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- In the criminal justice
system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

[upbeat pop music]

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Some fool here keeps on
dancing like it's party time ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Some fool here keeps on
dancing like it's party time ♪

- You!

Thank you so much for coming!

- Are you kidding?

I wouldn't miss this
for anything.

- Oh.

- OK, OK.

We're gonna kick
things off tonight

with a special birthday dance.

Angela, come on up here,
birthday girl.

Your favorite man
picked out his favorite song,

so let's do this.

[cheering, applause]

[Al Green's
"Let's Stay Together"]

♪ ♪

- ♪ I'm ♪

- Come on.
Come on now.

Come on.
Come on, me and you.

♪ ♪

- Dad, I--

- Just one song.

- ♪ Is all right with me ♪

♪ 'Cause you make me feel
so brand-new ♪

- [chuckles]

♪ ♪

- ♪ And I ♪

♪ Wanna spend
my life with you ♪

♪ Let me say that since,
baby ♪

♪ Since we've been together ♪

- ♪ Pink Pony Club ♪

♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing
at the Pink Pony Club ♪

♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing
down in West Hollywood ♪

♪ I'm gonna keep ♪

- Hey.

Hey. Sorry.

Is it OK if I steal her
for a sec?

Thank you.

Hey, look, I don't--

I don't wanna make, like,
a big deal about this

or anything, but I think--

I think I'm just
gonna head out.

- What?
- Yeah.

- Oh, it's early.
- I know. I know.

It's just you--
yeah.

- No, it's fine.
Go.

But we'll celebrate
again tomorrow, just--

just me and you.

- OK.

I love you.

- I love you, too.

More than anything.

- OK.

- [chuckles]

- Where is he going?

- He, um--

oh, he's tired.

- He's always tired.
- No, Dad, don't start.

- He needs to grow up,
Angie, fast.

He knew what he was
getting married into.

- ♪ I'm just having fun ♪

♪ On the stage in my heels ♪

♪ It's where I-- ♪

[sirens wailing]

- Victim hasn't been dead
for that long.

I'd say 90 minutes or so.

Vic's name is Angela Cole.

- All right.
Any witnesses?

- Guy over there.

He saw the body.

Called 911, but didn't
see anyone nearby, so--

- OK, let's get some boots
on the ground.

Start canvassing
for witnesses, video.

- Hey!

It's a crime scene.
Understand?

- No, I need to know
whose body that is.

- Can we help you, sir?

- Look, I need to know
whose body that is!

- We can't reveal
any information at this time.

- Is it Angela Cole?

Oh, God.

It's her, isn't it?

[sobs]
It's Angela.

Oh, my God, she's dead.

That's--
that's my wife.

[somber music]

That's my wife.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[distant sirens wailing]

- I can't imagine how hard
this must be for you right now,

but we do need to ask you
some questions if that's OK.

How did you know
that your wife was here?

- I--I tracked her
on my phone.

- And where were you
before this,

30 minutes ago?

- I was at my apartment.

And before that,
we were at a party.

It was Angela's 30th birthday,
but I--

I left early.

- Why's that?

[soft dramatic music]

- Angela's family is, um,

difficult.

They're very involved and--
and controlling, and I--

I couldn't take it anymore,

so I told Angie
that I needed to leave.

- She get upset?
- No. No, no, no.

She totally gets it.

She knew how frustrating
they could be.

- So you went home?

What time did you get there?

- Oh, I don't know,
11:30, 11:45.

I tried to go to bed,
but I was so wound up.

So I called Angie,
and she didn't pick up,

which made me nervous,
so then I--

I pulled up her location
on my phone.

- So other than all this
family drama,

did anything unusual
happen at the party?

Any arguments?
Fights?

- No.

Angela was...

really happy.

♪ ♪

- OK.

♪ ♪

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- I talked to the ME.

Official cause of death
is hypoxia

due to manual strangulation.

Lots of facial fracturing,
too--cheekbone, hyoid bone.

- Anything else?

- Yeah, there's third-party DNA
on the victim--saliva.

Lots of it, too--
seven different samples.

- Mm-hmm.

She was at a party.
Lots of kissing?

Any hits on CODIS?

- Negative.

- OK, what about
the family drama?

We think that's connected?

- I don't know,
but there's a lot of tea.

- Please share.

- OK, so the father, Evan Cole,
has millions of followers,

and he's super weird,
like, obsessive,

constantly posting
really intimate photos

of him and his family.

It's sort of sweet,
but mostly gross.

- OK.

- So a week ago,
things got really heated.

Angela tweeted that
she was done with social media,

TV, et cetera, that she wanted
to live a simple life,

away from cameras,
but her father flipped out

and said that
she had lost her way

and needed psychological help.
- Is any of this real?

Or do they just
put it out there

to get a bigger audience?
- Who knows?

- I got something.

All right. OK.

After leaving the party,
Angela gets into

an argument with her parents,
Evan and Sophia Cole.

Then the parents
leave together,

but a minute later,
Evan Cole reverses direction

and walks after her.

- And what time is that?
- 12:22,

13 minutes before the 911 call.

- Maybe the drama is real.

Go talk to the parents.

- I'm confused. Why--
why are you showing me this?

- Well,
this is 13 minutes prior

to when your daughter
was killed,

so we're just trying to
figure out what happened--

- You're not suggesting
I had anything to do with it?

- No, sir.

No, we're not
suggesting anything.

We're just trying to
figure out what happened.

- Well,

Angela was upset with me.

Apparently,
her husband was, too.

So she stormed off
at the end of the night, so I--

I went after her.

- Did you catch up to her?

End up talking to her?

- Yeah, I told her
I loved her very much

and that I wanted
to fix things,

and then...

we hugged.

♪ ♪

And then I walked away,
and I flagged down a cab.

- When you say, uh,
"fix things"--

- We've just had some--

some family issues.

- Her husband is
brainwashing her,

trying to convince her
that we are bad people.

He hates the media business.

- He does.

- And he hates us.

I'm sorry.

- The truth is,
I should never have

let my daughter
walk home alone.

- I know this is hard,
and I apologize for

even having to ask,
but do you happen to have

a receipt from that cab ride?

- Sure.
Yeah.

- One last question,
if you don't mind,

can you think of anyone who may
have wanted to hurt Angela?

- Oh, yeah.

Cash White.

- The singer?

- He went to see her yesterday
to wish her a happy birthday,

and it did not go so well.

♪ ♪

- So what happened there?

- I--
I cut it on some glass.

- Any chance you cut it putting
your hand through a window?

- A window 10 inches
from Angela Cole's face?

- Look--
look, man, I admit it.

I acted like
a total idiot yesterday.

I wanted to wish Angela
happy birthday.

It was her 30th.
That's a big deal.

So I went down to
her art studio and she--

- And what?
- [sighs]

She wasn't really
happy to see me.

- You mean she kicked you out?
- More or less.

- Yeah,
and that pissed you off.

- Yeah, I wanted to
patch things up, you know,

talk it out,
but she wasn't into it.

- So you put your hand through
the window next to her head.

- That is correct.

It just happened.

But I would never hurt Angela.

- It's kind of a stupid thing
to say, don't you think?

- What does that mean?

- Well, we know about
your arrest for assault.

Saw the photos, too.

So I think
it's pretty stupid for you

to say that you would
never hurt Angela when

we know that you already did.

- I was in a really dark place
back then.

I was drinking
a lot and doing drugs.

- What were you doing on
15th Street last night?

- I was gonna stop by Angela's
party real quick to apologize.

I didn't end up going.

I sent her a text instead.

Here.

- "Sorry about today.

"I hope you have
a great birthday.

I'll always love you
no matter what."

Great, you'll always love her.

Where were you last night
after 12:14 a.m.?

- Grabbed an Uber
and headed home at, uh,

12:19 a.m.

- Uber receipt looks legit,

which means our guy
was in a car heading south

16 minutes before the 911 call.

- So if he hit her at,
say, 12:15,

then she would be lying on the
pavement for, like, 20 minutes

before someone called 911?
- Not likely.

- Found this
near the crime scene.

- What are we looking at?

- Some dude who just
so happens to be hanging out

near the party venue.

He was there for,
like, 20 minutes.

OK, that's Evan Cole
walking after Angela.

But this guy watches,

then walks
in the same direction

toward Angela at 12:27.

- So eight minutes
before the 911 call.

- Does he ever show his face?

- He does not.
- What about the jacket?

Looks like there's writing
on the back.

- Thank you
for joining us today.

The reason we're here is
a woman was killed last night.

We saw a guy wearing
a coat that had

your company's name
inscribed on it.

So if somebody here
was down on 15th Street

last night around 12:30 a.m.,
please raise your hand.

We'd love to talk to you.

- Nobody?

OK, nobody was there.
Good to know.

So I suppose none of you
would object

if we collected your DNA.

- What do you mean?

- Well, we're trying
to eliminate

as many suspects as possible,

and since none of you guys
were in the vicinity

at the time of the murder,
you got nothing to worry about.

- Yeah, just to be clear,
this is voluntary,

so you are under no legal
obligation to do this.

And if your DNA doesn't match,
which we expect it won't,

then we'll destroy it.

- So who's with us, guys?

Who's gonna help us
solve this thing?

Hands?

Thank you.

All right.

Great, OK, so for
the one, two, three,

four, five of you

who did not raise your hand,
we need to get your names,

which is standard procedure,
and then you'll be free to go.

No matches.
- Makes sense.

Who would volunteer their DNA
if they were guilty?

- Which gets us to the
five employees who refused.

- Guys, I got something.

I found video of
one of the holdouts

leaving his apartment at 10:45
the night of the murder.

- And he's wearing
the same pants

and boots as the guy
we saw hanging

around the murder scene.

Let's get a warrant for
his apartment and his DNA.

- Yep.

[knocking]

- NYPD, open up.

Alan Ross, this is a warrant
to search your apartment

and to procure your DNA.

- You don't have a choice
this time, Al.

Excuse me.

- I--I'd like to show
this warrant--

- You can show that
to whoever you want,

but that is a valid warrant,
which means they are gonna

search your apartment,
and I am gonna

collect your genetic material,
so open up.

- I-I'm not comfortable
sharing my DNA with--

- Don't care.
Open.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Jimmy!

♪ ♪

Let's pack this up, Jimmy.

- Hey, Walker?

♪ ♪

- You got anything?

- Sure do.

♪ ♪

- What the hell?

♪ ♪

I think we're in
the right place.

.

- Gotta be honest
with you, Alan...

The facts don't look good.

We have video of you leaving
your apartment at 10:45 p.m.

and walking south
in the direction

of the restaurant
where Angela Cole's

birthday party was happening.

We have video of you
lurking outside the venue

for 20 minutes or so,

and then going off
and following Angela.

And...

we can see your face
clear as day.

There's no question it's you.

The only thing stopping us from
arresting you is the DNA test,

and we both know

it's going to match the DNA
on Angela's body.

And when that happens,
it's game over.

So now is the time
to talk to me.

Now is the time to tell me
your side of the story.

- I want a lawyer.

- OK.

You're gonna need a good one.

Actually,
you're gonna need a magician,

someone who can make
evidence disappear.

- I just wanted to say hi...

[eerie music]

Tell her that I admired her,
but she was rude.

She--

she called me a loser,
and I just--

♪ ♪

I went nuts.

♪ ♪

- Alan Ross, the defendant
was arraigned and remanded.

- Evidence?
- Strong. He confessed.

- What?

- He told Brady he just wanted

to tell Angela
how much he admired her.

She didn't reciprocate
his admiration,

so he got upset
and "went nuts," direct quote.

- And the defense still wants
to take this to trial?

Sounds like a waste of time.

- Yeah.
- Maybe not.

They're filing a motion
to suppress the confession

and the DNA.

- Detective Brady's quip about
Mr. Ross needing a magician

is, in effect, a backdoor
interrogation technique

and should be suppressed.

- Or perhaps
it was just a quip.

Also, when Detective Brady
uttered said quip,

she was exiting the room,
which proves

that she wasn't expecting
or even hoping for a response.

- In "Rhode Island
versus Innis,"

the Supreme Court ruled
that an interrogation

includes any words or actions

police should know
are reasonably likely

to elicit
an incriminating response,

such as using humor to mock
a suspect's potential guilt.

- She simply said that
Mr. Ross needed a magician.

- Which implies
that the evidence

was compelling enough that
he'd be better off confessing.

The confession is out.

- I also move
to suppress the evidence

resulting from the detective's
improper DNA dragnet.

- Your Honor, the police
made it emphatically clear

that this was a request,
not a demand.

Moreover, Mr. Ross
rejected this request.

Police procured
his DNA pursuant

to a lawfully obtained warrant.

- With evidence procured as
a result of Mr. Ross's refusal

to volunteer his DNA.

- There were four other
innocent men who also refused

to volunteer their DNA.
And guess what?

They're not complaining.
Why?

Because they did nothing wrong.

The Constitution
is designed to ensure

innocent men
don't go to prison,

not to ensure
guilty men go free.

- I agree.

The DNA is in.

- So this monster confessed,
but--

- A judge ruled that
it is inadmissible.

- Because he'd already
asked for a lawyer?

- Correct.

- But the case is still strong,
even without the confession.

- Yes,
we're in a good position.

- Do we know why
this lunatic did it?

- He was obsessed.

He had 30 framed photos
of Angela in his apartment.

He followed her every move
on social media.

And--
- Well,

there it is.

That's what we've been
trying to tell you.

Sharing your life with
the public is dangerous.

- Please, now is not the time
to discuss this.

- Oh, yeah, you're right.

We probably should have
had this discussion

before Angela was killed.

If you just left her alone--
- Who the hell do you think

you are, huh?

- Evan, Evan, please--

- You're the one
that left the party!

- Oh, you're the one
who posted that stupid video

of you two dancing.

You told that maniac
where she was!

This is on you!
- Please go. Please.

- OK. It's OK.
[door shuts]

- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

But before all the drama,
you were saying

it's a very strong case.

Then why is he going to trial?

What can he possibly say that
will make him look innocent?

♪ ♪

- Your Honor, we believe
there is substantial evidence

suggesting that someone
other than Alan Ross

killed Angela Cole,
and that someone else

was Cash White.

- He had--
the evidence says otherwise.

- Not necessarily.

- I need more than that,
Ms. Potter.

What proof do you have this man
committed the murder?

- He got into a heated
argument with the victim

on the morning of the murder.

And in a fit of rage,
he punched his fist through

a window inches from her head.

- But do you have
any evidence connecting him

to the actual crime?

- We have video evidence
putting him

near the crime scene around
the time of the murder.

- Uh, except that Mr. White was
in an Uber 12:19 that morning,

five blocks from
the crime scene.

The 911 call came in
at 12:35 a.m.

- Which proves my point.

He was near the crime scene
around the time of the murder.

- He was in a car.

- You don't know when the crime
was actually committed.

Your Honor,
the facts are the facts.

Moreover, Mr. White
was arrested two years ago

for assaulting the victim.

The police report states
that he repeatedly

punched and slapped Ms. Cole
following a verbal argument

involving his infant daughter.

- Mr. White's horrific
behavior that evening

might be a convenient defense,

but it hardly meets
the evidentiary threshold

required under New York law.

There is no clear link between
Mr. White and this murder.

Not to mention,
we all know Cash

didn't kill Angela because
the defendant himself

confessed to killing her.

- And that has been
ruled inadmissible.

- It doesn't mean
it's not relevant.

- How's that?

- [sighs]

Everyone in this room
knows Alan Ross confessed,

and Cash didn't
commit this murder.

So why should the defense
be allowed

to accuse a third party
of a crime

the defendant himself
has already confessed to?

- Because, as Ms. Potter said,

I've already ruled that
confession inadmissible.

- That's not fair to Mr. White
or the jury.

You are basically giving them
a choice of killers,

even though we know only one
of them committed the crime.

- We don't know a damn thing,

other than that the police
elicited a false confession,

that Mr. White has
a history of abuse,

and that he was near the scene
at the time the murder

took place, Uber or no Uber.

You may proceed
with your defense.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

.

- Hines is letting the defense
present an alternative suspect?

- There is just enough
ambiguous evidence

that it is possible Cash could
have committed the crime,

even though we know, with
a high degree of confidence,

he did not.

Alan Ross confessed.

- So it's a two-horse race.

- One of those horses
is a known abuser.

- Good news is,
we can pretty much

prove that he didn't kill her.

The bad news is
he is just horrible enough,

the jury might not care.

- Well, do what you can do,

and whenever possible,
humanize this Cash White.

- Not sure it's possible.

- I get it, but we can't
let the defense turn this

into a referendum
on domestic abuse,

which means you need
to make clear

that the real killer,
Alan Ross,

is the only person on earth

who could have committed
this murder.

- Can you please
tell the jury what you found

when you searched
the defendant's apartment?

- We recovered clothes that
matched the clothing

the man spotted near the crime
scene at the time of the murder

was wearing.

- What else did you find?

- 30 framed photos of
Angela Cole in the closet.

It was like a creepy shrine
in her honor.

- Objection.
- Sustained.

Just answer the questions,
Detective.

- Can you please read
the highlighted portion

of the forensic DNA report?

- "The DNA sample
provided by Alan Ross

is consistent with the DNA
profile found on the victim."

- Can you please
tell the jury

what this means
in layman's terms?

- That Alan Ross's DNA was
found on Angela Cole's body.

The odds of that DNA
belonging to someone else

is pretty much zero.

- Thank you.

- There is nothing illegal
about building a shrine.

- Correct.

- And the fact that
a man's DNA is present

on a dead woman's body doesn't
mean that person killed her,

because there are lots of ways

DNA can end up
on someone's body,

like if someone sneezes
in the proximity

of the other person
or kisses her.

- Correct.

- So the fact that Mr. Ross's
DNA is on Angela Cole

doesn't mean a damn thing.

In fact, there were six other
different DNA samples

found on her person as well.

- Yeah,
but those samples belonged

to family members and friends,

people who were
at the birthday party.

- But the fact remains,
there were six other

DNA samples found on her body.

- Correct.

- Nothing further.

- Mr. Price?

- People rest.

- Ms. Potter?

- Defense calls Evan Cole,

the victim's father.

- Your Honor, um,

Mr. Cole is not
on the witness list.

People request that
we adjourn for the day

so that we can prepare.

- Sounds good to me.
We are adjourned.

[gavel bangs]

- I probably should have given
you the heads-up about that.

- Ah,
it would have been nice.

- So, uh,
why are you doing this?

- Testifying?

- Testifying for the defense.

- I'm not taking sides.

- Uh, you are,

and you picked Alan Ross's,

and--and we're just trying
to understand why.

Like I said before,
the evidence is compelling.

He was stalking Angela.

- Cash was right there, too,
and he's a very violent man.

I've seen it with my own eyes.
- That doesn't mean that he--

- And he's still madly
in love with Angela.

Talk about stalking.

Every birthday, every holiday,

he would reach out

to let her know
how sorry he was.

- What is really going on here?

- Excuse me.

- Why are you trying
to help the man

who killed your daughter?

- I'm just doing
what I believe is right.

- No,
you're ignoring the facts.

Like I told you...
- I believe.

- We are--

- I believe what I believe,

and there's not
a damn thing you can say

that's gonna change my mind.

[door shuts]

- Mr. Cole,
can you please tell us

what happened to your daughter
Angela on December 26, 2024?

- Cash White beat
the hell out of her.

That's what happened.

- How do you know?

- Because she called me
screaming.

So I rushed over
to her apartment,

and she was--

her--her face was swollen
and bleeding.

- Are you referring
to this incident in which

Mr. White was arrested for
assault on the second-degree?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Your Honor, I'd like to
present the photos associated

with this report,
exhibit H, I, and J.

Is this what Angela looked like
when you got to her apartment?

[tense music]

- Yes.

But, uh, even worse.

She was still bleeding.

And, um,
it--it was...

[clears throat]
It was awful.

- After they split,
did Angela express

some concern about Mr. White?

- Yes.
- Was she still fearful of him?

- Very much so, yes.

- Did you have occasion
to talk to your daughter

on her 30th birthday,
around 11:00 a.m.?

- Yes, I did.

- Can you describe
the conversation?

- I called to wish her
happy birthday.

And while we were speaking,
Cash White showed up.

I heard Angela say
she was on the phone,

and then Cash started yelling,
very loudly yelling.

And then I heard the sound
of glass shattering.

- What did you do?

- I ran over to her art studio
to see if she was OK,

but she was terrified.

She was shaking.

And--and there was
broken glass everywhere.

Cash had put his fist
through a window

inches from where Angie
was standing.

I tried to comfort her, but

she was a mess,
as you might imagine.

She begged me not to call
the cops

or tell her husband.

- Why was that?

- Because she didn't want
to ruin her 30th birthday.

- Did she say anything else?

- She did. She did.

She--she said, "Daddy,

I think Cash
might kill me one day."

♪ ♪

- Thank you.

Nothing further.

♪ ♪

- Despite your belief
that Cash White

is a cruel and violent man,

you and your wife sat
front row at his concert

two months prior to the murder.

- He invited us, and we went.

- And you posted this message
to your social media account

from the concert,
People's Exhibit 13--

"Forgiveness is
much harder than hatred

and more rewarding too."
- I did.

And--and I believe that.

- So you forgave Cash White?

You believed
that he had changed,

that he was a good person?

- I was hoping he might change,

but, uh, obviously,
I was wrong.

- You and your wife spend
a lot of time on social media.

You have approximately
13 million followers.

- Yes.

- On the night
that Angela was killed,

you posted video of
the two of you dancing

at her 30th birthday party.
- I did.

I just--I wanted to share
some of the--

the joy and happiness
that we were feeling

with my followers.

- And you included the name
of the restaurant

where the party was being held.

- I--I don't remember.

- People's Exhibit 14.

"Here we are at Lila's Cafe,

"celebrating
the 30th birthday party

of the greatest daughter
on earth."

This post is the reason
the defendant knew

where Angela was that evening.

This is the real reason
that you are here

testifying for the defense.

- I'm--
I'm sorry.

I don't know what you mean.

- If the defendant
killed Angela,

the murder is your fault.

If Cash White did, it's not.

- That is outrageous.
- But it's true.

You are testifying--
- That is not true at all.

- For the defense to
mitigate your own guilt.

- That's not what I'm saying.
He's putting words in my mouth.

- Objection!
- Sustained.

♪ ♪

- Nothing further.

♪ ♪

- That phony bastard!

How dare he suggest
that I killed Angela.

- Well, there's nothing
we can do about that.

- We just need to focus
on your testimony

and make sure
that you are ready.

- The defense lawyer
is obviously going

to bring up the prior arrest,

the fact that you punched
a window.

- Oh, she can go to hell.

- Oh, see, that's the exact
reaction she's hoping for.

So if you can, please,
just try to stay composed.

- And try not to
sugarcoat the past,

because the jury will see
right through that.

If they think you're lying
about the past,

they will think you're lying
about the present.

- I'm not testifying.

- What?

- My lawyer wants me
to take the Fifth.

- Your law--no, no. No.

Um, the jury will assume that
you are hiding something,

that you actually
did kill Angela.

- I don't care!
I'm going on tour soon!

It's--it's 24 countries.

- Look, taking the Fifth
will not change the past.

- I'm done talking.

So if you don't mind--

- Look, Mr. White, please,
you need to think this through.

- Yeah, I thought it through!

Now, please, get the hell out.

♪ ♪

.

- We need to talk.

- I told you,
I'm taking the Fifth.

- We are granting
Mr. White immunity

from any and all crimes
that may result

from today's testimony.

- What does that mean?

- It means taking the Fifth
is no longer an option.

- I told you,
I'm not testifying.

- I don't give a damn
what you want.

Just get on the stand
and tell the truth.

You understand me?

- You physically attacked
Angela Cole

on December 26, 2024, correct?

- We got into
a heated argument,

and...

yes, I assaulted her.

- Punched her repeatedly.

- It was two years ago.

- She needed stitches
to stop the bleeding.

Correct?
- I don't recall that.

- She had a fractured
orbital bone.

- Like I said,
it was a while ago.

- OK.

Let's talk about
something more recent.

On the day of the murder,

you visited Angela
at her studio

and asked her
to have lunch with you.

- Yes.

- And when she said no,
you got upset,

and you put your hand
through a window.

[soft dramatic music]

- Yes.

- Defense exhibit K.

This took place

on the morning of
Angela's birthday

and eight hours before
her birthday party.

♪ ♪

That is you, correct?

- Yes, it's not exactly
my finest moment.

- Certainly not
your worst either.

Defense Exhibit L.

Mr. White,
that is you on 15th Street,

a few blocks away
from Lila's Cafe,

the location of Angela's
30th birthday party,

at 12:15 a.m.
on the night of the murder.

- Yes,
I went there to apologize,

but I realized
I was being selfish,

that I might cause a fuss,

so I went home instead.

- You went home.

You didn't linger?

You didn't follow her?
- No.

- You didn't confront her?
- No!

- Why the rage, Mr. White?

- 'Cause you're accusing me
of killing someone I loved.

- You love her,
and yet you beat the hell

out of her two years ago.

- I was different back then.

I was--I was drinking
and doing drugs, but--

- But what?

♪ ♪

- She wasn't perfect either.

- Are you suggesting
it was her fault

that you beat
the hell out of her?

- That's not what I mean.

Look, I--I wish
I could take it all back,

obviously, but I can't.

I--I still get angry.

It--it just happens sometimes.

- It just happens, like
when you beat Angela the day

after Christmas two years ago.
- Yeah.

- And when you punched
that window

on the day of the murder.
- Yes.

- And when you
choked the life out

of her on her 30th birthday.
- Objection.

- Sustained.

♪ ♪

- Nothing further.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

Hey.

The jury isn't buying
into this whole

Cash White nonsense, right?

I mean, I despise the man,
but he didn't kill her.

- We are doing our best
to make that clear, Lucas.

And I think the jury
knows that, too.

- OK.
Thank you.

- Really believe that?

- At best, the jury hates him
as a human being.

At worst, no,
they actually think he did it,

which means
we need to rehabilitate him.

- How?
- [laughs]

I don't know.

But even a horrible
human being

like Cash does something
decent once in a while.

- Oh, wouldn't bet on it.

- Well,
we have nothing to lose.

[sighs]
[line ringing]

[sighs]
[line ringing]

Cash is just as selfish
and horrible as we'd imagined.

No public service.
Doesn't help out his mother.

- He give to charity?

- Next to nothing,

on a gross income
of $12 million.

- Well, that was
a total waste of time.

- Well, not exactly.

Cash told me what
really happened the day

he was arrested for assault.

- What really happened?

- Angela was supposed
to be babysitting

his infant daughter,

but went on
a coke bender instead.

Cash got home,
found the baby alone,

crying, covered in feces.

- Why didn't he tell you
this before?

- Because he didn't want
to tarnish her legacy.

He felt he owed it to her,
given how badly he treated her.

- How do you know
he's not just making this up?

- He has lots of evidence--

surveillance video
inside and outside the house.

This is why Angela
asked the DA's office

to drop the charges.

- At a minimum,
it'll provide some context

for his violent outburst.

- Yeah, if we introduce it.

- If?

- I don't know, Nick.

The idea of blaming Angela
for her own assault

feels disgusting.

Not to mention her legacy.

Like, her husband doesn't
need to know all of this,

not at this point.
It doesn't feel right.

- Of course it doesn't,
but that's not the point.

As distasteful
as this might sound,

there is a distinction,
if not a difference,

between a man flipping out

after someone
endangers his baby

and a man flipping out
over something insignificant.

It's like
the difference between

murder and manslaughter.

They're both horrible crimes,

but one is clearly worse
than the other.

- I get it intellectually,
but, well,

the idea of trying to parse
domestic violence

makes me uncomfortable.

- You know what makes me
uncomfortable, Sam?

The defendant walking free
and killing another woman

or staring down her husband,
Lucas Peters,

and telling him
we should have done better.

Alan Ross needs to spend
the rest of his life in prison.

And if the cost of doing
that makes us uncomfortable,

so be it.

[knocking]

- Hey.

Look, I know Nick thinks
it's a good idea, but--

- Well, if it helps our case.

- But does it?

We've already established that
Cash didn't commit the murder.

Even better,
we've established that

he couldn't have committed
the murder.

That should be enough.

- Yeah, but Cash is
a hell of a target.

He's easy to hate,

easy to blame.

- Yeah, but trying to
somehow rationalize

his horrific behavior,
well, it could backfire,

alienate the jury even more.

- Yeah, it's possible, but--

- It is never OK to beat the
hell out of your girlfriend.

[tense music]

Full stop.

♪ ♪

- Where were you on the night
of the murder at 12:19 a.m.?

- In an Uber.

- People's Exhibit 15.

Pick-up time, 12:19 a.m.

Pick-up location,
632 15th Street.

Destination,
77 Greenwich Street.

Is this information accurate?

- Yes.

- A few years back,

you were arrested for assault,
correct?

- Yes.

- And you have expressed
deep regret

over this incident, correct?

- Yes.

- You wish it had
never even happened?

- Yes, but it did,

and I've gotta live with that.

- I imagine
that would be difficult.

- It is.

A man should never do
something like that,

no matter what
the circumstances.

♪ ♪

- Right.

No matter what
the circumstances.

♪ ♪

And, uh...

♪ ♪

Despite all this,
you continue

to love Angela Cole.

♪ ♪

- Yes, very much.

♪ ♪

- Nothing further.

♪ ♪

- I heard about the mistrial.

- Judge pushed them
to reach a verdict.

- You pulled up short
on this one, Nolan.

Letting the jury know
what really happened

that day might have made
a difference.

You don't get paid
to do the comfortable thing

or the noble thing.

You get paid to win.

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[phone buzzes]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[wolf howls]