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It's been six months
since the boys were arrested
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in the Central Park jogger case.
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Police believe the gang
confronted her here,
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then dragged her 200 feet into the woods,
where the assault took place.
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...a 28-year-old woman,
hitting her with fists and rocks.
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Four of them rape her
and leave her there, unconscious.
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...suffered two
skull fractures, extreme blood loss,
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and hypothermia.
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- ...pants were found near...
- She will not remember
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that she was viciously attacked
and raped...
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Doctors say the odds
the patient will recover
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are still stacked against her.
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"Details didn't matter
because there was no script.
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They were coming downtown
from a world of crack,
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welfare, guns, knives, indifference,
and ignorance.
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They were coming from a land
of no fathers.
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They were coming
from the wild province of the poor,
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and driven by a collective fury brimming
with the rippling energies of youth,
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their minds teeming
with the violent images
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of the streets in the movies.
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They had only one goal:
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to smash, hurt, rob, stomp, rape.
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The enemies were rich."
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And then...
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I need another for emphasis.
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Their enemies were white.
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Go. Daily News has got a file
on these already. Gotta move.
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Go.
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Some of the young men
who have been arrested in the attack,
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so young as to be children, really,
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told police they were just out "wilding,"
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and that's why so many people
are so amazed
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at the tragedy of this occurrence.
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"Wilding." New York City police say
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that's new teenage slang
for rampaging in wolf packs,
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attacking people just for the fun of it.
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Today,
seven of those teenagers
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were arraigned on a long list of charges,
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including rape and attempted murder.
The case made headlines...
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Simple and solemn,
a makeshift memorial
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sits by the side of a road in Central...
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The victim,
a 28-year-old investment banker,
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is out of a coma,
but remains in serious...
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Some members
of the black community charge
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that the arrests are a racially motivated
rush to judgment.
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He's saying that this is racist.
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I'm saying, let them decide it
in the courtroom
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before they come out to protest
on the sidewalks.
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And then what happened?
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Only two of the suspects,
Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam,
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have posted bail.
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The other suspects were denied bail today
at a raucous hearing
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that turned into a screaming match.
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Korey Wise,
the only 16-year-old of the pack,
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will stay in holding at Rikers Island.
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From atop Trump Tower,
New York's most flamboyant billionaire
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- looks out over Central Park...
- And a pack of Newports.
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...where police say
a pack of teenagers
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attacked a 28-year-old jogger.
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You better believe that I hate the people
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that took this girl
and raped her brutally.
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You better believe it.
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Trump put his money
where his mouth is
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by taking out this full-page ad
in four New York City newspapers.
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"Bring Back the Death Penalty."
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Trump spent $85,000 on the ad...
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How you been, man?
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Holding it down.
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Hey, Korey.
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What's up, man?
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You ready for today?
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- What is it?
- Some pretrial...
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- something. I don't...
- All right.
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That's okay. I done that.
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Just a step to get you to the big trial.
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Y'all together in juvie?
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Uh-huh. Yeah.
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Um, but I'm out soon, so...
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My mom's...
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almost got the bail...
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the bail money from church, so...
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I wish I was, uh...
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I wish I was in there with y'all.
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When you turn 16?
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La... Last year.
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Last year.
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Where Kane?
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Yusef...
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Um...
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he got... he got bailed out...
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a little while ago.
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You know what he told me, though?
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The only reason that you got...
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you got caught up in all of this...
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is 'cause you went down there
to the station with him.
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To help him out, man.
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To be there for him.
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He's my friend.
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Yeah.
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Thanks for all your help, Reverend.
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Yeah, thank you so much, truly.
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We wouldn't have made bail without you.
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My pleasure, honor, and duty.
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We put together a little fund
for all the families.
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There's a lot of folks
supporting these boys, know that.
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Yeah, well, we appreciate that, but...
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Yusef's case is not like the other boys.
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They talked themselves into they mess.
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That's not fair.
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"Fair"?
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Is there anything
you would like to say?
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Are you glad your son is home?
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Ms. Salaam,
are you worried about the verdict?
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Have you been in touch with the parents
of the other boys?
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Do you have any response to Donald Trump
calling for the death penalty
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for your son?
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No peace! No justice!
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What did you say?
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Donald Trump is calling
for the death penalty.
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Mr. Trump...
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...is a real estate hustler...
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What did she say?
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What did she say?
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You watch them grow.
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You know?
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And you start to think
you did a good job.
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You know?
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- Girl, no.
- Listen,
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if there was ever a time you gonna drink,
you need to drink now.
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And I think sometimes a black may think
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that they don't really have the advantage
or this or that,
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but in actuality, today, currently,
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it's a great...
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I've said on occasion,
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even about myself,
if I were starting off today,
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I would love to be a well-educated black,
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because I really believe they do have
an actual advantage today.
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What is a black?
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I don't know.
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But, hell, maybe he's right.
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Sometimes you gotta ask yourself,
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when is the white man gonna get a break
in this country?
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Girl, don't make me laugh.
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Huh!
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They need to keep that bigot
off TV is what they need to do.
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Don't worry about it.
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His 15 minutes almost up.
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They want to kill my son.
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That devil...
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That devil...
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wants to kill my son.
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You gonna take an ad out
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about killing my son.
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They gonna have to come for me first.
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Better yet, I'll come for him.
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Ain't nobody going nowhere.
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I think this will be what scholars call
"a piece of cake."
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Who are we dealing with?
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Robert Burns.
He's a divorce lawyer in Harlem.
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And when I tell you
that's the full extent of his practice,
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- that's the full extent of his practice.
- Yusef.
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- Hey.
- Hi.
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- Good to see you, sister.
- You too.
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It's gonna be okay.
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- You know I got your back, right?
- You always have.
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Always have.
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Burns has no record of criminal law,
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and he's representing Yusef Salaam
at the trial.
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Next, we have Mickey Joseph,
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a criminal defense lawyer
for the Legal Aid Society.
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He'll defend Antron McCray.
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- I know him.
- Yeah?
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He's stronger than you think.
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- So, Mr. Joseph, what's gonna happen...
- Mickey, please.
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How would you feel if I called you
Mr. McCray? Like an old fogey, right?
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Yeah, I guess.
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For Korey Wise, there's some guy
he's got named Colin Moore.
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He's, I don't know, some kind of activist.
He's working pro bono.
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I can't imagine how you feel
not having him by your side,
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but I'm going to use everything I know how
to get him back to you.
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You ever hear of this guy Peter Rivera?
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Uh, there was an ADA in the Bronx
named Peter Rivera.
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One and the same.
He's also a former cop,
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and I have it on good authority
that he has political aspirations.
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- And who is he representing?
- Santana.
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Mr. Rivera?
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- Mr. Santana.
- Nice to meet you.
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The last guy they got repping
Kevin Richardson is Howard Diller.
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You are such a good-looking family.
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Maybe we should get you out there more,
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show the public there's nothing
to worry about here.
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- Can I help you up the... No? Okay.
- No, I'm fine.
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I found something on him we can use
if it comes to that.
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Like I said...
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piece of cake.
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Okay.
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So, you see a couple of bad suits
and cheap haircuts
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and you figure "game over"?
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Let me tell you what I see.
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Opportunity.
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This is an opportunity
for every one of those guys
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to make a name for themselves,
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to be the victor
in something high-profile for once,
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attention for once, respect for once.
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So, don't underestimate
how that drives a person.
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They are coming at it
with everything they got.
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Well, we are too.
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Okay, let's start
with the biggest challenge:
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the admissions of guilt that
the boys made in the police station.
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The judge ruled the confession tapes
are admissible.
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Now, we all know they should be
interpreted as coercion and thrown out.
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Unfortunately, that's not the case,
but there is some good news.
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The DNA evidence from the cervical swab
is inconclusive,
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which means that there wasn't enough semen
present in the victim to test
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and it cannot be matched
to anybody else.
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Reports are that the victim,
Patricia Meili,
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has no recollection of the incident.
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So, there's no reason for the prosecution
to call her as a witness.
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So, no physical evidence,
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no eyewitness.
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The people's case is weak.
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That's some chickenshit.
Like hers is the only one that's innocent.
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- I didn't say he was.
- You didn't have to, Miss Thing,
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'cause your shirt is saying it for you.
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They said they found that woman's hair
in Kevin's underpants.
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But of course we don't believe it.
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But how are they saying that?
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I mean, how are they gonna prove something
that didn't happen?
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And can they say it in the news
like it's real with no proof?
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I mean, I know they can, but...
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can we do something about it?
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They're saying they found hair
that looked like the victim's, ma'am.
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Hair analysis is notoriously unreliable.
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Hey, don't worry,
we're gonna get an expert
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to challenge the science for Kevin.
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Not only is there no physical evidence,
the confessions are riddled with conflict.
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A jury will see that.
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We'll show that your boys were coerced
by law enforcement.
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They will, 'cause my son, Ray,
he didn't even eat for a day and a half.
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You know, I went to work
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and I came back
and they were still going at him.
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Okay?
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And now, you know...
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Well, he's in there still
and I ain't even got money for bail
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- and I don't know how much...
- Ray.
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- It's fine.
- Yeah, I'm sorry.
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- It's okay.
- They told us that Tron was coming home.
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And promises for cooperation are illegal.
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This whole thing is illegal.
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That's when
we came towards the rape.
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Who is "we"?
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Me...
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And...
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Yes.
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...ran in back of her
and she turned around...
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Sounds like the damn
Emergency Broadcasting System.
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That's what it sounds like when you comply
with the Bruton rule
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during a five-defendant trial.
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So, we got the tapes in,
but we can't use them.
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Because they're all
implicating each other and not themselves.
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You know what we have to do here?
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We have to separate the trials.
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It tanks the gang narrative, though.
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Not five trials. Two, maybe three.
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We just have to find the right combination
of defendants
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that requires the least amount of editing
of the tapes.
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Good. Let's dig into it.
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They're not gonna separate themselves.
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We want a separate trial.
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Well...
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we all want separate trials.
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Look, if the jury sees
all five of those boys together,
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they're gonna think "wolf pack."
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It's no good. I agree.
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But the prosecution's never gonna agree
to five separate trials.
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Yusef never made a tape.
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He never signed a statement.
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I got him out of there before Fairstein
and those cops could trap him.
279
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So you're trying to say it's our fault
our boys are on tape?
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- I didn't say that.
- No, don't say that.
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- I didn't say that. I said...
- What you saying?
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...our situations differ.
283
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One thing we need to do more of
is control the narrative.
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People like Al Sharpton can help
with that.
285
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Oh, I don't know. I think it's a mistake
to make this about race.
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- Sweet Jesus.
- What? Why?
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Tell that to Trump.
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- Exactly.
- Rivera.
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Psst, Rivera,
you wanna just jump in there?
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The DA at some point
is gonna want to talk about a deal.
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I know you all want to believe
that your sons are innocent, but...
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- My...
- They are!
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We are innocent! We ain't touch that lady.
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We're innocent! We didn't do this!
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You need to understand,
all of you,
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that this case was assigned
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to Part 59
of the New York State Supreme Court.
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That's Galligan's court.
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Why is that a big deal?
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One, they didn't spin the wheel and...
301
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Wait, what...
302
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,665
what type of law
did you say you practice?
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I'm a divorce attorney.
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I handled Sharonne's case.
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Judge assignments are supposed to happen
by spinning a wheel, so it's random.
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They didn't do that with this case.
They gave it to Galligan.
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Rikers Island,
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they call it Galligan's Island.
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Ten times out of nine,
he sides with the state.
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They don't plan to lose this case.
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Shit.
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- Can they do that?
- It's already done.
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But we're not.
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We have useless tape,
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we've lost our gang narrative,
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we can't find DNA.
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We have a sock.
318
00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:52,302
Those little bastards shot their wad
into a sock, thinking we wouldn't find it,
319
00:16:52,386 --> 00:16:53,386
but we found it.
320
00:16:53,762 --> 00:16:55,389
We have DNA. Good.
321
00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:58,183
The match will nail this thing down.
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How did the NYPD miss this?
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Who cares? We have it now.
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00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:04,231
And the kicker is none of the defense
is aware yet.
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So, we can test it right before the trial.
326
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:09,861
Surprise!
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00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:11,988
Surprise.
328
00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:17,119
...the accused
Harlem teenagers, most 14 or 15 years old.
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Initial reports suggested
they were quiet kids from stable homes,
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but neighbors now say some of the boys
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had been bad for a while.
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One of the boys, Kevin Richardson,
was an aspiring trumpet player.
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00:17:29,673 --> 00:17:31,550
Another boy, Antron McCray,
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had dreams of becoming
a professional baseball player.
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- The trial will finally get underway...
- Bobby, time to go home.
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00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:39,159
- Go see that wife of yours.
- ...Yusef Salaam,
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- Raymond Santana, and Antron McCray.
- Okay, Dave. See you tomorrow.
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The jury selection
took an unusual length of time,
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as there were over 500 potential jurors.
340
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:50,413
The violence
and quality of life in this city
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00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:52,404
is getting worse and worse every day.
342
00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:13,842
- Hello?
- Hey.
343
00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:17,179
- Hey. Everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
344
00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:20,241
Just calling to let you know
I ain't gonna make it home tonight.
345
00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:22,518
Dave got caught up with some mess.
346
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,146
So I'm gonna stay back
and work the double.
347
00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:28,815
Okay.
348
00:18:31,693 --> 00:18:35,405
- You sure there's nobody else who can...
- No. I'm gonna stay and do it.
349
00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:39,493
Bobby, tomorrow's the first day of trial.
350
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,538
Ain't like we don't need
the extra money, right?
351
00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:47,459
All right, yeah.
352
00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:50,670
Okay.
353
00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:56,385
Yeah, look, I gotta get back to work now.
354
00:18:57,010 --> 00:18:58,011
I love you.
355
00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,015
I love you too.
356
00:19:02,224 --> 00:19:03,224
Bye.
357
00:19:24,746 --> 00:19:26,746
He's probably out there
with a cab for us.
358
00:19:26,790 --> 00:19:29,877
You know how he do sometimes.
I'll bet he's there at the gate.
359
00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,503
Just watch. I bet he's there.
360
00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:38,218
He ain't here.
361
00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,307
He coming with us?
362
00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:46,226
I don't know, baby. It's...
363
00:19:49,062 --> 00:19:51,607
There's a lot going on right now, okay?
364
00:19:53,901 --> 00:19:55,736
Everybody's just doing their best.
365
00:19:57,738 --> 00:19:58,738
Come on.
366
00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:06,014
In one of the most anticipated
trials in New York State history,
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three of the attackers
from the Central Park jogger case
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00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:10,834
go before a Manhattan jury today.
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00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,629
Five teens are charged
with multiple criminal counts,
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00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:15,964
including rape, sexual abuse, and assault.
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00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,717
All eyes are on
District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer,
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00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,637
who's representing the victim
in one of the most horrific crimes
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00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,804
this city has seen.
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- Ms. Lederer, a moment!
- Ms. Lederer!
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00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:27,184
One question!
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00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:34,441
Protect the black youth!
Protect the black youth!
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00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,568
I'm here with Elombe and Nomsa Brath,
378
00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:39,363
two of Harlem's most prominent activists
and community leaders.
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00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:42,074
We are here to assert the position
for the families
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00:20:42,157 --> 00:20:43,575
and many in our community
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00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:45,827
that there is injustice happening here.
382
00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:51,500
Injustice occurred in that precinct
when young boys, underage boys,
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were questioned without their parents,
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00:20:54,836 --> 00:20:58,215
and were coerced by police and prosecutors
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00:20:58,298 --> 00:21:01,426
to make false confessions,
leading to where we are today.
386
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:04,930
We are here to point the finger
at the white press who have failed.
387
00:21:05,889 --> 00:21:08,558
You have failed
to properly investigate this.
388
00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,478
You have failed
to ask the right questions.
389
00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:15,274
How do you feel about people
calling your son a rapist?
390
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,067
Why are you repeating this shit?
391
00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:19,987
You don't know how we are suffering.
My son is innocent.
392
00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:22,572
You don't know him.
Don't make presumptions about him.
393
00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:25,867
You've been spoon-fed a story
and you've eaten it up.
394
00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,412
- But we're not here for stories.
- That's right!
395
00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:30,556
- We're here for the facts.
- That's right!
396
00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:32,708
- For the truth.
- That's right!
397
00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,877
And the facts are
that these boys are not a wolf pack.
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00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:39,798
They're not animals.
399
00:21:41,925 --> 00:21:43,343
They're not thugs.
400
00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:46,179
These boys, they are ours...
401
00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:48,598
and we will fight for them.
402
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,236
Neat trick getting Galligan assigned.
403
00:22:01,445 --> 00:22:02,362
Real magical.
404
00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,166
And congratulations to you
on getting the trials separated.
405
00:22:05,198 --> 00:22:06,950
Oh, do we get credit for that?
406
00:22:07,075 --> 00:22:09,637
I'm sure it didn't have anything to do
with cutting those videos down
407
00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:11,747
into nothing more than a dog whistle,
right?
408
00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,332
We all knew you were the smart one.
409
00:22:14,791 --> 00:22:17,111
You've done well for yourself.
You're starting in the lead.
410
00:22:18,837 --> 00:22:19,837
Please...
411
00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:24,343
do those kids you're so eager
to put into jail a favor.
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00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:26,803
Just give them a fair fight.
413
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,890
From now on, just fight fair.
That's all we ask.
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00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:32,726
♪ Standing now ♪
415
00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:38,482
♪ Calling all the people
Here to see the show ♪
416
00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:44,446
♪ Calling for my demons
Now to let me go ♪
417
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:47,157
♪ I need something ♪
418
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,576
♪ Give me something wonderful ♪
419
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,831
♪ You can't take me down ♪
420
00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:58,335
♪ You can't break me down ♪
421
00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,129
♪ You can't take me down ♪
422
00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:14,059
Judge Galligan, thank you.
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00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:18,230
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
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during this trial,
you will learn that the three defendants,
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00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:28,115
Yusef Salaam,
426
00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:29,825
Antron McCray,
427
00:23:29,991 --> 00:23:31,868
and Raymond Santana,
428
00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:36,373
were among a group of 30 young men
429
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:38,834
who went into Central Park
430
00:23:39,042 --> 00:23:43,713
to rob, beat,
and attack innocent New Yorkers.
431
00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:49,386
I want to highlight something
that Ms. Lederer did not say this morning.
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00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:51,680
None of the victims,
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00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:54,141
including Ms. Meili,
434
00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:57,227
has identified my client
435
00:23:57,811 --> 00:23:59,604
as a perpetrator in these crimes.
436
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:03,358
These defendants are charged
with the rape,
437
00:24:04,317 --> 00:24:05,317
sodomy,
438
00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:06,903
attempted murder,
439
00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:08,697
assault,
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00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:11,575
and sexual abuse of Patricia Meili.
441
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:17,706
You will see video statements
from Antron McCray and Raymond Santana,
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00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:21,293
where they describe in detail
how they participated
443
00:24:21,376 --> 00:24:23,420
in the rape and attempted murder
of Ms. Meili.
444
00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:24,671
And these tapes,
445
00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:28,008
these written testaments, these...
446
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:31,303
are not as clean as the state
would have you believe.
447
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:34,473
And you will find out
what went into making those tapes.
448
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,142
These defendants told detectives
449
00:24:37,726 --> 00:24:39,936
that Kevin Richardson grabbed the jogger,
450
00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:42,522
and while Kevin and the jogger struggled,
451
00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:46,318
Yusef stepped up and hit her with a pipe.
452
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:51,490
The police decided to solve this case,
453
00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:57,704
no matter what it meant to the rights
of a scared 14-year-old child.
454
00:24:58,121 --> 00:25:01,833
Carefully collected evidence
in a thorough investigation by NYPD
455
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:05,378
will be presented to you
that will prove the guilt of this group
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00:25:05,712 --> 00:25:07,172
beyond a reasonable doubt.
457
00:25:07,547 --> 00:25:11,218
During this NYPD investigation
that Ms. Lederer has described today,
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00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:13,803
where they scoured Central Park
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00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:15,972
for bodily fluids,
460
00:25:16,556 --> 00:25:19,267
for blood, for rocks, for a pipe,
461
00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:23,480
anything that might have
my client's fingerprints on it,
462
00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:26,858
and they did not find one.
463
00:25:28,818 --> 00:25:35,575
The only just verdict in this case
is a verdict of not guilty on all counts.
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00:25:44,584 --> 00:25:45,584
Thank you.
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00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:47,170
Ladies and gentlemen,
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00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,258
the evidence in chief
against Raymond Santana
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00:25:51,341 --> 00:25:52,759
is a statement he made.
468
00:25:55,262 --> 00:25:58,515
And I submit to you that
that statement was coerced.
469
00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:01,768
And after you hear it,
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00:26:01,851 --> 00:26:05,647
I'm sure you'll see that
the people have failed to prove their case
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00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,567
against my client, Mr. Santana.
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00:26:10,026 --> 00:26:11,026
Thank you.
473
00:26:11,152 --> 00:26:13,029
Is he serious?
474
00:26:19,452 --> 00:26:20,453
Mr. Burns.
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00:26:21,496 --> 00:26:22,831
Thank you, Your Honor.
476
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,040
Uh...
477
00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:26,918
Ladies and gentlemen,
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00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:29,713
the evidence...
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00:26:31,631 --> 00:26:32,631
Uh...
480
00:26:33,174 --> 00:26:34,174
The evidence...
481
00:26:35,135 --> 00:26:36,636
is going to show that...
482
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,889
until the body of the female jogger
was discovered,
483
00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:44,811
the crimes which had been committed
and reported to the police that night,
484
00:26:45,812 --> 00:26:50,358
they weren't treated with
the same degree of seriousness, of, uh...
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00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:52,152
of intensity
486
00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:55,113
as the crime related to the white...
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00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:57,449
female jogger.
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00:26:58,533 --> 00:27:00,660
A lot of police became involved.
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00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,704
Sergeants, captains.
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00:27:03,371 --> 00:27:04,371
Brass.
491
00:27:04,414 --> 00:27:06,374
And on the sidelines, you had the media,
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00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:10,128
which learned of the female rape victim
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00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,507
and that the suspects
were all black or Hispanic.
494
00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:17,761
Conclusions were made.
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00:27:18,762 --> 00:27:19,679
Quickly.
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00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:21,514
And pursued in a vacuum.
497
00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,141
There was a...
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00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:29,189
strong motivation to solve
and close this case as soon as possible.
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00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:31,858
So, in comes my client, okay?
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00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:35,320
Fifteen years old at the time.
501
00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:38,323
Never been in a precinct before
under any circumstances.
502
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:39,949
And they work him.
503
00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:42,327
And work him.
504
00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:46,665
Until his mother comes down
and puts a stop to the interrogation.
505
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,543
It was neither a voluntary statement
nor a truthful one.
506
00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:53,505
And the evidence to support it...
507
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:55,882
it isn't there.
508
00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:59,386
Which leaves us room for...
509
00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:01,554
reasonable doubt.
510
00:28:03,807 --> 00:28:04,807
Thank you.
511
00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:12,065
Ms. Lederer, first witness.
512
00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:16,069
Oh, my God...
513
00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:20,115
She was critically ill
and just barely alive.
514
00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:25,787
What specific injuries did you discover,
Dr. Kurtz?
515
00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:28,373
Many. She was suffering
from severe hypothermia
516
00:28:28,456 --> 00:28:31,835
and she was bleeding actively
when she entered the emergency room.
517
00:28:32,585 --> 00:28:34,705
Bleeding from what part
of her body, Doctor?
518
00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:35,754
Her scalp.
519
00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:39,968
The blood was from scalp lacerations,
for the most part.
520
00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:47,350
Ms. Dean, what do you remember
about that night of April 19th, 1989?
521
00:28:47,475 --> 00:28:48,475
Um...
522
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:50,729
I don't remember much, but I...
523
00:28:50,937 --> 00:28:53,231
I do remember a...
524
00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:56,109
group of boys.
525
00:28:57,193 --> 00:28:59,279
And they were making these...
526
00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:02,907
these animal sounds, like...
527
00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,034
- grunting...
- Objection.
528
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:07,662
- Overruled.
- You were saying "grunting"?
529
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,039
So, my fiancé and I were riding our bike
530
00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:14,419
and this entire group of kids
just started heckling us,
531
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:16,296
and, I mean, I...
532
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,548
We were completely terrified.
533
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,551
Mr. Loughlin,
534
00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:25,221
you reviewed a lineup with the intention
of identifying your assailant.
535
00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:27,223
- Did you identify him?
- I did.
536
00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:30,977
And that was number...
four in the lineup.
537
00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:32,060
Is that correct?
538
00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:33,646
I believe that is correct.
539
00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:37,025
Is the person that you identified
in this courtroom today?
540
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:39,109
No.
541
00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:41,696
Could you repeat that
a little louder?
542
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:42,780
No.
543
00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:47,786
Thank you, Mr. Loughlin.
No more questions, Your Honor.
544
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:54,918
I needed this DNA and the sock
to nail all this down.
545
00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:56,001
It doesn't match.
546
00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:58,171
So, five defendants, clean.
547
00:29:58,379 --> 00:30:00,715
Their DNA isn't there. It's not anywhere.
548
00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:07,180
So, there must have been another attacker.
One must have gotten away.
549
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,224
You honestly believe that?
550
00:30:09,516 --> 00:30:12,352
I do if it helps a jury believe
what we know is true.
551
00:30:12,435 --> 00:30:14,729
Okay, but our case is built
on the assertion
552
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:18,024
that these boys are the rapists,
not some sixth unknown boy.
553
00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:23,279
So, we have semen in a sock
and it isn't theirs, any of them.
554
00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:24,739
So, what are we doing here?
555
00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:28,201
I'm the one who has to sell this to a jury
556
00:30:28,284 --> 00:30:30,578
and the whole city is watching,
hell, the country.
557
00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:32,622
So, do you understand
what is happening here?
558
00:30:32,705 --> 00:30:34,749
We've still got the cervical DNA.
559
00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,167
Which was inconclusive.
560
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,294
Which means the five can't be ruled out.
561
00:30:38,378 --> 00:30:41,965
Deal with the sock DNA results, you know,
play up the cervical DNA...
562
00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:45,093
Are you listening to yourself?
You sound delusional.
563
00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:48,012
You want me to pretend
that the sock never existed?
564
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,515
This is crossing a line.
565
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,560
What line, Elizabeth?
566
00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:56,479
Where's the line for Patricia, huh?
567
00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,566
I'm sick of this shit.
Where's the line for her?
568
00:31:00,316 --> 00:31:03,027
Left for dead in the cold
in a pool of her own blood,
569
00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:06,072
running out of her body minute by minute
in the fucking bushes.
570
00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:08,116
She feels herself draining away.
571
00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:10,618
Where's the line?
572
00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:12,119
Huh?
573
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,375
Fucking city!
574
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:21,212
We hear something gruesome,
we grimace and we move on.
575
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:22,505
Well, not this time.
576
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,634
But these boys, Linda...
577
00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:30,597
They were in the park beating people up
578
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,974
the same night that she's getting beat up
579
00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:35,226
and you're telling me
they had nothing to do with it?
580
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:36,936
Bullshit.
581
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:39,063
They said it themselves.
582
00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:40,982
They told us what happened.
583
00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,859
They were told.
584
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:45,360
Come on.
585
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:48,489
The eye sees, but it cannot see itself.
586
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:52,577
They couldn't see the whole picture
of how their one part fit
587
00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,954
into the whole. That is all we did.
588
00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:05,048
It's too late for this.
589
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,594
Like you said,
the whole country is watching.
590
00:32:09,677 --> 00:32:12,055
They are watching you.
591
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,766
This is your opportunity.
592
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:19,312
Remember her.
593
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:28,571
The people call Patricia Meili.
594
00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:39,999
Oh, Lord...
595
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:52,511
Oh, man...
596
00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:06,859
What are you doing?
597
00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:10,488
Praying she got her memory back.
598
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:25,795
Ms. Meili,
599
00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:28,172
will you tell us what you remember
600
00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,591
about April 19th, 1989?
601
00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:39,434
I remember being at work.
602
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:43,688
And we had a meeting at lunch
603
00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:45,690
with the entire
604
00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:48,443
corporate finance department.
605
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:53,573
And I remember I had a phone call
at five o'clock
606
00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:56,743
to cancel a dinner with a friend.
607
00:33:58,619 --> 00:34:01,831
Do you recall what time
you left work on April 19th, 1989?
608
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:10,339
No, I do not.
609
00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:13,885
Do you remember jogging in Central Park?
610
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:16,470
No.
611
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,099
Do you have any memory whatsoever
612
00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:22,977
about what happened to you in the park
613
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,646
on April 19th, 1989?
614
00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:38,117
No, I do not.
615
00:35:01,390 --> 00:35:04,143
Ms. Meili, do you recognize
People's 33 in evidence?
616
00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:06,896
That's my shirt.
617
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,899
Prior to April 19th, 1989,
618
00:35:10,066 --> 00:35:11,400
what color was this shirt?
619
00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:13,527
It was white.
620
00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:23,704
And do you recognize People's 13?
621
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:25,581
Those are my running shoes.
622
00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:31,796
Ms. Meili, as you sit here today,
623
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,466
do you suffer any lingering injuries
from your attack?
624
00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:42,932
A few. Um...
625
00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:47,270
I have trouble walking,
626
00:35:48,354 --> 00:35:49,522
as you could see.
627
00:35:51,399 --> 00:35:56,028
I have trouble with steps or stairs.
628
00:35:57,363 --> 00:35:58,364
I have...
629
00:35:59,198 --> 00:36:00,241
double vision.
630
00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:04,328
And I have lost my sense of smell.
631
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,250
I can't smell anything.
632
00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:16,215
Nothing further, Your Honor.
633
00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:25,600
She didn't say it wasn't them.
634
00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:08,809
How you doing, boy? Looking good.
635
00:37:10,186 --> 00:37:11,186
You a'ight?
636
00:37:13,856 --> 00:37:14,856
I'm okay.
637
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,363
Why aren't you home?
638
00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,366
Trial's almost half over, and...
639
00:37:23,824 --> 00:37:25,076
I ain't seen you once.
640
00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:27,078
I mean, uh...
641
00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:28,871
I'm just, you know...
642
00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:31,249
I'm working on some things.
643
00:37:32,959 --> 00:37:35,753
Taking care of some things for,
you know, for all of us.
644
00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:40,298
Trust me?
645
00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:46,012
Go on.
646
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:53,980
Here's some money for the cab ride
back and forth.
647
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,232
Wait... I thought...
648
00:37:59,151 --> 00:38:00,319
You're not coming, huh?
649
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:04,239
Not today.
650
00:38:10,204 --> 00:38:11,204
I love you.
651
00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:21,507
We suggested,
myself and Detective Hildebrandt,
652
00:38:21,590 --> 00:38:22,925
that maybe the mother...
653
00:38:25,094 --> 00:38:27,221
It might be better off
if the mother could leave
654
00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:29,432
and Mr. McCray could stay inside the room.
655
00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:32,518
And once Mrs. McCray left the room,
did Antron say anything?
656
00:38:32,601 --> 00:38:36,355
Yeah, he admitted about the female jogger,
about who was holding her down,
657
00:38:36,439 --> 00:38:39,025
and about him getting on top of her
and penetrating her.
658
00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:41,694
I never said that.
659
00:38:41,777 --> 00:38:44,071
And what was Antron's demeanor
at this point?
660
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,364
His voice was low,
661
00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:48,367
he was fidgeting,
and, uh, his eyes were tearing up.
662
00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:50,161
He was crying.
663
00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:51,704
No, he wasn't crying.
664
00:38:51,954 --> 00:38:55,291
Your colleague Detective Gonzalez
testified that he was crying.
665
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,167
I didn't see that.
666
00:38:58,294 --> 00:38:59,294
Hmm.
667
00:38:59,378 --> 00:39:02,006
You testified that it was
Linda McCray's idea
668
00:39:02,089 --> 00:39:03,889
to remove herself
from the interrogation room.
669
00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:05,842
That's right.
670
00:39:06,093 --> 00:39:07,428
But isn't it the fact that...
671
00:39:07,928 --> 00:39:09,055
that was your idea?
672
00:39:09,555 --> 00:39:10,973
Yours and Detective Gonzalez'?
673
00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:13,726
We all decided together.
674
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:18,439
Detective Gonzalez testified
that Antron told him
675
00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:19,875
that he had penetrated the jogger,
676
00:39:19,899 --> 00:39:23,402
but you just told the DA that Antron
was very clear with you
677
00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:25,321
that he did not penetrate her.
678
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:30,093
So, which is it, Detective? Because
both of you can't be telling the truth.
679
00:39:30,117 --> 00:39:32,161
- Objection, argumentative.
- He ain't did nothing!
680
00:39:32,244 --> 00:39:33,305
Thank you.
681
00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:36,665
Order! Order! Sustained.
682
00:39:37,166 --> 00:39:39,326
And because neither you
nor Detective Gonzalez
683
00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:40,920
kept any notes of the interview,
684
00:39:41,003 --> 00:39:43,923
I guess we'll just never know
why a 14-year-old
685
00:39:44,006 --> 00:39:47,176
went from saying that he had
never heard of a rape in the park
686
00:39:47,301 --> 00:39:49,470
to allegedly confessing to it.
687
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:52,389
Is that a question?
688
00:39:52,431 --> 00:39:55,393
Isn't it true that you promised
Antron McCray that he could go home
689
00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:57,520
if he would just give you a statement?
690
00:39:57,603 --> 00:40:02,108
All we did was ask Mr. McCray
what happened, and he told us.
691
00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:04,735
But you have no notes of the many times
that he told you
692
00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:06,612
he had nothing to do with it.
693
00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:08,363
No.
694
00:40:09,281 --> 00:40:10,783
Just to be clear...
695
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:14,912
he told you multiple times
that he didn't do it.
696
00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:16,121
He may have.
697
00:40:16,288 --> 00:40:18,416
- Multiple times?
- Multiple times.
698
00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:19,749
Yes.
699
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:23,587
Mr. McCray claimed to be innocent.
700
00:40:26,882 --> 00:40:28,008
Thank you, Your Honor.
701
00:40:31,470 --> 00:40:34,557
Is it okay if I sit with Raymond
before they take him into Holding?
702
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,640
Sure.
703
00:40:44,191 --> 00:40:47,862
A'ight, here's the plan:
you take out the guards, I steal us a car,
704
00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:50,156
we'd be in Mexico in a few days.
705
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,991
I mean, you speak Spanish, right?
706
00:40:53,868 --> 00:40:55,161
I can say "tacos."
707
00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:56,786
That count?
708
00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:05,837
Man...
709
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,341
I want to sleep in my own bed so bad.
710
00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:12,511
I want to go home.
711
00:41:17,892 --> 00:41:19,935
My dad don't even come to court no more.
712
00:41:22,771 --> 00:41:25,149
He say he knows what's gonna happen,
he's sorry.
713
00:41:29,612 --> 00:41:31,322
That's what everybody's saying, man.
714
00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:35,451
It ain't looking good for us.
715
00:41:37,661 --> 00:41:38,829
Don't think like that.
716
00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:43,792
If we don't believe, man, we already lost.
717
00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:50,966
And as for the cervical swab,
718
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,469
the semen sample recovered from the body,
719
00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:56,013
were you able to recover a DNA sample?
720
00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,017
That's the pattern I informed
the district attorney was very faint.
721
00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:03,270
And based on your visual observation
of those two bands,
722
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:07,233
would you agree that the DNA pattern
is different than that of Antron McCray's?
723
00:42:07,441 --> 00:42:08,275
Yes.
724
00:42:10,444 --> 00:42:13,280
And did you find any trace
of Antron McCray's DNA
725
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:14,615
anywhere on the scene?
726
00:42:15,324 --> 00:42:18,827
No, but we only tested the cervical swab
and the sock.
727
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:43,852
Agent, were you asked to test a sample
728
00:42:45,187 --> 00:42:46,939
on a sock recovered at the scene?
729
00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:49,274
Yes, sir.
730
00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:54,154
And what kind of sample was present?
731
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:56,699
There was a semen on the sock.
732
00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:00,744
A semen, singular?
733
00:43:01,203 --> 00:43:02,203
Yes.
734
00:43:04,164 --> 00:43:06,709
And would you say that your findings
are conclusive?
735
00:43:07,084 --> 00:43:08,084
Yes.
736
00:43:12,631 --> 00:43:14,466
Based on your analysis of that sock,
737
00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:18,220
does the DNA present match that
of Antron McCray?
738
00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:23,100
No. It was not his.
739
00:43:28,397 --> 00:43:32,901
Does the DNA from that sample match
any of the DNA patterns of the defendants?
740
00:43:39,158 --> 00:43:40,158
No.
741
00:43:41,368 --> 00:43:42,808
I told you!
742
00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:45,205
- Order!
- They didn't touch her!
743
00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:48,166
Order!
744
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:52,838
Order!
745
00:43:54,173 --> 00:43:55,174
Order!
746
00:44:01,221 --> 00:44:02,806
- Elizabeth.
- Michael.
747
00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:06,644
Did you call me here to apologize?
748
00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:08,270
Apologize for what?
749
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:12,232
You saying that the DNA evidence
was inconclusive. That's not playing fair.
750
00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:13,566
Fair?
751
00:44:14,443 --> 00:44:16,737
What's that word mean, anyway?
752
00:44:17,905 --> 00:44:19,948
I don't know,
something to do with justice, I think.
753
00:44:20,115 --> 00:44:22,159
It's no longer about justice, Counselor.
754
00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:23,911
It's about politics.
755
00:44:24,536 --> 00:44:26,747
And politics is about survival.
756
00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,500
And there's nothing fair about survival.
757
00:44:32,586 --> 00:44:34,755
Survival at what cost?
758
00:44:35,923 --> 00:44:38,050
Those boys don't deserve
to pay the price...
759
00:44:38,133 --> 00:44:40,487
- I'm not interested in a philosophical...
- Then why am I here?
760
00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,388
I asked you here to talk about a deal.
761
00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:50,396
The prosecution has a huge problem
with its physical case, and they know it.
762
00:44:50,479 --> 00:44:53,399
It's the only reason they're willing
to talk about a plea deal, but...
763
00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:56,360
it has to be all three of you.
764
00:44:57,361 --> 00:45:00,364
If we all plead guilty now,
you will do time,
765
00:45:00,447 --> 00:45:03,687
but it is a fraction of the time you'll do
if we see this thing through to the end
766
00:45:03,742 --> 00:45:06,286
and it doesn't go our way.
It's something we have to consider.
767
00:45:06,662 --> 00:45:08,455
- This is good news.
- Wait.
768
00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:13,043
We gotta be careful.
It's all gonna come down to those tapes.
769
00:45:13,961 --> 00:45:16,088
If the tapes clearly show our boys
being coerced,
770
00:45:16,171 --> 00:45:17,923
it's a huge advantage to us.
771
00:45:18,132 --> 00:45:20,008
This case could still go either way.
772
00:45:43,031 --> 00:45:44,074
We didn't do this.
773
00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:49,746
No.
774
00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:55,294
I don't think we should admit to something
that we didn't do.
775
00:46:03,302 --> 00:46:04,303
Yusef is right.
776
00:46:15,522 --> 00:46:16,565
Not gonna do this.
777
00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:21,027
Okay.
778
00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:22,820
So...
779
00:46:24,531 --> 00:46:25,532
we keep fighting.
780
00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:39,755
When Raymond said "I was kneeling"
when he was feeling her breasts,
781
00:46:39,838 --> 00:46:42,591
did you look to see if there was any mud
on his pants?
782
00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:44,634
No.
783
00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:48,931
Did you make any notations
about there being mud on the pants?
784
00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:50,932
No.
785
00:46:55,729 --> 00:46:56,729
Oh.
786
00:46:58,732 --> 00:46:59,733
One more thing.
787
00:47:01,151 --> 00:47:05,531
Raymond placed the rape in the wrong part
of the park. Am I correct?
788
00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:06,907
Objection, leading.
789
00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:08,199
You'll answer.
790
00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:13,163
Santana put the rape elsewhere.
791
00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:14,747
Where?
792
00:47:15,874 --> 00:47:18,710
Where "elsewhere," Detective?
793
00:47:20,212 --> 00:47:22,774
There's a lot at stake for this boy
and I want you to be specific.
794
00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:26,134
We don't need the commentary,
Mr. Rivera. You'll answer.
795
00:47:28,470 --> 00:47:30,264
He put the rape down there.
796
00:47:36,895 --> 00:47:37,895
Not...
797
00:47:40,399 --> 00:47:41,567
where it took place.
798
00:47:45,904 --> 00:47:46,904
No.
799
00:47:50,742 --> 00:47:52,369
No further questions, Your Honor.
800
00:47:58,333 --> 00:47:59,543
Glad you could join us.
801
00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:07,968
Ms. Lederer.
802
00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:11,263
The people rest, Your Honor.
803
00:48:14,641 --> 00:48:16,810
She was raped and beaten so severely,
804
00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:19,104
she lost all memory of the attack.
805
00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:21,315
It's been a back-and-forth trial
806
00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:24,234
and so much is riding
on these taped statements.
807
00:48:24,318 --> 00:48:27,070
If what we're hearing is true
about those tapes,
808
00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:29,823
those boys will need a miracle
to convince a jury.
809
00:48:59,394 --> 00:49:00,394
Hey.
810
00:49:04,399 --> 00:49:07,277
Protect black youth!
Protect black youth!
811
00:49:07,361 --> 00:49:11,698
Protect black youth!
Protect black youth! Protect black youth!
812
00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:15,827
No justice, no peace!
813
00:49:16,495 --> 00:49:18,622
No justice, no peace!
814
00:49:19,122 --> 00:49:21,833
- No justice, no peace!
- We love you, Tron!
815
00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:23,961
No justice, no peace!
816
00:49:24,461 --> 00:49:26,129
No justice, no peace!
817
00:49:27,255 --> 00:49:29,257
No justice, no peace!
818
00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:32,219
No justice, no peace!
819
00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:34,972
No justice, no peace!
820
00:49:37,724 --> 00:49:39,142
They were framed!
821
00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:41,937
They were framed! They were framed!
822
00:49:42,104 --> 00:49:44,940
They were framed! They were framed!
823
00:49:45,023 --> 00:49:47,818
They were framed! They were framed!
824
00:50:09,047 --> 00:50:10,047
Hey.
825
00:50:15,220 --> 00:50:16,054
"Hey"?
826
00:50:19,266 --> 00:50:20,726
'Cause you didn't wanna show up!
827
00:50:22,310 --> 00:50:24,855
You didn't wanna show up
for half of my trial!
828
00:50:28,150 --> 00:50:30,318
Now you're trying to come here
and play the hero?
829
00:50:31,903 --> 00:50:33,155
I can make this right, Tron...
830
00:50:33,238 --> 00:50:35,115
Have you ever thought about
what would happen
831
00:50:35,198 --> 00:50:37,409
if you went up there
and say the wrong thing?
832
00:50:40,328 --> 00:50:41,538
This is my life.
833
00:50:43,665 --> 00:50:44,708
This is my life.
834
00:50:47,711 --> 00:50:48,962
I know what's happening.
835
00:50:49,838 --> 00:50:51,882
I know why you're leaving us.
836
00:50:54,843 --> 00:50:57,262
Ain't nobody ever blamed you
for any of this.
837
00:51:00,307 --> 00:51:01,433
I blame myself.
838
00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:18,533
Did there come a time
when you left the room with the police?
839
00:51:19,201 --> 00:51:21,078
Uh, yeah. Yes.
840
00:51:21,161 --> 00:51:22,954
And what did they say then?
841
00:51:24,706 --> 00:51:26,041
They said, um...
842
00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:30,003
if my son didn't cooperate
that he was going to go to jail,
843
00:51:30,462 --> 00:51:33,215
and then they said I should go back
in the room
844
00:51:34,382 --> 00:51:35,717
and talk to him alone,
845
00:51:37,177 --> 00:51:38,220
without my wife.
846
00:51:43,558 --> 00:51:45,268
And what did you say to Antron?
847
00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:49,981
I told him that I knew
he was telling the truth...
848
00:51:53,110 --> 00:51:55,153
but he gonna need to say
what they wanna hear
849
00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,656
so that we can get outta here
and go home.
850
00:51:59,199 --> 00:52:01,326
I was trying to protect him.
851
00:52:04,412 --> 00:52:05,412
Help him.
852
00:52:05,705 --> 00:52:06,957
Trying to save him.
853
00:52:07,916 --> 00:52:09,626
And what did Antron say?
854
00:52:13,755 --> 00:52:14,756
He said, "Dad,
855
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:16,883
I wasn't there.
856
00:52:18,385 --> 00:52:19,511
I'm not gonna lie."
857
00:52:20,804 --> 00:52:22,347
What happened then, Mr. McCray?
858
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,602
I lost it.
859
00:52:28,895 --> 00:52:29,938
Threw a chair.
860
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,026
I was trying to get him to lie.
861
00:52:35,652 --> 00:52:38,446
And then the police came back in the room
and I looked at my son,
862
00:52:38,738 --> 00:52:40,949
I told him to tell them
what they want to hear.
863
00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:43,500
I thought,
I'm trying to keep him out of jail.
864
00:52:43,535 --> 00:52:45,888
Know what I'm saying?
It's hard to come back from that. I...
865
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:47,038
Thank you, Mr. McCray.
866
00:52:48,582 --> 00:52:50,167
No further questions, Your Honor.
867
00:52:53,962 --> 00:52:55,172
You threw a chair?
868
00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:02,262
Must have been pretty angry.
869
00:53:03,346 --> 00:53:04,346
Out of control.
870
00:53:04,389 --> 00:53:06,391
I was trying to get my son to lie.
871
00:53:06,474 --> 00:53:09,227
But when the taping began,
you didn't say anything like,
872
00:53:09,311 --> 00:53:12,689
"This is nonsense. I'm not gonna
let my kid answer these questions."
873
00:53:13,398 --> 00:53:14,566
They had told us
874
00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:16,610
if we cooperate,
875
00:53:17,485 --> 00:53:19,070
he would be a witness.
876
00:53:19,613 --> 00:53:21,489
They told us we could go home.
877
00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:23,825
Do you honestly expect us
to believe
878
00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:26,203
that after your son signed a statement
879
00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:28,830
admitting that he had beaten people
in a park,
880
00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:30,540
that he had been on top of a woman,
881
00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:33,668
that he had held her down
while people raped her,
882
00:53:35,378 --> 00:53:38,798
did you honestly believe that
he was gonna be allowed to go home?
883
00:53:41,509 --> 00:53:42,509
Yeah.
884
00:53:43,553 --> 00:53:44,554
Yes, I did.
885
00:53:46,014 --> 00:53:48,850
After we received that promise
from the police.
886
00:53:48,934 --> 00:53:51,061
Do you believe, Mr. McCray, that...
887
00:53:51,478 --> 00:53:54,147
it's okay to lie to protect your family?
888
00:53:55,982 --> 00:53:58,318
Is that something
that you would teach your son?
889
00:54:04,324 --> 00:54:05,324
Yeah.
890
00:54:07,869 --> 00:54:09,621
Look, he didn't do this.
891
00:54:09,704 --> 00:54:11,307
But you weren't in the park
on April 19th,
892
00:54:11,331 --> 00:54:12,731
so you have no way of knowing that.
893
00:54:12,791 --> 00:54:14,960
I know my son, all right?
894
00:54:16,169 --> 00:54:17,545
Antron ain't no liar.
895
00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:18,880
That's right.
896
00:54:19,005 --> 00:54:21,609
If he say he ain't touched that woman,
he ain't touched that woman.
897
00:54:21,633 --> 00:54:23,426
So we can trust his words?
898
00:54:25,136 --> 00:54:26,429
Yeah. Yes, you can.
899
00:54:26,888 --> 00:54:29,432
Well, fortunately, we have his words.
900
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:31,100
On tape.
901
00:54:32,936 --> 00:54:34,312
Saying that he did.
902
00:54:42,112 --> 00:54:43,446
Nothing further, Your Honor.
903
00:54:49,244 --> 00:54:51,830
Thank you, Mr. Joseph.
904
00:54:55,792 --> 00:54:57,168
I know you did your best.
905
00:54:59,462 --> 00:55:01,172
This is not over yet, Antron.
906
00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:12,017
There was no solid evidence
linking the defendants to the crime,
907
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:14,936
no fingerprints, no blood matches.
908
00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:18,898
The prosecution's strongest weapon
will come from the teenagers themselves
909
00:55:18,982 --> 00:55:21,234
in written and taped confessions.
910
00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:25,071
Defense lawyers argued the teenagers
were pressured into confessing,
911
00:55:25,155 --> 00:55:27,532
that they were victims
of a biased legal system
912
00:55:27,615 --> 00:55:30,243
anxious to solve a crime
against a white woman.
913
00:55:30,827 --> 00:55:32,370
That debate could go on,
914
00:55:32,454 --> 00:55:35,498
as two other teenagers
also charged with the rape
915
00:55:35,582 --> 00:55:37,000
prepare for trial.
916
00:55:37,083 --> 00:55:40,754
So on the night of April 19th,
when you entered the park...
917
00:55:42,547 --> 00:55:45,008
did you see hit her in the head?
918
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:47,760
Nah.
919
00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:50,138
I heard it.
920
00:55:52,098 --> 00:55:53,516
Actually, uh...
921
00:55:54,225 --> 00:55:55,225
I, uh...
922
00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:57,062
I seen it.
923
00:55:58,730 --> 00:56:01,566
Who else had sex with her
besides Kevin Richardson?
924
00:56:01,649 --> 00:56:02,649
Uh...
925
00:56:03,026 --> 00:56:05,070
I didn't see anybody else on top, uh...
926
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:07,238
have sex.
927
00:56:11,785 --> 00:56:12,786
Just him.
928
00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:16,184
Then you got on top of her?
929
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:19,918
But my penis wasn't in her.
930
00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:22,879
I just... I got on top of her.
931
00:56:23,671 --> 00:56:25,423
For show. You know?
932
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,343
And when he was on top of her
having sex,
933
00:56:28,426 --> 00:56:31,179
how were you able to put your hands
on her breasts?
934
00:56:34,265 --> 00:56:35,350
I was kneeling
935
00:56:36,351 --> 00:56:37,351
to...
936
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,276
Me, Kevin,
937
00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:47,362
and...
938
00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:50,031
I don't know the other ones.
939
00:56:50,115 --> 00:56:54,202
The only ones who did it different
was me and Yusef.
940
00:56:54,911 --> 00:56:55,995
Me and Yusef.
941
00:56:56,663 --> 00:56:58,706
Me and Yusef was just playing with her.
942
00:56:59,999 --> 00:57:01,042
I felt bad.
943
00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:02,835
I felt bad.
944
00:57:04,462 --> 00:57:07,841
This is my... This is my first extreme...
945
00:57:08,216 --> 00:57:09,426
I did to any...
946
00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:12,095
any kind of female.
947
00:57:13,847 --> 00:57:14,847
Or...
948
00:57:17,642 --> 00:57:18,893
This is my first rape.
949
00:57:20,645 --> 00:57:23,314
This is my first experience,
this will be my last.
950
00:57:27,277 --> 00:57:28,987
Were you trying to touch her?
951
00:57:32,657 --> 00:57:34,451
Not... Not really.
952
00:57:34,784 --> 00:57:36,995
Didn't you tell police
earlier today
953
00:57:37,078 --> 00:57:38,288
that you had tried to grab her
954
00:57:38,371 --> 00:57:40,999
- and that's when you got scratched?
- Um...
955
00:57:41,875 --> 00:57:43,334
No, no, not like...
956
00:57:46,671 --> 00:57:48,506
Like, not, like, feeling her up.
957
00:57:49,757 --> 00:57:51,384
Okay, not like that.
958
00:57:51,509 --> 00:57:52,635
No, like, um...
959
00:57:53,887 --> 00:57:55,722
I was trying to stop it.
960
00:57:56,764 --> 00:57:58,308
But you tried. You...
961
00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:00,852
Like, I tried to grab her arm.
962
00:58:01,603 --> 00:58:04,647
- You tried to grab her arms.
- Uh...
963
00:58:05,607 --> 00:58:06,607
I was, uh...
964
00:58:07,066 --> 00:58:09,194
I was trying to stop them.
965
00:58:16,534 --> 00:58:19,621
And how many timesdid he slap you?
966
00:58:20,413 --> 00:58:21,873
Uh, three times.
967
00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:24,334
And what did you do?
968
00:58:25,835 --> 00:58:27,128
I just took him serious.
969
00:58:27,587 --> 00:58:29,839
I had no choice
but to take him serious 'cause...
970
00:58:30,131 --> 00:58:33,218
Hartigan said I could go home
if I said I was at the rape.
971
00:58:33,635 --> 00:58:36,054
You didn't want to say it,
972
00:58:36,846 --> 00:58:37,846
but you did.
973
00:58:39,974 --> 00:58:44,229
Why did you say something
that wasn't true, Korey?
974
00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:47,941
They said... They said if I was there,
975
00:58:49,567 --> 00:58:52,403
and if I went along with it,
that I could go home.
976
00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:53,780
And that's all I wanted.
977
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,282
That's all I wanted, was to go home.
978
00:58:56,699 --> 00:58:58,034
That's all I still want.
979
00:59:02,455 --> 00:59:04,207
No further questions, Your Honor.
980
00:59:06,584 --> 00:59:08,836
So that punching gesture
that you're making in the video,
981
00:59:09,295 --> 00:59:12,423
right, demonstrating how the boys
punched the jogger,
982
00:59:12,507 --> 00:59:14,801
did the police make you do that on tape?
983
00:59:15,301 --> 00:59:17,220
Punching with both your fists?
984
00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:21,516
Somehow.
985
00:59:22,642 --> 00:59:24,811
They tell you that you were supposed
to do that?
986
00:59:25,937 --> 00:59:27,772
W... They was yelling at me.
987
00:59:27,855 --> 00:59:31,192
They was screaming at me
and hitting on me, so I...
988
00:59:31,734 --> 00:59:33,778
I figured I'd tell them what they wanted.
989
00:59:33,861 --> 00:59:37,323
If I tell them what they wanted,
I could go home. So that's what I did.
990
00:59:37,865 --> 00:59:40,076
In your statement,
did the police make you say
991
00:59:40,159 --> 00:59:42,287
that you hit her in the head with a pipe?
992
00:59:43,871 --> 00:59:45,540
Is that... That's what it says?
993
00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:48,835
Is that your signature on the page?
994
00:59:49,043 --> 00:59:51,504
Permission to approach the witness,
Your Honor?
995
00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:53,715
Is that your signature on your page?
996
00:59:57,051 --> 00:59:58,553
Yeah. Yeah.
997
00:59:58,636 --> 01:00:01,222
And above that,
what does the statement say?
998
01:00:05,852 --> 01:00:06,853
Read the statement.
999
01:00:08,521 --> 01:00:09,814
What does the statement say?
1000
01:00:10,648 --> 01:00:12,648
- Read what the sentence says.
- I can't read well.
1001
01:00:12,692 --> 01:00:14,861
- I can't read very well.
- Can you try to read it?
1002
01:00:15,111 --> 01:00:18,573
- I said I can't read very well.
- Just read what the sentence says.
1003
01:00:18,656 --> 01:00:21,343
What's wrong with this woman? I said
I can't read well. She pushing on me.
1004
01:00:21,367 --> 01:00:23,411
Can you read any of the words?
1005
01:00:24,245 --> 01:00:25,455
Uh, maybe.
1006
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:28,207
Maybe. I don't know. I can't...
1007
01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:31,586
Above your name,
does it say, "This statement is true"?
1008
01:00:31,753 --> 01:00:33,713
I don't know what it says
'cause I ain't write it.
1009
01:00:33,755 --> 01:00:36,090
So I don't know what it says.
I ain't write it.
1010
01:00:37,008 --> 01:00:38,176
Did you skip school
1011
01:00:39,135 --> 01:00:40,762
on April 19th, 1989?
1012
01:00:42,764 --> 01:00:44,849
- Yeah.
- And isn't it true that
1013
01:00:44,932 --> 01:00:48,895
you were truant from school
before this date, April 19th, 1989?
1014
01:00:49,687 --> 01:00:50,563
"Truant"?
1015
01:00:50,647 --> 01:00:52,148
That means you skipped school.
1016
01:00:52,940 --> 01:00:55,276
- I had a reason.
- You skipped a lot of school?
1017
01:00:55,360 --> 01:00:56,360
Objection.
1018
01:00:56,611 --> 01:00:57,612
Asked and answered.
1019
01:00:57,945 --> 01:00:59,822
Overruled. You can answer.
1020
01:00:59,906 --> 01:01:02,200
I had a reason.
I was threatened in school.
1021
01:01:02,283 --> 01:01:03,368
That's why.
1022
01:01:03,951 --> 01:01:05,995
What's that...
What's that have to do my case?
1023
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:11,167
And is that the reason that
you skipped school for all of April 1989?
1024
01:01:11,626 --> 01:01:13,479
What does that
have to do with my case?
1025
01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:15,171
You're here to answer questions.
1026
01:01:15,421 --> 01:01:17,024
I don't want to answer
her questions anymore,
1027
01:01:17,048 --> 01:01:19,884
answering a question's what
got me here in the first place. So I...
1028
01:01:19,967 --> 01:01:22,237
- I don't want to answer her questions.
- Answer the question.
1029
01:01:22,261 --> 01:01:23,621
Why I gotta answer?
1030
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:26,075
- He already answered!
- What does that have to do with my case?
1031
01:01:26,099 --> 01:01:27,868
Get them out of here!
1032
01:01:27,892 --> 01:01:29,894
What does that have to do with my case?
1033
01:02:09,809 --> 01:02:12,145
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
1034
01:02:13,438 --> 01:02:14,438
these boys...
1035
01:02:14,939 --> 01:02:20,069
they had their fun in Central Park
on April 19th, 1989.
1036
01:02:20,153 --> 01:02:22,947
Today, they have no one to blame
but themselves.
1037
01:02:25,950 --> 01:02:30,329
They were acting in concert
with one another and others in the park.
1038
01:02:31,038 --> 01:02:34,459
They committed the vicious attack
on Patricia Meili
1039
01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:38,171
and the brutal beating
of Loughlin and Lewis.
1040
01:02:41,883 --> 01:02:45,553
Not one person
has walked into this courtroom
1041
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:48,973
and said that Antron McCray
attacked Patricia Meili.
1042
01:02:50,516 --> 01:02:52,101
Or anyone, for that matter.
1043
01:02:52,894 --> 01:02:57,857
There is not one shred of physical
or scientific evidence that proves
1044
01:02:57,940 --> 01:03:01,360
that Antron McCray committed these crimes
or any crimes whatsoever.
1045
01:03:01,652 --> 01:03:03,321
All the police had to do
1046
01:03:04,071 --> 01:03:06,657
was make one and one equal two.
1047
01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:09,660
So detectives, they start talking,
1048
01:03:10,161 --> 01:03:11,370
asking questions.
1049
01:03:12,288 --> 01:03:13,288
To kids.
1050
01:03:14,290 --> 01:03:15,708
Who have not had any food,
1051
01:03:16,334 --> 01:03:18,085
who've not been allowed to sleep.
1052
01:03:18,795 --> 01:03:21,130
And they questioned them for hours
1053
01:03:21,714 --> 01:03:22,840
and hours
1054
01:03:23,174 --> 01:03:24,174
and hours.
1055
01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:25,802
Then even more hours.
1056
01:03:26,010 --> 01:03:30,348
You seemed to have a hard time
watching the confession tapes.
1057
01:03:30,765 --> 01:03:33,768
But if you watch closely
and watch for yourself,
1058
01:03:33,851 --> 01:03:36,854
you will see the truth, and you did.
1059
01:03:39,148 --> 01:03:40,441
The evidence...
1060
01:03:41,025 --> 01:03:42,193
is so conflicting.
1061
01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:45,863
Emotions have run so high.
1062
01:03:46,405 --> 01:03:47,405
And...
1063
01:03:47,865 --> 01:03:49,784
there are racial overtones
1064
01:03:50,201 --> 01:03:53,204
that even the blind Lady Justice can see.
1065
01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:58,292
Acting with an entire group
of more than 30 people,
1066
01:03:59,544 --> 01:04:01,254
they went wild in the park,
1067
01:04:01,879 --> 01:04:03,172
beating, kicking,
1068
01:04:03,631 --> 01:04:05,091
using bricks and stones,
1069
01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:06,843
striking anybody they could find.
1070
01:04:06,926 --> 01:04:10,680
They admitted all of this in their written
and taped statements to police.
1071
01:04:10,763 --> 01:04:13,474
You saw Patricia Meili's shirt
soaked in blood,
1072
01:04:13,558 --> 01:04:18,145
but there is not one drop of blood
on Antron's clothes, not one drop.
1073
01:04:18,229 --> 01:04:19,229
Why?
1074
01:04:19,397 --> 01:04:22,650
Because Antron is innocent
of these crimes.
1075
01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:25,611
Why was there no blood
on the defendant's clothing?
1076
01:04:25,903 --> 01:04:29,407
Because Patricia lost most of her blood
from head wounds.
1077
01:04:29,657 --> 01:04:31,826
They didn't come in contact
with her head.
1078
01:04:31,951 --> 01:04:35,162
They were on top of her pelvic area
and her torso.
1079
01:04:35,246 --> 01:04:40,251
Imagine the frenzy of these teenagers
as they were gathering around her,
1080
01:04:40,501 --> 01:04:44,171
reaching hands to grab her,
ripping off her clothes.
1081
01:04:44,255 --> 01:04:47,300
In the chaos, are you surprised
that the defendants,
1082
01:04:47,383 --> 01:04:51,095
when they were questioned,
don't remember the exact details?
1083
01:04:51,846 --> 01:04:55,266
And just because there is DNA evidence
1084
01:04:55,641 --> 01:04:57,894
that someone else was present
at the scene,
1085
01:04:57,977 --> 01:05:01,522
that doesn't mean that these defendants
are innocent.
1086
01:05:02,023 --> 01:05:05,526
They can still be guilty of rape
under the law.
1087
01:05:05,735 --> 01:05:07,278
If they were present,
1088
01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:10,072
if they did nothing to stop her agony,
1089
01:05:10,156 --> 01:05:11,449
then they are guilty.
1090
01:05:31,802 --> 01:05:33,429
You watch them grow.
1091
01:05:40,186 --> 01:05:42,563
And you start to think
you did a good job.
1092
01:05:51,656 --> 01:05:52,823
And then one night...
1093
01:05:56,494 --> 01:05:57,536
you look away.
1094
01:06:11,717 --> 01:06:12,718
One night.
1095
01:06:24,021 --> 01:06:25,272
Kevin Richardson...
1096
01:06:26,315 --> 01:06:27,315
please stand.
1097
01:06:29,026 --> 01:06:31,237
Antron McCray, please stand.
1098
01:06:33,114 --> 01:06:35,658
Yusef Salaam, please stand.
1099
01:06:36,409 --> 01:06:39,078
Raymond Santana, Jr., please stand.
1100
01:06:40,162 --> 01:06:42,206
Korey Wise, please stand.
1101
01:06:43,708 --> 01:06:46,002
In the matter of the State of New York...
1102
01:06:46,460 --> 01:06:49,171
as to the count of rape
in the first degree...
1103
01:06:51,090 --> 01:06:53,718
As to the count of assault
in the first degree...
1104
01:06:55,094 --> 01:06:57,722
As to the count of assault
in the second degree...
1105
01:06:57,805 --> 01:07:00,158
As to the count of riot
in the first degree...
1106
01:07:00,182 --> 01:07:01,868
As to the count of rape
in the first degree...
1107
01:07:01,892 --> 01:07:03,978
Count of robbery...
Count of attempted murder
1108
01:07:04,061 --> 01:07:05,771
in the second degree...
Count of sodomy...
1109
01:07:05,855 --> 01:07:07,575
Count of sexual abuse
in the first degree...
1110
01:07:07,648 --> 01:07:10,568
And to the count of attempted murder
of Patricia Meili...
1111
01:07:12,778 --> 01:07:14,405
the jury finds the defendant...
1112
01:07:16,449 --> 01:07:17,283
guilty.
1113
01:07:34,550 --> 01:07:36,390
...guilty.
1114
01:07:40,681 --> 01:07:43,225
On the count of assault
in the second degree,
1115
01:07:43,934 --> 01:07:47,480
the verdict is guilty.
1116
01:07:49,023 --> 01:07:50,941
...the verdict is guilty.
1117
01:07:52,985 --> 01:07:53,985
...is guilty.
1118
01:07:55,279 --> 01:07:56,489
That's my baby!
1119
01:07:56,989 --> 01:07:59,158
...the verdict is guilty.
1120
01:08:23,682 --> 01:08:25,810
...the verdict is guilty.
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