1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:01,400 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:02,240 In the criminal justice system 3 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:03,120 the people are represented 4 00:00:03,161 --> 00:00:05,288 by two separate yet equally important groups: 5 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,600 the police, who investigate crime 6 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,220 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 7 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:11,780 These are their stories. 8 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:14,452 You think she had diseases? 9 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:15,480 What do I care? 10 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,120 Duh, I don't know. 11 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,220 Maybe because if you were with her 12 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:18,200 you'll catch one? 13 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:19,159 Hey, this is Mitchy Mitch. 14 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,160 I don't catch anything 15 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,680 I don't want to catch, all right? 16 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:22,520 Yeah, why's that? 17 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,522 Because, nitwit, I know what I'm doing, all right? 18 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,040 Hey, are you okay? 19 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,116 Too loose to break. I'm fine. 20 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:32,360 All right, let's go, come on. 21 00:00:32,402 --> 00:00:33,640 I wonder who left this open? 22 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:34,480 Look, I don't know, man 23 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:36,040 but I don't think we should be here. 24 00:00:36,081 --> 00:00:37,666 I'm going to check it out. 25 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,415 Dude, you're going to get eaten by a freaking rat. 26 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:42,360 He's out of his mind. 27 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,399 Hey, we're leaving. 28 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,143 Oh, my God. 29 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:55,360 CSU Officer: Two gunshots: one to the shoulder 30 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,360 one to the back of the head. 31 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,200 He had a wallet on him, $240 cash. 32 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,008 The name's Saul Caplan. 33 00:01:01,049 --> 00:01:02,217 Becker and Caplan. 34 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:03,751 Anything missing from the store? 35 00:01:04,020 --> 00:01:05,780 Register's empty. Looks like there might 36 00:01:05,780 --> 00:01:07,160 be some merchandise missing as well. 37 00:01:07,202 --> 00:01:08,162 Forced entry? 38 00:01:08,660 --> 00:01:11,800 We found a broken padlock by the cellar doors. 39 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:13,640 There's an alarm, but it wasn't set. 40 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:17,061 Yeah, I guess he wouldn't activate it until he left. 41 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:19,586 If you're through, we'll send him to the ME. 42 00:01:19,627 --> 00:01:20,900 Yeah. 43 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:21,760 He was in the office 44 00:01:22,420 --> 00:01:24,520 he heard something, he grabbed a bat. 45 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:28,395 Yeah, looks like the pitcher blew one by him. 46 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,000 A man builds a business, brick by brick 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,400 creates something out of nothing. 48 00:02:24,442 --> 00:02:26,360 For this, he's gunned down like a dog. 49 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,915 Had you been robbed before, Mr. Becker? 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,980 A couple of years ago, we had a break-in. 51 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,680 Before that, some junkie came in to hold us up. 52 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,700 Between Saul and me and Ronnie in the stockroom 53 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,020 he's lucky he's still walking. 54 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,312 So Saul just happened to be here last night? 55 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,800 He was going over the inventory lists. 56 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:43,760 He does it every Thursday. 57 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:45,600 Excuse me. One of the ones 58 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,880 who found the body said he needs to call his parents. 59 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,100 Tell him we'll be right there. 60 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,400 Is it possible to do this another time? 61 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,100 I need to go be with Saul's wife. 62 00:02:53,183 --> 00:02:54,226 Sure. 63 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:03,900 Okay, what were you guys doing on Orchard Street 64 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:04,740 at 4:00 in the morning? 65 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:05,580 Going back to the dorm. 66 00:03:05,602 --> 00:03:06,562 From where? 67 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:07,563 This bar. 68 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:08,647 What bar? 69 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:09,815 The Bowery Bar. 70 00:03:10,220 --> 00:03:12,080 Orchard Street's not between the bar and your dorm, fellas. 71 00:03:12,121 --> 00:03:14,248 We were coming from a hooker's apartment. 72 00:03:14,290 --> 00:03:16,084 Oh, God. 73 00:03:16,125 --> 00:03:17,377 Where? 74 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:19,300 Orchard near Delancey. 75 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:21,560 I'm the only one who went through with it, though. 76 00:03:22,220 --> 00:03:24,639 Is it possible our parents not be made aware of this? 77 00:03:25,420 --> 00:03:26,480 My father just had a bypass. 78 00:03:26,780 --> 00:03:28,500 Oh, sure, I'd hate to see you get in trouble 79 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,380 seeing as how you didn't even 80 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:30,560 get your hat knocked off. 81 00:03:31,020 --> 00:03:33,314 Look, we found the body, we called 911, we stuck around. 82 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:35,660 What more do you want from us? 83 00:03:35,660 --> 00:03:38,371 What'd the hooker look like? 84 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:40,560 You see anybody else last night who looked 85 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:41,995 like they might've done a robbery? 86 00:03:42,036 --> 00:03:43,460 Nuh-uh. 87 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:45,200 Come on, we know you were working last night. 88 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:47,260 I didn't say I wasn't working last night. 89 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,045 But you didn't see anybody? 90 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:50,660 What kind of robbery? 91 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:51,960 A leather coat store. 92 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:54,207 Oh, I don't know nothing about that. 93 00:03:54,340 --> 00:03:55,900 Okay, we find out you're holding back 94 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:57,570 you're going to take a collar a week for a year. 95 00:04:00,170 --> 00:04:02,030 I ain't been doing nothing but what I'm doing. 96 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:04,570 Don't be taking your frustration out on me 97 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:06,130 just 'cause you guys got nobody else. 98 00:04:06,370 --> 00:04:08,122 Fine, just remember what I told you. 99 00:04:10,410 --> 00:04:11,970 You guys know a tall drag queen-- 100 00:04:12,011 --> 00:04:13,513 blonde hair 101 00:04:14,050 --> 00:04:15,843 used to work the trucks-- named Toreador? 102 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:19,050 Toreador got herself a new leather jacket last night 103 00:04:19,770 --> 00:04:20,870 and the reason I know 104 00:04:21,050 --> 00:04:24,030 is it wasn't the same skanky old thing she used to wear. 105 00:04:24,071 --> 00:04:25,907 I said something. 106 00:04:26,090 --> 00:04:27,810 She was like, "Oh, I can't be bothered." 107 00:04:28,210 --> 00:04:30,490 Go check her sorry ass out, why don't you? 108 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:31,950 Where can we find her? 109 00:04:33,994 --> 00:04:36,329 Toreador? 110 00:04:36,650 --> 00:04:39,530 Can you give a girl some privacy, please? 111 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:42,230 You know, they've had indoor plumbing for 2,000 years. 112 00:04:42,610 --> 00:04:45,070 Officers, I am so sorry. 113 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:47,162 Is it not permitted to relieve one's self 114 00:04:47,170 --> 00:04:48,330 out of doors? 115 00:04:48,330 --> 00:04:50,450 What kind of jacket is that, Dolce and Gabbana? 116 00:04:50,450 --> 00:04:53,578 Oh, my, aren't we something of a fashionista? 117 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:55,770 How much did you pay for it? 118 00:04:55,770 --> 00:04:56,790 It was on sale-- 119 00:04:57,190 --> 00:04:59,450 drastically reduced, don't you know. 120 00:04:59,590 --> 00:05:01,551 Is that what you call murdering the shopkeeper? 121 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:02,552 Pardon? 122 00:05:02,990 --> 00:05:04,470 You want to have this conversation here 123 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:06,424 or you want to have it down at the station? 124 00:05:06,465 --> 00:05:08,350 All rights, all rights. 125 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:09,390 I found it. 126 00:05:09,432 --> 00:05:10,558 Where? 127 00:05:10,830 --> 00:05:11,670 By a dumpster. 128 00:05:12,070 --> 00:05:14,150 You mind taking it off so we can take a look at it? 129 00:05:14,150 --> 00:05:14,990 Not at all. 130 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,030 Ooh, chilly morning, though... 131 00:05:19,030 --> 00:05:19,970 not quite unpleasant. 132 00:05:21,990 --> 00:05:24,730 The pills are female hormone supplements 133 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:27,430 which are not, I don't believe, illegal. 134 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:29,330 Becker and Caplan tag. 135 00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:30,833 Where'd you get it? 136 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:32,550 There's only two possibilities 137 00:05:32,592 --> 00:05:33,870 worth considering. 138 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:35,650 One has you committing murder and robbery. 139 00:05:35,950 --> 00:05:37,970 The other has you receiving stolen property. 140 00:05:38,270 --> 00:05:40,030 I certainly did not murder anyone. 141 00:05:40,350 --> 00:05:42,019 Then where did you get it? 142 00:05:46,790 --> 00:05:48,542 Where were you last night, Ronnie? 143 00:05:48,584 --> 00:05:49,630 Home. 144 00:05:49,630 --> 00:05:51,757 Do you have anybody that can confirm that? 145 00:05:52,590 --> 00:05:54,730 My wife, my kids, my neighbor. 146 00:05:55,350 --> 00:05:58,019 Does your wife know about your friend, Jeffrey? 147 00:05:58,250 --> 00:05:59,730 I don't know anybody named Jeffrey. 148 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:02,090 Jeffrey, who likes to dress up 149 00:06:02,090 --> 00:06:04,718 in women's clothes and calls himself Toreador? 150 00:06:12,490 --> 00:06:13,650 So what do you want to know? 151 00:06:13,650 --> 00:06:15,944 When did you take the coat you gave her? 152 00:06:15,986 --> 00:06:16,946 Last week. 153 00:06:17,850 --> 00:06:20,090 You're sure it wasn't last night? 154 00:06:20,090 --> 00:06:20,930 Saul was like 155 00:06:20,930 --> 00:06:23,140 a second father to me, all right? 156 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:24,290 I mean, I took a coat. 157 00:06:24,290 --> 00:06:27,835 Yeah, I took a coat, but I don't kill this man. 158 00:06:28,650 --> 00:06:31,490 I loved this man, okay? 159 00:06:31,490 --> 00:06:32,710 His alibi checks out. 160 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:34,750 He might've been stealing, but he's not our guy. 161 00:06:35,010 --> 00:06:35,969 Has Street Crime Unit 162 00:06:36,011 --> 00:06:37,346 Nothing. come up with anything? 163 00:06:37,450 --> 00:06:38,451 What about CSU? 164 00:06:38,570 --> 00:06:39,470 No usable prints. 165 00:06:39,511 --> 00:06:40,971 ME's report confirms two shots: 166 00:06:41,210 --> 00:06:42,970 one from about eight feet; hit him in the shoulder 167 00:06:43,130 --> 00:06:45,210 the other from two to three feet; hit him in the back of the head. 168 00:06:45,210 --> 00:06:47,045 The perp was probably standing right above him. 169 00:06:47,090 --> 00:06:48,758 Hmm, an execution. 170 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,176 He died 171 00:06:50,690 --> 00:06:52,010 somewhere between 11:00 and midnight. 172 00:06:52,010 --> 00:06:54,790 Van Buren. Okay, thanks. 173 00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:57,490 Forensics has something they want to show you. 174 00:06:59,990 --> 00:07:00,830 This is the lock 175 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:02,290 that was found near the cellar doors. 176 00:07:02,332 --> 00:07:03,333 And? 177 00:07:03,470 --> 00:07:06,056 The lock appears to have been chiseled like this. 178 00:07:06,230 --> 00:07:07,470 I know it looks like a lot of damage 179 00:07:07,630 --> 00:07:09,470 but this kind of lock doesn't open that way. 180 00:07:09,512 --> 00:07:10,472 You're sure? 181 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,070 We tried to replicate the damage. 182 00:07:12,950 --> 00:07:13,790 Remember that commercial 183 00:07:13,870 --> 00:07:15,663 where they shoot a bullet through the lock? 184 00:07:16,230 --> 00:07:17,815 Truth in advertising, huh? 185 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:19,230 The only way to break one of these things 186 00:07:19,350 --> 00:07:20,850 is to severe the shackle inside. 187 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:23,223 Otherwise, it's not going to open. 188 00:07:23,870 --> 00:07:26,550 So whoever damaged the lock already had it open. 189 00:07:33,110 --> 00:07:34,930 This isn't a good time to be doing this. 190 00:07:34,972 --> 00:07:35,932 We apologize. 191 00:07:36,430 --> 00:07:37,270 There's just a couple of things 192 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:38,190 we need to ask you. 193 00:07:38,470 --> 00:07:40,230 We're sitting shiva here because Saul's wife's 194 00:07:40,230 --> 00:07:41,630 in no condition to do it by her. 195 00:07:41,870 --> 00:07:42,730 That's very nice of you. 196 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:43,750 It wasn't even a question. 197 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:46,630 There's some indication that this is an inside job. 198 00:07:46,672 --> 00:07:47,673 I don't believe it. 199 00:07:48,310 --> 00:07:49,810 Whoever accessed the basement had a key. 200 00:07:50,550 --> 00:07:52,510 It's possible a key got lifted, no? 201 00:07:52,552 --> 00:07:53,553 We know something? 202 00:07:53,595 --> 00:07:54,555 Nothing. 203 00:07:54,597 --> 00:07:55,681 This is my wife. 204 00:07:55,723 --> 00:07:57,558 How do you do? 205 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:58,560 You okay here? 206 00:07:58,602 --> 00:07:59,562 Fine. 207 00:07:59,604 --> 00:08:00,688 Would they like something? 208 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,170 No, nothing, thank you. 209 00:08:02,170 --> 00:08:03,250 If you could provide us 210 00:08:03,330 --> 00:08:04,470 with a list of your employees 211 00:08:04,810 --> 00:08:06,230 that would give us a starting point. 212 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:08,490 They think it was someone from the store? 213 00:08:08,490 --> 00:08:09,610 Sylvia, they don't think anything. 214 00:08:09,610 --> 00:08:11,110 They're investigating, that's all. 215 00:08:13,210 --> 00:08:14,050 Well, the bookkeeper 216 00:08:14,090 --> 00:08:16,070 was busted for marijuana possession. 217 00:08:16,890 --> 00:08:18,183 How long ago? 218 00:08:18,225 --> 00:08:19,351 1974. 219 00:08:19,930 --> 00:08:22,390 Hmm, well, here's something a little bit more promising. 220 00:08:22,730 --> 00:08:24,890 Sal Bonafiglio: arrested five times, three times for burglary. 221 00:08:25,410 --> 00:08:26,630 Did a pound at Dannemora. 222 00:08:27,410 --> 00:08:30,955 So you're saying you like him better than the bookkeeper? 223 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:35,299 See, Sal, whoever broke into the store 224 00:08:35,490 --> 00:08:36,330 worked in the store. 225 00:08:36,770 --> 00:08:38,146 Now, you work in the stockroom 226 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:40,130 and you have felonies on your record. 227 00:08:40,410 --> 00:08:42,730 It's been three years since my last arrest, all right? 228 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:43,570 Mm-hmm. 229 00:08:43,570 --> 00:08:44,710 Two of which you were in jail. 230 00:08:45,450 --> 00:08:48,030 Burglary Three, Burglary Three, Burglary Two. 231 00:08:48,370 --> 00:08:50,250 Then, just for variety, there's mail fraud. 232 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:51,910 Excuse me, but that was reversed on appeal. 233 00:08:51,952 --> 00:08:53,328 Duly noted. 234 00:08:53,790 --> 00:08:54,749 Look, I got nothing 235 00:08:54,791 --> 00:08:55,751 to do with this, you guys. 236 00:08:55,790 --> 00:08:57,410 I never whacked anybody in my life. 237 00:08:57,830 --> 00:08:59,230 Hey, maybe you went to rob the place 238 00:08:59,230 --> 00:09:01,090 and you didn't know Saul was going to be there. 239 00:09:01,132 --> 00:09:02,150 All right, tell me the truth. 240 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:04,444 Is this because my last name ends in a vowel? 241 00:09:04,910 --> 00:09:06,470 Maybe you didn't mean to rob the place. 242 00:09:06,550 --> 00:09:07,950 Maybe you went there for legitimate reasons. 243 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:09,401 Caplan thinks you're going to rob him 244 00:09:09,830 --> 00:09:10,890 and he comes after you. 245 00:09:10,990 --> 00:09:11,830 You defend yourself. 246 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:13,918 Hey, maybe I get drafted 247 00:09:14,430 --> 00:09:15,710 by the Giants to play linebacker. 248 00:09:16,030 --> 00:09:17,949 What is it with you guys and the maybes? 249 00:09:17,991 --> 00:09:20,994 Where were you Thursday night between 10:00 and 1:00? 250 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:23,290 I was with my nephew in Uniondale. 251 00:09:26,350 --> 00:09:28,270 Whether this guy's alibi checks out or not 252 00:09:28,312 --> 00:09:29,390 he's involved. 253 00:09:29,390 --> 00:09:30,710 Well, he never used a gun before. 254 00:09:30,710 --> 00:09:32,129 Why does he use one this time? 255 00:09:32,230 --> 00:09:33,815 Well, maybe he didn't. 256 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:35,550 Well, check his incident reports. 257 00:09:35,550 --> 00:09:37,270 See who his partners-in-crime were. 258 00:09:39,606 --> 00:09:41,817 B and E in Westchester-- 259 00:09:43,110 --> 00:09:45,350 "Perp had apparently gained access to house 260 00:09:45,550 --> 00:09:47,550 by searching for keys under doormats. 261 00:09:48,390 --> 00:09:50,890 Partner backed truck into the garage door." 262 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:52,193 What's the partner's name? 263 00:09:52,235 --> 00:09:53,736 Eddie Novello. 264 00:09:53,778 --> 00:09:55,279 I just saw that name. 265 00:09:55,321 --> 00:09:57,782 Uh... 266 00:09:58,740 --> 00:10:00,580 "Assaulted a security guard with a crow bar 267 00:10:00,580 --> 00:10:01,520 "when he and an accomplice 268 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:02,840 were fleeing the scene of the burglary." 269 00:10:03,180 --> 00:10:04,600 His gun must've been in the shop. 270 00:10:07,478 --> 00:10:08,854 Hey, Lennie. 271 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:10,780 There he is. 272 00:10:13,235 --> 00:10:14,986 Eddie. 273 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:17,380 What's happening, man? 274 00:10:17,380 --> 00:10:18,220 I don't know. 275 00:10:18,260 --> 00:10:20,095 We thought you were still upstate. 276 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:21,340 I been back a while. Do I know you? 277 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:23,092 You staying out of trouble, Eddie? 278 00:10:23,134 --> 00:10:24,469 Yeah. 279 00:10:24,510 --> 00:10:25,762 What's in the bag? Nothing. 280 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:27,700 Mind if we take a look? 281 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:28,540 It's my gym bag. 282 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:30,260 Oh, we can see it's your gym bag, Eddie. 283 00:10:30,260 --> 00:10:31,340 We just want to look at it. 284 00:10:31,460 --> 00:10:32,753 Why, you don't want to let us? 285 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:34,580 I don't care. 286 00:10:37,660 --> 00:10:39,180 Hmm, what you doing with this? 287 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:40,020 Nothing. 288 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:41,063 Where'd you get it? 289 00:10:41,105 --> 00:10:42,860 This guy. 290 00:10:42,860 --> 00:10:43,700 Becker and Caplan. 291 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:44,540 Get in the car. 292 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:46,900 See, Eddie, the thing about evidence is 293 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:48,020 you want to get rid of it. 294 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:53,640 Here's the thing, Eddie. 295 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,480 We've got Sal's version. 296 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,400 Now we need yours. 297 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:58,060 You want to make something up 298 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,420 start with that coat we found in your gym bag. 299 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,200 Hey, what did I tell you? 300 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,040 You keep doing that 301 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,280 we're going to put the cuffs back on. 302 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,760 Eddie, maybe you don't understand what's going on here. 303 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,000 We don't need your confession. 304 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,152 We've already got enough to put you away. 305 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,560 We're just trying to let you help us out 306 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:17,400 so we can help you. 307 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,600 You know, I killed a guy in the ring once. 308 00:11:19,641 --> 00:11:21,727 I mean, two punches: bang, boom! 309 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,340 All right, time... time, Eddie. 310 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,120 See, what I don't understand is, why a guy who could fight 311 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,620 like you needed a gun anyway. 312 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,280 You never seen me fight. 313 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:34,893 Oh, but I heard about you, though. 314 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,800 I heard you hit harder than any middle weight since LaMotta. 315 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,096 Somebody said that? 316 00:11:40,138 --> 00:11:41,931 Yeah. 317 00:11:41,973 --> 00:11:43,400 See, what I don't understand is 318 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,740 why a guy who could hit like you 319 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:45,940 would need to use a gun. 320 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,160 I told Sal I don't need no gun! 321 00:11:50,180 --> 00:11:52,380 I said I could take that son of a bitch out with my hands. 322 00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:55,540 But he said he wanted it clean or he wouldn't pay. 323 00:11:55,582 --> 00:11:58,380 What else did Sal say? 324 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:01,258 That I could take what I want. 325 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:04,700 Cash in the register, merchandise. 326 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:07,380 Just make sure the guy's dead. 327 00:12:08,660 --> 00:12:10,162 How much did he pay you? 328 00:12:10,203 --> 00:12:12,122 Five grand. 329 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:14,160 I bought my girlfriend a big-screen television set. 330 00:12:16,660 --> 00:12:17,560 It's over, Sal. 331 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:18,960 Eddie gave you up. 332 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,100 Now, unless you tell us your version 333 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:22,940 we're going to have to take his word for it. 334 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:25,800 You ever get the feeling when you're talking to him 335 00:12:25,860 --> 00:12:27,654 that maybe Eddie wasn't quite right in his head? 336 00:12:27,820 --> 00:12:30,380 He said you gave him five grand to kill Caplan. 337 00:12:30,620 --> 00:12:31,700 That's murder for hire, Sal. 338 00:12:31,860 --> 00:12:33,380 First degree, whether he's right in the head or not. 339 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:34,880 Guy's got eyes the size of meatballs. 340 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:36,200 He told you what you wanted to hear 341 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:37,400 so he didn't have to talk no more. 342 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:38,680 You had access to the lock 343 00:12:38,820 --> 00:12:40,320 plus you were arrested with Eddie before. 344 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,940 How the hell am I going to get five grand? 345 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:44,780 I make $8 an hour. 346 00:12:44,780 --> 00:12:47,617 Then how did Eddie wind up with the coat? 347 00:12:48,220 --> 00:12:49,880 I hang out with him at the gym sometimes. 348 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:50,960 He knows where I work. 349 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,160 He knows there's stuff in the basement. 350 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,315 Who left the lock open? 351 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:55,200 I don't know. 352 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,240 You're the friggin' detective. 353 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,020 I haven't been back here since the night that Saul was killed. 354 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,240 I can't even offer you a piece of cake. 355 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:08,280 We're actually all right. 356 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,580 We just need to ask you a couple of questions 357 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:10,600 and we'll be out of here. 358 00:13:10,641 --> 00:13:11,642 Ask. 359 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,760 When your husband worked on the inventory at night 360 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:18,800 was there anybody who worked with him? 361 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,093 Boy, are you asking 362 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:21,320 the wrong person. 363 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,300 The only time that Saul would talk about the store with me 364 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,460 was if he would bring home a coat 365 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,960 that he thought maybe I would like. 366 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,780 I was his duchess. 367 00:13:31,822 --> 00:13:32,864 Grandma? 368 00:13:32,906 --> 00:13:34,950 Oh, come here, tatteleh. 369 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,800 You all right? 370 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,620 This is my grandson, David. 371 00:13:38,662 --> 00:13:39,955 Hello. 372 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,880 These gentlemen are the detectives 373 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,911 that are investigating what happened with your zayde. 374 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,420 Did you ever work with your zayde, David? 375 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,168 No. Did either of your parents? 376 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:50,200 His father worked 377 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:51,560 in the store one summer. 378 00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:54,340 He's a very successful cardiologist 379 00:13:54,780 --> 00:13:56,740 with a big practice in Los Angeles. 380 00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:59,100 He was here for the funeral. 381 00:13:59,540 --> 00:14:00,560 Then he had to get back. 382 00:14:01,820 --> 00:14:03,500 David interested in the business? 383 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:04,780 I'm leaning toward film school 384 00:14:04,822 --> 00:14:05,823 right now. 385 00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:08,520 If that doesn't work out, I'd think seriously 386 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:10,540 about maybe taking over the business. 387 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:13,800 He looks just like him, this one. 388 00:14:15,860 --> 00:14:17,340 We can hold them both for now 389 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:20,320 but Sal's right about one thing: we've got no motive. 390 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:21,500 You believe him? 391 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,961 Well, I didn't say that, but what do we have? 392 00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:28,318 The testimony of a mentally questionable coconspirator. 393 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:29,320 That's it. 394 00:14:29,580 --> 00:14:31,140 Well, if Eddie's telling the truth 395 00:14:31,140 --> 00:14:32,460 Sal either had reasons of his own 396 00:14:32,540 --> 00:14:33,380 to get rid of Caplan. 397 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:34,460 What they are, we don't know. 398 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:35,920 Or he was doing it for somebody else. 399 00:14:36,020 --> 00:14:37,080 Who that is, we don't know. 400 00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:39,683 Yeah, what he said. 401 00:14:40,660 --> 00:14:42,120 Go talk to the parole officer. 402 00:14:46,020 --> 00:14:47,820 Sal was always on time for his appointments. 403 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,600 Urine tests came back clean, was holding down a job. 404 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,820 Anything to suggest he had money problems? 405 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,120 No. The only time I had to sit him down 406 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,240 was when I found out he was frequenting 407 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:58,620 this after-hours joint. 408 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,660 I said it once-- that was the end of it. 409 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:01,600 How'd you find out? 410 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,320 This goofball Frank works there. 411 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:04,680 He dropped a dime on him. 412 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,560 What did you say the name of the place was? 413 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:07,400 Red's, I think he said. 414 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,360 It's on Tenth Street between A and B. 415 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,271 And it's an after-hours place, huh? 416 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,400 Yeah. It doesn't open till 2:00 in the morning. 417 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,820 You better get in a nap this afternoon, Lenny. 418 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:21,880 We're looking for Frank. 419 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,214 Got me. 420 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,920 There wouldn't be any illegal substances 421 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,090 being passed in this establishment, would there? 422 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:30,880 He's in the bathroom. 423 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:39,720 You must be Frank. 424 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,100 You still got a little right there. 425 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,768 Come on. 426 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:49,271 Sal Bonafiglio-- do you know him, Frank? 427 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:50,709 Is this a shakedown? 428 00:15:50,780 --> 00:15:51,860 Listen to the question. 429 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:54,014 Sal Bonafiglio. Right. What about him? 430 00:15:54,055 --> 00:15:55,056 Do you know him? 431 00:15:55,098 --> 00:15:55,980 Yeah. Good. 432 00:15:55,980 --> 00:15:57,273 Now, what can you tell us about him? 433 00:15:57,820 --> 00:15:58,800 Low-level coke dealer. 434 00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:00,680 Says he's a wise guy, but I doubt it. 435 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:02,862 Any idea who his friends are? 436 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:05,500 He was hanging around with this bald guy, Eli. 437 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:06,460 Something of a coke fiend. 438 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:08,720 Comes in here periodically, looking to sell 439 00:16:08,820 --> 00:16:10,200 leather coats or something. 440 00:16:11,660 --> 00:16:13,200 Says he owns a store, but I doubt it. 441 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,700 Most of the people in here pretty much lie on spec. 442 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:16,951 Well, that must be pretty tough 443 00:16:17,380 --> 00:16:18,500 on a straight arrow like yourself. 444 00:16:18,541 --> 00:16:19,501 Thanks. 445 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:23,640 We'd like to talk to your son, Mrs. Becker. 446 00:16:23,681 --> 00:16:25,266 Eli. 447 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:33,956 Uh, If you don't mind, we'd like to speak to him privately. 448 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:35,300 Sure. Right this way. 449 00:16:38,180 --> 00:16:40,380 How well do you know Sal? 450 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:42,841 Uh, not well at all, really. 451 00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:44,660 Do you ever go to an after-hours club 452 00:16:44,780 --> 00:16:46,615 on Tenth Street called Red's? 453 00:16:47,050 --> 00:16:49,510 Yeah. I think I've been there a couple times, yeah. 454 00:16:49,770 --> 00:16:53,024 You ever been there with Sal? 455 00:16:53,130 --> 00:16:55,299 Can I ask what this is about? 456 00:16:55,330 --> 00:16:57,666 Well, we think he might know more than he's telling us. 457 00:16:57,890 --> 00:16:59,250 Well, like I said 458 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:00,890 I really... I don't know the guy all that well. 459 00:17:01,410 --> 00:17:03,930 I mean, I-I just... I couldn't really tell you. 460 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:06,050 Did you ever sell coats at the bar? 461 00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:07,050 No. 462 00:17:07,050 --> 00:17:08,450 Somebody said they thought you did that. 463 00:17:08,810 --> 00:17:12,188 Well, people say all kinds of things. 464 00:17:12,290 --> 00:17:16,130 I mean, did I ever... give some chick a coat as a gift? 465 00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:16,970 Maybe I did. 466 00:17:17,610 --> 00:17:19,170 But, I mean, that's my family's business. 467 00:17:19,170 --> 00:17:21,256 I'm entitled to do that, right? 468 00:17:22,130 --> 00:17:23,850 What's going on? 469 00:17:23,850 --> 00:17:25,530 We're just asking your son a few questions. 470 00:17:25,890 --> 00:17:27,490 This is a house of mourning, Detectives. 471 00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:29,410 The store will be open for business tomorrow. 472 00:17:29,690 --> 00:17:32,490 Ask him or me or anyone else questions there, please. 473 00:17:37,730 --> 00:17:38,730 I have to tell you. 474 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:41,270 I don't feel right doing this without Mr. Becker here. 475 00:17:41,690 --> 00:17:43,270 This search warrant covers you. 476 00:17:43,370 --> 00:17:45,090 You can tell him you were legally bound. 477 00:17:45,132 --> 00:17:47,134 Receipts... 478 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,819 orders, inventory lists. 479 00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:52,390 Any way you could've missed any stolen money? 480 00:17:52,390 --> 00:17:53,590 Every night someone stays late 481 00:17:53,670 --> 00:17:55,130 to check receipts against the register. 482 00:17:55,630 --> 00:17:56,530 What about merchandise? 483 00:17:56,613 --> 00:17:57,948 Not possible. 484 00:17:58,150 --> 00:17:58,990 At the end of the week 485 00:17:58,990 --> 00:18:01,310 I check the receipts against those inventory lists. 486 00:18:01,870 --> 00:18:03,490 I would know if anything was missing. 487 00:18:03,790 --> 00:18:04,999 Who makes the lists? 488 00:18:06,750 --> 00:18:09,110 We checked Eli's inventory lists against the orders 489 00:18:09,270 --> 00:18:11,190 placed by Becker and Caplan to their distributors. 490 00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:14,650 It turns out Eli was accounting for coats that didn't exist. 491 00:18:15,310 --> 00:18:16,728 Why hadn't anyone noticed? 492 00:18:16,950 --> 00:18:18,785 Well, Eli was in charge of orders, too. 493 00:18:18,910 --> 00:18:20,550 As long as nobody questioned the accuracy 494 00:18:20,830 --> 00:18:22,950 of the inventory lists, it could have gone on for months. 495 00:18:23,150 --> 00:18:24,485 How much money are we talking about? 496 00:18:24,526 --> 00:18:25,611 $5,000 a month. 497 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:28,470 If Caplan exposed him, it would have ruined his chance 498 00:18:28,590 --> 00:18:29,570 to take over the business. 499 00:18:31,630 --> 00:18:32,470 Pick him up. 500 00:18:38,510 --> 00:18:41,138 Where is he, Mr. Becker? 501 00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:42,264 Where's who? 502 00:18:42,306 --> 00:18:44,349 Your son. 503 00:18:44,391 --> 00:18:45,809 He doesn't get in until 9:00. 504 00:18:45,850 --> 00:18:47,610 The doorman in his building saw him leave 505 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:48,990 in the middle of the night with suitcases. 506 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:51,777 Where is he, Mr. Becker? 507 00:18:51,850 --> 00:18:53,170 Somewhere you can't get him. 508 00:18:58,690 --> 00:19:00,690 The police pulled the LUDs from Mr. Becker's apartment 509 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:03,130 and found a phone call to Hoffman Travel Agency. 510 00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:06,290 An agent confirmed Eli was on a flight to Israel. 511 00:19:07,490 --> 00:19:09,290 Are we sure this is our guy? 512 00:19:09,290 --> 00:19:12,090 Eddie Novello says Sal paid him to kill Caplan. 513 00:19:12,090 --> 00:19:14,010 Sal didn't have the means or the motive. 514 00:19:14,450 --> 00:19:15,850 No question Eli was behind it. 515 00:19:16,290 --> 00:19:17,370 Where's Sal now? 516 00:19:17,370 --> 00:19:18,370 He's being held at Rikers. 517 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:21,010 Once we get Eli back, we can turn them against each other. 518 00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:23,949 Has a formal request for extradition been made? 519 00:19:24,010 --> 00:19:25,730 Yeah. We submitted it to the Israeli Consulate. 520 00:19:26,450 --> 00:19:27,290 Let's see what they do. 521 00:19:31,490 --> 00:19:33,670 Israeli law grants non-extradition 522 00:19:33,970 --> 00:19:36,710 to a citizen of Israel who is also a resident there. 523 00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:40,006 How can Eli Becker be considered a resident of Israel? 524 00:19:40,170 --> 00:19:42,830 Well, he maintains an apartment in Tel Aviv. 525 00:19:42,830 --> 00:19:43,670 Wait a minute. 526 00:19:43,670 --> 00:19:46,050 Israel is violating its reciprocity agreements 527 00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,146 to harbor a murderer? 528 00:19:47,870 --> 00:19:49,930 No. We... we intend to cooperate fully 529 00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:52,710 with your office and conduct a trial in Israel. 530 00:19:52,752 --> 00:19:54,253 That's unacceptable. 531 00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:57,930 This is murder for hire committed on American soil. 532 00:19:58,110 --> 00:20:00,290 The only reason Eli Becker is in Israel 533 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:01,990 is to avoid prosecution 534 00:20:01,990 --> 00:20:02,970 in an American court. 535 00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:09,310 In 1935, the Nazis established the Nuremberg race laws 536 00:20:09,470 --> 00:20:11,930 depriving German Jews of their rights of citizenship. 537 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:14,190 It was the beginning of the discrimination 538 00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:15,850 that would lead to the Holocaust. 539 00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:18,635 Now, when Israel was founded, we established laws 540 00:20:19,390 --> 00:20:22,600 to protect Jews from being judged by non-Jews. 541 00:20:23,910 --> 00:20:26,570 Given the current political climate in Israel 542 00:20:26,830 --> 00:20:29,350 the tenuousness of Barak's coalition 543 00:20:29,670 --> 00:20:31,230 the power of the religious parties 544 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,210 it would not be a good time 545 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:35,590 to stand accused of violating these principles-- 546 00:20:36,790 --> 00:20:38,650 even when it comes to a murderer. 547 00:20:41,310 --> 00:20:43,070 He completely manipulated the system. 548 00:20:44,530 --> 00:20:46,530 If we can poke holes in his residency claim 549 00:20:46,730 --> 00:20:48,250 maybe the Israelis will send him back. 550 00:20:49,530 --> 00:20:52,449 Okay, let me see what I can get from the parents. 551 00:20:53,490 --> 00:20:56,570 What was Eli doing in Israel back in 1995? 552 00:20:56,570 --> 00:20:58,230 Living in Tel Aviv, same as now. 553 00:20:59,090 --> 00:21:00,250 No. What was he doing? 554 00:21:00,250 --> 00:21:02,293 Living, working, what anyone does. 555 00:21:04,010 --> 00:21:06,330 Who was his employer? 556 00:21:06,330 --> 00:21:07,170 Do me a favor: talk to the lawyer. 557 00:21:08,010 --> 00:21:12,090 He was working for himself, um, trying to get established. 558 00:21:13,130 --> 00:21:14,690 Established in what? 559 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:17,010 Um, jewelry exporting, I think 560 00:21:17,010 --> 00:21:18,650 and I think he was starting 561 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:20,030 to do some concert promotion. 562 00:21:20,370 --> 00:21:23,373 Sylvia, we don't need to be doing her work for her. 563 00:21:24,090 --> 00:21:26,010 Can you tell me when he applied for his travel visa? 564 00:21:26,010 --> 00:21:27,570 I can't tell you anything. 565 00:21:28,730 --> 00:21:32,490 Mr. Becker, after you purchased Eli's plane ticket to Israel 566 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:34,410 you refused to tell the police where he was. 567 00:21:34,890 --> 00:21:36,730 Now, that's obstruction, and it's a felony. 568 00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:38,790 You're trying to send my son to jail. 569 00:21:39,010 --> 00:21:40,810 Do you think I'm going to help you? 570 00:21:40,810 --> 00:21:42,790 Even though he had your partner murdered? 571 00:21:42,790 --> 00:21:43,730 That's what you say. 572 00:21:44,750 --> 00:21:47,169 Are you aware your son has a drug problem? 573 00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:48,990 That was years ago. It's over with. 574 00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:51,470 We also have proof your son was stealing from your store. 575 00:21:51,670 --> 00:21:52,922 Now, If I have to, I'll come back 576 00:21:53,470 --> 00:21:54,810 with detectives and a search warrant. 577 00:21:55,030 --> 00:21:57,270 I don't care if you come back with the United States Army! 578 00:21:57,510 --> 00:21:58,790 Nathan. That's it! 579 00:22:02,350 --> 00:22:04,270 What's the matter-- you people don't have enough to do? 580 00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:06,397 No, Councilman, we have plenty to do. Please. 581 00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:09,150 What is so terrible 582 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:11,275 if this person is tried in the State of Israel? 583 00:22:11,350 --> 00:22:13,050 Everyone's equal before the law. 584 00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:15,610 You can't treat one murderer like he's special. 585 00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:18,750 I have a murder case starting next month 586 00:22:19,030 --> 00:22:20,170 with a defendant who's Korean. 587 00:22:20,390 --> 00:22:21,630 Shall I send him back to Korea? 588 00:22:21,630 --> 00:22:23,150 Oh, so now I have to give a history lesson 589 00:22:23,150 --> 00:22:24,110 on what it means to be a Jew. 590 00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:24,950 I have a guy 591 00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:26,710 who's looking at a lot of years in prison. 592 00:22:26,910 --> 00:22:28,550 I imagine he could give you a pretty good one 593 00:22:28,592 --> 00:22:29,801 about what it means to be Korean. 594 00:22:30,110 --> 00:22:31,390 You might remind your deputy here 595 00:22:31,470 --> 00:22:33,290 this is not the debating club at Dartmouth. 596 00:22:33,950 --> 00:22:35,610 I have a great many people living in my district 597 00:22:35,830 --> 00:22:36,850 and all through the City of New York 598 00:22:36,950 --> 00:22:39,030 who understand full well what it means to be a Jew 599 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:41,460 and no, it is not the same as what it means to be a Korean. 600 00:22:42,140 --> 00:22:44,420 That a Jonathan Pollard sits in an American prison 601 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:45,680 for trying to help the State of Israel 602 00:22:45,820 --> 00:22:48,360 is a disgrace, and whoever finally manages to free him 603 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:51,180 will have themselves the undying support of the Jewish people. 604 00:22:51,580 --> 00:22:54,083 What about a Samuel Scheinbein? 605 00:22:55,060 --> 00:22:55,940 What about him? 606 00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:58,401 Did allowing him to be tried and sentenced in Israel 607 00:22:58,580 --> 00:22:59,920 when he murdered, dismembered 608 00:23:00,260 --> 00:23:02,720 and burned his victim in Maryland earn anyone 609 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:05,986 the undying support of the Jewish people? 610 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:09,460 His exercising his right as a Jew to return to Israel 611 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:11,060 hasn't prevented him from being punished. 612 00:23:11,420 --> 00:23:13,680 As we speak, he's in an Israeli prison. 613 00:23:14,300 --> 00:23:16,740 No, the way I see it, as soon as you murder someone 614 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:19,420 you lose your right to return to Israel or anywhere else. 615 00:23:19,620 --> 00:23:21,560 Not according to Israeli law. 616 00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:25,394 Councilman, I uphold the law of the State of New York. 617 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:27,340 I want Eli Becker extradited. 618 00:23:34,014 --> 00:23:35,515 Becker, Eli. 619 00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:39,460 Father helped him apply for a travel visa 620 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,220 on September 12, 1995. 621 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,840 What if he was working there? 622 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,968 How long could he stay in Israel on that visa? 623 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,600 Travel visa lasts three months. 624 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:49,920 If he wanted to stay longer 625 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,820 or if he wanted a work visa, he would apply in Israel. 626 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:53,821 Okay. 627 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,000 What kind of documentation 628 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,829 did he show you to get this visa? 629 00:23:57,870 --> 00:23:59,288 Birth certificate. 630 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,820 Born January 5, 1965. 631 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:05,980 New York Foundling Hospital. 632 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,760 In 1996, Eli Becker was granted 633 00:24:10,801 --> 00:24:12,219 Israeli citizenship 634 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,580 based on the fact that he's Jewish. 635 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,540 But he was adopted. 636 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,740 His birth mother was a woman 637 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,560 by the name of Mary Elizabeth Kelly. 638 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,040 She's as Jewish as I am. 639 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,380 Given that the religion of the mother 640 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,000 is controlling, we may have an opening. 641 00:24:27,041 --> 00:24:28,001 Did he convert? 642 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,689 Well, he didn't belong to a synagogue on his own 643 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:31,680 and according to the rabbi 644 00:24:31,722 --> 00:24:32,960 at his parents' synagogue 645 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,380 he hasn't been seen or heard from since his Bar Mitzvah. 646 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,320 Which means maybe he didn't satisfy the requirements 647 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:39,700 for an orthodox conversion. 648 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,187 Well, the Israeli Attorney General wants to extradite. 649 00:24:44,340 --> 00:24:48,140 Now, if he can provide proof to the Ministry of Religion 650 00:24:48,140 --> 00:24:50,500 that Becker's not a Jew, it may do the trick. 651 00:24:51,180 --> 00:24:53,200 So we turn over the information on the adoption 652 00:24:53,460 --> 00:24:56,120 and if the conversion is defective, there's his proof. 653 00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:59,840 No. Information from us won't satisfy the religious parties. 654 00:25:00,620 --> 00:25:01,913 What, it has to come from a rabbi? 655 00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:04,180 Exactly. There are rabbinical courts 656 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:07,340 in Brooklyn that settle divorces, contract disputes. 657 00:25:08,020 --> 00:25:10,040 While the final say is with the Ministry of Religion 658 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:12,160 let's give it a shot that they'll take the word 659 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:13,860 of a few rabbis in Brooklyn. 660 00:25:20,380 --> 00:25:21,220 Good morning, Rabbis. 661 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:22,620 My name is Abbie Carmichael. 662 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:23,780 I'm here representing 663 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:26,260 the District Attorney's office of New York County. 664 00:25:26,940 --> 00:25:29,020 Before you are copies of a birth certificate 665 00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:32,160 attesting to the fact that Eli Becker was born 666 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:35,900 to a Mary Elizabeth Kelly, a Roman Catholic. 667 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,580 He then was adopted by Nathan and Sylvia Becker 668 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:40,940 when he was six weeks old. 669 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,480 That is correct, Mr. Feldman? 670 00:25:43,522 --> 00:25:45,315 Yes, Rabbi. 671 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,772 Now, it's my understanding of Halakic law 672 00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:50,440 that there are three requirements for conversion: 673 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,440 circumcision, Hebrew naming and a ritual bath 674 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,540 known as a mikvah, performed by a rabbi. 675 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,040 Please forgive me if I've mispronounced anything. 676 00:25:58,400 --> 00:25:59,480 You're doing fine. 677 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,920 Having reviewed the documentation provided 678 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,260 by Mr. Becker's attorney 679 00:26:03,343 --> 00:26:04,303 it's our position that 680 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,440 a conversion did not, in fact, take place. 681 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,680 I don't know the basis for 682 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,887 Ms. Carmichael's presumed expertise in these matters. 683 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,722 All I'll say is that before you is a physician's affidavit 684 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,520 attesting to Mr. Becker's circumcision 685 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,280 a rabbi's affidavit attesting to his Hebrew naming. 686 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,320 As for the mikvah, we don't have documentation. 687 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,940 We trust that won't be held out as a fatal defect. 688 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,920 Mr. Becker, while not exactly frum, had Hebrew training 689 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,000 and was Bar Mitzvahed. 690 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,080 Rabbis, it's our position that Mr. Becker's 691 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,480 seeking refuge in Israel is a cynical attempt 692 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:32,680 to avoid the consequences 693 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,760 of the murder of his father's partner. 694 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:36,440 Except, even a murderer 695 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,980 is entitled to return to Israel if he's Jewish. 696 00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:40,540 With all due deference, Rabbi 697 00:26:40,582 --> 00:26:42,900 forgive me, but was it ever the intention 698 00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:44,500 of the Law of Return to allow a criminal 699 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,410 to avoid having to answer for his crime? 700 00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:47,680 Let him answer for his crime-- 701 00:26:47,860 --> 00:26:48,920 assuming he committed one-- 702 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:50,960 in Eretz Yisroel as is his right. 703 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,140 He committed this crime in the City of New York. 704 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:56,460 It's the obligation of my office to the family of his victim 705 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:57,760 that he be tried here. 706 00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:06,320 We offer no opinion 707 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,580 on the sincerity of Mr. Becker's beliefs 708 00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:11,840 or on who's entitled to try him where and for what. 709 00:27:12,260 --> 00:27:13,320 This is not up to us. 710 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:16,580 All we can determine is whether the standard 711 00:27:16,820 --> 00:27:18,300 for conversion has been met. 712 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:22,300 Without proof of a mikvah, we have to say it has not. 713 00:27:23,140 --> 00:27:25,518 Also, we see no evidence that to this point 714 00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:27,100 Eli Becker has been living 715 00:27:27,420 --> 00:27:29,440 what we would call a Jewish lifestyle. 716 00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:33,480 Accordingly, Eli Becker is ruled not Jewish. 717 00:27:33,521 --> 00:27:34,860 A shandeh! 718 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:36,560 Rabbis, rabbis, can I be heard? 719 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:37,760 Our ruling will be put into writing 720 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,040 and made available to both sides 721 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,000 by the end of the day. 722 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:42,900 I had half my family die in the ovens. 723 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,324 Who the hell are you to tell me that my son is not Jewish?! 724 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,440 I'm sorry, Mr. Becker. 725 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,460 This is not up to us. 726 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:50,660 A stinking technicality 727 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,200 and these momzers will hang him for it! 728 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,880 The Talmud has no technicalities, Mr. Becker-- 729 00:27:55,921 --> 00:27:57,465 only laws. 730 00:27:57,506 --> 00:27:58,466 Drop dead! 731 00:27:58,507 --> 00:27:59,550 Nathan. 732 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:05,860 Israel's sending him back. 733 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,620 I'm willing to make a deal if Sal agrees to testify. 734 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,160 Right now all you've got on my client 735 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:12,600 is the word of Eddie Novello. 736 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,760 In court, that counts for zero. 737 00:28:14,802 --> 00:28:18,556 You don't have time for games, Sal. 738 00:28:18,556 --> 00:28:19,516 You're bluffing. 739 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:21,400 There's no way you'd 740 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,600 do all this to get Becker back 741 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:23,721 then not go after him. 742 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,020 Then call my bluff. 743 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:26,740 You need Sal's testimony. 744 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,140 And Sal will never be in a better position 745 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:30,640 to negotiate than he is now. 746 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,000 Someone's getting life, Sal. 747 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,170 You get to choose if it's going to be you or Eli. 748 00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:46,751 What's your deal? 749 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:48,670 Man One-- 15 to 25. 750 00:28:48,990 --> 00:28:49,890 Not much of a deal. 751 00:28:49,931 --> 00:28:54,269 You want to take your chances standing trial for murder? 752 00:28:56,710 --> 00:28:57,850 The answer to that would be no. 753 00:28:59,710 --> 00:29:02,255 Can you make it 10 to 20? 754 00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:05,070 He's got to testify, and that means truthfully 755 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:06,630 with nothing left out. 756 00:29:10,030 --> 00:29:10,870 You got it. 757 00:29:13,630 --> 00:29:15,170 If the case depends on the jury 758 00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:17,630 believing a career criminal who's cut a deal 759 00:29:17,870 --> 00:29:19,030 I'd say we're in trouble. 760 00:29:19,310 --> 00:29:20,870 We have a defendant who left the country 761 00:29:21,030 --> 00:29:22,130 rather than stand trial. 762 00:29:22,430 --> 00:29:23,670 Which the defense will attribute 763 00:29:23,870 --> 00:29:26,170 to a combination of panic and religious fervor. 764 00:29:27,230 --> 00:29:29,490 We can also establish that he was stealing from the business. 765 00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:31,330 A business his father half owned. 766 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:34,610 Are we suggesting that we offer him a deal? 767 00:29:34,610 --> 00:29:36,890 After what we went through to get him back here? 768 00:29:36,890 --> 00:29:37,970 Not on your life. 769 00:29:40,730 --> 00:29:41,570 Did you husband ever confront Eli about his stealing? 770 00:29:41,570 --> 00:29:43,990 Did you husband ever confront Eli about his stealing? 771 00:29:45,010 --> 00:29:47,846 He spoke to him about it, but not rough. 772 00:29:48,330 --> 00:29:50,470 That was not the way that Saul did things 773 00:29:51,210 --> 00:29:52,270 just to let him know 774 00:29:52,330 --> 00:29:53,930 that he wasn't fooling anybody. 775 00:29:54,330 --> 00:29:55,170 Except for Nat. 776 00:29:56,490 --> 00:29:58,450 Eli's father didn't know? 777 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,550 I'm sure Eli begged Saul not to say anything 778 00:30:00,810 --> 00:30:05,970 and my grandfather, being the soft touch that he was, didn't. 779 00:30:06,850 --> 00:30:09,690 He has a lot of problems, Eli, he always has. 780 00:30:10,010 --> 00:30:11,490 Most of his problems are of his own making. 781 00:30:12,290 --> 00:30:13,791 You're talking about drugs? 782 00:30:13,890 --> 00:30:15,730 Oh, not just the drugs. 783 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,730 Eli was adopted-- he knew he was adopted-- 784 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:21,650 so he was all the time trying to make certain 785 00:30:21,650 --> 00:30:23,490 that he wasn't being treated different. 786 00:30:25,330 --> 00:30:27,170 Did it seem to you that he was being treated differently 787 00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:29,329 or was that just something in his mind? 788 00:30:32,090 --> 00:30:33,510 I know Eli a long time. 789 00:30:34,350 --> 00:30:36,290 Probably the less I say, the better. 790 00:30:37,190 --> 00:30:38,430 Do you think he might be responsible 791 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:40,251 for your grandfather's murder? 792 00:30:41,150 --> 00:30:41,990 I don't know. 793 00:30:42,430 --> 00:30:44,140 Do you want to know? 794 00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:53,245 Mr. Ortega, you make up the inventory lists? 795 00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:54,289 Yeah. 796 00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:57,270 And what do you do with them? 797 00:30:57,270 --> 00:30:58,130 I give it to Eli. 798 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:00,250 He takes the numbers 799 00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:01,630 puts them in his computer 800 00:31:02,030 --> 00:31:03,730 then he prints out a list to give to the manager. 801 00:31:04,270 --> 00:31:05,330 Did you ever see the lists 802 00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:07,091 after Eli printed them out? 803 00:31:07,133 --> 00:31:08,259 Yes. 804 00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:10,270 What did you notice about them? 805 00:31:10,270 --> 00:31:11,110 They were wrong. 806 00:31:12,510 --> 00:31:13,390 We had all kinds of merchandise 807 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:14,470 that wasn't listed. 808 00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:16,030 If someone were stealing 809 00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:18,590 would keeping merchandise out of the inventory 810 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:19,836 be a way of concealing it? 811 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,129 Objection. Speculative. 812 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:22,672 Overruled. 813 00:31:23,230 --> 00:31:24,170 The witness can answer. 814 00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:27,190 I guess it would. 815 00:31:28,030 --> 00:31:31,075 Did you bring this discrepancy to anyone's attention? 816 00:31:31,150 --> 00:31:34,153 Yeah. I told Mr. Caplan. 817 00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:35,490 I have nothing further. 818 00:31:39,650 --> 00:31:42,361 You ever take any merchandise, Mr. Ortega? 819 00:31:42,770 --> 00:31:47,010 I squared whatever I did with Mr. Becker and Mr. Caplan. 820 00:31:47,010 --> 00:31:47,850 Let's try again. 821 00:31:48,330 --> 00:31:49,850 Did you ever take any merchandise? 822 00:31:49,892 --> 00:31:50,893 Yes. 823 00:31:51,850 --> 00:31:52,893 You give it to your wife? 824 00:31:52,893 --> 00:31:54,019 Objection. Irrelevant. 825 00:31:54,061 --> 00:31:55,354 Sustained. 826 00:31:55,396 --> 00:31:56,855 Are you acquainted 827 00:31:57,650 --> 00:31:59,530 with a certain transvestite prostitute 828 00:31:59,930 --> 00:32:01,223 that was he or she 829 00:32:01,570 --> 00:32:03,010 the recipient of any of this merchandise? 830 00:32:03,052 --> 00:32:04,136 Objection. Irrelevant. 831 00:32:04,178 --> 00:32:06,180 Sustained. 832 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:08,490 The night Saul Caplan was killed 833 00:32:08,730 --> 00:32:10,941 wasn't one of the nights you were stealing, was it? 834 00:32:10,982 --> 00:32:12,943 No. 835 00:32:12,984 --> 00:32:15,850 Nothing further. 836 00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:17,350 It started out, I'd get Eli coke. 837 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:19,830 Once in a while, I'd set him up with a hooker 838 00:32:20,010 --> 00:32:22,270 on account of he was afraid to approach one on his own. 839 00:32:23,050 --> 00:32:24,110 Did there come a point at which 840 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:26,050 Eli had you stealing from the store? 841 00:32:26,050 --> 00:32:28,469 Right. At first he'd throw me something as a tip, kind of. 842 00:32:28,511 --> 00:32:29,471 When I told him 843 00:32:29,930 --> 00:32:30,810 I could move some quantity 844 00:32:30,852 --> 00:32:33,062 he got hip to the money to be made on the side. 845 00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:35,481 How much was that? 846 00:32:35,523 --> 00:32:37,110 Like $5,000 a month. 847 00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:38,390 Would you describe the conversation 848 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:39,930 that took place between yourself 849 00:32:40,150 --> 00:32:41,818 and Eli on October 18th? 850 00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:42,820 I saw him at the club. 851 00:32:44,350 --> 00:32:46,130 He said Caplan found out we were stealing. 852 00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:48,670 He asked if I knew someone who could take him out. 853 00:32:49,350 --> 00:32:51,686 What did you take that to mean? 854 00:32:51,750 --> 00:32:52,590 Have him murdered. 855 00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:54,911 Is that when you contacted Eddie Novello? 856 00:32:54,952 --> 00:32:56,287 Right. 857 00:32:56,630 --> 00:32:57,630 Eli gave me ten grand. 858 00:32:57,790 --> 00:32:58,770 I gave five to Eddie. 859 00:32:59,150 --> 00:33:01,450 I told Eli to leave the basement doors unlocked 860 00:33:01,830 --> 00:33:02,730 so Eddie could get in. 861 00:33:02,771 --> 00:33:05,649 Nothing further. 862 00:33:10,150 --> 00:33:13,695 You're not new to burglary, are you, Mr. Bonafiglio? 863 00:33:13,737 --> 00:33:14,710 Not really. 864 00:33:14,710 --> 00:33:15,930 In fact, you've been convicted 865 00:33:15,972 --> 00:33:17,098 uh, three times. 866 00:33:17,139 --> 00:33:19,100 Now, if Mr. Caplan found out 867 00:33:19,141 --> 00:33:22,103 that someone was stealing from the store 868 00:33:22,144 --> 00:33:23,980 doesn't it make sense 869 00:33:24,990 --> 00:33:26,590 that he would accuse the convicted burglar 870 00:33:26,790 --> 00:33:27,630 working for him? 871 00:33:27,990 --> 00:33:29,410 Only Eli had a lot more to lose. 872 00:33:29,630 --> 00:33:31,170 You had access to the basement doors 873 00:33:31,370 --> 00:33:33,210 and being a three-time felon, you had every reason 874 00:33:33,330 --> 00:33:34,750 to make sure Caplan never had you arrested. 875 00:33:34,930 --> 00:33:36,150 The whole thing was Eli's idea. 876 00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:37,870 I never would've done it except for him. 877 00:33:38,170 --> 00:33:40,214 Mr. Bonafiglio, did the D.A. offer you a deal 878 00:33:40,410 --> 00:33:41,953 for your testimony? 879 00:33:43,037 --> 00:33:44,914 Yeah. 880 00:33:47,250 --> 00:33:48,090 No further questions. 881 00:33:50,490 --> 00:33:52,130 I don't know that he killed my grandfather. 882 00:33:52,650 --> 00:33:54,510 It sounded like you suspected that he might have. 883 00:33:54,551 --> 00:33:55,719 Not really. 884 00:33:56,170 --> 00:33:58,088 Because it isn't in his nature? 885 00:33:58,130 --> 00:33:59,632 Right. 886 00:33:59,890 --> 00:34:01,590 What if he thought your grandfather 887 00:34:01,850 --> 00:34:03,650 was about to blow the whistle on him stealing? 888 00:34:03,650 --> 00:34:04,490 I don't know. 889 00:34:05,130 --> 00:34:06,970 You'd rather we didn't put you in this position. 890 00:34:07,330 --> 00:34:08,830 You're right. I'd rather make my little film 891 00:34:08,930 --> 00:34:10,030 and not have to think about it. 892 00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:13,131 You think maybe your grandfather deserves better than that? 893 00:34:14,370 --> 00:34:15,470 Eli took me to clubs. 894 00:34:16,090 --> 00:34:16,990 He introduced me to girls. 895 00:34:17,090 --> 00:34:20,270 I was this wide-eyed doofus, and he showed me the ropes. 896 00:34:21,970 --> 00:34:22,810 That was the old days. 897 00:34:24,010 --> 00:34:25,670 He's the next witness up, David. 898 00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:27,830 We want you to tell us what you know. 899 00:34:28,410 --> 00:34:29,828 Are you saying you need me to? 900 00:34:30,190 --> 00:34:31,530 We wouldn't be here if we didn't. 901 00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:40,670 What's your relationship with Sal Bonafiglio, Eli? 902 00:34:40,670 --> 00:34:41,650 I know him from work. 903 00:34:41,910 --> 00:34:42,750 That's pretty much it. 904 00:34:43,590 --> 00:34:45,217 You ever see him outside of work? 905 00:34:45,510 --> 00:34:46,850 I ran into him at a club 906 00:34:46,990 --> 00:34:47,990 called Red's one night. 907 00:34:47,990 --> 00:34:49,116 Mm-hmm. Did you talk to him? 908 00:34:49,158 --> 00:34:50,868 Yes, I did. 909 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:53,433 Would you tell us what you talked to him about? 910 00:34:53,475 --> 00:34:54,470 Well... 911 00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:57,970 I'd had a... pretty bad day that day. 912 00:34:58,510 --> 00:35:00,210 I was stressed, frustrated. 913 00:35:00,251 --> 00:35:01,544 I... I had 914 00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:02,670 a couple of drinks. 915 00:35:02,750 --> 00:35:03,750 I was looking to unload. 916 00:35:04,110 --> 00:35:06,930 Sal was there, so I unloaded on him. 917 00:35:07,590 --> 00:35:08,841 What'd you say? 918 00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:09,930 Something to the effect 919 00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:11,770 of how I wished that my father 920 00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:13,290 and Saul would both retire 921 00:35:13,590 --> 00:35:15,770 so I could run the business the way I wanted to. 922 00:35:16,990 --> 00:35:20,070 Did you say you wanted Saul Caplan dead? 923 00:35:20,070 --> 00:35:20,910 Absolutely not. 924 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:22,287 Did you offer Sal Bonafiglio 925 00:35:22,830 --> 00:35:24,230 money to kill him? 926 00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:25,070 Absolutely not. 927 00:35:25,070 --> 00:35:27,364 Did you pay Sal Bonafiglio money to kill him? 928 00:35:27,790 --> 00:35:30,209 No, I did not. 929 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:31,740 No further questions. 930 00:35:33,060 --> 00:35:33,900 We've heard testimony 931 00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:35,936 that together with Mr. Bonafiglio 932 00:35:36,060 --> 00:35:38,180 you were stealing merchandise from the store and selling it 933 00:35:38,180 --> 00:35:39,020 on the side. 934 00:35:39,020 --> 00:35:40,438 Is there any truth to that? 935 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,440 None whatsoever. 936 00:35:41,860 --> 00:35:42,986 So, when Ronnie Ortega 937 00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:46,300 testified there were discrepancies in the inventory 938 00:35:46,780 --> 00:35:49,074 attributable to you, that was a lie? 939 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:50,740 Oh, there might have been 940 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:51,580 discrepancies. 941 00:35:51,580 --> 00:35:52,700 That doesn't mean I was stealing. 942 00:35:53,260 --> 00:35:54,720 Are bars and after-hours clubs 943 00:35:55,060 --> 00:35:56,980 customary outlets for leather coats 944 00:35:57,180 --> 00:35:59,224 that started out at Becker and Caplan? 945 00:35:59,260 --> 00:36:00,887 Look, sometimes the merchandise 946 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:03,179 in the store doesn't move, okay? 947 00:36:04,180 --> 00:36:06,098 Y-you order more than you can sell 948 00:36:06,180 --> 00:36:08,660 a new shipment's coming in, and you got to make room. 949 00:36:08,660 --> 00:36:09,500 We've heard testimony 950 00:36:09,580 --> 00:36:10,740 from half a dozen witnesses 951 00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:14,620 that you sold coats to get money for coke. 952 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:16,340 We've heard from the individual 953 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:18,700 who sold you the coke, who witnessed 954 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:19,980 with his own eyes 955 00:36:20,260 --> 00:36:22,860 the transaction from which you got the money. 956 00:36:23,260 --> 00:36:25,820 Are you sure you want to sit up here under oath 957 00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:28,480 and tell us you were just making room in the store? 958 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,358 What am I, the only person in this room who's ever used drugs? 959 00:36:31,399 --> 00:36:32,484 I've used drugs, okay? 960 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:35,700 On occasion I have bought cocaine. 961 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,320 I'll tell you what I've never done. 962 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:38,660 I never murdered anybody 963 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,120 because I-I was worried about getting caught stealing. 964 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:42,640 I mean, stealing from who? 965 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:43,660 The store's half mine. 966 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,070 Do you know the victim's grandson, David Caplan? 967 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,520 Sure, I know him. 968 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:50,040 At some point 969 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,400 did you offer to buy out his interest 970 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:52,894 in the store with promissory notes? 971 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,560 Assume I did. 972 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:55,820 And when he declined to sell 973 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,820 did you resort to physical intimidation? 974 00:36:57,862 --> 00:36:58,822 Physical intimidation? 975 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,240 Come... look, we're like a family, okay? 976 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,000 We-we had a misunderstanding, and he got upset. 977 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,340 I ask that this be marked into evidence, Your Honor 978 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,300 as People's Exhibit Number 14-- 979 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,760 a police report in which David Caplan claimed 980 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,100 that Eli Becker threatened to have his legs broken. 981 00:37:19,141 --> 00:37:21,018 So ordered. 982 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,444 So, what, is he feeding you all this? 983 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:24,800 Did you threaten him? 984 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,510 No, I didn't threaten him! 985 00:37:26,552 --> 00:37:27,512 I mean, t-the least 986 00:37:27,940 --> 00:37:29,640 little argument, this kid, he overreacts. 987 00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:33,784 You've led a very sheltered life, tatteleh, you know that? 988 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:35,060 Let me ask you something. 989 00:37:35,140 --> 00:37:36,559 Have you ever lifted a finger? 990 00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,100 Have you ever tried unloading a truck? 991 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:40,220 Have you ever tried selling? 992 00:37:40,220 --> 00:37:42,514 Have you ever worked a day in your life? 993 00:37:42,700 --> 00:37:44,700 The keys to the kingdom, this kid, he gets 994 00:37:44,940 --> 00:37:46,940 because he-he looks like his grandfather. 995 00:37:46,982 --> 00:37:48,025 Did you ever think 996 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:49,700 if you were not adopted 997 00:37:50,140 --> 00:37:53,102 that the keys to the kingdom might have been yours? 998 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,440 No. I never thought that. 999 00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:00,180 You're 35 years old. 1000 00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:03,060 You've worked in the store since you were a teenager. 1001 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:05,180 It never struck you as a little odd 1002 00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:08,240 that your adopted father didn't see fit 1003 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:10,340 to reward your efforts 1004 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:12,562 with a piece of the pie? 1005 00:38:12,780 --> 00:38:16,240 If I had ever asked, my father would have given it to me. 1006 00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:17,860 Except that your father 1007 00:38:18,220 --> 00:38:19,760 had to answer to his partner 1008 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:21,800 and so you knew not to ask 1009 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,940 because to them, you were just an employee 1010 00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:27,760 like Sal Bonafiglio or Ronnie Ortega-- 1011 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,340 someone to be trusted to an extent 1012 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,140 but never given a birthright because there was no birthright. 1013 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,397 Objection! Don't say "them," all right? 1014 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:38,280 There was no "them." 1015 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,080 If Caplan didn't want me as a partner 1016 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:40,920 that was all on him. 1017 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,180 It had nothing to do with my parents. 1018 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,660 My parents would do anything for me. 1019 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,680 Is that why you wanted 1020 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:46,800 Mr. Caplan killed? 1021 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,460 I did not want him killed! 1022 00:38:48,502 --> 00:38:51,005 I ju... I... 1023 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,100 It was like I said before. 1024 00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,640 I was just... 1025 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,040 I was unloading in a bar. 1026 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,120 You were so adamant he not be tried in Israel. 1027 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,620 What I'm trying to see if I can do 1028 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:13,380 is broker an arrangement 1029 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,620 where at least he serves his sentence in Israel. 1030 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,838 Well, he hasn't been convicted yet. 1031 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:18,940 Assuming he's convicted. 1032 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,892 Given that his conversion was found defective 1033 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:24,900 why does Israel still want him? 1034 00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:25,740 Well, there are those 1035 00:39:25,740 --> 00:39:27,560 in the State of Israel who would like to apply 1036 00:39:27,820 --> 00:39:30,720 a more, uh, expansive reading of the Law of Return. 1037 00:39:31,460 --> 00:39:33,100 If Mr. Becker has spent his entire life 1038 00:39:33,220 --> 00:39:34,400 believing himself to be a Jew 1039 00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:37,420 and now wants to live in the State of Israel as a Jew 1040 00:39:37,580 --> 00:39:42,100 there are those who would say it would be a mitzvah to allow it. 1041 00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:43,386 Only a mitzvah? 1042 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:45,220 What do you mean, "only a mitzvah"? 1043 00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:47,700 I mean, there are no elections riding on this? 1044 00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:50,036 The fate of nations isn't hanging in the balance? 1045 00:39:51,940 --> 00:39:53,540 There are people who would appreciate it 1046 00:39:54,900 --> 00:39:56,840 in Israel and in New York. 1047 00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:59,240 If that means something to you 1048 00:39:59,340 --> 00:40:01,258 and maybe you can help bring it about 1049 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:05,721 and, uh, if it doesn't... it doesn't. 1050 00:40:06,180 --> 00:40:08,182 Lev Berenson is lobbying very hard 1051 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:10,140 to let Becker serve his sentence in Israel 1052 00:40:10,340 --> 00:40:12,860 and right now it's a concession I feel inclined to make. 1053 00:40:13,140 --> 00:40:15,220 All due respect, Nora, I think this is dead wrong. 1054 00:40:16,220 --> 00:40:19,020 This is religious authority superseding civil authority. 1055 00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:20,520 We shouldn't just roll over. 1056 00:40:20,980 --> 00:40:22,080 That's a bit of an overstatement. 1057 00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:23,420 Tell that to the Iranians 1058 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:25,560 who had to run for their lives from the Ayatollah 1059 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,700 or the Afghani girls who can't go out 1060 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,720 of their houses anymore. 1061 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,440 Except that Israel is run by civil authority. 1062 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,240 It's the civil authority we're responding to. 1063 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:35,500 Well... Excuse me. 1064 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,140 If Becker knows he can do his time in Israel 1065 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,160 it might serve as an inducement to a plea. 1066 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,342 What does it look like for a verdict? 1067 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:44,680 It could go either way. 1068 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,240 Make a deal. 1069 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,240 He pleads to Murder Two. 1070 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,740 No special circumstances, no death penalty. 1071 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,660 20 to life, and he serves it in an Israeli prison. 1072 00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,820 He must be under the impression they're winning. 1073 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,499 It's a pretty high stakes gamble if we are. 1074 00:41:02,541 --> 00:41:03,501 20 to life isn't 1075 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:04,680 exactly a generous offer. 1076 00:41:04,721 --> 00:41:05,760 Considering this is 1077 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,840 a murder for hire, I think it's exceedingly generous. 1078 00:41:07,882 --> 00:41:08,883 It's only generous 1079 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,900 if he committed a murder for hire, and I say 1080 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:12,880 he did not! 1081 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,160 What does he say? 1082 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,020 He doesn't say anything 1083 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,540 and he doesn't have to say anything. 1084 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,080 What happens if it goes to the jury? 1085 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:21,980 They look at the evidence 1086 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,510 they decide he's not guilty 1087 00:41:23,630 --> 00:41:24,470 and they let him go home. 1088 00:41:24,510 --> 00:41:25,830 I'm asking them, Nat. 1089 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:32,170 If they find your son guilty of murder for hire 1090 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:33,470 they'll remand him to custody. 1091 00:41:34,670 --> 00:41:36,250 The next step is the penalty phase 1092 00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:37,470 where they will try to determine 1093 00:41:37,670 --> 00:41:39,430 whether or not the death penalty is warranted. 1094 00:41:41,110 --> 00:41:42,710 You want him to run that risk? 1095 00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:43,910 He's innocent, Sylvia. 1096 00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:45,750 He knew Saul his whole life. 1097 00:41:46,030 --> 00:41:47,230 You think he had him killed? 1098 00:41:47,230 --> 00:41:48,982 What's wrong with you?! 1099 00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:55,284 Does Eli want to say anything? 1100 00:42:04,335 --> 00:42:09,757 Mom... Dad... 1101 00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:15,190 I don't know what to do. 1102 00:42:19,350 --> 00:42:23,510 If you're innocent, say now that you're innocent 1103 00:42:23,850 --> 00:42:26,350 and we'll fight for you as long as we have breath. 1104 00:42:28,144 --> 00:42:30,187 But, son 1105 00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:36,630 if you're not... take their offer. 1106 00:42:39,133 --> 00:42:41,885 Dad? 1107 00:42:51,170 --> 00:42:52,170 What your mother said. 1108 00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:07,250 By this time tomorrow night 1109 00:43:07,330 --> 00:43:08,670 he'll be on his way to Tel Aviv. 1110 00:43:09,370 --> 00:43:11,490 The U.S. Marshall's Service asked if we had any objection 1111 00:43:11,770 --> 00:43:14,150 to him being accompanied by a rabbi on the flight. 1112 00:43:14,192 --> 00:43:15,090 Did you? 1113 00:43:15,090 --> 00:43:16,592 No, we didn't. 1114 00:43:16,770 --> 00:43:18,530 Do you still think he's getting away with it? 1115 00:43:18,530 --> 00:43:20,170 I think we treated him differently 1116 00:43:20,490 --> 00:43:22,090 because of political pressure 1117 00:43:22,270 --> 00:43:23,530 under the guise of religious devotion. 1118 00:43:23,750 --> 00:43:25,502 Do I think he got away with it? 1119 00:43:25,870 --> 00:43:27,690 I think for the first time in his life, he didn't.