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In the criminal
justice system,
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the people are represented
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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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Man, that toilet didn't
even have a guest list.
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Well,
those other people got in.
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Yeah, you come in a limo,
you get in.
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So, uh, we try the Milk Bar.
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I think I did the doorman.
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Well,
that's who he said he was.
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Whoever did it was in a hurry.
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Left his wallet.
Name's Nicolas lliescu.
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Lives on 28th St.
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What'd they kill him with,
a cheese grater?
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Dragged on the pavement.
High speed.
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Hit and run?
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Hit someone accidentally,
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you don't need to
shoot them twice in the head.
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We got some witnesses?
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Yeah.
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You girls see what happened?
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This car
just came out of nowhere
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with this guy
draggir alongside.
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Came from where?
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There.
Wrong way up 13th.
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It tore down here
and kept going.
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Did you get a look
at who was driving?
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White? Black?
Male? Female?
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No.
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How about the car?
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I don't know cars.
I mean, it wasrt real new.
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Was it a two-door
or a four-door?
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Light? Dark?
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Don't know.
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I'm gonna give you my card.
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If you remember anything,
I want you to call me, okay?
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What do you got?
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Nada.
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Could be the mob.
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Could be a carjacking.
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Could be a hack
who didn't like his tip.
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"Glass fragments from the
accident site inconclusive.
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"Autopsy shows two close
contact entry wounds to the head.
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"A 9-millimeter slug found at
the base of the skull."
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Lands and grooves
make it a Beretta. 92.
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Any ballistics match
on the computer?
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So with hot water and a shoe,
we could make soup.
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Okay. D.M.V. Shows
our Mr. Iliescu owned
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an '88 Pontiac Bonneville,
burgundy.
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It's hardly a color
won'th dying for.
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The wife is due at the morgue
in 15 minutes.
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Let's see what she knows.
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My family and I left
Hungary 30 years ago.
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We wanted to
get away of oppression.
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Nicolas and I left
Bucharest 10 years ago
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To get away of the violence.
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You said he was working late
on the books.
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Did he ever call?
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Yes, around, uh, 12:30.
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Leon doesn't sleep well.
He answered.
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I... I was too tired
to talk to him.
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All right, all right.
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What did your father say, Leon?
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He's not my father,
he's my uncle.
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He said he was on his way home.
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Just take a minute, all right?
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It's a mistake.
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Sometimes
you read about mistakes.
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I'm afraid it's not, ma'am.
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We found your husband's
ID on the body.
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No.
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I'm sorry.
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Car's been found.
Lower East Side.
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Piranas leave more.
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Piranas don't need
a daily C-note for crack.
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Were you able to
I.D. The car that did this?
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The paint pyrogram matched
a white acrylic enamel.
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Very widely used.
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The trunk was hit
pretty high, huh?
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Yeah.
Probably a truck or a van.
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It hits him.
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Before he even has a chance to
get out and check the damage,
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the bad guy comes in
the passenger side,
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and Mr. Iliescu is looking at
the business end of a Beretta.
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Bang bang.
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Autopsy says
one was a clear-through.
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We found the slug up here.
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It was right there.
We sent it to ballistics.
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Thanks.
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So he pushes Nick's body
out of the car
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and he drives off
with his prize.
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Yeah. Problem is,
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Nick gets caught
in the seatbelt
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and dragged for half a block.
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That's a lot of trouble,
for what?
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Blue Book, this is $2,000,
minus a fencer's discount.
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Hey, people get knocked off
for subway change.
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Maybe the guys
who stripped the car
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know how
it got into that alley.
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Yeah.
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Those seats have to be
in a chop shop somewhere.
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Yeah, all right.
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Well, thanks, anyway.
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Auto Crimes gave us a list
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of auto parts dealers
with priors.
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Must be over 400
auto body shops in New York.
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Any that didn't make the list?
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Pontiac Bonneville, '88.
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Yeah. No, no, not the 1-120s,
the 40-90s with the armrest.
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No? Thank you.
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Yeah, I'm looking for
a 1988 Pontiac Bonneville.
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Grey velour, driver's side
front bucket seats.
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Yeah,
model 40-90 with armrests.
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Is that too much to ask?
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Well, how about the seats?
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You do?
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Wait a second, are you sure?
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Because I called you
the day before yesterday,
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and you didn't have any.
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Just came in? I'm interested.
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I'm gonna be right down.
Thank you.
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What have you got?
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Morrie's Auto Wreckers,
107 East Fourth St.
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They also fit
the '86 and '87 models.
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Here, they're right over here.
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Came in this morning.
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Bring the vehicle in,
I'll install them cheap.
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How much to wipe off the blood?
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Blood? Come on.
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That's, uh, ice cream
or ketchup, uh.
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They had kids.
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Those kids would be orphans.
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Hey, the car was stripped
last night
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eight blocks from here.
The owner's dead.
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I knew you were blue
the minute you walked in.
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Be my guest. Take them.
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I'm gonna want some names.
Who'd you buy it from?
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I don't send these guys
Christmas cards.
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The deal's strictly
cash for parts.
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Listen,
you start poking around here
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or your deal's gonna be
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making license plates
for cigarette money.
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I don't know their names.
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They only come in
a couple of times.
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I worked on one guy's van.
Long hair.
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All right, come on, what else?
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You know, scars, tattoos, what?
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The other guy, uh,
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leather jacket with, uh,
safety pins and studs.
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On the back,
says "No Bozo Jam."
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d Any situation d
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d Jump, you know what
I'm saying, boys d
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d Don't tell me
what you call your foursome d
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d That's your label,
you know what I mean d
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d You're emotionally unstable,
all you do is watch cable d
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d Your papa was a loser,
a stone-cold loser d
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d At least he
never kissed ass dd
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I can hear it in my fillings.
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Doesrt anybody
jitterbug anymore?
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Hey, what's a guy do
to get served around here?
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Put a hole in his nose?
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Miss,
you ever hear of No Bozo Jam?
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This is the Dog and Razor Club.
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You like loser groups,
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try Tuesday amateur night
at Shriek.
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Uh, maybe from some,
uh, earlier gig?
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Here's their flier.
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Great.
Where do we find them?
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, Ronda used to
play sets with them.
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Where's Ronda?
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On percussion at The Hole.
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Dd
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You know,
I don't want it around
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that I played with No Bozo,
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because things
are happenir for me.
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We'll try to keep it
out of Rolling Stone.
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Two super dysfunctionals.
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They, uh, give a new meaning
to the word clueless.
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We want names.
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What about the guy
who wears the leather jacket?
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Skank. Wayne Jeffers,
the lead singer.
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Then there was, um...
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I... I don't... I don't remember.
He played bass.
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Any idea
where we can find them?
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Uh, if they haven't
won the lotto,
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they're squattir in
the Belmont Building
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over on Avenue D and Sixth.
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That's the same block
as where we found the car.
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Get your hands
behind your head!
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Lace the fingers together!
Spread your legs apart!
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Don't even think about it.
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Wayne Jeffers,
you're under arrest.
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What about the equipment?
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You're travelir light.
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No, he's not.
9- millimeter Beretta.
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Look, I told you.
The car was just there.
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We took what we could.
End of story.
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After you killed
Nicolas lliescu.
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I found the gun on the
front seat, passenger side.
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You found the gun
on the front seat
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and you didn't see his brains
splattered all over the dashboard?
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Yeah, yeah, I saw the
blood and the meat.
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It's a tough neighborhood.
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Someone ditched the car.
What do you want from me?
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We stripped the car seats and
the cassette decks for money,
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but we didn't kill anyone.
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Oh, sure.
And where did you get this?
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Come on, Skank, you can't
be as dumb as your haircut!
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We found this
in your pants pocket!
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It was under the seat.
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I thought it might
be good for something.
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Yeah, like grand larceny,
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which we're gonna add to
the theft and murder charge.
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How many times
I gotta tell you?
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We didn't kill anybody.
We just needed some cash.
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Slugs in the vic's skull
match the Beretta.
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His are the only prints on it.
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If I was gonna kill a guy,
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you think I'd do it
for a Bonneville?
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I think you'd do it
for a shoelace.
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Your buddy's prints
are on the gun.
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My guess is
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right now he's in the
other room rollir on you.
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That's a lie!
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I told you, we was performing.
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Let's try
a little remedial math, Skank.
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There's two of you,
but there's only one deal.
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Now, who's gonna get the deal,
you or him?
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Their alibi sings,
even if they can't.
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Uh, from midnight
to 6:00 a. m.,
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Moe and Larry
were poppir eardrums
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at a club called Dreck.
150 witnesses.
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Who would've thought these
clowns were tellir the truth?
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Hey, you're lookir for a patsy,
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what could be better than
dumpir the car and weapon
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in the middle of Junkieville?
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Yeah. The first vulture that
comes along gets booked for murder.
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The first vulture
without an alibi
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gets locked in a cage
for a very long time.
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These guys are smart.
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Well, but maybe
they werert so tidy.
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Righteous brother number one
claims
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he found this in the car.
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Mr. Brian Hollingswon'th.
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What, you think he was in a
hurry to get out and dropped it?
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So much for
leaving home without it.
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Check him out.
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Last week we came in low bid
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on office space
for a midtown law firm.
253
00:12:09,549 --> 00:12:10,949
Architect's dream.
254
00:12:10,949 --> 00:12:13,510
Bought a round of Stoli
at P.J.'s to celebrate
255
00:12:13,510 --> 00:12:15,317
and I paid for it with this.
256
00:12:15,317 --> 00:12:18,382
Yeah, well,
your name is also on this.
257
00:12:18,794 --> 00:12:21,194
That's my old number.
I had to cancel that card.
258
00:12:21,194 --> 00:12:23,322
Someone charged
$7,000 in merchandise.
259
00:12:23,322 --> 00:12:25,263
They said someone
had gotten my number
260
00:12:25,263 --> 00:12:26,665
and made a phony card.
261
00:12:26,665 --> 00:12:30,000
Have you ever heard of lliescu
Antique Furniture Store?
262
00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,505
Yes. My wife and I
bought a credenza,
263
00:12:32,505 --> 00:12:33,905
a French provincial,
264
00:12:33,905 --> 00:12:36,945
only our decorator said
it was actually Hungarian.
265
00:12:36,945 --> 00:12:38,570
And you bought it
with a credit card?
266
00:12:38,570 --> 00:12:39,909
No, they wouldn't take cards.
267
00:12:39,909 --> 00:12:41,244
I had to pay by check.
268
00:12:41,244 --> 00:12:42,908
I don't... I don't see
the connection.
269
00:12:42,908 --> 00:12:45,613
Nicolas lliescu, the owner,
was murdered
270
00:12:45,613 --> 00:12:48,212
and this card
was found in his car.
271
00:12:50,325 --> 00:12:53,226
Well, I'm not in
any kind of danger, am I?
272
00:12:54,696 --> 00:12:58,359
So he bought the credenza from
the guy who fakes his card?
273
00:12:58,867 --> 00:13:00,129
Yeah.
274
00:13:00,129 --> 00:13:02,692
But how did he fake the card
without seeir it?
275
00:13:03,971 --> 00:13:06,735
You know, I bought a
jacket two weeks ago,
276
00:13:06,735 --> 00:13:09,833
but my card was loaded,
so I wrote him a check.
277
00:13:09,833 --> 00:13:11,639
And you know what else?
278
00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:13,407
You had to give
two forms of I.D.
279
00:13:13,407 --> 00:13:16,382
Your driver's license
and your credit card.
280
00:13:18,819 --> 00:13:22,687
So we checked the bank that issued
Hollingswon'th's credit card.
281
00:13:23,190 --> 00:13:24,521
In the last six months,
282
00:13:24,521 --> 00:13:27,288
they had a dozen customers
complain of fraudulent charges.
283
00:13:27,288 --> 00:13:28,555
And of those 12,
284
00:13:28,555 --> 00:13:31,097
four of them bought furniture
from lliescu's store.
285
00:13:31,097 --> 00:13:32,257
All by check,
286
00:13:32,257 --> 00:13:34,062
and they all gave him
two forms of I.D.,
287
00:13:34,062 --> 00:13:35,500
one of which was a credit card.
288
00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:38,037
So lliescu copies the number,
prints up a phony card,
289
00:13:38,037 --> 00:13:39,766
and runs up a tab
all over town.
290
00:13:39,766 --> 00:13:41,740
What, you figure
the murder's related?
291
00:13:41,740 --> 00:13:43,936
Successful at one felony,
why not branch out?
292
00:13:43,936 --> 00:13:46,571
Could be he had a partner
and one of them got greedy.
293
00:13:46,571 --> 00:13:48,638
Okay, talk to his wife.
294
00:13:52,086 --> 00:13:53,246
Five years ago,
295
00:13:53,246 --> 00:13:55,151
we went back to Europe
for eight weeks.
296
00:13:55,151 --> 00:13:57,382
We sublet the apartment.
297
00:13:57,382 --> 00:14:00,459
Nickie wanted to declare
the income on our taxes.
298
00:14:00,459 --> 00:14:02,722
I said, "Who is gonna know?"
299
00:14:02,722 --> 00:14:04,558
He says, "I will."
300
00:14:05,065 --> 00:14:08,626
So there is no way
Nickie was involved in this.
301
00:14:09,536 --> 00:14:10,833
I know...
302
00:14:13,673 --> 00:14:15,106
I knew him.
303
00:14:15,375 --> 00:14:17,070
Did he gamble,
304
00:14:17,070 --> 00:14:18,701
or did he have
any other hobbies?
305
00:14:18,701 --> 00:14:21,440
He worked. He came home.
That's all.
306
00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,845
Ma'am, we do know
307
00:14:23,845 --> 00:14:25,942
the crime originated
in your store.
308
00:14:25,942 --> 00:14:28,852
Well, it was Nickie's store,
but other people worked there.
309
00:14:28,852 --> 00:14:30,082
Mrs. Iliescu,
310
00:14:31,291 --> 00:14:32,656
If you'd give us
your permission,
311
00:14:32,656 --> 00:14:35,023
uh,
we can look around the store.
312
00:14:35,023 --> 00:14:37,154
Nickie's brother, Alex,
should be there.
313
00:14:37,154 --> 00:14:39,664
Just tell him
I said it was okay.
314
00:14:41,601 --> 00:14:44,502
It was much easier
for the police in my country.
315
00:14:44,502 --> 00:14:47,597
Here, the police need things
like warrants.
316
00:14:47,597 --> 00:14:50,140
Well, we don't need one
when the owner consents.
317
00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:51,608
Ah, Karen.
318
00:14:51,608 --> 00:14:54,271
She's doing very well now,
under the circumstances.
319
00:14:54,271 --> 00:14:56,507
You worked for Nick for
a long time, didn't you?
320
00:14:56,507 --> 00:14:57,879
Mmm-hmm.
321
00:14:58,217 --> 00:15:01,015
You know,
I was like you in my country.
322
00:15:01,220 --> 00:15:02,687
A policeman.
323
00:15:03,388 --> 00:15:06,016
Now I fix chairs
for my baby brother.
324
00:15:06,425 --> 00:15:08,985
Detective,
there's a safe back here.
325
00:15:09,394 --> 00:15:11,362
Sometimes we are paid in cash.
326
00:15:11,362 --> 00:15:12,590
You mind?
327
00:15:12,590 --> 00:15:15,792
Tommy, open the safe
for these gentlemen.
328
00:15:20,539 --> 00:15:23,440
Tommy's a hard worker,
an honest man,
329
00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,637
something else you don't find
many of back home.
330
00:15:26,845 --> 00:15:28,437
Yeah,
there's not many here either.
331
00:15:29,448 --> 00:15:31,780
You really think
Nick was involved
332
00:15:31,780 --> 00:15:34,216
with this, uh,
credit card thing?
333
00:15:34,653 --> 00:15:35,881
Do you?
334
00:15:35,881 --> 00:15:38,821
Well, sometimes
business wasrt so great.
335
00:15:41,059 --> 00:15:42,754
See what I mean?
336
00:15:45,830 --> 00:15:48,321
What are these,
corporate ledgers?
337
00:15:48,321 --> 00:15:50,026
You're the cop.
338
00:15:53,838 --> 00:15:55,305
We checked the signatures
339
00:15:55,305 --> 00:15:56,965
on the time cards
in lliescu's store.
340
00:15:56,965 --> 00:15:58,099
And?
341
00:15:58,099 --> 00:15:59,609
That Jerry down the hall?
342
00:15:59,609 --> 00:16:02,771
He'll tell you a mars fingerprint
will divulge his entire personality
343
00:16:02,771 --> 00:16:05,008
You ask me,
that's a bunch of crap.
344
00:16:05,008 --> 00:16:07,380
Signature, that's
a horse of a different color.
345
00:16:07,380 --> 00:16:09,885
We just want to know
if any of these match.
346
00:16:09,885 --> 00:16:11,615
Well, look for yourself.
347
00:16:11,615 --> 00:16:13,418
See the "y" at
the end of Tommy?
348
00:16:13,418 --> 00:16:15,789
The angle of the upstroke
and how it's cut short?
349
00:16:15,789 --> 00:16:17,725
Now look at
the "y" in O'Malley.
350
00:16:17,725 --> 00:16:19,057
Close.
351
00:16:19,057 --> 00:16:20,529
You get that
close at the track,
352
00:16:20,529 --> 00:16:21,758
you retire early.
353
00:16:21,758 --> 00:16:24,426
So you're saying that
Tommy Zanescu forged these?
354
00:16:24,426 --> 00:16:25,491
Looks like it.
355
00:16:25,491 --> 00:16:27,504
Give me a full exemplar,
I'll know for sure.
356
00:16:27,504 --> 00:16:28,630
Thanks.
357
00:16:28,630 --> 00:16:30,571
Hey, we can pick him up now
on grand theft.
358
00:16:30,571 --> 00:16:33,610
And what, squeeze him
till he confesses to murder?
359
00:16:33,978 --> 00:16:35,206
Forensics says
360
00:16:35,206 --> 00:16:38,111
that lliescu's car
was rammed by a truck.
361
00:16:38,111 --> 00:16:40,274
Furniture stores
make deliveries.
362
00:16:42,586 --> 00:16:43,712
Are you kidding me?
363
00:16:43,712 --> 00:16:44,981
These guys are slave drivers.
364
00:16:44,981 --> 00:16:47,216
Me and Julio, sometimes
up to 10 deliveries a day.
365
00:16:47,216 --> 00:16:48,882
That's why I eat
so healthy, guys.
366
00:16:48,882 --> 00:16:52,588
A slice with some sausage is one
of your three basic food groups.
367
00:16:52,588 --> 00:16:54,289
Hey, you and Julio,
they don't make you
368
00:16:54,289 --> 00:16:55,888
lug pianos
uptown on your backs.
369
00:16:55,888 --> 00:16:58,059
Do me a favor. Don't give
them any ideas, all right?
370
00:16:58,059 --> 00:17:00,568
To save a buck, these guys'll
probably ditch the truck.
371
00:17:00,568 --> 00:17:02,332
What kind of truck, Hector?
372
00:17:02,332 --> 00:17:03,497
Ford. White.
373
00:17:03,497 --> 00:17:05,473
Anybody, uh, fix
the bumper lately?
374
00:17:05,473 --> 00:17:07,601
Hey, I haven't even seen
it in a couple of days.
375
00:17:07,601 --> 00:17:09,474
Tommy took it, um,
last Tuesday.
376
00:17:09,474 --> 00:17:11,514
And he never brought it back?
377
00:17:11,514 --> 00:17:13,310
Hey, do me a favor.
You find it,
378
00:17:13,310 --> 00:17:15,510
I'm in no rush, all right.
Know what I mean?
379
00:17:20,557 --> 00:17:25,517
O'Malley, Hollingswon'th,
Ford, Cohen.
380
00:17:26,029 --> 00:17:27,826
I don't know these people.
381
00:17:28,698 --> 00:17:29,995
That's funny,
382
00:17:29,995 --> 00:17:33,091
'cause you ran up
over $80,000 on their cards.
383
00:17:33,091 --> 00:17:35,602
I don't see my
client's name anywhere.
384
00:17:35,602 --> 00:17:37,605
Our handwriting expert tells us
385
00:17:37,605 --> 00:17:39,368
that he signed
every one of those.
386
00:17:39,368 --> 00:17:41,807
Handwriting expert?
What's next?
387
00:17:41,807 --> 00:17:43,310
Maybe you want
to read his palm?
388
00:17:43,310 --> 00:17:44,878
Or how about some tea leaves?
389
00:17:44,878 --> 00:17:46,972
I hear they're very good
for telling the future.
390
00:17:46,972 --> 00:17:48,380
Hey, you want to know
the future?
391
00:17:48,380 --> 00:17:49,678
Try 25 years in Attica.
392
00:17:49,678 --> 00:17:53,415
Hey, I don't know what F. Lee
Yahoo here told you, Tommy,
393
00:17:53,415 --> 00:17:56,685
but we got you for forgery
and grand larceny
394
00:17:56,685 --> 00:17:59,193
and that adds up to
a lot of years all by itself.
395
00:17:59,193 --> 00:18:00,990
And then when
you add murder two...
396
00:18:00,990 --> 00:18:03,122
You cannot tie me
to any murder.
397
00:18:03,122 --> 00:18:05,962
The delivery man told
us you took the truck.
398
00:18:06,402 --> 00:18:08,836
It's only a matter of
time until we find it
399
00:18:08,836 --> 00:18:10,371
and if we find any paint
400
00:18:10,371 --> 00:18:11,667
from Nick's car
on the bumper...
401
00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:13,503
Oh, wait a minute,
wait a minute, Lennie.
402
00:18:13,503 --> 00:18:15,975
Let Mr. Forrelli
here explain it to him.
403
00:18:15,975 --> 00:18:18,240
That's what you're
paying him for, right?
404
00:18:18,914 --> 00:18:20,848
We know there were two.
405
00:18:20,848 --> 00:18:22,917
Just tell us who
the other person was.
406
00:18:22,917 --> 00:18:25,316
Maybe we can work
something out here.
407
00:18:26,921 --> 00:18:28,980
I don't know if they
give out gold stars
408
00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:30,684
for loyalty in your country,
409
00:18:30,684 --> 00:18:33,522
but over here, all you get
is a set of striped pajamas
410
00:18:33,522 --> 00:18:36,028
and the word "schmo"
stamped on your forehead.
411
00:18:36,028 --> 00:18:38,964
The world's not as big
as you think it is, Tommy.
412
00:18:39,334 --> 00:18:40,801
We're gonna find your partner.
413
00:18:42,236 --> 00:18:44,033
The question you
have to ask yourself,
414
00:18:44,939 --> 00:18:47,100
will he be this loyal to you?
415
00:18:50,912 --> 00:18:52,539
You have authority to deal?
416
00:18:52,539 --> 00:18:54,307
We have the D.A.'s ear.
417
00:18:57,085 --> 00:18:58,245
Alex.
418
00:19:00,521 --> 00:19:02,011
Nick's brother?
419
00:19:03,658 --> 00:19:05,057
Nick found out.
420
00:19:05,057 --> 00:19:07,754
He searched the store,
found the forged cards...
421
00:19:07,754 --> 00:19:08,887
And you killed Nick
422
00:19:08,887 --> 00:19:10,555
to keep him from
going to the police?
423
00:19:11,366 --> 00:19:13,926
I thought we were just going
to get the cards back.
424
00:19:13,926 --> 00:19:16,367
I never thought
he'd kill his own brother.
425
00:19:16,367 --> 00:19:17,870
Where's the truck?
426
00:19:19,439 --> 00:19:23,637
In a rent-a-garage
on Corona, 108th St.
427
00:19:26,847 --> 00:19:28,246
You sure this is okay?
428
00:19:28,246 --> 00:19:29,815
The guy gave us the key,
didn't he?
429
00:19:29,815 --> 00:19:31,783
You know, I thought
something was wrong.
430
00:19:31,783 --> 00:19:33,649
Guy has a business in Manattan.
431
00:19:33,649 --> 00:19:35,483
Why does he want
a garage in Queens?
432
00:19:35,483 --> 00:19:37,182
White Ford van!
433
00:19:37,182 --> 00:19:38,882
Those two guys,
a guy could tell.
434
00:19:38,882 --> 00:19:39,983
You know what I mean.
435
00:19:39,983 --> 00:19:41,027
Yeah, thanks.
436
00:19:41,027 --> 00:19:42,152
Lennie!
437
00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:49,492
I wonder if he reported that
to his insurance agent.
438
00:19:49,736 --> 00:19:51,203
Burgundy paint.
439
00:19:51,203 --> 00:19:52,828
Just like
his brother's Bonneville.
440
00:20:03,183 --> 00:20:05,344
What's Romanian for
"You're under arrest"?
441
00:20:05,344 --> 00:20:06,818
This is a mistake.
442
00:20:06,818 --> 00:20:08,650
Sounds just like English.
443
00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:10,314
Alex lliescu,
you're under arrest
444
00:20:10,314 --> 00:20:12,049
for the murder of
Nicolas lliescu.
445
00:20:12,049 --> 00:20:13,751
You have the right
to remain silent.
446
00:20:13,751 --> 00:20:15,157
Anything you say can be used
447
00:20:15,157 --> 00:20:17,127
against you
in a court of law...
448
00:20:18,597 --> 00:20:20,963
"Docket number 651328.
449
00:20:20,963 --> 00:20:23,433
"People v. Alexei Iliescu
on the charge
450
00:20:23,433 --> 00:20:25,436
"of murder in
the second degree,
451
00:20:25,436 --> 00:20:26,698
"robbery in the first degree,
452
00:20:26,698 --> 00:20:28,637
and scheme to defraud
in the first degree."
453
00:20:28,637 --> 00:20:30,106
How does the defendant plead?
454
00:20:30,106 --> 00:20:32,371
I plead not
guilty to all counts.
455
00:20:32,678 --> 00:20:34,703
And the State's
response to Mr. Iliescu's
456
00:20:34,703 --> 00:20:36,906
sweeping
declaration of innocence?
457
00:20:37,183 --> 00:20:39,117
As a Romanian national, we feel
458
00:20:39,117 --> 00:20:41,653
Mr. Iliescu represents
a strong risk of flight.
459
00:20:41,653 --> 00:20:43,187
We ask he be held without bail.
460
00:20:43,187 --> 00:20:46,224
That's the message you send
to the emerging democracies?
461
00:20:46,224 --> 00:20:48,283
Bail is set at $500,000.
462
00:20:48,283 --> 00:20:50,419
Your Honor,
Mr. Iliescu struggles
463
00:20:50,419 --> 00:20:52,464
to earn a living in
a small furniture store.
464
00:20:52,464 --> 00:20:54,158
I appreciate his efforts
465
00:20:54,158 --> 00:20:55,564
in pursuit
of the American dream,
466
00:20:55,564 --> 00:20:58,068
but murder simply is
the wrong approach.
467
00:21:02,408 --> 00:21:05,809
I begged Nick not to let
Alex into the business.
468
00:21:06,511 --> 00:21:08,911
He could not
refuse his brother.
469
00:21:08,911 --> 00:21:12,016
This is how he repays Nick.
470
00:21:12,016 --> 00:21:15,052
I assure you, Alex will pay
for what he did.
471
00:21:15,052 --> 00:21:18,179
I read the papers, Mr. Stone.
472
00:21:18,523 --> 00:21:22,254
I see how difficult it is
to convict a criminal.
473
00:21:24,529 --> 00:21:25,553
I will help you.
474
00:21:25,553 --> 00:21:28,599
I will testify
on behalf of the State.
475
00:21:29,067 --> 00:21:31,092
But unless you have
specific evidence
476
00:21:31,092 --> 00:21:32,636
relating to the crime...
477
00:21:32,636 --> 00:21:35,571
My Nickie wasrt
the first he killed!
478
00:21:35,571 --> 00:21:37,834
You have knowledge
of other crimes?
479
00:21:37,834 --> 00:21:42,073
In Romania, Alex was
an officer in the Securitate,
480
00:21:42,073 --> 00:21:43,579
the secret police.
481
00:21:44,048 --> 00:21:46,380
He killed hundreds.
482
00:21:46,380 --> 00:21:47,575
I understand,
483
00:21:47,575 --> 00:21:50,246
but the court
may rule that inadmissible.
484
00:21:50,922 --> 00:21:52,082
Now, if Leon...
485
00:21:52,082 --> 00:21:54,056
Leon has nothing
to do with this.
486
00:21:54,056 --> 00:21:56,126
Nickie and I kept him away.
487
00:22:00,564 --> 00:22:04,500
We taught him
that here in America,
488
00:22:05,435 --> 00:22:07,767
the laws mean something.
489
00:22:09,072 --> 00:22:12,439
I hope we didn't taught him
wrong, Mr. Stone.
490
00:22:12,676 --> 00:22:15,611
Mrs. Iliescu,
please listen to me.
491
00:22:17,981 --> 00:22:19,312
In my opinion,
492
00:22:19,312 --> 00:22:22,181
we have sufficient
evidence to convict Alex.
493
00:22:29,826 --> 00:22:31,953
Hope you're not
making hollow promises.
494
00:22:31,953 --> 00:22:33,963
Kaplan just brought
this motion to suppress
495
00:22:33,963 --> 00:22:36,124
all the evidence
found in the garage.
496
00:22:39,136 --> 00:22:41,832
I'm a little surprised,
Mr. Stone. No warrant.
497
00:22:41,832 --> 00:22:43,406
It wasrt necessary, Your Honor.
498
00:22:43,406 --> 00:22:44,565
They had consent.
499
00:22:44,565 --> 00:22:46,802
From the wrong person.
You'll see on the lease
500
00:22:46,802 --> 00:22:48,777
Alex lliescu is the sole renter
501
00:22:48,777 --> 00:22:50,005
of the storage garage.
502
00:22:50,005 --> 00:22:52,275
Tommy Zanescu didn't have
authority to consent.
503
00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:53,976
They had joint authority,
Your Honor.
504
00:22:53,976 --> 00:22:55,950
I don't see any reference
to joint authority
505
00:22:55,950 --> 00:22:57,110
in this lease.
506
00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:59,484
Mr. Zanescu gave
the officers the keys.
507
00:22:59,484 --> 00:23:01,648
So what?
The janitor probably has keys
508
00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:03,658
to this office.
He can't consent to a search.
509
00:23:03,658 --> 00:23:06,661
Well, even if the officers
had made a technical mistake,
510
00:23:06,661 --> 00:23:10,825
under Illinois v. Rodriguez
they still could search
511
00:23:11,067 --> 00:23:13,695
with a good faith belief
that Mr. Zanescu
512
00:23:13,695 --> 00:23:15,862
had the apparent
authority to consent.
513
00:23:15,862 --> 00:23:18,463
If Justice Rehnquist conducted
the search instead of
514
00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:20,771
the New York Police,
you'd be right.
515
00:23:20,771 --> 00:23:22,674
But this state
requires some inquiry
516
00:23:22,674 --> 00:23:24,508
as to whether
the consenting party
517
00:23:24,508 --> 00:23:25,638
controls the property.
518
00:23:25,638 --> 00:23:27,512
So what should
the police have done?
519
00:23:27,512 --> 00:23:29,517
Reasonable inquiry
was easily available
520
00:23:29,517 --> 00:23:31,450
in a file cabinet
in the rental office
521
00:23:31,450 --> 00:23:32,782
just 100 feet away.
522
00:23:32,782 --> 00:23:33,913
Your Honor...
523
00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:36,151
Mr. Stone, I don't
much fancy the thought
524
00:23:36,151 --> 00:23:37,988
of the police searching my home
525
00:23:37,988 --> 00:23:39,618
because a suspected felon
526
00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:41,788
may give out
keys and a say-so.
527
00:23:42,431 --> 00:23:45,730
I'm declaring the truck
and all of the other evidence
528
00:23:45,730 --> 00:23:47,826
found in the garage
inadmissible.
529
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:49,961
Thank you, Your Honor.
Considering
530
00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:51,869
the paucity of
evidence against my client...
531
00:23:51,869 --> 00:23:53,999
I'm one step ahead of you,
Mr. Kaplan.
532
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:56,976
The case against
Mr. Iliescu is dismissed.
533
00:23:59,814 --> 00:24:01,543
I don't get it, Ben.
Don't you talk
534
00:24:01,543 --> 00:24:03,311
to our cops?
Apprise them of the law?
535
00:24:03,311 --> 00:24:04,477
They acted well
536
00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:06,383
within the boundaries
of normal procedure.
537
00:24:06,383 --> 00:24:09,014
They can't anticipate
the call of every judge.
538
00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:11,456
We still have Tommy Zanescu's
statement.
539
00:24:11,456 --> 00:24:13,959
The uncorroborated
testimony of a felon?
540
00:24:13,959 --> 00:24:16,088
Feeling masochistic this week?
541
00:24:16,297 --> 00:24:18,026
Judge Kleinfeldt is
not the only judge
542
00:24:18,026 --> 00:24:19,896
that likes
evidence in her courtroom.
543
00:24:19,896 --> 00:24:22,095
The manager of the garage
can ID Alex.
544
00:24:25,006 --> 00:24:26,200
Yes?
545
00:24:28,877 --> 00:24:30,003
When?
546
00:24:31,413 --> 00:24:33,210
Yes, they're in my office.
547
00:24:34,582 --> 00:24:36,311
Well, we're off the hook, boys.
548
00:24:36,311 --> 00:24:38,818
Alex lliescu has been called
549
00:24:38,818 --> 00:24:40,514
to answer before
a higher court.
550
00:24:41,989 --> 00:24:43,820
These three deep wounds
to the upper back
551
00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:45,256
should have been fatal.
552
00:24:45,256 --> 00:24:47,054
And the rest were just for fun?
553
00:24:47,054 --> 00:24:49,459
Man likes work, hard to get
him out of the office.
554
00:24:49,459 --> 00:24:51,088
This guy really got into it.
555
00:24:51,088 --> 00:24:52,792
Broken tip of the blade
was protruding
556
00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:54,231
from where it hit his rib.
557
00:24:54,231 --> 00:24:57,202
Looks like a boning knife
was the weapon of choice.
558
00:24:57,438 --> 00:25:00,669
You know, he might have took
a few swings with this.
559
00:25:01,408 --> 00:25:03,774
I want you to check
all the shards for prints,
560
00:25:03,774 --> 00:25:05,539
blood, whatever.
561
00:25:09,750 --> 00:25:12,048
It's obvious the man was
security conscious.
562
00:25:12,048 --> 00:25:13,916
Whoever got in was let in.
563
00:25:13,916 --> 00:25:15,249
Probably someone he knew.
564
00:25:15,249 --> 00:25:16,914
Kitchen knife.
Sounds domestic.
565
00:25:23,497 --> 00:25:24,862
Mrs. Iliescu,
566
00:25:24,862 --> 00:25:26,593
we'd like to ask
you some questions.
567
00:25:26,593 --> 00:25:29,101
It's about Alex lliescu's death.
568
00:25:34,141 --> 00:25:37,439
You promised us justice.
You released him.
569
00:25:37,439 --> 00:25:38,670
Aunt Karen.
570
00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,543
Leon, call the lawyer.
He's expecting it.
571
00:25:47,987 --> 00:25:48,954
Come on, Ben,
572
00:25:48,954 --> 00:25:50,989
let's share a little
responsibility here.
573
00:25:50,989 --> 00:25:52,388
Responsibility, Jonathan?
574
00:25:52,388 --> 00:25:53,550
I didn't stab anyone.
575
00:25:53,550 --> 00:25:54,854
Your life wasrt in danger
576
00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,088
from a stone-cold killer
that you released.
577
00:25:57,088 --> 00:25:58,755
He was killed in his apartment,
578
00:25:58,755 --> 00:26:00,731
not breaking into her house.
579
00:26:00,731 --> 00:26:03,667
Texas, Ben. The Burning Bed.
580
00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:04,964
The law has held that
581
00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:06,402
self-defense
can be pre-emptive.
582
00:26:06,402 --> 00:26:08,269
The danger doesn't
have to be imminent.
583
00:26:08,269 --> 00:26:10,673
For a battered wife killing
an abusive husband.
584
00:26:10,673 --> 00:26:12,370
Alex lliescu never
laid a hand on her.
585
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:14,173
He made her a widow.
586
00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,010
They will also
hear how this woman
587
00:26:16,010 --> 00:26:18,175
pleaded with this
prosecutor for protection.
588
00:26:18,175 --> 00:26:21,414
Mrs. Iliescu,
if you were so afraid,
589
00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:22,954
why didn't you call us?
590
00:26:22,954 --> 00:26:24,114
You let him go.
591
00:26:24,114 --> 00:26:26,158
Why should I believe
you would have helped us?
592
00:26:26,158 --> 00:26:28,125
If you were so
anxious to help her then,
593
00:26:28,125 --> 00:26:29,888
help her now.
594
00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:32,529
Man two with
a suspended sentence.
595
00:26:32,731 --> 00:26:35,495
Man two,
she serves the maximum.
596
00:26:37,435 --> 00:26:39,062
She'll never serve a day, Ben.
597
00:26:39,538 --> 00:26:41,165
I'll see you in court.
598
00:26:43,742 --> 00:26:45,733
Unless they
rewrite the statute,
599
00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:47,745
self-defense
requires imminent danger.
600
00:26:47,745 --> 00:26:50,212
Juries deal in equities,
not statutes.
601
00:26:50,212 --> 00:26:52,079
This guy killed thousands.
602
00:26:52,384 --> 00:26:54,284
Shapiro will talk
the jury into thinking
603
00:26:54,284 --> 00:26:55,944
the killing was
a public service.
604
00:26:55,944 --> 00:26:58,387
We have a problem.
Karen lliescu's confession
605
00:26:58,387 --> 00:26:59,582
doesn't match the evidence.
606
00:26:59,582 --> 00:27:00,682
What evidence?
607
00:27:00,682 --> 00:27:03,489
The blood on the bottle
Alex used to defend himself
608
00:27:03,489 --> 00:27:05,359
doesn't match his or Karers.
609
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,660
So she confessed to a crime
she didn't commit.
610
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,461
She's protecting someone.
611
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,764
Who's left? The boy.
612
00:27:13,805 --> 00:27:15,432
Call Briscoe and Logan.
613
00:27:20,111 --> 00:27:23,307
When we brought Leon
back from Romania,
614
00:27:23,307 --> 00:27:26,577
he lived with us like a son.
615
00:27:27,284 --> 00:27:29,912
I wanted him to have
a normal life.
616
00:27:31,922 --> 00:27:33,253
He deserved it.
617
00:27:33,791 --> 00:27:35,725
He murdered his father,
Mrs. Iliescu.
618
00:27:35,725 --> 00:27:38,887
In terms of a normal life,
he's off to a bad start.
619
00:27:38,887 --> 00:27:41,591
Take into account
what his father was,
620
00:27:41,591 --> 00:27:43,997
the fear his father
inspired in him.
621
00:27:43,997 --> 00:27:46,467
I'm going to
plead Leon not guilty
622
00:27:46,467 --> 00:27:48,061
by reason of mental defect.
623
00:27:48,061 --> 00:27:49,969
Insanity?
Come on, Jonathan.
624
00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:51,268
Based on what?
625
00:27:51,268 --> 00:27:53,674
His family, specifically Leon.
626
00:27:54,011 --> 00:27:55,171
He's been haunted,
627
00:27:55,171 --> 00:27:58,044
severely damaged by
a very terrifying past.
628
00:27:59,483 --> 00:28:00,973
Back to Romania.
629
00:28:01,986 --> 00:28:03,146
You were not there.
630
00:28:03,146 --> 00:28:05,120
You haven't seen
what I've seen.
631
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:07,419
And what he saw,
the jury will see.
632
00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:09,891
And they'll know that Leon did
633
00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:12,690
what his life in Romania
conditioned him to do.
634
00:28:12,963 --> 00:28:14,658
It's cultural insanity.
635
00:28:14,658 --> 00:28:16,256
No judge is gonna buy that.
636
00:28:16,256 --> 00:28:19,426
Well, look, you're so sure,
make a motion to preclude.
637
00:28:26,910 --> 00:28:28,571
You think
he actually has a chance
638
00:28:28,571 --> 00:28:30,135
with this cultural
insanity defense?
639
00:28:30,135 --> 00:28:32,841
I think he has a knack
for creating things.
640
00:28:33,182 --> 00:28:35,878
There's nothing he likes better
641
00:28:35,878 --> 00:28:37,920
than making new law.
642
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,454
But taken to the extreme,
643
00:28:39,454 --> 00:28:40,784
this defense would mean
644
00:28:40,784 --> 00:28:42,688
that nobody's
responsible for anything.
645
00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:45,660
Yeah, and that's exactly
where the law's heading.
646
00:28:46,129 --> 00:28:48,324
Something wrong,
someone to sue.
647
00:28:48,324 --> 00:28:49,865
That's civil law, not criminal.
648
00:28:49,865 --> 00:28:52,925
You think anyone knows
the difference or cares?
649
00:28:52,925 --> 00:28:54,696
Shapiro's raising the defense.
650
00:28:54,696 --> 00:28:57,535
Translation,
we take it seriously.
651
00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:59,734
Now, what about Liz?
She talk to the boy?
652
00:28:59,734 --> 00:29:01,037
No. This afternoon.
653
00:29:01,037 --> 00:29:03,738
Well, if she has any doubts,
cut a deal.
654
00:29:08,151 --> 00:29:09,948
I remember my mother.
655
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,914
She take me to
the State Building.
656
00:29:12,914 --> 00:29:15,513
She, uh, has to see
the physician,
657
00:29:15,513 --> 00:29:19,151
so she, uh, leave me
with my father.
658
00:29:19,761 --> 00:29:21,456
He worked for the State.
659
00:29:21,730 --> 00:29:23,425
How old were you, Leon?
660
00:29:25,033 --> 00:29:27,024
Um, maybe 11, 10.
661
00:29:28,637 --> 00:29:32,733
The sergeant, he, uh,
take me to my father.
662
00:29:32,733 --> 00:29:35,606
He was in the quadrangle
outside the cell block.
663
00:29:38,947 --> 00:29:42,576
The prisoners, they were
664
00:29:42,576 --> 00:29:45,142
chained together at the ankles
665
00:29:45,454 --> 00:29:46,682
and they had to watch,
666
00:29:46,682 --> 00:29:48,222
or the guards would beat them.
667
00:29:48,890 --> 00:29:50,983
What did they have to watch?
668
00:29:51,660 --> 00:29:55,357
Another prisoner on the ground.
669
00:29:55,357 --> 00:29:56,691
He, uh...
670
00:29:58,233 --> 00:30:01,225
The guards stand on his arms
671
00:30:01,225 --> 00:30:03,203
so he cannot move.
672
00:30:03,472 --> 00:30:06,599
His feet are tied to a post.
673
00:30:08,943 --> 00:30:10,274
A big man,
674
00:30:11,445 --> 00:30:15,643
he is beating on the soles
675
00:30:15,643 --> 00:30:18,150
of the prisoner's
feet with a club.
676
00:30:22,156 --> 00:30:24,124
The big man turn around.
677
00:30:25,126 --> 00:30:26,753
It was my father.
678
00:30:27,795 --> 00:30:30,025
How did you feel about that?
679
00:30:31,265 --> 00:30:32,698
I was proud.
680
00:30:33,634 --> 00:30:35,625
Proud of his brutality?
681
00:30:40,374 --> 00:30:41,966
We got respect.
682
00:30:44,645 --> 00:30:48,513
We live well because of
what my father did.
683
00:30:50,651 --> 00:30:53,484
Every time
Ceausescu give an address,
684
00:30:53,988 --> 00:30:55,785
there is my father,
685
00:30:55,785 --> 00:30:58,120
the fourth man on his right.
686
00:31:03,263 --> 00:31:07,563
He said when I am grown,
that would be me.
687
00:31:10,303 --> 00:31:12,100
He was raised with
violence and brutality
688
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:13,196
as a fact of life.
689
00:31:13,196 --> 00:31:14,262
It had to have an effect.
690
00:31:14,262 --> 00:31:16,171
I wasrt exactly invited
to the Queers tea
691
00:31:16,171 --> 00:31:17,266
when I was a kid.
692
00:31:17,266 --> 00:31:19,641
I didn't kill anybody,
and I don't think I'm insane.
693
00:31:19,641 --> 00:31:20,736
But figuratively,
694
00:31:20,736 --> 00:31:22,611
Leon was invited
to the palace ball.
695
00:31:22,611 --> 00:31:24,149
He saw his father's cruelty,
696
00:31:24,149 --> 00:31:26,276
and he also saw him
get rewarded for it.
697
00:31:26,276 --> 00:31:28,252
He became what his
culture prescribed.
698
00:31:28,252 --> 00:31:30,288
He couldn't reject
his father's life.
699
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:32,324
So Shapiro's theory is valid?
700
00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:33,620
In theory, yes.
701
00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:35,991
What bothers me
is not so much what Leon says,
702
00:31:35,991 --> 00:31:37,723
but the way
in which he says it.
703
00:31:37,723 --> 00:31:39,458
He's reciting
a litany of horrors
704
00:31:39,458 --> 00:31:40,794
he experienced as a youth,
705
00:31:40,794 --> 00:31:42,664
but there's a weird enthusiasm
706
00:31:42,664 --> 00:31:44,703
as if he's describing
the actualization
707
00:31:44,703 --> 00:31:45,863
of some fantasy.
708
00:31:45,863 --> 00:31:47,463
Does he have a mental defect?
709
00:31:47,463 --> 00:31:49,007
I'd be able to testify that
710
00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:52,010
although he may have been
traumatized as a youth,
711
00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:53,476
he knew exactly
what he was doing
712
00:31:53,476 --> 00:31:54,944
when he killed his father.
713
00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:01,346
You will hear
a taped confession
714
00:32:01,346 --> 00:32:04,480
in which Leon lliescu describes
715
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:09,493
plunging a knife repeatedly
into his father's back.
716
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,896
And he doesn't say
that his act is justified.
717
00:32:12,896 --> 00:32:14,364
What he does say
718
00:32:14,364 --> 00:32:18,767
is that because of his youth
in a violent police state
719
00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:21,668
he cannot be held
legally responsible
720
00:32:21,668 --> 00:32:22,729
for his acts.
721
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,740
He is legally insane.
722
00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:27,942
In short, Leon is saying,
723
00:32:27,942 --> 00:32:31,278
"I'm not guilty.
Society made me do it."
724
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:34,151
I only ask that
725
00:32:34,151 --> 00:32:37,154
when you are confronted
with this mountain
726
00:32:37,154 --> 00:32:39,690
of psychoanalytic verbiage
727
00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:44,858
that you keep in mind
the real victim of this crime
728
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:48,796
found on the floor
of his own apartment
729
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,791
with the blade
of a boning knife
730
00:32:51,791 --> 00:32:53,962
broken in his back,
731
00:32:53,962 --> 00:32:56,233
murdered by his own son.
732
00:32:57,942 --> 00:33:00,308
Only then can you determine
733
00:33:00,778 --> 00:33:04,270
whether Leon
is the victim of society
734
00:33:04,270 --> 00:33:07,077
or society
is the victim of Leon.
735
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:10,851
My father, God bless him,
736
00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:15,183
had a little tailor shop
right down here on Church St.
737
00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:18,959
When I was 5 years old,
738
00:33:18,959 --> 00:33:20,725
he made me sit behind a counter
739
00:33:20,725 --> 00:33:22,493
and talk to the customers.
740
00:33:22,493 --> 00:33:26,001
When I was 10, he taught me
to use the press.
741
00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:29,198
At 12, the sewing machine.
742
00:33:30,074 --> 00:33:33,009
To him, there would be
nothing greater in this world
743
00:33:33,009 --> 00:33:36,478
than to hang a sign,
"Shapiro and Son."
744
00:33:41,184 --> 00:33:45,416
You will see that it was
the same for Leon lliescu.
745
00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:50,353
Only his father made him watch
public executions.
746
00:33:51,261 --> 00:33:53,923
He taught him how to use
a pistol and a whip.
747
00:33:54,364 --> 00:33:56,355
The only path to
success for Leon
748
00:33:56,355 --> 00:33:58,524
was
State-sanctioned brutality.
749
00:34:01,571 --> 00:34:04,699
Then suddenly, he was brought
to this country.
750
00:34:05,575 --> 00:34:07,304
His aunt and uncle tried
to salvage
751
00:34:07,304 --> 00:34:08,901
the human being in him.
752
00:34:09,546 --> 00:34:10,638
They taught him that
753
00:34:10,638 --> 00:34:12,341
his father's way of life
was wrong.
754
00:34:13,917 --> 00:34:16,681
But then his uncle
was murdered by his father,
755
00:34:16,681 --> 00:34:19,119
and the State said it was okay.
756
00:34:20,423 --> 00:34:24,359
And something
inside of Leon went snap.
757
00:34:27,097 --> 00:34:30,692
He lived with us
the last seven years.
758
00:34:31,134 --> 00:34:33,863
Please describe
anything in Leors behavior
759
00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:37,372
that would lead you to believe
that he had a mental problem.
760
00:34:37,372 --> 00:34:39,236
He did not sleep well.
761
00:34:39,236 --> 00:34:40,639
And that's all?
762
00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,608
I don't want to
talk about Leon.
763
00:34:42,608 --> 00:34:44,475
I don't want to be here!
764
00:34:45,314 --> 00:34:47,373
Did any of his teachers...
765
00:34:48,984 --> 00:34:51,714
Did they complain
about his behavior?
766
00:34:51,954 --> 00:34:54,047
He had trouble in school.
767
00:34:55,958 --> 00:34:57,255
But I helped him.
768
00:34:57,255 --> 00:35:00,762
Mrs. Iliescu, that is not
an answer to my question.
769
00:35:02,865 --> 00:35:05,993
Did his teachers complain
about his behavior?
770
00:35:08,704 --> 00:35:10,535
Answer the question.
771
00:35:11,073 --> 00:35:12,131
No.
772
00:35:12,708 --> 00:35:14,505
And did he ever
get into any fights
773
00:35:14,505 --> 00:35:16,009
in the neighborhood?
774
00:35:17,546 --> 00:35:18,604
No.
775
00:35:19,214 --> 00:35:21,182
Was there anything
in his behavior
776
00:35:21,182 --> 00:35:22,512
that would lead you to believe
777
00:35:22,512 --> 00:35:24,609
that he needed
psychiatric treatment?
778
00:35:28,990 --> 00:35:29,957
No.
779
00:35:29,957 --> 00:35:31,048
Thank you.
780
00:35:38,933 --> 00:35:40,798
At what point
in the seven years
781
00:35:40,798 --> 00:35:42,233
that he lived with you
782
00:35:42,233 --> 00:35:45,966
did Leon begin to need help
with his schoolwork?
783
00:35:47,008 --> 00:35:49,033
He was a good student
784
00:35:50,011 --> 00:35:52,707
until his father
came over from Romania.
785
00:35:54,415 --> 00:35:55,404
Was that about the time
786
00:35:55,404 --> 00:35:56,983
he started having
trouble sleeping?
787
00:35:56,983 --> 00:35:59,849
Yes. He had nightmares.
788
00:36:00,788 --> 00:36:02,585
His friends would call,
789
00:36:02,585 --> 00:36:05,353
and he would not speak to them.
790
00:36:06,694 --> 00:36:09,162
Mrs. Iliescu,
you never consulted
791
00:36:09,162 --> 00:36:11,289
a psychiatrist
about Leors condition.
792
00:36:11,289 --> 00:36:13,095
Did you consult anyone?
793
00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:18,002
Yes, I spoke to Father Popescu.
794
00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:22,231
I begged Leon
795
00:36:22,576 --> 00:36:25,511
to come with me to church,
but he refused.
796
00:36:25,979 --> 00:36:29,312
He said he was cursed.
797
00:36:31,284 --> 00:36:33,184
God didn't want him.
798
00:36:38,358 --> 00:36:40,189
I would have done...
799
00:36:45,799 --> 00:36:47,528
anything for him.
800
00:36:50,337 --> 00:36:54,296
He lived with us
like our own son.
801
00:36:56,743 --> 00:37:01,077
But when Alex came,
I just felt him
802
00:37:02,482 --> 00:37:04,006
to... to slip away.
803
00:37:08,255 --> 00:37:09,313
He speaks of
804
00:37:09,313 --> 00:37:11,323
being almost constantly
at his father's side,
805
00:37:11,323 --> 00:37:13,416
of witnessing interrogations
806
00:37:13,416 --> 00:37:15,653
in which prisoners
were severely beaten.
807
00:37:15,653 --> 00:37:17,525
He saw executions.
808
00:37:17,525 --> 00:37:20,427
He also saw his father
rewarded for his actions.
809
00:37:20,427 --> 00:37:22,692
Unconsciously,
he equated cruelty
810
00:37:22,692 --> 00:37:25,362
with success,
achievement, and power.
811
00:37:25,362 --> 00:37:28,771
And in your expert opinion,
were these acts of violence,
812
00:37:28,771 --> 00:37:30,468
which he described vividly,
813
00:37:30,468 --> 00:37:32,875
were they the result
of his upbringing?
814
00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:35,175
His childhood
probably was traumatic,
815
00:37:35,175 --> 00:37:37,511
but it did not compel
him to kill his father.
816
00:37:37,511 --> 00:37:40,448
And does the defendant suffer
from any mental defect?
817
00:37:40,448 --> 00:37:41,543
No.
818
00:37:41,543 --> 00:37:44,782
So in your opinion
he is not legally insane?
819
00:37:44,782 --> 00:37:46,619
No, he's not.
820
00:37:46,619 --> 00:37:48,023
Thank you.
821
00:37:55,201 --> 00:37:56,668
Dr. Olivet.
822
00:37:57,503 --> 00:38:01,269
Would you, uh, consider
psychology an exact science?
823
00:38:01,269 --> 00:38:04,275
Psychological evaluation
offers a certain accuracy
824
00:38:04,275 --> 00:38:06,607
within certain parameters, yes.
825
00:38:06,607 --> 00:38:09,408
You described the effect
of Leors youth
826
00:38:09,408 --> 00:38:10,743
as traumatic, didn't you?
827
00:38:10,743 --> 00:38:12,976
I said it was
probably traumatic.
828
00:38:14,419 --> 00:38:15,750
Probably.
829
00:38:16,855 --> 00:38:20,814
In other words, it could be
as little or as much
830
00:38:20,814 --> 00:38:23,486
as anyone in your profession
cares to make it.
831
00:38:23,486 --> 00:38:27,395
No. We're not talking about
black magic, Mr. Shapiro.
832
00:38:27,395 --> 00:38:28,762
The evaluation process
833
00:38:28,762 --> 00:38:31,097
is based on
very specific criteria.
834
00:38:31,097 --> 00:38:32,727
I see.
835
00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:36,171
How many Romanians have you
evaluated in your career?
836
00:38:36,171 --> 00:38:37,367
None.
837
00:38:37,367 --> 00:38:39,239
How many sons
of mass murderers?
838
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:40,607
Objection, Your Honor.
839
00:38:40,607 --> 00:38:41,940
We have already established
840
00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:43,810
Dr. Olivet's credentials
as an expert.
841
00:38:43,810 --> 00:38:46,214
I am not
challenging her expertise.
842
00:38:46,214 --> 00:38:48,650
I am questioning
the basis for her opinion.
843
00:38:48,953 --> 00:38:51,513
I'll allow it.
Answer the question.
844
00:38:52,757 --> 00:38:53,917
None.
845
00:38:55,660 --> 00:38:57,389
So tell us, Doctor,
846
00:38:57,389 --> 00:39:00,158
what in your past qualifies
you to form an opinion
847
00:39:00,158 --> 00:39:01,892
about the effect
of these horrors
848
00:39:01,892 --> 00:39:04,559
when you admittedly
have no experience?
849
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:05,966
Objection.
850
00:39:05,966 --> 00:39:07,469
Withdrawn.
851
00:39:08,171 --> 00:39:09,968
It wasrt easy, Adam,
but I thought Liz
852
00:39:09,968 --> 00:39:11,803
held her ground
as best she could.
853
00:39:11,803 --> 00:39:14,435
Yeah. The problem is
juries go with the expert
854
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:16,274
with the most letters
after his name.
855
00:39:16,274 --> 00:39:18,177
And Shapiro's putting
Dr. Melvin Diener
856
00:39:18,177 --> 00:39:19,272
on the stand.
857
00:39:19,272 --> 00:39:21,647
A curriculum vitae like
B.F. Skinner.
858
00:39:21,647 --> 00:39:23,948
The man coined
the term "cultural insanity"
859
00:39:23,948 --> 00:39:25,784
in his 500-page
treatise on the subject.
860
00:39:27,391 --> 00:39:29,689
And Jonathan Shapiro's
slick enough
861
00:39:29,689 --> 00:39:32,158
to beat you
through a revolving door.
862
00:39:32,158 --> 00:39:33,992
You actually think
a jury'll buy that?
863
00:39:33,992 --> 00:39:36,225
Well, if it does, we'll have
to triple the budget
864
00:39:36,225 --> 00:39:38,894
to prosecute all the
culturally-insane defendants.
865
00:39:38,894 --> 00:39:40,994
But if I cut
a deal with the boy now,
866
00:39:40,994 --> 00:39:42,902
it'll open the same floodgates.
867
00:39:42,902 --> 00:39:46,101
The boy says he's a product
of a screwed-up culture.
868
00:39:46,843 --> 00:39:48,276
Since when do we take
869
00:39:48,276 --> 00:39:50,745
the statement
of a known felon as gospel?
870
00:39:50,745 --> 00:39:52,805
The only way to get
a witness to discredit him
871
00:39:52,805 --> 00:39:54,783
is to fly one
over from Romania.
872
00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:56,841
I doubt the State
will spring for that.
873
00:39:56,841 --> 00:39:58,784
It may cost us only cab fare.
874
00:39:58,784 --> 00:40:00,481
Tommy Zanescu
hasn't been transferred
875
00:40:00,481 --> 00:40:02,080
out of Rikers yet.
876
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,250
In my country,
877
00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:05,624
a can'ton of cigarettes
would get you a wool sweater.
878
00:40:05,624 --> 00:40:07,390
The problem is, I don't smoke,
879
00:40:07,390 --> 00:40:08,953
and I'm not cold.
880
00:40:08,953 --> 00:40:11,124
We are willing to
reduce the sentence.
881
00:40:11,124 --> 00:40:12,326
How much?
882
00:40:12,326 --> 00:40:14,335
That depends
on what you tell us.
883
00:40:14,335 --> 00:40:16,370
What do you want to hear?
884
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,336
Enjoy the next 15 years
in jail, sir.
885
00:40:20,643 --> 00:40:24,306
Hold it.
I'll tell you what I know.
886
00:40:26,682 --> 00:40:30,550
Yeah, I knew Alex
back in Bucharest.
887
00:40:30,550 --> 00:40:32,281
I worked with him
in Securitate.
888
00:40:32,281 --> 00:40:34,380
I was what you people call
his right-hand man.
889
00:40:34,380 --> 00:40:35,981
Then you saw him around Leon?
890
00:40:35,981 --> 00:40:38,686
Hardly ever.
Alex had no use for Leon.
891
00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:40,126
He called him a mouse.
892
00:40:40,126 --> 00:40:41,390
How did Leon react
893
00:40:41,390 --> 00:40:43,455
when his father
brought him to the prison?
894
00:40:43,455 --> 00:40:46,057
The prison?
Is that what the boy told you?
895
00:40:46,057 --> 00:40:48,365
Alex wouldn't
bring him anywhere.
896
00:40:48,571 --> 00:40:49,970
When he was 5 years old,
897
00:40:49,970 --> 00:40:52,632
he sent him to the country
to live with servants.
898
00:40:52,632 --> 00:40:55,676
When Leon asked him to come
live with him in Bucharest,
899
00:40:55,676 --> 00:40:58,542
Alex shipped him off
to New York to his brother.
900
00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:00,706
So Leon always
hated his father?
901
00:41:00,706 --> 00:41:04,809
No. He was weak
and stupid and desperate.
902
00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:07,386
He'd do anything
to please Alex.
903
00:41:07,386 --> 00:41:08,513
What could he do?
904
00:41:08,513 --> 00:41:10,114
Alex didn't want to know him.
905
00:41:11,026 --> 00:41:12,891
But Leon still tried.
906
00:41:13,161 --> 00:41:16,324
You know, it was him
who told us that Nicolas
907
00:41:16,324 --> 00:41:19,265
was going to turn Alex in
to the police.
908
00:41:19,265 --> 00:41:21,063
Alex laughed and said,
909
00:41:21,063 --> 00:41:23,969
"See? You even
squeal like a mouse."
910
00:41:24,673 --> 00:41:27,335
By telling Alex that Nick was
onto the credit card scam,
911
00:41:27,335 --> 00:41:29,741
he was trying to buy his way
into his father's life.
912
00:41:29,741 --> 00:41:31,836
He knew Alex would do
something to stop his uncle.
913
00:41:31,836 --> 00:41:34,108
Which means the death of his
uncle wasrt traumatic.
914
00:41:34,108 --> 00:41:35,274
It was expected.
915
00:41:35,274 --> 00:41:37,409
This whole insanity
defense is a hoax.
916
00:41:37,409 --> 00:41:39,953
So call Shapiro
and set up a meeting.
917
00:41:44,059 --> 00:41:45,787
Zanescu is lying.
918
00:41:47,327 --> 00:41:48,658
He's lying.
919
00:41:48,658 --> 00:41:51,391
Um, Leon, did you
know Tommy Zanescu
920
00:41:51,391 --> 00:41:53,729
when you were both in Romania?
921
00:41:54,134 --> 00:41:56,568
He says he was your father's
right-hand man
922
00:41:56,568 --> 00:41:57,763
in the Securitate.
923
00:41:57,763 --> 00:41:59,601
He was just a chauffeur.
924
00:41:59,601 --> 00:42:02,107
My father had many chauffeurs.
Others who could tell you
925
00:42:02,107 --> 00:42:03,734
he wanted me to be with him,
926
00:42:03,734 --> 00:42:05,244
and none of them
would betray me
927
00:42:05,244 --> 00:42:07,542
or my father like
this Tommy Zanescu.
928
00:42:07,542 --> 00:42:10,412
Your father was not
an easy man to betray, was he?
929
00:42:10,412 --> 00:42:11,974
That's right.
930
00:42:14,421 --> 00:42:16,048
But your uncle?
931
00:42:19,593 --> 00:42:23,893
You found it easy to
betray him, didn't you?
932
00:42:24,698 --> 00:42:27,132
You went to your father,
and you told him
933
00:42:27,132 --> 00:42:29,135
that your uncle was
going to turn him in.
934
00:42:29,135 --> 00:42:33,196
No. Leon,
tell them you didn't.
935
00:42:33,507 --> 00:42:34,735
And you knew
936
00:42:34,735 --> 00:42:36,969
that your father killed
betrayers, didn't you?
937
00:42:37,511 --> 00:42:39,410
I didn't know
he would kill Uncle Nickie.
938
00:42:39,410 --> 00:42:43,415
You knew, Leon.
How could you?
939
00:42:43,415 --> 00:42:45,050
He was my father!
940
00:42:45,050 --> 00:42:47,118
But you loved Nickie!
941
00:42:50,289 --> 00:42:53,122
Yes. I loved him.
942
00:42:54,327 --> 00:42:56,056
If you had come to us,
943
00:42:56,056 --> 00:42:58,222
your uncle would
be alive today.
944
00:43:04,170 --> 00:43:06,331
After Uncle Nickie died,
945
00:43:07,740 --> 00:43:09,207
my father...
946
00:43:11,477 --> 00:43:13,843
he put his arm on my shoulder.
947
00:43:14,046 --> 00:43:17,106
He talked to me like a son.
948
00:43:17,884 --> 00:43:20,819
Until the charges
were dismissed against him.
949
00:43:24,090 --> 00:43:26,149
I went to his apartment.
950
00:43:26,592 --> 00:43:29,322
He was drinking,
celebrating. He...
951
00:43:30,763 --> 00:43:34,323
We talked about me
moving in with him.
952
00:43:34,323 --> 00:43:36,799
But he didn't want you, did he?
953
00:43:37,369 --> 00:43:38,427
He loved me.
954
00:43:38,427 --> 00:43:40,437
He didn't love you,
he used you.
955
00:43:40,437 --> 00:43:41,699
You don't know anything.
956
00:43:41,699 --> 00:43:43,604
I know he called you mouse.
957
00:43:49,581 --> 00:43:52,015
Is that because
you're a coward?
958
00:43:54,386 --> 00:43:56,377
I wasrt afraid of him.
959
00:44:02,894 --> 00:44:04,225
He was
960
00:44:07,065 --> 00:44:09,556
eating sausage like
961
00:44:11,336 --> 00:44:12,564
a pig.
962
00:44:16,041 --> 00:44:17,838
There was a knife.
963
00:44:18,677 --> 00:44:20,201
I pick it up.
964
00:44:23,915 --> 00:44:25,815
He just look at me
965
00:44:27,351 --> 00:44:28,841
and laugh.
966
00:44:32,957 --> 00:44:35,016
He call me a snitch
967
00:44:36,627 --> 00:44:38,686
and then he turn away,
968
00:44:40,064 --> 00:44:41,793
like I'm nothing!
969
00:44:47,471 --> 00:44:50,031
But I just keep stabbing
970
00:44:50,031 --> 00:44:52,268
until he doesn't move
971
00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:54,241
anymore.
972
00:45:06,557 --> 00:45:08,286
I'm not a coward.
973
00:45:15,633 --> 00:45:17,624
Extreme emotional disturbance,
Ben.
974
00:45:18,636 --> 00:45:20,626
Man one.
975
00:45:34,484 --> 00:45:35,746
Leon went a long way
976
00:45:35,746 --> 00:45:37,285
trying to win
his father's love.
977
00:45:37,285 --> 00:45:39,947
From the sound of it,
it wasrt won'th winning.
978
00:45:39,947 --> 00:45:41,752
They say a boy
doesn't become a man
979
00:45:41,752 --> 00:45:43,451
until his father passes away.
980
00:45:44,861 --> 00:45:47,659
Leon took care of it
in one fell swoop.