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In the criminal
justice system,
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups:
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The police
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Four months.
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I don't know what
I'm gonna do without you.
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Now she'll have to wolf down
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all those pints
of Cherry Garcia by herself.
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I promise. I'll eat
ten gallons when I get back.
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Now we have evidence
of your pre-trip weight.
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I forgot.
It's your present.
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Oh, not another box of red,
white, and blue condoms.
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You wish.
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Okay, I give up.
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That's Chianti.
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For those dark-eyed,
swarthy Italian men.
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Your type.
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Northern Italians are blond.
My new type.
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You'll have to fight them off.
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This'll keep them away.
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Oh, hold that thought.
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Your mother is wonderful,
the apartment's too small.
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If we put her in a hotel,
she'll feel rejected.
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She's felt rejected
since the day she was born.
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Oh, suddenly this is
about my family neurosis?
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Don't start
a fight with me now.
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Oh, my. That woman.
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I guess she couldn't
get a place in the Plaza.
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There's blood on her hands.
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Eleanor, Eleanor,
don't touch her.
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Ma'am, are you okay?
Oh, God!
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He hits her with a steel pipe
then he leaves it here.
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Why doesn't he toss it
into a dumpster?
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It disappears into
the land of garbage.
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We're not gonna trace it.
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We're working on gun control.
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Pipe control's a ways off.
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Hey, don't lose this
on the way to Forensics.
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I found these under a car.
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We've got some ID.
Manattan College.
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Junior. Beth Milgram.
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That's her with her friends.
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Hold on, fellas.
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Same clothes as
in the pictures.
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She was with those girls
last night, just before.
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I hope to God
she had a good time.
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Well, we had five uniforms
cover 50 square blocks.
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There's no construction site
with pipe laying around.
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Crime of opportunity.
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Could've been buried
in garbage on the lot.
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The pipe was spotless.
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It's on a vacant lot,
it doesn't get dirty?
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Guaranteed he had it on him.
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Oh, I get it. A mugger carries
a six-pound piece of pipe
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looking for somebody to hit.
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He took the time to wrap
the jacket around her head.
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Nothing taken from the body.
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I'm thinkir maybe not a mugger.
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We got three girls
from the party.
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She was, um, leaving today
for Italy, an arts program.
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I don't know why we're here.
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Nobody would've wanted
to hurt Beth.
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Miss Rosenbaum, even
ordinary people have enemies.
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It isn't possible.
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She loved the ballet.
She was at the Met
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every afternoon
studying Caravaggio.
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She worked at
the homeless shelter.
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Was she ever involved in drugs?
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This is crazy.
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Detective,
you don't seem to understand.
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Beth Milgram comes
from a very fine family.
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Her grandfather was president
of the River Club.
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Excuse me,
cops in Hewlett tried again.
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Nobody at the Milgram house.
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Oh, my God!
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Her parents were coming in
to take her to the airport.
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She was packing.
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Maybe she's running errands.
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On our way to London,
she stopped for dental floss.
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She does everything
at the last minute.
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I'm terribly sorry,
we wouldn't be here
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if we werert absolutely sure.
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Three more hours
and she would've been gone.
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Next year I would have made
her transfer out of the city.
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She would've
given them her money.
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We talked about it.
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You don't challenge them
and they won't kill you.
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Uh, Mr. Milgram, I'm afraid
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we're gonna have to
examine those.
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We're not sure that this
is a random street crime.
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What are you suggesting?
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That Beth was doing
something illicit?
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With all due respect, when
children go away from home
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parents can be out of touch.
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But who would
hurt our daughter?
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Where's Tommy?
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The boy Beth was seeing.
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Beth said he wanted to
ride with us to the airport.
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Thomas Beltran,
Governor for a Day,
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State of Texas
youth convention.
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Blue Ribbon award,
Rio Grande High School,
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public speaking contest.
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You save your
high school prizes?
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Yeah, first prize.
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Multiple dress code violations.
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Excuse me, who are you?
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Sgt. Cerreta, Det. Logan.
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Are you Tommy Beltran?
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Bill Lynch.
Tommy's my roommate.
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Do you know where
we can find Tommy?
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Yeah. I just saw him
at the homeless shelter,
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next to St. Juliars.
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We're fixing it up.
What's wrong?
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You happen to know what time
he came in last night?
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I have no idea.
What's this about?
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Mr. Beltrars girlfriend
was attacked last night.
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Beth? Is she all right?
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Was he here?
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You don't think that Tommy...
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Oh, I see, he's poor,
he's Mexican.
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Of course you'd
think of him first.
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He was her boyfriend.
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We didn't know
he was poor or Mexican.
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He loves Beth.
Is she all right?
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What hospital is she in?
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She's dead.
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Oh, God!
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Mr. Lynch, about last night.
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He was at the shelter.
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We all do public service
six hours a week.
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Then you can't tell us what
time he came in last night?
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Sometime after Letterman.
That's when I went to sleep.
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I just saw her yesterday.
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We had lunch.
We said good-bye.
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Beth's parents say
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that you were supposed to
meet them today.
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I was going to
visit her in Italy.
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I started saving for it.
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I wanted to go today.
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Beth talked me out of it.
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She was going away
for four months.
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She didn't want you
to see her off?
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Her father.
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Beth wanted to avoid a scene.
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What kind of a scene?
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He didn't approve of me.
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Beth and I...
We were engaged.
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When he found out
he hit her, twice.
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Why do you think
she was going to Italy?
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He was abusive.
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I don't, I really don't want
to talk about this now.
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Mr. Beltran, can you tell us
where you were last night?
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Did her father say
that I did it?
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I guess I shouldn't
be surprised.
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I was here till
1:00 in the morning.
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Please ask Father Gregory.
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He's at the church.
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This is tragic.
It's devastating for Tommy.
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I travel the country looking
for minority students
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of exceptional ability.
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Tommy's the exception
of the exceptions.
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Father, we appreciate
the character reference.
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You know what time Mr. Beltran
left the shelter last night?
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He leaves around 1:00 a. m.,
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after the men
have gone to sleep.
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With his background,
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you'd think he wouldn't want
to see homeless people.
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He gets kids from
the university to come.
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Maybe we didn't
make ourselves clear.
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Did you personally
see him leave?
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When things get quiet,
I often sleep.
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Maybe one of
the residents remembers.
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When the doors open
at 9:00, you could ask.
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So nobody else from
the church was there.
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And you have no idea when
Mr. Beltran left the shelter.
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Uh, I never saw him leave.
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I'm sorry. I gotta go.
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Cabbie!
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Was he just dancing very fast,
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or is he just not too bright?
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Let's see what Forensics
has on the weapon.
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Six blows to the top
of the head, maybe more.
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Killer struck from behind.
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From the angle of the blows
to the side of the head,
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the ME guesses he was
taller than the girl.
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Well, she was 5'9".
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Tommy Beltran?
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5'9" at most.
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5'11".
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Heavy plumbing pipe.
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Rough waterproofing
on the outside.
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Korean. Maybe South American.
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I don't think
he went to Brazil for it.
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Now, with rough surfaces,
you expect two things:
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No useful prints,
crude partials,
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and things get snagged.
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Black polyester fiber.
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From what?
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Give me a week, I'll tell you.
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Car seat, knapsack,
windbreaker...
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I get it.
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Something made out of
black polyester.
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Prints from the girl's purse,
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also, the envelope
with the Polaroids,
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were the victim's
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and the set
they sent us from Texas.
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Thomas Rodriguez Beltran,
fingerprinted for welfare.
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He could've handled
the purse at lunch.
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And the envelope?
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Well, it's a plain
white envelope.
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The girl who hosted
the party has no idea
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whether it's her envelope,
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or Beth Milgram
brought it with her.
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That's just terrific.
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The boyfriend
could've touched it
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the night of the murder
or last Arbor Day.
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It doesn't put him
at the scene.
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I heard a rumor
I'm gonna be unappy.
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Any given day, Phil,
the odds are pretty good.
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A little gift from
the Nassau County Police.
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Four months ago,
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Curtis Milgram and his daughter
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had a scream-out
on the front lawn.
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Neighbors heard it
a block away.
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Milgram busted her lip.
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Please. We all know.
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Husbands kill wives,
wives kill husbands.
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Fathers do not kill daughters.
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Mr. Milgram called,
wants to know
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when we can break the seal
on Beth's apartment.
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Wants everything
packed up and sent home.
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She's dead a day.
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What's he want,
her teddy bears?
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He lost his daughter,
he wants whatever's left.
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Let's check out that apartment.
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Right.
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"Catch-23.
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Vietnam and
the black humor novel."
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B plus.
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Tapes, computer disks,
nail polish.
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Look at this.
"Pinker than thou."
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Phil.
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Yeah.
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We're talking to the mother,
she's sitting on the couch.
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What's the father doing?
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He's at his daughter's desk
shuffling stuff around,
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trying to pretend
she's not dead.
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Shuffling? Or looking?
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Federal American
Life Insurance Company.
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"Statement of life insurance
for Elizabeth Milgram.
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"Specified benefit: $250,000.
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"Beneficiary:
Curtis S. Milgram.
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Relationship to insured:
Father."
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This is unbelievable.
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It was an investment vehicle
for Beth.
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Life insurance.
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00:13:03,156 --> 00:13:05,090
With you as beneficiary.
259
00:13:05,158 --> 00:13:07,649
I mean, she never heard of
a money market account?
260
00:13:07,727 --> 00:13:09,922
Investment, not savings.
261
00:13:09,996 --> 00:13:13,294
To teach her the miracle
of compound tax-free interest.
262
00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:15,264
I could sign you up
for a seminar
263
00:13:15,334 --> 00:13:17,768
but hopefully, you have more
important things to do
264
00:13:17,837 --> 00:13:20,101
like trying to find out
who killed my daughter.
265
00:13:20,172 --> 00:13:21,537
Mr. Milgram, we understand
266
00:13:21,607 --> 00:13:23,632
that you hit your daughter
four months ago.
267
00:13:23,709 --> 00:13:25,677
My daughter and I
had arguments,
268
00:13:25,945 --> 00:13:27,913
like all parents
and children do.
269
00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:30,573
But we don't all
leave our children bloody.
270
00:13:30,648 --> 00:13:33,583
I loved my daughter more than
anything else in this world.
271
00:13:33,651 --> 00:13:35,619
Could you translate that
for me, sir?
272
00:13:35,753 --> 00:13:37,744
Does that mean yes or no?
273
00:13:43,294 --> 00:13:44,955
I behaved badly.
274
00:13:46,698 --> 00:13:50,929
The Beltran boy gave her
a ring for their engagement.
275
00:13:52,536 --> 00:13:54,470
He's a nice young man.
276
00:13:54,838 --> 00:13:56,635
Whether he loved Beth,
277
00:13:57,374 --> 00:14:00,673
marriage would have not been
the best thing for him.
278
00:14:01,812 --> 00:14:03,837
He would have had
difficulty fitting in.
279
00:14:03,947 --> 00:14:06,437
Especially if you
didn't want him to.
280
00:14:07,517 --> 00:14:09,849
I have been as polite
as I can be.
281
00:14:09,986 --> 00:14:12,682
And you have been
as rude as you can be.
282
00:14:13,122 --> 00:14:14,851
Now would you get out of here?
283
00:14:17,627 --> 00:14:19,322
A lot of footwork
about his sympathy
284
00:14:19,395 --> 00:14:20,384
for the boyfriend.
285
00:14:20,463 --> 00:14:22,657
He's your hero. Milgram
doesn't have to like him.
286
00:14:22,731 --> 00:14:24,892
He didn't want to tell us
he was hitting his kid.
287
00:14:24,966 --> 00:14:26,228
His daughter is dead.
288
00:14:26,301 --> 00:14:27,768
We just implied
that he killed her.
289
00:14:27,836 --> 00:14:29,201
What do you expect him to do?
290
00:14:29,271 --> 00:14:31,068
Invite us to
the club for lunch?
291
00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,130
Do you want to go to Hewlett?
292
00:14:33,208 --> 00:14:35,369
The wife,
she's going to lie for him.
293
00:14:36,845 --> 00:14:39,438
Not if he killed
her child, she won't.
294
00:14:40,748 --> 00:14:43,148
He worried about her
all the time.
295
00:14:45,986 --> 00:14:47,419
It's my fault.
296
00:14:48,689 --> 00:14:52,181
I convinced him to let her
go to school in the city.
297
00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:56,191
We're trying to
trace her movements
298
00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:57,854
the night she was attacked.
299
00:14:57,931 --> 00:15:00,297
Did you speak
with her that night?
300
00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,928
No. I wasrt feeling well.
301
00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:08,905
I went to bed
a little after 9:00.
302
00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:16,112
What do you mean,
"trace her movements"?
303
00:15:16,715 --> 00:15:19,047
It happened just
after the party.
304
00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,113
Did your husband
go to bed when you did?
305
00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:25,250
He was reading in the den.
306
00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:30,125
Curtis would have told me
if he talked to Beth.
307
00:15:31,362 --> 00:15:33,557
Why don't you ask him?
308
00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:39,797
He's at his office.
I know most men wouldn't,
309
00:15:41,439 --> 00:15:43,236
but for Curtis,
it's the best cure.
310
00:15:43,474 --> 00:15:45,339
Do you mind if we look around?
311
00:15:46,243 --> 00:15:48,006
Beth's things are in the city.
312
00:15:48,144 --> 00:15:49,941
We'd like to
look around, anyway.
313
00:15:50,046 --> 00:15:51,274
If you don't mind.
314
00:15:55,218 --> 00:15:58,210
I think you'd better
talk to my husband first.
315
00:15:59,789 --> 00:16:01,313
Her husband wasrt home
that night.
316
00:16:01,391 --> 00:16:02,653
She knew it.
317
00:16:02,726 --> 00:16:05,216
The old man didn't
like the boyfriend.
318
00:16:05,294 --> 00:16:06,761
If the boyfriend were dead,
319
00:16:06,829 --> 00:16:08,660
I'd say the old man
had a motive.
320
00:16:08,731 --> 00:16:11,564
I don't know.
$250,000, is that motive?
321
00:16:11,634 --> 00:16:14,296
If you wanted to talk to my
wife, you might have asked me.
322
00:16:14,370 --> 00:16:15,667
You're Cerreta and Logan?
323
00:16:15,738 --> 00:16:18,229
Jack Haviland.
Is my client a suspect?
324
00:16:18,307 --> 00:16:19,740
I'm Capt. Donald Cragen.
325
00:16:19,808 --> 00:16:21,434
Why don't we step into
my office
326
00:16:21,509 --> 00:16:23,340
where we can discuss
this calmly.
327
00:16:25,213 --> 00:16:27,374
You are harassing my client.
328
00:16:27,448 --> 00:16:28,938
Counselor, your client has
329
00:16:29,017 --> 00:16:31,144
an insurance policy
on his daughter's life.
330
00:16:31,219 --> 00:16:33,551
You think that amount of money
means anything to me?
331
00:16:33,621 --> 00:16:35,987
I invite you to talk to
my client's accountant.
332
00:16:36,057 --> 00:16:37,887
Mr. Milgram earns more
in three months
333
00:16:37,958 --> 00:16:39,550
than that policy is won'th.
334
00:16:39,626 --> 00:16:42,390
Where were you the night your
daughter was attacked, sir?
335
00:16:43,664 --> 00:16:46,656
Driving around.
I do it often, to think.
336
00:16:46,767 --> 00:16:48,735
Anybody see you driving around?
337
00:16:48,802 --> 00:16:50,702
Yes. The idiot policeman
338
00:16:50,771 --> 00:16:53,035
who gave me a speeding
ticket in Riverhead.
339
00:16:53,106 --> 00:16:54,265
Around midnight.
340
00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:55,432
That's what, Detective?
341
00:16:55,508 --> 00:16:57,942
About 80 miles from where
his daughter was killed?
342
00:16:58,010 --> 00:17:00,410
All you had to do was ask.
343
00:17:01,113 --> 00:17:02,307
Curtis.
344
00:17:07,953 --> 00:17:10,820
Sometimes we get
a little carried away.
345
00:17:11,056 --> 00:17:12,785
We had grounds to suspect him.
346
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:14,449
I'd like to get
hold of that ticket.
347
00:17:14,526 --> 00:17:16,585
But before we started
digging his grave,
348
00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:18,526
you leave any
other holes to fill?
349
00:17:19,197 --> 00:17:20,755
Fourth girl at the party.
350
00:17:20,999 --> 00:17:22,591
Celeste... What's her name?
351
00:17:22,801 --> 00:17:24,530
Adams. She left a message.
352
00:17:24,602 --> 00:17:25,899
Her parents wanted her home.
353
00:17:25,970 --> 00:17:27,301
She'll call when she gets back.
354
00:17:27,372 --> 00:17:28,599
She never called.
355
00:17:29,707 --> 00:17:31,436
Make a call on her.
356
00:17:32,209 --> 00:17:33,699
What could I have told you?
357
00:17:33,777 --> 00:17:35,244
She was killed by a mugger.
358
00:17:35,312 --> 00:17:37,109
I was still at
the party when it happened.
359
00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:40,082
You don't know anything,
you call and say so.
360
00:17:40,150 --> 00:17:41,845
Anything I said
you'd have taken wrong.
361
00:17:41,919 --> 00:17:43,443
About a mugger?
362
00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,953
What could we take
wrong about a mugger?
363
00:17:46,022 --> 00:17:48,013
Listen, we can have
this conversation here
364
00:17:48,091 --> 00:17:49,388
or at the precinct.
365
00:17:51,361 --> 00:17:53,124
The day of the party,
she told Tommy
366
00:17:53,196 --> 00:17:54,823
maybe he should
see other girls.
367
00:17:54,897 --> 00:17:56,421
He got upset, so she got upset.
368
00:17:56,499 --> 00:17:57,830
She was dumping him.
369
00:17:57,900 --> 00:17:59,959
He took everything
too seriously.
370
00:18:00,036 --> 00:18:01,731
Miss Adams,
anybody that's been dumped,
371
00:18:01,804 --> 00:18:03,327
they know the dance. So?
372
00:18:03,405 --> 00:18:05,305
That's what Tommy said.
373
00:18:07,075 --> 00:18:08,770
He wanted to lock
everything down,
374
00:18:08,844 --> 00:18:10,038
the next 20 years.
375
00:18:10,812 --> 00:18:13,508
Beth didn't want to know
beyond the next 20 minutes.
376
00:18:13,582 --> 00:18:16,346
Tommy called me
after they had lunch.
377
00:18:16,818 --> 00:18:19,752
He said he couldn't live
without her, all that stuff.
378
00:18:20,888 --> 00:18:22,549
And she couldn't live.
379
00:18:22,623 --> 00:18:24,454
See.
I knew you'd take it wrong.
380
00:18:28,362 --> 00:18:31,263
What Beth said,
it didn't mean anything.
381
00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,363
It was her father talking.
382
00:18:34,435 --> 00:18:36,334
Her father wasrt there, Tommy.
383
00:18:37,237 --> 00:18:38,829
His daughter's been murdered.
384
00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:40,968
I understand his grief.
385
00:18:42,375 --> 00:18:45,071
It's natural for him
to flail out at me.
386
00:18:46,579 --> 00:18:49,070
But Beth and I,
we were so happy.
387
00:18:49,549 --> 00:18:53,177
So happy, she was running
off to Florence to study art.
388
00:18:53,385 --> 00:18:56,252
People are separated
all the time.
389
00:18:56,588 --> 00:18:58,783
It doesn't mean
they don't love each other.
390
00:18:59,425 --> 00:19:01,120
Tommy, you said
391
00:19:01,193 --> 00:19:04,128
the night Beth was killed,
you left the church at 12:00?
392
00:19:05,697 --> 00:19:08,131
No. I said I left at 1:00.
393
00:19:09,468 --> 00:19:11,594
Oh, yeah, Tommy is a good kid.
394
00:19:11,669 --> 00:19:13,330
I haven't seen him
since Thursday
395
00:19:13,404 --> 00:19:15,304
when they served the beef stew.
396
00:19:15,406 --> 00:19:18,273
Thursday. Do you know
what time he left?
397
00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:21,237
You're not gonna believe this.
398
00:19:21,312 --> 00:19:23,405
I don't own a good watch.
399
00:19:24,882 --> 00:19:26,315
What night?
400
00:19:27,050 --> 00:19:29,951
Thursday night,
I can spell that for you.
401
00:19:30,554 --> 00:19:33,421
Thursday.
What night was Thursday?
402
00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:35,982
Beef stew night.
403
00:19:36,092 --> 00:19:40,222
Oh, beef stew night.
Yeah, he was here.
404
00:19:40,897 --> 00:19:42,023
Until what time?
405
00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:43,156
All night.
406
00:19:43,467 --> 00:19:45,593
Well, he must have
gone home sometime.
407
00:19:45,668 --> 00:19:46,862
Why?
408
00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:48,767
I'm upstairs to go to the can,
409
00:19:48,838 --> 00:19:50,669
maybe 3:00,
4:00 in the morning,
410
00:19:50,739 --> 00:19:53,674
he was going into
the box with the priest.
411
00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,243
You mean the confessional?
412
00:19:55,311 --> 00:19:57,472
I wouldn't know.
I'm a Buddhist.
413
00:19:59,281 --> 00:20:02,647
Yes, I confessed him.
I don't recall the time.
414
00:20:03,651 --> 00:20:05,278
Father,
we spoke to you last week,
415
00:20:05,353 --> 00:20:07,548
you didn't mention
the confessional.
416
00:20:09,657 --> 00:20:12,023
You know, under church law
and civil law,
417
00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:14,690
you can't force me to
tell you what was said.
418
00:20:14,762 --> 00:20:16,423
Which means something was said.
419
00:20:16,865 --> 00:20:18,798
You can tell us
what time he was here,
420
00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:19,958
without breaking your vows.
421
00:20:20,033 --> 00:20:21,091
I'm sorry.
422
00:20:24,671 --> 00:20:26,536
Father, a young woman is dead.
423
00:20:26,807 --> 00:20:28,570
Now,
if Tommy Beltran killed her...
424
00:20:28,642 --> 00:20:30,041
If Tommy has
anything to tell you,
425
00:20:30,110 --> 00:20:31,475
he'll tell you himself.
426
00:20:33,847 --> 00:20:35,507
Suppose you're a priest.
427
00:20:35,581 --> 00:20:37,014
A guy confesses
he killed somebody,
428
00:20:37,083 --> 00:20:38,914
the cops ask,
but you can't say anything.
429
00:20:38,985 --> 00:20:40,213
What would you do?
430
00:20:40,286 --> 00:20:41,218
I'd wink.
431
00:20:41,287 --> 00:20:42,584
I think he did.
432
00:20:42,788 --> 00:20:44,255
The kid wanted to marry her.
433
00:20:44,323 --> 00:20:45,847
She cut him loose at lunch.
434
00:20:46,058 --> 00:20:47,787
Not probable cause.
435
00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:48,986
He has no alibi.
436
00:20:49,061 --> 00:20:51,291
He saw the priest three
hours after she was killed.
437
00:20:51,364 --> 00:20:52,990
A judge is gonna
want more than that.
438
00:20:53,064 --> 00:20:55,259
His fingerprints are on
the envelope in her purse.
439
00:20:55,333 --> 00:20:56,561
Could've been there for weeks.
440
00:20:56,635 --> 00:20:59,103
Keep it to yourself.
I'll look in the kid's room.
441
00:20:59,671 --> 00:21:00,933
Who you gonna get?
442
00:21:01,072 --> 00:21:02,334
Judge Morris.
443
00:21:02,407 --> 00:21:03,704
Him? Are you kiddir?
444
00:21:03,775 --> 00:21:05,970
You'll get a warrant
after the Second Coming.
445
00:21:06,044 --> 00:21:07,534
Who's easier?
446
00:21:08,113 --> 00:21:10,774
Judge Fadem.
Dial-A-Warrant.
447
00:21:12,316 --> 00:21:15,114
This kid has every
expensive pen ever made.
448
00:21:15,185 --> 00:21:16,675
Tiffany, Mont Blanc.
449
00:21:16,754 --> 00:21:18,881
Every sweater they sell
at Brooks Brothers.
450
00:21:18,956 --> 00:21:19,945
Hey!
451
00:21:20,024 --> 00:21:22,151
Don't mind us. We're just
doing our public duty.
452
00:21:22,226 --> 00:21:23,215
Do you have a warrant?
453
00:21:23,294 --> 00:21:24,488
Autographed by a judge.
454
00:21:24,562 --> 00:21:26,426
Do you mind
standing outside the room?
455
00:21:26,496 --> 00:21:28,930
TRV. Nice bag for
a scholarship kid.
456
00:21:28,998 --> 00:21:30,727
It was a prize,
a public speaking contest.
457
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,892
Is that illegal?
458
00:21:31,968 --> 00:21:33,993
Does he have a black bag?
459
00:21:37,907 --> 00:21:39,670
Does that look like
black polyester?
460
00:21:39,742 --> 00:21:41,266
Midnight blue.
461
00:21:43,579 --> 00:21:45,513
So I'm not
a fashion consultant.
462
00:21:45,581 --> 00:21:46,809
What color is it?
463
00:21:46,882 --> 00:21:49,476
Black and blue.
Very chic.
464
00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:51,143
It's an expensive bag.
465
00:21:51,286 --> 00:21:52,913
It's also the same fiber.
466
00:21:55,591 --> 00:21:57,456
Let Cragen do
the arrest papers.
467
00:21:58,226 --> 00:21:59,955
I want the kid now.
468
00:22:00,494 --> 00:22:02,291
Yeah, it's Logan.
We're at Forensics.
469
00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:04,263
Tell Stone we're
picking him up.
470
00:22:04,832 --> 00:22:06,026
What?
471
00:22:07,068 --> 00:22:08,695
Change of plans.
472
00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:10,435
30 minutes ago?
473
00:22:10,504 --> 00:22:12,028
The kid got good timing.
474
00:22:12,573 --> 00:22:14,234
Or good information.
475
00:22:14,342 --> 00:22:17,435
We're just about to nail him,
he walks in the door.
476
00:22:19,946 --> 00:22:22,779
I told you, you don't
have to pressure him.
477
00:22:22,849 --> 00:22:24,214
He's ready.
478
00:22:24,451 --> 00:22:26,316
How'd you happen to
come with him, Father?
479
00:22:26,386 --> 00:22:28,183
He called me, he asked me.
480
00:22:28,254 --> 00:22:29,619
Where'd he call from?
481
00:22:30,090 --> 00:22:31,455
Does that matter?
482
00:22:48,941 --> 00:22:52,103
First of all, I want you
to know I loved Beth.
483
00:22:53,511 --> 00:22:54,409
She was very precious to me.
484
00:22:54,779 --> 00:22:56,940
She was my whole life.
485
00:22:58,816 --> 00:23:00,545
She was going away.
486
00:23:00,685 --> 00:23:02,619
I thought I'd
never see her again.
487
00:23:05,289 --> 00:23:07,814
I don't remember it
very clearly.
488
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,694
But it's all over now.
489
00:23:13,196 --> 00:23:15,630
And it doesn't matter
what happens.
490
00:23:17,034 --> 00:23:19,628
It doesn't matter
what happens to me.
491
00:23:23,306 --> 00:23:26,001
Docket number 54289.
492
00:23:26,275 --> 00:23:28,140
People v. Thomas R. Beltran.
493
00:23:28,210 --> 00:23:30,269
The charge is murder
in the second degree.
494
00:23:30,346 --> 00:23:32,940
Miss Watt? Janice?
495
00:23:34,884 --> 00:23:35,942
Hello?
496
00:23:36,419 --> 00:23:38,478
Is legal aid
representing this man?
497
00:23:38,554 --> 00:23:40,351
I just caught it.
I haver t been able
498
00:23:40,423 --> 00:23:42,287
to consult with
my client on a plea.
499
00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:43,789
I'll enter not guilty.
500
00:23:43,858 --> 00:23:45,758
Your Honor,
Father Gregory, S.J.,
501
00:23:45,827 --> 00:23:47,727
would like permission
to address the court.
502
00:23:47,962 --> 00:23:49,452
As long as he doesn't pray.
503
00:23:50,031 --> 00:23:53,432
Your Honor, we ask
that you release
504
00:23:53,501 --> 00:23:55,093
Mr. Beltran on no bail.
505
00:23:55,170 --> 00:23:57,638
And we will provide a place
for him until trial.
506
00:23:58,139 --> 00:23:59,332
Mr. Robinette?
507
00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:02,073
The defendant confessed
to a brutal murder.
508
00:24:02,209 --> 00:24:04,336
The People ask for $300,000.
509
00:24:05,112 --> 00:24:07,376
I have a soft spot
for men of the cloth, Father.
510
00:24:07,448 --> 00:24:08,972
It's a marvelous vocation.
511
00:24:09,049 --> 00:24:10,243
But I'll be frank.
512
00:24:10,317 --> 00:24:12,808
If he disappears,
I can't penalize the church.
513
00:24:12,886 --> 00:24:14,615
$200,000.
514
00:24:14,688 --> 00:24:16,848
Maybe you can scrape up
$20,000 for a bond.
515
00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:19,055
Next.
516
00:24:21,194 --> 00:24:24,925
What Tommy did is horrible,
nobody denies that.
517
00:24:25,765 --> 00:24:29,360
But why put him in jail
for 25 years, waste a life?
518
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,029
What would you consider
a reasonable punishment?
519
00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:35,768
For today only, Father Gregory
can speak for the defense.
520
00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,173
Tommy talked with me
about joining an order,
521
00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:41,909
a lifetime of doing good work.
522
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:44,881
Consider a plea,
a minimal sentence.
523
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:47,814
Then he can enter the church.
524
00:24:47,886 --> 00:24:49,478
Are you a lawyer, Father?
525
00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,316
Actually I took
my JD at Fordham,
526
00:24:51,388 --> 00:24:52,650
before I went to seminary.
527
00:24:52,723 --> 00:24:54,623
Then you know that
society does not let us
528
00:24:54,692 --> 00:24:56,250
choose our own punishment.
529
00:24:56,494 --> 00:24:58,689
This isn't the eighth century
where you can
530
00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,355
give yourself over to God.
531
00:25:00,431 --> 00:25:03,093
He's a young man,
he thinks his life is over,
532
00:25:03,167 --> 00:25:04,361
he wants to give up.
533
00:25:04,735 --> 00:25:05,963
We want to save him.
534
00:25:06,036 --> 00:25:08,401
He can make a new life.
At least talk to him.
535
00:25:10,807 --> 00:25:12,672
Look into his heart.
536
00:25:14,644 --> 00:25:17,169
I didn't know
the police were coming.
537
00:25:17,781 --> 00:25:19,112
I confessed because
538
00:25:19,215 --> 00:25:21,206
I came to terms
with what I did.
539
00:25:21,284 --> 00:25:22,615
I was ready.
540
00:25:22,685 --> 00:25:24,618
Why did you kill her,
Mr. Beltran?
541
00:25:26,255 --> 00:25:28,382
I only went to say good-bye.
542
00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:31,990
I knew Beth didn't want to go.
543
00:25:32,795 --> 00:25:34,194
It was her father.
544
00:25:35,164 --> 00:25:37,496
I went to a party
at his house one time.
545
00:25:37,633 --> 00:25:39,999
They had two men
parking the Rolls-Royces.
546
00:25:40,902 --> 00:25:43,530
One of them asked me
to go to the back.
547
00:25:44,472 --> 00:25:46,463
He thought I worked
in the kitchen.
548
00:25:48,576 --> 00:25:50,771
Out of the blue
she was going away.
549
00:25:52,580 --> 00:25:54,013
Leaving me.
550
00:25:57,984 --> 00:26:00,043
I guess we'll never know
why I did it.
551
00:26:00,687 --> 00:26:02,177
Where did you get the pipe?
552
00:26:02,255 --> 00:26:03,813
Tommy,
you shouldn't answer that.
553
00:26:03,890 --> 00:26:05,187
It's okay.
554
00:26:06,393 --> 00:26:08,020
Because I don't know.
555
00:26:11,731 --> 00:26:13,756
I guess I hit her a lot.
556
00:26:15,234 --> 00:26:17,498
There was blood on her head.
557
00:26:20,506 --> 00:26:22,235
And her hands...
558
00:26:24,009 --> 00:26:26,273
She must've put up her hands.
559
00:26:29,715 --> 00:26:32,842
They said look into his heart,
it wasrt a pretty sight.
560
00:26:32,917 --> 00:26:34,817
The jury might not be
so observant.
561
00:26:34,886 --> 00:26:37,013
The boy repents,
Jesus forgives,
562
00:26:37,088 --> 00:26:38,350
the jury might do no less.
563
00:26:38,423 --> 00:26:39,913
The Old Testament says
564
00:26:39,991 --> 00:26:41,686
only the injured party
can forgive.
565
00:26:41,759 --> 00:26:43,158
Repenting is not enough.
566
00:26:43,228 --> 00:26:44,661
Tommy never said he was sorry.
567
00:26:44,762 --> 00:26:46,161
He didn't even mention Beth.
568
00:26:46,231 --> 00:26:48,994
Only her father's house, the
Rolls-Royces parked in front.
569
00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:51,125
The boy climbs a mountain,
he falls off.
570
00:26:51,201 --> 00:26:53,965
Any decent attorney will make
it look like a Greek tragedy.
571
00:26:54,037 --> 00:26:55,664
Or a daytime soap.
572
00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:57,570
She rejects him,
he's heartbroken.
573
00:26:58,141 --> 00:26:59,870
That and a bucketful of remorse
574
00:26:59,943 --> 00:27:02,173
adds up to man one,
not murder two.
575
00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:04,180
His only remorse is
that Beth prevented him
576
00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:05,738
from entering her world.
577
00:27:05,816 --> 00:27:07,976
He didn't fall off
the mountain, he jumped.
578
00:27:08,050 --> 00:27:10,143
I grew up in the slums.
I know what it takes.
579
00:27:10,253 --> 00:27:11,777
I saw kids who didn't make it.
580
00:27:11,854 --> 00:27:13,287
You say it's cause and effect?
581
00:27:13,356 --> 00:27:16,621
Try to climb out of poverty and kill
when you don't get what you want?
582
00:27:16,692 --> 00:27:18,319
We can't ignore
where he came from.
583
00:27:18,394 --> 00:27:20,419
It's a reason, not an excuse.
584
00:27:22,098 --> 00:27:23,894
What he does
is plan everything.
585
00:27:24,032 --> 00:27:25,863
I did it, too,
it's how you get out.
586
00:27:25,934 --> 00:27:28,630
He planned the murder the
same way he planned his life.
587
00:27:28,703 --> 00:27:30,000
It was premeditated.
588
00:27:30,071 --> 00:27:31,732
We have a murder weapon,
a confession.
589
00:27:31,806 --> 00:27:34,036
He confessed to killing her,
not murder two.
590
00:27:34,142 --> 00:27:36,076
If we don't prove intent,
it's manslaughter,
591
00:27:36,144 --> 00:27:37,133
crime of passion.
592
00:27:37,212 --> 00:27:39,612
A crime of passion happens
in the heat of the moment.
593
00:27:39,681 --> 00:27:41,375
You don't carry
a pipe to the scene.
594
00:27:41,448 --> 00:27:43,313
Can you prove
he carried the pipe?
595
00:27:43,384 --> 00:27:45,511
I remind you, in California,
actress strangled
596
00:27:45,586 --> 00:27:47,816
by her boyfriend.
Manslaughter.
597
00:27:47,888 --> 00:27:49,913
Westchester,
eight, nine years ago.
598
00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:52,254
Girlfriend killed in her bed.
Manslaughter.
599
00:27:52,660 --> 00:27:55,424
Not to mention the fact
that the boy takes the stand
600
00:27:55,496 --> 00:27:57,895
and tells the jury
how sorry he is.
601
00:27:57,997 --> 00:27:59,726
He confessed because
he knew he was
602
00:27:59,799 --> 00:28:01,733
five seconds away
from being arrested.
603
00:28:01,801 --> 00:28:04,167
Then prove that he
carried the pipe.
604
00:28:04,237 --> 00:28:06,296
Prove that
the confession was expedient.
605
00:28:07,740 --> 00:28:09,799
If you can't, plead him.
606
00:28:11,678 --> 00:28:12,872
Yeah?
607
00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:16,040
Curtis Milgram is here.
608
00:28:16,915 --> 00:28:19,315
Mr. Stone,
I'm not an easy man.
609
00:28:20,152 --> 00:28:21,915
Many people find me cold.
610
00:28:22,721 --> 00:28:24,450
But Beth was kind.
611
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,327
I should've let Beth
deal with Tommy,
612
00:28:29,394 --> 00:28:31,520
do it her own way.
It might've ended naturally.
613
00:28:31,595 --> 00:28:33,790
If you're blaming yourself,
Mr. Milgram, don't.
614
00:28:33,864 --> 00:28:35,559
Mr. Stone,
how good is your case?
615
00:28:35,633 --> 00:28:38,864
The op-ed page this morning, a
lawyer said you ought to make a deal.
616
00:28:38,936 --> 00:28:40,528
We haven't reached a decision.
617
00:28:40,604 --> 00:28:42,162
Let me tell you something.
618
00:28:42,239 --> 00:28:44,230
When I first met the boy,
I liked him.
619
00:28:44,642 --> 00:28:45,836
He was well-behaved.
620
00:28:45,910 --> 00:28:48,173
He had all the right answers.
He snowed me.
621
00:28:48,244 --> 00:28:50,769
He snowed you,
he'll snow a jury.
622
00:28:51,448 --> 00:28:52,972
I lost the only thing
in my life
623
00:28:53,049 --> 00:28:55,313
that meant anything to me
aside from my wife.
624
00:28:55,385 --> 00:28:57,148
Now either you
put him away or...
625
00:28:57,220 --> 00:28:59,211
Mr. Milgram,
I want to remind you
626
00:28:59,289 --> 00:29:00,779
I'm an officer of the court.
627
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,258
Just see that he goes
to prison for a long time.
628
00:29:08,564 --> 00:29:10,327
He practically
said he'd kill him.
629
00:29:10,699 --> 00:29:12,530
What if it were your daughter?
630
00:29:12,634 --> 00:29:14,761
Who knows how far
any of us would go.
631
00:29:14,837 --> 00:29:16,930
They handed me
this on the way in.
632
00:29:17,006 --> 00:29:18,303
They formed a defense committee
633
00:29:18,374 --> 00:29:19,534
and posted bail.
634
00:29:19,608 --> 00:29:20,973
They raised $20,000?
635
00:29:21,410 --> 00:29:23,172
They raised more than that.
636
00:29:23,311 --> 00:29:25,108
Hired Cyrus Weaver as counsel.
637
00:29:25,179 --> 00:29:28,273
Cy Weaver. Praise the Lord
and pass the ammunition.
638
00:29:28,349 --> 00:29:31,250
Listen to this. The day
the kid turned himself in,
639
00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:34,288
a call to Father Gregory
from Beltrars room, 4:07.
640
00:29:34,355 --> 00:29:36,255
The search warrant
was served at 3:40.
641
00:29:36,324 --> 00:29:38,758
So he got there
just after the cops left.
642
00:29:38,825 --> 00:29:40,190
And his roommate told him.
643
00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:41,557
Beltran knew he was nailed.
644
00:29:41,628 --> 00:29:42,993
That's not proof.
645
00:29:43,096 --> 00:29:44,961
Cy Weaver fired
his first round.
646
00:29:45,032 --> 00:29:47,592
Motion to exclude the bag
and the confession.
647
00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:49,965
Well, at least he didn't
nominate the boy
648
00:29:50,037 --> 00:29:51,527
for a Good Citizers medal.
649
00:29:52,406 --> 00:29:53,532
The police searched
650
00:29:53,607 --> 00:29:55,006
Tommy Beltrars room illegally.
651
00:29:55,075 --> 00:29:56,632
I thought there was a warrant.
652
00:29:56,709 --> 00:29:58,108
Signed by Judge Fadem.
653
00:29:58,177 --> 00:29:59,576
But it was
fraudulently obtained.
654
00:29:59,645 --> 00:30:01,340
Your officers,
Cerreta and Logan,
655
00:30:01,414 --> 00:30:02,847
offered Tommy's fingerprints
656
00:30:02,915 --> 00:30:05,315
found on an envelope from
the victim's pocketbook
657
00:30:05,384 --> 00:30:06,408
as probable cause.
658
00:30:06,485 --> 00:30:07,884
You have a problem with that?
659
00:30:07,953 --> 00:30:09,386
They went out for over a year.
660
00:30:09,488 --> 00:30:10,853
Even in the age of safe sex
661
00:30:10,923 --> 00:30:13,755
I'm sure the boy touched some
of her personal belongings.
662
00:30:13,858 --> 00:30:17,055
The envelope had pictures taken
just before she was attacked.
663
00:30:17,128 --> 00:30:19,323
The girl doesn't remember
giving her an envelope.
664
00:30:19,397 --> 00:30:20,796
So there's a chance she had it
665
00:30:20,865 --> 00:30:22,230
before she went to this party?
666
00:30:22,333 --> 00:30:24,096
No evidence of that,
Your Honor.
667
00:30:24,169 --> 00:30:25,727
No evidence
contradicting it, either.
668
00:30:25,804 --> 00:30:27,829
Did the officers explain this
to Judge Fadem?
669
00:30:27,906 --> 00:30:29,134
He didn't ask.
670
00:30:29,207 --> 00:30:31,697
So there was no probable cause
for a search warrant.
671
00:30:31,775 --> 00:30:33,470
And the results, namely the bag
672
00:30:33,544 --> 00:30:35,205
and the confession,
are inadmissible.
673
00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:38,339
The boy confessed freely. The
search had nothing to do with it.
674
00:30:38,415 --> 00:30:39,882
Had you not grabbed the bag,
675
00:30:39,950 --> 00:30:41,508
he might not have been
so motivated.
676
00:30:41,585 --> 00:30:44,520
Your Honor, if the police can't
rely on a judge's signature,
677
00:30:44,588 --> 00:30:46,715
they can't properly conduct
an investigation.
678
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:48,188
They can if they pick a judge
679
00:30:48,257 --> 00:30:51,522
who isn't more interested in his
four iron than the Fourth Amendment.
680
00:30:52,195 --> 00:30:54,789
The bag is out,
the confessiors in.
681
00:30:59,102 --> 00:31:02,538
Without the bag, you lose
premeditation. Without premeditation,
682
00:31:02,605 --> 00:31:03,969
you can't prove murder two.
683
00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:05,563
Save yourself
some trouble here.
684
00:31:05,774 --> 00:31:07,639
Do we look troubled?
685
00:31:07,709 --> 00:31:09,734
You feel no sympathy
for this boy?
686
00:31:09,811 --> 00:31:11,403
He did what we told him to do.
687
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,970
He went for the American dream.
688
00:31:13,048 --> 00:31:15,915
He got good grades,
played by the rules.
689
00:31:16,118 --> 00:31:18,916
He beat a girl's head in.
That's not in my rule book.
690
00:31:18,987 --> 00:31:22,319
Put yourself on the jury.
They'll see a lost little boy
691
00:31:22,423 --> 00:31:25,415
with a mature young woman
who used and abused him.
692
00:31:25,493 --> 00:31:27,859
Man two, three years.
693
00:31:28,729 --> 00:31:29,753
It's a gift.
694
00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:32,094
It's not Christmas.
Man one, full 15.
695
00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:35,428
You think you can prove intent?
696
00:31:35,503 --> 00:31:37,130
Six blows to the head
with a pipe?
697
00:31:37,204 --> 00:31:39,603
Intent is in the mind, Paul,
not in a piece of metal.
698
00:31:39,672 --> 00:31:41,196
His body committed
a heinous act.
699
00:31:41,307 --> 00:31:43,798
Only God and your client
knows what was in his mind.
700
00:31:43,877 --> 00:31:45,174
And my expert psychiatrist.
701
00:31:45,245 --> 00:31:46,473
You want to go to trial?
702
00:31:46,546 --> 00:31:47,774
I'm changing the plea.
703
00:31:47,847 --> 00:31:49,712
Not guilty by
reason of mental defect.
704
00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:51,113
You think he was insane?
705
00:31:51,184 --> 00:31:53,084
My expert witnesses
will have the jury
706
00:31:53,153 --> 00:31:54,983
calling for
extra crying towels.
707
00:31:55,053 --> 00:31:57,578
It doesn't buy you a "not
guilty by reason of insanity."
708
00:31:57,656 --> 00:31:58,953
No, but it will buy me pity,
709
00:31:59,024 --> 00:32:01,219
which I can trade in
for diminished capacity.
710
00:32:01,627 --> 00:32:04,289
And since the menu
doesn't include manslaughter,
711
00:32:04,696 --> 00:32:06,493
my friend will walk.
712
00:32:09,635 --> 00:32:11,500
The weekend
before he killed her,
713
00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:13,400
he must've called her
a dozen times.
714
00:32:13,504 --> 00:32:15,699
He was upset because
she was going to Italy.
715
00:32:15,806 --> 00:32:19,071
Objection. He doesn't know
what Mr. Beltran was thinking.
716
00:32:19,177 --> 00:32:21,475
Sustained.
The jury will disregard.
717
00:32:22,146 --> 00:32:24,114
As far as you could observe
718
00:32:24,182 --> 00:32:26,776
what was your daughter's
attitude toward Mr. Beltran?
719
00:32:26,851 --> 00:32:29,876
A year ago, she talked
about him all the time.
720
00:32:29,986 --> 00:32:33,615
In the few months
before she died,
721
00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:35,282
she talked about other boys.
722
00:32:35,358 --> 00:32:36,882
She wanted to get away from him
723
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,120
and he couldn't accept it.
724
00:32:38,195 --> 00:32:39,127
Objection.
725
00:32:39,196 --> 00:32:40,493
Mr. Milgram, please.
726
00:32:41,565 --> 00:32:44,363
Nothing further, Your Honor.
Your witness.
727
00:32:54,243 --> 00:32:56,803
Mr. Milgram, why was
your daughter going to Italy?
728
00:32:56,912 --> 00:32:59,540
As I said, to get away
from an unealthy situation.
729
00:32:59,615 --> 00:33:02,106
Your daughter was
a 20-year-old college student
730
00:33:02,184 --> 00:33:05,050
and Tommy was 21.
Was... was that unealthy?
731
00:33:05,119 --> 00:33:08,145
He was obsessed with her.
It wasrt normal.
732
00:33:08,523 --> 00:33:10,047
She wanted to be rid of him.
733
00:33:10,124 --> 00:33:11,819
She wanted to be rid of him?
734
00:33:12,327 --> 00:33:13,885
Like last year's party dress?
735
00:33:13,962 --> 00:33:15,259
No longer fashionable...
736
00:33:15,330 --> 00:33:16,388
Objection.
737
00:33:17,498 --> 00:33:18,863
Withdrawn.
738
00:33:20,434 --> 00:33:24,302
So, Mr. Milgram, your daughter
took Tommy's engagement ring
739
00:33:24,404 --> 00:33:26,736
and then got rid of him.
Was that healthy?
740
00:33:27,074 --> 00:33:28,974
Don't you understand?
741
00:33:29,610 --> 00:33:33,740
He didn't fit in.
He never would. He knew it.
742
00:33:34,014 --> 00:33:35,413
It made him...
743
00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:37,108
Were you gonna say
crazy, Mr. Milgram?
744
00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,241
Objection.
745
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,750
Mr. Beltran said
he was sorry.
746
00:33:43,823 --> 00:33:46,314
He said he couldn't remember
killing Beth Milgram.
747
00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:49,121
In your professional opinion,
was he telling the truth?
748
00:33:49,195 --> 00:33:51,026
In my opinion,
Mr. Beltran knew
749
00:33:51,097 --> 00:33:53,190
what he was doing
and he hasn't forgotten.
750
00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:56,632
Miss Milgram made him feel
he fit the world
751
00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:57,861
he wanted to join.
752
00:33:57,936 --> 00:34:00,461
When she pulled away,
his identity was threatened.
753
00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:02,665
He was angry and he killed her.
754
00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:04,140
Did he know he was wrong?
755
00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:05,198
Yes.
756
00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:07,108
And under any
clinical definition,
757
00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:10,908
was he incapable of forming
the requisite culpable intent?
758
00:34:11,148 --> 00:34:13,946
No. He was very angry.
759
00:34:14,018 --> 00:34:16,350
Thank you.
No further questions.
760
00:34:18,822 --> 00:34:21,757
So Tommy's identity
was threatened?
761
00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:24,955
If he was between identities...
762
00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:26,826
It was not
a crisis of identity.
763
00:34:26,897 --> 00:34:28,591
Mr. Beltran thought
that violence
764
00:34:28,665 --> 00:34:30,997
was an acceptable
response to rejection.
765
00:34:31,834 --> 00:34:33,267
Isn't that mental illness?
766
00:34:33,336 --> 00:34:35,304
No, it's a character flaw.
767
00:34:38,274 --> 00:34:41,573
If Mr. Beltran was
simply angry, as you allege,
768
00:34:41,878 --> 00:34:45,278
what explains his remorse,
his anguish, his regret?
769
00:34:46,515 --> 00:34:48,506
He told me he feels guilty.
770
00:34:48,583 --> 00:34:50,949
But he goes on to
blame Beth Milgram.
771
00:34:51,286 --> 00:34:54,414
He blames her parents,
everyone but himself.
772
00:34:54,523 --> 00:34:56,388
He blames Beth Milgram?
773
00:34:56,458 --> 00:34:58,722
Isn't that evidence
he's lost track of reality?
774
00:34:58,794 --> 00:34:59,886
No.
775
00:34:59,961 --> 00:35:02,121
It's evidence of self-pity.
776
00:35:03,631 --> 00:35:04,791
She held him off.
777
00:35:04,865 --> 00:35:06,594
At worst he dented
our fenders a little.
778
00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:08,430
Father might as well
wear a white hood
779
00:35:08,502 --> 00:35:09,662
with a burning cross.
780
00:35:09,737 --> 00:35:10,897
That is irrelevant.
781
00:35:10,971 --> 00:35:12,063
Legally, yes.
782
00:35:12,139 --> 00:35:14,471
Pragmatically, who knows?
783
00:35:16,077 --> 00:35:17,476
I know where he got the pipe.
784
00:35:17,545 --> 00:35:19,478
I checked through
Cerreta and Logars notes.
785
00:35:19,546 --> 00:35:20,945
When they first talked to him,
786
00:35:21,014 --> 00:35:22,276
he was painting the shelter.
787
00:35:22,349 --> 00:35:23,907
A permit for plumbing work
was issued
788
00:35:23,983 --> 00:35:25,473
four days prior to the murder.
789
00:35:25,552 --> 00:35:27,383
I tried the contractor,
he's on vacation.
790
00:35:27,454 --> 00:35:28,921
His office is closed.
791
00:35:28,988 --> 00:35:30,216
Adam, I want a search warrant.
792
00:35:30,290 --> 00:35:31,484
Call Judge O'Doyle.
793
00:35:31,591 --> 00:35:32,888
Lovely.
794
00:35:33,326 --> 00:35:35,385
Call a Catholic judge
to tear open the walls
795
00:35:35,462 --> 00:35:37,520
of a shelter run by the church.
796
00:35:39,932 --> 00:35:42,264
This isn't a match,
we're gonna look ridiculous.
797
00:35:42,334 --> 00:35:45,269
This isn't a match,
there's no premeditation.
798
00:35:47,873 --> 00:35:49,534
It looks like it.
799
00:35:52,144 --> 00:35:53,474
Feels like it.
800
00:35:53,544 --> 00:35:54,977
Is the water turned off?
801
00:35:55,046 --> 00:35:56,070
Yep.
802
00:36:09,394 --> 00:36:12,226
How long have you worked at
Sudie Enterprises, Ms. Hagadus?
803
00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:14,058
Eight years.
Five in R and D.
804
00:36:14,131 --> 00:36:16,258
The last three as
Regional Sales Manager.
805
00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:19,492
This pipe, which is
labeled "People's 13",
806
00:36:19,569 --> 00:36:21,503
was removed from
the homeless shelter
807
00:36:21,571 --> 00:36:23,801
where the defendant
works as a volunteer.
808
00:36:23,874 --> 00:36:26,399
It's manufactured by your
company, isn't that correct?
809
00:36:26,476 --> 00:36:29,103
Yes, I handled that sale
myself three months ago.
810
00:36:29,211 --> 00:36:30,906
But have you
sold similar piping
811
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:32,914
to other contractors
working in Manattan?
812
00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:34,210
It's our biggest seller.
813
00:36:34,283 --> 00:36:35,443
There are hundreds of buildings
814
00:36:35,518 --> 00:36:36,985
using that particular type.
815
00:36:37,153 --> 00:36:39,747
Are you familiar with the work
at the Cowan building?
816
00:36:39,822 --> 00:36:41,221
Yes. I sold them piping.
817
00:36:41,290 --> 00:36:42,587
The same kind as that.
818
00:36:42,658 --> 00:36:43,919
Where is the Cowan building?
819
00:36:43,992 --> 00:36:45,619
78th and Amsterdam.
820
00:36:45,727 --> 00:36:48,924
That's just one block
from the site of the attack.
821
00:36:50,732 --> 00:36:54,327
Tommy was drilling wallboard
in the middle of the night.
822
00:36:54,402 --> 00:36:56,427
When I approached him,
823
00:36:57,272 --> 00:37:00,207
I could tell something
terrible had happened.
824
00:37:01,775 --> 00:37:03,675
What did he say to you?
825
00:37:04,545 --> 00:37:07,571
At first incoherent rambling.
826
00:37:08,449 --> 00:37:10,007
I thought he was on some drug.
827
00:37:10,083 --> 00:37:12,176
So he seemed clearly to be
out of his senses?
828
00:37:12,252 --> 00:37:13,412
Objection, leading.
829
00:37:13,487 --> 00:37:14,613
Sustained.
830
00:37:15,956 --> 00:37:17,752
What did you do,
Father Gregory?
831
00:37:18,591 --> 00:37:20,718
Tommy thought that
his life was over,
832
00:37:20,793 --> 00:37:23,785
that everybody would
abandon him, hate him.
833
00:37:23,896 --> 00:37:27,593
I told him that whatever
God heard him confess,
834
00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:29,032
he would forgive.
835
00:37:29,836 --> 00:37:32,566
I promised him
that I would forgive him.
836
00:37:32,638 --> 00:37:35,765
I would support him,
no matter what he had done.
837
00:37:37,909 --> 00:37:40,434
And then he asked
that I confess him.
838
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,744
No further questions.
Thank you.
839
00:37:46,451 --> 00:37:49,943
Father Gregory, your promise
to support Tommy
840
00:37:50,021 --> 00:37:51,352
no matter what he did
841
00:37:51,423 --> 00:37:53,982
enlisted you to a role
in his defense, right?
842
00:37:54,124 --> 00:37:55,648
Yes, of course.
843
00:37:55,926 --> 00:37:58,190
Before he had your
assurance of support,
844
00:37:58,562 --> 00:38:00,530
did he ever mention confession?
845
00:38:00,598 --> 00:38:02,361
It was clear to me
that he wanted to
846
00:38:02,433 --> 00:38:03,661
unburden his soul.
847
00:38:03,734 --> 00:38:06,965
In exchange for enlisting
a priest in his defense?
848
00:38:09,439 --> 00:38:12,499
When you examined
Mr. Beltran, Dr. Goldman,
849
00:38:12,809 --> 00:38:14,436
what conclusion did you reach
850
00:38:14,511 --> 00:38:16,308
about his emotional
and mental condition?
851
00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:19,439
Mr. Beltran is burdened
by extreme self-hatred.
852
00:38:19,983 --> 00:38:22,417
He's a working-class
young man in a society
853
00:38:22,485 --> 00:38:24,885
that doesn't admit
it has classes.
854
00:38:25,355 --> 00:38:28,050
Miss Milgram eased
his greatest fear
855
00:38:28,156 --> 00:38:30,818
of being nobody
and meaning nothing.
856
00:38:31,393 --> 00:38:34,851
In your opinion, when Mr.
Beltran attacked Miss Milgram,
857
00:38:34,930 --> 00:38:36,158
is it possible
858
00:38:36,565 --> 00:38:39,193
that he was not aware of
the consequences of his acts?
859
00:38:39,268 --> 00:38:41,327
I would say it's
more than possible.
860
00:38:41,403 --> 00:38:43,427
It's a virtual certainty.
861
00:38:43,504 --> 00:38:44,971
Thank you,
Dr. Goldman.
862
00:38:45,273 --> 00:38:46,763
No further questions.
863
00:38:46,941 --> 00:38:49,842
Dr. Goldman,
when would a young man
864
00:38:49,911 --> 00:38:52,379
bludgeoning a young girl
to her death
865
00:38:52,446 --> 00:38:55,574
not exhibit emotional distress
beyond his control?
866
00:38:56,517 --> 00:38:59,509
Well, if he were
a hired killer, for example.
867
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:02,350
You mean anyone who kills,
unless they are a hired killer
868
00:39:02,422 --> 00:39:04,185
is not responsible
for their actions?
869
00:39:04,257 --> 00:39:05,622
I didn't say that.
870
00:39:05,692 --> 00:39:07,922
Then give me an example
of someone
871
00:39:07,994 --> 00:39:09,086
who would be responsible
872
00:39:09,162 --> 00:39:11,153
for bludgeoning
a young girl to death?
873
00:39:11,231 --> 00:39:13,756
Well, if he were a hired killer
874
00:39:13,867 --> 00:39:16,097
or a coolly methodical killer
875
00:39:16,202 --> 00:39:17,998
who did it for
a specific motive.
876
00:39:18,070 --> 00:39:19,059
Like revenge?
877
00:39:19,138 --> 00:39:20,036
Yes.
878
00:39:20,105 --> 00:39:21,470
Like Tommy Beltran?
879
00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:24,509
Taking revenge because
Beth Milgram rejected him?
880
00:39:27,646 --> 00:39:29,546
We moved from place to place
881
00:39:29,615 --> 00:39:31,446
wherever there were
crops to pick.
882
00:39:33,452 --> 00:39:36,215
We lived in shacks
on the edge of the fields.
883
00:39:36,287 --> 00:39:38,448
How did you study?
How did you learn?
884
00:39:38,556 --> 00:39:40,148
My mother taught me at night.
885
00:39:40,625 --> 00:39:42,092
Until she got sick.
886
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,957
And then what happened?
887
00:39:44,062 --> 00:39:46,223
It was so hot in the shack.
888
00:39:46,464 --> 00:39:48,091
She was lying there
889
00:39:48,166 --> 00:39:49,929
and there was nothing
I could do.
890
00:39:50,435 --> 00:39:53,597
I remember music coming
from the big farmhouse.
891
00:39:54,738 --> 00:39:57,332
People out on the porch,
laughing,
892
00:39:58,308 --> 00:39:59,969
drinking lemonade.
893
00:40:01,778 --> 00:40:03,006
My mother died.
894
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,274
What did you feel?
895
00:40:04,348 --> 00:40:07,317
I felt anger. Inside me.
896
00:40:09,018 --> 00:40:11,350
It was so strong I was afraid.
897
00:40:12,688 --> 00:40:15,054
But I fought it
and I held it in.
898
00:40:16,025 --> 00:40:17,424
Why did you kill Beth?
899
00:40:17,793 --> 00:40:19,226
I didn't want to.
900
00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:22,063
I loved her.
901
00:40:22,198 --> 00:40:23,563
Then why?
902
00:40:23,899 --> 00:40:27,629
When she told me
I should see other girls,
903
00:40:29,838 --> 00:40:32,568
that she was going to
see other men,
904
00:40:32,974 --> 00:40:35,465
it was like
the night my ma died.
905
00:40:37,912 --> 00:40:39,971
Something just exploded.
906
00:40:41,082 --> 00:40:43,845
It was like a fire
blazing in my head.
907
00:40:47,021 --> 00:40:48,682
No more questions.
908
00:40:53,761 --> 00:40:57,060
Mr. Beltran, when did
you pick up the pipe?
909
00:40:58,598 --> 00:41:00,225
I don't remember.
910
00:41:00,867 --> 00:41:02,664
And what were you thinking
911
00:41:02,735 --> 00:41:05,602
when you first struck
Beth Milgram with the pipe?
912
00:41:07,273 --> 00:41:08,900
I don't remember.
913
00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:13,039
And then you struck her again
and again and again.
914
00:41:14,714 --> 00:41:16,010
I don't remember.
915
00:41:16,081 --> 00:41:18,015
Because the fire
was blazing, right?
916
00:41:18,750 --> 00:41:19,842
Yes.
917
00:41:20,752 --> 00:41:24,279
But there was no fire blazing
when you picked up the pipe.
918
00:41:24,389 --> 00:41:26,220
Why don't you remember that?
919
00:41:28,627 --> 00:41:30,527
A bird in the hand.
It's a toss-up.
920
00:41:30,595 --> 00:41:32,324
What do you say we
both come up winners?
921
00:41:32,397 --> 00:41:33,624
He shattered a girl's skull.
922
00:41:33,698 --> 00:41:36,792
You can't prove it wasrt a
spontaneous act, a crime of passion.
923
00:41:36,901 --> 00:41:38,926
You should understand
where he's coming from.
924
00:41:39,003 --> 00:41:41,198
Yeah, I do.
I also know where he's going.
925
00:41:41,272 --> 00:41:44,173
Just tell Ben I'm
willing to talk, okay?
926
00:41:45,142 --> 00:41:48,043
Man one, we might as well
throw him a party.
927
00:41:48,612 --> 00:41:50,203
Since when do you back off?
928
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:51,941
Since I looked
into the jury's eyes.
929
00:41:52,015 --> 00:41:53,744
They're on the edge,
but I don't know
930
00:41:53,817 --> 00:41:55,876
if we have enough left
to bring them to us.
931
00:41:55,952 --> 00:41:57,351
You sure you're gonna lose?
932
00:41:57,420 --> 00:41:58,887
I'm not sure I'm gonna win.
933
00:41:58,955 --> 00:42:01,355
That kid deserves
some time in prison.
934
00:42:09,465 --> 00:42:11,831
Cyrus, he does 10,
you got a deal.
935
00:42:11,934 --> 00:42:13,424
Ben, I spoke out of school.
936
00:42:13,502 --> 00:42:15,527
My client has
decided against a deal.
937
00:42:17,139 --> 00:42:19,403
I'll take my chances
with the jury.
938
00:42:31,552 --> 00:42:34,453
When Thomas Beltran
was 5 years old,
939
00:42:35,823 --> 00:42:37,984
they took his father away.
940
00:42:38,626 --> 00:42:41,185
And then he lost
his family home
941
00:42:42,162 --> 00:42:45,290
and his rage was born.
942
00:42:46,733 --> 00:42:48,701
His mother survived
943
00:42:50,203 --> 00:42:52,728
doing stoop labor
until he was 12.
944
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,865
And then she was gone.
945
00:42:56,510 --> 00:42:59,171
And his rage began to grow.
946
00:43:01,013 --> 00:43:04,608
An orphaned wetback,
a beaner, a greaser...
947
00:43:07,286 --> 00:43:08,844
His rage grew.
948
00:43:09,955 --> 00:43:13,447
And then, by enormous effort,
949
00:43:14,793 --> 00:43:16,260
he was here.
950
00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:20,163
A world of country clubs,
Cadillacs,
951
00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:21,596
and park-front condos.
952
00:43:23,635 --> 00:43:28,595
And Bill Lynch and
Father Gregory said:
953
00:43:28,873 --> 00:43:31,966
"Tommy, you can be
a part of this world."
954
00:43:34,444 --> 00:43:38,574
And Beth Milgram said,
"No, you can't."
955
00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:45,384
And Tommy couldn't
control his rage.
956
00:43:51,260 --> 00:43:54,593
It's easy to feel sympathy
for Thomas Beltran.
957
00:43:55,164 --> 00:43:57,132
He's overcome hardships.
958
00:43:58,668 --> 00:44:00,260
He's had problems.
959
00:44:00,336 --> 00:44:04,329
And he sits here before us, day
after day, polite, well-groomed,
960
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,930
and telling us how sorry he is.
961
00:44:07,008 --> 00:44:08,771
While we, the people,
962
00:44:08,844 --> 00:44:11,176
bring in witnesses
to describe his crime.
963
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:15,015
But the most important witness
isn't here.
964
00:44:15,617 --> 00:44:17,016
Beth Milgram.
965
00:44:18,353 --> 00:44:22,517
A pretty, happy, lively
20-year-old college student.
966
00:44:23,190 --> 00:44:26,091
And on a dark street
three months ago
967
00:44:27,361 --> 00:44:31,730
Thomas Beltran approached her
with a pipe in his hand
968
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,066
and he struck her in the head.
969
00:44:36,203 --> 00:44:37,295
Again
970
00:44:38,873 --> 00:44:42,239
and again and again.
971
00:44:43,042 --> 00:44:45,636
Again and again.
972
00:44:45,712 --> 00:44:48,806
Six times, shattered her skull,
973
00:44:49,349 --> 00:44:52,341
and he says he doesn't
remember doing this.
974
00:44:54,854 --> 00:44:57,481
Would you remember doing it?
975
00:44:57,856 --> 00:45:00,484
I think you would.
I think he does.
976
00:45:03,729 --> 00:45:06,095
But he would have us believe
977
00:45:07,199 --> 00:45:09,429
that the accident of his birth
978
00:45:09,501 --> 00:45:10,729
killed Beth Milgram.
979
00:45:12,037 --> 00:45:14,800
But many people
are born into poverty
980
00:45:14,872 --> 00:45:16,499
and they never kill anyone.
981
00:45:18,342 --> 00:45:22,278
Thomas Beltran wanted to live
in Beth Milgram's world.
982
00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:24,712
He couldn't, so he killed her.
983
00:45:25,283 --> 00:45:28,081
Don't kill her again
by forgetting her.
984
00:45:31,621 --> 00:45:33,646
Would the defendant
please rise?
985
00:45:39,029 --> 00:45:40,690
Has the jury reached a verdict?
986
00:45:40,764 --> 00:45:42,254
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
987
00:45:42,899 --> 00:45:45,231
As for the sole count
of the indictment,
988
00:45:45,302 --> 00:45:47,167
murder in the second degree,
989
00:45:47,937 --> 00:45:49,302
how does the jury find?
990
00:45:49,371 --> 00:45:51,532
We find the defendant guilty.
991
00:46:13,695 --> 00:46:14,753
You did good.
992
00:46:14,829 --> 00:46:16,820
You got them to
vote past their guilt.
993
00:46:16,898 --> 00:46:18,297
What guilt?
994
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,462
The guilt we all feel
for the Tommy Beltrans,
995
00:46:21,535 --> 00:46:22,832
for the other America.
996
00:46:29,977 --> 00:46:31,808
State pays for it.