1 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:26,548 (narrator) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:30,255 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:32,298 the police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:35,163 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders, 5 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:37,203 These are their stories. 6 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,336 [all chattering] 7 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:40,571 Four months. 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,507 I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. 9 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,100 Now she'll have to wolf down 10 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:47,612 all those pints of Cherry Garcia by herself. 11 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:51,411 I promise. I'II eat ten gallons when I get back. 12 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:56,117 Now we have evidence of your pre-trip weight. 13 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:57,816 I forgot. It's your present. 14 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:01,452 Oh, not another box of red, white, and blue condoms. 15 00:01:01,528 --> 00:01:02,859 (EIIen) You wish. 16 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:04,591 Okay, I give up. 17 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:06,061 That's Chianti. 18 00:01:06,132 --> 00:01:08,362 For those dark-eyed, swarthy Italian men. 19 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:09,527 Your type. 20 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:12,298 Northern Italians are blond. My new type. 21 00:01:12,372 --> 00:01:13,430 [aII exclaiming] 22 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,905 You'll have to fight them off. 23 00:01:14,974 --> 00:01:16,464 This'II keep them away. 24 00:01:16,609 --> 00:01:18,042 Oh, hold that thought. 25 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:23,778 Your mother is wonderful, the apartment's too small. 26 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,341 If we put her in a hotel, she'll feeI rejected. 27 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:28,717 She's feIt rejected since the day she was born. 28 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:31,018 Oh, suddenly this is about my family neurosis? 29 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,854 Don't start a fight with me now. 30 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:35,087 Oh, my. That woman. 31 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:38,461 I guess she couldn't get a place in the Plaza. 32 00:01:38,565 --> 00:01:40,760 There's blood on her hands. 33 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,895 Eleanor, Eleanor, don't touch her. 34 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:47,635 Ma'am, are you okay? Oh, God! 35 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:49,638 [siren wailing] 36 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:54,202 He hits her with a steel pipe then he leaves it here. 37 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,248 Why doesn't he toss it into a dumpster? 38 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,250 It disappears into the land of garbage. 39 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,649 We're not gonna trace it. 40 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:01,016 We're working on gun control. 41 00:02:01,087 --> 00:02:02,816 Pipe control's a ways off. 42 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,914 Hey, don't lose this on the way to Forensics. 43 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:06,982 I found these under a car. 44 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:12,631 We've got some ID. Manhattan College. 45 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:15,761 Junior. Beth Milgram. 46 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:19,432 That's her with her friends. 47 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:22,332 Hold on, fellas. 48 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:28,770 Same clothes as in the pictures. 49 00:02:28,848 --> 00:02:32,147 She was with those girls last night, just before. 50 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:34,818 I hope to God she had a good time. 51 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:01,506 Well, we had five uniforms cover 50 square blocks. 52 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:04,566 There's no construction site with pipe laying around. 53 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:06,004 Crime of opportunity. 54 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,774 Could've been buried in garbage on the lot. 55 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:09,244 The pipe was spotless. 56 00:04:09,315 --> 00:04:11,476 It's on a vacant lot, it doesn't get dirty? 57 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:13,075 Guaranteed he had it on him. 58 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:15,985 Oh, I get it. A mugger carries a six-pound piece of pipe 59 00:04:16,055 --> 00:04:17,522 looking for somebody to hit. 60 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:20,320 He took the time to wrap the jacket around her head. 61 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,223 Nothing taken from the body. 62 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:24,024 I'm thinkin' maybe not a mugger. 63 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:27,789 We got three girls from the party. 64 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:34,735 She was, um, leaving today for Italy, an arts program. 65 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:36,970 I don't know why we're here. 66 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:38,874 Nobody would've wanted to hurt Beth. 67 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:41,641 Miss Rosenbaum, even ordinary people have enemies. 68 00:04:41,714 --> 00:04:43,113 It isn't possible. 69 00:04:43,182 --> 00:04:45,173 She loved the ballet. She was at the Met 70 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:47,776 every afternoon studying Caravaggio. 71 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:49,845 She worked at the homeless shelter. 72 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,485 Was she ever involved in drugs? 73 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:54,116 This is crazy. 74 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:57,161 Detective, you don't seem to understand. 75 00:04:57,230 --> 00:04:59,824 Beth Milgram comes from a very fine family. 76 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:02,390 Her grandfather was president ofthe River Club. 77 00:05:02,468 --> 00:05:04,959 Excuse me, cops in Hewlett tried again. 78 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:06,733 Nobody at the Milgram house. 79 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:08,239 Oh, my God! 80 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,970 Her parents were coming in to take her to the airport. 81 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,473 [honk honking] 82 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:17,576 She was packing. 83 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:20,047 Maybe she's running errands. 84 00:05:20,119 --> 00:05:22,952 On our way to London, she stopped for dental floss. 85 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:25,149 She does everything at the last minute. 86 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:27,192 I'm terribly sorry, we wouldn't be here 87 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:29,160 if we weren't absolutely sure. 88 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:32,220 Three more hours and she would've been gone. 89 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:35,558 Next year I would have made her transfer out of the city. 90 00:05:35,635 --> 00:05:37,626 She would've given them her money. 91 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:39,296 We talked about it. 92 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:42,307 You don't challenge them and they won't kill you. 93 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:44,207 Uh, Mr. Milgram, I'm afraid 94 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:46,006 we're gonna have to examine those. 95 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:50,243 We're not sure that this is a random street crime. 96 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,350 What are you suggesting? 97 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:54,409 That Beth was doing something illicit? 98 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:57,247 With all due respect, when children go away from home 99 00:05:57,323 --> 00:05:59,052 parents can be out of touch. 100 00:05:59,158 --> 00:06:01,558 But who would hurt our daughter? 101 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,185 Where's Tommy? 102 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:10,058 The boy Beth was seeing. 103 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:14,766 Beth said he wanted to ride with us to the airport. 104 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:24,144 Thomas Beltran, Governor for a Day, 105 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:27,051 State of Texas youth convention. 106 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,154 Blue Ribbon award, Rio Grande High School, 107 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:31,781 public speaking contest. 108 00:06:31,858 --> 00:06:33,382 You save your high school prizes? 109 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:34,790 Yeah, first prize. 110 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:37,091 Multiple dress code violations. 111 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:40,297 Excuse me, who are you? 112 00:06:40,366 --> 00:06:42,027 Sgt. Cerreta, Det. Logan. 113 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:43,659 Are you Tommy Beltran? 114 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:45,929 Bill Lynch. Tommy's my roommate. 115 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:48,530 Do you know where we can find Tommy? 116 00:06:48,941 --> 00:06:51,171 Yeah. Ijust saw him at the homeless shelter, 117 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:52,609 next to St. Julian's. 118 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:54,646 We're fixing it up. What's wrong? 119 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:57,012 You happen to know what time he came in last night? 120 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:58,914 I have no idea. What's this about? 121 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:01,783 Mr. Beltran's girlfriend was attacked last night. 122 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:04,122 Beth? Is she all right? 123 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:06,357 Was he here? 124 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:09,588 You don't think that Tommy... 125 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:12,727 Oh, I see, he's poor, he's Mexican. 126 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,596 Of course you'd think of him first. 127 00:07:14,667 --> 00:07:16,362 He was her boyfriend. 128 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,370 We didn't know he was poor or Mexican. 129 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:21,998 He loves Beth. Is she all right? 130 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:24,943 What hospital is she in? 131 00:07:25,711 --> 00:07:27,178 She's dead. 132 00:07:30,349 --> 00:07:31,646 Oh, God! 133 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:38,854 Mr. Lynch, about last night. 134 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:43,194 He was at the shelter. 135 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:46,496 We all do public service six hours a week. 136 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:50,502 Then you can't tell us what time he came in last night? 137 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,902 Sometime after Letterman, That's when I went to sleep. 138 00:07:58,277 --> 00:08:00,336 Ijust saw her yesterday. 139 00:08:01,347 --> 00:08:04,077 We had lunch. We said good-bye. 140 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:06,448 Beth's parents say 141 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:08,578 that you were supposed to meet them today. 142 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:10,815 I was going to visit her in Italy. 143 00:08:11,958 --> 00:08:13,949 I started saving for it. 144 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:17,088 [crying] 145 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:19,026 I wanted to go today. 146 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:21,498 Beth talked me out of it. 147 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,728 She was going away for four months. 148 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:25,771 She didn't want you to see her off? 149 00:08:26,906 --> 00:08:28,305 Her father. 150 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:30,570 Beth wanted to avoid a scene. 151 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:32,243 What kind of a scene? 152 00:08:32,311 --> 00:08:34,575 He didn't approve of me. 153 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:39,207 Beth and I... We were engaged. 154 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:45,287 When he found out he hit her, twice. 155 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:49,852 Why do you think she was going to Italy? 156 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:52,822 He was abusive. 157 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:57,900 I don't, I really don't want to talk about this now. 158 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:03,163 Mr. Beltran, can you tell us where you were last night? 159 00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:08,944 Did her father say that I did it? 160 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:12,678 [sighs] 161 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:17,353 I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 162 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:24,720 Iwas here till 1:00 in the morning. 163 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:27,290 Please ask Father Gregory. 164 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,430 He's at the church. 165 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:30,624 [honk honking] 166 00:09:31,203 --> 00:09:34,172 This is tragic. It's devastating for Tommy. 167 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,606 I travel the country looking for minority students 168 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:37,870 of exceptional ability. 169 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:39,935 Tommy's the exception ofthe exceptions. 170 00:09:40,012 --> 00:09:42,105 Father, we appreciate the character reference. 171 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:44,979 You know what time Mr. Beltran left the shelter last night? 172 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:46,484 He leaves around 1:00 am, 173 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:48,019 after the men have gone to sleep. 174 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:49,247 With his background, 175 00:09:49,322 --> 00:09:51,654 you'd think he wouldn't want to see homeless people. 176 00:09:51,724 --> 00:09:53,521 He gets kids from the university to come. 177 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,458 Maybe we didn't make ourselves clear. 178 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,223 Did you personally see him leave? 179 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,697 When things get quiet, I often sleep. 180 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:01,924 Maybe one of the residents remembers. 181 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:04,363 When the doors open at 9:00, you could ask. 182 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,496 So nobody else from the church was there. 183 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:09,200 And you have no idea when Mr. Beltran left the shelter. 184 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:11,334 Uh, I never saw him leave. 185 00:10:11,577 --> 00:10:13,977 I'm sorry. I gotta go. 186 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:16,042 Cabbie! 187 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:20,009 Was he just dancing very fast, 188 00:10:20,086 --> 00:10:21,747 or is he just not too bright? 189 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:25,089 Let's see what Forensics has on the weapon. 190 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:29,087 Six blows to the top ofthe head, maybe more. 191 00:10:29,161 --> 00:10:30,992 Killer struck from behind. 192 00:10:31,063 --> 00:10:33,463 From the angle ofthe blows to the side ofthe head, 193 00:10:33,532 --> 00:10:36,000 the ME guesses he was taller than the girl. 194 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:37,330 Well, she was 5'9". 195 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:38,768 Tommy Beltran? 196 00:10:38,838 --> 00:10:39,896 5'9" at most. 197 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:41,064 5'11". 198 00:10:44,143 --> 00:10:45,337 Heavy plumbing pipe. 199 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:47,174 Rough waterproofing on the outside. 200 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:49,077 Korean. Maybe South American. 201 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:51,173 I don't think he went to Brazil for it. 202 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:54,686 Now, with rough surfaces, you expect two things: 203 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:57,382 No useful prints, crude partials, 204 00:10:57,857 --> 00:10:59,848 and things get snagged. 205 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:02,490 Black polyester fiber. 206 00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:03,923 From what? 207 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,657 Give me a week, I'll tell you. 208 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:07,596 Car seat, knapsack, windbreaker-- 209 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:08,565 I get it. 210 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,295 Something made out of black polyester. 211 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:11,836 Prints from the girl's purse, 212 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:14,099 also, the envelope with the Polaroids, 213 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,333 were the victim's 214 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:17,774 and the set they sent us from Texas. 215 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:21,443 Thomas Rodriguez Beltran, fingerprinted for welfare. 216 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:24,716 He could've handled the purse at lunch. 217 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:26,342 And the envelope? 218 00:11:26,819 --> 00:11:28,446 Well, it's a plain white envelope. 219 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,352 The girl who hosted the party has no idea 220 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:31,856 whether it's her envelope, 221 00:11:31,924 --> 00:11:33,551 or Beth Milgram brought it with her. 222 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:34,752 That's just terrific. 223 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:36,454 The boyfriend could've touched it 224 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,463 the night ofthe murder or last Arbor Day. 225 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:40,192 It doesn't put him at the scene. 226 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:42,200 I heard a rumor I'm gonna be unhappy. 227 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:44,634 Any given day, Phil, the odds are pretty good. 228 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:46,934 A little gift from the Nassau County Police. 229 00:11:47,006 --> 00:11:47,995 Four months ago, 230 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:49,541 Curtis Milgram and his daughter 231 00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:51,166 had a scream-out on the front lawn. 232 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:53,108 Neighbors heard it a block away. 233 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:54,441 Milgram busted her lip. 234 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:55,707 Please. We all know. 235 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:57,646 Husbands kill wives, wives kill husbands. 236 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:59,480 Fathers do not kill daughters. 237 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,042 Mr. Milgram called, wants to know 238 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,179 when we can break the seal on Beth's apartment. 239 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:05,120 Wants everything packed up and sent home. 240 00:12:05,224 --> 00:12:06,418 She's dead a day. 241 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:07,925 What's he want, her teddy bears? 242 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:10,427 He lost his daughter, he wants whatever's left. 243 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,059 Let's check out that apartment. 244 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:15,293 Right. 245 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:18,664 "Catch-23. 246 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,899 Vietnam and the black humor novel." 247 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:22,535 B plus. 248 00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:27,071 Tapes, computer disks, nail polish. 249 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,313 Look at this. "Pinker than thou." 250 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:33,876 Phil. 251 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:34,885 Yeah. 252 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:39,615 We're talking to the mother, she's sitting on the couch. 253 00:12:40,659 --> 00:12:42,627 What's the father doing? 254 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:45,689 He's at his daughter's desk shuffling stuff around, 255 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:47,790 trying to pretend she's not dead. 256 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:51,100 Shuffling? Or looking? 257 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:55,936 Federal American Life Insurance Company. 258 00:12:56,008 --> 00:12:59,444 "Statement of life insurance for Elizabeth Milgram. 259 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:03,676 "Specified benefit: $250,000. 260 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,285 "Beneficiary: Curtis S. Milgram. 261 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,483 Relationship to insured: Father." 262 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:19,831 This is unbelievable. 263 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:23,159 It was an investment vehicle for Beth. 264 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:24,759 Life insurance. 265 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:26,804 With you as beneficiary. 266 00:13:26,872 --> 00:13:29,363 I mean, she never heard of a money market account? 267 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:31,636 Investment, not savings. 268 00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:35,009 To teach her the miracle of compound tax-free interest. 269 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,979 I could sign you up for a seminar 270 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:39,483 but hopefully, you have more important things to do 271 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:41,816 like trying to find out who killed my daughter. 272 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:43,252 Mr. Milgram, we understand 273 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:45,347 that you hit your daughter four months ago. 274 00:13:45,424 --> 00:13:47,392 My daughter and I had arguments, 275 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,628 like all parents and children do. 276 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:52,289 But we don't all leave our children bloody. 277 00:13:52,364 --> 00:13:55,299 I loved my daughter more than anything else in this world. 278 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:57,335 Could you translate that for me, sir? 279 00:13:57,469 --> 00:13:59,460 Does that mean yes or no? 280 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:06,671 I behaved badly. 281 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:12,646 The Beltran boy gave her a ring for their engagement. 282 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:16,187 He's a nice young man. 283 00:14:16,555 --> 00:14:18,352 Whether he loved Beth, 284 00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:22,390 marriage would have not been the best thing for him. 285 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,554 He would have had difficulty fitting in. 286 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:28,155 Especially if you didn't want him to. 287 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:31,567 I have been as polite as I can be. 288 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,400 And you have been as rude as you can be. 289 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,569 Now would you get out of here? 290 00:14:36,742 --> 00:14:37,970 [honks honking] 291 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:41,040 A lot of footwork about his sympathy 292 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:42,102 for the boyfriend. 293 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:44,376 He's your hero. Milgram doesn't have to like him. 294 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,611 He didn't want to tell us he was hitting his kid. 295 00:14:46,685 --> 00:14:47,947 His daughter is dead. 296 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:49,487 Wejust implied that he killed her. 297 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:50,920 What do you expect him to do? 298 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:52,787 Invite us to the club for lunch? 299 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,849 Do you want to go to Hewlett? 300 00:14:54,927 --> 00:14:57,088 The wife, she's going to lie for him. 301 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:01,158 Not if he killed her child, she won't. 302 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:04,868 He worried about her all the time. 303 00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:09,139 It's my fault. 304 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:13,901 I convinced him to let her go to school in the city. 305 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:17,912 We're trying to trace her movements 306 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,575 the night she was attacked. 307 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:22,018 Did you speak with her that night? 308 00:15:23,555 --> 00:15:26,649 No. I wasn't feeling well. 309 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,626 I went to bed a little after 9:00. 310 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:37,834 What do you mean, "trace her movements"? 311 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:40,769 It happened just after the party. 312 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,835 Did your husband go to bed when you did? 313 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:46,972 He was reading in the den. 314 00:15:49,448 --> 00:15:51,848 Curtis would have told me if he talked to Beth. 315 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:55,280 Why don't you ask him? 316 00:15:57,823 --> 00:16:01,520 He's at his office. I know most men wouldn't, 317 00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:04,959 but for Curtis, it's the best cure. 318 00:16:05,197 --> 00:16:07,062 Do you mind if we look around? 319 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,730 Beth's things are in the city. 320 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:11,665 We'd like to look around, anyway. 321 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:12,998 If you don't mind. 322 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:19,934 I think you'd better talk to my husband first. 323 00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:23,037 Her husband wasn't home that night. 324 00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:24,377 She knew it. 325 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:26,941 The old man didn't like the boyfriend. 326 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:28,486 Ifthe boyfriend were dead, 327 00:16:28,554 --> 00:16:30,385 I'd say the old man had a motive. 328 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:33,289 I don't know. $250,000, is that motive? 329 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:36,021 If you wanted to talk to my wife, you might have asked me. 330 00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:37,392 You're Cerreta and Logan? 331 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:39,954 Jack Haviland. Is my client a suspect? 332 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:41,465 I'm Capt. Donald Cragen. 333 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:43,160 Why don't we step into my office 334 00:16:43,235 --> 00:16:45,066 where we can discuss this calmly. 335 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:49,100 You are harassing my client. 336 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:50,664 Counselor, your client has 337 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:52,870 an insurance policy on his daughter's life. 338 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:55,277 You think that amount of money means anything to me? 339 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:57,713 I invite you to talk to my client's accountant. 340 00:16:57,783 --> 00:16:59,614 Mr. Milgram earns more in three months 341 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,277 than that policy is worth. 342 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,117 Where were you the night your daughter was attacked, sir? 343 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:08,383 Driving around. I do it often, to think. 344 00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:10,462 Anybody see you driving around? 345 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:12,429 Yes. The idiot policeman 346 00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:14,762 who gave me a speeding ticket in Riverhead. 347 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:15,993 Around midnight. 348 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,160 That's what, Detective? 349 00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:19,670 About 80 miles from where his daughter was killed? 350 00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:22,138 All you had to do was ask. 351 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:24,035 Curtis. 352 00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:32,548 Sometimes we get a little carried away. 353 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,514 We had grounds to suspect him. 354 00:17:34,586 --> 00:17:36,178 I'd like to get hold ofthat ticket. 355 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:38,314 But before we started digging his grave, 356 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,255 you leave any other holes to fill? 357 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:42,484 Fourth girl at the party. 358 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,320 Celeste...What's her name? 359 00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:46,259 Adams. She left a message. 360 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:47,628 Her parents wanted her home. 361 00:17:47,699 --> 00:17:49,030 She'll call when she gets back. 362 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:50,329 She never called. 363 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:53,166 Make a call on her. 364 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:55,429 What could I have told you? 365 00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:56,974 She was killed by a mugger. 366 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:58,839 I was still at the party when it happened. 367 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,812 You don't know anything, you call and say so. 368 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,575 Anything I said you'd have taken wrong. 369 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:05,173 About a mugger? 370 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:07,684 What could we take wrong about a mugger? 371 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,744 Listen, we can have this conversation here 372 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:11,119 or at the precinct. 373 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,855 The day of the party, she told Tommy 374 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,554 maybe he should see other girls. 375 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:18,152 He got upset, so she got upset. 376 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:19,561 She was dumping him. 377 00:18:19,631 --> 00:18:21,690 He took everything too seriously. 378 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,462 Miss Adams, anybody that's been dumped, 379 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,059 they know the dance. So? 380 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,037 That's what Tommy said. 381 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:30,502 He wanted to lock everything down, 382 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:31,770 the next 20 years. 383 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:35,240 Beth didn't want to know beyond the next 20 minutes. 384 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:38,078 Tommy called me after they had lunch. 385 00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:41,485 He said he couldn't live without her, all that stuff. 386 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:44,282 And she couldn't live. 387 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:46,187 See. I knew you'd take it wrong. 388 00:18:50,095 --> 00:18:52,996 What Beth said, it didn't mean anything. 389 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,096 It was her father talking. 390 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:58,068 Her father wasn't there, Tommy. 391 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:00,563 His daughter's been murdered. 392 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:02,702 I understand his grief. 393 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:06,805 It's natural for him to flail out at me. 394 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:10,804 But Beth and I, we were so happy. 395 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,912 So happy, she was running off to Florence to study art. 396 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,987 People are separated all the time. 397 00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:20,518 It doesn't mean they don't love each other. 398 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,855 Tommy, you said 399 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:25,863 the night Beth was killed, you left the church at 12:00? 400 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:29,866 No. I said I left at 1:00. 401 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:33,330 Oh, yeah, Tommy is a good kid. 402 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:35,066 I haven't seen him since Thursday 403 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:37,040 when they served the beef stew. 404 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:40,009 Thursday. Do you know what time he left? 405 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,973 You're not gonna believe this. 406 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:45,141 I don't own a good watch. 407 00:19:46,618 --> 00:19:48,051 What night? 408 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:51,688 Thursday night, I can spell that for you. 409 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:55,158 Thursday. What night was Thursday? 410 00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:57,719 Beef stew night. 411 00:19:57,829 --> 00:20:01,959 Oh, beef stew night. Yeah, he was here. 412 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:03,760 Until what time? 413 00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:04,893 All night. 414 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,331 (Logan) Well, he must have gone home sometime. 415 00:20:07,406 --> 00:20:08,600 VVhy? 416 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:10,505 I'm upstairs to go to the can, 417 00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:12,407 maybe 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, 418 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:15,412 he was going into the box with the priest. 419 00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:16,981 You mean the confessional? 420 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,210 I wouldn't know. I'm a Buddhist. 421 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:24,386 Yes, I confessed him. I don't recall the time. 422 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,017 Father, we spoke to you last week, 423 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:29,287 you didn't mention the confessional. 424 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,762 You know, under church law and civil law, 425 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:36,429 you can't force me to tell you what was said. 426 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:38,162 Which means something was said. 427 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:40,538 You can tell us what time he was here, 428 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:41,698 without breaking your vows. 429 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:42,831 I'm sorry. 430 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:48,276 Father, a young woman is dead. 431 00:20:48,547 --> 00:20:50,310 Now, if Tommy Beltran killed her-- 432 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:51,781 If Tommy has anything to tell you, 433 00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:53,215 he'll tell you himself. 434 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:57,248 Suppose you're a priest. 435 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:58,755 A guy confesses he killed somebody, 436 00:20:58,824 --> 00:21:00,655 the cops ask, but you can't say anything. 437 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:01,954 What would you do? 438 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:02,959 I'd wink. 439 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,325 I think he did. 440 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:05,996 The kid wanted to marry her. 441 00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:07,588 She cut him loose at lunch. 442 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,528 Not probable cause. 443 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:10,727 He has no alibi. 444 00:21:10,802 --> 00:21:13,032 He saw the priest three hours after she was killed. 445 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,732 Ajudge is gonna want more than that. 446 00:21:14,806 --> 00:21:17,001 His fingerprints are on the envelope in her purse. 447 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:18,303 Could've been there for weeks. 448 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:20,845 Keep it to yourself. I'll look in the kid's room. 449 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,675 Who you gonna get? 450 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:24,076 Judge Morris. 451 00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:25,446 Him? Are you kiddin'? 452 00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:27,712 You'll get a warrant after the Second Coming. 453 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:29,276 Who's easier? 454 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,517 Judge Fadem. Dial-A-Warrant. 455 00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:36,857 This kid has every expensive pen ever made. 456 00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:38,418 Tiffany, Mont Blanc. 457 00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,624 Every sweater they sell at Brooks Brothers. 458 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:41,688 Hey! 459 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:43,894 Don't mind us. We're just doing our public duty. 460 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:44,958 Do you have a warrant? 461 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,231 Autographed by ajudge. 462 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,170 Do you mind standing outside the room? 463 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,674 TRV. Nice bag for a scholarship kid. 464 00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:52,471 It was a prize, a public speaking contest. 465 00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:53,636 Is that illegal? 466 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:55,737 Does he have a black bag? 467 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:57,814 [unzipping] 468 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,414 Does that look like black polyester? 469 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,010 Midnight blue. 470 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,258 So I'm not a fashion consultant. 471 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,554 What color is it? 472 00:22:08,627 --> 00:22:11,221 Black and blue. Very chic. 473 00:22:11,296 --> 00:22:12,888 It's an expensive bag. 474 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:14,658 It's also the same fiber. 475 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,201 Let Cragen do the arrest papers. 476 00:22:19,971 --> 00:22:21,700 I want the kid now. 477 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,037 Yeah, it's Logan. We're at Forensics. 478 00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:26,009 Tell Stone we're picking him up. 479 00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:27,772 What? 480 00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:30,441 Change of plans. 481 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:32,181 30 minutes ago? 482 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,774 The kid got good timing. 483 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:35,980 Or good information. 484 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:39,182 (Cragen) We're just about to nail him, he walks in the door. 485 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:44,526 I told you, you don't have to pressure him. 486 00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:45,961 He's ready. 487 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,063 How'd you happen to come with him, Father? 488 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:49,930 He called me, he asked me. 489 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:51,366 Where'd he call from? 490 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:53,202 Does that matter? 491 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:13,852 First of all, I want you to know I loved Beth. 492 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:16,158 She was very precious to me. 493 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:18,689 She was my whole life. 494 00:23:20,565 --> 00:23:22,294 She was going away. 495 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:24,368 I thought I'd never see her again. 496 00:23:27,038 --> 00:23:29,563 I don't remember it very clearly. 497 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,444 But it's all over now. 498 00:23:34,946 --> 00:23:37,380 And it doesn't matter what happens. 499 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,378 It doesn't matter what happens to me. 500 00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:47,752 Docket number 54289. 501 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:49,891 People v. Thomas R. Beltran. 502 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:52,020 The charge is murder in the second degree. 503 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,691 Miss Watt? Janice? 504 00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:57,693 Hello? 505 00:23:58,170 --> 00:24:00,229 Is legal aid representing this man? 506 00:24:00,305 --> 00:24:02,102 Ijust caught it. I haven' t been able 507 00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:04,039 to consult with my client on a plea. 508 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,541 (Judge) I'll enter not guilty. 509 00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:07,510 Your Honor, Father Gregory, S.J., 510 00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:09,479 would like permission to address the court. 511 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:11,204 As long as he doesn't pray. 512 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:15,184 Your Honor, we ask that you release 513 00:24:15,253 --> 00:24:16,845 Mr. Beltran on no bail. 514 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:19,390 And we will provide a place for him until trial. 515 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:21,085 Mr. Robinette? 516 00:24:21,426 --> 00:24:23,826 The defendant confessed to a brutal murder. 517 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,089 The People ask for $300,000. 518 00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:29,129 I have a soft spot for men ofthe cloth, Father. 519 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:30,725 It's a marvelous vocation. 520 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:31,996 But I'll be frank. 521 00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:34,561 If he disappears, I can't penalize the church. 522 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,368 $200,000. 523 00:24:36,441 --> 00:24:38,602 Maybe you can scrape up $20,000 for a bond. 524 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:40,809 (Judge) Next. 525 00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:46,679 What Tommy did is horrible, nobody denies that. 526 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:51,114 But why put him in jail for 25 years, waste a life? 527 00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:53,783 What would you consider a reasonable punishment? 528 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:57,523 For today only, Father Gregory can speak for the defense. 529 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,928 Tommy talked with me about joining an order, 530 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:03,664 a lifetime of doing good work. 531 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:06,636 Consider a plea, a minimal sentence. 532 00:25:07,772 --> 00:25:09,569 (Gregory) Then he can enter the church. 533 00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:11,233 Are you a lawyer, Father? 534 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,072 Actually I took my JD at Fordham, 535 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,406 before I went to seminary. 536 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:16,379 Then you know that society does not let us 537 00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:18,006 choose our own punishment. 538 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,445 This isn't the eighth century where you can 539 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,111 give yourself over to God. 540 00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:24,849 He's a young man, he thinks his life is over, 541 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:26,117 he wants to give up. 542 00:25:26,491 --> 00:25:27,719 We want to save him. 543 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:30,158 He can make a new life. At least talkto him. 544 00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:34,429 Look into his heart. 545 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:38,926 I didn't know the police were coming. 546 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,869 I confessed because 547 00:25:40,972 --> 00:25:42,963 I came to terms with what I did. 548 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:44,372 I was ready. 549 00:25:44,442 --> 00:25:46,376 Why did you kill her, Mr. Beltran? 550 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:50,140 I only went to say good-bye. 551 00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:53,748 I knew Beth didn't want to go. 552 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,952 It was her father. 553 00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:59,254 I went to a party at his house one time. 554 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,757 They had two men parking the Rolls-Royces. 555 00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:05,289 One ofthem asked me to go to the back. 556 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,222 He thought I worked in the kitchen. 557 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:12,530 Out ofthe blue she was going away. 558 00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:15,772 Leaving me. 559 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:21,803 I guess we'll never know why I did it. 560 00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:23,937 Where did you get the pipe? 561 00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:25,573 Tommy, you shouldn't answer that. 562 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:26,947 It's okay. 563 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,780 Because I don't know. 564 00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:35,516 I guess I hit her a lot. 565 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:39,259 There was blood on her head. 566 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,996 And her hands... 567 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:48,034 She must've put up her hands. 568 00:26:51,476 --> 00:26:54,604 They said look into his heart, it wasn't a pretty sight. 569 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:56,579 The jury might not be so observant. 570 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:58,775 The boy repents, Jesus forgives, 571 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:00,112 the jury might do no less. 572 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,675 The Old Testament says 573 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:03,448 only the injured party can forgive. 574 00:27:03,521 --> 00:27:04,920 Repenting is not enough. 575 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:06,423 Tommy never said he was sorry. 576 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:07,923 He didn't even mention Beth. 577 00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:10,757 Only her father's house, the Rolls-Royces parked in front. 578 00:27:10,829 --> 00:27:12,888 The boy climbs a mountain, he falls off. 579 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:15,728 Any decent attorney will make it look like a Greek tragedy. 580 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,427 Or a daytime soap. 581 00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:19,333 She rejects him, he's heartbroken. 582 00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:21,633 That and a bucketful of remorse 583 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,936 adds up to man one, not murder two. 584 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,943 His only remorse is that Beth prevented him 585 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:27,501 from entering her world. 586 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,740 He didn't fall off the mountain, he jumped. 587 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:31,907 I grew up in the slums. I know what it takes. 588 00:27:32,017 --> 00:27:33,541 I saw kids who didn't make it. 589 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:35,051 You say it's cause and effect? 590 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,385 Try to climb out of poverty and kill when you don't get what you want? 591 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:40,083 We can't ignore where he came from. 592 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,183 It's a reason, not an excuse. 593 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:45,659 What he does is plan everything. 594 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:47,628 I did it, too, it's how you get out. 595 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:50,395 He planned the murder the same way he planned his life. 596 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:51,765 It was premeditated. 597 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,497 We have a murder weapon, a confession. 598 00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:55,801 He confessed to killing her, not murder two. 599 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,841 If we don't prove intent, it's manslaughter, 600 00:27:57,909 --> 00:27:58,898 crime of passion. 601 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,377 A crime of passion happens in the heat ofthe moment. 602 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:03,141 You don't carry a pipe to the scene. 603 00:28:03,214 --> 00:28:05,079 (Schiff) Can you prove he carried the pipe? 604 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:07,277 I remind you, in California, actress strangled 605 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:09,582 by her boyfriend. Manslaughter. 606 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:11,679 Westchester, eight, nine years ago. 607 00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:14,020 Girlfriend killed in her bed. Manslaughter. 608 00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:17,190 Not to mention the fact that the boy takes the stand 609 00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:19,662 and tells the jury how sorry he is. 610 00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:21,493 He confessed because he knew he was 611 00:28:21,566 --> 00:28:23,500 five seconds away from being arrested. 612 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:25,934 Then prove that he carried the pipe. 613 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:28,063 Prove that the confession was expedient. 614 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:29,265 [phone buzzing] 615 00:28:29,507 --> 00:28:31,566 If you can't, plead him. 616 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:34,639 Yeah? 617 00:28:36,147 --> 00:28:37,808 Curtis Milgram is here. 618 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:41,083 Mr. Stone, I'm not an easy man. 619 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,683 Many people find me cold. 620 00:28:44,489 --> 00:28:46,218 (Curtis) But Beth was kind. 621 00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:51,095 I should've let Beth deal with Tommy, 622 00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:53,289 do it her own way. It might've ended naturally. 623 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,559 If you're blaming yourself, Mr. Milgram, don't. 624 00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,328 Mr. Stone, how good is your case? 625 00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:00,633 The op-ed page this morning, a lawyer said you ought to make a deal. 626 00:29:00,705 --> 00:29:02,297 We haven't reached a decision. 627 00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:03,931 Let me tell you something. 628 00:29:04,008 --> 00:29:05,999 When I first met the boy, I liked him. 629 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,605 He was well-behaved. 630 00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:09,943 He had all the right answers. He snowed me. 631 00:29:10,014 --> 00:29:12,539 He snowed you, he'll snow ajury. 632 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:14,742 I lost the only thing in my life 633 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:17,083 that meant anything to me aside from my wife. 634 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:18,918 Now either you put him away or-- 635 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,981 Mr. Milgram, I want to remind you 636 00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:22,549 I'm an officer ofthe court. 637 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:29,029 Just see that he goes to prison for a long time. 638 00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:32,098 He practically said he'd kill him. 639 00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,301 What if it were your daughter? 640 00:29:34,405 --> 00:29:36,532 (Stone) Who knows how far any of us would go. 641 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,701 They handed me this on the way in. 642 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:40,074 They formed a defense committee 643 00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:41,305 and posted bail. 644 00:29:41,379 --> 00:29:42,744 They raised $20,000? 645 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:44,944 They raised more than that. 646 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,880 Hired Cyrus Weaver as counsel. 647 00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:50,045 Cy Weaver. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. 648 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:53,022 Listen to this. The day the kid turned himself in, 649 00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:56,060 a call to Father Gregory from Beltran's room, 4:07. 650 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:58,027 The search warrant was served at 3:40. 651 00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:00,530 So he got there just after the cops left. 652 00:30:00,598 --> 00:30:01,963 And his roommate told him. 653 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:03,330 Beltran knew he was nailed. 654 00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:04,766 That's not proof. 655 00:30:04,869 --> 00:30:06,734 Cy Weaver fired his first round. 656 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,365 Motion to exclude the bag and the confession. 657 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,738 Well, at least he didn't nominate the boy 658 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:13,300 for a Good Citizen's medal. 659 00:30:14,179 --> 00:30:15,305 The police searched 660 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:16,779 Tommy Beltran's room illegally. 661 00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:18,406 I thought there was a warrant. 662 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:19,882 Signed by Judge Fadem. 663 00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:21,350 But it was fraudulently obtained. 664 00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:23,114 Your officers, Cerreta and Logan, 665 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:24,621 offered Tommy's fingerprints 666 00:30:24,689 --> 00:30:27,089 found on an envelope from the victim's pocketbook 667 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:28,182 as probable cause. 668 00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:29,658 You have a problem with that? 669 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:31,160 They went out for over a year. 670 00:30:31,262 --> 00:30:32,627 Even in the age of safe sex 671 00:30:32,697 --> 00:30:35,530 I'm sure the boy touched some of her personal belongings. 672 00:30:35,633 --> 00:30:38,830 The envelope had pictures taken just before she was attacked. 673 00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:41,098 The girl doesn't remember giving her an envelope. 674 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:42,571 So there's a chance she had it 675 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,005 before she went to this party? 676 00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:45,871 No evidence ofthat, Your Honor. 677 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:47,502 No evidence contradicting it, either. 678 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:49,604 Did the officers explain this to Judge Fadem? 679 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:50,909 He didn't ask. 680 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:53,473 So there was no probable cause for a search warrant. 681 00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:55,246 And the results, namely the bag 682 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,981 and the confession, are inadmissible. 683 00:30:57,055 --> 00:31:00,115 The boy confessed freely. The search had nothing to do with it. 684 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:01,658 Had you not grabbed the bag, 685 00:31:01,726 --> 00:31:03,284 he might not have been so motivated. 686 00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:06,296 Your Honor, ifthe police can't rely on ajudge's signature, 687 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,491 they can't properly conduct an investigation. 688 00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:09,965 They can if they pick a judge 689 00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:13,299 who isn't more interested in his four iron than the Fourth Amendment. 690 00:31:13,972 --> 00:31:16,566 The bag is out, the confession's in. 691 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:24,315 Without the bag, you lose premeditation. Without premeditation, 692 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,747 you can't prove murder two. 693 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,341 Save yourself some trouble here. 694 00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:29,417 Do we look troubled? 695 00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:31,512 You feel no sympathy for this boy? 696 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:33,181 He did what we told him to do. 697 00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:34,748 He went for the American dream. 698 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:37,693 He got good grades, played by the rules. 699 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,694 He beat a girl's head in. That's not in my rule book. 700 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:44,098 Put yourself on the jury. They'll see a lost little boy 701 00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:47,194 with a mature young woman who used and abused him. 702 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:49,638 Man two, three years. 703 00:31:50,508 --> 00:31:51,532 It's a gift. 704 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:53,873 It's not Christmas. Man one, full 15. 705 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:57,207 You think you can prove intent? 706 00:31:57,282 --> 00:31:58,909 Six blows to the head with a pipe? 707 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:01,383 Intent is in the mind, Paul, not in a piece of metal. 708 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:02,976 His body committed a heinous act. 709 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,578 Only God and your client knows what was in his mind. 710 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:06,954 And my expert psychiatrist. 711 00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:08,253 You want to go to trial? 712 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:09,554 I'm changing the plea. 713 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:11,492 Not guilty by reason of mental defect. 714 00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:12,893 You think he was insane? 715 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:14,864 My expert witnesses will have thejury 716 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,764 calling for extra crying towels. 717 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:19,359 It doesn't buy you a "not guilty by reason of insanity." 718 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:20,734 No, but it will buy me pity, 719 00:32:20,805 --> 00:32:23,000 which I can trade in for diminished capacity. 720 00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:26,070 And since the menu doesn't include manslaughter, 721 00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:28,274 my friend will walk. 722 00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:33,281 The weekend before he killed her, 723 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,182 he must've called her a dozen times. 724 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:37,481 He was upset because she was going to Italy. 725 00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:40,853 Objection. He doesn't know what Mr. Beltran was thinking. 726 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,257 Sustained. The jury will disregard. 727 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:45,896 As far as you could observe 728 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,558 what was your daughter's attitude toward Mr. Beltran? 729 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,659 A year ago, she talked about him all the time. 730 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:55,398 In the few months before she died, 731 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:57,065 she talked about other boys. 732 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:58,665 She wanted to get away from him 733 00:32:58,743 --> 00:32:59,903 and he couldn't accept it. 734 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:00,910 Objection. 735 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:02,276 Mr. Milgram, please. 736 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:06,146 Nothing further, Your Honor. Your witness. 737 00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:18,587 Mr. Milgram, why was your daughter going to Italy? 738 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:21,324 As I said, to get away from an unhealthy situation. 739 00:33:21,399 --> 00:33:23,890 Your daughter was a 20-year-old college student 740 00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:26,835 and Tommy was 21. Was--was that unhealthy? 741 00:33:26,904 --> 00:33:29,930 He was obsessed with her. It wasn't normal. 742 00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:31,832 She wanted to be rid of him. 743 00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:33,604 She wanted to be rid of him? 744 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:35,670 Like last year's party dress? 745 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,044 No longer fashionable-- 746 00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:38,173 Objection. 747 00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:40,648 Withdrawn. 748 00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:46,088 So, Mr. Milgram, your daughter took Tommy's engagement ring 749 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:48,522 and then got rid of him. Was that healthy? 750 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,760 Don't you understand? 751 00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:55,526 He didn't fit in. He never would. He knew it. 752 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,199 It made him... 753 00:33:57,268 --> 00:33:58,895 Were you gonna say crazy, Mr. Milgram? 754 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:00,028 Objection. 755 00:34:03,307 --> 00:34:05,537 Mr. Beltran said he was sorry. 756 00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:08,101 He said he couldn't remember killing Beth Milgram. 757 00:34:08,212 --> 00:34:10,908 In your professional opinion, was he telling the truth? 758 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:12,813 In my opinion, Mr. Beltran knew 759 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,977 what he was doing and he hasn't forgotten. 760 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:18,420 Miss Milgram made him feel he fit the world 761 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:19,649 he wanted to join. 762 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:22,249 When she pulled away, his identity was threatened. 763 00:34:22,326 --> 00:34:24,453 He was angry and he killed her. 764 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:25,928 Did he know he was wrong? 765 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:26,986 Yes. 766 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,896 And under any clinical definition, 767 00:34:28,966 --> 00:34:32,697 was he incapable of forming the requisite culpable intent? 768 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,735 No. He was very angry. 769 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:38,139 Thank you. No further questions. 770 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:43,546 So Tommy's identity was threatened? 771 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:46,744 If he was between identities-- 772 00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:48,615 It was not a crisis of identity. 773 00:34:48,686 --> 00:34:50,381 Mr. Beltran thought that violence 774 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:52,787 was an acceptable response to rejection. 775 00:34:53,624 --> 00:34:55,057 Isn't that mental illness? 776 00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:57,094 No, it's a character flaw. 777 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:03,363 If Mr. Beltran was simply angry, as you allege, 778 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:07,069 what explains his remorse, his anguish, his regret? 779 00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:10,297 He told me he feels guilty. 780 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,740 But he goes on to blame Beth Milgram. 781 00:35:13,077 --> 00:35:16,205 He blames her parents, everyone but himself. 782 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:18,179 He blames Beth Milgram? 783 00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:20,513 Isn't that evidence he's lost track of reality? 784 00:35:20,585 --> 00:35:21,677 No. 785 00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:23,913 It's evidence of self-pity. 786 00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:26,583 She held him off. 787 00:35:26,657 --> 00:35:28,386 At worst he dented our fenders a little. 788 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:30,222 Father might as well wear a white hood 789 00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:31,454 with a burning cross. 790 00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:32,689 That is irrelevant. 791 00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:33,855 Legally, yes. 792 00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:36,263 Pragmatically, who knows? 793 00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:37,426 [knock on door] 794 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,268 I know where he got the pipe. 795 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:41,271 I checked through Cerreta and Logan's notes. 796 00:35:41,339 --> 00:35:42,738 When they first talked to him, 797 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:44,069 he was painting the shelter. 798 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:45,700 A permit for plumbing work was issued 799 00:35:45,776 --> 00:35:47,266 four days prior to the murder. 800 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,176 I tried the contractor, he's on vacation. 801 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:50,714 His office is closed. 802 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:52,009 Adam, I want a search warrant. 803 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,277 Call Judge O'Doyle. 804 00:35:53,384 --> 00:35:54,681 Lovely. 805 00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:57,178 Call a Catholicjudge to tear open the walls 806 00:35:57,255 --> 00:35:59,314 of a shelter run bythe church. 807 00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:04,058 This isn't a match, we're gonna look ridiculous. 808 00:36:04,128 --> 00:36:07,063 This isn't a match, there's no premeditation. 809 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:11,328 It looks like it. 810 00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:15,269 Feels like it. 811 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:16,772 Is the water turned off? 812 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:17,865 Yep. 813 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:34,022 How long have you worked at Sudie Enterprises, Ms. Hagadus? 814 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:35,854 Eight years. Five in R and D. 815 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:38,054 The last three as Regional Sales Manager. 816 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:41,288 This pipe, which is Iabeled"People's13", 817 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:43,299 was removed from the homeless shelter 818 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:45,597 where the defendant works as a volunteer. 819 00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:48,195 It's manufactured by your company, isn't that correct? 820 00:36:48,272 --> 00:36:50,900 Yes, I handled that sale myselfthree months ago. 821 00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:52,703 But have you sold similar piping 822 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:54,711 to other contractors working in Manhattan? 823 00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:56,007 It's our biggest seller. 824 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,240 There are hundreds of buildings 825 00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:58,782 using that particular type. 826 00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:01,544 Are you familiar with the work at the Cowan building? 827 00:37:01,619 --> 00:37:03,018 Yes. I sold them piping. 828 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:04,384 The same kind as that. 829 00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:05,717 Where is the Cowan building? 830 00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,417 78th and Amsterdam. 831 00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:10,722 That's just one block from the site of the attack. 832 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:16,125 Tommy was drilling wallboard in the middle ofthe night. 833 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,225 When I approached him, 834 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:22,005 I could tell something terrible had happened. 835 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:25,474 What did he say to you? 836 00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:29,370 At first incoherent rambling. 837 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,806 I thought he was on some drug. 838 00:37:31,882 --> 00:37:33,975 So he seemed clearly to be out of his senses? 839 00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:35,211 Objection, leading. 840 00:37:35,286 --> 00:37:36,412 Sustained. 841 00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:39,552 What did you do, Father Gregory? 842 00:37:40,391 --> 00:37:42,518 Tommy thought that his life was over, 843 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:45,585 that everybody would abandon him, hate him. 844 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:49,393 I told him that whatever God heard him confess, 845 00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:50,832 he would forgive. 846 00:37:51,636 --> 00:37:54,366 I promised him that I would forgive him. 847 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:57,566 I would support him, no matter what he had done. 848 00:37:58,442 --> 00:37:59,431 [sighs] 849 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:02,235 And then he asked that I confess him. 850 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,545 No further questions. Thank you. 851 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:11,744 Father Gregory, your promise to support Tommy 852 00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:13,153 no matter what he did 853 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,784 enlisted you to a role in his defense, right? 854 00:38:15,926 --> 00:38:17,450 Yes, of course. 855 00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:19,992 Before he had your assurance of support, 856 00:38:20,364 --> 00:38:22,332 did he ever mention confession? 857 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,163 It was clear to me that he wanted to 858 00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:25,463 unburden his soul. 859 00:38:25,536 --> 00:38:28,767 In exchange for enlisting a priest in his defense? 860 00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:34,302 When you examined Mr. Beltran, Dr. Goldman, 861 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,239 what conclusion did you reach 862 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,111 about his emotional and mental condition? 863 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:41,242 Mr. Beltran is burdened by extreme self-hatred. 864 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:44,220 He's a working-class young man in a society 865 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:46,688 that doesn't admit it has classes. 866 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:49,854 Miss Milgram eased his greatest fear 867 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,622 of being nobody and meaning nothing. 868 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:56,655 In your opinion, when Mr. Beltran attacked Miss Milgram, 869 00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:57,962 is it possible 870 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:00,997 that he was not aware of the consequences of his acts? 871 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,131 I would say it's more than possible. 872 00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:05,232 It's a virtual certainty. 873 00:39:05,309 --> 00:39:06,776 Thank you, Dr. Goldman. 874 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:08,568 No further questions. 875 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:11,647 Dr. Goldman, when would a young man 876 00:39:11,716 --> 00:39:14,184 bludgeoning a young girl to her death 877 00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:17,379 not exhibit emotional distress beyond his control? 878 00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:21,314 Well, if he were a hired killer, for example. 879 00:39:21,392 --> 00:39:24,156 You mean anyone who kills, unless they are a hired killer 880 00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:25,991 is not responsible for their actions? 881 00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:27,428 I didn't say that. 882 00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:29,728 Then give me an example of someone 883 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:30,892 who would be responsible 884 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:32,959 for bludgeoning a young girl to death? 885 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:35,562 Well, if he were a hired killer 886 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:37,903 or a coolly methodical killer 887 00:39:38,008 --> 00:39:39,805 who did it for a specific motive. 888 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:40,866 Like revenge? 889 00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:41,843 Yes. 890 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:43,277 Like Tommy Beltran? 891 00:39:43,347 --> 00:39:46,316 Taking revenge because Beth Milgram rejected him? 892 00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:51,353 (Tommy) We moved from place to place 893 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:53,253 wherever there were crops to pick. 894 00:39:55,259 --> 00:39:58,023 We lived in shacks on the edge ofthe fields. 895 00:39:58,095 --> 00:40:00,256 How did you study? How did you learn? 896 00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:01,956 My mother taught me at night. 897 00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:03,900 Until she got sick. 898 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,765 And then what happened? 899 00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:08,031 It was so hot in the shack. 900 00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:09,899 She was lying there 901 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:11,737 and there was nothing I could do. 902 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:15,406 I remember music coming from the big farmhouse. 903 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:19,141 People out on the porch, laughing, 904 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:21,778 drinking lemonade. 905 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:24,815 My mother died. 906 00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:26,083 What did you feel? 907 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:29,126 I felt anger. Inside me. 908 00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:33,160 It was so strong I was afraid. 909 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:36,864 But I fought it and I held it in. 910 00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:39,234 Why did you kill Beth? 911 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:41,036 I didn't want to. 912 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,873 I loved her. 913 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,373 Then why? 914 00:40:45,709 --> 00:40:49,440 When she told me I should see other girls, 915 00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:54,379 that she was going to see other men, 916 00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:57,276 it was like the night my ma died. 917 00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:01,782 Something just exploded. 918 00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:05,657 It was like a fire blazing in my head. 919 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,494 No more questions. 920 00:41:15,573 --> 00:41:18,872 Mr. Beltran, when did you pick up the pipe? 921 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:22,038 I don't remember. 922 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,477 And what were you thinking 923 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:27,415 when you first struck Beth Milgram with the pipe? 924 00:41:29,086 --> 00:41:30,713 I don't remember. 925 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:34,852 And then you struck her again and again and again. 926 00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:37,824 I don't remember. 927 00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:39,829 Because the fire was blazing, right? 928 00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:41,656 Yes. 929 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:46,093 But there was no fire blazing when you picked up the pipe. 930 00:41:46,203 --> 00:41:48,034 Why don't you remember that? 931 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:52,341 A bird in the hand. It's a toss-up. 932 00:41:52,409 --> 00:41:54,138 What do you say we both come up winners? 933 00:41:54,211 --> 00:41:55,439 He shattered a girl's skull. 934 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:58,607 You can't prove it wasn't a spontaneous act, a crime of passion. 935 00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:00,741 You should understand where he's coming from. 936 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:03,013 Yeah, I do. I also know where he's going. 937 00:42:03,087 --> 00:42:05,988 Just tell Ben I'm willing to talk, okay? 938 00:42:06,957 --> 00:42:09,858 Man one, we might as well throw him a party. 939 00:42:10,427 --> 00:42:12,019 Since when do you back off? 940 00:42:12,096 --> 00:42:13,757 Since I looked into the jury's eyes. 941 00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:15,560 They're on the edge, but I don't know 942 00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:17,692 if we have enough left to bring them to us. 943 00:42:17,768 --> 00:42:19,167 You sure you're gonna lose? 944 00:42:19,236 --> 00:42:20,703 I'm not sure I'm gonna win. 945 00:42:20,771 --> 00:42:23,171 That kid deserves some time in prison. 946 00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:33,648 Cyrus, he does 10, you got a deal. 947 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:35,241 Ben, I spoke out of school. 948 00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:37,344 My client has decided against a deal. 949 00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:41,220 I'll take my chances with the jury. 950 00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:56,271 When Thomas Beltran was 5 years old, 951 00:42:57,641 --> 00:42:59,802 they took his father away. 952 00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:03,004 And then he lost his family home 953 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:07,109 and his rage was born. 954 00:43:08,552 --> 00:43:10,520 His mother survived 955 00:43:12,022 --> 00:43:14,547 doing stoop labor until he was 12. 956 00:43:15,659 --> 00:43:17,684 And then she was gone. 957 00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:20,991 And his rage began to grow. 958 00:43:22,833 --> 00:43:26,428 An orphaned wetback, a beaner, a greaser... 959 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:30,664 His rage grew. 960 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:35,267 And then, by enormous effort, 961 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:38,081 he was here. 962 00:43:39,083 --> 00:43:41,984 A world of country clubs, Cadillacs, 963 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:43,417 and park-front condos. 964 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:50,416 And Bill Lynch and Father Gregory said: 965 00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:53,788 "Tommy, you can be a part of this world." 966 00:43:56,266 --> 00:44:00,396 And Beth Milgram said, "No, you can't." 967 00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:07,206 And Tommy couldn't control his rage. 968 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:16,416 It's easy to feel sympathy for Thomas Beltran. 969 00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:18,955 He's overcome hardships. 970 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:22,083 He's had problems. 971 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:26,152 And he sits here before us, day after day, polite, well-groomed, 972 00:44:26,263 --> 00:44:28,754 and telling us how sorry he is. 973 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:30,595 While we, the people, 974 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:33,000 bring in witnesses to describe his crime. 975 00:44:33,904 --> 00:44:36,839 But the most important witness isn't here. 976 00:44:37,441 --> 00:44:38,840 Beth Milgram. 977 00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:44,341 A pretty, happy, lively 20-year-old college student. 978 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:47,916 And on a dark street three months ago 979 00:44:49,186 --> 00:44:53,555 Thomas Beltran approached her with a pipe in his hand 980 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,891 and he struck her in the head. 981 00:44:58,028 --> 00:44:59,120 Again 982 00:45:00,698 --> 00:45:04,065 and again and again. 983 00:45:04,868 --> 00:45:07,462 Again and again. 984 00:45:07,538 --> 00:45:10,632 Six times, shattered her skull, 985 00:45:11,175 --> 00:45:14,167 and he says he doesn't remember doing this. 986 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,308 Would you remember doing it? 987 00:45:19,683 --> 00:45:22,311 I think you would. I think he does. 988 00:45:25,556 --> 00:45:27,922 But he would have us believe 989 00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:31,256 that the accident of his birth 990 00:45:31,328 --> 00:45:32,556 killed Beth Milgram. 991 00:45:33,864 --> 00:45:36,628 But many people are born into poverty 992 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:38,327 and they never kill anyone. 993 00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:44,106 Thomas Beltran wanted to live in Beth Milgram's world. 994 00:45:44,208 --> 00:45:46,540 He couldn't, so he killed her. 995 00:45:47,111 --> 00:45:49,909 Don't kill her again by forgetting her. 996 00:45:53,450 --> 00:45:55,475 Would the defendant please rise? 997 00:46:00,858 --> 00:46:02,519 Has the jury reached a verdict? 998 00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:04,083 Yes, we have, Your Honor. 999 00:46:04,728 --> 00:46:07,060 (Judge) As for the sole count ofthe indictment, 1000 00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:08,996 murder in the second degree, 1001 00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,132 how does the jury find? 1002 00:46:11,201 --> 00:46:13,362 We find the defendant guilty. 1003 00:46:14,004 --> 00:46:15,369 [crowd exclaiming] 1004 00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:36,584 You did good. 1005 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:38,651 You got them to vote past their guilt. 1006 00:46:38,729 --> 00:46:40,128 What guilt? 1007 00:46:40,631 --> 00:46:43,293 The guilt we all feel for the Tommy Beltrans, 1008 00:46:43,367 --> 00:46:44,664 for the other America. 1009 00:46:51,809 --> 00:46:53,640 State pays for it.