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In the criminal
justice system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate
yet equally important groups:
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The police
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Man, that toilet didn't
even have a guest list.
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Well,
those other people got in.
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Yeah, you come in a limo,
you get in.
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So, uh, we try the Milk Bar.
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I think I did the doorman.
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Well,
that's who he said he was.
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Whoever did it was in a hurry.
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Left his wallet.
Name's Nicolas lliescu.
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Lives on 28th St.
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What'd they kill him with,
a cheese grater?
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Dragged on the pavement.
High speed.
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Hit and run?
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Hit someone accidentally,
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you don't need to
shoot them twice in the head.
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We got some witnesses?
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Yeah.
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You girls see what happened?
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This car
just came out of nowhere
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with this guy
draggir alongside.
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Came from where?
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There.
Wrong way up 13th.
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It tore down here
and kept going.
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Did you get a look
at who was driving?
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White? Black?
Male? Female?
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No.
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How about the car?
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I don't know cars.
I mean, it wasrt real new.
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Was it a two-door
or a four-door?
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Light? Dark?
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Don't know.
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I'm gonna give you my card.
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If you remember anything,
I want you to call me, okay?
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What do you got?
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Nada.
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Could be the mob.
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Could be a carjacking.
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Could be a hack
who didn't like his tip.
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"Glass fragments from the
accident site inconclusive.
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"Autopsy shows two close
contact entry wounds to the head.
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"A 9-millimeter slug found at
the base of the skull."
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Lands and grooves
make it a Beretta. 92.
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Any ballistics match
on the computer?
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So with hot water and a shoe,
we could make soup.
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Okay. D.M.V. Shows
our Mr. Iliescu owned
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an '88 Pontiac Bonneville,
burgundy.
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It's hardly a color
won'th dying for.
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The wife is due at the morgue
in 15 minutes.
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Let's see what she knows.
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My family and I left
Hungary 30 years ago.
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We wanted to
get away of oppression.
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Nicolas and I left
Bucharest 10 years ago
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To get away of the violence.
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You said he was working late
on the books.
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Did he ever call?
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Yes, around, uh, 12:30.
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Leon doesn't sleep well.
He answered.
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I... I was too tired
to talk to him.
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All right, all right.
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What did your father say, Leon?
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He's not my father,
he's my uncle.
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He said he was on his way home.
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Just take a minute, all right?
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It's a mistake.
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Sometimes
you read about mistakes.
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I'm afraid it's not, ma'am.
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We found your husband's
ID on the body.
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No.
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I'm sorry.
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Car's been found.
Lower East Side.
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Piranas leave more.
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Piranas don't need
a daily C-note for crack.
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Were you able to
I.D. The car that did this?
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The paint pyrogram matched
a white acrylic enamel.
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Very widely used.
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The trunk was hit
pretty high, huh?
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Yeah.
Probably a truck or a van.
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It hits him.
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Before he even has a chance to
get out and check the damage,
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the bad guy comes in
the passenger side,
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and Mr. Iliescu is looking at
the business end of a Beretta.
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Bang bang.
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Autopsy says
one was a clear-through.
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We found the slug up here.
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It was right there.
We sent it to ballistics.
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Thanks.
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So he pushes Nick's body
out of the car
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and he drives off
with his prize.
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Yeah. Problem is,
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Nick gets caught
in the seatbelt
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and dragged for half a block.
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That's a lot of trouble,
for what?
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Blue Book, this is $2,000,
minus a fencer's discount.
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Hey, people get knocked off
for subway change.
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Maybe the guys
who stripped the car
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know how
it got into that alley.
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Yeah.
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Those seats have to be
in a chop shop somewhere.
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Yeah, all right.
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Well, thanks, anyway.
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Auto Crimes gave us a list
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of auto parts dealers
with priors.
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Must be over 400
auto body shops in New York.
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Any that didn't make the list?
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Pontiac Bonneville, '88.
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Yeah. No, no, not the 1-120s,
the 40-90s with the armrest.
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No? Thank you.
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Yeah, I'm looking for
a 1988 Pontiac Bonneville.
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Grey velour, driver's side
front bucket seats.
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Yeah,
model 40-90 with armrests.
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Is that too much to ask?
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Well, how about the seats?
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You do?
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Wait a second, are you sure?
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Because I called you
the day before yesterday,
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and you didn't have any.
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Just came in? I'm interested.
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I'm gonna be right down.
Thank you.
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What have you got?
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Morrie's Auto Wreckers,
107 East Fourth St.
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They also fit
the '86 and '87 models.
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Here, they're right over here.
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Came in this morning.
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Bring the vehicle in,
I'll install them cheap.
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How much to wipe off the blood?
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Blood? Come on.
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That's, uh, ice cream
or ketchup, uh.
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They had kids.
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Those kids would be orphans.
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Hey, the car was stripped
last night
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eight blocks from here.
The owner's dead.
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I knew you were blue
the minute you walked in.
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Be my guest. Take them.
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I'm gonna want some names.
Who'd you buy it from?
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I don't send these guys
Christmas cards.
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The deal's strictly
cash for parts.
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Listen,
you start poking around here
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or your deal's gonna be
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making license plates
for cigarette money.
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I don't know their names.
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They only come in
a couple of times.
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I worked on one guy's van.
Long hair.
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All right, come on, what else?
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You know, scars, tattoos, what?
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The other guy, uh,
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leather jacket with, uh,
safety pins and studs.
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On the back,
says "No Bozo Jam."
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d Any situation d
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d Jump, you know what
I'm saying, boys d
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d Don't tell me
what you call your foursome d
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d That's your label,
you know what I mean d
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d You're emotionally unstable,
all you do is watch cable d
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d Your papa was a loser,
a stone-cold loser d
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d At least he
never kissed ass dd
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I can hear it in my fillings.
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Doesrt anybody
jitterbug anymore?
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Hey, what's a guy do
to get served around here?
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Put a hole in his nose?
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Miss,
you ever hear of No Bozo Jam?
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This is the Dog and Razor Club.
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You like loser groups,
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try Tuesday amateur night
at Shriek.
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Uh, maybe from some,
uh, earlier gig?
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Here's their flier.
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Great.
Where do we find them?
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, Ronda used to
play sets with them.
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Where's Ronda?
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On percussion at The Hole.
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Dd
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You know,
I don't want it around
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that I played with No Bozo,
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because things
are happenir for me.
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We'll try to keep it
out of Rolling Stone.
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Two super dysfunctionals.
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They, uh, give a new meaning
to the word clueless.
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We want names.
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What about the guy
who wears the leather jacket?
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Skank. Wayne Jeffers,
the lead singer.
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Then there was, um...
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I... I don't... I don't remember.
He played bass.
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Any idea
where we can find them?
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Uh, if they haven't
won the lotto,
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they're squattir in
the Belmont Building
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over on Avenue D and Sixth.
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That's the same block
as where we found the car.
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Get your hands
behind your head!
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Lace the fingers together!
Spread your legs apart!
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Don't even think about it.
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Wayne Jeffers,
you're under arrest.
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What about the equipment?
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You're travelir light.
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No, he's not.
9- millimeter Beretta.
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Look, I told you.
The car was just there.
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We took what we could.
End of story.
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After you killed
Nicolas lliescu.
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I found the gun on the
front seat, passenger side.
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You found the gun
on the front seat
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and you didn't see his brains
splattered all over the dashboard?
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Yeah, yeah, I saw the
blood and the meat.
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It's a tough neighborhood.
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Someone ditched the car.
What do you want from me?
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We stripped the car seats and
the cassette decks for money,
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but we didn't kill anyone.
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Oh, sure.
And where did you get this?
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Come on, Skank, you can't
be as dumb as your haircut!
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We found this
in your pants pocket!
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It was under the seat.
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I thought it might
be good for something.
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Yeah, like grand larceny,
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which we're gonna add to
the theft and murder charge.
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How many times
I gotta tell you?
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We didn't kill anybody.
We just needed some cash.
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Slugs in the vic's skull
match the Beretta.
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His are the only prints on it.
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If I was gonna kill a guy,
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you think I'd do it
for a Bonneville?
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I think you'd do it
for a shoelace.
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Your buddy's prints
are on the gun.
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My guess is
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right now he's in the
other room rollir on you.
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That's a lie!
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I told you, we was performing.
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Let's try
a little remedial math, Skank.
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There's two of you,
but there's only one deal.
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Now, who's gonna get the deal,
you or him?
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Their alibi sings,
even if they can't.
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Uh, from midnight
to 6:00 a. m.,
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Moe and Larry
were poppir eardrums
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at a club called Dreck.
150 witnesses.
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Who would've thought these
clowns were tellir the truth?
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Hey, you're lookir for a patsy,
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what could be better than
dumpir the car and weapon
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in the middle of Junkieville?
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Yeah. The first vulture that
comes along gets booked for murder.
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The first vulture
without an alibi
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gets locked in a cage
for a very long time.
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These guys are smart.
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Well, but maybe
they werert so tidy.
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Righteous brother number one
claims
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he found this in the car.
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Mr. Brian Hollingswon'th.
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What, you think he was in a
hurry to get out and dropped it?
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So much for
leaving home without it.
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Check him out.
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Last week we came in low bid
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00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:09,174
on office space
for a midtown law firm.
253
00:12:09,174 --> 00:12:10,574
Architect's dream.
254
00:12:10,574 --> 00:12:13,136
Bought a round of Stoli
at P.J.'s to celebrate
255
00:12:13,136 --> 00:12:14,943
and I paid for it with this.
256
00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:18,008
Yeah, well,
your name is also on this.
257
00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:20,820
That's my old number.
I had to cancel that card.
258
00:12:20,820 --> 00:12:22,948
Someone charged
$7,000 in merchandise.
259
00:12:22,948 --> 00:12:24,889
They said someone
had gotten my number
260
00:12:24,889 --> 00:12:26,291
and made a phony card.
261
00:12:26,291 --> 00:12:29,626
Have you ever heard of lliescu
Antique Furniture Store?
262
00:12:29,626 --> 00:12:32,131
Yes. My wife and I
bought a credenza,
263
00:12:32,131 --> 00:12:33,531
a French provincial,
264
00:12:33,531 --> 00:12:36,571
only our decorator said
it was actually Hungarian.
265
00:12:36,571 --> 00:12:38,196
And you bought it
with a credit card?
266
00:12:38,196 --> 00:12:39,535
No, they wouldn't take cards.
267
00:12:39,535 --> 00:12:40,870
I had to pay by check.
268
00:12:40,870 --> 00:12:42,534
I don't... I don't see
the connection.
269
00:12:42,534 --> 00:12:45,239
Nicolas lliescu, the owner,
was murdered
270
00:12:45,239 --> 00:12:47,838
and this card
was found in his car.
271
00:12:49,951 --> 00:12:52,852
Well, I'm not in
any kind of danger, am I?
272
00:12:54,322 --> 00:12:57,985
So he bought the credenza from
the guy who fakes his card?
273
00:12:58,493 --> 00:12:59,755
Yeah.
274
00:12:59,755 --> 00:13:02,318
But how did he fake the card
without seeir it?
275
00:13:03,598 --> 00:13:06,362
You know, I bought a
jacket two weeks ago,
276
00:13:06,362 --> 00:13:09,460
but my card was loaded,
so I wrote him a check.
277
00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:11,266
And you know what else?
278
00:13:11,266 --> 00:13:13,034
You had to give
two forms of I.D.
279
00:13:13,034 --> 00:13:16,009
Your driver's license
and your credit card.
280
00:13:18,446 --> 00:13:22,314
So we checked the bank that issued
Hollingswon'th's credit card.
281
00:13:22,817 --> 00:13:24,148
In the last six months,
282
00:13:24,148 --> 00:13:26,915
they had a dozen customers
complain of fraudulent charges.
283
00:13:26,915 --> 00:13:28,182
And of those 12,
284
00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:30,724
four of them bought furniture
from lliescu's store.
285
00:13:30,724 --> 00:13:31,884
All by check,
286
00:13:31,884 --> 00:13:33,689
and they all gave him
two forms of I.D.,
287
00:13:33,689 --> 00:13:35,127
one of which was a credit card.
288
00:13:35,127 --> 00:13:37,664
So lliescu copies the number,
prints up a phony card,
289
00:13:37,664 --> 00:13:39,393
and runs up a tab
all over town.
290
00:13:39,393 --> 00:13:41,367
What, you figure
the murder's related?
291
00:13:41,367 --> 00:13:43,563
Successful at one felony,
why not branch out?
292
00:13:43,563 --> 00:13:46,198
Could be he had a partner
and one of them got greedy.
293
00:13:46,198 --> 00:13:48,265
Okay, talk to his wife.
294
00:13:51,713 --> 00:13:52,873
Five years ago,
295
00:13:52,873 --> 00:13:54,779
we went back to Europe
for eight weeks.
296
00:13:54,779 --> 00:13:57,010
We sublet the apartment.
297
00:13:57,010 --> 00:14:00,087
Nickie wanted to declare
the income on our taxes.
298
00:14:00,087 --> 00:14:02,350
I said, "Who is gonna know?"
299
00:14:02,350 --> 00:14:04,186
He says, "I will."
300
00:14:04,693 --> 00:14:08,254
So there is no way
Nickie was involved in this.
301
00:14:09,164 --> 00:14:10,461
I know...
302
00:14:13,301 --> 00:14:14,734
I knew him.
303
00:14:15,003 --> 00:14:16,698
Did he gamble,
304
00:14:16,698 --> 00:14:18,329
or did he have
any other hobbies?
305
00:14:18,329 --> 00:14:21,068
He worked. He came home.
That's all.
306
00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,473
Ma'am, we do know
307
00:14:23,473 --> 00:14:25,570
the crime originated
in your store.
308
00:14:25,570 --> 00:14:28,480
Well, it was Nickie's store,
but other people worked there.
309
00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:29,710
Mrs. Iliescu,
310
00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:32,284
If you'd give us
your permission,
311
00:14:32,284 --> 00:14:34,651
uh,
we can look around the store.
312
00:14:34,651 --> 00:14:36,782
Nickie's brother, Alex,
should be there.
313
00:14:36,782 --> 00:14:39,292
Just tell him
I said it was okay.
314
00:14:41,229 --> 00:14:44,131
It was much easier
for the police in my country.
315
00:14:44,131 --> 00:14:47,226
Here, the police need things
like warrants.
316
00:14:47,226 --> 00:14:49,769
Well, we don't need one
when the owner consents.
317
00:14:49,769 --> 00:14:51,237
Ah, Karen.
318
00:14:51,237 --> 00:14:53,900
She's doing very well now,
under the circumstances.
319
00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:56,136
You worked for Nick for
a long time, didn't you?
320
00:14:56,136 --> 00:14:57,508
Mmm-hmm.
321
00:14:57,846 --> 00:15:00,644
You know,
I was like you in my country.
322
00:15:00,849 --> 00:15:02,316
A policeman.
323
00:15:03,017 --> 00:15:05,645
Now I fix chairs
for my baby brother.
324
00:15:06,054 --> 00:15:08,614
Detective,
there's a safe back here.
325
00:15:09,023 --> 00:15:10,991
Sometimes we are paid in cash.
326
00:15:10,991 --> 00:15:12,219
You mind?
327
00:15:12,219 --> 00:15:15,421
Tommy, open the safe
for these gentlemen.
328
00:15:20,168 --> 00:15:23,069
Tommy's a hard worker,
an honest man,
329
00:15:23,069 --> 00:15:26,266
something else you don't find
many of back home.
330
00:15:26,474 --> 00:15:28,066
Yeah,
there's not many here either.
331
00:15:29,077 --> 00:15:31,409
You really think
Nick was involved
332
00:15:31,409 --> 00:15:33,845
with this, uh,
credit card thing?
333
00:15:34,282 --> 00:15:35,511
Do you?
334
00:15:35,511 --> 00:15:38,451
Well, sometimes
business wasrt so great.
335
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:42,384
See what I mean?
336
00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:47,951
What are these,
corporate ledgers?
337
00:15:47,951 --> 00:15:49,656
You're the cop.
338
00:15:53,468 --> 00:15:54,935
We checked the signatures
339
00:15:54,935 --> 00:15:56,595
on the time cards
in lliescu's store.
340
00:15:56,595 --> 00:15:57,729
And?
341
00:15:57,729 --> 00:15:59,239
That Jerry down the hall?
342
00:15:59,239 --> 00:16:02,401
He'll tell you a mars fingerprint
will divulge his entire personality
343
00:16:02,401 --> 00:16:04,638
You ask me,
that's a bunch of crap.
344
00:16:04,638 --> 00:16:07,010
Signature, that's
a horse of a different color.
345
00:16:07,010 --> 00:16:09,515
We just want to know
if any of these match.
346
00:16:09,515 --> 00:16:11,245
Well, look for yourself.
347
00:16:11,245 --> 00:16:13,048
See the "y" at
the end of Tommy?
348
00:16:13,048 --> 00:16:15,419
The angle of the upstroke
and how it's cut short?
349
00:16:15,419 --> 00:16:17,355
Now look at
the "y" in O'Malley.
350
00:16:17,355 --> 00:16:18,687
Close.
351
00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:20,159
You get that
close at the track,
352
00:16:20,159 --> 00:16:21,388
you retire early.
353
00:16:21,388 --> 00:16:24,056
So you're saying that
Tommy Zanescu forged these?
354
00:16:24,056 --> 00:16:25,122
Looks like it.
355
00:16:25,122 --> 00:16:27,135
Give me a full exemplar,
I'll know for sure.
356
00:16:27,135 --> 00:16:28,261
Thanks.
357
00:16:28,261 --> 00:16:30,202
Hey, we can pick him up now
on grand theft.
358
00:16:30,202 --> 00:16:33,241
And what, squeeze him
till he confesses to murder?
359
00:16:33,609 --> 00:16:34,837
Forensics says
360
00:16:34,837 --> 00:16:37,742
that lliescu's car
was rammed by a truck.
361
00:16:37,742 --> 00:16:39,905
Furniture stores
make deliveries.
362
00:16:42,217 --> 00:16:43,343
Are you kidding me?
363
00:16:43,343 --> 00:16:44,612
These guys are slave drivers.
364
00:16:44,612 --> 00:16:46,847
Me and Julio, sometimes
up to 10 deliveries a day.
365
00:16:46,847 --> 00:16:48,513
That's why I eat
so healthy, guys.
366
00:16:48,513 --> 00:16:52,219
A slice with some sausage is one
of your three basic food groups.
367
00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:53,920
Hey, you and Julio,
they don't make you
368
00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,519
lug pianos
uptown on your backs.
369
00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:57,690
Do me a favor. Don't give
them any ideas, all right?
370
00:16:57,690 --> 00:17:00,199
To save a buck, these guys'll
probably ditch the truck.
371
00:17:00,199 --> 00:17:01,963
What kind of truck, Hector?
372
00:17:01,963 --> 00:17:03,128
Ford. White.
373
00:17:03,128 --> 00:17:05,104
Anybody, uh, fix
the bumper lately?
374
00:17:05,104 --> 00:17:07,232
Hey, I haven't even seen
it in a couple of days.
375
00:17:07,232 --> 00:17:09,105
Tommy took it, um,
last Tuesday.
376
00:17:09,105 --> 00:17:11,145
And he never brought it back?
377
00:17:11,145 --> 00:17:12,941
Hey, do me a favor.
You find it,
378
00:17:12,941 --> 00:17:15,141
I'm in no rush, all right.
Know what I mean?
379
00:17:20,189 --> 00:17:25,149
O'Malley, Hollingswon'th,
Ford, Cohen.
380
00:17:25,661 --> 00:17:27,458
I don't know these people.
381
00:17:28,330 --> 00:17:29,627
That's funny,
382
00:17:29,627 --> 00:17:32,723
'cause you ran up
over $80,000 on their cards.
383
00:17:32,723 --> 00:17:35,234
I don't see my
client's name anywhere.
384
00:17:35,234 --> 00:17:37,237
Our handwriting expert tells us
385
00:17:37,237 --> 00:17:39,000
that he signed
every one of those.
386
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,439
Handwriting expert?
What's next?
387
00:17:41,439 --> 00:17:42,942
Maybe you want
to read his palm?
388
00:17:42,942 --> 00:17:44,510
Or how about some tea leaves?
389
00:17:44,510 --> 00:17:46,604
I hear they're very good
for telling the future.
390
00:17:46,604 --> 00:17:48,012
Hey, you want to know
the future?
391
00:17:48,012 --> 00:17:49,310
Try 25 years in Attica.
392
00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:53,047
Hey, I don't know what F. Lee
Yahoo here told you, Tommy,
393
00:17:53,047 --> 00:17:56,317
but we got you for forgery
and grand larceny
394
00:17:56,317 --> 00:17:58,825
and that adds up to
a lot of years all by itself.
395
00:17:58,825 --> 00:18:00,622
And then when
you add murder two...
396
00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,754
You cannot tie me
to any murder.
397
00:18:02,754 --> 00:18:05,594
The delivery man told
us you took the truck.
398
00:18:06,034 --> 00:18:08,469
It's only a matter of
time until we find it
399
00:18:08,469 --> 00:18:10,004
and if we find any paint
400
00:18:10,004 --> 00:18:11,300
from Nick's car
on the bumper...
401
00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,136
Oh, wait a minute,
wait a minute, Lennie.
402
00:18:13,136 --> 00:18:15,608
Let Mr. Forrelli
here explain it to him.
403
00:18:15,608 --> 00:18:17,873
That's what you're
paying him for, right?
404
00:18:18,547 --> 00:18:20,481
We know there were two.
405
00:18:20,481 --> 00:18:22,550
Just tell us who
the other person was.
406
00:18:22,550 --> 00:18:24,949
Maybe we can work
something out here.
407
00:18:26,554 --> 00:18:28,613
I don't know if they
give out gold stars
408
00:18:28,613 --> 00:18:30,317
for loyalty in your country,
409
00:18:30,317 --> 00:18:33,155
but over here, all you get
is a set of striped pajamas
410
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:35,661
and the word "schmo"
stamped on your forehead.
411
00:18:35,661 --> 00:18:38,597
The world's not as big
as you think it is, Tommy.
412
00:18:38,967 --> 00:18:40,434
We're gonna find your partner.
413
00:18:41,869 --> 00:18:43,666
The question you
have to ask yourself,
414
00:18:44,572 --> 00:18:46,733
will he be this loyal to you?
415
00:18:50,545 --> 00:18:52,172
You have authority to deal?
416
00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,940
We have the D.A.'s ear.
417
00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:57,879
Alex.
418
00:19:00,155 --> 00:19:01,645
Nick's brother?
419
00:19:03,292 --> 00:19:04,691
Nick found out.
420
00:19:04,691 --> 00:19:07,388
He searched the store,
found the forged cards...
421
00:19:07,388 --> 00:19:08,521
And you killed Nick
422
00:19:08,521 --> 00:19:10,189
to keep him from
going to the police?
423
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,560
I thought we were just going
to get the cards back.
424
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,001
I never thought
he'd kill his own brother.
425
00:19:16,001 --> 00:19:17,504
Where's the truck?
426
00:19:19,073 --> 00:19:23,271
In a rent-a-garage
on Corona, 108th St.
427
00:19:26,481 --> 00:19:27,880
You sure this is okay?
428
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,449
The guy gave us the key,
didn't he?
429
00:19:29,449 --> 00:19:31,417
You know, I thought
something was wrong.
430
00:19:31,417 --> 00:19:33,283
Guy has a business in Manattan.
431
00:19:33,283 --> 00:19:35,117
Why does he want
a garage in Queens?
432
00:19:35,117 --> 00:19:36,816
White Ford van!
433
00:19:36,816 --> 00:19:38,516
Those two guys,
a guy could tell.
434
00:19:38,516 --> 00:19:39,617
You know what I mean.
435
00:19:39,617 --> 00:19:40,661
Yeah, thanks.
436
00:19:40,661 --> 00:19:41,786
Lennie!
437
00:19:46,134 --> 00:19:49,127
I wonder if he reported that
to his insurance agent.
438
00:19:49,371 --> 00:19:50,838
Burgundy paint.
439
00:19:50,838 --> 00:19:52,463
Just like
his brother's Bonneville.
440
00:20:02,818 --> 00:20:04,979
What's Romanian for
"You're under arrest"?
441
00:20:04,979 --> 00:20:06,453
This is a mistake.
442
00:20:06,453 --> 00:20:08,285
Sounds just like English.
443
00:20:08,285 --> 00:20:09,949
Alex lliescu,
you're under arrest
444
00:20:09,949 --> 00:20:11,684
for the murder of
Nicolas lliescu.
445
00:20:11,684 --> 00:20:13,386
You have the right
to remain silent.
446
00:20:13,386 --> 00:20:14,792
Anything you say can be used
447
00:20:14,792 --> 00:20:16,762
against you
in a court of law...
448
00:20:18,232 --> 00:20:20,598
"Docket number 651328.
449
00:20:20,598 --> 00:20:23,068
"People v. Alexei Iliescu
on the charge
450
00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:25,071
"of murder in
the second degree,
451
00:20:25,071 --> 00:20:26,333
"robbery in the first degree,
452
00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:28,272
and scheme to defraud
in the first degree."
453
00:20:28,272 --> 00:20:29,741
How does the defendant plead?
454
00:20:29,741 --> 00:20:32,006
I plead not
guilty to all counts.
455
00:20:32,313 --> 00:20:34,338
And the State's
response to Mr. Iliescu's
456
00:20:34,338 --> 00:20:36,541
sweeping
declaration of innocence?
457
00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:38,753
As a Romanian national, we feel
458
00:20:38,753 --> 00:20:41,289
Mr. Iliescu represents
a strong risk of flight.
459
00:20:41,289 --> 00:20:42,823
We ask he be held without bail.
460
00:20:42,823 --> 00:20:45,860
That's the message you send
to the emerging democracies?
461
00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:47,919
Bail is set at $500,000.
462
00:20:47,919 --> 00:20:50,055
Your Honor,
Mr. Iliescu struggles
463
00:20:50,055 --> 00:20:52,100
to earn a living in
a small furniture store.
464
00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:53,794
I appreciate his efforts
465
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:55,200
in pursuit
of the American dream,
466
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,704
but murder simply is
the wrong approach.
467
00:21:02,044 --> 00:21:05,445
I begged Nick not to let
Alex into the business.
468
00:21:06,147 --> 00:21:08,547
He could not
refuse his brother.
469
00:21:08,547 --> 00:21:11,652
This is how he repays Nick.
470
00:21:11,652 --> 00:21:14,688
I assure you, Alex will pay
for what he did.
471
00:21:14,688 --> 00:21:17,815
I read the papers, Mr. Stone.
472
00:21:18,159 --> 00:21:21,890
I see how difficult it is
to convict a criminal.
473
00:21:24,165 --> 00:21:25,189
I will help you.
474
00:21:25,189 --> 00:21:28,235
I will testify
on behalf of the State.
475
00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:30,729
But unless you have
specific evidence
476
00:21:30,729 --> 00:21:32,273
relating to the crime...
477
00:21:32,273 --> 00:21:35,208
My Nickie wasrt
the first he killed!
478
00:21:35,208 --> 00:21:37,471
You have knowledge
of other crimes?
479
00:21:37,471 --> 00:21:41,710
In Romania, Alex was
an officer in the Securitate,
480
00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:43,216
the secret police.
481
00:21:43,685 --> 00:21:46,017
He killed hundreds.
482
00:21:46,017 --> 00:21:47,212
I understand,
483
00:21:47,212 --> 00:21:49,883
but the court
may rule that inadmissible.
484
00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:51,719
Now, if Leon...
485
00:21:51,719 --> 00:21:53,693
Leon has nothing
to do with this.
486
00:21:53,693 --> 00:21:55,763
Nickie and I kept him away.
487
00:22:00,201 --> 00:22:04,137
We taught him
that here in America,
488
00:22:05,072 --> 00:22:07,404
the laws mean something.
489
00:22:08,709 --> 00:22:12,076
I hope we didn't taught him
wrong, Mr. Stone.
490
00:22:12,313 --> 00:22:15,248
Mrs. Iliescu,
please listen to me.
491
00:22:17,618 --> 00:22:18,950
In my opinion,
492
00:22:18,950 --> 00:22:21,819
we have sufficient
evidence to convict Alex.
493
00:22:29,464 --> 00:22:31,591
Hope you're not
making hollow promises.
494
00:22:31,591 --> 00:22:33,601
Kaplan just brought
this motion to suppress
495
00:22:33,601 --> 00:22:35,762
all the evidence
found in the garage.
496
00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:41,470
I'm a little surprised,
Mr. Stone. No warrant.
497
00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:43,044
It wasrt necessary, Your Honor.
498
00:22:43,044 --> 00:22:44,203
They had consent.
499
00:22:44,203 --> 00:22:46,440
From the wrong person.
You'll see on the lease
500
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,415
Alex lliescu is the sole renter
501
00:22:48,415 --> 00:22:49,643
of the storage garage.
502
00:22:49,643 --> 00:22:51,913
Tommy Zanescu didn't have
authority to consent.
503
00:22:51,913 --> 00:22:53,614
They had joint authority,
Your Honor.
504
00:22:53,614 --> 00:22:55,588
I don't see any reference
to joint authority
505
00:22:55,588 --> 00:22:56,748
in this lease.
506
00:22:56,748 --> 00:22:59,122
Mr. Zanescu gave
the officers the keys.
507
00:22:59,122 --> 00:23:01,286
So what?
The janitor probably has keys
508
00:23:01,286 --> 00:23:03,296
to this office.
He can't consent to a search.
509
00:23:03,296 --> 00:23:06,299
Well, even if the officers
had made a technical mistake,
510
00:23:06,299 --> 00:23:10,464
under Illinois v. Rodriguez
they still could search
511
00:23:10,706 --> 00:23:13,334
with a good faith belief
that Mr. Zanescu
512
00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:15,501
had the apparent
authority to consent.
513
00:23:15,501 --> 00:23:18,102
If Justice Rehnquist conducted
the search instead of
514
00:23:18,102 --> 00:23:20,410
the New York Police,
you'd be right.
515
00:23:20,410 --> 00:23:22,313
But this state
requires some inquiry
516
00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:24,147
as to whether
the consenting party
517
00:23:24,147 --> 00:23:25,277
controls the property.
518
00:23:25,277 --> 00:23:27,151
So what should
the police have done?
519
00:23:27,151 --> 00:23:29,156
Reasonable inquiry
was easily available
520
00:23:29,156 --> 00:23:31,089
in a file cabinet
in the rental office
521
00:23:31,089 --> 00:23:32,421
just 100 feet away.
522
00:23:32,421 --> 00:23:33,552
Your Honor...
523
00:23:33,552 --> 00:23:35,790
Mr. Stone, I don't
much fancy the thought
524
00:23:35,790 --> 00:23:37,627
of the police searching my home
525
00:23:37,627 --> 00:23:39,257
because a suspected felon
526
00:23:39,257 --> 00:23:41,427
may give out
keys and a say-so.
527
00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:45,369
I'm declaring the truck
and all of the other evidence
528
00:23:45,369 --> 00:23:47,465
found in the garage
inadmissible.
529
00:23:47,465 --> 00:23:49,600
Thank you, Your Honor.
Considering
530
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,508
the paucity of
evidence against my client...
531
00:23:51,508 --> 00:23:53,638
I'm one step ahead of you,
Mr. Kaplan.
532
00:23:53,638 --> 00:23:56,615
The case against
Mr. Iliescu is dismissed.
533
00:23:59,453 --> 00:24:01,183
I don't get it, Ben.
Don't you talk
534
00:24:01,183 --> 00:24:02,951
to our cops?
Apprise them of the law?
535
00:24:02,951 --> 00:24:04,117
They acted well
536
00:24:04,117 --> 00:24:06,023
within the boundaries
of normal procedure.
537
00:24:06,023 --> 00:24:08,654
They can't anticipate
the call of every judge.
538
00:24:08,654 --> 00:24:11,096
We still have Tommy Zanescu's
statement.
539
00:24:11,096 --> 00:24:13,599
The uncorroborated
testimony of a felon?
540
00:24:13,599 --> 00:24:15,728
Feeling masochistic this week?
541
00:24:15,937 --> 00:24:17,666
Judge Kleinfeldt is
not the only judge
542
00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:19,536
that likes
evidence in her courtroom.
543
00:24:19,536 --> 00:24:21,735
The manager of the garage
can ID Alex.
544
00:24:24,646 --> 00:24:25,840
Yes?
545
00:24:28,517 --> 00:24:29,643
When?
546
00:24:31,053 --> 00:24:32,850
Yes, they're in my office.
547
00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:35,951
Well, we're off the hook, boys.
548
00:24:35,951 --> 00:24:38,458
Alex lliescu has been called
549
00:24:38,458 --> 00:24:40,154
to answer before
a higher court.
550
00:24:41,629 --> 00:24:43,460
These three deep wounds
to the upper back
551
00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:44,896
should have been fatal.
552
00:24:44,896 --> 00:24:46,694
And the rest were just for fun?
553
00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:49,099
Man likes work, hard to get
him out of the office.
554
00:24:49,099 --> 00:24:50,729
This guy really got into it.
555
00:24:50,729 --> 00:24:52,433
Broken tip of the blade
was protruding
556
00:24:52,433 --> 00:24:53,872
from where it hit his rib.
557
00:24:53,872 --> 00:24:56,843
Looks like a boning knife
was the weapon of choice.
558
00:24:57,079 --> 00:25:00,310
You know, he might have took
a few swings with this.
559
00:25:01,049 --> 00:25:03,415
I want you to check
all the shards for prints,
560
00:25:03,415 --> 00:25:05,180
blood, whatever.
561
00:25:09,391 --> 00:25:11,689
It's obvious the man was
security conscious.
562
00:25:11,689 --> 00:25:13,557
Whoever got in was let in.
563
00:25:13,557 --> 00:25:14,890
Probably someone he knew.
564
00:25:14,890 --> 00:25:16,555
Kitchen knife.
Sounds domestic.
565
00:25:23,138 --> 00:25:24,503
Mrs. Iliescu,
566
00:25:24,503 --> 00:25:26,234
we'd like to ask
you some questions.
567
00:25:26,234 --> 00:25:28,742
It's about Alex lliescu's death.
568
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:37,080
You promised us justice.
You released him.
569
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,311
Aunt Karen.
570
00:25:38,311 --> 00:25:41,185
Leon, call the lawyer.
He's expecting it.
571
00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:48,596
Come on, Ben,
572
00:25:48,596 --> 00:25:50,631
let's share a little
responsibility here.
573
00:25:50,631 --> 00:25:52,030
Responsibility, Jonathan?
574
00:25:52,030 --> 00:25:53,192
I didn't stab anyone.
575
00:25:53,192 --> 00:25:54,496
Your life wasrt in danger
576
00:25:54,496 --> 00:25:56,730
from a stone-cold killer
that you released.
577
00:25:56,730 --> 00:25:58,397
He was killed in his apartment,
578
00:25:58,397 --> 00:26:00,373
not breaking into her house.
579
00:26:00,373 --> 00:26:03,309
Texas, Ben. The Burning Bed.
580
00:26:03,309 --> 00:26:04,606
The law has held that
581
00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:06,044
self-defense
can be pre-emptive.
582
00:26:06,044 --> 00:26:07,911
The danger doesn't
have to be imminent.
583
00:26:07,911 --> 00:26:10,315
For a battered wife killing
an abusive husband.
584
00:26:10,315 --> 00:26:12,012
Alex lliescu never
laid a hand on her.
585
00:26:12,012 --> 00:26:13,815
He made her a widow.
586
00:26:13,815 --> 00:26:15,652
They will also
hear how this woman
587
00:26:15,652 --> 00:26:17,817
pleaded with this
prosecutor for protection.
588
00:26:17,817 --> 00:26:21,056
Mrs. Iliescu,
if you were so afraid,
589
00:26:21,056 --> 00:26:22,596
why didn't you call us?
590
00:26:22,596 --> 00:26:23,756
You let him go.
591
00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:25,800
Why should I believe
you would have helped us?
592
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,767
If you were so
anxious to help her then,
593
00:26:27,767 --> 00:26:29,530
help her now.
594
00:26:29,530 --> 00:26:32,172
Man two with
a suspended sentence.
595
00:26:32,374 --> 00:26:35,138
Man two,
she serves the maximum.
596
00:26:37,078 --> 00:26:38,705
She'll never serve a day, Ben.
597
00:26:39,181 --> 00:26:40,808
I'll see you in court.
598
00:26:43,385 --> 00:26:45,376
Unless they
rewrite the statute,
599
00:26:45,376 --> 00:26:47,388
self-defense
requires imminent danger.
600
00:26:47,388 --> 00:26:49,855
Juries deal in equities,
not statutes.
601
00:26:49,855 --> 00:26:51,722
This guy killed thousands.
602
00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:53,927
Shapiro will talk
the jury into thinking
603
00:26:53,927 --> 00:26:55,587
the killing was
a public service.
604
00:26:55,587 --> 00:26:58,030
We have a problem.
Karen lliescu's confession
605
00:26:58,030 --> 00:26:59,225
doesn't match the evidence.
606
00:26:59,225 --> 00:27:00,325
What evidence?
607
00:27:00,325 --> 00:27:03,132
The blood on the bottle
Alex used to defend himself
608
00:27:03,132 --> 00:27:05,002
doesn't match his or Karers.
609
00:27:05,002 --> 00:27:07,303
So she confessed to a crime
she didn't commit.
610
00:27:07,303 --> 00:27:09,104
She's protecting someone.
611
00:27:09,104 --> 00:27:11,407
Who's left? The boy.
612
00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:15,075
Call Briscoe and Logan.
613
00:27:19,754 --> 00:27:22,951
When we brought Leon
back from Romania,
614
00:27:22,951 --> 00:27:26,221
he lived with us like a son.
615
00:27:26,928 --> 00:27:29,556
I wanted him to have
a normal life.
616
00:27:31,566 --> 00:27:32,897
He deserved it.
617
00:27:33,435 --> 00:27:35,369
He murdered his father,
Mrs. Iliescu.
618
00:27:35,369 --> 00:27:38,531
In terms of a normal life,
he's off to a bad start.
619
00:27:38,531 --> 00:27:41,235
Take into account
what his father was,
620
00:27:41,235 --> 00:27:43,641
the fear his father
inspired in him.
621
00:27:43,641 --> 00:27:46,111
I'm going to
plead Leon not guilty
622
00:27:46,111 --> 00:27:47,705
by reason of mental defect.
623
00:27:47,705 --> 00:27:49,613
Insanity?
Come on, Jonathan.
624
00:27:49,613 --> 00:27:50,912
Based on what?
625
00:27:50,912 --> 00:27:53,318
His family, specifically Leon.
626
00:27:53,655 --> 00:27:54,815
He's been haunted,
627
00:27:54,815 --> 00:27:57,688
severely damaged by
a very terrifying past.
628
00:27:59,127 --> 00:28:00,617
Back to Romania.
629
00:28:01,630 --> 00:28:02,790
You were not there.
630
00:28:02,790 --> 00:28:04,764
You haven't seen
what I've seen.
631
00:28:04,764 --> 00:28:07,063
And what he saw,
the jury will see.
632
00:28:07,063 --> 00:28:09,535
And they'll know that Leon did
633
00:28:09,535 --> 00:28:12,334
what his life in Romania
conditioned him to do.
634
00:28:12,608 --> 00:28:14,303
It's cultural insanity.
635
00:28:14,303 --> 00:28:15,901
No judge is gonna buy that.
636
00:28:15,901 --> 00:28:19,071
Well, look, you're so sure,
make a motion to preclude.
637
00:28:26,555 --> 00:28:28,216
You think
he actually has a chance
638
00:28:28,216 --> 00:28:29,780
with this cultural
insanity defense?
639
00:28:29,780 --> 00:28:32,486
I think he has a knack
for creating things.
640
00:28:32,827 --> 00:28:35,523
There's nothing he likes better
641
00:28:35,523 --> 00:28:37,565
than making new law.
642
00:28:37,565 --> 00:28:39,099
But taken to the extreme,
643
00:28:39,099 --> 00:28:40,429
this defense would mean
644
00:28:40,429 --> 00:28:42,333
that nobody's
responsible for anything.
645
00:28:42,333 --> 00:28:45,305
Yeah, and that's exactly
where the law's heading.
646
00:28:45,774 --> 00:28:47,969
Something wrong,
someone to sue.
647
00:28:47,969 --> 00:28:49,510
That's civil law, not criminal.
648
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:52,570
You think anyone knows
the difference or cares?
649
00:28:52,570 --> 00:28:54,341
Shapiro's raising the defense.
650
00:28:54,341 --> 00:28:57,180
Translation,
we take it seriously.
651
00:28:57,180 --> 00:28:59,379
Now, what about Liz?
She talk to the boy?
652
00:28:59,379 --> 00:29:00,682
No. This afternoon.
653
00:29:00,682 --> 00:29:03,384
Well, if she has any doubts,
cut a deal.
654
00:29:07,797 --> 00:29:09,594
I remember my mother.
655
00:29:10,366 --> 00:29:12,560
She take me to
the State Building.
656
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,159
She, uh, has to see
the physician,
657
00:29:15,159 --> 00:29:18,797
so she, uh, leave me
with my father.
658
00:29:19,407 --> 00:29:21,102
He worked for the State.
659
00:29:21,376 --> 00:29:23,071
How old were you, Leon?
660
00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:26,670
Um, maybe 11, 10.
661
00:29:28,283 --> 00:29:32,379
The sergeant, he, uh,
take me to my father.
662
00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:35,252
He was in the quadrangle
outside the cell block.
663
00:29:38,593 --> 00:29:42,222
The prisoners, they were
664
00:29:42,222 --> 00:29:44,788
chained together at the ankles
665
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:46,328
and they had to watch,
666
00:29:46,328 --> 00:29:47,868
or the guards would beat them.
667
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:50,629
What did they have to watch?
668
00:29:51,306 --> 00:29:55,004
Another prisoner on the ground.
669
00:29:55,004 --> 00:29:56,338
He, uh...
670
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,872
The guards stand on his arms
671
00:30:00,872 --> 00:30:02,850
so he cannot move.
672
00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:06,246
His feet are tied to a post.
673
00:30:08,590 --> 00:30:09,921
A big man,
674
00:30:11,092 --> 00:30:15,290
he is beating on the soles
675
00:30:15,290 --> 00:30:17,797
of the prisoner's
feet with a club.
676
00:30:21,803 --> 00:30:23,771
The big man turn around.
677
00:30:24,773 --> 00:30:26,400
It was my father.
678
00:30:27,442 --> 00:30:29,672
How did you feel about that?
679
00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,345
I was proud.
680
00:30:33,281 --> 00:30:35,272
Proud of his brutality?
681
00:30:40,021 --> 00:30:41,613
We got respect.
682
00:30:44,293 --> 00:30:48,161
We live well because of
what my father did.
683
00:30:50,299 --> 00:30:53,132
Every time
Ceausescu give an address,
684
00:30:53,636 --> 00:30:55,433
there is my father,
685
00:30:55,433 --> 00:30:57,768
the fourth man on his right.
686
00:31:02,911 --> 00:31:07,211
He said when I am grown,
that would be me.
687
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,748
He was raised with
violence and brutality
688
00:31:11,748 --> 00:31:12,844
as a fact of life.
689
00:31:12,844 --> 00:31:13,910
It had to have an effect.
690
00:31:13,910 --> 00:31:15,819
I wasrt exactly invited
to the Queers tea
691
00:31:15,819 --> 00:31:16,914
when I was a kid.
692
00:31:16,914 --> 00:31:19,289
I didn't kill anybody,
and I don't think I'm insane.
693
00:31:19,289 --> 00:31:20,384
But figuratively,
694
00:31:20,384 --> 00:31:22,259
Leon was invited
to the palace ball.
695
00:31:22,259 --> 00:31:23,797
He saw his father's cruelty,
696
00:31:23,797 --> 00:31:25,924
and he also saw him
get rewarded for it.
697
00:31:25,924 --> 00:31:27,900
He became what his
culture prescribed.
698
00:31:27,900 --> 00:31:29,936
He couldn't reject
his father's life.
699
00:31:29,936 --> 00:31:31,972
So Shapiro's theory is valid?
700
00:31:31,972 --> 00:31:33,268
In theory, yes.
701
00:31:33,268 --> 00:31:35,640
What bothers me
is not so much what Leon says,
702
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,372
but the way
in which he says it.
703
00:31:37,372 --> 00:31:39,107
He's reciting
a litany of horrors
704
00:31:39,107 --> 00:31:40,443
he experienced as a youth,
705
00:31:40,443 --> 00:31:42,313
but there's a weird enthusiasm
706
00:31:42,313 --> 00:31:44,352
as if he's describing
the actualization
707
00:31:44,352 --> 00:31:45,512
of some fantasy.
708
00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,112
Does he have a mental defect?
709
00:31:47,112 --> 00:31:48,656
I'd be able to testify that
710
00:31:48,656 --> 00:31:51,659
although he may have been
traumatized as a youth,
711
00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:53,125
he knew exactly
what he was doing
712
00:31:53,125 --> 00:31:54,593
when he killed his father.
713
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,995
You will hear
a taped confession
714
00:32:00,995 --> 00:32:04,129
in which Leon lliescu describes
715
00:32:04,739 --> 00:32:09,142
plunging a knife repeatedly
into his father's back.
716
00:32:10,111 --> 00:32:12,545
And he doesn't say
that his act is justified.
717
00:32:12,545 --> 00:32:14,013
What he does say
718
00:32:14,013 --> 00:32:18,416
is that because of his youth
in a violent police state
719
00:32:19,087 --> 00:32:21,317
he cannot be held
legally responsible
720
00:32:21,317 --> 00:32:22,378
for his acts.
721
00:32:23,091 --> 00:32:25,390
He is legally insane.
722
00:32:25,795 --> 00:32:27,592
In short, Leon is saying,
723
00:32:27,592 --> 00:32:30,928
"I'm not guilty.
Society made me do it."
724
00:32:32,334 --> 00:32:33,801
I only ask that
725
00:32:33,801 --> 00:32:36,804
when you are confronted
with this mountain
726
00:32:36,804 --> 00:32:39,340
of psychoanalytic verbiage
727
00:32:40,242 --> 00:32:44,508
that you keep in mind
the real victim of this crime
728
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,446
found on the floor
of his own apartment
729
00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:51,441
with the blade
of a boning knife
730
00:32:51,441 --> 00:32:53,612
broken in his back,
731
00:32:53,612 --> 00:32:55,883
murdered by his own son.
732
00:32:57,592 --> 00:32:59,958
Only then can you determine
733
00:33:00,428 --> 00:33:03,920
whether Leon
is the victim of society
734
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,727
or society
is the victim of Leon.
735
00:33:08,670 --> 00:33:10,501
My father, God bless him,
736
00:33:11,773 --> 00:33:14,833
had a little tailor shop
right down here on Church St.
737
00:33:17,313 --> 00:33:18,610
When I was 5 years old,
738
00:33:18,610 --> 00:33:20,376
he made me sit behind a counter
739
00:33:20,376 --> 00:33:22,144
and talk to the customers.
740
00:33:22,144 --> 00:33:25,652
When I was 10, he taught me
to use the press.
741
00:33:26,722 --> 00:33:28,849
At 12, the sewing machine.
742
00:33:29,725 --> 00:33:32,660
To him, there would be
nothing greater in this world
743
00:33:32,660 --> 00:33:36,129
than to hang a sign,
"Shapiro and Son."
744
00:33:40,835 --> 00:33:45,067
You will see that it was
the same for Leon lliescu.
745
00:33:46,841 --> 00:33:50,004
Only his father made him watch
public executions.
746
00:33:50,912 --> 00:33:53,574
He taught him how to use
a pistol and a whip.
747
00:33:54,015 --> 00:33:56,006
The only path to
success for Leon
748
00:33:56,006 --> 00:33:58,175
was
State-sanctioned brutality.
749
00:34:01,222 --> 00:34:04,350
Then suddenly, he was brought
to this country.
750
00:34:05,226 --> 00:34:06,956
His aunt and uncle tried
to salvage
751
00:34:06,956 --> 00:34:08,553
the human being in him.
752
00:34:09,198 --> 00:34:10,290
They taught him that
753
00:34:10,290 --> 00:34:11,993
his father's way of life
was wrong.
754
00:34:13,569 --> 00:34:16,333
But then his uncle
was murdered by his father,
755
00:34:16,333 --> 00:34:18,771
and the State said it was okay.
756
00:34:20,075 --> 00:34:24,011
And something
inside of Leon went snap.
757
00:34:26,749 --> 00:34:30,344
He lived with us
the last seven years.
758
00:34:30,786 --> 00:34:33,515
Please describe
anything in Leors behavior
759
00:34:33,515 --> 00:34:37,024
that would lead you to believe
that he had a mental problem.
760
00:34:37,024 --> 00:34:38,888
He did not sleep well.
761
00:34:38,888 --> 00:34:40,291
And that's all?
762
00:34:40,291 --> 00:34:42,260
I don't want to
talk about Leon.
763
00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:44,127
I don't want to be here!
764
00:34:44,966 --> 00:34:47,025
Did any of his teachers...
765
00:34:48,636 --> 00:34:51,366
Did they complain
about his behavior?
766
00:34:51,606 --> 00:34:53,699
He had trouble in school.
767
00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:56,908
But I helped him.
768
00:34:56,908 --> 00:35:00,415
Mrs. Iliescu, that is not
an answer to my question.
769
00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:05,646
Did his teachers complain
about his behavior?
770
00:35:08,357 --> 00:35:10,188
Answer the question.
771
00:35:10,726 --> 00:35:11,784
No.
772
00:35:12,361 --> 00:35:14,158
And did he ever
get into any fights
773
00:35:14,158 --> 00:35:15,662
in the neighborhood?
774
00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:18,257
No.
775
00:35:18,867 --> 00:35:20,835
Was there anything
in his behavior
776
00:35:20,835 --> 00:35:22,165
that would lead you to believe
777
00:35:22,165 --> 00:35:24,262
that he needed
psychiatric treatment?
778
00:35:28,643 --> 00:35:29,610
No.
779
00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:30,701
Thank you.
780
00:35:38,586 --> 00:35:40,451
At what point
in the seven years
781
00:35:40,451 --> 00:35:41,886
that he lived with you
782
00:35:41,886 --> 00:35:45,619
did Leon begin to need help
with his schoolwork?
783
00:35:46,661 --> 00:35:48,687
He was a good student
784
00:35:49,665 --> 00:35:52,361
until his father
came over from Romania.
785
00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:55,058
Was that about the time
786
00:35:55,058 --> 00:35:56,637
he started having
trouble sleeping?
787
00:35:56,637 --> 00:35:59,503
Yes. He had nightmares.
788
00:36:00,442 --> 00:36:02,239
His friends would call,
789
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,007
and he would not speak to them.
790
00:36:06,348 --> 00:36:08,816
Mrs. Iliescu,
you never consulted
791
00:36:08,816 --> 00:36:10,943
a psychiatrist
about Leors condition.
792
00:36:10,943 --> 00:36:12,749
Did you consult anyone?
793
00:36:15,324 --> 00:36:17,656
Yes, I spoke to Father Popescu.
794
00:36:19,895 --> 00:36:21,885
I begged Leon
795
00:36:22,230 --> 00:36:25,165
to come with me to church,
but he refused.
796
00:36:25,633 --> 00:36:28,966
He said he was cursed.
797
00:36:30,938 --> 00:36:32,838
God didn't want him.
798
00:36:38,013 --> 00:36:39,844
I would have done...
799
00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:47,183
anything for him.
800
00:36:49,992 --> 00:36:53,951
He lived with us
like our own son.
801
00:36:56,398 --> 00:37:00,732
But when Alex came,
I just felt him
802
00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:03,661
to... to slip away.
803
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:08,968
He speaks of
804
00:37:08,968 --> 00:37:10,978
being almost constantly
at his father's side,
805
00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:13,071
of witnessing interrogations
806
00:37:13,071 --> 00:37:15,308
in which prisoners
were severely beaten.
807
00:37:15,308 --> 00:37:17,180
He saw executions.
808
00:37:17,180 --> 00:37:20,082
He also saw his father
rewarded for his actions.
809
00:37:20,082 --> 00:37:22,347
Unconsciously,
he equated cruelty
810
00:37:22,347 --> 00:37:25,017
with success,
achievement, and power.
811
00:37:25,017 --> 00:37:28,427
And in your expert opinion,
were these acts of violence,
812
00:37:28,427 --> 00:37:30,124
which he described vividly,
813
00:37:30,124 --> 00:37:32,531
were they the result
of his upbringing?
814
00:37:32,531 --> 00:37:34,831
His childhood
probably was traumatic,
815
00:37:34,831 --> 00:37:37,167
but it did not compel
him to kill his father.
816
00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:40,104
And does the defendant suffer
from any mental defect?
817
00:37:40,104 --> 00:37:41,199
No.
818
00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:44,438
So in your opinion
he is not legally insane?
819
00:37:44,438 --> 00:37:46,275
No, he's not.
820
00:37:46,275 --> 00:37:47,679
Thank you.
821
00:37:54,857 --> 00:37:56,324
Dr. Olivet.
822
00:37:57,159 --> 00:38:00,925
Would you, uh, consider
psychology an exact science?
823
00:38:00,925 --> 00:38:03,931
Psychological evaluation
offers a certain accuracy
824
00:38:03,931 --> 00:38:06,263
within certain parameters, yes.
825
00:38:06,263 --> 00:38:09,064
You described the effect
of Leors youth
826
00:38:09,064 --> 00:38:10,399
as traumatic, didn't you?
827
00:38:10,399 --> 00:38:12,632
I said it was
probably traumatic.
828
00:38:14,075 --> 00:38:15,406
Probably.
829
00:38:16,511 --> 00:38:20,471
In other words, it could be
as little or as much
830
00:38:20,471 --> 00:38:23,143
as anyone in your profession
cares to make it.
831
00:38:23,143 --> 00:38:27,052
No. We're not talking about
black magic, Mr. Shapiro.
832
00:38:27,052 --> 00:38:28,419
The evaluation process
833
00:38:28,419 --> 00:38:30,754
is based on
very specific criteria.
834
00:38:30,754 --> 00:38:32,384
I see.
835
00:38:32,384 --> 00:38:35,828
How many Romanians have you
evaluated in your career?
836
00:38:35,828 --> 00:38:37,024
None.
837
00:38:37,024 --> 00:38:38,896
How many sons
of mass murderers?
838
00:38:38,896 --> 00:38:40,264
Objection, Your Honor.
839
00:38:40,264 --> 00:38:41,597
We have already established
840
00:38:41,597 --> 00:38:43,467
Dr. Olivet's credentials
as an expert.
841
00:38:43,467 --> 00:38:45,871
I am not
challenging her expertise.
842
00:38:45,871 --> 00:38:48,307
I am questioning
the basis for her opinion.
843
00:38:48,610 --> 00:38:51,170
I'll allow it.
Answer the question.
844
00:38:52,414 --> 00:38:53,574
None.
845
00:38:55,317 --> 00:38:57,046
So tell us, Doctor,
846
00:38:57,046 --> 00:38:59,815
what in your past qualifies
you to form an opinion
847
00:38:59,815 --> 00:39:01,549
about the effect
of these horrors
848
00:39:01,549 --> 00:39:04,216
when you admittedly
have no experience?
849
00:39:04,216 --> 00:39:05,623
Objection.
850
00:39:05,623 --> 00:39:07,126
Withdrawn.
851
00:39:07,828 --> 00:39:09,626
It wasrt easy, Adam,
but I thought Liz
852
00:39:09,626 --> 00:39:11,461
held her ground
as best she could.
853
00:39:11,461 --> 00:39:14,093
Yeah. The problem is
juries go with the expert
854
00:39:14,093 --> 00:39:15,932
with the most letters
after his name.
855
00:39:15,932 --> 00:39:17,835
And Shapiro's putting
Dr. Melvin Diener
856
00:39:17,835 --> 00:39:18,930
on the stand.
857
00:39:18,930 --> 00:39:21,305
A curriculum vitae like
B.F. Skinner.
858
00:39:21,305 --> 00:39:23,606
The man coined
the term "cultural insanity"
859
00:39:23,606 --> 00:39:25,442
in his 500-page
treatise on the subject.
860
00:39:27,049 --> 00:39:29,347
And Jonathan Shapiro's
slick enough
861
00:39:29,347 --> 00:39:31,816
to beat you
through a revolving door.
862
00:39:31,816 --> 00:39:33,650
You actually think
a jury'll buy that?
863
00:39:33,650 --> 00:39:35,883
Well, if it does, we'll have
to triple the budget
864
00:39:35,883 --> 00:39:38,552
to prosecute all the
culturally-insane defendants.
865
00:39:38,552 --> 00:39:40,652
But if I cut
a deal with the boy now,
866
00:39:40,652 --> 00:39:42,560
it'll open the same floodgates.
867
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,759
The boy says he's a product
of a screwed-up culture.
868
00:39:46,501 --> 00:39:47,934
Since when do we take
869
00:39:47,934 --> 00:39:50,403
the statement
of a known felon as gospel?
870
00:39:50,403 --> 00:39:52,463
The only way to get
a witness to discredit him
871
00:39:52,463 --> 00:39:54,441
is to fly one
over from Romania.
872
00:39:54,441 --> 00:39:56,499
I doubt the State
will spring for that.
873
00:39:56,499 --> 00:39:58,442
It may cost us only cab fare.
874
00:39:58,442 --> 00:40:00,140
Tommy Zanescu
hasn't been transferred
875
00:40:00,140 --> 00:40:01,739
out of Rikers yet.
876
00:40:01,739 --> 00:40:02,909
In my country,
877
00:40:02,909 --> 00:40:05,283
a can'ton of cigarettes
would get you a wool sweater.
878
00:40:05,283 --> 00:40:07,049
The problem is, I don't smoke,
879
00:40:07,049 --> 00:40:08,612
and I'm not cold.
880
00:40:08,612 --> 00:40:10,783
We are willing to
reduce the sentence.
881
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:11,985
How much?
882
00:40:11,985 --> 00:40:13,994
That depends
on what you tell us.
883
00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:16,029
What do you want to hear?
884
00:40:17,299 --> 00:40:19,995
Enjoy the next 15 years
in jail, sir.
885
00:40:20,302 --> 00:40:23,965
Hold it.
I'll tell you what I know.
886
00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:30,209
Yeah, I knew Alex
back in Bucharest.
887
00:40:30,209 --> 00:40:31,940
I worked with him
in Securitate.
888
00:40:31,940 --> 00:40:34,039
I was what you people call
his right-hand man.
889
00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:35,640
Then you saw him around Leon?
890
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,345
Hardly ever.
Alex had no use for Leon.
891
00:40:38,345 --> 00:40:39,785
He called him a mouse.
892
00:40:39,785 --> 00:40:41,049
How did Leon react
893
00:40:41,049 --> 00:40:43,114
when his father
brought him to the prison?
894
00:40:43,114 --> 00:40:45,716
The prison?
Is that what the boy told you?
895
00:40:45,716 --> 00:40:48,024
Alex wouldn't
bring him anywhere.
896
00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:49,629
When he was 5 years old,
897
00:40:49,629 --> 00:40:52,292
he sent him to the country
to live with servants.
898
00:40:52,292 --> 00:40:55,336
When Leon asked him to come
live with him in Bucharest,
899
00:40:55,336 --> 00:40:58,202
Alex shipped him off
to New York to his brother.
900
00:40:58,202 --> 00:41:00,366
So Leon always
hated his father?
901
00:41:00,366 --> 00:41:04,469
No. He was weak
and stupid and desperate.
902
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,046
He'd do anything
to please Alex.
903
00:41:07,046 --> 00:41:08,173
What could he do?
904
00:41:08,173 --> 00:41:09,774
Alex didn't want to know him.
905
00:41:10,686 --> 00:41:12,551
But Leon still tried.
906
00:41:12,821 --> 00:41:15,984
You know, it was him
who told us that Nicolas
907
00:41:15,984 --> 00:41:18,925
was going to turn Alex in
to the police.
908
00:41:18,925 --> 00:41:20,723
Alex laughed and said,
909
00:41:20,723 --> 00:41:23,629
"See? You even
squeal like a mouse."
910
00:41:24,333 --> 00:41:26,995
By telling Alex that Nick was
onto the credit card scam,
911
00:41:26,995 --> 00:41:29,401
he was trying to buy his way
into his father's life.
912
00:41:29,401 --> 00:41:31,496
He knew Alex would do
something to stop his uncle.
913
00:41:31,496 --> 00:41:33,768
Which means the death of his
uncle wasrt traumatic.
914
00:41:33,768 --> 00:41:34,934
It was expected.
915
00:41:34,934 --> 00:41:37,069
This whole insanity
defense is a hoax.
916
00:41:37,069 --> 00:41:39,613
So call Shapiro
and set up a meeting.
917
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,448
Zanescu is lying.
918
00:41:46,988 --> 00:41:48,319
He's lying.
919
00:41:48,319 --> 00:41:51,052
Um, Leon, did you
know Tommy Zanescu
920
00:41:51,052 --> 00:41:53,390
when you were both in Romania?
921
00:41:53,795 --> 00:41:56,229
He says he was your father's
right-hand man
922
00:41:56,229 --> 00:41:57,424
in the Securitate.
923
00:41:57,424 --> 00:41:59,262
He was just a chauffeur.
924
00:41:59,262 --> 00:42:01,768
My father had many chauffeurs.
Others who could tell you
925
00:42:01,768 --> 00:42:03,395
he wanted me to be with him,
926
00:42:03,395 --> 00:42:04,905
and none of them
would betray me
927
00:42:04,905 --> 00:42:07,203
or my father like
this Tommy Zanescu.
928
00:42:07,203 --> 00:42:10,073
Your father was not
an easy man to betray, was he?
929
00:42:10,073 --> 00:42:11,635
That's right.
930
00:42:14,082 --> 00:42:15,709
But your uncle?
931
00:42:19,254 --> 00:42:23,554
You found it easy to
betray him, didn't you?
932
00:42:24,359 --> 00:42:26,793
You went to your father,
and you told him
933
00:42:26,793 --> 00:42:28,796
that your uncle was
going to turn him in.
934
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:32,858
No. Leon,
tell them you didn't.
935
00:42:33,169 --> 00:42:34,397
And you knew
936
00:42:34,397 --> 00:42:36,631
that your father killed
betrayers, didn't you?
937
00:42:37,173 --> 00:42:39,072
I didn't know
he would kill Uncle Nickie.
938
00:42:39,072 --> 00:42:43,077
You knew, Leon.
How could you?
939
00:42:43,077 --> 00:42:44,712
He was my father!
940
00:42:44,712 --> 00:42:46,780
But you loved Nickie!
941
00:42:49,951 --> 00:42:52,784
Yes. I loved him.
942
00:42:53,989 --> 00:42:55,718
If you had come to us,
943
00:42:55,718 --> 00:42:57,884
your uncle would
be alive today.
944
00:43:03,832 --> 00:43:05,993
After Uncle Nickie died,
945
00:43:07,402 --> 00:43:08,869
my father...
946
00:43:11,139 --> 00:43:13,505
he put his arm on my shoulder.
947
00:43:13,708 --> 00:43:16,768
He talked to me like a son.
948
00:43:17,546 --> 00:43:20,481
Until the charges
were dismissed against him.
949
00:43:23,753 --> 00:43:25,812
I went to his apartment.
950
00:43:26,255 --> 00:43:28,985
He was drinking,
celebrating. He...
951
00:43:30,426 --> 00:43:33,986
We talked about me
moving in with him.
952
00:43:33,986 --> 00:43:36,462
But he didn't want you, did he?
953
00:43:37,032 --> 00:43:38,090
He loved me.
954
00:43:38,090 --> 00:43:40,100
He didn't love you,
he used you.
955
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:41,362
You don't know anything.
956
00:43:41,362 --> 00:43:43,267
I know he called you mouse.
957
00:43:49,244 --> 00:43:51,678
Is that because
you're a coward?
958
00:43:54,049 --> 00:43:56,040
I wasrt afraid of him.
959
00:44:02,557 --> 00:44:03,888
He was
960
00:44:06,728 --> 00:44:09,219
eating sausage like
961
00:44:10,999 --> 00:44:12,227
a pig.
962
00:44:15,705 --> 00:44:17,502
There was a knife.
963
00:44:18,341 --> 00:44:19,865
I pick it up.
964
00:44:23,579 --> 00:44:25,479
He just look at me
965
00:44:27,015 --> 00:44:28,505
and laugh.
966
00:44:32,621 --> 00:44:34,680
He call me a snitch
967
00:44:36,291 --> 00:44:38,350
and then he turn away,
968
00:44:39,728 --> 00:44:41,457
like I'm nothing!
969
00:44:47,135 --> 00:44:49,695
But I just keep stabbing
970
00:44:49,695 --> 00:44:51,932
until he doesn't move
971
00:44:52,574 --> 00:44:53,905
anymore.
972
00:45:06,222 --> 00:45:07,951
I'm not a coward.
973
00:45:15,298 --> 00:45:17,289
Extreme emotional disturbance,
Ben.
974
00:45:18,301 --> 00:45:20,291
Man one.
975
00:45:34,149 --> 00:45:35,411
Leon went a long way
976
00:45:35,411 --> 00:45:36,950
trying to win
his father's love.
977
00:45:36,950 --> 00:45:39,612
From the sound of it,
it wasrt won'th winning.
978
00:45:39,612 --> 00:45:41,417
They say a boy
doesn't become a man
979
00:45:41,417 --> 00:45:43,116
until his father passes away.
980
00:45:44,526 --> 00:45:47,324
Leon took care of it
in one fell swoop.