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Every trial results in a verdict,

but not every verdict
results in the truth...

- Frank, you took that money?
- I didn't. I didn't!

Money doesn't just disappear.

But I didn't take it!
I mean, I didn't even--

What if I found it?
What if I found the money?

If you found the money?
That means you took it!

I'm sorry.

But I have nowhere to go, father!
This is my home!

No, it's not.

I'm sorry, father.
I didn't mean to, father.

Help me!

Stop, Frank! Stop!

Stop moving!
Stop moving! Frank!

Frank, stop moving!
Frank, stop.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

Listen, please, help me!
I'm sorry!

The Frank Benner case.

He's sentenced
to die on wednesday.

The jury decided the victim could
have survived the blow to the face,

but not the smoke and fire.

So they found Frank Benner
acted with "callous disregard"--

special circumstances,
sentenced to death.

The priest killer, right?

I don't know
what this has got to do with-

Okay, we're officially
on vacation.

That was the prosecutor
in the Lassiter appeal.

He's requesting a continuance.

Great, so we're in
waiting mode on... three appeals?

Think of it as a good thing, Charlie.

A much needed rest.
You should have some fun.

Fire a few interns.
You should work on your tan.

Yeah, David. I'll get on that right away.

You're turning into
a workaholic on me.

By the way, I'll be in Princeville
until the 15th, all right?

How's this?

Better.

- Sounds like you're busy.
- Oh, yeah.

See ya in a couple weeks.

So the defense lawyers didn't so much
as argue the merits of the case

as push the issue
of mental disability.

But the judge
said he holds down a job,

he understands right from wrong--

Brianna, this isn't our case, right?
- Right.

And yet you're briefing me
on it because...

- Sister Quinn.
- She's here?

I didn't know
you knew the death row nun.

"Sister Quinn and Charles Conti."

Right there.

1999, Sister Quinn organizes
a protest of celebrities

to help get minivan killers
off death row.

And what does
that have to do with Charlie?

"Charlie"?

Yeah, Conti.

When did you start
calling him "Charlie"?

Okay,
could you guys concentrate?

"The arresting officer argued
against the call for clemency."

Charles Conti.

You just missed Swain.
He's on vacation.

I'm not here for David.
I'm here for you.

I have enough lawyers.

Frank Benner was an orphan at 8.

The only family
he ever knew was father Ortiz.

He would never kill him.
He's innocent.

Isn't that what you said
about the minivan killer, sister?

I said he asked
for the lord's forgiveness.

I never said
he was innocent.

Look, sister,
I know your agenda, okay?

You'll do whatever it takes
to defeat the death penalty.

I think the death penalty
is indefensible,

both as law and morality,
but I wouldn't do anything--

So you wouldn't lie, even if it meant
stopping his execution?

That's not a fair question.

Well, that's the difference
between you and me.

Someone kills a priest,

someone shoots
a family of four in the back,

I have no sympathy.
- And yet you're working here.

Not because of sympathy.

That's certainty.

We find our client is guilty,
we drop him.

We find out someone else
is innocent--

Then find out
if Frank Benner is innocent.

His lawyers are concentrating
purely on procedural appeals.

They spent seven years
on appeals. Nothing.

Frank needs you.

Look, if I'm wrong,
the only thing you're risking

is a half-hour drive
to San Quentin.

In one week,
Frank Benner will be dead.

Doesn't he deserve
a half-hour of your time?

They took my tooth brush.

Yes, Frank. Just for the day.

They'll give it back after dinner.

They took my shoes, too.

They gave you new ones.

I don't like these.

This is Charlie Conti, Frank.

And another investigator,
Sonya Quintano.

Remember? I talked about them.

There's been a lot of people.

They'd like to talk to you,
Frank, for a second.

About father Ortiz.

Frank.

What are you
drawing there, Frank?

Frank, remember
I said we needed someone

to look at the facts of the case?

Please.

Okay, why did you say
to the security guard,

"I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to do it"?

- I didn't.
- You didn't say that?

No, I said that I was sorry

because I tried to save him
and I couldn't.

And that's how you got
the burns on your hands?

Yes, sir.

The inmate in the holding cell
when you went to trial,

Larry Duffy, the one
who said you confessed--

did you talk to him?
- Yes, sir.

But I didn't confess.

What did you say?

I said that I didn't remember
my mom much.

He was a orphan, too.

Did he ask you about your case?

No. I mean, yeah.

He ask, but I didn't say anything.

He testified you talked about things
the police never released to the public

things like the victim
being wrapped in a rug.

How'd he know those things?

I don't know. I...

- Frank...
- I don't know, I...

I don't wanna die.

Sister.

Frank,
I need you to concentrate.

What else did you tell
Larry Duffy about your case?

He said that he was
being held in county,

and he wanted
to know about city jail.

Nice meeting you, Frank.

Bye, Frank.

- That's it?
- That's it.

You can't just reject
the case based on that.

I'm not rejecting the case.

What did I miss?

A professional snitch needs only one
thing to find out more about a case,

where the convict was processed.

That's exactly
what Frank told Larry Duffy.

Where you going?

To get started.

Frank Benner.
Janitor, Saint Sebastian church.

I.Q. Of 75.

Judge ruled he was
mentally competent enough

to know the difference
between right and wrong.

Execution set for wednesday.

Next seven days,
this is your home.

You got dinner plans, cancel 'em.

You got family in town?

I don't know, get 'em theater tickets.

You get tired, I got air mattresses
set up in Swain's office.

- Understood?
- Yeah.

Okay. The defense never argued
much more than retardation,

so what can we attack?
- The snitch--Larry Duffy.

Good. Damian,
you're on the Duffy path.

Now the snitch is in one of two places
...in the prison or the morgue.

Check both. What else?
- The security guard.

He testified he saw Frank leaving
the building with his hands on fire.

Help me!

The guard says
he saw father Ortiz let Frank

into the locked rectory
ten minutes before the fire.

Frank said he was already in bed,
so that leaves one of two options.

What are they?
- Well, either the guard is lying...

Or someone else entered the rectory
ten minutes before the fire.

Probably someone Ortiz knew because
he let 'em in without an argument.

So, Jon, that's your track.

Was it someone Ortiz was helping?
A friend, maybe.

Someone from the church.

And talk to the church board president...

Eli Stillwell.

Right. Find out everything you can
on Ortiz's dealings with the church.

Brianna, you come with me
to talk to the security guard..

Okay, everybody.
Seven days. Let's go.

Sonya?

Listen, visitation rights get pretty
lenient in the last week and,

Frank doesn't have any family, so...

You want me to be there with him.

Right,
and if he remembers something...

I understand if you...
- No, I want to.

Thanks.

Sure.

I saw you last week on "20/20."

Could you sign my book later?
- Certainly.

Is this--is this where you saw him--

Frank Benner,
with his hands on fire?

Yeah, over there.

I took off my coat, and I wrapped
his hands to put out the flames.

And earlier, when you saw him
entering, where were you standing?

Over there, um, by the gate.
I was locking up.

And you saw it was Frank?

All the way from here?
At night?

Oh, yeah. The light
was on over the door.

You saw John Paul, sister?

Yes, sir.
It was a grand honor.

Oh, he was a great pope.
I wish I'd met him.

You know,
I saw him once at candlestick.

Did you?

What do you think?

With the light on,
he might be able to see,

but he also might be covering
for not doing his job, you know?

Letting a stranger into the rectory.

Yeah, but, I mean,
that looks original.

The base
is newer than the statue.

Is that a tree stump?

Now, if there was
a tree here back then...

Then how could
he see the rectory door?

Neighborhoods change
a lot over the years.

This church is the only thing
that stayed the same.

Mr. Lisco, this tree--
when did they cut it down?

A few years ago.

It was breaking up the pavement,
kids tripping.

So it was there
when father Ortiz got killed?

Oh, yeah, it was beautiful...

You couldn't see
the rectory door, could you?

Not with that tree in the way.

I could see around the tree.

Mr. Lisco, a man's life is at stake.

What did you see?

Look, I thought it was Frank.

He was always forgetting his keys.

When the door opened, I saw
the light through the branches.

Did you see anything else,
anything about the person entering?

So who would father Ortiz be
letting into the rectory at midnight?

As church president,
mr. Stillwell, you'd know.

Well, Frank, of course.

And the parish secretary,
the other priests and me.

Did you kill him?

- No.
- What a relief.

You can ask my wife
if you want, when she gets up.

I was here when the phone call
came about the fire.

And, you found
the money missing, right?

The $400 that Frank allegedly stole.

Yes, but I immediately
brought it to the church board.

And we voted to ask Frank to leave.

Now how'd you know he took it?

Well, we didn't, but we didn't
have any other suspects.

And Frank was...retarded?

As per procedure number 7-7-0,
5 days before the execution,

we are authorized
to offer you sedatives.

Would you like them, Frank?

They're supposed to help you relax.

Don't want 'em.

Can I see what you're doing?

This is great.

- It's too short.
- No, no, this is great.

My cellmate taught me
how to do that in books.

Can I see another?

Frank, these are amazing.

You know, you could sell these.

The guards said that, too.

Did you take the money?

It's all right if you did.
But did you take it?

- No.
- I didn't care anyway.

It might just help us
with our investigation.

Did father Ortiz ever come to you
about the missing money?

No.

The night of the fire,
did you see father Ortiz at all?

Yeah.

When I came in
and tried to save him.

No, no, I mean, before the fire.

No, not before.

It was thursday.
I never saw him thursday.

Why not thursday?

- That's when he saw the ladies.
- What ladies?

You know... the ladies.

On lincoln.

Prostitutes?

Yeah, right.

So on thursday nights,
father Ortiz would visit prostitutes?

- Are you sure we have time?
- Yeah.

Jeez, when this place
closes down, man...

All right, just give me a second.
- Okay, sure.

Just gotta get my golf clubs.

Charlie.

What is this?

Pajama party
and I wasn't invited?

Okay, case board.
We got something new.

I thought you'd be somewhere
over the pacific by now.

Well, there was
a wine festival in Napa.

What's going on?
- You don't wanna know.

Yes, I do.

You'll just want to get involved,

and there are lawyers trying
for an emergency stay already.

Frank Benner? The priest killer.
How'd you get this?

Mr. Swain. How are you?

Yeah.

You have a secret life
I don't know about?

Who was father Ortiz?

Frank mentioned prostitutes.

He visited them on thursdays.
Who were they?

Well, the man was a hero
to the poor and disenfranchised,

I mean, he could have been
ministering to the prostitutes.

Jon, where are we
on the church board president?

Well, he definitely
had access to the rectory,

but his wife supports the alibi.
He was home during the fire.

He mentioned a church secretary,
a, Marie Wanland,

w-a-n-l-a-n-d,
who knew a lot about Ortiz.

Good. You and Brianna
go question her.

Damian,
where are we on the snitch?

Nowhere.
This guy's just disappeared.

He was a snitch in a dozen
murder and drug cases.

Then last year, poof.

Okay, well, look into federal court.

If he has a bad rap
as a snitch in state court,

he might still be
making deals in federal.

Okay, everybody, five days.
Keep hitting.

So what happened
to not taking capital cases?

This just fellin our laps, David.

- Who are the lawyers?
- You don't wanna know.

- Is it Dansk Yangle?
- Just go on vacation.

- Is it?
- Go. Please, go.

No, there was nothing
inappropriate with prostitutes.

I worked with the padre
for four years. I knew him.

Okay, but he did
see prostitutes.

They were on drugs.
He tried to get 'em to clean up.

They'd get beaten by their pimp.

He'd take 'em to the shelter
on Valencia.

Dove street?

Miss Wanland,
did father Ortiz leave behind

any personal effects
like diaries or journals?

Yes, but the police took them.

And how about a computer.
Did he use one?

Yes, but after the fire,
we gave it to the church school.

You don't happen
to know which one?

Nope.

The principal said
they wipe the hard drives

on all donated computers.
- Well, that's not a problem

as long as they didn't
demagnetize them.

This could take a month to find out
which one belonged to Ortiz.

Maybe not.
We should call Conti.

Some women
are studying for the G.E.D.

Some do crafts, knitting,
sewing... learn macram�.

We find it's very therapeutic,

gets their mind off
of what they've been through.

Reyna, we heard that the father
used to bring prostitutes here

when they needed sanctuary.

Yes. He brought a lot
of women to Dove street.

Not just prostitutes?

Violence against women
is an equal-opportunity offender.

Miss Wallace, did you know
father Ortiz personally?

I did.

He inspired me to change my life.

Valencia locals?

Ex-gangbanger turned social worker.

Takes all kinds, right?

Yeah?

The feds flew him up
from Los Angeles.

He's testifying in two hours
in a mail fraud conspiracy.

Who is it?

Charles Conti, national justice project.

Show me your badge.

We don't carry badges, mr. Duffy.

- Can't help you.
- Excuse me, Charlie.

Sister Gloria Quinn.

I thought with a name like "Duffy"

I might be some help.

- Sister?
- Do you have a moment?

I read your book when I was in school.

Where'd you go to school?

St. John's, the cross, in Baltimore.

I'm sorry, I haven't been
to church in a long time.

You can always start.

Yeah, it's just hard in prison.

Actually, that's a lie.
It's not hard. I'm just lazy.

It's okay, Larry.

Could you tell us
what happened with Frank Benner?

It's kind of embarrassing.

The only true embarrassment
is not confessing.

They call it,
"avoid the pen, send a friend."

Shave a few years off your sentence by...

snitching on a cellie.

But you knew facts
long before the trial.

The victim rolled in the rug?

Tell him.

Okay.

With your guy Benner,

I found out what holding cell
he was coming through.

See, if you know
where he's processed,

then you can phone
the inmate reception center.

This is Kevin Farmer
at N&D bail bonds.

I need some information
on a prospective bond risk.

Then when you get
the case number,

you can call the D.A.'s records room.

Yes, it's case number
567543048. Frank Benner.

Could you hurry up?
The D.A.'s going nuts on this one.

What do you need?

Just a verbal inventory
on the evidence.

The D.A. thinks
he's missing something.

And then you can contact the D.A.,

And you can tell them
anything they wanna hear.

He said
he could see the guy's face.

You know, the dead priest's face.
So he rolled a rug over him.

That's how you get five years
shaved off your sentence.

Trick is to not snitch on
someone who can kill you.

That's why you get
someone like Frank.

Poor kid.

You sent that poor kid to death row.

It wasn't just me, sister.
I'm sorry about it,

but they had all
this other evidence against him.

You'll swear
to what you just told us?

You're damn right you will.

I will.

Good work, sister.

Hello?

Hi, yeah, is this the Frank Benner
defense team?

Who do you need?

Lead counsel.
We got something new.

What do you got?

David?

Dansk Yangle asked me
to argue the emergency stay

based on the guard's reversal.

What happened to your vacation?
Actually, I don't care.

We got the snitch
to impeach his testimony.

Did he sign an affidavit?

He's writing it up as we speak.
We'll messenger it over.

Good work, kid.
What's your name again?

Good-bye, David.

All rise. The honorable justices
of the supreme court of California...

Frank, I'm sorry,
but per procedure number 770,

we need to ask you
a few questions.

Do you want me to...

No, ma'am.
Legal counsel's allowed.

This one
I'm gonna read, Frank.

The inmate may select the method
of execution three days prior.

There are
two methods of execution...

lethal injection or execution
by poisonous gas.

Do you want either of these
methods described to you?"

Oh, just, um...

Frank...

do you want me
to tell them lethal injection?

Lethal injection.

The inmate is allowed access to
a television or a radio if so desired.

Radio.

The inmate is allowed
five witnesses at the execution.

I don't know five people.

Do you want me to come?

I don't want to ask.

Frank, I'll be there.

Do you want Sister Quinn?

- If she's not too busy.
- She'd never be too busy for you.

Thank you.

Okay, where we at?

Well, we're getting somewhere
with Ortiz's computer.

We think
that we maybe able to find out

who he had an appointment
with at the time of the murder.

Yeah, this is all the data that

we were able to retrieve off
of Ortiz's computer right here.

It's mostly e-mails,

but there are some entries
from an online appointment book.

The cops never looked because
Frank was already in custody.

Yeah, now the computer
was reformatted by the school,

which just means the original data
is scattered all over the hard drive.

So you might have something, like,

"after mass,
without phoning Peter at 5-8-3,"

and that's it--
just a chunk of a sentence.

But we don't have the start
of that sentence or the end.

Okay, where do we start?

Right here--

date of the murder.

"December 17, 1998.

"9 A.M. Mass, received phonecall
from R.W. about tonight."

Possible thr--"
- "thur"? What's "thur"?

Uh, "t-h-r,"
and it just cuts off there.

We think it might be "threat"..
possible threat.

Right, maybe.

"Received phone call from R.W.
About tonight, possible threat."

R.W., What's the secretary's name?

Marie Wanland.

What about the church president?

Eli Stillwell.

All right, I'm gonna check with
the church for possible R.W.S.

Do you need
some more people here?

No, not yet.

42 hours left.

- Find that fragment.
- We'll do our best.

Yeah.

They don't care!
They just don't care, Charlie.

The justices said they don't care
that your snitch changed his story.

They said the prosecution has
enough evidence to convict him

even without his testimony.

Did you tell 'em
about the security guard?

Oh, yeah, I had some lovely diagrams of trees and blocked views.

I think justice Scarsdale
went to sleep.

Okay, well, we're piecing
together Ortiz's computer.

He kept
an online appointment book.

He was writing about
a meeting the night of the murder.

It may have involved a threat.
David, we need more time.

They're not gonna give us
an extra minute.

I can read a justice's mood
a mile away.

They think this is all last-minute
evidentiary scrambling.

They're right.

Can you sleep?

No.

One more day.

I feel sick.

It's like watching a plane
heading towards a mountain,

and there's nothing
you can do about it.

Nothing but watch.

Wait a minute. "E-a-T." "Et."

Last time I checked,
"e-a-t" spells "eat."

No, no, no, no.
It's the second half of "threat."

"Possible threat."

- Conti.
- Yeah.

What's the starting fragment?

"received phone call from
R.W. About tonight. Possible..."

"threat. F.B. says he's always
downstairs. Don't worry."

Downstairs?
F.B. is Frank Benner.

- Yeah.
- Keep looking.

They're body-searching him
every three hours.

You want me to have
Brianna come replace you?

No. No.

You need to go outside,
take a walk.

Clear your head, you know?

I can't.

You don't remember anything, Frank?

Anything about an R.W.?

Read it again.

"Received phone call from R.W.
about tonight. Possible threat."

"F.B. says he's always
downstairs. Don't worry."

I'm sorry.
I don't know what that means.

Yeah, but "F.B.",
that must be you, Frank.

- I don't know. I'm tired.
- OK.

Listen to me.

I want you to put yourself
back to the day of the fire.

What did you doin the morning?

Did you--did you eat breakfast?

Yeah, with father.

Good, okay.

Did he say anything?
Was he going anywhere?

No. The ladies...to help them.

Right, the ladies, okay.

Which ladies?

The tough ones.
The ones who fight.

The ones with the tattoos.
He was talking--

Wait, with tattoos?

- Oh, my god.
- What?

R.W.--

Reyna Wallace.

"Received phone call from
Reyna Wallace about tonight."

"Possible threat." Door, please.

Thank you, Frank.

Wait, who's Reyna Wallace?

Someone who can lead us
to the threat.

My boyfriend beat me for the last
two years we were together

when he wasn't burning me
with a cigarette lighter.

And is that when
you asked father Ortiz for help?

First I told him nothing
was wrong--classic denial.

But then my boyfriend
put me in the hospital.

Father Ortiz heard,
got me out of there, got me here.

Okay, Reyna, this boyfriend--

did he ever make death threats
against the father?

I wouldn't doubt it.
Hector was pretty unpredictable.

He's out on parole
for an old drive-by.

Wait. Hector? Hector who?

Najarro. Hector Najarro.

Where is he now?

I always keep track of him,
so I can avoid him at all costs.

Hector Najarro?

Heard you like playing with lighters,
you sick son of a bitch.

12 rolls of adhesive tape,
20 syringes, 10 needles,

6 tourniquets,
2 boxes of surgical gloves,

4 bags of saline solution.

Good. What else did you find out?

Najarro was angry about father Ortiz
hiding his girlfriend Reyna Wallace.

He was hiding her at Dove street
charities...a women's shelter.

And we think Najarro went to Ortiz
that night to find out where she was.

Too many names.
Damn, we're going into court.

Okay, the police just took Najarro
into custody for violating parole.

- You got it?
- Violating parole, got it.

The always punctual mr. Swain.

We have new evidence, your honor.

So your motion papers say.

We believe someone else
committed this murder..

Hector Najarro..

now in custody

with the San Francisco police
department for a parole violation.

We filed a motion for a stay of execution so we may investigate further.

Mr. Melvoy,
how does the state respond?

Your honor, fortunately, we know
mr. Najarro's jacket all too well.

- The state submits
- Get Conti on the phone.

that this petition is without merit.

Given that mr. Najarro
was in city custody

the entire week of december 17th--

the week of the murder.

Mr. Swain, did you know about this?

Your honor, I, ...

Mr. Swain, you have now
wasted this court's time

on several frivolous
successive petitions.

Do you have any other
amendments or claims?

My mom used
to take me to this park.

It was near our house.

And there was this plane in it...
like a real plane.

I used to climb all over it.

How old were you?

I don't know.
But it was like a real plane.

And it was green all around.

All around.

You think of that, Frank.
Don't think about anything else.

You just think about that plane
and you climbing on it.

Miss, we need you to stand outside.

I don't want you to go.

Listen to me.
I'm not going anywhere.

I'm gonna be right outside.
I'm gonna be right there.

Miss?

I need you to be strong, Frank.

You get that picture of that plane
in your mind, and you hold on to it.

Eli Stillwell.

As much as we want justice for the
murder of our friend father Ortiz...

Charlie!

As catholics, we also believe
in the virtues of forgiveness.

What?

It's the board president, Eli Stillwell.
- What about him?

Look, the macram� on the wall.

They were making them at
- .. the women's shelter.

Jon, the church president..
his alibi. Who was his alibi?

- I checked it out, his wife.
- His battered wife.

We had the right motive
but the wrong man.

It wasn't Hector angry at Ortiz
for hiding his girlfriend.

It was Stillwell.

Father Ortiz must have brought her
to the shelter.

- 45 minutes.
- That's not enough time.

Jon, get Swain on the phone.
Tell him to go back to court!

The judge
can't leave till midnight.

Mrs. Stillwell?

I'm sorry. Can I help you?

I need to ask you a question,
mrs. Stillwell. Can I come in?

It's a little late.

I need to ask you about Dove street..

the woman's shelter
where you stayed.

I can't talk right now. Good night.

I just called Reyna Wallace.
She told me, mrs. Stillwell.

She told me what happened to you.

Please... it's very important.

She'll admit to that?

Yes, he was beating his wife.

Father Ortiz
had tried to stop it in the past.

But when still well kept at it,

father Ortiz got her over to the shelter.

That's why Stillwell killed Ortiz!

Yes. I think he went
to the rectory to confront him

and to find out where Ortiz
was hiding his wife.

- You're in my marriage!
- Mr. Stillwell, she's in good hands.

Just stay out of my business!

- How much time we got?
- We got eight minutes.

Excuse us.

Hi. I have a new petition and
a motion for a stay of execution.

A habeas petition has gotta
be filed on an mc275.

For god's sake,
a man is about to be executed!

Call the justice!
- Please!

- Okay, he wouldn't have left yet.
- Well, he's not picking up.

- Well, try his pager.
- Who is it? Who's on call?

It's Castaldi, sir, you just can't...
- Where is his chambers?

Here, here, he's in 206.

Look, you just can't...

Justice Castaldi!

Sir, wait! Wait!

We have new evidence, sir!

Please.

Eli stillwell, the church board
president, was beating his wife.

Father Ortiz knew about this.

Mrs. Stillwell just retracted the alibi

she provided
for her husband that night.

I'm listening.

All right, he had motive.
He had opportunity.

Can you put him at the scene?
Can you link him to the crime?

You have a suspicion?
That's not enough!

Yes, sir, it's enough for a stay!
Please, Justice Castaldi,

Give me a day.
Give me eight hours!

You had eight years.

Your client had a trial.
He had his appeals.

He even had
two emergency petitions.

We can fix this!

We can't undo it, sir,
not once it's done.

That's just it.

At some point, it has to be done.

It's over, mr. Swain.

Let it go.

Damn it!

# Amazing Grace #

# how sweet the sound #

# that saved a wretch #

# like me #

# I once was lost #

# but now I'm found #

# was blind but now I see #

# a life of joy #

# and peace #

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