1 00:00:01,369 --> 00:00:03,871 ANNOUNCER: Free the innocent. Find the guilty. 2 00:00:03,971 --> 00:00:06,707 - Are you sure you want to poke the bear? - I want to rip his heart out. 3 00:00:06,807 --> 00:00:09,710 ANNOUNCER: All-new episodes of Proven Innocent Fridays. 4 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:11,545 And check out our other hit shows... 5 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:14,282 The Resident, 9-1-1, and Empire. 6 00:00:14,382 --> 00:00:15,916 Only on Fox. 7 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,919 Previously on Proven Innocent... 8 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:21,189 We're here with wrongful conviction attorney. 9 00:00:21,222 --> 00:00:23,657 - Madeline Scott. - We'd like to be your lawyers. 10 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:26,160 VIOLET: Gore Bellows is the very prosecutor 11 00:00:26,194 --> 00:00:28,362 who wrongfully convicted Madeline and her brother 12 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:31,365 of the first-degree murder of her best friend. 13 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:32,533 HEATHER: Most of us in town still think 14 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:33,867 you should be in jail. 15 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:35,436 I would lose a Pulitzer 16 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:36,537 for a date with you. 17 00:00:36,570 --> 00:00:37,705 I got a line on Madeline Scott. 18 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:40,274 I announce my candidacy for attorney general. 19 00:00:40,308 --> 00:00:41,942 How many innocent lives has he destroyed? 20 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:43,711 Are you sure you want to poke the bear? 21 00:00:43,744 --> 00:00:45,379 No, I want to rip his heart out. 22 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:50,351 - (laughing) - Okay. 23 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:51,819 Hilarious. 24 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,423 (sniffs, grunts) 25 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:59,193 - You want another? - Yes. 26 00:00:59,227 --> 00:01:00,194 - Yes. - Okay. 27 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:02,730 - Roxy, another round. - (chuckles) 28 00:01:02,763 --> 00:01:04,098 Hey, I ain't never seen you in here before. 29 00:01:04,132 --> 00:01:05,233 No, but I love it. 30 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:07,368 - It's so hard-core. (Laughs) - Yeah? 31 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:08,936 Oh, we should do a selfie. 32 00:01:08,969 --> 00:01:09,937 Yeah? 33 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:11,905 Yeah. (Laughs) 34 00:01:11,939 --> 00:01:15,042 Oh, wait, no, I want to see the scar. 35 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,610 Oh, it's so hot. 36 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:19,147 - Yeah? - Yeah. 37 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:20,381 - Okay. Okay. - Okay. 38 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:21,382 (both laugh) 39 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:22,383 How's that? 40 00:01:22,416 --> 00:01:24,952 - That's perfect. - (clicks) 41 00:01:24,985 --> 00:01:27,054 (both laugh) 42 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,390 What are you doing in here all by your lonesome, huh? 43 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,725 You, uh, looking to meet your prince charming? 44 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:34,061 (laughs) God, no. 45 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:35,896 No, I'm here to serve you a subpoena 46 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,531 in the Tamara Folsom case. 47 00:01:42,970 --> 00:01:44,338 (grunts) 48 00:01:44,372 --> 00:01:46,707 ("Can't Catch Me" by NoMBe playing) 49 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:52,112 * Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah * 50 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,082 (man grunts) 51 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:56,584 MADELINE: Bodie, cut him off at the next block! 52 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:58,686 Go... Just go after him! 53 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:07,161 * See me down the street * 54 00:02:07,195 --> 00:02:08,296 * You can't get close * 55 00:02:08,329 --> 00:02:09,763 * 'Cause I'm much too fast * 56 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:11,865 * And I'm much too loud * 57 00:02:11,899 --> 00:02:12,866 * And I'm so caught up... * 58 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,101 (engine revving) 59 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:15,636 (tires squeal) 60 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:16,937 * Is it me * 61 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:19,139 * Or my luck, can't get enough * 62 00:02:21,209 --> 00:02:23,611 * Feed on alchemy * 63 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:26,280 * And I'm running petrol through... * 64 00:02:26,314 --> 00:02:29,016 - (fabric tears) - (yelps) 65 00:02:29,049 --> 00:02:31,319 * Watch me go... * 66 00:02:31,352 --> 00:02:32,620 (grunts) 67 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:34,988 * And I feed off your love * 68 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:36,324 * Can't get enough * 69 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:45,733 - Where is he? - He's in that truck... go. 70 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:47,468 You're bleeding. 71 00:02:47,501 --> 00:02:49,303 (grunts) I'm fine. Will you go? 72 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:51,097 No, come on. We'll live to fight another day. 73 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:55,142 Got to get you some stitches, maybe. 74 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:56,544 Does it hurt? 75 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,346 MADELINE: Yes, it hurts! 76 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:03,016 VIOLET: The fight for justice 77 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,685 is unending. 78 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:07,388 Every day in America, someone is wrongfully accused. 79 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:10,023 And far too many are convicted. 80 00:03:10,057 --> 00:03:13,327 This podcast tells their stories. 81 00:03:13,361 --> 00:03:16,730 On today's episode of Until Proven Innocent, 82 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:18,899 we'll discuss the case of Tamara Folsom. 83 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:22,736 Tamara was charged with the murder of a man she never met. 84 00:03:22,770 --> 00:03:24,905 The police were confused, conflating 85 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:27,408 her boast of fighting back against the attacker 86 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:30,711 as a confession to the murder of a totally different person. 87 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:33,113 It was a terrible mistake 88 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:35,416 that got Tamara locked away for life. 89 00:03:35,449 --> 00:03:37,251 Tamara told the truth, but the police 90 00:03:37,285 --> 00:03:40,421 either didn't hear her or didn't believe her. 91 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:43,123 People say "the truth will set you free." 92 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:45,759 So what happens when telling the truth 93 00:03:45,793 --> 00:03:48,195 is what ends up costing you your freedom? 94 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,202 TAMARA: Yeah, that's him. 95 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:58,872 That's him, all right. I'll never forget his ugly-ass face. 96 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:01,375 He look old now, though. 97 00:04:01,409 --> 00:04:03,143 So, now what? 98 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:06,480 Put him on the stand and he tells the judge I cut him. 99 00:04:06,514 --> 00:04:09,082 Once we find him again, yes. 100 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:11,552 - Wait, you lost him? - We're going to find him 101 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:12,920 and this photo's gonna get us another hearing. 102 00:04:12,953 --> 00:04:14,988 To prep you, we want to go over your story 103 00:04:15,022 --> 00:04:16,957 - one more time, okay? - MAN: I'll just need 104 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:19,059 to go over your story again, okay? 105 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,395 It's not my "story," it's the truth. 106 00:04:21,429 --> 00:04:22,896 TAMARA: I've been telling the same story for years. 107 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:26,166 Why did you tell the police you slashed a man that night? 108 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:28,235 I was proud of it. 109 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,571 Creep tried to rape me in a parking lot. 110 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:31,939 Damn right I cut him. 111 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:33,474 Why were you carrying a knife? 112 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:36,176 Where I'm from, you always carry a knife. 113 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:40,781 When I was 12... 114 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:43,917 my mom married a man 115 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,853 that would rape me every chance he got. 116 00:04:45,886 --> 00:04:47,855 When I finally got old enough, I vowed 117 00:04:47,888 --> 00:04:50,358 I'd never let nobody do that to me again. 118 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:52,793 After she divorced the son of a bitch, 119 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:55,629 - we never looked back. - Does she still visit you? 120 00:04:55,663 --> 00:04:56,664 No, ma'am. 121 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:59,800 She died a few years after they locked me up. 122 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:01,802 I never even got to go to her funeral. 123 00:05:01,835 --> 00:05:03,804 I'm so sorry. 124 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:06,273 Then, after you cut Jeff Skadden, the police 125 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,542 arrested you the next week for the murder 126 00:05:08,576 --> 00:05:10,778 of Tim Manning, who was also slashed that night. 127 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:12,480 They kept asking me why I killed him. 128 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:13,781 I said I didn't. 129 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:15,449 This wasn't the guy I cut. 130 00:05:15,483 --> 00:05:17,050 I never even met the man. 131 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:19,186 I didn't kill Rosemary. I swear. 132 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:20,287 Why won't anyone believe me? 133 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,490 I was defending myself against someone else. 134 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:23,824 EASY: Why didn't your original lawyer 135 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:25,325 look for the man you really slashed? 136 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:28,529 My public pretender. 137 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:31,198 He didn't believe a word I said. 138 00:05:31,231 --> 00:05:33,534 Worst piece of crap lawyer ever. 139 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:37,571 MADELINE: Tamara. 140 00:05:37,605 --> 00:05:39,139 We hear you. 141 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:41,041 We believe you. 142 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:43,010 And we're gonna do everything we can 143 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:44,845 to get you the hell out of here. 144 00:06:01,462 --> 00:06:03,497 The number of wrongful convictions in Cook County 145 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:06,333 is skyrocketing, and lazy, sloppy, 146 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,168 corrupt prosecutions are the reason. 147 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:10,170 There's only one man to blame for that. 148 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,672 Gore Bellows. 149 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,841 ALDERS: If you're just joining us, my guest today is 150 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:15,242 Madeline Scott. 151 00:06:15,275 --> 00:06:18,278 You may remember her as a drunken, lovesick teen 152 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:20,781 who, along with her brother Levi, 153 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:23,283 allegedly murdered her best friend Rosemary Lynch. 154 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:26,687 A conviction that never would have happened except for 155 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,188 the corrupt prosecution by Mr. Bellows. 156 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,690 My brother and I spent 157 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,625 ten years in prison for a murder 158 00:06:31,659 --> 00:06:32,893 we didn't commit because. 159 00:06:32,926 --> 00:06:34,227 Bellows ignored a medical examiner report 160 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:36,464 that would have exonerated us. 161 00:06:36,497 --> 00:06:38,599 How many others are suffering in silence 162 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:40,100 because of his incompetence? 163 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:42,536 Makes me wonder how the man thinks he's qualified 164 00:06:42,570 --> 00:06:45,105 to be Illinois' next attorney general. 165 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,408 MADELINE: He's not. And I'll keep 166 00:06:48,442 --> 00:06:50,978 telling my story to make sure that never happens. 167 00:06:51,011 --> 00:06:52,112 Thank you, Madeline. 168 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:53,647 We'll be right back. 169 00:07:00,521 --> 00:07:01,989 VIOLET: Nearly every defendant 170 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:04,091 who can't afford their own attorney 171 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:06,326 gets assigned a public defender. 172 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:08,562 The same was true for Tamara Folsom. 173 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:12,666 But, like many public defenders, hers was overworked 174 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:14,334 and underpaid. 175 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:17,571 MAN: I strongly advised Ms. Folsom not to testify. 176 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,339 She'd already confessed to slicing the guy's neck. 177 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,742 Admitting it in open court would only make matters worse. 178 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:24,578 Uh, but we've identified that guy as Jeff Skadden, 179 00:07:24,612 --> 00:07:26,914 not the actual murder victim, Tim Manning. 180 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:30,651 Same town, same night, two different neck slashes? 181 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:32,452 - No one bought her story. - Is that why you didn't 182 00:07:32,486 --> 00:07:34,655 look for Skadden... Because you didn't believe her? 183 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:36,757 I did look and I couldn't find him. 184 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,191 How hard did you look? 185 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:39,860 I was balancing 73 cases that month. 186 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:42,329 That's why I'm not a public defender anymore. 187 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:43,931 The arrest report noted 188 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:46,534 that there was DNA evidence collected from the scene. 189 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:49,336 Did you seek to ascertain the source of that DNA? -Again, 190 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:50,771 we didn't have the resources. 191 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,106 Did you do literally anything? 192 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:54,307 - Objection. - Your Honor, 193 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:56,944 Mr. Bryce's testimony is nothing more than an attempt 194 00:07:56,977 --> 00:07:59,012 to cover up an inadequate trial strategy 195 00:07:59,046 --> 00:08:01,782 that was manifestly unreasonable. 196 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:04,852 Petitioner requests the court order a new trial on the grounds 197 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:07,020 that Ms. Folsom's Sixth Amendment rights to a fair trial 198 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:08,488 were grotesquely violated. 199 00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:10,524 I'll take it under advisement, but I'm more interested 200 00:08:10,558 --> 00:08:13,060 in hearing from this Jeff Skadden. 201 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:15,796 Uh, Your Honor, we're tracking him down as we speak. 202 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:17,631 While court considers our motion, 203 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:19,533 petitioner requests we be allowed to test 204 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:23,136 the potentially exculpatory DNA evidence from the scene. 205 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:25,038 It's time someone from her defense 206 00:08:25,072 --> 00:08:26,306 finally looks at it. 207 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:28,408 I think it's a terrific idea. 208 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,810 Okay. 209 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:30,911 We're adjourned. 210 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:32,212 TAMARA: Do I get a new case? 211 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:34,214 - It's very positive. - (whispering): That's so good. 212 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,316 - Yeah, we're in good shape. - Yeah, buys us a few days 213 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,051 - for Bodie to find Skadden. - Yeah, it's great. 214 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:40,988 Uh, I have to go to La Grange for Levi's trial, 215 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:42,322 so I'll meet you back at the office. 216 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:44,224 (indistinct chatter) 217 00:08:44,257 --> 00:08:46,226 HEATHER: Levi Scott 218 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:48,562 never should have been released from prison in the first place. 219 00:08:48,596 --> 00:08:50,998 He murdered my best friend. 220 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:53,701 And I swore at her funeral I'd never forget. 221 00:08:53,734 --> 00:08:56,436 Now he attacks my husband for no reason whatsoever. 222 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:57,671 (scoffs) 223 00:08:57,705 --> 00:08:59,740 Once a killer, always a killer. 224 00:08:59,773 --> 00:09:01,408 - You can quote me on that. - Thank you. 225 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:04,444 - That was awesome, babe. - Can you take this? 226 00:09:04,477 --> 00:09:06,747 - Right, I'll see you soon. - That's interesting. 227 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:09,282 How someone who's dead and can't speak up for herself 228 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:11,752 - is suddenly your best friend. - We were friends. 229 00:09:11,785 --> 00:09:13,253 Oh, yeah, like Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. 230 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:15,122 You know, I bet that going after my brother again 231 00:09:15,155 --> 00:09:17,791 is the biggest thrill you've had since the first trial. 232 00:09:17,825 --> 00:09:19,026 And it'll be an even greater thrill 233 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:21,128 watching that loser get locked up again. 234 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:24,765 You're such a bitch. 235 00:09:24,798 --> 00:09:26,967 Takes one to know one. 236 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,568 Nice shoes, by the way. 237 00:09:28,602 --> 00:09:31,238 Did you get them at a garage sale? 238 00:09:31,271 --> 00:09:33,573 Yeah, well, your shoes look cheap, too. 239 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,176 Like you would know. 240 00:09:39,112 --> 00:09:40,748 Yeah, I can agree to that. 241 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:44,618 Where is Levi? 242 00:09:44,652 --> 00:09:46,253 We've agreed to anger management classes 243 00:09:46,286 --> 00:09:48,121 and community service, but he still needs to be here. 244 00:09:48,155 --> 00:09:49,923 JUDGE: Ms. Scott, are we ready to proceed? 245 00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:51,925 Your Honor, may I approach? 246 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,597 Apologies, Your Honor. 247 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,332 My client still isn't here. 248 00:09:59,366 --> 00:10:00,801 I think maybe that I wasn't clear 249 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:02,502 - that his presence was required. - You weren't clear? 250 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:04,738 How about this for clarity? 251 00:10:04,772 --> 00:10:06,273 This court hereby issues a bench warrant 252 00:10:06,306 --> 00:10:07,675 for the arrest of Levi Scott. 253 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,276 (gavel slams) 254 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:18,518 (scoffs) 255 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:20,520 I have to get back to work. 256 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:27,560 (breathing heavily) 257 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:45,378 This is Assistant State's Attorney Tracy Green 258 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:47,114 receiving biological evidence. 259 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:50,617 Case number 03-94-385. 260 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:52,019 State of Illinois v. Tamara Folsom. 261 00:10:52,052 --> 00:10:54,621 I'm now transferring custody of evidence 262 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,457 to petitioner counsel. 263 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,126 Let the record reflect 264 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:00,694 that I did not touch this box. 265 00:11:01,862 --> 00:11:03,230 The tape seal on the evidence container 266 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:04,264 has clearly been broken. 267 00:11:07,534 --> 00:11:10,203 A.S.A. Green confirms the broken seal. 268 00:11:10,237 --> 00:11:11,571 I am opening the box now. 269 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,109 The evidence is missing. 270 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:19,880 - Without explanation. - The evidence has been taken 271 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,514 and, in all probability, destroyed 272 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:22,883 to keep an innocent woman in prison. 273 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:23,984 You have no evidence of that. 274 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,285 We have no evidence at all. 275 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:38,932 Sophie's dad is picking you up after ballet tomorrow. 276 00:11:38,966 --> 00:11:41,568 But his car smells funny. Why can't you pick us up? 277 00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:45,272 Because we carpool, and that's the deal. Plus, I have to work. 278 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:47,340 What do you mean funny, Audra? 279 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:49,943 Like strange funny? And who's Sophie's dad? 280 00:11:49,977 --> 00:11:51,678 Sophie and Audra are best friends, 281 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:52,746 and they go to ballet together. 282 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:54,181 Chuck is her dad. 283 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:56,083 Chuck Reynolds. -Why don't I know Chuck Reynolds? 284 00:11:56,116 --> 00:11:58,356 - And why does his car smell funny? - Well, he's a mechanic, 285 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:00,687 so it probably just smells greasy. 286 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,122 Can I be excused? 287 00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:03,590 IRENE: Listen, no video games until after your homework 288 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:04,825 is finished tonight. 289 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:10,931 You know, it's like he's not even here. 290 00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:12,766 Oh! Like father, like son. 291 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,034 Hey. I'm here. 292 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,936 Hmm. Not like you used to be. 293 00:12:17,137 --> 00:12:19,039 Let's meet the Reynolds family. 294 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:22,575 (chuckles) Well, it's just Chuck and Sophie, uh... 295 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:25,045 His wife passed away a few years ago. 296 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,547 Okay. Dinner later this week? 297 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,883 - (chuckles): Oh, God. - What? 298 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:32,619 It doesn't hurt to have a friend who's a mechanic, baby, right? 299 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:34,387 (laughs) 300 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,423 Save the charm for court, E. 301 00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,569 - (door bells jingle) - (Hawaiian music playing) 302 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,571 Aloha. 303 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:54,407 - Yeah. - How may I help you? 304 00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:56,743 Got a voice mail from WRCW. 305 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,745 Said I won a free trip to Hawaii. 306 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,080 You lucky son of a gun... 307 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:02,950 If WRCW called you, that means that you're 308 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:05,252 one of our lucky Aloha Adventure winners. 309 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:06,920 What's your name? 310 00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:10,657 Jeff Skadden. Two Ds. 311 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,992 Double Ds. 312 00:13:12,025 --> 00:13:13,093 More of a C-cup man myself. 313 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,761 (laughs) Here you go. 314 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,097 Sure, we've been trying to track you down. 315 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:19,867 Well, congratulations! 316 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,902 You've been served. See you in court. 317 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:28,775 - Ain't gonna happen. - Hold on. Jeff. 318 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:30,878 I could care less what you do, 319 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:32,612 but if you fail to appear, 320 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,181 they're just gonna issue a warrant 321 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:35,448 and you'll be running from bounty hunters 322 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:36,950 for the next decade. 323 00:13:36,984 --> 00:13:38,685 And once they find out that you're an attempted rapist... 324 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:40,187 Well, let's just say 325 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,722 they won't be serving you a delicious mai tai. 326 00:13:43,756 --> 00:13:45,758 My advice? 327 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,295 You just want to get this over with. 328 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:50,730 (Hawaiian music continues) 329 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:55,368 (door bells jingle) 330 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:56,836 (sighs) 331 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:59,639 What ever happened to being polite? 332 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:00,740 Northwestern. 333 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:02,842 (chuckles) 334 00:14:02,876 --> 00:14:05,145 I'm so proud of you. 335 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,014 I've gotten a number of offers from the private sector, 336 00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:09,049 but I just feel like this is where I belong. 337 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:10,217 If there's a place here for me. 338 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:11,684 Of course there is. 339 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:13,653 But are you sure you want criminal law? 340 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:16,656 It just... It takes a toll. 341 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:17,891 It does? 342 00:14:17,925 --> 00:14:20,193 You make it all seem so effortless. 343 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:22,762 Just the violence in most of these cases, 344 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:26,666 the pain of the victims, it can wear on you. 345 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,402 And when I'm not trying to put criminals away, 346 00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:32,105 I'm being publically attacked for being corrupt, 347 00:14:32,139 --> 00:14:35,075 a liar, ineffective, 348 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:38,678 when all I really want to do is just bring justice to victims. 349 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,581 Every time Susan Alders attacks you on TV, 350 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:43,383 my blood boils. 351 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:44,784 You're my hero. 352 00:14:46,153 --> 00:14:47,354 You really are. 353 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:50,557 You have no idea how much that means, coming from you. 354 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:52,059 It is an honor to welcome you 355 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:53,426 to the state's attorney's office. 356 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,628 And if you have some interest 357 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:59,632 in politics, well, you could always moonlight on my campaign. 358 00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:01,935 Really? (Chuckles) 359 00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:03,703 I would love that. How is it all going? 360 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:04,871 Great. 361 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,039 I don't know. 362 00:15:06,073 --> 00:15:08,708 It's politics. (Chuckles) 363 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,043 Welcome to the team. 364 00:15:10,077 --> 00:15:11,444 Thank you. 365 00:15:11,478 --> 00:15:12,980 Oh. 366 00:15:13,013 --> 00:15:15,282 (chuckles) 367 00:15:15,315 --> 00:15:16,583 Oh, gosh. 368 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:17,884 Can't wait. (Chuckles) 369 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,386 BELLOWS: I'm very excited about this. 370 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,721 I'm so, so impressed with what you've done. 371 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,756 (indistinct chatter) 372 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,428 I left the bar to go out back, 373 00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:29,796 then she attacks me with a knife, 374 00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:31,398 just like that. Sliced my neck. 375 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,465 You're a liar! 376 00:15:32,499 --> 00:15:34,901 There will be no outbursts in my courtroom. 377 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,070 - Counselor? - We're fine, Your Honor. 378 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:38,344 Wasn't Tamara defending herself 379 00:15:38,371 --> 00:15:40,073 - from your advances? - JEFF: Hey, hey, let me talk 380 00:15:40,107 --> 00:15:41,574 - to you for a minute. - TAMARA: Don't touch me. 381 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:42,675 (Tamara screams) 382 00:15:42,709 --> 00:15:44,577 No. She was crazy. 383 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,980 - No! (Screams) - (grunts) 384 00:15:47,014 --> 00:15:49,149 He's crazy. Your Honor, he's a rapist, 385 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:51,151 - and you got to believe me! - That's enough, 386 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:53,186 or I'll end this hearing right now. 387 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:55,688 Your Honor, please forgive my client. 388 00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:58,191 But her anger is understandable, 389 00:15:58,225 --> 00:16:00,193 as Jeff Skadden has just confirmed 390 00:16:00,227 --> 00:16:03,930 everything that she's been saying for years. 391 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:06,466 Tamara Folsom slashed him... 392 00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:09,836 and not Tim Manning on the night of his murder. 393 00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:11,804 She's not a killer. 394 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:14,307 - She's a victim. - Ms. Scott, I agree 395 00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:17,110 that you have produced one of Ms. Folsom's victims, 396 00:16:17,144 --> 00:16:18,445 but that does not mean 397 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:19,712 that she is not also guilty 398 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:22,615 of ending Tim Manning's life. 399 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:25,452 This testimony demonstrates a pattern 400 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:28,188 of violent aggression towards men. 401 00:16:28,221 --> 00:16:30,157 Prior to that night, she'd never been arrested 402 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:32,459 or demonstrated violent tendencies. 403 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,695 Then, in one night, she commits multiple acts of violence, 404 00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:37,697 miles apart, within moments of each other? 405 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:38,731 It's possible. 406 00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:40,233 Why do you refuse to see the truth 407 00:16:40,267 --> 00:16:44,037 - when it is so clearly in front of you? - Truth is subjective, Ms. Scott. 408 00:16:44,071 --> 00:16:45,405 I need proof. 409 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:46,739 - Motion denied. - (gavel bangs) 410 00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:49,008 God, that's it? It's over? 411 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:51,544 Far from it. We are not giving up, Tamara. 412 00:16:52,579 --> 00:16:54,547 Pretty terrible ruling, if you ask me. 413 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:55,982 Really terrible. 414 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,718 And it means we only have one option left. 415 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,753 BOTH: Find the real killer. 416 00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:08,495 (man coughing, dog barking) 417 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:10,863 (man 2 shouting in distance) 418 00:17:15,302 --> 00:17:17,204 (bottle clinks) 419 00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:21,608 (man 3 murmuring) 420 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:33,720 Hey, sis. 421 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:38,891 There's a warrant out for you. 422 00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:47,867 I screwed up. 423 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,636 You remember our promise? 424 00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:51,871 No matter how bad it gets, no matter how much you want it, 425 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,740 you reach out, we talk. 426 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,808 How was I supposed to talk to you about Rosemary? 427 00:17:55,842 --> 00:17:57,910 I lied to you for so long. 428 00:17:57,944 --> 00:17:59,379 Why? 429 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:00,947 Why'd you lie to me? 430 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,982 How long were you together? 431 00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:05,552 A few months. 432 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:07,654 We didn't tell anybody 433 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,323 because we knew that it was wrong. 434 00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:12,292 (sighs) 435 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:14,261 So that night at the campsite... 436 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,398 when Rosemary hooked up with Tobey Kissell... 437 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,433 (indistinct chatter, laughter) 438 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:23,270 Okay. 439 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:27,874 Yeah, I was upset. 440 00:18:32,179 --> 00:18:34,113 But I didn't... 441 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:36,316 - I didn't kill Rosemary. - That was the prosecution's 442 00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:38,818 entire case, Levi. 443 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,086 And now I'm finding out 444 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,588 - it was actually true. - Maddie, look at me. 445 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,356 I would never kill her. I loved her. 446 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:45,992 You think that I killed Rosemary? 447 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:48,295 I don't know what to think anymore. 448 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:54,066 I'll take care of the bench warrant. 449 00:18:56,469 --> 00:18:58,471 Okay? Just be at court next week. 450 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:01,341 (sighs) 451 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:04,244 Don't screw this up. This is serious now. 452 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:07,447 I promise. 453 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,649 We'll get you cleaned up, okay? 454 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,388 MAYFELD: We've conducted 455 00:19:15,422 --> 00:19:16,789 flash polls every week 456 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:18,458 since you announced your candidacy, 457 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:20,860 - and we're trending. - Downwards. 458 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:22,962 Yes, but biggest drop came 459 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,465 after Madeline Scott attacked you on television. 460 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,867 - So we're tied together. - Exactly. 461 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,371 - She attacks, you fall. - We need to attack her back. 462 00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:33,573 - Let's go negative. - She's not even my opponent. 463 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:35,174 - Well, she's going negative on you. - The last thing I want 464 00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:37,210 for my campaign is for it to become about Madeline Scott. 465 00:19:37,244 --> 00:19:39,145 I don't think you have a choice. 466 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,647 That's one of the most famous cases 467 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,315 in the country, Mr. Bellows. 468 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:43,550 She's right. 469 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:45,485 Madeline Scott drives your numbers. 470 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:46,786 It's an issue. 471 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,856 So we'll double down on crime, 472 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:53,159 making the context her case. 473 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,061 Can you all excuse us for a moment? 474 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:02,869 What the hell is Isabel doing here? 475 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,404 I like having her around. 476 00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:05,872 Well, I don't, and you know that. 477 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:07,574 So you want me to fire her? That'd be great for my numbers. 478 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:08,675 Then hide her in a closet. 479 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,443 Right, honey, I'll just hide her in a closet. 480 00:20:10,477 --> 00:20:12,011 You need to grow a pair. 481 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,613 Madeline Scott threatens your campaign. 482 00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:15,348 We need to go negative. 483 00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:18,418 It'll backfire. Too many people see her as a victim. 484 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:21,988 Then find a way to do it without leaving your fingerprints. 485 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,294 ("I'm Still the Same Person" by Sister Crayon playing) 486 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:31,431 * I thought the gods were buildings * 487 00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:36,035 * Like small cities * 488 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:40,940 * Her hair was never mine * 489 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,877 (echoing laughter) 490 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:49,215 * She showed me the circle * 491 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:52,084 * Just the line curved * 492 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:58,425 * She showed me what death was like... * 493 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:02,495 What are you doing, Maddie? 494 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:05,732 This isn't gonna help anything. 495 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,567 You see what this is doing to Levi. 496 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,069 He can't take it again. 497 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,571 None of us can. 498 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:14,474 Don't you know how hard your trial was on us? 499 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:15,642 On you? 500 00:21:15,675 --> 00:21:17,009 I am the one who lost my best friend 501 00:21:17,043 --> 00:21:19,512 and ten years of my life for something I didn't do. 502 00:21:19,546 --> 00:21:22,081 But look what you have done since you have gotten out. 503 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:25,518 You've turned your nightmare into a path forward. 504 00:21:25,552 --> 00:21:27,153 Your brother hasn't been so lucky. 505 00:21:27,186 --> 00:21:30,990 Mom, the prosecution's entire case was based on the theory 506 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,925 that Levi and Rosemary had a secret relationship, so... 507 00:21:32,959 --> 00:21:34,193 Maddie, stop it. 508 00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:35,428 He lied for years, 509 00:21:35,462 --> 00:21:37,530 and I need to find out what really happened, 510 00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:39,599 so I am not just gonna shut this out anymore. 511 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:40,933 It's over. 512 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:43,436 Why can't you just move on like the rest of us? 513 00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:44,771 (sobbing): But she was my best friend. 514 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:46,105 I have to go to the funeral. 515 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,940 I'm sorry, sweetie, 516 00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:50,443 but no one wants you there. 517 00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,978 (sobs softly) 518 00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:53,746 Oh, I'm so sorry. 519 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,659 I didn't get to say goodbye. 520 00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:10,963 I know, I know. Oh. 521 00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:13,299 (Madeline sniffles) 522 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,368 VIOLET: Fighting for the wrongfully accused 523 00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:18,070 means dealing with the same police officers 524 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:20,473 who investigated the crime in the first place. 525 00:22:20,507 --> 00:22:23,410 Sometimes we need to find their mistakes in order 526 00:22:23,443 --> 00:22:26,979 to uncover the truth. -Yeah, he was basically decapitated. 527 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:28,214 MADELINE: Any other suspects 528 00:22:28,247 --> 00:22:29,716 that you considered? 529 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:31,384 Anyone in particular stand out? 530 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:32,552 Yeah, there was this one. 531 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,887 A thing that stood out about her was 532 00:22:34,921 --> 00:22:36,255 she confessed. 533 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,090 Name is Tamara Folsom. 534 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:42,328 We'll run down a list of his last known associates. 535 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,663 - Might take... - Hold on. 536 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:46,198 The original investigation had three detectives on it. 537 00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:47,934 So what happened to the other guy? 538 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:53,072 Those jagoffs didn't even tell me you were coming in. -So you thought. 539 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,442 - Tamara was innocent? - No, but I wasn't sure. 540 00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:57,444 After Tim Manning was killed, I did some digging. 541 00:22:57,477 --> 00:23:00,346 Found something interesting: Had a girlfriend. 542 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:03,550 Uh, Celeste... Adams, 543 00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:05,084 I think. 544 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:07,554 Yeah. She was 18 at the time. 545 00:23:07,587 --> 00:23:10,089 Seems Tim would periodically beat her up. 546 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:12,459 - Did anyone track her down? - No. 547 00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:14,861 They were so focused on Tamara, once they got a confession, 548 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,863 those lazy slobs just wanted to move on. 549 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,531 EASY: All right. You know where 550 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:21,100 - we can find Celeste? - No idea. It's 16 years ago. 551 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:23,470 There's an old photo in the file. I don't know. Good luck. 552 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:26,939 MADELINE: Illinois employment records say. 553 00:23:26,973 --> 00:23:29,809 - Celeste works here now. - She's a used car salesman? 554 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:33,112 - Definitely our killer. - (laughs) 555 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:36,449 Uh... Oh, I actually think that's her. 556 00:23:36,483 --> 00:23:39,051 Celeste Adams? 557 00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,720 Do I know you? 558 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,923 We need to talk about Tim Manning. 559 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,494 - I don't know who that is. - We think you do. 560 00:23:49,529 --> 00:23:51,964 (indistinct chatter) 561 00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:54,801 - Who are you? What do you want? - We're attorneys. 562 00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:56,569 We represent Tamara Folsom, 563 00:23:56,603 --> 00:23:58,404 the woman stuck in prison for murdering Tim. 564 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,507 I don't know anything about that. 565 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:03,075 She's spent 16 years locked up for something she didn't do. 566 00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:04,511 EASY: Police records say you were Tim's girlfriend, 567 00:24:04,544 --> 00:24:08,147 and you left Illinois immediately after he was killed. 568 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:11,417 I went to Florida 'cause my mom got sick. 569 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:14,020 I didn't even know Tim was dead until a couple months later. 570 00:24:14,053 --> 00:24:17,857 He was a bad guy. He used to beat me. 571 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:21,093 - Well, did you call the police? - I tried. 572 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,362 No one listened to me. 573 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,433 You're Madeline Scott, right? 574 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,769 Yeah, and no one listened to me, either. 575 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:31,604 Or Tamara Folsom, 576 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:34,774 who has spent 16 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. 577 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,909 Sorry, I can't help you. 578 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,780 So, what do you think... 579 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,448 She our killer? 580 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,217 I don't know. She's hiding something. 581 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:47,520 Amen. -But she recognized me. (chuckles) 582 00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:52,792 We'd all like to return to a time 583 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,126 when our streets were safe, 584 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,695 when hardened criminals weren't released 585 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:57,997 because of technicalities or... 586 00:24:58,030 --> 00:25:00,533 or flawed jurisprudence. 587 00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:03,002 I'm sure you all remember the case of... 588 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:06,405 Dimitri Wright. 589 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:08,407 Anyone remember that case? 590 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,210 I was a young, inexperienced prosecutor 591 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,913 trying Dimitri Wright for armed robbery. 592 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:16,849 His high-paid attorney ran circles around me, 593 00:25:16,883 --> 00:25:19,586 used every trick in the book, and he was acquitted. 594 00:25:19,619 --> 00:25:22,254 One month later... 595 00:25:22,288 --> 00:25:24,757 Dmitri Wright 596 00:25:24,791 --> 00:25:28,561 killed a single mother in a liquor store holdup. 597 00:25:28,595 --> 00:25:31,097 The poor young woman was holding her one-year-old daughter 598 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,232 when she was shot in the head. 599 00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:35,568 Her grandmother raised the little girl, 600 00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:37,536 and I have stayed in touch, 601 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:39,606 because I felt responsible. 602 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,943 I'm pleased to tell you that that little girl 603 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:47,046 just graduated from Northwestern University Law school 604 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:49,381 and is our newest hire here 605 00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:51,884 at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. 606 00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:55,054 She serves as a reminder of why we have laws, 607 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:56,623 why we seek justice, 608 00:25:56,656 --> 00:25:59,125 and why I hope to become 609 00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,893 the next Illinois attorney general. 610 00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:03,095 (cheering and applause) 611 00:26:03,129 --> 00:26:06,966 Please meet our newest assistant state's attorney, 612 00:26:06,999 --> 00:26:09,602 Isabel Sanchez. 613 00:26:09,636 --> 00:26:11,671 (cheering and applause) 614 00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:18,010 Home run. 615 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:25,918 (echoing laughter and indistinct chatter) 616 00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:31,590 Okay. 617 00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:36,829 Celeste Adams is clean. 618 00:26:36,863 --> 00:26:38,397 No previous arrest record 619 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:41,233 and no accusations of violence. 620 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,769 Everything all right? 621 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:46,438 If Levi and I were retried for Rosemary's murder, 622 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:48,174 could we be tried separately? 623 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:50,609 Probably. Why? 624 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,178 (sighs) 625 00:26:52,211 --> 00:26:53,680 He lied. 626 00:26:53,713 --> 00:26:57,016 To me, to the jury, to everyone. 627 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:59,852 He just told me he was in a relationship with Rosemary. 628 00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:01,387 He's been lying for years. 629 00:27:02,889 --> 00:27:04,190 So? 630 00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:07,526 So? That doesn't faze you? 631 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:09,328 I always suspected he was lying. 632 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,163 And that doesn't bother you? 633 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:14,166 I represented you, Madeline. Levi had another lawyer. 634 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,737 If he committed perjury... not my problem. 635 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,976 Do you think Levi killed Rosemary? 636 00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:27,313 Just because he lied doesn't make him a killer. 637 00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:29,816 Um, Madeline, it's 8:00. 638 00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,851 - (sighs): So? - So... 639 00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:34,220 - you have a date right now. - Mm... (laughs) 640 00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:35,722 (sighs) 641 00:27:35,755 --> 00:27:38,725 Aw, damn it. I'm supposed to be home. 642 00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,326 Bye. 643 00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:45,998 - What are you doing? - Uh, I'm canceling. 644 00:27:46,032 --> 00:27:48,067 Give it to me. You are going on this date, 645 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,502 and you are gonna give me all of the details. 646 00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:51,904 Violet, I do not have time to... 647 00:27:51,938 --> 00:27:53,539 I know you're nervous because you didn't get 648 00:27:53,572 --> 00:27:55,041 to make a fool of yourself in your 20s 649 00:27:55,074 --> 00:27:58,677 like the rest of us, but you need to do it in your 30s. 650 00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:00,913 Why? 651 00:28:00,947 --> 00:28:03,549 So that you can be normal in your 40s. 652 00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:05,051 Have fun. 653 00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:08,220 And smile! He's very cute. 654 00:28:08,254 --> 00:28:10,056 I don't know anybody in their 40s who's normal. 655 00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:11,758 Have fun. Call me. 656 00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:13,092 (indistinct conversations) 657 00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:16,595 * I live my life on the wrong side... * 658 00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:19,531 I'm so sorry. I'm so late. 659 00:28:19,565 --> 00:28:22,068 - I'm... I'm-I'm late. - Oh, no. Will you stop? Come on. 660 00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:23,870 - I'm-I'm sorry. - Listen, I was four months late 661 00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:25,404 for dinner once because I was held hostage 662 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,739 by a small Ugandan army. 663 00:28:26,773 --> 00:28:29,075 How did that apology go over? 664 00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:30,943 Uh, oddly, not well. 665 00:28:30,977 --> 00:28:32,945 (laughs) -WAITER: The gentleman ordered a Brachetto. 666 00:28:32,979 --> 00:28:34,413 Oh, uh, just a seltzer for me, please. 667 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:37,049 Are you sure, madam? It's an excellent choice. 668 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,018 Uh, the last time I got drunk, I was convicted 669 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:41,287 of murder and spent ten years in a state prison, 670 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:42,955 so I'm just a party seltzer girl now. 671 00:28:42,989 --> 00:28:45,291 Yeah, make it two seltzers, please. Thanks. 672 00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:47,794 So sorry. I completely forgot. 673 00:28:47,827 --> 00:28:49,962 (sighs) Yeah, it's a bummer, right? 674 00:28:49,996 --> 00:28:52,298 The first hookup without alcohol is always so tricky. 675 00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:54,233 - (chuckles) - Yeah, yeah. 676 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:56,735 Uh, so... 677 00:28:56,769 --> 00:28:58,805 so, how are the cases coming? 678 00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:02,141 - Good, good. Yeah. - Yeah? 679 00:29:02,174 --> 00:29:04,143 Bad, because all my clients are in prison 680 00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:05,477 for crimes they didn't commit 681 00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:07,079 and trying not to lose their minds, 682 00:29:07,113 --> 00:29:09,481 which causes all of us to try to not lose our minds. 683 00:29:09,515 --> 00:29:11,818 Well, maybe you should start drinking. 684 00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:12,985 Clever. (Chuckles) 685 00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:14,486 (chuckles) Well, I got something funny for you. 686 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,822 (laughs) 687 00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:18,157 (laughs): I didn't even say what was funny yet. 688 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:21,994 - Right. Right. - Right. 689 00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:24,330 You know what? I'm just... I'll be right back. 690 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:26,265 I'm gonna run to the restroom, but I'm gonna be so quick. 691 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,467 It's just number one. Okay. 692 00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:32,338 IRENE: You asked me to make dinner arrangements. 693 00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:34,506 - You did. Not me. - I know, and I'm sorry. 694 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,008 We invited him over 695 00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:38,344 so that you could know who was driving your daughter to ballet. 696 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:39,912 So that you could have an inkling 697 00:29:39,946 --> 00:29:42,181 of what was going on in her life. 698 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,683 I mean, it's bad enough that you forget about us, 699 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,419 but now you've let the whole world know that we are still 700 00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:49,755 an afterthought to the redheaded princess. 701 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:52,024 Come on. This has nothing to do with Madeline. 702 00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:55,027 At dinner, Chuck asked me why your first wrongful conviction 703 00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:56,829 was for a white girl. 704 00:29:56,863 --> 00:29:59,798 Ten years later, people are still asking me the same thing. 705 00:29:59,832 --> 00:30:02,201 Our prisons are filled with our brothers and sisters, 706 00:30:02,234 --> 00:30:04,803 and you have given up your career for Madeline Scott. 707 00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:06,438 Because hers was the highest profile case 708 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:07,874 that made the most sense. 709 00:30:07,907 --> 00:30:09,842 I mean, what, do you think, I'm in love with her or something? 710 00:30:09,876 --> 00:30:11,210 Oh, please, I stopped worrying 711 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:12,678 about that skinny little bitch years ago. 712 00:30:12,711 --> 00:30:15,714 What I care about is how you avoid your family. 713 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:17,483 How you won't even talk to me anymore, 714 00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:20,052 - not even about your cases. - Because they're too painful, 715 00:30:20,086 --> 00:30:22,054 and I want to forget about 'em when I get home. 716 00:30:22,088 --> 00:30:24,656 Okay. So why are you even doing this? 717 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:27,894 Because I'm not practicing boring reinsurance law anymore. 718 00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:30,562 I have famous politicians and reporters 719 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,064 wanting something from me, 720 00:30:32,098 --> 00:30:33,900 attacking me and trying to be my friend. 721 00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:35,902 I am in the game now, baby. 722 00:30:35,935 --> 00:30:38,905 Making a difference in the justice system. 723 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:41,908 How many black lawyers get that chance? 724 00:30:41,941 --> 00:30:45,744 Now, it's gonna take a sacrifice from all of us. 725 00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:51,417 I want to be a part of your life again. 726 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:54,253 We all do. 727 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,423 I know you don't like to hear me say this, 728 00:30:57,456 --> 00:30:59,225 but I really think you need to see someone. 729 00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:01,393 No. 730 00:31:01,427 --> 00:31:03,930 Absolutely not. 731 00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,932 Well, then, you better do something, 732 00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:07,799 'cause this is not working. 733 00:31:23,983 --> 00:31:25,884 What the...? 734 00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:27,954 What are you still doing here? 735 00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:29,956 I'm working on Tamara's case. 736 00:31:29,989 --> 00:31:32,458 What are you doing here? You're supposed to be naked right now. 737 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:35,127 (groans) Worst date ever. 738 00:31:35,161 --> 00:31:36,963 There's something wrong with me, Vi. 739 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:39,598 - So, no second date? - I don't know. 740 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,433 He just texted and asked to try again. 741 00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:43,469 Oh. So you have to go. 742 00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:46,138 Really? -Yes. I'm on a dating app cleanse right now, 743 00:31:46,172 --> 00:31:47,974 and I'm living vicariously through you, 744 00:31:48,007 --> 00:31:49,741 and I need all the naughty details. 745 00:31:49,775 --> 00:31:53,312 Oh, speaking of naughty, come here. 746 00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:55,381 I just found something on Celeste Adams. 747 00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:56,782 I did a reverse image search, 748 00:31:56,815 --> 00:31:58,985 and it looks like she has an alter ego. 749 00:31:59,018 --> 00:32:00,619 Celeste is an escort. 750 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:03,289 Fitness techniques: Straps and BandB, 751 00:32:03,322 --> 00:32:04,991 which is short for "bondage and bareback." 752 00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:06,658 Why do you know that? 753 00:32:06,692 --> 00:32:08,995 A girl has her secrets. 754 00:32:09,028 --> 00:32:12,931 Do a search for Tim Manning and Sandy Ojai. 755 00:32:12,965 --> 00:32:15,167 VIOLET: Oh, here we go. 756 00:32:15,201 --> 00:32:20,006 Sandy Ojai was picked up in a prostitution sting 16 years ago, 757 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:23,342 and she wouldn't testify against her pimp, 758 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:26,678 Tim Manning, and all the charges were dropped. 759 00:32:26,712 --> 00:32:29,315 (sighs) Well, that's why she had a clean record. 760 00:32:29,348 --> 00:32:31,783 She was using a different name. 761 00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:34,920 I think Tim Manning was murdered 762 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:36,922 in some kind of prostitution turf war, 763 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,325 and our Ms. Ojai was right in the middle of it. 764 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:41,960 You may have just saved Tamara's Folsom's life. 765 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,369 (camera shutter clicking) 766 00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:52,638 Get started right now? 767 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:53,705 (indistinct chatter) 768 00:32:53,739 --> 00:32:56,008 MAN: Girls, come on, let's get inside. 769 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:00,046 (siren chirping) 770 00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:03,215 OFFICER (on speaker): Keep moving. 771 00:33:03,249 --> 00:33:04,650 MAN: Whoa. 772 00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:07,219 - OFFICER: Now. - (sighs) 773 00:33:07,253 --> 00:33:09,721 Can't a guy take a picture of hookers in peace anymore? 774 00:33:09,755 --> 00:33:11,757 (engine starts) 775 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:16,828 BODIE: They're using the used car dealership as a front 776 00:33:16,862 --> 00:33:18,997 - for a brothel. - That's really a thing? 777 00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:21,733 - Asking for a friend. - BODIE: It is. 778 00:33:21,767 --> 00:33:24,002 Bars, car washes, junkyards... 779 00:33:24,036 --> 00:33:25,471 Any cash-heavy business is pretty common 780 00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:26,872 for money laundering. 781 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:29,641 In this case, they're also using it as base of operations 782 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,210 for incoming calls. 783 00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,845 We've got Chad, the salesman who works the front. 784 00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:36,715 And then there's the owner of the car dealership, 785 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,117 David Jackson. 786 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:40,652 He's not only 787 00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:43,055 her pimp, he's also her husband. 788 00:33:43,089 --> 00:33:44,923 Marriage is a tricky business. 789 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:46,258 Yeah, they got married in Florida 790 00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:49,528 a few months after Tim's murder. Short grieving period. 791 00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,363 - Very short. - So, David kills Tim, 792 00:33:51,397 --> 00:33:54,266 Celeste's former pimp, David marries her, 793 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,602 and enslaves her in his prostitution ring? 794 00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:59,205 Your mind goes to dark places. 795 00:33:59,238 --> 00:34:01,373 - And fast. - So very fast. 796 00:34:01,407 --> 00:34:03,575 In prison I knew hundreds of prostitutes and, sadly, 797 00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,844 this is a really common story. They're brainwashed 798 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:08,214 or enslaved by these guys, and it's almost impossible 799 00:34:08,247 --> 00:34:09,915 for them to get out of this life. 800 00:34:09,948 --> 00:34:11,450 EASY: Yeah, I don't know. Celeste doesn't 801 00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:12,951 seem like the type of woman who wants 802 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:14,720 to get out or turn on her handlers. 803 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:17,423 Agreed. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try. 804 00:34:17,456 --> 00:34:18,890 So what's the approach? 805 00:34:21,927 --> 00:34:23,429 Oh, this is encouraging. 806 00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:35,974 Hi, Celeste. 807 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:37,809 Or should I say Sandy Ojai? 808 00:34:37,843 --> 00:34:40,746 What are you doing here? I told you I don't know anything. 809 00:34:40,779 --> 00:34:43,282 I want you to come with me to see Tamara Folsom. 810 00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:46,084 Get out of my way or I'll beat the hell out of you. 811 00:34:46,118 --> 00:34:49,755 If you mess with me, you're gonna find yourself face down, 812 00:34:49,788 --> 00:34:51,123 bleeding on the concrete. 813 00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:57,296 Give me and Tamara a few minutes. 814 00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:59,865 I swear I'll never bother you again. 815 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:06,172 (lock buzzes, latch clicks) 816 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:07,173 MADELINE: Celeste, 817 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:09,841 this is Tamara. 818 00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:12,178 I know this isn't easy for you. 819 00:35:12,211 --> 00:35:15,214 We really appreciate you coming down here. 820 00:35:18,384 --> 00:35:20,352 I didn't know. 821 00:35:20,386 --> 00:35:21,987 I swear. I thought they'd never arrested 822 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,191 anyone for Tim's murder. 823 00:35:25,224 --> 00:35:26,992 I'm so sorry. 824 00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:29,861 It's not your fault if you didn't know. 825 00:35:29,895 --> 00:35:32,531 I didn't. I was just... 826 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:34,966 so relieved Tim was gone. 827 00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:38,204 (sighs) 828 00:35:38,237 --> 00:35:39,571 What happened? 829 00:35:41,407 --> 00:35:43,309 How'd you end up with that guy? 830 00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,178 It's okay. 831 00:35:47,513 --> 00:35:49,014 Really, it's just us. 832 00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:57,055 I ran away from home when I was 16. 833 00:35:57,088 --> 00:36:01,026 I met Tim, and he was nice 834 00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:05,163 and funny, and... I was broke. 835 00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:09,067 He put money down for a deposit on an apartment and... 836 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,537 He said that you had to pay him back. 837 00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:14,673 Told me this is how it works in Chicago, 838 00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:18,544 and if I didn't bring home 300 bucks a night, 839 00:36:18,577 --> 00:36:20,346 I'd be on the streets. 840 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:25,351 You probably think I'm an idiot, 841 00:36:25,384 --> 00:36:29,521 but you don't know how it feels to be so trapped. 842 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:31,857 I know exactly how it feels. 843 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,860 We both do. 844 00:36:36,762 --> 00:36:39,064 If I didn't make enough, he'd beat me. 845 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:43,068 I thought he was gonna kill me until I met David. 846 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,205 David promised he was never gonna let Tim 847 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,840 hit me anymore. 848 00:36:48,874 --> 00:36:52,043 So he and his buddy Chad took care of him. 849 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,147 Did they kill him? 850 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:00,786 That's what you're saying? 851 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:05,791 I'm real sorry for you, 852 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:08,093 but David's friends with some bad people. 853 00:37:08,126 --> 00:37:10,596 If I testify, they'll come after me. I'm sorry, 854 00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:12,230 - I can't do this. Guard! - Celeste. 855 00:37:12,264 --> 00:37:14,766 This is your chance at a new start. 856 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,735 Tell the truth. 857 00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:20,339 David and Chad will go away. You can both finally be free. 858 00:37:27,646 --> 00:37:30,282 (groans) 859 00:37:30,316 --> 00:37:33,319 TAMARA: That's exactly how I thought 860 00:37:33,352 --> 00:37:35,053 it would go. 861 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:38,123 I never met a ho that didn't look out for anyone but herself. 862 00:37:38,156 --> 00:37:40,058 Truth. 863 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:42,428 But the good news is... 864 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:44,129 now we know exactly what happened. 865 00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:46,865 So? 866 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,101 So now we have a way in. 867 00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:56,642 MAN: You're gonna love the silver. I actually knew the original 868 00:37:56,675 --> 00:37:58,410 owner... Kept it in top-notch shape. 869 00:37:58,444 --> 00:38:00,412 Right on. That's-that's great. 870 00:38:00,446 --> 00:38:02,147 So, you guys live together, or... 871 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:03,815 Nah. Nah, we ain't a couple. 872 00:38:03,849 --> 00:38:05,351 Oh. 873 00:38:05,384 --> 00:38:08,019 Why... you don't like interracial couples? 874 00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:11,022 Oh, I don't care. 875 00:38:11,056 --> 00:38:13,191 - I didn't mean to offend anybody. - Oh, 876 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,361 no, I'm not offended. Easy? 877 00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:16,795 Little bit, but I'll get over it. 878 00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:19,465 Easy here is actually my pimp. 879 00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:23,702 (laughter) 880 00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:27,005 Yeah, except it's not a joke. I used to be with a guy 881 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,974 named Tim Manning, but Easy killed him, 882 00:38:29,007 --> 00:38:31,710 then married me, and I've been working for him ever since. 883 00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:33,545 We launder the money out of a bar. 884 00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,347 - I-I thought it was a junkyard. - Car wash? 885 00:38:35,381 --> 00:38:37,148 All right, you're gonna have to go now. 886 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:38,850 Too late for that, Chad. Celeste already 887 00:38:38,884 --> 00:38:41,286 told the cops you killed Tim, and David is making a statement 888 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:44,723 at this very moment saying it was you. 889 00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:47,393 - No, he's not. You're lying. - I wish we were. 890 00:38:47,426 --> 00:38:49,294 We want David because we know he really did it, 891 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:51,296 but Celeste is his wife and she's invoking 892 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,064 marital privilege. 893 00:38:53,098 --> 00:38:56,001 She can't be coerced into testifying against him. 894 00:38:56,034 --> 00:38:57,403 They both seem really comfortable 895 00:38:57,436 --> 00:38:58,737 pinning the whole thing on you. 896 00:38:59,771 --> 00:39:01,039 It's not true. 897 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,208 Tim was a pig, but I didn't do anything to him. 898 00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:04,510 That's not what David and Celeste said. 899 00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:06,845 - They said you killed him. - Two against one, Chad, 900 00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:08,246 and all the prosecutor will care about 901 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:09,519 is someone going down for this. 902 00:39:09,548 --> 00:39:11,583 I didn't have anything to do with it. 903 00:39:11,617 --> 00:39:13,151 We know. We know everything. 904 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,086 We know David did it because he wanted Celeste 905 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,489 and then married her in Florida. 906 00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:19,024 But what we don't have is someone 907 00:39:19,057 --> 00:39:20,426 willing to go on record against David. 908 00:39:20,459 --> 00:39:23,061 Instead we have David and Celeste 909 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:24,430 on the record against you. 910 00:39:26,465 --> 00:39:28,567 I can't believe this is happening. 911 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,335 So unfair, 912 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,337 but you just tell us what David did, 913 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:34,005 we'll set the whole thing straight. 914 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:35,373 We want David, not you. 915 00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:41,179 Okay. 916 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,715 Okay, yeah. Everything you said was right. 917 00:39:43,749 --> 00:39:45,517 David did it because Tim was beating up on Celeste and he 918 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:46,518 wanted her to be his girl. 919 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:48,253 I didn't have anything to do with it. 920 00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:50,422 I was just supposed to keep Tim from getting away. 921 00:39:50,456 --> 00:39:51,736 David's the one that killed him. 922 00:39:53,258 --> 00:39:54,292 (door opens) 923 00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:57,062 You're under arrest. 924 00:39:57,095 --> 00:40:00,098 Interracial his and her wires. 925 00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:02,033 (Chad sighs) 926 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,302 * I've been runnin' down these roads for nothing... * 927 00:40:04,335 --> 00:40:06,538 - (indistinct chatter) -All right. - Let's go. 928 00:40:06,572 --> 00:40:09,040 Will the defendant please rise? 929 00:40:09,074 --> 00:40:11,042 * Shinin' back at me... * 930 00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:12,611 Based on newly discovered evidence 931 00:40:12,644 --> 00:40:15,280 of her actual innocence, 932 00:40:15,313 --> 00:40:18,049 this court hereby vacates 933 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:20,619 petitioner's conviction of murder. 934 00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:23,655 If the state plans to retry Ms. Folsom, 935 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:25,457 - they have 20 days... - GREEN: Your Honor, the state 936 00:40:25,491 --> 00:40:28,059 does not intend to re-prosecute Ms. Folsom. 937 00:40:28,093 --> 00:40:30,962 We no longer believe she took any part in this killing. -(Mouthing) 938 00:40:33,331 --> 00:40:35,901 In that case, Ms. Folsom, you are free to go. 939 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:38,870 - (cheering) - Good luck and Godspeed. 940 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,406 Thank you so much. 941 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:45,577 * You'll see you ain't got nothing to prove * 942 00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:48,413 * Just know when times get tough * 943 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,649 * And it's all too much * 944 00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:52,183 * We'll fight * 945 00:40:52,217 --> 00:40:54,920 * We'll fight for you... * 946 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:57,155 (reporters clamoring) 947 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:01,960 I just want to say... 948 00:41:01,993 --> 00:41:04,195 I got 16 years taken from me. 949 00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:06,932 I got called murderer. I got treated like 950 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:10,001 I was trash, but somebody finally listened 951 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:11,670 to what I had to say. 952 00:41:11,703 --> 00:41:14,806 Somebody finally heard my truth. 953 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,509 Thank you. Thank you. 954 00:41:17,543 --> 00:41:18,944 - Thank you. - Ms. Folsom, 955 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:20,612 one question, right here... 956 00:41:20,646 --> 00:41:22,648 (clamoring) 957 00:41:22,681 --> 00:41:24,683 VIOLET: This week's episode is a tale 958 00:41:24,716 --> 00:41:28,787 of two women who never met, but both were trapped in prison. 959 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:30,288 One had her freedom taken away 960 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:34,125 for no other reason than bad luck, 961 00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:36,562 and another was locked in a cycle 962 00:41:36,595 --> 00:41:39,831 of mental and physical abuse. 963 00:41:39,865 --> 00:41:41,633 What they have in common 964 00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:43,501 is the same monsters 965 00:41:43,535 --> 00:41:46,004 imprisoned them both with their lies. 966 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,472 Hi. 967 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:48,874 VIOLET: There's a gender bias 968 00:41:48,907 --> 00:41:53,011 that we see over and over again in wrongful conviction. 969 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:57,082 Men are believed and women are ignored. 970 00:41:57,115 --> 00:41:59,484 And it is the burden of hiding the truth 971 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:02,353 that will tug on a person's soul 972 00:42:02,387 --> 00:42:05,223 or irrevocably alter another's life. 973 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:08,493 But until we can speak our truth 974 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,495 and have another human being 975 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:12,864 not just listen to us, 976 00:42:12,898 --> 00:42:14,432 but believe us... 977 00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:19,137 we can never be truly free. 978 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:26,745 * Just know when times get tough and it's all too much * 979 00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:30,181 * We'll fight, we'll fight for you * 980 00:42:30,215 --> 00:42:31,516 * For you * 981 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:32,851 * And we'll fight * 982 00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:36,087 * We'll fight for you * 983 00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:39,758 * And we'll fight, gonna fight for you. * 984 00:42:43,929 --> 00:42:46,331 I'm sorry that I didn't come visit you sooner. 985 00:42:49,735 --> 00:42:52,570 I told myself I wouldn't come until I found your killer. 986 00:42:55,641 --> 00:42:58,243 But the truth is I stopped looking years ago. 987 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,349 I just couldn't think about it anymore. 988 00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:09,788 But now it's all I think about. 989 00:43:16,762 --> 00:43:18,296 And no matter who it is... 990 00:43:20,365 --> 00:43:22,033 I swear to you I'll find them. 991 00:44:06,511 --> 00:44:08,479 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH. 992 00:44:10,682 --> 00:44:12,684 You've seen the fight for justice on Proven Innocent. 993 00:44:12,784 --> 00:44:15,086 Now here are a few more shows to check out from Fox. 994 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,424 Welcome to the galaxy. 995 00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,593 Should be fun. I'll lead. 996 00:44:24,429 --> 00:44:27,332 * We're breaking waves Shooting stars * 997 00:44:27,432 --> 00:44:28,700 We're gonna make a run for it. 998 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:29,935 * Live for glory, not forever * 999 00:44:30,035 --> 00:44:34,405 - Go! - * Reach out * 1000 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:38,009 * Make this right here Right now * 1001 00:44:38,109 --> 00:44:41,780 * Stand up * 1002 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,582 * Here right now * - Now!