1 00:00:06,306 --> 00:00:08,069 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:08,141 --> 00:00:12,009 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:12,078 --> 00:00:13,841 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:13,913 --> 00:00:16,677 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,342 These are their stories. 6 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:22,147 Have you got Patti LaBelle in there? 7 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:24,087 Because I just love Patti. 8 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,749 No Patti this morning. 9 00:00:25,825 --> 00:00:29,784 I've got eight... No, nine... Yeah, eight of her records. 10 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:31,296 Hmm. Is that all? 11 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:32,922 Oh, my God! 12 00:00:35,568 --> 00:00:36,967 Stay down. Down! 13 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:41,869 Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox! 14 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:46,639 Victim was shot in the chest. 15 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:48,010 Looks like he was on his way out. 16 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:49,446 Name's Gerald Fox. 17 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,245 The guy that writes that City Life column? 18 00:00:51,317 --> 00:00:53,911 For The Ledger. EMS took him to Lenox Hill. 19 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:56,649 His driver, Alex Kostov, saw the shooter run off. 20 00:00:56,723 --> 00:00:57,985 The lady with the dog see anything? 21 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,582 Had her face buried in the sidewalk. 22 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,251 We're still canvassing for other witnesses. 23 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:03,386 While you're at it, check the street for the gun. 24 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,294 What'd you see? Unbelievable. 25 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:08,833 I just parked the car, and then heard this bang. 26 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:12,497 This guy comes tearing out. Ran like a mad man, over to Amsterdam. 27 00:01:12,572 --> 00:01:14,062 You get a good look at his face? 28 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:15,937 Everything happened so fast. 29 00:01:16,009 --> 00:01:20,639 He... Dark hair. Was 30, or 40. Maybe six foot. 30 00:01:20,713 --> 00:01:22,476 Was Fox a regular? 31 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:25,245 He had this standing pick up with my company. 32 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:28,082 I took him to The Ledger every morning, 7:00 a. m. 33 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:31,123 He ever talk about his problems on the way to work? 34 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:34,422 Nah, mostly hockey and music. We both like jazz. 35 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:36,922 Other than that, not really. 36 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:41,296 All right, go ahead. Leave your name with Sergeant Sebago, all right? 37 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:45,504 Now I know why I stopped reading Fox's column. 38 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,039 Why's that? 39 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,268 Local news depresses me. 40 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:39,814 He's a lucky guy. 41 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:42,259 Is that a fancy medical term for "He's gonna make it?" 42 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:44,762 Well, the bullet passed through the lung, then out the back. 43 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:46,230 We've got him sedated for now. 44 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:48,699 He say anything about what happened before the sedative kicked in? 45 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:50,463 No, he was out of it when he got here. 46 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,300 Surgeons do a laparotomy, to see the extent of his injuries. 47 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:54,634 Then, maybe you'll be able to talk with him. 48 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:56,368 Anybody come by to visit him? 49 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:59,900 Yeah, his girlfriend. The pretty one out in the waiting area. 50 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:01,446 Thanks. Mmm. 51 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:04,048 I just saw Gerald last night. 52 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:05,584 What time was that? 53 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,979 Early. Around 6:00. 54 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:12,289 We had dinner, and then I went home around 8:00. 55 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:15,418 And you went home right after dinner? 56 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:18,362 He went to hang out at a bar in Queens. 57 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:19,523 A cop bar. 58 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,426 I beg your pardon? 59 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:25,595 He was, um, doing investigation for some columns he's writing. 60 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:28,838 The first one was in the paper last week. 61 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:30,741 What was it about? 62 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,211 Some woman who works for this drug gang. 63 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:37,115 The, um... Def 40... Something. 64 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:40,109 - The Def 44 Crew? - Yeah, that's it. 65 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:43,580 He said they're pretty dangerous. 66 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:45,419 Are they? 67 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,720 Oh, I read the article. 68 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:49,727 It's a day-in-the-life kind of thing. 69 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:53,562 A grandmother who moves drug money in her Honda for the Def 44. 70 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:54,964 Not a bad plan. 71 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:57,332 I never did a drug-stop on a blue-haired lady. 72 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,570 You know, Fox did a piece last year 73 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,869 about the housing department's taking kick-backs 74 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:03,602 from mobbed-up unions. 75 00:04:03,676 --> 00:04:05,644 City launched an investigation, 76 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:08,078 a lot of heads rolled. The guy's Good. 77 00:04:08,147 --> 00:04:10,638 His girlfriend said he was working on a follow-up article. 78 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:13,208 Met with some cops last night, at a bar in Queens. 79 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:14,684 She know the name of the bar? 80 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:15,982 Fox didn't say. 81 00:04:16,055 --> 00:04:18,080 And, we can't ask him. He's in bad shape. 82 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:21,991 Shot close-range in the chest. CSU recovered a. 25 slug. 83 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:24,086 He has a standing pick-up with a car service. 84 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:26,461 Looks like he opened his door, expecting his driver. 85 00:04:26,532 --> 00:04:29,660 Uniforms found a. 25 in a trash can on Amsterdam. 86 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:31,567 Ballistics got a match on the slug. 87 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:32,935 But, the gun was clean for prints. 88 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,405 You get a serial number? 89 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:37,067 Yeah. Reported stolen. 19 years ago. 90 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:38,838 LaMotte interviewed the owner. Dead end. 91 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:42,439 It's just like Fox to poke around where he doesn't belong. 92 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:45,016 Go to The Ledger. See what he was digging into. 93 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:48,781 We'll need the grandmother's name from Fox's column. 94 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:50,254 Fox never gave me her name. 95 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:51,551 How about his notes? 96 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:53,057 I can't turn those over to you. 97 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:55,492 First amendment is still kind of an important thing around here. 98 00:04:55,561 --> 00:04:58,029 More important than your star columnist's life? 99 00:04:58,097 --> 00:05:00,031 Look, if I make an exception this time... 100 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:02,932 Yeah, yeah. Slippery slope. We've heard it all before. 101 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:05,596 We think his article ticked off the Def 44s. 102 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:06,934 If they went after him once... 103 00:05:07,006 --> 00:05:09,702 Fox has been doing this for 25 years. He knows the risks. 104 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:12,370 He ever get any calls? Any threatening letters? 105 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:14,208 Hey, he's an investigative reporter! 106 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,578 We'll need to go through them. 107 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,777 Yeah, Cheron. Excuse me, huh, fellows? 108 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:25,189 We could call the D.A's office. 109 00:05:25,258 --> 00:05:26,350 Maybe they can go to court 110 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:28,291 and get The Ledger to give up Fox's notes. 111 00:05:28,361 --> 00:05:29,350 Better idea. 112 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:32,193 I once worked a case with a D.A. in Queens narcotics. 113 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:35,228 The drug-running grannies. 114 00:05:35,301 --> 00:05:36,962 We've heard rumors about them a year ago. 115 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:38,333 But, you never came across any? 116 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,269 Gerald Fox is the only one who has. 117 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:41,830 You don't sound too thrilled about it. 118 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:45,071 Neither is my boss. How'd you like to get scooped by a reporter? 119 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:46,440 And the last thing Fox would do 120 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:48,241 is talk to you about it. Uh-huh. 121 00:05:48,314 --> 00:05:50,578 So, where'd Fox find his source? 122 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:51,843 You tell me. 123 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,512 Well, maybe one of your Cl's decided to branch out. 124 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:56,578 Cl wouldn't talk to a reporter. 125 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:59,124 Even if a few dollars changed hands? 126 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:02,127 It's possible. Whoever it is, we have feelers out. 127 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:04,296 How about we talk to your feelers? 128 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:08,061 I'm not sure I want to jeopardize my investigation. 129 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:09,567 Maybe you won't have to. 130 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:12,705 I can't believe Dalton brought me in. 131 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:14,899 This is an attempted murder Investigation. 132 00:06:14,974 --> 00:06:16,874 Gerald Fox. The Ledger. 133 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:19,776 I don't care if it's Rudy Giuliani. 134 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:22,708 I get made walking into this building, it's my ass. 135 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:24,716 Look, you're already here, right? 136 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:26,718 So, you might as well help us out. 137 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:31,887 I read the column. 138 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,153 This lady Fox talked to, doesn't ring a bell. 139 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:35,985 I'm not close enough to the money. 140 00:06:36,262 --> 00:06:37,695 Anybody you're working with? 141 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,825 Guy I'm supposed to meet tonight. 142 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:43,391 Street captain named Delgado. 143 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,334 Manages 10, 15 spots. 144 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:48,599 We're gonna wanna take Delgado down, sweat him for a name. 145 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,804 Screw that! 146 00:06:50,943 --> 00:06:53,878 I'm not under for nine months to clip this more with a couple ounces! 147 00:06:53,946 --> 00:06:55,504 You won't be compromised. 148 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:57,115 With you two making the collar? 149 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:58,782 Is there a problem with that? 150 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:00,680 Look, we'll have your squad make the collar. 151 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:02,482 We'll come in on the back end. 152 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:09,858 Who're these guys? 153 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,590 We're the guys who can get you a ticket home. 154 00:07:11,664 --> 00:07:13,689 Homicide detectives from Manhattan. 155 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:15,324 Homicide? Relax. 156 00:07:15,668 --> 00:07:17,795 We just need some information on one of your mules. 157 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:19,963 Off of this? A-2 felony weight. 158 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:21,505 You're looking at six years. 159 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:23,337 You got no probable cause. 160 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:25,274 I was just meeting my cousin, for coffee. 161 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:27,744 Coffee? What, you bring your own sugar? 162 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,212 I can jam you and girlfriend up for a year, 163 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,545 waiting for a suppression hearing. 164 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:32,879 She ain't my girlfriend. 165 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:35,250 Look, you help us with a name, 166 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:36,982 you and your pal both walk. 167 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:39,086 What kinda name? 168 00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:43,060 A Colombian woman. Uh... In her 50's, drives a Honda. 169 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,824 She moves money for your employers. 170 00:07:45,064 --> 00:07:48,124 You boys be doing your police work out of the paper? 171 00:07:48,701 --> 00:07:51,169 What do you mean? That crap about the abuela. 172 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:54,229 The Ledger printed up? That's some funny-ass stuff, man. 173 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:56,907 Me and my bros, we love that. 174 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:59,304 You want the walk, Delgado, stop playing games. 175 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:02,211 Come on, man. Half a million in some old lady's trunk? 176 00:08:02,281 --> 00:08:03,839 That's better than Chris Rock. 177 00:08:03,916 --> 00:08:05,349 Maybe you're trying to protect her. 178 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,849 Check it out. No one stashes in a wheel well. 179 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:11,787 It's the first place cops look. 180 00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:14,652 Then they got old grandma making drops in Corona. 181 00:08:14,727 --> 00:08:16,160 My people go over there, we get capped. 182 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:18,288 By who? Corona Paganos. 183 00:08:19,365 --> 00:08:21,993 And, yo, that old lady be talking about her family. 184 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:29,199 Christina, Julio, tío Pepi... 185 00:08:33,946 --> 00:08:35,208 What did he say? 186 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,009 Ten words or less? 187 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:41,053 Anybody who believes what Fox wrote is an idiot. 188 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:48,421 Fox did what? 189 00:08:48,494 --> 00:08:50,052 His article on the Def 44 Crew 190 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:51,721 is a product of his imagination. 191 00:08:51,797 --> 00:08:55,255 The guy won a Berger Award. He got a Polk Nomination. 192 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:58,427 Listen, we talked to five or six guys who run with the Def 44. 193 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:01,029 Fox's grandmother story is a running joke. 194 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:03,501 That son of a bitch. 195 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:06,568 We need a list of all the stories he worked on, all his notes. 196 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:08,375 I ought to take that Berger Award, and shove it... 197 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:09,641 Koblenz, 198 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:11,647 you know where Fox keeps his notes? 199 00:09:12,251 --> 00:09:13,843 We went through his scrapbooks, 200 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,083 ran his by-line in a news database. 201 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:20,751 Ray's checking the status on anybody he wrote about, who was ever arrested. 202 00:09:20,826 --> 00:09:22,418 Come across any retractions? 203 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:26,329 Well, a few months ago, he wrote an article that looked promising. 204 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:29,835 A sporting goods company owner who allegedly torched a couple of his stores. 205 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:31,335 Arson for profit? 206 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,565 Some nut who didn't like his Air Jordans. 207 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:35,937 The owner sued The Ledger, they settled out of court. 208 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:39,239 One of the names popped. A guy named John Franchetta. 209 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:42,110 Johnny Franchetta. The mobster who pushed, uh... 210 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:44,775 Rebecca Hampton out the window. 77th street 211 00:09:44,850 --> 00:09:46,374 - Central Park West. - Central Park West. 212 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:48,079 What, you two been taking your vitamin E? 213 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:51,452 Oh, no, no. It was a big scandal back then. All over the papers. 214 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:54,493 Famous Broadway actress, two-bit hood boyfriend. 215 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,687 It was one of the first trials Fox covered. 216 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:58,059 Put his name on the map. 217 00:09:58,130 --> 00:10:00,894 Well, Franchetta was paroled to the city two weeks ago 218 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,696 on a 20-to-life sentence. 219 00:10:02,768 --> 00:10:05,259 20-year-old case, 20-year-old gun? 220 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:08,102 Maybe Gerald Fox forgot to print a retraction. 221 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:09,999 Listen, we can toss Franchetta's room 222 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:12,306 if we call in his parole officer. 223 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:15,370 The manager says Franchetta's been here since the 5th. 224 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,541 He comes and goes. Mostly goes. 225 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:19,016 Can't say I blame him. 226 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:21,815 We're thinking he might have picked up a gun since he got out. 227 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:24,287 Well, he violates, if he gets in touch with any of his old friends. 228 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:27,417 Nothing, except for a few changes of clothes and bottle of Stoli. 229 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:29,961 When's Franchetta due to report back into your office? 230 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:31,997 Three days. Anything you can hold him on? 231 00:10:32,064 --> 00:10:34,294 He was late to his last appointment, 10 Minutes. 232 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:36,096 Do us a favor. If he surfaces, 233 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:38,193 violate him, and take him into custody. 234 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:44,575 I wrote a letter to the parole board opposing his release. 235 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:47,339 Why should they listen to me? I only helped convict the guy. 236 00:10:47,446 --> 00:10:50,574 We're looking at Franchetta for the Gerald Fox shooting. 237 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:51,981 He got busy fast. 238 00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:53,951 Any reason he might go after Fox? 239 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:57,012 A few years after his conviction, one of the jurors 240 00:10:57,089 --> 00:11:00,684 claimed that her verdict was influenced by Fox's coverage. 241 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,660 Fox's articles put Franchetta 242 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:04,593 at the crime scene the day of the murder. 243 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,222 Wasn't he? 244 00:11:06,465 --> 00:11:07,864 Not that we could prove. 245 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:09,332 And who was Fox's source? 246 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:10,993 We assumed it was someone who was afraid 247 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:13,903 to step forward because of Franchetta's mob connections. 248 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:15,338 It didn't seem to matter to the jury. 249 00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:18,102 They convicted because of what Fox printed in his column? 250 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:21,044 There was a feeding frenzy for Johnny Franchetta's head. 251 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:22,603 Fox made a meal of it. 252 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:25,980 So, without Fox's coverage, you think Franchetta might have walked? 253 00:11:26,052 --> 00:11:27,952 Everything I had was circumstantial. 254 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:30,147 Rebecca's daughter was too scared to take the stand, 255 00:11:30,222 --> 00:11:32,520 but, her son testified 256 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:36,960 that Franchetta once held a. 38 to Rebecca's head and dry-fired it. 257 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:39,530 And, all this was on the front page, before the trail, 258 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:40,997 with Fox's by-line. 259 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,535 There was definitely a presumption of guilt. 260 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:47,399 So, Franchetta's got a reason to go after Fox. 261 00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,464 And maybe Rebecca Hampton's son. 262 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:55,743 I got a letter about Franchetta's parole hearing. 263 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:57,578 I never thought they'd let him out. 264 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,140 He hasn't tried to contact you? 265 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:00,651 I would've called the police if he had. 266 00:12:00,753 --> 00:12:02,744 Any strange phone calls, letters, things like that? 267 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,289 No, nothing. 268 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:06,221 Is there anything else? 269 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,453 This is the apartment where your mother... 270 00:12:08,961 --> 00:12:10,656 That was her bedroom. 271 00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:13,489 Was that her with Burt Lancaster? 272 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:16,262 At Elaine's after the Tonys. Are we done? 273 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:18,094 Sorry. I was a big fan. 274 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,302 It's not something I like to talk about. 275 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:23,273 Hi. Frederick kept me waiting, 276 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:25,536 so, I'm getting my haircut on Friday. 277 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:29,338 And who's this? The police. 278 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:32,077 I'm Detective Curtis. That's Detective Briscoe. 279 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:33,948 Hi, I'm Nicole Hampton. 280 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:35,845 Johnny Franchetta is out on parole. 281 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:40,755 Since when? A couple of weeks. 282 00:12:40,926 --> 00:12:43,292 So, you two still live here? 283 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:46,525 I've lived here since college. Nicole stays here sometimes. 284 00:12:46,632 --> 00:12:48,862 You just dropped by to tell us about Johnny? 285 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:51,902 I'll explain everything after they leave. 286 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:55,434 Curtis. 287 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:56,769 I don't know what else to tell you. 288 00:12:56,842 --> 00:13:00,676 Yeah, if anything unusual happens, give us a call. 289 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:03,207 Franchetta's P.O. 290 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,846 Nice meeting you, Detective Curtis. 291 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:12,180 I can't believe this. I've been out two weeks. 292 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:13,850 And now you're here. 293 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:15,951 You been in touch with Gerald Fox? 294 00:13:16,695 --> 00:13:18,686 Oh, the reporter who set me up. 295 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,265 That's original. 296 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:23,801 Try and look past your narrow frame of reference. 297 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:26,130 A miscarriage ofjustice is what that was. 298 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:28,264 And maybe, you're still pissed off about it. 299 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:30,638 Fox took one in the chest on Tuesday morning. 300 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,835 No, no, no, fellas. Not me. 301 00:13:33,045 --> 00:13:35,912 Okay. Then, where were you Tuesday morning? 302 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:38,279 Last time I gave an alibi, I did 20 years. 303 00:13:38,450 --> 00:13:39,644 You're looking at another 20, 304 00:13:39,718 --> 00:13:41,982 unless you can account for yourself on Tuesday. 305 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:48,758 I was in bed. Making up for lost time with a lady friend. 306 00:13:50,262 --> 00:13:52,162 Yeah, Johnny was at my apartment. 307 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:53,960 He showed up Saturday night for dinner, 308 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:55,728 stayed through Wednesday for dessert. 309 00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:57,826 How about Tuesday morning, around 7:00? 310 00:13:57,903 --> 00:14:00,770 Tuesday? I was here, at the diner. 6:00 to 1:00. 311 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:03,035 Johnny have a gun? 312 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:05,269 No. What's this all about? 313 00:14:05,644 --> 00:14:08,272 A reporter named Gerald Fox got shot. 314 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:09,837 We think Johnny had a bone to pick with him. 315 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:12,577 Johnny never mentioned Fox. 316 00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:14,710 We've been dating two years now. He tells me everything. 317 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:18,347 He was behind bars up until two weeks ago. How does that add up? 318 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:21,551 My brother's doing time. He introduced us visiting day. 319 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,821 Johnny changed. He even goes to church. 320 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:26,662 He tell you that? 321 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:29,256 I picked him up at Good Shepherd Church on Sunday. 322 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:31,268 73rd and Central Park West? 323 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,462 Yeah. 324 00:14:32,571 --> 00:14:34,664 Just down the block from Andrew Hampton. 325 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:38,536 Twenty years ago, I talked to the cops. 326 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:40,442 I talked to the reporter. 327 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:42,309 Gerald Fox? Fox! 328 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:44,072 Fox. Yeah, that guy. 329 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,309 He wouldn't leave me alone. How come? 330 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:48,443 I was working the day Miss Hampton was killed. 331 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,081 I told Fox I saw the service elevator stop on her floor 332 00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:54,216 when I was downstairs sorting the mail. 333 00:14:54,326 --> 00:14:56,521 Did Franchetta have a key to the rear entrance? 334 00:14:56,595 --> 00:14:58,825 Yeah, so he could get up to see her. 335 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,798 But, all the residents had them. 336 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:02,867 You tell Fox about Johnny's key? 337 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:05,904 Yeah. The next day, I look at the paper, 338 00:15:06,138 --> 00:15:09,073 I'm his anonymous source. 339 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:12,071 He wrote things I never said. 340 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,610 The police know about your conversation with Fox? 341 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:17,513 I don't think so. 342 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:20,582 I didn't want to get involved. 343 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:23,978 I stand behind everything I wrote 344 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,523 about the Hampton murder. 345 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,786 Well, we talked to the doorman at her building. 346 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:29,191 And he says he never told you 347 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,320 Franchetta was there the day of the murder. 348 00:15:31,397 --> 00:15:34,298 Twenty years. Doorman's got a good memory. 349 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:37,429 Franchetta says you framed him. This guy backs him up. 350 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:40,004 It wasn't Franchetta who shot me. 351 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:41,403 Five minutes. 352 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:42,735 We're listening. 353 00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:44,139 That morning, 354 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,075 somebody called from my car service. 355 00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:51,307 Asked If my pick-up was at 6:30. I said, "No, 356 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:54,245 "7:00," like it always is. 357 00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:57,412 It wasn't Franchetta's voice. 358 00:15:58,190 --> 00:15:59,714 How can you be sure? 359 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:02,359 He's been calling me from prison. 360 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,591 He wants me to clear his name. 361 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:09,061 Franchetta wants you to clear his name? Now, that's a story. 362 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,829 I made some calls for him. 363 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:12,501 Who'd you call? 364 00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:17,170 Franchetta's old lawyer. 365 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,472 Rebecca Hampton's mother. 366 00:16:20,779 --> 00:16:23,213 What, after 20 years, your conscience bothered you? 367 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,786 I wanted to keep Franchetta happy. 368 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:30,487 So he wouldn't expose how you railroaded him. 369 00:16:30,956 --> 00:16:32,583 My editor know about this? 370 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,694 Not yet. But he knows about the Def 44 Crew. 371 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:39,392 Christina and Tio Pepe's brief stint on that soap opera. 372 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,634 You have to put your thumb on the scale to make an impact. 373 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:48,001 Sometimes, the facts get in the way of the story. 374 00:16:48,907 --> 00:16:50,875 Tell that to Johnny Franchetta. 375 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,875 I got the LUD's on Franchetta's girlfriend's phone. 376 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:58,007 He was on a collect-call when Fox got shot. 377 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,948 Then Franchetta didn't shoot him. 378 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:02,146 Fox told you he did some checking around? 379 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:04,188 So Franchetta would think he was on the case. 380 00:17:04,256 --> 00:17:05,917 So, Fox makes a couple of calls, 381 00:17:05,991 --> 00:17:07,925 talks about re-investigating. 382 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:10,891 Word gets out to someone who'd rather let sleeping dogs lie. 383 00:17:10,963 --> 00:17:13,830 Ugh! I have a feeling this is going to get ugly. 384 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,725 I'm not re-opening the Hampton Case. 385 00:17:17,803 --> 00:17:19,031 Not your call. 386 00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:22,699 You got to admit, Arlene, the case against Franchetta had some holes. 387 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:25,903 A reporter embellished a story, and we panic? 388 00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,575 This was a high-profile case. 389 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,773 Or a high-profile disaster. 390 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:34,118 A juror claimed Fox's articles affected the deliberations. 391 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:36,050 And Franchetta moved for a new trial. 392 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:37,145 It was denied. 393 00:17:37,756 --> 00:17:39,155 Jailhouse motion. 394 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:42,125 There's not a shred of hard evidence that exculpates him. 395 00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:45,890 Do you really wanna dig up a 20-year-old land mine, Adam? 396 00:17:45,964 --> 00:17:49,058 Do I have a choice? An innocent man may have gone to jail. 397 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:50,795 I don't think Franchetta was innocent. 398 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:53,565 He called Fox, he'll call somebody else. 399 00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:55,197 We need to get some answers. 400 00:17:57,643 --> 00:17:58,940 Volunteers? 401 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:02,808 Send me the file. 402 00:18:06,351 --> 00:18:08,182 Twenty-year-old landmine. 403 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:11,054 Let's see if it's gonna blow up. 404 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,920 Our theory is whoever killed Rebecca Hampton, 405 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:17,825 got spooked by Fox's calls. 406 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:19,921 And then took a shot at Fox to scare him off. 407 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:22,432 So, officially, if anybody asks, 408 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:24,662 we haven't re-opened the Hampton murder. 409 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:27,068 We're Investigating the shooting of Gerald Fox. 410 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:29,300 Sounds like pretty thin cover. 411 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:32,376 Better we should have reporters talking to our witnesses, before we do? 412 00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,571 Sure it won't look like we're hiding something? 413 00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:36,580 Adam doesn't want us misleading anybody. 414 00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:39,446 He just wants the investigation to be ours and not the media's. 415 00:18:39,518 --> 00:18:40,951 His idea of a quarterback sneak. 416 00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:42,987 You saw what happened the last time. 417 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:46,582 Well, if he thinks it'll clear this up, I'm all for it. 418 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:50,656 Franchetta badgered me for years after I represented him. 419 00:18:51,196 --> 00:18:53,824 "They framed me. Can't you do something?" 420 00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:55,866 The usual prison bull. 421 00:18:56,768 --> 00:18:58,963 Then, Fox calls me out of the blue. 422 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:00,600 Did you tell anyone he called? 423 00:19:00,672 --> 00:19:01,798 No. 424 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:05,503 I tried to locate some of Johnny's old alibi witnesses for him. 425 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:07,010 Two of the guys are dead. 426 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,604 One's in Leavenworth doing life plus something, 427 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,272 one has Alzheimer's. 428 00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:14,245 Suddenly, you're convinced Franchetta's Innocent? 429 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,215 This wasn't about Franchetta. 430 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:19,648 You practice law in this city, 431 00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:22,318 can't hurt to have a guy like Fox on your side. 432 00:19:23,962 --> 00:19:25,054 Oh! 433 00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:28,555 This is not about Fox. 434 00:19:29,701 --> 00:19:31,726 This is about the Hampton murder. 435 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:34,704 No, Mr. Hagaman, I'm just looking for background. 436 00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:37,571 I've been around the block a few times, Miss Carmichael. 437 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:41,042 You're reconsidering Franchetta's conviction. 438 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:42,904 Should I be? 439 00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:45,415 Well, Rebecca Hampton wasn't the first girlfriend 440 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:47,918 who Franchetta slapped around. 441 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,385 He had a reputation for getting physical. 442 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:52,446 It was all in the papers. What more do you want? 443 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:54,890 Something beside what Fox wrote in his column. 444 00:19:54,993 --> 00:19:57,860 Her son testified he put a gun to her head. 445 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:01,796 I'm the prosecutor, you're supposed to be the defense lawyer. 446 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,165 Well, you had to be there, Miss Carmichael. 447 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:07,297 Franchetta's blood was in the water. I was there. 448 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:09,839 With a stick, beating back the sharks. 449 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,805 Fox called me. 450 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:19,413 He said he was looking for the man that killed my daughter. 451 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,576 I told him to look in Sing Sing. 452 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,347 Why did he call you? 453 00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:27,884 My grandchildren aren't listed. 454 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:31,590 Imagine, he thought I would help that thug. 455 00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:33,187 I hung up the phone. 456 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,528 Did you mention Fox's call to anyone? 457 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:38,295 Just Andrew and Nicole. 458 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:40,263 And how did they react? 459 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:42,773 How the hell do you think they reacted? 460 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:45,369 They don't want to go through this again. 461 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:47,638 And now you're here, asking me all these questions. 462 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,040 Is it possible there was someone besides Franchetta, 463 00:20:51,116 --> 00:20:52,606 who wanted to kill your daughter? 464 00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:55,312 Me. Life was one big party. 465 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:58,184 She thought she could do anything she wanted, 466 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,521 and with anyone she wanted. 467 00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:02,423 Hoodlums, politicians. 468 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:06,996 Maybe there was a jealous ex-boyfriend who didn't like her seeing Franchetta? 469 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:10,865 Any man dating Rebecca knew he was in for the short haul. 470 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:14,630 The only ones jealous of Johnny were her kids. 471 00:21:15,173 --> 00:21:18,336 Rebecca's boyfriends took up all her time. 472 00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:19,972 With no father around... 473 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:22,773 Sounds like they resented their mother's lifestyle. 474 00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:23,906 That's right. 475 00:21:23,982 --> 00:21:26,815 When Rebecca died, I moved in to take care of them. 476 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:29,614 After six months, I asked their Uncle Mickey 477 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:31,349 to go stay with them. 478 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,380 I'd had enough. 479 00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:36,726 Well, Grandma told us Fox called her. 480 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,320 But, she didn't mention the details. 481 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:41,566 Didn't you think it was worth mentioning to the police? 482 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:45,497 Andrew told me not to. 483 00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:46,764 Why? 484 00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:49,130 The last thing Andrew wants is to replay 485 00:21:49,207 --> 00:21:51,300 this whole psychodrama in the papers. 486 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:54,070 He has two kids in Arizona. 487 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,037 They don't know anything about their grandmother 488 00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:57,843 and the life in the fast lane. 489 00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,576 You think there's anything to the theory 490 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,585 that Johnny Franchetta didn't kill your mother? 491 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:04,019 Now, how does that help you figure out who shot Fox? 492 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,026 It's possible the wrong person was convicted 493 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:09,287 for your mother's murder. 494 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,657 You seem like an intelligent woman, Miss Carmichael. 495 00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:18,435 Johnny Franchetta was a criminal. 496 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:22,336 The paper said that he was in the building when my mother was killed. 497 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,942 Gerald Fox admits that he made that up. 498 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,503 You can't be serious about this. 499 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:28,637 I wouldn't be here if I wasn't. 500 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:30,045 Well frankly, Miss Carmichael, 501 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:32,379 we'd prefer that you keep your nose out of it. 502 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:33,577 This is a private matter. 503 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:36,348 A criminal investigation is not a private matter. 504 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:37,888 I'm gonna call my brother. 505 00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:40,354 We know people who can put a stop to this! 506 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,390 I'm sorry Nicole lost her composure. 507 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:47,988 She's very sensitive about this whole Hampton legacy. 508 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:51,434 But, why all these questions about my mother? 509 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:54,036 It's possible Johnny Franchetta was innocent. 510 00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,169 That's where Nicole said you were going. 511 00:22:56,908 --> 00:22:58,773 Why didn't you tell the detectives that you knew 512 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:01,312 Gerald Fox was looking into your mother's case? 513 00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:05,080 My sister and I have been through a lot. We put this behind us. 514 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:07,950 I have to be honest, Mr. Hampton. It looks suspicious. 515 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:10,453 You think I shot Fox? 516 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:12,820 You fit the description. 517 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,324 Can you tell me where you were, 518 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:16,122 Tuesday morning, around 7:00 a. m.? 519 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:18,719 I was on my way to work. I walked. 520 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,161 From the upper west side? 521 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,360 It's the only exercise I get. 522 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:26,893 Did you stop on the way, maybe pick up a paper, a cup of coffee? 523 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,473 I'm not lying to you. 524 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:32,000 Come in for a line-up. I'll stop asking questions. 525 00:23:33,044 --> 00:23:35,808 I have a stack of breakdowns to get through. 526 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:37,345 Tomorrow, then. 527 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,314 I don't think so. 528 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:46,824 I took over as guardian about six months after Rebecca died. 529 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:50,591 Lived with Andrew and Nicole for about two years. 530 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:52,796 Are you still close? 531 00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:57,292 I see Andrew for a drink, about every four or five months. 532 00:23:57,769 --> 00:24:01,068 Nicole, I bumped into her in a restaurant a few years ago. 533 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,770 How did Andrew get along with his mother? 534 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,167 Well, that's a strange question. 535 00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:07,776 It's still a question. 536 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:10,406 You think it was Andrew? That's crazy. 537 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:12,006 He was the only stable member in the family. 538 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,817 Then he must have butted heads with his mother. 539 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:17,446 Well, it wasn't easy being the man in the house. 540 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:18,887 What do you mean? 541 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:21,949 Well, between Rebecca and Nicole, Andrew had his hands full. 542 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,658 Nicole was a problem? 543 00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:25,127 Rebecca Junior. 544 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:28,128 Inappropriate boyfriends, alcohol, drugs. 545 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,361 She pulled a gun on one of her boyfriends. 546 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,165 She had a gun? Well, I don't know, 547 00:24:33,271 --> 00:24:35,603 maybe it belonged to somebody else. 548 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:38,265 I didn't see it myself. Andrew took it away from her. 549 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:39,801 When was this? 550 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:40,970 I'm not sure. 551 00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:43,480 I mean, Nicole's blow-outs all run together. 552 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:45,812 Well, how long after you moved in? 553 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:47,475 It was a year, I think. 554 00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:49,318 Why is that important? 555 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:54,315 Yeah, I got a carry permit for a Raven Arms. 25 in 1978. 556 00:24:54,392 --> 00:24:56,360 Managed a club called The Dragon's Tail. 557 00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:58,692 You know, cash deposits in the middle of the night. 558 00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:01,425 Ever dated a girl named Nicole Hampton back then? 559 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:05,231 Sure. Nicole, she was a regular. She's still alive? 560 00:25:05,537 --> 00:25:06,765 Very much so. 561 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:08,533 Still beating the odds, huh? 562 00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:09,904 You two date? 563 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,340 Oh, I wouldn't call it dating. 564 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:13,172 More like a roller-coaster ride. 565 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:14,942 What do you mean? 566 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,412 Well, she got me fired from my job. 567 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:21,041 She dropped a couple of Quaaludes, totaled my car. 568 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,279 She was a hell of a good time, 569 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,912 if you could contain the damage. 570 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,816 How long did you stay with her? 571 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:29,591 Five months. Girl was out of control. 572 00:25:29,794 --> 00:25:32,695 Pretty low self-esteem. I always figured it was because she got raped. 573 00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:35,094 Raped by who? 574 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,634 Some guy who was in jail. That's what she told me, anyway. 575 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:41,532 Did it ever occur to you that Nicole may have taken your gun? 576 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,471 I never gave it a thought. 577 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,271 I lived in a house with four guys, 578 00:25:45,343 --> 00:25:47,641 lots of parties, people in and out. 579 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:50,340 I reported it stolen, bought another one. 580 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:53,948 Hey, if Nicole took it, it wouldn't surprise me. 581 00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:58,583 Why'd you call me down here? 582 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,386 To be perfectly honest, Miss Hampton, 583 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:02,460 we think your brother shot Gerald Fox. 584 00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:04,557 You people with your theories. 585 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:08,225 Although, you're from Texas. I should have known. 586 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:11,131 First Johnny Franchetta, and now this. 587 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:14,232 I never went to college myself. Too much to do. 588 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:15,864 Like stealing guns? 589 00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:17,033 Guns? 590 00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:20,367 We talked to your old boyfriend, Bennett Wainwright. 591 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:22,437 Who? 592 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,016 He was a bartender, at The Dragon's Tail. 593 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:28,951 Okay, Benny. He remembered me? 594 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:31,182 He said you were hard to forget. 595 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:32,280 Hmm. 596 00:26:32,357 --> 00:26:34,120 So, what's he up to these days, hmm? 597 00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:36,057 You stole his gun 20 years ago, 598 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,752 your brother used it to shoot Gerald Fox. 599 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,323 Where did Andrew keep the gun, Miss Hampton? 600 00:26:41,399 --> 00:26:42,957 You know, no matter how much you harass me, 601 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:44,399 I won't point the finger at my brother. 602 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:46,232 Don't you wanna know the truth about your mother's murder? 603 00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:48,067 Can't you just leave us alone? 604 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:51,071 I have someone waiting for me at Chanterelle. 605 00:26:53,578 --> 00:26:57,344 Fox's driver just picked your client out of a line-up. 606 00:26:57,482 --> 00:26:59,575 So what if he says he recognizes him? 607 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:01,983 Shooter's on the run, back to the eyewitness. 608 00:27:02,053 --> 00:27:03,213 Give us a break, Miss Walsh. 609 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,381 We can link Mr. Hampton to the murder weapon. 610 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:08,085 I read the statement. 19 years ago. 611 00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:10,126 The owner's not sure who stole it. 612 00:27:10,195 --> 00:27:12,595 It's just a coincidence he used to date your sister? 613 00:27:13,498 --> 00:27:14,658 It could be. 614 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:16,961 Attempted manslaughter on the Fox shooting. 615 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:19,162 We'll package it up with the other matter. 616 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:20,703 The Rebecca Hampton murder? 617 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,602 It gives him a motive for shooting Fox. 618 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:25,332 Fox was looking into the Franchetta Conviction. 619 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:27,241 You were afraid of being exposed. 620 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:28,939 Why would I kill my mother? 621 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:30,276 Everyone we talked to 622 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,714 said you had a contentious relationship. 623 00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:34,511 She didn't give you the time of day. 624 00:27:34,619 --> 00:27:36,746 You resented the life she led, the parties. 625 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:39,152 The men like Johnny Franchetta. 626 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,317 I was in the library at the Trinity School. 627 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:43,827 My sister was with me the whole time. She backed me up. 628 00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:46,193 Andrew, maybe you better not go on... No, it's okay. 629 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:50,363 We came home from school together. 630 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:52,130 There were police all over the place. 631 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:53,693 My mother was dead. 632 00:27:58,710 --> 00:27:59,870 Give us a minute. 633 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:05,013 He said he was with his sister 634 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:07,051 the whole time at school. He wasn't? 635 00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:09,143 It's not what he told the detective who interviewed him 636 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,687 the day his mother was murdered. 637 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:12,083 So, where was he? 638 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:13,954 Not where was he, where was she? 639 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:16,050 A uniform stationed at the door of the building 640 00:28:16,127 --> 00:28:19,858 logged Andrew Hampton in, at 4:17, alone. 641 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,926 What time was Nicole Hampton logged in? 642 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,399 She wasn't. Here. 643 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:27,131 They missed it 20 years ago. 644 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:30,333 Maybe they figured Nicole left school, came in the back door. 645 00:28:30,408 --> 00:28:31,602 Or, there was such a media frenzy 646 00:28:31,676 --> 00:28:33,439 about Johnny Franchetta, no one ever looked. 647 00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:35,407 Let's go back in. 648 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:38,242 So, Mr. Hampton, 649 00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:40,908 you're certain your sister can vouch 650 00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:42,509 for your whereabouts at school that day? 651 00:28:43,321 --> 00:28:44,811 I'm positive. Ask her. 652 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:50,422 I don't have to. I know what she'll say. 653 00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:55,858 She didn't get along with your mother so well, either. 654 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:57,561 Nobody got along with my mother. 655 00:28:57,635 --> 00:29:01,071 Especially since your mother didn't stop Johnny Franchetta from abusing her. 656 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:03,964 What are you talking about? 657 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:06,873 We contacted one of Nicole's old boyfriends. 658 00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:09,243 She told him Franchetta raped her. 659 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:12,043 You... You don't understand. 660 00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:13,550 Then you explain it to me. 661 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:15,745 Andrew, you don't have to explain a thing. 662 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:17,913 Your mother didn't do anything to stop Franchetta, 663 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:19,081 so Nicole killed her. 664 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:21,522 Nicole had a messed-up childhood, Mr. McCoy. 665 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,254 But, she didn't kill our mother. 666 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:25,257 Lieutenant. 667 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:29,926 Patrol Officer Charles O'Dell logged you into the building at 4:17. 668 00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:32,202 After school, like I said. 669 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:33,328 No mention of your sister. 670 00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:34,666 Well, maybe they missed her. 671 00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:37,708 The detectives in your apartment that day didn't miss her. 672 00:29:37,842 --> 00:29:40,811 "Interviewed Nicole Hampton at 3:45." 673 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,040 So? 674 00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:44,843 So your sister left school, 675 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:46,110 pushed your mother out the window, 676 00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:47,515 and hid in the building. 677 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,143 She told the police she was with you. 678 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:50,346 This had gone far enough. 679 00:29:50,421 --> 00:29:51,820 You never contradicted her. 680 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,517 That's why you shot Gerald Fox. 681 00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:56,856 To keep the secret that you two have had for the last 21 years. 682 00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:04,565 We're arresting your client for 683 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,570 the attempted murder of Gerald Fox. 684 00:30:06,704 --> 00:30:07,966 Pick up Nicole Hampton. 685 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:09,301 We're charging her with murder. 686 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,580 Good afternoon, sir. 687 00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:23,220 Nicole Hampton? 688 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:26,215 Detective Curtis? Stewart. 689 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:28,191 You're under arrest for the murder of Rebecca Hampton. 690 00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:29,886 You have the right to remain silent. Stewart! 691 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:31,588 Anything you say can and will be used against you 692 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:32,960 in a court of law. Don't let them do this to me! 693 00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:34,293 Stewart! You have the right to an attorney. 694 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:37,232 If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you. 695 00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:39,031 You understand these rights? Yes, I understand. 696 00:30:39,103 --> 00:30:40,263 Watch your head. 697 00:30:43,074 --> 00:30:47,636 "Case number 1134. People v. Andrew Hampton. 698 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:49,907 "One count of attempted murder. " 699 00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:52,112 My client pleads not guilty. 700 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:53,478 People? 701 00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:56,211 Your Honor, the defendant was identified by an eyewitness, 702 00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:57,754 and can be linked to the weapon. 703 00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:00,655 It's a matter of luck he's not here facing a murder charge. 704 00:31:00,725 --> 00:31:02,750 People request half a million dollars bail. 705 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,624 Something more reasonable, Your Honor. 706 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,393 150 cash or bond. That's thousands, Arthur. 707 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,391 May 15th. Next. 708 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:14,767 "Case number 1135. People v. Nicole Hampton. 709 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:17,467 "One count of murder in the second degree. " 710 00:31:18,476 --> 00:31:20,535 These cases related, Miss Carmichael? 711 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:23,478 Yes, Judge. Mr. Hampton shot Mr. Fox in order 712 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:27,245 to cover for this defendant, who murdered their mother, in 1978. 713 00:31:27,318 --> 00:31:29,582 There is no jurisdiction in this court... 714 00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:31,315 Will you let her finish? 715 00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:33,016 Your Honor, the defendant 716 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:36,549 was 15 years old at the time of the alleged murder. 717 00:31:37,295 --> 00:31:38,922 You dispute that, Miss Carmichael? 718 00:31:39,030 --> 00:31:41,555 No, Judge. But, this court has concurrent jurisdiction 719 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:44,466 with the family court for juvenile offenders charged with murder. 720 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,867 Not in 1978, they didn't. 721 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:52,606 This is the relevant penal law in effect until 1979. 722 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:56,840 There is no jurisdiction here. 723 00:31:56,915 --> 00:32:00,043 So, let's not waste anymore of the court's valuable time. 724 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:04,080 It appears he's right. People have an argument? 725 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,322 Not at this time. 726 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,450 Send Miss Hampton across the street, Arthur. 727 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:11,927 This case is transferred to family court for arraignment. 728 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:15,462 Apologize to the lawyers who've been waiting in the hall. 729 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:17,694 This next case isn't on the sign-in sheet. 730 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:21,839 "Docket number 931. 731 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:25,104 "In the Matter of Nicole H." 732 00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:29,880 Is this some kind ofjoke? 733 00:32:30,014 --> 00:32:32,642 Your Honor, the respondent is charged 734 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:36,208 with a crime she allegedly committed, when she was 15. 735 00:32:37,855 --> 00:32:39,152 You want bail for this? 736 00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:41,418 I want remand, Your Honor. This is a murder case. 737 00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:43,824 Well, I can send her to juvenile detention, 738 00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:46,728 where she will have to attend sex-ed classes, 739 00:32:46,831 --> 00:32:49,561 and play basketball in the yard with 14-year-olds. 740 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:52,068 She should not be on the street. The defendant... 741 00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:54,894 Excuse me, the respondent, killed her mother 742 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:56,440 and concealed her acts for 21 years. 743 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:59,567 Save it, Miss Carmichael. I'm moving to dismiss. 744 00:32:59,877 --> 00:33:03,040 According to the law in effect at the time the crime was committed, 745 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:05,580 the best possible outcome for the People, 746 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,251 is a juvenile delinquency adjudication, 747 00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:10,479 and confinement until age 21. 748 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:12,546 This whole thing is a waste of time. 749 00:33:14,125 --> 00:33:16,650 Do you care to respond to that, Miss Carmichael? 750 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:18,686 I'd like a few days, Your Honor. 751 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:21,020 Sounds reasonable. 752 00:33:21,632 --> 00:33:24,567 What do you want me to do with her in the meantime? 753 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:31,100 She's been remanded to Vernon C. Bain. 754 00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:34,570 Kiddie jail. Let's hope the beds aren't too short. 755 00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:35,805 I'm not laughing. 756 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,314 Maybe next time you won't get caught flat-footed. 757 00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:40,974 Abbie hasn't been around as long as we have, Adam. 758 00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:42,815 That's why they print the law books. 759 00:33:42,887 --> 00:33:45,287 And who are the idiots who forgot to close the loophole? 760 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,517 Those idiots are my friends. 761 00:33:48,092 --> 00:33:50,424 Back then, juvenile offenders were treated 762 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:53,225 like misbehaving children, not felons. 763 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:57,300 Rehabilitation instead of punishment. Another brilliant idea. 764 00:33:57,368 --> 00:34:00,599 When that didn't work, juvenile delinquents became criminals again. 765 00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:02,304 Little criminals. 766 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:05,433 If today's law applied, Nicole Hampton would be serving a life sentence. 767 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:08,411 I see. So, we warehouse her. For what? 768 00:34:08,479 --> 00:34:09,969 You're defending Nicole Hampton? 769 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:14,246 I'm questioning the wisdom of treating juveniles like adults. 770 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,487 I don't see any convictions on her rap sheet. 771 00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:20,585 Drugs, guns, a couple of botched marriages. 772 00:34:20,658 --> 00:34:22,421 Maybe jail would have straightened her out. 773 00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:24,484 Or changed her into a career criminal. 774 00:34:25,663 --> 00:34:27,858 I feel like I'm back in moot court. Yes, 775 00:34:28,499 --> 00:34:30,831 let's do something about the here and now. 776 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:36,935 There has to be some reasonable alternative 777 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:38,669 to dismissing the case. 778 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,841 It was never the law's intent to create a loophole 779 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,504 for Miss Hampton to slip through. 780 00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:45,777 Then, it's up to the state legislature to fashion a remedy. 781 00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,182 Not a judge in a family court. 782 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:52,079 Assuming I could do something, Mr. McCoy, what would it be? 783 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,283 Apply the statute that's now in effect. 784 00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:56,622 Let us prosecute her as a juvenile offender. 785 00:34:56,694 --> 00:34:59,254 Well, if I did that and she was convicted, 786 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:00,763 where would she serve her sentence? 787 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:02,761 In an adult facility. 788 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:04,768 And what would the maximum penalty be? 789 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:05,995 Nine-to-life. 790 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:09,039 You'd be treating her more harshly now, than you could back then. 791 00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:11,404 If she was prosecuted when she was 15, 792 00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:14,637 she'd face five years in a juvenile facility, 793 00:35:14,879 --> 00:35:18,975 not a life sentence, in a maximum-security prison. 794 00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:22,343 Times have changed. She is the one who concealed her crime. 795 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,683 I have big problems with this, Mr. McCoy. 796 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:31,285 There's no such thing as a 35-year-old juvenile delinquent. 797 00:35:31,662 --> 00:35:33,857 So, how are we supposed to prosecute her? 798 00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:35,262 I sympathize with you, Mr. McCoy, 799 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,699 but, my hands are tied by the statute. 800 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:41,703 Motion to dismiss is granted. The respondent is released. 801 00:35:44,675 --> 00:35:47,667 Mr. McCoy, do you plan to appeal the judge's ruling? 802 00:35:47,745 --> 00:35:49,906 Possibly. I'm not sure the court's decision was wrong. 803 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,608 So, you finally catch Rebecca Hampton's killer, 804 00:35:51,682 --> 00:35:54,048 and there's nothing you can do about it? We're still looking into it. 805 00:35:54,118 --> 00:35:56,609 Do you have anything to say to Johnny Franchetta? 806 00:35:57,054 --> 00:35:59,284 If and when I do, I'll say it to him in person. 807 00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:01,120 Now, if you'll excuse us. 808 00:36:01,592 --> 00:36:04,493 Miss Hampton, do you admit that you killed your mother in 1978? 809 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:05,893 She has no comment. 810 00:36:05,963 --> 00:36:07,396 How does it feel to get away with murder? 811 00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:08,955 Deal with them, Andrew. No more questions. 812 00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:10,624 Please, let us through. 813 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:16,869 Great work, people. Wonderful. 814 00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:18,872 We tried to handle the media. 815 00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:20,308 Looks like the media handled us. 816 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:22,141 Man-handled is more like it. 817 00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:23,873 So much for keeping it low-key. 818 00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:25,916 This woman killed her mother, 819 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,950 and let an innocent man go to jail. 820 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,187 You're telling me there's nothing we can do about it? 821 00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:32,782 It's not our fault, Adam. There's a glitch in the law. 822 00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:35,188 So, I just sit here and dodge the flak. 823 00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:40,925 Yes. 824 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:44,561 Put him through. 825 00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:47,936 We're filing a civil action against The Ledger. 826 00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:50,666 It's going to be hard to prove our case, 827 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:53,642 unless you convict Nicole Hampton. 828 00:36:53,744 --> 00:36:56,577 It's not our job to grease the wheels for you. 829 00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:59,039 We're as upset about it as you are. 830 00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:01,140 He did the 20 years. 831 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,847 You blew the chance to have him acquitted in 1978. 832 00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:05,148 Now, wait a second. 833 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:07,350 Johnny got the best defense money could buy. 834 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:11,258 Or, you get what you pay for. We cleared Mr. Franchetta, 835 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:13,388 because we interviewed witnesses. 836 00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:15,221 And scrutinized police reports. 837 00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:17,824 Don't lay it all on me. Your people missed it, too. 838 00:37:17,935 --> 00:37:19,493 We didn't represent him. 839 00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:22,004 Somebody's going to compensate me for what happened. 840 00:37:22,106 --> 00:37:24,040 I wouldn't push it, Mr. Franchetta. 841 00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:26,234 There's no statute of limitations on unreported 842 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:28,107 sexual offenses against minors. 843 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:29,472 What sex offense? 844 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,238 You raped Nicole Hampton. 845 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:33,243 Rape? 846 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:35,743 The little bitch threw herself at me. 847 00:37:37,788 --> 00:37:39,483 Talk to us, Mr. Franchetta. 848 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,649 What, so you can throw me back in jail? 849 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:43,421 Assuming it was only statutory rape, 850 00:37:43,494 --> 00:37:44,688 you've more than served your time. 851 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,693 I'd be careful here, Johnny. 852 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,460 Yeah, right. Like last time. 853 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:54,794 Me and Nicole, we had a thing. 854 00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:57,397 You had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old? 855 00:37:58,075 --> 00:38:01,670 Fifteen going on 40. You have the letters? 856 00:38:05,716 --> 00:38:09,379 Nicole wrote him for about three years, after he went upstate. 857 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,291 "My dearest Johnny. 858 00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:23,629 "I think about you more, now that you're not here. 859 00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:25,361 "The way you used to touch my body 860 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,097 "with your strong hands. " 861 00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:33,143 You get the picture. 862 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:34,507 So much for rape. 863 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:35,904 Nicole Hampton killed her mother 864 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,777 to eliminate the competition. 865 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:40,643 Hmm. Still nothing we can do about it. 866 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:42,275 "That thing Andrew said at your trial 867 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:44,150 "about pointing the gun at my mother, 868 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:46,518 "he told me it never happened. " 869 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:47,983 Her brother lied at the trial. 870 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:50,721 Why didn't you raise this in Mr. Franchetta's appeal? 871 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:53,389 The appeal was denied before he got that. 872 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:57,561 Andrew lied to protect his sister. 873 00:38:57,635 --> 00:38:59,296 You could argue he was her accomplice. 874 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:02,634 And he was 17. Not a juvenile. 875 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:04,968 You'll make us copies? 876 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:10,008 We plan to charge Mr. Hampton with murder in the second degree. 877 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:12,777 This is an outrage. Mr. McCoy can't prosecute the real killer, 878 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:15,011 so he trumps up a charge against Mr. Hampton. 879 00:39:15,152 --> 00:39:16,449 What do you want me to do, Ms. Walsh? 880 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,647 Stop this railroad job before it gets started. 881 00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:20,486 All right, calm down. 882 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:22,250 What about this, Mr. McCoy? 883 00:39:22,326 --> 00:39:24,794 Andrew Hampton lied at a murder trial 20 years ago, 884 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,456 in order to fabricate a conviction against an innocent man. 885 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:30,830 Doesn't make out murder. Perjury, hindering prosecution, maybe. 886 00:39:30,901 --> 00:39:32,732 He concocted an alibi with his sister, 887 00:39:32,803 --> 00:39:35,169 so she could slip out of school and kill their mother. 888 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:36,797 He's doing this, so Adam Schiff can 889 00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:38,501 clean some of the egg off his face. 890 00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,237 I'm doing this because I think your client 891 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:41,938 was complicit in a murder. 892 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:43,942 I can't stop him, Ms. Walsh. 893 00:39:44,014 --> 00:39:45,606 Sounds like he can make a case. 894 00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:52,646 What's this going to accomplish, Jack? 895 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,315 I have no intentions of trying Andrew Hampton 896 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:55,450 for the murder of his mother. 897 00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:58,222 But, he might implicate his sister in the Fox shooting. 898 00:39:58,295 --> 00:40:00,320 We have no proof she was involved. 899 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:02,389 I don't know that, and you don't know that. 900 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,594 She's manipulated him for 21 years. Why not this time? 901 00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:07,500 Well, how far you going to push it? 902 00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:09,539 Until one of them breaks. 903 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:11,768 I have a life sentence to use as leverage. 904 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:20,647 Oh, my God! 905 00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,914 Two nights in here, and I got lice. 906 00:40:25,022 --> 00:40:27,149 What you're doing to my brother is despicable! 907 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,091 He concealed your crime in 1978. 908 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:32,855 The two of you shot Gerald Fox to protect your secret. 909 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:34,557 I had nothing to do with that. 910 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:36,190 She didn't, Mr. McCoy. 911 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,661 Why should we believe you? 912 00:40:39,236 --> 00:40:41,966 She's been using you as her doormat for the last 20 years. 913 00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:45,041 It's a nice theory, but, what are you going to present to the jury? 914 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:46,667 This dime-store psychology? 915 00:40:46,777 --> 00:40:50,440 We're not going to a jury. We're gonna work out a couple of pleas right here. 916 00:40:50,514 --> 00:40:53,745 Of course, if Miss Hampton won't admit to acting as an accomplice 917 00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:56,810 in the Fox shooting, then I'll try her brother 918 00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:59,321 as an accomplice in the murder of Rebecca Hampton. 919 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,050 You're blackmailing me. 920 00:41:01,158 --> 00:41:03,285 What kind of deal are we talking about? 921 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:05,223 Five years then, five years now. 922 00:41:05,329 --> 00:41:07,456 A gesture, acknowledging her responsibility. 923 00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:09,765 Responsibility for what? 924 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:11,527 The murder of your mother. 925 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:14,964 Nicole? 926 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,207 Are you crazy? 927 00:41:25,216 --> 00:41:26,706 There it is, Mr. Hampton. 928 00:41:27,918 --> 00:41:29,317 What do you want me to do? 929 00:41:29,453 --> 00:41:31,045 Tell us exactly how your sister was involved 930 00:41:31,121 --> 00:41:32,281 In the Fox shooting. 931 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:33,988 She didn't do anything. 932 00:41:34,258 --> 00:41:37,386 You're willing to go to jail for 25 years to protect her? 933 00:41:37,461 --> 00:41:40,487 She never asked for any protection, for anything. 934 00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:42,563 Even when she needed it. 935 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,292 With Johnny Franchetta? 936 00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:48,096 He took advantage of her. 937 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,707 Your sister seduced him. That's a lie. 938 00:41:50,808 --> 00:41:53,368 She killed your mother so she could have him all to herself. 939 00:41:53,477 --> 00:41:55,069 Oh, please! We have the letters 940 00:41:55,145 --> 00:41:56,976 she wrote to him in prison. 941 00:41:57,047 --> 00:41:58,241 "Dearest Johnny, 942 00:41:58,315 --> 00:42:00,613 "my friend says that they have these trailers 943 00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:02,375 "where they let you do it. 944 00:42:02,486 --> 00:42:03,885 "If they have one at your jail, 945 00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:05,512 "maybe I could come visit you. " 946 00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:09,783 Come on, Andrew, it was a joke. 947 00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:13,895 A bikini shot. Was that a joke, too? 948 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:16,194 I felt sorry for him. 949 00:42:16,267 --> 00:42:17,962 I don't understand, Nicole. 950 00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:20,502 They're just doing this, because I got away with something. 951 00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:23,665 You were sleeping with him! 952 00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:28,269 You told me it was mom's fault. You little whore! 953 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:29,710 Don't call me that, Andrew! 954 00:42:29,813 --> 00:42:31,576 You said you were raped. 955 00:42:32,349 --> 00:42:34,817 You'll say whatever it takes to get your way! 956 00:42:34,919 --> 00:42:36,978 She didn't give a damn about us! 957 00:42:37,488 --> 00:42:41,117 All the times I came, and rescued you in the middle of the night! 958 00:42:41,191 --> 00:42:42,351 I needed you. 959 00:42:42,426 --> 00:42:45,759 You never even thought about me. It was always you. 960 00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:47,857 You! 961 00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:50,330 No, we always looked out for each other. 962 00:42:50,901 --> 00:42:52,926 Remember what you said, Andrew? 963 00:42:53,637 --> 00:42:55,605 Two people in a lifeboat. 964 00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:04,739 As soon as you're ready, Mr. Hampton. 965 00:43:10,888 --> 00:43:12,321 My sister 966 00:43:13,123 --> 00:43:15,614 told me what time Fox went to work. 967 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:16,990 No, he's lying. 968 00:43:17,061 --> 00:43:18,961 She told me to shoot Fox, 969 00:43:19,029 --> 00:43:20,690 or they'd find out what she did. 970 00:43:20,764 --> 00:43:22,425 Mr. McCoy, my brother's been in therapy. 971 00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:24,865 He's got a lot of problems. How could you do this to me? 972 00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:26,869 Maybe he's doing it for himself. 973 00:43:27,838 --> 00:43:29,999 I'm dropping the murder charge against you. 974 00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:35,708 And you're under arrest for the attempted murder of Gerald Fox. 975 00:43:39,483 --> 00:43:41,212 Son of a bitch. 976 00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:45,949 Andrew Hampton accepted our offer. 977 00:43:46,423 --> 00:43:49,153 Attempted Man One, six to 12 years in jail. 978 00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:52,094 Well, hopefully his sister will be joining him. 979 00:43:53,397 --> 00:43:55,922 You don't think he can convince a jury Nicole put him up to it? 980 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,830 I think she'll toss her hair back a few times, 981 00:43:57,901 --> 00:43:59,027 and convince them she didn't. 982 00:43:59,770 --> 00:44:01,567 Pretty cynical, Abbie. 983 00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:06,335 Well, if that doesn't work, she could always give an interview to The Ledger. 984 00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:08,675 Hmm.