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In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
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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Rejection.
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You're whack.
That was two points,
and a foul.
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No way. My ball.
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Where you going?
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Haven. Get a real ball.
Gonna whoop your ass.
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Yo, junior.
Haven ain't open.
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One of the windows
got a broken latch.
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Mr. Chase will
whoop your ass.
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Mr. Chase showed me
the window.
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You turn on the lights,
somebody's gonna see.
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Relax. I get around
this place with
my eyes shut.
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What the hell?
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What? What happened?
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Hart! Get Reverend Young.
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Victim's Randall Chase.
He runs this place.
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Haven Center,
it's a youth outreach program.
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You I.D. him?
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Reverend over there did.
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He called it in, said
these two kids found Chase.
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Both of you were
inside the office?
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No. just me.
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I never seen
a dead body before.
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What were you doing in there
7:30 in the morning?
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Borrowing a basketball.
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So, what, you,
uh, broke through
this window, huh?
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Gate was already broken.
Mr. Chase said it was okay.
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And you didn't know
anybody was inside?
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No. The lights were off.
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You touch anything?
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No way. I cut
out of there fast.
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What've you got?
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Beaten to death.
No other wounds we can find.
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Multiple blows,
back and side of the head.
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I hope
it's autographed.
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Prints all over it.
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Some good news.
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So this guy won't
give up the cash,
gets his brains beat in.
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Get somebody in here who can
tell us if anything's missing.
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Well, the Reverend said
somebody named Charles Perry
worked with Chase.
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We sent a car
to pick him up.
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Opening's too small
for anybody bigger
than that kid.
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No other signs
of forced entry.
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Look at this.
"Welcome to Haven Center.
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"Today is the first day of
the rest of your life. "
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Yeah, for some of us.
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Computer's still here,
so is the stereo.
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We never keep
any serious cash
in the building.
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Yeah, all right. uh...
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You have any idea if
Mr. Chase was meeting
with anybody last night?
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Anybody. Nobody.
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Randy worked late
almost every day.
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You were his
number two man?
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I work data input
over in Queens,
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but I help out
here all I can.
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You got a lot of
volunteers here?
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Lot of people
are grateful to Randy.
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I used to run
with the noble boys.
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Randy straightened me out.
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Anybody not so grateful?
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Randy was getting
a lot of kids out of
the gangster life.
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Some of the bangers probably
weren't too happy about that.
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Who besides you
and Mr. Chase had keys?
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Just us.
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But Randy'd open the door
for the grim reaper and try
to talk him into a donation.
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Randy had
anti-drug programs,
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work training programs,
stay-in-school programs.
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Thanks to him,
we have a freshman
at Hanford University.
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All those good works
cost money.
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Everything was financed
with community donations.
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Our church provides
some staff.
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He have a beef
with anyone?
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Not that I know of.
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He was popular.
He had a way with people,
being from the streets.
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Who got him
off the street?
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You people did.
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Randy spent two years
upstate for assault.
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Woke him up.
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So he just walked away from
the gang life, no questions
asked, no hard feelings?
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That was nine years ago.
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It's a long time
to hold a grudge.
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Times have changed.
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So had Randy.
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The community is devastated.
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Now, the sooner you make
an arrest, the better it's
gonna be for everybody.
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When I say we're giving this
our highest priority,
councilman, I mean it.
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Now, is there
anything I can do?
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Anybody I need to
lean on at Police Plaza?
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If there's any leaning on
to do, I'll call you.
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You can be sure of it.
Thanks.
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Well, M.E. puts
the time of death
between 10:00 and 11:00.
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Says the first blow
did him in.
Never had a chance.
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And the lab found
blue polar fleece fibers
under his nails,
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probably from
the perp's jacket.
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You'll never guess
what this stuff is made from.
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Recycled plastic bottles.
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You pull his sheet?
Yeah.
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Knife fight nine years ago.
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The guy he cut now
umpires softball games
for Chase every summer.
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I heard that
about Randy Chase.
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He made amends
with everyone.
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Van Buren.
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Mmm-hmm.
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I'll let them know.
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That was Latent.
You're not gonna like it.
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Possession.
Possession with intent.
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Assault with a deadly
weapon, sexual assault.
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All these perps
handled the weapon?
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Those are just the ones
we could make.
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Tack on the partials
and anyone not in the system,
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you're looking at about
a dozen more.
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Come on.
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Hey, it's a softball bat.
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So how do you want to start?
Alphabetically or
according to time served?
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Until November, I played
softball with Randy and some
other local business people.
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What, users against dealers?
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No, it was Randy's way of
keeping us talking to him.
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Where were you
Wednesday night, Lionel?
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This Wednesday?
Was at my girlfriend's,
Serena Lester.
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What about these guys?
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Any of them have
a beef with Chase?
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Marcel Hoyt, second base.
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Reggie, what the hell
is his last name?
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Left field.
Good bat, no arm.
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Yeah, you're all
a bunch of choir boys,
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and Chase hit himself
in the head with the bat.
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Way we heard it,
he was getting in
the way of business.
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Look, Randy would come by
here all the time, you know,
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try and get me to go back
to school or get a real job.
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So I offered him a donation.
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Couple hundred dollars
to step off.
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He take it?
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He told me to take the money
and go buy kids' books
and bring them to the center.
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Next thing I know,
I'm spending Saturdays
painting over graffiti.
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Randy, man,
he's something else.
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Yeah, dead.
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So where do we find
your girlfriend, Serena?
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Is Lionel in trouble?
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I told him he's got
three months to get off
that street corner,
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or I'm through with him.
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No, we just need to know
where he was Wednesday night.
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He was with me.
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I got home from work
a little after 10:00.
He was already there.
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Anybody else see him there?
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No, why?
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He ever talk about
Randy Chase?
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Lionel had nothing
to do with that.
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He liked Randy.
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Well, somebody killed him.
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The guy Lionel touts for,
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Ricky Carter.
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Lionel said he wasn't
too happy with Randy
cutting into his trade.
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Carter hassled Lionel
about it all the time.
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I had no problem
with Randy Chase.
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Word on the street,
he was hassling your people.
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He was.
Everything's okay now.
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You mean since he's dead?
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Since we worked out
an arrangement.
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What kind
of arrangement?
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I went to him a few
months ago, told him to
lay off my people.
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He said those people
belonged to the community
and he was taking them back.
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Fighting words.
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I wasn't gonna fight him.
I offered him five grand
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to take his crusade
off my street.
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He take the money?
Not that time.
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When he came back last month
with his hand out.
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I haven't been
bothered since.
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Cost of doing business.
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$5,000?
No, I'd remember that.
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Maybe he made
the deposit himself.
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He would have given me
the bank receipt.
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Is it possible
he spent it on something
without telling you?
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No.
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Haven's a 501
non-profit.
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Every expense, every donation
gets documented.
Randy knew that.
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Did Haven have any
sudden money problems
in December?
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The center has
money problems every month.
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December wasn't that special.
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Maybe Randy had
the sudden money problem.
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Have you been through
any of his stuff yet?
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No. Nobody's been in here
since he was killed.
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This is how my brother lived.
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I don't understand.
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Everybody loved Randy.
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He had quite
a sweet tooth, huh?
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It was for my kids.
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I told him
they got enough sugar.
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He never listened.
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Six of everything.
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Six shirts. Six tees.
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He liked to keep
things simple.
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TV set's
about 10 years old.
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Look, we're not trying to
bring down your brother's
good name,
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but if he had any kind
of a bad habit
that got him killed,
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we need to know about it.
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He was never into drugs.
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He got angry with me
if I bought lottery tickets.
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Can you think why
he might've needed money?
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Any personal reasons,
maybe to help out a friend?
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No.
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I'm sorry. I can't help you.
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What do you want from me?
A receipt?
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I gave him the money!
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So where did it go?
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Maybe it went up his nose.
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The lab says Chase was clean.
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All I know is he said
he needed it fast.
I didn't ask why.
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Long as he left
my crew alone, I didn't care.
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He hasn't wavered
and he hasn't lawyered up.
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He might be giving it
to us straight.
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We checked out Chase.
There's no trace of the money.
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I can't believe he'd make
a deal with this hump.
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Well, talk to the local unis.
If Chase and Carter
were getting cozy,
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maybe they know
something about it.
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We haven't targeted
Ricky Carter for any
special attention.
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We just respond to
complaints from the neighbors.
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They call us,
we clean the corner.
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When I drove a patrol car,
we chose the corners.
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Well, I don't know what
the policy was before
power steering, detective,
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but nowadays,
we don't do nothing
until we get complaints.
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Randy Chase ever organize
those complaints?
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If Chase wanted to clean up
a corner, he'd get
a parade permit from us
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and just occupy the corner
with a few dozen citizens.
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Take back the streets.
That's right.
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Tough to sell dope when
half the neighborhood's
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standing on the same corner
yelling at your clients.
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How often would he do this?
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Once a month, maybe more.
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Since December?
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Uh...
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Chase applied for
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two permits.
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One for a Christmas day march,
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one for a week
before his demise.
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And?
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Those marches never came off.
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So the best guy in
the neighborhood
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made a deal with the worst guy
in the neighborhood.
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He must've been desperate.
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Takes Carter off the hook.
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And puts who on it?
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Van Buren.
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Uh, hello Councilman Clayton.
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That money went somewhere.
Find it.
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00:11:26,250 --> 00:11:28,270
Yes, I was just
about to call you.
250
00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,970
This call here
to Larry Johnson.
What's that?
251
00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,250
He owns a couple of
supermarkets here.
252
00:11:33,350 --> 00:11:36,410
Donates milk for our
daycare program
for teenage mothers.
253
00:11:36,890 --> 00:11:38,760
Are we gonna go through
every phone call?
254
00:11:38,830 --> 00:11:41,690
Well, make it easy on us.
Just pick out the ones
that don't belong.
255
00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:46,030
Like, uh, maybe somebody
Randy had a problem with
or an old girlfriend.
256
00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:50,630
He used to go with Rochelle
somebody, but she moved to
Seattle last year.
257
00:11:51,140 --> 00:11:52,540
Nobody serious since then.
258
00:11:52,610 --> 00:11:55,300
What about these calls
here to the city Buildings
Department?
259
00:11:56,610 --> 00:11:57,800
You own the building?
260
00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,140
The space was donated.
261
00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:01,680
Randy ever talk about
fixing the place up?
262
00:12:01,780 --> 00:12:04,050
Maybe he had some
code violations?
263
00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:05,910
He never said anything.
264
00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:08,950
But Randy liked to protect
people from bad news.
265
00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,530
I don't expect him back
this afternoon.
266
00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:16,820
Maybe if you come back
in the morning.
267
00:12:16,930 --> 00:12:20,160
Mr. Mills got
a lot of calls from
someone named Randy Chase.
268
00:12:20,230 --> 00:12:22,030
Did they have
any business together?
269
00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:24,400
Doesn't ring a bell,
and I'm good with names.
270
00:12:24,470 --> 00:12:27,740
Chase is from Haven Center
up in Harlem. 138th Street?
271
00:12:27,940 --> 00:12:30,210
Sorry. I can tell you
there have been no
building permits
272
00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,900
issued to a Haven Center.
273
00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,450
No site visits either.
274
00:12:33,710 --> 00:12:35,980
I process all of
Professor Mills' papers.
275
00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,140
Professor?
276
00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:38,710
He teaches at
Hanford University,
277
00:12:38,790 --> 00:12:40,520
Tuesday to Friday,
urban science.
278
00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,220
Today's Monday.
He's not here.
279
00:12:42,860 --> 00:12:45,220
Mondays he sits on their
board of admissions.
280
00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,360
Randy chase contacted me
sometime last spring.
281
00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:51,190
He have a student
applying to Hanford?
282
00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:53,700
Yes.
Kid named Jerome Warren.
283
00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:55,230
Chase really talked him up.
284
00:12:55,740 --> 00:12:58,030
How smart he was,
how motivated,
285
00:12:58,310 --> 00:12:59,740
his extra-curricular
activities.
286
00:12:59,810 --> 00:13:01,210
The kid need the PR?
287
00:13:01,510 --> 00:13:02,670
Kid was an A student.
288
00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:05,200
So-so S.A.T.s,
but it didn't matter.
289
00:13:05,780 --> 00:13:08,250
His background, Jerome was
a lock for admission
and a scholarship.
290
00:13:08,350 --> 00:13:10,040
Was he having
problems lately?
291
00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,680
Well, none that I'm aware of.
292
00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,480
So why was Chase
still calling you?
293
00:13:13,590 --> 00:13:14,650
He, uh...
294
00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,990
He had a few more kids
filling out applications
for next year.
295
00:13:18,060 --> 00:13:20,580
School is always
on the lookout for
quality minority applicants.
296
00:13:21,260 --> 00:13:23,530
Anything you need
to know, give me a call.
297
00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:28,730
You, uh... You catch
a vibe off of this guy?
298
00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,700
I caught the dilated pupils.
Guy's a junkie.
299
00:13:31,940 --> 00:13:35,570
I figure it took Chase
about 10 seconds
to read this professor.
300
00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,440
Mills has a habit to feed,
Chase had kids
to get into Hanford.
301
00:13:40,110 --> 00:13:42,580
Davis Mills is one of my
department's best lecturers.
302
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,410
He consistently gets top
reviews from the students.
303
00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:47,450
Is Jerome Warren
one of his students?
304
00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:50,610
Jerome...
305
00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:54,950
He was, last semester.
306
00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:56,490
How did he do?
307
00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:59,030
I'm not sure
I can give you his grades.
308
00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:02,160
I'm sure if you call
your president's office,
he'll tell you you can.
309
00:14:08,410 --> 00:14:11,400
Jerome Warren got
an A minus on his finals.
310
00:14:12,210 --> 00:14:13,680
How about
the rest of the semester?
311
00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:19,950
We only enter final grades
in the transcripts.
312
00:14:23,890 --> 00:14:25,550
F on his midterm.
313
00:14:25,890 --> 00:14:27,550
The come-back kid.
314
00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,760
Mr. Chase told me he called
professor Mills last April
about my application.
315
00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:33,390
You know why they'd
still be talking?
316
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,560
Mr. Chase didn't
say anything.
317
00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:37,170
Professor Mills, well,
318
00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,200
I don't have any of his
classes this semester.
319
00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:41,910
You see him on campus
last Wednesday night?
320
00:14:42,410 --> 00:14:44,310
The night Mr. Chase
was killed?
321
00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:46,740
Uh, I was stuck in chem lab
till past 10:00.
322
00:14:46,850 --> 00:14:47,910
Why?
323
00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,540
Well, we know you flunked
your midterms, Jerome.
324
00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,180
And Mr. Chase got in touch
with Professor Mills
right after that.
325
00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,820
So? I don't understand
what you're saying.
326
00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,860
Well, you aced
your finals Jerome,
327
00:14:58,930 --> 00:15:02,660
so we're thinking maybe
Mr. Chase got professor Mills
to give you a little boost.
328
00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:06,560
Oh! Oh, yeah.
329
00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:08,690
Black student in
an Ivy League school,
330
00:15:08,770 --> 00:15:11,200
somebody must be
carrying him, huh?
331
00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,000
I had the flu
for that midterm.
332
00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:14,730
I felt a lot better
in December.
333
00:15:14,810 --> 00:15:16,570
Urban science is
a prerequisite.
334
00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,510
If you fail that class,
you might lose
your scholarship, right?
335
00:15:19,810 --> 00:15:21,140
I wasn't going to fail.
336
00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,050
Still, Mr. Chase
would have been worried.
337
00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:26,680
Me and Mr. Chase hadn't
talked in a couple of weeks.
338
00:15:26,850 --> 00:15:30,290
Since he sent me to
speak to some eighth graders
at PS 82, okay?
339
00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:32,520
Can I go study now?
340
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,360
Last Wednesday night?
341
00:15:37,430 --> 00:15:39,870
I was here.
So was Professor Mills.
342
00:15:39,930 --> 00:15:41,400
Coffee?
No, thanks.
343
00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:42,620
Was he here all night?
344
00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:43,830
That I couldn't say.
345
00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:45,700
I had a 9:30 reading.
346
00:15:45,940 --> 00:15:47,930
Professor Mills was here
when I left.
347
00:15:48,210 --> 00:15:49,400
Who else was here?
348
00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,470
Professor Wine was,
he lives out on the island,
349
00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:54,710
probably won't be in
for a couple of hours.
350
00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:56,710
Cameron should
be able to help you.
351
00:15:56,780 --> 00:15:58,950
She got here
about 8:30 that night.
352
00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:00,080
Had a late chem lab.
353
00:16:00,150 --> 00:16:02,490
A chemistry professor
was here?
354
00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:04,210
She teach freshman classes?
355
00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:05,590
Yes, why?
356
00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,760
Mills was in the faculty
lounge till a little
after 11:00.
357
00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:11,730
We were told you had
a chem lab that night.
358
00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,600
Yes. But it got out
around 9:00.
359
00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:15,360
Jerome Warren in your class?
Uh-huh.
360
00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,340
He got some odd lab results
neither one of us
could figure out.
361
00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:21,410
I told him to rerun
the sequence and then
I went into the lounge.
362
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,240
As far as you know,
was Jerome here all night?
363
00:16:24,380 --> 00:16:26,570
He wasn't. I got back here
around midnight.
364
00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,340
The equipment was
just sitting here.
365
00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:29,610
He hadn't done
anything with it.
366
00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,150
He probably left
two minutes after I did.
367
00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:32,450
You have any of his
papers here?
368
00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,610
Yeah.
369
00:16:33,850 --> 00:16:35,910
Maybe Latent can match up
something to the bat.
370
00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:40,350
Why you gotta bother me here?
You're embarrassing me.
371
00:16:40,430 --> 00:16:41,990
Maybe that's because
you lied to us.
372
00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,750
Nice jacket, Jerome.
373
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:46,800
You know what this
polar fleece is made out of?
374
00:16:46,870 --> 00:16:49,060
Terephthalic acid.
What's going on?
375
00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:50,900
Is It yours?
376
00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:53,960
I don't have to answer
any of your questions.
377
00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,410
That's right. You have
the right to remain silent.
378
00:16:56,540 --> 00:16:58,340
You also have the right
to an attorney.
379
00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:01,340
Because you're under arrest
for the murder of
Randall Chase.
380
00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:04,250
If you cannot afford
an attorney,
one will be provided for you.
381
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:05,440
You understand these rights?
382
00:17:07,550 --> 00:17:10,650
This thing's a hand grenade
with the pin pulled.
383
00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:13,550
Councilman Clayton
is rolling it our way.
384
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,530
Post ran an interview
with the kid's mother.
385
00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,120
She's got my sympathy,
and I know he's guilty.
386
00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:21,930
Either strengthen
your case or drop it.
387
00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,640
Fibers and prints
don't lie, Adam.
388
00:17:25,140 --> 00:17:27,130
Prints on a softball bat?
389
00:17:27,470 --> 00:17:30,270
Fibers from a mass-marketed
winter jacket?
390
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,110
Jerome was seen coming home
the night of the murder
391
00:17:33,310 --> 00:17:36,840
at 1:00 in the morning,
agitated and wearing
that jacket.
392
00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:41,620
Jerome Warren killed the man
who gave him a future.
393
00:17:42,260 --> 00:17:44,020
Unless you can tell me why,
394
00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,530
you can have all the forensic
evidence in the world,
you'll never get a conviction.
395
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:50,930
Next case.
396
00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:55,260
Jerome was smart,
hard-working,
397
00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,770
never in any trouble.
Everybody was proud of him.
398
00:17:59,610 --> 00:18:02,730
Did he have much to do
with Mr. Chase after
he started Hanford?
399
00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,310
Randy'd have him come
uptown every few weeks,
400
00:18:05,650 --> 00:18:09,010
speak to junior high students
or some other group.
401
00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:11,980
How did they get along?
402
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,110
They were a great team.
They really could work a room.
403
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:17,810
Inspire the kids
to stay in school.
404
00:18:18,860 --> 00:18:20,790
Inspire the parents
to donate their time.
405
00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:23,550
And everything was okay
between them?
406
00:18:23,660 --> 00:18:25,790
No animosity,
no difficulties?
407
00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:26,920
No.
408
00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:33,100
Look, Jerome's the first kid
from this neighborhood to go
to an Ivy League school.
409
00:18:33,310 --> 00:18:35,940
Now I've got to shepherd along
the next group.
410
00:18:36,010 --> 00:18:38,310
Gonna be hard enough
without Randy.
411
00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:41,010
But if Jerome goes down
for his murder...
412
00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,710
You've got this all wrong.
413
00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:49,820
I didn't know a lot of people
like Jerome growing up.
414
00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:51,320
I thought he was pretty cool,
415
00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,860
coming from that environment,
getting admitted here.
416
00:18:53,930 --> 00:18:55,260
You become friends?
417
00:18:55,330 --> 00:18:57,230
We hung around
at the beginning.
418
00:18:58,170 --> 00:18:59,500
It didn't last?
419
00:18:59,570 --> 00:19:00,790
We didn't have much in common.
420
00:19:00,870 --> 00:19:03,530
Plus, his mood sort of
changed midterm.
421
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,000
Changed how?
422
00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,630
Well, he shut down.
423
00:19:06,710 --> 00:19:09,700
He pretty much
stopped talking to me,
threw himself into school.
424
00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,740
All he did was study or...
Or surf the web
on my computer.
425
00:19:13,210 --> 00:19:15,080
Did he ever mention
Randy Chase?
426
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,270
No.
427
00:19:16,450 --> 00:19:19,110
Uh, the guy called here
sometimes, but I never
actually met him.
428
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,120
Anyone he might
have opened up to,
429
00:19:21,190 --> 00:19:23,620
a student counselor,
maybe a girlfriend?
430
00:19:23,690 --> 00:19:25,660
He didn't seem to have
any friends around here.
431
00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:28,890
Like I said, all he did
was study, especially
after midterms.
432
00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:32,120
He bombed out on every course
except chemistry.
433
00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:34,700
Every course?
434
00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,930
But he got straight As
on his finals.
435
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,270
I know he got a tutor.
Check with student services.
436
00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:43,270
He needed four tutors,
one for every course.
437
00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:46,140
But he was too proud to admit
that he needed the help.
438
00:19:46,210 --> 00:19:47,580
What was his problem?
439
00:19:47,650 --> 00:19:49,950
Jerome wasn't ready
for university, period.
440
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:51,780
He didn't know the basics.
441
00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:53,480
He couldn't find
Europe on a map.
442
00:19:53,550 --> 00:19:55,990
He didn't know what
the stock exchange was.
443
00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:58,150
That high school of his
might've graduated him,
444
00:19:58,290 --> 00:19:59,920
but they certainly
did not educate him.
445
00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,680
So it's his school's fault?
446
00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:04,360
He told me about Du Bois High.
447
00:20:04,930 --> 00:20:07,160
Half the library shelves
are empty.
448
00:20:07,230 --> 00:20:10,230
Said they have
an Encyclopedia Britannica
from 1986
449
00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:12,240
with the letters
D, P and R missing.
450
00:20:12,770 --> 00:20:15,440
Even if a kid wants to learn,
how's he supposed to?
451
00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:17,600
Well, he did ace
his finals last month.
452
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,510
I don't know how.
453
00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:21,810
Hard work,
a brilliant tutor?
454
00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,140
Right.
455
00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:26,350
Jerome came in
at least four years
behind everyone else.
456
00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:28,620
There is no way he could've
earned those grades.
457
00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,180
That leaves cheating.
458
00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:31,690
I don't see
any other explanation.
459
00:20:32,860 --> 00:20:34,760
If the tutor's right,
this kid had to cheat
460
00:20:34,830 --> 00:20:36,690
on almost every course,
every test.
461
00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:39,870
Chase couldn't have bribed
all the professors.
462
00:20:40,830 --> 00:20:44,000
Maybe Jerome bought
the term papers
and test results.
463
00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:47,970
If Chase was tired of paying,
it could be why
Jerome killed him.
464
00:20:48,310 --> 00:20:50,830
We need to prove
he was buying tests.
465
00:20:51,210 --> 00:20:53,300
Well, maybe he shops
where I shop.
466
00:20:53,380 --> 00:20:55,870
His roommate says
he surfed the web.
467
00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:59,950
You're wrong.
I don't have anything to do
with selling exams.
468
00:21:00,020 --> 00:21:01,750
This your web page?
469
00:21:02,860 --> 00:21:05,260
Oh, anybody can print this
off the net.
470
00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:08,260
I found this in the cache
of the computer
Jerome Warren was using.
471
00:21:08,330 --> 00:21:10,730
I can use it to prove
a direct contact between
you and him.
472
00:21:10,830 --> 00:21:12,530
Oh, you can't do that.
473
00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,330
I'm here, aren't I?
474
00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:17,330
Well, you're asking me
to admit to a crime?
475
00:21:17,470 --> 00:21:20,700
I'm going to find out
about all of this
one way or another.
476
00:21:20,770 --> 00:21:23,940
You make it easy on me,
I'll make it easy on you.
477
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,510
Hypothetically?
478
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,720
Test QandA all go through
the university print shop.
479
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,220
And you have a friend
that works there?
Maybe a girlfriend?
480
00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:40,720
Yeah, maybe.
481
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,190
Here's the best part.
482
00:21:47,730 --> 00:21:50,640
They only let you take
pencils into the tests.
483
00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:53,330
You know, hard to
sneak in a crib sheet.
484
00:21:53,410 --> 00:21:54,570
Take a look.
485
00:21:57,180 --> 00:21:58,580
D- B-A-B.
486
00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:01,880
Yeah. Second year
organic chemistry test
up at Columbia.
487
00:22:02,650 --> 00:22:04,880
I got the idea last summer
writing tourists' names
488
00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:06,780
on a grain of rice
at the seaport.
489
00:22:07,190 --> 00:22:09,090
You know, six bucks a pop.
490
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,080
What's this sell for?
491
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,990
Um, just about
100 grains of rice.
492
00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:14,690
Hypothetically.
493
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,490
And hypothetically, did you
494
00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:20,690
sell any pencils
to Jerome Warren?
495
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,290
Uh, never seen him before.
496
00:22:26,510 --> 00:22:29,070
The only black guy
I might have sold to,
497
00:22:29,310 --> 00:22:33,540
way too old to be a student.
Came in December.
Haggled over price.
498
00:22:34,110 --> 00:22:35,210
He haggled?
499
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,550
Yeah. he wanted four sets of
answers and three term papers
for five thousand bucks.
500
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:42,850
This guy?
501
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,380
Oh, yeah. There you go.
502
00:22:46,330 --> 00:22:47,850
Hypothetically.
503
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,590
Jerome's grades.
504
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,660
His early tests were dismal,
except in chemistry.
505
00:22:53,730 --> 00:22:55,630
Apparently, he was actually
earning that A.
506
00:22:56,170 --> 00:22:59,570
And then in December,
he aces everything,
including three term papers.
507
00:23:00,070 --> 00:23:02,970
So why kill the hand
that feeds you?
508
00:23:03,110 --> 00:23:05,410
His last history paper,
he got an incomplete.
509
00:23:06,150 --> 00:23:08,480
Chase must've
turned off the tap.
510
00:23:08,750 --> 00:23:10,610
No more magic pencils.
511
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,950
So Jerome, in anger,
murdered him.
512
00:23:15,490 --> 00:23:16,850
Carmichael.
513
00:23:17,420 --> 00:23:19,450
Thanks, we'll be right up.
514
00:23:21,030 --> 00:23:23,660
Good news. They just arrested
Randy Chase's murderer.
515
00:23:25,870 --> 00:23:27,860
I thought we already had.
516
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,160
It's not every day
I get the big collar.
517
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,730
You know, we already have
a suspect, Jerome Warren.
518
00:23:33,910 --> 00:23:36,100
I also know you haven't
indicted him yet.
519
00:23:36,180 --> 00:23:37,840
Has Kendry made
any admission?
520
00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:39,380
If he's smart,
he will.
521
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:43,050
Eyewitness saw somebody
sneaking out of Haven
the night of the murder.
522
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:44,910
He picked out Kendry's mug.
523
00:23:45,150 --> 00:23:47,020
Where is this witness?
524
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,290
You've been sitting
on this information for
three weeks, Mr. Lamaine?
525
00:23:53,990 --> 00:23:56,220
I don't like
dealing with cops.
526
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:57,890
What
changed your mind?
527
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,420
Councilman Clayton
was speaking at
the community center.
528
00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:06,640
He said you were trying to
put this on a college student
from the neighborhood.
529
00:24:07,270 --> 00:24:10,640
He said if people
knew anything,
they have to step up.
530
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,010
So you decided to put it on
the local drug dealer?
531
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,310
Wasn't like that.
532
00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:17,680
I saw Kendry sneaking
out of Haven.
533
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:19,280
What time?
534
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:21,950
10:44.
I checked my watch.
535
00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:23,850
You just happened
to be walking by?
536
00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:26,920
I was going home
from the subway.
537
00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:29,290
You saw him
from across the street?
538
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:30,830
That's right.
At night?
539
00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:33,460
It was Kendry.
540
00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:37,270
There's a street lamp
practically on top of
Haven Center.
541
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,400
That lamp was reported broken
two nights before the murder.
542
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,880
It took Con Ed
five days to replace it.
543
00:24:46,410 --> 00:24:49,970
I could see Kendry because
the lights were on
in the center.
544
00:24:50,050 --> 00:24:51,810
They're real bright.
545
00:24:55,220 --> 00:24:58,950
The kids who found
Chase's body said Haven
Center's lights were off.
546
00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:02,630
Mr. Lamaine
did not see Lionel Kendry.
547
00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:07,760
Jerome Warren couldn't
have committed this crime,
Mr. McCoy.
548
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,930
He's a bright, young
college student, not a thug.
549
00:25:13,870 --> 00:25:18,240
I'm sure Mr. Lamaine thinks
he was doing the right thing,
but he's mistaken.
550
00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:22,150
Maybe Mr. Lamaine
made a mistake.
551
00:25:22,850 --> 00:25:24,980
Maybe the officers
made a mistake.
552
00:25:25,050 --> 00:25:28,040
Your faith in Jerome Warren
is misplaced, sir.
553
00:25:28,690 --> 00:25:30,550
He's not a role model.
554
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,190
He killed the man
who tried to help him.
555
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:37,960
Mr. McCoy,
556
00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:43,230
how many of your brothers
and sisters and friends
attended college before you?
557
00:25:44,470 --> 00:25:46,060
Jerome had none.
558
00:25:47,540 --> 00:25:50,600
His brothers and sisters
now have a role model.
559
00:25:51,210 --> 00:25:53,110
I'm sure he's innocent.
560
00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:56,770
And Randy Chase's
good works will go on.
561
00:26:07,630 --> 00:26:10,290
Just got off the phone
with Councilman Clayton.
562
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:13,920
They're holding a rally
for Jerome Warren
in Marcus Garvey Park.
563
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,870
How can Clayton
really believe
Jerome's innocent?
564
00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:20,530
Because he's concerned
with the welfare
of his constituents.
565
00:26:20,610 --> 00:26:21,900
That's his job.
566
00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:24,840
Is it ours
to base prosecutions
on political whim?
567
00:26:25,780 --> 00:26:27,680
We go forward and lose,
568
00:26:28,350 --> 00:26:30,280
it's the worst
of both worlds.
569
00:26:30,350 --> 00:26:32,250
Make a deal
or dismiss the charges.
570
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:33,810
Randy Chase was
murdered
571
00:26:33,890 --> 00:26:36,320
because he stopped financing
Jerome's cheating.
572
00:26:36,390 --> 00:26:39,260
I don't care how big
a hero this kid is,
573
00:26:39,330 --> 00:26:40,490
we can't blink.
574
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,650
Jerome's lawyer is
gonna have a field day.
575
00:26:42,730 --> 00:26:43,860
It doesn't matter
how strong your cross,
576
00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:46,360
this eyewitness hands
the jury reasonable doubt.
577
00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:48,730
Consider yourself lucky
to get a hung jury.
578
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,970
If you do, we are not
about to retry this case!
579
00:26:54,210 --> 00:26:56,300
Then Mr. Lamaine
never takes the stand.
580
00:26:56,380 --> 00:26:58,470
Because you don't
believe him?
581
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,510
Because he's lying.
582
00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:03,510
Good luck.
583
00:27:04,550 --> 00:27:08,080
He didn't stop, he just
turned down the avenue
and walked off.
584
00:27:08,150 --> 00:27:11,060
And you're
absolutely certain it was
Lionel Kendry?
585
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,390
Yes, Judge.
586
00:27:13,690 --> 00:27:14,820
Thank you, Mr. Lamaine.
587
00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,350
You may leave now.
588
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,330
One of the two boys who found
Randy Chase's body
tripped over it in the dark.
589
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,840
Children who had
no compunction about
breaking and entering.
590
00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:36,440
They'd never have risked it
if the lights had been on.
591
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,180
I have a right to call
this witness, Judge.
592
00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:41,310
If Mr. McCoy thinks
he's less than truthful,
he's got a cross examination.
593
00:27:41,390 --> 00:27:42,690
We all know he's lying.
594
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,620
If he takes the stand,
Mr. Winter will be
suborning perjury.
595
00:27:45,690 --> 00:27:47,960
I have no direct
knowledge of a lie.
596
00:27:48,030 --> 00:27:49,690
A lawyer's answer.
597
00:27:50,330 --> 00:27:54,460
Mr. Winter,
do you have anything else
that implicates Mr. Kendry?
598
00:27:54,670 --> 00:27:56,140
Not at this time,
Your Honor.
599
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,830
Well, until you do,
I'm going to have to find
as a matter of law
600
00:28:00,110 --> 00:28:02,800
that Mr. Lamaine is
not a credible witness.
601
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,310
You have your exception,
Counselor.
602
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,110
Uh, given
Your Honor's ruling,
603
00:28:10,420 --> 00:28:12,980
I ask leave to argue
mitigating circumstances.
604
00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:15,310
What mitigating
circumstances?
605
00:28:15,390 --> 00:28:16,860
Extreme
emotional disturbance.
606
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,580
Given my client's
state of mind,
607
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:20,550
this just isn't murder two.
608
00:28:20,830 --> 00:28:23,320
You're admitting
he killed Randy Chase?
609
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,950
Will he take a plea
on man one?
610
00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:26,500
Assault one, minimum jail.
611
00:28:26,570 --> 00:28:27,790
Forget it.
612
00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:31,500
Unless Mr. Warren takes
the stand, there's no proof
of emotional disturbance.
613
00:28:31,570 --> 00:28:32,870
You can't tell me
how to try my case.
614
00:28:32,940 --> 00:28:34,340
Then allow me.
615
00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:39,340
Mr. Winter, you can make
a stab at the defense of
extreme emotional disturbance.
616
00:28:39,410 --> 00:28:40,710
Your Honor.
617
00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:42,810
But I warn you, Counselor,
618
00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:46,180
unless I see proof of
your client's mental state,
619
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,720
I will not submit the charge
of manslaughter to the jury.
620
00:28:48,790 --> 00:28:50,720
My client takes the stand,
admits the killing
621
00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:52,720
on the chance that
you'll charge manslaughter?
622
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:54,960
Your call, Counselor.
623
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,520
What choice do I have?
624
00:29:04,670 --> 00:29:07,830
Randy chase believed
in his work at Haven Center.
625
00:29:08,370 --> 00:29:11,830
He believed Jerome represented
everything the center could do
for the community,
626
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,870
for the kids.
627
00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:17,610
What, if anything, did he
expect in return from Jerome?
628
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:19,880
To succeed.
629
00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:22,510
To graduate with
a top-notch education.
630
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,020
Thank you.
631
00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,260
Mr. Perry,
632
00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:31,120
did you ever hear Randy Chase
refer to Jerome Warren
as "The Show"?
633
00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:33,390
I did.
634
00:29:33,470 --> 00:29:36,060
Can you explain
what he meant by that?
635
00:29:36,170 --> 00:29:38,970
Randy would have Jerome
talk at functions,
636
00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:41,210
social events, schools.
637
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:42,600
Jerome was a good speaker.
638
00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:44,030
People were impressed.
639
00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:45,870
When you say social events
and functions,
640
00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:48,240
you mean fund-raising
opportunities, don't you?
641
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:49,410
Not necessarily.
642
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,640
But mostly.
643
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,820
Randy Chase used Jerome Warren
as a fund-raising tool,
didn't he?
644
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:54,910
That's not all he got.
645
00:29:54,990 --> 00:29:58,620
Some of these fund-raising
events took place at night,
didn't they?
646
00:29:58,690 --> 00:30:00,490
Yes.
When Jerome
should've been studying.
647
00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:02,620
Objection.
Sustained.
648
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:03,790
To the best
of your knowledge,
649
00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:06,730
did my client ever complain
to Randy Chase about
attending these events?
650
00:30:07,130 --> 00:30:08,120
A couple of times.
651
00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:12,000
But Randy explained to him
if they wanted more kids
like Jerome,
652
00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:13,640
they couldn't do it
without the money.
653
00:30:14,410 --> 00:30:15,570
I see.
654
00:30:15,910 --> 00:30:18,280
You attended night classes
at a state school, didn't you?
655
00:30:18,810 --> 00:30:19,870
Yes.
656
00:30:20,250 --> 00:30:21,840
You got a good paying job?
657
00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:23,610
Yes.
658
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,410
Were you admitted to the state
university or hired for your
job under any kind of program?
659
00:30:28,250 --> 00:30:29,280
Program?
660
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,220
Affirmative action program,
set-asides, quotas,
preferences.
661
00:30:33,290 --> 00:30:34,280
Whatever you like
to call it.
662
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,380
No.
663
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,220
You succeeded
on your own merits?
664
00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:40,270
Objection.
Withdrawn.
665
00:30:42,070 --> 00:30:43,730
No more questions.
666
00:30:48,070 --> 00:30:49,840
Jerome used to run home
667
00:30:50,110 --> 00:30:51,840
to show me his report cards.
668
00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:54,010
Excellents.
669
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,710
He just loved to learn.
670
00:30:57,450 --> 00:30:59,480
What happened after
he met Randy Chase?
671
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,250
He helped fill
the hole left when
672
00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:04,650
Jerome's father died
five years ago.
673
00:31:05,290 --> 00:31:07,730
He helped Jerome
see the possibilities
in his life.
674
00:31:08,090 --> 00:31:10,220
He told him he could get him
into an Ivy League school.
675
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,260
Did you think
this was a realistic plan?
676
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,990
Well...
677
00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:15,860
Mr. Chase explained that
678
00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:18,360
Jerome had a good chance
of being accepted
679
00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:21,340
under affirmative action,
and of getting
a scholarship.
680
00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,000
And, with a little bit of
hard work, he could do well.
681
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,040
Jerome was
very excited about it.
682
00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:30,310
Did things change
after Jerome started
at Hanford?
683
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,590
Jerome changed.
684
00:31:33,990 --> 00:31:35,580
He grew distant.
685
00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:39,720
I wanted to come visit him
at his school, but he
kept putting me off.
686
00:31:40,390 --> 00:31:41,550
You know what
the problem was?
687
00:31:41,730 --> 00:31:43,630
I know he failed
some midterms.
688
00:31:43,930 --> 00:31:46,800
He had never had
trouble before,
and I told him that
689
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,940
college was supposed
to be tough, he just
had to keep plugging.
690
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,940
Did Randy Chase speak to you
about your son's troubles?
691
00:31:52,340 --> 00:31:53,400
Yes, he...
692
00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:55,740
He knew Jerome's
spirits were down,
693
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,030
but he told me we couldn't
let him drop out.
694
00:31:58,110 --> 00:32:01,140
We had to do everything
we could to keep
Jerome in school.
695
00:32:01,210 --> 00:32:03,440
Did you say anything
to Jerome?
696
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,620
Yes. I told him
all he could do was his best.
697
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,720
And when he got As
at Christmas, I thought
everything was better.
698
00:32:11,790 --> 00:32:13,450
Was it?
No.
699
00:32:14,790 --> 00:32:16,590
No. Things got worse.
700
00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:21,270
He stopped coming home
on weekends.
701
00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:24,700
Said he was ashamed of us.
702
00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:27,870
He was ashamed of
where he came from.
703
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,670
I didn't know what was
happening with my son.
704
00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:33,710
I was just watching him
fall apart.
705
00:32:35,050 --> 00:32:37,380
All his dreams
just falling apart.
706
00:32:43,220 --> 00:32:47,820
We still haven't turned up
any witnesses to any arguments
between Chase and Jerome.
707
00:32:47,890 --> 00:32:50,330
Looks like Winter's off
on a whole new tack anyway.
708
00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:52,790
What's he peddling,
that because of
affirmative action,
709
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:54,490
the kid was in
over his head at Hanford?
710
00:32:54,570 --> 00:32:56,030
That seems to be
where he's going.
711
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,570
It's smart tactics.
712
00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:00,100
If the jury's at all
representative of
the general public,
713
00:33:00,170 --> 00:33:03,470
Winter can count on at least
three or four people who
don't like affirmative action.
714
00:33:03,540 --> 00:33:06,240
Just be glad Winter didn't
question you about
affirmative action
715
00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:08,040
when you testified.
716
00:33:08,110 --> 00:33:10,610
He wouldn't have gotten
any complaints from me.
717
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,740
It started after I came in,
it'll still be there
when I get out.
718
00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:16,020
And you wouldn't have
liked my answers.
719
00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:17,650
When I applied
to the department,
720
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,180
when the questionnaire
asked for my race,
I put none of the above.
721
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,790
Well, I'd like to think
I got where I am
based on merit.
722
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,120
So would I.
723
00:33:25,230 --> 00:33:29,360
But I've got 2,000
pages of legal documents
that prove the contrary.
724
00:33:30,140 --> 00:33:34,330
If this kid walks
because of this defense,
it's gonna have repercussions.
725
00:33:34,610 --> 00:33:37,600
Can't you plead him out,
stop his lawyer
from playing this card?
726
00:33:37,710 --> 00:33:40,410
They want assault one,
minimum time.
727
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,650
It's unacceptable.
728
00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:44,580
Rock and a hard place.
729
00:33:47,420 --> 00:33:50,390
As a member of
Hanford University's
board of admissions,
730
00:33:50,660 --> 00:33:53,390
Jerome Warren's application
came under my review.
731
00:33:53,590 --> 00:33:56,820
He was an ideal candidate,
under Hanford's
current guidelines.
732
00:33:57,030 --> 00:33:59,260
Despite his low
S.A.T. scores?
733
00:33:59,330 --> 00:34:01,960
Yes, under Hanford's
current guidelines
734
00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,790
and commitment to
affirmative action.
735
00:34:04,870 --> 00:34:06,460
Did you yourself
736
00:34:06,770 --> 00:34:10,070
form any opinion about
my client's suitability
as a Hanford student?
737
00:34:10,140 --> 00:34:11,200
Yes.
738
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,570
I felt he was completely
unsuited for the academic
rigors of Hanford.
739
00:34:14,650 --> 00:34:15,640
Why?
740
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,880
Objection, relevance.
Overruled.
741
00:34:17,950 --> 00:34:20,280
You may answer,
Professor Howard.
742
00:34:20,590 --> 00:34:23,560
He lacked the basic
general knowledge
and experience
743
00:34:23,620 --> 00:34:25,960
that most of our students
come equipped with.
744
00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:29,720
His high school and his
environment simply
did not prepare him
745
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,390
for the demands of an
Ivy League institution.
It's tragic.
746
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:34,370
As a tenured professor
of sociology, you've studied
747
00:34:34,430 --> 00:34:36,600
affirmative action programs
at Ivy League schools.
748
00:34:36,670 --> 00:34:38,570
Yes, I've written several
papers on the subject.
749
00:34:38,670 --> 00:34:40,610
Have you formed an opinion
as to the performance
750
00:34:40,670 --> 00:34:43,270
of inner-city
minority students admitted
under such programs?
751
00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:47,510
Affirmative action sets up
unrealistic expectations
that can never be met.
752
00:34:47,580 --> 00:34:50,780
These students face
immense pressure to succeed
753
00:34:50,850 --> 00:34:53,720
and almost impossible
odds of doing so.
754
00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:57,380
As a result,
they often suffer depression,
755
00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:00,120
loss of self-esteem,
substance abuse.
756
00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:03,490
Doesn't Hanford University
offer mentoring programs
to help these students?
757
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:04,690
These are token remedies.
758
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:08,860
Hanford is primarily concerned
with how many minority
students it can admit,
759
00:35:08,970 --> 00:35:10,300
not how many graduate.
760
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:12,370
Thank you.
761
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:16,440
Professor Howard,
you're on record as being
762
00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:18,340
opposed to affirmative action,
isn't that right?
763
00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:19,400
Yes.
764
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,210
It's outlived its usefulness.
After 30 years of it,
765
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,080
I believe the
playing field is level.
766
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:28,310
People's 42.
This study by
767
00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:31,320
the California state
university system shows
768
00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:34,620
that after voters banned
affirmative action there,
769
00:35:34,690 --> 00:35:38,030
minority enrollment dropped
by 40 to 60%%.
770
00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:40,100
Everyone was given
equal opportunity.
771
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,760
I'm not finished, Professor.
772
00:35:41,930 --> 00:35:45,700
U.C. Berkeley turned away
800 African American students
773
00:35:46,070 --> 00:35:50,030
with 4.0 grade
point averages
and S.A.T. scores
774
00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:51,780
of 1,200 or better.
775
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,880
And you're telling us that
the playing field is level?
776
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:56,380
I'm not familiar
with this study.
777
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,520
People's 43.
778
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,750
This is the Bowen-Bok study
on affirmative action.
779
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,730
Are you familiar with
this one, Professor?
780
00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:08,850
Yes.
781
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,560
Would you mind reading
the highlighted passage?
782
00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:15,460
"After graduation,
black students earn
advanced degrees
783
00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,730
"at rates identical
to white students.
784
00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:21,840
"Blacks graduating from
elite schools earned
70 to 85%%
785
00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:24,710
"more than did
black graduates generally. "
786
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,440
Isn't that a good thing,
Professor?
787
00:36:27,610 --> 00:36:29,410
That study also showed
788
00:36:29,650 --> 00:36:33,090
that blacks at
elite universities
received lower grades
789
00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:36,380
and graduated at a lower rate
than their white classmates.
790
00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:39,250
But don't they
deserve that chance,
to fail or succeed?
791
00:36:40,830 --> 00:36:42,160
Well, yes.
792
00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:43,630
Do you know if these students
793
00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:46,960
suffer depression,
loss of self-esteem,
794
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:48,760
substance abuse
to a greater extent
795
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:52,170
than black teenagers
who don't attend
Ivy League schools?
796
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:53,830
I didn't study
those students.
797
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,330
Do you know if Jerome Warren
798
00:36:56,410 --> 00:36:59,140
felt more discouraged
about his academic failure
799
00:36:59,210 --> 00:37:01,410
than any other driven,
ambitious student?
800
00:37:01,580 --> 00:37:04,070
No. Again, mine was
a statistical analysis...
801
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:07,680
Do you know if he would've
felt more or less stress
802
00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:10,450
if he had enrolled in
a community college,
or dropped out
803
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,350
and taken a minimum wage job?
804
00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:14,220
No.
805
00:37:14,290 --> 00:37:15,890
Do you think he would've been
happier if he'd settled for
806
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,490
flipping burgers at the local
fast food restaurant?
807
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,020
I don't know.
808
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:24,030
Professor Howard, how much
time have you spent
talking with Jerome Warren?
809
00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:25,740
Well, I've never
actually met him.
810
00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:29,570
So apart from statistical
generalities about
affirmative action,
811
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,630
you don't really have
anything specific
812
00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:34,480
to tell us about Jerome Warren
as an individual, do you?
813
00:37:35,050 --> 00:37:36,070
No.
814
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,250
Your Honor, I move to strike
this witness's
entire testimony
815
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,120
as irrelevant
and inflammatory.
816
00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:45,250
Affirmative action is what
put my client in harm's way.
817
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,520
Counsel is trying to exploit
what he perceives as a bias
against affirmative action.
818
00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:51,390
I agree, Mr. McCoy.
819
00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:53,230
Mr. Winter,
820
00:37:53,330 --> 00:37:56,230
this is a murder trial,
not a political debate.
821
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:57,860
The testimony is out.
822
00:38:00,670 --> 00:38:03,440
Back to basics.
A kid with a bat.
823
00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:07,810
Not quite. All the jury
instructions in the world
can't un-ring the bell.
824
00:38:08,810 --> 00:38:11,650
Well, you get one last chance.
Jerome's up next.
825
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:13,650
He thought he was
under pressure before...
826
00:38:14,590 --> 00:38:16,820
I'm not so sure
this is worse.
827
00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:24,530
I'd been to
the Statue of Liberty
on a school trip once.
828
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,560
I'd been to the Museum
of Natural History,
829
00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:29,230
the movie theater
in Times Square.
830
00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:31,460
Other than that, I've
never been out of Harlem.
831
00:38:31,540 --> 00:38:35,230
The kids at Hanford,
they'd traveled to places
I never even heard of.
832
00:38:35,310 --> 00:38:36,330
They just...
833
00:38:36,410 --> 00:38:39,040
They knew stuff,
and I felt like a little kid.
834
00:38:39,110 --> 00:38:41,080
How'd you
do in class?
835
00:38:41,150 --> 00:38:45,580
In American lit Professor
Veysey told us we're going
after the great white whale.
836
00:38:45,650 --> 00:38:47,410
I didn't... I didn't know
what he was talking about.
837
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,860
I had to explain how
I hadn't read Moby Dick.
838
00:38:51,790 --> 00:38:53,280
Hadn't even heard of it.
839
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,550
Professor Veysey
gave me this look, like...
840
00:38:55,630 --> 00:38:57,030
Like he felt sorry for me.
841
00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:58,760
At what point did you
decide to cheat?
842
00:38:58,830 --> 00:39:00,770
That was Mr. Chase's idea.
843
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:03,130
I told him I was worried
that I might flunk out.
844
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,570
But you went along with him,
didn't you?
845
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:05,760
I didn't want to.
846
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,200
I told him that I...
I would just try harder.
847
00:39:08,270 --> 00:39:09,830
But he said
that wasn't good enough.
848
00:39:10,610 --> 00:39:12,340
He said he needed me
acing everything.
849
00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,970
That... That it looked
good for fund-raising
850
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,220
Mr. Chase kept telling me
I was a role model.
851
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,320
"For what?" I kept thinking.
852
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:24,250
Lying and cheating?
853
00:39:24,590 --> 00:39:25,960
You could have dropped out.
854
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,290
Could've transferred
to another school.
855
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,060
I wanted to.
I'd been telling
Mr. Chase for months.
856
00:39:30,130 --> 00:39:32,720
I got a transfer application
to city college.
857
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,600
Mr. Chase told me,
"Quit bitching. "
858
00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,630
I was getting
an Ivy League degree.
859
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:39,700
I didn't want the degree.
I wanted an education.
860
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:41,870
What happened
that Wednesday night?
861
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,100
Mr. Chase wanted me
to speak with some kids
at the boys and girls club.
862
00:39:46,580 --> 00:39:49,640
I went to tell him no,
I'd decided to drop out.
863
00:39:49,780 --> 00:39:51,270
He told me don't be stupid,
864
00:39:51,350 --> 00:39:55,120
that he could get some
more money to buy some more
tests and papers.
865
00:39:55,190 --> 00:39:58,490
I told him I couldn't
face myself if I
cheated again.
866
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,120
What did Mr. Chase do?
867
00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:01,680
He grabbed me,
868
00:40:02,030 --> 00:40:03,690
he got in my face.
869
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:07,120
He told me I had no choice.
870
00:40:08,470 --> 00:40:10,700
That I owed it
to my community.
871
00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:16,200
He told me I was
nothing to him if I quit.
872
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,510
But I couldn't go back.
873
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,740
I just couldn't.
874
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,550
So I grabbed
a baseball bat.
875
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,080
And I don't
remember what happened.
876
00:40:36,030 --> 00:40:39,860
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I loved Mr. Chase.
I did! But...
877
00:40:40,170 --> 00:40:44,660
But I wasn't good enough,
I just... I couldn't
carry the weight.
878
00:40:53,450 --> 00:40:55,510
Is it your testimony,
Mr. Warren,
879
00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:57,950
that the cheating
was Mr. Chase's idea?
880
00:40:58,050 --> 00:40:59,110
Yes.
881
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,350
And that it was you
who wanted it to stop?
882
00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:03,620
Yes.
Why?
883
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,720
Weren't you the one who
would reap the benefits
of a Hanford degree?
884
00:41:07,790 --> 00:41:10,490
It wouldn't mean anything
if I stole it.
885
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,970
You couldn't make Mr. Chase
understand that, could you?
886
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,060
No.
887
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,970
He was using you,
you wanted it to stop.
888
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,870
They were all using me.
Hanford, everybody!
889
00:41:25,580 --> 00:41:27,810
But you didn't
kill everybody.
890
00:41:28,150 --> 00:41:29,240
You killed Randy Chase.
891
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,420
But I didn't mean to.
I just snapped.
892
00:41:33,550 --> 00:41:37,390
The medical examiner
testified that you
struck him three times.
893
00:41:38,790 --> 00:41:42,690
She testified that the
last two blows were delivered
while he was lying face down.
894
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:44,190
I don't remember.
895
00:41:44,430 --> 00:41:46,400
You meant to kill him,
didn't you?
No!
896
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:47,630
Thanks to him.
897
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,330
You'd been
humiliated at Hanford,
898
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,830
you'd been made to feel
stupid and inadequate.
899
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,270
I just wasn't ready.
900
00:41:53,340 --> 00:41:55,900
Thanks to him, you found out
you didn't have the
guts to tough it out!
901
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:57,270
No, you don't understand!
902
00:41:57,340 --> 00:41:59,830
That's why you were
angry at him. That's why
you wanted him dead.
903
00:41:59,910 --> 00:42:01,040
He wouldn't leave me alone.
904
00:42:01,110 --> 00:42:02,100
So you killed him!
905
00:42:02,250 --> 00:42:04,180
I wanted him
off my back, okay?
906
00:42:05,850 --> 00:42:08,080
I wanted them all
off my back!
907
00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:20,330
No more questions.
908
00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:36,340
Jerome Warren's lawyer
wants to talk about a plea.
909
00:42:37,050 --> 00:42:39,110
Why should we
offer them anything?
910
00:42:39,180 --> 00:42:42,050
Jerome as good as said it,
he wanted to kill Randy Chase.
911
00:42:42,790 --> 00:42:44,020
It's murder two.
912
00:42:44,620 --> 00:42:46,220
The jury may have seen
what you saw,
913
00:42:46,290 --> 00:42:48,690
but they might
choose to ignore it
914
00:42:49,090 --> 00:42:51,060
and give him
assault one or less.
915
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:54,330
I'm offering him
a plea on man one.
916
00:42:54,930 --> 00:42:56,090
Why?
917
00:42:56,270 --> 00:42:59,500
Wait, what is this,
affirmative action
for murderers?
918
00:42:59,570 --> 00:43:03,340
It was murder two when
I thought Chase wouldn't pay
for any more exams.
919
00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:05,810
And now you believe
Jerome Warren?
920
00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:09,270
Yes.
921
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:15,520
Man one,
he serves six to 12.
922
00:43:15,650 --> 00:43:17,590
Assault one,
three years.
923
00:43:18,090 --> 00:43:19,560
You're pushing your luck.
924
00:43:19,630 --> 00:43:20,790
Maybe.
925
00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:23,450
But the jury likes this kid.
How lucky do you feel?
926
00:43:23,530 --> 00:43:26,050
I'm not going to overlook
what he did to Randy Chase.
927
00:43:26,130 --> 00:43:29,430
Then I guess
I wasted a phone call.
If you'll excuse us.
928
00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:30,930
I have a summation to make.
929
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,330
Six years?
930
00:43:34,170 --> 00:43:35,660
Six to 12.
931
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,710
Jerome, you don't
have to take it.
932
00:43:42,050 --> 00:43:44,710
No. I have to.
933
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,550
I know what I did.
934
00:43:54,590 --> 00:43:56,320
I'll take the deal.
935
00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,460
Jerome Warren.
936
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:03,400
You have pled guilty to
a charge of manslaughter
in the first degree.
937
00:44:03,970 --> 00:44:06,060
Pursuant to the negotiated
plea agreement,
938
00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:09,940
this court hereby
sentences you to a term
no less than six years
939
00:44:10,010 --> 00:44:12,500
and not more than
12 years imprisonment
940
00:44:13,110 --> 00:44:16,640
in a facility to be
determined by the
Department of Correction.
941
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:17,770
We're adjourned.
942
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,320
Admit it.
943
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,060
You just didn't
trust that jury.
944
00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:36,430
I wanted closure.
This case is an open wound.
945
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,400
Two good people
doing the wrong thing
for the right reasons.
946
00:44:41,740 --> 00:44:45,010
Well, I hope
this wasn't another
one of those times.