1 00:00:01,750 --> 00:00:04,190 {\an1}the people are represented by two separate 2 00:00:04,220 --> 00:00:05,690 {\an1}yet equally important groups-- 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:07,490 {\an1} the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:10,530 {\an1}and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,060 {\an1}These are their stories. 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,230 {\an1}Forget about stats, man. 7 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:16,600 {\an1}I'm talking about heart. 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,240 {\an1}And Peyton still comes out on top. 9 00:00:18,270 --> 00:00:20,010 {\an1}Do you even have the sports package, huh? 10 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,170 {\an1}Eli pulls off miracles in the fourth quarter. 11 00:00:23,210 --> 00:00:24,480 {\an1}Peyton kicks ass the whole game. 12 00:00:24,510 --> 00:00:26,580 {\an1}Peyton's the past, man. 13 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:28,650 {\an1}Eli's the future. No one's talking to you. 14 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,550 {\an1}I got nothing to do inside except read the sports page. 15 00:00:30,580 --> 00:00:33,320 {\an1}Yo, I said shut your damn mouth. 16 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:45,060 {\an1}(Van Buren) Where's the other officer? 17 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:46,630 {\an1}(Van Buren) Where's the other officer? 18 00:00:46,670 --> 00:00:48,900 {\an1}On a bus to city hospital. He's likely. 19 00:00:48,930 --> 00:00:50,440 {\an1}And the con? 20 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:51,770 {\an1}In the wind. 21 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,270 {\an1}Leon Vorgitch. A lifer from Green Haven 22 00:00:53,310 --> 00:00:54,510 {\an1}here on appeal. 23 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:55,670 {\an1}Vorgitch. 24 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:56,940 {\an1}How did he get a weapon? 25 00:00:56,980 --> 00:00:58,140 {\an1}Plastic shiv. 26 00:00:58,180 --> 00:01:00,380 {\an1}Slipped right past the metal detectors. 27 00:01:00,410 --> 00:01:02,980 {\an1}And we found this. 28 00:01:03,010 --> 00:01:04,450 {\an1}Handcuff key. 29 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,480 {\an1}It's also plastic. 30 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,420 {\an1} Where are we so far, Detective? 31 00:01:07,450 --> 00:01:08,720 {\an1}Got teams searching the area. 32 00:01:08,750 --> 00:01:11,120 {\an1}DCPI's getting his picture out to the media 33 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,760 {\an1}with a tip line to call 34 00:01:12,790 --> 00:01:13,890 {\an1}if they spot him. 35 00:01:13,930 --> 00:01:15,060 {\an1}A lot of folks gonna remember this face. 36 00:01:15,090 --> 00:01:16,530 {\an1}It doesn't place. 37 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,700 {\an1}He slaughtered five people in a burger joint in '97. 38 00:01:20,730 --> 00:01:21,900 {\an1}The Midtown Massacre? 39 00:01:21,930 --> 00:01:23,200 {\an1}That I remember. 40 00:01:23,230 --> 00:01:25,900 {\an1}I was working Narcotics around the corner at the time. 41 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:27,470 {\an1}I was one of the first to respond. 42 00:01:27,510 --> 00:01:28,810 {\an1}I testified at his trial. 43 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,710 {\an1} They put him on death row. (Green) Three times over, 44 00:01:30,740 --> 00:01:33,040 {\an1}but they changed the law before they got the needle in him. 45 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,950 {\an1} This is the bastard that's supposed to be dead. 46 00:02:00,940 --> 00:02:02,040 {\an1}ng to me. 47 00:02:02,070 --> 00:02:03,440 {\an1}He knows I won't help. 48 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,550 {\an1}When's the last time you spoke with your son, Mrs. Vorgitch? 49 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:07,550 {\an1}Eight years ago. 50 00:02:07,580 --> 00:02:08,580 {\an1}At the trial. 51 00:02:08,610 --> 00:02:10,880 {\an1}You two had a falling out? 52 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,620 {\an1}He murdered five people. 53 00:02:12,650 --> 00:02:14,690 {\an1}Can you imagine knowing 54 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,920 {\an1} you brought a monster into the world? 55 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,460 {\an1}Has he been in contact with you? 56 00:02:18,490 --> 00:02:21,890 {\an1} I had my number blocked so he can't call. 57 00:02:21,930 --> 00:02:24,160 {\an1} If he sends letters, I send them back. 58 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,330 {\an1}The last one was about a month ago. 59 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:29,370 {\an1}I want him caught 60 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,970 {\an1}as much as you do. 61 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,840 {\an1} I never want to see him again. 62 00:02:33,870 --> 00:02:35,710 {\an1}Still, we're gonna assign a security detail 63 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:37,140 {\an1}to keep an eye on you, all right? 64 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:39,980 {\an1}As long as I can still get to my church and my doctor. 65 00:02:40,010 --> 00:02:41,150 {\an1}Yes, ma'am. 66 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:43,480 {\an1}Thank you. 67 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:46,450 {\an1}You should talk to his brother. 68 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:48,690 {\an1}I won't let Carl 69 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,890 {\an1}mention his name around me. 70 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:54,430 {\an1}But I know they're still in touch. 71 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,130 {\an1}Look, I visit him on birthdays and holidays. 72 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,200 {\an1}That's it. 73 00:02:59,230 --> 00:03:00,530 {\an1}You mind if we check your cell phone? 74 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:01,500 {\an1}It broke. 75 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:02,700 {\an1}I'm checking it anyway. 76 00:03:02,730 --> 00:03:04,040 {\an1}And if I find out you're lying, 77 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:05,670 {\an1}people are gonna be visiting you in prison. 78 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:07,510 {\an1}So just do the right thing 79 00:03:07,540 --> 00:03:09,210 {\an1}and help us find your brother. 80 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,270 {\an1}For what? 81 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:11,840 {\an1}So you can gun him down in the street? 82 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,580 {\an1}If Leon cooperates, he won't be harmed. 83 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:15,010 {\an1}That's crap. 84 00:03:15,050 --> 00:03:16,680 {\an1}You guys tried to execute him. 85 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,180 {\an1}I'm not gonna give you a second chance. 86 00:03:18,220 --> 00:03:20,090 {\an1}Look--You're gonna give us the names 87 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,190 {\an1}of people that might be helping him, 88 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:23,420 {\an1}or I swear to God, I will take you down. 89 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:25,460 {\an1}Names! Come on! 90 00:03:25,490 --> 00:03:27,430 {\an1}All right. All right! 91 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:29,190 {\an1}Jerry Malcolm. 92 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:30,200 {\an1}He's our cousin. 93 00:03:30,230 --> 00:03:32,260 {\an1}He lives on 89th. 94 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:33,670 {\an1}Dennis Vorgitch is our uncle. 95 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:34,700 {\an1}He's in Brooklyn. 96 00:03:34,730 --> 00:03:36,030 {\an1}Uh... 97 00:03:36,070 --> 00:03:37,440 {\an1}Nick Lombardi. 98 00:03:37,470 --> 00:03:39,200 {\an1}A guy we used to run with. I think he's in Queens now. 99 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,110 {\an1}You can try them. 100 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,680 {\an1}Your list has Nikki Hale and Rex Mays 101 00:03:45,710 --> 00:03:47,810 {\an1}listed as Leon's ex-girlfriend and best friend. 102 00:03:47,850 --> 00:03:49,250 {\an1}He didn't mention either of 'em. 103 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,780 {\an1}Yeah, we're gonna go see them next. 104 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:53,150 {\an1}Fugitive Team's looking for a current on Mays, 105 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:56,090 {\an1}but I'm pretty sure Nikki still lives at the same address. 106 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:01,960 {\an1}Sorry, haven't seen Leon since he left me pregnant 107 00:04:01,990 --> 00:04:03,860 {\an1}and blew those people's heads off. 108 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:04,900 {\an1}Well, we need to find him 109 00:04:04,930 --> 00:04:06,400 {\an1}before he does it again. 110 00:04:06,430 --> 00:04:08,730 {\an1} Is there some reason you're not letting us in? 111 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:26,120 {\an1}The visitor's log from Green Haven 112 00:04:26,150 --> 00:04:27,450 {\an1}said that you saw Leon three months ago. 113 00:04:27,490 --> 00:04:29,050 {\an1}So? 114 00:04:29,090 --> 00:04:30,890 {\an1}So you just said you hadn't seen him since the massacre. 115 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,490 {\an1}Guess I forgot. 116 00:04:33,530 --> 00:04:34,990 {\an1}I could see how a two-hour drive to a state prison 117 00:04:35,030 --> 00:04:36,060 {\an1}could slip your mind. 118 00:04:36,090 --> 00:04:37,560 {\an1}If there's anything else you forgot, 119 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,530 {\an1}now would be a real good time to suddenly remember. 120 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:40,770 {\an1}I haven't seen him. 121 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,870 {\an1}Looks like you had a guest. 122 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:45,100 {\an1}So I had a few beers. Is that a crime? 123 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:46,770 {\an1}I didn't smell beer on your breath. 124 00:04:46,810 --> 00:04:48,540 {\an1}(Green) You think we playin' with you? 125 00:04:48,570 --> 00:04:50,280 {\an1}We can test those bottles for Leon's DNA. 126 00:04:50,310 --> 00:04:53,010 {\an1}If we find any, you go down for hindering prosecution. 127 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,950 {\an1}And the murderer's son; he goes to child services. 128 00:04:54,980 --> 00:04:56,450 {\an1}[breaking glass] 129 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,250 {\an1} (Cassady) Probably be better off in foster care anyway. 130 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,420 {\an1}From the looks of things. 131 00:04:59,450 --> 00:05:00,820 {\an1} (Nikki) Please don't. Where's Leon? 132 00:05:00,850 --> 00:05:02,220 {\an1}I don't know. 133 00:05:02,250 --> 00:05:03,520 {\an1}He came by about two hours ago, okay? 134 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,790 {\an1} But I told him to get out. 135 00:05:05,820 --> 00:05:08,860 {\an1}After you fed him and gave him a change of clothes? 136 00:05:10,830 --> 00:05:12,400 {\an1}What's he wearing now? 137 00:05:12,430 --> 00:05:14,600 {\an1}Gray hoodie, white shirt, jeans. 138 00:05:14,630 --> 00:05:15,670 {\an1}(Green) Where was he headed? 139 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:16,800 {\an1} (Nikki) He didn't say. 140 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:18,070 {\an1}Give me one reason to believe you. 141 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:20,400 {\an1}Because I don't want to lose my kid. 142 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,470 {\an1}Please. 143 00:05:23,510 --> 00:05:24,910 {\an1}The tip lines had 92 reports. 144 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:27,180 {\an1}Only one of them has him in a gray hooded sweatshirt. 145 00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:29,610 {\an1} Where? Port Authority. 146 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,620 {\an1}Anybody gets killed because you helped him, 147 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:36,390 {\an1}kiss your kid good-bye. 148 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,260 {\an1}We've checked every outgoing bus in the last two hours. 149 00:05:41,290 --> 00:05:42,990 {\an1}We're talking to personnel inside. 150 00:05:43,030 --> 00:05:44,960 {\an1}So far, no one remembers seeing him. 151 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,300 {\an1}It's a sure bet he's trying to leave town. 152 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:47,430 {\an1}Hey. 153 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:48,530 {\an1}Detectives Green and Hannigan, this is Kelly. 154 00:05:48,570 --> 00:05:49,530 {\an1}She called in the tip. 155 00:05:49,570 --> 00:05:50,570 {\an1}How you doin'? 156 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,600 {\an1} I work in the ER across the street. 157 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,270 {\an1}I was on a smoke break when I saw him. 158 00:05:54,310 --> 00:05:55,770 {\an1}You sure this is the guy you saw? 159 00:05:55,810 --> 00:05:57,010 {\an1}Yeah. 160 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,080 {\an1}His face is all over the TV. 161 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:01,010 {\an1} How long ago? Took my break at 10:00. 162 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:03,880 {\an1}So, like, an hour. 163 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,320 {\an1}And what did he do? Did he go in the station? 164 00:06:05,350 --> 00:06:06,750 {\an1}I don't know. 165 00:06:06,780 --> 00:06:07,850 {\an1}He noticed me looking at him 166 00:06:07,890 --> 00:06:09,650 {\an1}and he walked away. 167 00:06:09,690 --> 00:06:10,690 {\an1}I'm sorry. 168 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,760 {\an1}I wish I could tell you more. 169 00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:12,820 {\an1}No, it's okay. Thank you. 170 00:06:12,860 --> 00:06:14,060 {\an1}You got it? 171 00:06:14,090 --> 00:06:15,160 {\an1}So he doesn't hop a bus. 172 00:06:15,190 --> 00:06:16,360 {\an1} Where does he go from here? 173 00:06:16,390 --> 00:06:18,500 {\an1}We've got guys watching the subway. 174 00:06:18,530 --> 00:06:19,900 {\an1}And we've put word through TLC 175 00:06:19,930 --> 00:06:21,270 {\an1}for cabbies to keep an eye out. 176 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:22,830 {\an1}Let's hope he's on foot. 177 00:06:22,870 --> 00:06:23,840 {\an1}That's an hour head start. 178 00:06:23,870 --> 00:06:25,340 {\an1} That's at least a five-mile radius. 179 00:06:25,370 --> 00:06:26,440 {\an1}We're on it. 180 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:27,610 {\an1}All right, cool. 181 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:31,010 {\an1}Detectives Green and Cassady, Homicide. 182 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,040 {\an1}Nguyen, Fugitive. 183 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,140 {\an1}Says he saw our guy. 184 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:34,180 {\an1}How long ago? 185 00:06:34,210 --> 00:06:35,210 {\an1}[foreign language] 186 00:06:35,250 --> 00:06:36,650 {\an1}Barely speaks English. 187 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,880 {\an1}But when I showed him the picture, he nodded. 188 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:39,950 {\an1}You saw this guy? 189 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:41,550 {\an1}[foreign language] Yes, yes. 190 00:06:41,590 --> 00:06:43,460 {\an1}When? 191 00:06:43,490 --> 00:06:45,560 {\an1}An hour--half. 192 00:06:45,590 --> 00:06:47,730 {\an1} All units, suspect spotted within the vicinity 193 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,490 {\an1}of 46th and 8th 194 00:06:49,530 --> 00:06:50,660 {\an1}within the last 30 minutes. 195 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:51,660 {\an1}Uptown. Headed uptown. 196 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:52,830 {\an1}Thank you. 197 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:54,800 {\an1}Leon's updated contact list 198 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:58,100 {\an1}has a former cellmate living at 50th and 10th. 199 00:07:01,870 --> 00:07:04,510 {\an1}Get your ass over here! 200 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:05,510 {\an1}Why you running, Pedro? 201 00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:06,540 {\an1}Why you chasing me, man? 202 00:07:06,580 --> 00:07:08,010 {\an1}Where's Vorgitch? 203 00:07:08,050 --> 00:07:08,950 {\an1}I got no idea, man. 204 00:07:08,980 --> 00:07:10,180 {\an1}Haven't seen him since I got out. 205 00:07:10,210 --> 00:07:11,550 {\an1}And I hope I never do. That dude's a psycho. 206 00:07:11,580 --> 00:07:13,150 {\an1}You're on parole, right? 207 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:14,890 {\an1}Sheet says you're a meth-head. 208 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:16,190 {\an1}Recovered meth-head. 209 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:18,820 {\an1}I guess recovery's not going so hot. 210 00:07:18,860 --> 00:07:22,230 {\an1}Look yo, I can't go back, man. 211 00:07:22,260 --> 00:07:24,300 {\an1}Okay, I can help. 212 00:07:24,330 --> 00:07:25,430 {\an1}Just don't tell my PO. 213 00:07:25,460 --> 00:07:26,800 {\an1}So help. 214 00:07:26,830 --> 00:07:31,100 {\an1}Leon comes knocking on my door about an hour ago. 215 00:07:31,140 --> 00:07:32,070 {\an1}Looking to score a piece. 216 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:33,640 {\an1}You gave him a weapon? 217 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:35,070 {\an1} Hell no, man. I don't do guns, man. 218 00:07:35,110 --> 00:07:36,370 {\an1} But I had to give him something, right? 219 00:07:36,410 --> 00:07:38,440 {\an1}So I sent him to this guy Skinny to hook him up. 220 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,010 {\an1}Where? 221 00:07:41,710 --> 00:07:45,450 {\an1}(man) Police! Search warrant! 222 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,750 {\an1}Clear! Clear. 223 00:07:47,790 --> 00:07:49,720 {\an1}Body's still warm. Clear the building. 224 00:07:49,750 --> 00:07:52,790 {\an1}Get the Fugitive Team to lock down the whole area, okay? 225 00:07:56,260 --> 00:07:57,500 {\an1}We got a half a box of ammo. 226 00:07:57,530 --> 00:07:58,500 {\an1}45s. 227 00:07:58,530 --> 00:07:59,900 {\an1}All I got here is shotguns, 228 00:07:59,930 --> 00:08:01,530 {\an1}a 9-mil, and two 38s. 229 00:08:01,570 --> 00:08:04,270 {\an1} All units, suspect is now armed. 230 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:05,500 {\an1}Repeat, Vorgitch has a gun. 231 00:08:05,570 --> 00:08:08,370 {\an1}With at least 25 Teflon roun 232 00:08:12,810 --> 00:08:14,780 {\an1}The dogs were unable to pick up Leon's scent? 233 00:08:14,810 --> 00:08:16,510 {\an1}The Fugitive Team's still searching, 234 00:08:16,550 --> 00:08:18,480 {\an1}but we've got witnesses in six different directions 235 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,850 {\an1}that all said they saw him. 236 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,790 {\an1} Where are we on the list of Leon's contacts? 237 00:08:21,820 --> 00:08:23,850 {\an1}We've questioned everyone 238 00:08:23,890 --> 00:08:25,820 {\an1}but an old best friend who moved to California. 239 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:27,990 {\an1}We sent Leon's photo to their local P.D. 240 00:08:28,030 --> 00:08:29,230 {\an1}in case he shows. 241 00:08:29,260 --> 00:08:32,230 {\an1} So our escaped convict's back in the wind. 242 00:08:32,260 --> 00:08:33,660 {\an1}We got another D.O.A. 243 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:36,030 {\an1} That makes the body count three. 244 00:08:36,070 --> 00:08:37,070 {\an1}What? 245 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:40,170 {\an1}Officer Williams died in surgery. 246 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,180 {\an1}(Green) I'm gonna ask you one more time, 247 00:08:48,210 --> 00:08:49,180 {\an1}where was Leon going? 248 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:50,750 {\an1}Told you. He didn't say. 249 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:52,780 {\an1}And I told you that wasn't good enough. 250 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:54,190 {\an1}Now think! 251 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:56,020 {\an1}Did he give you a clue as to where he might've been going? 252 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:59,290 {\an1}What did he want with the gun? 253 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:01,930 {\an1} Protect hisself against you guys. 254 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,230 {\an1}Did he say that? 255 00:09:03,260 --> 00:09:04,630 {\an1}No, I'm guessing man. I don't know. 256 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:08,030 {\an1}Nina, watch the door. 257 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:11,000 {\an1}You already admitted that you helped him get that gun. 258 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,840 {\an1}So when I'm done with you here, 259 00:09:12,870 --> 00:09:14,040 {\an1}I'm calling the D.A. in here. 260 00:09:14,070 --> 00:09:15,240 {\an1}He's gonna charge you with co-conspiracy 261 00:09:15,270 --> 00:09:18,440 {\an1}unless you tell me what I want to know. 262 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:19,580 {\an1}I told you. 263 00:09:19,610 --> 00:09:21,380 {\an1} He didn't say where he was going 264 00:09:21,410 --> 00:09:23,050 {\an1}or what he wanted the gun for, man. 265 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,680 {\an1}We hardly talked, man. 266 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,620 {\an1}Did he want to buy anything else? 267 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:28,220 {\an1}A car? A fake I.D.? 268 00:09:28,250 --> 00:09:30,220 {\an1}No, no, I swear, man. 269 00:09:30,250 --> 00:09:32,690 {\an1} Look, when I gave him Skinny's address he was-- 270 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,930 {\an1}Asked me if I had a phone book. 271 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,730 {\an1}A phone book. Why? 272 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,260 {\an1}He just asked. I said I didn't. 273 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:40,200 {\an1}I gave him the address and he left. 274 00:09:40,230 --> 00:09:42,070 {\an1}And that's it. 275 00:09:47,540 --> 00:09:50,880 {\an1}What does Leon want with a Manhattan phone book? 276 00:09:50,910 --> 00:09:52,440 {\an1}Looking for a way out. 277 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,050 {\an1}Car service or something. 278 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,550 {\an1}That's assuming he's trying to skip town. 279 00:09:57,580 --> 00:09:59,220 {\an1}You think he's not? 280 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:00,520 {\an1}If he's not looking for a ride, 281 00:10:00,550 --> 00:10:01,850 {\an1}he's looking for people. 282 00:10:01,890 --> 00:10:04,060 {\an1}Sticking around for revenge. 283 00:10:04,090 --> 00:10:05,420 {\an1}Explains the gun. 284 00:10:05,460 --> 00:10:08,030 {\an1}You don't go buy a .45 unless you mean business. 285 00:10:08,060 --> 00:10:09,930 {\an1}You know, I want a security detail 286 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,330 {\an1}assigned to everyone who testified against him. 287 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,900 {\an1}And that includes your family. 288 00:10:13,970 --> 00:10:15,170 {\an1}I'm way ahead of you there. They're upstate. 289 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,430 {\an1}(Van Buren) All right. 290 00:10:16,470 --> 00:10:18,600 {\an1}So if this is the deal, 291 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:19,770 {\an1}who's he going after? 292 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,110 {\an1}My first guess would be Mia. 293 00:10:21,140 --> 00:10:22,970 {\an1}Mia Alvarez. I mean, if you ask me, 294 00:10:23,010 --> 00:10:25,010 {\an1}it was her testimony that got him the death sentence. 295 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,810 {\an1}Go talk to her. 296 00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:34,750 {\an1}It went in here... and came out here. 297 00:10:34,790 --> 00:10:36,690 {\an1}The doctor said it was a miracle 298 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,720 {\an1} it missed my carotid and jugular vein. 299 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,220 {\an1}So you would've been... 300 00:10:40,260 --> 00:10:42,130 {\an1}Body number six. 301 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:43,900 {\an1}It's good to see you again, Detective Green. 302 00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:45,930 {\an1} Thank you for sending people to look after me. 303 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,770 {\an1}Don't worry, we're not gonna let him 304 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,330 {\an1}get anywhere near you, okay? 305 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:52,540 {\an1}(Cassady) Has Leon tried to contact you recently? 306 00:10:52,570 --> 00:10:54,170 {\an1}Not for a long time. 307 00:10:54,210 --> 00:10:56,140 {\an1}I know he used to mail threats. 308 00:10:56,170 --> 00:10:57,510 {\an1}Yeah, those pretty much stopped 309 00:10:57,540 --> 00:11:00,280 {\an1}once they decided not to execute him. 310 00:11:00,310 --> 00:11:02,250 {\an1}But you should talk to John Garvey. 311 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,980 {\an1}Of all the victims' families, John fought hardest 312 00:11:05,020 --> 00:11:06,380 {\an1}to get Leon executed. 313 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:08,350 {\an1}Yeah, I remember his speech at the sentencing. 314 00:11:08,390 --> 00:11:10,090 {\an1}Yeah, from what I hear, 315 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,490 {\an1}he writes a letter every month. 316 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:17,130 {\an1}"My son would've been 24 this month. 317 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,200 {\an1}"You cut his life short. 318 00:11:19,230 --> 00:11:21,270 {\an1}"But Chris did more with his young life 319 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:23,030 {\an1}"than you've done in your whole worthless existence. 320 00:11:23,070 --> 00:11:25,040 {\an1}"You're nothing. Vile. 321 00:11:25,070 --> 00:11:27,670 {\an1}A piece of crap not even a mother could love." 322 00:11:27,710 --> 00:11:29,470 {\an1}He ever write you back? 323 00:11:29,510 --> 00:11:31,340 {\an1} Lots of times. I burned the letters. 324 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:33,240 {\an1}How about phone calls since he got out? I wish. 325 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,610 {\an1}I pray that bastard comes looking for me. 326 00:11:35,650 --> 00:11:37,880 {\an1}And you can send the cops outside home. 327 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,680 {\an1}I got this. 328 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,290 {\an1}You got a permit for that? Of course. 329 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,190 {\an1}Alls I'm saying is-- 330 00:11:43,220 --> 00:11:44,460 {\an1}[phone ringing] Don't worry about me. 331 00:11:44,490 --> 00:11:45,960 {\an1}That son of a bitch comes looking for me, 332 00:11:45,990 --> 00:11:47,930 {\an1}he'll finally get that death sentence. 333 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,230 {\an1}Nina-- We gotta go. 334 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:52,760 {\an1}Fugitive team found Rex Mays. 335 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:53,730 {\an1}The best friend? 336 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,100 {\an1}Yeah, he wasn't in L.A. 337 00:11:55,130 --> 00:11:58,000 {\an1}He's squatting in his dead aunt's apartment in Harlem. 338 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,940 {\an1}Sir-- Hey. 339 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:02,140 {\an1}You get a shot at Vorgitch... 340 00:12:02,170 --> 00:12:04,540 {\an1}please take it. 341 00:12:17,050 --> 00:12:18,190 {\an1}(man) Police! Search warrant! 342 00:12:18,220 --> 00:12:19,720 {\an1}Clear. 343 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,660 {\an1}(officer) All clear! 344 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:27,500 {\an1}Nina, look. 345 00:12:27,530 --> 00:12:29,030 {\an1}(Cassady) Looks like Leon found his phone book. 346 00:12:29,070 --> 00:12:31,770 {\an1}Hospital listings. 347 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,570 {\an1}There was an ER across the street 348 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:34,610 {\an1}from the bus station where he was spotted. 349 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:35,640 {\an1}Do you think he's hurt? 350 00:12:35,670 --> 00:12:37,540 {\an1}It's possible. 351 00:12:37,580 --> 00:12:41,350 {\an1}I'll star 6-9. 352 00:12:41,380 --> 00:12:42,510 {\an1}No dial tone. 353 00:12:42,550 --> 00:12:44,520 {\an1} I guess Rex doesn't pay to have a land line. 354 00:12:44,550 --> 00:12:47,050 {\an1}Look at this. 355 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,390 {\an1}It's the box from a disposable cell. 356 00:12:49,420 --> 00:12:51,560 {\an1}The serial number should give us everything we need 357 00:12:51,590 --> 00:12:54,660 {\an1}to track his location. Good. 358 00:12:56,190 --> 00:12:57,560 {\an1}Leather jacket. 359 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,130 {\an1}He's about to pass the blue car. 360 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,160 {\an1}Pull up. 361 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,270 {\an1}Here we go. 362 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,340 {\an1}Hey, Rex. How's it goin'? 363 00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:07,000 {\an1}Don't move. 364 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,910 {\an1}[sirens wail] 365 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:11,780 {\an1}Hands on top of the car! 366 00:13:11,810 --> 00:13:13,640 {\an1}Legs spread! Come on! 367 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:17,250 {\an1}How you been, Rex? 368 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:18,520 {\an1}I know you? 369 00:13:18,550 --> 00:13:19,480 {\an1}We have a mutual friend. 370 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,120 {\an1}He deleted his call history. 371 00:13:21,150 --> 00:13:22,690 {\an1}Where's Leon? 372 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,790 {\an1}Who? 373 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:25,360 {\an1} Not a good time to play dumb, Rex. 374 00:13:25,390 --> 00:13:26,860 {\an1}We've already been to your place. 375 00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:28,730 {\an1}You helped an escaped murderer. 376 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,690 {\an1}That's a C felony--15 years. 377 00:13:30,730 --> 00:13:32,860 {\an1}Now, where the hell is he!? 378 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:34,270 {\an1} We know he's out for revenge, Rex. 379 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:35,600 {\an1}Who is he after? 380 00:13:35,630 --> 00:13:37,030 {\an1}I saw your rap sheet, man. 381 00:13:37,070 --> 00:13:39,440 {\an1}You ain't never done no hard time. 382 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:41,010 {\an1}Now how long you think you're gonna last 383 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,070 {\an1}in maximum security? 384 00:13:44,110 --> 00:13:45,280 {\an1}You had your chance. 385 00:13:45,310 --> 00:13:46,740 {\an1}Lock his ass up. 386 00:13:46,780 --> 00:13:47,950 {\an1}Wait, wait, wait! 387 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:49,680 {\an1}Ain't about revenge. 388 00:13:49,710 --> 00:13:51,380 {\an1}His mom's got cancer. 389 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:52,650 {\an1}She's dying? 390 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:55,050 {\an1}Diagnosed last month. 391 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:56,150 {\an1}She wouldn't come see him, 392 00:13:56,190 --> 00:13:57,690 {\an1}wouldn't talk to him on the phone. 393 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,260 {\an1}So he busted out to say good-bye. 394 00:13:59,290 --> 00:14:00,960 {\an1}So he knows we're watching her place, 395 00:14:00,990 --> 00:14:02,490 {\an1}so he's trying to catch her at the doctor's? 396 00:14:02,530 --> 00:14:03,630 {\an1}Hospital. 397 00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:05,100 {\an1}She just started chemo. 398 00:14:05,130 --> 00:14:06,000 {\an1}Read him his rights. 399 00:14:06,030 --> 00:14:07,930 {\an1}You're still gonna charge me? 400 00:14:07,970 --> 00:14:10,530 {\an1}Oh, hell yeah. 401 00:14:10,570 --> 00:14:11,640 {\an1}Thanks. 402 00:14:11,670 --> 00:14:12,940 {\an1}Detail watching Delores Vorgitch 403 00:14:12,970 --> 00:14:16,410 {\an1} has her at Holy Cross Medical in Chelsea. 404 00:14:18,940 --> 00:14:19,810 {\an1}Excuse me. 405 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:20,950 {\an1} Delores Vorgitch-- Which room? 406 00:14:20,980 --> 00:14:22,050 {\an1}245. 407 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,780 {\an1}Dow the hall on the right. 408 00:14:24,820 --> 00:14:25,850 {\an1} He was here? Yeah. 409 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,180 {\an1}I swear to God... 410 00:14:27,220 --> 00:14:28,390 {\an1}I just went to the bathroom for, like, two minutes. 411 00:14:28,420 --> 00:14:30,290 {\an1}Find any exit and keep your eyes open, okay? 412 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,390 {\an1}Yeah. 413 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:34,530 {\an1} What happened? [crying] 414 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,290 {\an1}He just wanted me to forgive him. 415 00:14:37,330 --> 00:14:38,630 {\an1}And I wouldn't. 416 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:41,600 {\an1}He called me a bitch and left through the window. 417 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:42,670 {\an1}Take the back stairs. 418 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,470 {\an1}We got the roof. 419 00:14:53,340 --> 00:14:55,310 {\an1}[bottles rattle] 420 00:14:57,750 --> 00:14:59,350 {\an1}Leon! Stop! 421 00:15:07,530 --> 00:15:08,960 {\an1}Damn it. 422 00:15:16,830 --> 00:15:18,900 {\an1}Leon! 423 00:15:18,940 --> 00:15:20,640 {\an1}Suspect has entered the school next to the hospital! 424 00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:23,440 {\an1}Repeat--Suspect has entered the school next to the hospital! 425 00:15:23,470 --> 00:15:24,780 {\an1}Proceed with extreme caution! 426 00:15:24,810 --> 00:15:26,910 {\an1}(man over radio) 10-4, all units. 427 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:28,350 {\an1}Attention, all units. 428 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:30,650 {\an1}Suspect has entered the school next to Holy Cross Medical. 429 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,080 {\an1}Armed and considered extremely dangerous. 430 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,090 {\an1}Proceed with caution. 431 00:15:40,490 --> 00:15:41,660 {\an1}[floorboard creaks] 432 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,930 {\an1}Back the hell off! 433 00:15:48,970 --> 00:15:50,230 {\an1}Anybody makes a move on me, 434 00:15:50,270 --> 00:15:51,470 {\an1}they all die! 435 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:52,970 {\an1}All units, pull back. Pull back. 436 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,840 {\an1}Get everybody out of the building. 437 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:56,810 {\an1}We have a hostage situation. Get away from me now! 438 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,410 {\an1}Get over here. 439 00:15:58,440 --> 00:15:59,480 {\an1}(woman) Please, let them go! 440 00:15:59,510 --> 00:16:00,980 {\an1}(Vorgitch) Shut up, bitch! 441 00:16:01,010 --> 00:16:02,350 {\an1} (woman) You can keep me! 442 00:16:02,380 --> 00:16:05,020 {\an1} (Vorgitch) Shut your damn mouth! You wanna die? 443 00:16:05,050 --> 00:16:07,220 {\an1} (Vorgitch) Okay, everybody up against the wall now! 444 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:08,820 {\an1}Do what he says. 445 00:16:08,850 --> 00:16:10,890 {\an1} (Vorgitch) Get down! You get down! 446 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,490 {\an1}You. Get over here. 447 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,060 {\an1}Get down in the corner. 448 00:16:16,090 --> 00:16:17,430 {\an1} You, get your ass up against the wall. 449 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:20,000 {\an1}The next one of you little bitches makes a sound-- 450 00:16:20,030 --> 00:16:22,400 {\an1}(Van Buren) Major Case says the hostage negotiator's 451 00:16:22,430 --> 00:16:24,100 {\an1}on her way. 452 00:16:24,130 --> 00:16:25,340 {\an1}Does she know that there's 15 kids in the room? 453 00:16:25,370 --> 00:16:26,440 {\an1}Yes, she knows. 454 00:16:26,470 --> 00:16:27,840 {\an1}Lieutenant! 455 00:16:27,870 --> 00:16:28,910 {\an1}Says his kid's in the room with the perp. 456 00:16:28,940 --> 00:16:30,510 {\an1}She texted him. She's getting sick. 457 00:16:30,540 --> 00:16:31,610 {\an1}Diabetic shock. 458 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,140 {\an1}She said she's getting dizzy and confused. 459 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:34,850 {\an1}She's going into shock. What's your name? 460 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,280 {\an1}Rob Purcell. Her name is Megan. 461 00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:37,410 {\an1}If she can just get her medicine-- 462 00:16:37,450 --> 00:16:39,620 {\an1}Mr. Purcell, we're doing everything possible 463 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:40,920 {\an1}to make sure that happens. 464 00:16:40,950 --> 00:16:42,620 {\an1}(Vorgitch) I want all these cars out of here 465 00:16:42,650 --> 00:16:43,720 {\an1}or they die! 466 00:16:43,750 --> 00:16:45,420 {\an1}Pull all the units into the intersection 467 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:46,690 {\an1}until the hostage team gets here. 468 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,090 {\an1}I want all those guns away! 469 00:16:48,130 --> 00:16:50,260 {\an1} Get the hell off the street! 470 00:16:50,290 --> 00:16:51,460 {\an1}For now, we do like he says 471 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,230 {\an1}until the team's in place. 472 00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:54,470 {\an1}[backfire] 473 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:55,670 {\an1}What the hell was that? 474 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:58,770 {\an1}[gunfire] [screaming] 475 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,840 {\an1}Ah, God! 476 00:17:03,710 --> 00:17:04,880 {\an1}We're going in. 477 00:17:04,910 --> 00:17:06,110 {\an1}(Sergeant) Move! Move! 478 00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:08,950 {\an1}Let me see your hands! 479 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:10,210 {\an1}We've got one apprehended. 480 00:17:10,250 --> 00:17:13,850 {\an1}Send an EMS. We've got four shot. 481 00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:17,760 {\an1}You can't shoot me. 482 00:17:17,790 --> 00:17:18,920 {\an1}I'm unarmed. 483 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,160 {\an1}Why'd you have to shoot them? 484 00:17:20,190 --> 00:17:22,860 {\an1}Why not? 485 00:17:36,870 --> 00:17:39,510 {\an1}Get him out of here. 486 00:17:57,290 --> 00:17:58,360 {\an1}(clerk) Docket number 4-8-2-1-5. 487 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,160 {\an1}People v. Leon Wayne Vorgitch. 488 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,870 {\an1}Charges are eight counts of murder in the first degree; 489 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:04,540 {\an1}escape in the first degree; 490 00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:06,340 {\an1}and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. 491 00:18:06,370 --> 00:18:08,170 {\an1}How does the defendant plead, Mister... 492 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:10,410 {\an1}Kiss my ass. That's how I plead. 493 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:11,910 {\an1}Control your client, counselor. 494 00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:13,380 {\an1} I'll do my best, Your Honor. 495 00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:14,980 {\an1}He pleads not guilty. 496 00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:17,580 {\an1}And since he's already serving three life sentences 497 00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:20,150 {\an1} for mass murder, bail's not an issue. 498 00:18:20,180 --> 00:18:22,490 {\an1}But which cell he's returned to is, Your Honor. 499 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,290 {\an1}The defendant obtained the tools for his escape 500 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:26,760 {\an1}while incarcerated at Green Haven. 501 00:18:26,790 --> 00:18:28,430 {\an1}People ask that corrections place him 502 00:18:28,460 --> 00:18:30,900 {\an1}in a federal supermax facility pending trial. 503 00:18:30,930 --> 00:18:32,200 {\an1}Mr. Edlund? 504 00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:34,100 {\an1}No objection, Your Honor. So ordered. 505 00:18:34,130 --> 00:18:36,330 {\an1}[gavel pounds] 506 00:18:36,370 --> 00:18:38,840 {\an1}You can lock me up wherever you want, bitch! 507 00:18:38,870 --> 00:18:40,240 {\an1} We're done. Get him out of here. 508 00:18:40,270 --> 00:18:41,300 {\an1}Lock me up wherever you want, 509 00:18:41,340 --> 00:18:42,970 {\an1} 'cause that's all you can do! 510 00:18:43,010 --> 00:18:44,340 {\an1}And next time I get out, 511 00:18:44,380 --> 00:18:46,610 {\an1}I'm coming straight for you, bitch! 512 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,110 {\an1}Get your hands off me. 513 00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:53,120 {\an1}Murder two on all eight charges. 514 00:18:53,150 --> 00:18:54,790 {\an1}(Vorgitch) Go to hell, McCoy. 515 00:18:54,820 --> 00:18:57,050 {\an1}Murder one, two, three. 516 00:18:57,090 --> 00:19:00,860 {\an1}What the hell's that even mean? 517 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:02,360 {\an1}I want something real. 518 00:19:02,390 --> 00:19:04,300 {\an1}TV time. 519 00:19:04,330 --> 00:19:05,730 {\an1}Conjugal visits. 520 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,500 {\an1}(McCoy) We're not here to offer perks, Mr. Vorgitch. 521 00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:11,900 {\an1} Want one of them flat screens. 522 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:13,600 {\an1}That's my price. 523 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,570 {\an1}Take it or leave it. 524 00:19:16,610 --> 00:19:18,740 {\an1}We'll leave it. Fine. 525 00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:22,610 {\an1}But every day I get on that bus and go to court 526 00:19:22,650 --> 00:19:26,420 {\an1}is another day I don't have to spend in here. 527 00:19:26,450 --> 00:19:28,090 {\an1}Another chance to escape. 528 00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:37,160 {\an1}Megan died before we reached the hospital. 529 00:19:37,190 --> 00:19:40,160 {\an1} It's been, uh, very hard on all of us. 530 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,370 {\an1}Especially since Vorgitch 531 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,100 {\an1}should've been executed years ago. 532 00:19:43,130 --> 00:19:46,170 {\an1}And that's what makes it not just a personal tragedy 533 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,140 {\an1}for the Purcell family, but a moral outrage 534 00:19:48,170 --> 00:19:50,340 {\an1}for all of New York. 535 00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:53,040 {\an1}We have to fight for the families of the victims. 536 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:54,950 {\an1}We need the death penalty. 537 00:19:54,980 --> 00:19:56,810 {\an1}And when I'm elected, 538 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:58,750 {\an1}I will fight to bring it back. 539 00:19:58,780 --> 00:20:00,150 {\an1}Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Come on. 540 00:20:00,180 --> 00:20:01,490 {\an1}(reporter) Wait-- 541 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,190 {\an1}Didn't take Dena Carter long to make political hay. 542 00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:06,720 {\an1}While she's out campaigning for the death penalty, 543 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,090 {\an1}what are we supposed to do without it? 544 00:20:08,130 --> 00:20:10,530 {\an1}Either we decline to prosecute Vorgitch 545 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,830 {\an1}or we waste three months on a murder trial 546 00:20:12,860 --> 00:20:13,960 {\an1}with nothing at stake. 547 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,430 {\an1}No trial for eight dead? 548 00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:17,670 {\an1} Two cops and four children. 549 00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:19,100 {\an1}We owe the families. 550 00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:22,970 {\an1}What we owe them is Vorgitch getting an arm full of poison. 551 00:20:23,010 --> 00:20:25,680 {\an1}Not an option right now. 552 00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:26,880 {\an1}Are we sure about that? 553 00:20:26,910 --> 00:20:29,710 {\an1}People v. La Valle, Arthur. 554 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,620 {\an1}That case didn't strike down the entire law; 555 00:20:31,650 --> 00:20:33,180 {\an1}just the jury instruction. 556 00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:35,250 {\an1}There's still a guy on death row 557 00:20:35,290 --> 00:20:38,160 {\an1}whose judge gave a Constitutional instruction. 558 00:20:38,190 --> 00:20:39,720 {\an1}That case will be tied up in appeals 559 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,130 {\an1}until the defendant dies of old age. 560 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,360 {\an1}But if we can get our judge to give that same instruction, 561 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,160 {\an1}then we've got a shot at 562 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,670 {\an1}getting Vorgitch on death row. 563 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,640 {\an1}At least then we've done everything we can do. 564 00:20:52,670 --> 00:20:56,040 {\an1}The Legislature's not gonna do anything. 565 00:20:56,070 --> 00:20:58,910 {\an1}I appreciate your ambition, Mr. McCoy, 566 00:20:58,940 --> 00:21:01,010 {\an1}but in light of the higher court's ruling, 567 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,280 {\an1}I don't see how I can authorize a death penalty case. 568 00:21:04,310 --> 00:21:05,250 {\an1}Given the public outrage 569 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,620 {\an1}surrounding this case, Your Honor, 570 00:21:06,650 --> 00:21:08,390 {\an1}I don't see how you can refuse. 571 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:10,420 {\an1}The People get no justice 572 00:21:10,450 --> 00:21:13,260 {\an1}from a trial that delivers no real punishment. 573 00:21:13,290 --> 00:21:14,760 {\an1}So how do you plan to get around La Valle? 574 00:21:14,790 --> 00:21:15,860 {\an1}What if you issue 575 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:17,190 {\an1}a different jury instruction? 576 00:21:17,230 --> 00:21:19,760 {\an1}One that addresses the court's bias concerns? 577 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,270 {\an1}You want me to rewrite 578 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:22,870 {\an1}New York's death penalty statute? 579 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:24,100 {\an1}Just the jury instruction, 580 00:21:24,130 --> 00:21:26,340 {\an1}Your Honor, and a template already exists. 581 00:21:26,370 --> 00:21:28,440 {\an1}Judge Stephen Fisher's instruction 582 00:21:28,470 --> 00:21:29,440 {\an1}in the John Taylor case. 583 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:31,210 {\an1}Judge Fisher's rewrite happened before 584 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,780 {\an1}the death penalty was struck down. 585 00:21:32,810 --> 00:21:34,080 {\an1}The court in La Valle 586 00:21:34,110 --> 00:21:35,780 {\an1}declined to craft new instruction. 587 00:21:35,810 --> 00:21:37,950 {\an1}He's right, Mr. McCoy. 588 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:40,650 {\an1}And fixing all this is the job of the Legislature. 589 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,890 {\an1}They haven't been terribly responsive, have they? 590 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,190 {\an1}The statute's been in limbo for two years. 591 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:49,390 {\an1}No judge has the power to ignore the law, Your Honor. 592 00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:51,700 {\an1}You wouldn't be ignoring it. You'd actually be obeying it. 593 00:21:51,730 --> 00:21:53,530 {\an1}How's that? 594 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:54,930 {\an1} La Valle states that you can't issue 595 00:21:54,970 --> 00:21:57,200 {\an1}the old deadlock instruction because it's biased. 596 00:21:57,230 --> 00:22:00,870 {\an1}And although the court declined to rewrite it, 597 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:03,510 {\an1} there's nothing to stop you trying. 598 00:22:03,540 --> 00:22:06,440 {\an1}This is an issue that needs to be resolved, Your Honor. 599 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,050 {\an1}If the Legislature won't do it, 600 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,550 {\an1}it's on us. 601 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,520 {\an1} You seek the death sentence, 602 00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:18,690 {\an1}I'll issue the new instruction, and we'll see what happens. 603 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:19,920 {\an1}Your Honor-- 604 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,990 {\an1}I don't expect you to be happy, Mr. Edlund. 605 00:22:22,030 --> 00:22:23,730 {\an1}I expect you to appeal. 606 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:24,830 {\an1}[gavel pounds] 607 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:27,730 {\an1} Filed the papers this morning. 608 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,900 {\an1}Get ready for round two. 609 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:36,940 {\an1}A trial judge clearly does not have the authority 610 00:22:36,970 --> 00:22:38,810 {\an1}to issue her own private jury instruction 611 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,040 {\an1}in a death penalty case. 612 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,610 {\an1}She's not imposing it, counselor. 613 00:22:41,650 --> 00:22:44,080 {\an1} She's merely allowing the prosecution to seek it. 614 00:22:44,110 --> 00:22:45,880 {\an1} But Judge Desmond is ignoring 615 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,050 {\an1}the deadlock instruction required by statute 616 00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:49,220 {\an1}and crafting her own. 617 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:52,120 {\an1}She can't break the law in order to fix it. 618 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,090 {\an1}But the law was already broken. 619 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:55,290 {\an1}Precisely, Your Honor. 620 00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:56,360 {\an1}The status of the law is uncertain. 621 00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:57,830 {\an1} The People are simply asking 622 00:22:57,860 --> 00:23:00,760 {\an1} if New York has the death penalty or not. 623 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,900 {\an1}And the answer is no. 624 00:23:01,930 --> 00:23:03,400 {\an1} Not under the current statute. 625 00:23:03,430 --> 00:23:06,500 {\an1}Now opposing counsel has exceeded his authority. 626 00:23:06,540 --> 00:23:08,140 {\an1}The power to answer that question 627 00:23:08,170 --> 00:23:09,640 {\an1}lies with the courts. 628 00:23:09,670 --> 00:23:11,240 {\an1}It's called judicial review. 629 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,210 {\an1}This is judicial activism. 630 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,950 {\an1}Watch yourself, counselor. 631 00:23:14,980 --> 00:23:18,380 {\an1}The Manhattan D.A. and Judge Desmond 632 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:20,220 {\an1}are trying to circumvent the Legislature. 633 00:23:20,250 --> 00:23:22,690 {\an1}Despite La Valle, capital punishment 634 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,490 {\an1}is still valid in this state. 635 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,760 {\an1}And what's the point of having the death penalty 636 00:23:26,790 --> 00:23:30,160 {\an1}if we're afraid to use it on a man like Leon Vorgitch? 637 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:35,500 {\an1}It is the opinion of this court that whenever possible, 638 00:23:35,530 --> 00:23:38,070 {\an1}the autonomy and authority of trial judges 639 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,440 {\an1}must be upheld. 640 00:23:39,470 --> 00:23:40,840 {\an1}However, death is different. 641 00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:44,240 {\an1}A statute this important must be repaired 642 00:23:44,270 --> 00:23:46,080 {\an1}by a majority vote of the Legislature, 643 00:23:46,110 --> 00:23:48,210 {\an1}not some clever band-aid from a judge. 644 00:23:48,250 --> 00:23:52,520 {\an1}The defense's Article 78 Motion is granted. 645 00:23:52,550 --> 00:23:54,520 {\an1}Judge Desmond did exceed her authority. 646 00:23:54,550 --> 00:23:59,360 {\an1}You may not seek the death penalty, Mr. McCoy. 647 00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:01,590 {\an1}[pounds gavel] 648 00:24:13,770 --> 00:24:15,370 {\an1}(McCoy) I'll try to finish you out in a day, 649 00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:17,370 {\an1}but you've got a lot of heavy lifting. 650 00:24:17,410 --> 00:24:20,080 {\an1}The chase, the siege, the crime scene all on you. 651 00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:21,750 {\an1}Well, I'm here for whatever you need. 652 00:24:21,780 --> 00:24:22,780 {\an1}Wish I had an option. 653 00:24:22,810 --> 00:24:25,320 {\an1}Mr. Purcell, it's Connie Rubirosa again. 654 00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:27,820 {\an1}Please call me back regarding your testimony. 655 00:24:27,850 --> 00:24:28,990 {\an1}[gunfire] 656 00:24:29,020 --> 00:24:29,950 {\an1}Stay here. 657 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:32,990 {\an1}(man) Gunfire! Shot fired! 658 00:24:33,020 --> 00:24:35,290 {\an1} (cop) Drop the weapon. 659 00:24:35,330 --> 00:24:37,160 {\an1}Put the gun down, man. 660 00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:39,430 {\an1}(man) 10-13. (Green) Down. 661 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:41,200 {\an1}I don't wanna have to hurt you. 662 00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:42,900 {\an1}Put the gun down now. 663 00:24:42,930 --> 00:24:45,200 {\an1}(cop) Hands behind your head. Up against the wall. 664 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,470 {\an1}Homicide. I got him. 665 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:48,570 {\an1}He killed my little girl. 666 00:24:58,550 --> 00:24:59,520 {\an1}e, seven years. 667 00:24:59,550 --> 00:25:02,020 {\an1}Not a snowball's chance in hell. 668 00:25:02,050 --> 00:25:04,890 {\an1}It's a good offer, Ms. Carter. 669 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,990 {\an1}If this goes to trial, your client will lose. 670 00:25:08,030 --> 00:25:09,530 {\an1}Come on. You forget that before I was a politician, 671 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,060 {\an1}I was a damn good prosecutor. 672 00:25:11,090 --> 00:25:12,560 {\an1}You wouldn't be floating a deal here 673 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,660 {\an1}if you thought you could win. 674 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:15,300 {\an1}It's called mercy. 675 00:25:15,330 --> 00:25:17,370 {\an1}All of the evidence is on our side. 676 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,400 {\an1}Your client 677 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,740 {\an1}shot a man in full view 678 00:25:19,770 --> 00:25:22,410 {\an1}of two corrections officers and a security camera. 679 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,370 {\an1}(Carter) Yes, and considering who he shot, 680 00:25:24,410 --> 00:25:25,810 {\an1}you're gonna have a hard time 681 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,680 {\an1}convincing 12 jurors that he did something wrong. 682 00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:31,350 {\an1}I did exactly what you were trying to do. 683 00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:33,450 {\an1} Everyone agreed he should die. 684 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,220 {\an1}I was seeking to have Vorgitch legally executed. 685 00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:38,820 {\an1}And I executed him. 686 00:25:38,860 --> 00:25:40,890 {\an1}How can you come after me for that? 687 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,460 {\an1}Because New York doesn't have a do-it-yourself 688 00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:44,830 {\an1}death penalty, Mr. Purcell. 689 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:46,500 {\an1} I don't care what the law says. 690 00:25:46,530 --> 00:25:48,270 {\an1}That's hardly a defense. 691 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:50,170 {\an1}The stress of my client losing his daughter 692 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,640 {\an1}and watching Vorgitch go unpunished 693 00:25:51,670 --> 00:25:53,970 {\an1} has clearly rendered him unable 694 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,240 {\an1}to tell the difference between right and wrong. 695 00:25:55,270 --> 00:25:58,210 {\an1}This is our notice of intent to plead 696 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,040 {\an1} not guilty by reason of mental defect. 697 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,410 {\an1}Moral ambiguity does not equal 698 00:26:02,450 --> 00:26:04,720 {\an1}an insanity defense, Ms. Carter. 699 00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:07,620 {\an1}My client believes that shooting Leon Vorgitch 700 00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:09,490 {\an1}was the right thing to do. 701 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,650 {\an1} And if you agree, why are you charging him? 702 00:26:11,690 --> 00:26:15,490 {\an1}And if not, that's a valid defense. 703 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,870 {\an1}[chuckling] 704 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:24,000 {\an1}It's just a platform to nullify. 705 00:26:24,030 --> 00:26:27,340 {\an1}They'll hear Vorgitch murdered Purcell's diabetic little girl, 706 00:26:27,370 --> 00:26:29,240 {\an1}and the law goes out the window. 707 00:26:29,270 --> 00:26:33,080 {\an1}Jurors aren't the only ones who find his story sympathetic. 708 00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:35,580 {\an1}Can't we just concede the insanity 709 00:26:35,610 --> 00:26:37,080 {\an1}and get him time in an institution? 710 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:38,720 {\an1}Carter won't hear it. 711 00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:40,280 {\an1}She pounced on us like a bobcat. 712 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:41,890 {\an1} Yeah, you can't walk in front of the courthouse 713 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,350 {\an1}without seeing her in front of the cameras. 714 00:26:43,390 --> 00:26:46,660 {\an1}And meanwhile, Dr. Olivet examined Purcell. 715 00:26:46,690 --> 00:26:48,360 {\an1}She says he knew right from wrong 716 00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:49,430 {\an1}at the time of the shooting. 717 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:51,830 {\an1}You get a second opinion? 718 00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:53,960 {\an1}And a third. They all say the same thing. 719 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,370 {\an1} Well, Purcell doesn't deserve 20 to life. 720 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,040 {\an1}But he doesn't deserve a walk either. 721 00:27:00,070 --> 00:27:02,070 {\an1}If we can't make a deal with Carter, 722 00:27:02,110 --> 00:27:04,240 {\an1}maybe we can make a deal with the jury. 723 00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:09,980 {\an1} (McCoy) The People ask that the jury 724 00:27:10,010 --> 00:27:11,050 {\an1}be allowed to consider 725 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,880 {\an1} man two as a lesser included defense. 726 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,420 {\an1}They can't make a case for murder, 727 00:27:15,450 --> 00:27:17,390 {\an1}and now they want a safety net. 728 00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:19,090 {\an1}It's unacceptable, Your Honor. 729 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,590 {\an1}The safety net is for your client, Ms. Carter. 730 00:27:21,630 --> 00:27:23,190 {\an1}He doesn't need one. 731 00:27:23,230 --> 00:27:25,730 {\an1}There is more than enough evidence to prove murder two. 732 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,270 {\an1} But in light of the mitigating circumstances, 733 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:30,600 {\an1}the jury should have the option 734 00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:32,340 {\an1}to give the defendant three to six 735 00:27:32,370 --> 00:27:33,500 {\an1}instead of 20 to life. 736 00:27:33,540 --> 00:27:35,240 {\an1}They should have to make a choice. 737 00:27:35,270 --> 00:27:37,710 {\an1}Convict a grieving father of ridding the world 738 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,180 {\an1}of a dangerous mass murderer, 739 00:27:39,210 --> 00:27:42,450 {\an1}or send Robert Purcell home a free man. 740 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,510 {\an1}It is all or nothing, 741 00:27:43,550 --> 00:27:45,020 {\an1}Your Honor. 742 00:27:45,050 --> 00:27:46,280 {\an1}And you've discussed this with your client, Ms. Carter? 743 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,020 {\an1}Absolutely. 744 00:27:48,050 --> 00:27:50,590 {\an1} (Judge Gordon) Well, then I don't see much choice here. 745 00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:52,990 {\an1}There's ample precedent supporting the defendant's right 746 00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:54,730 {\an1}to take his chances. 747 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,560 {\an1}The jury may not consider man two. 748 00:27:57,590 --> 00:27:59,500 {\an1}It's murder two or an acquittal. 749 00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:06,600 {\an1} I'd like another meeting with your client. 750 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,170 {\an1}To discuss what? 751 00:28:08,210 --> 00:28:10,110 {\an1}The fact that he's not getting the best advice from his lawyer. 752 00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:12,380 {\an1}I'm used to mudslinging on the campaign trail, 753 00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:14,110 {\an1}but, Jack, I expected better of you. 754 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:16,450 {\an1}You're playing politics with your client's defense. 755 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,950 {\an1}You are way off base. 756 00:28:17,980 --> 00:28:20,950 {\an1}How many scandals are chasing your campaign? 757 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:22,220 {\an1}All part of the game. 758 00:28:22,250 --> 00:28:23,620 {\an1}You're down in the polls. 759 00:28:23,650 --> 00:28:25,860 {\an1}Defending Purcell is a publicity stunt and you know it. 760 00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:28,990 {\an1}Then drop the charges and deny me the bully pulpit. 761 00:28:29,030 --> 00:28:32,100 {\an1}Otherwise, I'll see you in court. 762 00:28:35,070 --> 00:28:37,070 {\an1} (Rubirosa) Maybe we should dismiss the murder charge 763 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:39,370 {\an1} and go after Purcell for manslaughter instead. 764 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,800 {\an1}It's a dangerous precedent, Connie. 765 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,840 {\an1}He shot a man in cold blood on the courthouse steps. 766 00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:47,510 {\an1}We have no choice but to charge him with murder. 767 00:28:47,540 --> 00:28:49,310 {\an1}Even though we're practically begging him 768 00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:51,320 {\an1}to let us plead him out to manslaughter? 769 00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:52,780 {\an1}Yes. 770 00:28:52,820 --> 00:28:54,420 {\an1}Isn't that hypocritical? 771 00:28:54,450 --> 00:28:56,450 {\an1}I prefer to call it ironic. 772 00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:59,090 {\an1}The whole thing's a little convenient, don't you think? 773 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,320 {\an1}What? 774 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,890 {\an1}Purcell killing Vorgitch a month before the election. 775 00:29:02,930 --> 00:29:04,330 {\an1}Dena Carter catching the case. 776 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,430 {\an1}What about it? 777 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:08,570 {\an1}She's either very lucky or-- 778 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,370 {\an1}You think Dena's involved? 779 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,600 {\an1}All I'm saying is I wouldn't be shocked 780 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,300 {\an1}if there was more puppet-mastering going on 781 00:29:14,340 --> 00:29:15,910 {\an1}behind the scenes than we know about. 782 00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:18,070 {\an1}You have any proof? 783 00:29:18,110 --> 00:29:20,340 {\an1}No. 784 00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:23,180 {\an1}Then leave it alone. 785 00:29:23,210 --> 00:29:25,280 {\an1}And put all of my energy into burying Purcell 786 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,220 {\an1}for doing exactly what every man in this city 787 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:28,790 {\an1}wished he had the balls to do? 788 00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:30,950 {\an1}Yes. 789 00:29:36,890 --> 00:29:40,130 {\an1}(Carter) So when did you begin treating the defendant, Dr. Burnett? 790 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,330 {\an1}(Burnett) Robert first came to see me shortly after 791 00:29:42,370 --> 00:29:43,570 {\an1}his daughter's death. 792 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,970 {\an1}And what were his symptoms at that time? 793 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,640 {\an1}Depression, post-traumatic stress. 794 00:29:48,670 --> 00:29:51,780 {\an1}He was just outside the school when his daughter was murdered. 795 00:29:51,810 --> 00:29:53,840 {\an1}He was contending with 796 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,210 {\an1}profound feelings of powerlessness and loss. 797 00:29:56,250 --> 00:29:59,350 {\an1}So at that time, did you believe Robert 798 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:01,220 {\an1}to be in danger to himself 799 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:03,020 {\an1}or to others? No. 800 00:30:03,050 --> 00:30:04,690 {\an1}We were able to manage his condition 801 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,860 {\an1} with medication and talk therapy. 802 00:30:06,890 --> 00:30:08,490 {\an1}He was making good progress. 803 00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:10,590 {\an1}So what happened? 804 00:30:10,630 --> 00:30:12,060 {\an1} He was informed that Leon Vorgitch 805 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,300 {\an1}would be escaping the death penalty for a second time. 806 00:30:14,330 --> 00:30:16,700 {\an1}I believe that information caused him 807 00:30:16,730 --> 00:30:18,300 {\an1}to suffer a psychotic break. 808 00:30:18,340 --> 00:30:20,900 {\an1}Meaning? 809 00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:22,870 {\an1}He lost the ability to distinguish 810 00:30:22,910 --> 00:30:25,410 {\an1}between right and wrong. 811 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,710 {\an1}So in your professional opinion, 812 00:30:26,740 --> 00:30:28,880 {\an1}Robert's mental breakdown 813 00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,080 {\an1}was caused not by the death of his daughter, 814 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:32,980 {\an1}but by the state's failure to act? 815 00:30:33,020 --> 00:30:36,690 {\an1}Withdrawn. 816 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,590 {\an1}When I heard they were gonna let him live, 817 00:30:38,620 --> 00:30:40,290 {\an1}I snapped. 818 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,790 {\an1}I had a gun, which I bought years ago. 819 00:30:43,830 --> 00:30:46,160 {\an1}I dug it up, loaded it. 820 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,330 {\an1}I got to the courthouse 821 00:30:48,370 --> 00:30:49,670 {\an1}just as Vorgitch's van pulled up. 822 00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:52,970 {\an1}He got out. 823 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,870 {\an1}We locked eyes. 824 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:57,140 {\an1}I shot him. 825 00:30:57,170 --> 00:30:59,840 {\an1}Rob, did you believe that you were committing a crime? 826 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:00,980 {\an1}This wasn't murder. 827 00:31:01,010 --> 00:31:03,310 {\an1}It was justice. 828 00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:07,650 {\an1}I didn't do it because he stole from me 829 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,550 {\an1}or because he cut me off in traffic. 830 00:31:10,590 --> 00:31:12,360 {\an1}I didn't even do it because he killed my daughter. 831 00:31:12,390 --> 00:31:15,590 {\an1}(Carter) Then why'd you do it, Rob? 832 00:31:15,630 --> 00:31:19,100 {\an1}Because he was just too dangerous. 833 00:31:19,130 --> 00:31:21,900 {\an1}If he had lived, I have no doubt 834 00:31:21,930 --> 00:31:24,100 {\an1}he would've killed again. 835 00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:26,000 {\an1}So you took action to prevent that from happening. 836 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,270 {\an1}If the police couldn't, or the courts, 837 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:31,540 {\an1}somebody had to do something. 838 00:31:31,570 --> 00:31:33,740 {\an1}Do you believe what you did was wrong? 839 00:31:33,780 --> 00:31:38,320 {\an1}12 jurors voted for the death penalty three times. 840 00:31:38,350 --> 00:31:39,420 {\an1}Even the district attorney 841 00:31:39,450 --> 00:31:42,520 {\an1}tried to make it happen. 842 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:46,160 {\an1}All I did was carry out the will of the people. 843 00:31:52,130 --> 00:31:56,570 {\an1}The will of the people. 844 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,900 {\an1} Mr. Purcell, do you understand 845 00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:01,970 {\an1}why you are in court here today? 846 00:32:02,010 --> 00:32:03,140 {\an1}Objection, Your Honor. 847 00:32:03,170 --> 00:32:05,240 {\an1}This is a trial, not a competency hearing. 848 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,250 {\an1}Mr. Purcell has asserted an insanity defense. 849 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,780 {\an1}The people have the right to probe his understanding 850 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:13,780 {\an1}of his situation. 851 00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:15,620 {\an1}The witness will answer. 852 00:32:17,050 --> 00:32:19,360 {\an1}I'm here because I shot Leon Vorgitch. 853 00:32:19,390 --> 00:32:24,130 {\an1}Do you believe yourself to be an agent of the state? 854 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,660 {\an1}Someone legally allowed 855 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,100 {\an1}to carry out executions? 856 00:32:28,130 --> 00:32:30,100 {\an1}No. 857 00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:33,170 {\an1}So you understand that shooting Vorgitch was a crime. 858 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,040 {\an1}I--I kw it was illegal, 859 00:32:36,070 --> 00:32:38,240 {\an1}but I don't think it was a crime. 860 00:32:38,270 --> 00:32:40,910 {\an1}Murder is not a crime? 861 00:32:40,940 --> 00:32:42,650 {\an1}So there was nothing criminal about 862 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,150 {\an1}what Vorgitch did to your daughter? 863 00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:46,850 {\an1}That was different. 864 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,650 {\an1}He fired a gun. 865 00:32:48,690 --> 00:32:50,850 {\an1}You fired a gun. 866 00:32:50,890 --> 00:32:52,260 {\an1}What was the difference? 867 00:32:52,290 --> 00:32:55,420 {\an1}My daughter was innocent. 868 00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:57,060 {\an1}And that's why you shot him. 869 00:32:57,090 --> 00:33:00,230 {\an1}Because he murdered your innocent daughter. 870 00:33:00,260 --> 00:33:01,630 {\an1}No. 871 00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:03,370 {\an1}You shot him because it was the will of the people. 872 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:04,430 {\an1}That's right. 873 00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:05,570 {\an1}You fired 874 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,140 {\an1}three hollow-point bullets 875 00:33:08,170 --> 00:33:12,710 {\an1}into the chest of the man who murdered your daughter, 876 00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:17,850 {\an1}and you weren't even thinking about her? 877 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,450 {\an1}Tell the truth, Mr. Purcell. 878 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,250 {\an1} Was this justice or was it revenge? 879 00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:30,430 {\an1}You think I wanted to kill a man? 880 00:33:31,430 --> 00:33:33,730 {\an1}I have nightmares about this. 881 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,470 {\an1}You have nightmares about it? 882 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,400 {\an1}Yes. 883 00:33:38,430 --> 00:33:42,070 {\an1}So you do know that what you did was wrong. 884 00:33:42,110 --> 00:33:45,280 {\an1}Just because it was the most difficult thing I've had to do 885 00:33:45,310 --> 00:33:48,040 {\an1}doesn't make it wrong. 886 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,580 {\an1}Leon Vorgitch deserved to die. 887 00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:55,990 {\an1}But you people wouldn't do it. 888 00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:58,220 {\an1}So I did. 889 00:33:58,250 --> 00:34:00,460 {\an1}He is dead. 890 00:34:00,490 --> 00:34:02,130 {\an1}That is all that matters. 891 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,130 {\an1} Who cares what I was thinking? 892 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,280 {\an1}illing to consider a deal. 893 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:23,210 {\an1}Not when his lawyer tells him he'll walk. 894 00:34:23,250 --> 00:34:25,150 {\an1}He may have a chance. 895 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:27,920 {\an1}I understand you beat him up pretty good on the stand. 896 00:34:27,950 --> 00:34:30,250 {\an1}I'd call it a draw. 897 00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:32,660 {\an1}Or is it wishful thinking? 898 00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:34,520 {\an1}He shouldn't be in that courtroom. 899 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,560 {\an1}He should be waiting out three years somewhere. 900 00:34:36,590 --> 00:34:38,660 {\an1}You're plumbing the depths 901 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:41,230 {\an1}of political cynicism, Jack, my boy. 902 00:34:41,260 --> 00:34:42,800 {\an1}Sadly, it's a deep well. 903 00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:45,470 {\an1}[knocking] 904 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,840 {\an1}Purcell testified that he got to the courthouse 905 00:34:47,870 --> 00:34:49,470 {\an1}just as Leon pulled up. 906 00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:52,440 {\an1}But remanded defendants always arrive at 6:00 AM. 907 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,780 {\an1}Vorgitch got there at 9:00. 908 00:34:53,810 --> 00:34:55,450 {\an1}His schedule was changed last minute 909 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,880 {\an1}to ensure security. 910 00:34:56,910 --> 00:35:00,180 {\an1}Someone tipped him off. 911 00:35:04,390 --> 00:35:07,760 {\an1}I assume you're not here to make a campaign contribution. 912 00:35:07,790 --> 00:35:10,330 {\an1}Did you tell Robert Purcell what time Leon Vorgitch 913 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,060 {\an1}would be arriving at the courthouse 914 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:13,260 {\an1}the morning of the shooting? 915 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:14,630 {\an1}I beg your pardon? 916 00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:17,400 {\an1}Did you know Purcell was planning to shoot Leon Vorgitch? 917 00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:18,730 {\an1}Of course not. 918 00:35:18,770 --> 00:35:21,840 {\an1} Convince me. Go to hell. 919 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,810 {\an1}I know who you talked to at Corrections. 920 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,210 {\an1}You were informed of Vorgitch's changed transportation. 921 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:29,510 {\an1}Any conversations between my client 922 00:35:29,550 --> 00:35:30,750 {\an1}and myself are privileged. 923 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:31,980 {\an1}And if Purcell had told me 924 00:35:32,020 --> 00:35:33,950 {\an1}that he had planned on killing Vorgitch, 925 00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:35,590 {\an1}I'm not obligated to report it. 926 00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:38,590 {\an1}Is the seat in Albany really worth 20 years 927 00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:39,760 {\an1}of a grieving father's life? 928 00:35:39,790 --> 00:35:41,420 {\an1}Come on, Jack. 929 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:43,360 {\an1}I didn't do anything wrong. 930 00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:44,790 {\an1}If I had and you could prove it, 931 00:35:44,830 --> 00:35:47,430 {\an1}we'd both be in front of a judge right now, wouldn't we? 932 00:35:47,460 --> 00:35:50,200 {\an1}The only thing on my mind right now 933 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:51,740 {\an1}is protecting the people of New York 934 00:35:51,770 --> 00:35:54,300 {\an1}from monsters like Vorgitch. 935 00:35:54,340 --> 00:35:58,780 {\an1} And protecting heroes like Robert Purcell 936 00:35:58,810 --> 00:36:02,610 {\an1}from heartless prosecutors like yourself. 937 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:13,460 {\an1}Nine years ago, Leon Vorgitch heartlessly murdered 938 00:36:13,490 --> 00:36:17,290 {\an1}five innocent people at a restaurant. 939 00:36:17,330 --> 00:36:19,730 {\an1} Back then, the Legislature had a chance 940 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,500 {\an1}to make sure that it never happened again, 941 00:36:21,530 --> 00:36:22,800 {\an1}but they failed. 942 00:36:22,830 --> 00:36:26,340 {\an1}They failed and he escaped. 943 00:36:26,370 --> 00:36:31,240 {\an1} And he went on to kill eight more innocent people. 944 00:36:31,270 --> 00:36:34,910 {\an1}And once again, the state has failed to act. 945 00:36:34,940 --> 00:36:38,480 {\an1}13 innocent people slaughtered 946 00:36:38,510 --> 00:36:40,620 {\an1}and our leaders are powerless to do anything 947 00:36:40,650 --> 00:36:43,950 {\an1}but lock him up and hope he never escapes again? 948 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,190 {\an1}Ladies and gentlemen, the law did not protect 949 00:36:48,220 --> 00:36:50,860 {\an1} our society from Leon Vorgitch. 950 00:36:50,890 --> 00:36:52,760 {\an1} It couldn't even grant justice 951 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,200 {\an1}to the families of his victims. 952 00:36:55,230 --> 00:36:58,030 {\an1}And when Robert Purcell heard that, 953 00:36:58,070 --> 00:36:59,470 {\an1}after hearing the shot 954 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:03,410 {\an1}that killed his daughter... 955 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,110 {\an1}he went insane. 956 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:07,880 {\an1} Regardless of the law, regardless of the risks, 957 00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:10,410 {\an1}regardless of the countless witnesses, 958 00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:12,350 {\an1}Robert Purcell felt compelled 959 00:37:12,380 --> 00:37:17,850 {\an1}to make sure that Leon Vorgitch never killed again. 960 00:37:17,890 --> 00:37:21,420 {\an1}Ladies and gentlemen, the state wouldn't take action, 961 00:37:21,460 --> 00:37:23,030 {\an1}so Robert did. 962 00:37:23,060 --> 00:37:27,600 {\an1}Now does that make him a murderer? 963 00:37:27,630 --> 00:37:30,730 {\an1}That makes him a man mentally undone. 964 00:37:30,770 --> 00:37:33,500 {\an1}First by a heartless psychopath, 965 00:37:33,540 --> 00:37:35,940 {\an1}and second, by an uncaring system. 966 00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:39,010 {\an1}Ladies and gentlemen, that deserves your sympathy. 967 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:44,580 {\an1}And also your vote of not guilty. 968 00:37:53,390 --> 00:37:56,160 {\an1}Vorgitch was a monster. 969 00:37:56,190 --> 00:38:01,900 {\an1}No one disputes that the world is a better place without him. 970 00:38:01,930 --> 00:38:05,070 {\an1}But this is not about who Robert Purcell murdered. 971 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:08,370 {\an1}It's about the simple fact that he is a murderer. 972 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,710 {\an1}Mr. Purcell is not insane. 973 00:38:10,740 --> 00:38:14,140 {\an1}He does not believe himself to be a judge, 974 00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:15,850 {\an1}a jury, 975 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,610 {\an1}or an executioner. 976 00:38:17,650 --> 00:38:21,050 {\an1}And yet, by killing Leon Vorgitch, 977 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,790 {\an1} he chose to act as all three. 978 00:38:24,820 --> 00:38:28,160 {\an1} He may have felt morally justified. 979 00:38:28,190 --> 00:38:32,330 {\an1} But still, he knew that what he did was wrong. 980 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,760 {\an1}So the question before you is not, 981 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,200 {\an1}"Did Vorgitch deserve to die?" 982 00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:41,070 {\an1}It's, "Did Robert Purcell have the right to kill him?" 983 00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:43,840 {\an1}And the answer is no. 984 00:38:43,870 --> 00:38:49,510 {\an1}Leon Vorgitch was a danger to our society. 985 00:38:49,550 --> 00:38:52,380 {\an1}But so is what the defense is asking of you today. 986 00:38:52,420 --> 00:38:54,980 {\an1}They want you to look the other way. 987 00:38:55,020 --> 00:38:58,420 {\an1}Even though Robert Purcell 988 00:38:58,450 --> 00:39:00,860 {\an1}ignored our system of justice, 989 00:39:00,890 --> 00:39:03,790 {\an1}took the law into his own hands, 990 00:39:03,830 --> 00:39:06,760 {\an1}and committed murder in cold blood, 991 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,460 {\an1} they want you to give him a pass. 992 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:12,370 {\an1}If you let Robert Purcell get away with murder, 993 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,140 {\an1}just because you hate the man he shot, 994 00:39:15,170 --> 00:39:17,540 {\an1}you're telling everyone out there 995 00:39:17,570 --> 00:39:19,640 {\an1}that it's okay to kill 996 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,910 {\an1} as long as the victim was a bad person. 997 00:39:22,950 --> 00:39:27,220 {\an1}Judges, juries-- Who needs them? 998 00:39:29,090 --> 00:39:33,790 {\an1} If you want to see insanity... 999 00:39:33,820 --> 00:39:37,460 {\an1}let this murderer go. 1000 00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:45,630 {\an1}Has the jury reached a verdict? 1001 00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:47,070 {\an1}We have, Your Honor. 1002 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:48,200 {\an1} (Judge Gordon) What say you? 1003 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,710 {\an1}On the sole count of the indictment 1004 00:39:49,740 --> 00:39:50,970 {\an1} Murder in the Second Degree, 1005 00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:53,410 {\an1}we find the defendant, Robert Henry Purcell, 1006 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,710 {\an1}guilty. 1007 00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:57,150 {\an1}(Judge Gordon) Thank you for your service. 1008 00:39:57,180 --> 00:39:58,250 {\an1}The jury's excused. 1009 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,020 {\an1}The defendant will be held in custody 1010 00:40:00,050 --> 00:40:01,320 {\an1}pending sentencing. 1011 00:40:01,350 --> 00:40:02,720 {\an1}[gavel pounds] 1012 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,180 {\an1}I'm not supposed to see you without my lawyer present. 1013 00:40:32,210 --> 00:40:35,020 {\an1} Trial's over, Mr. Purcell. 1014 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,460 {\an1}You weren't a client. 1015 00:40:42,490 --> 00:40:44,590 {\an1} You were a campaign slogan. 1016 00:40:52,370 --> 00:40:56,570 {\an1}There's not much I can do about it in here. 1017 00:40:56,610 --> 00:40:59,310 {\an1}Did Dena Carter tell you 1018 00:40:59,340 --> 00:41:01,680 {\an1}when to intercept Vorgitch? 1019 00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:13,590 {\an1}Judge Logan approved a sentence reduction 1020 00:41:13,620 --> 00:41:16,230 {\an1}in exchange for Robert Purcell's testimony. 1021 00:41:16,260 --> 00:41:18,390 {\an1}Down from 20 years to 10. 1022 00:41:18,430 --> 00:41:20,560 {\an1}Eligible for parole in three. 1023 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,600 {\an1}What about Dena Carter? 1024 00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:31,310 {\an1}Now that's justice.