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In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate
equally important groups. The police who investigate crime and the district
attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
Yes, I'd rather be here than any place I know.
It's gonna take the sergeant.
For him to make me go.
Go into the river.
Hey, man.
Oh. Oh, I got you. I got you. I got you. Take a seat. You all right?
Leave that.
It's all right, man. I got you.
Look, brothers got to look after each other, right?
Appreciate you, young blood.
Hey, matter of fact.
Stay blessed, Dunk.
All right now young blood yes, sir Thank
you young man,
yes, sir
Help!
Is this your first homicide?
Technically.
What does that mean?
I'm working on a cottage.
I've seen a lot of dead bodies, but my job was to find the dope, not the
That's a yes.
Detector? Officer Herring, Detective Theo Walker.
What do we got?
Vic is a black male, and my life's cause of death is blunt force trauma to the
head.
Scaffolding's going to make video campus fun.
Yeah, we have two streetcams in this area, and scaffolding is blocking both.
What I wouldn't give to be wrong just once.
You were the first on the scene?
Yeah, I was driving my beat. A local flagged me down, said he witnessed a
murder, and Vic was DOA when I arrived.
Found his wallet on him. Got an ID inside?
Negative, but plenty of cash.
Thought that went out of style.
He's got a watch, expensive jewelry on him, too, so we probably are not looking
at a robbery.
My God.
It was just a kid.
Welcome to Homicide.
Officially.
So you reported the murder?
That's right.
Damn shame.
Seems like a good kid.
Want to tell us what happened?
Some jerk knocked over my cup.
This young brother helped me out.
Dropped a C -note like it was nothing. Then just went on his merry way.
Really made an impression, huh?
No lie.
The next thing I know, the boy's arguing with somebody on the corner.
Raised his hand, started backing away.
Couldn't see the other person. They had their back to me.
But whoever it was grabbed a pipe, hit that boy, kept on swinging.
I yelled. That must have spooked him because they took off.
I checked the boy.
He wasn't breathing.
So I went and found police.
Can you describe the killer?
I'm keeping it a buck.
I didn't get a great look.
Could you tell if it was a man or a woman?
Could have been an average dude or a tall lady.
What about their hair color?
Couldn't tell. They had a black ball cap on.
It had a gold letter on the back.
I think it was a P.
Any luck turning up the murder weapon?
Unis are still canvassing, but so far, no luck. We did have some luck, though,
with our big fingerprints.
We were able to ID him. He was in the system.
He had priors?
Nope. Ordered the state.
His name is Amari Kemp, 15 years old. His mother died in childbirth.
lived with his father in the projects near the crime scene until three years
when his dad died in a car accident.
Kid ended up in foster care.
Okay, so what's a foster kid from the projects doing walking around with
expensive jewelry and a grand in cash?
It's not what you think.
I did some Googling. Oh, he's thorough. You're paying attention.
All right, check it out. Kid was a major baller. Had every scout in the country
calling him the next Kevin Durant. He was already cashing in on those NIL
dollars. At 15?
I read about a seventh grader who just signed a six -figure deal.
According to ACS, the family adopted Kemp soon after he went into foster
James and Catherine Pickett.
They live on the Upper East Side. The question is, what was he doing back in
old neighborhood?
Okay, see what you can find out from the adopted family.
Oh, and one more thing. You're not undercover anymore. We're a little more
formal around here.
Anyone got a tie for Detective Walker?
You're in the 2 -7 now.
Mm -hmm.
I honestly have no idea what Amari would have been doing back in that
neighborhood. I can't believe this is happening.
You know, if he stayed in touch with any friends or acquaintances from when he
used to live there?
I'm not sure.
His whole life was basketball. He didn't really have time for socializing.
How did you come to adopt Amari?
I don't see a lot of people like you adopting kids like him.
You mean because he's black?
And on the older side.
Hey.
Yeah, I'm just trying to understand.
Tyler and Mari were on the same AAU team.
And after his father died, we tried to do what was right, what was best for
And we were happy to help. He was a wonderful young man.
He was so talented.
He was going to play in the NBA.
Maybe he'd be one of the greats, make lots of money.
I read somewhere he already had a few big sponsorship deals.
Oh, more than a few. I used to help him with business stuff, negotiated deals.
Had he had any fights?
Any altercations with anyone recently?
No, he was a great kid. Everyone loved him.
Tyler?
Amari and I had an argument this morning. It was no big deal.
What was the argument about?
He wasn't working hard. I felt like his game was suffering.
I sat him down. I had to come to Jesus.
He didn't want to hear it, and he took off.
What time was this?
Around 11 .30.
I just thought he needed to blow off some steam, so I let him go.
And you stayed here?
Mm -hmm.
Good day, man.
I was working the door when Omari stormed out.
You normally stop and chat.
You know, we talk hoops.
But, uh, he wasn't in the mood.
He seemed upset.
Now you want to follow him outside?
You mean one of the pickets?
No, sir.
You said you and Amari would chat.
I used to play a little ball myself back in the day.
I never had the height, but I was trouble behind the three -point line. So
'all would talk shop.
I even followed his team.
Saw him play a couple times.
Could really shoot it from deep, huh?
It was a dog on deep.
See? Now that's what set him apart.
You know if he had any kind of problems with anybody?
No.
Not really.
What is it?
The other day, we got into an argument right here outside the building.
Got a little heated, too.
You know who it was with?
Yeah.
His coach.
All right, coach.
Let's try this again.
Why don't you tell us what you two were arguing about?
It's fine. Just tell them.
I was helping Omari pick a college.
I was pushing for one in particular.
But someone told him that I was taking a kickback from the school in exchange
for influencing his decision.
So he was going to expose the fact that you were taking bribes.
Finder's fees and signing bonuses are perfectly legal.
Still not a very good look, is it?
Please. I've sent 50 players to elite college programs.
Twelve of them have gone on to the NBA.
Families beg me to turn their sons into superstars.
Why should I get a taste?
Because they're kids.
You're their coach, right? So your job is to coach them.
To put their needs ahead of yours.
That's real cute, detective.
But that's not how this works.
Well, you know what else is cute?
Doing 20 to life for murder.
And you still haven't told us anything that would eliminate you as a suspect.
So where were you earlier today around noon?
Meeting with a potential sponsor.
I can give you his info. You can check it out.
We will.
Great. If there's nothing else.
You really just going to walk out, huh?
One of your players was murdered, man. Doesn't that bother you? Of course it
bothers me.
But you didn't ask for help.
No, you came at me hot.
and accused me of murdering him, for God's sake. Hey, we're just chasing the
evidence, man.
You're the one who made it contentious.
Look, I want to help.
Only thing I know is that about a month ago, he told me there was something at
his school.
Said there was an incident.
Some kind of harassment.
But he wouldn't give me the details.
His locker was vandalized last month.
In other words, go home. We're spray -painted across the door.
Because he was black?
Because he's not white.
Sounds crazy, but these days, things ain't getting better. That's for sure.
So Ketcher did it? I mean, he must have security cameras here, yeah? No, sir.
The administration won't cough up the dough.
Not in the budget.
Makes things real hard, too.
What do you mean?
A few weeks ago, caught a kid selling dope.
Searched his backpack.
Punk's accusing me of assault.
I'm the one under investigation.
So I put up a few cameras in the hallways.
Out of my own pocket.
Just to cover my ass. Those cameras weren't up when Kemp's locker was
No. Now to figure out who did it the old -fashioned way.
Here, let me show you.
Ended up finding the spray can in another student's locker.
Who was the student?
This kid right here.
I don't know why I did it.
I guess I was just... Look, I like Damari.
We were tight, but lately... Lately what?
You were getting jealous?
Don't answer that, Tyler.
My son had nothing to do with Amari's murder. Full stop.
And while we'd like to believe you, we're going to need some proof. Tyler,
don't have to say... I didn't do anything, Dad.
Look, I was shooting hoops at the Equinox on 92nd Street when Amari got
You can check.
Hey.
Tyler Pickett's alibi checks out.
That's good. I wasn't looking forward to arresting a 15 -year -old. Might not be
out of the woods on that.
Was able to pull some text from Maury's cloud that he had deleted.
Looks like he was dating a girl named Tamara Wise.
Did the Picketts mention a girlfriend?
Nope. Based on these texts, that was no accident.
Check out the last few messages.
Whoa. Mm -hmm. She's mad.
Honeymoon was over, huh? Mm -hmm.
All right, go see what the girlfriend has to say.
No, no, my whole life.
And we kept in touch when he moved, and then we started, you know, hanging out.
I saw your text, Miss Wise. We know that the two of you were fighting.
I'm not usually jealous.
I was nervous because Omar was getting so much attention.
When a guy gets to the league, everybody knows what happens to the high school
sweetheart. They get left behind in the cold.
Is that why you two fought?
You fell left behind?
It was hard not to.
It was right in my face. Instagram pics of him partying with grown assholes.
So, yeah, I lost it.
But we made up.
He swore he wasn't cheating.
And it may sound stupid, but I believed him.
He was a good guy. He really was.
Where were you yesterday around noon?
At rehearsal.
We were supposed to get out around noon. I was going to meet up with Omari, but
it ran late.
Those Instagram pics you mentioned.
Did someone else post them?
We checked Tamara's account.
All his posts were about basketball.
He didn't post on his world page.
Coach Brown and Mr. Pickett were on him 24 -7, drove him crazy.
They wanted to protect his brand, keep him focused.
So he had a Finster?
Yeah.
All right.
Were you able to verify Tamara Weiss's alibi?
Checked out.
But she gave us Kemp's Finster account.
Got the photo she mentioned.
Nice place.
Looks expensive. How do you think Kemp got in the door?
Looks like he was rolling with a pretty fancy crew.
Not exactly the law -abiding type.
How do I think it is?
Mr. Hip -Hop.
Kristen Reeves, a .k .a. Hollow Point. Well, as far as I understand it, more
gangster than rapper. At least used to be.
The question is, what the hell was he doing with Kemp?
Not sure, but check it out.
Hollow Point sent Kemp a message the day before the murder.
You know how I am with money. I don't play.
At the very least, it seems Hollow Point was a man of his word.
Uh -huh.
VIP's closed.
Not for us, my friend, NYPD.
Maybe you ain't hear me. You didn't hear me.
Preston Reed. Oh, I'm invisible now? I don't got time for this, bro. I ain't
your damn bro.
Yo, that's bold as hell you using my government name like that. We need to
you some questions.
Busy right now.
But we can talk tomorrow, Chief.
You heard the man. It's time to go. Hey, why don't you back off before I arrest
you for obstruction? You gonna touch me? Hey, hey, hey. Everybody calm down.
Take your hand off that gun, bro. You got one more time with that bro crap.
Hey, this is my partner right here.
If you pull your gun out one inch, I gotta take you out just how it is.
So what I'm saying is, you're in control now.
So do the right thing and take your hand off that damn gun.
Let me get it.
I'm coming with you.
So anyway, thanks for turning the temperature down back there.
Just trying to show the man a little respect is all.
What do you mean?
Well, a dude like that spends his whole damn life fighting to be seen as strong,
hard.
And if I'm being honest, he acts like he didn't matter. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I acted like a cop, all right?
A cop trying to talk to a murder suspect.
So yeah, in that moment, he didn't matter.
Exactly.
It all worked out, right?
Boy, y 'all are obsessed with me.
I ain't done nothing wrong.
So why y 'all haul me up in here?
Amari Kemp.
Good kid.
Hell of a baller.
Real shame what happened to him. What does that have to do with my client?
You know how I am with money.
I don't play.
You sent that message to him.
24 hours later, he was beaten to death.
Now that's a false correlation right there.
Y 'all can't pin this on me.
Is Kemp getting over his head?
What was it?
Drugs? Gambling?
Come on, man. We know you got your hands in all of it.
Don't respond to that.
I gotta say, it's almost impressive how you managed to stay involved in all this
low -level gangster crap.
That gang life is in the rear view.
I'm chasing mobile status now.
Where were you on the afternoon Kemp was killed?
I hosted a brand launch event for my new vodka.
I ain't killing Mari Kemp. I know you threatened him shortly before the murder
over money.
I wasn't trying to collect from Kemp.
I was trying to give it to him.
Look, I got a sports management company now.
JV can't be the only name in the game.
Signing Kemp would have shook up the world.
Boy, it took some convincing, though.
So I was recruiting him.
Hard. Hell, I even had a Nike deal lined up for him.
Told him all he had to do was drop the dead weight.
According to Hollow Point, Kemp was going to drop Jim Pickett as his agent.
Cutting him out of tens of millions of potential earnings.
And according to Point...
Kemp planned to break the news to Pickett on the day he was murdered.
So the smart money says that that is what they were actually arguing about
afternoon, which means that Pickett lied to us. And he had motive.
And he has an alibi corroborated by his doorman.
Just because the doorman didn't see him following Mari out the door doesn't mean
he couldn't have gone out another exit.
Exactly. Okay, go find something that proves that.
Uh -huh. Oh, but first, let me grab my tie.
Hey.
How's it going?
Uh, good.
You know, mostly.
Still feeling each other out a bit, but good. Why?
Nothing.
Something I gotta know?
No. Just checking in.
All set.
Might want to tie it.
Mr. Pickett.
Need to ask you a few more questions.
No. I already told you, my son had nothing to do with it.
What'd I hear about your son?
You're back on me now? It's unbelievable.
I already told you, I was here all afternoon.
But you weren't.
That's the parking garage under your building.
And that's you leaving 15 minutes after Amari that afternoon.
You followed him, just not on foot.
You didn't return for another hour.
Now we know that you lied about why you two argued that day.
Amari was gonna cut you out, wasn't he?
How dare he, after all you've done for him.
Yeah, I was upset.
And I went for a drive to clear my head. I didn't tell you because I knew how
that would sound. Jim, just stop talking.
I have nothing more to say.
You gotta come with us.
We've been going at it for over an hour.
I'm thinking of his story.
Guy knows his life is on the line.
It looks good for her, Lou.
Yeah, unfortunately, looks aren't admissible in court.
We don't have enough to charge him.
Wife's still in the lobby. She seems a little jittery.
Yeah, that's the vibe I was getting, too.
Take a run at her. See what you got.
Here.
This might help calm your nerves.
My husband didn't have anything to do with what happened to Omari.
We both know that's not true.
No, I'm telling you. Then why did you tell him to stop speaking back there?
Hmm?
Listen, Mrs. Pickett. Kate.
You've got your husband cold for murder.
We're here to talk about you.
Am I a suspect now?
Well, you've been covering for him.
The DA's going to want to go for criminal facilitation.
obstruction of justice, you could be looking at as much as seven to, what,
years? Mm -hmm. Oh, and it gets worse if they think you in on it from the
beginning.
At that point, you might as well have done this yourself from the court's
perspective.
But I didn't.
I love to worry, I swear.
You know, one thing I've learned is good people make mistakes.
The best thing you can do now is come clean.
Then we can figure out a way how to put this all behind us.
Hey.
Think about your son.
Tyler.
What happens to him if you both go to prison?
Tim, love, don't worry.
much pressure on him and on himself.
It was too much.
And they'd been arguing.
When I came home that night,
he was in the rack.
He was crying and yelling.
He told you what he did, didn't he?
Which makes you involved.
He was just trying to talk some sense into him.
But Omari wouldn't budge.
And Jim... snapped.
He didn't even realize what he was doing.
He didn't mean to kill Omari.
He just lashed out.
James Pickett, stand and place your hands behind your back.
What's going on?
You're under arrest for the murder of Omari Kemp.
On the charge of murder in the second degree, how does the defendant flee?
Not guilty, Your Honor.
Miss Maroon, I'll hear you on bail. People ask for remand, Your Honor. The
defendant murdered Omari Kemp, a 15 -year -old boy who was his adopted
by... beating him to death with a metal pipe during an argument.
He's not only a flight risk, but a danger to others, including his
teenage son who still lives in his home. Your Honor, on top of motive, we have
cell phone data that puts defendant near the crime scene. We have recovered
clothing with the victim's blood on it and an eyewitness.
The evidence against him is overwhelming.
We don't dispute that.
The evidence is overwhelming because Jim Pickett is indeed the person who killed
Mr. Kemp.
But it wasn't murder.
Your Honor,
it was self -defense.
Well, the defense is now claiming that Omari Kemp had a history of going into
violent fits of rage. During their argument, he threatened to kill Pickett
rushed at him, so he picked up a pipe and swung it to protect himself.
So they're arguing that Pickett had a reasonable fear for his life.
The old scary black man defense.
But it doesn't even make sense. Omari had no motive to want Pickett dead.
According to them, Pickett told Omari that as his legal guardian, he had to
his consent for him to enter into any contractual arrangements, which meant
he could block him from signing with Hollow Point's agency.
They're claiming that sent Omari over the edge and he went on the attack.
Is there any chance they're telling the truth?
No. Pickett's wife admitted that he confessed to her that he lost his temper
lashed out at Omari.
Marital privilege means we can't compel her to testify. The jury will never get
to hear about that. So they changed their story and made Omari the
The question is, can we prove that they're lying?
Yes. We have an eyewitness who saw Omari holding his hands up and backing away
from his assailant. And there may be a way to introduce the confession despite
the marital privilege.
At first, Picker told us he stayed in the apartment that afternoon.
Then when we found video of him leaving in his car, he claimed he just went for
a ride. So he lied.
Repeatedly. And not just about where he was that day.
He also lied to us about what he and the victim were arguing about.
Detective, during the multiple interviews you conducted with the
he ever once mention anything about self -defense?
No.
What about the defendant's wife, Catherine Pickett? Did you have a chance
question her?
Sidebar, Your Honor.
I'll see counselors in my chambers.
Prosecution is trying to circumvent marital privilege by sneaking in
that they know is inadmissible.
What is it that you're fishing for here, Mr. Price?
Kate Pickett told Detective Walker that her husband confessed to killing Kemp in
a moment of anger, not felt offense.
That sounds like hearsay. She told detectives this in the course of
that she helped him cover up what he did after the fact. She was confessing to a
crime, which makes it a statement against penal interest, an exception to
hearsay rule. That's a stretch eight miles long.
The penal interest only applies to her potential crimes, which were, as he
after the fact.
Nothing my client may or may not have said to her about anything that occurred
prior to that is relevant.
Of course it's relevant the two are inextricably tied.
Even if you wanted to go that far, anything she relayed to the detective
falls under marital privilege.
Under what theory?
If a lawyer inadvertently disclosed sensitive information from a client to
opposing counsel, it's still inadmissible. The privilege here belongs
client, and he clearly intended the communication with his wife to be
confidential.
I'm sorry, but I'm siding with the defense.
There's to be no mention of the so -called confession.
Thank you, Judge.
I couldn't make out everything they were saying, but I did hear the kid say, I'm
sorry, a couple of times.
Did you hear him threaten to kill the defendant?
No, sir.
The kid was trying to back away, but the man wouldn't let him.
Then I saw the man walk over and pick up a pipe.
The kid started backing up, put his hands up like...
Pleading with him, you know.
And then what happened?
The man ran at him.
Hit him in the head with the pipe.
Hard.
It was... I'd never seen someone get killed before.
And you're sure it wasn't the other way around? That Omari Kemp wasn't the one
running at the defendant?
I'm absolutely positive.
Thank you. Nothing further.
Mr. Banks.
You're 65.
Do you wear glasses?
No.
My health insurance doesn't have a vision plan.
You were a full block away from the incident when it occurred.
More like half a block.
And it was daytime.
And my eyesight is fine.
When police first spoke to you, you said you couldn't tell if the person arguing
with Mr. Kemp was a man or a woman.
His back was to me. So you were far away, you couldn't make out basic
and yet we're supposed to believe that you could perfectly see the choreography
that went down between these two people?
The kid was facing me, and I could see what direction he was moving in.
Backwards, with his hands up.
Mr. Bank, what were you doing right before this all went down?
I was just sitting on the stoop. You were panhandling.
That's what you do, isn't it?
You hang out on that stoop and you beg for money.
I provide entertainment.
If people feel fit to throw me a little cheddar in exchange, I'm grateful for
it. Did Amari Kemp give you money?
Yes.
A hundred dollars.
Oh, did that make you feel appreciative towards him?
Protective? Is that why you're lying? To make it seem like he was the victim
when you know he was the one attacking my client?
No. Or is it just that he was someone from your community?
My community?
Because I understand that the boy didn't live anywhere near my neighborhood.
Or are you talking about the fact he's black?
I'm talking about the fact that you're inclined to take his side over my
clients. No.
I wouldn't.
You wouldn't what? Lie under oath.
That's right.
Mr. Banks.
You have two prior felony convictions.
In both trials, you testified swearing to your innocence, and in both cases,
were found guilty.
I was telling the truth.
Not according to the law, you weren't.
No further questions for this witness.
The defense pulled out every racist trope they could to discredit our
eyewitness. They brought up his prior convictions. They called him a
They referred to him and the victim as coming from the same community.
Not surprising, given their entire defense is playing on the notion it's
reasonable to be terrified of any black man.
Doesn't even matter that Omari was only 15.
Yeah, he was young, but he was also 6 '2", 210 pounds, an athlete in peak
physical shape.
But we wouldn't be nearly as worried about a jury acquitting a man who
bludgeoned a 15 -year -old white kid to death. It's the presumption of violence
they're capitalizing on. That's right. They know people tend to view black
as more dangerous than their white peers.
And you need to counteract that.
You said Kemp had no history of violence, right?
No, it's by all accounts a Boy Scout.
Run with that.
Humanize him for the jury.
Let's find a character witness who can make them understand he wasn't the
caricature of a foster kid from the projects the defense is making him out
be.
was what my mother would call blessed.
And I'm not talking about his skills on the court or the fact that he was so
handsome.
He was kind, blessed with the kind of heart that cared about everyone.
And did you ever know him to lose his temper or act violently?
No.
He had a gentle soul.
A couple months before he died, we were at my cousin's house.
And some boy stepped to him, started saying awful things about his dad being
dead. I thought Omari might rip the kid's head off.
But he just shook his head and walked away.
Later on, he told me that he didn't believe in violence, that it didn't
anything.
And how long had you known Omari?
Since we were born, basically.
We grew up in the same building.
Thank you.
No further questions.
Ms. Wise, you loved Amari, didn't you?
Yes.
You'd do anything to protect his memory.
Are you saying I'm lying?
No, but just because you never saw him lose his temper doesn't mean it never
happened.
And you weren't there the day he attacked Mr.
Pickett. Objection.
Sustained. Nothing further.
The prosecution rests, Your Honor.
The witness is excused.
Mr. Rims, you may call your first witness.
The defense calls James Pickett to the stand.
I haven't been able to sleep through the night since it happened.
My heart is broken.
I loved Amari.
I know he wasn't actually my son, but I still thought of him that way.
If this was self -defense, why not say so from the beginning?
Why did you run and then later lie to the police?
I was horrified.
Embarrassed. Scared.
It all just happened so fast.
If I could go back and not do everything, I would.
But I swear to you, he was going to kill me.
Why do you say that?
Because he'd attacked me before.
When? Two weeks before he died. We'd gotten this argument.
His grades had been flipping.
And what happened?
I told him he had to step it up. Getting C's wasn't acceptable.
And we just lost it.
We were in the hallway outside the classroom. He threw me up against the
by my neck. He was choking me.
And he was just so much bigger than me. He was stronger.
I almost lost consciousness.
Eventually, I was able to get him to let me go.
The fury in his eyes.
That's what was in my head when he said he was going to kill me that day.
It's just I knew what he was capable of.
Look, I'm not a perfect man.
But I am not a murderer.
He's lying about that fight, man.
You're hearing his voice.
He's just reminding the jury that Omari was bigger and stronger than him. Just
another violent black man, and we know how juries respond to that. Well, I
haven't had a chance to cross -examine him yet. But it'll be helpful to know
sure that Pickett was lying, right?
What are you talking about?
So the security guard at Omari's school told me he put in some cameras.
Pickett doesn't know that.
So let's hang this racist son of a bitch with his own rope.
Appreciate you doing this. No problem.
Check it out.
Mm -hmm.
Damn.
That boy was strong.
Detectives?
Nolan. Hey.
Any luck?
Luck with what?
Nothing. I was trying to help him out.
Unfortunately, no dice.
I thought you said the hallway was covered by cameras.
Yeah, some of them are, but not the ones we needed.
But I did speak with a bunch of schoolteachers and employees.
No one heard or saw any type of argument.
Okay, thanks.
Mr. Pickett, this incident where you allege Omari attacked you before, were
there any witnesses?
No. We were in the hallway alone.
How convenient. Did you tell anyone else about this?
No. I was worried if I did, it would impact his career momentum.
So, you just so happen to be the only person he was ever violent
towards?
And it's just so... happens to have occurred in private and you just so
to have never brought it up until now i'm telling the truth
if you say so i swear he attacked me on that day when we argued he was going to
kill me but you never said that out loud until right now correct yes but i i was
i was so upset i just i wasn't thinking straight no no you mean you weren't
thinking strategically
You haven't consulted a lawyer yet. You haven't figured out how to pretend.
He's badgering the witness.
Sustained.
Nothing further.
Madam foreperson, has the jury reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
In the charge of murder in the second degree, we find the defendant, James
Pickett, guilty.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, thank you for your service.
Court is adjourned.
Hey. So I heard Pickett got convicted?
Yep.
Justice served.
I don't disagree.
But I did speak to the security guard at the school.
He told me about the video.
One that you said didn't exist.
The guy is guilty.
We both know it.
I did what I thought would be best.
Didn't break any laws.
No, I know.
I know.
And I get why you did it, Theo.
Well, listen, I don't do the lone wolf thing.
So either we do the thing together, or you've got to find a different partner.
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