Previously onBull...
[buzzer sounds]Arthur.
Wasn't sure you'd remember me after 12 years.
Have you got any new evidence?How about a signed confession?
BULL: We need these commissioners to grant parole
to a guy who's been convicted of double murder.
My name is Leo Craddick,
and I'm Arthur Craddick's son.
12 years of prison is enough to break most anyone's soul.
Please extend
this opportunity to him.
[crying]
LEO: Hey, Detective Kaminsky,
cops who place innocent people behind bars
need to face consequences.
This young man just threatened me.
[siren wails]
Leonard Craddick, you are under arrest
for the murder of Detective Joseph Kaminsky.
Anything you say...Kaminsky's dead.
[wind whistling, indistinct P.A. announcement]
You gonna miss it?
[crows cawing]
Not even a little.
Bus usually comes on the hour.
You might have to wait a bit.
My son's picking me up.
Guard inside just texted him for me.
Got it all planned out.
Gonna stop at the first open pizza place we see.
Good luck, Craddick.
[sighs]
CHUNK: Says here
Kaminsky was parked across the street
from a 24-hour bodega
when he was shot in his car at close range.
CCTV cam captured a suspect fleeing the scene
who roughly matches Leo's height and weight.
I would think a quarter of the world's population
roughly matches Leo's height and weight.
Oh, boy.
Here's something. According to this,
a palm print was recovered from the roof of the victim's car.
They're saying it's a match to Leo's.
Palm print.
A conscientious grad student spends years
working with his inmate father, pouring over court documents,
filing motions, tracking down witnesses,
and they finally get their day in court,
and suddenly, murder is the only way they can get what they want.
I don't care what they say they found on that guy's car.
I don't buy it.
[horn toots]
Hey, stranger, need a lift?
Mr. Colón.
Mr. Craddick.
I can't. Uh, I'm waiting for Leo.
He should be along any minute.
Actually, uh, Leo has been detained.
[buzzer sounds]
Hey, Leo.
[sighs]Look, I'm trying every trick in the book
to get you out of here, but you are accused of killing a cop,
so the likelihood...I know.
Okay.
By the way, we spoke with your landlord.
Told him your father had been exonerated,
and he said he was fine with letting your dad stay there.
Benny's picking him up at prison right now.
Thank you.
CHUNK: Mr. Craddick,
my name's Chester Palmer.
I'm an attorney in Dr. Bull's office.
He and I will be spearheading your case.
And what ismy case?
On what basis am I being accused of this crime?
What in the world did I have to gain
by killing a police detective?BULL:Well,
Leo, it's only the morning after.
We don't have a lot of answers.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Am I being impatient with the wheels of justice?
I certainly didn't mean to be rude.
It's only my freedom.
It's only my life.
I would like to know.
Why am I here?
You want to know the truth?
You look the part.
Yeah?
Well, so do you.
Kind of.Yeah. Not really.
I aged out of that angry young Black man category
a long time ago, but you-- you fit the profile perfectly.
Which is why the most important thing
that we have to do right now is remind them
that you are not that person.
You are an educated, socially-engaged young citizen.
And that this is an incredible miscarriage of justice.
So we're gonna need you to take it on good faith
that we're doing everything that we can as fast as we can.
Don't have much choice, do I?
BULL: Let's start at the beginning.
They know exactly what time
that detective was shot-- 11:19 p.m.
So we need to know-- where were you two nights ago at 11:19?
[sighs]
I was at home. Asleep.
Is there anyone who can verify that?
Verify that I was asleep?Mm.
No. I live alone.
So you don't have an alibi?
Guess not. Didn't know I'd be needing one.
You know they found your handprint
on Detective Kaminsky's car.
Well... there you go.
That's simply not possible.
Unless the cops planted it, which I'm sure they did.
Okay, well, we'll continue to investigate that possibility.
We'll take nothing for granted,
but why don't we give some thought as to
how that print could have legitimately gotten there?
Hey, man, I didn't even know the man had a car.
I wouldn't know Kaminsky's car if it ran over me.
Okay, but you were seen verbally accosting him at the courthouse.
[sighs] He locked up an innocent man.
He robbed me of my father for over 12 years.
We're just trying
to give you an idea of what you're up against here.
But I didn't do it.
Again, why would I do it?
How does it help me?
He's a cop, and you're a man
who's shown anger towards the cops
for reasons that make perfect sense to the two of us.
But that anger
in a courtroom
is gonna play right into the district attorney's hands.
BULL:Let's get down to it here.
Leo, you ever attend any demonstrations,
rallies, protests that would be considered anti-police?
What do you think?
You ever speak at any of these rallies?
Lead any of these rallies?I certainly have.
And would the D.A.'s office recognize the name
of any of these groups that you were associated with?
[inhales sharply]
You ever heard of Black Lives Matter?
Say the name.
There is no fear in that name.
It is a simple statement of fact.
Black... Lives... Matter.
No one is disagreeing with you.
We're just trying to figure out how to defend you.
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Curfew's 10:00 p.m.
Failure to make curfew,
failure of any random drug screening,
failure to secure employment
and/or failure to notify of any change
of employment or residence,
and your parole is subject to revocation.
Understood?Yes, ma'am, I understand.
Officer Schiraldi, my client has a special request.
Now, his son is currently being held at Rikers,
and we were hoping that you would be willing
to authorize such a visit.
I'm sorry, but that is not possible.
Well, you should know
that A.D.A. Glover has filed a motion
to vacate the conviction against my client,
which we are very confident will be granted.
And since my client has been barred from the courtroom
due to COVID restrictions, we were hoping
that you would make an exception.
I understand you have a job to do,
but I have been away from my son for over 12 years,
and now he needs me.
I understand.
But in my experience,
allowing felons to visit prisons is just asking for trouble.
Now, once you're exonerated,
you are free to do what you want.
But in the meantime, I'm sorry, the answer is still no.
Urine sample.
I need to walk him
down to the bathroom.
You mind showing us where it is?
JUDGE: Mr. Palmer, you have
a pretrial motion you'd like the court to hear
with regard to some of the prosecution's evidence?
Yes, Your Honor.
I'm requesting permission to exclude any mention
of my client's involvement with Black Lives Matter
or photographic evidence of affiliation with same.
With the court's permission,
we'd like to direct your attention to the monitors
that are at the front of the courtroom.
Now, I would like to make note
that investigations after the fact proved
that the police car in this photo was set on fire
by people who are not associated with my client
or the Black Lives Matter movement.
Nonetheless, the prosecution would like
to present this photo solely with the purpose
of inflaming the jury.
Now, given the intense media coverage
of this trial
and the current climate with regards to law enforcement,
inclusion of photos like these
would only serve to paint a misleading
and unduly prejudicial portrait of my client.
I don't think it's prejudicial at all.
The defendant has a lengthy and well-documented history
of anti-police sentiment
masquerading as protected speech.
CHUNK: Your Honor, the A.D.A. is clearly
mistaken in this regard.
Black Lives Matter is not opposed to the police.
Black Lives Matter is opposed to police killing Black people.
And the prosecution is trying to paint this organization
and, by extension, my client,
as being extremist and anti-law enforcement.
All for the crime
of simply affirming the value of Black life.
All right, Mr. Palmer.
Your impassioned entreaty has not fallen on deaf ears.
I agree.
I find that the mention of Mr. Craddick's involvement
in Black Lives Matter is irrelevant
and unduly prejudicial,
and I'm granting your motion.
There are to be no references to Black Lives Matter
or the defendant's association therewith.
Is that clear?
Yes, Your Honor.
That was too easy. Why don't I trust it?
Because you're Jason Bull, super smart cynic.
You've been talking to my much better half.
CHUNK: Your Honor, we have
a second motion for the court's consideration.
I ask that we exclude
any reference to the defendant's prior conviction
for criminal mischief.
My client was one
of over 200 people arrested
after a Black Lives Matter demonstration became overrun
with people not associated with his group,
but who were there solely for purpose
of looting and vandalizing.
He couldn't afford counsel, he spent a night in jail.
For these spurious charges to be used against him--
it seems unjust and unfair, Your Honor.
Ms. Olson, care to respond?
Your Honor, as Mr. Palmer is well aware,
if his client chooses to take the stand in his own defense,
he can be cross-examined about prior crimes
that bear on his credibility.
To arbitrarily deny me the opportunity
to share this conviction with the jury seems...
How did you put it?
Unjust and unfair?
And it is.
To the state, which believes Mr. Craddick is guilty
of murdering a police officer in cold blood.
And I would also point out to the court,
violence against police officers seems to be
a common feature of these rallies.
And whether that violence is instigated
by the sponsoring organization
or outsiders who seize the opportunity
to indulge in mayhem is beside the point.
The point-- the only point--
is that Mr. Craddick has been arrested and convicted
in the past.
And that is something that the jury has a right to know.
Told ya.
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh way.
Come on, no one's taken away anything yet.
While I still believe Mr. Craddick's association
with Black Lives Matter should remain out of bounds,
if he does choose to take the stand
in his own defense
and personally asserts his innocence,
I believe...
his criminal history should be admissible
to impeach his credibility.
Told ya.
CHUNK: But, Your Honor,
you're essentially taking away his ability to testify
on his own behalf.
I've issued my ruling, Mr. Palmer.
If Mr. Craddick testifies,
the arrest is admissible.
[sighs]
Just got off the phone with Bull.
He was curious what kind of progress
you were making.Actually, I was just staring
at Detective Kaminsky's phone bill as we speak.
For what it's worth, in the weeks leading up to his murder,
he received dozens of calls
from a host of different burner phones.
Well, that sounds promising.
Maybe. Danny told me when she was in the NYPD
they'd give out burner phones
to all the confidential informants.
Gave them out like Handi Wipes, she said.
Veteran cop like Kaminsky, he probably had dozens
of confidential informants.
The thing is, I don't know
who's on the other end of these calls.
I can't see any of the texts. I can't hear any of the calls.
I can't tell any of that from a bill.
Well, it's a start. My guess is
tomorrow we will file a motion for discovery
so that we can get access to the physical phone.
That way, we can read any texts,
listen to any voice mails.
And in the meantime,
Danny'll keep trying to track these burners,
see if we can find out who he gave them to.
There's got to be a record of it somewhere.
[horn honks in distance]
You want to talk juries?BULL: Sure.
I think this morning's gonna be all about belief perseverance.
Belief perseverance?
People who insist on holding on to something they believe in
even in the face of new information
that contradicts that belief.
Where I come from, people just call that "stubborn."
"Stubborn" works, too.
We definitely want to eliminate or least minimize the stubborn.
The job is gonna be to convince our jury
that the police investigation was compromised from the start.
They zeroed right in on Leo.
They barely investigated, 'cause they had their theory.
And they held on to that theory
to the exclusion of any other information or possibilities.
Now, that's the narrative.
For that argument to stick,
we need jurors whose first impressions are malleable
to new information, new evidence.
We need people who aren't stubborn.
Any hopeless romantics here today?
Anyone here believe
in love at first sight?
Oh.
You, ma'am.
Any reason in particular
you don't believe people can fall in love at first sight?
My first date with my now husband was a disaster.
First, he went to the wrong restaurant,
so he was 20 minutes late.
And when he finally got there, he was so nervous,
he dumped a glass of wine on my favorite blouse.
And then, to top it off,
he left his wallet in the cab,
so I had to pay for dinner.Oh.
[chuckles]
But he made me laugh,
so I gave him another chance.
A few more chances, actually.
And all that's to say is that,
even when you think you know,
you don't know.
Lady doesn't go all in on first impressions.
We like it.
Or don't we?
No, I think we do.
She reads websites from all sides of the political spectrum,
is registered as an independent
and she and her husband
just celebrated their 35th anniversary.
From where I'm sitting, she's our dream juror.
CHUNK: Juror number 19.
Love at first sight: you in, you out?
Well, I'm not saying I don't believe in it.
I mean, I like the idea of it.
Who wouldn't like to live in a world where you could be sure
just by looking at someone?
But...
it's like she just said, you never know.
Sounds like someone willing to hear both sides of an argument.
What are we looking at here, Marissa?
Willard Goss.
24 years old. Family owns Goss Uniforms,
an apparel company that provides clothing and accessories to...
among other organizations,
the NYPD.
Well, that's that, isn't it?
And how about you, miss?
Love at first sight?
I don't think so.
Care to explain?
Because it's a myth,
a fairy tale.
The advertising agencies,
the greeting card companies, Hollywood--
it's a tale they tell to separate you from your money.
Sounds like someone who doesn't budge once her mind is made up.
You don't know the half of it.
Her social media is scorched earth.
Movies, music, food--
she's posting 500 words on why you're wrong.
If this woman doesn't like something about Leo,
she'll be a nightmare on the jury.
CHUNK: We'd like to thank
and excuse juror number 30, Your Honor.
OLSON: Your Honor,
before you dismiss this juror,
may we be heard in chambers?
Your Honor, I count six total jurors
eliminated by the defense.
All six are white.
As I'm sure you're aware,
Batson v. Kentuckyexplicitly prohibits jury eliminations
based on race.
CHUNK:Your Honor, as the A.D.A. is well aware,
the Batsonruling was specifically intended to address
the exclusion of Black people from serving as jurors.
Yes. When it was originally issued, that was the case.
But the Supreme Court has since expanded its ruling on Batson
to ensure nocitizen is disqualified
from jury service based on race.
Equal protection, Your Honor.
BULL: That's all well and good, but,
Your Honor, none of these strikes were discriminatory.
Each and every choice was based on scientific analysis
and had nothing whatsoever
to do with race.OLSON: Really?
Hmm. And we're just supposed to accept that
because you assert it?
With all due respect, Dr. Bull,
it may or may not be true.
But what is true, what is unassailable,
is that all of your jury strikes
were exercised against Caucasians.
ARGAWAL: I don't doubt your methods, Dr. Bull,
but it's hard to disagree
with A.D.A. Olson's point.
Out of an abundance of caution,
I'm not going to allow you to strike juror number 30.
Your Honor...
She stays, Mr. Palmer.
OLSON: Mrs. Kaminsky,
did your late husband ever mention
Leo Craddick to you?
Not by name.
Joe never talked about his cases.
So, I-I'm confused when you say "not by name."
Have you ever met Leo Craddick?
Yes, I have.
OLSON:And can you tell us when and where you met the defendant?
It was during the trial involving the father.
Joe went to testify and told me
he ran into the man's son in the hall.
He didn't say so, but...
you could tell it rattled him.
Otherwise, he never would have mentioned it.Hmm.
EMILY:Anyway, since he was in court
that day, he left me the car.
He was going to take the train home
after he was done at the station house,
but I offered to pick him up.
And when I got there,
I went to park in Joe's spot.
And as soon as I did, a man walked over.
OLSON: And do you see
that man in the courtroom?
I do.
It's him.
OLSON:And what happened when he walked over?
He asked me if I knew that this was Detective Kaminsky's spot.
And what did you say?
I said I did.
I mean, there was a sign.
So, did that seem like a strange question to you?
Objection. Counsel is leading the witness.
Objection sustained.
Rephrase the question, please.
Can you describe
what you did when the defendant asked
if the spot belonged to Detective Kaminsky?
I told him it did.
And then I instantly regretted it.
Why?
I don't know.
There was something desperate about him.
About the question.
He said he had gone into the station house
and asked to see Joe,
but they wouldn't even tell him if he was working or not.
Said he had to call and make an appointment.
And what did you say?
I lied and told him I was sure Joe wasn't working.
Otherwise he never would have told me
it was okay to use his spot.
And then what happened?
And then I went into the station house
like I worked there, too.
As soon as I got in the door,
I mentioned it to the watch commander,
and they sent somebody out to take a look.
But...
by then, he was gone.
Okay, so let's just review.
Your husband had an encounter
with Leo Craddick in the courthouse corridor...CHUNK: Objection.
Counsel's assuming facts that are not in evidence....earlier that day.
And then you encountered him
later that night, skulking around
the station house...Your Honor.
Objection sustained....after he was told
he needed to have an appointment.The jury will...
In your opinion...Ms. Olson...
...was he lying in wait?I'm ordering you
to stop questioning the witness!Or perhaps planning
to shoot your husband that night?Counsel is ignoring
the order from the bench!Ms. Olson, that's enough!
The jury will disregard the A.D.A.'s... outbursts.
Like hell they will.
ARGAWAL: And you, my dear,
are within a hair's breadth
of being found in contempt of court.
Am I being clear?
Very.
LEO: You were there.
I called him out at the courthouse,
told him there was gonna be a reckoning.
He even said, "Are you threatening me?"
I remember it well.
Now, get to the part where you're stalking him
at the precinct?
I wasn't stalking him at the precinct.
I wasn't stalking him anywhere.
[sighs]
I realized as soon as I saw the look on your face
that I should never have confronted Kaminsky in that way.
That that was no way to get my father out of jail.
So, again,
what were you doing at the precinct that night?
[sighs]
I went there to apologize.
I went there
to try and repair whatever damage I might have done.
But like his wife said,
they wouldn't even tell me if he was there.
So I thought I'd look in the parking lot.
And suddenly, a car pulled into his spot.
I had no idea she was his wife.
I figured she was just another cop
whose space was just further away.
So when she told me that he wasn't working that night,
I took her word for it and went home.
Oh, see, that-that... that's a great answer.
I love that answer. I want to put you on the stand
so you can tell that to the jury.
[chuckling]: Except you can't.Excuse me?
She just set a trap for you, that A.D.A.
She's tough. She's ferocious.
There's nothing she wants more
than for you to put him on the stand
so he can declare his innocence.
And then, she will say, "While I have you up here,
"isn't it true that you are a member
"of the Black Lives Matter movement?
"And isn't it also true that, in connection with a protest
that was staged 14 months ago, you were arrested?"
So, what do we do?
[sighs]
Quite honestly, I don't know.
I think I do.
CHUNK: So let me make sure
that I understand what transpired
that night in the parking lot.
You pulled into your husband's spot,
and then Mr. Craddick approached you.
Yes.
And did he touch your car?
What do you mean?
CHUNK: Well, one of the key pieces of evidence that
the prosecution keeps telling us about
is this palm print on Detective Kaminsky's car.
The same car that you were driving that night.
Okay.
CHUNK: So I'm asking, in your back and forth
with Mr. Craddick, did he have occasion
to put his hand on your car?
Maybe his palm on the driver's side of the roof?
Not that I recall.
Do you recall testifying not 20 minutes ago
that at a point, you left your car,
and you went into the station house?Yes.
And you were so concerned about Mr. Craddick being out there
that, well, you told the watch commander about it.
Yes.
Well, isn't it possible that, during that time,
that Leo inadvertently left his palm print
on the driver's side roof of the vehicle
where the police later discovered it?
I don't know. I didn't see it.
But isn't it possible?
Objection! Asked and answered.
Overruled. The witness will answer the question.
I suppose it's possible.
CHUNK: Are you aware
that a palm imprint, like the one that my client left,
can last for a day, a week,
even years?Objection!
The defense is testifying!
Sustained. The jury will disregard that last statement.
No further questions, Your Honor.
MARISSA: Wow. That was pretty impressive.
Just goes to show you, when life hands you lemons...
You want to make sure there's someone on your team
with lots of tequila and salt.
Answers. We got answers.
Fire when ready.
Okay, well, it turns out all of the owners
of all of the burner phones that Kaminsky gave out
to his confidential informants are either in jail,
alibied out or dead.
How convenient.
All of them...
except for one.
Who, of course, is the person
who texted Kaminsky four times the night of his death.
And that phone would belong to?
I have no idea.
Kaminsky kept records of the others,
but this one's kind of a ghost.
Never officially assigned to anyone.
May not even be one of the ones he gave out.
I mean,
who says every call he gets
from a burner phone has to be from an informant?
Good point.
Can you run this one last number again?
I don't even know if it's possible,
but can you see what the point of purchase was?
Where whoever owns this thing might have gotten it from?
It'll at least give me a... a starting point.
The prosecution would like
to call Ahmaud Coleman to the stand.
[door opens]
CHUNK: Objection.
Your Honor, this man's name does not appear
on any witness list.
This is a blatant violation of the rules of discovery.
OLSON: Apology
to the court, Your Honor.
This witness just came to my attention late last night,
when he was arrested for an unrelated matter.
Your Honor...
You'll be provided with all the time
you require to prepare
to cross-examine the witness, Mr. Palmer.
I'd like to proceed.
Yes, Your Honor.
OLSON: Mr. Coleman,
you and the defendant live in the same apartment complex.
Is that right?
That's right.
And are you and the defendant
close friends? Acquaintances?
Neighbors.
I'd mostly see him at the Housing Authority meetings.
Had to raise hell to get them to fix anything.
Did the defendant ever share his feelings about the police
while the two of you were at one of those meetings?
Yeah. Leo would say how the only reason
his father was in prison was the police railroaded him.
Hmm.
Did he say anything else?
Anything that stood out to you?
One day he asked if I knew anyone
who could help him get a gun.
OLSON: Oh.
Did Leo Craddicksay why
he wanted a gun?
He just wanted to know how long it would take.
Said he needed it fast.
Mm-hmm. Was this before
or after Detective Kaminsky was shot to death?
It was before.
OLSON: Nothing further at this time, Your Honor.
[whispering]: You bought a gun from this guy?
No. Of course not.
There have been a bunch of break-ins in our building.
I thought about getting a gun for protection,
but I never followed through.
So you got picked up for something last night,
and someone suggested to you
that if you come into court this morning
and testify against my client,
that things might go a little easier for you?
Hmm?
The witness will answer the question.CHUNK: No.
That's all right, Your Honor.
We'll give him this one for free.
Mr. Coleman,
did my client ever buy a gun from you?
No.
And did my client ever follow up
with you about buying a gun?
No.So,
my client never bought a gun from you,
and the two of you never discussed the subject again?
No.
I see.
So the totality of your testimony is
that you and my client had a little chat?
I suppose.
And during that chat, did my client tell you
that the reason why he wanted a gun was because
of all of the break-ins in your building,
and that that is why he wanted a gun?
You're under oath, Mr. Coleman.
It came up in the conversation.
I bet it did.
I have nothing further for this... witness.
LEO: That was a nice piece
of lawyering, Mr. Palmer.
Thank you.
I'm just doing my job.
And how do you see this going?
What's that jury thinking?
It's hard to say.
And they need 12 to convict, they need 12 to exonerate.
Anything else, and we have a hung jury.
You go back to prison, and then we go
and do this all over again in eight or nine months.
None of that sounds like an answer.
They believe your motive is revenge.
A witness said they saw you seek out the victim.
And someone else said you wanted to buy a gun.
But I didn't buy one.
But you asked about it.
And we know there's at least one juror
whose mind we are not gonna change about you.
Because I look the part.
[sighs] Put me on the stand.
Let me testify. Let me tell my story.
Leo, we put you on the stand,
and that A.D.A.'s first question is going to be,
"Do you stand with Black Lives Matter?"
And my answer's gonna be,
"Hell yes, I do!"
Black lives matter. Why is that even open for debate?
It shouldn't be, but with this jury, it is.
I want...to testify.
It's my life.
If I'm going to spend the rest of it behind bars,
I want to look the people
who are going to put me in there in the eye.
Okay, Leo. Okay.
Let me think about it.Why?
It's not even your choice.Let me think about it.
You do whatever you want.
I've already made up my mind.
[elevator bell chimes]
Gentlemen, I have an idea.
Dr. Bull.
Arthur wanted to have a word.
Mr. Colón explained the situation to me.
I had a thought.
Make me your first witness.
Excuse me?
Can you tell me where I can find the owner of this bodega?
I don't know.
What do you want him for?
I'm a private investigator, and I was hoping
he might be able to give me some information.
About what?
Something somebody bought here.
A phone.
And when did you make the decision to take an active role
in securing your freedom from prison?
That's the thing.
It wasn't me. It was Leo.
Whenever he could afford a stamp, he would write to me.
Tell me how things were going in school,
send me his test papers,
beg me to let him come visit.
And, uh, even though I dreaded
him seeing me in that place,
him seeing me that way, I...
I finally said "yes."
And the first thing he said was...
"Pops... we're going to get you out of here.
"You didn't do this.
"The law is the law,
and you didn't break any laws."
All that mattered to him was that I was his father.
[sniffles] And that's how it started.
I went to the prison library. He went to the Bronx library.
And twice a month, he would take the-the bus up to the prison,
and we would compare notes.OLSON: Your Honor,
I object.
While this is all truly...
fascinating,
it's hard to see how any of it
is relevant to the business at hand,
which is the murder of Detective Kaminsky.
CHUNK: Your Honor, apologies.
The witness is simply trying to set the table
and create some context.
That's all well and good, Mr. Palmer, but let's get to it.
[quietly]:Okay.
Mr. Craddick,
do you believe that your son murdered Detective Kaminsky?
No, I do not.OLSON: Objection.
Calls for speculation.
Besides which, this man is a convicted murderer.
CHUNK:Your Honor, the conviction is in the process
of being vacated.OLSON: Not to mention the fact
that on the night in question,
he was behind bars
and could not possibly know
who did or did not
shoot Detective Kaminsky.
But I do.
Objection.
Sustained. The jury will disregard.
But, Your Honor, I really do know who killed the detective.
ARGAWAL:Mr. Craddick, I know you've studied the law,
so I know you know how this works.
You may not speak out of turn.
The attorney will ask
a question, and then you will answer.
[whispers]: Ask me.
ARGAWAL: Mr. Palmer,
this is your witness.
Ask a question.
Mr. Craddick,
do you know who killed Detective Kaminsky?
I do.
Okay.
And how is this possible?
Because I'm the one who paid the man who did it.
[gallery murmuring]ARGAWAL:Order!
[gavel banging]
The jury will restrain itself.
What the hell is he doing?
Your Honor, we move to strike the witness's last statement.
ARGAWAL: Mr. Craddick, are you saying
you were directly involved in the murder
of Detective Kaminsky?
Don't answer that! Your Honor, I am this witness's
attorney.ARTHUR: Your Honor, I knew
Kaminsky was gonna try to keep me in jail,
so I paid someone on the outside $25,000 to have him killed
so that he couldn't block my parole.
Y-Your Honor, uh, I am requesting
a recess to confer, please.OLSON: I object.
The people are entitled to cross-examine this witness.
Particularly in light
of this preposterous
and transparent attempt to create reasonable doubt.
ARGAWAL: All right.[gavel bangs]
I'm sorry, Ms. Olson,
but we are going to adjourn for the day.
And unless Mr. Palmer has any more questions,
when we return,
we will commence with cross-examination.
Court is adjourned.[gavel bangs]
You committed perjury. That's a felony.
You just violated the terms of your parole.
Arthur, what were you thinking?
I was thinking that being innocent
wasn't going to keep my son out of jail.
So, I went to the bodega hoping whoever
sold our man the phone might have a record
of it and that he might be willing
to part with that information
for enough money.And?
DANNY: And he hadn't
actually sold that phone to anyone.
It was his phone.
It belonged to the man who owned the bodega.
Okay, so, now we're saying
that Detective Kaminsky was killed by some bodega guy?
I didn't say that.
I said the phone belonged to the bodega guy.
Cost me 500 bucks, by the way.
[sighs]So, why was Bodega Guy
calling Kaminsky the night of the murder?
Or, for that matter,
any of the other dozens of times they spoke?DANNY: Well,
let's not talk about the night of the murder just yet.
And all the other times that Kaminsky
and the bodega guy talked
was because they were conducting business.
Business?
DANNY: The bodega guy
was supplying Kaminsky with Adderall.
Apparently, he used it to stay up late.
Used it the way people chew gum.
I'm following you, but I have no idea where you're going.
Oh, Danny, put them out of their misery.
Get to the good stuff.
It turns out the bodega guy got busted by two cops
five days before Kaminsky's murder.
But instead of arresting him, the cops took all his money,
his drugs and his burner phone.
Okay, so, wait. Now you're saying
you think that the people that were calling Kaminsky
the night of his murder were cops?
We know they were cops. And now that Taylor
has broken the encryption on Kaminsky's phone,
I think we have enough to prove they killed him.
[door opens]
Well, thank you for agreeing to meet us so early in the morning.
[sighs]
This better be good.
So, when Kaminsky wanted to buy more Adderall,
he couldn't get his connect on the phone,
so he went to see him in person.
BULL: And that's when he discovered the two detectives he knew
were shaking down small-time drug dealers, including his.
So you think he threatened to go to Internal Affairs?
I know he did.
Our technical team unencrypted their conversations.
They said
they would kill him
if he threatened to destroy their lives.
Our first witness this morning
is scheduled to be the bodega owner.
The drug dealer.
Who will identify
the two detectives who shook him down
in exchange for leniency
because he is unmasking two corrupt cops.
Unless, of course, you'd rather he didn't testify for us
but instead testified for you
when you bring charges against these two detectives.
As the, uh, people
and the defense were in agreement,
I was expecting to enter a finding of "not guilty"
in this matter.
However, Judge Argawal informed me
of Mr. Craddick's recent outburst in her courtroom.
Can you explain your actions, Mr. Craddick?
If I may, Your Honor, my client's actions
were not born out of any contempt for the law
but were those, simply, of a desperate father
trying to protect his son.
Now, Mr. Craddick deeply regrets his outburst.
But, in light of the unusual circumstances of this case,
I ask that the court show some mercy
and rule favorably on our petition.
Your Honor,
Mr. Craddick has endured 12 years in prison
for a crime he did not commit, and...
the people will not compound his suffering by pressing charges
at this time.
The people
likewise request
that the court enter a finding of "not guilty."
Mr. Craddick, if I could ask you to stand.
Mr. Craddick, some wrongs are impossible to make right.
But occasionally, we are given the opportunity
to offer a small correction
to the grotesque cruelties
that are suffered in the name of justice.
I'm going to rule in favor of you, the petitioner.
A verdict of "not guilty" will be entered into the record
along with the apologies of the court.
Mr. Craddick, you're free to go.
[gavel bangs]
[indistinct whispering]
[door opens]
[sighs] So, what do you know?
Is the A.D.A. gonna play ball?BULL:Well,
she hasn't said anything yet.
All I know is people
with D.A. medallions hanging from their necks
keep showing up and speaking passionately with her.OFFICER: All rise.
All right, then.
I believe it's now
the prosecution's turn to cross-examine
Mr. Arthur Craddick.
Could we please have Mr. Craddick take his place
in the witness box?OLSON: Your Honor,
before we continue, there's a matter
we'd very much like to bring to the court's attention.
A few moments ago, I was able
to confirm that an arrest warrant
had been issued for Detective Ryan Pierson.
Just this morning, investigators uncovered evidence
implicating Pierson
in the murder of Detective Joe Kaminsky.
In light of this,
and other evidence provided
in conjunction with an ongoing investigation
with Internal Affairs,
the people are informing the court
that we are dismissing
all charges against Leo Craddick.
And, Mr. Craddick,
I'm so sorry for all that you've been through.
ARGAWAL: Ladies and gentlemen,
the court thanks the jury for its service.
This case is dismissed.
[crying]
You were right.
About which thing?
Belief perseverance.
People get an idea in their head,
and they see the world in a certain way.
Yeah.
I'll meet you guys outside.
Excuse me.
Um,
sorry to bother you, but I... I couldn't help but notice
when the judge dismissed the case,
you looked upset.
No. No big deal.
I'm just...
[sighs] What can I say?
I was absolutely convinced
that the man was guilty.
Hmm.
Guess I was wrong.
It happens.
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