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These are their stories.

Seven robberies,
all electronics stores,

all by a potbellied man with
a handgun, all just before closing.

Yes, sir, that is correct.

And when did your robbery unit determine
these robberies were part of a pattern?

After the third one.

But you didn't write it up
until the seventh had occurred.

No, sir.

And as a result, when a similar
robbery occurred in Queens,

they were unable
to connect it to your pattern.

- We made a mistake.
- Yes you did.

It seems robbery is
not your strong suit.

Accordingly, I would ask that you report
to the personnel office for reassignment.

That is all.

Okay, let's hear
from Special Victims.

Captain Cragen?

Good morning,
Commissioner Morris.

Good morning, Captain.

I understand we have a man who likes
to masturbate on the 3rd Avenue bus.

We used to.

Detectives Benson and
Stabler made an arrest yesterday.

You're sure he's the guy?

Yes, sir, his name is Olaf Vargas.

He has a long list of priors.

Good. Let's hope
they clean the seats.

Slide.

Do you recognize these addresses,
Captain Cragen?

No, sir, I do not.

Let me refresh your memory.

Three breakin rapes
in less than a week.

Last week, DNA backlog matched them
up to the same unknown assailant.

Do you remember now?

No, sir.

If you'd read your circular,

you'd recognize this as newly
identified rape pattern four 1995.

1995, sir?
I was in Homicide in 1995.

But it's still yours.

Have you done anything
on these three cases, lately?

No, sir, they were considered cold.

You realize, if no progress is
made very soon on these cases,

we'll be timebarred from
proceeding with prosecution?

Sir, I am, of course, aware of the five
year statute of limitations on rape, but...

Have you or your people
talked to any of the victims

since you took command of the SVU?

- No, sir.
- Well, now is your opportunity, Captain.

One of them has volunteered
to address us, today.

Ms. Kraft?

My name is Victoria Kraft.

On February 8th, 1995,

while I slept,

a man broke into my apartment,
stripped, and climbed into my bed.

He forcibly had
sexual intercourse with me,

he maced me, then left.

I immediately notified the police,

but no arrest was ever made.

Commissioner Morris recently informed me
that the same man raped two other women.

No arrest was made
in either of their cases.

I don't understand why,

but rape carries a five year
statute of limitations.

It's harder to dodge a parking ticket.

If he's not arrested soon,

then the man who attacked
me will never be punished.

I urge the NYPD,

and especially
the Special Victims Unit,

to revisit my case

before the statute expires.

Thank you, Commissioner,
for the opportunity to speak.

Captain Cragen?

Thank you, Ms. Kraft.

I promise you we will assign
your case the highest priority.

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Law & Order SVU
1x14 Limitations

ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2000/02/11

Hey, how was Compstat?

- That bad?
- That bad.

Compstat's like having the IRS audit
your case files every three weeks.

Yeah, Compstat is the worst system,
except for all the others,

It's a pain in the ass for guys like me,

but it does weed out the slackers
who aren't pulling their weight.

I'm working on
the 3rd Avenue Jerker.

The typing can wait.

I've got something else
I want you and Jeffries on.

Her name is Jennifer Neal.
She was raped in her apartment.

Benson, Stabler,
you take the other two victims...

same doer, same MO.

This stuff is from 1995.

The ME is working
through the DNA backlog

on 12,000 Vitullo kits
from unsolved rapes,

matching them against every offender
in the system or not in the system.

So what we have are
three open rapes,

never before connected
to each other,

all done by the same guy
in less than a week.

Do we have a name?

No. But we do have
this genetic profile

so for now we'll use
the lab's designation... John Doe 121.

His MO's this, he breaks
into women's apartments,

climbs into bed with them
while they're asleep,

they wake up, his face is covered
with a stocking, rapes them.

Then he maces 'em,
dresses and walks out the front door.

So he did three and then stopped?

Maybe he started using a condom.

A very thoughtful rapist.

White male,

in his 20s,
maybe in his 30s now.

Between 510, 61,

his weight is 160.

Obviously that might
have changed by now.

He had long brown or black hair.

Only now he could be a tub
of lard with a graying buzzcut.

These are almost five years cold.

The statute of limitations
is going to expire...

That's exactly the point. Okay?

While you are reinterviewing the victims,

I'm going to go to the DA and
see if we can file an arrest warrant.

An arrest warrant on a nobody?

Not nobody, we'll try to
get the warrant on his DNA

John Doe 121.
It might stop the clock.

They're trying that in Wisconsin.

These are the days

until the statute of limitations
expires on each case.

So, if we fail,

and the courts deny us,

then in four days, John Doe 121
is going to get away with three rapes.

I know it's been five years,

but there might have been
something that came to you...

something you
realized about the attacker.

He was wearing a stocking mask.

Yes, that's in the detective's notes.

Maybe something you saw later
that reminded you of him?

No, I don't think so.

Two other women were
raped by the same man

and both of them reported that
he left through the front door,

but your file doesn't say how he left.

That's a good question.

This is the floor plan of the apartment
where you were living in '95.

Take a look.

Oh, yeah,

I forgot, see, in my old apartment
to get to the bedroom,

you had to go through the bathroom.

How did he leave?

I guess he went out the front door.

I don't remember. I'm sorry.

Lois, we're on
your case fulltime now,

so I'm going to give you my card

and if anything comes
to you, anything at all,

please call.

I wasn't much help, was I?

No, no, no,
Lois, you did great,

great.

We appreciate
you taking the time.

- You're looking at a threetime rapist.
- What do you want me to do?

Pursue a judge to issue
a warrant for his arrest.

- We have no name.
- We have a unique genetic profile.

What, the Wisconsin maneuver?
There's no case law in New York.

Well, somebody's
got to be first. Alright?

This man raped the women in their beds
and then maced them on the way out.

When the precedents were created, no one
anticipated these scientific advancements.

You are looking
at a lot of legal work.

Let me put it this way,

every time you get into a cab,
John Doe 121 might be the driver.

The rape was the worst thing
that ever happened to me.

That's what you
always hear and it's true,

but that's not the whole story.

What do you mean?

What happened
afterwards changed my life.

I received so much love
and support from so many people,

it reaffirmed my faith in humanity.

You seem to have adjusted very well.

I went to a very dark place.

I wanted to die,

but the people
in my life saw that happening,

and they took care of me.

Once I thought I was alone,

but now I know
I'm part of a community.

We're reopening
your case, Ms. Neal.

We just learned from DNA that two of the
women were attacked by the same man.

Oh, no.

- When did it happen?
- Within a week of your attack.

We thought if we crossreferenced
the three stories,

we might be able
to make some headway.

One of the other victims reported the
attacker seemed to know personal details.

- You reported the same thing.
- Yes, he knew my dog's name.

And he knew the restaurant
where I sometimes ate breakfast.

Is there anything
you've remembered since,

or some detail you may have
failed to report or came to you later?

Nothing that I didn't tell
the detectives back then.

It's not a period of my life
that I like to revisit.

I understand and we're sorry
to have to bring this up, but

we only have
a small window of time.

Why?

In rape cases, charges have
to be brought within five years.

I just want this to end.

Excuse me, Your Honor,
we need an arrest warrant.

I need to eat lunch.

Well, this is urgent.

- Where's his name?
- It's a John Doe warrant.

- You've issued those before.
- I issued one yesterday.

Four guys robbed a bank,
we arrested three,

I issued a warrant for the fourth guy based
on his gang name and his description.

- Who's your guy?
- He's raped three women.

Identifying information is right here.

It looks like a lab report.

It is, it's his DNA.

The ME's labeled him John Doe 121.

Oh, like the case in...

- Wisconsin.
- Right.

Wisconsin doesn't have
New York's powerful defense bar.

Why don't we just let
this case run its course?

It won't be litigated until the suspect's
apprehended. Which maybe never.

And the statute of
limitations runs out tonight.

Then you've had about five years.

So, at least you can give me till
the end of the day to make a decision?

To tell you the truth,
I was disappointed

at the detectives
originally assigned to my case.

What was disappointing?

I never got the impression
they were the best or the brightest.

They were overloaded
with other cases.

And the man who
raped me is still out there.

I can't speak for them but
I'm sure they were trying their best.

I disagree,

so I hired a private investigator...
someone who answers only to me.

These are copies of all his reports.

First off, he found the security
in my building deficient,

but that's another matter...
I've got a suit going against them.

Then there was the guy on the bike.

What guy?

One of my neighbors in
the building where I used to live

saw a kid speed away
right after it happened.

We'd like to talk to him.

You should.

I was standing out here smoking
a butt maybe midnight, 1:00 a.m.

Then from the alley,
this kid speeds out on a green bike,

sees me, swerves, wham,
he falls to the ground.

I think, "Maybe he's hurt."

Go to see,
he's got a cut on his elbow,

but he just gets back
on his bike and speeds away.

What kind of bike?

An R500, touring bike.

Fenders, drop handlebars,
reflectorized limegreen paint.

You really know your bikes.

I ought to,

I worked in a bike shop over 28 years.

Did you get a look at the rider?

He was wearing
a motorcycle helmet on a bike,

and a...

jump suit?

Maybe a uniform?

I don't know.

It's been five years.

Counsel Eastman,
Captain Cragen,

I find your application for
an arrest warrant ingenious.

The statute of limitations
has a long history in common law.

It exists to ensure the
defendant receives a fair trial,

to make sure the
recollections of witnesses,

if any, are fresh,

to pressure the government
to file charges in a timely manner,

and so that rightly or wrongly,

accused citizens need
not live their life in fear

of the government pursing
them after a long delay.

But when these laws were codified,

we did not have the technological
marvels that exist today.

Your application is a novel idea,

however, it is not the role of
this court to evaluate novel ideas

and as such I cannot
grant your application.

Your Honor,

Ms. Kraft will not see justice
unless an arrest warrant is issued.

Are you going to
appeal this decision?

Yes, Your Honor.

Good, because I've
already passed the paperwork

on to an appellate term judge
in anticipation of an appeal.

- You have?
- Yes, I have.

Because if my decision is reversed,

I hope it's done soon enough
to do you some good.

This hearing is adjourned.

Ms. Kraft,

you didn't hear
the rest of his decision.

- It's going to be appealed.
- It's going to be okay.

It's not okay.

You people fell down on the job

and you thought you'd use some
legal trickery to cover your mistakes?

That's not true.

You waited five years
for this halfcocked legal maneuver.

Is that supposed to mollify me?

Am I the only one
to know the law's an ass?

I endured the rape exam.

I let you know intimate
details of my personal life.

It was embarrassing, but I did it,

and the promise was
you would do something for me.

And today,

yet another person in a long
line of incompetents tells me,

"Sorry, Vicky, you got raped,
we're not going to do jack about it."

Thank you for making this
the second worst day of my entire life.

I think you know what the first was.

Vicky Kraft was raped by
John Doe 121 five years ago today.

She will never see him
stand trial for that rape.

Okay, what do you want us
to do with her case, now?

Let's stick with it, alright?

It doesn't matter how we get him, maybe
we can get him on one of the other cases.

And she can still testify at the
other victims' trial under Molineux.

Another rightwing end run
around the Constitution.

Whose side are you on, John?

I want this creep
as much as anyone,

but in the name of
cracking down on crime,

sometimes we throw
civil liberties to the wind.

Hold on, John,
what are you saying?

That if John Doe 121
marched in here right now

and confessed to Vicky Kraft's rape,
you'd be okay with letting him go?

Not at all. The same law
that protects you and me...

Against what?

There was a time I was
a thorn in the government's side

so I'm glad they can't capriciously
decide to arrest one of us

for old crimes, real or imagined.

John, we're not capriciously
arresting anyone. We have DNA.

We're not arresting anyone unless we
make a case on one of the other rapes.

We're going to talk to some of the
detectives who originally investigated.

Munch, that okay with you?

Sure, it'd be like visiting the Special
Victims Unit alumni association.

All the people that used
to sit at these desks.

Where are they now?

Of course I remember
Vicky Kraft's rape.

It was one of those frustrating,
nolead, dogs of a case.

It was one of the
reasons I transferred.

Frustration?

No, she sued me and my partner.

Vicky Kraft sued you?
On what grounds?

She got some highpriced attorney
to say we were derelict in our duties.

The PBA lawyers handled it.
The lawsuit was thrown out, but, boy.

Talk about no good
deed goes unpunished.

She was just angry that
we weren't making any headway,

but we were on her case 24/7.

Did you have any suspects?

No, we weren't even close.

But I had a pretty clear mental picture
of the kind of guy he was.

What was your thinking?

He gets past two locked doors,

and this one of those buildings where
you have to get buzzed in the front door

and then buzzed
in again for the elevator.

But none of the tenants
remember letting anyone in,

even though somebody had to.

The kind of guy nobody notices.

Right. White guy, underemployed,

filled with resentment... a nobody,

like a paperboy or a meter reader.

Yeah, now he's a triple nobody.

What do you mean?

DNA matched him to
two other open rapes.

Yeah, I hate to hear that.

When you worked a case,
complainant's name was Jennifer Neal.

Oh, yeah, real nice lady.

We've reopened her case...

anything you remember that might
not be in her file, we'd appreciate it.

This guy, he knew all about her.

- An acquaintance?
- That's what you'd think,

but she didn't know him.

What kind of things did he know?

What kind of car she drove,
where she worked,

where she shopped,
what she liked to buy.

- Where'd he get that info?
- We never found out.

I thought maybe he tapped
her phones or read her mail,

but it never makes sense till you
get the guy in the interrogation room.

- You know what I mean?
- Yeah, all too well.

- We tied her rape to two others.
- Oh, man.

Who caught the other rapes?

Ruby Mazzanti had Kraft's.

Ruby, great gal.

We never made the connection.
Who got the other?

- Detective Dan Latimer.
- Ah, hell.

- Why, what about him?
- What can I say?

You know the type...

think maybe he should leave the job,

but you're not going to
badmouth another detective, right?

What did he do?

He said most rapes were fantasies.

He screwed up on a different case,

was given the choice to retire
or to be fired. He retired.

Where is he now?

He runs this place,
"The Ten Thirteen"...

it's a cop bar in Queens, old timers
go there to bitch. You should talk to him.

So, Roy,

what made you get
out of Special Victims?

On my last case,

the victim is raped and murdered.
All in a day's work, right?

But there's plier marks
all over her body, like she was

tortured for a week before she died.

Her name is Jojo.

Nobody sees what we see.

Sex crimes cops are
garbage collectors.

Do your two years and get out.
That's what I say.

We want to talk to you
about one of your old cases.

- Hey, I retired.
- Yeah, but the rapist didn't.

Department didn't
do me any favors.

Six months shy of my 20
and they squeeze me out

so that they can
screw me on the pension.

Bastards.

Yeah, watch your back.

Snakepit of politics...

that's what that is,
but I tell you what,

we've been stuck with it so

we were hoping
you could help us out.

Cop to cop.

Yeah,

the little Trekkie.

You hardly made any notes.

You'll learn.

Learn what?

Self preservation,
how to pick your shots...

you go all out on every socalled rape
you'll wear yourself into the ground.

What do you think of the case?

Right there's the whole story, ONS.

ONS?

One night stand.
She's the bookworm type.

If she did catch a guy she wouldn't
know what to do with him, right?

What's that got to do with anything?

She gets laid, feels bad about it,

makes up this mysterious
stranger who knows all these

intimate details
about her personal life.

Give me a break.

So you're saying
that nothing happened?

she did get lucky...

probably with some
pimply little bookworm,

but the rape, eh, that's a stretch.

You're pretty sure of yourself.

Morningafter regrets.

You know what, Dan?

What?

DNA matched her attacker's
semen with two other rape victims.

We're filing an arrest
warrant on the genetic ID.

So I made a mistake.

Let me buy you a drink.

Counselor, you've made a solid case

for the certainty with which
DNA identifies an individual.

One in seven billion, Your Honor.

That's probably about as specific as
having John Doe 121's name, address,

social security, and phone number

Yes, Your Honor.

Why not file a warrant
on every rape?

I'm not following you, Your Honor.

It's the future, right?

You just get a little smear
of genetic information,

file a John Doe and catch
the perpetrator at our leisure.

Your Honor, the people are
only making this application

because of the unique
circumstances of this case.

But if the court says yes this time,

why not go all the way?
Why stop at rapists?

We could make out arrest
warrants for every mugger,

turnstile jumper
and sidewalk spitter

using little swatches
of genetic code.

Your Honor,

he raped three women

and the statute of limitations
on his crimes expires in two days!

The court understands the danger
he may be to the community,

but that does not mean we can
circumvent the law to apprehend him.

The application to file an arrest
warrant for John Doe 121 is denied.

Lois,

are you all right?

"Fear is the littledeath
that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass..."

Lois, let's sit down.
Let's sit down.

I was 24,

and the biggest thing that
had ever happened to me was

when Brandon Lee died
making the movie "The Crow."

My girlfriend and I went
to see it again and again

because it was beautiful
and tragic and

we loved him and
I was really just still a girl.

I want you to tell me what he did.

The sex wasn't the worst thing.

I'm not queasy about that.

I'd even thought about

what I would do
if I were raped. It was just...

something that happened.

But,

- it was what he said.
- What did he say?

He knew I liked Brandon

and he wanted to
talk about "The Crow."

He was eavesdropping.

Why did he have to do that?

I gave him the sex,
I wanted him to just leave, leave,

and then he wanted to talk about
all of the things that were mine.

And I was scared.

We talked about Brandon...

and then he says,

"You're a sweetheart, Loli,"

and he leaves.

The only person that calls me
Loli is my grandmother.

How does he know that?

That's what we're trying to find out.

The other two survivors,
they reported a similar experience.

The other detective,
the one who came before,

I told him and he said,
maybe I should talk to a counselor.

- A rape crisis counselor?
- No, a shrink!

Like it didn't happen.
Like I was crazy.

You're not crazy and you can
help us find the man that did this.

Do you think somebody
tapped your telephone?

Read your mail?

That's what one of
the other women thought.

No, 'cause he knew about things
that I never talked about on the phone,

like where I went
rollerblading in the park.

Do you think he
could've been on a bicycle?

Yes.

Yes! A green bicycle, yes.

I told the other detective
about that and he said that

for a while, I would be seeing
every man on the street as the rapist.

No, Lois, I can assure you,

he was real.

I knew it was him

because he was always
around and I kept seeing him.

Before... months before
he came into my room.

I knew it was him.

The man on the green bike.

Vicky Kraft, huh?
I'm drawing a blank.

She was raped. / You talked to
a witness who saw a green bike.

And?

You billed her for
87 hours at $100 an hour.

A retiree saw a green bicycle, yeah.

I thought maybe
it was a messenger service.

There was this one,
Green Machine Bike Messengers.

Did you interview the messenger service?
'Cause it's not in your report.

No, they'd gone out of business.

But the employees didn't
fall off the face of the earth.

You guys are cops. You got
resources I can only dream about.

I tried.

You think John Doe 121
is a bicycle messenger?

Messenger, voyeur, stalker.

He followed these women for weeks,
months before he attacked them.

- What is he, invisible?
- He's seen but not seen.

He follows them around on his bike.

He watches Creen in the park
with her grandmother.

He learns her secret name.
He watches Neal calling her dog.

He knows where they
go because he follows them.

Textbook powerreassurance
rapist behavior.

Spying's just a prelude to the rape.
He learned their schedules.

And then when he knows
that they're home... alone...

he breaks into their secured buildings

by conning them, simply saying,
"Oh, I have a package for you,"

goes in, rapes them,
walks out calmly, rides away.

I've been ordering a lot
of books over the Internet

and I couldn't describe one of
the delivery guys that drops them off.

There you go, a perfect disguise.

Hey, I found his old boss.

The owner of the bankrupted
Green Machine Bicycle Messenger

now runs a laundromat.

All my guys wore the jump suit
and rode green R500s.

Sounds pretty snazzy.
How many employees did you have?

I don't know.

40 at any given day,

probably 100 or so during
the whole run of the business.

If we gave you addresses,

would you be able to tell us
if you made deliveries there?

Sure, it would take
a couple of weeks.

We were thinking
look it up on a computer...

we only want to check
five or six addresses.

These are your records?

I was a better cyclist
than I was a businessman.

What happened to your company?

I forgot to pay all the taxes.

Kinda got busted on that,

one of my guys got hurt,
I didn't have all the right insurance.

We were very good at what we did.

We just weren't too good
with the paperwork.

Right. Listen, can we take these?

Keep 'em.

If I get audited again,
I'll tell 'em, "Cops took the records."

Perfect excuse.

These are the individual
messenger receipts.

The middle line is
where the delivery was made.

We'll never get through this in time.

The statute on the last
case runs out in two days.

We just need to know if a messenger
was sent to a particular address.

And you know what
let's just look at the billing records.

What was the name of the
company where Neal used to work?

Magnitude Insurance Services.

That's what I thought.

Four deliveries in the
week before her rape.

We got a messenger's name on this?

No, but we never talked to
Neal about a messenger service.

Maybe this will jog her memory.

Your old company took four deliveries

from a place called Green
Machine Bicycle Messengers.

I remember them.

Do you remember anything
about the particular messengers?

I'd rather not say.

We're asking about the messenger

because we believe he may
be the man who attacked you.

I didn't misunderstand you. I just
don't want to answer your question.

Why?

In five years a lot
of things can change.

Yes they can.

What if...

I think it's wrong to pursue this.

Maybe it's time to let it drop.

If you're worried
about testifying at the trial,

that probably isn't even necessary.

We can make
a case on the DNA alone.

That's not it.

This fiveyear rule,
maybe that's a good thing.

You try the best you can,
but then you say, "Time to let it go.

Time to move on to other things."

But the five years aren't even over yet.
We can still get him.

No. I don't think you should.

Jennifer, this man
raped two other women.

He's still a danger to others.

What if he isn't?

You know who he is.

Do you?

We met by accident.

He didn't recognize me,
but I recognized him.

I talked to him.

What did you talk about?

His life.

It wasn't a pretty picture either.

When I was satisfied that he
had changed, I told him who I was.

Why didn't you call the police?

He wanted to turn himself in.
I talked him out of it.

Why?

He's a changed man.

We prayed together.

You prayed with your rapist?

Yeah.

To turn him in after
that would be a betrayal.

I don't know what he told you,

but these guys do not change.

He is still a danger.

I disagree.

What religion are you?

I'm a member of
The Society of Friends.

And what's that?

The Quakers.

We have a long history of pacifism.

We believe that if you sit silently,

there are times when God
will speak to you in your heart.

And you think your attacker
was one of those people?

I believe he reformed.

Jennifer, that's for a jury to decide.

No.

"Love your enemy" is in the Bible.

And it's easy to pay lip service to
that ideal but very hard to live it.

I know a little bit
about the Quakers and

they created the penal
system in this country.

Is that correct? / Yes,

but it's been perverted
beyond recognition.

The prisons are filled
with unspeakable violence.

Maybe they are,

but this is not the arena
to fight that fight, Jennifer.

If you're serious about prison reform,
then join Prison Watch.

But you're not changing anything by
protecting a rapist from being prosecuted.

I came to peace
with what happened.

Maybe you did,

but what about his other victims?

What about the women
in this community?

Don't you feel some sense
of responsibility towards them?

I have thought this through.

I'm not turning him in... not to satisfy
some abstract concept of justice...

This is not abstract, Jennifer.

These women were sexually
assaulted and maced

and they want their
attacker brought to justice.

They want to know.

You have to at least listen to them.

Just tell us his name.

I made a personal spiritual decision.

To keep him all to yourself.

No, that's not it.

Come on, this is better
than having him in jail.

He knows you can drop
the dime on him at any time.

It's revenge. You have the power of
life and death over this piece of crap.

I don't want that kind of power.

But it's true, isn't it?

So just drop the lamb of
God rap and tell us his name.

I deserve a shot at him, so does Lois.

I just want to know who he is.

Finding out his name
won't give you peace.

Believe me, I found out.
It changed nothing.

Do the people you work with know
you're harboring a fugitive from justice?

The people in my life who need
to know, support my decision.

Eastern Health Services, right?

That's where I work.

One of my companies
600 employees insured by Eastern.

Lee Doyle runs the group plan, right?

What are you saying, Vicky?

I'm not sure that I can
keep my business at a place

who employs someone
who's a betrayer of women.

Ms Kraft, sit down please.

Who is he?!

Don't you know what
it's like never leaving the house,

thinking any man
on the street could be him?!

I want him to pay
for what he did to me!

Where is he?

Tell me his name,
you stupid bitch!

Ms. Neal, let's go.

Lois, I hope you find peace.

Shut up, you freak!

Shut up!

Neal's not going to talk.

We've got something like 15 hours.

You've tried every
form of persuasion?

Emotional, spiritual, moral...

Then it's time for legal.
She may not know it,

but she does not have
the right to remain silent.

That's only against selfincrimination.

Now let's just forget for
one second that she is a victim.

She is also the only
witness to a felony rape.

We'll ask a judge
for a material witness order.

And compel her to talk.

We've never forced a rape victim
to testify who didn't want to.

You want this guy to walk?

Ms. Neal, please
approach the bench.

You have information which is material and
necessary to the investigation of a felony.

Yes, Your Honor.

You were raped and you know
the name of the man who assaulted you.

Yes, Your Honor, I do.

Would you please tell
the court his name?

I would prefer not to.

You realize that I will put you
in civil jail unless you cooperate.

What is his name?

I respectfully decline to answer.

You have information critical to
an ongoing criminal investigation.

You refuse to share that information

and your refusal
constitutes contempt of court.

Jennifer T. Neal, you will report to the Women's
House of Detention until this order is revoked.

Bailiff, please remove
the prisoner from the court.

Adjourned.

You could speak at his trial,
you don't have to do this.

I do have to do this.

How do you know what your
values are until you're put to the test?

- Just give me his name.
- No.

You're just trying to do
what you think is right and so am I.

We just happen to disagree.

You okay?

We just sent a rape
victim to the lockup.

No,

I'm not okay.

- Commissioner Morris?
- Captain, we need to talk.

Would you please close the door?

You put a rape victim in the lockup?

Yeah, yeah we did.

Every effort has to be made to ensure
that the investigation of the crime

does not further
traumatize the victim.

This is news?

I know what you're doing, Don,

but I still have to file a letter
of complaint for the record.

For the record or for appearances?

Who's putting you up to this?
The victims rights groups? The press?

And the mayor.
And the police commissioner.

I'm taking flack
from this on all sides.

She's our only witness
and she won't talk.

Our back is against the wall.

I just wanted to ensure
that we proceed in a way

that allows the victim
to retain her dignity.

You want to cover your ass
in case we don't bust this guy,

which is increasingly likely seeing
as we have almost no time left.

I resent the implication...

I resent that you waited until Compstat
to tell me about the DNA matchups.

Which was in the published circular.

You sat on it until you
could make political hay.

You robbed me of three days
I could've spent looking for the perp.

You are dangerously close
to insubordination, Captain.

Then either write me up...

- Or what?
- Or get the hell out of my stationhouse!

'Cause until you take
this job away from me,

I've got work to do.

If we don't find a name for John Doe 121
by tonight, midnight, we never will.

After Jennifer was attacked,
I counseled her.

My role in the meeting is
only parttime and voluntary.

I'm also a psychologist.

Did you advise her not to
cooperate with the police?

No, never.

I know the statistics
on recidivism as well as you do.

I tried to persuade her
to put the man in prison.

That doesn't conflict
with the Quaker philosophy?

Not at all. Quakers sit on juries.

There a Quaker judges,
Quaker lawyers, Nixon was a Quaker.

He put plenty of people in prison.

Some were even guilty.

Jennifer Neal is in jail because
she won't give us the rapist's name.

Do you think that
you could talk to her?

I told you, I don't
agree with what she did,

but this was a decision of conscience.

She persuaded me
to stand aside in the matter.

She said that she
prayed with her attacker.

He may be a member of your meeting.

If we could take a look at the list of your
members we may be able to find him.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

- Why not?
- The meeting house is a sanctuary.

We have a long history
of civil disobedience.

We opposed slavery.
We opposed the Vietnam War.

And we're trying
to stop a sexual predator.

And I hope you do,
but not like that.

If I give you the list
you'll have it forever.

That compromises the
privacy of all of our members.

We can get a warrant to
compel you to give us that list.

If that's what you have to do,
get your warrant.

But be prepared,

when you return I won't be alone.

Other circumstances,

I might be on the
steps protesting the police.

I feel very uncomfortable about this.

It's okay, we're not the bad guys.

Mr. Carrick, it's Detective Benson.
Please let us in.

Sir, it's NYPD.
We have a search warrant.

Mr. Carrick, don't make
this more difficult than it has to be.

Office is probably in the back.

I urge you, please,

turn around,
go back to the police station

or sit and worship with us.

Excuse me.

Please, don't do this.

We all value the separation
of church and state in this country.

A man raped three women.

He broke into their
apartments while they slept

and he forced himself on them.

I'm just trying to bring him to justice.

So excuse me.

Ma'am, please give this to me.

Thank you.

We narrowed down the
bike messengers to 36 possibles

who were working during
the periods leading up to the rapes.

These are their names.

We're looking for a match
with the church membership list. Here.

"A," Abernathy,
through "F," Fulton.

All right. Let's go people.
We got a little over six hours.

I have a Harvey Denis with one "N."

On the bike list I have
same name two "N"s.

I got the original.

Let me check this out.

Harvey Dennis,
two "N"s, not one.

Wait a minute.

You got the employment
application in there?

Yeah, yeah.

Harvey Denis, one "N."
The owner must have copied it wrong.

I'll go with one "N."

Bingo, here he is right in
the system with that spelling.

Arrested February 21st, '95,
for attempted... burglary.

Burglary.

What happened was the guy was going
in for rape number four and he got caught.

Did he serve any time?

15 months.
Paroled September '96...

'cause he was hospitalized for forcible
sexual injury during incarceration.

Oh, he was raped in prison.

Yeah, I'll cry about that later.
Here's his address.

He was right under
our nose the whole time.

I walk past the place every day
on the way home from the gym.

Five hours left until
he gets away with it.

I want to see the look on this dirtbag's
face when he knows he's going down.

- May I help you?
- We're looking for Harvey Denis.

I'm right here.

You're under arrest
for the crime of rape.

Now stand up and put
your hands where we can see them.

Hands up! Up!

Don't shoot.

I'm going to buzz you in.

You got me.

Just lift me in. Doesn't hurt.

Can't feel anything
from the rib cage down.

How'd it happen?

I was on my bike, 11th and 3rd.

Pick up, took a right,

big side mirror smashed my spine.

That's what happened.

Chair folds up,
you can put it in the trunk.

You have the right to remain silent.

If you refuse that right,

anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney...

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