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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.

Man, it's unbelievable.

It holds, like,
over 10,000 songs.

Dude, you don't even knw
10,000 song.

Where do you get of
buying something like ths

when you stil
owe me 100 buck?

I know 100,000 songs.

That's why they call me
the human jukebox.

Hey, yo, grab me
a corn muffin.

I gotta hit the head.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Black coffee
and a corn muffin.

Yo, bro...
Canadian.

So?

What is the difference?

About 30 cents
on the damn dollar.

It's useless,
you understand?

It's a slug.

Jerry!

Jerry!

Got 20 or so injured,
couple of 'em serious.

Lucky it wasn't rush hou.

Would have been worse,
but the ferry crew

pulled a bunch of the injured
out of the water.

Real heroes.
They deserve a medal.

One DOA.
Female, white.

Found her purse
on the rear upper deck.
ID?

Yeah, driver's license says
her name's Donna McLean.

34, Brooklyn address.

Hey, Brody, what you got?

The foam around her mouth
would indicate she drowned.

Looks like she hit her head
on the side of the boat

when she fell.

Pretty nasty blow.

Wouldn't be surprised
if she fractured her skull.

All right.

Hey, anything?

No. Everybody says the boat
should have stopped, but didn't.

Smacked the dock pedal
to the metal.

Did anybody see her go in?

No, nobody
mentioned a thing.

Carlsen, DOT.
I'm curious.

What's homicide doing
at an accident scene?

Two words--dead body,
criminal liability.

We don't know that yet.

We do until
we prove otherwise.

Okay?

Detective, found this
in the Pilothouse.

Gin.
See what I mean?

Okay, let's go talk
to Captain Tanqueray.

Pilot we got back here.
Lead the way.

He was just here.
He was drinking coffee.

You left him
by himself?

Sorry, I'll, um-

I'm gonna get you his name
and his address.

Do that, man.

Hey, can you get CSU
to dust and voucher these cups?

That's an awful lot of coffee
for one guy, isn't it?

Not if you're trying
to sober up.

Let's go see
where he lives.

Damn, what are the feebs
doing here?

Federal Maritime La.

You kill somebody
on US waters

through negligence
or misconduct...

NYPD?

Homicide.
Detective Green.

Fontana.

Special Agent Diamon.

Pilot's MIA.

But then, I guess you guys
know that.

Sorry, guys,
this one's ours.

Well, if you
need anything.

Well, appreciate it.

Take it easy.

Stiff.

Hey, when you
walk on water.

Come here, I want
to show you something.

See this stuff?

This is carbon-based paint.

I think they use it
on bolts and ships and hulls

and stuff like that.

So what are you saying--

the feebs are looking
for the wrong kind of vehicle?

Maybe the guy's
got a boat.

Wouldn't a boat
be registered with his car?

Let's say that it's
registered in his wife's name.

You did say
we'd help him.

Uh-huh.

There's no signs of life.

Hey, if we see anything,

we step off, we get
a warrant, all right?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Mr. Williams?

Anybody home?

It's the police.

Captain?

NYPD.
We need to talk to you, sir.

Ah, Jeez Louise.

Is he gonna make it?
Uh-huh.

Lucky we got here in time.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

What the hell is this?

I'm gonna tell you what it is,
Agent Diamond.

It's my tailor-made
Italian silk shirt

with his blood on it.

A little thing we like
to call evidence.

You take it, and you run
a toxicology screen.

And, by the way,
I'm billing the FBI.

Now, excuse me.

$300 Italian silk.

I got it the last time
I was in Rome

at this great little negozio
just off the Piazza Navona.

Oh, well,
easy come, easy go.

Listen, I just heard
from the US attorney.

They're running
his blood alcohol now.

Guaranteed he was
three sheets to the wind.

Anyway, he's
the feds' problem now.

Yeah, but a couple
of the injured

were city workers,
so the Manhattan DA

is planning to file
charges of his own.

So, what are you saying,
Lieutenant?

I'm gonna need you to
re-interview those witnesses.

I've got a clean shirt
in my locker.

$300 shirts.

Heh, you should
see his ride.

I was working
forward deck.

I heard a scream
and then a splash,

and then the ferry
hit the dock.

Wait, run that
by me again?

You heard something
before the crash?

Yes.

I went to the starboard
side rail.

I thought I saw
someone in the water.

But then the boat hit,
threw me down.

You sure that's
the way it happened?

Ye.

Scream, splash,

somebody's in the water,
crash.

Positive.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Uh-huh.

Okay, thanks.

Lab results are in.

Pilot wasn't intoxicated.

Whose flask of gin
did we find then?

Who knows?

It could have been
from the night shift.

Doesn't mean
he's off the hook.

He was still asleep
behind the wheel.

Deckhand says he heard
a scream and a splash

before the crash.

Donna McLean, the DOA?

Maybe. The deckhand thinks
he saw somebody in the water,

but he's not sure who.

Why couldn't it
have been suicide?

It could have been,
but why would you wait

until you're almost docked
to take a swan dive?

Why not take your shot
in the middle of the harbor

where nobody
could fish you out?

Plus the head injury.
That's more like she fell.

If she had jumped, she probably
would have cleared the boat.

If she fell,
that's an accident.

Not if she had help.

Well, then she's our DOA,
not the feds'.

Hairline skull fractur.

Traces of paint found
in the head wound

match paint
from the lower railing.

There was blood
on that railing, too.

Yeah, DNA lab's
running it now.

I bet you a dollar
it's hers.

Did the fall kill her?

Well, didn't
do her any good,

but not directly, no.

I mean, it might have
knocked her out cold,

but she was alive
when she hit the water.

She drowned.

Any defensive wounds?

Did she struggle?

No.

But look at these bruises.

Hmm...just about
the height of the top rail.

Right where they'd be
if somebody pushed her

hard enough to put her
into the drink.

You have any idea
what happened yet?

Well, the investigation's
gonna take a while.

So far, they're not
ruling out anything.

What was your wife
doing on that ferry, anyway?

She had an appointment
to get her hair done in midtown.

Oh.

Mr. McLean...

was your wife
depressed at all?

What are you
talking about?

You saying she jumped?

This was an accident.

We have a witness that may have
seen Donna in the water

before the ferry crashed.

No way.

We were very happy.

We have a great family.

She'd never
leave us on purpose.

You're a firefighter?

Retired.

You were there
at Ground Zero?

Yeah.

We all were.

Ed...

Sarah's crying again.

Look, I appreciate
your concern,

but this was an accident.

So find out who's responsible
and nail 'em to the wall.

Okay?

When you were a kid,
did you ever

call your old man
by his first name?

Hmm, not unless I wanted

to smell the Aqua Velva
on the back of his hand.

Okay, I got it.
Thanks.

Donna McLean
legally changed her name

about two years ago
when she married Ed McLean.

Before that,
she was Donna Mahar,

married to a Joe Mahar,
also a firefighter.

So let's go talk
to Joe Mahar.

Uh-uh--died in 9/11.

He was in the same
engine company

as Ed McLean.

Joe and Ed were inseparable.

Frick and friggin' Frack,
we called 'em.

That's why I got assigned Donna
after Joe died.

Assigned?

One of our own dies,
we look after the widow.

Help her with groceries,
bills.

Well, I think
Ed did more

than unpack a few
D'Agostino bags.

Hey, listen,
things happen.

You know how emotional it was,
the aftermath.

We all lost
near and dear.

Yeah, so I'm saying.

They comforted each other.

Right after the attacks,

Ed spent a lot of time
with Donna.

All right, one thing
led to another.

Well, what about Ed?

Was he marrie?

Colette.
High school sweethearts.

That kind of thing.

They got kid?

Ten-year-olds.
Twin boys.

He's a good father, Ed.

Really?

And he left their mother
for his best friend's widow?

What kind of settlemet
did Donna gt

for her husband's death?

Those 9/11 settlements
ran in the millions.

Ed wasn't after her money.

He fell in love with Donna.

He didn't mean to.
He just did.

You looking for Colette?

Yeah.
NYPD.

You know where
we can find her?

She's at work.

How well you knw
the McLean?

Her name's Connolly now.

It's her maiden name.

She went back to it
after the divorce.

So you know Ed and Collette
pretty well?

Sure, forever.

This is a very tight-knit
community.

Was.

Come in for a minute.

I gotta keep an eye
on my husband.

Well, people have to wait
a little longer in line

at the airport

saying 9/11
changed everything.

They have no idea.

Now, this neighborhoo,

we used to do everythig
togethe,

and everybody workd
for the fire departmen,

polic.

Now we're strangers.

Divorce, remarriage.

Yeah, it'll never
be like it was.

That's for sure.

9/11's gonna kill Russ
just as sure as it killed Joe

and the other men
who were there that day.

How so?

Russ was at Ground Zeo
for week.

Leukemia...

from mercury.

Millions of busted
fluorescent light bulbs.

From the tower.

Donna wears a Chanel dress
to Joe's memorial,

and the guys
who found his body

can't even pay
their medical bills.

Did you ever ask Donna
for help?

No, I don't
see Donna anymore.

I'm not a part
of her new life.

You mean her new life
with Ed McLean?

Her new wife with
the Dead Wives' Club.

What they
call themselves--

9/11 widows--

they cleaned up
after their husbands died.

From what I heard,
it was a lot of money.

No, it's not
just the money.

It's how they act with it.

Parading it around town
like it's freakin' Mardi Gras

while the rest of us
just scrape by.

Like Collette
is scraping by?

Bastard left her
high and dry.

Why do you think
she had to go back to work?

I was plenty
angry at first,

but you gotta move on.

Anger doesn't do anyone
any good.

Especially not the kids.

Me and Ed, we gotta do what's
right for the boys' sakes.

Try and act civilized.

I just feel sorry
for Donna's girls.

You know, Ms. Connolly,

we checked into
your ex-husband's finances,

and all of the 9/11
settlement money

is in Donna's name.

She also got death benefits
from the city,

and from Joe's
life insurance,

not to mention
over $2 million

from the Federal
Victims' Compensation Fund.

Yeah, well, she deserved it.
She lost her husband.

So did you.

Your ex-husband
officially retired

on a disability pension.

Yeah, after 9/11,
he couldn't go back to work.

But you had to.

He paid you the minimal
child support and alimony.

Yeah, what can you do?

I mean, These are things
the court decides.

You're very understanding,
Ms. Connolly.

Well, like I said,
it's for the kids.

And to tell you the truth,
I don't mind working.

It gets me out of the house.

How'd you break your arm?

My wris.

I fell.
My fault.

I was racing
up the subway steps,

late for work,
and I tripped.

I put my arm out
to brace myself and--

When was that?

Day before yesterday,
as a matter of fact.

Same day that Donna died?

That morning, yeah.

It was a bad day.

Thank you.
We'll talk to you.

She broke her wrist
the same day as the crash.

Now, there's a coincidence
for you.

Yes, indeed.

I'll tell you one thing,

I never heard a woman
talk so good

about a man
who done her so bad.

on the lower railing.

Did CSU find anything
on the upper deck?

Fingerprints and two
sweaty palm prints

from two different
individuals,

both left hands,
right next to each other

on the upper railing.

CSU lifted a partial
off one,

latent matched it
to Mrs. McLean.

What about
the other one?

Of no value.

But they recovered
some DNA from it.

Not Mrs. McLean's.

You can get DNA
from a sweaty palm print?

Low copy number
analysis.

You ID any suspects,
get me their DNA,

I can run a comparison,
see if they match.

Ed McLean's
coming in today.

Guilty people don't normally
drive themselves

to the ME's office
to give up DNA.

Which leaves his ex-wife.

She's not
returning our calls.

That's a nice ride.

Yeah, it's okay.

So, I check the subway times
with transit.

There are trains
that pull into that station

at 10:45 and 11:12.

According to St. Ann's,

she signed in at the ER
at 11:15.

So she fell,
broke her wrist,

and either waited
a half an hour

to get
medical treatment--

Or she sprinted eight blocks
in three minutes

with a fractured wrist.

She didn't look
like Marion Jones to me.

On the other hand,
the ferry crashed at 10:00.

She had plenty of time
to get uptown to St. Ann's.

Just because I can't remember
exactly when I fell,

that doesn't mean--

Oh, no, no.

We're not accusing you
of anything.

It's just that we
have to clear up

these little discrepancies
in the timeline

for our report.

It's our boss.

She's a stickler
like that.

You know, you're right.

I didn't go
straight to the hospital.

I waited to see
if I put some ice on it

would it feel better,
and it didn't.

So that's when I decided
I needed to go to the ER.

Uh, Ms. Connolly,

can I trouble you

for a cup of coffe?

I'm draggin,
and if I don't get a jol,

I'm never gona
make it through the da.

Sure, I just made a pot.

How do you take it?

Black.

Truckload of sugar.
Thanks.

Do you ever use it?

What, the ferry?

I wish.

Ah, you should.

I never have time.

Didn't you use it
the other day?

I took the subway.

I told you.

Oh, right.
Your wrist.

Mm-hmm.

Thanks.

You know, you should
pay this parking ticket.

Yeah, I'm a little behind
on the bills.

Twins, huh?

Mm-hm.

I've got two boys myself.
Eric and Tyler.

Oh, yeah?
How old?

12 and 14.

Oh, teenagers.
Wow.

Yeah, it's rough.

You know, if my wife
left me

and my sos

and livd
like royaly

while we struggled,

I'd be out of my mind.

Yeah, well, that's you,
not me.

All I'm saying is

I could understand
if you did something about it.

I didn't do anything.

Then you wouldn't mind
giving us your DNA?

It's the easiest way

to get this behind you.

I'll just check
with my lawyer first.

You know, most dudes lie
about not being married.

Ah, I thought
I'd take a shot.

You ever been married?
No, never. You?

Hell, no.
I'm too young.

Too old.

Now let's go talk
to that ER doctor

and find out how
she really broke her wrist.

Of coure
I can't discus

a patient's medical history
with you.

Okay, let's say we spoke
in hypotheticals.

Hypotheticals?

Oh, yeah, we love
hypotheticals.

Okay, shoot.

Okay, let's say,
hypothetically,

that somebody's rushing up
some concrete steps.

Like a subway.
Right.

And they trip,
and they fall forward.

Well, when someone
puts their arm out

in front of them
to break their fall,

the type of fracture
that results is always the same.

A Colles fracture.

Okay, so if somebody
has a Colles fracture,

their story of tripping
and falling forward

would be consistent?

Well, let's say

a patient has a different
sort of fracture--

a Smith's fracture.

There would be a discrepancy
in what they're telling you?

A Smith's fracture
results from an outstretched arm

to prevent
a backwards fall.

You understand
what I'm saying?

Yeah--you can't get
a Smith's fracture

from a forward fall

with your arm stretched out
in front of you.

Anatomically impossible.

Two palm prints,
both on the left hand, right?

Right.

Now, let's say Donna McLean
was standing here

with her left hand
on the railing

as the boat
pulled into the dock.

Collette Connolly
comes from behind--

Hypothetically.

Right.
She pushes her over.

Donna screams.
She falls.

She hits her head
on the lower railing.

She goes into the water,
and she drowns.

Now, that's what
the deck hand says.

Okay, but how does
the second sweat print

get on the hand railing?

Killer needs two hands
to push the victim over.

Okay, after Donna
goes into the water

is when the ferry
hit the dock, right?

Righ.

The impact of the crash
sends Collette forward...

and then back.

She tries to hold on
to the railing

with her left hand,

but she can't
keep her grip--

Leaving a sweaty
palm print.

Exactly.
She falls backwards.

She tries to brace her fall
with her right hand.

Smith's fracture.

Smith's fracture.

You in a whole lot
of trouble, Colette.

We got witnesses

that saw you push Donna
over the side of that boat.

No, that's impossible.

I wasn't there.
I wasn't on that ferry.

Look, we know
you're lying.

We know you didn't
take the subway.

We know you didn't
trip and fall on any stairs.

I told you how
I broke my wrist.

Yeah, and we talked
to a doctor

who said that it couldn't have
happened the way that you said.

Now, when that boat
hit the dock,

you fell backwards
on the deck,

and you put your hand
behind you.

That's how
you broke your wrist.

And in the chaos of the crash,
you slipped out,

you jumped into a taxi,

you went uptown
to the hospital.

No, I broke my wrist
on the subway.

We found the taxi driver.

He remembers you.

He said you were
in a whole lot of pain,

and he offered to take you
to a closer hospital.

But you said, "No, I want
to go uptown to St. Ann's."

Take it easy, will you?

There you go.

Thanks.

Colette.

You did it for your kids,
for your boys, right?

No.

I didn't do anything.

Donna is dead.

Ed inherits all the money.

You can take him
back to court,

make him pay
his fair share,

support his kids

they way he's supposed
to support his kids.

Put that down now, Colette.

Do not take a sip.

Nice try.

You want her DNA?

Get a warrant.

And why
is my client crying?

She has been lying to us
every step of the way.

So you say.

You don't have
probable cause,

which means
you can't hold her.

Come on, Colette.
I'm gonna take you home.

That could have
gone better.

Well, it's too bad

that we don't
have those witnesses

or that cab driver.

We really wouldn't
need her DNA.

Maybe we don't
need her

to give us her DNA
voluntarily.

I spoke
to the DA's office.

They're making
a warrant application

to a friendly judge.

That judge

better be our brand-new,

very best friend.

(McChonor.

Judge Tucci already
signed a warrant

to obtain a DNA exemplar
from Colette Connolly.

If he weren't conveniently
out of town on vacation,

we wouldn't even be here.

We're moving to quash

an improperly-granted
warrant.

Ms. Galiano
didn't like

Judge Tucci's
decision,

so she's trying for

a more favorable result
from you.

All due respect,
Judge Tucci signs off

on anything the people
place in front of him.

Mr. McCoy, seems to e
you have a warrat

which you're using to confirm
a suspicion the people have,

which is not the same
as probable cause.

Motion granted.

Warrant quashe.

Without the DNA
we need to figure out

another way
to put her on the boat.

And we have
a motive problem.

What are you
talking about?

We've got loads
of motive--

rage, jealousy,
money.

Once Ed inherited
Donna's millions

he couldn't evade
paying Colette

reasonable alimony
and child support anymore.

She's had
all the same reasons

since the marriage
broke up.

So why'd she
kill her now?

I'd like to know
what triggered this.

The name's a joke.

People expect widows
to act a certain way.

And they hate us
because we don't.

Because we've
got money now.

Oh, let's face it.

They hate us because
we married

our dead husbands' friends.

I'd hate us, too,
but we also lost husbands,

and our kids
lost fathers.

We grieve, too.
Every day.

It's been hard
for everyone, I'm sure.

Exactly.

We all learn
the hard way

life's too short.

I know my first husband,

God rest his soul,
is happy I'm happy.

Look, I understand
from your point of view

life goes on,

but what about
the wives that were left?

Like Colette.

That's what
we're talking about.

She was more of a mess
after 9/11 than Ed was.

She wouldn't
leave the house,

didn't want him
going anywhere,

crying all the time.

And he was alive.

No wonder he left her.

Don't get me wrong.

I feel sorry for her.
I do.

We all do.

So Colette and Donna
were close.

Best friends.

Excuse me.

Was there something else

that you wanted
to tell me in there?

Well, I still
care about her.

About Colette.

And I don't know if she
did this to Donna, but--

If you can help me
understand what happened.

Colette called me
one night.

A few weeks ago.

She was hysterical.

It was the first time
we'd spoken in months,

and she said Ed told her

he and Donna wanted custody
of the twins.

When was this exactly?

A week before Donna died.

We re-interviewed everyone
that was in the area

of the ferry that day.

No one remembers
seeing her.

So we're
back at square one.

Maybe not.

I saw something
at Colette's

that might
give us her DNA.

Legally?

Without her permission
or a court order?

What'd you see,
a magic wand?

No, a parking ticket.

She has dozens of them.

Owes the city
over $1,000.

We send her a notice
offering amnesty.

All tickets forgiven
for a token hundred bucks.

So she ignores that,
too.

Well, if she decides

not to take advantage
of the amnesty,

the city threatens to put
a lien on her property.

And here's
the beauty part.

We send her a self-addressed,
stamped envelope

for her
to send a check in.

She licks the envelope,
mails it back to us,

and we have our DNA.

Right, she hands it over
voluntarily.

The parking ticket sting

was a blatant violation
of the Fourth Amendment,

your honor.

Mr. McCoy ignored
your ruling

and used a ruse
to obtain DNA

which you said
he had no right to.

You said the people

had no right to a warrant,
your honor.

I had every right
to trick Ms. Connolly

into giving us
what we wanted.

People v. Blandon.

Trickery is only improper

when the conduct is so unfair

as to deny due process.

Since the DNA
on the envelope

matched the DNA
on the ferry railing,

we know we're
not dealing with the rights

of an innocent person here.

Let's not get ahead
of ourselves, counselor.

No one's been convicted
of anything yet.

It appears that the defendant's
fourth amendment rights

weren't violated here.

Anything else,
Ms. Galiano?

Yes, your hono.

The low copy
DNA analysis

that the people used
is an untested,

unreliable science,

which hasn't gaind

widespread acceptane
in New Yor.

All I am asking for
is a hearing

to determine whether this novel,
untested science

meets the Frye standard.

I'll hear from experts
tomorrow.

Low copy DNA analysis

utilizes much smaller samples
of DNA to find a match.

Isn't it fair to say
that these samples,

which can be left by just
touching a steering wheel

or rubbing your fingers
over a keyboard,

are very often
infinitesimal?

Yes, that's correct.

Sometimes as little
as a couple of skin cells.

The extracted DNA is then
replicated many times,

so testing can be done.

So isn't it true,
Dr. Merrick,

that this multiple
replication process

creates a greater risk
for false matches

and inaccurate results?

The odds of error
are about the same

as regular DNA testing.

One in a trillion.

Infinitesimal.

So low copy DNA
hasn't even been used yet

in a criminal proceeding
in New York, has it?

No, actually,
it has been used.

When the twin towers
collapsed.

Many of the samples
we used to identify victims

were low copy DNA.

But that wasn't
a criminal case.

Not a criminal case?

It was the largest
mass murder

in our nation's history,
your honor.

Which means there's
a history of this science

already being used
in New York,

and the Frye standard
is met!

I agree.

The DNA comes in.

Murder Two.

Now, why would we
accept that?

Your client
ambushed the victim

and then tried
to cover up the crime.

We have DNA,
we have motive.

And we have a woman
suffering from

extreme
emotional disturbance.

Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder

from the September 11th
attacks?

You're confused.

Colette Connolly's ex-husband
was the firefighter.

Firefighter or not,
like all New Yorkers,

she was affected
by 9/11.

Just like the New Yorkers
who will be sitting on my jury.

Remember how beautiful
the weather was?

Gorgeous, yeah.

Thank you.

I picked the boys
up from school.

I tried to get them
to not watch the television.

I didn't want them
to see the...

towers fall over and over.

We all just sat around,
waiting for the phone to ring,

to see if Ed
was dead or alive.

When you finally
heard from him...

I just thanked God.

I was just so thankful

and relieved.

And then guilty.

So guilty.

Guilty?

All his friends
that didn't make it.

His brothers.

You have no idea
how close they are.

I mean,
our neighborhood alone,

you could hear people
screaming and crying

all up and down the street.

I keep replaying
that day...

in my head.

It's like a movie
I can't turn off.

You know, every time
a plane flies overhead...

I get a knot
in my stomach.

And every time
they raise the threat level,

I think my children
will never see the end of this.

The world seems
ruined to me.

I swear, sometimes,

I wish I had died
on September 10th.

For her, the attacks,
losing her husband,

possibly custody
of her kids,

these aren't
separate events.

And they're not over.

They're one huge event
that's wrecked her life,

and she's reliving it
every day.

So she lashes out
and kills a woman

who married
her ex-husband.

She can't strike out
against the terrorists,

so the next-closest
culprit, as she sees it,

is the woman
who replaced her as wife,

and potentially
as mother.

All right.
Thank you.

Do you think a jury
will buy that?

Well, they don't
have to buy it.

They just have
to feel sorry for her.

I agree.

You don't think this defense
has some merit, Jack?

A stress response
to an act of war

justifies the murder
of an innocent third party

three years later?

No, I don't.

Her entire life
was turned upside down

after 9/11.

Jurors will
sympathize with that.

The defense will paint
the husband as a bastard

and the victim
as a home wrecker and a hussy.

That won't be too hard.

And the defendant
as one more victim of 9/11.

Maybe you ought
to plead this one out, Jack.

Colette Connolly didn't just
run into Donna McLean

that morning
at the ferry.

She stalked her,
she killed her,

and then she tried to make it
look like an accident.

That's murder,
not manslaughter.

And if we give into this,

what kind of precedent
does it set?

None.
This case is sui generis.

I don't agre.

It's license for anyone
who was in the city that day

to act out.

I was elected
to this office

because people wanted
to feel safer after 9/11.

It'd be ironic
if that event

became an excuse
for criminal behavior

on my watch.

Don't forget--
Colette Connolly

murdered the mother
of two young girls

who had already
lost their father.

You don't think

that there's some room
for leniency here, Jack?

Absolutely,
from the judge at sentencing.

Colette just couldn't
take care of the kids anymore.

She was depressed, anxious.

I told her I thought
they'd be better off with us

until she got on her feet.

We weren't trying
to take her children from her.

What was the defendant's
reaction

when you said you wanted
custody of the boys?

She went into a rage.

Started cursing at me.

Throwing things.

Said the kids already
had a mother.

Said she'd fight us
tooth and nail.

Said she'd never
let us have them.

You say your ex-wife

wasn't supervising
the children properly?

She wasnt
at home a lo.

She was at work,
wasn't she?

Ye.

Did she work out of the house
before the divorce?

No.

She was
a stay-at-home mom?

That's correct.

Your wife Donna,
your new wife,

received a substantial
settlement from 9/11,

didn't she,

for the death of her first
husband?

Yes.

Did you and Donna share
this windfall with your ex,

the mother of your children?

That's why we wanted thm
to come live with u.

We could provide--

You and Donna

intentionally kept
her millions in her name

to avoid having to pay
additional alimony

to your ex-wife.

Objection.
Judge.

This is all part and parcel
of the stress

that my client was under
after the events of 9/11.

Overruled.

That was Donna's decision.

It was her money.

So the fact

that Colette
had to go to work

because you
and your new wife

wouldn't provide enough money

to support your children

is the reason you wanted
to take custody of your sons.

Isn't that blaming
the victim Mr. McLean?

Objection!
Withdrawn.

Let me get ths
straight, Mr. McLea.

You left your wife,
the mother of your children,

by your own testimony

depressed and emotionally
traumatized

by the events of 9/11,

so you could marry
her newly-rich best friend,

your best friend's widow?

It wasn't like that.

Wasn't it?

Nothing further.

Redirect, your honor.

Where were you when
the first tower collapsed?

Objection.
Relevance.

The defendant
is using 9/11

as an excuse
for her actions.

The question goes
to the legitimacy

of the entire defense.

The witness may answer.

In the North Tower.

In a stairwell.

And where was your best friend
Joe Mahar?

Next to me.

But you got out?

Yeah.

And Joe?

He didn't.

You ever feel any stress
or anxiety or guilt

since that day?

Of course.

Every day.

Sleepless nights,
nightmares?

Frequentl.

You retired after 9/11.

I couldn't work anymore.

My nerves were shot.

The stress ever get so bad
that you killed someone?

Objection!

Withdrawn.

No more questions.

What happened
to your marriage

after September 11th?

I never saw Ed.

He spent all his time
with Donna...

consoling her.

And then he left me.

She took my husband

and made me a widow.

Tell me what happened
on the ferry that morning.

I saw her standing
at the rail.

And she looked...

so happy.

So content.

And I couldn't take it.

I just wanted
to talk to her.

Tell her to leave
my children alone.

Did you speak to her?

I wanted t.

But, uh...

I--I walked up
behind her,

and she didn't see me.

And all I could
think about was...

all that I had lost
since the attacks.

And how my whole word
had fallen apar.

And now my kid.

So I pushed her.

Hard.

I didn't even
think about it.

It just...happened.

It just happened?

Ye.

Like you just happened to be
on the ferry that morning,

the same morning
Donna McLean was?

Yes.

And you didn't even

think about it--

pushing her
over the side?

Is that your testimony?

Yes.

When you got off
the ferry,

there were police
and emergency personnel there.

Correct?

There wa.

You didn't say anything
to any of them

about the woman you'd just
pushed in the water, did you?

No.

In fact, you were able
to hide your injury,

avoid the police,

and leave without anyone

knowing you were
on that boat, correct?

I was in a daze.

Were you still in a daze

when the police
first questioned you

two days after
killing Donna McLean?

I was scared,
so I lied.

And when the detectives
came to your house

and questioned you
a second time,

and you lied again
about how you broke your wrist.

Still scared,
still in a daze?

I--Yes.

And when you were brought

to the precinct

for questioning,

and you denied
once again

killing Donna McLean--

No.

I don't--I--

I don't know.

You have health insurance
from your job?

Yes.

In the years
since 9/11

that you
allegedly suffered

from this post-traumatic
stress syndrome,

there's not one visit
in your insurance records

to a therapist of any kind.

In fact,
as far as I can tell,

the first time you

mentioned this problem
to anyone

was when you raised it
as a defense

for killing Donna McLean.

Objection!

That's all right.

She doesn't
need to respond.

We all know the answer.

Jury's been out
six hours.

Well, it's not
an easy case.

It's a run-of-the-mill murder
with a headline defense.

I don't think s.

Donna McLean,
Colette Connolly.

They're both collateral damage
from what happened that day.

Your cross was so...

So what, Serena?

Counselor?

We got a verdict.

If you can't stand
to hear this,

you can go back
to the office.

On the first count
of the indictment,

murder in the second
degree,

how do you fid
the defendan,

Colette Connoll?

We find the defendant guilty.

No!

No!

Listen, sweetie.
Listen, listen, listen.

No!

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