1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:02,850 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,910 --> 00:00:06,790 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,690 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:11,490 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:13,080 These are their stories. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,160 STUDENT 1: You think she had diseases? 7 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:16,320 STUDENT 2: What do I care, man? 8 00:00:16,390 --> 00:00:18,830 Duh. I don't know. Maybe 'cause if you were with her, you'll catch one? 9 00:00:18,890 --> 00:00:20,160 Hey, this is Mitchy Mitch. 10 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:22,030 I don't catch anythin' I don't wanna catch, all right? 11 00:00:22,090 --> 00:00:23,160 Yeah, why's that? 12 00:00:23,230 --> 00:00:25,370 Hey, because, nitwit, I know what I'm doin', all right? 13 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:28,430 Hey, are you okay? 14 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:31,640 Yeah. Too loose to break. I'm fine. 15 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,240 All right, let's go. Come on. 16 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,440 I wonder who left this open? 17 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,110 Look, I don't know, man, but I don't think we should be here. 18 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:39,020 Well, I'm gonna check it out. 19 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,020 Dude, you're gonna get eaten by a freakin' rat. 20 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,150 He's out of his mind. 21 00:00:43,250 --> 00:00:44,550 Hey, we're leavin'! 22 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,280 Oh, my God. 23 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,700 CSU OFFICER: Two gunshots, one to the shoulder, one to the back of the head. 24 00:00:57,790 --> 00:01:00,240 He had a wallet on him, $240 cash. 25 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:01,830 The name's Saul Caplan. 26 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:03,210 Becker and Caplan. 27 00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:04,680 Anything missing from the store? 28 00:01:04,730 --> 00:01:05,940 Register's empty, 29 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,180 looks like there might be some merchandise missing as well. 30 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,310 Forced entry? 31 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:13,120 We found a broken padlock by the cellar doors. 32 00:01:13,180 --> 00:01:14,660 There's an alarm but it wasn't set. 33 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:17,390 Yeah, I guess he wouldn't activate it until he left. 34 00:01:18,110 --> 00:01:20,530 If you're through, we'll send him to the M.E. 35 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:25,570 He was in the office, he heard somethin', he grabbed a bat. 36 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:28,070 Yeah. Looks like the pitcher blew one by him. 37 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:29,570 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING ON RADIO) 38 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:24,050 A man builds a business brick by brick, 39 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:25,790 creates something out of nothing. 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,960 For this he's gunned down like a dog. 41 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:30,020 Had you been robbed before, Mr. Becker? 42 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:32,460 Couple of years ago we had a break-in. 43 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,700 Before that some junkie came in to hold us up. 44 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:38,060 Between Saul and me and Ronnie in the stockroom, 45 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:39,440 he's lucky he's still walking. 46 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:42,170 So, Saul just happened to be here last night? 47 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:43,900 He was going over the inventory lists. 48 00:02:43,970 --> 00:02:45,450 He does it every Thursday. 49 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:47,710 Excuse me, one of the ones who found the body 50 00:02:47,770 --> 00:02:49,220 said he needs to call his parents. 51 00:02:49,270 --> 00:02:50,650 Tell him we'll be right there. 52 00:02:50,710 --> 00:02:52,380 Is it possible to do this another time? 53 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,250 I need to go be with Saul's wife. 54 00:02:54,310 --> 00:02:55,410 Sure. 55 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:05,630 Okay, what were you guys doing at Orchard Street at 4:00 in the morning? 56 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:06,890 Goin' back to the dorm. 57 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,560 ED: From where? This bar. 58 00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:09,730 What bar? 59 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,100 The Bowery Bar. 60 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,440 Orchard Street's not between the bar and your dorm, fellas. 61 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:16,640 We were coming from a hooker's apartment. 62 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,040 Oh, God! 63 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:19,100 ED: Where? 64 00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:21,140 Orchard near Delancey. 65 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,770 I'm the only one who went through with it, though. 66 00:03:23,170 --> 00:03:25,590 Is it possible our parents not be made aware of this? 67 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:27,610 Uh, my father just had a by-pass. 68 00:03:27,810 --> 00:03:29,410 Oh, sure. I'd hate to see you get in trouble, 69 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,620 seein' as how you didn't even get your hat knocked off. 70 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,420 Look, look, we found the body, 71 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,390 we called 911, we stuck around... 72 00:03:35,450 --> 00:03:36,660 What more do you want from us? 73 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,390 ED: What'd the hooker look like? 74 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,360 You see anybody else last night 75 00:03:41,420 --> 00:03:43,200 who looked like they might have done a robbery? 76 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:44,330 Nuh-uh. 77 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:46,400 Come on. We know you were workin' last night. 78 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:48,460 I didn't say I wasn't workin' last night. 79 00:03:48,530 --> 00:03:50,530 But you didn't see anybody? 80 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,810 What kind of robbery? 81 00:03:51,870 --> 00:03:53,370 A leather coat store. 82 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,940 Oh, I don't know nothin' about that. 83 00:03:55,340 --> 00:03:56,870 Okay. We find out you're holdin' back, 84 00:03:56,940 --> 00:03:59,280 you're gonna take a collar a week for a year. 85 00:04:01,210 --> 00:04:03,780 I ain't been doin nothin but what I'm doin'. 86 00:04:03,850 --> 00:04:05,720 Don't be takin' your frustration out on me 87 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:07,320 just 'cause you guys got nobody else. 88 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:09,690 Fine. Just remember what I told you. 89 00:04:11,350 --> 00:04:13,730 You guys know a tall drag queen 90 00:04:13,790 --> 00:04:17,170 blonde hair, used to work the trucks, named Toreador? 91 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:20,800 Toreador got herself a new leather jacket last night. 92 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:22,100 And the reason I know 93 00:04:22,170 --> 00:04:25,540 is it wasn't the same skanky old thing she used to wear. 94 00:04:25,970 --> 00:04:29,210 I said somethin'. She was like, "Oh, I can't be bothered." 95 00:04:29,270 --> 00:04:31,480 Go check her sorry ass out, why don't you? 96 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:32,920 Where can we find her? 97 00:04:35,780 --> 00:04:37,020 Toreador. 98 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:40,490 Can you give a girl some privacy, please? 99 00:04:40,550 --> 00:04:43,500 You know, they've had indoor plumbing for 2,000 years. 100 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:46,430 Officers, I am so sorry. 101 00:04:46,490 --> 00:04:49,300 Is it not permitted to relieve one's self out of doors? 102 00:04:49,390 --> 00:04:51,390 What kind of jacket is that, Dolce and Gabbana? 103 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:55,240 Oh, my. Aren't we something of a fashionista. 104 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:56,610 How much did you pay for it? 105 00:04:56,670 --> 00:05:00,580 It was on sale. Drastically reduced, don't you know. 106 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,880 Is that what you call murdering the storekeeper? 107 00:05:02,940 --> 00:05:04,040 Pardon? 108 00:05:04,140 --> 00:05:05,640 You wanna have this conversation here 109 00:05:05,710 --> 00:05:07,050 or you wanna have it down at the station? 110 00:05:07,110 --> 00:05:10,610 All rights, all rights. I found it. 111 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,720 Where? 112 00:05:11,780 --> 00:05:13,060 By a dumpster. 113 00:05:13,150 --> 00:05:15,100 You mind takin' it off so we can take a look at it? 114 00:05:15,150 --> 00:05:16,460 Not at all. 115 00:05:18,090 --> 00:05:21,860 Ooh. Chilly morning, though, not quite unpleasant. 116 00:05:23,030 --> 00:05:26,240 The pills are female hormone supplements 117 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:29,210 which are not, I don't believe, illegal. 118 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:30,680 Becker and Caplan tag. 119 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:31,870 Where'd you get it? 120 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,850 There's only two possibilities worth considering. 121 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:36,910 One has you committing murder and robbery, 122 00:05:36,970 --> 00:05:39,010 the other one has you receiving stolen property. 123 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,320 I certainly did not murder anyone. 124 00:05:41,380 --> 00:05:42,790 Then where did you get it? 125 00:05:47,850 --> 00:05:49,520 Where were you last night, Ronnie? 126 00:05:49,590 --> 00:05:50,660 Home. 127 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,390 Do you have anybody that can confirm that? 128 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,060 My wife. My kids. My neighbor. 129 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,840 Your wife know about your friend, Jeffrey? 130 00:05:59,330 --> 00:06:01,500 I don't know anybody named Jeffrey. 131 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,270 Jeffrey who likes to dress up in women's clothes and calls himself Toreador? 132 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:14,460 So... So, what do you wanna know? 133 00:06:14,510 --> 00:06:16,390 When did you take the coat you gave her? 134 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:18,520 Last week. 135 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,360 You're sure it wasn't last night? 136 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:23,790 Saul was like a second father to me, all right? 137 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,260 I mean, I took a coat, yeah. I took a coat. 138 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,200 But I don't kill this man. I love this man, okay? 139 00:06:32,530 --> 00:06:35,940 His alibi checks out. He might've been stealin', but he's not our guy. 140 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,770 Street Crime Unit come up with anything? 141 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:39,580 Nothin'. What about CSU? 142 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:40,770 No usable prints. 143 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:42,210 M.E.'s report confirms two shots, 144 00:06:42,270 --> 00:06:44,180 one from about eight feet, hit him in the shoulder. 145 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,450 The other from two to three feet, 146 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:46,650 hit him in the back of the head. 147 00:06:46,710 --> 00:06:48,480 Perp was probably standing like right above him. 148 00:06:48,540 --> 00:06:50,220 (PHONE RINGING) Mmm. An execution. 149 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:52,960 He died somewhere between 11:00 and midnight. 150 00:06:53,050 --> 00:06:56,290 Van Buren. Okay, thanks. 151 00:06:56,350 --> 00:06:58,630 Forensics has somethin they want to show you. 152 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:03,470 This is the lock that was found near the cellar doors. 153 00:07:03,530 --> 00:07:04,530 BRISCOE: And? 154 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:06,900 The lock appears to have been chiseled, like this. 155 00:07:07,230 --> 00:07:08,540 I know, it looks like a lot of damage, 156 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,540 but this kind of lock doesn't open that way. 157 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:11,640 You're sure? 158 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:14,010 We tried to replicate the damage. 159 00:07:14,070 --> 00:07:16,640 Remember that commercial where they shoot a bullet through the lock? 160 00:07:16,710 --> 00:07:18,780 Hmm. Truth in advertising, huh? 161 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,340 The only way to break one of these things 162 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:22,480 is to sever the shackle inside. 163 00:07:22,550 --> 00:07:24,290 Otherwise, it's not gonna open. 164 00:07:24,980 --> 00:07:27,860 So, whoever damaged the lock already had it open. 165 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,190 This isn't a good time to be doing this. 166 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:37,360 BRISCOE: We apologize. 167 00:07:37,430 --> 00:07:39,340 Uh, there's just a couple of things we need to ask you. 168 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,470 Well, we're sitting Shiva here 169 00:07:40,530 --> 00:07:42,670 because Saul's wife is in no condition to do it by her. 170 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:43,840 BRISCOE: That's very nice of you. 171 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:45,040 It wasn't even a question. 172 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:47,780 There's some indication that this is an inside job. 173 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,310 I don't believe it. 174 00:07:49,370 --> 00:07:51,410 ED: Whoever accessed the basement had a key. 175 00:07:51,470 --> 00:07:53,510 It's possible the key got lifted, no? 176 00:07:53,580 --> 00:07:54,680 We know something? 177 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:56,490 Nothing. Uh, this is my wife. 178 00:07:56,650 --> 00:07:57,750 How do you do? 179 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,320 You okay here? Fine. 180 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:01,390 Would, uh, would they like something? 181 00:08:01,450 --> 00:08:02,860 ED: No, nothing. Thank you. 182 00:08:03,290 --> 00:08:05,790 If you could provide us with a list of your employees, 183 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:07,630 that would give us a starting point. 184 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,460 What, they think it was someone from the store? 185 00:08:09,530 --> 00:08:12,200 They don't think anything. They're investigating, that's all. 186 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,610 Yeah, the bookkeeper was busted for marijuana possession. 187 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,440 How long ago? 1974. 188 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,710 Hmm. Well, here s somethin a little bit more promising. 189 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:24,910 Sal Bonafiglio, arrested five times, 190 00:08:24,970 --> 00:08:28,290 three times for burglary. Did a pound at Dannemora. 191 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,050 So, you're sayin' you like him better than the bookkeeper? 192 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:37,790 ED: See, Sal, whoever broke into the store worked in the store. 193 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,660 Now, you work there in the stock room, 194 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,330 and you have felonies on your record. 195 00:08:41,390 --> 00:08:43,870 It's been three years since my last arrest, all right? 196 00:08:43,930 --> 00:08:46,300 Mmm-hmm. Two of which you were in jail. 197 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,400 Burglary three, burglary three, burglary two, 198 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:51,210 and then just for variety, there's mail fraud. 199 00:08:51,270 --> 00:08:53,650 Excuse me, but that was reversed on appeal. 200 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:54,740 Duly noted. 201 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,680 Look, I got nothin' to do with this, you guys. 202 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:58,690 I never whacked anybody in my life. 203 00:08:58,740 --> 00:09:00,280 Hey, maybe you went to rob the place, 204 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:02,320 and you didn't know Saul was gonna be there. 205 00:09:02,380 --> 00:09:03,450 Now, tell me the truth, 206 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:05,080 is this because my last name ends in a vowel? 207 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:07,550 Maybe you didn't mean to rob the place. 208 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:09,030 Maybe you went there for legitimate reasons. 209 00:09:09,090 --> 00:09:12,070 Caplan thinks you're gonna rob him and he comes after you, 210 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,260 you defend yourself. 211 00:09:13,790 --> 00:09:17,030 Hey, maybe I get drafted by the Giants to play linebacker. 212 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,630 What is it with you guys and the maybes? 213 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:21,540 Where were you Thursday night between 10:00 and 1:00? 214 00:09:22,370 --> 00:09:24,810 I was with my nephew in Uniondale. 215 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,380 Whether this guy's alibi checks out or not, he's involved. 216 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,710 Well, he never used a gun before. 217 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:33,190 Why does he use one this time? 218 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,980 Well, maybe he didn't. 219 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,550 Well, check his incident reports. 220 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:38,850 See who his partners-in-crime were. 221 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,060 B and E in Westchester. 222 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,500 Perp had apparently gained access to house 223 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,200 by searching for keys under doormats. 224 00:09:49,490 --> 00:09:52,170 Partner backed truck into the garage door. 225 00:09:52,230 --> 00:09:53,610 What's the partner's name? 226 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,800 Eddie Novello. 227 00:09:55,330 --> 00:09:57,470 I just saw that name. Uh... 228 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,640 "Assaulted a security guard with a crowbar" 229 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:04,150 "when he and an accomplice were fleeing the scene of the burglary." 230 00:10:04,210 --> 00:10:06,120 His gun must've been in the shop. 231 00:10:08,950 --> 00:10:11,550 Hey, Lennie. There he is. 232 00:10:15,220 --> 00:10:18,030 Eddie, what's happenin', man? 233 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,290 I dunno. 234 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,770 We thought you were still upstate. 235 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,890 I been back a while. Do I know you? 236 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,100 You stayin' out of trouble, Eddie? 237 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,230 Yeah. 238 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:26,430 What's in the bag? 239 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:27,530 Nothin'. 240 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,510 Mind if we take a look? My gym bag. 241 00:10:29,570 --> 00:10:32,440 Uh, we can see it's your gym bag, Eddie, we just want to look at it. 242 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:33,980 Why, you don't wanna let us? 243 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:35,980 I don't care. 244 00:10:38,570 --> 00:10:40,020 Hmm. What you doin with this? 245 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,110 Nothin'. 246 00:10:41,180 --> 00:10:42,210 Where'd you get it? 247 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,380 This guy... 248 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Becker and Caplan. 249 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:47,800 Get in the car. See, Eddie, the thing about evidence is, 250 00:10:47,850 --> 00:10:49,330 you wanna get rid of it. 251 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:57,190 Here's the thing, Eddie. We got Sal's version, now we need yours. 252 00:10:57,590 --> 00:11:00,940 You wanna make somethin' up, start with that coat we found in your gym bag. 253 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,640 Hey, what did I tell you? 254 00:11:05,770 --> 00:11:07,770 You keep doin' that, we're gonna put the cuffs back on. 255 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:11,210 Eddie, maybe you don't understand what's goin' on here. 256 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:12,840 We don't need your confession. 257 00:11:12,910 --> 00:11:14,910 We already got enough to put you away. 258 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:18,280 We're just tryin' to let you help us out so we could help you. 259 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:20,850 You know, I killed a guy in the ring once. 260 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,660 With two punches, bang, boom! 261 00:11:23,150 --> 00:11:25,560 All right. Time. Time, Eddie. 262 00:11:27,090 --> 00:11:29,370 See, what I don't understand is, 263 00:11:29,430 --> 00:11:32,340 why a guy who could fight like you needed a gun anyway? 264 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,970 You never seen me fight. 265 00:11:34,030 --> 00:11:35,740 No, but I heard about ya, though. 266 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,680 I heard you hit harder than any middleweight since La Motta. 267 00:11:39,070 --> 00:11:40,100 Somebody said that? 268 00:11:40,170 --> 00:11:41,240 Yeah. 269 00:11:41,670 --> 00:11:43,740 See, what I don't understand is, 270 00:11:43,810 --> 00:11:46,720 why a guy who could hit like you would need to use a gun. 271 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,990 I told Sal I don't need no gun. 272 00:11:50,650 --> 00:11:53,290 I said I could take that son of a bitch out with my hands. 273 00:11:54,250 --> 00:11:56,390 But he said he wanted it clean or he wouldn't pay. 274 00:11:58,020 --> 00:11:59,360 What else did Sal say? 275 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,530 That I could take what I want. 276 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:05,670 Cash in the register, merchandise. 277 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:08,030 Just make sure the guy's dead. 278 00:12:09,070 --> 00:12:10,570 How much did he pay you? 279 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:12,510 Five grand. 280 00:12:12,570 --> 00:12:14,980 I bought my girlfriend a big screen television set. 281 00:12:17,140 --> 00:12:19,550 It's over, Sal. Eddie gave you up. 282 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:21,580 Now, unless you tell us your version, 283 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,620 we're gonna have to take his word for it. 284 00:12:24,050 --> 00:12:26,360 You ever get the feelin', when you're talkin' to him, 285 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,220 that Eddie maybe wasn't quite right in his head? 286 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,960 He said you gave him five grand to kill Caplan. 287 00:12:31,020 --> 00:12:32,230 That's murder for hire, Sal. 288 00:12:32,290 --> 00:12:34,030 First degree whether he's right in the head or not. 289 00:12:34,090 --> 00:12:35,500 Guy's got eyes the size of meatballs. 290 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:36,730 He told you what you wanted to hear 291 00:12:36,790 --> 00:12:37,930 so he didn't have to talk no more. 292 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:39,300 You had access to the lock, 293 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,140 plus you were arrested with Eddie before. 294 00:12:41,730 --> 00:12:43,440 How the hell am I gonna get five grand? 295 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,070 I make eight dollars an hour. 296 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:47,440 And how did Eddie wind up with the coat? 297 00:12:48,740 --> 00:12:50,550 I hang out with him at the gym sometimes. 298 00:12:50,610 --> 00:12:52,710 He knows where I work. He knows there's stuff in the basement. 299 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,080 Who left the lock open? 300 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,120 I don't know. You're the friggin' detective. 301 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,690 I haven't been back here since the night that Saul was killed, 302 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,760 I can't even offer you a piece of cake. 303 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,270 We're actually all right. We just need to ask you a couple of questions, 304 00:13:10,330 --> 00:13:11,700 and we'll be out of here. 305 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:12,830 Ask. 306 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,640 When your husband worked on the inventory at night, uh, 307 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:19,180 was there anybody who worked with him? 308 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,150 Boy, are you asking the wrong person. 309 00:13:22,940 --> 00:13:26,720 The only time that Saul would talk about the store with me was 310 00:13:26,780 --> 00:13:30,550 if he would bring home a coat that he thought maybe I would like. 311 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:32,590 I was his duchess. 312 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,960 Grandma? 313 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:35,520 Oh, come here, tateleh. 314 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:36,920 You all right? 315 00:13:37,290 --> 00:13:39,460 This is my grandson, David. 316 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:40,520 Hello. 317 00:13:40,890 --> 00:13:43,460 These gentlemen are the detectives that are investigating 318 00:13:43,530 --> 00:13:45,200 what happened with your zeyde. 319 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:47,960 Did you ever work with your zeyde, David? No. 320 00:13:48,030 --> 00:13:49,100 Did either of your parents? 321 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:52,340 His father worked in the store one summer. 322 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,910 He's a very successful cardiologist with a big practice in Los Angeles. 323 00:13:58,410 --> 00:14:01,320 He was here for the funeral, then he had to get back. 324 00:14:02,210 --> 00:14:03,880 David interested in the business? 325 00:14:03,950 --> 00:14:06,190 I'm leaning toward film school right now. 326 00:14:06,650 --> 00:14:07,790 If that doesn't work out, 327 00:14:07,850 --> 00:14:11,350 I'd think seriously about maybe taking over the business. 328 00:14:12,220 --> 00:14:14,630 He looks just like him, this one. 329 00:14:17,230 --> 00:14:18,360 We can hold 'em both for now, 330 00:14:18,430 --> 00:14:21,070 but Sal's right about one thing, we've got no motive. 331 00:14:21,130 --> 00:14:22,270 You believe him? 332 00:14:22,330 --> 00:14:25,240 Well, I didn't say that but what do we have? 333 00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:28,840 The testimony of a mentally questionable co-conspirator. 334 00:14:28,900 --> 00:14:30,040 That's it. 335 00:14:30,110 --> 00:14:31,520 Well, if Eddie's tellin' the truth, 336 00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:33,850 Sal either had reasons of his own to get rid of Caplan, 337 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:35,120 what they are, we don't know, 338 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:36,380 or he was doin' it for somebody else. 339 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:37,750 Who that is, we don't know. 340 00:14:38,610 --> 00:14:39,990 Yeah. What he said. 341 00:14:41,050 --> 00:14:43,000 Go talk to the parole officer. 342 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,520 BELICHEK: Sal was always on time for his appointments, 343 00:14:48,590 --> 00:14:51,400 his urine tests came back clean, he was holdin' down a job. 344 00:14:51,830 --> 00:14:54,170 Anything to suggest he had money problems? 345 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:56,670 Nah. The only time I had to sit him down was 346 00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:59,340 when I found out he was frequenting this after-hours joint. 347 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,110 I said it once, that was the end of it. 348 00:15:01,170 --> 00:15:02,270 How'd you find out? 349 00:15:02,340 --> 00:15:03,980 This goof ball Frank works there. 350 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,250 He dropped a dime on him. 351 00:15:05,570 --> 00:15:06,990 What did you say the name of the place was? 352 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,960 Red's, I think he said. It's on 10th Street between A and B. 353 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,510 BRISCOE: And it's an after-hours place, huh? 354 00:15:11,580 --> 00:15:13,080 Yeah, doesn't open until 2:00 in the morning. 355 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,200 Better get in a nap this afternoon, Lennie. 356 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:18,150 (MUSIC PLAYING) 357 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,170 We're lookin' for Frank. 358 00:15:23,230 --> 00:15:24,260 Got me. 359 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:26,340 There wouldn't be any illegal substances 360 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,500 being passed in this establishment, would there? 361 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:31,440 He's in the bathroom. 362 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,580 You must be Frank. 363 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:42,850 You still got a little right there. 364 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,420 Come here. 365 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,660 Sal Bonafiglio, do you know him, Frank? 366 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,030 Is this a shakedown? 367 00:15:51,090 --> 00:15:52,530 Listen to the question. 368 00:15:52,590 --> 00:15:54,430 Sal Bonafiglio. Right. What about him? 369 00:15:54,490 --> 00:15:55,730 Do you know him? Yeah. 370 00:15:55,790 --> 00:15:58,030 Good. Now what can you tell us about him? 371 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,370 Low-level coke dealer. Says he's a wiseguy, but I doubt it. 372 00:16:01,430 --> 00:16:03,240 Any idea who his friends are? 373 00:16:04,070 --> 00:16:05,880 He was hangin' around with this bald guy, Eli. 374 00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:07,380 Something of a coke fiend, 375 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:12,080 comes in here periodically lookin' to sell leather coats or somethin', just... 376 00:16:12,140 --> 00:16:13,480 Says he owns a store, but I doubt it. 377 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:16,580 (CHUCKLES) Most of the people in here pretty much lie on spec. 378 00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:17,720 Well, that must be pretty tough 379 00:16:17,780 --> 00:16:19,230 on a straight arrow like yourself. 380 00:16:19,820 --> 00:16:21,020 Thanks. 381 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,360 We'd like to talk to your son, Mrs. Becker. 382 00:16:25,420 --> 00:16:26,590 Eli. 383 00:16:31,030 --> 00:16:33,800 Uh, if you don't mind, we'd like to speak to him privately. 384 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,130 Sure. This way. 385 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,310 How well do you know Sal? 386 00:16:40,770 --> 00:16:43,150 Uh, not well at all, really. 387 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,790 You ever go to an after-hours club on 10th Street called Red's? 388 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:49,980 Yeah. I think I've been there a couple of times. Yeah. 389 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,490 BRISCOE: You ever been there with Sal? 390 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:55,290 Can I ask what this is about? 391 00:16:55,750 --> 00:16:58,290 Well, we think he might know more than he's telling us. 392 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:59,700 Well, um, like I said, 393 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,500 I really, I don't know the guy all that well. 394 00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:04,460 I mean, I... I just... I couldn't really tell ya. 395 00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:06,270 Did you ever sell coats at the bar? 396 00:17:06,330 --> 00:17:07,360 No. 397 00:17:07,430 --> 00:17:08,970 Somebody said they thought you did that. 398 00:17:09,230 --> 00:17:11,710 Well, people say all kinds of things. 399 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,510 I mean, did I ever give some chick a coat as a gift? 400 00:17:16,570 --> 00:17:17,570 Maybe I did. 401 00:17:18,140 --> 00:17:19,590 But, I mean, that's my family's business. 402 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,350 I'm entitled to do that, right? 403 00:17:22,510 --> 00:17:23,850 What's going on? 404 00:17:24,150 --> 00:17:26,250 We're just asking your son a few questions. 405 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,390 This is a house of mourning, Detectives. 406 00:17:28,450 --> 00:17:30,120 The store will be open for business tomorrow. 407 00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:33,330 Ask him or me or anyone else questions there. Please. 408 00:17:38,230 --> 00:17:41,970 I have to tell you, I don't feel right doing this without Mr. Becker here. 409 00:17:42,030 --> 00:17:43,810 This search warrant covers you. 410 00:17:43,870 --> 00:17:45,640 You can tell him you were legally bound. 411 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,180 Receipts, orders, inventory lists. 412 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,850 Any way you could've missed any stolen money? 413 00:17:52,910 --> 00:17:56,050 Every night someone stays late to check receipts against the register. 414 00:17:56,110 --> 00:17:57,520 What about merchandise? 415 00:17:57,580 --> 00:17:58,610 Not possible. 416 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,250 At the end of the week I check the receipts against those inventory lists. 417 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,200 I would know if anything was missing. 418 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:05,490 Who makes the lists? 419 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,030 We checked Eli's inventory lists 420 00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:12,160 against the orders placed by Becker and Caplan to their distributors. 421 00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:15,640 It turns out Eli was accounting for coats that didn't exist. 422 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,180 Why hadn't anyone noticed? 423 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,370 Well, Eli was in charge of orders, too. 424 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,540 As long as nobody questioned the accuracy of the inventory lists, 425 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,640 it could have gone on for months. 426 00:18:23,710 --> 00:18:25,210 How much money are we talkin' about? 427 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:26,480 Five thousand a month. 428 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:27,890 If Caplan exposed him, 429 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,580 it would have ruined his chance to take over the business. 430 00:18:31,950 --> 00:18:33,290 Pick him up. 431 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,270 BRISCOE: Where is he, Mr. Becker? 432 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:42,630 Where's who? 433 00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:44,330 Your son. 434 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,200 He doesn't get in until 9:00. 435 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:47,570 The doorman in his building 436 00:18:47,630 --> 00:18:49,770 saw him leave in the middle of the night with suitcases. 437 00:18:49,970 --> 00:18:51,570 Where is he, Mr. Becker? 438 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:53,910 Somewhere you can't get him. 439 00:18:58,310 --> 00:19:00,690 The police pulled the LUD's from Mr. Becker's apartment, 440 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:02,950 and found a phone call to the Hoffman Travel Agency. 441 00:19:03,010 --> 00:19:06,190 An agent confirmed Eli was on a flight to Israel. 442 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,760 Are we sure this is our guy? 443 00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:11,660 Eddie Novello says Sal paid him to kill Caplan. 444 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,930 Sal didn't have the means or the motive. No question Eli was behind it. 445 00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:16,900 Where's Sal now? 446 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,200 He's being held at Rikers. 447 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:20,760 Once we get Eli back, we can turn them against each other. 448 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:23,410 Has a formal request for extradition been made? 449 00:19:23,570 --> 00:19:25,510 Yeah. We submitted it to the Israeli Consulate. 450 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:27,340 Let's see what they do. 451 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,710 Israeli law grants non-extradition to a citizen of Israel 452 00:19:34,780 --> 00:19:36,650 who is also a resident there. 453 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:39,690 How can Eli Becker be considered a resident of Israel? 454 00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:42,460 Well, he maintains an apartment in Tel Aviv. 455 00:19:42,580 --> 00:19:45,720 Wait a minute, Israel is violating its reciprocity agreements 456 00:19:45,790 --> 00:19:47,030 to harbor a murderer? 457 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:49,730 No. We intend to cooperate fully 458 00:19:49,790 --> 00:19:52,470 with your office and conduct atrial in Israel. 459 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,670 That's unacceptable. This is murder for hire committed on American soil. 460 00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,080 The only reason Eli Becker is in Israel 461 00:20:00,140 --> 00:20:02,620 is to avoid prosecution in an American court. 462 00:20:04,540 --> 00:20:09,010 In 1935, the Nazis established the Nuremburg Race Laws, 463 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,890 depriving German Jews of their rights of citizenship. 464 00:20:11,950 --> 00:20:13,980 It was the beginning of the discrimination 465 00:20:14,050 --> 00:20:15,930 that would lead to the Holocaust. 466 00:20:15,980 --> 00:20:17,220 Now, when Israel was founded, 467 00:20:17,290 --> 00:20:20,170 we established laws to protect Jews 468 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:22,500 from being judged by non-Jews. 469 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,940 Uh, given the current political climate in Israel, 470 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,310 the tenuousness of Barak's coalition, 471 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,570 the power of the religious parties, 472 00:20:31,630 --> 00:20:35,600 it would not be a good time to stand accused of violating these principles. 473 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:38,610 Even when it comes to a murderer. 474 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,190 He completely manipulated the system. 475 00:20:43,980 --> 00:20:46,220 If we can poke holes in his residency claim, 476 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,090 maybe the Israelis will send him back. 477 00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:50,790 Okay. Let me see what I can get from the parents. 478 00:20:53,020 --> 00:20:56,130 What was Eli doing in Israel back in 1995? 479 00:20:56,190 --> 00:20:58,140 Living in Tel Aviv, same as now. 480 00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,630 No, what was he doing? 481 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,900 Living, working, what anyone does. 482 00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:04,880 Who was his employer? 483 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:07,070 Do me a favor. Talk to the lawyer. 484 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:12,110 He was working for himself, um, trying to get established. 485 00:21:12,670 --> 00:21:14,150 Established in what? 486 00:21:14,210 --> 00:21:16,490 Um, jewelry exporting, I think, 487 00:21:16,550 --> 00:21:19,990 and I think he was starting to do some concert promotion. 488 00:21:20,050 --> 00:21:22,960 Sylvia, we don't need to be doing her work for her. 489 00:21:23,620 --> 00:21:25,660 Can you tell me when he applied for his travel visa? 490 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,390 I can't tell you anything. 491 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,140 Mr. Becker, after you purchased Eli's plane ticket to Israel, 492 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:34,370 you refused to tell the police where he was. 493 00:21:34,430 --> 00:21:36,100 Now, that's obstruction and it's a felony. 494 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,610 You're trying to send my son to jail, 495 00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:40,270 do you think I'm going to help you? 496 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:42,210 Even though he had your partner murdered? 497 00:21:42,270 --> 00:21:44,050 That's what you say. 498 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:46,080 Are you aware your son has a drug problem? 499 00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:48,620 (SCOFFS) That was years ago. It's over with. 500 00:21:48,780 --> 00:21:51,190 We also have proof your son was stealing from your store. 501 00:21:51,250 --> 00:21:52,490 Now, if I have to, 502 00:21:52,550 --> 00:21:54,490 I'll come back with detectives and a search warrant. 503 00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:57,000 I don't care if you come back with the United States Army! 504 00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:58,430 SYLVIA: Nathan. That's it! 505 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,660 What's the matter, you people don't have enough to do? 506 00:22:03,730 --> 00:22:05,530 Oh, no, councilman, we have plenty to do. 507 00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:06,600 Please. 508 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:10,780 What is so terrible if this person is tried in the state of Israel? 509 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:12,940 Everyone's equal before the law. 510 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,540 You can't treat one murderer like he's special. 511 00:22:15,970 --> 00:22:19,890 I have a murder case starting next month with a defendant who's Korean. 512 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:21,110 Shall I send him back to Korea? 513 00:22:21,180 --> 00:22:23,950 Oh, so now I have to give a history lesson on what it means to be a Jew? 514 00:22:24,050 --> 00:22:26,550 JACK: I have a guy who's looking at a lot of years in prison. 515 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,620 I imagine he could give you a pretty good one about what it means to be Korean. 516 00:22:29,690 --> 00:22:31,160 You might remind your deputy here 517 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:33,130 this is not the Debating Club at Dartmouth. 518 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,300 I have a great many people living in my district 519 00:22:35,390 --> 00:22:36,660 and all through the City of New York 520 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,930 who understand full well what it means to be a Jew. 521 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:41,240 And no, it is not the same as what it means to be a Korean. 522 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:44,040 That a Jonathan Pollard sits in an American prison 523 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:46,310 for tryin' to help the state of Israel is a disgrace! 524 00:22:46,370 --> 00:22:47,970 And whoever finally manages to free him 525 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,070 will have themselves the undying support of the Jewish people. 526 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:52,810 What about a Samuel Sheinbein? 527 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,380 What about him? 528 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,150 Did allowing him to be tried and sentenced In Israel 529 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,680 when he murdered, dismembered and burned his victim in Maryland 530 00:23:01,750 --> 00:23:04,700 earn anyone the undying support of the Jewish people? 531 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:09,130 His exercising his right as a Jew to return to Israel 532 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:10,800 hasn't prevented him from being punished. 533 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:13,470 As we speak, he's in an Israeli prison. 534 00:23:13,830 --> 00:23:16,240 Well, the way I see it, as soon as you murder someone, 535 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,070 you lose your right to return to Israel or anywhere else. 536 00:23:19,130 --> 00:23:21,670 Not according to Israeli law. 537 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:25,010 Councilman, I uphold the law of the State of New York. 538 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,420 I want Eli Becker extradited. 539 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:35,660 Becker, Eli. 540 00:23:36,820 --> 00:23:41,230 Father helped him apply for a travel visa on September 12, 1995. 541 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,640 What if he was working there? How long could he stay in Israel on that visa? 542 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,270 Travel visa lasts three months. 543 00:23:48,330 --> 00:23:51,170 If he wanted to stay longer, or if he wanted a work visa, 544 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:52,770 he would apply in Israel. 545 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,310 Okay. 546 00:23:54,770 --> 00:23:57,110 What kind of documentation did he show you to get this visa? 547 00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:58,550 Birth certificate. 548 00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:05,820 Born January 5, 1965. New York Foundling Hospital. 549 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:11,720 In 1996, Eli Becker was granted Israeli citizenship 550 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:15,460 based on the fact that he's Jewish. But he was adopted. 551 00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:19,270 His birth mother was a woman by the name of Mary Elizabeth Kelly. 552 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,810 She's as Jewish as I am. 553 00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:25,410 And given that the religion of the mother is controlling, 554 00:24:25,470 --> 00:24:26,610 we may have an opening. 555 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Did he convert? 556 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:30,210 Well, he didn't belong to a synagogue on his own. 557 00:24:30,270 --> 00:24:32,450 And according to the rabbi at his parents' synagogue, 558 00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:35,350 he hasn't been seen or heard from since his Bar Mitzvah. 559 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,980 Which means maybe he didn't satisfy the requirements 560 00:24:38,050 --> 00:24:39,580 for an orthodox conversion. 561 00:24:39,650 --> 00:24:42,960 Well, the Israeli Attorney General wants to extradite. 562 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:48,990 Now, if he can provide proof to the Ministry of Religion that Becker's not a Jew, 563 00:24:49,060 --> 00:24:50,160 it may do the trick. 564 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:52,970 So, we turn over the information on the adoption, 565 00:24:53,030 --> 00:24:55,700 and if the conversion is defective, there's his proof. 566 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,600 No. Information from us won't satisfy the religious parties. 567 00:24:59,970 --> 00:25:01,450 What, it has to come from a rabbi? 568 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,540 Exactly. There are rabbinical courts in Brooklyn 569 00:25:04,610 --> 00:25:07,450 that settle divorces, contract disputes... 570 00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:09,850 While the final say is with the Ministry of Religion, 571 00:25:09,910 --> 00:25:13,690 let's give it a shot that they'll take the word of a few rabbis in Brooklyn. 572 00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:22,660 Good morning, Rabbis. My name is Abbie Carmichael. 573 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,930 I'm here representing the District Attorney's Office of New York County. 574 00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:29,810 Before you are copies of a birth certificate attesting to the fact 575 00:25:29,870 --> 00:25:35,780 that Eli Becker was born to a Mary Elizabeth Kelly, a Roman Catholic. 576 00:25:36,510 --> 00:25:40,720 He then was adopted by Nathan and Sylvia Becker when he was six weeks old. 577 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,650 That is correct, Mr. Feldman? 578 00:25:43,610 --> 00:25:44,750 Yes, Rabbi. 579 00:25:45,050 --> 00:25:47,120 Now, it's my understanding of Halachic Law 580 00:25:47,180 --> 00:25:50,030 that there are three requirements for conversion. 581 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:51,960 Circumcision, Hebrew naming, 582 00:25:52,020 --> 00:25:55,430 and a ritual bath known as a mikvah performed by a rabbi. 583 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,930 Please forgive me if I've mispronounced anything. 584 00:25:57,990 --> 00:25:59,670 You're doing fine. 585 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,210 Having reviewed the documentation provided by Mr. Becker's attorney, 586 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:06,250 it's our position that a conversion did not, in fact, take place. 587 00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:08,250 I don't know the basis for Ms. Carmichael's 588 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:09,980 presumed expertise in these matters. 589 00:26:10,340 --> 00:26:12,750 All I'll say is that before you is a physician's affidavit 590 00:26:12,810 --> 00:26:14,480 attesting to Mr. Becker's circumcision, 591 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:17,320 a rabbi's affidavit attesting to his Hebrew naming. 592 00:26:17,380 --> 00:26:19,330 As for the mikvah, we don't have documentation, 593 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,760 we trust that won't be held out as a fatal defect. 594 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:24,530 Mr. Becker, while not exactly frum, 595 00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:26,530 had Hebrew training and was Bar Mitzvahed. 596 00:26:26,590 --> 00:26:30,230 Rabbis, it's our position that Mr. Becker's seeking refuge in Israel 597 00:26:30,330 --> 00:26:32,770 is a cynical attempt to avoid the consequences 598 00:26:32,830 --> 00:26:34,600 of the murder of his father's partner. 599 00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:38,840 Except even a murderer is entitled to return to Israel if he's Jewish. 600 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:41,310 With all due deference, Rabbi, forgive me, 601 00:26:41,370 --> 00:26:43,510 but was it ever the intention of the Law of Return 602 00:26:43,570 --> 00:26:45,980 to allow a criminal to avoid having to answer for his crime? 603 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:48,750 Let him answer for his crime, assuming he committed one, 604 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,580 in Eretz Yisrael as is his right. 605 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,320 He committed this crime in the City of New York. 606 00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:54,860 It's the obligation of my office 607 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,490 to the family of his victim that he be tried here. 608 00:27:05,030 --> 00:27:08,410 We offer no opinion on the sincerity of Mr. Becker's beliefs. 609 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,810 Or on who's entitled to try him where and for what. 610 00:27:11,870 --> 00:27:13,850 This is not up to us. 611 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:19,010 All we can determine is whether the standard for conversion has been met. 612 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:22,680 Without proof of a mikvah, we have to say it has not. 613 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:26,950 Also, we see no evidence that to this point Eli Becker has been living 614 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,520 what we would call a Jewish lifestyle. 615 00:27:29,950 --> 00:27:33,130 Accordingly, Eli Becker is ruled not Jewish. 616 00:27:33,190 --> 00:27:34,360 A shande! 617 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,990 Rabbis, Rabbis, can I be heard? 618 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,330 A ruling will be put into writing 619 00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:39,370 and made available to both sides by the end of the day. 620 00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:42,840 I had half my family die in the ovens! 621 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:46,710 Who the hell are you to tell me that my son is not Jewish? 622 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,280 SYLVIA: Nathan. Sorry, Mr. Becker, this is not up to us. 623 00:27:49,340 --> 00:27:52,480 A stinking technicality and these monsters will hang him for it! 624 00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:55,950 The Talmud has no technicalities, Mr. Becker. 625 00:27:56,010 --> 00:27:57,180 Only laws. 626 00:27:57,350 --> 00:27:58,690 Drop dead! Nathan. 627 00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:08,160 Israel's sending him back. I'm willing to make a deal if Sal agrees to testify. 628 00:28:08,860 --> 00:28:12,100 Right now all you've got on my client is the word of Eddie Novello. 629 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:14,470 In court that counts for zero. 630 00:28:16,230 --> 00:28:18,010 You don't have time for games, Sal. 631 00:28:18,570 --> 00:28:21,050 You're bluffing. There's no way you'd do all this 632 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:22,810 to get Becker back then not go after him. 633 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,620 Then call my bluff. 634 00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:26,340 You need Sal's testimony. 635 00:28:26,410 --> 00:28:29,820 And Sal will never be in a better position to negotiate than he is now. 636 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,650 Someone's gettin' life, Sal. 637 00:28:31,850 --> 00:28:34,590 You get to choose if it's gonna be you or Eli. 638 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:40,830 (INAUDIBLE) 639 00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:45,930 What's your deal? 640 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,970 Man one. 15-to-25. 641 00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:49,270 Not much of a deal. 642 00:28:50,570 --> 00:28:53,010 You want to take your chances standing trial for murder? 643 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,180 The answer to that would be no. 644 00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:00,410 Can you make it 10-to-20? 645 00:29:01,580 --> 00:29:05,850 He's got to testify, and that means truthfully with nothing left out. 646 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,390 You got it. 647 00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:15,930 If the case depends on the jury believing a career criminal 648 00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:18,370 who's cut a deal, I'd say we're in trouble. 649 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,440 We have a defendant who left the country rather than stand trial. 650 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,970 Which the defense will attribute 651 00:29:23,030 --> 00:29:25,670 to a combination of panic and religious fervor. 652 00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:28,880 Well, we could also establish that he was stealing from the business. 653 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:31,320 A business his father half-owned. 654 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:33,610 Are you suggesting that we offer him a deal? 655 00:29:33,810 --> 00:29:35,880 After what we went through to get him back here? 656 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:37,580 Not on your life. 657 00:29:40,620 --> 00:29:43,650 Did your husband ever confront Eli about his stealing? 658 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,390 He spoke to him about it but not rough. 659 00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:50,060 That was not the way that Saul did things. 660 00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:53,440 Just to let him know that he wasn't fooling anybody. 661 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,030 Except for Nat. 662 00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:56,940 Eli's father didn't know? 663 00:29:57,530 --> 00:30:00,100 I'm sure Eli begged Saul not to say anything 664 00:30:00,170 --> 00:30:05,310 and my grandfather, being the soft touch that he was, didn't. 665 00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:08,920 He has a lot of problems, Eli, he always has. 666 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,890 Most of his problems of his own making. 667 00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:12,760 You're talking about drugs? 668 00:30:12,810 --> 00:30:16,280 Oh, not just the drugs. Eli was adopted. 669 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:20,660 He knew he was adopted, so he was all the time trying to make certain 670 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,960 that he wasn't being treated different. 671 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,500 Did it seem to you that he was being treated differently, 672 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,060 or was that just something in his mind? 673 00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:33,270 I know Eli a long time. 674 00:30:33,370 --> 00:30:35,610 Probably the less I say the better. 675 00:30:36,270 --> 00:30:39,120 Do you think he might be responsible for your grandfather's murder? 676 00:30:40,180 --> 00:30:41,350 I don't know. 677 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:42,680 Do you want to know? 678 00:30:49,150 --> 00:30:52,720 Mr. Ortega, you make up the inventory lists? 679 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,760 Yeah. 680 00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:56,300 And what do you do with them? 681 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,670 I give it to Eli. 682 00:30:58,530 --> 00:31:01,170 He takes the numbers, puts 'em in his computer, 683 00:31:01,230 --> 00:31:03,180 then he prints out a list to give to the manager. 684 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:06,340 Did you ever see the lists after Eli printed them out? 685 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:07,840 Yes. 686 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,040 What did you notice about them? 687 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,680 They were wrong. 688 00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:13,780 We had all kinds of merchandise that wasn't listed. 689 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,620 If someone were stealing, 690 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,890 would keeping merchandise out of the inventory be a way of concealing it? 691 00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:20,290 Objection. Speculative. 692 00:31:20,350 --> 00:31:21,350 JUDGE: Overruled. 693 00:31:22,420 --> 00:31:23,860 The witness can answer. 694 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:26,800 I guess it would. 695 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,530 Did you bring this discrepancy to anyone's attention? 696 00:31:30,330 --> 00:31:33,070 Yeah, I told Mr. Caplan. 697 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,070 JACK: I have nothing further. 698 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,870 You ever take any merchandise, Mr. Ortega? 699 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:45,210 I squared whatever I did with Mr. Becker and Mr. Caplan. 700 00:31:46,140 --> 00:31:49,380 Let's try again. Did you ever take any merchandise? 701 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:50,980 Yes. 702 00:31:51,050 --> 00:31:52,120 You give it to your wife? 703 00:31:52,180 --> 00:31:53,560 Objection. Irrelevant. 704 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:54,620 JUDGE: Sustained. 705 00:31:56,150 --> 00:31:58,990 Are you acquainted with a certain transvestite prostitute, 706 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:02,300 that was he or she the recipient of any of this merchandise? 707 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,770 JACK: Objection. Irrelevant. 708 00:32:04,030 --> 00:32:05,370 Sustained. 709 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,740 The night Saul Caplan was killed wasn't one of the nights 710 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,110 you were stealing, was it? 711 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:11,830 No. 712 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,770 Nothing further. 713 00:32:15,070 --> 00:32:17,110 It started out, I'd get Eli coke. 714 00:32:17,170 --> 00:32:19,120 Once in awhile I'd set him up with a hooker 715 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:21,520 on account of he was afraid to approach one on his own. 716 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,150 Did there come a point at which Eli had you stealing from the store? 717 00:32:25,210 --> 00:32:28,460 Right. At first, he'd throw me somethin as a tip kinda. 718 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,330 When I told him I could move some quantity, 719 00:32:30,420 --> 00:32:32,900 he got hip to the money there was to be made on the side. 720 00:32:33,350 --> 00:32:34,560 How much was that? 721 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:36,070 Like 5,000 a month. 722 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,600 Would you describe the conversation that took place 723 00:32:38,660 --> 00:32:41,400 between yourself and Eli on October 18th? 724 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,440 I saw him at the club. 725 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,600 He said Caplan found out we were stealin'. 726 00:32:45,970 --> 00:32:47,910 He asked if I knew someone who could take him out. 727 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,110 What did you take that to mean? 728 00:32:50,810 --> 00:32:52,010 Have him murdered. 729 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:54,490 Is that when you contacted Eddie Novello? 730 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,260 Right. Eli gave me 10 grand, I gave five to Eddie. 731 00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:02,280 I told Eli to leave the basement doors unlocked so Eddie could get in. 732 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:04,390 Nothing further. 733 00:33:09,290 --> 00:33:11,930 You're not new to burglary, are you, Mr. Bonafiglio? 734 00:33:12,460 --> 00:33:13,730 Not really. 735 00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:16,470 In fact, you've been convicted, uh, three times. 736 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,880 Now, if Mr. Caplan found out 737 00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:23,180 that someone was stealing from the store, 738 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:24,910 doesn't it make sense that he would accuse 739 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:26,850 the convicted burglar workin' for him? 740 00:33:27,510 --> 00:33:28,750 Only Eli had a lot more to lose. 741 00:33:28,810 --> 00:33:30,720 You had access to the basement doors, 742 00:33:30,780 --> 00:33:32,420 and being a three-time felon, you had every reason 743 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:33,890 to make sure Caplan never had you arrested. 744 00:33:33,950 --> 00:33:35,550 The whole thing was Eli's idea. 745 00:33:35,620 --> 00:33:37,220 I never would've done it except for him. 746 00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:40,490 Mr. Bonafiglio, did the D.A. offer you a deal for your testimony? 747 00:33:43,890 --> 00:33:44,890 Yeah. 748 00:33:46,330 --> 00:33:47,670 No further questions. 749 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:51,700 I don't know that he killed my grandfather. 750 00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:54,080 Well, it sounded like you suspected that he might have. 751 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:55,380 Not really. 752 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,180 Because it isn't in his nature? 753 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,440 Right. 754 00:33:58,740 --> 00:34:00,880 What if he thought your grandfather 755 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:02,790 was about to blow the whistle on him stealing? 756 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,190 I don't know. 757 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,560 You'd rather we didn't put you in this position. 758 00:34:06,610 --> 00:34:08,030 You're right. I'd rather just make my little film 759 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,220 and not have to think about it. 760 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,030 You think maybe your grandfather deserves better than that? 761 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,230 Eli took me to clubs, he introduced me to girls. 762 00:34:16,290 --> 00:34:19,600 I was this wide-eyed doofus and he showed me the ropes. 763 00:34:21,030 --> 00:34:22,570 That was the old days. 764 00:34:23,030 --> 00:34:25,370 He's the next witness up, David. 765 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:27,240 We want you to tell us what you know. 766 00:34:27,540 --> 00:34:29,040 Are you saying you need me to? 767 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,880 We wouldn't be here if we didn't. 768 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,490 FELDMAN: What's your relationship with Sal Bonafiglio, Eli? 769 00:34:39,850 --> 00:34:42,380 I know him from work. That's pretty much it. 770 00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:44,530 You ever see him outside of work? 771 00:34:44,590 --> 00:34:47,570 I ran into him at a club called Red's one night. 772 00:34:47,790 --> 00:34:48,960 And did you talk to him? 773 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:50,090 Yes, I did. 774 00:34:50,530 --> 00:34:52,440 Would you tell us what you talked to him about? 775 00:34:52,830 --> 00:34:57,280 Well... (CHUCKLES) I'd had a pretty bad day that day. 776 00:34:57,730 --> 00:35:00,140 I was stressed, frustrated. 777 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,210 I had a couple of drinks. I was lookin' to unload. 778 00:35:03,270 --> 00:35:06,080 Sal was there, so I unloaded on him. 779 00:35:06,740 --> 00:35:07,910 What'd you say? 780 00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:10,620 Something to the effect of how I wished that 781 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,720 my father and Saul would both retire, 782 00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,060 so I could run the business the way I wanted to. 783 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:18,690 Did you say you wanted Saul Caplan dead? 784 00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:20,030 Absolutely not. 785 00:35:20,090 --> 00:35:22,690 Did you offer Sal Bonafiglio money to kill him? 786 00:35:22,860 --> 00:35:24,200 Absolutely not. 787 00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:26,760 Did you pay Sal Bonafiglio money to kill him. 788 00:35:26,930 --> 00:35:28,430 No, I did not. 789 00:35:29,830 --> 00:35:31,110 No further questions. 790 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,200 We've heard testimony that together with Mr. Bonafiglio, 791 00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:38,220 you were stealing merchandise from the store and selling it on the side. 792 00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:39,310 Is there any truth to that? 793 00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:40,940 None whatsoever. 794 00:35:41,010 --> 00:35:44,750 So when Ronnie Ortega testified there were discrepancies 795 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:48,190 in the inventory attributable to you, that was a lie. 796 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,760 Oh, there might've been discrepancies, 797 00:35:50,820 --> 00:35:52,320 that doesn't mean I was stealing. 798 00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:55,460 Are bars and after-hours clubs customary outlets 799 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,300 for leather coats that started out at Becker and Caplan? 800 00:35:58,360 --> 00:35:59,630 Look, sometimes, 801 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:03,040 the merchandise in the store doesn't move, okay? 802 00:36:03,330 --> 00:36:05,330 You order more than you can sell, 803 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,780 a new shipment's coming in, and you got to make room. 804 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,720 We've heard testimony from half a dozen witnesses that you sold coats 805 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:13,880 to get money for coke. 806 00:36:14,410 --> 00:36:17,360 We've heard from the individual who sold you the coke, 807 00:36:17,410 --> 00:36:19,390 who witnessed, with his own eyes, 808 00:36:19,450 --> 00:36:22,430 the transaction from which you got the money. 809 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,330 Are you sure you want to sit up here, under oath, 810 00:36:25,390 --> 00:36:27,490 and tell us you were just making room in the store? 811 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,930 What, am I the only person in this room who's ever used drugs? 812 00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:32,930 I've used drugs, okay? 813 00:36:33,260 --> 00:36:35,240 On occasion, I have bought cocaine. 814 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:36,780 I'll tell you what I've never done. 815 00:36:36,830 --> 00:36:38,740 I never murdered anybody because I... 816 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,710 I was worried about getting caught stealing. I mean, stealing from who? 817 00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:43,010 The store's half mine. 818 00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:46,350 Do you know the victim's grandson, David Caplan? 819 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:48,580 Sure, I know him. 820 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,180 At some point, did you offer to buy out 821 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,520 his interest in the store with promissory notes? 822 00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:53,780 Assume I did. 823 00:36:53,850 --> 00:36:57,350 And when he declined to sell, did you resort to physical intimidation? 824 00:36:57,420 --> 00:36:59,990 Physical intimidation? Come... Look... 825 00:37:00,490 --> 00:37:02,330 We're like a family, okay? 826 00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:05,600 We had a misunderstanding and he got upset. 827 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,610 I ask that this be marked into evidence, Your Honor, 828 00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:13,650 as People's exhibit number 14, 829 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,980 a police report in which David Caplan claimed that Eli Becker 830 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:18,540 threatened to have his legs broken. 831 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:20,240 So ordered. 832 00:37:20,510 --> 00:37:22,450 So what, is he feeding you all this? 833 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,850 Did you threaten him? 834 00:37:23,910 --> 00:37:26,190 No, I didn't threaten him I mean... 835 00:37:26,250 --> 00:37:29,230 (STUTTERING) The least little argument, this kid, he overreacts. 836 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,420 You've led a very sheltered life, tateleh, you know that? 837 00:37:33,220 --> 00:37:34,360 Hey, let me ask you something. 838 00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:35,770 Have you ever lifted a finger? 839 00:37:36,460 --> 00:37:39,440 Have you ever tried unloading a truck? Have you ever tried selling? 840 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,730 Have you ever worked a day in your life? 841 00:37:41,830 --> 00:37:44,110 The keys to the kingdom, this kid, he gets 842 00:37:44,170 --> 00:37:46,440 because he looks like his grandfather. 843 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:49,200 Did you ever think that if you were not adopted 844 00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:51,940 that the keys to the kingdom might have been yours? 845 00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:57,750 No, I never thought that. 846 00:37:58,180 --> 00:38:02,820 You're 35 years old, you've worked in the store since you were a teenager. 847 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,990 It never struck you as a little odd 848 00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:07,930 that your adopted father didn't see fit 849 00:38:07,990 --> 00:38:11,300 to reward your efforts with a piece of the pie? 850 00:38:11,930 --> 00:38:15,530 If I'd ever asked, my father would've given it to me. 851 00:38:15,930 --> 00:38:19,540 Except that your father had to answer to his partner, 852 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,640 and so you knew not to ask 853 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,410 because to them you were just an employee, 854 00:38:24,470 --> 00:38:27,320 like Sal Bonafiglio or Ronnie Ortega. 855 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,950 Someone to be trusted to an extent, 856 00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:32,960 but never given a birthright because 857 00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:34,430 there was no birthright. 858 00:38:34,550 --> 00:38:35,620 Objection. 859 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,750 Don't say "them," all right? There was no them. 860 00:38:37,850 --> 00:38:40,030 If Caplan didn't want me as a partner that was all on him. 861 00:38:40,090 --> 00:38:41,790 It had nothing to do with my parents. 862 00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:43,860 My parents would do anything for me. 863 00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:46,000 Is that why you wanted Mr. Caplan killed? 864 00:38:46,060 --> 00:38:48,600 I did not want him killed. I... 865 00:38:50,130 --> 00:38:51,370 (LAUGHS) 866 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,950 It was like I said before, I was just... 867 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,450 I was unloading in a bar. 868 00:39:07,850 --> 00:39:09,390 You were so adamant he not be tried in Israel, 869 00:39:09,450 --> 00:39:11,690 what I'm tryin' to see if I can do is 870 00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:14,960 broker an arrangement where at least he serves his sentence in Israel. 871 00:39:15,090 --> 00:39:16,690 Well, he hasn't been convicted yet. 872 00:39:17,090 --> 00:39:18,540 Assuming he's convicted. 873 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,300 Given that his conversion was found defective, 874 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,000 why does Israel still want him? 875 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:25,600 Well, there are those in the state of Israel 876 00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:30,050 who would like to apply a more, uh, expansive reading of the Law of Return. 877 00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:33,410 If Mr. Becker has spent his entire life believing himself to be a Jew, 878 00:39:33,470 --> 00:39:37,550 and now wants to live in the State of Israel as a Jew, 879 00:39:37,610 --> 00:39:41,290 there are those who would say it would be a mitzvah to allow it. 880 00:39:41,350 --> 00:39:42,450 Only a mitzvah? 881 00:39:42,850 --> 00:39:44,300 What do you mean only a mitzvah? 882 00:39:44,350 --> 00:39:46,560 I mean, there are no elections riding on this? 883 00:39:46,790 --> 00:39:49,200 The fate of nations isn't hanging in the balance? 884 00:39:51,130 --> 00:39:53,160 There are people who would appreciate it. 885 00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:56,100 In Israel. And in New York. 886 00:39:56,530 --> 00:39:58,510 If that means something to you, 887 00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:00,510 maybe you can help bring it about, and, uh, 888 00:40:00,570 --> 00:40:02,880 if it doesn't, it doesn't. 889 00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:09,520 Lev Berenson is lobbying very hard to let Becker serve his sentence in Israel. 890 00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:12,220 And right now, it's a concession I feel inclined to make. 891 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,780 All due respect, Nora, I think this is dead wrong. 892 00:40:15,350 --> 00:40:18,590 This is religious authority superseding civil authority. 893 00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:19,830 We shouldn't just roll over. 894 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,620 That's a bit of an overstatement. 895 00:40:21,690 --> 00:40:23,930 Tell that to the Iranians who had to run for their lives 896 00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:25,130 from the Ayatollah. 897 00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:28,110 Or the Afghani girls who can't go out of their houses anymore. 898 00:40:28,330 --> 00:40:30,940 Except that Israel is run by civil authority. 899 00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:33,480 It's the civil authority we're responding to. 900 00:40:33,570 --> 00:40:34,640 Well... CARMICHAEL: Excuse me. 901 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,410 If Becker knows he can do his time in Israel, 902 00:40:37,470 --> 00:40:39,450 it might serve as an inducement to a plea. 903 00:40:40,010 --> 00:40:41,610 What does it look like for a verdict? 904 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,450 It could go either way. 905 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:46,750 Make a deal. 906 00:40:48,050 --> 00:40:49,460 JACK: He pleads to murder two. 907 00:40:50,350 --> 00:40:53,090 No special circumstances, no death penalty. 908 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:57,000 Twenty-to-life and he serves it in an Israeli prison. 909 00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:59,260 He must be under the impression they're winning. 910 00:40:59,330 --> 00:41:01,710 CARMICHAEL: That's a pretty high-stakes gamble if we are. 911 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,040 Twenty-to-life isn't exactly a generous offer. 912 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:05,700 Considering this is a murder for hire, 913 00:41:05,770 --> 00:41:07,180 I think it's exceedingly generous. 914 00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:10,340 It's only generous if he committed a murder for hire, 915 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,380 and I say he did not! 916 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:14,350 What does he say? 917 00:41:14,410 --> 00:41:17,150 He doesn't say anything and he doesn't have to say anything! 918 00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,150 What happens if it goes to the jury? 919 00:41:20,210 --> 00:41:23,720 They look at the evidence, they decide he's not guilty, and they let him go home! 920 00:41:23,780 --> 00:41:25,130 I'm asking them, Nat. 921 00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:31,400 If they find your son guilty of murder for hire, 922 00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,130 they'll remand him to custody. 923 00:41:33,590 --> 00:41:35,600 The next step is the penalty phase 924 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:37,300 where they will try to determine whether or not 925 00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:38,940 the death penalty is warranted. 926 00:41:40,330 --> 00:41:41,710 You want him to run that risk? 927 00:41:41,770 --> 00:41:45,010 He's innocent, Sylvia. He knew Saul his whole life. 928 00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,710 You think he had him killed? What's wrong with you? 929 00:41:50,180 --> 00:41:52,210 Does Eli want to say anything? 930 00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:06,900 Mom, Dad... 931 00:42:13,270 --> 00:42:14,710 I don't know what to do. 932 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,720 If you're innocent, say now that you're innocent, 933 00:42:22,810 --> 00:42:25,650 and we'll fight for you as long as we have breath. 934 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:31,690 But, Son, if you're not, 935 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,130 take their offer. 936 00:42:41,030 --> 00:42:42,200 Dad? 937 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:47,840 (SIGHS) 938 00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:51,710 What your mother said. 939 00:43:05,550 --> 00:43:08,400 By this time tomorrow night, he'll be on his way to Tel Aviv. 940 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,900 The U.S. Marshal's service asked if we had any objection 941 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,560 to him being accompanied by a rabbi on the flight. 942 00:43:13,630 --> 00:43:15,110 Did you? No, we didn't. 943 00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:17,670 Do you still think he's getting away with it? 944 00:43:17,730 --> 00:43:21,480 I think we treated him differently because of political pressure 945 00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:22,710 under the guise of religious devotion. 946 00:43:22,770 --> 00:43:24,270 Do I think he got away with it? 947 00:43:24,940 --> 00:43:27,110 I think for the first time in his life, he didn't.