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In the criminal justice system,

In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

The most important thing
is to stay calm.

Easy for you to say.

If I screw up,
someone could die.

86% of incomings
are non-emergencies.

911 operator.

This call is being recorded.

Help, help. I need help.

What?

My wife...
my wife is bleeding...

I'm sorry, sir,
I can't understand...

Please, please,
send ambulance.

His... his accent.

I can't understand
his accent.

Sir, where are you?

Uh... wait... Jay Street.

Jay and Staple.

Sir, listen to me.

Stay with your wife.

We have an ambulance
on the way.

Couple of Japanese tourists
got shot and robbed.

Wife took one in the face.

Husband tried to wrestle the guy
for the gun.

Got blasted in the arm.

Did you get a description
of the perp?

Black male,
between 20 and 30.

That's it?
Height, weight?

He was rambling in Japanese.

He's in shock.

Yeah, I would be, too.

What'd the shooter
make off with?

Wife's purse, cash,
some jewelry.

Where'd it go down?

Over there.

CSU on the way?

Should be here any minute.

I found a couple
of casings.

Looks like a .22.

If we get lucky,
maybe we'll find the slugs.

We might find the one
that winged the husband.

The other's still
in the wife's skull.

No exit wound.

That'll wreck your vacation.

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The bullet entered
her right cheek

at point blank range
just below the eye,

then ricocheted
around her brain.

Is she gonna make it?

The damage is extensive.

We'll know more
in the next few days.

What about
her husband's condition?

Bullet went through
his right upper arm,

just missed
the brachial artery.

He should be okay.

Lucky guy.

Any chance
we could speak to him?

Keep it brief.

I'll get you
the room number.

You'll contact us
if Mrs. Yoshida
comes out of it.

Frankly,
that's a big "if".

Tamiko wanted
to see Ground Zero

so we went there first.

I don't know how
but suddenly we are lost.

We stop to look at map...

I'm sorry...

Mr. Yoshida, I know

this is difficult for you,
but we need you to tell us

exactly what happened.

Street was empty.

Suddenly a man comes over.

He ask what time is it.

I look at my watch.

"Ten minutes past 11:00".

I look up...
I see he is pointing gun.

Can you describe him?

Black man... big.

Black hat--

What kind
of hat?

Soft. You pull down?

Like a stocking cap?

And baggy black...

Like clothes you wear
to exercise.

Can you say
how tall he was?

About... two meters.

Like you.

So what happened
after he pulled a gun?

I give him money, but he said
he wanted her necklace.

Tamiko, her English
is no good.

She's confused.

Her brain freeze.

I told her...

I told her to give it to him.

But she couldn't remove...

Uh, the clasp?

I see his face getting very mad.

Then bang.

Tamiko fall.

He pull the necklace off.

So much blood everywhere.

I try to take the gun,
we fight.

Then bang, my arm.

Hurt so much.

Then he run away.

Did you see where?

I don't know.

There was a van.

I think a red van.

I was holding Tamiko to see
if she was breathing

and I hear him drive off.

My wife was always

afraid to come to United States.

So many guns.

So much violence.

I told her she could not live
like a flower in a bubble.

I told her New York
was a great city.

A great city...

The husband's a club owner
in Tokyo, wife's a model.

Apparently, they're
fairly well-known
over there,

celebrities...

They here on business?

Uh-uh, vacation.

It was the wife's
first time.

They decided to pay
a visit to Ground Zero.

Got lost on the way
back to the hotel.

Welcome to the Big Apple.

Now, she had
a little over a grand
in her purse.

Nice clothes,
expensive jewelry.

Invitation to a robbery.

What do we have so far?

Well, we got
a sketch artist

to work up
a description
with the husband.

It's kind of vague.

The husband
was in shock.

Circulate it citywide.

We're pulling files
on similar M.O.s

with that
general description.

What about that red van?

Any make or model?

No specifics.

And there were
no other witnesses?

It's a commercial district
downtown on a Sunday.

The place
ain't exactly hopping.

Makes you wonder what
the perp was doing there.

You're thinking
he followed them?

Innocent tourists
gunned down
in the street.

Shades of Miami back
in the '90s.

I remember that.

What, like 12 tourists
got killed in a single year.

Let's hope the press
doesn't run with that ball.

Well, if he was trolling
for tourists,

maybe someone saw him
along the way.

We'll retrace their steps
first thing in the morning.

Excellent.

I heard about those poor
Japanese tourists.

It's a damn shame.

This the guy?

Yeah. Witness described
him as between 20
and 30 years old.

And you say he might be local?

'Cause I'm out on the streets
every day with Perry here

and the face
doesn't ring a bell.

Well, the crime took place
right over there,

Sunday morning,
around 11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning?

I was uptown
having Perry groomed.

Sorry.

Thanks anyway.

Good luck.

Hey, let me guess.

You got a full
description

and the dude's
license plate.

They're closed on Sundays.

But the manager told me

there's a building
maintenance company

a couple of blocks
from here.

Guess what they drive.

Red vans?

We do maintenance

and renovation,
mostly office buildings.

Weekends
are our busiest time.

We're looking
for a black driver

between 20
and 30 years old.

He would have been on the road

around 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning.

What's this all about?

Couple of tourists
were shot near here.

Yeah, I heard about that.

One of them described
the assailant

as a black man
driving a red van.

So you think it's one
of my men?

You're crazy.

Look, man, we're just
running down leads
we got right now.

Look, I got guys
been with this outfit

going on ten years.

Never had no trouble
with any of 'em.

All right, then
you won't mind

if we go inside and
ask a few questions.

I loaded up, left here

around 11:00 a.m.

10:58 to be exact.

You didn't happen to notice
an Asian couple

a few blocks north of here,
did you?

My stop was in Brooklyn.

Headed south from here
on the West Side Highway.

What did you say your name was?

Carlisle Davis.

Carlisle Davis...
and what time did you leave?

Not sure.

They were having trouble loading
the driver in front of me.

Held me up for a few minutes.

Says you clocked out
of the loading dock at 11:20.

Gentlemen,

we appreciate your time.

The driver
ahead of you.

that they were having
trouble with?

What was his name?

Tom Walker.

I don't see
his card here.

We got him out of the dock okay

but he called in later
with engine trouble.

Says he left at 11:07.

Where was he headed?

Bronx.

Right time,
right direction.

I heard the sirens
behind me.

I just figured
it was a speeding thing.

I don't know anything
about a shooting.

A speeding thing?

Jerk in a Lexus
cut me off on Hudson.

Must've been doing 90.

Where were
you headed?

To the Bronx.

Some bank building.

But you never made it.

Had engine trouble
along the way.

Gee, it sounds like
it just wasn't your day.

Stopped at a garage
over on Tenth,

the West forties.

All right,
we'll need a name.

It's one of those chain places.

You got
a receipt?

Yeah, I think so, but...

But what?

You misplaced it.

Come on, Tom.

If you're going to lie,
at least be a little creative.

I'm not lying.

Then give us the name
of the garage.

We'll call over there
and confirm your story.

Okay...
I didn't have engine trouble.

I been working
double shifts
for three weeks.

I needed to take
a little personal time.

So you lied to your boss.

It's my lady's birthday.

I went over there to drop off
a present.

Really?

What'd you get her?

A vacuum cleaner.

And they say romance
is dead.

Hey, I asked her
what she want.

That's what she said.

All right.

We'll need her name
and her number.

Does my boss
have to know about this?

Your boss is the least
of your problems now.

And all this time,

I've been buying my girl
jewelry and lingerie.

I mean, anybody
stupid enough

to buy his girlfriend
a vacuum cleaner
for her birthday...

Listen, hospital
pronounced Tamiko Yoshida
30 minutes ago.

Damn.

Well, we're going to go
try the girlfriend

to see if Walker's story
holds up.

That can wait.

Right now we've got
a suspect

who fits the description
driving a red van,

two blocks
from the crime scene.

Let's put him
in a line up,

see if Mr. Yoshida
can ID him.

And Ed, make sure
to give Mr. Yoshida condolences

from the City of New York.

Detectives,
this is Akiko Shindo.

She is writing an article
about Tamiko for the Tokyo Sun.

Sorry to interrupt.

Not at all.
I was just leaving.

It's big story
in Japan.

My wife
was very popular.

Sir, my partner and I would
like to express condolences

on behalf of the city
of New York.

We're really sorry
for your loss.

Just find the
man who did this.

Actually,
that's the reason

we're here. We have
a suspect in custody.

Already you found the man
who shot my wife?

We'd like you
to come down to the station,

see if you can identify him.

Right now?

I was making arrangements
for my wife's...

We know this

is a bad time for you, but...

I'm sorry,

but it's all happening so fast.

We can give you
a ride if you like.

Okay. I'll go with you now.

So, you recognize
anybody there,
Mr. Yoshida?

I don't want
to make mistake.

We don't want you
to make a mistake either,

so take your time.

Very confusing.

Angle was different.

Everybody turn to the left.

I'm not sure.

I'm not so good
with faces.

It all
happen so fast.

Now turn to the right.

I'm sorry.

I cannot be sure.

The lineup just

went down in flames.

Walker's story
checks out.

He's not our guy.

Cut him loose. Wait.

Lieutenant, Councilman
Murphy's on line two.

He says he'll wait.

Fine. I got everyone
from the Neighborhood Watch

to the mayor
breathing down my neck.

His Honor's involved?

The story was
picked up by the
national press, CNN...

Problem is,
if it isn't Walker,

we're staring
at a blank wall.

Then fill in
the damn blanks.

You know, it's got to
be something, somewhere.

This guy Walker--
didn't he mention something

about a car speeding on Hudson?

A sedan.
We're looking
for a red van.

The husband said he saw
a perp drive off in it.

"There was a van--
I think a red van.

"I was holding Tamiko
to see if she
was breathing,

and I hear him
drive off."

"I hear him drive off."

So then he didn't actually
see the guy get in the van?

Yes?

Thank you.

So this speeding car--
you thinking perp or witness?

Either would do at this point.

Oh! Japanese Ministry just
issued a travelers' advisory.

"In light of recent
criminal violence,
the ministry urges

"all Japanese citizens to defer
all non-essential travel

to New York, New York, USA."

The crime scene's here.

Now, the Lexus speeds
by Walker on Hudson,

heading north towards...

The Holland Tunnel.
It's three blocks away.

And, with Sunday
morning traffic,

he could be in Jersey
in minutes.

The tunnel has security cams.

You said Holland Tunnel, right?

Yeah. Sunday morning
between 11:10 and 11:20.

Jersey bound-Lexus.

Okay.

Here's the tunnel.

We don't have video
at that location,

but I can give you still images.

Whatever you got.

How many cars
you think we got

to look through here?

Sunday morning...
ten-minute period... about 200.

200?
200?

Hey, you're lucky
it wasn't rush hour.

So, Mr. Ito, we understand

you own a Lexus?

That's right.

Did you take the car into
Manhattan this past Sunday?

No. We stayed home.

Did anybody else
drive the car?

Our grandson
borrowed it.

We don't use
the car a lot.

Sometimes,
Bobby borrows it.

When did he bring
it back to you?

Monday. He even took
it to the car wash.

Is this your grandson?

Looks like he's running out
of room for those tattoos.

To the younger
generation,
it is fashionable.

Body art.
Self-expression.

Did your grandson
drive the car
into Manhattan?

He went to Trenton,
not Manhattan.

I don't understand

why you are asking
all these questions.

This is just a routine
follow-up to a stolen car.

But, since you've
cleared everything up,

we're going
to be on our way.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

You want to tell me what
the bum's rush was about?

You check out the tatts
on the grandson?

Yeah. The grandma.
said that's body art.

That's Yakuza insignia.

Yakuza?

Yeah. Japanese gangsters.

Yeah, I know
what Yakuza are.

But how does a kid
from New Jersey

get hooked up
with them?

In the '80s, they had
a foothold in Hawaii

selling crystal meth
and guns.

Then they got into gambling
and prostitution

in Vegas and California.

Over the past few years,
they've built up

a small presence over here
on the East Coast.

So, did you ever have
any run-ins with them

when you were
with the gang unit?

Uh-uh. They were pretty much
under the radar back then.

And we can connect Bobby Ito
to the Yakuza how?

Take a look at his sheet.

Robbery. Assault.
Narcotics possession...

His last bust was
a drug deal in '02.

He was collared with two known
Yakuza members from Japan.

And where is young
Mr. Ito now?

His super says that he hasn't

been at his apartment
since Sunday.

We have a detail
staking out his place.

Japanese victims.

Japanese gang member
speeding away from the scene.

It'd have to be
an awfully big coincidence.

We're still working
on the details,

but Mr. Yoshida's
nightclub in Tokyo--

it's in the
Ginza district,

which is
Yakuza territory.

So Yakuza tries to take him out,
and Yoshida fingers

a fictitious black assailant
as the shooter?

Which gets him off the hook.

He's certainly not going
to testify against them.

I don't think they have
witness protection in Japan.

Hello.

Hey, listen. Can you hold on
to him if he tries to leave?

We'll be
right there.

All right,
man. Thanks.

Bobby Ito just
showed up at
his apartment.

Bobby Ito?

New York City Police.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hold it right there!

Hold it!

You taking a little
trip somewhere?

Gonna visit my cousin in L.A.

Oh, yeah? You got
a taxi waiting for you

down at the bottom
of the fire escape?

Hey, Ed, look at this.
A .22.

That's not mine.
You guys planted it.

You know,
that's really original.

I never heard that before.

You said you were home
all day on Sunday.

What did you do?

Watched TV. Slept.

That's funny, 'cause the cameras
at the Holland Tunnel

put you three blocks away
from the crime scene

minutes after the shooting.

Wasn't me.

I don't know
who this is.

That's the woman
you gunned down.

She died yesterday.

I didn't
shoot anybody.

You should have made sure
her husband was dead, too.

Now he's going to be able
to identify you.

No, he won't,
'cause I wasn't there.

They had to wait
until she was dead

to dig the slug
out of her skull.

Turns out it
was from a .22
Smith & Wesson.

Same kind of gun

you were trying to jump out
of the window with.

Lenny, how long do you think
it's going to take

before ballistics makes a match?

You know, it would be
a lot better for you

if you came clean now.

Look, we know the man you shot
has ties with the Yakuza

in Japan.

So, if they're
behind this,

we can tell
the DA that.

Maybe get you a deal.

I can't talk about that.

You can't
talk about it,

or you don't want
to talk about it?

Which is it, Bobby?

'Cause there's
a world
of difference.

I want a lawyer.

You're making a big mistake,
man.

Wouldn't be the first.

Ito lawyered up.

Yeah. Yakuza's got
him running scared.

Look who's back in Tokyo.

YOSHIDA
New York is a jungle,

and its inhabitants are animals.

I blame the gun-crazy U.S.
culture for my wife's death.

The city of New York must pay.

Too bad Yoshida didn't
stick around

to see the guy
who did it pay.

This would never happen in
a civilized country like Japan.

My client's
being railroaded.

The police recovered the murder
weapon at his apartment.

We can put him at the scene.

I'm familiar
with the evidence.

Then why did you
ask for this meeting?

My client has
some information

which I think you'll
find rather interesting.

What kind of information?

The kind that
could get him

a reduced sentence.

Say, uh... 15 to life?

We don't have time for games,
Mr. Lawford.

Hiroji Yoshida paid my client
to murder his wife.

He contacted Mr. Ito

through a mutual
friend in Tokyo.

Blame it on the husband.
I like that.

It's got a nice ring,
especially since he's not here

to contradict you.

No. It's the truth, man.

Can you prove it?

Two days before the shooting,

my client met Yoshida
at a diner near his hotel.

They went over the details.

Yoshida gave him
five grand
for the job.

The police found

$300 on you
when you were arrested.

Where's the rest of the money?

Did Mr. Yoshida
Spent it.

happen to mention why
he wanted his wife dead?

I didn't ask.
I just did the job.

We don't have all
the particulars,

but word on the street

is Yoshida owed big-time
to one of the oyabun

in Tokyo.

Analogous to one
of the Mafia bosses.

He's into gambling, Yoshida.

How much did Yoshida
owe the Yakuza?

100 million yen.

I left my currency converter
back at the office.

A million bucks, give or take.

He's the one who got shot,
right?

I saw his face on the news,
and I was like, hey,

I served that guy pancakes.

When was he here?

A few days
before the shooting.

I'm not usually
into Japanese guys,

but he was really cute.

Not to mention
a huge flirt.

It's always the
married ones, right?

He told you
he was married?

I saw him take a woman's
picture out of his wallet

and show it to the
other Japanese guy.

Figured it had
to be his wife
or girlfriend.

Either way,
he was off limits.

What did this
other guy look like?

Young Japanese-American guy.

Kind of scary-looking, actually.

He had these tattoos
all over his arms, wall-to-wall.

What's this about anyway?

I thought the police
were after a black guy.

Ms. Chen, do you mind
coming down to the precinct

to view a lineup?

Sure. No problem.

I'm off at 2:00.

A waitress at the diner
confirms that she saw Ito

and Yoshida
eating breakfast together.

She's sure
it was Ito?

She just picked him
out of a lineup.

Independent corroboration
that Ito and Yoshida met.

That's enough
to prove conspiracy.

Motive?

New York City coroner
just got a request

for Tamiko Yoshida's
death certificate

from Nippon Life Insurance
in Tokyo.

They needed it to pay out
the $3 million policy

her husband took out on her

four months
before the murder.

So he could pay off
his gambling debt.

Ain't love grand?

Make a deal
with this Ito character,

and get over to the Japanese
consulate to talk extradition.

Isn't there a risk that
they'll tip off Yoshida

or leak the story to the media?

Tell the consul I'm relying
on his discretion.

You will excuse me
if your theory

is a bit difficult
to digest, Mr. McCoy.

Actually, it's more than
a theory at this point.

I came here to discuss
the possibility

of extraditing Mr. Yoshida
to the United States.

Where he will be tried
for the murder of his wife?

Presumably, yes.

And this request comes
personally from Mr. Branch?

Yes, it does.

I do not know how familiar
you are with Japanese law.

I know when a Japanese national
who commits a crime overseas

he can be tried in Japan.

So why go through all
the trouble

and expense of extradition?

Because this is
a circumstantial case

and Japanese courts give more
weight to physical evidence

than American courts.

Also, Japan has no law
against merely conspiring

to commit a crime.

Well, I respect your position.

And?

And I am certain

a satisfactory solution
will be arrived upon... in time.

Allow me to translate:
"Yoshida's ours,

"and there's no way
in hell we're going

to cooperate with you."

The Japanese don't have
a close relationship

with the word "No."

Problem is,

if he's acquitted in Japan,

a double-jeopardy provision
of the U.S./Japan extradition
treaty prevents us

from getting a shot at him
when they're through.

I don't want us
to get a shot at him.

I want us to have the shot.

We may not have a choice,
Arthur.

Damn it.
What this man did is outrageous.

He picks our city-- my city--
to murder his wife in

and then he turns around
and blames it on us.

I'm angry, too.
But unless you have

the 82nd Airborne
on your payroll,

I don't see how
we're going to get him.

We hoist him on his own petard.

The press.

Yoshida's a national
hero in Japan.

We announce that we've
apprehended his wife's killer

and need him to make an I.D.

Japanese public will be
expecting him

to jump on the next plane.

To honor his wife's memory.

I just love it
when I get a flash

of good old-fashioned
American ingenuity.

The New York City Police

Department today apprehended
a suspect

in the shooting death
of Tamiko Yoshida.

Yes, sir, you.

What can you tell us
about the suspect?

This composite sketch
is based upon a description

given to us by Mr. Yoshida.

We're withholding the name of
the suspect for the time being.

Yes.

What evidence do you have
against him?

We have physical
evidence tying him
to the crime,

the motive of which appears
to have been robbery.

But of course we're also very
hopeful that Hiroji Yoshida,

the victim's husband,
as the only eyewitness,

will be able to return
to New York immediately

to identify the suspect
as the assailant.

Let me take this opportunity
also to say this:

the City of New York
is deeply saddened

by the murder of Mrs. Yoshida.

And we're very much looking
forward

to the return
to New York of Mr. Yoshida

and hope that this will
be the beginning

of the redress
of this grave wrong

and to ensure that justice
is done in this case.

Thank you all very much.

Mr. Branch, may I have
a word?

Of course, Lieutenant.
What can I do for you?

With all due
respect, sir,

I find this
approach troubling.

We're out of options.

We got to get
this guy back here

to answer
for what he did.

I understand that, sir,

but let me ask
you something.

Have you ever been stopped

for driving
in the wrong neighborhood?

No.

Well, I have.

And what the public just saw

was another black face
connected to a terrible crime.

I hear what you're saying,
Lieutenant,

but I really think that
this will work.

The truth will come out
and everybody will know

that he lied
about what happened.

And if it doesn't?

I guess the people of New York
will get a chance

to weigh in on that
next election.

Mr. Yoshida!
Mr. Yoshida!

Mr. Yoshida, what was
your reaction

when you heard
the police had
apprehended a suspect

in your wife's death?

Relief. Also sadness.

Nothing can bring Tamiko back,
but I am glad

the man who did this
will pay for his crime.

Yeah, so are we.

Detectives?

We wanted to welcome
you back personally.

Yeah, we brought you a gift
from the city of New York.

You like jewelry?

I don't understand.

Bracelets.

Hiroji Yoshida, you're under
arrest for the murder

of Tamiko Yoshida.
You have the right
to remain silent.

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

You have the right
to an attorney.

Docket ending 9-7-2.

People of the State of New York
v. Hiroji Yoshida.

Charge is Murder
in the First Degree

and Conspiracy
in the Second Degree.

How do you plead?

Not guilty, ma'am.

Ms. Southerlyn?

The defendant hired a hit man
to shoot his wife

while they were sightseeing
here in Manhattan.

The People cooked up

that little fantasy,
Your Honor.

The truth is Mr. and Mrs.
Yoshida were both victims

of a brutal armed robbery.

Judge, the People seek remand.

The defendant
is a foreign national

with absolutely no ties
to this jurisdiction.

He's a flight risk.

Your Honor, my client
shouldn't even be

in this jurisdiction.

He was lured here from Japan
through fraudulent conduct

on the part of the District
Attorney's office.

After he fled the United States.

He wasn't fleeing,

he was simply returning home
to bury his wife's ashes.

Sounds like
an argument between

the U.S. and Japanese
governments.

It also sounds
completely irrelevant

to these proceedings.

Defendant is remanded.

No matter how you spin it,
counselors,

this little deception
is a new low

even for your office.

I can cite case
after case

permitting law enforcement
to use trickery

to obtain confessions.

Why not to compel presence?

Because you can't use trickery
to do an end run

around extradition treaties.

You not only duped my client,

you also misled
every person who viewed

that so-called
"press conference."

I don't need a lecture on
morality from you, Mr. Olson.

We're here because
your client killed his wife.

I did not kill my wife.

No, you paid someone
else to do it.

That is a lie.

If your case hinges

on the testimony
of a career criminal

who cut a deal
to save his own skin...

We have an eyewitness
who can put the shooter,

Bobby Ito, with Mr. Yoshida.

A witness?

She saw them eating together
at a restaurant

two days before the murder.

Two men sharing a meal.

I'm sure Mr. Yoshida
has a perfectly viable
explanation.

Can he also explain why
he purchased

a $3 million life insurance
policy on his wife

just a few months
before her death?

I obviously haven't had
enough time

to review all the details
with my client.

I'll see you in court.

Question is which court.

Motion to change venue.

Your Honor, my client cannot
possibly receive

a fair trial in any
of the five boroughs.

Public opinion
is clearly against him.

Mr. Yoshida stages
a murder,

fabricates a story,
blames the city,

inflames public opinion,

and now he raises

the possible backlash
as a basis for change of venue?

The point is my jury pool

is made up of the very people
he bad-mouthed.

Mr. Olson, just where would you
propose I move this case

were I so inclined?

Any location other
than New York City.

Upstate someplace.

Where they share Mr. Yoshida's
low opinion of New York City.

Counselor, relax.

It was just a hypothetical.

Change of venue is reserved
for cases that present a bias

so pervasive that
it cannot be overcome

in the normal process
of jury selection.

Your Honor, my client
is presumed innocent

and as such, is entitled
to an unbiased jury.

That's what voir dire is for.

Mr. Roberts.

Have you heard
anything

about this case
before today?

Of course.
On the news.

Based on what you've
heard or read,

have you formed an opinion
about the facts in this case?

My wife says I don't have much
of an opinion about anything.

If the evidence against
the defendant proved his case

beyond a reasonable doubt,
would you have

any problem voting guilty
in the jury room?

Not one bit.

Thank you.

What about you, Mrs. Nickerson?

Have you read or seen anything
on the news about this case?

Yes, I heard about it.
Poor woman.

Mrs. Nickerson,
do you think

you'd be able to weigh
the evidence impartially

and make a determination
not whether Mr. Yoshida accused

a black man
of killing his wife,

but whether he hired
a hit man to do it?

Innocent until proven guilty.

But I would like to know
why he accused the black man

in the first place.

Mm-hmm.
Thank you.

Mrs. Talbot, have
you followed this
case in the press?

Yes.

Based on what
you've seen or read,

have you formed
an opinion about it?

No. I try not to prejudge.

Thank you.

No further questions,

Your Honor.

Mr. Roberts, you said
you'd heard about this case.

What did you hear, exactly?

When it happened,

I heard on the news
that he said

a black guy did it.

How did that
make you feel?

Like I was glad
I was in Queens that day.

I'll bet it did. Thank you.

Ms. Nickerson,
were you surprised

to hear that Mr. Yoshida
had been arrested

in this case?

Surprised? I suppose so, yes.

But it wasn't

the first time you'd heard
about a black man

being accused of a crime
he didn't commit.

Unfortunately, no.

Susan Smith did the same thing.

So did that fella up in Boston.

Charles Stuart.

Would you say
you felt a bit weary?

That would be a good description
of how I felt, yes.

Mrs. Lovell, what about you?

Have you read or heard
about this case?

No, actually, I haven't.

I hate the news.
It's depressing.

But you've gathered
from listening here today

that, uh, Mr. Yoshida
has blamed a black man

for killing
his wife?

Yes.

That's what it sounds like.

You said you find the news, uh,
depressing.

Racism,
violence,

politicians lying--

I'd rather watch
the Discovery Channel.

Thank you.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Mr. McCoy, do you have
any challenges for cause?

Juror number one...

juror number five...

and juror
number nine.

Mr. Olson, do you have
any challenges for cause?

Juror number four,
juror number six,

and juror number eight.

Your Honor,
may we approach the bench?

Approach.

Your Honor,
the People have

a reverse-Batson
application.

Mr. Olson has excluded

all the African-American jurors
seated on the panel.

And Mr. McCoy
has excluded

the only Asian.

I think it was obvious
to this court

that juror number nine had
a poor grasp

of the English language.

That was the basis
of my challenge.

Of course it was.

Let's discuss this
in chambers.

The media has stirred up
all kinds of racial resentment

against Mr. Yoshida,

which I believe has necessarily
influenced

the impartiality
of the jurors I've challenged.

In other words,
these black jurors are lying

when they say
they can consider the evidence

on the merits.

Not lying, Jack--
kidding themselves.

The fundamental
question is

can my client
receive a fair trial

from jurors whose
prejudices have
been inflamed

by the media coverage
of this case?

Interesting point.

Is this court
prepared to rule

that the courts can assume
a person's bias

based on their skin color?

No, but this court is prepared
to rule that in a case

where a potential juror likens
the defendant to Susan Smith

and another states he's glad he
was in Queens that day,

there's a genuine issue
of whether they can be fair,

regardless of
their skin color.

Where does it stop?

If counsel has his way,

there couldn't be a single
person of color on this jury.

My primary concern is
not only with Batson

but with fundamental fairness.

The defense challenges
for cause will stand.

I served him breakfast

at a diner
where I waitress.

I remember the
tattoos on his arms.

Was Mr. Ito alone?

He was with Mr. Yoshida.

I saw Mr. Yoshida give him
a photograph of a woman.

Did you get a good look
at this photograph?

Close enough to see that she was
a young Asian woman.

Very pretty.

Thank you, Ms. Chen.

Ms. Chen...

would it be fair to say

that you've waited
on thousands of people

in the time that you've worked
at the diner?

Yes.

Yet all these
many months later,

you clearly remember
Mr. Yoshida.

He must've made
quite an impression.

I saw him on the news
a few days later.

Have you ever met anyone
who was on TV?

No, I haven't.

Isn't it possible
that you got mixed up?

That Mr. Yoshida's face looked
familiar not from the diner,

but from the extensive
news coverage

this case received?

I don't think so.

May I remind you, Ms. Chen, that
a man's life is at stake.

Are you 100% sure
that you're not mistaken?

I don't think any of us can ever
be 100% sure of anything.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Mr. Ito, how
old were you

when you first became a member
of the Japanese

criminal organization
known as the Yakuza?

I was 13.
After my father died.

Mr. Ito,
you have tattoos

covering your entire upper
body, isn't that correct?

Correct. Body murals.

Could you show the court
your forearms, please?

What is the significance
of these "body murals"?

They show which
clan I belong to

in Yakuza.

It's an old tradition.

Can you tell us the first time

you had contact
with Mr. Yoshida?

A Yakuza in
Japan called me.

He said there was a man
in Tokyo

who would contact me
about doing a job for him.

A few weeks later,

Mr. Yoshida
called me.

And when did you
actually meet Yoshida?

At the diner.

Two days before
the shooting?
Right.

And what was the purpose
of that meeting?

Mr. Yoshida wanted me
to kill his wife

and make it look like
a robbery.

He told me to shoot her
in the head, him in the arm.

To kill her,
and not him?

That's right.

Did you two discuss

a location for
this shooting?

I suggested the spot.

Sundays it's deserted,
no witnesses.

Did Mr. Yoshida say
why he had chosen

New York City over, say,
Tokyo to kill his wife?

He said that black people commit
so much crime

in New York,
the police can't keep up.

Thank you.

Nothing further.

Let's put our cards
on the table, Mr. Ito.

Murder for hire.

You could have been
indicted in this case

for first degree murder.

That's right.

But instead,
you pled guilty

to a reduced charge
of second degree murder.

Yeah.

And agreed to testify

against Mr. Yoshida?

This isn't your first time
in a courtroom, is it?

No.

In fact, you have three prior
criminal convictions,

all involving illegal activities
tied to the Yakuza,

a known criminal
organization.

If you say so.

No, Mr. Ito.

The People of the states

of New York and New Jersey
say so.

Mr. Yoshida,
can you tell the Court

who shot you
and your wife?

Mr. Ito.

And you're sure
about this?

Tamiko and I
were sightseeing.

We stop to look at map;
Mr. Ito appear.

He said he had message
from Tokyo.

Then he shoot us.

Why did you tell the police
a black man did it?

I am very sorry about that.

I was scared.

I know if I say

it was Yakuza,
they would kill me.

So, you lied because
you were afraid

of reprisals
from the Yakuza?

Yes.

When Mr. Ito told you that he
had "a message from Tokyo",

what did you understand
him to mean?

My nightclub
in Tokyo

is a big success, big profit.

Yakuza wanted a percentage.

I said no.

Tamiko was a warning.

Why didn't
they just shoot you?

If I was dead,

I could not run the business and
make money for them.

Before the morning
of the shooting,

had you ever seen
Mr. Ito before?

Never.

Then how do you explain
the testimony

of the waitress?

People make mistake.

She's Chinese.

Maybe she think all
Japanese people look alike.

Mr. Yoshida...

did you hire Bobby Ito
to kill your wife?

I did not.

I loved Tamiko
with all my heart.

I still do.

Nothing further.

You say your nightclub
in Tokyo is very profitable.

What's the state
of your personal finances?

I put my money
back into my business.

Do you owe anyone money?

The bank.

How about
the Yakuza?
Objection.

Sustained.

Your wife was only 28 years
old when she was murdered.

Yes.
How would you describe
her health?

She was healthy.

Your Honor,
People's exhibit 14.

This is a life insurance policy
from Nippon Life

that you took out
four months before the murder.

Do you recognize it?

Life insurance for Tamiko.

The equivalent
of three million dollars

for a young, healthy woman?

She ask for it.

She was very successful woman.

So, you didn't take out
that policy

to pay off a gambling debt
to the Yakuza?

Objection.
Speculation.

Sustained.

Mr. Yoshida,
you've just admitted

that you lied to the police.

Why should we believe you now?

Because I am telling
the truth.

I loved my wife.

You told the police a lie.

You continued to tell
that lie.

You got up
in front of news cameras,

feigning outrage
against the city of New York.

I am telling the truth now.

Only after being tricked into
coming back from Japan.

Yakuza killed my wife
as a warning to me.

That was the truth.

And now that
you're being charged

with murder, you're interested
in the truth?

Nothing further.

I guess you won't
be joining us

for the Bar
Association
Gala tonight?

I'm hoping for
a verdict.

You said that
two days ago.

Olson called.

They're willing to plead
to Murder Two.

Yeah, well, tell him
he's got a better chance

of catching a
bat in a flytrap.

We might have
a hung jury, Arthur.

The man made a cynical
and heartless decision

to murder his
wife for money.

And the fact that he
tried to exploit

racial divisions makes
it even more heinous.

I agree.

I have faith
in this jury

and the good sense
of New Yorkers.

Have you reached
a verdict

in the death of
Tamiko Yoshida?

We have, Your Honor.

On the first count

of the indictment,
Murder in the First Degree,

how do you find

the defendant,
Hiroji Yoshida?

We find
the defendant guilty.

And on the second count,

Conspiracy
in the Second Degree,

how do you find
the defendant?

We find the
defendant
guilty.

Jury is dismissed
with the thanks
of the Court.

Short date
for sentence.

It seems kind of fitting
after trashing this country

Mr. Yoshida will
probably get to spend

the rest of his life here.

We got the right
guy, but Arthur was
playing with fire.

When we arrested Yoshida,
the truth came out.

You know how
newspaper retractions

are always on
an inside page,
in small print?

You ever wonder

how many people see
the front-page story

and miss
the follow-up correction?