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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system

the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

(SIREN WAILING)

(BARKING)

It came from down there, Officer.
You call itin?

Yes, sir. On my cellular.
I'm Russell Lehrman.

How many shots?
Just one.

Scared the hell out of my dog.
You see anybody run out?

No. Nobody.

(DOG BARKING)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(WOMAN CHATTERING
OVER POLICE RADIO)

Over here.

2-0, Peter to Central,
signal 10-54.

We got a male down. Possible DOA.
80th and Riverside.

Oh, man, Wally.

Look at this.

OFFICER: The victim is Detective First Grade
Bill Morino.

Worked sex crimes
out of the third precinct.

We found his car parked half a block down
onh Riverside.

We'll want to look at it.
Any witnesses?

Mr. Lehrman and his dog.
That's all.

Get a team to canvas the buildings
across the street.

Maybe somebody else was taking their
dogs out for a squirt.

One hit. In the front, out the back.
Powder burns on the face.

It's like he walked
right into it.

CSU's looking for a shell casing
and a weapon.

What about his?

Holster's empty.
They left his wallet.

11 bucks?
That's about right for a cop.

Anybody know
what he was doing here?

Put a call in to his partner.
He was home in bed.

Good place to be
at 2:00 in the morning.

Mike? What's the matter?

Better call his wife.

What, you know this guy?

Yeah. Billy Boy Morino.

| grew up with him.
Three stoops down.

WOMAN ON PA:
Doctor Richards.

Yeah. Okay, that'll work.
Thanks a lot.

Extension 25.

His partner will meet us
at the third precinct.

Judy.

I'm sorry.

Can you talk to us a minute?
Yeah.

How you holding up?
Okay.

They said there were
some forms | had to fill out.

A PBA person will come over,
they'll walk you through it.

My partner, Lennie Briscoe.

Mrs. Morino.

We're trying to put together what Billy was doing
in Riverside Park.

He was working.
His partner will know.

We thought maybe your husband might've
said something.

| was out with the kids.

| came home, there was a message
on the machine from Billy

saying he was
gonna work late.

Did he say what time
he'd be home?

No. He just said not to wait up.
| was used to that.

Look, | gotta get home
before the kids wake up.

Thanks.

If he was working a case last night,
he didn't check in with me.

Nothing in the command log,
either.

Riverside Park's got to be a natural
for your line of work.

Yeah. Rapes, muggings.
In season, it gets busy.

But come wintertime, the perps look
for warmer quarters.

Well, Morino was there. We'd like to know
how he got there.

We're open to suggestion.
| mean, a meet with a snitch, a bad habit to feed. ..

What? | said
something wrong?

Only bad habit
he had was his work.

We cleared 82% of our cases.
Our conviction rate's 91%.

That holds up
to anybody's record.

Anybody's.

His service piece
hasn't turned up.

Zip for a shell casing. They're still looking
for the slug.

In that park? Good luck.
What about his car?

Nothing. Just his prints
and his wife's.

We emptied his desk and his locker.
We checked his notebooks.

Whatever he was up to, he didn't tell anybody
about it.

A secret hobby
he wasn't proud of?

Not according to his partner.

Not according to anybody, Lennie. | knew the guy
since kindergarten.

He made the tough calls.
He was solid.

Mike.
What?

You want to know about his hobbies? Work and family,
family and work. Period.

Right. Right.
Mr. 82% case clearance.

It's a nice average. Makes for a lot of
angry defendants.

See if any of that 82%
came back to visit.

(PHONE RINGING)

VAN BUREN:
Yeah. Mike. I'll tell him.

Anti-corruption task force wants to talk.
Cragen's office.

Yeah. | saw
Morino take a bribe.

The counterman at Skouros'
comped him a piece of pie.

You gonna dig him up
and arrest him?

Just answer the question,
Mike.

He worked sex crimes. That's not exactly
a gold mine, okay?

And before that he worked narcotics
at the 1-5.

A lot of guys at the 1-5
drive home in Corvettes.

Morino drove
a five-year-old Dodge.

When was the last time
you talked to him?

Couple of weeks ago.
He called me.

Just like that,
out of the blue?

Yeah, just like that. He found the cure
for the common cold.

Look, | was busy. We talked maybe a couple of minutes.
It was a nothing call.

What's going on here? Was Morino under
investigation or what?

We're talking to anybody who ever hung a coat
at the 1-5.

Well, does that
include their friends?

Okay. What do you say you guys go sharpen a few pencils
here, huh? Let's go.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Internal Affairs, Mike. They never heard of
Dale Carnegie.

Look, I've been to Morino's house a couple of times
a year. Okay?

| never saw anything
that made me think twice.

Well, that's good. That confirms everything
| saw in his file.

Then what am | doing here?

Because it's about to
hit the fan at the 1-5.

Maybe somebody thought
Morino'd be a liability.

Are you saying
another cop whacked him?

My 14-year-old plays
spin the bottle on a computer.

I'm telling you,
anything's possible.

So we just step aside and let Internal Affairs
get into it, huh?

Well, they would like that. But | can tell them
to take a hike.

Now, listen, here's a list of the people
we're looking at, at the 1-5.

Any of those names come up in connection with Morino,
you let me know.

And Mikey, this could
get hot and heavy.

So you keep that famous temper of yours
in your pocket, huh?

See you.

This is a waste of time.

If Morino was having lunch with the old gang from
the 1-5,

he wouldn't be stupid enough
to put it in his date book.

He would've been
stupid not to.

If | was being squeezed
by those slime balls

| would have made
a note of it in big letters.

Unless he had as much
to hide as they do.

Hey, Lennie, for the last time,
Morino was clean.

Got it.

| don't get this.

Morino's precinct command log
for the last month.

Three times, he called in
off duty to Riverside Park.

So he was either
crazy about the neighborhood,

or he had something
going on the side.

What on the side? Come on, just spit it out.
Hey, Mike.

You want to write
Morino's eulogy,

or you want to catch
the guy who killed him?

Let's talk to the wife.

Billy never talked about
what went on at the 1-5.

| Know he wasn't happy there.

Maybe some familiar names
came up over dinner?

No. He never
mentioned anybody.

Judy, we noticed he was around Riverside Park
a few times last month,

but his partner said
it wasn't work-related.

On the West Side? We don't have
any friends over there.

(CLEARS THROAT) Maybe your husband
had a friend.

Now, look...

We're gonna have to ask you this. How was it
going between you two?

Fine. Considering
we were married 15 years.

You know,
Billy had his moods.

What kind of mood lately?

Most nights he was up pacing.
He was having nightmares.

| thought it was because of his work, you know, the kind
of cases he was getting.

Really sick stuff.

The department has shrinks on the payroll. Could he have
been talking to any of them?

| don't know.

| think he was talking to
somebody else, though.

| took a message for him

about three weeks ago
from a Father Joe.

You know Billy went back to the church after
the kids started school.

He wanted me
to convert, too.

Are you talking
about a Father Joe Krolinsky?

Yeah. You know him?

Yeah.

He was our parish priest
when Billy and | were kids.

Did he leave a number?

No. He said he'd
try Billy at work.

| was just glad
he was getting help.

K-R-O-L-I-N-S-K-Y.
Krolinsky.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Joseph.

No, we already checked Queens.

Okay. Thank you.

Archdiocese doesn't have him.

Yes?

All right.
Thank you very much, Sister.

He's not pounding the pulpit
in New Jersey, either.

What do you want to do,
call the Pope?

Gonna start with the DMV.

What? Priests don't drive?

Yes, this is
Detective Briscoe of the 2-7.

The color of the day
is aquamarine.

Right, | need an address on a Joseph Krolinsky,
with a "K".

No, no date of birth.
Start with the locals.

Uh-huh.

Say that one again.

Thank you very much.
We have a winner.

Joseph Krolinsky,
406 West 78th.

That'd be two blocks
from where Morino was shot.

It's good to
see you again, Mike.

Can | offer you some coffee?

We're okay, Father.

The only people who call me
that are my Kids.

| haven't been a priest
in nearly 15 years.

Do you have a family?

No.

Well, don't wait too long.
| nearly did.

And | take it you're not
here for a social call.

You phoned Billy Morino
a couple of weeks ago.

That's right.

Why the sudden inspiration?

JOE: He called me.

My company transferred me here last year. | ran into
Bill's mother on the subway.

| used to counsel her
when | was a priest.

Anyway, she told me
how well Bill was doing.

Thought I'd like to
hear from him.

Did you?
Of course.

But | haven't talked to him.
We traded phone calls.

Why, what happened?

Detective Morino was killed Tuesday night, a couple of
blocks from here in the park.

Oh, my God.

Did he ever come by the house,
maybe when you were out?

No. My wife
would've told me.

KATE: Joe.

The kids want to
say good night.

I'll be right there.

You'll excuse me.

BRISCOE: Yeah.
Sure, go ahead.

One more thing, Father.
Where were you Tuesday night?

| was right here with my family. Why?
Am | a suspect?

It was just a question.

Father Joe was in charge
of the altar boys.

He ..

He had a reputation...

And?

Look, I...

| haven't even told
Lennie about this.

Father Joe put
the moves on me once.

Billy had some involvement,
some of the other kids, too.

What? Nobody reported him?

No, we were just kids. | mean, he was a big deal.
Our parents loved him.

What are kids gonna do
against a parish priest?

CRAGEN:
What're we saying here?

Morino heard Krolinsky's back in town.
He knows he likes kids.

Then what?
Fill in the blanks, Mike.

| can't.

Look, Mike, I'm here for you,
and you know that.

But you are gonna have to bring in Lennie and Van Buren,
okay?

Now, what does this
Krolinsky do for a living?

Senior Accounts Supervisor
at Dominion Life.

He's got the package deal. Nice job, nice home,
nice family.

So it'd be a shame if somebody were to come along
and upset that apple cart?

Especially if that somebody
had their hand out.

We checked Krolinsky's LUDs.

Two calls from his office, one call to Morino,
one call to his precinct.

And no calls to Krolinsky
oh Morino's LUDs.

It bears out what
Krolinsky told you.

Well, don't put him up for sainthood yet. Because
| called up his yellows.

One arrest in '68, third-degree sexual abuse.
No disposition.

Sex abuse three. Catch-all for everything,
including a pat on the ass.

Anything more recent?

Well, no.

We got...
The archdiocese sent us stats.

1969, he was assigned to
a parish in Ohio.

Then five more parishes
over the next 12 years.

Last parish was in Buffalo.

Two years later, he hangs up his collar
and moves to Jersey.

According to the computer,
he kept his nose clean.

So this reputation
could've been all talk.

Hey, | was there. | didn't imagine it
and neither did Morino.

He was in Krolinsky's
neighborhood for a reason.

Because of Krolinsky.

Yeah, but he's
not around to tell us.

Maybe he told some of the others
from the old parish.

He called me before he died.
Maybe he called them.

Even after he said his name, it took me a while
to make the connection.

Billy Boy Morino.

First kid on the block
to grow a mustache.

| don't hear squat from him in 20 years, and all of
a sudden he wants a sit-down.

Right off the bat,
he gets into it. Father Joe.

One name | had
no problem remembering.

Why is that?

Come on, Mike. You know what
I'm talking about.

Pretend | don't.

Father Joe molested me
when | was 11.

A lot of other kids, too.
Billy was pretty worked up.

Said we should do something
about what he did to us.

Take him to court, sue him.

That might not be a bad idea.

It happened
a long time ago, Mike.

| had some problems in my marriage,
but | got help.

| settled up with Father Joe in my head. | told Billy
that's all | needed to do.

| can't get over it. | just talked to him
a couple of weeks ago.

Yeah. Well, getting back to that conversation,
Mr. Scully...

It was about that
sick bastard, Father Joe,

whatever he calls himself
these days.

Morino said he'd been
keeping tabs on him.

Meaning what?

Meaning Morino's in the business
of busting perverts.

Father Joe
certainly qualifies.

Billy said he wanted
to take him to court.

He told me he had
a talk with Father Joe.

Son of a bitch offered him
money to go away.

Billy asked me
what | thought about it.

Well, what did you think?

Told him
I'd get back to him.

| already know what
| want to do to Father Joe,

taking his money
isn't part of it.

Now that we got the death penalty back,
| Know who's got my vote

for the grand opening.

Hey, you want to
get even with Krolinsky,

put him in the shower room
at Ossining for five minutes.

Yeah, it's Logan.

You beeped me.

Anyway, it sounds like Morino was looking for
a more rewarding payback.

Krolinsky offered him the money. | didn't hear
that Billy took it.

Well, maybe he never
got the chance.

Maybe Krolinsky figured he's gonna be on the hook
to this guy forever.

And he solves his problems
with one bullet.

Yeah, where? Okay.

Speaking of,
they got the slug.

CSU found it on the ground
with a metal detector.

70 yards from where
Morino was shot.

We're lucky it didn't
catch the uptown bus.

A 38 semi-wad cutter.

Are you ready for this?

| matched it to Morino's service revolver. We had his
lands and grooves on file.

That can't be right.

There's the microscope.
Help yourself.

Did anybody check Morino's gloves
for powder residue?

Let me look.

The answer's no. The gloves were
in his pocket.

Well, just for the hell of it,
check them anyway.

You read our report. It's all there
in black and white.

Well, my reading skills aren't

what they used to be. Why don't you
walk us through it?

We came down the hill,
found him lying there.

His gloves,
were they on or off?

He wasn't wearing any.
They were in his pocket.

We can't figure out how powder residue
got on his right glove.

It's all here in the report,
fellows, in black and white.

(SIGHING)

Those lab guys are amazing.

They found a slug and matched it up
to Morino's piece.

Now either they're wrong, or your report isn't what
| would call comprehensive.

Maybe you'd like to
pencil in a few adjustments?

Look, we were just trying to
do right by the guy's family.

Just try doing right
by regulations.

We found him with his service piece in his right hand.

He was a Suicide, no question. We ditched the gun,
took his gloves off.

What in hell crossed your mind
to do something like that?

He goes on the books as a suicide,
the widow gets what,

a lousy 50 grand payout?

If he gets written up as
"killed in the line of duty,"

it rates a couple of
hundred grand, minimum.

Yeah, | mean, come on,
guys, he was a cop.

We gotta take care of
each other, am | right?

| talked to McCoy. We won't be pressing charges
against the officers.

The department'll handle it. At most, they'll draw
a 30-day suspension.

Great. They can use the time to raise money for the widows
and orphans' fund.

| don't get it.
Billy just wasn't the type.

Yeah, well, we'll save the post-game
wrap-up for the shrinks.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

We talked to four people who were molested
by Krolinsky.

And those are just
the ones we know about.

Thirty-year-old crimes, Mike.

That's 25 years
past the expiration date.

He left the state.

Doesn't that stop the clock
on the statute of limitations?

Only for five years.
Krolinsky's in the clear.

And Morino might be dead

because of what he did to him.
You're gonna let him walk?

We don't have a choice.
His record's clean.

Except for a sex abuse
arrest in '68.

Which was never prosecuted.

Claire, the guy
belongs in a box.

You know what, Mike? Talk to the sex-abuse victim.
Find out what really happened.

| was 10 years old.

My dad sold plumbing supplies
so he was on the road a lot.

Father Joe picked up
the slack, you know.

And he got me
into the choir.

He helped me with my homework,
stuff like that.

My mother thought
he walked on water.

She didn't catch on, right?

Nah. Neither did I.

It wasn't like he was sending a dozen roses
every day.

Well, after the big build-up,
what happened?

(CLEARS THROAT)

He asked me to stay after choir practice
one Saturday.

It was this little room
at the school.

He started asking me
a lot of questions like,

you know, did | have a girlfriend. And they got
more and more personal,

and then it was, "Show me yours
and I'll show you mine."

It's okay, Mr. Waller.
You're doing just fine.

(CLEARS THROAT)

He put his hand in my pants.

Gray flannel pants
| got for Christmas.

And when it was over, he...

He made a mess
on my new pants.

(EXHALES)

He started crying and he said that we'd sinned
and if | told anybody,

God would punish both of us.

But you did tell somebody?

Because of the pants.

| hid them in the basement,
and my dad found them.

At that time, did you tell the police
what you just told us?

No.

My mother was very pious.
She burned the pants.

My father wanted to kill him.

And they had a big argument.

And | was told that
all | was allowed to say was,

Father Joe touched me
through my clothes.

And what happened
after he got arrested?

(SCOFFS)

You know, I'm really not sure.
Man, | was young.

Father Joe left the parish, and my parents
never brought it up again.

| was a happy kid.

And | loved my parents.

That scum took
all that away from me.

So the man's a criminal.

How does that get us past the statute
of limitations?

We can re-file the charge as a felony and still be
within the limits.

He was charged with
a misdemeanor.

Only because the police were never told what
actually happened.

You know it's a stretch.

Jack, Mr. Waller never
had his day in court.

Pick up Krolinsky.

Mike, what's going on?

You mind stepping outside,
Mr. Krolinsky?

Joseph Krolinsky, you're under arrest for aggravated
sexual abuse.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you
in a court of law.

Joe?
You understand that?

Get back inside, Kate.

You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot
afford one, one will be...

Thirty-year-old misdemeanor, and you puff it up
into a felony arrest.

He's lucky the statutes keep me from bringing
more charges.

Based on what? Stewart Waller's
book of fairytales?

They believed him
30 years ago.

And they didn't prosecute because they saw it
for what it was,

the imaginings of
a vindictive child.

| told Stewart
he couldn't be

in the choir anymore.
He wasn't good enough.

He ran home and told his parents
this crazy story.

A lot of other people tell similar stories.
Are they all being vindictive?

Neighborhood gossip.
That's your case?

Let me spare you the egg facial.
Motion to dismiss.

Pleasant reading.

Even if you attach credence
to Mr. Waller's accusations,

the boat sailed
25 years ago, Your Honor.

The People are doing an end run around
the statute of limitations.

Mr. McCoy, this offense was filed as a misdemeanor
when | was in high school.

Why bring it back
as a felony now?

We believe it's only
the tip of the iceberg.

That's nonsense. This case sat in someone's
drawer for 30 years.

It was dismissed once.

To let Mr. McCoy proceed now

not only violates the spirit of the statute
of limitations,

it violates my client's
right to a speedy trial.

He violated Stewart Waller in the most heinous manner
imaginable.

The People had their bite at the apple 30 years ago,
Mr. McCoy.

| don't see how stretching the statute serves
the interest of justice.

The charges are dismissed.

Well, it was a noble effort.

| called Stewart Waller to tell him. It wasn't easy.
He had his hopes up.

He's suffered plenty.

The statute of limitations
doesn't help him.

Long as Mr. Krolinsky's been behaving himself
all these years.

He just hasn't been caught.

I've prosecuted pedophiles before, Adam.
They defy rehabilitation.

Even golfers retire. Is there any evidence
that he's still active?

No. But he moved from parish to parish
the last 30 years.

Makes you wonder why.

Let's ask the people
who moved him.

| pulled together Mr. Krolinsky's personnel
file, works and all.

It doesn't say very much for our success in dealing
with his problem.

The church knew
what he was doing?

Yes. We had reports from other priests, from parents,
starting in the late '60s.

Well, what were you
waiting for? Polaroids?

Of course not. Mr. Krolinsky was
relieved of his duties.

He was ordered to seek
medical care.

Once the doctors pronounced him cured, he was sent
to a new parish.

How often was he
pronounced cured?

The church tried everything, Mr. McCoy. We sent him
to our treatment centers.

We thought faith and prayer would be enough
to rehabilitate him.

We were wrong.

The church had him
for 20 years.

I'm amazed you allowed him to slip through the cracks
for so long.

We dealt with him
as best we could,

based on what we knew then
about his sickness.

Now we put people like
Mr. Krolinsky in your hands.

It's incredible. There must be 100 reports
of molestation in here.

And only one of them
ends up on a police blotter.

When Krolinsky was sent to a parish in Buffalo
in 1980,

nobody even bothered to warn them. They made him
supervisor of the altar boys.

Krolinsky's last documented victims were in '81. Still
puts him out of our range.

Hand me the police interviews with Detective Morino's
friends.

One of them mentions a conversation between
Krolinsky and Morino.

Here.

Krolinsky offered him money
to leave him alone.

And Morino was
a police officer.

Do you want to arrest Krolinsky for
attempted bribery?

Say money did change hands. Bribery is an element
of a conspiracy.

Aconspiracy to do what?

To molest children.

It extends from the time he molested the kids
in the '60s,

right up to the present
where he bribed Morino.

We can get him
for everything.

It takes two to commit conspiracy.
Who did he conspire with?

The Roman Catholic Church.

What've you been inhaling?

You want to name the Catholic Church
as a co-conspirator?

An unindicted co-conspirator.
| see.

We don't charge them with conspiring to molest kids,
we just say they did.

That's gonna be a great relief
to the Archbishop.

We don't even
have to go that far.

Under People v. Villetto,
we can convict Krolinsky

even though the church never
intended to conspire with him,

nor commit
the underlying crime.

That's very slick.

But you still need an overt act by
the co-conspirator.

The church played a shell game
with Krolinsky.

They foisted him on one unsuspecting parish
after another.

Adam, this isn't
an indictment of the church.

It wasn't a priest who did this,
it was a pedophile.

If we want to get him,
this is the only way.

All right. I'll talk to the Archbishop. I'll let
him know what's coming.

And we still have to prove Krolinsky
bribed Morino.

Start with
the financial records.

Unindicted co-conspirators.

My aunt who says the rosary every morning's gonna have
a conniption.

The church should've dropped a dime on
this guy 30 years ago.

Oh, yeah. Right.

Because they're the only people in the world who
scratch each other's backs.

Unlike politicians and cops,
just to name two.

If it's any comfort to your aunt, we have
the Archbishop's blessing.

Hey, unless Krolinsky's supporting his local bookie,
| think | have something.

$50,000 cash withdrawal.
The week before Morino died.

If it turns up on
Morino's account...

The corruption task force already went through
Morino's books.

We're not gonna find
anything they didn't.

Has anyone bothered to look into his wife's
finances?

It's bad enough
what Billy did to himself.

Now you want to say
that he was taking a bribe?

You bought T-bills a couple of weeks ago,
Mrs. Morino.

$50,000 worth
in your children's names.

Judy, we have to know
where that money came from.

If it came from Krolinsky, we got him.
That's what Billy wanted.

| found the money in an envelope
a week after Billy died.

Was there anything else
in the envelope?

Yes. A note.

Billy said | was supposed to use the money
to take care of the kids.

| didn't give him a dime. | told you,
| never talked to him.

Then what did you do
with the money?

Take some Boy Scouts
on a field trip?

Mr. McCoy, unless you have actual questions for him,
we're done here.

He can start by answering
for 30 years of sexual abuse.

We have all the names
and dates and locations.

Where did you get this?

The archdiocese. They want him
behind bars as much as we do.

LOGAN: Where do you
want to start, Father?

At the top of the pile
or the bottom?

That won't be necessary.
ZINNS: Joe. .

No, | want to do this.

| was a very sick man. That's why | left
the priesthood.

You're blaming the church? They didn't molest kids.
You did.

I'm a different man now, Mike.

You should be happy how I've turned out.
| have a wonderful family...

No. No. | can't
listen to this crap.

| don't think a jury will be very much
interested, either.

You'll never prove where Morino's money
came from.

I'll let 12 mothers and fathers make
the connection.

Give us a minute, Mr. McCoy.

That son of a bitch is lucky
| didn't smack him.

So are we.

There's people like him
in every neighborhood.

Could be the little league coach, your kid's
favorite teacher.

It's too bad they don't
glow in the dark.

It's a matter of law that a payment
between accomplices

isn't an element
of a conspiracy.

Meaning such payment does not extend
the life of the conspiracy.

Meaning you have no case.

What accomplice
are you talking about?

Back when | had my illness,

Billy Morino used to
invite boys to visit with me.

ZINNS: To put it bluntly,
Morino was his pimp.

My client gave him the $50,000
as a belated gratuity.

He's unbelievable.
He molested these kids.

And now he's trying to blame
ohe of his own victims.

Unfortunately, it may work.

If they prove Morino was getting boys for Krolinsky
25 years ago,

the jury can infer that the payment was
for services rendered.

Therefore your case ended
back in the '70s somewhere.

Krolinsky can put whatever spin
on the facts he wants.

A jury won't take the word
of an admitted child molester.

Unless his victims
confirm Morino's involvement.

| spoke to them. They say that Morino was
not part of the equation.

And of course, they wouldn't lie
just to convict Krolinsky.

But you remind them that we still put people
in jail for perjury.

McCoy says Morino took a bribe. The other side says
he was a pimp.

Well, that's a hell of a choice. So what is it,
column A or column B?

It's just two friends
talking, Mikey.

When | was 12, Billy tried to recruit me
for a matinee with Father Joe.

What, do you think
less of him because of it?

Come on, Mike. You know how guys
like Krolinsky operate.

They manipulate these kids. They know
what buttons to push.

Kid's got no father,

the mother works two jobs,
the kid's small for his age.

Yeah, | know. | know.

So, you gonna let
McCoy in on this secret?

He's not calling me in
as a witness. | begged off.

What, was | supposed to get up in court and put another
bullet through Billy's head?

Oh, good. So you're off the hook. So long as
nobody asks you the question.

Maybe | won't remember.

Krolinsky goes to prison, | wouldn't exactly
cry about it, Don.

So you might as well toss that badge of yours
in the garbage.

Thanks for the help.

I'm not gonna run to teacher, Mike. You do
what you gotta do.

I'm just telling you, you don't owe
Morino a thing.

Oh, the hell | don't.

When he tried to recruit me
that day, you know what | did?

| decked him. Instead of running
to the nearest cop.

The other week when he called me, | had a feeling
what it was about, you know?

(SIGHS)

| did the same thing I've been doing for 25 years.
| avoided the subject.

| couldn't handle it.

My take? Neither could he. Seeing Krolinsky
brought it all back.

Imagine the guilt about all the kids
he fed that pervert.

The only problem is,
he shot the wrong guy.

Come on, Mike, he never even realized
he was the victim.

Billy mentioned this money Krolinsky offered him
to leave him alone.

Billy didn't Know what to do
about it. Neither did I.

And that was the last time
| talked to him.

No more questions.

You were friends with Detective Morino when you
were Kids, isn't that right?

SCULLY: Yes.

ZINNS: You went to
ball games together?

Sure, sometimes.

Did you ever sit behind
the dugout at Shea?

A couple of times.

At 7 bucks a seat, that's a lot of money
for a working-class kid.

Where'd you get
those tickets?

| can't remember.

Didn't Billy Morino arrange for you to get them
from Mr. Krolinsky?

| don't know.
In fact,

didn't Billy Morino tell you, you could get those tickets
if you visited Mr. Krolinsky?

No. Billy Morino had nothing to do with it.
That bastard abused me. ..

Move to strike, Your Honor.

Yes. The jury will disregard
the witness's llast comment.

No more questions.

So I'll call impound and see if the convertible
turned up.

Detective Michael Logan?

Yes.

Have a nice day.

A subpoena. What'd you do,
run over somebody's toes?

It's from Krolinsky's lawyer.
I'm gonna have to call McCoy.

Damn!

Billy was a year older than me. | guess
we were good friends.

He lived on the same block, and we went
to the same school.

Same church.

And did he make a proposition to you
involving Mr. Krolinsky?

| don't understand
the question.

ZINNS: Do you want me to speak more slowly,
Detective?

Do you want me
to answer that?

Your Honor, permission
to treat as hostile?

Go aghead.

Detective Logan,
did Billy Morino suggest

you have sex
with Mr. Krolinsky

in return for
baseball tickets?

You're under oath, Detective.

Yes, he did.

Billy was just a kid.
No more questions.

Mr. Krolinsky
manipulated him...

NOVAK: Mr. McCoy.

No questions at this time. The People reserve
the right to recall.

NOVAK:
You're excused, Detective.

| remind you you're still under oath, not to discuss
your testimony with anybody.

My client has been vindicated.

JACK: All that was missing was the platter
from Tiffany's.

Get off my back.
This is between me and Morino.

And the District Attorney's
Office.

You had an obligation
to tell us before the trial.

Wait a minute. Are you telling me that what
one scared young kid did

can compare to what that freak did
to 100 kids?

My friend's name just got dragged through the mud
up there, and for what?

That's a hell of a system
you got, Counselor.

Well, | think that was
both barrels.

His friend's character's
not the issue. Krolinsky's is.

Starting tomorrow, we get to hear from
his coworkers

what a fine human being
he's become.

Except we won't be hearing from his wife. She hasn't been
added to the witness list.

| haven't seen her in the court for
the last few days, either.

Find out why.

Logan was in an impossible position. | won't push
for disciplinary action.

In the meantime, he jammed a stick
in your spokes.

Technically, Morino was
Krolinsky's accomplice.

The money was not a bribe.

There is no act to extend the life
of the conspiracy.

The jury will acquit.

Not if we can convince them that Morino couldn't consent
to be an accomplice.

How do you intend to do that?

Every study on pedophilia
bears it out.

The adult is always in control. The child
cah nhever consent.

Morino was 13. Sounds old enough to me to know
right from wrong.

We're talking about a neglected child.
Easy pickings for a pedophile.

They know how to play
on those weaknesses.

They become the authority
figure in the child's life.

Right and wrong doesn't mean anything. All the kid
wants is to please the adult.

He doesn't know he's being used
as a Judas goat.

So you present our
expert here in rebuttal,

and you're sure that the jury draws
the right conclusion?

Time to pull your pecans out of the fire and give
Krolinsky's lawyer a call.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Yes.

We may be on to something.

Mrs. Krolinsky moved back to New Jersey with her kids
three days into the trial.

(SCOFFS)

There you go.

| wanted to get my boys away
from all the publicity.

| had to take them out of school. | mean, the things
people say, you can't imagine.

You've already heard them
said in court, under oath.

It's all lies.

Mrs. Krolinsky, if we could just come in.
Go away.

Mrs. Krolinsky...

Please, I'm just
trying to protect my boys.

What does she think
she's protecting them from?

Now, her neighbors
read the same papers we do.

It must've been pretty upsetting hearing those things
said about her husband.

She's been married to him 12 years.
That's the man she knows.

Maybe that's why
she moved out.

But we checked the New Jersey records,
no complaints, no charges.

If you had a family matter
you wanted handled discreetly,

would you run
to the local precinct?

No. But | might
go to Family Services.

Mrs. Krolinsky came to my office three years ago.
She was in tears.

What did she tell you?
The night before,

she walked in on her husband
and their nine-year-old son.

Doing something God didn't
intend. Her words, not mine.

| started a file, scheduled an interview
with the boy.

Did he confirm the story?

Never got a chance
to find out.

The next day, Mrs. Krolinsky was back, apologizing to
everyone in sight.

You believed her?

Without her cooperation,

an investigation would've
been a waste of time.

| kept her file,
in case she changed her mind.

I'm gonna need a copy of that.
Sure.

| was wondering when you people'd get back
to me on this.

Excuse me?

Acouple of months ago, | got a phone call from one of
your sex crimes investigators.

A Detective Morino.

He said he was doing a work-up
on Mr. Krolinsky.

| sent him a copy of the file.
Never heard back.

This is wrong. Kate was mistaken.
She told them that.

Right or wrong, | don't care.
And neither will the jury.

They'll never see it.
It's irrelevant.

Not as a motive for bribery.

Detective Morino had this report. That's what he was
holding over your head.

That's why you paid him off.

You set aside
the conspiracy and bribery.

We're open to a plea of sex abuse one on
all the remaining counts,

to serve concurrently.

Two-and-a-half to seven years?

Your client is facing conviction on 19 counts of
aggravated sex abuse one.

Tack them together, they'll be planting tomatoes on Mars
by the time he gets out.

For God's sake, Mr. McCoy,
| have a family.

| feel sorry for them.

No, listen. | want to get help. I'm a sick man,
| want to get help...

You're an adult.
Your victims are children.

There's nothing you could say that would make me feel
sorry for you.

Let's split the difference,
Mr. McCoy.

Knock it down to a C felony
with concurrent sentences.

He serves the maximum,
15 years.

Consider it a gift.

Before | impose sentence,
does the defendant wish

to make a statement?

Yes, Your Honor.

| just wanna say
from deep in my heart,

how sorry | am to all those people
I've offended.

I'm very sorry.

The defendant has met the conditions of
the plea agreement.

In accordance, the court sentences Joseph Krolinsky
to a term of 15 years.

The facility to be determined by
the Department of Correction.

Court is adjourned.

(GAVEL BANGS)

We called you Father.

How could you do that to us?

You even did it
to your own kid.

How could you do that?

They're ready to take him.