:52,665 - Hey, hey, Frank. - What you gonna do, man? 121 00:05:52,709 --> 00:05:53,753 - What you say to me? - Frank! 122 00:05:53,797 --> 00:05:54,667 - It's not your neighborhood, man. 123 00:05:54,711 --> 00:05:56,147 - We're good. We're good. 124 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:57,714 - Watch your boy, man. 125 00:05:57,757 --> 00:06:00,456 - Come on. - Are you kiddin' me? 126 00:06:00,499 --> 00:06:02,458 These young kids, they got no respect. 127 00:06:02,501 --> 00:06:03,676 They get to say and do whatever they want. 128 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:04,808 It's like a free pass. 129 00:06:04,851 --> 00:06:06,853 - Not sure what you mean by that. 130 00:06:06,897 --> 00:06:09,029 - Uh, I mean, I'm white, he's Black. 131 00:06:09,073 --> 00:06:11,597 I say the wrong thing and my career's over. 132 00:06:11,641 --> 00:06:12,859 - Yeah, maybe. - Maybe? 133 00:06:12,903 --> 00:06:14,034 Is there another way of looking at this? 134 00:06:14,078 --> 00:06:16,385 - Hey, Frank, you came at him hot, man. 135 00:06:16,428 --> 00:06:18,996 - I showed him my badge and I said, "How you doing?" 136 00:06:19,039 --> 00:06:20,519 How's that's coming off hot? 137 00:06:20,563 --> 00:06:21,999 Should I have offered him a croissant 138 00:06:22,042 --> 00:06:24,044 and invited him to tea at the St. Regis? 139 00:06:24,088 --> 00:06:26,003 - Maybe you should have treated him a little... 140 00:06:26,046 --> 00:06:27,308 more polite. 141 00:06:27,352 --> 00:06:28,614 Like a law-abiding citizen, 142 00:06:28,658 --> 00:06:30,094 minding his own damn business. 143 00:06:30,137 --> 00:06:31,704 - Truth is it's these damn phones. 144 00:06:31,748 --> 00:06:33,924 They--they've ruined everything. 145 00:06:33,967 --> 00:06:35,012 - Yeah, okay. 146 00:06:35,055 --> 00:06:36,622 That's one way of looking at it. 147 00:06:36,666 --> 00:06:39,582 - The other? - They hold us accountable. 148 00:06:41,148 --> 00:06:43,890 - Look, Kev, I know we haven't been working together 149 00:06:43,934 --> 00:06:45,588 for very long, but-- - Two months. 150 00:06:45,631 --> 00:06:47,198 Which makes you the longest relationship 151 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:48,634 I've had in the last six years. 152 00:06:48,678 --> 00:06:50,636 - Yeah, well, if we're gonna keep this thing going, 153 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,072 you gotta know something about me. 154 00:06:52,116 --> 00:06:53,552 - Hmm? 155 00:06:53,596 --> 00:06:55,380 - I speak my mind, 156 00:06:55,424 --> 00:06:57,861 probably about things I shouldn't speak my mind about. 157 00:06:57,904 --> 00:07:00,211 But it's just how I'm wired. - Oh, I've sensed that. 158 00:07:00,254 --> 00:07:02,561 But do you. 159 00:07:02,605 --> 00:07:04,476 Speak your truth. 160 00:07:06,478 --> 00:07:07,914 - I appreciate that. 161 00:07:07,958 --> 00:07:09,916 And that statement you made about cameras 162 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,441 holding us accountable... - Mm-hmm. 163 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,533 - I actually agree with you. 164 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:22,494 - Shabazz! 165 00:07:22,538 --> 00:07:25,062 Hey! 166 00:07:25,105 --> 00:07:26,716 - Every dude in that joint wanted 167 00:07:26,759 --> 00:07:29,153 to bust Henry King's head wide open. 168 00:07:29,196 --> 00:07:31,416 So my brother Donyell and his crew took care of him. 169 00:07:31,460 --> 00:07:33,766 Kept his ass alive. - For a fee? 170 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:35,768 - Hundred grand a year for life, 171 00:07:35,812 --> 00:07:38,118 whether or not he was on the inside. 172 00:07:38,162 --> 00:07:40,686 But once Henry got sprung, he didn't wanna pay. 173 00:07:40,730 --> 00:07:42,732 - It's not unreasonable. 174 00:07:42,775 --> 00:07:45,952 - A deal's a deal, whether or not it's reasonable. 175 00:07:45,996 --> 00:07:48,215 - Did you talk to Henry King about this? 176 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:50,914 - Yeah. He laughed at me. 177 00:07:50,957 --> 00:07:52,829 So I slammed his ass into a wall. 178 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:54,744 Then some bodyguard comes running up, 179 00:07:54,787 --> 00:07:56,702 breaks things up, and then pulls out his Glock. 180 00:07:56,746 --> 00:07:59,400 - Oh, now I'm intrigued. 181 00:07:59,444 --> 00:08:00,750 What happened next? 182 00:08:00,793 --> 00:08:02,621 - Told him we needed to work out an arrangement. 183 00:08:02,665 --> 00:08:04,667 - That's it? No violence, no threats? 184 00:08:04,710 --> 00:08:07,539 - Nah, nothing like that. I was in a good mood. 185 00:08:07,583 --> 00:08:09,323 Just had a baby boy, Lamarcus. 186 00:08:09,367 --> 00:08:11,500 - Congratulations. 187 00:08:11,543 --> 00:08:13,632 - Mm. - Just the same. 188 00:08:13,676 --> 00:08:15,504 Where were you last night, 10:00? 189 00:08:15,547 --> 00:08:17,331 - At a bar in Red Hook called Ray's, 190 00:08:17,375 --> 00:08:20,204 talking to the bodyguard, trying to work things out. 191 00:08:20,247 --> 00:08:23,860 - You make a deal? - No, he offered me 50K. 192 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:27,037 Told him he can go to hell. - Dumb move. 193 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,168 - Why's that? 194 00:08:28,212 --> 00:08:29,605 - King's dead. 195 00:08:29,648 --> 00:08:31,084 - For real? He gone? 196 00:08:31,128 --> 00:08:34,523 - Somebody shot him. 197 00:08:34,566 --> 00:08:36,089 - I needed that money, man. 198 00:08:36,133 --> 00:08:37,656 - Well, unless he named you in his will, 199 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:39,397 you're out of luck. 200 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,834 We'll be in touch. 201 00:08:45,621 --> 00:08:47,666 - Shabazz isn't our guy. 202 00:08:47,710 --> 00:08:49,015 I talked to the bodyguard, confirmed 203 00:08:49,059 --> 00:08:50,582 the meeting at the bar in Red Hook. 204 00:08:50,626 --> 00:08:52,062 - Did he say anything else? 205 00:08:52,105 --> 00:08:54,020 Witness any other altercations? 206 00:08:54,064 --> 00:08:56,196 - He said King got into an argument with a woman 207 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,895 three days ago, on White Street, just west of Baxter. 208 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:00,331 - One of the rape victims? 209 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:02,463 - He wasn't sure. - Hmm. 210 00:09:02,507 --> 00:09:04,553 - Hey, I got it. 211 00:09:04,596 --> 00:09:05,989 Come check it out. 212 00:09:08,774 --> 00:09:11,864 Look at this. 213 00:09:13,257 --> 00:09:14,650 - Can you punch in on that woman? 214 00:09:14,693 --> 00:09:16,129 - Mm-hmm. 215 00:09:16,173 --> 00:09:18,218 You know, I'll run this through ECMS 216 00:09:18,262 --> 00:09:20,525 and request facial recognition to rush it. 217 00:09:20,569 --> 00:09:23,136 - No need. I know her. 218 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:25,835 She's a prosecutor. Her name's Jamie Ross. 219 00:09:31,101 --> 00:09:32,581 - Henry King's been harassing me 220 00:09:32,624 --> 00:09:33,843 since he was released from prison. 221 00:09:33,886 --> 00:09:35,714 Blames me for ruining his life. 222 00:09:35,758 --> 00:09:37,890 - Hmm. Why you? 223 00:09:37,934 --> 00:09:39,979 - I was the lead prosecutor on his rape trial. 224 00:09:40,023 --> 00:09:41,633 I was also the one who made the original promise 225 00:09:41,677 --> 00:09:43,243 not to prosecute him. - Hmm. 226 00:09:43,287 --> 00:09:45,506 - At the time, there was only one victim, Nicole. 227 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:47,639 And it was a tough case; there wasn't a lot of evidence. 228 00:09:47,683 --> 00:09:48,945 So Nicole sued him. 229 00:09:48,988 --> 00:09:50,816 But Henry refused to testify. 230 00:09:50,860 --> 00:09:53,166 So I offered him immunity for that one case, 231 00:09:53,210 --> 00:09:54,907 so that Nicole's lawyer could depose him. 232 00:09:54,951 --> 00:09:56,605 - So you're the reason he went to prison 233 00:09:56,648 --> 00:09:59,346 and the reason he was released. 234 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:01,653 - Something like that. 235 00:10:01,697 --> 00:10:03,568 Once the lawsuit was settled, 236 00:10:03,612 --> 00:10:04,830 the evidence just kept pouring in, 237 00:10:04,874 --> 00:10:06,919 woman after woman talking about being drugged 238 00:10:06,963 --> 00:10:08,747 and raped and sodomized. 239 00:10:08,791 --> 00:10:10,270 And none of the cases was perfect, 240 00:10:10,314 --> 00:10:12,055 but it was clear that Henry King was a predator. 241 00:10:12,098 --> 00:10:13,622 So, I said screw it, let's-- 242 00:10:13,665 --> 00:10:16,625 let's roll the dice and take this bastard to trial. 243 00:10:16,668 --> 00:10:18,278 And we did. 244 00:10:18,322 --> 00:10:19,497 But as we all know, 245 00:10:19,540 --> 00:10:21,325 the appellate court vacated the verdict. 246 00:10:21,368 --> 00:10:23,675 Said my promise not to prosecute was binding. 247 00:10:23,719 --> 00:10:26,156 - You screwed up. 248 00:10:26,199 --> 00:10:27,984 - I did what I thought was best at the time. 249 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:31,117 - Why did you and Henry King meet the other day? 250 00:10:31,161 --> 00:10:34,730 - He had a private investigator digging into my life, my cases. 251 00:10:34,773 --> 00:10:37,994 So I called his lawyer, said I wanted to resolve the nonsense. 252 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:39,560 But he wasn't interested. 253 00:10:39,604 --> 00:10:40,953 Said he was going to destroy me, 254 00:10:40,997 --> 00:10:43,652 destroy my family, and I-- 255 00:10:43,695 --> 00:10:44,827 I just lost it. 256 00:10:44,870 --> 00:10:46,872 - And because of your mistake, 257 00:10:46,916 --> 00:10:48,787 he's walking out of jail a free man. 258 00:10:51,094 --> 00:10:52,791 - What are you really asking me, Detective? 259 00:10:52,835 --> 00:10:54,140 If I killed Henry King? 260 00:10:54,184 --> 00:10:56,577 - Did you? 261 00:10:57,753 --> 00:10:59,493 Get the hell out of my office. 262 00:11:08,328 --> 00:11:11,027 - What the hell was that? 263 00:11:16,815 --> 00:11:17,250 . 264 00:11:17,294 --> 00:11:19,426 - Thanks. - Hey! 265 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,733 I just got a call from a friend at the DA's Office. 266 00:11:21,777 --> 00:11:24,040 Did you really just-- - Damn right I did. 267 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,432 - Frank. 268 00:11:25,476 --> 00:11:27,086 - She and King got in a heated argument 269 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:28,348 three days before the murder. 270 00:11:28,392 --> 00:11:30,916 - All right, don't do this. Not to me. 271 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,788 - I'm sick of it, Lou. All they ever do is question 272 00:11:32,831 --> 00:11:35,312 the way we do our jobs, our tactics, 273 00:11:35,355 --> 00:11:36,966 our integrity. 274 00:11:37,009 --> 00:11:39,751 It's like their goal is to pull our pants down at every turn. 275 00:11:39,795 --> 00:11:42,623 - I get it, Frank. But Ross is solid. 276 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,625 She is not some progressive crusader 277 00:11:44,669 --> 00:11:46,627 trying to get her name in the paper. 278 00:11:46,671 --> 00:11:49,195 Like it or not, we're partners with these guys. 279 00:11:49,239 --> 00:11:51,328 So you better stay above the fray. 280 00:11:51,371 --> 00:11:53,330 - Yeah, well, I'm not so good at that, 281 00:11:53,373 --> 00:11:55,375 especially when it's them that cause the fray. 282 00:11:55,419 --> 00:11:56,812 - Yeah, thanks. 283 00:11:56,855 --> 00:11:59,075 Just got off the phone with the manager at Orto. 284 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:01,904 He says Veronica left at 9:24. 285 00:12:01,947 --> 00:12:03,470 He has her on video. 286 00:12:03,514 --> 00:12:05,298 - Restaurant is ten blocks from the brownstone. 287 00:12:05,342 --> 00:12:06,473 That's about a 12-minute walk. 288 00:12:06,517 --> 00:12:08,562 She should have arrived around 9:36. 289 00:12:08,606 --> 00:12:10,782 Not 10:45 like she said. - Mm-hmm. 290 00:12:10,826 --> 00:12:12,044 - Hey, got a hit. 291 00:12:12,088 --> 00:12:13,480 Here's King's wife on the corner 292 00:12:13,524 --> 00:12:14,917 of 78th and Columbus, 293 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,266 two blocks from her house. 294 00:12:16,309 --> 00:12:18,529 Time stamp says 9:33. 295 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:21,010 - That's 27 minutes before Henry got popped. 296 00:12:21,053 --> 00:12:23,882 - Let's get a search warrant for her cell sites 297 00:12:23,926 --> 00:12:26,276 and confirm her whereabouts prior to, during, 298 00:12:26,319 --> 00:12:28,539 and after the murder. - Okay, I'm on it. 299 00:12:30,323 --> 00:12:32,108 - I didn't lie. 300 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:33,805 I just left out a few details. 301 00:12:33,849 --> 00:12:34,937 - That's what lawyers would call 302 00:12:34,980 --> 00:12:37,287 a distinction without a difference. 303 00:12:37,330 --> 00:12:38,897 - Or the cops might call a serious red flag. 304 00:12:38,941 --> 00:12:42,161 So your husband is dead, lying on a concrete floor, 305 00:12:42,205 --> 00:12:44,903 blood everywhere, and you decide to lie us 306 00:12:44,947 --> 00:12:46,644 about what time you got home from dinner? 307 00:12:46,687 --> 00:12:48,602 - My life was spinning upside down. 308 00:12:48,646 --> 00:12:50,996 So I kept a few things to myself. 309 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,825 - Care to elaborate? 310 00:12:53,869 --> 00:12:56,480 - After dinner, I started walking home, 311 00:12:56,523 --> 00:12:58,438 but I knew Henry would still be awake. 312 00:12:58,482 --> 00:13:00,484 and I couldn't bear it. 313 00:13:00,527 --> 00:13:03,182 So I went to a bar a block away. 314 00:13:03,226 --> 00:13:06,055 Maxwell's. Had a few drinks. 315 00:13:06,098 --> 00:13:08,448 Helps me cope. 316 00:13:08,492 --> 00:13:11,277 - So you were there when Henry got shot? 317 00:13:11,321 --> 00:13:13,453 - Yes, I was having a martini. 318 00:13:13,497 --> 00:13:15,847 I heard the sirens. 319 00:13:15,891 --> 00:13:19,416 Word started to spread, people started buzzing around, 320 00:13:19,459 --> 00:13:22,375 like something important had just happened. 321 00:13:22,419 --> 00:13:25,378 And then I heard the bartender say, 322 00:13:25,422 --> 00:13:29,121 "Serves the bastard right." 323 00:13:29,165 --> 00:13:31,558 That's when I knew it was Henry. 324 00:13:31,602 --> 00:13:34,387 - Okay, just so we're clear, 325 00:13:34,431 --> 00:13:36,868 you didn't shoot him? - Correct. 326 00:13:36,912 --> 00:13:38,391 - Did you hire someone to shoot him? 327 00:13:38,435 --> 00:13:39,740 - If I was gonna kill Henry, 328 00:13:39,784 --> 00:13:42,526 I'd want the satisfaction of seeing him pass 329 00:13:42,569 --> 00:13:44,571 right in front of my eyes. 330 00:13:44,615 --> 00:13:46,269 - So much for the grieving widow. 331 00:13:46,312 --> 00:13:48,227 - All my grieving has been reserved 332 00:13:48,271 --> 00:13:51,013 for the women whose lives Henry destroyed. 333 00:13:51,056 --> 00:13:53,842 - I know we asked you this before, but... 334 00:13:53,885 --> 00:13:57,410 did you notice anything unusual? 335 00:13:57,454 --> 00:14:01,240 - Uh, this is probably nothing, but I... 336 00:14:01,284 --> 00:14:02,894 did notice someone hanging out 337 00:14:02,938 --> 00:14:05,288 at the end of the block a few times. 338 00:14:05,331 --> 00:14:07,072 He had on a hoodie. 339 00:14:07,116 --> 00:14:09,553 Green, I think. 340 00:14:09,596 --> 00:14:13,774 And he was wearing sunglasses even though it was dark. 341 00:14:13,818 --> 00:14:16,386 It felt odd. 342 00:14:16,429 --> 00:14:18,910 - Veronica's telling the truth about the bar. 343 00:14:18,954 --> 00:14:21,043 The bartender said she left about 10:15, 344 00:14:21,086 --> 00:14:24,089 which is shortly after the news of Henry King's murder broke. 345 00:14:24,133 --> 00:14:25,569 - She's also telling the truth 346 00:14:25,612 --> 00:14:27,092 about the dude in the green hoodie. 347 00:14:27,136 --> 00:14:29,616 Check it out. 348 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:32,184 Here he is standing on the corner 349 00:14:32,228 --> 00:14:33,577 a block away from the brownstone. 350 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:35,100 Just like she said. 351 00:14:35,144 --> 00:14:36,972 - Run the video. 352 00:14:40,062 --> 00:14:42,151 Freeze it. 353 00:14:42,194 --> 00:14:44,196 It's a long shot, but... 354 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,982 there's a chance that cigarette butt is still there. 355 00:14:49,245 --> 00:14:50,420 - All right. 356 00:14:52,857 --> 00:14:56,339 - Looks like it should be around here someplace. 357 00:14:56,382 --> 00:14:58,819 Yup. This is it. 358 00:15:03,607 --> 00:15:06,305 I am feeling lucky. 359 00:15:06,349 --> 00:15:08,873 - I'm not. But that's just me. 360 00:15:12,181 --> 00:15:14,487 - Bet you 20 bucks. 361 00:15:14,531 --> 00:15:17,577 - Bet. - Deal. 362 00:15:17,621 --> 00:15:19,753 - We got a hit from the DNA. 363 00:15:19,797 --> 00:15:21,973 A woman named Nicole Bell. 364 00:15:22,017 --> 00:15:24,845 Maiden name Nicole Atkins. - Mm-hmm. 365 00:15:24,889 --> 00:15:27,500 - Nicole Atkins? 366 00:15:27,544 --> 00:15:29,198 That makes a lot of sense. 367 00:15:32,810 --> 00:15:34,507 Nicole Atkins was the first woman 368 00:15:34,551 --> 00:15:37,641 to accuse Henry King of rape. 369 00:15:46,998 --> 00:15:49,609 - Okay. 370 00:15:51,524 --> 00:15:52,873 - A search warrant? For what? 371 00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:54,484 - We're investigating a homicide. 372 00:15:54,527 --> 00:15:56,051 - A homicide? 373 00:15:56,094 --> 00:15:57,748 What are you talking about? 374 00:15:57,791 --> 00:16:00,577 - Is your wife home? - No, she just left for work. 375 00:16:00,620 --> 00:16:02,187 - Okay, guys, take upstairs. 376 00:16:02,231 --> 00:16:03,406 - Wait. 377 00:16:03,449 --> 00:16:04,973 Is this about Henry King? 378 00:16:05,016 --> 00:16:06,975 You think-- - We're not thinking anything. 379 00:16:07,018 --> 00:16:09,629 We're just executing a search warrant. 380 00:16:09,673 --> 00:16:12,458 - She's the victim here. I mean, you get that, right? 381 00:16:12,502 --> 00:16:14,417 She's the one that was drugged and raped-- 382 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:15,722 - We understand, sir. 383 00:16:15,766 --> 00:16:17,463 We're gonna need you to step aside, please. 384 00:16:17,507 --> 00:16:19,378 All right, we won't be long. 385 00:16:56,067 --> 00:16:59,114 - No GSR, blood, or DNA on the hoodie. 386 00:16:59,157 --> 00:17:01,464 But it still puts her near the scene. 387 00:17:01,507 --> 00:17:04,945 - Well, Nicole's subway card says she exited and entered 388 00:17:04,989 --> 00:17:08,775 the 72nd Street subway station three times in the past week. 389 00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:11,648 That's about four blocks from Henry King's brownstone. 390 00:17:11,691 --> 00:17:13,780 - Where's Nicole live? - West Village. 391 00:17:13,824 --> 00:17:15,956 Her yoga studio's down there, too. 392 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,089 - Got another hit on the person in the green hoodie, 393 00:17:18,133 --> 00:17:19,743 except you can see her face in this one. 394 00:17:19,786 --> 00:17:22,659 - Date? - December 9th, 9:27 p.m., 395 00:17:22,702 --> 00:17:24,791 about 33 minutes before the actual murder. 396 00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:26,445 - It's definitely Nicole Bell. 397 00:17:26,489 --> 00:17:27,881 - Where's she standing? 398 00:17:27,925 --> 00:17:30,797 - On 74th, between Columbus and Central Park West, 399 00:17:30,841 --> 00:17:32,843 about two blocks from King's brownstone. 400 00:17:34,975 --> 00:17:37,543 - Detective Bernard, how's it going? 401 00:17:37,587 --> 00:17:39,458 - We've been canvassing the area. 402 00:17:39,502 --> 00:17:40,807 Found it in there. 403 00:17:40,851 --> 00:17:42,157 - Called Sanitation and trash hasn't 404 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,810 been picked up for the past two days. 405 00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:47,423 So if the shooter dumped it, it would still be here. 406 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:49,381 - We got a SIG 380. 407 00:17:49,425 --> 00:17:52,167 That'll match the casings we found at the crime scene. 408 00:17:54,169 --> 00:17:55,779 - Tuesday night? 409 00:17:55,822 --> 00:17:58,782 I was home with my husband. 410 00:17:58,825 --> 00:18:01,611 - Were you on the Upper West Side at all that day? 411 00:18:01,654 --> 00:18:03,613 - I'm not sure. 412 00:18:03,656 --> 00:18:06,616 - Hmm. 413 00:18:06,659 --> 00:18:08,835 That is you, correct? 414 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:12,056 - Am I under arrest? 415 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,492 - Oh, no. 416 00:18:13,536 --> 00:18:18,018 But if you keep lying to us, we'll have no choice. 417 00:18:18,062 --> 00:18:20,760 - You gotta understand, no one in this building 418 00:18:20,804 --> 00:18:22,414 thinks you did anything wrong. 419 00:18:22,458 --> 00:18:24,112 Hell, if it were up to me, I'd give you the key to the city. 420 00:18:24,155 --> 00:18:25,939 Prick King got what he deserved. 421 00:18:28,203 --> 00:18:30,379 The other thing you gotta understand is 422 00:18:30,422 --> 00:18:31,771 we got the whole thing on video. 423 00:18:31,815 --> 00:18:34,905 Yeah, holding the SIG .380, 424 00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:37,821 waiting outside the service entrance, shooting King. 425 00:18:37,864 --> 00:18:40,040 There were two surveillance cameras 426 00:18:40,084 --> 00:18:42,042 on the wall, hidden from plain view. 427 00:18:42,086 --> 00:18:44,697 The video is perfect. We see your face, the gun, 428 00:18:44,741 --> 00:18:47,178 the muzzle flash. 429 00:18:47,222 --> 00:18:49,354 - If you already know what happened, 430 00:18:49,398 --> 00:18:51,356 why are we even talking? 431 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,053 - Because we want to help you. 432 00:18:53,097 --> 00:18:57,014 Like I said, no one here thinks you did anything wrong. 433 00:18:57,057 --> 00:18:59,190 More importantly, nobody wants to prosecute you. 434 00:18:59,234 --> 00:19:00,844 Nobody. 435 00:19:00,887 --> 00:19:02,628 What prosecutor is gonna punish a good woman 436 00:19:02,672 --> 00:19:06,197 like yourself for shooting the man who raped her? 437 00:19:06,241 --> 00:19:08,547 That's a career killer. 438 00:19:08,591 --> 00:19:11,376 Tell us what really happened. 439 00:19:11,420 --> 00:19:14,597 Tell us your side of the story, so we can help you. 440 00:19:18,296 --> 00:19:21,560 - Then what? 441 00:19:21,604 --> 00:19:24,215 - You go home. 442 00:19:24,259 --> 00:19:26,391 Nicole, you move on with your life. 443 00:19:28,263 --> 00:19:30,134 I give you my word. 444 00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:38,925 - Well, you saw his TV interview, right? 445 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:40,579 There was no remorse. None! 446 00:19:40,623 --> 00:19:42,712 It was like he was mocking us. 447 00:19:42,755 --> 00:19:46,759 I--I couldn't take it. 448 00:19:46,803 --> 00:19:49,980 - So you killed him. - He needed to be stopped. 449 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,503 He would have kept raping people. 450 00:19:51,547 --> 00:19:52,678 So, yes, I shot him. 451 00:19:52,722 --> 00:19:55,290 - Okay. Okay. 452 00:19:55,333 --> 00:20:01,818 So tell us what happened after you shot him. 453 00:20:03,211 --> 00:20:07,563 - I tossed the gun in a dumpster and went home. 454 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:10,696 I took a shower, said a few prayers, 455 00:20:10,740 --> 00:20:14,222 made my peace, and then went to sleep. 456 00:20:20,315 --> 00:20:21,968 - Nicole Bell, you're under arrest for murder. 457 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:24,144 - What? You just said that-- 458 00:20:24,188 --> 00:20:26,451 - Yeah, I lied. - No! No! 459 00:20:33,850 --> 00:20:34,242 . 460 00:20:34,285 --> 00:20:36,156 all: Let her go, let her go! 461 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,941 Let her go! Let her go! 462 00:20:37,984 --> 00:20:41,074 Let her go, let her go! 463 00:20:41,118 --> 00:20:43,251 Let her go, let her go! 464 00:20:43,294 --> 00:20:44,730 Let her go, let her go! 465 00:20:44,774 --> 00:20:48,778 - Docket number 373-988, People versus Nicole S. Bell. 466 00:20:48,821 --> 00:20:51,563 Murder in the second degree. - How does the defendant plead? 467 00:20:51,607 --> 00:20:54,653 - Not guilty, Your Honor. - Mr. Price, bail? 468 00:20:54,697 --> 00:20:57,526 - The defendant has no priors and is not a flight risk. 469 00:20:57,569 --> 00:21:00,572 As such, we request bail be set at $200,000. 470 00:21:00,616 --> 00:21:02,705 - Defense has no objection. 471 00:21:02,748 --> 00:21:05,969 - Well, I do. This is a murder case. 472 00:21:06,012 --> 00:21:08,406 Bail is set at $1 million. 473 00:21:08,450 --> 00:21:10,278 - A million dollars, that's crazy! 474 00:21:10,321 --> 00:21:12,236 - That's ridiculous! - She did the right thing! 475 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,282 Let her go! Let her go! 476 00:21:14,325 --> 00:21:17,241 - Enough! - She's innocent! 477 00:21:17,285 --> 00:21:18,895 - Keller filed a motion to suppress 478 00:21:18,938 --> 00:21:20,113 Nicole Bell's confession. 479 00:21:20,157 --> 00:21:21,724 - On what basis? 480 00:21:21,767 --> 00:21:23,291 - The usual stuff. 481 00:21:23,334 --> 00:21:25,205 Defendant wasn't properly Mirandized, 482 00:21:25,249 --> 00:21:26,859 confession wasn't knowing and voluntary, 483 00:21:26,903 --> 00:21:29,384 police used improper and coercive tactics. 484 00:21:29,427 --> 00:21:31,299 - Did they? - Did they what? 485 00:21:31,342 --> 00:21:34,389 - Use improper techniques. 486 00:21:34,432 --> 00:21:38,349 - No. I watched the interrogation. 487 00:21:38,393 --> 00:21:41,961 - Did Cosgrove lie? 488 00:21:42,005 --> 00:21:44,224 - Yeah. 489 00:21:44,268 --> 00:21:48,185 Did a good job, too. 490 00:21:49,882 --> 00:21:51,841 - This case is front page news, Nolan. 491 00:21:51,884 --> 00:21:54,800 - I get it. But, with all due respect, 492 00:21:54,844 --> 00:21:57,455 that's not relevant. 493 00:21:57,499 --> 00:22:01,067 When you asked me to come here, you said, 494 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:05,376 "I need someone who sees the world through a different lens, 495 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:07,813 someone with the guts to make hard decisions." 496 00:22:07,857 --> 00:22:12,252 - I remember. I still feel that way. 497 00:22:12,296 --> 00:22:14,385 But it's a legal confession, Nolan. 498 00:22:14,429 --> 00:22:16,822 Cops are allowed to lie. 499 00:22:16,866 --> 00:22:19,259 - They are, but it makes the confession less reliable. 500 00:22:19,303 --> 00:22:21,305 Less ethical. 501 00:22:21,349 --> 00:22:26,266 - No. If it's legal, it's ethical. 502 00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:31,402 So where do we draw the line, Nolan? 503 00:22:31,446 --> 00:22:34,144 One lie, two lies? 504 00:22:34,187 --> 00:22:37,277 Or do we analyze the severity of the lie? 505 00:22:37,321 --> 00:22:38,801 Do white lies count? 506 00:22:38,844 --> 00:22:41,543 Do we examine how charming a detective is? 507 00:22:41,586 --> 00:22:44,154 What about embellishments? Do they count? 508 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:47,853 What if a cop says we have five witnesses instead of four? 509 00:22:47,897 --> 00:22:50,029 Do we throw it out? - I think we need to analyze it 510 00:22:50,073 --> 00:22:51,814 on a case-by-case basis. 511 00:22:51,857 --> 00:22:54,382 But, to be clear, in this case, it wasn't 512 00:22:54,425 --> 00:22:56,427 one little lie or embellishment. 513 00:22:56,471 --> 00:22:58,908 Cosgrove spun the suspect upside down. 514 00:22:58,951 --> 00:23:00,953 He practically promised her immunity. 515 00:23:00,997 --> 00:23:03,173 Told her that no one in the DA's Office 516 00:23:03,216 --> 00:23:05,393 would even consider prosecuting her, 517 00:23:05,436 --> 00:23:07,699 exploited the fact that she was a rape victim, 518 00:23:07,743 --> 00:23:09,788 that she shot the man who assaulted her. 519 00:23:09,832 --> 00:23:14,184 Why let the defense tear him apart on cross, 520 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:16,229 shift the focus away from the evidence 521 00:23:16,273 --> 00:23:18,275 and onto her sympathetic client 522 00:23:18,318 --> 00:23:21,496 and the big bad police department? 523 00:23:30,418 --> 00:23:33,116 - Like it or not, Nolan, 524 00:23:33,159 --> 00:23:36,554 "the big bad police department" is our partner. 525 00:23:36,598 --> 00:23:38,426 And, in case you haven't been paying attention, 526 00:23:38,469 --> 00:23:39,818 they're under attack. 527 00:23:39,862 --> 00:23:42,865 Every decision, every arrest is scrutinized. 528 00:23:42,908 --> 00:23:45,955 There are people trying to defund them, for God's sake. 529 00:23:45,998 --> 00:23:49,262 And here you are, asking me to castrate them? 530 00:23:49,306 --> 00:23:50,568 - That is not my intent. 531 00:23:50,612 --> 00:23:52,483 I just wanna do what is best for this case. 532 00:23:55,443 --> 00:23:58,097 - Can you win this trial without a confession? 533 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:04,103 - Yes. 534 00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:08,586 - Your call. 535 00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:11,633 As long as you're willing to live with the consequences. 536 00:24:11,676 --> 00:24:13,852 - I am. 537 00:24:16,159 --> 00:24:18,509 - Okay, then it's out. 538 00:24:19,554 --> 00:24:21,164 - Thank you. 539 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:33,524 - We have video of the defendant, 540 00:24:33,568 --> 00:24:35,570 two blocks from Henry King's brownstone, 541 00:24:35,613 --> 00:24:37,876 approximately 30 minutes prior to the shooting, 542 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,618 and video of her, wearing the exact same clothing, 543 00:24:40,662 --> 00:24:43,969 but this time covering her face, wearing sunglasses, 544 00:24:44,013 --> 00:24:47,799 two blocks from the brownstone, tossing the murder weapon 545 00:24:47,843 --> 00:24:51,411 into a dumpster, five minutes after the murder. 546 00:24:53,544 --> 00:24:58,114 As for motive... well, she's got a good one. 547 00:24:58,157 --> 00:25:00,246 Oldest one there is, actually. 548 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:02,379 Vengeance. 549 00:25:02,422 --> 00:25:05,121 When the justice system failed her, 550 00:25:05,164 --> 00:25:08,733 the defendant took matters into her own hands. 551 00:25:08,777 --> 00:25:12,824 Got justice her way. The Old Testament way. 552 00:25:12,868 --> 00:25:17,916 The evidence will prove that Henry King 553 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,572 did some despicable things to the defendant, 554 00:25:21,616 --> 00:25:24,009 that she had every right to loathe him. 555 00:25:24,053 --> 00:25:26,534 But the evidence will also prove that, 556 00:25:26,577 --> 00:25:28,187 on the date of Henry King's death, 557 00:25:28,231 --> 00:25:31,364 the defendant grabbed a SIG .380 handgun, 558 00:25:31,408 --> 00:25:33,149 secreted herself in a dark place 559 00:25:33,192 --> 00:25:36,718 outside the victim's home, and then shot him five times. 560 00:25:38,284 --> 00:25:41,505 Henry King... 561 00:25:41,549 --> 00:25:45,596 committed some abhorrent acts 562 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,207 of sexual violence to the defendant. 563 00:25:48,251 --> 00:25:52,211 He took things from her that she will never get back. 564 00:25:52,255 --> 00:25:55,519 Unfortunately for her, 565 00:25:55,563 --> 00:26:00,829 that has no bearing on this trial. 566 00:26:03,266 --> 00:26:06,312 In the eyes of the law, 567 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,532 when a good woman kills 568 00:26:08,576 --> 00:26:11,317 a horrible man 569 00:26:11,361 --> 00:26:13,406 in cold blood... 570 00:26:13,450 --> 00:26:16,671 it's called murder. 571 00:26:23,112 --> 00:26:27,029 - Your Honor, the Defense waives opening at this time. 572 00:26:27,072 --> 00:26:30,206 - Mr. Price, call your first witness. 573 00:26:30,249 --> 00:26:32,687 - Is this hooded sweatshirt similar to the one 574 00:26:32,730 --> 00:26:34,427 you recovered from the defendant's apartment? 575 00:26:34,471 --> 00:26:35,646 - Yeah, it appears identical. 576 00:26:35,690 --> 00:26:38,344 - And where exactly did you recover 577 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,825 this green hooded sweatshirt? 578 00:26:40,869 --> 00:26:42,740 - The defendant's apartment. I found it in the dryer. 579 00:26:42,784 --> 00:26:46,004 It was damp, like it was just being washed. 580 00:26:46,048 --> 00:26:47,745 - Now when was that search warrant executed? 581 00:26:47,789 --> 00:26:50,879 - Day after Henry King was shot. 582 00:26:50,922 --> 00:26:55,927 - Detective, where did you recover the murder weapon? 583 00:26:55,971 --> 00:26:58,756 - There. ECT found it in that dumpster. 584 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,062 - This dumpster right behind the woman 585 00:27:00,105 --> 00:27:01,498 in the green hoodie-- - Objection! 586 00:27:01,541 --> 00:27:02,717 There is no evidence that the person 587 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,283 in this photo is a woman. 588 00:27:04,327 --> 00:27:07,547 - Sustained. - Nothing further, Your Honor. 589 00:27:08,810 --> 00:27:10,725 - Detective, you have no idea 590 00:27:10,768 --> 00:27:13,771 that the hoodie you recovered is the actual hoodie 591 00:27:13,815 --> 00:27:15,643 that the person in the photo is wearing? 592 00:27:15,686 --> 00:27:16,905 - Correct. 593 00:27:16,948 --> 00:27:18,602 - And there was no blood or DNA evidence 594 00:27:18,646 --> 00:27:20,125 found on the hoodie that you recovered? 595 00:27:20,169 --> 00:27:21,736 - Right. 596 00:27:21,779 --> 00:27:23,912 - Okay, so help me out here. 597 00:27:23,955 --> 00:27:26,654 If someone is wearing a sweatshirt 598 00:27:26,697 --> 00:27:29,004 and shoots a man five times at close range, 599 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:32,007 there would likely be blood spatter all over it, correct? 600 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:33,965 - Not necessarily, and, like I said, 601 00:27:34,009 --> 00:27:35,663 when we found the hoodie, it was damp 602 00:27:35,706 --> 00:27:36,881 like she'd just washed it. 603 00:27:36,925 --> 00:27:39,579 - But there was no blood on it. 604 00:27:39,623 --> 00:27:42,104 - Yes, correct, because she washed it-- 605 00:27:42,147 --> 00:27:43,540 - So, what you're really saying is, 606 00:27:43,583 --> 00:27:44,889 you have absolutely no evidence 607 00:27:44,933 --> 00:27:46,674 that Nicole Bell committed this crime. 608 00:27:46,717 --> 00:27:49,459 Just some random, blood-free hoodie 609 00:27:49,502 --> 00:27:51,679 that vaguely resembles the hoodie 610 00:27:51,722 --> 00:27:53,158 that the person in the photograph is wearing? 611 00:27:53,202 --> 00:27:54,769 - No, that's not what I'm saying. 612 00:27:54,812 --> 00:27:57,336 The woman in that green hoodie by that dumpster 613 00:27:57,380 --> 00:27:59,121 is Nicole Bell. 614 00:27:59,164 --> 00:28:00,992 And since we found the murder weapon 615 00:28:01,036 --> 00:28:03,342 in that very dumpster-- - Objection, speculation. 616 00:28:03,386 --> 00:28:05,475 The witness has no personal knowledge that 617 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:07,738 the person in the photo tossed the gun into the dumpster. 618 00:28:07,782 --> 00:28:09,566 - Sustained. Detective, please refrain 619 00:28:09,609 --> 00:28:10,567 from drawing conclusions. 620 00:28:10,610 --> 00:28:11,699 - I apologize, Your Honor. 621 00:28:11,742 --> 00:28:13,962 I'm not drawing conclusions. 622 00:28:14,005 --> 00:28:16,921 Because the defendant actually told me 623 00:28:16,965 --> 00:28:19,619 she tossed the murder weapon into that dumpster 624 00:28:19,663 --> 00:28:20,751 when she confessed that she shot... 625 00:28:20,795 --> 00:28:22,405 - Objection! - Henry King. 626 00:28:22,448 --> 00:28:23,798 - Sustained! 627 00:28:23,841 --> 00:28:27,236 Counsel, my chambers. Now. 628 00:28:30,892 --> 00:28:32,023 - I move for a mistrial. 629 00:28:32,067 --> 00:28:33,546 We had an agreement that the people 630 00:28:33,590 --> 00:28:35,157 would not introduce this confession. 631 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,028 - Detective Cosgrove made a mistake. 632 00:28:37,072 --> 00:28:38,203 - A mistake that the jury heard. 633 00:28:38,247 --> 00:28:40,205 Heard that Nicole confessed to this crime. 634 00:28:40,249 --> 00:28:41,729 - A confession you decided to toss. 635 00:28:41,772 --> 00:28:44,079 So, what the hell is going on here, Price? 636 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:45,863 - As I said, Your Honor, Detective Cosgrove 637 00:28:45,907 --> 00:28:48,170 made an honest mistake. - I know Cosgrove. 638 00:28:48,213 --> 00:28:49,606 He's smart; he doesn't make honest mistakes. 639 00:28:49,649 --> 00:28:51,651 Whatever he said, he said for a reason. 640 00:28:51,695 --> 00:28:54,002 - It's possible. It's--it's still my fault. 641 00:28:54,045 --> 00:28:55,438 I should have reminded Cosgrove 642 00:28:55,481 --> 00:28:57,701 that the confession was inadmissible, I apologize. 643 00:28:57,745 --> 00:29:00,051 But his testimony wasn't overly prejudicial. 644 00:29:00,095 --> 00:29:02,401 A curative instruction can fix this. 645 00:29:02,445 --> 00:29:04,360 - I agree. 646 00:29:04,403 --> 00:29:06,710 I'll advise the jury to disregard Cosgrove's statement. 647 00:29:06,754 --> 00:29:08,799 - What? No mistrial? 648 00:29:08,843 --> 00:29:11,410 The jury cannot unhear what Cosgrove just said. 649 00:29:11,454 --> 00:29:14,413 - They'll have to. Because we're moving forward. 650 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,419 - Frank, what the hell was that? 651 00:29:20,463 --> 00:29:22,291 I told you five times 652 00:29:22,334 --> 00:29:23,553 you're not allowed to mention the confession! 653 00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:24,728 We're not using it. 654 00:29:24,772 --> 00:29:25,685 Are you trying to blow the whole-- 655 00:29:25,729 --> 00:29:27,383 - Go to hell. - Excuse me? 656 00:29:27,426 --> 00:29:29,037 - I catch 'em, you cook 'em. 657 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,778 That's how this is supposed to work. 658 00:29:30,821 --> 00:29:31,909 - We talked about this-- 659 00:29:31,953 --> 00:29:32,997 - I don't care what we talked about! 660 00:29:33,041 --> 00:29:35,086 I'm a cop. I'm a good cop. 661 00:29:35,130 --> 00:29:38,133 Like it or not, I get paid to lie to people like Nicole Bell. 662 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:39,699 Just stop trying to change the world. 663 00:29:39,743 --> 00:29:41,136 Do your damn job. 664 00:29:51,494 --> 00:29:51,711 . 665 00:29:51,755 --> 00:29:54,018 - If you're here to gloat about the confession snafu, 666 00:29:54,062 --> 00:29:55,280 I'm not interested. 667 00:29:55,324 --> 00:29:56,673 - No gloating here, I promise. 668 00:29:56,716 --> 00:29:59,284 I am simply the bearer of information. 669 00:29:59,328 --> 00:30:03,375 Just got notice that Nicole is claiming self-defense. 670 00:30:03,419 --> 00:30:04,376 - What? Self-defense? 671 00:30:04,420 --> 00:30:05,856 - Gets better, too. 672 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,424 King's wife was just added to the witness list. 673 00:30:08,467 --> 00:30:10,643 She's going to testify that she actually saw 674 00:30:10,687 --> 00:30:12,994 King attack Nicole right before the shooting. 675 00:30:13,037 --> 00:30:14,560 - Saw him? She was in the bar. 676 00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:16,171 - Well you don't see that every day. 677 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:18,303 Victim's wife committing perjury 678 00:30:18,347 --> 00:30:20,262 to help the killer walk free. 679 00:30:27,443 --> 00:30:29,488 - I heard Henry screaming at Nicole, 680 00:30:29,532 --> 00:30:31,664 calling her a whore, a liar. 681 00:30:31,708 --> 00:30:33,884 So I went downstairs to the maid's room. 682 00:30:33,928 --> 00:30:37,409 - And what did you see next? 683 00:30:37,453 --> 00:30:41,022 - Nicole was trying to hurry out the door. 684 00:30:41,065 --> 00:30:44,068 Henry ran after her, grabbed her. 685 00:30:44,112 --> 00:30:46,244 Then I heard gunshots. 686 00:30:46,288 --> 00:30:48,072 - And did you tell any of this to the police? 687 00:30:48,116 --> 00:30:50,074 - No. - How come? 688 00:30:50,118 --> 00:30:51,902 - For the past 25 years, 689 00:30:51,946 --> 00:30:56,385 my number one priority was to protect Henry's brand, 690 00:30:56,428 --> 00:30:59,475 perpetuate the myth that he was a good man, 691 00:30:59,518 --> 00:31:02,870 a kind man, a family man. 692 00:31:02,913 --> 00:31:04,959 So that was my first instinct, 693 00:31:05,002 --> 00:31:08,049 to protect Henry, even in death. 694 00:31:08,092 --> 00:31:09,833 - Nothing further. 695 00:31:14,751 --> 00:31:16,361 - At the time of your husband's murder, 696 00:31:16,405 --> 00:31:19,277 you were actually at a bar called Maxwell's, 697 00:31:19,321 --> 00:31:20,931 a block away from your home. Correct? 698 00:31:20,975 --> 00:31:22,454 - No, I was home. 699 00:31:22,498 --> 00:31:25,457 - The manager of Maxwell's, Daniel Connolly, 700 00:31:25,501 --> 00:31:27,111 someone you've known for five years, 701 00:31:27,155 --> 00:31:30,419 confirmed that you were there until approximately 10:15 p.m. 702 00:31:30,462 --> 00:31:32,943 He also confirmed seeing you there 703 00:31:32,987 --> 00:31:35,815 as word of Henry's murder began to circulate, 704 00:31:35,859 --> 00:31:37,948 which means you're lying, 705 00:31:37,992 --> 00:31:40,951 that you didn't witness any sort of altercation. 706 00:31:40,995 --> 00:31:42,953 Correct? - No. 707 00:31:42,997 --> 00:31:45,738 Daniel must have been mistaken. I left the bar before 10:00. 708 00:31:45,782 --> 00:31:47,958 I saw Henry and Nicole fighting. 709 00:31:48,002 --> 00:31:49,568 I heard the gunshots. 710 00:31:49,612 --> 00:31:51,135 - So you're calling Daniel a liar? 711 00:31:51,179 --> 00:31:53,268 - No, you are. 712 00:31:58,273 --> 00:32:00,318 - Mrs. King... 713 00:32:00,362 --> 00:32:03,974 the real reason you're testifying today 714 00:32:04,018 --> 00:32:07,543 is because you're ashamed of yourself, correct? 715 00:32:07,586 --> 00:32:10,024 - I'm testifying 'cause it's the right thing. 716 00:32:10,067 --> 00:32:11,547 - The right thing for you. 717 00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:13,070 Because you want to absolve yourself 718 00:32:13,114 --> 00:32:14,202 from your husband's crimes, 719 00:32:14,245 --> 00:32:16,944 from the anguish you caused 720 00:32:16,987 --> 00:32:20,556 the defendant and the 39 other women that he raped. 721 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:22,601 - Of course I regret that. 722 00:32:22,645 --> 00:32:25,430 What Henry did to those women, it's unthinkable! 723 00:32:25,474 --> 00:32:27,128 - So you agree. 724 00:32:27,171 --> 00:32:28,868 You're testifying because you feel guilty. 725 00:32:28,912 --> 00:32:31,349 You're trying to help Nicole get away with murder, 726 00:32:31,393 --> 00:32:33,612 so you can feel better about yourself. 727 00:32:33,656 --> 00:32:35,701 - I am here to tell the truth. 728 00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:38,878 - You mean rewrite the truth. Change your brand. 729 00:32:38,922 --> 00:32:41,881 Go from Henry King supporter to Henry King hater. 730 00:32:41,925 --> 00:32:44,188 - Objection! He is badgering the witness. 731 00:32:44,232 --> 00:32:46,147 - Sustained. Move on, Mr. Price. 732 00:32:46,190 --> 00:32:49,106 - Mrs. King... 733 00:32:49,150 --> 00:32:52,327 You stood by your husband 734 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:56,026 even though 40 women accused him of rape. 735 00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:59,377 You attacked their integrity and motives. 736 00:32:59,421 --> 00:33:02,902 You called them tramps, gold diggers, fame sluts. 737 00:33:02,946 --> 00:33:06,515 I can only imagine how much shame and remorse 738 00:33:06,558 --> 00:33:08,125 you must feel. - Objection! 739 00:33:08,169 --> 00:33:10,345 - Withdrawn. Nothing further. 740 00:33:14,697 --> 00:33:18,222 - The defense calls Nicole Bell. 741 00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:22,052 - He was the most charming man I ever met. 742 00:33:22,096 --> 00:33:24,707 He was interested in everything I had to say, 743 00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:28,406 everything I wanted to do. 744 00:33:28,450 --> 00:33:31,061 We were going to open a business together, 745 00:33:31,105 --> 00:33:33,455 a chain of yoga studios. 746 00:33:35,718 --> 00:33:41,767 Then one day, we played tennis at his house in Connecticut. 747 00:33:41,811 --> 00:33:44,292 When we were done, he started flirting, 748 00:33:44,335 --> 00:33:46,729 said he wanted to have sex. 749 00:33:46,772 --> 00:33:50,037 I told him that was a bad idea. 750 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,778 And he just glared at me. 751 00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:57,261 All the charm and kindness in his eyes 752 00:33:57,305 --> 00:33:59,524 just vanished in an instant. 753 00:33:59,568 --> 00:34:02,310 - Then what happened? 754 00:34:04,355 --> 00:34:06,879 - He pushed me down on the bed, 755 00:34:06,923 --> 00:34:09,056 pulled up my skirt, and raped me. 756 00:34:09,099 --> 00:34:10,709 - Did you call the police? 757 00:34:10,753 --> 00:34:13,538 - No. - How come? 758 00:34:13,582 --> 00:34:16,672 - I wanted to pretend it never happened. 759 00:34:18,761 --> 00:34:22,678 - Are you okay to continue? 760 00:34:22,721 --> 00:34:27,552 Did you and Henry remain friends after he raped you? 761 00:34:28,423 --> 00:34:30,077 - Yes. 762 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,602 - How come? 763 00:34:33,645 --> 00:34:37,388 - I thought maybe if we could both forget 764 00:34:37,432 --> 00:34:38,955 about what happened, maybe things 765 00:34:38,998 --> 00:34:40,391 could be like they were before. 766 00:34:40,435 --> 00:34:42,350 - Is that what happened? 767 00:34:42,393 --> 00:34:46,441 - No. 768 00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:49,618 Next time I saw him, he drugged me. 769 00:34:49,661 --> 00:34:52,403 Put Rohypnol in my wine. 770 00:34:52,447 --> 00:34:54,318 I-- 771 00:34:54,362 --> 00:34:55,798 I lost control of my body. 772 00:34:55,841 --> 00:34:58,844 I was still awake, but I was helpless. 773 00:34:58,888 --> 00:35:01,195 And he raped me again. 774 00:35:01,238 --> 00:35:03,632 I was only 24, 775 00:35:03,675 --> 00:35:07,070 and he was one of the most famous men in America. 776 00:35:13,163 --> 00:35:16,993 - So, knowing what Henry King is capable of doing, 777 00:35:17,036 --> 00:35:20,736 why did you agree to go to his house that night? 778 00:35:22,868 --> 00:35:25,175 - He said he wanted to apologize. 779 00:35:25,219 --> 00:35:27,177 And I believed him. 780 00:35:27,221 --> 00:35:28,613 - Did you bring a gun with you? 781 00:35:30,137 --> 00:35:31,442 - Yes. 782 00:35:31,486 --> 00:35:33,227 I took one from my husband's safe, 783 00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:34,663 in case he tried to rape me again. 784 00:35:34,706 --> 00:35:37,666 - And what happened at the house? 785 00:35:39,233 --> 00:35:42,932 - He poured me a glass of wine. And I just stared at it. 786 00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,064 I was afraid he might have put something in it. 787 00:35:45,108 --> 00:35:48,459 He saw that I was nervous, and that infuriated him. 788 00:35:48,503 --> 00:35:51,680 He--he started berating me. So I ran outside. 789 00:35:51,723 --> 00:35:53,247 He followed me, grabbed me. 790 00:35:53,290 --> 00:35:54,509 I thought he was going to kill me. 791 00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:58,165 So I shot him. 792 00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:00,254 Henry King ruined my life. 793 00:36:00,297 --> 00:36:04,127 He ruined 39 other lives, too. 794 00:36:04,171 --> 00:36:06,564 And some judge just let him walk free. 795 00:36:06,608 --> 00:36:08,044 - Objection. She's making a speech. 796 00:36:08,087 --> 00:36:09,176 - So I shot him! 797 00:36:09,219 --> 00:36:11,656 So the women he raped could move on. 798 00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,745 - Ms. Bell, please. That's enough. 799 00:36:13,789 --> 00:36:15,225 You've already answered the question. 800 00:36:15,269 --> 00:36:17,619 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 801 00:36:17,662 --> 00:36:20,491 I'm so sorry. 802 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:31,110 . 803 00:36:31,154 --> 00:36:32,808 - She put on a hell of a show today. 804 00:36:32,851 --> 00:36:34,026 - Jury ate it up, too. 805 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:36,203 Juror number four had tears in her eyes. 806 00:36:36,246 --> 00:36:38,553 - I get it. Her story's heartbreaking. 807 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:41,295 But they have to know that she's lying, 808 00:36:41,338 --> 00:36:44,385 that this self-defense claim is nonsense. 809 00:36:44,428 --> 00:36:46,387 - They know. They just don't care. 810 00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:48,998 I've been digging into her testimony. 811 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:51,348 She talked a lot about what she did the day of the murder-- 812 00:36:51,392 --> 00:36:53,263 where she went, what she was thinking. 813 00:36:53,307 --> 00:36:55,700 But she left out something pretty significant. 814 00:36:55,744 --> 00:36:57,441 She came to our offices, 815 00:36:57,485 --> 00:37:00,052 came here at 4:45 the day of the murder, 816 00:37:00,096 --> 00:37:02,490 to see ADA Ross. 817 00:37:02,533 --> 00:37:04,231 Odd thing to omit. 818 00:37:04,274 --> 00:37:06,145 I mean, if you're going to talk about 819 00:37:06,189 --> 00:37:08,322 taking a walk, going to the gym... 820 00:37:08,365 --> 00:37:10,715 why not slip in the fact you had a chat with 821 00:37:10,759 --> 00:37:13,631 the prosecutor who actually tried Henry King for rape? 822 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:18,593 - Because the conversation was incriminating. 823 00:37:24,729 --> 00:37:26,644 - Hi. 824 00:37:31,170 --> 00:37:34,173 - Excuse me. We need to talk. 825 00:37:34,217 --> 00:37:35,436 - Nolan, what the hell are you doing here? 826 00:37:35,479 --> 00:37:38,439 - I would prefer to talk in private. 827 00:37:38,482 --> 00:37:40,049 - I'm sorry. 828 00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:43,139 Can you give me just a few minutes? 829 00:37:51,582 --> 00:37:55,064 - You meet with Nicole Bell the day of the murder? 830 00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:57,545 - No comment. - Jamie, don't do this. 831 00:37:57,588 --> 00:37:59,198 - I'm not having this conversation. 832 00:37:59,242 --> 00:38:00,678 - You're a prosecutor, for God's sake. 833 00:38:00,722 --> 00:38:02,201 - I already ruined that woman's life. 834 00:38:02,245 --> 00:38:04,639 I'm not doing it again. 835 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:07,206 - I need to know-- - I'm not talking. 836 00:38:07,250 --> 00:38:11,385 - Did Nicole tell you she was going to kill Henry King? 837 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,564 Jamie, for God's sake, 838 00:38:16,607 --> 00:38:18,740 don't ruin your career over this. 839 00:38:20,263 --> 00:38:22,178 - I'm not talking. 840 00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:25,486 - Then I'll subpoena you. 841 00:38:25,529 --> 00:38:28,924 You wanna lie on the stand, that's up to you. 842 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,189 Well, you do what you have to do. 843 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,331 - ADA Ross, do you know the defendant? 844 00:38:44,374 --> 00:38:46,985 - Yes, she was a witness in a case I tried, 845 00:38:47,029 --> 00:38:49,640 the Henry King rape trial. 846 00:38:49,684 --> 00:38:54,384 She was amazing, too. Strong, determined, fearless. 847 00:38:54,428 --> 00:38:56,517 I have a great deal of respect for her. 848 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:57,996 - Did you meet with the defendant 849 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,435 on the day of the murder? 850 00:39:01,478 --> 00:39:02,958 - I refuse to answer on the grounds 851 00:39:03,001 --> 00:39:05,003 that it may incriminate me. - You're taking the Fifth? 852 00:39:05,047 --> 00:39:06,265 - I refuse to answer on the grounds-- 853 00:39:06,309 --> 00:39:07,354 - Are you saying that you committed a crime? 854 00:39:07,397 --> 00:39:08,659 - Objection! - Sustained. 855 00:39:08,703 --> 00:39:10,748 Back off, Mr. Price. 856 00:39:13,925 --> 00:39:16,928 - I'll try one more time. 857 00:39:16,972 --> 00:39:19,540 Did the defendant tell you 858 00:39:19,583 --> 00:39:22,543 she planned to kill Henry King? 859 00:39:26,416 --> 00:39:27,939 - I refuse to answer on the grounds 860 00:39:27,983 --> 00:39:30,159 that it may incriminate me. 861 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:35,077 - Nothing further. 862 00:39:37,732 --> 00:39:39,777 - I have no questions, Your Honor. 863 00:39:39,821 --> 00:39:42,911 - You may step down, Ms. Ross. - Thank you. 864 00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:58,143 - Ms. Keller, call your next witness. 865 00:39:58,187 --> 00:40:00,058 - The defense rests, Your Honor. 866 00:40:00,102 --> 00:40:01,451 - We're adjourned. 867 00:40:01,495 --> 00:40:03,540 We'll begin closing arguments tomorrow. 868 00:40:03,584 --> 00:40:06,500 - We need to poke holes in their absurd defense 869 00:40:06,543 --> 00:40:10,068 and reinforce the idea that the character of the victim 870 00:40:10,112 --> 00:40:12,636 and of the defendant are irrelevant! 871 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,333 - They already know that, Nolan. 872 00:40:14,377 --> 00:40:15,900 We've been pounding that it into their heads 873 00:40:15,944 --> 00:40:17,336 from the beginning. 874 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:19,861 Like it or not, they want to believe Nicole's story 875 00:40:19,904 --> 00:40:21,993 - But it's preposterous! 876 00:40:22,037 --> 00:40:25,388 - I agree with Ms. Maroun. 877 00:40:25,432 --> 00:40:27,695 The jury wants to acquit. 878 00:40:27,738 --> 00:40:32,439 Irrespective of the facts. Irrespective of the law. 879 00:40:34,702 --> 00:40:37,139 Too bad we didn't have a damn confession. 880 00:40:38,619 --> 00:40:41,752 It's okay to play the hero, Nolan... 881 00:40:41,796 --> 00:40:45,277 as long as you win. 882 00:40:45,321 --> 00:40:48,455 And right now... 883 00:40:48,498 --> 00:40:51,545 that appears highly unlikely. 884 00:41:00,684 --> 00:41:02,773 - He's right. 885 00:41:05,297 --> 00:41:09,127 Every woman on that jury hates me. 886 00:41:09,171 --> 00:41:13,654 Right now, I'm just another man victimizing Nicole Bell. 887 00:41:16,526 --> 00:41:21,313 We need to reframe the argument. 888 00:41:29,757 --> 00:41:33,761 You told me a story 889 00:41:33,804 --> 00:41:36,154 a while back 890 00:41:36,198 --> 00:41:38,505 about your family. 891 00:41:41,638 --> 00:41:44,685 - You're saying you want me to deliver the closing? 892 00:41:49,472 --> 00:41:51,561 I'm a prosecutor. 893 00:41:51,605 --> 00:41:54,695 I'm sworn to enforce the laws of this state. 894 00:41:54,738 --> 00:41:59,874 Yet I understand the defendant's desire for revenge, 895 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:01,876 for street justice. 896 00:42:03,747 --> 00:42:09,536 Nine years ago, my sister was raped and murdered in Georgia. 897 00:42:09,579 --> 00:42:12,321 Police never arrested the offender. 898 00:42:12,364 --> 00:42:14,584 But I knew who did it. 899 00:42:14,628 --> 00:42:17,892 Police knew, too. Just couldn't prove it. 900 00:42:19,633 --> 00:42:23,898 So it's easy to understand the defendant's rage, 901 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:26,465 her desire for vengeance, 902 00:42:26,509 --> 00:42:29,338 her need for this son of a bitch to pay 903 00:42:29,381 --> 00:42:30,469 for what he did to her, 904 00:42:30,513 --> 00:42:33,385 to suffer like he made her suffer. 905 00:42:35,605 --> 00:42:38,608 When Henry King was released from prison, 906 00:42:38,652 --> 00:42:41,959 the defendant's thirst for revenge escalated. 907 00:42:42,003 --> 00:42:46,790 Maybe she even began to fantasize about killing him. 908 00:42:46,834 --> 00:42:49,837 Pictured herself grabbing a gun, 909 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,057 going to his house, waiting for him to show up. 910 00:42:53,101 --> 00:42:56,626 She probably even planned what she was going to say, 911 00:42:56,670 --> 00:42:59,281 where she was going to shoot him. 912 00:43:02,458 --> 00:43:06,288 Those types of fantasies are perfectly normal. 913 00:43:06,331 --> 00:43:08,464 Trust me. 914 00:43:08,507 --> 00:43:11,249 They're also perfectly legal. 915 00:43:11,293 --> 00:43:15,602 But to actually take the life of another human being... 916 00:43:15,645 --> 00:43:17,734 to wait outside someone's house 917 00:43:17,778 --> 00:43:20,563 and shoot him five times in cold blood... 918 00:43:20,607 --> 00:43:24,915 that's not only wrong, that's criminal. 919 00:43:26,830 --> 00:43:30,181 Just--just because you're suffering 920 00:43:30,225 --> 00:43:31,835 and you're filled with anger 921 00:43:31,879 --> 00:43:33,968 doesn't mean you get to play God. 922 00:43:35,883 --> 00:43:37,754 Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't 923 00:43:37,798 --> 00:43:40,496 have tremendous sympathy for the defendant, 924 00:43:40,539 --> 00:43:43,455 that you shouldn't appreciate the pain 925 00:43:43,499 --> 00:43:47,285 and the suffering she endured. 926 00:43:47,329 --> 00:43:50,637 So, when you go back to the jury room to deliberate, 927 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,683 give yourself permission to feel sorry for her. 928 00:43:55,729 --> 00:43:57,469 But that doesn't mean she's innocent, 929 00:43:57,513 --> 00:44:00,516 that she should walk free. 930 00:44:02,953 --> 00:44:07,305 This case comes down to one simple question. 931 00:44:07,349 --> 00:44:09,568 Did Nicole Bell 932 00:44:09,612 --> 00:44:13,137 intentionally shoot and kill Henry King? 933 00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:19,274 If the answer is yes, 934 00:44:19,317 --> 00:44:21,189 you must convict. 935 00:44:41,731 --> 00:44:43,646 - Have you reached a verdict? 936 00:44:43,690 --> 00:44:44,647 - Yes, Your Honor. 937 00:44:44,691 --> 00:44:45,996 - What say you? 938 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,520 - On the count of Murder in the Second Degree, 939 00:44:48,564 --> 00:44:51,436 we find the defendant guilty. 940 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,178 - Come on! 941 00:44:57,268 --> 00:44:59,575 - I did this for you! 942 00:44:59,618 --> 00:45:01,011 For all of us! 943 00:45:01,055 --> 00:45:02,404 Move on! 944 00:45:02,447 --> 00:45:04,623 Live your lives! 945 00:45:07,191 --> 00:45:10,064 all: Let her go! Let her go! 946 00:45:10,107 --> 00:45:11,761 Let her go! - Order! 947 00:45:11,805 --> 00:45:14,242 all: Let her go! - Order! 948 00:45:15,765 --> 00:45:17,375 all: Let her go! - Order! 949 00:45:17,419 --> 00:45:18,768 all: Let her go! 950 00:45:18,812 --> 00:45:20,248 - Order! 951 00:45:20,291 --> 00:45:23,381 all: Let her go! Let her go! 952 00:45:23,425 --> 00:45:24,905 Let her go! - Order! 953 00:45:24,948 --> 00:45:27,559 all: Let her go! Let her go! 954 00:45:27,603 --> 00:45:30,345 Let her go, let her go! 955 00:45:35,785 --> 00:45:38,396 - The jury got it right, Sam. 956 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,921 - Doesn't feel right. 957 00:45:40,964 --> 00:45:45,012 My goal is to help the victims, not send them to prison. 958 00:45:48,711 --> 00:45:52,193 - If--if you try a good case, 959 00:45:52,236 --> 00:45:56,980 if you do it the right way, 960 00:45:57,024 --> 00:46:00,418 whatever the jury decides is right, 961 00:46:00,462 --> 00:46:03,857 whether or not it feels good. 962 00:46:03,900 --> 00:46:06,642 That's the only way I know how to do it. 963 00:46:06,685 --> 00:46:09,471 Only way that lets me sleep at night. 964 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:13,344 - The only thing that will let me sleep is 965 00:46:13,388 --> 00:46:16,130 you requesting the lightest sentence possible.